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Rabia Basri
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|Muslim Ascetic
Rābiʻa al-ʻAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya
Depiction of Rabia grinding grain from a Persian dictionary
|A.D. 713 or A.D.717[citation needed]
|Main interest(s)
|Sufism, Asceticism, Divine love
|Notable idea(s)
|Divine love
Rābiʻa al-ʻAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya (Arabic: رابعة العدوية القيسية) or simply Rābiʿah al-Baṣrī (Arabic: رابعة البصري) (717–801 C.E.) was a female Muslim saint and Sufi mystic.[1]
She was born between 713 and 717 CE (100 and 108 Hijri) in Basra, Iraq. Much of her early life is narrated by Farid ud-Din Attar, a later Sufi Saint and poet, who used earlier sources. Rabia herself did not leave any written works about her life.
She was the fourth daughter of her family and therefore named Rabia, meaning "fourth". Although not born into slavery, her family was poor yet respected in the community.
According to Fariduddin Attar, when Rabia was born, her parents were so poor that there was no oil in house to light a lamp, nor even a cloth to wrap her with. Her mother asked her husband to borrow some oil from a neighbor, but he had resolved in his life never to ask for anything from anyone except God. He pretended to go to the neighbor's door and returned home empty-handed.
In the night Muhammad appeared to him in a dream and told him, "Your newly born daughter is a favorite of the Lord, and shall lead many Muslims to the right path. You should approach the Amir of Basra and present him with a letter in which should be written this message: 'You offer Durood to the Holy Prophet one hundred times every night and four hundred times every Thursday night. However, since you failed to observe the rule last Thursday, as a penalty you must pay the bearer four hundred dinars'".
Rabia's father got up and went straight to the Amir with tears of joy rolling down his cheeks. The Amir was delighted on receiving the message, knowing that he was in the eyes of Muhammad. He distributed 1000 dinars to the poor and joyously paid 400 dinars to Rabia's father. The Amir then asked Rabia's father to come to him whenever he required anything, as the Amir would benefit very much by the visit of such a soul dear to the Lord.
After the death of her father a famine overtook Basra and Rabia parted from her sisters. Legend has it, that she was accompanying a caravan, which fell into the hands of robbers. The chief of the robbers took Rabia captive, and sold her in the market as a slave. The new master of Rabia used to take hard service from her.
After she had finished her house jobs, she would pass the whole night in prayer. She spent many of her days observing fast. Once the master of the house got up in the middle of the night, and was attracted by the voice in which Rabia was praying to her Lord. She was entreating in these terms:
"Lord! You know well that my keen desire is to carry out Your commandments and to serve Thee with all my heart, O light of my eyes. If I were free I would pass the whole day and night praying to You. But what should I do when you have made me a slave of a human being?"
At once the master felt that it was sacrilegious to keep such a wali in his service. He decided to serve her instead. In the morning he called her and told her his decision; he would serve her and she should dwell there as the mistress of the house. If she insisted on leaving the house he was willing to free her from bondage. She told him that she was willing to leave the house to carry on her worship in solitude. This the master granted and she left the house.
Rabia went into the desert to pray and became an ascetic. Her murshid was Ḥasan al-Baṣrī, himself a known saint elevated at the level of the seven sacred souls. She did not possess much other than a broken jug, a rush mat and a brick, which she used as a pillow. She spent all night in prayer and contemplation. As her fame grew she had many disciples. She also had discussions with many of the renowned religious people of her time. Though she had many offers of marriage, and (tradition has it) one even from the Amir of Basra, she refused them as she had no time in her life for anything other than God.
She prayed:
O God! If I worship You for fear of Hell, burn me in Hell
and if I worship You in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise.
But if I worship You for Your Own sake,
grudge me not Your everlasting Beauty.[2]
Rabia was in her early to mid eighties when she died,[3] having followed the mystic way to the end. She believed she was continually in the presence of her Beloved (Allah). As she told those around her: "My Beloved is always with me" She died in Jerusalem in 185 AH, and is thought to have been buried in the Chapel of the Ascension.[4]
She was the one who first set forth the doctrine of Divine Love known as Ishq-e-Haqeeqi[5] and is widely considered to be the most important of the early Sufi poets.[6] Much of the poetry that is attributed to her is of unknown origin. After a life of hardship, she spontaneously achieved a state of self-realization. When asked by Shaikh Hasan al-Basri how she discovered the secret, she responded by stating:
"You know of the how, but I know of the how-less." [7]
One of the many myths that surround her life is that she was freed from slavery because her master saw her praying while surrounded by light, realized that she was a saint and feared for his life if he continued to keep her as a slave.
While she apparently received many marriage offers (including a proposal from Hasan al-Basri himself), she remained celibate and died of old age, an ascetic, her only care from the disciples who followed her. She was the first in a long line of female Sufi mystics.
- One day, she was seen running through the streets of Basra carrying a pot of fire in one hand and a bucket of water in the other. When asked what she was doing, she said,"I want to put out the fires of Hell, and burn down the rewards of Paradise. They block the way to Allah. I do not want to worship from fear of punishment or for the promise of reward, but simply for the love of Allah."[8]
- In his Life of St Louis, Jean de Joinville reports this story of a woman, but no name or religious affiliation is given to the woman, and the report appears to be contemporary (when in fact Joinville lived three centuries after Rabia).
- When Rabia would not come to attend the sermons of Hasan Basri, he would deliver no discourse that day. People in the audience asked him why he did that. He replied: "The syrup that is held by the vessels meant for the elephants cannot be contained in the vessels meant for the ants."
In popular culture[edit]
The life of Rabia has been the subject of several motion pictures by Turkish cinema. One of these films, Rabia, released in 1973, was directed by Osman F. Seden, and Fatma Girik played the leading role of Rabia.[9] Rabia, İlk Kadın Evliya (Rabia, The First Woman Saint), another Turkish film on Rabia, also of 1973 was directed by Süreyya Duru and starred by Hülya Koçyiğit.[10]
- ^ Smith, Margaret (2010). Rabi'a The Mystic and Her Fellow-Saints in Islam. Cambridge University Press. p. 252. ISBN 9781108015912.
- ^ Khushwant Singh (12 February 2013). The Freethinker's Prayer Book: And some word to live by. Aleph Book Company. p. 35. ISBN 978-93-82277-87-3.
- ^ "In her early to mid eighties when she died.". Poetseers.org.
- ^ See Zirkali, al-A`lam, vol. 3, p 10, col 1, who quotes ibn Khalikan as his source.
- ^ Margaret Smith, Rabi'a The Mystic and Her Fellow-Saints in Islam, Cambridge Library Collection, 1928
- ^ Hanif, N. (2002). Biographical Encyclopaedia of Sufis: Central Asia and Middle East. Sarup & Sons. p. 507. ISBN 9788176252669.
- ^ Farid al-Din Attar, Rabe'a al-Adawiya, from Muslim Saints and Mystics, trans. A.J. Arberry, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983
- ^ Attar, Farid al-Din (c. 1230). Memorial of the Friends of God (2009 Translation by Losensky ed.).
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2007447/
- ^ http://www.sinematurk.com/film/5512-rabia-ilk-kadin-evliya/
Further reading[edit]
- Kayaalp, Pinar, Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya, in Muhammad in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Prophet of God (2 vols.), Edited by C. Fitzpatrick and A. Walker, Santa Barbara, ABC-CLIO, 2014, Vol. II, pp. 511–512. ISBN 1610691776
- Mohammad, Shababulqadri Tazkirah e Hazrat Rabia Basri, Mushtaq Book Corner, 2008, 224 pages [1]
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Eduardo Austin spent the summer of 2010 watching hundreds of dollars get sucked out of his paycheck every payday by the clerk's office of the State Court of Fulton County, Georgia. Back in 2004, Discover card had won a $2,401 judgment against him for unpaid credit card bills. The money finally started coming out of his paycheck in June 2010. On Oct. 11 of that year, the final garnishment was taken -- the payments totaled $3,312, to cover additional fees and interest. Austin assumed he was finally free of the debt. He wasn't.
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Barber explained that the court takes in somewhere in the area of 20,000 checks each month, and that the delays are the result of old technology. "Prior to November 2013, there was a delay in issuing payments due to our outdated case management system that was purchased in 1999," she said. "It simply was not capable to efficiently process the volume of garnishment checks the Courts received. In November 2013, we converted to a new case management system that allows us to track and disburse funds more efficiently and timely."
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The Lie We Believe
I wish I had been told when I was young about the lie all of us naturally believe. This lie is explained to us by Jesus when he said to the Jews who had believed on Him: "If you continue …Read More
What About Repentance?
After four hundred years of prophetic silence, John the Baptist appeared on the scene of redemptive history as the forerunner of Jesus Christ. He came in fulfillment of prophecy and with the spirit of Elijah to be a voice "crying in …Read More
The Unspeakable Privilege
We are a privileged generation. In fact, we are the most privileged in history. Each generation gains an advantage over the other. We learn, or should learn, exponentially more from history's successes and failures. We are flooded with knowledge from …Read More
Only One Way
Three positions abound today on the question of whether Christ is the only way to salvation. All three can be detected by how each answers these two fundamental questions: First, is Jesus the only Savior? More fully: Is the sinless …Read More
Kiss the Son
There is no such thing as the "More Party." They do not run campaigns seeking to unseat sitting officials of the "Less Party." Both "more" and "less" need more context and less ambiguity. We need to know what …Read More
It Can't Get No Worse?
In 1967, the Beatles released their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. One of the classic songs on that album is titled "Getting Better." Many people are familiar with the catchy, upbeat chorus: "I've got to admit …Read More
Christian Loses His Burden
As a seminary student, I remember my favorite professor often setting forth arguments for particular theological positions. On many occasions, as these debates proceeded, the professor stopped in mid-sentence, paused, looked at his students and said, "I sense that you …Read More
Freedom and Its Obligations
If ever there were a free man, Adam was he. And all he and his wife had to do was exercise that freedom to the glory of God. But somewhere, and at some time, disobedience seemed like a viable option …Read More
Favor in God's Eyes
"Nondum considerasti, quanti ponderis sit peccatum!" wrote Anselm in his famous work on the incarnation, Cur Deus Homo. Translated, it means: "You have not considered how weighty sin is!" Low views of sin breed tepid views of …Read More
Christ and Him Crucified
To attempt to summarize the apostle Paul's doctrine of salvation in the compass of a short essay might seem an act of folly. Yet try we must. Paul's preaching of the Gospel proceeds from the conviction that Jesus of Nazareth …Read More
The Many Shades of Calvinism
The term Calvinism was first used by Lutheran theologians to refer to what they regarded as the peculiar views of Christ's real presence at the Lord's Supper held by John Calvin and his followers. It is not used …Read More
Falling Short of God's Glory
While I do not remember much from elementary school, there is one conversation I will never forget. In fourth grade, I took the opportunity to witness to one of my friends. I remember asking her, "If you were to die …Read More
Our Renewed Image
We have just read John Calvin's words, "the death of Christ is efficacious … for the mortification of the flesh." What, in practical terms, might this look like in everyday life? Maybe the primary question is, how does the …Read More
The Redemption of Man
Throughout history we have wrestled with questions about salvation. In our quest to know the truth about salvation, we have searched everywhere possible. In our search, we have constructed entire philosophies in order to find the answers we want. Religions …Read More
The Blueprint of Redemption
A persistent tradition claims that upon being mocked by a skeptic with regard to his doctrine of creation, Saint Augustine was cynically asked, "What was God doing before He created the world? Augustine's alleged reply was: "Creating hell for curious …Read More


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Police worked through the night to track down dozens of teenagers who escaped from a juvenile detention center in Nashville.
Officials said 32 teens between the ages of 14 and 17 were able to get out of their dorms at Woodland Hills Youth Development Center, kick out some kind of metal vent, then run around the yard until finding a weak spot in a fence. The escape happened around 11 p.m. Monday.
Police quickly set up a containment perimeter and began the search.
The teens were all wearing grey shirts, dark dungaree-style pants and black shoes.
Two were caught soon afterwards and several more were found and taken into custody overnight.
As of about 5 a.m. all but 17 of the teens were back into custody at the Juvenile Detention Center near Nashville's football stadium, LP Field. Seven more have since been located. Officials said some turned themselves in, some were located by police, and some were turned in by their parents.
They will eventually return to the Youth Development Center or a different facility in the state.
Several officers with the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department and Tennessee Highway Patrol were involved in the search.
Officials said the teens were being detained on serious charges. Rob Johnson with the Tennessee Department of Children's Services said the teens being kept at the detention center have committed at least three felonies.
The teens who escaped had been facing a range of charges, many involving robbery, drugs or weapons. None of them had been chanrged with any homicides.
He said he did not know if the escape was planned or spontaneous.
It was not the first time an incident like this has happened. A few months ago some teens escaped their dorms but didn't make it under the fence.
The facility houses a total of 78 teens, so close to half were involved in the escape.
There were around 18 security guards on duty when the teens escaped. All were interviewed as part of the investigation.
Officials said doors to the dorms do not lock in case of fire or other emergency.
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Light Christmas Cake
Unlike the dark, traditional cakes this one is light in colour but filled with jewelled crystallised fruits. It would be a perfect choice for someone who wants something completely different.
|110g walnuts
|110g glacé pineapple
|110g ready-to-eat dried apricots
|175g glacé cherries (red, green & yellow), rinsed and dried
|225g sultanas
|110g candied peel
|50g angelica
|50g crystallised ginger
|225g plain flour, sifted
|225g golden caster sugar
|50g ground almonds
|¼ teaspoon salt
|225g spreadable butter
|4 large eggs
|3 tablespoons brandy
|zests of 1 orange and 1 lemon
|1 tablespoon lemon juice
|Pre-heat the oven to 170°C, gas mark 3
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|Equipment: A 20cm loose-based round cake tin, greased with base and side lined plus some baking parchment and brown paper
This recipe is from Delia's Cakes
To begin this cake you need to do quite a bit of chopping. Start with the walnuts,
which should be fairly finely chopped.
Then the pineapple, apricots and cherries need to be chopped roughly the same size as the sultanas. The candied peel, angelica and crystallised ginger need to be chopped smaller.
Now take a large roomy bowl, sift in the flour, then add the caster sugar, ground almonds, salt, butter, eggs and brandy and, using an electric hand whisk, whisk everything thoroughly for about a minute until smooth and creamy.
Now fold in all the fruits, the nuts, grated zests and the lemon juice.
Next, using a large spoon, transfer the cake mixture to the tin and level off the top with the back of the spoon. Now tie a band of brown paper around the tin to give extra protection, and
place the tin in the oven so the top of it is more or less in the centre.
Bake the cake for one hour, then place a double sheet of baking parchment over the top so it sits on the liner and turn the heat down to 150°C, gas mark 2 for a further 2 hours.
When it's cooked it will be springy in the centre when you press lightly with your little finger. You can leave this cake in the tin till it's absolutely cold, then remove from the tin peel off the liners and wrap it in parchment-lined foil to store in an airtight tin.
Decorate with Golden Apricot and Pecan Topping - see related recipe below
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Direct bandgap materials based on the thin films of Se x Te100 − x nanoparticles
1 Center of Nanotechnology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia
2 Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi, 110025, India
Nanoscale Research Letters 2012, 7:509 doi:10.1186/1556-276X-7-509Published: 15 September 2012
In this study, we fabricated thin films of SexTe100 − x (x = 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, and 24) nanoparticles using thermal evaporation technique. The results obtained by X-ray diffraction show that the as-synthesized nanoparticles have polycrystalline structure, but their crystallinity decreases by increasing the concentration of Se. They were found to have direct bandgap (Eg), whose value increases by increasing the Se content. These results are completely different than those obtained in the films of SexTe100 − x microstructure counterparts. Photoluminescence and Raman spectra for these films were also demonstrated. The remarkable results obtained in these nanoparticles specially their controlled direct bandgap might be useful for the development of optical disks and other semiconductor devices.


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An online journal about visual art, the urban landscape and design. Mary Louise Schumacher, the Journal Sentinel's art and architecture critic, leads the discussion and a community of writers contribute to the dialogue.
City Hall sans scaffolding
City Hall is slowly slipping out of its skin of scaffolding.
The day is definitely approaching when City Hall's renovation will be complete.
These were taken yesterday just before the snow storm hit.
Look at how gorgeous the clock tower looks, even in bad light.
Do you have photos of the City Hall project you'd like to share?
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Press Notes: Fall Quarter Featured Book Launches and Sales Successes for OU Press
January 05, 2012
Two prominent book launches—one in New York City and one in Washington, D.C.—topped the list of happenings at Ohio University Press during the fall quarter. Also in the news were the media and sales successes of a local foods cookbook and a native plant gardening title, making for an exciting few months.
The book launches were for Irish People, Irish Linen, an illustrated cultural history. The author, Kathleen Curtis Wilson, took ten years to research the project, spending several of those years on the island of Ireland meeting with archivists, collectors, and designers, in order to write this comprehensive history of the textile's Irish roots. The first book launch was in New York City, sponsored by the Irish Consul General, who opened his private residence for the event. The second launch took place at the Embassy of Ireland in Washington, D.C. A review in Library Journal stated that Irish People, Irish Linen was "A lively social history replete with fine photographs" and that it would be "of interest to many readers beyond the pool of Irish textile fanciers."
The Locavore's Kitchen: A Cook's Guide to Seasonal Eating and Preserving was published in August, but things really started cooking in the fall, when a four-page illustrated feature in Ohio Magazine's October issue hit the stands. The book was picked up by some Costco stores and went into a second printing. "I can't think of a better recommendation for a cookbook," wrote a review in a November Cleveland Magazine blog post.
Lastly, a book that was published in September, The Midwestern Native Garden: Native Alternatives to Nonnative Flowers and Plants, an Illustrated Guide, immediately attracted the interest of gardening book buyers: it sold out before the end of November. A number of positive endorsements and media reviews praised the book for its passionate advocacy of local plants as well as for the useful approach to illustrating the options for gardeners. The authors have a number of events planned well into 2012, including a seminar at the Chicago Flower and Garden show in March.
Ohio University Press is the largest university press in Ohio, publishing 40–50 books annually on a variety of topics. These books carry the Ohio University name into the world, receiving national and international attention from leading scholarly journals, prominent review media, and prestigious award competitions.
Ohio University Press Titles Published and Promoted since August:
Hatred at Home: al-Qaida on Trial in the American Midwest, by Andrew Welsh-Huggins. Published just before the ten-year anniversary of 9/11, Hatred at Home, a true crime narrative, consider's the cases of three Columbus, Ohio men accused of terrorist activities. Welsh-Huggins gave the first Authors @ Alden talk in early October.
Transversal Rationality and Intercultural Texts: Essays in Phenomenology and Comparative Philosophy, by Hwa Yol Jung. "An astonishing collection of essays spanning over forty years of sustained and developed reflection on topics in phenomenological, comparative, and environmental thought by one of the leading voices in these areas."
The Intentional Spectrum and Intersubjectivity: Phenomenology and the Pittsburgh Neo-Hegelians, by Michael D. Barber. World-renowned analytic philosophers John McDowell and Robert Brandom, dubbed "Pittsburgh Neo-Hegelians," recently engaged in an intriguing debate about perception. In The Intentional Spectrum and Intersubjectivity Michael D. Barber is the first to bring phenomenology to bear not just on the perspectives of McDowell or Brandom alone, but on their intersection.
The Tenets of Cognitive Existentialism, by Dimitri Ginev. This study draws on developments in hermeneutic phenomenology and other programs in hermeneutic philosophy to inform an interpretative approach to scientific practices.
Indian Angles: English Verse in Colonial India from Jones to Tagore, by Mary Ellis Gibson. Gibson shows that poetry, not fiction, was the dominant literary genre of Indian writing in English until 1860 and that poetry written in colonial situations can tell us as much or even more about figuration, multilingual literacies, and histories of nationalism than novels can.
Anglophone Poetry in Colonial India, 1780–1913, by Mary Ellis Gibson. This anthology makes accessible for the first time the entire range of poems written in English on the subcontinent from their beginnings in 1780 to the watershed moment in 1913 when Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Midwestern Native Garden: Native Alternatives to Nonnative Flowers and Plants, an Illustrated Guide, by Charlotte Adelman and Bernard L. Schwartz. "At last, an idea whose time has come! This is the only book I know of, for the Midwest, that systematically suggests native plants of similar appearance and growing requirements, to replace nonnatives we might otherwise plant in our landscapes." (Maryann Whitman, editor of Wild Ones Journal).
Cultivating the Colonies: Colonial States and Their Environmental Legacies, edited by Christina Folke Ax, Niels Brimnes, Niklas Thode Jensen, and Karen Oslund. Eleven essays explore how colonial states across the globe managed exotic nature and foreign people in the business of empire.
We Are All Zimbabweans Now: A Novel, by James Kilgore. This debut political thriller takes readers to 1980s Zimbabwe and the rise of Robert Mugabe, as seen through the eyes of an idealistic American grad student whose outlook becomes tainted when he investigates a mysterious death.
The Anatomy of a South African Genocide: The Extermination of the Cape San Peoples, by Mohamed Adhikari. Adhikari's history and analysis presents the annihilation of Cape San society as genocide.
After Tears, by Niq Mhlongo. This second novel by an up-and-coming South African writer focuses on a character who failed his law school studies. Upon his return home, he meets relatives and friends whose high expectations lead him into awkward, but often funny predicaments.
Since September, Ohio University Press has learned of books and authors having received press from the following places:
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Church women
The women's group supports many local charities and provide food baskets for needy families for Thanksgiving.
At Christmas, food, clothing and toys are provided to a local family as needed. Assistance is given to persons in need of medicine, utility bills, etc. The group holds several fund raising events.
Current and Upcoming Calendar Events
Collection of Canned Goods and Dried Beans
to benefit Pender County Christian Services
(The basket for the donations is across from
the Priest's Office in the Narthex)
Miles for Pennies Benefit for Children
School Supply Collection
Collecting Labels to Benefit Local Schools
Feeding Men Working on the Pender Prison Chapel
Previous projects
Please add this important new weekly event to your calendars.
For further information, pls. see "Services" at the bottom of this page for dates and times.
Sunday Holy Eucharist services followed by Coffee Hour each Sunday at 11 a.m. Sunday School in January date tba Mid-Week Eucharist and Healing Service January date tba
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Wounded Warriors Luncheon - date to be announced
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I know this may not be do-able, but I'd love to see Healthy Beauty videos. Like on your workout routines, what you're eating and stuff. Seeing as I'm pretty much a couch potato it would be helpful to see how someone goes from not really doing anything to being healthy and such.
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This was the most fun I've had filming a video in so long, and I'm so glad you guys enjoyed it! I need to do more videos like this :)
Side note but I'm sorry for the lack of posts this week.. my workout routine I was doing was honestly leaving me so exhausted i couldn't function and had no motivation to do ANYTHING. I'll talk about how I'm switching things up in my healthy beauty post on Sunday but pretty much I realized that going from not working out ever to working out 6 days a week with the hardest workout to be put on DVD wasn't exactly a cake walk (no shit leesha!) but live and learn, and that doesn't mean I'm giving up, just modifying so I can freaking function!
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Multi-function Convergence
In mobile communication networks, the MSOFTX3000 can serve as the following functional entities simultaneously: MSC server, GMSC server, VLR, SSP, and SG.
Multiple Networking Support
The MSOFTX3000 is applicable to the GSM, 3GPP R99, and 3GPP R4 networks. It supports 2G/3G access and allows smooth upgrade and expansion. It also supports IP/ATM/TDM networking as required.
High Reliability
The MSOFTX3000 supports a dual-homing solution. The remote redundancy function guarantees high reliability. Various reliability designs, such as active/standby backup, load sharing, and redundancy configuration, are adopted to improve system maintenance. Therefore, the system maintainability is improved.
Diversified Services
The MSOFTX3000 provides both basic communication services and supplementary services, such as the videophone (VP) service, intelligent network service, multimedia ring back tone service, and MSISDN multiple SIMs.
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ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Resectable Rectal Cancer
1 UT Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
2 Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, US
3 Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
4 University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
5 Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
6 Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
7 MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
8 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
9 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
10 Cancer Institute of New Jersey, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
11 Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
12 Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, USA
13 MD Anderson Cancer Center, American College of Surgeons, Houston, Texas, USA
14 The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
15 Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
16 Cancer Center of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA
Radiation Oncology 2012, 7:161 doi:10.1186/1748-717X-7-161Published: 24 September 2012
The management of resectable rectal cancer continues to be guided by clinical trials and advances in technique. Although surgical advances including total mesorectal excision continue to decrease rates of local recurrence, the management of locally advanced disease (T3-T4 or N+) benefits from a multimodality approach including neoadjuvant concomitant chemotherapy and radiation. Circumferential resection margin, which can be determined preoperatively via MRI, is prognostic. Toxicity associated with radiation therapy is decreased by placing the patient in the prone position on a belly board, however for patients who cannot tolerate prone positioning, IMRT decreases the volume of normal tissue irradiated. The use of IMRT requires knowledge of the patterns of spreads and anatomy. Clinical trials demonstrate high variability in target delineation without specific guidance demonstrating the need for peer review and the use of a consensus atlas. Concomitant with radiation, fluorouracil based chemotherapy remains the standard, and although toxicity is decreased with continuous infusion fluorouracil, oral capecitabine is non-inferior to the continuous infusion regimen. Additional chemotherapeutic agents, including oxaliplatin, continue to be investigated, however currently should only be utilized on clinical trials as increased toxicity and no definitive benefit has been demonstrated in clinical trials.
The ACR Appropriateness Criteria are evidence-based guidelines for specific clinical conditions that are reviewed every two years by a multidisciplinary expert panel. The guideline development and review include an extensive analysis of current medical literature from peer reviewed journals and the application of a well-established consensus methodology (modified Delphi) to rate the appropriateness of imaging and treatment procedures by the panel. In those instances where evidence is lacking or not definitive, expert opinion may be used to recommend imaging or treatment.


text: Incase have collaborated with SanFrancisco-based artist Clare Rojas on a series of signature cases for apple device users which act as canvases for the artist's designs. Focusing on patterns and graphics, the range of cases includes a Campus Pack, Tote Bag, 13″ Protective Sleeve and iPhone Pouch. The joint venture comes in the lead up to Rojas' exhibition at Kavi Gupta Gallery in Chicago which opens September 15. The entire collection can be purchased online.


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Here's a good news statement from the office of the Governor of Georgia published yesterday October 18: "Gov. Nathan Deal and Secretary of State Brian Kemp announced today that the state will restore $125,000 to Kemp's budget to keep the Georgia State Archives open to Georgians for the remainder of the budget year. "Georgia's Archives […]
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If you plan to distribute a console, it is recommended that you
save the console in user mode. To change a console's mode, choose
Options on the File menu. By default, new consoles are saved in
author mode, which enables adding and removing snap-ins,
viewing all portions of the console tree, and saving customizations.
User mode, by contrast, restricts the functionality of the console so
that it cannot be changed. Three types of user modes are described in
Table 1. User Mode – Full Access is
commonly selected for a console provided to skilled administrators
with diverse job tasks requiring broad use of the console snap-ins.
User Mode – Limited Access (multiple window and single window) is a
locked-down mode and is, therefore, selected for a console provided to
administrators with a more narrow set of job tasks.
After a console is no longer saved in author mode, you—the
original author—can make changes to the console by right-clicking the
saved console and clicking Author.
This location is problematic, because it is secured with
permissions so that only your user account has access to the console.
The best practice is to log on to your computer with an account that
is not privileged and then run administrative tools, such as your
custom console with alternate credentials that have
sufficient privileges to perform administrative tasks. Because two
accounts will be involved, saving the console to the Start menu
subfolder of one account's user profile means additional navigation,
at a minimum, and access-denied errors in a worst-case
Save your consoles to a location that can be accessed by both
your user and your administrative credentials. It is recommended that
you save consoles to a shared folder on the network so that you can
access your tools when you are logged on to other computers.
Optionally, the folder can be made accessible by other administrators
to create a centralized store of customized consoles. You can also
save consoles to a portable device such as a USB drive, or you can
even send a console as an email attachment.
It is important to remember that consoles are basically a set of
instructions that are interpreted by Mmc.exe—instructions that specify which snap-ins to add
and which computers to manage with those snap-ins. Consoles do not
contain the snap-ins themselves. Therefore, a console will not
function properly if the snap-ins it contains have not been installed;
be sure you have installed appropriate snap-ins from the RSAT on
systems on which you will use the console.
In this practice, you create a custom MMC. You add, remove,
and reorder snap-ins, and then prepare the console for
distribution to other administrators.
EXERCISE 1 Create a Custom
In this exercise, you create a custom MMC with the Active
Directory Users And Computers, Active Directory Schema, and
Computer Management snap-ins. These tools are useful for
administering Active Directory and domain controllers.
Log on to SERVER01 as Administrator.
Click the Start button and, in the Start Search box,
type mmc.exe and press
An empty MMC appears. By default, the new console window
is not maximized within the MMC. Maximize it to take advantage
of the application's full size.
On the File menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in.
The Add Or Remove Snap-ins dialog box, shown in Figure 3,
If you do not see the snap-ins listed that you want, be
sure you've installed the RSAT.
In the Add Or Remove Snap-ins dialog box, select Active
Directory Users And Computers from the Available Snap-ins
Click Add to add the snap-in to the Selected Snap-ins
Notice that the Active Directory Schema snap-in is not
available to add. The Active Directory Schema snap-in is
installed with the Active Directory Domain Services role with
the RSAT, but it is not registered, so it does not
Click OK to close the Add Or Remove Snap-ins dialog
Click the Start button. In the Start Search box, type
Open Command Prompt using the Run As Administrator
option, and then type regsvr32.exe
This command registers the dynamic link library (DLL) for the Active
Directory Schema snap-in. This is necessary to do one time on
a system before you can add the snap-in to a console.
A prompt appears that indicates successful registration.
Click OK.
Return to your custom MMC and repeat steps 2–6 to add the
Active Directory Schema snap-in.
In the Add Or Remove Snap-ins dialog box, select
Computer Management from the Available Snap-ins list.
When a snap-in supports remote administration, you are
prompted to select the computer you wish to manage, as shown
in Figure 4.
To manage the computer on which the console is
running, select Local Computer. This does not refer solely
to the computer on which you are creating the console. If you launch the
console from another computer, the console will manage
that computer.
To specify a single computer that the snap-in should
manage, select Another Computer. Then enter the computer's
name or click Browse to select the computer.
Click Another Computer and type SERVER01 as the computer name.
Click Finish.
On the File menu, click Save. Save the console to your
desktop with the name MyConsole.msc.
Close the console.
EXERCISE 2 Add a Snap-in to an
In this exercise, you add Event Viewer to the console you
created in Exercise 1. Event Viewer is useful for monitoring
activity on domain controllers.
Open MyConsole.msc.
If you did not save the console to your desktop in
Exercise 1, and instead saved the console to the default
location, you will find it in the Start\All
Programs\Administrative Tools folder.
In the Add Or Remove Snap-ins dialog box, select Event
Viewer from the Available Snap-ins list.
You are prompted to select a computer to manage.
Click OK.
Save and close the console.
EXERCISE 3 Manage the Snap-ins of an
In this exercise, you change the order of snap-ins and
delete a snap-in. You also learn about extension snap-ins.
In the list of Selected snap-ins, select Event
Click Move Up.
Select Active Directory Schema.
Click Remove.
In the list of Selected snap-ins, select Computer
Click Edit Extensions.
Extensions are snap-ins that exist within another
snap-in to provide additional functionality. The Computer
Management snap-in has many familiar snap-ins as extensions,
each of which you can enable or disable.
Click Enable Only Selected Extensions.
Deselect Event Viewer. You have already added Event
Viewer as a stand-alone snap-in for the console.
Click OK to close the Extensions For Computer Management
dialog box.
Click OK to close the Add Or Remove Snap-in dialog
EXERCISE 4 Prepare a Console for
Distribution to Users
In this exercise, you save your console in user mode so that
users cannot add, remove, or modify snap-ins. Keep in mind that
MMC users are typically administrators
On the File menu, click Options.
In the Console Mode drop-down list, select User Mode –
Full Access.
Open the console by double-clicking it.
Click the File menu. Note that there is no Add/Remove
Snap-in command.
Right-click the console and click Author.
Click the File menu. In author mode, the Add/Remove
Snap-in command appears.


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January 8th, 2013 by admin
An Unfinished Story
59 Comments
6:35 am on January 9th, 2013
Beautifully said, Kimberly. Thank you for sharing your story…so far.
6:44 am on January 9th, 2013
Wow! Stunning and very moving interview. By far the best interview I have read on this site. Kimberly, thank you for sharing the unfinished stories of your life. I have been living with an unresolved problem (a huge trial) for more than 25 years and have searched high and low and everywhere in between for answers, help, healing, miracles, and peace. I feel like I finally got an answer today by reading about your life. Thank you, thank you for this beautiful interview.
7:04 am on January 9th, 2013
How wonderful to see you Kim and to catch up on your life. You are amazing and strong! My prayers go out to your daughter and to you.
8:21 am on January 9th, 2013
Thank you for sharing your unfinished story, Kim. You and your family are in our daily prayers. We love you!!!
9:41 am on January 9th, 2013
What a beautiful, honest, moving interview. Life is messy and complicated. Acknowledging that is a powerful thing–something I wish we as a community did more of. Thank you, Kimberly, for doing that here.
10:43 am on January 9th, 2013
What a beautiful and honest story! Thank you for sharing!
11:02 am on January 9th, 2013
I loved the honesty here–I think we do need to be more open about struggles in the church, since the truth is that everyone struggles with something. Thank you for sharing!
11:17 am on January 9th, 2013
From the Interview Produver: Kimberly's words have rung in my ears ever since we spoke. I want to develop hope like hers!
11:24 am on January 9th, 2013
Kim, I was touched as I read the family stories that you chose to share.
I needed to hear some of your thoughts on the why and when of our trials, thank you.
And thank you for… just the way you told your story, my story, everyone's story.
We love you all.
11:38 am on January 9th, 2013
your story shows amazing strength, i can t find the words i want to say. I struggle with metal health issues i would n t wish them on my worst enemy , i pray that your daughter will get through her difficulties. thank you for sharing, god bless x
12:17 pm on January 9th, 2013
I came into the church as a single mother. There is so much that makes us into who we are that comes before. It is a lifelong journey of accepting the forgiveness ourselves that helps to make us into who we can become. Still vulnerable and very much alive trying to figure out what unconditional love really means.
Thank you so very much for sharing your continuing journey.
12:18 pm on January 9th, 2013
Thank you for you story and perspective Kim; I really admire your strength and hope. Like Rach said, you all are in our prayers as you navigate this new challenge. xo
12:47 pm on January 9th, 2013
I loved reading this… I loved the sense and clarity Kim shows. And I completely agree that we need to get over feeling like we need to appear perfect. The truth is that no one is. So let's make it easier on everyone by not putting on that front. Thanks for sharing your ongoing story. Hoping for the best for you and your family.
12:58 pm on January 9th, 2013
2:27 pm on January 9th, 2013
Incredible story. It's an interesting thought that the reason our Church leaders seem to not have the trials that us mere mortals have is that they have the capacity to be leaders where others of us are spending our capacity coping with trials. It's almost like at any given time some of us are called to be leaders and some of us are called to have a certain trial.
I definitely know of local and Church-wide leaders who have survived and stayed faithful through awful trials, and in some cases I think it is their trials that prepare them for leadership. So I know it's not always the case that our leaders have perfect lives, but at the same time I recognize the feeling of looking at our leaders and feeling like my life is so different in X way. I like your (Kimberly's) thoughts as to one reason why that might be.
2:35 pm on January 9th, 2013
Hi Kim,
Loved reading your story. There is so much strength in sharing in each others lives, and your story strengthened me. Say Hi to Zac, and best of luck with your daughter…our prayers are with you.
3:17 pm on January 9th, 2013
What a raw, honest and inspiring story. I resonate with the concept that "happily ever after" may be imperfect in this life and that sometimes life is a chaotic struggle. I also love that you talk about how we have to use our agency to learn from our trials — that is so true!! Thanks for sharing your story.
3:19 pm on January 9th, 2013
Thanks for sharing these intimate details of your life Kim. Even though our trials are different I could relate to a lot of your feelings–but you were able to put it into beautiful words. I could especially relate to you wanting the world to stop when your daughter died but having to go through these awful mundane realities of life instead. I wish you the best on your continuing journey and in your current trials. I'm sure miracles will happen now as they have in the past.
4:21 pm on January 9th, 2013
I met Kim(bert) when we were 16 years old at a gifted academy, and when she says she was smart, that vastly understates the case. I've known her to be an extraordinarily insightful, vivacious, engaging woman and writer for years and years. My heart has hurt for her when she's encountered the pain she tells about, and I have been glad that joy has poured back into her life. And she also has become not precisely wise (she would likely deny it, but humorously) but rather a container for wisdom so that others may drink the rich blessings which come from God.
Thank you, my friend, for inviting me to read this, and happy birthday.
4:24 pm on January 9th, 2013
Kim, I appreciate the honesty in your story. If more of us were honest like this, we would feel and show more love, judge less of our fellow Sisters and rely more in the merits of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Doug and I are also praying for your family and your current trials. We can all use an abundance of the Spirit, can't we?
4:57 pm on January 9th, 2013
This is so beautiful and so painfully honest.
As parents, we never want to see our children or our grandchildren suffer. The way you have responded to your trials is an inspiration to all of us. You have blessed many, many lives by your strength and your example.
Through all this, you have made our family times so fun!
Love you lots
5:04 pm on January 9th, 2013
That was so wonderfully told. Kimberly, you are an amazing woman. Thank you for sharing your story and your thoughts.
6:07 pm on January 9th, 2013
8:04 pm on January 9th, 2013
Kimberly, thank you so much for your honesty and insight. You have a refreshingly realistic way of looking at things. While you have been through so much, I have no doubt there will be many joys (with the difficulties) to come. Love & prayers for you and your family.
8:09 pm on January 9th, 2013
Wow, Kimberly, what a beautiful & touching story. The last paragraph might be my favorite. Your experiences have taught you so much. So, so powerful.
9:17 pm on January 9th, 2013
I just read it for the second time and cried again! Kimberly, thank you so much for doing this!
9:17 pm on January 9th, 2013
Loved it. Thank you for sharing. Love you!
10:23 pm on January 9th, 2013
Great insights of the wrestle with mortality we each must make and how the Gospel of Jesus Christ helps us to overcome.
10:39 pm on January 9th, 2013
Kim, the church needs more honest, real people like you! Enough with how outwardly perfect everyone's lives are! Your story has touched me deeply and I want to thank you for sharing your life's lessons thus far. I consider your messy, unfinished story to be of much greater practical use than someone's perfectly hidden story. I would appreciate being able to contact you via email.
6:39 am on January 10th, 2013
Wow! What can I say? Kim, that article touch me to my soul. Thank you for sharing and being so open. I appreciate it more than you know.
This life is complicated and can be hard at times. My heart and prayers will be with you and your family. Thanks for sharing. Life isn't perfect and it was great to read your words this day. I'm headed to the temple this morning and can't think of a better way to have started my day than reading your interview. Thank you.
Hugs and much love to Caitlyn and your whole family!
6:47 am on January 10th, 2013
I have loved you since I met you, and after reading this I have even more respect and admiration for you and your views about living the gospel. Thanks for your honesty and your integrity. Best wishes to you and the family, and esp your sweet daughter.
11:30 am on January 10th, 2013
Thank you so much for this. I needed to remember these things today. Thank you.
1:52 pm on January 10th, 2013
I totally agree with you about telling stories with a different ending. Don't tell the story about how the Atonement made everything in their life perfect again; tell the story about how someone achieved happiness despite nothing in her life changing. I think there is a great need for examples of how to be like Christ in a very unChristlike environment. Sure, it's pretty rough and not a very comforting story. But it's certainly not out of the reach of the Atonement, and more people need it than not.
4:06 pm on January 10th, 2013
I appreciate your story. I really agree with you- life doesn't give the happiest of endings. I love this and I do wish stories were told about the endings that needed to happen to change an attitude about something. I love my life, trials and all. I have also noticed that in my life, the trials I go through are only made worse by my negative attitude at times. Thank you for the reminder.
8:07 pm on January 10th, 2013
Beautiful, honest story. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. Life is messy and difficult.
I do agree that most stories told over the pulpit at church or General Conference are ones with some happy ending already having happened. However, I do, very poignantly, remember President Monson telling a story in conference a few years back about a single mother trekking across East Germany, I believe (but don't quote me on that and I am too lazy to look up the details right now), after the Russian occupation began after WWII. This woman ended up watching all of her children starve to death and had to dig their graves with a spoon. It was a horrific story. I was bawling. In the end, I believe his message was that despite going through something of that gravity, this woman still had happiness and hope through the Atonement. Anyway, a story like that is always memorable, but I think it stood out to me in the same way your message stands out to me…that mortality is hard and riddled with trials and we all stand in need of Christ's grace.
Thank you for that reminder once again. I wish you peace, comfort and guidance as you deal with the trial you are currently facing with your daughter.
10:11 pm on January 10th, 2013
Thank you so much for your words. They brought tears to my eyes and comfort to my soul.
7:22 am on January 11th, 2013
Kim, you have been precious to me since I first saw you and received a message for you. I miss you loads. I love and miss your daughter as well. Please feel free to share my contact info with your daughter. She is welcome to anything she wishes to know about my personal and family journeys with mental health. Prayers to you and yours.
9:36 am on January 11th, 2013
Thank you for sharing this inspiring story~
7:42 pm on January 11th, 2013
Has it always been this easy for you to be so candid and transparent? You tell the truth very plainly, taking responsibility for your life without excoriating yourself. I love talking to you because you're so honest and whole and healthy. You never point the finger – you just share your own life lessons. I'm always grateful for your insights and ever grateful for your friendship, which has been a huge blessing. Much love.
10:37 pm on January 11th, 2013
I was thoroughly moved by this interview, primarily because I have said nearly those exact words about "life being messy." I especially resonated with, "…how sacred and wonderful all of these messes and pains must be. There is something divine and purposeful about what it means for us to struggle through all of this darkness," and the part about, "If I could pass a law in the Church…"
I wanted to jump up and down saying, "I second that! I second that!"
My grandmother recently passed away, and I feel her near me quite often. When I'm in the muck of messes and pains, I often think of her and how she would view them now that her trials are over. I imagine her being a type of hand-holding mentor, and it gives me just that little much to pull through. Mostly because I know there's an end… even if it's when we take our last breath. The messes will end. Things will get sorted out. I don't know how, but I trust that someone does. And I WILL find out someday.
12:25 am on January 12th, 2013
Thank you for sharing. One scripture that has always been a favorite of mine is Luke 1:41-44, because it clarified for me that just because a baby can't live independently from its mother till it's born, a baby is still a real little person with a spirit! This passage tells of Elizabeth who is expecting John the Baptist speaking to Mary who has revealed she is expecting Jesus, so the two boys are cousins. The scriptures say the babe leapt for joy at the news of Jesus. It doesn't say he kicked or was just randomly moving his limbs about… It says he (John the baptist) leapt for joy…he understood spirit to spirit who the Savior was & the significance. I think he and Jesus were about 6 months apart, but I am not exactly sure. & the Holy Ghost confirmed to Elizabeth. These two women had such pivotal roles for eternity! I love that story. I feel it was an answer to prayer for me. I am sorry about your dear baby. Thank you again for your candor, you are helping others through your struggles and testimony .
2:04 pm on January 12th, 2013
Wow. This went deeper into my heart than anything I have read online for a long time. Thank you for showing that it is possible to express honesty and faith in such an accessible way.
I just wanted to agree with another commenter that yes, there are non-happy endings shared, too. Remember Elder Bowen's talk about the loss of his infant child. . . I loved how he even talked about his doubting and other negative emotions, so that I knew he really did understand.
I had many of the same feelings when I lost my baby boy to an identical way of how your sweet Elizabeth died (and at nearly the same gestational age). I like your point that the story is not over yet for any of us. What gives us hope is to know that one day all will be well with the Lord's covenant people.
6:13 pm on January 12th, 2013
Beautifully told story of how the Lord will support and love us through our trials. And, yes … as I am experiencing yet another one I know HIS love will see me to the bitter end. Someday I know I will be able to look back and see the many times, ways, and people He used as He blessed my life. Thank you for your honestly. I also know that your sweet daughter has your blood running through her veins, in time all will be well with her.
8:43 am on January 13th, 2013
Thank you, Kim. What you shared was very personal but very inspiring. You're an amazing woman and a wonderful example of faith and hope and perseverance.
4:13 pm on January 16th, 2013
So magnificently true and powerfully stated. Thank you, fellow earthly pilgrim!
7:47 pm on January 16th, 2013
Kim, I read the interview and wondered if you were the same person I met at Benson finals spring 1993–someone in the comments called you Kimbert, so I'm going out on a limb to ask. I remember your being really, really kind to me–I don't actually remember the circumstances, just that I felt your deep kindness and I was very grateful for it during that stressful time. Blessings to you and your children right now.
8:11 pm on January 17th, 2013
amazing. thank you for your honesty.
9:15 pm on January 18th, 2013
Thank you for this interview and story. As one who has had a stillborn daughter because of an umbilical cord injury(at 39 weeks) this resonated. I love how you say you will never be grateful that it happened, but grateful for the lessons you learned. I so feel that way. I am blessed to have a 3 month old son now (He was born 17 months after my daughter), but will never forget or "get over" my daughters tragic death. The grieving continues and finding a space for that grief is difficult with 3 other little children to care for.
4:17 am on January 19th, 2013
The true message of the gospel is about being wise in the way we live and treat others well as we would like to be treated… so in a true christian home all members have at heart the wellfare, happiness and wellbeing of others…… not about one having all power and others obeying orders…. it is about contributing to the preservation, happiness, wellfare and wellbeing of the family and all its members and it means helping each other, treating each other well, ensuring that there is no abuse and that everyone is taken care of and cared for properly and about fidely and love between the spouses…
Otherwise, it is much better and safer to live alone
4:40 am on January 19th, 2013
When you say that when you go through tough or sad times or are on a bad road, you need people around to help you go through the tough and hard times and/or help you get back on the right track….. you say it all….
I never had such people around me with the exception of a sister who is nice to me and does not judge ….. so i know what you are talking about…
People who go through too much alone, end up making more mistakes just to stop the loneliness and heal the abuse …. but things can get worse.
Loving people is precisely giving support, being by their side and helping them out of the spiral ….. minimum…. otherwise love is void
Your brothers were great and by looking after your little girl they learned what it means to be a parent and the responsibility and work it requires ….
The greatest gift for a woman to have is a husband who truly loves you and will be by your side no matter what …. and wisdom in leading your life …
My view about religion is not about the after life but about leading our life here the best we can …. and about protecting love and marriage and having balanced, healthy and wise family …
I still am a religious person … but i am wary of religious institutions .. because they can mess up badly
Good you found some support… and you have beautiful daughters…..but you are beautiful person yourself
Hope all is right in your life now
4:49 am on January 19th, 2013
By the way, even though you lost a child, you still had the others children who look like real darlings … so not everything lost ..; and a good husband, it seems….
On another note, just because people makes mistake, does not meant they are not fundamentally good ….It depends what their heart was set on … and what life brought them … sometimes that can affect people in many ways…
And there are very good people who dont go to church or temples … they are still good … and there are people who do go to church and temple but are bad…
So we should not reduce the good of people to being part of a religion and/or going to the temple in the case of the mormon religion ….
Some people do very nasty things in the name of religion… especially in the way women are treated by some … or members are treated by others because they may have different views …
2:35 am on January 20th, 2013
thankyou for sharing. This touched me for many reasons, I can't share right now, as I am in the middle of my unfinished story, and I know things may get harder before they get better. I am trying to do everything I can to let the Spirit guide me so I can support my children. Thankyou again.
5:42 pm on January 21st, 2013
Thanks, Kimberly, for your poignant and moving story. I became rather emotional as I read your interview. Thank you for your faith, your strength, and your honesty.
8:15 am on January 23rd, 2013
Thank you for sharing such a powerful story. What wisdom.
9:02 am on January 25th, 2013
This unfinished story is beautiful. I love how much wisdom you have garnered from your trials. I love that you have chosen to learn from your trials and to deal with them positively. I understand what you mean when you say the church is run by relatively stable people, but sometimes I wish there were others that had had more trials in life in leadership positions because they are the ones that I learn from most. I love this quote "Life doesn't have the structure of a story. It just keeps going on and on, like a movie where they keep making too many sequels." Your story has really touched me and I admire your strength.
7:47 pm on January 26th, 2013
Thank you for sharing your story. I think it would do us all a world of good if we would openly acknowledge the trials we are facing. It is when we let down these barriers that we are truly able to connect with others and see that we are not alone. I have a 3 1/2 year old and 2 weeks ago experienced my 3rd miscarriage. It has been rough and the future is uncertain. Life is hard and unfair and messy. It can also be joyous, wondrous, and beautiful. God bless you in the journey.
8:18 pm on January 31st, 2013
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and especially the complex idea that stories don't always have storybook endings.
I recently lost my first baby before it was born. At first, I didn't think I would survive the grief. Then I struggled with the fact that we don't know anything doctrinally about what happened to my baby. It bothered me that some people thought it wasn't real or wasn't a person or didn't count. It bothered me that I'm not really a mother, that going through all of that didn't mean anything. I wanted a pamphlet or a chapter of scripture or something somewhere telling me whether my baby had a spirit or would be resurrected or any of that. I didn't get any answers.
But I really do think that in times like this the Spirit teaches us. And we don't have to have an end and an answer yet. And it's OK to keep going, and to keep going through hard things.
6:13 pm on April 15th, 2013
Our lives are so very, very similar. My journey as a single mother at BYU/UTC started in 1981. I wasn't allowed to live in BYU "approved" housing which was challenging. I didn't know anyone to tend my little girl and so I mostly took her to class with me. The professors at UTC were fatherly and saintly and welcomed us both into their classes. The girls in the Singles Wards treated me as though I was invisible, but the guys were enchanted by my little red-headed babe, and she became their focus at activities and during boring church meetings.
Today she is a very devout, educated and happy mother of her own three little girls. I am so sorry your daughter is not doing well currently. We have more in common than I will write about here. If you would like to contact me, I would love to try to help. God Bless you & your loved ones.
10:43 am on April 15th, 2015
An incredible story indeed. I can imagine how difficult that must have been to share. I hope you continue to find happiness and joy and overcome all life has to throw your way. And that Provo apartment wasn't THAT tiny…


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