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What's being said
" It is clear that many positions in administration, compliance, regulatory fields, high-level human resources, energy, policy-making and several other industries would best be served by someone with a JD."
First of all, that's claimed a lot, but not backed up. Second, nobody has shown that the JD advantage of getting such jobs is worth the cost (in years and dollars) of law school. Third, when examining those percentages by the state of the economy, they go up with a worse economy and job market. Fourth, when examining those percentages by the employment rank of the school, they go up as the rank goes down. -
Look, I spent many years in a FT/LT/Bar required position and was miserable and made roughly the same as I do in a FT/LT/JD Advantage position I have now. NALP could likely use a few more categories to define the business subset, but you have no idea what you are talking about. JD Advantage is defined. It requires a view from the employer's viewpoint, not the employees. And, JD Advantage positions have been on the rise for years. There are more than a handful of students at every law school with no intention of ever taking a bar examination and/or no intention of practicing law. By God, I was on the cutting edge in the 1990's when I headed to law school to not practice law at all. I ended up practicing for a number of years by choice, then later by necessity in the recession. Now, fortunately, I found my way back toward my original path, with a twist, and the happiness that a JD Advantage position brings to me. -
Like hundreds of other "lawyers" who discuss the topic of employment statistics, Mr. Leichter fails to perform the most elementary due diligence about how information is gathered and the professional standards followed by both NALP and those within the law schools. There are several levels of review and specific definitions for each category, including but not limited to "JD Advantaged" jobs. F- for this report.
This article ignores the strengths of JD Advantage jobs and their desirability among recent law school graduates. It is clear that many positions in administration, compliance, regulatory fields, high-level human resources, energy, policy-making and several other industries would best be served by someone with a JD. The truth is, the right JD Advantage job has long been the end game for many practicing attorneys ready to leave firm life. If JD Advantage jobs are sought after by senior attorneys, what is wrong with new attorneys accepting them as a career path? One of the greatest values of a JD is the wealth of transferable skills that is provides. Even the writer of this article is in a JD Advantage position...
Law school graduates have opportunities outside the legal field as well. Their legal education, for example, can provide a great leg-up in a start-up environment. Check out http://www.lawlternate.com for a job board of these types of jobs.
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Angel Face Cookies. Guest post from Brigette Shevy To be perfectly honest, I've never been a fan of sugar cookies.
However, these sugar cookies are an exception! Soft and buttery, these melt-in-your-mouth goodies are the perfect accompaniment to a steamy mug of cocoa, or a good book by the fireplace. The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe. The search for the absolute best chocolate chip cookie recipe has ended with the New York Times Chocolate Chip cookie recipe adapted from Jacques Torres I think it's pretty fair to say that when most of us think of making chocolate chip cookies, we look on the yellow Nestle bag for the Toll House Cookie recipe.
Recently my friend Kim had a chocolate chip cookie fail! Brown Butter Snickerdoodle Cookies. Oh hey there.
It's finally Friday and I couldn't be happier! Why? Um, because it's the weekend which means I can cook the five butternut squashes sitting on my counter, drink wine, definitely bake a cake or something, YouTube Joe Biden's laugh during the debates, catch up on Dexter, go to the apple orchard and make pie, get a pedicure, run until my legs fall off because my best friend just told me we're running a race in TWO WEEKS, eat a kale salad because I'm trying to be healthy, and do the obvious stalking of Trader Joe's for a good two hours. No biggie. Jo and Sue: Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Cookies. Who doesn't love chocolate and cream cheese and cookies? Okay, if you just answered with "not me" then I don't think we can be friends. Seriously. I think you may be inflicted with the same disease Sue suffers from. Bakestravaganza: Oreo Cream Cheese Cookies.
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So sorry! Let's just jump back into it though, shall we? So I finally did it. Salted Mudslide Cookies. Cool people put salt on their cookies.
Really! I swear. It's not scary. Be a cool person. Make Boyfriend Cookies. Photo credit Whether you're trying to land a boyfriend, forget you don't have a boyfriend, or bake something delicious for the boyfriend you already have, this cookie recipe is a must.
The secret is that it is every type of cookie concocted into one – chocolate chip, peanut butter and chocolate, M&M's, and more. Original recipe can be found here. What you need. Sallys Baking Addiction Cake Batter Chocolate Chip Cookies. » Sallys Baking Addiction. These Cake Batter Chocolate Chip Cookies are a cross between delicious, soft-baked chocolate chip cookies and sprinkle filled funfetti cake!
One of my most popular recipes ever: Cake Batter Chocolate Chip Cookies. I made these sprinkle-loaded cookies again recently, but I made them bigger, better, and thicker. Gorgeous, aren't they? Delicious too! I'm posting my Cake Batter Chocolate Chip Cookies for you again today because (1) I know how much you love cake batter and (2) I tweaked the recipe to make them even better this time around. I hope you have chocolate chips handy. They're cookies.
They're brownies. They're brookies. Gooseberry Patch cookbook giveaway with Best-Ever Cookies Cookbook Review & Recipes. These are the Best Ever Cookies on Pinterest!
Make these Soft Brown Sugar Cookies and they will become a family favorite recipe in no time! It is an easy recipe, too! (One of the top pins on Pinterest!) Fake Betty Crocker Cookie Mixes. Ever have one of those "Ah-ha!
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A Bitchin' Kitchen: Pumpkin Snickerdoodles. Posted by: Annie I found myself awake this past weekend at 7:50 a.m. Like, really? Recipe for Sugar Cookies. Oct 3 Welcome to Unsophisticook! I'm always cooking up something new, so be sure to subscribe to the blog to receive FREE updates sent right to your inbox. While my favorite cookie is one of these chocolate crinkle cookies, every cook should have a good recipe for sugar cookies in his or her repertoire. Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Cookies. Rolo Stuffed Snickerdoodles. What is it about the simple deliciousness of snickerdoodles? Snickerdoodles = childhood. A caramel center is the perfect remix to this classic cookie. And Rolo's are just the way to do it. This is the littlest effort ever required for a quite fanciful cookie. Cookie Dough for Preggies! I was craving cookie dough today. Not really cookies, but just the cookie dough. Of course, I knew that I wasn't supposed to eat dough with raw eggs in it, so I lucked out when I found this recipe for cookie dough for ice cream.
It didn't have all the extra ingredients that are important when you're going to cook the dough, stuff like baking soda. And it was eggless, and super simple to make. I made a few adjustments based on the reviews (and doubled it in the process), and am pretty pleased with the results. Aunt Peg's Recipe Box. M&M Cookie Pie. Golden Graham S'more Bars. I am baker. My FAVORITE Chocolate Chip Cookie. The Perfect Cookie Dough Truffles Recipe. Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies. Fudgy Brownie Cookies. Grand Cayman & No Bake Cookies and Cream Bars.

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If I buy Parallels for my Mac, do I still have to buy a copy of Windows as well
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Yes, you will have to buy Windows as well. If you are retiring your PC, you could use its Windows install disk since you've already paid for that license. Parallels simply offers an environment in which to utilize other operating systems. Whether you want Windows XP, Widows 8, Linux, or several of the above, you still have to get those and install them yourself. It's easy with Parallels. I have my MacBook (OSX-Lion) set up with Windows XP, Windows XP-French Language Edition, and Linux. I can have two or even all three of these running at the same time, and in "Coherence" mode, it's just one desktop shared with OSX Lion, and I arrange the menu bars around the four edges.
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- Nov 24, 2012
I asked a sales rep the same question and was told that you would still need to buy Windows OS. What Parallels does is to allow user to install Windows and run it with Mac OS.
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Contact lenses have become easier to manufacture, distribute, and fit; and, as a result, prices have fallen for both products and associated services. Despite this, there remain ways for independent practitioners to profit from contact lenses.
As profit margins become thinner and as full-year supplies of lenses become harder to sell, independent eyecare practitioners are becoming legitimately frustrated with their contact lens businesses. Online retailers keep product prices low, and contact lens service fees vary widely, with some optical chains offering a routine exam and contact lens fitting for as little as $40—a price impossible for most independent eyecare practitioners to match.
At the same time, growth in managed vision care plans, which limit reimbursements and cap fitting fees, may present an additional challenge to independent practitioners. Despite these challenges, a number of simple strategies can help keep contact lenses profitable.
Price Products with Care
Feared by many, the actual impact of online retailers on independent eyecare practices remains unclear. In a recent large-scale survey of vision care consumers only 1 in 10 patients reported purchasing contact lenses online; the survey also found that contact lens brand had little impact on the purchase location.1
In my practice, however, I have noted that most of the prescription-verification requests we receive from online vendors are for contact lens brands with high consumer visibility: The more commercial exposure a brand has, the more likely patients are to shop around for it. Therefore, choosing contact lens brands that are unavailable, less visible, or more expensive online may decrease the chance that patients will "walk" with these prescriptions.
A little internet research helps me price my contact lenses competitively. I enter a contact lens brand and type into the Google search bar, filter by "shopping," and see what the major online vendors are charging for those particular lenses. There are usually a few outliers, but we typically try to price around what 1-800 CONTACTS offers, since they have the most visibility. For most products, we manage to be within a few dollars of 1-800 CONTACTS—sometimes higher, sometimes lower.
Certain manufacturers (eg, Safigel™) do not distribute online. Specialty lenses, likewise, are often only available through eyecare practitioners. Offering contact lens services and specialty lenses not available from online vendors or retail locations may represent a way for independent practices to offer superb products while differentiating themselves and safeguarding their contact lens profitability.
Train and Engage Staff
It is critical that staff understand why contact lens revenue is important to the practice and that they be trained on key strategies for selling contact lenses. First, we emphasize the positive impact that selling an annual supply of contact lenses can have for the practice and for the patient (in my experience, patients who have plenty of lenses are less likely to try to make their lens supply last longer by wearing them past the recommended disposal date).
Doctors play a key role in contact lens sales. After the fitting, I bring the patient up to the salesperson at the front desk and say, "Jenny has been authorized for an annual supply of x-brand lenses." Making this statement in front of patient and salesperson allows my staff to take the handoff and say, "The annual supply will be only x dollars, after the rebate, and we can have that sent directly to your home or office or delivered here—whichever is most convenient to you." Once this handoff becomes routine, rates of annual supply sales are likely to go up.
Beyond this, we train staff to be bold and query patients who decline to purchase their lenses at our practice. Often, patients will state that they intend to compare prices online. In that case, our staff offers to pull up 1-800 CONTACTS and show them how our prices compare to—and sometimes beat—theirs.
We also rely on staff to know about and offer available rebates. Some manufacturers' rebates support us more than others. Offers that are good only when lenses are purchased at the original exam location are particularly helpful.
Another way to keep contact lens purchases in the practice is to stock inventory thoughtfully. We have limited space in our office, but we keep an ample inventory of monthly lenses in our most commonly dispensed powers (from –2.00 to –4.00 D). When the prescribed lenses are in stock, I can perform the handoff and give the patient his or her annual supply on the spot, which patients find convenient and appealing.
Encourage Patients to Return
One thing 1-800 CONTACTS and other online vendors do very well is stimulate the reorder of lenses when a purchaser's supply is low. A couple of weeks before the purchased lenses are expected to run out, consumers are sent an email reminder with an option to resupply with just a few clicks—and often with a discount or other incentive.
That would be hard to replicate in most offices, but electronic health records and the increasing convenience of email marketing might make it possible to institute a system whereby those patients who purchase less than an annual supply of lenses are automatically reminded a few weeks before their purchased supply runs out. Of course, this requires the practice have a means of online ordering.
It is not clear to me how private practitioners can best take advantage of online ordering capabilities. Some offices find success with a dedicated web store, which many contact lens distributors will set up for free. Although we encourage patients to reorder contact lenses with us online, we have chosen not to establish a typical web store. Such stores usually indicate product prices, encouraging patients to comparison-shop with other online vendors. We give returning patients the ability to reorder contact lenses from our Facebook page, but we do not list prices.
Seize Opportunities
When we receive verification emails from online vendors, we try to re-capture that sale. We verify these prescriptions, but we take a moment to email patients personally, asking that they consider purchasing from us next time. In addition to reminding them that we offer competitive pricing and immediate shipping, we emphasize our practice's role in the community. As sponsors of a local Little League team, we've recently found it effective to include a photo and the question: "When was the last time you saw 1-800 CONTACTS on the back of a Little League jersey?"
Making a personal connection with patients—during and after their exam—is certainly a key element of contact lens profitability. By talking to patients about the tests we perform and educating them on their vision care options, we can demonstrate our value as experts and partners in their healthcare. Helping patients understand that we need and value their business often helps us keep it.
While it can seem that contact lens profits are being squeezed from all sides, small changes to staff training, product selection and merchandising, and a thoughtful approach to online ordering can make a big difference. In addition, developing and maintaining strong rapport with patients and providing them with a valuable service can help ensure they come to us for their lenses as well as their exam.
Justin Bazan, OD, practices at Park Slope Eye in Brooklyn, NY. Refractive Eyecare managing editor Jennifer Zweibel assisted in the preparation of this manuscript.
1. Olivares GE, Alford J, Schnider C. Contact lens purchase behavior: impact of practice setting and modality. Poster presented at the American Academy of Optometry Meeting; October 12-15, 2011; Boston, MA.


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Clause 77
Counter-Terrorism Bill
10:00 am
Dominic Grieve (Shadow Attorney General, Law Officers; Beaconsfield, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 199, in page 55, line 7, after second 'the' insert 'national security of the'.
This is really an issue of clarification. The clause applies where
"provision of extra police services at a gas facility in England or Wales is necessary because of a risk of loss of or disruption to the supply of gas connected with it, and...that the loss or disruption would have a serious impact on the United Kingdom or any part of it."
The amendment seeks to emphasise the point that this is necessary for the purposes of the prevention of terrorism. I should be grateful if the Minister would respond.


text: Bookmarks Watch & Learn:Ear infection - acute Ear infection - acutePrint-Friendly Otitis media - acute; Infection - inner ear; Middle ear infection - acutePrevious imageEnlargeCloseNext image / Previous imageEnlargeCloseNext image / Previous imageEnlargeCloseNext image / Previous imageEnlargeCloseNext image / Presentation NavigatorEar infections are one of the most common reasons parents take their children to the doctor. While there are different types of ear infections, the most common is called otitis media, which means an inflammation and infection of the middle ear. The middle ear is located just behind the eardrum.An acute ear infection is a short and painful ear infection. For information on an ear infection that lasts a long time or comes and goes, see: Chronic ear infection.Chronic ear infectionChronic ear infection is fluid, swelling, or an infection behind the eardrum that does not go away or keeps coming back. It causes long-term or perm...ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article I Would Like to Learn About:Expand All Collapse All Causes The Eustachian tube runs from the middle of each ear to the back of the throat. This tube drains fluid normally made in the middle ear. If the Eustachian tube becomes blocked, fluid can build up. This can lead to infection.Ear infections are common in infants and children, because the Eustachian tubes become easily clogged.Ear infections may also occur in adults, although they are less common than in children.Anything that causes the eustachian tubes to become swollen or blocked causes more fluids to build up in the middle ear behind the eardrum. These causes include:Allergies AllergiesAn allergy is an immune response or reaction to substances that are usually not harmful.ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Colds and sinus infections Excess mucus and saliva produced during teething Infected or overgrown adenoids Overgrown adenoidsThe adenoids are lymph tissue that sit in your upper airway between your nose and the back of your throat. They are similar to the tonsils. Enlarged...ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Tobacco smoke or other irritantsEar infections are also more likely if a child spends a lot of time drinking from a sippy cup or bottle while lying on his or her back. However, getting water in the ears will not cause an acute ear infection, unless the eardrum has a hole from a previous episode.Acute ear infections occur most often in the winter. You cannot catch an ear infection from someone else, but a cold may spread among children and cause some of them to get ear infections.Risk factors for acute ear infections include:Attending daycare (especially those with more than 6 children) Changes in altitude or climate Cold climate Exposure to smoke Genetic factors (susceptibility to infection may run in families) Not being breastfed Pacifier use Recent ear infection Recent illness of any type (lowers resistance of the body to infection) Symptoms In infants, the main sign is often irritability and inconsolable crying. Many infants and children with an acute ear infection have a fever or trouble sleeping. Tugging on the ear is not always a sign that the child has an ear infection.FeverFever is the temporary increase in the body's temperature in response to a disease or illness. A child has a fever when the temperature is at or abov...ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Symptoms of an acute ear infection in older children or adults include:Ear pain or earache Fullness in the ear Feeling of general illness Vomiting VomitingNausea is feeling an urge to vomit. It is often called "being sick to your stomach. "Vomiting or throwing-up is forcing the contents of the stomach ...ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Diarrhea DiarrheaDiarrhea is when you pass loose or watery stool.ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Hearing loss in the affected earHearing lossHearing loss is being partly or totally unable to hear sound in one or both ears.ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article The ear infection may start shortly after having a cold. Sudden drainage of yellow or green fluid from the ear may mean a ruptured eardrum.All acute ear infections include fluid behind the eardrum. You can use an electronic ear monitor, such as EarCheck, to detect this fluid at home. The device is available at pharmacies, but you still need to see your doctor to confirm any possible ear infection. Exams and Tests The health care provider will look inside the ears using an instrument called an otoscope. This may show:Areas of dullness or redness Air bubbles or fluid behind the eardrum Bloody fluid or pus inside the middle ear A hole (perforation) in the eardrumA hearing test may be recommended if the person has a history of ear infections. Treatment Some ear infections will safely clear up on their own without antibiotics. Often, treating the pain and allowing the body time to heal itself is all that is needed:Apply a warm cloth or warm water bottle to the affected ear. Use over-the-counter pain relief drops for ears, or ask the doctor about prescription ear drops to relieve pain. Take over-the-counter medications for pain or fever, such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen. Do NOT give aspirin to children.All children younger than 6 months with a fever or symptoms should see the doctor. Children who are older than 6 months may be watched at home if they do not have:A fever higher than 102 °F More severe pain or other symptoms Other medical problemsIf there is no improvement or symptoms get worse, schedule an appointment with your health care provider to determine whether antibiotics are needed.ANTIBIOTICSA virus or bacteria can cause ear infections. Antibiotics will not help an infection caused by a virus. Many health care providers no longer prescribe antibiotics for every ear infection. However, all children younger than 6 months with an ear infection are treated with antibiotics.Your health care provider is more likely to prescribe antibiotics if:Your child is under age 2 Has a fever Appears sick Is not improving over 24 to 48 hoursMake sure you or your child takes the antibiotics every day and finishes all the medicine, rather than stopping when symptoms go away. If the antibiotics do not seem to be working within 48 to 72 hours, contact your doctor. You may need to switch to a different antibiotic.Amoxicillin is commonly the first choice. Other antibiotics that may be given are azithromycin or clarithromycin, cefdinir, cefuroxime, cefpodoxime, amoxicillin clavulanate (Augmentin), clindamycin, or ceftriaxone.Side effects of antibiotics include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Although rare, serious allergic reactions may also occur.Some children who have repeat infections that seem to go away in between may receive a smaller, daily dose of antibiotics to prevent new infections.SURGERYIf an infection does not go away with the usual medical treatment, or if a child has many ear infections over a short period of time, the doctor may recommend ear tubes.Ear tubesEar tube insertion involves placing tubes through the eardrums. The eardrum is the thin layer of tissue that separates the outer and middle ear. No...ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article In this procedure, a tiny tube is inserted into the eardrum, keeping open a small hole that allows air to get in so fluids can drain more easily. Tympanostomy tube insertion is done under general anesthesia. General anesthesiaGeneral anesthesia is a treatment with certain medicines that puts you into a deep sleep so you do not feel pain during surgery. When you receive th...Read Article Now Book Mark Article Usually the tubes fall out by themselves. Those that don't fall out may be removed in your doctor's office.If the adenoids are enlarged, surgical removal of the adenoids may be considered, especially if you continue to have ear infections. Removing tonsils does not seem to help with ear infections.AdenoidsThe adenoids are lymph tissue that sit in your upper airway between your nose and the back of your throat. They are similar to the tonsils. Enlarged...ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Outlook (Prognosis) Ear infections can be treated but may occur again in the future. They can be quite painful. If you or your child are prescribed an antibiotic, it is important to finish all your medication as instructed. Possible Complications Generally, an ear infection is a minor medical problem that gets better without complications. Most children will have minor, short-term hearing loss during and right after an ear infection. This is due to fluid lingering in the ear.Rarely, a more serious infection may develop, such asMastoiditis (an infection of the bones around the skull) MastoiditisMastoiditis is an infection of the mastoid bone of the skull. The mastoid is located just behind the ear.ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Meningitis (an infection of the brain)MeningitisMeningitis is a bacterial infection of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord (meninges).ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Fluid can remain behind the eardrums even after the infection has cleared for weeks or even months.. See also: Otitis media with effusionOtitis media with effusionOtitis media with effusion (OME) is when there is thick or sticky fluid behind the eardrum in the middle ear, but there is no ear infection.ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Other potential complications include:Ruptured or perforated eardrum Ruptured or perforated eardrumA ruptured eardrum is an opening or hole in the eardrum. The eardrum is a thin piece of tissue that separates the outer and middle ear. Damage to t...ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Chronic, recurrent ear infections Chronic, recurrent ear infectionsChronic ear infection is fluid, swelling, or an infection behind the eardrum that does not go away or keeps coming back. It causes long-term or perm...ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Enlarged adenoids or tonsils Enlarged adenoidsThe adenoids are lymph tissue that sit in your upper airway between your nose and the back of your throat. They are similar to the tonsils. Enlarged...ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Formation of an abscess or a cyst (called cholesteatoma) from chronic, recurrent ear infections Speech or language delay in a child who suffers lasting hearing loss from multiple, recurrent ear infections When to Contact a Medical Professional Call your child's doctor if:Pain, fever, or irritability do not improve within 24 to 48 hours At the start, the child seems sicker than just an ear infection Your child has a high fever or severe pain Severe pain suddenly stops hurting -- this may indicate a ruptured eardrum Symptoms worsen New symptoms appear, especially severe headache, dizziness, swelling around the ear, or twitching of the face musclesFor a child younger than 6 months, let the doctor know right away if the child has a fever, even if no other symptoms are present. Prevention You can reduce your child's risk of ear infections with the following practices:Wash hands and toys frequently. If possible, choose a daycare that has a class with 6 or fewer children. This can reduce your child's chances of getting a cold or similar infection, and leads to fewer ear infections. Avoid pacifiers. Breastfeed -- this makes a child much less prone to ear infections. But, if bottle feeding, hold your infant in an upright, seated position. Do not expose your child to secondhand smoke. Make sure your child's immunizations are up-to-date. The pneumococcal vaccine prevents infections from the bacteria that most commonly causes acute ear infections and many respiratory infections. Avoid overusing antibiotics. Overusing antibiotics can lead to antibiotic resistance.Related Information Ear infection - ch...OtitisAllergiesEnlarged adenoids...Ruptured eardrum...MastoiditisMeningitis Ear infectionsAllergic rhinitis...Open ReferencesReferencesTähtinen PA, Laine MK, Huovinen P, Jalava J, Ruuskanen O, Ruohola A. A placebo-controlled trial of antimicrobial treatment for acute otitis media. N Engl J Med. 2011 Jan 13;364(2):116-26.Hoberman A, Paradise JL, Rockette HE, Shaikh N, Wald ER, Kearney DH, et al. Treatment of acute otitis media in children under 2 years of age. N Engl J Med. 2011 Jan 13;364(2):105-15.Coker TR, Chan LS, Newberry SJ, Limbos MA, Suttorp MJ, Shekelle PG, et al. Diagnosis, microbial epidemiology, and antibiotic treatment of acute otitis mediain children: a systematic review. JAMA. 2010 Nov 17;304(19):2161-9.Koopman L, Hoes AW, Glasziou PP, Cees L, Appelman L, Burke P, et al. Antibiotic therapy to prevent the development of asymptomatic middle ear effusion in children with acute otitis media: a meta-analysis of individual patient data. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008;134:128-132.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Recommended immunization schedules for persons aged 0-18 years---United States, 2011. MMWR. 2011;60(5).BACK TO TOP Review Date: 5/16/2012 Reviewed By: Neil K. 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I could use some help.
I have tried going back to the core and doing Journey on the Anduin with 2 decks. I thought it would be pretty straightforward but I am getting mauled so many times doing it (where did they figure it was going to be difficulty 4?). Here are some difficulties I encountered
The Hill Troll at the beginning is brutal. Even if you manage to kill it. The cost in health and additional threat is pretty great.
Some treacheries can kill your whole team if you have any engaged characters, or if your threat is over 35.
Turning over 3 cards in the second half is sure to push forth the threat level.
Some treacheries subtract 4 tokens just by turning them over.
Really, I have really tried to nail this but am getting beaten severely. Any ideas would be welcome.


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Phrenology Head: What'S Really Going on Inside That Brain of Yours
Do you miss the scientific quackery of the early 18th century? Then have I' got a deal for you. This phrenology head is the perfect way to figure out what's wrong with your brain – as long as you don't care if it's wrong 100% of the time.
Perfect for wannabe charlatans, this Phrenology bust is actually a reproduction of the original "medical" evaluation tool used by Phrenology madman L.N. Fowler, who theorized that you could point to specific personality traits based on the shape of your skill, mapped out into 48 faculties of your brain. It's guaranteed to make you look way smarter than you really are.
Want one? Head on over to Amazon.com and you can find them for a wide variety of wacky prices, ranging from $35 to $888 (USD). Why are the prices so all over the map? Because they're craaaaaaazy!
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How can you tell if it is a reproduction or not? I have one from R.F. Freda. Its 11 inches, has Chapman marked on the inside of the mold, and it looks the same as the original head. But how can you tell if its an original or a reproduction?


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Here is where we dig out the FutureMark tests.
PCMark Vantage
Version and / or Patch Used: 126.96.36.199
Developer Homepage: http://www.futuremark.com/
Product Homepage: http://www.futuremark.com
Buy It Here
For overall system performance we use PCMark Vantage. This is run in both x86 and x64 mode to give the best indication of performance.
The MINIX is not going to win any prizes for its PCMark Vantage performance, but on the other hand it is still up there in the same range as the full sized boards, so we have to give it credit here.
3DMark Vantage
Version and / or Patch Used: 1.0.1
Developer Homepage: http://www.futuremark.com/
Product Homepage: http://www.futuremark.com
Buy It Here
For synthetic gaming tests we used the industry standard and overlockers bragging tool 3DMark Vantage. This is a test that strives to mimic the impact modern games have on a system. Futuremark went a long way to change from the early days of graphics driven tests to a broader approach including physics, AI and more advanced graphics simulations.
3DMark Vantage uses the DX10 API in addition to having support for PhysX. As we are no longer using an NVIDIA GPU for testing (at least until we can get a GTX 4xx card) you will only see the CPU based PhysX results in the scores. For testing we use the Performance test run.
Again our results are nothing that you could not predict. Without the 5870 the MINIX is at the bottom, while once we drop the 5870 in we see things heat up.
Cinebench R11.5 x64
Version and / or Patch Used: R11.5 x64
Developer Homepage: http://www.maxon.net/
Product Homepage: http://www.maxon.net
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Cinebench is a synthetic rendering tool developed by Maxon. Maxon is the same company that developed Cinema4D, another industry leading 3D Animation application. Cinebench R11.5 tests your systems ability to render across a single and multiple CPU cores. It also tests your systems ability to process OpenGL information.
Here we had a problem. With only the IGP we could not get the OpenGL test to run at all. The CPU rendering was right where it should be, but the IGP failure is still concerning.


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The paper did let the unions push back on other arguments made by economists, including one by the ubiquitous Jonathan Gruber from MIT, who predicted that the excise tax might just raise workers' wages from 2010 to 2019. Balderdash, countered the president of the United Steelworkers, Leo Gerard.
The people who are promoting this tax say companies will make up for this with higher wages. These people who say that have never been at the bargaining table. It doesn't work that way.
It does kind of call into question Mr. Gruber's experience with the nitty-gritty of collective bargaining.
The political part examined what might happen to Democrats in the fall elections if they support a tax that affects workers and the middle class. Ron Gay, an AT&T repairman in Ohio who urged co-workers to vote for the president, told the Times: "If this passes in its current form, a lot of working people are going to feel let down and betrayed by our legislators and president."
The story lede did mention another important political point: When John McCain talked about taxing health insurance benefits during the campaign, and many union workers were thinking about voting for him, the labor unions steered them back to Barack Obama, repeatedly saying McCain wanted to tax their health benefits. Later in the piece, the Baucus aide said there was a difference between what McCain wanted to do and what Obama supports. McCain wanted to eliminate all tax breaks for employer-provided plans, and the president just wants to tax policies that fall above a certain threshold. Some experts view Obama's approach as a way to ultimately end the tax breaks. The finer points of all this are the subject of another post. Still: Is that the reason Christina Romer had so much trouble finding the right words to say?


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Vin Diesel and Paris Hilton's Voicemail Hacked
Posted by Oscar M. Cantu Categories: Cell Phones
How secure is your cellular phone's voice mail? If your cell phone provider is T-Mobile or Sprint PCS it may not be as secure as you think. Recently hackers have found a way to access your voice mail by simply spoofing your phone number using caller ID spoofing systems such as CovertCall and Telespoof. Sprint and T-Mobile give users the option of enabling auto voicemail login where the user may log in to their voice mail automatically when calling from their own cell phone. The authentication system is simple – it uses the user's caller ID to validate the number. If the caller ID matches your cell phone number, then it will log you in automatically. To prove that this is what hackers doing, they were able to access Paris Hilton's voice mail as well as Vin Diesel's voice mail after the events of this past weekend.
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More Xbox 2/360 news, straight from the rumor mill to your screen. We have been telling you that the Xbox 360° will come in at least two packages – one with an included hard drive and one without. According to Engadget's source, Microsoft's next box will definitely include wireless controllers and will have an optional hard drive that will attach to the top of the console "in a really slick way, almost like the hood scoop on a muscle car". Consumers will be able to add the hard drive afterwards without having to take the box apart – confirming at least two versions of the Xbox 360°.
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Sony has officially let it be known that the Clie will be no more. You know, I bought a nice mid-range Sony Clie about a year ago. It was the TH55, which had a bunch of nice features built in. Funny thing is, although it was full of features, I just didn't use it all that much. I ended up selling it within 6 weeks of purchase. I realized that a bunch of other tools that I use could do everything that thing could do. That is when I realized the PDA market would soon begin to fade. Expect the Sony Ericsson line, as well as the Playstation Portable, to fill in the gaps - and do things the Clie could never do.
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When you combine a hot videogame like Tetris with the Connect 4 concept, you get something like Radica's new Tetris Tower tabletop game. Basically the machine indicates which piece the player must drop into the upper slot area. When you pick up a game piece and drop it in, it slides straight down, guided by bulit-in plastic ridges. You then indicate to the system which of two competing players accomplished a line by flicking a switch on the side of the unit. Not quite as portable as the Gameboy edition, but maybe just as cool.
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Well, maybe it isn't really much of a hack since all it takes is for Paris to leave her mobile device laying around. Nonetheless, this is a great find. Why? You get to see all the pictures Paris takes using her Sidekick, which includes girl-on-girl action. You get to see the kind of notes she leaves to herself, which reveals that she even had unprotected sex once (gasp!), as she needed to remind herself to get a "birth control kill pill". Oh, and you also get a peek at her entire address/phone book - and she has quite a few you might know of. Ashlee Simpson, David Lechapelle, Ashley Olsen (where's Mary Kate?), Christina Aguilera, Vin Diesel…or you can see the email addresses of people like Usher. I, for one, am still waiting for a call back from Lil Jon. Careful with the link, as some content may not be appropriate for minors - or for work.
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The day many were waiting for has come. The Sony Ericsson S710a has been launched by Cingular. The phone was supposed to be launched in December, but after a long wait consumers can now get their hands on one of the hottest phones Sony has to offer. The S710a is a feature rich phone which includes the following:
- 2.3 inch 262K color TFT display
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I recently put together some coverage of the 2013 fresh produce trade trends. It may be worth while to explore specific highlights from import and export figures in this space.
In general, I found in my coverage that the increase in imports has exceeded that of U.S. export growth of fresh produce.
Check out the spreadsheet for imports here.
Imported commodities with better than double-digit growth in value in 2013 included grapes (14%), avocados (27%), citrus (26%), cucumbers (24%), asparagus (34%) and mangoes (25%).
Taking a closer look at grapes, the USDA spreadsheet on grapes show country specific import trends by month.
For example, grape imports from Chile totaled 391,268 metric tons in 2013, which is up from 351,199 metric tons in 2012 but down from 400,272 metric tons in 2011.
On the other hand, grape imports from Peru were 28,735 metric tons, up from 27,346 metric tons in 2012 but down from 29,986 metric tons.
Fresh grape imports from Brazil were 2,679 metric tons in 2013, down from 8,760 metric tons in 2012 and way off from 16,371 metric tons.
The spreadsheet for U.S. exports is available at this link.
op U.S. fresh produce exports with better than 10% gains in value included grapes (14%), onions/shallots (17%), and lemons/limes (37%).
Imports exceed export gains
By Tom Karst
National Editor
U.S. imports of fresh produce increased at a faster pace than U.S. fresh produce exports in 2013, according to the latest statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture
The 2013 value of fresh fruit and fresh vegetable imports increased at respective rates of 11% and 15%. In contrast, the value of U.S. fresh fruit and vegetable exports rose at corresponding rates of 3% and 11%, according to the USDA.
Total U.S. fresh vegetable imports totaled $6.75 billion in 2013, more than double exports of $2.39 billion. U.S. fruit imports topped $9.2 billion in 2013, compared with $5.05 billion in exports.


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I fell in love with the look of the pottery barn queen anne upholstered dining chairs.
http://www.potterybarn.com/products/queen-anne-upholstered-chair/?pkey=x:4:1::10:charlotte::0&cm_src=SCH They do not carry this chair in the store so I am wondering if anyone has bought them and if they are comfortable, sturdy....?? My husband is 6'5" 270 so they need to support him. Thanks I would appreciate any feedback. |
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I am already spayed, housetrained, purebred, up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
Lilac is a retired racing greyhound. She will be 2 years old in June.
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Does anyone have experience with Hydro-Sil? Portable radiators that plug-in or can be hard wired. We have a couple of really cold rooms in this 130 y/o Victorian, and old man Winter is coming! TIA |
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Don't know HS, but recently bought these (see link) and plan to use them this winter... /www.eheat.com. |
The idea is good, but I'm seeing a lot of mixed reviews on them. No personal experience with them though. |
We have 3 portable radiator heaters that keep the house nice and toasty. They did use more power than I expected, but it was probably no worse than the cost of propane. I like them better than gas heat because they don't dry out everything. |
Hello I purchased a Hydro Sil wall heater (their top of line product). I web ordered with the large advertisement info they do in major weekend papers. After a week I received an invoice (I had credit card ordered), after 2 weeks of seeing the awaiting shipping as status, and no response from them x e-mail, I called- the rep tells me well that wont ship until Feb!! Due to economy its built to order. No one else to speak to! Do not purchase from these idiots!I am an HVAC contractor and a Utility Co. Res Conservation administrator-not acceptable-BBB contacted!!! |
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1 And the famine was sore in the land. | 1 Now the famine was still severe in the land. |
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geographical name \ˌka-(ˌ)zak-ˈstan; ˌkä-(ˌ)zäk-ˈstän also kə-\Definition of KAZAKHSTAN
country NW cen Asia extending from Caspian Sea to Altai Mountains; a constituent republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1936–91 ∗ Astana area 1,048,300 square miles (2,715,097 square kilometers), pop 15,685,000
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Ka·zakh·stan also Ka·zak·stan \ˌka-(ˌ)zak-ˈstan; ˌkä-(ˌ)zäk-ˈstän also kə-\
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advance man, Alcoran, also-ran, Ameslan, anchorman, as one man, astrakhan, Astrakhan, ataman, Athelstan, attackman, balmacaan, Bantustan, bartizan, black-and-tan, bogeyman, boogeyman, businessman, Caliban, cameraman, caravan, cattleman, Civitan, cornerman, counterman, counterplan, countryman, courtesan, cutoff man, dairyman, defenseman, detail man, everyman, exciseman, expressman, family man, fancy-dan, fancy man, frying pan, funnyman, gamelan, garageman, garbageman, Hamadan, handyman, harmattan, hatchet man, Hindustan, hotelman, in the can, Isle of Man, jerrican, Kyrgyzstan, leading man, man-for-man, man-to-man, master plan, middleman, minivan, minuteman, Monaghan, moneyman, mountain man, muscleman, Occitan, ombudsman, Omdurman, overman, Pakistan, Parmesan, partisan, pattypan, Peking man, Peter Pan, pivotman, plainclothesman, Port Sudan, Powhatan, rather than, repairman, rewrite man, safetyman, sandwich man, selectman, serviceman, signalman, spick-and-span, superman, tallyman, tamarin, to a man, triggerman, trimaran, turbofan, Turkistan, vacuum pan, weatherman, workingman, yataghan
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/div>Country, Central Asia. Area: 1,052,090 sq mi (2,724,900 sq km). Population: (2009 est.) 15,881,000. Capital: Astana. Kazakhs, a Turkic-speaking people who are the region's original inhabitants, make up more than half of the population; Russians constitute nearly one-third, as do small minorities of Ukrainians, Uzbeks, Germans, and others. Languages: Kazakh, Russian. Religions: Islam (mostly Sunni), Christianity. Currency: tenge. From the steppe and desert lands of western and central Kazakhstan, the terrain rises to high mountains in the southeast along the border with Kyrgyzstan and China. Its highest point is Mount Khan-Tengri, 22,949 ft (6,995 m) high. The country is intensively developed agriculturally, but much of the land area is used for pasture, with sheep and goats as the main livestock. Manufacturing includes cast iron and rolled steel; mining and oil drilling are also important. Kazakhstan is a unitary republic with a parliament consisting of two chambers; its head of state and government is the president, assisted by the prime minister. The area came under Mongol rule in the 13th century. The Kazakhs consolidated a nomadic empire in the 15th–16th century. Under Russian rule by the mid-19th century, it became part of the Kirgiz Autonomous Republic formed by the Soviets in 1920, and in 1925 its name was changed to the Kazakh Autonomous S.S.R. Kazakhstan obtained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. After several years of economic troubles, it began a period of sustained growth.
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I have an excema skin condition on my fingers that causes cracking and bleeding daily. I noticed that certain foods helped reduce the scaling and cracking bleeding on my fingers. I noticed that my problem lessened after eating foods like strawberies, grapes, and especially garlic in recipes. So I started eating raw garlic and it helped. ThenI found garlic juice in the health food store which was easier to take. I also noticed that excessive doses of fish oil (15-20 fish il capsules) helped almost
eradicate the problem down to one finger. Originally the excema was on six or more fingers on both hands. But the one finger still bothered me and still bled occasionally, though it was much better. I saw the 60 minutes TV show about Resveratrol and bought a supplemant with 3 types of Resveratrol : Grape Seed extract, Grape Skin extract, and Pine Bark extract. It is made by Country Life. Within 3 days the excema was gone. It has been 2 weeks now and still my skin is clear. I have had this problem for 7 years. I have cut back on the Garlic and Fish Oil doses and my fingers are still clear of the excema. I am 53 years old. |
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My husband has that on just a couple fingers. I'll tell him about that. Glad it worked for you. That itching can drive you nuts. |
I didn't see the 60 minutes show on Resveratrol. Did they say anything about joint pain? According to another web forum I frequent on this subject, numerous people are getting joint pain after starting a regimen of resveratrol. I have been taking resveratrol for over a year and my joint pain recently has gotten very bad. I have therefore significantly reduced my dosage of resveratrol but hate to eliminate it all together. It has helped my skin, just not enough. I have had eczema on and off for a couple of years. The resveratrol didn't make it go away totally but may have helped. One note about eczema treatment. I have tried many many creams. But I got discouraged about the eczema lingering on the back of my right hand for way too long and decided to start over. I remembered reading a long time ago about going to bed with a glove on your hand after lathering it generously with a heavy cream. I've read about petroleum jelly being recommended but I had some Bag Balm which is very greasy so I've been using that. The last thing I do before tucking in at night is reach for the bag balm, apply heavily on my hand and put a glove on. These white cotton gloves are kind of skimpy since they are cheap but still can be washed as well so don't have to dispose of them. Thanks for posting about resveratrol but also wanted to remind people about a possible simpler and cheaper solution if they haven't tried it yet. |
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Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs
Worship Elements
Music Resources
Lift Up Your Voices (Psalm 68:1-19)
Hymn Information
First Line
Lift up your voices, shout and sing!
Author (refrain)
Martin Tel
Tune Name
GENEVAN 68 (OLD 113th) fragment
Tune Source
<cite>Genevan Psalter</cite>, 1539
Church Year: Easter/Season of Easter · Church Year: Ascension · Church Year: Christ the King · Jesus Christ: Reign
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Scripture References
Psalm 68
Psalm 110
Matthew 28:1-10
Mark 16:1-8
Luke 24:1-12
John 20:1-16
Further Reflections on Scripture References
Some thoughts from Psalm 110 are a parallel to Psalm 68.
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Lift Up Your Voices (Psalm 68:1-19)
Call to Worship
The earth is the Lord's and all that is in it,
the world, and those who live in it;
for he has founded it on the seas,
and established it on the rivers.
Who shall ascend the hill of the L
And who shall stand in his holy place?
Those who have clean hands and pure hearts,
who do not lift up their souls to what is false,
and do not swear deceitfully.
They will receive blessing from the Lord,
and vindication from the God of their salvation.
Such is the company of those who seek him,
who seek the face of the God of Jacob.
Lift up your heads, O gates!
and be lifted up, O ancient doors!
that the King of glory may come in.
Who is the King of glory?
The L
, strong and mighty,
the L
, mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, O gates!
and be lifted up, O ancient doors!
that the King of glory may come in.
Who is this King of glory?
The L
of hosts,
he is the King of glory.
—Psalm 24, NRSV
— Worship Sourcebook Edition Two
God has ascended amid shouts of joy,
the L
amid the sounding of trumpets.
Sing praises to God, sing praises;
sing praises to our King, sing praises.
For God is the King of all the earth;
sing to him a psalm of praise.
God reigns over the nations;
God is seated on his holy throne.
—Psalm 47:5-8, NIV
— Worship Sourcebook Edition Two
Lift up your heads, you gates;
be lifted up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
Who is this King of glory?
The L
he is the King of glory.
—Psalm 24:7-8, 10, NIV
— Worship Sourcebook Edition Two
O come, let us sing to the Lord;
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
For the L
is a great God,
and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are the depths of the earth;
the heights of the mountains are his also.
The sea is his, for he made it,
and the dry land, which his hands have formed.
O come, let us worship and bow down,
let us kneel before the L
, our Maker!
For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture,
and the sheep of his hand.
—Psalm 95:1-7, NRSV
— Worship Sourcebook Edition Two
Words of Praise
May God arise,
may his enemies be scattered;
may his foes flee before him.
May you blow them away like smoke—
as wax melts before the fire,
may the wicked perish before God.
But may the righteous be glad
and rejoice before God;
may they be happy and joyful.
Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,
extol him who rides on the clouds;
rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.
A father to the fatherless,
a defender of widows,
is God in his holy dwelling.
God sets the lonely in families,
he leads out the prisoners with singing;
but the rebellious live
in a sun-scorched land.
When you, God,
went out before your people,
when you marched
through the wilderness,
the earth shook,
the heavens poured down rain,
before God, the One of Sinai,
before God, the God of Israel.
You gave abundant showers, O God;
you refreshed your weary inheritance.
Your people settled in it,
and from your bounty,
God, you provided for the poor.
The Lord announces the word,
and the women who proclaim it
are a mighty throng:
"Kings and armies flee in haste;
the women at home divide the plunder.
Even while you sleep
among the sheep pens,
the wings of my dove
are sheathed with silver,
its feathers with shining gold."
When the Almighty scattered
the kings in the land,
it was like snow
fallen on Mount Zalmon.
Mount Bashan, majestic mountain,
Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,
why gaze in envy,
you rugged mountain,
at the mountain where God
chooses to reign,
where the Lord himself
will dwell forever?
The chariots of God are tens of
thousands and thousands of thousands;
the Lord has come from Sinai
into his sanctuary.
When you ascended on high,
you took many captives;
you received gifts from people,
even from the rebellious —
that you,
might dwell there.
Praise be to the Lord,
to God our Savior,
who daily bears our burdens.
Refrain or continue by singing 212
Lift Up Your Hearts
The Lord reigns, he is robed in majesty;
the L
is robed in majesty
and armed with strength;
indeed, the world is established,
firm and secure.
Your throne was established long ago;
you are from all eternity.
Your statutes, Lord, stand firm;
holiness adorns your house
for endless days
—Psalm 93:1-2, 5, NIV
— Worship Sourcebook Edition Two
Additional Prayers
Mighty God, you have delivered us from sin's captivity
and freed us from the powers of death
through Jesus Christ, our risen and ascended Lord.
Inspire now our songs of extravagant praise
until all the world knows that you alone are Savior and Redeemer.
Psalms for All Seasons
Ascended Lord Jesus, help us to turn our thoughts toward you. We confess to
you this Ascension Day that we so often fail to take you into account. Sometimes
we do
set our minds upon you because of sheer laziness—it's easier just to go
with society's flow. Sometimes we do not take you into account because of simple
inattention—we just forget to look for ways in which we could serve your gospel
in a given situation. At other times we have not turned
you because we have
actively and willfully decided to turn
from you.
When and where we fail to be transparent to your cosmic lordship, please
forgive us. By your Spirit of Pentecost, sent to us precisely because you are reigning
on high, help us to see this world the way you see it. From your exalted throne you
are able to see us and this world and its many hurting people clearly and well. Help
us to open our own eyes. Grant us vision and insight to view the people around us
through the lens of your own compassion.
Sometimes, O God, we conceive of your lordship as regal, powerful, and
perhaps a bit distant. We think your sovereign rule involves mostly quashing evil,
pursuing justice, and judging sin. Remind us by your Spirit that your lordship is
also about being close to people in need. Prod us to recall that in your kingdom,
rulership comes through servanthood and that the hands that uphold our world are
the pierced and tender hands of Jesus. Help us to remember (so that we may imitate
this ourselves) that you see not just evil that needs judging but also suffering that
needs ministry.
For you, O Lord, see the tears of the widowed, the sobs that overtake them when
the rest of us are not looking. You see the disorientation in which so many people
live every day—confusion borne of war, poverty, abuse, or chronic illness. You
see the people in dead-end jobs who trudge to work every day filled with so much
despair that they can hardly breathe. You see those who search a loved one's eyes
for traces of love but find only an empty stare. As Lord of the earth, you spy every
instance of one person cutting another to the quick, every place where a child lives
in fear, every bar where someone tries to drown their sorrows.
Yet you are our world's every hope. You are tender enough to weep with those
who weep and yet strong enough to lend comfort and not be consumed with the
sorrows that overwhelm us. You are discerning enough to see where our lives run
off the rails and yet gracious enough to forgive our foolishness and open again
the better path that leads into your kingdom. You are the bright center to all of
life, O God! Your lordship helps us glimpse our future with you in your kingdom,
even as it points the way home.
Make us into people of the ascension, Christ Jesus! Make us your hands of mercy,
your voice of grace, your presence of love. Whatever we do, whether in word
or deed; whatever we see, whether sinful or salacious; whatever we hear, whether
uplifting or depressing; whatever we face in this world, help us to face it in your
power and with the knowledge of your grace and goodness. Help us to be gentle
with prodigal children. Help us to be stalwart in the truth with people in love with
lies. Help us to be radiant with hope with people who fear death. Help us to be your
people, Lord God.
For today, as always, this world needs your shalom-filled presence. Bring peace
to war-torn places and help people everywhere to see in one another your image.
May those who delight in the paths of suicide and destruction be turned instead to
delight in life and in mutual flourishing. End the terror in which so many live, and
thwart the dreams of those who plot still more terror on the unsuspecting. Where
there is hunger, bring bread; where there is drought and thirst, send refreshing
rains; where there is hatred, bring your peace; where there is greed, bring your own
fullness and so turn appetites run amok away from short-term pleasures toward
things that last and that foster richness and plenty for all.
We are the people of your ascension and reign, Holy Christ of God. Whatever
we do, help us never to forget who we are, whose we are, and where true joy may
be found.
In the power and blessing of your name we pray.
[The Worship Sourcebook]
— Worship Sourcebook Edition Two
Ascended Lord, we praise you.
In your death you utterly wiped out the damning evidence
of broken laws and commandments that always hung over our heads.
You completely annulled it by nailing it over your head on the cross.
In your resurrection you gave us new life, free life, full of new possibilities.
In your ascension you paraded sin and death behind you
in your triumphal procession.
You are our guarantee of victory.
You are our guarantee because you went through everything
we struggle with and triumphed over all evil.
What you did, you promised to help us do.
You will always be with us—not merely with sympathy but also with power.
You are our guarantee because it is truly "one of us"
who now governs as ruler of time and space.
This too gives us confidence and courage for the future.
You are our guarantee because, in going away,
you released the Spirit on us.
You are not distant from us but closer to us than ever before.
The current of the Spirit works over and through us endlessly.
It seeps and trickles into all the depths of heart and mind and will
so that truly we are like trees planted by water.
We bear fruit in season, our leaves do not wither,
and all that we do turns out well.
We bring our hopes, our needs, our desires to you.
We are confident of access because you are "one of us."
We are confident of answers because you are the ruler of the universe.
Yours is the name above every other name,
the name before which every knee bows and every tongue confesses,
"You are Lord," to the glory of God.
Hear our prayers and accept our praises.
May they rise like sweet-smelling incense before you
from lives that are like altars set ablaze by the fire of the Spirit.
—based on Psalm 1:3; Ephesians 2:5-6; Colossians 2:12-15; Philippians 2:10-11
[Reformed Worship 15:34]
— Worship Sourcebook Edition Two
The following is a guide for extemporaneous prayers. The pattern provides a suggested text
for the opening and closing of each part of the prayer and calls for extemporaneous prayers of
thanksgiving, petition, and intercession.
Sovereign King,
we praise you for your just and righteous reign over the cosmos:
for the order you give to creation . . .
for your sovereign rule over the nations . . .
for your faithfulness to your church . . .
for your lordship in our lives . . .
You are at once King and servant, willing to give your life
and caring even for what we might count as insignificant.
So we approach your throne knowing you will listen to our prayers
for creation and its care . . .
for the nations of the world . . .
for our nation and its leaders . . .
for this community and those who are in authority . . .
for the church universal as it works on your behalf . . .
for this local church in its ministry . . .
for persons with particular needs . . .
We pray in your name, O Christ, our sovereign servant King.
[The Worship Sourcebook]
— Worship Sourcebook Edition Two
Lift Up Your Voices (Psalm 68:1-19)
Tune Information
GENEVAN 68 (OLD 113th) fragment
D Major
Lift up your voices
Lift Up Your Voices (Psalm 68:1-19)
Hymn Story/Background
Martin Tel crafted this refrain from Psalm 68, using the famed Genevan tune for this Psalm. (For a full version of this Psalm and tune, see Lift Up Your Hearts, 212) Psalm 68 became the battle song of the Calvinist Reformation throughout Europe (analogous to Luther's "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" in the Lutheran tradition). It has been called the "Huguenot Marseillaise," and stanza 1 is probably the best known in the Dutch Reformed tradition.
— Emily Brink
Author Information
Martin Tel is the C. F. Seabrook Director of Music at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. He conducts the seminary choirs, teaches courses in church music, and administers the music for the daily seminary worship services. He served as senior editor of Psalms for All Seasons: A Complete Psalter for Worship (2012). His love for music began in a dairy barn in rural Washington State, where he heard his father belt out psalms and hymns while milking the cows. Martin earned degrees in church music and theology from Dordt College, the University of Notre Dame, Calvin Theological Seminary, and the University of Kansas. He has served as minister of music in Christian Reformed, Reformed Church in America, and Presbyterian congregations. With his wife, Sharilyn, he is raising three children in Princeton, New Jersey.
Lift Up Your Hearts
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The Genevan Psalter is the major gift of the Reformed branch of the Reformation to the song of the church. John Calvin (1509-1564) first experienced congregational singing of the psalms in Strasbourg when serving as a pastor of French exiles there, and when returning to Geneva in 1541 he finally persuaded the city council to permit congregational singing, which they had banned entirely under the influence of Ulrich Zwingli. Just two months after returning to Geneva, Calvin wrote in his Ecclesiastical Ordinances: "It will be good to introduce ecclesiastical songs, the better to incite the people to pray to and praise God. For a beginning the little children are to be taught; then with time all the church will be able to follow." Calvin set about overseeing the development of several metrical psalms with melodies, rather than the hymns, or chorales, of the Lutheran tradition, and also in contrast to the published psalters with texts only that followed in England and Scotland. The emerging Genevan Psalter was published in instalments until completed in 1562, including the 150 psalms, the Ten Commandments and the Song of Simeon. He employed the best French poets and composers to prepare metrical settings rather than continuing to chant the psalms, since poetry in meter was the popular form of the day—and also the choice for the Lutheran chorale.
The publication event was the largest in publishing history until then; twenty-four printers in Geneva alone, plus presses in Paris, Lyons, and elsewhere produced more than 27,000 copies in the first two years; more than 100,000 copies were available in over thirty editions. The Genevan Psalter was extremely popular, and almost immediately translated into Dutch, Hungarian, and German. Due to the intense persecution of the French Huguenots in the 16th century, the center of activity of the Reformed branch of the Reformation moved away from France and especially to the Netherlands, and from there to Indonesia, South Africa, and North America. The most recent translation (2004) of the entire psalter is into Japanese. The most recent English translation of the entire Genevan Psalter is available with melodies from the Canadian Reformed Book of Praise, available at http://www.canrc.org/?page=23 .
Calvin's goal was to provide a distinct tune for every psalm, so that each psalm would have its own identity. Every tune would then bring to mind a particular psalm. The psalter didn't quite reach this goal: it contains 125 different tunes. Today, only a few of those Genevan tunes are in wide use, among them the psalm tune most widely known around the world, often identified as OLD HUNDRETH, or simply, "The Doxology."
— Emily Brink
Matthäus Greiter (b. Aichach, Germany, 1490; d. Strousburg, France, December 20, 1550) studied at Freiburg University and became a monk and musician at the Strasbourg Cathedral. Influenced by Wolfgang Dachstein, Greiter joined the Lutheran Church in 1524 and served several Lutheran congregations in the Strasbourg area. He also taught at the Gymnasium Argentinense (high school) and eventually directed a choir school. However, the year before his death Greiter returned to the Roman Catholic Church. He is thought to have been the music editor of John Calvin's first Strasbourg Psalter, Aulcuns Pseaulmes et Cantiques(1539).
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30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die , since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. | 30 Israel said to Joseph, "Now I am ready to die, since I have seen for myself that you are still alive." |
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