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1 And Iacob dwelt in the lande wherein his father was a straunger yt is to saye in the lande of Canaan. | 1 Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan. |
2 And these are the generations of Iacob: when Ioseph was .xvij. yere olde he kepte shepe with his brethren and the lad was with the sonnes of Bilha and of Zilpha his fathers wyues. And he brought vnto their father an euyll saynge yt was of them. | 2 This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them. |
3 And Israel loued Ioseph more than all his childern because he begat hym in his olde age and he made him a coote of many coloures. | 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made a richly ornamented robe for him. |
4 When his brothren sawe that their father loued him more than all his brethern they hated him and coude not speke one kynde worde vnto him. | 4 When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him. |
5 Moreouer Ioseph dreamed a dreawe and tolde it his brethren: wherfore they hated him yet the more. | 5 Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. |
6 And he sayde vnto them heare I praye yow this dreame which I haue dreamed: | 6 He said to them, "Listen to this dream I had: |
7 Beholde we were makynge sheues in the felde: and loo my shefe arose and stode vpright and youres stode rounde aboute and made obeysaunce to my shefe. | 7 We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it." |
8 Than sayde his brethren vnto him: what shalt thou be oure kynge or shalt thou reigne ouer us? And they hated hi yet the more because of his dreame and of his wordes. | 8 His brothers said to him, "Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?" And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said. |
9 And he dreamed yet another dreame and told it his brethren saynge: beholde I haue had one dreame more: me thought the sonne and the moone and .xi. starres made obaysaunce to me. | 9 Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. "Listen," he said, "I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me." |
10 And when he had told it vnto his father and his brethern his father rebuked him and sayde vnto him: what meaneth this dreame which thou hast dreamed: shall I and thy mother and thy brethren come and fall on the grounde before the? | 10 When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, "What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?" |
11 And his brethern hated him but his father noted the saynge. | 11 His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind. |
12 His brethren went to kepe their fathers shepe in Sichem | 12 Now his brothers had gone to graze their father's flocks near Shechem, |
13 and Israell sayde vnto Ioseph: do not thy brethern kepe in Sichem? come that I may send ye to the. And he answered here am I | 13 and Israel said to Joseph, "As you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I am going to send you to them." "Very well," he replied. |
14 And he sayde vnto him: goo and see whether it be well with thy brethren and the shepe and brynge me worde agayne: And sent him out of the vale of Hebron for to go to Sichem. | 14 So he said to him, "Go and see if all is well with your brothers and with the flocks, and bring word back to me." Then he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. When Joseph arrived at Shechem, |
15 And a certayne man founde him wandrynge out of his waye in the felde ad axed him what he soughte. | 15 a man found him wandering around in the fields and asked him, "What are you looking for?" |
16 And he answered: I seke my brethren tell me I praye the where they kepe shepe | 16 He replied, "I'm looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are grazing their flocks?" |
17 And the man sayde they are departed hece for I herde them say let vs goo vnto Dothan. Thus went Ioseph after his brethren and founde them in Dothan. | 17 "They have moved on from here," the man answered. "I heard them say, 'Let's go to Dothan.' " So Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan. |
18 And whe they sawe him a farr of before he came at them they toke councell agaynst him for to sley him | 18 But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him. |
19 and sayde one to another Beholde this dreamer cometh | 19 "Here comes that dreamer!" they said to each other. |
20 come now and let us sley him and cast him in to some pytt and let vs saye that sonne wiked beast hath deuoured him and let us see what his dreames wyll come to. | 20 "Come now, let's kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we'll see what comes of his dreams." |
21 When Ruben herde that he wet aboute to ryd him out of their handes and sayde let vs not kyll him. | 21 When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. "Let's not take his life," he said. |
22 And Ruben sayde moreouer vnto them shed not his bloude but cast him in to this pytt that is in the wildernes and laye no handes vpon him: for he wolde haue rydd him out of their handes and delyuered him to his father agayne. | 22 "Don't shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the desert, but don't lay a hand on him." Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father. |
23 And as soone as Ioseph was come vnto his brethren they strypte him out of his gay coote that was vpon him | 23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe--the richly ornamented robe he was wearing-- |
24 and they toke him and cast him in to a pytt: But the pytt was emptie and had no water therein. | 24 and they took him and threw him into the cistern. Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it. |
25 And they satt them doune to eate brede. And as they lyft vp their eyes and loked aboute there came a companye of Ismaelites from Gilead and their camels lade with spicery baulme and myrre and were goynge doune in to Egipte. | 25 As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt. |
26 Than sayde Iuda to his brethre what avayleth it that we sley oure brother and kepe his bloude secrett? | 26 Judah said to his brothers, "What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? |
27 come on let vs sell him to the Ismaelites and let not oure handes be defyled vpon him: for he is oure brother and oure flesh. And his brethren were content. | 27 Come, let's sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood." His brothers agreed. |
28 Than as the Madianites marchaunt men passed by they drewe Ioseph out of the pytt and sold him vnto the Ismaelites for .xx. peces of syluer.And they brought him into Egipte. | 28 So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt. |
29 And when Ruben came agayne vnto the pytt and founde not Ioseph there he rent his cloothes | 29 When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes. |
30 and went agayne vnto his brethern saynge: the lad is not yonder and whether shall I goo? | 30 He went back to his brothers and said, "The boy isn't there! Where can I turn now?" |
31 And they toke Iosephs coote ad kylled a goote and dypped the coote in the bloud. | 31 Then they got Joseph's robe, slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. |
32 And they sent that gay coote and caused it to be brought vnto their father and sayd: This haue we founde: se whether it be thy sones coote or no. | 32 They took the ornamented robe back to their father and said, "We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son's robe." |
33 And he knewe it saynge: it is my sonnes coote a wicked beast hath deuoured him and Ioseph is rent in peces. | 33 He recognized it and said, "It is my son's robe! Some ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces." |
34 And Iacob rent his cloothes ad put sacke clothe aboute his loynes and sorowed for his sonne a longe season. | 34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days. |
35 Than came all his sonnes ad all his doughters to comforte him. And he wold not be comforted but sayde: I will go doune in to ye grave vnto my sonne mornynge. And thus his father wepte for him. | 35 All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. "No," he said, "in mourning will I go down to the grave to my son." So his father wept for him. |
36 And the Madianytes solde him in Egipte vnto Putiphar a lorde of Pharaos: and his chefe marshall. | 36 Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's officials, the captain of the guard. |
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1 In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign. | 1 In the second year of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah began to reign. |
The World English Bible is in the public domain. (The World English Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (CBS2/FOX28) -- Four people were injured after a fire and explosion at a mobile home in the Prairie Oaks Manufactured Home community on Bowling Road, just after 2:30 p.m. on Monday.
Cedar Rapids police were still cleaning up evidence and neutralizing any other possible explosive substances in the house by 10 p.m., though investigators could not confirm what caused the explosion.
Neighbors in the area said the situation was scary and suspicious.
"(I was) just sitting there minding my own business -- all of the sudden I heard a big kaboom and a little bit of a rattle, went outside to look, didn't see nothing. Next thing I know, here comes fire trucks and (I) come out and here this trailer here blew up," said Tracy Ryan, who lives on the west side of the community.
The buckled siding and charred windows on the mobile home are enough to indicate that an explosion did indeed happen there.
"Other than that, nobody knows what's going on," Ryan said.
As police tried to figure out exactly what exploded in the house -- where infrared security cameras line the windows and doors -- neighbors said they never expected anything like this to happen in their quiet community.
"No, not this many times, especially in two months? It's kind of scary," said neighbor Vendetta Chesmore.
It was just two months ago, and just across the street from Monday's explosion, that another, bigger explosion happened.
"The first one was kind of wild, because they didn't want the fire department, but I called the fire department anyway. And they told me not to, but I did anyway," said Ryan.
Greg Buelow with the Cedar Rapids Fire Department said the cause of that explosion was a meth lab.
The lingering possibility that anything could have caused Monday's explosion is making folks feel unsettled.
"It's kind of scary, you know, because she's got little kids that come out and play, and there's other little kids in the trailer court. You never know what could happen from day to day," said Chesmore, talking about another neighbor and her children.
Despite that, neighbors said they still felt safe.
"If you find a cop car out here, it had to be something stupid," Ryan said.
The 30-year-old woman and her 7-year-old daughter who live in the house were transported to St. Luke's Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. A 34-year-old man and a 12-year-old boy who were visiting the family were also treated for minor injuries on the scene.


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This quality Barkshire Heavy Duty Dog Cage is made from strong black powder coated iron with no tools required for assembly. Easy to set-up and to fold-down, this durable cage has many characteristics including a door featuring an 'H' bolt. As a special safety feature, there are two bolt latches on the door. Please note that due to its size, it only has the one door.It is a quality product that is epoxy coated to provide excellent corrosion resistance and also has a strong, removable plastic base tray that is easy to clean. Conveniently collapsible, in a folding suitcase style with carry handle for easy transport, this cage is sturdy and reliable, making it a convenient and practical product.
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Bought for my 8 week old staffordshire bull terrier puppy The divider is really useful as it means you can adapt the size as your puppy grows Crate feels sturdy Ive added a crate mat My only negative is that I wish there was an option to determine which sides you want the doors on My crates in a corner the position of the doors mean only one can be used as the other is against the wall Choosing what side to have the doors on would have eliminated this problem But overall Im happy with this purchase
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I purchase this crate in size large and after a couple of months my puppies head was touching the top so I had to purchase a new crate We now have the XL size which is fantastic and will hopefully last her a lot longer Great item and thankfully a great price
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Good quality sturdy cage Exactly what I wanted at a great price Its was delivered within a few days of ordering and it was left with a neighbour at my request while I was at work I will use this website again
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We got this for our 5 month old cocker spaniel to grow into along with a comfy mat and cover I think its excellent So easy to put together My dog also loves it She takes herself to bed every night and uses it to hide from the fireworks at the moment I also crate her if Im popping out Also great price
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Great House! Great view and access to lake !
We loved the house as a whole and really enjoyed our stay at First Pryority. We had a number of houses to choose from and I am glad we chose this house. It was even nicer and roomier than the pictures show. There are some things that would have made our stay perfect, but it is still an excellent house for the money. You will not be disappointed !
- Lake Glenville is beautiful and the house is located not far a great swim up waterfall that you an walk and even slide down. Short boat ride and easy to canoe or paddle board to.
- Good fishing off of the dock. Not for eating but great fun for the kids though we did see a few large bass making the rounds.
- The house is a great blend of a rustic feel with high comfort. The house is very roomy and and well maintained. Master BR is huge and other bedrooms are very comfortable. There is a large deck and great view on all floors
- All the ameneties are there, Central AC, large washer and dryer, dishwasher, jetted tub in Master, two large TV's, large grill and firepit for smores.
- Great outdoor activities ( Boat rental 15 minute drive, Horseback Riding ( Arrowmount) 2 miles from house. Close to Cashiers, Highlands and Sapphire.
- House is just far enough away from Cashiers and good distance from main road, 20+ minutes into town. You have to plan your shopping.
- It is a steep climb from house to lake. The path/steps are well defined but still a good workout to get from the lake to the main floor of the house.
- No outside chairs were available for sitting on dock or down by the lake where we spent most of our time. It would be nice to have some available for use.
- You have to bring or rent towels, not a huge deal but an minor inconvenience. Outside of towels everything you need is there for cooking.
- Be aware that there is poor cell reception around the lake but the house does have wifi and a land line.
- There was some construction going on across the lake mid day while we were there.. but outside of that very peaceful part of the lake
-The driveway is steep from the road to house. Not an issue for us but is something to be aware of was very easy to navigate and park multiple cars.
- Having enough hot water for showers was an issue especially if you are sharing with another family, we had 4 adults and 4 kids, last few in got a cold shower.
- Though closet is huge , it could use more storage in master BR. There is no dresser.


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Every year I road trip around the state leaf peeping in the Tacoma. I use to hike a lot more but due to my knee now its mostly roadside photography.
Hope to get out this weekend & snap a few with the tacoma but the is not cooperating!
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Not so long ago, women's tennis was chock-full of teenage champions. A 16-year-old Tracy Austin threatened the Evert-Navratilova duopoly in the late 1970s. Monica Seles won the French Open at the same age in 1990. Martina Hingis broke countless "youngest ever" records and won five Grand Slam titles before she turned 19.
Recently, however, the average age on the WTA Tour has been creeping up. This has a lot to do with the age restrictions introduced after Jennifer Capriati – a top ten player at the age of 14 – suffered burnout and personal problems in the mid-nineties. But the demanding physical nature of the modern game also makes it harder for young players to challenge for the biggest prizes. In days gone by, teens lacking in muscle were able to finesse their way to the top; in the 21st century, they are simply blown off the court.
So which of today's teenage cohort will prevail at tomorrow's Grand Slams? Here is a look at where the ten youngest players in the WTA top 100 (as of July 29th, 2013) currently stand.
Age: 19 years, 9 months
Current ranking: 84
Lauren Davis is one of the most undersized players on the list at just 5'2", but she has a strong serve, powerful groundstrokes and likes to play aggressively. Her best wins to date have come against top 30 players Yanina Wickmayer and Sorana Cristea, and she came within a few points of upsetting compatriot Sloane Stephens in the quarter-finals of the Hobart International back in January.
Davis hasn't been in the best of form recently – her win-loss record since April is 3-8 – so she will be hoping for a boost on the American hard courts, her favourite surface.
Age: 19 years, 9 months
Current ranking: 83
Caroline Garcia first gained widespread attention when she lead Maris Sharapova by a set and 4-1 at the French Open 2011. Although she initially failed to build on that success, spending most of 2012 at ITF tournaments and the qualifying rounds of main-draw WTA events, she has slowly gained momentum in 2013.
Wins over Francesca Schiavone, Chanelle Sheepers and Jie Zheng have pushed the Frenchwoman into the top 100, and her hard-hitting game has been praised by Andy Murray and Serena Williams. The keys to future success for Garcia are savvier shot selection and greater consistency.
Age: 19 years, 9 months
Current ranking: 63
This powerfully built Spaniard didn't have a glittering junior career, but she proved her worth in Miami in 2012. There, she beat Vera Zvonareva and Flavia Pennetta to make the last 16. She was on the verge of another major scalp at the US Open that year, but lost a tight three-setter to Sara Errani.
In 2013, Muguruza opted to avoid ITF events and concentrate on the bigger tournaments. In the spring, she pushed Venus Williams to a 7-5 deciding set in Florianopolis, reached the fourth round of Indian Wells and upset Caroline Wozniacki on her way to the last 16 in Miami. Her best result came on the grass courts of 's-Hertogenbosch in June, where she qualified for the main draw and made it to the semi-finals, beating Mona Barthel and Dominika Cibulkova along the way.
Unfortunately, an ankle injury will keep Muguraza out of action until 2014. But with her aggressive game, big forehand and unimpeachable fighting spirit, she has the talent to make it all the way to the top.
Age: 17 years, 1 month
Current ranking: 62
The youngest player by far in the top 100, Donna Vekic has already accomplished more than most of her colleagues. She has reached two WTA finals, in Tashkent last year and in Birmingham two months ago; she has also managed to crack the top 70 despite a limited playing schedule.
The Croatian moves well for her height and has an aggressive mindset. If she can stay healthy – something that can't be taken for granted with very young athletes who are still growing – it's surely only a matter of time before she starts challenging the top players on a regular basis.
Age: 19 years, 5 months
Current ranking: 58
Eugenie Bouchard won junior Wimbledon in 2011 and 2012, and has quietly climbed the senior rankings thanks to steady nerves and a consistent, defence-based style of play.
Her best win to date came in the second round of Wimbledon 2013, where she upset former world number one Ana Ivanovic in straight sets. If she can keep beating the players ranked below her, while stepping up the court a little more frequently, the Canadian could reach the top 50 before the end of the year.
Age: 19 years, 10 months
Current ranking: 51
While some of her fellow teenagers have forged a steady path towards the upper echelons of the women's game, Monica Puig has landed in the big league with a bang. The charismatic Puerto Rican qualified for only two WTA tournaments in 2012, but in recent months she has gone from faceless newcomer to one of the tour's hottest prospects.
Having pushed Angelique Kerber and Venus Williams to three sets in the first few months of the year, she came to life on red clay. Wins over Julia Goerges and Francesca Schiavone saw her reach the quarter-finals of the Portugal Open, and she beat Nadia Petrova on her way to round three of Roland Garros. At Wimbledon, she thrashed fifth seed Sara Errani and went on to reach the last 16, where she had Sloane Stephens on the ropes.
Although only 5'7", Puig hits big and covers the court well. Most importantly, she believes she can beat the best in the world. Few seeds will be happy about facing her on hard courts this summer.
Age: 18 years, 10 months
Current ranking: 49
Elina Svitolina is the only player on this list to have won a WTA title. Although the field in Baku was relatively weak for an International event, she produced mature, composed tennis to lift the trophy, shooting into the top 50 as a result.
Formerly a top-ranked junior, Svitolina has power and imagination. Although she still tends to go for too much when pushed into defensive positions, she has plenty of time to iron out the kinks in her game and become a serious contender.
Age: 19 years, 5 months
Current ranking: 47
Germany's latest tennis sensation had a brilliant 2012, winning the junior French Open and six ITF titles. She has continued her upward trajectory in 2013, beating the likes of Su-Wei Hsieh and Yaroslava Shvedova. Her biggest successes have come on clay courts: she reached the last four of the International event in Katowice, pushed Victoria Azarenka at the French Open and made back-to-back quarter-finals in Budapest and Bad Gastein last month.
Beck has become a top 50 player with a high-risk, high-reward playing style. If she can cut down on the unforced errors and hit with more spin and margin for error, she could be a threat to the big names at the US Open.
Age: 18 years, 5 months
Current ranking: 40
Without a doubt, Madison Keys is the fastest-rising young player on the women's tour. She began the year ranked 137th, but after reaching three quarter-finals and the third round of both the Australian Open and Wimbledon, she has broken the top 40.
Tall, strong and with a lightning-fast serve, Keys' best win to date was a 6-3, 6-2 thrashing of Li Na in Madrid. She also played brilliantly at Wimbledon, pushing Agnieszka Radwanska to the limit before falling in three sets. The American still has a tendency to get down on herself when matches aren't going her way, but as she matures she is bound to threaten the top players more regularly.
1. Laura Robson
Age: 19 years, 6 months
Current ranking: 32
Laura Robson is already the best British player in decades, but the question is: how good can she become? The Londoner has beaten more top players than any other teenager on tour. She took out Kim Clijsters and Li Na at the US Open last year, and has upset Petra Kvitova, Agnieszka Radwanska and Maria Kirilenko in 2013.
There's a lot to like about her game. A former junior number one, she is a powerful baseliner with an eye for the audacious winner. Robson needs to keep working on her lateral movement, and her serve, although sometimes a weapon, is liable to desert her. Similarly, she needs to develop a Plan B for those days when the big shots don't come off as expected. But with so much upside, it would be a surprise if she doesn't make the top 20 in the near future.
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Following a successful summer season with Durham, Graham Onions says he has not given up hope of playing 'one more game for England.'
The seamer took 66 wickets in the championship as his county wrapped up another Division One title last week.
He was also a member of a number of England squads this year but failed to make it on the team sheet on the morning of the match.
The 31-year-old made the last of his nine Test appearances 15 months ago but remains an interested listener when the England squad to tour Australia this winter is announced on Monday.
Onions admitted: "I know that if I perform well in county cricket then I've always got a chance of playing for England.
"I still feel I've got a part to play and could potentially force my way into the England side.
"It's what you play cricket for. But it's not easy, as we know from the last few years I've not played a great deal of cricket for England."
Onions recovered from a long-term back injury last season since when he has been one of Durham's most consistent performers.
Speaking about his hopes of getting selected by the national team, he added: "I've still got a dream. I know I'm 31 now but I've still got huge aspirations to play one more Test.
"I'm not going to lie and say I'm going to play another 50 Tests but I want to play that one more game.
"I remember when I had my back injury, I just said 'I want one more game'. I've had that one but of course you want to be greedy and play one more.
"I'm convinced that if I do get into that side then I've got a chance of staying in there, it's up to myself to stay in there.
"County cricket is good for me, I enjoy getting into a rhythm and bowling lots of overs but the most important thing for me is I enjoy playing in this Durham team."


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OK, I had an overdue vial of White Labs Edinburgh. I made a starter for it Monday night. Nothing ever happened to indicate activity of any sort. I had to brew today because of impending weather since they had changed the forecast. To see if anything at all was happening I put an airlock on to watch for bubbles this afternoon. NOTHING. The only time it did anything is if I shook it really good I would get bubbles for maybe three seconds. I decided to try the dry yeast I had (this is for a Scottish 80 1.050 OG and it was the first time I got the OG right. I'll tell how in a moment). I went to the manufactures web site and they said to rehydrate it. I screwed up I think by stirring right away because it never turned to cream. In all honesty they need a better English translator (Safbrew S-33). I decided "What the heck I got a bubble or two" and pitched my White Labs starter. Since the wort had increased in temp since aeration with a stone in the carboy, I set it in my big dish pan, threw in a six pack blue ice cube, filled with water and covered with an old tee shirt. I come in 30 minutes later and I'm getting some bubbles slowly out of the blow of tube in the bucket. Now tell me, if it couldn't get off the ground in 30 hours in a foil covered flask how can it have started in a 5 gallon carboy with a fairly high gravity wort? Now about the OG, I just thought I'd say something because a lot of newbies like me are posting here they never hit it. I do full boil, which when the 15% evaporation is counted in by BeerSmith, it says after steeping bring the water level up to six gallons before boil and then add malt, hops, etc.. Well I drew five gallons in my stock pot, covered and set aside. Lucky for me everyone was posting today to steep in a small quantity of water. I had one pound so I brought 3 quarts of water in another pan up to 150, removed from heat, and steeped according to kit instructions as far as time. I then poured into my measuring jug the "tea" and it was only 2 quarts worth. Now, I added 2 quarts warm water to it, but before dumping it into my kettle I took a measuring tape and measured three inches from the handle rivets to the water line, so I would know if I need to add more water before the end of the boil to get 5 gallon. I dumped in my grain tea and measured again; it was 1 inch from the handles for the 6 total gallons. Flamed out the blowtorch burner and got to boil ASAP. I added the 3.15 lbs Golden LME and hops which were to boil for 45 minuets before adding another 3.15 lbs Golden LME. I did so and saw I was going to be under five gallon so I added some more water (a bit of guess work) put in the chiller and boiled the last 15 minutes. I had marked my carboy earlier and I hit my five gallon mark on the nose. I was too short before that was the problem. Northern Brewer called for 1.050 OG and I got 1.051 and that was with my sample chilled to the temp the hydrometer is good at. Over all I'd say a good day. Bill
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Starters don't always get a krausen and go crazy like a primary fermentation. I've done starters on my last 10 batches or so and only one showed signs of activity. But When I pitched them I've had aggresive fermentation within 12 hours. It think the fact that there is so little sugar to eat in a starter, the yeasties just zip right through it, and don't give off much CO2. As long as you have a nice layer on the bottom of your starter vessel you should be good to go.
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Summer in the Islands brings thoughts of cool breezes, sun, friends and having fun. Well guess what. We have all that and more in Summerville on the 15th of May! You'll find lovely streets filled with unique little shops, the most delectable food in our restaurants and music wafting all around you.
Imagine 6 Steel Drum Bands playing together. They will amaze you with their Island music. Each band will delight you when they play separately too. These very talented players are from various Dorchester District 2 Schools:
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The Sliding Image Control is a part of Sliding Controls, a small but useful WPF custom control collection that will be present through a series of articles here. Various controls in the collection uses direct or indirect the Viewport rearranging of ImageBrush patterns to show and to slide image strips.
The first goal was to display a picture in a defined viewport as a whole series of side by side laid tiles and thus either horizontally or vertically.
The first thought was: OK, this is quite easy, I can take a picture and draw it several times in a loop at the end of the other until the viewport has felt. The problem was that every time if the viewport has changed that new number of repetitions have to be calculated and the pictures must be redrawn.
The second goal was to display the single pictures in their original size or scaled proportionally to the width or height of the viewport. If the original size is chosen, with the viewport resizing only the number of repetitions changes, but if scaled mode is chosen, not only the number but also the positions of the single tiles changes.
The third goal was to allow setting the initial adjustment of the tiles relative to the viewport itself, and to allow changing this adjustment with an offset in the real time. In this point everything becomes a little more complicated.
The second thought was: the DrawingBrush makes fine all the things listed above, but in two directions! It would be great to try forcing the DrawingBrush to draw tiles in just one direction. And the idea was born!
According to the analysis it was quite clear: a new custom control is necessary to encapsulate all the calculations.
A TileBrush is an abstract WPF class derived from Brush and ancestor for ImageBrush, DrawingBrush, and VisualBrush. TileBrush is used to fill the area of a shape with a repeating pattern. When you paint an area by using a TileBrush, you use three components: content, tiles, and output area.
Content: Depending on the inherited brush child type, the content can be an Image, a Drawing, or a Visual. The SlidingImage supports only ImageBrush, which is specified by its ImageSource dependency property. An ImageSource can be BitmapSource or DrawingImage type. See the WPF Brush classes hierarchy below.
Tiles: A TileBrush produces one or more tiles. If more tiles are produced, they evenly spread out in X and Y direction. The SlidingImage does not change this behavior, but tries by manipulation of the output area to leave the impression that tiles are spread out only in one direction depending on its orientation as if they build an endless uninterrupted stripe. By changing tiles offset, we can let the strip slide.
Output Area: The output area is the area where the brush paints. It is for the SlidingImage by default a rectangle that can (depending on other properties) be equal or smaller than a container's control area itself.
System.Windows.Media.Brush System.Windows.Media.BitmapCacheBrush System.Windows.Media.GradientBrush System.Windows.Media.SolidColorBrush System.Windows.Media.TileBrush System.Windows.Media.DrawingBrush DrawingBrush.Drawing -> System.Windows.Media.ImageBrush ImageBrush.ImageSource -> System.Windows.Media.VisualBrush VisualBrush.Visual -> System.Windows.Media.ImageSource System.Windows.Interop.D3DImage System.Windows.Media.DrawingImage DrawingImage.Drawing -> System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapSource System.Windows.Interop.InteropBitmap System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapFrame System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage System.Windows.Media.Imaging.CachedBitmap System.Windows.Media.Imaging.ColorConvertedBitmap System.Windows.Media.Imaging.CroppedBitmap System.Windows.Media.Imaging.FormatConvertedBitmap System.Windows.Media.Imaging.RenderTargetBitmap System.Windows.Media.Imaging.TransformedBitmap System.Windows.Media.Imaging.WriteableBitmap System.Windows.Media.Drawing System.Windows.Media.DrawingGroup System.Windows.Media.GeometryDrawing System.Windows.Media.GlyphRunDrawing System.Windows.Media.ImageDrawing System.Windows.Media.VideoDrawing System.Windows.Media.Visual System.Windows.Media.ContainerVisual System.Windows.Media.Media3D.Viewport3DVisual System.Windows.UIElement
Duh, all that together sees at first sight maybe a little bit confusing. But, I recommend you to make yourself familiar with the MSDN documentation about ImageBrush to be able to understand how it works. Relevant classes for this series of articles are marked bold.
System.Windows.FrameworkElement TB.Instruments.SlidingImageBase TB.Instruments.SlidingImageControl TB.Instruments.SlidingParallaxLayer System.Windows.Controls.Panel System.Windows.Controls.Grid TB.Instruments SlidingParallaxControl System.Windows.Controls.Control System.Windows.Controls.ContentControl TB.Instruments.SlidingPanoramaControl TB.Instruments.SlidingCompassControl ...
SlidingImage is composed of two classes: a SlidingImageBase and a SlidingImageControl. The SlidingImageBase class is derived from a FrameworkElement and is the parent for the SlidingImageControl class.Under the motto "keep it as small as possible, but not smaller" is the FrameworkElement chosen as parent. The FrameworkElement derives from UIElement and adds support for styling, tooltips, and context menus. It is the first base class that takes part in the logical tree and so it supports data binding and resource lookup. Furthermore and most important for this application, it provides support for the WPF layout system. The SlidingImageBase class implements all functionality except mouse interaction that is implemented in the SlidingImageControl.
The SlidingImageBase class exposes the following members.
Except constructor and MouseWheelDelta property the SlidingImageControl doesn't expose additional members.
First at all we need a suitable image to be shown. The image can be a bitmap image as a BitmapSource, a vector image as a DrawingImage, or Direct3D surface as a D3DImage. After the image to the ImageSource property of SlidingImageBase class is assigned, the OnImageSourcePropertyChanged method will be called. In this method will be the corresponding ImageSize ascertained and a suitable ImageStrip of ImageBrush type assembled. After that, the MeasureOverride and the ArrangeOverride methods will be called successively. In the MeasureOverride method will be an ImageScale and an ImageStripSize/Location-pair calculated. In the ArrangeOverride method will be an ActualImageSize/Location-pair calculated and assigned to the ImageTile.Viewport.
If the ImageSource is a BitmapSource type, the ImageSize will be multiplied with the ratio of the Image DPI and Screen DPI (Dot Per Inch). Screen DPI is given from the actual desktop using the GDI GetDeviceCaps function. Note that the ImageSize can be different from the ActualImageSize if Strech alignment is used.
The SlidingImageControl.Test solution should show clearly the behavior described above. The title image features two test groups enclosed in the solution.
The first test group shows the SlidingImageBase classes and its customization with properties:
The second test group shows SlidingImageControl classes and its mouse interaction:
The most important parts of the SlidingImageBase class:
// Calculate ImageSize considering screen DPI (Dot-Per-Inch) values. private Size CalculateImageSize() { double Sx = 1.0; double Sy = 1.0; BitmapSource aBitmapSource = ImageSource as BitmapSource; if (aBitmapSource != null) // if ImageSource is a bitmap image { Sx = aBitmapSource.DpiX / (Double)DeviceHelper.PixelsPerInch(Orientation.Horizontal); Sy = aBitmapSource.DpiY / (Double)DeviceHelper.PixelsPerInch(Orientation.Vertical); } return new Size(Sx * ImageSource.Width, Sy * ImageSource.Height); } // Create a new ImageTile of the ImageBrush type private static void OnImageSourcePropertyChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e) { SlidingImageBase aSlidingImageBase = (SlidingImageBase)d; ImageSource aImageSource = (ImageSource)e.NewValue; if (aImageSource != null) { aSlidingImageBase._ImageSize = aSlidingImageBase.CalculateImageSize(); aSlidingImageBase._ImageTile = new ImageBrush(); aSlidingImageBase._ImageTile.ImageSource = aImageSource; aSlidingImageBase._ImageTile.TileMode = TileMode.Tile; aSlidingImageBase._ImageTile.Stretch = Stretch.Fill; aSlidingImageBase._ImageTile.ViewportUnits = BrushMappingMode.Absolute; } else { aSlidingImageBase._ImageTile = null; } } // Callculate convinient ImageTile size: protected override Size MeasureOverride(Size availableSize) { if (ImageSource != null) { if (SlidingDirection == SlidingDirection.Horizontal) { if (ImageVerticalAlignment == VerticalAlignment.Stretch) _ImageScale = availableSize.Height / _ImageSize.Height; else _ImageScale = 1.0; _ImageStrip.Width = availableSize.Width; _ImageStrip.Height = _ImageScale * _ImageSize.Height; _ImageStrip.X = 0.0; switch (ImageVerticalAlignment) { case VerticalAlignment.Top: default: _ImageStrip.Y = 0.0; break; case VerticalAlignment.Stretch: case VerticalAlignment.Center: _ImageStrip.Y = (availableSize.Height - _ImageStrip.Height) / 2.0; break; case VerticalAlignment.Bottom: _ImageStrip.Y = availableSize.Height - _ImageStrip.Height; break; } } else { if (ImageHorizontalAlignment == HorizontalAlignment.Stretch) _ImageScale = availableSize.Width / _ImageSize.Width; else _ImageScale = 1.0; _ImageStrip.Width = _ImageScale * _ImageSize.Width; _ImageStrip.Height = availableSize.Height; switch (ImageHorizontalAlignment) { case HorizontalAlignment.Left: default: _ImageStrip.X = 0.0; break; case HorizontalAlignment.Stretch: case HorizontalAlignment.Center: _ImageStrip.X = (availableSize.Width - _ImageStrip.Width) / 2.0; break; case HorizontalAlignment.Right: _ImageStrip.X = availableSize.Width - _ImageStrip.Width; break; } _ImageStrip.Y = 0.0; } } return base.MeasureOverride(availableSize); } // Callculate convinient ImageTile position protected override Size ArrangeOverride(Size finalSize) { if (ImageSource != null) { Size _ActualImageSize = new Size(_ImageScale * _ImageSize.Width, _ImageScale * _ImageSize.Height); Point _ActualImageLocation; if (SlidingDirection == SlidingDirection.Horizontal) { double horizontalDisplacement; switch (ImageHorizontalAlignment) { case HorizontalAlignment.Left: default: horizontalDisplacement = 0.0; break; case HorizontalAlignment.Stretch: case HorizontalAlignment.Center: horizontalDisplacement = (finalSize.Width - _ActualImageSize.Width) / 2.0; break; case HorizontalAlignment.Right: horizontalDisplacement = finalSize.Width - _ActualImageSize.Width; break; } _ActualImageLocation = new Point(_ImageScale * ImageOffset % _ActualImageSize.Width + horizontalDisplacement, _ImageStrip.Y); } else { double verticalDisplacement; switch (ImageVerticalAlignment) { case VerticalAlignment.Top: default: verticalDisplacement = 0.0; break; case VerticalAlignment.Stretch: case VerticalAlignment.Center: verticalDisplacement = (finalSize.Height - _ActualImageSize.Height) / 2.0; break; case VerticalAlignment.Bottom: verticalDisplacement = finalSize.Height - _ActualImageSize.Height; break; } _ActualImageLocation = new Point(_ImageStrip.X, _ImageScale * ImageOffset % _ActualImageSize.Height + verticalDisplacement); } _ImageTile.Viewport = new Rect(_ActualImageLocation, _ActualImageSize); } return base.ArrangeOverride(finalSize); } // Redraw Background and ImageTile protected override void OnRender(DrawingContext dc) { Rect rect = new Rect(0.0, 0.0, this.RenderSize.Width, this.RenderSize.Height); if (ClipToBounds) dc.PushClip(new RectangleGeometry(rect)); if (Background != null) dc.DrawRectangle(Background, (Pen)null, rect); if (_ImageTile != null) dc.DrawRectangle(_ImageTile, (Pen)null, _ImageStrip); if (ClipToBounds) dc.Pop(); }
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Anderson also grabbed seven rebounds and added three steals to his totals Monday. It was his highest point total in his last nine games. He and the Pelicans will take on the Nuggets Wednesday.
Anderson missed Friday's win over the Timberwolves because of bilateral ankle inflammation.
The Pelicans are 3-point underdogs.
Anderson missed Friday's win over the Timberwolves because of bilateral ankle inflammation. In 42 games, he is averaging 14.7 points and 5.0 rebounds.
The Pelicans are 6 1/2-point favorites.
It will be the third straight game Davis has missed while dealing with a sprained toe. Forward Ryan Anderson has been starting in Davis' place. Holiday has been bothered by a ankle injury which will keep him out of his fourth straight game. Guard Tyreke Evans will start at point guard in place of Holiday.
The Pelicans are 7 1/2-point favorites.
Anderson converted 10 of 15 field goal attempts, including 6 of 10 from behind the arc and 2 of 2 from the charity stripe. He added four rebounds, three assists and two steals while logging 27 minutes of game action.
Anderson has knocked down 16 of his last 32 attempts from downtown. He is averaging 18.0 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.2 blocks over his last five games.
Anderson's double-double was his second of the season, with both coming in his last four games. He also managed to throw in one assist and one block in 27 minutes in the win, the team's first in three games. The Pelicans will look for two wins in a row Tuesday against the Knicks.
Anderson collected four rebounds, a block and a steal in 32 minutes. He'll visit Denver on Friday.
Anderson plays the Lakers on Wednesday.
Playing in his first game since suffering a cervical stinger after being involved in a horrific collision last season, Anderson logged 14 productive minutes off the bench. He went 4 for 9 from the field, including 3 for 6 from behind the arc. He also converted 1 of 2 free throw attempts, while adding two rebounds, two assists and one block in a 98-86 win.
"After 8 months out, I can finally play again," he wrote. "Thank you God!"
Anderson suffered the injury in January and had surgery in April, but should have no problems being ready for the start of the season. He was limited to just 22 games a year ago, but averaged 19.8 points and 6.5 rebounds per game prior to the injury.
Anderson finished the season averaging 19.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 0.8 assists in the 22 games he was able to play.
Anderson has not played since suffering the injury Jan. 3, and this news does not come as much of a surprise given the slow nature of his recovery. He finished the season averaging 19.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 0.8 assists in the 22 games he was able to play.
If the team does receive the exception of around $4 million, they would have increased flexibility at the trade deadline. Anderson is scheduled to receive an evaluation in February after suffering a herniated disc on Jan. 3.
The team hasn't released any news regarding the severity of Anderson's injury or a potential timetable for his return after he was taken to the hospital on Jan. 3, but Anderson himself said he'd miss at least two months. He has averaged 19.8 points and 6.5 rebounds on 43.8 percent shooting in 22 games played.
The Pelicans have not had any official updates on Anderson's status a week after the injury, and head coach Monty Williams did not have any new information to pass along Friday.
"I know he's feeling better," Williams said. "That spine stuff, I don't know a lot about all that. And because of the games, I haven't really sat down and talked to the doctors because I've got so much on my plate from day to day. But I did communicate with Ryan. He's feeling a lot better. He was in a lot of pain (this) week."
Williams refused to speculate on whether Anderson's injury would cost him the remainder of the season. Anderson has averaged 19.8 points and 6.5 rebounds on 43.8 percent shooting in 22 games played.
For the Pelicans, it means extended time without the team's leading scorer, as Anderson was having a career year, averaging 19.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 36 minutes per game. He also ranked fourth in the NBA in three-point field goals made per game at 3.0. Anderson missed the first nine games of the season dealing with a toe injury.
It was the third double-double of the season for Anderson, who took at least 10 shots from behind the arc for the fifth time this season. He has averaged 20.2 points and 6.3 rebounds over 18 games played.
Anderson also added seven rebounds, two steals and one assist in 39 minutes while hitting just two of his seven three-point attempts. He has averaged 21.7 points and 5.8 rebounds in 13 games while filling the hole left by Anthony Davis' injury.
Anderson, who started in place of the injured Anthony Davis, led the team with a career-high 36 points. He shot 12 of 20 from the field and added seven 3-pointers, while going 5 of 5 at the free-throw line. He tossed in six rebounds and a blocked shot in a 131-128 win.
Anderson has scored 30-plus points in consecutive games with Davis out, and is now averaging 22.6 points per game since returning from a foot injury.
Anderson started 22 games last season, but has come off the bench in all seven of his appearances since returning from an foot injury. He is averaging 20.7 points and 5.4 rebounds per game on the season.
Anderson was leaned upon heavily with Anthony Davis playing just 10 minutes before fracturing his hand, and he drained seven three-pointers and grabbed six rebounds in 36 minutes of action. He has averaged 20.7 points and 5.4 rebounds since missing the first nine games of the season due to a broken toe.
Anderson missed the first nine games of the season with a broken toe but didn't let the injury affect him Saturday in 27 minutes of action. He also recorded one rebound and one steal in the win.
"I'm real excited to get back out," Anderson said. "I hope I come out and it feels great. I think it will. It's tough sitting out, wearing a suit, sitting behind the bench and all that. As a player, it's definitely something you don't want. You definitely don't want to do that for a long time."
Anderson has been out since Oct. 28 when he suffered the injury in a workout, and he said he is still dealing with some pain in the toe. He is expected to come off the bench.
Anderson suffered a broken toe in the preseason, and has been recovering since. He will likely come off the bench once he is healthy.
"It could be tomorrow, it could be a week," Williams said prior to Sunday's game against the Suns. "He's not playing [Sunday]."
Anderson told reporters X-rays are still showing a crack in the bone, and he has not really been able to push himself to take on basketball activities yet.
"I'm taking it a bit easier," Anderson said. "I was trying to go hard on it. One day I tried to run up and down and played a bit of three-on-three in practice and it just started to really hurt a lot. I just needed to stop and take it a bit easier."
Anderson experience discomfort during a recent practice, and was diagnosed with the injury after being examined by team doctors.


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The best American novel to emerge out of World War I, A FAREWELL TO ARMS is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his love for a beautiful English nurse. Hemingway's frank portrayal of the love between Lieutenant Henry and Catherine Barkley, caught in the inexorable sweep of war, glows with an intensity unrivaled in modern literature, while his description of the German attack on Caporetto - lines of tired men marching in the rain, hungry, weary, and demoralized - bears comparion to Stendhal's depiction of the retreat from Waterloo.
I wanted to do something for him. You see, I didn't care about the other thing and he could have had it all. He could have had anything he wanted if I would have known. I would have married him or anything. I know all about it now. But then he wanted to go to war and I didn't know.The two begin an affair, with Henry quite convinced that he "did not love Catherine Barkley nor had any idea of loving her. This was a game, like bridge, in which you said things instead of playing cards." Soon enough, however, the game turns serious for both of them and ultimately Henry ends up deserting to be with Catherine.
Hemingway was not known for either unbridled optimism or happy endings, and A Farewell to Arms, like his other novels (For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Sun Also Rises, and To Have and Have Not), offers neither. What it does provide is an unblinking portrayal of men and women behaving with grace under pressure, both physical and psychological, and somehow finding the courage to go on in the face of certain loss. --Alix Wilber


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Protecting research subjects from a broken system
The current issue of The Hastings Center Report includes five articles about human research protection. One of them, "Eight Years after Jesse's Death, Are Human Research Subjects Any Safer?," asserts that
despite the press exposure and public outcry that followed [Jesse Gelsinger's 1999 death in a gene therapy clinical trial], no progress has been made in fixing the broken system of protections for human research subjects. These people are still at serious risk of exploitation and harm. Many things stand in the way of better protection, but perhaps the greatest obstacle is the lack of adequate federal oversight.
despite the press exposure and public outcry that followed [Jesse Gelsinger's 1999 death in a gene therapy clinical trial], no progress has been made in fixing the broken system of protections for human research subjects. These people are still at serious risk of exploitation and harm.
Many things stand in the way of better protection, but perhaps the greatest obstacle is the lack of adequate federal oversight.
The article is especially significant because of its authors' expertise and experience. Adil E. Shamoo is a researcher in the University of Maryland's Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and the founder and editor-in-chief of the journal Accountability in Research. Paul Gelsinger, the father of Jesse, has worked to improve human research protection since his son's death. Both have played lead roles with the human rights organization CIRCARE, Citizens for Responsible Care and Research. The CIRCARE website includes a collection of documents about Jesse Gelsinger's death and the ensuing revelations about the researchers' egregious conflicts of interest, deliberate omissions in the consent form Jesse and his family signed, and scandalous lack of oversight by the FDA. In a 2001 essay titled "Jesse's Intent," Paul Gelsinger tells the story of his son's death and his own journey from complete trust in the researchers to sharp critic of a badly broken system. One revealing episode takes place on the Gelsingers' back porch two months after Jesse's death. Paul Gelsinger asks head researcher Dr. James Wilson, who has come to Arizona with the results of Jesse's autopsy, whether he has any financial interests in the outcome of the study. Wilson replies that he is an unpaid consultant to Genovo, the biotech company that would profit from the research. It was only later that Gelsinger learned that Wilson in fact owned a 30% share of Genovo. The following year, when it was sold to another biotech firm, Wilson received $13.5 million in stock. The moral from my pov: Until these kinds of conflicts of interest are eliminated, research subjects will never be safe. Previously on Biopolitical Times:
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A research article published in this week's Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences has a finding on sex selection that has startled some in the media: American couples of Chinese, Korean, and Indian heritage are unusually likely to have a boy if they already have girls. This suggests that these families have a son-preference leading them to select the sex of their second or third child to ensure that it is male. While the American media have frequently reported on sex selection and shifting sex ratios abroad, this seems to be the first empirical evidence that the practice and its consequences do not simply happen "over there."
The authors do not speculate which sex selection techniques couples are using. But the article and its coverage play into a popular yet problematic framing: son-preference and sex selection are posed only as demographic problems where choosing too many boys means that there won't be enough girls to marry them when they grow up. This fixation with sex ratios obscures the human stories behind these selection technologies, where women are often treated brutally for not delivering boys and unwanted female children are sometimes cruelly neglected. For a more comprehensive perspective on the social conditions surrounding sex selection, check out this online journal written by Sunita Puri based upon her extensive research into the lives affected by sex selection.
What makes surrogacy like military service?
The unexpected finding in Newsweek's cover story about surrogacy in the U.S. is the preponderance of military wives among the women who sign up to carry and bear other people's babies: "IVF clinics and surrogate agencies in Texas and California say military spouses make up 50 percent of their carriers." As the article makes clear, a key force driving this phenomenon is money.
It is an act of love, but also a financial transaction .Military wives who do decide to become surrogates can earn more with one pregnancy than their husbands' annual base pay (which ranges for new enlistees from $16,080 to $28,900).
"In the military, we have that mentality of going to extremes, fighting for your country, risking your life," says Jennifer Hansen, 25, a paralegal who's married to Army Sgt. Chase Hansen ."I think that being married to someone in the military embeds those values in you. I feel I'm taking a risk now, in less of a way than he is, but still a risk with my life and body to help someone."
Surrogate agencies target the population [of military wives] by dropping leaflets in the mailboxes of military housing complexes, such as those around San Diego's Camp Pendleton, and placing ads in on-base publications such as the Military Times and Military Spouse.
I wonder if any of those leaflets are headlined "Looking for a few good women."
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Researchers in the United Kingdom announced yesterday that they had successfully created (mostly) human clonal embryos using animal eggs. These hybrid embryos, intended for stem cell research, were able to divide to thirty-two cells over three days. That's not quite enough to be able to extract stem cells.
It's discouraging enough that this development was announced via a press release, and not a peer-reviewed publication, particularly so soon after an editorial in Nature decrying haste to publication in stem cell science. The announcement also comes just as the contentious Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill is reaching the UK Parliament, with this very human-animal hybrid cloning process one of the most controversial platforms.
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"Overlooked minutiae illuminate the Founder's genius!"
This photo has enormous significance as a technical anchor reference. Taken in 1938, it shows a much younger Morihei Ueshiba beginning to execute what we would today call shomenuchi ikkyo omotewaza. What will appear odd to many present-day aikidoka is the fact that the Founder is initiating the technique.
For most practitioners, common sense dictates that uke will initiate the encounter, with tori (= nage) responding. Yet if we consult O-Sensei's 1938 Budo manual, we find the following description of the commencement of this technique:
Tori: Step forward with your right foot and strike directly at your opponent's face with your right tegatana and punch his ribs with your left fist…
Uke: Receive your opponent's right tegatana with your right arm.
One might be tempted to point out that this was the prewar version of the technique that was superseded in the modern era. This is certainly true. However, Morihei continued to teach shomenuchi ikkyo in this manner during the Iwama era following the war. It was the Aikikai — headed by Kisshomaru Ueshiba and Koichi Tohei — that altered the practice of this core basic technique. In contrast, Gozo Shioda's Yoshinkan Aikido continued to follow O-Sensei's original teaching after the war.
What can we make of this seemingly counterintuitive approach of Morihei to one of aikido's most important techniques? Think of it this way. If uke attacks using shomenuchi, it is symbolic of a sword attack. An expert wielding a sword can generate tremendous speed. If tori stands directly on the line of attack and waits for uke to strike, he will be late… and dead! So, in this situation involving a strike, O-Sensei clearly specifies that tori initiates the attack, which makes perfect sense from a martial standpoint.
Think of the further implications of this approach. Aikido is often described as a self-defense art. Normally, people think of this to mean that a person waits for an attacker to initiate, and then responds using a defensive technique. The problem with this view is that it fails to take into account the speed of an attack or the surprise factor, and the near impossibility of managing a successful response within such a limited time window.
Another dimension worth mentioning is that one might be called to action to defend or save a third party, perhaps a loved one, in a dangerous situation. You might call it an instance of "defense by proxy", but it definitely falls within the scope of martial arts. It's worthwhile taking the time to think things through both from the practical and moral standpoints before accepting truisms at face value.
To conclude, using such historical finds which might be considered mere minutiae by the average person, we are able to piece together the Founder's thinking with regard to technical matters, and the logical implications extending to his larger martial arts philosphy.
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Taking a cue from Lance Bass, Brad Carlton, a character on the CBS soap opera "The Young and the Restless," has come out too. Only he's not gay. He's Jewish!
Earlier this month the show's writers revealed that Carlton is really George Kaplan - the son of a WWII concentration camp survivor.
Don Diamont who has played Carlton for 19 years couldn't be happier with the revelation. You see Diamont, who was born with the last name Feinberg, is also Jewish.
Diamont hopes this latest plot development doesn't turn away fans, but instead helps make them more open-minded.
But apparently in predominantly white Anglo-Saxon Protestant Genoa City, where the soap takes place, this is still groundbreaking news.
The show's head writer, Lynn Latham, adds "On 'The Young and the Restless' we have an African-American family, we have Latinos. We have Protestants and Catholics. Now we have a Jew."
Better late than never.
And with the fighting in the Middle East and Mel Gibson's recent anti-semitic outbursts, perhaps Y&R's latest plotline is exactly the kind of storyline audiences need right now.


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Dan Biggar racked up 25 points as the Ospreys reached the RaboDirect Pro12 final with a 45-10 victory over defending champions Munster at the Liberty Stadium.
Biggar scored the Ospreys' first try and booted four penalties and four conversions to pass 300 points for the season and 1,000 for the region, with further tries from Kahn Fotuali'i, Hanno Dirksen, Andrew Bishop and Rhys Webb completing a crushing semi-final success.
Munster had scored the first try through fly-half Ian Keatley, who also added the conversion and a penalty, but the Irish province were soundly beaten as boss Tony McGahan departed for his new role with Australia with a heavy defeat.
The Ospreys defensive effort was immense, with captain Alun Wyn Jones, Richard Hibbard and Ryan Jones leading from the front as they moved one win away from a fourth Celtic crown.
But their only error on that front allowed Munster to claim the opening try inside three minutes.
Keith Earls breached the midfield defence far too easily with his straightening run, and the Ireland three-quarter found Keatley to send the fly-half racing over for a score he also converted.
Biggar got the home side on the board with a ninth-minute penalty and they thought they had claimed a try of their own two minutes later, only for Shane Williams to be called back for a foot in touch after going over from Richard Fussell's pass.
But Munster hooker Mike Sherry's overthrow at the resulting line-out gave the hosts the position for Ryan Jones' neat offload out of the tackle to find Biggar's inside run for a try which the outside-half converted.
Keatley and Biggar traded penalties before Munster were forced into a reshuffle as Johne Murphy's ankle injury saw him replaced by Ronan O'Gara, with Keatley moving to the full-back slot.
This was proving to be a contest of ferocious intensity and some desperate, and illegal, ruck work under duress from Munster flanker Tommy O'Donnell allowed Biggar to put the Ospreys six points ahead with another penalty on the half-hour.
But having taken a stranglehold on the game the Ospreys almost blundered their way into handing Munster back the lead.
Simon Zebo's chip ahead appeared harmless until Kahn Fotuali'i failed to gather, and when Ryan Jones took far too long to boot the ball clear a charge-down handed Munster possession 10 yards from the hosts' line.
But they bravely held out the red tide and counter-punched with a thrilling long-range try with the last play of the half.
From turnover ball Fussell spotted second row Mick O'Driscoll ahead of him and raced clear, profiting from a slip from Zebo, to link with Joe Bearman for Fotuali'i to cross beneath the posts for a converted score.
Munster's frustrations only increased after the interval as firstly Zebo spilt the ball during a promising attack, before their increasing inability to handle the Ospreys front row at scrum time allowed Biggar to slot his fourth penalty.
The Ospreys made the game safe with 54 minutes on the clock with another sensational counter-attack score.
Justin Tipuric's crunching tackle on O'Gara gained his side possession and when the ball was moved right Beck and Fussell made telling thrusts for Dirksen to skate up the right touchline and give the hosts a 31-10 advantage.
Centre Bishop wriggled through a tackle under the posts for a fourth try after more strong work by Dirksen before replacement Webb rounded off a superb performance as he cantered over after Williams and Fussell had shredded Munster down the right flank.
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