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Here in our Northwest, all endangered species are equal, too. But those higher on the food chain may be more equal than others.
At least that appears to be the case in regard to seals and sea lions. The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, sponsored by former Washington Sen. Warren Magnuson, has resulted in a population explosion of those critters at the same time that fish stocks have been swimming toward near-extinction.
It's not just salmon and steelhead. Hake, another commercial fish species, have declined about 98 percent in Puget Sound, noted state Fish and Wildlife Department biologist Wayne Palsson, and the fish are a favorite of sea lions. Petitioners have nominated 18 species of bottom fish here for listing, and almost all are marine-mammal chow. In contrast, ratfish by far our most common fish, making up 40 to 50 percent of the fish biomass in Puget Sound are a deep-dwelling species that seals and sea lions rarely dine on. Crisis? Actually, some scientific data suggest that wintering sea lions have sharply declined in number in Puget Sound since their peak in 1996, presumably because there's not enough food. And harbor-seal numbers, which increased from 5,000 in Washington to an estimated 40,000 since the Magnuson law, recently appear to have stabilized, said marine-mammal biologist Harriet Huber. So, is nature coming into happy balance? Or are natural predators undermining fish-rescue efforts, given that a seal can eat five pounds of fish per day and a sea lion as much as 50 pounds?
Steve Jeffries, another biologist with state Fish and Wildlife, estimates that marine mammals today eat at least five times as much fish in this state as they did in 1970. "Seals and sea lions are not the reason salmon are in trouble in this state," he said, "but they certainly are a factor in any recovery of salmon stocks."
Congress asked just that question a few years back. In 1997 a panel of scientists assembled by the National Marine Fisheries Service replied that the issue is complex, the answer murky, the questions need more study. And that's where we're at today.
SCIENTISTS WITH the National Marine Mammal Lab at Seattle's Sand Point now feed collected seal poop into washing machines and microscopically examine the tiny bones that emerge. Otolith "ear" bones can reveal the species and age of ingested fish. DNA bone testing done by federal labs at Montlake accomplishes the same thing.
The nightmare driving such study is the specter of Herschel, the California sea lion who made a smorgasbord of steelhead heading for the fish ladder at the Ballard Locks. The man-made dam at the locks forces the fish to pause in their annual migration, and man-made mammal protection brought California sea lions into Puget Sound in search of food. The first recorded local sighting of these other Californians was in 1978, six years after the Magnuson Act passed, said Bob DeLong, another marine-mammal researcher.
By 1984, scientists were aware the newcomer sea lions were making a significant dent in the Ballard Locks steelhead run. They also learned that only about 10 of the more than 1,000 sea lions in Puget Sound accounted for most of the problem: a small group had learned of the bonanza and kept it to themselves.
They swam back in days. So the sea lions were caged again, shipped this time back to their breeding grounds in southern California. They swam back in a few weeks. Studies, debate and experiments ensued. By the time authorities had permission to remove five animals by killing them, 12 years had passed. Herschel was long gone, his fate unknown. But three replacements Hondo, Bob and Big Frank were captured and shipped by Federal Express airplane in 1996 to a life sentence at Sea World in Orlando. Two more troublemakers near tribal nets mysteriously disappeared. Other sea lions didn't take their place, but it wasn't because they feared capture, underwater noise-makers or, at one point, an experiment with a fake plastic killer whale. Rather, it was because the run of 2,500 steelhead had collapsed to as few as 70 fish, and the free lunch was over. The steelhead are still far from a healthy recovery and the lesson of the fiasco is far from clear. Dams everywhere have made salmon and steelhead easier prey. So are clever marine mammals at fault for finding an easy meal? Should they die for our obstructions? This kind of conflict wasn't envisioned when the Marine Mammal Protection Act was passed almost three decades ago. Harbor seals and sea lions were hardly mentioned; rather it was the outcry about whale hunting, dolphins trapped in fishing nets and the clubbing of baby harp seals that drove the legislation. Yet humans had been killing seals and sea lions for a long time. Aboriginal populations used them for food and 19th-century hunters sold sea-lion whiskers, testes and penis bones as aphrodisiacs to China. Modern civilization regarded them as competitors for valuable fish species. Sea lion hides were used for glue and sea-lion meat was ground into dog food. Some 27,000 harbor seals were deliberately killed with depth charges in Alaska in the 1950s to protect fishing grounds. Some 40,000 to 60,000 seal pups were slaughtered annually in the 1960s for the European fur market. Oregon, Washington and British Columbia all put bounties on harbor seals in response to fisherman demands, driving local populations to near-extinction. Yet the more biologists learned about marine mammals, the more remarkable the animals seemed. If Magnuson deserves credit for helping save them in 1972, it's their own grace, charisma and extraordinary physiology that make a return to widespread harvest almost impossible to imagine in the 21st century. Seals and sea lions are just too dang fascinating.
HARBOR SEALS and sea lions belong to a group of 33 species of marine mammals called pinnipeds, from the Latin pinna, meaning fin, and pedis, meaning foot. The fin-footed mammals are believed descended from the same terrestrial ancestors that gave rise to bears and dogs, and they are equally smart, quick-learning and adaptive.
A California sea lion named Rocky was taught a simple language of six verbs, five adjectives and 11 objects and could comprehend about 7,000 different sentences using those words. For example, "Ball, black pipe, fetch," means, "Take the black pipe to the ball." A New England Aquarium harbor seal named Hoover was able to mimic a few English words. If marine mammals are so smart, why did their air-breathing terrestrial ancestors ever choose the cold, wet sea? Because food is more plentiful in the ocean. We can see examples of possible future transitions today. One type of pig wades the coral reefs of the Tokelau Islands in the Pacific to feed. In Scotland certain sheep swim to offshore rocks to eat seaweed. Maybe, millions of years from now, there will be marine pigs and sheep. If so, they'll have to make some of the same kinds of astonishing adaptations found in seals and sea lions. Both mammals, for example, maintain body temperatures close to our own about 100 degrees yet live comfortably in 45-degree water that would kill us in minutes or hours. Water leaches heat 25 times faster than air. COMPACT, HEAVY bodies help: Adult harbor seals weigh about 180 pounds and sea lions 500 to 700 pounds. Their blubber and fur is so effective as an insulator that they have more trouble cooling than staying warm. They also have a versatile circulatory system that helps conserve their blood heat when cold or send it flushing from their skin when warm. Their blood-volume ratio to their body weight is almost double that of land animals. Water conveys a kind of weightlessness. Both species are awkward on land but have a torpedo shape in water than lets them cruise at speeds of 5 to 15 knots. Sea lions can sprint as fast as 30 knots, equivalent to a speedboat, and drive themselves fully out of the water to leap like a porpoise. Both species have been recorded diving to depths of 600 feet, sea lions to 700 feet, and both can stay submerged for up to half an hour. They actually exhale to make diving easier, relying on their large blood volume, a dramatic slowing of their heartbeat and a special blood compound called myoglobin to conserve oxygen. If knocked unconscious their lungs are automatically closed off to prevent filling with water. Seals prefer to sleep on land but can sleep underwater, automatically surfacing periodically for air. More commonly, they assume a posture called bottling, drifting on the surface with just their nose sticking out as they doze. Unlike humans, pinnipeds are able to drink sea water if they have to. Their kidneys are so efficient that they can extract the salt and have a small net gain of fresh water. Yet seals seldom bother, instead getting 90 percent of their fresh water from the water present in the fish they eat. And while we get thirsty in hours, male sea lions can go up to three months without food or water while defending their territory in California breeding rookeries. Harbor seals and sea lions use sound like we do above water, to communicate with barks, grunts and roars. To a still-unknown degree they use echolocation, or sonar, to navigate, like whales and dolphins. In water they can hear high frequencies inaudible to us, living in a rich repertory of noise. Yet they are also intensely visual animals, using their large eyes for the equivalent of almost 20/20 vision underwater, though they are a bit near-sighted above. While they can't smell underwater, pinnipeds have a good sense of smell on land. And their whiskers are so sensitive that they can detect the vibrations that potential prey make in the water, helping them hunt. Experiments have shown that Arctic and Antarctic species use the whisker vibrations to help find openings in overlying ice. PINNIPEDS DIFFER in lifestyle. Harbor seals are homebodies, rarely straying more than 25 miles from where they were born. California sea lions, in contrast, are seasonal migrants. They breed in Southern California's Channel Islands or Mexico in the summer. The animals we see here are males that migrate north in the fall in search of the food necessary to grow to full size and thus compete on the breeding grounds for females. They roam thousands of miles, probably navigating with a combination of magnetism, scent and memory. Their wintering numbers in Puget Sound peaked at about 1,300 in 1996 and have fallen to 200 or 300, presumably because of the decline of all kinds of fish stocks here. Thousands still move up and down the Washington coast, however, and the total sea-lion population is quite large, perhaps 200,000 animals in California and 100,000 more in Baja California. Scientists estimate the population may have been as low as 50,000 when the Magnuson Act passed. Counting harbor seals is not easy. Scientists can tally the number hauled out on rocks or beaches at the daily peak, usually low tide, but it took years of research to correctly estimate that the rock count represents just 60 percent of the population; the rest are in the water. Today they total nearly 40,000, up from an estimated 5,000, and only recently has their growth curve appeared to level. If a juvenile survives to adulthood it can live two decades as a male or three as a female, breeding after the age of 5. With few enemies besides killer whales, there would seem to be no limit to their numbers. Nature can adjust, however, because pinnipeds have developed a strategy that allows them to give birth and then mate again in a single season. An egg can be fertilized by a male but won't attach to the uterine wall for weeks or months until the mother has completed nursing her pup, molting her fur, and regaining her strength. If food is scarce, fetal development won't occur at all. Female seals usually have just one pup at a time and have been observed rejecting one of their young if there's a rare twin birth. They keep their young alive in the cold water with a milk that is about 50 percent fat and 10 percent protein, compared to 3 percent fat and 2 percent protein in human milk. While it's common to see pup and Mom together in local waters, instruction ends with weaning and the pup is on its own. Sea-lion mothers, in contrast, continue to teach their young after weaning. LIKE OTHER marine mammals, pinnipeds can sometimes be observed in play. California sea lions are expert at body surfing. And they eat, big time. Pinnipeds tend to swallow their food whole or in large chunks and are believed to have little sense of taste. On the West Coast they eat 134 separate species of seafood, including salmon and steelhead smolts and adults, hake, herring, squid, rockfish, cod, crab, octopus, sardine, smelt, sculpin and pollock. Federal studies suggested sea lions in Puget Sound were consuming between 830 and 2,064 metric tons of fish per year in the mid-1990s. Harbor seals were consuming about 31,500 tons in the state as a whole. Since those estimates, sea-lion numbers have declined in Puget Sound but grown on the coast, and harbor-seal numbers have almost doubled. Roughly, that suggests the total seal and sea-lion consumption is somewhere between 50 and 100 million pounds of fish each year in this state. Yet scientists also noted that as of 1995, the human catch on the West Coast was twice that of seals and sea lions. The animals' direct impact on salmon fishing is significant but not decisive: One study showed sea lions grabbed 12 percent of California troll-caught salmon in 1996 and about the same amount in Washington gillnet fisheries. In Alaska, the situation is reversed: human overfishing of pollock is being blamed for a Stellar sea-lion population collapse. The number of sea lions has dwindled from about 140,000 in 1960 to 16,000 today. SO: IS THE marine-mammal comeback a wonderful success story? Or an ill-planned population explosion that is undermining fish-recovery efforts? It depends on your perspective. Fish and Wildlife's Jeffries said common-sense management should be the ultimate goal. "Killing them all or not killing any are two extremes," he said. "In the middle are the resource managers. I just don't think that in the year 2001, man can just step back and say everything can take care of itself." The Marine Mammal Lab's DeLong, in contrast, isn't sure there's a problem at all. Marine mammals spread their feeding among many species, he points out, and tend to prey on the most abundant, not the weakest. When humans fish, the biomass leaves the sea. When marine mammals fish, much of the productivity of the ocean is simply recycled through waste and decomposing mammal bodies: lower organisms eat it and keep the nutrients in the food chain. "Is there an ecological impact? Not that we've been able to identify," DeLong said. So complicated is the sea, and so efficient is it at restocking natural predation, that, "If you remove predator pressure, there's not necessarily more fish." The truth of the matter is that it is we homo sapiens who've set in motion huge swings in the populations of plants and animals, and we're just becoming aware of the consequences and trying to understand them. The Marine Mammal Protection Act and Endangered Species Act slammed on the brakes in our Northwest. Now we're in a skid, fighting to bring things under control. William Dietrich is an author and former Seattle Times reporter. Tom Reese is a Seattle Times staff photographer. |
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I have a BrailleNote which is able to be used as a Braille display with BRLTTY. I also have software speech, which unfortunately only kicks in after a lot of kernel-related stuff has scrolled by, and after FSCK has run and hopefully passed the filesystem as clean. However, in the event this doesn't happen for some reason, I was wondering if it'd be possible to create a startup script to be installed as part of the BRLTTY ebuild? This is something recommended by the Brltty documentation, so I felt it would be logical to follow that recommendation.

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Raekwon - Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang (Dirty)
Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang (Dirty) Raekwon
Give Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang (Dirty) a spin - it's the latest release from Raekwon, having dropped on Thursday, January 13th, 2011.
Check out Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang (Dirty), the latest track from Raekwon, which dropped on Thursday, January 13th, 2011. Raekwon's movement grows stronger with each new release, and Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang (Dirty) has further strengthened that fact. It's a solid addition to the commendable body of work Raekwon has been creating since stepping foot in the rap game, and we're definitely looking forward to what Raekwon has on deck.
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North Street Medical Care274 North StreetRomford, RM1 4QJTel: 01708 629733
GP Access hub
North Street is proud to announce it has been chosen as the site for Havering's new GP access hub, which launches next week. Havering Health - Havering's GP Federation, plans to improve access for patients as part of the proposals via the... Prime Minister's Challenge Fund.Wednesday 27 August, sees the launch of our first pilot GP hub site in Havering, offering extended hours for pre-booked urgent care appointments, with allocated slots, from 6.30-10pm, Monday to Friday.
Access to these appointments is via NHS 111 and for those patients registered with a GP practice in Havering only.There will be no walk-in service
The aim is to improve access to GP led services through a single unit, outside of contracted GP hours and to provide extended primary medical services in a safe environment for staff and patients.
A patient journey through the system will see the patient calling NHS 111, being triaged and, if appropriate, offered a face to face urgent appointment with a GP at the North Street Medical Centre hub site. The patient will receive an allocated time slot and be booked in by 111. When they arrive at the hub site they will be greeted by a receptionist and seen by the GP. Patient details will be recorded on a template and sent to the patient's own GP by 9am next morning so that the registered GP is aware.
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The doctors and staff at North Street Medical Care are proud to offer the highest standard of patient-centred healthcare.
We run many clinics for the management of chronic diseases such as asthma and diabetes and offer a wide variety of other medical services including postnatal care, childhood vaccinations and NHS Health Checks.
North Street Medical Care would like to apologise for the recent issues with our telephone service being unavailable. Our telephone provider has assured us this was a temporary issue and should not be happening in the future. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
To check if you qualify for a Shingles vaccination please click here
Vision online services
At North Street Medical Care we are introducing Vision online services, this will allow patients to book appointments online and order your current repeat prescriptions. Please note you are no longer able to request your prescriptions via this website. This is due to problems with the service, that is why the option was removed straight away. If you would like to continue ordering your prescriptions via the internet, please register for the vision online service.
If you are interested in using this service, please click here for the information sheet we require you to complete and bring into the surgery along with photo ID.
For further information on how the service works or to use once you have your token, please visit http://www.myvisiononline.co.uk There is a help button in the top right hand corner of the web page. Please note our staff are only able to issue your registration token.
Coming soon view your medication history and allergies online.
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To check our current opening times, including our staff training day closures please go to the opening hours tab as full details are listed there.
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We are currently not accepting any new referrals into this service if you live in Havering or Barking and Dagenham. If you live in these areas and you are trying to access this service please speak to your own GP to be referred to another provider.
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Sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.
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New Service – HIV Testing
North Street Medical Care has been chosen as a pilot site for on the spot HIV testing. This will be routinely offered to ALL new patients between the ages of 15 – 64 years who are registering here as a new patient. You will be offered the test by the Health Care Assistant/Nurse during your new patient interview and will get your result immediately. In order to take advantage of this test it is essential that you read the attached Frequently Asked Questions before you attend for your appointment. The nurse will ask you if you have & will not be able to go ahead unless you can confirm that you have read and understood it. HIV FAQ


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Birth of endangered baby pygmy hippo delights keepers
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo is kicking off the New Year with its annual stocktake – the mammoth task of counting every single animal at the Zoo.
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Tennessee homebuilders are encountering a myriad of economic and regulatory issues that affect the industries.
Now that the federal shutdown is over, the big issues in the state are annexation and vesting.
Home Builders Association of Tennessee Executive Vice President Susan Ritter talked about some of the issues Thursday evening during a legislative open house at the Ocoee Region Builders Association.
The annexation issue surfaced locally when ORBA criticized the city of Cleveland in March for what it considered "fast tracking" annexation to avoid proposed legislation in the Tennessee General Assembly. Senate Bill 270 would require annexation only by referendum of affected property owners. While local builders supported the bill, they were concerned cities in Tennessee were fast tracking annexation in case the bill became law.
"Our concern with that bill has everything to do with annexation of a development that's not done or in the early stages," she said.
In cases where a developer is working on a project according to rules established by the county, everything could change once it is annexed into a city that has different standards for roads and setback requirements, for example.
"Those things add up to delays and increased costs," she said. "We've been watching that conversation and waiting for the report."
The bill is being studied by the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations while the General Assembly is not in session.
"We are watching the conversation very closely to determine their recommendation will be," Ritter said. "That particular legislation put a moratorium only on residential. It's not on farming and it's not on commercial."
While the state builders association had nothing to do with S.B. 270, they are supporting a bill concerning vesting.
"By vesting I mean that once a developer gets preliminary approval, they are vested in that project and they have five years to get started. Once they do that, they have 10 years to complete a single-phase development and 15 years to complete a multiphase development," she said. "We believe the vesting bill will fix annexation. When we introduced that bill, it was unrelated to annexation, but it will fix it."
Builders have expressed concern that annexation affects a whole range of issues including financial arrangements, lot sales and tax structure. In addition, builders have no assurances the plats and plans approved by Bradley County would be accepted by the city.
Builders have the ability to sell county developments through the rural development loan program available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That program is unavailable in the city.
City staff has said it would honor county standards if developers have preliminary plat approval at the time of annexation.
Ritter cited one example of a builder having to make 24 changes after a county granted preliminary plat approval. The changes delayed the developer's progress, which cost money.
"Here's the situation. If the cost of making a change is less than it would cost to go to court, the developer throws his hands up and just keeps the development going," she said. "When it's a big deal, we're dependent upon the courts as our only relief. Right now, we have no protection for developers when it comes to vested developments, except the courts. That's why we're requesting this vesting period."
Ritter said the building industry is picking up in pocket areas around the state. She described the industry's condition as two steps forward and one step back.
ORBA's past president, Charlotte Peak-Jones, said the local industry was not affected by the recession like the rest of the state.
"We've held steady," she said. "The ones that were in it for the long-haul have survived," Jones said. "The ones who were working at it on the side to do a house here and there, they are no longer building."
Ritter said development loans are still tight, especially among the larger nationwide banks.
"I think community banks seem to be less restricted," she said. "That's the big thing is banking. I think they (big banks) are going to realize soon that they are going to have to shift their portfolios."
Jones said, "You can do better by going to a local bank."
Ritter pointed out that FHA, VA and other government-backed loans were slowed during the government shutdown.
She said the industry is getting better. It is not good, but it is better.
Getting skilled workers to return to the job and the availability of lots are two issues the industry will soon face.
"Skilled workers have either gone to another industry or they've left the state," she said. "The other is going to be lot availability."
Developers quit building when the money got tight.
Jones said, "Annexation is scaring developers and banks are not loaning money at 80 percent anymore. I think it's less than that."
The trickle down is that when someone gets ready to build a new house, there is not going to be an available lot.
Probably in 2015 or 2016, you're going to see lot shortages," Ritter said.
Jones said there are only two major developments under construction in Cleveland.
"We're going to see a shortage pretty soon," she said. "With the influx of everyone coming here to work, we're going to see a shortage shortly."


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"There's Different Levels of Blessings" - Favor Ain't Fair - Part 2 - [VIDEO] http://youtu.be/q
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[rana schindler] - I have a friend who can really use this word right now...Isnt great how God puts the right word in the right place at the right time? <3
[melissa brooks] - Amen! You be on it Bishop I love this sermon the favor of God on your lifr my God my God!!
[dangelo franizzi] - Can you touch your neighbor and say "I GOT TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL" , don't be stagnant!
[mary davis] - @Rana, there are a lot of wanting what others have and don't know what they've done to obtain it?
[mary davis] - GLORY BE TO GOD!
[lisa carter] - What a powerful Word!! Amen!
[teya b. roberson] - an awesome Word right on time!!!
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[nicole spence] - Thank you Bishop Jakes....I speak about favor all the time, but I learn their are levels to my blessings #I'minposition
[andrea efstathiou] - WOE Thank you Jesus, JUST what I needed to hear!
[victoria black] - excellent on this subject.
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[dutchess henderson] - get ready to go to the next level.
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[janice schulz] - This is good meat! Thank you for a timely word!
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[margaret kennedy] - Every time this has purpose...in my life. Thank God
[michelle burrell] - Bishop the angles are coming!!!
[servando serrano] - Thank you for the Word
[noel benoist] - My know is closer to my eyes and closer to my brain than is my stomach and yet both are equally important to my life. WE ARE A BODY OF CHRIST! :)
[paul david radford-hancock] - i didnt go through everything i went through for you to drop me stuff!
[vince a. stitt] - I do not believe that there is one person on this earth that God hasn't opened a door for, blessed with an unexpected blessing..etc. God is no respecter of persons, He doesn't show favoritism...so therefore I'm a firm believer that Favor is Fair. We all experience good days and bad days and...He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
[ehimare stella] - Powerful message!!!
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[joseph miller] - God's work in us isn't over when we receive Him it has just begun.
[macklinfamily justina] - YES , BISHOP !!!!
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[gilbert ngaira] - listened to this message more than 10 times now and trully in agreement, "favour ain't fair"
[jordania dunker] - Had To Like After The First 30 seconds!
[barbara joyce carpenter] - got excited, meant to say this man can preach!!!
[barbara joyce carpenter] - Thism an can preach!!!
[selwyn fortuin] - God's favour is what seperate His children from the rest!
[jaisey joy] - So inspiring Sir.
[louise wall hall cobrea] - so good~I want allm y girlst to listen~
[louise wall hall cobrea] - Been encouraged and directed by you for years~ Now you do know I know when your meant to deliver to remind me to keep on~catch a case on perservance~
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[cindy philemon] - Yes!!!!! I WANT MY OWN STUFF!!!!! MY OWN HUSBAND!!!!
[nancy colon] - Oh yes there is ! Amen!
[valerie jones] - AMEN BISHOP.......................
[liza mcghee] - I will win because I will not quit. Thank you Bishop for the word.
[deborah nunez-jozwiak] - Thank you Jesus , Amen.T.D. Jakes Ministries: "There's Different Levels of Blessings" - Favor Ain't Fair - Part 2 - [VIDEO] http://youtu.be/q - 50th Comments
[orlando cruz] - Thank you lord Jesus Christ for yiur Favor I receive the blessing that you have send on behalf of your TDJAKES BLESS HIM WITH MORE OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND UNCION
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[raldigene yodneb] - God is great, His mercies endure forever and ever!
[winnie cook] - I'm going too the next level, because Favor Ain't Fair!!!
[livingstone chinedu] - Ride on daddy God is on your side. I pray for increase on every side your life and ministries. From Livingstone Chinedu of the KING'S HOUSE FELLOSHIP INT'L.
[mimi mathieu] - You shook my soul with this sermon Pastor Jakes!
[marlynn jones] - this must be... saw it when it originally broadcasted...watched it on line and now here!!!!! No being favored isn't fare!
[abigail severe] - Preach on Bishop!
[donna addison-powell] - WOW !!! confirmation
[terria wright] - God's got something better than what I am planning to pursue. GOD'S GOT SOMETHING BETTER!!
[lisa isom] - is there a no blessing level ? cuz i'm there !
[liza mcghee] - first the puppet master then Favor ain't fair: I am going to lose my voice Bishop
[janie glv] - Amen! Different levels in which God has for each of us in blessing. I receive and more...
[claudus alexander] - Yes sir! Glory to God!! Lol!! Glory to God
[stormigot herown] - Thank you God prepare me for the next levels.Amen...
[neontine bennett] - Amen! I listened too Favor Ain"t Fair-Part1 and Part2 Awesome!
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[anita zavala-bradley] - Powerful message
[theresia thomas] - It Is What It Is! Thank GOD for (FAVOR). Bless you, Bishop Jakes
[denise wilkins] - Thank you PaPa... I love you! I needed that word tonight...
[andrea lashley] - Amen speak Lord.
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[donna dixon] - Amen..praise God.
[tam wilson] - Is that sacrilegious to say?? Hmm, but it does challenge myself perspective of how I perceive ppl and our differences. Thanks!
[olga ruiz lopéz] - Hay diferentes niveles de bendiciones "- Favor no es justo - Parte 2 - [VIDEO] http://youtu.be/qp94aMXcLZI traducido.
[roshan easo] - Aren't we one body though?
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[cassandra hill] - I really enjoyed that .... and it was inspiring to my soul as well as heart. PRAISE THE LORD God in Jesus name Amen.
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Baseball Preview: vs. No. 25 UNLV [April 4-6]
April 3, 2014 By: Matt Burkholder Games 30-32: No. 25 UNLV (20-8, 9-3 MW) at Fresno State Bulldogs (16-13, 6-6 MW) First Pitch: Fri: 6:35pm, Sat: 6:35pm, Sun: 1:05pm Radio: AM 940 ESPN Bulldog Headlines Fresno State vs. UNLV - The Series Scouting UNLV Las Vegas native T.J. White leads UNLV offensively. The junior has a .327 batting average and a team-leading 36 hits. Patrick Armstrong leads the team in home runs (3) and RBI (23). His 12 extra base hits lead the team and have helped him to a .477 slugging percentage. On the mound is where the Rebels have excelled this season. They have a MW-best team earned run average of 2.30 and have five pitchers with at least 13 innings of work under a 2.00 ERA. Friday night starter Erick Fedde, who was a Baseball America Preseason Second Team All-American, has a 5-1 record and a 1.98 ERA. In 50 innings of work the junior has allowed just 33 hits and has struck out 50. Opponents are hitting just .190 against the hard-throwing right hander. Last Time Out Perfect Game's Midseason College Top 50 prospects Batesole on the Cusp of Milestone Win NCAA Releases First RPI Rankings Best Arms in the West Going, Going, Going, Gone Ranked Opponents at Beiden Field William Munro Named Fourth Recipient of a MW Weekly Award this Season Schedule Change for Season Finale against SDSU Saturday at Beiden to be Under the Lights for the First Time this Season Bulldogs on Opening Day Rosters ===================================================================== Bulldog Baseball Promotions The series opener is also Facial Hair Friday. Any male with facial hair will receive FREE admission to the game, the rest of the Bulldog loyal are encouraged to paint or wear a mustache or beard for FREE admission. Salute to Services Sunday - all active military and veterans will receive FREE admission to Sunday's game. "Catch the Wave" - 2014 Fresno State baseball season tickets are now on sale and can be ordered online at gobulldogs.com or over the phone at 559-278-DOGS (3647). The official home of the Fresno State Bulldogs is 940 AM ESPN Radio.


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One For The Money
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Starring: Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, Daniel Sunjata, Debbie Reynolds, Patrick Fischler, John Leguizamo, Sherri Shepherd
Directed by: Julie Anne Robinson
The plot: Times are tough for Stephanie Plum - she is out of work and out of luck, with no end in sight to her misery. So Stephanie turns in desperation to her shady cousin, Vinnie, who runs his own company Vinnie's Bail Bonds. Without any training or obvious skills, Stephanie goes to work for Vinnie, chasing down men and women who have skipped bail, beginning with her high school old flame Joe Morelli, a former vice cop who is now wanted for murder.
what the others say
Total Film
"Heigl's fine and there's some zingy dialogue, but the violence jars with the comedy and, despite being written and directed by women, it still comes off as needlessly sexist."
Time Out
"The producers were clearly pitching for a franchise by adapting the first novel in Janet Evanovich's bestselling Stephanie Plum series ? a hope that seems unlikely to be fulfilled given the film's disastrous critical reception."
Little White Lies
"As bland and flavourless as movies come. Please God, no Two For The Show!"


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Eric Schmidt, Jared Cohen Say Google Data Now Protected From Gov't Spying
timothy posted about a year ago | from the now-how-to-effectively-test? dept.
155An anonymous reader writes "Google's Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen were [part of a] wide-ranging session at SXSW today and they revealed that Google's data is now safely protected from the prying eyes of government organizations. In the last few days Google upgraded its security measure following revelations that Britain's GCHQ had intercepted data being transmitted between Google datacenters, Schmidt said that his company's upgrades following the incident left him 'pretty sure that information within Google is now safe from any government's prying eyes.'"


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Mother of 3, Grandmother of 2. Baking, scapbooking, reading, gardening, crocheting are my favorite past times. Work for a local hospital in Accounting.
Make a to-die-for Apple Cake. Love to cook on the grill as long as the weather will allow. Have hubby thoroughly spoiled with my cooking, he's now the world most picky eater!


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found a new home!
Plenty of my friends are looking
for one too. Find a pet to adopt.
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My name is Julius!
Facts about Julius
- Breed: Domestic Shorthair
- Color: Orange Or Red Tabby
- Age: Adult
- Sex: Male
- Hair: Short
Julius's Info...
I am already neutered and up to date with shots.
Julius has the typical loving personality of an orange tabby. He is a big boy
at 16lbs! He was recently rescued from the outside and he is so happy! He was
recently neutered, UTD on shots, tested negative for FELV and FIV. He is a
young healthy male and ready for his indoor only home. He had enough of the
outside and is looking forward to a warm, safe home. He is currently in a
foster home.
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Why Adoption is a Great Option
Julius, a Salem Domestic Shorthair cat was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Domestic Shorthair for sale in Salem, or seeking a Domestic Shorthair cat from a breeder in Salem.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Salem already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Salem breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Domestic Shorthair breeders who help with Domestic Shorthair rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Salem paves the way for another one to be saved.


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Would you be willing to answer a few brief questions about PlayStation Forums?
Is the best way to make sure that the game saves what you last did is to quit to main menu? I thought I read somewhere that the game saves when you quit to the main menu. I just started this game so I don't really understand the way the autosave system works. Also how does saving in the Nexus work, like if I buy a bunch of stuff and upgrade stuff then quit?
I wouln't worry so much about it. The game is pretty good about auto saving. I have never had a problems. I usually quit the game in the nexus though. I would wait for the little auto save icon at the top right on screen to disappear and then i just quit. Again, i have never had or heard of anyone have problems with stuff not saving and iv'e been playing the game since it came out in the US.
Thanks for the info. Also, do you know what the best weapons are that a knight should use? Should I stick to a sword a shield primarily? Right now I have the long sword +4 and the kite shield +3 that I stick with 100% of the time. For now I'm focusing on upgrading the two and depositing any other weapons and shields that I get. I'd appreciate any info that you could give me about gearing up the knight properly. Thanks.
Congrats! Feels good when you get to a point whereby you can see your way to the Plat!
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Late Night Basketball Gives Young Men a Shot at Success
It's 11:30 p.m. on a cold Saturday night in January. The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Chicago seems quiet, but then a swish, a whistle and a cheer erupts in the gym, bringing the facility to life.
This is the Kroc Center's Late Nite Flight basketball league, and one of the players just made a lay-up while being fouled. The fans either cheered or groaned. It's a playoff game and the players are giving it all they can.
Late night basketball leagues started in the 1980s to provide alternatives for young men at risk of becoming involved in, or a victim of, violence. President Bill Clinton advocated for late night basketball as part of his anti-crime legislation and the Chicago Housing Authority offered a similar program in the 1990s.


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So my old smartphone is dying and it is totally time to replace it. Shouldn't I be excited about that? Why do I dread getting a new phone every time? Why do I wait so long? I think it because every time I feel like I am getting less of a phone than I had before. I never feel like it is an upgrade. Never! Now let's compare this to say my new shaver. My old electric shaver is several years old and it was long over due to get replaced. So my wife goes out to get me the new one. She knows I hate change, so she finds the one that is closest to the old one in design. No hole that spews goo on my face in other words. Well, she comes back with something that not only gives me a better shave, doesn't spit goo at me, but it has an improvement! When I plug the thing in it has these solid red lights. When it is fully charged the lights start to flash. It's a small little thing, but I like it. Compare that to the charger on my soon to be replaced smartphone. It goes from a red light to a green light. Somehow it is the same little tiny bulb that changes color. Not sure how they do that, but I would have rather had it switch from a red bulb to a green colored bulb. Since I am color blind I could then tell the difference when it switched bulbs. Since it is the same bulb that switches colors, I'm just screwed. Could my shaver people talk to my smartphone people and maybe get them to make the charger light just flash when it was fully charged? The shaver people seem to have their crap together more it seems.
Now I love that they switched the keyboard so it is landscape. This creates a keyboard that is more easy to type on when I am trying to get down notes for a live show review at a concert. So there are some things that have improved. However, there is one thing they totally screwed up. Why the switch to MicroSD? I have walked around tech conferences and asked people why they think this is a good idea. No one could think of one good reason really. Sure there was the "To make it smaller", but why? Does it make it better? No! It makes it worse. It might be great for little girls with pink phones, but I don't have the tweezers or the time to mess with something that small. All I am asking is that when I pay several hundred dollars for a new phone that I am as pleased with my purchase as I am when I spend $50 for a new shaver. Can my shaver people make me a new phone instead? You smartphone people are just plain retarded!


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My faithful staff and I sorted through literally tens of entries before finding these few that so perfectly typify the art and craft of the pantry cook's bizarre trade. As stipulated by the strict rules of the contest, each entrant was working from a limited stock of ingredients (details available in the July 3 Bite Me at www.westword.com) to craft dishes meant to act as appetizers, entree specials or desserts for a working kitchen operating under serious time constraints -- with nothing too complex, nothing too labor-intensive and nothing that can't be made with leftovers and ingredients begged, borrowed or stolen from other parts of the kitchen when the chef isn't looking.
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L'antipasto: Lemon risotto. I must confess that this recipe is mine, with an inspirational assist from Ian Kleinman of Indigo (250 Josephine Street).
What you need: unclarified chicken stock (in a three-to-one ratio with rice), unsalted butter, shallots (chopped rough), arborio rice, dry white wine, lemon (juice and peel), shredded parsley, oil.
How to do it: Simmer stock in a heavy saucepan. Melt butter in a second heavy saucepan. On medium heat, sauté shallots in the butter until tender; add rice and stir; add wine and stir until evaporated; add two good squeezes of lemon juice and stir; add one-third of the stock and stir until absorbed, then the rest of the stock a splash at a time until it's all absorbed. (You didn't forget to stir, did you?) When stock is gone and rice is tender, add another gob of butter, the shredded parsley, more lemon juice to taste, some lemon zest and maybe a little salt. Voilà -- you're done, and your chef loves you.
Soup course: Cream of broccoli. Two winners come courtesy of Peter Russell, president of Opera Colorado. "I included the cream of broccoli soup because it is my first choice if the broccoli has gone beyond slightly limp to borderline skeevy," Peter writes. "I resisted the urge to include an especially tired recipe for chicken divan casserole in an attempt to prove to myself that I am not turning into my mother." Thanks for your restraint, Peter.
What you need (for a six-cup yield -- multiply by twenty for restaurant service): chicken stock (5 cups), unsalted butter, onion (coarsely chopped), 2 cloves garlic (sliced, not diced -- a man after my own heart), fresh nutmeg, dry white wine (1 1/2 cups), broccoli (trimmed, peeled, florets separated), heavy cream (1/2 cup), salt and pepper.
How to do it: Over medium heat, in a heavy soup pot, heat a little stock and a gob of butter. Add onion, garlic, nutmeg, and cook, covered, until onion is soft but not browned. Add the rest of the stock, the wine, the broccoli, and crank the heat until everything boils; reduce heat and simmer until broccoli is soft but still bright green. Purée the soup in a blender until smooth. Pour soup back into soup pot; add heavy cream, salt and pepper to taste; serve garnished with crème fraîche, snipped chives and croutons. (Personally, I would have softened the broccoli in simmering stock first, then shocked it in an ice bath to make sure it retained all of its color -- but that's just me.)
Salad course: Steamed broccoli with black-olive/balsamic dressing. When the broccoli "is just in need of perking up with strong- flavored ingredients that could camouflage the fact that in its unadorned state, it would be less than pristine," Peter Russell suggests, "I'd steam it and serve it with this black-olive dressing."
What you need: broccoli (trimmed, florets removed), balsamic vinegar, lemon juice, garlic -- minced this time -- and shallots done the same way, crushed red pepper flakes (a pantry cook's best friend), oil, Kalamata olives (pitted and chopped), salt.
How to do it: Steam broccoli, covered, over boiling water until soft but still green. (Again, in a pantry-cook situation I'd shock this broccoli as well, because it's going to be sitting around for a while before service.) Whisk vinegar, lemon juice, garlic, shallot, pepper flakes and salt together in a large bowl. Whisk the crap out of them, then add the oil -- last and slowly -- in a steady stream. For service, re-whisk dressing, adding olives this time; toss with broccoli and serve warm or room temp.
First course: Chicken and dumplings Provençal. This one's from baker and former prep/pantry cook Roxanne Rieske, a recipe "off the top of my head" harking back to her "mystery basket" days.
What you need for basic dumplings: 2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 tsp. baking soda, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1/2 tsp. salt, a bit of minced parsley, 1/4 cup buttermilk, 1/2 to 3/4 cup heavy cream (enough to get the batter to the right consistency).
How to do it: Mix dry ingredients together, add wet ingredients until a drop batter is formed. Cover with plastic wrap and keep cold.
What you need for the rest: chicken (cut into bite-sized pieces), herbes de Provence, salt and pepper, chicken stock, white wine (preferably a chablis-style Chardonnay), diced broccoli florets brought back to life in cold water ('atta girl...), garlic and shallots (minced), quartered green olives (Roxanne is very picky), oil, butter, heavy cream.


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I'm just returning to school - that is, night school - which runs from 5-9 pm (straight from work). We get a 15 minute break and I just gotta eat something! I've been loosing some weight by watching my carbs & fat and running. My bf is a trainer and he says I don't eat enough, so he put together a plan for me. He suggested a boiled egg and piece of wheat toast for a snack, but I just can't see sitting there on my break eating an egg! Anyone have any ideas? I thought maybe there'd be some sort of power/nutrition bar, but they're loaded with carbs ..... |
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How about some cheese and/or sliced LF ham or luncheon meat? I like to snack on pistachios as well. I also buy packages of turkey pepperoni and snack on a couple of those - lots of protein and low carbs. I'm going to be posting a recipe for some low carb blueberry bran muffins later today - you could always grab a couple of those with some cheese. Good luck with it! Sue |
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Are you sure that's for the whole bag, or per serving. I think air popped popcorn has about 6 net carbs per cup, and I can't eat just one cup. |
This is a recipe I picked up from the South Beach Diet forum. Baked Oat meal Variation: small variation (not that this excellent recipe needs it) however since i have a piece of this daily it's nice to mix it up now again. I omit the cinnamon add 1/2 of blueberries, substitute the olive oil for 1 cup of apple sauce (I have those individual cup apple sauce on hand and use one whole one, i think its a cup. I have added a tablespoon of canola oil as well sometimes 2. Whey low brown sugar sprinked on top is nice too. Blueberries are in season and really go well with oatmeal. I make this recipe weekly and use it as a tote-able snack. Here's a link to the Wheylow site. Meg :) |
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Want to do something that can actually make a difference for bicycling in Dallas? Attend Texas Bike Lobby Day on Monday, March 25th.
Bike Texas is organizing the event that takes place during our great state's legislative session. This year, Bike DFW, our regional bicycle advocacy organization, is handling the registration process and organizing transportation down to Austin and back for the DFW area.
BFOC is helping to rally the advocates by pledging 20 attendees to get a pick up in Oak Cliff! The cost is $30, which includes breakfast, transportation, and the cost of organizing the day. Here are the details:
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Yuuup! We've tied or broken record low temps, dating back to the 1890's, the last three nights! May 5Th is our (30 year average) LFD...... Yeah, right...... Fortunately, I just happen to have a huge supply of scrap Agribon, destroyed earlier by NE Kansas winds........ LOL A lot of local naysayers failed to cover their tender vegetation & they paid the price! Temps in the low thirties got a lot of tomatoes, melons, annual flowers..... I failed to cover my potatoes & they suffered some light frost damage. |
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mori1, I'm guessing we've been dealing with some very similar weather.... ;) I removed the Agribon today.......... Let's hope we can get on with spring now..... My tomatoes, peppers, & melon (transplants) all look terrible even though they were covered! I've lost several sweet pepper plants in spite of my best efforts..... Does gardening have to be this difficult? |
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In an ironic twist, financial planners�whose bread and butter is helping their clients prepare for the future�are struggling with creating and implementing their own succession plans. Recent research conducted by Financial Planning and On Wall Street on behalf of LPL Financial shows that less than one in five owners or partners of a financial advisory firm has completed, finalized or has a succession plan about to be executed in the next 12 months. Others are either struggling with the process, putting it off for another day, or dodging the issue altogether.
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All Saints
For most Americans, Halloween is a festival of candy, costumes, and scary stories. But Halloween has its roots partly in All Hallows' Eve, the beginning of the feast of All Saints, a time to honor the memory of saints now departed. I never thought much about the connection between the two days, until a Halloween a few years ago.
I was a seminary student, doing my first unit of chaplaincy training at a large hospital in North Carolina. I had just finished helping some of the pediatric patients go trick-or-treating around the hospital when one of my colleagues asked if I would accompany her to make some visits in oncology. A bit nervous, I agreed. As we walked into the first room together, my heart sank. I greeted the familiar patient with, "Hey, Patsy."
Patsy was the wife of my favorite seminary professor, and they both had become good friends of mine. When Patsy was diagnosed with stage-3 ovarian cancer, I felt angry and helpless. I prayed for her constantly, but I longed for something tangible I could do for her and her family. One day, I decided to bake a pie for Patsy. I sent it home with her husband, who reported back that she (and he) loved it. After that, I started baking different pies for her on a regular basis, and later, I began sending dinner along with the desserts.
By the time of this Halloween hospital visit, Patsy had been fighting cancer for a year and a half. She suffered a lot of loss, but she never lost her faith or her sense of humor. Now, standing by her bed, all the skills I had learned in her husband's classes on pastoral care left me. I found myself chatting awkwardly with the visitors in her room, who were just as uncomfortable as I was. Patsy put up with it for a few minutes before interrupting, forthright as ever. "Why don't you pray with me before you leave, Stacy?" I took the hint, and grasped her hand as I prayed a nervous but heartfelt prayer. When I finished, Patsy smiled and announced to the room, "Wow. She prays almost as well as she cooks."
The following Halloween, I found myself remembering that visit, and most of all remembering Patsy, who had died in March. It seemed more than appropriate to spend All Saints' Day honoring the memory of a saint I had the privilege to know personally. In the worst days of her illness, when all the prayers of Patsy's loved ones seemed to go unheard, my own faith wavered, but Patsy's never did. Her certainty of God's love for her sustained her, and she was quick to remind the rest of us how much God loved us, too. Her husband was a great teacher, but I learned just as much from "Saint Patsy."
Dear God, thank you for the saints who have gone before us. From the ancient mothers and fathers of the faith, to those who have only recently left this world, they have taught us so much. Help us to honor them by following their example today, so that our own lives might have something to teach those who will follow us. Comfort us when we feel the absence of those saints who have passed through our own lives, and help us to cherish those who are still with us. Amen.
-- Chaplain Stacy N. Sergent