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Earlier this evening, my wife and I spent a few hours at a furniture store looking for a few items for our new home. We had our kids in tow, which meant that the process was anything but relaxing. In fact, shopping with toddlers is pretty much never a pleasant experience. As such, when given the choice between retail (brick and mortar) shopping and online shopping, I typically grab my laptop instead of my car keys.
That said, I am a bargain hunter in my heart of hearts, and I always research any purchase before I make it. There are certainly times when the very best online deal available cannot compete with the old-fashioned clearance rack. For example, if you don't mind shopping off-season, it isn't hard to save 75% off or more when purchasing clothes for the family, just be heading to local department stores and looking through the racks of heavily discounted items.
On the other hand, deal hunting online is something that I have gotten quite good at over the years. I have gotten myself in trouble in the past by making purchases just because they were a great deal, not because I actually needed the item. No matter how much money you "save", if you weren't planning on purchasing the item in the first place, you are paying more than you should (which is nothing). That said, I still find myself browsing the forums over at slickdeals just for entertainment, or checking for the deal of the day at hushhush – the brand new flash sales site. With our budget in a much healthier place, there is enough room to occasionally jump in and strike while the iron is hot (or on sale).
The very best way to use clearance racks and online tools, is to use them together. If there is an item that you are planning on purchasing, setup a "deal alert" on one of the deals sites to automatically send you an email if any item that you are wanting to purchase goes on sale. I have had a deal alert setup for the past few weeks on the word "kettlebell", and if anyone finds a store with these on clearance, I should get a notification right away.
These days, online stores are quickly become like car dealerships, in that nobody pays full price. Once you have identified the store where you want to make the purchase, the next logical step should be to see if there are any coupons available. If you can track down the right coupon (it isn't hard), most stores will offer a percentage discount or at the very least free shipping with the right code. Even the giant in the online shoppping world, Amazon.com, offers free shipping for all purchases totaling greater than $25.
We have been making a few purchases lately, as we fill the empty spaces of our new home and replace items that we ignored during our long spending drought. We have stumbled into some great deals inside of local stores (we'll talk about some of these in the next few weeks), but we have found even more savings by looking online. The moral of the story is that to save as much money as possible, you need to diversify. Don't be afraid of the clearance racks (especially if clothes shopping), but ALWAYS check online to see what you can find.v
I've got a pretty small list of things I'll shop for on the clearance rack, and it's usually limited to dress shirts. However, I'm a fan of the alerts and finding other deals and loopholes on the internet. And you are spot on, buying something you weren't planning on purchasing is not saving money in any way.
Another tool you can use for online shopping are places like Swagbucks.com or Mypoints.com where you can earn points at certain stores for items purchased. I recently went through Swagbucks to order the travel system for my little guy when it was on sale and I earned almost enough points for a $5 Amazon.com gift card.
I do the majority of my shopping online, not only because I like the deals and coupon codes, but also for the convenience. I'm totally not the kind of person who likes to battle the crowds to save a couple bucks! I'd rather shop in peace or not at all. That said, I do love a good clearance rack, and very rarely do I buy something at full price!
With my busy schedule both in my freelance job and with taking care of the kids, I am still most comfortable shopping online. I am not really into clearance rack as I find it exhausting to decide whether to buy those things that I won't still be using for a long time.
I definitely always check the clearance rack at clothing stores. Some of my favorite clothes are the ones that I paid only a few dollars for!
I shop almost exclusively online for bigger items like electronics because there is more choice and it is pretty easy to look for a good deal. On Amazon, you can browse through the 80% off items for example, until you find the perfect Christmas gift. For household goods if I need the item straight away, I usually pay full price but always look at the discounted aisle to see if there is something on my buy-later list.
I LOVE online shopping. I much rather do that than in store. There are no pesky sales people to bother you, they are more likely to have your size or the color option you want, and over all it is more peaceful because it really allows you to think about the decision and make the purchase. Oh and did I mention how nice it is for items to just show up at your door? But often I find too many good deals online and fall into that same way of purchasing something just because it is a good deal. I was shopping yesterday for a single pair of pants I had seen in one store but they didn't have in the store near where I live. They offered 40% off everything with a code and ended up spending way more than I needed to and buying multiple pairs of pants. The plus side is this will help me to want to clear out my closet and declutter since I've been in a throwing away mood, but I really could use that money for better things.
I've been buying items online more often than buying on clearance sale. I do this because it's more convenient for me and sometimes, if lucky, I can get a great deal that gets me to avail big discounts.
When I do my seminars I remind people, "its not a bargain, if you don't need it." I love shopping at Macy's discounted racks. I pretty much get all my clothes when i do need them at Macy's. I take advantage of rummaging through 65% off plus able to use my Macy's card to get an additional 20% off and sometimes I can use a coupon for more percentages off.
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Matt Davis Admits His New TV Show Cult Confuses Him
The CW's new TV show Cult is intricately plotted, with an entire show-within-the-show built into its premise. Each episode reveals clues via a television program — also called Cult — that will hopefully lead Jeff, played by Matt Davis, to his missing brother.
When Wetpaint Entertainment visited the set last fall, we spoke to Matt Davis about the complex show, "creator" Steven Rae, and his co-stars, whom he wants to punch.
Wetpaint Entertainment: Now that you're up to six episodes, what has your character been up to in solving some certain mysteries?
Matt Davis:I've been all over the damn place. They've got me running like a man with my hair on fire. It's quite the crazy adventure. Actually, I'd love to tell you about it, but I can't.
Broad strokes, wide brush.
Well, the premise is my brother's gone missing to this cult, and it has something to do with this television show that's called Cult as well. So he's trying to figure out what the tie in is, and the more he discovers, the deeper he goes. And it's just that sort of twisting, turning, rabbit hole of bizarre deception and betrayals all along the way that he and Skye, Jessica Lucas, are constantly being brought into deeper and deeper. So those are the broad strokes of the specifics.
Are we seeing more mythology based stories?
Right now, I feel like each episode is more of a stand-alone that has its own sort of flavor and twist and turn. I haven't necessarily gotten into the mythology just yet, which may happen. It's fairly compartmentalized, and the actors are usually the last to know, and the first to talk about it. But, no, to answer your question directly, we had not gotten into the mythology yet.
Is he a believer or is he going to fluctuate between "this is the craziest thing I've ever heard"?
It's a bit of both. I think right away, he's skeptical, but so much happens so quickly that it's impossible for him to remain skeptical. So he quickly gives into the notion that this is true, and he's one of the few people who sees it and yet has to warn the others on how that it's true and risk looking crazy. So he's constantly aware of what he's going through is crazy and trying to talk to anyone outside who doesn't know, he looks like a madman. So he's quickly buys into the true believer-ness of it all.
Is Skye the only person that he can talk to about this?
Yeah. Everyone you meet is always a suspect. They do have allies along the way, but it's always that notion of how much can they trust them and earn each other's trust along the way, but primarily, yeah, it's just the two of them.
How much can you trust Skye? Are there moments where he's starting to question her, who she works for?
Yeah. That happens right away. There's a big scene in the second episode where it dawns on him that everything he knows about the show is through her, and she's been the one feeding him all this information. So, yeah, there's a scene where all that comes to a head, and he confronts her. And they have this scene where she finally admits to him why she's in it, and what she had a stake in this, and where she's really coming from. So, yeah, that happens right away.
Does the show within a show confuse you sometimes?
All the time. All the time I'm confused, and it gets kind of scary because I was literally walking my dog the other day, and I literally saw a man wearing a leather vest and a white shirt, looked like Billy Grimm, and I thought, "Oh, no. This can't be happening." I'm looking at somebody I thought for a second was Billy Grimm. So the meta thing keeps going on and on. I would ultimately like to write a web series about the drama of us as a cast making this show and just to have like one more auxiliary storyline plugged in just to confuse everyone.
Well, now that you're almost halfway through the filming of the first season, do you have a feeling of where things are going, or are they constantly surprising you?
I have no idea where this is going. I have no idea. But that was true of Vampire Diaries too. I had no idea. It was just fun in the sense that you don't know, and that's kind of exciting. But then you also don't know, and then are put in situations where you have to talk to people and pretend as though you do know when you really don't know, you know?
What do you think about the rest of your cast members?
The rest of my cast are horrible, horrible people.
You just want to punch them?
I want to punch them. I want to strangle them, have sex with them, all of the above.
The creator of the Cult show is obviously a very enigmatic figure. Are we going to learn more about him after the pilot?
Yeah. That dials in right away. It's like, okay. Who is Steven Rae? Who is the creator? Why can't we get to him? What's the big mystery? And you learn — there's more to it, but I don't want to give that part away, but yeah, Steven Rae becomes an essential enigma behind trying to finding my brother.
Have you talked with Julie Plec about returning to the Vampire Diaries?
I have. I know if the schedule opens up, and it works for them, there's a possibility to do some crossover.


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WALHALLA - Veteran Oconee County deputy and announced candidate for sheriff Mike Crenshaw was fired Monday by Sheriff James Singleton.
Crenshaw said he believed time would vindicate him.
"More will come out about the firing and the real motivations behind it," said Crenshaw, who held the rank of captain.
He said questions would be referred to his attorney, Larry Brandt of Walhalla.
Singleton confirmed Monday afternoon that he had fired Crenshaw but declined to comment further, saying it was a confidential personnel matter. He invited the Independent Mail to file a request under the Freedom of Information Act for the reasons for Crenshaw's firing that he said would "tell the story."
The sheriff denied, however, that the firing had any political motivation.
Singleton, who announced earlier this year that he would not seek a sixth term, has endorsed Oconee County Chief Deputy Terry Wilson as his successor.
Crenshaw, Wilson, former Oconee County Sheriff's Office employee Donnie Fricks and retired U.S. Secret Service agent James Bartee are all announced candidates for the Republican nomination for sheriff in next year's June primary.
Sources with the sheriff's office who asked not to be identified said Crenshaw's firing stemmed from an internal investigation during which a GPS tracking device was installed on Crenshaw's department-issued car beginning in September.
The particular reasons given within the department, according to the sources, involved duty time sheets as well as Crenshaw's tracked movements, specifically time spent at his Westminster home for lunch.
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He made his interest in running for sheriff known following Singleton's April retirement announcement and officially announced his own candidacy in August.
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Jadwiga Lenartowicz Rylko was a young Polish Catholic physician in Lodz at the start of World War II. Suspected of resistance activities, she was arrested in January 1944. For the next fifteen months, she endured three Nazi concentration camps and a forty-two-day death march, spending part of this time working as a prisoner-doctor to Jewish slave laborers. In this book, Rylko-Bauer recounts her mother's life against the backdrop of twentieth century history—from her childhood and medical training, through her wartime experiences, to her struggles to create a new life as an immigrant to the U.S. She lived in Detroit, Michigan from 1950 to 1984, and spent the last 26 years of her life in Grand Rapids, where she died in 2010, at the age of 100 years.
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2015 Hyundai Sonata Redesigned, Debuts at 2014 New York Auto Show
By: Jeff Youngs, 3/26/2014
Like the redesigned 2015 Genesis Sedan, the new 2015 Hyundai Sonata adheres to an evolved Fluidic Sculpture 2.0 styling language intended to project what the automaker describes as "an athletic appearance" in accordance with "Modern Premium" product positioning. Highlights of the new design philosophy include what Hyundai claims are simple, harmonious, refined, and polished surfaces and details, inside and out.
"We are confident that the all-new Sonata will change the landscape of the global midsize sedan market," Choong Ho Kim, president and CEO of Hyundai Motor, said during the all-new Sonata launching ceremony in Seoul. "Hyundai Motor has been pursuing qualitative growth, providing innovative experiences and values to our customers, and the all-new Sonata will be at the center of these efforts."
Take one glance at the new 2015 Sonata, especially from the rear, and it might be difficult to spot the differences. They exist, though, especially in front where a hexagonal grille, new headlights, and a revised front end look different from the outgoing model.
While the exterior doesn't increase much in size, Hyundai says that the new 2015 Sonata's cabin is bigger. The automaker also says higher-quality materials, refined controls, and redesigned seats are intended to make the driver and their passengers feel like the Sonata is a class-above in terms of quality and comfort.
Features contributing to the new Sonata's upscale look and feel include several colors of leather, metal or wood cabin trim, heated and ventilated front seats, heated rear seats, manual and power rear window shades, a panoramic sunroof, and more. New navigation and infotainment systems are also offered for the new 2015 Sonata, as well as a Smart Trunk hands-free trunk-opening system. Safety-related upgrades include blind-spot detection, a lane-departure warning system, and an advanced smart cruise control system with Automatic Emergency Braking.
A strengthened vehicle structure, new suspension designs and tuning, revised electric steering, and upgraded brakes all contribute to what Hyundai says is a more dynamic driving experience. Additionally, Hyundai has taken measures to reduce the car's noise, vibration, and harshness to improve refinement and comfort.
The standard engine is a familiar 2.4-liter 4-cylinder with direct fuel injection, paired with a 6-speed automatic transmission that drives the car's front wheels. Hyundai says that low- and mid-range torque is improved, and that the standard 4-cylinder will make approximately 195 horsepower. The automaker has not confirmed whether or not the 2015 Sonata will continue to offer an optional turbocharged 4-cylinder for added power and performance.
Hyundai has not announced when the redesigned 2015 Sonata will go on sale, or at what price. More details are to come in the weeks and months ahead.
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Online brain-training is gaining popularity, but so far little evidence exists to support claims of improved cognition.
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Meet DARPA's real-world Terminator, Atlas July 12, 2013 at 7:15 am
DARPA and Boston Dynamics have unveiled their most advanced humanoid robot yet: Atlas. At 6'2″ and 330lbs, Atlas is incredibly imposing; with 28 hydraulically actuated joints, LIDAR and stereo vision, a beefy on-board computer, and some of the most advanced robotic limbs ever conceived, Atlas is remarkably human-like in its behavior. While Atlas is initially conceived as a disaster response robot, such as cleaning up and looking for survivors at after a Fukushima-like disaster, it's easy to imagine Atlas being the basis of a robotic army, supported by BigDog mules.
US military's BigDog robot learns to throw cinder blocks, grenades… March 1, 2013 at 9:04 am
Boston Dynamics, the robotics company behind AlphaDog, Petman, and Cheetah, has now outfitted its BigDog robot with an arm that's capable of flinging 50-pound (23kg) concrete blocks across a room at high speed. This really is as terrifying as it sounds — but if you don't trust me, watch the video below.
DARPA's AlphaDog (LS3) can now sit, follow, and roll over December 20, 2012 at 11:22 am
The Legged Squad Support System (LS3), the semiautonomous quadruped robot developed by DARPA and Boston Dynamics that can carry 400 pounds (180kg) over rough terrain, is very nearly ready for prime time. LS3 (aka AlphaDog) can now listen to voice commands, follow the (human) leader, and self-right itself after falling over.
DARPA's Cheetah robot can now run faster than Usain Bolt September 6, 2012 at 9:28 am
DARPA and Boston Dynamics have broken their own legged-robot land speed record: Cheetah, which set a record of 18mph earlier in the year, has now been clocked at 28.3mph — faster than Usain Bolt, the fastest man on Earth.
DARPA's AlphaDog robot pack mule begins real world testing February 8, 2012 at 11:17 am
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Something else I just thought of that might be a tactful way of handling this comment (although be prepared for the consequences) is that when you suggest that he try something else, he gets annoyed, and says, "I don't tell you how to play", say something like, "I understand and basically agree with that approach. However, when one of us is playing something that you strongly feel does not work, I
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I mentioned that I also have a lot of the "let's not tell each other how to play" approach in a situation like your band, but I think I'd respond well to what I just suggested.
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Charlie White's DilemmaApril 8th, 2011 at 9:34 am by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog
Here's why Charlie White should be more nervous today than he was at this time yesterday: The ruling that requires the state Recount Commission to reconsider a Democratic Party challenge to White's candidacy for Secretary of State requires a determination on the legality of White's voter registration.
Charlie White can appeal the decision and the Recount Commission can attempt to dodge the assignment but if, as Democrats and a Hamilton County grand jury believe, White lied on his voter registration, the new proceedings ordered yesterday point to an eventual decision to remove him from office. (The judge also maintained jurisdiction and could take the matter into his own hands if he is unsatisfied with the proceedings in the Recount Commission.)
Of course White is already facing a 7 count indictment and criminal proceedings that could also lead to him being forced out of the Secretary of State's office. He would much prefer to deal with that first, however. Here's why. The criminal case will likely lead to a plea deal that could reduce felonies to misdemeanors and preserve White's law license even if he must leave office. The office is his bargaining chip.
If he loses the civil challenge and his office in the process, he must still face the criminal charges with no bargaining chip. Oh, and a Democrat would replace him rather than a fellow Republican.
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Last August, just five months after Pope Francis was elected, Damon Linker emerged from the balcony of St. Wieseltier's to dump a vat of cold water on the gathering masses anxiously awaiting the doctrinal liberalization of the Catholic Church. Progressives who thought Francis's pastoral gestures heralded the end of the celibate priesthood, or the reversal of church teachings against contraception, birth control, and sex outside of marriage, were deluding themselves, Linker argued. "Even an analyst normally as sober and sensible as John L. Allen Jr. of the National Catholic Reporter," he wrote, "has gone so far as to conclude that nothing less than a Vatican 'revolution' is underway. It isn't."
Perhaps the New Republic's editors thought Linker's observation that a new pope wasn't about to upend Catholic doctrine amounted to big news. For my part, I don't know anyone who's expecting Francis to abrogate Humanae Vitae. So I found the piece largley unobjectionable, apart from Linker's misperception of the extent to which a pontiff can remake the Curia in his preferred image. "A new pope," Linker claimed, "has comparatively little freedom to remake the ideological cast of the Roman Curia." He "must choose new appointees solely from the existing ranks of cardinals and archbishops, all of whom will have been promoted to their positions by his predecessors." Well, yes. But that doesn't mean the world's bishops are carbon copies of the popes who appointed them. After all, the man who made Bergoglio archbishop of Buenos Aires was John Paul II.
Of course, Linker's TNR piece was written five months ago. Today at the Week, he's back with a reassessment of liberal Catholic hopes for the new pope. Have the past five months changed his opinion of them, or of Francis's pontificate? The shakeup at the Congregation for Bishops? The Vatican's attempt to get parishioners to weigh in on controversial church teachings like gay marriage and contraception? The fact that almost none of Francis's first cardinals are professional theologians, and most are from the global south? What about that time he baptized the baby of a couple who were married outside the church--a first for a pope? Not really.
"Nothing in the past few months...has led me to change my mind or revise my analysis — except in one respect. After reading an endless stream of gushing commentary by liberal Catholics on Pope Francis, I'm beginning to wonder if they ever really cared about reforming doctrine in the first place." You see, Linker appeared on Boston's NPR affiliate in September to discuss the pope, and when it came time to take calls, one listener challenged Linker's assessment of the progressive-Catholic agenda.
Describing herself as a progressive Catholic, she dismissed my skepticism about the likelihood of Francis reforming church doctrine. "Doctrine for a Catholic, now, is not even an issue," said Trish from Kentucky (you can listen to her beginning at 24:43). "Catholics do not care about doctrine," she said, adding, "It's irrelevant. It's a non-issue for Catholics."
Linker hadn't considered that possibility. He "had assumed all along that liberal Catholics wanted to liberalize Catholic doctrine." But here comes Trish, shaking up Damon's liberal-Catholic assumption matrix by saying she wasn't expecting doctrinal reform, and had no intention of skipping Communion.
For Linker, this is "an interesting development that raises important questions for the Catholic Church in the United States." Because, he writes, Trish "could have said that she feels a tension between the pope's warm and welcoming statements and the church's doctrines on contraception and divorce," and that she'll be praying for the church to revise those doctrines to be more welcoming to Catholics who find them unpersuasive. "But Trish doesn't hold this view," Linker says. "She's completely indifferent to what the church teaches across a range of topics, and she thinks her fellow American Catholics agree with her."
Please do listen to Trish. She's talking about contraception mostly, and then throws in divorce and annulment for good measure (an issue Francis happens to be looking at). Is she offering a nuanced description of the problem? Not so much. Could her understanding of doctrine use some help? Of course. (Thank goodness the program wasn't about the hypostatic union.) But does it sound to you like she's dismissing all doctrine? Apparently it does to Linker, because his dramatic walkaway line is "When does a church without a doctrine cease to be a church at all?"
Give me a break. Does Linker--one-time editor of First Things--really not know that large majorities of Catholics disagree with church teaching against contraception, even practicing Catholics? According to a February poll, just 27 percent of weekly Mass-goers say it's "morally wrong." Thirty-three percent of weekly Mass-goers agree that contraception is "morally acceptable," and 30 percent say it's "not a moral issue."
In both his Week article and his TNR piece, Linker confuses two kinds of Catholic: the activist and the average Mass-goer. Yes, among the Catholic chattering classes you'll find no shortage of advocates for this or that doctrinal position--some liberal, some really not. Lots of practicing Catholics are members of, say, Call to Action or Catholic Advocate. But most Catholics who show up every Sunday are basically with Trish: the morality of contraception doesn't weigh on them. They probably don't have a problem with the idea of married priests--until, perhaps, you ask them to pay for it. Women priests? Fine by them. Gay civil marriage? Live and let live. But are many of them pining for the day the church changes its teachings to suit their positions, eagerly expecting Francis to grab the wheel and jerk it left? No. They're Catholic. They know the bark of Peter doesn't turn on a dime.
In other words, they are ecclesiastical realists. Damon Linker should pay more attention to them. He might learn a thing or two.
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Jim Jenkins,
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step...perhaps climbing out of a deep whole begins with a Franciscan papacy.
The Trinity was the first declared feast that is not a salvation event. I am not sure whether it is a good idea to get into Trinitarian theology. But I will say that to place it number 1 in core beliefs is absolute nonsense since Jesus placed little or no significance on that doctrine.
I think the Sciptures show us that Jesus placed enormous significance on the reality of the Trinity.
"And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit descending upon him like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, "Thou art my beloved Son; with thee I am well pleased."
The Trinity is present in the baptismal accounts of Jesus. It is again present at the Transfiguration (Jesus, the Father's voice, and the Spirit in the form of the enveloping cloud). Jesus tells Philip in the Gospel of John that He and the Father are one; when we look at Jesus, we see the Father. And then we have John's account of Jesus promising to send another advocate who will lead them into "all Truth."
The Trinity is a foundational dogma because God is Love (I John 4:8) and love must be expressed between persons. Before He loved His creation, the Lord loved Himself perfectly in the Trinity. Jesus' participation in this eternal communon of persons is seen in his statement "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am." "I am" is how God identifies Himself to Moses in Exodus, "tell them I AM sent you."
To paraphrase Dorothy Sayers "the drama is in the dogma". That is to say, the immeasurable love of God can be better appreciated when we plumb the richness of our Faith.
@ Jim Dunn: Perhaps. We'll see ...
Today's media reports of the appearance before the U.N. panel in Geneva by Archbishop Silvano Tomasi and Bishop Charles Sicluna to answer pointed questions regarding the church's handling of clergy sexual abuse of children [despite Sicluna's claim that "The Holy See gets it"] do not give us any confidence, or evidence, that the boys in the Vatican curia really do "get it."
For better or worse, Francesco's papacy will judged ultimately on his ability to bring humble service and justice for the survivors of sexual exploitation by priests.
Bruce. On what ethereal plane or in what quadrant of the galaxy does the "law" exist if it "exists outside of man." Law exists as an entity? I it in the Platonic realm of the Eidos? Seriously! One must get real and get down to earth with head out of the clouds and use common sense rather than try to justify the "latent pattern maintenance" imposed over generations and introjected in childhood.
Something that exists for me, has to be outside of me, else it is not 'for' me but part of me. A car can exist for me because it is outside of me. My heart cannot exist for me, because it is part of me. I think thats common sense.
Once more the confusion of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception with the dogma of the Virgin Birth has reared its ugly head and right here at dotCommonweal. NOTE WELL; The dogma of the Immaculate Conception (Mary's not being scarred by Original Sin) has NOTHING to do with the dogma of the Virgin Birth of Jesus (Jesus' birth miraculously did not alter Mary's bodily integrity, to put it prudishly).
ALSO NOTE WELL: (theologians please correct me if I'm wrong) the literal interpretation of "Original Sin" is no longer the interpretation of Genesis favored by the official Catholic Church. As I under stand it, the story of Adam's Original Sin is now interpreted as a primitive attempt to explain the obvious fact that human beings are prone to sin. It follows that we are not born saints who act only for our own good and the good of others, and given the weakness of our wills we need help (grace) to measure up to our best potentials. In a theology which does not admit the reality of sin -- only the reality of "mistakes" -- this interpretation also makes no sense. The crux of the problem is: are we prone to sin or not?
"Paul told slaves to be obedient to their masters and women to their husbands. The Church later justified slavery. We now know tht Paul was preaching a pernicious moralilty as regards slavery; His teaching that women obey the presbyters, remain silent in the Church and cover themselves is no less pernicious. Paul's moral teachings and his teachings on the role of women were colored by his cultural situation."
The words of Paul on women are interpolations. Otherwise that Epistle makes no sense. In one paragraph he is saying women can teach and prophecy and in another he writes that she should be silent. Further given the cultural situation no one treated women better than St. Paul.
Ann Oliver, Thank you for pointing out the distinction between the two Marian dogmas in case the theologically sophisticated readers may not have been aware of the difference.
I shortened the story of the liberal priest being quetioned at the Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, New York. The second challenge was ,"Do you believe in the Virgin Birth. His answer was the same, "Yes, whatever it means." I should have separated the paragraph or otherwise made it clearer. The point I was making, however, stands.
When I spoke to a distantly related Domincan who was teaching theology at Providence College about an article in a Jesuit publication quetioning the notion of "virgo Intacta", the Dominican's response was "all those Jesuits are heretics." Not surprisingly, the Dominicans are associated with the Inquisition.
Unfortunately, most lay Catholics have the theological interpretations given to them in grammar school or r"released time" instruction. The Church doesn't seem to foster continuing adult education about Scripture or theology, particularly if it would lead to a more nuanced understanding or to questioning, nor are they willing to tolerate probing discussion even in theology faculties in Catholic Universities. The "official Church" seems to appreciate ignorance or shallow understanding of these issues among the laity.
Ann, you are certainly correct in noting that the current liberal interpretations of much of scripture, morality and indeed of doctrine are no longer the interpretation "favored by the official Catholic Church." For example, some Jesuit professors in the theology department at Fordham University have taught that there is no such thing as a mortal sin (cannot give full consent of the will to an unknown) since without knowing God (without the Beatific vision), one cannot reject God irrevocably. The Professor posited that rejection and "mortal sin" can only occur after death and after adequate knowledge of God.
Bruce correctly mentioned the primacy of conscience and indeed one must attempt to inform conscience, but when "official teaching" violates human nature, human rights and full human development, these warped teachings cannot be relied upon to inform conscience.
Bill Mazzella, Your position in regard to women is much appreciated. A question, however. Many modern techniques can distinguish later interpolations in extant writings, but cannot know what the original text was. If there was a proto-gospel, for example, on which Matthew, Mark and Luke were derived, we have no knowledge of this text. Who knows what the original texts of Paul's epistles were, and in fact, who the original authors were -- not Paul in all cases.
Frank Gibbons,
Saying God is love does not make the Trinity a foundational dogma. Jesus is one with the Father. One cannot conclude divinity from that. Jesus wants union with us just as he and the father are one. This does not make us divine. Though some writers have gone as far. No one has ever given a satisfactory explanation of the "Third Person." Your conclusion of a picture of a dove is a large stretch. Though others have made it. Augustine has made the most elaborate supposition about the nature of the Trinity. But he well noted that"Others may differ" Knowing how much his theory was speculative. Further, this was such a source of confusion that the issue was only "settled" by the sixth century. The period of Niceans and Arians was marked by conflict and bloodshed. "Great marks of a foundational dogma."
This may not be a scholarly way of putting it. But the fact that there is such a lack of explanation and idenity of the third person shows that the dogma is severely in trouble. But I guess the dogma was so important that people like Augustine, Bernard, Charlemagne and others could blithely ignore the beatitudes and extoll the magnitude of the trinity by having Christians kill others for the expiation of their sins.
My comment is a reference to your comment about selling the artwork, They can't. The artists who did the work initially---signed agreements with the Vatican that this would remain within the Vatican (and as the artists decendents are still living and desire this as well---it will remain).
Secondly, just how do you expect to scrape frescos off the walls? Can't be done. The Vatican does not charge (donations are accepted, though) to enter the museum to see these works. No other museum would do that---they ALL CHARGE fees to see their exhibits.
Finally, no museum would (or has the place) to put all of this pieces. Finally, if you have the pieces of artwork---one has to have the real estate, as well.
Bill Mazzela,
The Holy Spirit is present in the Scriptures from the first chapter of Genesis ("and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters" to the last chapter of Revelation ("The Spirit and the Bride say, 'Come.'") John the Baptist said that Jesus would baptize with the Holy Spirit. Jesus Himself explicitly mentions the Holy Spirit in his admonition to the pharasees about blaspheming the Holy Spirit. And, of course, the Acts of the Apostles is replete with the work of the Holy Spirit.
Pope Francis has talked about the necessity of being guided by the Holy Spirit -
"Being Christian means allowing oneself to be renewed by Jesus in this new life. 'I am a good Christian, I go to Mass every Sunday from 11 til noon, I do this, I do that'. . . as if it were a collection. But the Christian life is not a collage of things. It is a harmonious whole, harmonious, and the Holy Spirit does it! He renews all things: He renews our heart, our life, and makes us live differently, but in a way that takes up the whole of our life. You cannot be a Christian of pieces, a part time Christian. Being a part-time Christian simply doesn't work! The whole, everything, full-time. The Spirit accomplishes this renewal. Being Christian ultimately means, not doing things, but allowing oneself to be renewed by the Holy Spirit – or, to use the words of Jesus, becoming new wine."
Bill Mazzella,
I don't see how you can explain the final discourse in John's Gospel, specifically Chaps. 16 and 17, without the Trinity or its functional equivalent. I am not saying the Trinity explains it because then you would have to explain the Trinity, and I can't. But you can't explain those two chapters either unless God is a Trinity.
Crystal, I know that the idea of selling the riches of the church comes up periodically. I don't know what would be gained from taking the result of the work of Christians of the past and putting them in the hand of our wealthiest contemporaries. I find that short-sighted, not respectful of the wishes of the people of the past who did the work, neither of the people of the future who will want to admire the art. It's like a state selling its assets, castles, museums, etc., so as to balance its budget at a time of an economic crisis.
I might be in favor of the Vatican charging for entry and using that money for charitable work.
If "the law is for man" and, by definition, exists outside of man, who perceives the law? If one man (a pope, for instance) perceives artificial contraception to be contrary to natural law, and if most Catholics perceive otherwise, who is correct?
'Most Catholics' seems a little hubristic to me. The church has taught that contraception is immoral throughout its entire 2000 year history. Despite the belief of some, contraception, even chemical contraception, is not a new invention of humanity.
This website has some history on the church and contraception
Sorry, Bruce, your statement is incorrect factually and historically in terms of condemnation of contraception.
Some highlights:
- a new name likewise was needed for what till then in moral theology had been called onanism.
- From secular society, where Margaret Sanger's cause of Planned Parenthood was advancing, the name contraception was taken. (this concept emerged only at the beginning of the 20th century)
- For the church, then, the ethical question about contraception is not whether it is morally right. It is rather: What kinds of human control of fertility (description) fulfill a person's moral responsibility and duty to exercise such control (evaluation), and what kinds act against the natural good of conception (evaluation)? Put differently, what control of fertility is an expression of spousal love and responsible parenthood, and what control is contraceptive?in, of course, the Catholic, evaluative, not the popular, descriptive meaning of this term.
- Contraception, however, is not the only term in the theological discussion that needs clarification: Birth control is another. This is not synonymous with fertility control. Abortion is a very common mode of birth control, but it is essentially different from fertility control. The use of the term birth control to refer to fertility control obscures the fact that the ethical question of abortion is radically different from that of fertility control. Such use makes it easier for abortion to be seen as if it were on a continuum with means of limiting or preventing conception and had no more ethical significance than a last resort when these have been neglected or fail.
- Contemporary theology, however, presents a quite different understanding of marriage. Seeking a more adequate and profounder truth of marriage than that attained by the earlier theology, it understands marriage primarily not in terms of legal realities but in terms of persons and their interpersonal relationships. This deepening of the theology of marriage has transformed church law itself so that it now reflects rather than molds theology. According to the revised Code of Canon Law (1983), marriage is a covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of their whole life, one that of its own very nature is ordered to the well-being of the spouses and to the procreation and upbringing of children. This unique covenant and partnership of lives is, of course, not something to be used but an interpersonal relationship to be lived.
Bill, I had never realized you questioned the Trinity and did not, apparently, believe in the Holy Spirit!
It's funny because I can just picture you filled with the Holy Spirit. When you go on and on about the Beatitudes, and when in real life you clothe the naked or feed the hungry or whatever you do, what is it that compels you in that way, what is that inner strength that drives you?
In the Acts of the Apostles, we repeatedly hear about the disciples being "filled with the Holy Spirit". My guess is that your irresistible urge to be an advocate for and help the poor does not come from you; it transcends you: it's the Holy Spirit in you.
Your comment is about words, not the underlying ideas and behaviors. Even if Sanger came up with the word contraception, the goal of sex without conception is as old as mankind.
Marriage in itself merits esteem and the highest approval, for the Lord wished men to "be fruitful and multiply." He did not tell them, however, to act like libertines, nor did He intend them to surrender themselves to pleasure as though born only to indulge in sexual relations. Let the Educator (Christ) put us to shame with the word Exechiel: "Put away your fornications." Why, even unreasoning beasts know enough not to mate at certain times. To indulge in intercourse without intending children is to outrage nature, whom should take as our instructor (Paedagogues, 2, 10; 95, 3, GCS, 12, 214).
Clement of Alexandria, (150-215)
Bruce, there's no hubris on my part.
I wrote that "most Catholics" do not share Rome's view that artificial contraception is contrary to the natural law.
Fact is, most Catholics (in the USA) do not subscribe to official church teaching on contraception. This is common knowledge. The Pew Research Center's findings support my assertion.
Catholics in the US are a small group compared to all Catholics alive today, and you also need to include all those who have gone before us... In addition, Truth is not defined by popularity.
I limited my comments to the thinking of U.S. Catholics. I have no idea what Catholics elsewhere specifically think of church teaching on contraception. I do not include all those who have gone before us: Tthey are dead, products of their own time and place. The only "Truth" (upper case) is "God is Love".
For those who might worry about being morally and spiritually tainted by visiting his site, Andrew Sullivan has kept the story going at said site:
The Church doesn't seem to foster continuing adult education about Scripture or theology.
In some circles an educated laity is a questioning laity. A questioning laity can be a dangerous laity because it wants to know "why," not just "what."
Too many "whys" leads to a lack of control.
I believe in the Holy Spirit. It is God's Spirit or God herself. God is spoken of in many ways in Scripture. As the Holy Spirit (of God) it is probably the most powerful way. Your guess is right Claire. Praise God.
Frank, I agree with you about the Holy Spirit. We do not have to be complicated with the Trinity to regale in God's Spirit. See above. I usually participate in the 11AM Eucharist also. Don't assume that I do not live and pray to the Holy Spirit as I do not say you do not.
Tom B.
We get into genre and the times when we come to John's gospel. Jesus is the personifcation of God in earth. The Father sent him to dwell among us. John is in the fashion of his time when writing about this. He has to show that Jesus is way above all those false gods that were floating around.
Come O God, let your Spirit renew the face of the earth.
George. Can you state your question more clearly, perhaps. I know that Paul did not write all the Epistles. Appears that it is only 7. The text about wome is obviously tampered with. Otherwise he looks schizoid.


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Last week I aroused passions about passive voice in recipes, not only here in the comments but on Facebook and Twitter.
My point was that cooking is an activity, so we need direct language that shows action. Active verbs are the ticket, an effective and efficient way to show movement.
In these examples below, you won't find a whiff of passive voice. There is also no use of "you," which some readers found objectionable. Others pointed out that active verbs are imperative, where the writer commands readers to action by implication. (Haven't you always wanted to command?)
I plucked these examples from my bookshelf. Note how many verbs writers crams into a paragraph. It's like watching a movie, sports event or ballet:
1. Julia Child
Scoop (peppers) into mixing bowl. Spread both sides of the bread with mustard, film frying pan with 1/8 inch more oil, and brown bread light lightly on both sides. Dice the bread and add to the bowl; stir in the garlic, egg and salt and pepper to taste.
2. Jane Grigson
Cut the rabbit or chicken in serving pieces, and turn it in the flour. Place in a pie dish. Fry onions and mushrooms until lightly coloured, then add them with their juices. Tuck the grilled bacon and the quartered hard-boiled eggs into the gaps. Pour in a half pint of stock. Cover with pastry…and brush with beaten egg.
3. Richard Olney
Cut off the tough, dark-green parts of the leeks and discard them. Slit the remaining parts halfway down to facilitate washing them, and when they are well washed, cut each in 2 to separate the greenish parts from the white of the leek. Put the white parts aside and coarsely chop the green parts. Peel the onions, put 2 aside and coarsely chop the third. Crush the 4-5 cloves of garlic.
4. Alice Medrich
Remove the dough from the refrigerator and let it stand until it is pliable enough to roll without cracking. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into a 14-15-inch circle about 1/8-inch thick, rotating and dusting the surface with flour to keep it from sticking. Brush the excess flour from the rolled-out circle, fold the circle into quarters, and transfer it to the pie pan. Unfold, easing the pastry into the pan without stretching it. Trim the overhang to about 1 inch. Turn the excess dough under and flute or crimp the edge.
5. James Oseland
Place the chicken, breast side up, in a shallow roasting pan. Scatter the onions around the chicken, making sure that 1 or 2 halves remain inside the cavity. Rub the chicken inside and out with the softened butter. Pour the remaining marinade over the chicken, placing the cinnamon sticks and a few of the cloves inside the cavity. Cover the pan loosely with aluminum foil.
Could you see the cooking happen, right before your eyes? So check your recipes to see how you compare in the active verb count department. And try not to rely on the same verbs repeatedly. The next time you find yourself writing"add" or "use" for the millionth time, let these examples inspire you to come up with a "scatter" or "tuck."
Now, please tell me: what are your favorite active verbs?
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59 Responses to "Use Active Verbs to Enliven Recipes"
I'm always amused at how British writers use the term "tip" in recipes to indicate pouring.
Just saw this post – thanks for the comparisons, it's nice to have excerpts from some of the greats… love your book, I started my food blog 2 months ago and it really has helped me tremendously..
Thanks for the information. I am going to go through my recipes and see what verbs I can change. I like to use the verb 'drizzle'.
Thank you. And please add NOT to say cut YOUR chicken or turn YOUR stove on or any other reduntant YOUR modifiers. Those are a complete turnoff. Whose other than our own ingredients or implements would we be working with anyway?
I think we do a real disservice to home cooks if we can't put in an occasional "throw" "chuck" or "shred". Now before you think that makes me a violent cooking teacher, I also love using the verbs "massage" and "taste". Always taste.
Excellent post Dianne – I love active words!
Great post. I read this on active verbs and the one on passive instructions.
I really need to think about them and how to apply them in my future writing. Writing mainly in Italian, I write in a "you" tone to maintain a sort of personal touch with the reader of my blog. In my blog, I desire to involve readers as much as possible even in recipe instructions. While for magazines, I point on active verbs and imperative sentences.
Can the choice between imperative and informal tone be different according to our media?
You've set me thinking. I'm going to be checking all my work to make sure I've selected the best active verbs now. Thanks Dianne.
I'm a little confused! Last week, you gave these examples:
<<I do my best to remove it when I edit. Yet I read dozens of published recipe instructions like this in prestigious publications and award-winning cookbooks:
<<Cook until all of the broth has been added.
<<Roast until the beets are tender and can be pierced with a knife.
<<These are examples of passive voice because readers don't know who is taking action. Um, wouldn't it be them? Why not speak to them directly? If I changed these instructions to active voice, they would read like this:
<< Cook until you've added all the broth.
<<Roast until the beets are tender and you can pierce them with a knife.
You made these instructions active by adding the subject "you." Yet, this week, you caution us against using "you" in our writing. How would you change the above, again??
For those of us who are inadvertent users of passive voice (and still learning!), can you please clarify? Thank you!
Dianne….I love your posts they have taught me much about writing and make me feel that I can improve when I use your suggestions and instructions…
Thank you for sharing all your knowledge about writing…
Active verbs definitely create more excitement, movement, action. Thanks for clarifying active voice this week, I left a bit confused after last week's post. Great examples.
So, so helpful, Dianne! I still think there is a time and place for "you" and some passive voice in recipes, but these examples are such eye-openers! I loved the action-packed Julia Child recipe, I had never noticed how many verbs she uses. And you're right, I can really hear and see the recipe as it's being cooked.
This is a keeper of a post- I know I'll be referring to it again. Thanks for the help.
These are some great examples, Dianne!
Yea! Thanks for the follow-up, Dianne. I appreciate how your blog posts go deeper into a single subject.
Mmm, active verbs. You were the first to open my eyes on how many "add" and "mix" words were in my recipes, and I've always tried to diversify. Thanks for this wonderful reminder, Dianne.
My favorite active verbs at the moment are "fold in", "incorporate" and "transfer." I'm using them so much that I may have to start "tucking" and "scattering"
Very much enjoying the simple focus of the verb when writing recipes as I now realize I have NOT been adding any flavour and texture to my recipes with the oversimplification of my verb usage. I am going to stop that right now.
I am a total novice to all of this. I can see how the use of an active voice would be the right thing to use in a given circumstances and vice versa. I have sent this off to my editor to use in regards to my own recipes. Thank for this.
Thank you so much for this post. Exactly what I needed to focus on for creating my recipes and my blog posts.
Leave the salad and dressing in a bowl to get acquainted, casually tossing it about.
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Love these examples (and seeing a couple of my favorite cookbook authors represented!). I also wanted to pop over to thank you for the comment on my blog–I'm really not sure why the trackback would have appeared just now (the post was written in 2010!!!), but am assuming it's because the blog just underwent an upgrade and redesign, and perhaps some of the pingbacks are repeating themselves? No idea. In any case, much appreciated!
These are really great examples! Thanks, Dianne! When I write a recipe – like when I write a story – I am very conscious of repetition and avoid like the devil using the same words too often or two close together. But there seem to be exceptions. I just read through the recipe that will go up on my blog later this week and I use the verb "whisk" several times because, frankly, what can it be replaced with? Stirring isn't brisk enough… whipping sounds mechanical (like with beaters)… etc. Sometimes one just needs (out of necessity) to say it like it is.
On the other hand, the more variety we have, the more fun and colorful our language is, the more attractive the piece of writing, whether a text, story or recipe. I love words like "tuck", "drizzle", "dust", "whip"….
I really work on trying to use verbs that make my – and my readers – mouth water. "Slather" and "smear" are current favorites.
I get tired of chefs saying their ingredients marry each other. Hell! Mine are having sex! But, of course, I don't write that in my blog… Great post!
Hey dianne! How have you been? I'll admit I haven't been checking your blog for quite a while, although every few months I refer back to your book "Will Write for Food" and it always encourages and inspires me! especially the "show, not tell" advice!
Love that you picked up the point on using active verbs. thanks for the great tip! My blog has evolved quite a bit since the last time you checked on it and gave me some advice over email. So I'm really appreciate of all your work/book/blog!
big hug + sooo many thanks,
My favorite active verbs are tumble, swirl and scatter. When my editor started to remove them all from my manuscript I told her that I thought my recipes looked boring and de-void of my personality.
I mean, c'mon! Who "pours" a bowl of brussels sprouts!!
She put them back and wasn't happy about it, but I am. Hopefully they'll endure through the publisher's copy editor.
As always great, thought-provoking, educational information Dianne. Thank you. Very timely too, as I am just coming through writing a cookbook. It was interesting to see how the editor edited the recipes of all three chefs. I know she had to do it to blend our voices into one for the reader. It's been a fun process. Makes me think about my posts too. I'll be double checking my own work, making sure I have enough action words.
Laura…good for you with insisting your voice stayed! Your readers would miss that!
Dianne, I was just introduced to your blog and am loving reading through your posts. They are so informative for wannabe food writers like me. This post is especially helpful as I sometimes bore even myself with the overuse of 'Add' in my recipes.
Thanks for the great tips!
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The National's "High Violet" isn't out for two more months, but the Cincinnati-via-Brooklyn band stopped by Jimmy Fallon's house last night to debut one of its tunes, called "Terrible Love." In doing so, they pushed my level of excitement for this album through the roof. This is classic National: brooding vocals, killer drums, shards of guitar fluttering about, and a crescendo into a crest of noise. This band crescendos like no other I've ever heard. Have a listen, and sorry about the advertisement:
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H.S. football: Week 0 scouting report
: August 30, 2012 : Updated: August 31, 2012 12:25am
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Jay's Josh Reynolds, taking a hit against O'Connor last season, could be the best complete receiver — blessed with tremendous size, speed and leaping ability — in the area.
Express-News staff writers Lorne Chan and Blake Hurtik set the stage for what to watch for in
Week 0:
Key storylines
New starts for new coaches at Judson, Alamo Heights, Kerrville Tivy and 19 other area schools.
Smithson Valley, Reagan and Johnson have new starting quarterbacks for the first time in four years.
Johnson gets the Valley experience, traveling to Harlingen to face the Cardinals, who were state quarterfinalists last season.
Key matchup
Jay WR Josh Reynolds vs. East Central DB Austin Jupe
Both Reynolds and Jupe burst onto the scene as juniors last season, and they are poised for even bigger things in 2012.
Reynolds may be the best pure receiver in the area with his speed, size (6-foot-3) and leaping ability. Clark remembers him from a 10-catch, 282-yard and three-TD game against the Cougars last season. Jupe, a safety committed to Baylor, had 56 tackles and four interceptions.
Both players are standout hurdlers — Jupe took second in the 110 meters at regionals, and Reynolds placed third in the 300. Here's hoping they can show off that track speed on the football field at 7:30 tonight at Gustafson Stadium.
Under the
radar game
Pearsall vs. Memorial —
7 tonight, Mata Stadium
One team is going to celebrate a long awaited victory at the end of this one.
Pearsall has endured a 21-game losing streak, dating to a playoff loss in 2009. The Mavericks enter their second season under Juan Hinojosa.
Memorial has a 16-game on-field losing streak dating to 2010 (the Minutemen won a game by forfeit in 2011). New coach Alex Guerra takes over for Manny Martinez.
Quick points
Who is your preseason MVP pick?
Lorne Chan: It's the year of the running back in San Antonio, and I'm picking Smithson Valley's Lawrence Mattison as my preseason MVP. After rushing for 1,943 yards last season, he's ready to run over the 5A competition with the Rangers moving up a class.
Blake Hurtik: It's too safe to take a running back as your MVP, so I'll pick Madison defensive tackle Vincent Taylor. He's a game-changer along the defensive line who could conceivably match his insane 2011 numbers: 154 tackles (31 for loss) and 14 sacks.


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As with all good programming languages, Java supports the use of variables to store data in memory. There are two major types of variables in Java known as primitives and complex objects. Primitive variables are stored in the fastest possible memory, but there is a very small number of data types that you can store this way. They include numeric values such as integers and floating decimals, single characters not complete strings, and Boolean values, variables that equate to either true or false.
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The second part of the variable declaration is the name. The name of the variable can't have any spaces or other special characters in it and the initial character has to be either alphabetical or an underscore character, it can't be a number. The length of the variable name is up to you, but I recommend that you name the variables so that they mean something to you as a developer. You'll see variable named i or x in varied limited scopes, but if a variable is going to stick around and be useful in your application, give it a name that matters.
The last part of the declaration is optional. This is this assignment of the initial value. You use the equals operator which is the assignment operator and you pass in a value that's compatible with the data type that you declared. The value 10, in this context, is a literal integer. So I am assigning the value of 10 to the integer and while I can change the value of new variable later on the value I assign later also has to be an integer. If you leave the assignment off, then the primitive variable will have its default value.
For numeric, that's always zero. For Booleans, it's false. Now let's take a look at how you declare a complex object. The declaration of a variable as a complex object once again is an instance of a class. As with primitives, you declare them in three parts; the required data type and required variable name and then the optional assignment of the initial value. When you set the value of a complex object you use the new keyword and a particular kind of function or method called the constructor method of the class.
The name of the constructor method matches the name of the class. So if you are declaring something is a string, then you are going to use a method name String. Here is what the code looks like. Once again it will have the data type and the variable name and then optionally the initialization. The first part of this declaration is the data type. I am referring to a class. How do I know this is a class and not a primitive? Well, primitive data types are always all lower case. So int double float Boolean and so on, they will be spelled all lowercase.
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It's no longer available. We call it being dereferenced. Here is an example of a string variable which is declared inside a function or method called doSomething. The data type is String. The name of the variable is sayHello and it's an instance of this String class with the value Hello!. This code works fine because I am referencing a variable that was declared inside the same function in which I am trying to output it, but let's take a look at a bit of code that doesn't work so well. In the function, doSomethingElse, I am once again declaring a variable and giving it an initial value of Hello! But then I try to reference that variable in code that's outside the function.
Because the variable was declared inside the function, it is not available to code outside the function, it can only be referenced inside the function and when you type this code and try to save your application, you'll get a Compile-time error!!. If you are working in an Eclipse you'll see something in the Problems view that says I don't know what that variable is, it's not in scope. There are times when you want variables to be available to more than one function or method at the same time and there are a few different ways of doing this. One of the most popular is to use something called a class variable known officially in Java as a field.
When you declare a variable outside of the function, it belongs to the whole class and it can be referenced by any function within the class. Here is an example. I am declaring a class called MyClass. Notice that this time I don't have a main method. So this is not a class that's starting up the whole application. Within the class, I am declaring a variable and giving it a data type of String, a name of sayHello and once again an initial value. The function doSomething can reference that variable because the function and the variable are both members of the class.
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Research reported by the National Sleep Foundation relays the good news that in many cases people who have ADD and are sleep deprived show great improvement in both conditions when they get enough rest.
In a recent report, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine identified symptoms or a history of drug or alcohol abuse as problems that can accompany sleep difficulties. While drinking too much or taking drugs may seem like a strange bedfellow for sleep deprivation, the decrease in emotional control that too little sleep can bring on can lead to out-of-control behavior. Judgment, too, can be impaired by sleep loss, adding fuel to the fire for engaging in destructive and dangerous behaviors.
A report in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependency describing a study performed at the Henry Ford Health Sciences Center agreed that insomnia significantly predicted the onset of substance abuse in adolescents. The use of cigarettes, alcohol, and illicit drugs was associated with adolescents' reports of having frequent sleep problems. While part of the association was attributed to psychiatric problems, such as depression and anxiety, a clear relationship between sleep problems and the use of illicit drugs was shown.
When evaluating a teen with a delayed sleep phase, drug use and drug abuse should be considered as possible complicating factors, especially if the teen shows persistent hostility, failure to comply with treatment, or failure to respond to treatment. A urine drug screen may be helpful in determining if recreational drug use is involved.
Like ADD and sleep deprivation, depression and sleep deprivation often go hand in hand. Research, and my own experience, tell us that:
Sleep deprivation increases the risk of depression.
Sleep debt often increases the severity of depression.


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