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Goodwill Hosts Donation Drive at Portland Sea Dogs
Fans encouraged to bring donations to June 28 Game
Portland – Goodwill is hosting its third annual Goodwill Night at the Portland Sea Dogs on Thursday, June 28. Fans are encouraged to bring donations for Goodwill. The game against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Manchester) starts at 7 pm. Puffy G, Goodwill's mascot, will throw out the first pitch.
For a list of acceptable donations, please visit Goodwill's website. Donations to Goodwill are sold in stores throughout Maine. Revenue from store sales supports Goodwill's programs throughout the state that help people get back to work and strengthen local communities.
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Friday, June 1, 2007
Photojournalism In The Age Of YouTube
For freelance photojournalists, these are chaotic times. But in chaos there's opportunity if you have the daring to go for it.
The age of traditional freelance photojournalism is no more. Newspaper and magazine markets are shrinking. Editorial budgets are at an all-time low. Assignments and opportunities have decreased dramatically, even for the top-tier photographers. The glory days of months-long assignments with large advances and a big chunk of magazine space waiting at the end of the job are gone, too. In these changing times, freelance photojournalists can still make a living and fulfill the calling to get the story out by adapting to a new paradigm.
Publishing content in cyberspace is the future of media across the board. Everyone is going to the Web. To flourish in this new marketplace, it's time to develop some new skills. By learning to tell stories in a different way, with a variety of media beyond still photography, you'll be positioning yourself well.
Digital Photo Pro spoke with Ed Kashi, who has been a prominent photojournalist for well over 20 years, as he was waiting to catch a flight to Nashville. Says Kashi, "It has always been hard to get meaningful, tough stories in magazines, and it's never been harder than it is right now."
Kashi believes the publishing industry has become much more conservative, both fiscally and politically. Cobbling together a living can be tenuous, with the entire industry going through such enormous changes. The shift to the Web has opened completely new possibilities for how stories are told and distributed, and no one is sure how it's all going to play out.
Adds Kashi, "For people who are just sort of waiting for the phone to ring, so to speak, it's tough because the phone doesn't ring as much—unless you're a hot photographer and you're in good with certain publications. The reality is that most of the magazine assignment work out there isn't journalistic, it's portraits. It has been that way for a long time, 20 years. Only a small portion of the work in the magazine world is journalistic."
And having work published on the Websites of The Washington Post or The New York Times, or a pioneering Website like MediaStorm, isn't going to give you a living wage right now.
Says Kashi, "You might give them tens of thousands of dollars of editorial content, and they might pay you a thousand bucks, which is nothing in terms of being able to make a living and survive. What you get with MediaStorm and most Websites is the back-end production value, which in MediaStorm's case is magnificent. The site is as good and as interesting and as innovative as anything out there, but they're still not paying fees.
"There are a lot of photographers who survive taking pictures of whatever people ask them to take pictures of," continues Kashi, "and that's fundamentally different than a photojournalist or a documentary photographer who's self-motivated, who wants to control, who actually is passionate about the stories that they do and has a much higher level of commitment doing those stories."

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UPDATE: 6.0 Earthquake Strikes California
NAPA, CA (CBS2/FOX28) - People in California's wine country are cleaning up after a magnitude six earthquake hit Sunday.
It was the worst to rattle the San Francisco Bay in 25 years.
The quake damaged buildings, knocked out power to thousands, caused fires at six homes and made a mess of downtown Napa.
The violent shaking cracked dozens of tanks, barrels, and shattered countless wine bottles - sending hundreds of gallons of top quality vintage wine down the drain.
More than 170 people were hospitalized with injuries, some are in critical condition but so far, no deaths have been reported.
NAPA, CA (AP) -- Injuries are being reported after a large earthquake rolled through California's northern Bay Area early today, damaging some buildings and knocking out power to thousands.
The extent of the damage isn't clear but Napa Division Fire Chief John Callanan says two major injuries have been reported, and hospitals have been very busy with moderate injuries.
Napa Fire Capt. Doug Bridewell says the quake has caused fires and collapses. He himself had to climb over fallen furniture in his home to check on his family before reporting to duty. He says it was the worst shaking he'd ever been in.
The shaking emptied cabinets in homes and store shelves, set off car alarms and had residents of neighboring Sonoma County running out of their houses.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck just before 3:30 a.m. Pacific time about 10 miles northwest of American Canyon. That's about 6 miles southwest of Napa, in California wine country.
USGS says it's the largest earthquake to shake the Bay Area since the 6.9 magnitude Loma Prieta quake in 1989.
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20 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go , that they may serve me. | 20 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning and confront Pharaoh as he goes to the water and say to him, 'This is what the LORD says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. |
21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go , behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. | 21 If you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies on you and your officials, on your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies, and even the ground where they are. |
22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell , that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. | 22 " 'But on that day I will deal differently with the land of Goshen, where my people live; no swarms of flies will be there, so that you will know that I, the LORD, am in this land. |
23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be. | 23 I will make a distinction between my people and your people. This miraculous sign will occur tomorrow.' " |
24 And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies. | 24 And the LORD did this. Dense swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh's palace and into the houses of his officials, and throughout Egypt the land was ruined by the flies. |
25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said , Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. | 25 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God here in the land." |
26 And Moses said , It is not meet so to do ; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? | 26 But Moses said, "That would not be right. The sacrifices we offer the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. And if we offer sacrifices that are detestable in their eyes, will they not stone us? |
27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us. | 27 We must take a three-day journey into the desert to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God, as he commands us." |
28 And Pharaoh said , I will let you go , that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away : intreat for me. | 28 Pharaoh said, "I will let you go to offer sacrifices to the LORD your God in the desert, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me." |
29 And Moses said , Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD. | 29 Moses answered, "As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the LORD, and tomorrow the flies will leave Pharaoh and his officials and his people. Only be sure that Pharaoh does not act deceitfully again by not letting the people go to offer sacrifices to the LORD." |
30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD. | 30 Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD, |
31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one. | 31 and the LORD did what Moses asked: The flies left Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not a fly remained. |
32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go . | 32 But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the people go. |
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(Aldridge and Reiner 1972). The A esterases have a serine catalytic site. The tertiary structure and amino acid sequences of several AChEs and BuChEs have been established (Taylor 1994). AChEs regulate excitation at cholinergic synapses, destroying the neurotransmitter ACh. AChE is one of the most active enzymes known, cycling within a few milliseconds (Taylor 1996). AChEs are found at synapses and neuromuscular junctions, and in central-nervous-system (CNS) neuron cell bodies, axons, muscles, red blood cells (RBCs), and platelets of ovine and rodent species (Silver 1974; Traina and Serpietri 1984; Hoffmann et al. 1989).
There is AChE-like activity in the plasma of some birds and mammals (Traina and Serpietri 1984; Smucker and Wilson 1990). Plasma ChE of rodents, such as the laboratory rat, is high in both AChE and BuChE activities (Traina and Serpietri 1984). AChE activity in human blood is found mainly in RBCs (Silver 1974). AChE activity also occurs in the serum of developing mammals and birds, decreasing to adult levels after birth (Smucker and Wilson 1990). Together with AChEs, BuChEs are also found at synapses, motor end plates, and muscle fibers. BuChE activity in blood is restricted to serum (Silver 1974)
Substrate preferences for AChEs and BuChEs vary with the species. Both mammal and bird AChEs rapidly hydrolyze ACh and its thiocholine analog acetylthiocholine (AcTh) (Silver 1974). Plasma-BuChE activity in the rat is reported to favor propionyl rather than butyryl substrates (Augustinsson 1948; Hoffmann et al. 1989). AChEs and BuChEs respond differently to increasing substrate concentration. AChEs are inhibited by excess substrate above 1–2 millimolars (mM) (Wilson et al. 1997; Silver 1974). BuChEs are less sensitive. BuChEs are preferentially inhibited by the selective inhibitor iso-OMPA and quinidine, and AChEs by the bisquaternary compound BW284c51.
The action of AChE on ACh is a multistep process, represented below by the formation of a reversible enzyme-substrate complex (EAX), acetylation of the catalytic site (EA), and hydrolysis of the enzyme-substrate complex yielding acetic acid, choline, and the regenerated enzyme (E + A). A similar reaction scheme is applicable to BuChEs.


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Daft Punk is a French electronic music duo composed of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. The group has gained a cult following on the Internet, with many of their hit songs commonly used in remix videos on YouTube.
Bangalter and de Homem-Christo met in 1987 while they were enrolled as students at the Lycée Carnot secondary school in Paris, France. In 1994, the duo released their debut single "The New Wave" (shown below, left). In 1995, the single "Da Funk/Musique" was released (shown below, right), which became their first commercially successful track peaking at #1 on Billboard's "US Hot Dance Club Songs" chart.[1]
In January of 1997, Daft Punk released their first album Homework, which included the hit tracks "Revolution 909", "Da Funk", "Burnin'" and "Alive." In March of 2001, Daft Punk released their second album Discovery, including the hits "One More Time", "Aerodynamic", "Digital Love" and "Something About Us." On December 1st, 2003, Daft Punk released the feature-length Japanese-French animated musical film Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (shown below), which told the story of the kidnapping and rescue of an alien pop band.
In March of 2005, the duo released the album Human After All, which included the notable tracks "Technologic" ,"Human After All", "The Prime Time of Your Life" and "Robot Rock." On April 4, 2006, Daft Punk released Musique Vol. I which included notable tracks from previous albums and "Musique", a track that was previously only available on the original version of the single "Da Funk/Musique". A special edition also included the music video for "The Prime Time of Your Life" and "Robot Rock (Maximum Overdrive)". On December 3rd, 2010, the soundtrack for the science fiction film Tron: Legacy was released, which was scored entirely by Daft Punk.
Online Presence
Dancing Ninja
On October 23rd, 2004, YTMND user thenixfactor submitted an animated GIF of a dancing ninja accompanied by the Daft Punk song "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" (shown below). In the following nine years, the page garnered upwards of 1.01 million views and 610 comments.
Daft Hands
On June 6th, 2007, YouTuber FrEckle Studios uploaded a one take music video titled Daft Hands, featuring a pair of hands decorated with lyrics from the Daft Punk song "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" (shown below). Within five years, the video had received around 56 million views and 181,000 comments.
Daft Punks helmets have been the center of much interest. From Discovery-onward, they wore them everywhere to conceal their identities. Interviews, public appearances, and concerts, they wore them.Thomas wears a silver helmet with a visor in front, and Guy-Manuel wears a gold helmet with a large, black visor up the front, and gold on the sides. Underneath the visors are LED's that can create different patterns on the visors The helmets are custom made, and many people craft their own to cosplay as them. Custom made helmets can go over $200 in price.
Who's Daft Punk?
On October 19th, 2011, the single topic blog "Who's Daft Punk" was launched on Tumblr, which highlights edited versions of a photo of the unmasked duo featuring superimposed heads of other celebrities.
"Get Lucky"
On April 19th, 2013, Daft Punk released the single "Get Lucky" featuring Pharrell Williams (shown below, left). On the following day, the music blog Billboard[2] reported that the song had set the record for the most streams of a single track in one day on the music application Spotify. Within one week, a copy of the track uploaded to the DaftPunkVEVO YouTube channel received over 4.94 million views and 14,200 comments. On April 21st, YouTuber MyMusicalTalen TM uploaded a fan made music video for the single (shown below, right), featuring footage taken from the 2006 Daft Punk film Electroma and a short film starring Pharrell Williams titled Ecology of Love. In the first five days, the video garnered more than 74,000 views and 110 comments.
On April 21st, 2013, YouTuber Maim Ixed uploaded a pitch-shifted version of the song, noting that the vocals sounded very similar to the deceased pop star Michael Jackson (shown below, left). In the following five days, the upload gained upwards of 735,000 views and 900 comments. On the following day, YouTuber indiarchitect paired the pitch-shifted song with footage of Michael Jackson performing on stage (shown below, right), garnering more than 41,000 views and 25 comments in the next four days.
In the coming days, several "Get Lucky" mashups were uploaded by other YouTubers, including versions using the Michael Jackson hits "Billy Jean" (shown below, left) and "Black or White" (shown below, right).
Daft Punk's music is often featured in YouTube Poop videos, remixes and mashups on the video-sharing site (shown below).
Several chiptune remixes of Daft Punk hits have been uploaded to YouTube, including 8-Bit versions of "Around the World" by YouTuber NESsongsrus (shown below, left) and "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" by Snowbro (shown below, right). As of April 2013, each video has earned more than 750,000 views and 1,000 comments.
"Random Access Memories" controversies
On April 22, 2013, Garry's Mod and Source Filmmaker animator EthioMod released a satirical video titled "PSA: Cure Bad Music", which poked fun at the Daft Punk fanbase for their over-the-top reactions towards the announcement of Random Access Memories.
On May 17, 2013, Daft Punk's fourth album Random Access Memories was released to the public in select countries around the world. It was well-received by critics, with Rolling Stone giving it a 4 out of 5 stars.[4] Among the Daft Punk fanbase, however, it received mixed criticisms. Among these was BBC Radio 1 DJ Jackmaster, who condemned the album over Twitter.
Listening to RAM obv. The first track is pish.
— JACKMASTER (@jackmaster) May 13, 2013
Sorry I take that back. 90% of the album is pish. Never thought in a million years that Get Lucky would be the best track on there.
— JACKMASTER (@jackmaster) May 13, 2013
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External References
[2]Billboard – Daft Punks Get Lucky Sets Record on Spotfiy
[3]Gizmodo – Daft Punks New Single Totally Sounds Like a Michael Jackson Disco Jam
[4]Rolling Stone – Daft Punk's Human Touch


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1 Therefore when the Lord knew that the Perushim had heard that Yeshua was making and immersing more talmidim than Yochanan | 1 The Pharisees heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John, |
2 (although Yeshua himself didn't immerse, but his talmidim), | 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. |
3 he left Yehudah, and departed into the Galil. | 3 When the Lord learned of this, he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee. |
4 He needed to pass through Shomron. | 4 Now he had to go through Samaria. |
5 So he came to a city of Shomron, called Shekhem, near the parcel of ground that Ya`akov gave to his son, Yosef. | 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. |
6 Ya`akov's well was there. Yeshua therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. | 6 Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. |
7 A woman of Shomron came to draw water. Yeshua said to her, "Give me a drink." | 7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Will you give me a drink?" |
8 For his talmidim had gone away into the city to buy food. | 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) |
9 The Shomroni woman therefore said to him, "How is it that you, being a Yehudi, ask for a drink from me, a Shomroni woman?" (For Yehudim have no dealings with Shomroni.) | 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, "You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?" (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans. ) |
10 Yeshua answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water." | 10 Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." |
11 The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From where then have you that living water? | 11 "Sir," the woman said, "you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? |
12 Are you greater than our father, Ya`akov, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his sons, and his cattle?" | 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his flocks and herds?" |
13 Yeshua answered her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, | 13 Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, |
14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life." | 14 but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." |
15 The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I don't get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw." | 15 The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water." |
16 Yeshua said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here." | 16 He told her, "Go, call your husband and come back." |
17 The woman answered, "I have no husband." Yeshua said to her, "You said well, 'I have no husband,' | 17 "I have no husband," she replied. Jesus said to her, "You are right when you say you have no husband. |
18 for you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband. This you have said truly." | 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true." |
19 The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. | 19 "Sir," the woman said, "I can see that you are a prophet. |
20 Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Yehudim say that in Yerushalayim is the place where people ought to worship." | 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem." |
21 Yeshua said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Yerushalayim, will you worship the Father. | 21 Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. |
22 You worship that which you don't know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Yehudim. | 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. |
23 But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers. | 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. |
24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." | 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." |
25 The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah comes," (he who is called Anointed One). "When he has come, he will declare to us all things." | 25 The woman said, "I know that Messiah" (called Christ) "is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us." |
26 Yeshua said to her, "I am he, the one who speaks to you." | 26 Then Jesus declared, "I who speak to you am he." |
27 At this, his talmidim came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, "What are you looking for?" or, "Why do you speak with her?" | 27 Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, "What do you want?" or "Why are you talking with her?" |
28 So the woman left her water pot, and went away into the city, and said to the people, | 28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, |
29 "Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Messiah?" | 29 "Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ ?" |
30 They went out of the city, and were coming to him. | 30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him. |
31 In the meanwhile, the talmidim urged him, saying, "Rabbi, eat." | 31 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, "Rabbi, eat something." |
32 But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you don't know about." | 32 But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about." |
33 The talmidim therefore said one to another, "Has anyone brought him something to eat?" | 33 Then his disciples said to each other, "Could someone have brought him food?" |
34 Yeshua said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work. | 34 "My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. |
35 Don't you say, 'There are yet four months until the harvest?' Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look at the fields, that they are white already to harvest. | 35 Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. |
36 He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life; that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. | 36 Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. |
37 For in this the saying is true, 'One sows, and another reaps.' | 37 Thus the saying 'One sows and another reaps' is true. |
38 I sent you to reap that for which you haven't labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor." | 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor." |
39 From that city many of the Shomroni believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, 'He told me everything that I did." | 39 Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony, "He told me everything I ever did." |
40 So when the Shomroni came to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed there two days. | 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. |
41 Many more believed because of his word. | 41 And because of his words many more became believers. |
42 They said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Messiah, the Savior of the world." | 42 They said to the woman, "We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world." |
43 After the two days he went forth from there and went into the Galil. | 43 After the two days he left for Galilee. |
44 For Yeshua himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. | 44 (Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.) |
45 So when he came into the Galil, the Galilim received him, having seen all the things that he did in Yerushalayim at the feast, for they also went to the feast. | 45 When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, for they also had been there. |
46 Yeshua came therefore again to Kanah of the Galil, where he made the water into wine. There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Kafar-Nachum. | 46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. |
47 When he heard that Yeshua had come out of Yehudah into the Galil, he went to him, and begged him that he would come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. | 47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death. |
48 Yeshua therefore said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe." | 48 "Unless you people see miraculous signs and wonders," Jesus told him, "you will never believe." |
49 The nobleman said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies." | 49 The royal official said, "Sir, come down before my child dies." |
50 Yeshua said to him, "Go your way. Your son lives." The man believed the word that Yeshua spoke to him, and he went his way. | 50 Jesus replied, "You may go. Your son will live." The man took Jesus at his word and departed. |
51 As he was now going down, his servants met him and reported, saying "Your child lives!" | 51 While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living. |
52 So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. They said therefore to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour, the fever left him." | 52 When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, "The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour." |
53 So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Yeshua said to him, "Your son lives." He believed, as did his whole house. | 53 Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live." So he and all his household believed. |
54 This is again the second sign that Yeshua did, having come out of Yehudah into the Galil. | 54 This was the second miraculous sign that Jesus performed, having come from Judea to Galilee. |
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21 And in his place shall arise a vile person, to whom they will not give the honor of royalty; but he shall come in peaceably, and seize the kingdom by intrigue. | 21 "He will be succeeded by a contemptible person who has not been given the honor of royalty. He will invade the kingdom when its people feel secure, and he will seize it through intrigue. |
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I enjoyed this book and found it hard to put down. It went back and forth between current time and the WWII time period, but each switch was labeled so it wasn't confusing. The plot involved a woman trying to discover the secret of her mother's past, and the twist at the end made for a very satisfying ending. It's not your standard mystery -- no detectives or cops (really). Rather, it's sort of a family saga, multi-generational historical fiction with a compelling mystery wrapped up in it. It's a quick read, and it's one of those that is highly satisfying when it's all said and done. What's it about? The blurb (so I don't inadvertently add anything by attempting my own synopsis ;)): "During a picnic at her family's farm in the English countryside, sixteen-year-old Laurel Nicolson witnesses a shocking crime, a crime that challenges everything she knows about her adored mother, Dorothy. Now, fifty years later, Laurel and her sisters are meeting at the farm to celebrate Dorothy's ninetieth birthday. Realizing that this is her last chance to discover the truth about that long-ago day, Laurel searches for answers that can only be found in Dorothy's past. Clue by clue, she traces a secret history of three strangers from vastly different worlds thrown together in war-torn London—Dorothy, Vivien, and Jimmy—whose lives are forever after entwined. A gripping story of deception and passion, The Secret Keeper will keep you enthralled to the last page." (from Amazon) It has plenty of "what?!" and "a-ha!" and "no ... that can't be..." moments, and an abundance of "aww" and "so sweet!" and other touching and moving moments. It's a great book for discussion and a great book for pondering. The only things that I thought could use some improvement, as far as the writing was concerned, are the following: (1) I felt that there were a few characters who seemed like bit characters or those you didn't need to "hold onto" in your brain that later turned out to matter.... and so I found myself flipping back and forth a bit more than normal to try to remember who is this person that suddenly I'm supposed to remember; and (2) I thought the end, though great and satisfying in many ways, was a little abrupt. Can't say more, but there you have it. Overall, a great book. I'm happy that my 2nd Morton didn't disappoint! Definitely recommend. I figured most of it out, don't worry, no spoilers here, probably only because a couple of friends let me know there were some real twists and it kept me thinking. And still I sat there sobbing at the end - how could she manage that? I definitely did not like this one as much as The House At Riverton. Too much time spent on things that were not likeable to get to the happy bits, which were really only bittersweet. And Laurel herself was underdeveloped. Sorry, but not a real winner for me. This is a wonderful book. I loved how the author takes you back and forth between present day and 1941 to unravel the mystery of Dorothy's secret. I had trouble putting this book down. I think this will be a book that I will want to read multiple times! I listened to the audio version of The Secret Keeper (loved the narrator)--this was my first book by Kate Morton. It started out a little slow and the intensity heated up along the way. The setting England 1960s and the Nicholson family is celebrating their youngest child's birthday. Laurel (16) sneaks away for her treehouse, when she sees a man walk up the road and speak to her mother and little brother. Then she cannot believe, her mother takes the cake knife and stabs the guy. She and her mother never speak of the event again. The book jumps to 2011 and Laurel returns to visit her elderly mother and is determined to discover what happened that day before her mom dies. The book jumps back and forth between the war 1940s and present day. Dorothy (mom)'s past is uncovered, going back to her teenage years and her romance with Jimmy and friendship with Vivian. I had to go back and listen to the audio several times as when you are driving or get distracted --you do not want to miss a thing! A suspenseful novel with lots of twists and turns and keeps you hanging to learn of the next outcome. The characters are very well developed and the author clearly captures the emotions. Lots of hidden secrets, a historical romance and mystery. I am typically not a huge fan of historical fiction; however, feel I would have enjoyed it better had I read on e-reader versus audio since it was moving back and forth in time. I strongly recommend this book to lovers of mystery and historical fiction and look forward to reading her previous books. Very well done!! no reviews | add a review
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Dan Savage's 'The Commitment' inspires Bushwick Book Club songs
Dan Savage's "The Commitment" gets the Bushwick Book Club book-into-songs treatment at Seattle's Volterra Drawing Room, with proceeds going to Music for Marriage Equality, Oct. 24, 2012.
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The Bushwick Book Club, which makes it its mission to turn books into brand-new songs, takes on Dan Savage's "The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family." The musical showcase will feature singer-songwriters Wes Weddell, Lisa Koch, Emmett Montgomery and many more. All proceeds benefit Music for Marriage Equality. 8 p.m. Wednesday, Volterra Drawing Room, 5407 Ballard Ave. N.W., Seattle; $10-$12 (www.strangertickets.com/events/6149705).
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PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Hall of Famer Jack Youngblood jokes that he can't remember how many concussions he's had.
Then he gets serious, recalling the damage he's absorbed since he first started playing football when he was 12.
"What have I done?" Youngblood said. "I have to ask that question. You just don't know. We haven't defined it completely yet. That's one of the issues we're talking about here today."
Youngblood spoke during a break from the first meeting of the Mackey-White Traumatic Brain Injury Committee on Tuesday. The committee was formed by the NFL Players Association and includes professional athletes, past and current NFL players, doctors and researchers.
The group wants to open a dialogue on brain injuries in professional football, discuss the latest research and begin developing recommendations to keep players safer.
The committee was named in honor of two Hall of Famers -- tight end John Mackey, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and defensive lineman Reggie White, who earned the nickname "The Minister of Defense" and died at 43 after retiring from the NFL.
"It's something very close to my heart," Youngblood said. "I became much more aware of it as I was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and got to know John Mackey more than just a guy at a cocktail party, and to see how ravaging brain injury and brain trauma can be."
Congress recently questioned NFL players and doctors about football head injuries. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell testified in October about his league's concussion policies.
Since then, the league has instituted stricter return-to-play guidelines for players showing concussion symptoms; required each team to enlist an independent neurologist as an adviser; entered into a partnership with Boston University brain researchers who have been critical of the league's stance on concussions; and conducted tests on helmets.
"You can never take the collision aspect out of the game," Youngblood said. "There's just no way, and in fact, that's something we kind of enjoy."
Dr. Thom Mayer, medical director of the NFL players' union, is serving as the committee co-chair along with Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Sean Morey.
"This committee will serve as a 'superconductor' of information in order to drive rapid and meaningful progress in concussions," he said. "We have assembled a world-class group of scientists to facilitate our work, which will benefit not only NFL players, but all those involved in all contact sports."
Chris Nowinski, a former college football player and professional wrestler, knew something was wrong after his sixth concussion, at least that's how many he could remember.
"I was blacking out in the ring and never was educated enough to know that was a problem," he said. "That led to ongoing memory problems and headaches. ... I wasn't getting better."
After three years of wrestling, he retired and began learning more about head injuries in professional sports. Nowinski is now president of the Sports Legacy Institute and co-director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University. He also is serving on the committee.
"We're just getting everyone's opinions to what we should be doing and how we should do it," Nowinski said.
Nowinski also has been soliciting athletes to donate their brains to research after their deaths, which will be studied at Boston University. He said 250 professional and amateur athletes have agreed, including 60 retired NFL players and four active ones.
"The message is really giving back to the game," Nowinski said, "giving back to your former teammates."
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The Aetna Doll & Toy Company owned by Benjamin Goldenberg, was located in New York City, they purchased the American Doll and Toy Company 1892-1909 (advertised in 1907 that they were the only makers of composition head dolls in the USA - made the composition head 1907-1908 Fluffy Ruffles doll), was also known as; The First American Doll Factory, Goldstein & Hoffman and The Hoffman Company (owned by Solomon D. Hoffman).
In 1909 after Hoffman's death, Aetna acquired the famous patent and secret for the "Can't Break Em" composition doll heads. These doll heads were meant to compete with the huge German market of imported bisque dolls that were easily broken.
1914-1919 Aetna trademarked a new material called Adtocolite, this material was light, smooth and tougher than the can't break em composition heads, which were distributed by Horsman. The early Peterkin doll by Horsman is made of all adtocolite, when the material cracks, circular bands can be seen, which is different than the can't break em composition material, which usually shows a spidery type cracking.
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According to a report on The Slovak Spectator, CSA Czech Airlines will be launching a new base at Bratislava, Slovakia's main airport, as early as next June.
Czech Airlines to Open Base at Bratislava
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Rome – five times a week
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Brussels – three times a week
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Barcelona - twice weekly
The airline already flies between Prague and Bratislava.
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The ticket sales are expected to open by 17th May.
According to the European open skies deal, airlines from European Union member countries are allowed to open bases in other EU member countries – however this has been only very rarely utilized by a full fare carrier while LCCs like RyanAir and easyJet have actively been setting up foreign bases.
Slovakia has been lacking a national carrier ever since Air Slovakia, and then SkyEurope Airlines, went bankrupt during the recent worldwide recession. In an interesting twist of events, the former Československé Státní Aerolinie will now be again serving both Czech and Slovakia.
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If you haven't started measuring the customer experience at your IT Service Desk, make a New Year's resolution to start now (and I don't mean one of those New Year's resolutions that peter out about 2 weeks into the New Year!!!). Starting with a baseline will help you understand how you are progressing at customer experience and give you an understanding of what needs to be fixed in order to make the customer experience at the IT Service Desk even better.
Using the Forrester CXi methodology, we took a survey of 3,914 information workers and found that the overall CXi score for IT Service Desks was a 75 or the very bottom of the "Good" rating (scale contains Poor, OK, Good and Excellent ratings). Once again, we can do better!! Make a New Year's resolution to create a process of continual improvement with the data from the customer experience surveys or use the report to better your surveys and in turn the information you can use to feed your continual process improvements.
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If you have diabetes, it's important to understand your increased risk of stroke. Multiple studies have shown that people with diabetes are at greater risk for stroke compared to people without diabetes -- regardless of the number of health risk factors they have. Overall, the health risk of cardiovascular disease (including stroke) is two-and-a-half times higher in men and women with diabetes compared to people without diabetes.
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Brain tissue needs a constant supply of oxygen and nutrients to keep nerve cells and other parts of the tissue alive and functioning. The brain relies on a network of blood vessels to provide it with blood that is rich in oxygen. A stroke occurs when one of these blood vessels becomes damaged or blocked, preventing blood from reaching an area of the brain. When that part of the brain is cut off from its supply of oxygen for more than three to four minutes, it begins to die.
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When people with diabetes have a stroke, they often fare worse than individuals without diabetes. When the oxygen supply is cut off, other arteries can usually deliver oxygen by bypassing the blockage. In people with diabetes, however, many of the bypass arteries are also affected by atherosclerosis, impairing blood flow to the brain. Other risk factors may be responsible for poorer outcomes in people with diabetes following stroke, as well.
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Below are MTSO courses that address issues within ecotheology and sustainability. For more information on MTSO courses, including the prerequisites listed for these courses, we invite you to consult the Academic Catalog on the registrar's page.
CE-620 – Resisting Biocide: Environmental Ethics for Discipleship
The environmental crises facing human communities worldwide present a host of difficult moral questions for the Christian life. The overlapping problems of ecological degradation, resource depletion, climate disruption, and more – especially in relation to those already victimized by poverty and other forms of oppression – require critical, systemic reflection as well as transformative changes within each sphere of our personal, economic, ecclesial, and public lives today. This course will survey key thinkers and themes within the field of environmental ethics, examine proposals for faithful Christian action, and challenge students to articulate a hopeful vision for discipleship today that accounts not only for the breadth of sin and evil but also the depth of God's love for the world. Prerequisite: CE-501. 3 credit hours.
ED-640 – Ecological Religious Education
This course explores harmonies and dissonance between models of religious and ecological education. It is designed for individuals who are seeking ways to integrate ecological issues as an aspect of the educational life of a vibrant community. Prerequisite: PT-500 or equivalent. 3 credit hours.
PT-600 – Food, Land and Faith Formation
Through urban gardening, community supported agriculture, farmer's markets or intentional agrarian communities, young people are constructing new relationships with food, land, and community. In doing so, they are exploring understandings of faith and spirituality through ideas and metaphors reflecting their commitments to community and agrarian values. This course explores the ecology of these relationships. 3 credit hours. Prerequisite: PT-500 or permission.
PT-700 – Dialogues in Faith and Science
The purpose of this course is to engage in meaningful discourse between science and theology for the purpose of developing a thoughtful, relevant faith conversant with scientific discovery and progress. Contemporary discoveries in neuroscience, cosmology, anthropology, evolutionary theory, genetics and ecological sciences all offer opportunities for engaging understanding of faith. Two or three scientific areas will be chosen for dialogue with the Christian faith traditions. Prerequisites: PT-500 and a 600-level CT course, plus ED-675 or PT-600. 3 credit hours.
CT-7XX – Ecotheology
This Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary course will be taught remotely by video-link in Spring 2015. The description is in development.


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