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The parents of a man who killed himself while he was in custody are charging three county agencies and a healthcare provider with failing to take steps to prevent his death.
Celebrating its 45th anniversary under owner JoAnn Elliott, local eatery The Ball and Que boasts a friendly atmosphere - "like 'Cheers!' without the alcohol" -...
With $50,000 and support from Frontier Communications and Boeing, Startup.SC, a technology business incubator based in Pawleys Island, is planning to expand its support for area entrepreneurs.
There's been another shark attack in the waters off the coast of the Carolinas.
American Legion Post 114's Junior team in Pawleys Island closed out its season with a 13-3 win over Andrews on June 30.
July is upon us (Happy Birthday America!) and that means it's time for another "what-to-do-this-month" column.
Caleb Colegrove gave Georgetown American Legion Post 114's Junior team in Pawleys Island a 7-6 walk-off win over Murrells Inlet on June 29.
Drug agents said three people have been arrested for participating in a drug deal in West Georgetown.
An area man returned to Georgetown County this week more than three months after he did not appear in court to face child molestation charges.
Although the state Legislature will begin debating the placement of the Confederate battle flag on the South Carolina Statehouse grounds, for a North Carolina pair, that process may have been...
Sheriff's deputies are asking for information that could lead to the arrest of a man who may have committed two armed robberies within 20 minutes of each other.
From parades and a fly over to a concert and fireworks, the South Strand will offer a variety of Fourth of July events to celebrate the nation's birthday.
Jordyn Cox, a 13-year-old Andrews girl, is representing South Carolina this weekend in the Miss Junior High School America Pageant. Held at the Osceola Performing Arts Center in Kissimmee,...
A fire that destroyed a black church that 20 years ago was a target of the Ku Klux Klan was not the work of an arsonist, a federal law enforcement official said Wednesday.
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Reaction has been swift to the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 decision that same-sex marriage can move forward in all 50 states and is protected by the Constitution.
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Just because you defeated Spartacus, does not mean you have achieved the things Spartacus has achieved.
Who is the real champion of Capua?
I would say Weidman beat Anderson decisively one time, when he knocked him out. The 2nd time was an injury so I wouldnt call that decisively.
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We're there, now where do we put the spacecraft? The European Space Agency's Rosetta probe has been scanning comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for sites where its Philae lander could touch down in November. The shortlist is now down to five.
"It's a good compromise," says Philae manager Stephan Ulamec.
The team has chosen three spots, labelled B, I and J, on the comet's "head", and two on the "body", A and C (see picture). The letters come from the original list of 10 sites and do not indicate order of preference. Light levels, visibility from Rosetta and surface conditions all influenced the selection, but no one site is perfect.
Each site covers 1 square kilometre, as navigational uncertainties mean it isn't possible to target a more precise area. Site A, in the valley between the comet's head and body, would be interesting scientifically but might prove too challenging due to the complex gravitational pull from both sections. "There is no one single nice big flat area," says Wright.
"It's a bit frightening because the terrains are all difficult," says Ulamec. The team will now scrutinise the sites using Rosetta's cameras, and make a final decision in September. No spacecraft has ever landed on a comet, so there is much to look forward to.
"The high-resolution images are just incredible," says team member Ian Wright of the Open University in Milton Keynes, UK. "As a human being I can say, wow, that would be an amazing place to have a look at."
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A longtime federal program that has transferred military-surplus weapons and battle gear to police departments is under scrutiny after police in Ferguson, Mo., rolled into streets outfitted like soldiers.
That same program has moved more than 300 M-1s into Hampton Roads police departments and sheriffs' offices in the past decade, along with body armor, combat gear and military vehicles.
"We`ve got people with tanks. And people with grenade launchers," said Claire Gastanaga, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia. "I have been racking my brain to figure out how a law enforcement person in Bath County, or Rockingham or New Kent is going to use a grenade launcher."
Click here to see a spreadsheet of what military surplus items have been acquired by local law enforcement
On Monday, President Obama said the program deserves renewed scrutiny. It would be wrong, he said, to blur the lines between the police and the military. But a Pentagon spokesman defended the program.
"We're not militarizing law enforcement, we are not pushing things out," said RADM John Kirby." It's a process by which this equipment is available, should they deem that they need it and they want it. I won't speak for law enforcement but my hunch is that many of these agencies out there will tell you that some of this equipment saves lives and protects citizens."
A Virginia State Police database of the transfers shows Hampton Roads law enforcement has received everything from machine guns to sunglasses, even a motorized glider. The glider, like a lot of the transfers, turned out to be of limited usefulness and it was sent to another agency. Two agencies have requested armored trucks – "MRAPs" – designed to withstand roadside bomb blasts. Those requests are listed as "pending."
The program transfers the equipment at no charge, but it is then up to the new owners to pay for maintenance, storage and other costs.
The database also shows some law-enforcement agencies have made use of the program, even though they don't do much traditional policing. Records show the Chesapeake Sheriff's Department, for example, has acquired 19 M-16 machine guns, even though the deputies' primary responsibilities are running the jail and maintaining court security. Records show the Portsmouth sheriff has received a military boat and a golf cart. Some of the records show odd transfers like three kayaks to the Franklin Police Department.
The most troublesome acquisitions, according the to ACLU, are weapons meant for the battlefield.
"You can't just say to people, we have a bunch of free stuff available on the Internet. Have at it," Gastanaga said. "And you get all this free stuff because it is there. Not because you need it. Not because you know how to use it. Not because you are planning to train people how to use it."
Police say acquiring this equipment saves taxpayers money and keeps their communities safe. But the ACLU says there should be more civilian oversight of these requests. The worry, according to the ACLU, is if you equip your police for war, they might act like they are at war. The group says that's on full display in Ferguson.


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PS3 Linux Fix and RSX WoesDecember 20th, 2007 by Crusader
The latest firmware update for the PlayStation 3 game console from Sony Computer Entertainment, version 2.10, broke compatibility with some Linux kernels, causing boot failures:
As of PS3 firmware version 2.10, the GPU command buffer size must be at least 2 MiB large. Since we use only a small part of the GPU command buffer and don't want to waste precious XDR memory, move the GPU command buffer back to the start of the XDR memory reserved for ps3fb and let the unused part overlap with the actual frame buffer.
Fortunately, (thanks Onken), Sony's Geoff Levand has published a patch:
A frame buffer bug was introduced into the ps3-linux.git tree on Aug 17th. It was fixed Dec 17th. Any kernels with this bug will not boot on firmware 2.10. The bug only effects systems with firmware 2.10 (and later). The bug is not hit with older firmware.
The kernel sources used for CELL-Linux-CL_20071023-ADDON has this bug.
This older version of kboot should work:
You'll most likely need to update your installed (second stage) kernel also.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
Unfortunately, the version 2.10 firmware also blocked the method hobbyists had been using (video)to access the NVIDIA RSX GPU, leading PS2DEV to speculate on the implications:
I understand that Sony might want to keep access to the 3D aspects of the hardware for exclusive use by PS3 commercial games. However, what is the danger of allowing homebrew developers access this hardware? Is Sony concerned a developer will create a great homebrew game and sell it through a different channel? The market for "otheros" developers is so tiny that it would not be worth while. It would actually be an opportunity for Sony to potentially pick up and improve some small games ready for the Playstation Network. The reasons to allow access are numerous. Developers will create a better experience when using Linux, create great demos that explore the hardware's capabilities and maybe create some basic games. None of these things are threatening to Sony's core business.
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The limited functionality and new product offerings that occurred within toilet care products continued to hold back growth of the category in 2013. Toilet care products had a narrow area of use as at the end of the review period, and with few new products with extra functionality there was not enough added value for consumers to spend more money on these types of products.
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Toilet care sales were led by SC Johnson Sweden with a 45% value share and revenue of SEK80 million in 2013. The company held the leading position through owning two of the most well-known brands within the category, WC Duck and Mr Muscle.
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The Night of the Iguana is a 1961 play by Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), which was made into a 1964 film directed by John Huston and starring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, and Deborah Kerr. The play premiered on Broadway at the Royale Theatre on December 28, 1961, and ran for 316 performances. It was directed by Frank Corsaro and starred Patrick O'Neal as Shannon, Bette Davis as Maxine (later Shelley Winters), Margaret Leighton as Hannah, and Alan Webb as Nonno. The play received Tony Award nominations for Best Play and Best Producer, and Leighton won the Tony for Best Actress. The Night of the Iguana is particularly significant to Williams' body of work in that it is generally considered to be the last of his m…
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Soon after Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia started marching from Fredericksburg toward the fateful July 1-3, 1863, Battle of Gettysburg, the telegraph line to Fort Monroe starting humming.
"Lee's Army is in motion toward the Shenandoah Valley," wrote Union General in Chief Henry W. Halleck in a coded message to the commander of the Department of Virginia.
"All your available force should be concentrated to threaten Richmond by seizing and destroying their railroad bridges over the South and North Anna rivers. … If you cannot accomplish this, you can at least occupy a large force of the enemy."
A century and a half later, the three-week campaign mounted by Maj. Gen. John A. Dix has long been eclipsed by Gettysburg's shadow.
But between June 25 and July 4, when he took advantage of Lee's absence to stage an advance that menaced the Confederate capital from fewer than 20 miles away, the high commands and newspapers of both North and South focused on the looming potential of the Gettysburg campaign's second front to produce a watershed moment.
"Look at the Richmond Dispatch during this time. It wasn't Gettysburg they were concerned about. It was Dix," said Diane Depew, a historian at Colonial National Historical Park in Yorktown, where the Union mobilized an army of 30,000 soldiers.
"Gettysburg turned out to be the biggest story of the war. But before it was decided, this was the threat to the Confederate capital — and you have to ask yourself what would we'd be talking about today if they had taken Richmond."
The Union edge
Tentative Union leadership and a palpable failure of nerve decided that question before Dix's Peninsula Campaign ended.
But when the old veteran of the War of 1812 began gathering troops at Yorktown in mid-June, he looked like he might have a telling advantage in the attempt to make Lee pay for his gamble.
Drawing from Suffolk and Williamsburg as well as Yorktown and Fort Monroe, Dix assembled a force several times larger than the scattered brigades of 6,000 to 10,000 Confederates that had been left to help the artillerymen and battalions of clerks, postal workers and quartermaster personnel defending Richmond.
"He had gigantic numerical advantage. He had a strong mounted force. The Confederates didn't know where he was going to strike," said Robert E.L. Krick of Richmond National Battlefield Park. "But the result was disappointing. It was a campaign of lost opportunities."
Spear strikes
Transportation delays slowed Dix from the start, creating a lapse of 10 days between Halleck's order of June 14 and the build-up of a force large enough to embark from Yorktown.
Not until June 25 could he assemble the 14 steamers needed to move Col. Samuel P. Spear and 1,050 cavalrymen up the York to White House Landing on the Pamunkey River, where they secured a landing point only 20 miles east of Richmond.
Soon after posting his sentries, Spear drove northwest toward Hanover Courthouse, where he surprised a detachment of North Carolina troops guarding the Virginia Central Railroad Bridge over the South Anna River.
With reinforcements, the Confederates held out for an hour before part of Spear's force managed to cross the river and attack from a second direction.
"The enormous odds prevailed," a North Carolina soldier recalled, describing a fierce fight that left 9 Confederates killed, 13 wounded and 125 captured.
"But only after a most desperate and hand-to-hand conflict with pistol, sabre and bayonet."
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When Carol Kasujja's boyfriend asked that they go take an HIV test, her heart almost stopped. She did not want to go. She was afraid of what she would find and what it would mean to their relationship. She shares her story.
Recently, I had a miracle happen in my life. I am in a new relationship. My boyfriend suggested that we get tested so that we are sure of our status. I was not comfortable with the idea, but I did not want to raise any suspicion by hesitating. We agreed to go to Nyango Clinic.
That morning; I awoke at 5:00am and prayed to God to be with me during the testing. When I got the call reminding me about the test, I panicked, breathing fast. I was afraid of what would happen should the results turn out positive. It felt like my life was about to end.
For some reason, there was not a moment I thought the results would be negative. Just the thought of it got my heart pounding so fast I could hear it in my ears. On our way to the clinic, as we sat in the taxi, I started thinking about all my ex-boyfriends.
I studied my skin to see any signs of HIV/ AIDS. When I turned to look at my boyfriend, he was very calm. I wondered what would become of us if it turned out that I was HIVpositive.
Just the thought of it almost drew a tear. He asked me whether I was fine because I was really quiet. He had no idea that I was regretting why I ever dated him. I could not imagine myself single again if my boyfriend found out that I was HIVpositive.
I wished for the traffic jam to delay our arrival at the clinic until the doctor had left. Unfortunately, it seemed like the shortest journey I had ever made. At the clinic, the skinny doctor looked relaxed. He showed no signs of having any other appointment. I am always quite the talker, but on that day, the HIV test had me well subdued.
When the doctor welcomed us into his office for counselling, I felt my heart jumping out of my chest. I was scared to death. He asked us so many questions about HIV; whether it was the first time we were taking the test. My boyfriend replied that he had done one four months back. I said I had also done one 12 months earlier. Of course that was a lie; it was the first time in all my life on this earth that I was taking the test.
As the doctor continued to counsel us, I calmed down. He told us that if we discovered that we were HIV-positive, we would not be the only ones living with the virus. The doctor explained that we could still have a full life by keeping fit, eating healthy and taking our medication.He also told us about ARVS and their benefits. He assured us that one can live for more than 20 years when taking them.
The testing
It was time for the HIV test. My boyfriend wished me well and kissed me on the forehead. I saw the HIV test apparatus and thought to myself: 'God why did you bring this boy into my life?'
The doctor was talking to me, but my mind was somewhere else. I started thinking of the life I lived as a student at the university. I almost called one of my ex-boyfriends to find out whether he had ever done an HIV test.
The tiny 8-10cm object in front of me was going to bring me either the best or worst news. In my heart, I continued to pray that I am spared from the AIDS virus. I wished I were once again a newborn baby with nothing to worry about.
Finally, the doctor took my blood. We had to wait for 45 minutes to get the results. When it was time up, the doctor called us to his office one at a time. I went in second.
When his door opened and he signalled me in, I felt like I was going to be killed in his office. All of a sudden, my head felt light, my eyes watery. I wanted to cry.
The doctor, probably sensing what was going on, ushered me to a seat and smiled.
He asked me: "Carol, why are you scared?" He then handed me a sheet of paper containing my results andsaid: "Congratulations you are HIV-negative."
I almost jumped. The relief came with tears that I freely let flow. I have never felt happier than I felt that day. I walked straight to my boyfriend and gave him the results. He showed me his. He too was HIV-negative. We hugged and smiled at each other.
On our way back, I confessed how afraid I had been. He told me that he had seen me panicking, but he did not want to tell me. I definitely urge people to go and get tested. There is a sense of relief in knowing your status, whatever it may be.
Armed with knowledge, you are then in a position to take the next step in caring for your health and that of others. I am going back after six months. I am now ready for a baby and marriage.


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When Eddie woke up with itchy red bumps on his arm and back, his mom told him it was just a case of hives and it would be gone in a few days. After a couple of weeks, though, the hives weren't any better. Eddie's mom thought he should see a doctor.
The doctor looked at Eddie's skin and asked him some questions about his recent activities and his diet. He told Eddie that he had chronic urticaria — the medical name for long-lasting hives — and prescribed an antihistamine to treat the condition.
The medical name for hives is urticaria. It's a common condition that causes raised red bumps or welts to appear on the skin (some hives have a pale center as well).
Hives can be itchy; sometimes they also burn or sting. Usually, they're harmless and last anywhere from half an hour to a couple of days. New hives can show up to replace the old ones as they fade, though. So the condition can go on for a while.
Doctors put hives into two categories:
The raised red bumps that we call hives can appear anywhere on the body. Here are some signs to watch for:
In a few rare cases, hives are part of a serious allergic reaction called anaphylaxis.
Most often, people get hives as part of an allergic reaction. Hives also can be the body's way of reacting to temperature extremes, stress, infections, or illnesses.
The red blotches happen when cells in the bloodstream (mast cells) release the chemical histamine. This causes tiny blood vessels under the skin to leak. The fluid pools within the skin to form spots and larger blotches.
When an allergic reaction causes hives, they usually show up within minutes. Some of the more common allergies that cause hives include:
Sometimes hives have nothing to do with allergies. Other causes include:
It's not always obvious why someone has hives. If hives come and go quickly, most people don't give them much thought. But chronic hives (those that last for more than a few weeks) can be more worrying.
Chronic urticaria is sometimes linked to an immune system illness, like lupus. Other times, medications, food, insects, or an infection can trigger an outbreak. Often, though, doctors don't know what causes chronic hives. The good news is, hives can be treated.
Usually a doctor will look at a person's skin and be able to say it's hives without doing anything else. With chronic hives, the doctor will ask more questions to determine why they've been going on so long. He or she may also do some tests, like blood tests or allergy tests, to rule out other conditions.
A doctor may put ice on a person's skin to see how it reacts to cold or place a sandbag or other heavy object on the thighs to see if pressure causes hives to appear.
If you have chronic hives, the doctor may ask you to keep a diary that includes:
If hives are mild, they'll probably go away on their own without treatment. If something is definitely causing a person to get hives (called a trigger), the doctor will recommend avoiding that trigger.
If hives are very itchy, a doctor may recommend taking an antihistamine to block the release of histamine in the bloodstream. For chronic hives, doctors may prescribe a non-sedating or over-the-counter antihistamine that should be taken every day.
Not everyone responds to the same medications, though. If you have chronic hives, it can take some time and patience for you and your doctor to figure out the right treatment. If a non-sedating antihistamine doesn't work, your doc might suggest a stronger antihistamine or another medication or a combination of medicines.
In rare cases, a doctor may prescribe an oral steroid to treat chronic hives. Typically this will only be done for short periods (5 days to 2 weeks).
Anaphylaxis and severe attacks of hives require immediate medical care. People who know they have serious allergies may need to carry an injectable shot of epinephrine for use in emergencies.
Fortunately, serious attacks of hives are extremely rare. Most of the time, they're completely harmless and go away on their own. Even chronic hives can sometimes clear up on their own within a few months to a year.
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Today was a pretty stressful day...mentally. Trying to get things done that others seemed to be leaving up to me to take care of.
Food went fairly well....did munch on a cupcake..it was red velvet and well I ate it.
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
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Well my choices in food sucked today--- Didnt go over my target calorie intake but the choice still sucked......No exercise....like i said NOT A GOOD DAY. I have some how got behind and will spend this weekend getting everything back on track --... Read more
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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LOTS AND LOTS OF SCHOOL WORK...but im trying to juggle as best i can.....about 13 weeks left...and then it will be practicumn..... Thats about 6 weeks and then I can get a job.....wooohoooo
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
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WOW--- Catching up on my blog page. Had a great 2 days....keeping busy with school and home and business and well just everything. Loaded up my pedometer and took it to class yesterday. Not sure if it is correct but had class from 9am to 4 pm an... Read more
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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Hey everyone....Long day at school.....8 to 4 ----Anyways heading to be just stoping in to say HEY, Got water in and exercise but I still have to track the. Will do in the morning.
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Sunday, January 08, 2012
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Well if your wondering where I have been GETTING ORGANIZED... 1st day back at school was on Friday and although it was short --- THIS WEEK will be full BLAST!!! It looks as if I will be spedning th emajority of my time in class Monday - Frida. M... Read more
Friday, January 06, 2012
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hey.....just checking in.....all is good. ?.will blog more tomorrow.....school tommorrow...yeah:-)
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
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Goodmorning AND BRRRR....I woke up freezing today!!! Well it was warm inside but I had to walk lola and it was freezing outside. Doing APS invoices this morning -- BB opened so I printed out my sylabuss for school ...so I plan on working on tha... Read more
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
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Today was pretty good - Got my 1 mile in - Ankles and calfs were sore from yesterday. I got 1.63 in...in 45 min. I also charted my food intake and im starting to see a pattern...FAT AND CARBS...I had no Vegies at all today....Got to work on tha... Read more
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
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Had an awesome day -- got 2.63 miles in and tracked all my food. Logged into a few sparkpages and read some really good articles.
Heading to bed so I can get at least 7 hours sleep....Night Night
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City offers temporary storage for lawn bowling equipment
October 5, 2010 at 2:53 am in The Daily Republic
Once the conversation on lawn bowling got rolling at Monday night's Mitchell City Council meeting at City Hall, it gathered speed.
When it came to a halt after a half hour, there was no clear resolution but there was some forward momentum. The city agreed to try to find temporary storage for the hundreds of pieces of lawn bowling now owned by the Lakeview Lawn Bowling Association.
LLBA President Rod Titze once again asked the council for about $30,000 for a 24-by-48 foot storage shed at the golf course. He has purchased about $70,000 in lawn bowling equipment with money he has received from donations. Continue Reading


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Brazzaville — The promise of a free meal at lunchtime has over the past few years seen up to 39,000 children going to school in the Republic of Congo, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
"Between 2002 and 2009 we've been feeding up to 39,000 children at 1,072 primary schools in the Congo, which has helped them to keep studying," Central Africa regional WFP assistant director Sory Ouane said.
"With the help of the Congo [government] we will significantly increase this number in the future," added Ouane, without detailing how this would be done.
In the 1980s, the Republic of Congo enjoyed one of the highest levels of school attendance on the continent, with almost all children receiving primary education.
According to a 2005 UN study, some 50 percent of schools in the southern Pool region were destroyed between 1998 and 2003 as ethnic and political tensions, coupled with a struggle for offshore oil wealth, sent the country into civil war.
This conflict not only damaged and destroyed schools and equipment but caused mass displacement of both staff and students.
"The food situation has improved since farming got back under way, reducing the number of those affected by hunger," said Ouane.
UN figures from 2002 suggest that about 32 percent of Congolese did not have enough to eat when the programme was established.
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But the Pentagon's response to the challenge has been sluggish. Last summer, nearly a year after receiving the first $150 million, Pentagon officials put together a list of projects that could be funded by the programme. But Congress objected to the list, saying that it contained too much funding for projects to produce new weapons. One project, for example, would ...
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Paparazzi drops his daughter to snap a photo of Nicole Richie
Nicole Richie was at the Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, just off a flight from New York, when a paparazzi went way too far to get a photo of the celeb.
According Richie, the pap dropped his daughter on the floor of the airport and, as she lay crying, he snapped his photos.
Thankfully, the bad dad wasn't the only one with a camera.
The 31-year-old mother of two managed to captured a few photos of her own, and she posted them on Instagram and Twitter for her millions of followers to see.


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Irv Williams
He is Mr. Smooth, the dean of local jazzmen, the octogenarian tenor saxophonist who settled here after WWII, and following stints with Fletcher Henderson and Mary Lou Williams. He is the beloved elder statesman, the guy who remembers the Flame, the Key Club, Cassius's Bamboo Room, and countless other bygone spots that once dotted a lost, cool Twin Cities nightscape. And he is the graceful soloist who didn't record a single one of his original compositions until only this year, releasing "Squiggles" on what he says will be his final album, Stop, Look and Listen (Ding Dong Music). There is a good yarn here: Irv Williams found inspiration for the song's hopping, stop-start melody outside his home in West St. Paul. "Last July I noticed a crow had a broken wing," he says. "I watched that crow for all of last summer and this winter, and I just concocted that tune in his honor. He disappeared in March." The number, like the rest of the disc, has the relaxed, playful feel you might expect from a gathering of old friends--the beloved Williams has known most of these cats since they started out in the business. Surprises include a jazz waltz by little-known pianist Rob Resetar ("Spring Thing") and an original bossa nova by an old friend, former Minnesotan Billy Wallace ("Precious"). Come to think of it, those titles could describe the album itself.


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FFD preaches safety during Fire Prevention Week
October 4, 2012 at 5:09 am in The Farmington Independent
One might not think of rabbits when they think of fires, but "Be Rabbit Ready" is the theme for the 2012 Fire Prevention Week, all the same.
Farmington fire marshal John Powers says the theme makes a certain amount of sense. Continue Reading


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Civil society organisations have blamed the rampant domestic violence in northern Uganda on the failure of programmes to control HIV/Aids.
Rocky Oyoo, an official with the American Refugee Committee, in Gulu, said domestic violence makes it difficult for partners to speak out on issues such as condom use and abstinence. He told The Observer that the government and CSOs were focused on Abstinence, Being faithful and using a Condom strategy yet repeated abuse meant many women simply follow what a man wants.
The cases of domestic violence in Gulu are on the increase. Gulu regional referral hospital registered 129 cases of gender-based violence in 2009, 133 in 2011 and 198 in 2012, with the majority coming from poor families. The call comes as CSOs led by Centre for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP) mark the 16 Days of Activism campaign to question violence against women, with a call on men and women to realise that HIV/Aids is part of the fight.
The campaign, held under the theme 'Question violence against women; start asking, start changing' started November 25 and was designed to continue through to December 1 (World Aids day), before concluding on December 10, which is Human Rights day.
CEDOVIP Executive Director Tina Musuya says the campaign should be an opportunity to change: "You can use your power to prevent violence against women in your community. Even small actions and words can make a difference."
CEDOVIP plans to reach out to the police leadership during the campaign to evaluate how they have been using the Domestic Violence Act. Musuya says they will also meet parliamentarians to lobby for the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act.
The days of activism come on the back of a battery of disturbing statistics. The 2011 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey shows that 59% of women experience violence, while the 2011 annual crime report shows that 463 women reported being raped and 7,542 girls had been defiled. This police report shows that 9,343 women experienced domestic violence.
CEDOVIP's latest report on the economic cost of domestic violence in Uganda shows individuals lose Shs 21.9bn in lost time and out-of-pocket costs to address the effects of domestic violence.
"For how long are we Ugandans going to shoulder this burden? ... now is the time to start changing," Deus Kiwanuka, a senior programme officer at CEDOVIP, says.


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POLICE in Kabwe are investigating a named police officer suspected to have raped a woman whom law enforcement officers had picked up in connection with theft of a mobile phone.
The 19-year -old woman was picked up because she constantly called a number of a phone believed to have been stolen.
Central Province police chief Standwell Lungu and Young Women Christian Association of Zambia (YWCA) Coordinator Juliet Kawanda confirmed the rape complaint against the police officer in separate interviews yesterday.
Mr Lungu, however, said he could not give more details because the matter was under investigations.
Ms Kawanda said her organisation received a complaint over the matter and was hopeful it would be treated with the seriousness it deserves.
"As a women movement, we are deeply concerned that people who are tasked with the mandate to maintain the law are now the ones breaking it. We will follow this matter to the bitter end, "she said.
Sources narrated that the officer in question is alleged to have picked the woman of Katondo Township at the weekend in the company of three other police officers to assist them bring to book a person who is alleged to have stolen a blackberry phone.
The source said the four officers from Kabwe Central Police Station in the company of the victim went to different townships in search of the person with the stolen phone.
But late in evening, the officers diverted the woman to a lodge but three of them left.
She remained with one officer who later forced himself on her and promised that he would release her.
The woman later managed to run out of the room half-naked and approached the security guard at the lodge who refused to open for her and that she later went to hide behind the building.
She managed to jump over the boundary fence in her naked state and reported the matter to her parents who inturn went to the police where a docket was opened.
Other police officers in the company of family members visited the scene and got a pair of trousers belonging to the victim, underwear and a wig which dropped as she struggled.
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Leonard Nimoy greets me as usual and tells me of the happenings from yesterday.
I adjust the gillmen's environment and check in on the insects before feeding the gillmen. I only have one food pellet and I want to feed them insects. However I have what appear to be three cocoons left and one moth; I'd rather not risk losing my insects by feeding them the moth and the cocoons not hatching. While looking up close at the moth I notice, like the gillmen it has a human face and it is very creepy. Scratch that, another moth has emerged from a cocoon.
Alas, I decide to give them the last food pellet in the hopes that the moths will mate and produce more insects. This is only enough for one and the other gillmen keeps telling me he's hungry. I decide to stick in what appears to be a cocoon and before the hungry gillmen can get to it, it sinks into the sand… great.
The gillmen who has been fed has a happy face and is susceptible to tickling and the other one is the opposite; he won't even have a conversation with me. I could drop in a moth or what I think is a cocoon but either option could risk me ending up with no food in the future. I fear he may be dead by the time I come back tomorrow.


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Drexel University's surgeons and biomedical engineers have designed the biodegradable anastomosis device (AD) to simplify and accelerate connecting small lumen structures and reduce the time a surgeon spends on a given procedure. Currently, small lumen (such as bile duct) anastomosis is performed by hand suturing, which is very time consuming and is associated with complications rate in the range of 18% to 24%. Drexel's AD is designed to shorten the anastomosis procedure time to 1-2 minutes. The AD has fixed diameter opening guaranteeing the passage of fluids carried by the small lumen structure and preventing obstruction of the lumen at anastomosis site. In addition to AD a dedicated Applicator was designed to facilitate the placement of AD. The design of the Applicator can enable the use of AD in laparoscopic surgery.
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Shaun Frost, MD, has "grown up" with the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM).
SHM was only a year old when, fresh out of his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Frost joined the fledging organization. Now Nashville-based Cogent HMG's regional chief medical officer has been elected to lead the national organization for the 2012-13 presidential term.
SHM, which represents the fastest-growing specialty in modern healthcare, is now the nation's largest organization representing hospitalists and the practice of hospital medicine. The organization has a membership totaling 10,000 practicing hospitalists and more than 30,000 individuals in the hospital medicine professions.
Both the organization and physician leader have come a long way since the beginning of their relationship. In 2005, Frost was honored with the National Award for Clinical Excellence from SHM.
"It is an incredible honor to be elected to this position with SHM," said Frost. "SHM is an outstanding organization comprised of industry thought leaders and innovative hospital professionals." The president-elect added, "After working with the Society for many years as a physician member, I look forward to stepping into this new role and having the opportunity to help shape the future of hospital medicine."
As regional medical director for Cogent HMG, Frost serves as chief medical officer for the company's northeastern region. In May, Cogent Healthcare merged with Ohio-based Hospitalists Management Group (HMG) to form the largest private hospitalist company in the United States with nearly 1,000 affiliated hospitalists and extenders practicing in more than 100 healthcare facilities nationwide. The combined company will maintain its Nashville headquarters but keep offices in Canton, Ohio.
"Cogent HMG is so proud to have Dr. Frost as a leader in our organization," said Rusty Holman, MD, MHM, chief clinical officer of Cogent HMG. "This is a position well deserved by Dr. Frost, whose contribution to the organization and the field of hospital medicine has been nationally recognized and makes him uniquely suited to this role. Shaun is a distinguished leader in hospital medicine who has an intimate understanding of patient care settings ranging from small community hospitals to large major academic centers."
Holman continued, "Frost has played a key leadership role in the hospitalist industry and championed the development of SHM local chapters throughout the U.S., studied, published and educated others on surgical co-management service, and led to the development of hospitalist fellowship program in SHM."
Frost said, "I've always been fond of the organization, it has done fabulous things for me personally as I have developed professionally."
Frost grew up in Calgary, in western Alberta, Canada and remains a Canadian citizen. He went to high school in Denver and followed a trail, blazed by many of his classmates, to Texas for college. Frost did not go unnoticed at Baylor University, where he received his undergraduate degree, along with membership in Phi Beta Kappa, presidential and valedictorian scholarships and graduated summa cum laude.
He had already identified a keen interest and aptitude in science so it was a natural step to enroll in medical school. Frost chose the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School where he was selected for Alpha Omega Alpha and received numerous awards. He did an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University Medical Center in Dallas.
Frost began his career at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation where he was the director of non-teaching in-patient services. He is also former faculty member at the University of Minnesota and Pennsylvania State University Medical Schools.
"I was not primarily career-driven when I was determining my path. I was looking for a position in an academic medical center but found that the job I found most attractive was working with fledging hospitals," he recalled.
He has extensive speaking and writing experience on a variety of healthcare topics and is often chosen as a spokesman to address healthcare systems integration issues that are universally germane to practicing hospitalists, such as leadership and teamwork, quality and process improvement, management of care transitions and the hospitalist as teacher. In the hospital setting, he is interested in and likes to stay involved with construction of facilities, deployment of resources and implementation of ideas.
Of his role in SHM, Frost stressed the importance of the organization's ongoing push for the highest quality healthcare and the need to continue to anticipate changes to healthcare reform and delivery. SHM has a presence in Washington D.C., and Frost envisions the organization will continue to work in public policy as a staunch advocate for advancing the quality of care for patients in meetings where decisions are made on healthcare policy.
In his position with Cogent, he sees himself as relentlessly working to improve efficiency of care to hospitalized patients by establishing the best practices within the facility, identifying and removing barriers to efficiency, and measuring outcomes.
When not at work on behalf of Cogent or SHM, Frost likes to get outside and spend time with his children, ages 13 and 10. "Anytime I can get away, we really enjoy going biking together." Fittingly, for a leader in a Nashville-based company, Frost also loves music and enjoys picking a few tunes on his guitar.


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Last night I dialed sixteen numbers, put my ear-up to the phone and heard the voices of one Mike Brune (Executive Director or Sierra Club), one Phil Radford (Executive Director of Greenpeace) and more than 75 inspiring youth organizers. What magic movement hotline was I on, you ask? No shame I'll tell ya: it was none other than the "100 Actions for 100% Clean Energy" kick-off call. 9PM sharp and the business started. Howling regional shout outs followed by a task: More than 100 student-led aggressive actions for clean energy nationwide.Why us? Students have always led social movements: think women's rights, civil rights, and the anti-war movement. Every major social revolution has been led and driven by young people; it's time for the green movement to be added to that list. What kind of actions are we looking for? Well sure as hell not petitions. Do something BIG, LOUD, get everyone's attention. Flash mobs, die ins, sit-ins, overflow the president's voicemail asking the same question: "what date will you be shutting down the coal plant?" Think of Powershift, the sentencing of Tim DeChristopher and, most recently, the Tar Sands Action. Now's the time that people are willing to step up and take bold action. Give them a vehicle to pour that energy into.Some tricks to keep up your sleeve from two guys who really know their organizing:
Phil says: Never lose your sense of humor. We're talking about some serious stuff—the greatest extinction since the dinosaurs. Be a normal likeable person and people are bound to join you. Also, take the time to think about what's really effective—how do you put pressure on the right people? Who are the right messengers? Collect those folks within your community and convince them to do something peaceful. Mike says: Listen to what your people care about, what their concerns are. The work that we're doing is all encompassing, so there's a lot of angles from which to approach your audience: economic competitiveness, national security or climate change straight up. Design an approach to meet the community's specific needs.The pandemonium starts October 1st at Virginia Powershift and from then on, it's up to us. Sign up here to create a national story about local actions that can be directly delivered to our leaders in Washington at the end of the month. Ensure that the next big question on Air Force One has to deal with the ever-growing strength of the youth climate movement. As Phil Radford said last night "great presidents will only be great leaders if there are great movements pushing them."1-2-3-PUSH.
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Lancashire survived a late onslaught from Graham Napier to secure a 28-run win over Essex in the Clydesdale Bank 40.
Stephen Moore, Steven Croft and Paul Horton all hit half-centuries as Lancashire posted 258-9 in their 40 overs in the Group A clash at Old Trafford.
Essex looked in trouble on 139-6 in the 28th over in reply, before Napier smashed 51 in just 25 balls in a quick-fire 68-run partnership with Greg Smith to give them a fighting chance.
Once Napier holed out to a brilliant catch from Croft, Smith continued the fightback with 44 from 40 deliveries, but, in the end, the Eagles fell short as they were bowled out for 230 with 15 balls left, Lightning spinner Gary Keedy claiming 3-49.
Moore and Croft gave Lancashire a fast start after winning the toss - they both brought up their half-centuries at faster than a run-a-ball, with Moore smashing a six off Tymal Mills to bring up their 100 partnership off 77 deliveries.
Tom Craddock ended the 111-run stand when Moore was caught at cover by Smith for his 62 which came off just 50 deliveries.
David Masters then struck twice in an over. First, Croft was trapped lbw for 53 and then Karl Brown chipped the ball to Mark Pettini for 15 as Lancashire slumped from 130-1 to 148-4.
Horton led the rebuilding with 54 from 53 balls, but Lancashire continued to lose wickets regularly, with Masters finishing with 4-41 by adding the scalps of Stephen Parry and Horton and Napier seeing off Sajid Mahmood as he claimed 2-49.
Alviro Petersen and Pettini made a bright start for Essex until Ajmal Shahzad claimed his first wicket at Old Trafford as a Lancashire player by bowling Petersen for 24.
Tom Westley put on 56 with James Foster to keep Essex in the game before being caught on the boundary by Mahmood for 33.
When Foster was bowled by Keedy for 41 the game looked over, but Napier and Smith ensured Lancashire were tested to the end, with Mahmood suffering the brunt of their attack as his eight overs went for 60 runs.
The result leaves Essex still looking for their first win in the competition, while Lancashire have now won their opening two matches.


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The East Hampton boys swim team opened its League II duel meet season with a 109-74 road loss to Hauppauge on January 7, where Pierson's Joe Gengarelly posted a personal best time of 31.63 in the 200-meter medley relay The team on Thursday lost a tight meet to West Islip, 52-49, to fall to 0-2 in league competition.
"The meet promised to be a barn burner and it was," head coach Craig Brierley said about facing West Islip. "It came down to the final event, the 400-freestyle relay."
East Hampton needed to finish 1-2 in the relay, but after the A relay took first place, the B relay team finished third, albeit with a personal best time. As usual, the Bonackers had to forfeit the diving competition since they have no divers on the team, which resulted in a difference of seven points.
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Well, MS could have put a better performing GPU in the console to begin with. Remote compute isn't going to help too much with that in my eyes. Virtualization has a very long way to go and this is another step in a great direction. I have a dedicated VDI for work with the same specs, on paper, as my work laptop. The laptop performs great, the VDI makes me want to rip my hair out from frustration. It's graphics and input lag that are the issues that make me keep telling the powers that be that a VDI is not for the general user population. Codec encoding being moved to specialized hardware that can scale. Old concept applied in a helpful new way.
At some point a company has to just jump in. There will always be a better GPU. When anything is released in tech it's already outdated by the time it's approved and manufactured. You can say they should have put double the RAM, or a super powerful GPU - and it would have cost $700. So, at some point you have to say "this is good enough to code on for 8 years, for cheap enough that people will buy it at launch."
Sony had better RAM this go-round. But last gen, MS had the better system as a whole - and both did just fine. It's not like two competing companies are going to put out identical hardware. One will always been slightly different/better. But the developers are going to go with the common denominator so their games look good across both platforms, so they can sell them. It's a bit moot at this point.
Sort of on topic…Parcells has been amused recently with a new Microsoft cloud commercial. In the commercial the MS cloud is being touted as the technology behind the Lotus F1 team's car which is amusing because the Lotus car is terrible on both the power and reliability fronts…someone didn't clearly think this ad through me thinks.
This was the key concept behind OnLive, you could play all the latest and greatest games on your 8 year old computer because very little was being processed on your system. All you needed was the bandwidth to do fast screen refreshes and controller I/O. But overall it was kind of a shitty experience and that's why it never really took off, i think they almost closed up shop actually, maybe they sold it off to some other company, can't remember for sure. Either way the moral of the story is it wasn't good enough for primary game delivery.
Due to ONE going back on the 'must have broadband' requirement, I don't think we'll really see the cloud based compute really reach it's full potential unless games release requiring broadband. I guess we do have that now though, Titanfall required broadband since it was a multiplayer only game. But even if the internet requirement still existed, bandwidth lag would relegate most of what you could use cloud compute for to minor background processes. Still that would offload some percentage of work from the on board GPU/CPU for more intensive local computing. Whether or not it's enough to bridge the gap between the PS4 is yet to be seen and certainly we're not going to see it in anything but the top tier of games.
Reminds me that I need to buy or borrow an SNMP capable switch. I want to see if broadband is really even required for titanfall.


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text: GamesBeat Mario & Luigi: Dream Team is a wonderful celebration of Year of Luigi (review) Above: Artwork for the latest Mario & Luigi role-playing game series from AlphaDream.Image Credit: GamesBeat August 7, 2013 10:00 AM Stephanie Carmichael 0 Gaming is in its golden age, and big and small players alike are maneuvering like kings and queens in A Game of Thrones. Register now for our GamesBeat 2015 event, Oct. 12-Oct.13, where we'll explore strategies in the new world of gaming. I wanted to play Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, the fourth and latest entry in the action role-playing game series from developer AlphaDream, because I'm a fan of Paper Mario's similar style and because Nintendo christened 2013 the Year of Luigi. For a character whose fictional peers and players alike constantly ignore and belittle him, that's a big deal. While the recent New Super Luigi U looks to me like a character-swapped version of New Super Mario Bros. U, Dream Team (out Aug. 11 for Nintendo 3DS) promises the younger mustachioed brother redemption. In his dreams, Luigi can be anyone — as brave and strong as his big bro. I wondered if the developer would take this opportunity to honor him seriously, and a few minutes in, I was immediately skeptical as he tripped over his own feet and others lobbed their usual ridicule. Before long, however, the game's themes took precedence, and Luigi conjured a world where he finally belonged. What you'll like Welcome to Pi'illo Island In this adventure, Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and their pals set out for a faraway island after receiving a mysterious invitation. The inhabitants of Pi'illo Island waste no time receiving them with warmth and breaking into celebration, but omens have clouded our heroes' journey from the outset. A demonic bat king named Antasma soon escapes from the dream world, where the legendary Pi'illo folk (yep, they look just like pillows!) and their Prince Dreambert have imprisoned him. The villain teams up with Bowser for double the evil. Above: Mario and Luigi can fight together in the dream world.Image Credit: Nintendo/AlphaDream From the moment it begins, Dream Team is a wonderland of 3D graphics, color, and sound. Nothing's better than seeing a monster erupt into a shower of rainbow stars or watching countless Luigis spin around the screen. The dream world that Luigi can access through sleep (only he wields this power) is a remixed version of reality, from the slowed-down music to the multilayered backdrops. Just when you thought Pi'illo Island was beautiful — with textured, clay-like graphics you can almost reach out and touch — the game takes its style to the next level. Even an act as simple as breaking purple nightmare chunks, which have crystallized the lost Pi'illo people (your allies), is satisfying to the ears and eyes. Hear it crunch as it shatters in 3D. I especially love the charming Italian, Popeye-like gibberish that the brothers speak. Battles big and small What's amazing about the Mario & Luigi formula is that it's a turn-based role-playing game with an active system. Players can never sit idly back and mash buttons to speed through menus and attacks like in other titles. The addition of 3D is a huge boon. Every battle becomes a test of observation, timing, and skill. Enemies cycle through a number of different offensive moves and can charge from all sides, making matches as three-dimensional as they look. Because each adversary exhibits tells, or signs of how to learn its behavior, Dream Team is all about mastering this dynamic and clearing expert challenges (dodging or countering without taking damage) for rewards. Above: A boss battle in the "real world."Image Credit: Nintendo/AlphaDream Fighting is key to long-term victory, so players should engage every creature they see on the field. With preemptive strikes and deflective maneuvers, these encounters can be quick and highly enjoyable once you get the rhythm down. Above: Mario can help Luigi in giant battles from atop his hat.Image Credit: Nintendo/AlphaDream Mario & Luigi can pull off Bros. Attacks (which sometimes involve tilt functionality) when they're working together, but in the dream world, Luigi's essence fuses with Mario. The result is ridiculously gratifying. Stomp on an army of enemies and a dozen Luigis (clones called Luiginoids) rain down, too. Special moves called Luiginary Attacks enable Mario to roll up a hundred Luiginoids in a ball to bowl over foes or a hammer to smash them flat. The game is very fair, but it pumps up the difficulty during boss fights, which use every available benefit to the 3DS to great success. 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Beloved hardcore stealth franchise, Thief, returns and with it many gamers have the chance to once again become acquainted with Garrett, the master thief.
The new trailer posted today serves as an opening shot for Eidos' Thief reboot. With the success of the Tomb Raider reboot, the last title Eidos did some work for, it's really easy to get excited for another Thief game. Recent critical hit, Dishonored, definitely proved to the world that stealth games are just as magical now as they were back then.
Have a look at the trailer and let us know how close to the mark the developers are. Again, let me know what you guys think because I have yet to play a Thief game.
Thief has an anticipated release for 2014 on the PlayStation 4, PC and as Game Informer puts it "other next-gen consoles."


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Perhaps You're Doing it Wrong
"Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey"
Have you ever heard that phrase? It's pretty much the shortcut to remember which way things turn and it's question #4 on the test of manhood. Except it's not always right.
For example, if you're trying to put new pedals on a bicycle by following the above rule, than you're going to quickly become frustrated because they screw on the opposite way. Having three kids, I learned this the hard way, and taught my neighbor this the other day as well.
Sometimes rules and shortcuts aren't as helpful as we think they are. (tweet that)
We are a people of habit though and we love our rituals. We can't help it. Our brains are designed so that once a habit is learned, neural pathways are formed that make that habit easier over time.
That's the physiology behind developing discipline and habits. That's also why changing habits are so incredibly hard. There's only one problem with that though. Habits and discipline don't always lead to doing things the right way. And what is the right way anyways?
One of my most favorite stories takes place in John 21.
Let me set the scene for you.
Some of Jesus' disciples are out at night on the lake fishing. Again. That's what they did after all, and I can only imagine that normally they gained some peace and clarity from that exercise. Only today is different.
It's been awhile since their teacher, leader, mentor, Jesus, was brutally killed and they all ran and fled like scared little kids. They probably weren't feeling too good about themselves. So they went out to do something that normally made them feel good. They were doing things the same way they always had, they were doing it the right way, or so they thought, but it wasn't working.
They weren't catching any fish.
Then, as the sun is coming up, from a distance they see a man on the shore. He was calling out to them, and asked them if they had caught anything. With what I can only imagine sounded like shame, they responded with a no.
What follows next is perhaps the most amazing sentence for you to read today.
Can you just imagine what that moment must have felt like?
Of course they come ashore and realize it's Jesus and are elated even further.
What this has made me realize is that for quite some time this year I've been doing some things according to what others have said is the right way, or even by what I have thought to be the right way. But frankly, it hasn't been working out all too well. So I'll be spending the fall on changing things up and trying new ways of doing things.
I won't go into more specifics now, but let me ask you this question.
Are you doing whatever it is you're doing, because someone has said it's the right way of doing it? Is it producing the results you want?
If it is, then great! Ignore this and move on, but if not then dig a little deeper with me.
Maybe it's time to throw your nets on the other side of the boat and see what happens.
Maybe it's time to ignore those people telling you how to do it and maybe it's time for you to write your own script.
What are you doing that could benefit from throwing your nets on the other side of the boat?
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The rise and rise of Apartamento magazine proves a fundamental human truth – we are as a species inherently nosey. The urge to snoop around other people's spaces is compulsive; new ways to feed my habit are always welcome. This excellent blog curated by designer Stefi Orazi celebrates some of London's most interesting modernist architecture, but crucially it does so not merely from an outside-looking-in perspective. Stefi features these idiosyncratic estates as places where people live which adds so much more than simply appreciating aesthetically interesting exteriors. Her latest feature with Chrissie MacDonald and Andrew Rae of our pals the Peepshow Collective sums up perfectly the brilliance of Stefi's bog. There's also posts about places to buy in these estates and the odd bit of miscellany as well. Consider yourself bookmarked.