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Heaven's Joy in Recovering Lost Sheep
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This is sermon #62 in the Luke series. In this sermon on Luke 15:1-7 Dave will discuss the Lord as Shepherd, spiritual blindness, the joy of God in saving lost sheep, and spiritual apathy.Read More »
The Meaning of Missional
Much conversation today in evangelical circles revolves around what it means to be missional. Many books, articles, sermons, and ministries all subscribe to misssional thinking. Being missional means the believer will be intentional about living for Jesus as a missionary to his/her friends, family, and sphere of influence. Jesus came on a mission to seek and save the lost, and said in John 10:16And(T) I have other sheep that are not of this fold.(U) I must bring them also, and(V) they will listen to my voice. So there will be(W) one flock,(X) one shepherd."
Jesus is not content to sit on His hands while others have not yet heard the message He gave the Church- which is the Gospel. Jesus came to seek and save the lost, which means all people through His shed blood and resurrection can come to Him. Christ does not desire that any would perish but that all would come to everlasting life. The mission of Jesus is to offer to sinful man salvation.
The Great Commission is not the "great suggestion". Living for Jesus means understanding the mission that Jesus gave His disciples. To be a disciple means to be one who is learning from the Master. The greatest of the commissions Jesus gave believers is in Matthew 28:16-20. Jesus also gave other "great Commissions" in Mark 16:14-18, Luke 24:36-49, John 20:19-23 and Acts 1:9-11. The life of Jesus was lived with intentionality. Jesus came and was born in a manager, lived a sinless life, died a brutal bloody death, and rose again on the third day. It is this Jesus that calls believers to a life of discipleship where believers come to the Cross not only just for the forgiveness of sins but to walk the life of discipleship (Luke 9). Every believer then is to live intentionally for Jesus as a missionary in their respective spheres of influences by living a life that honors God.
In Matthew 28:16-20 as the resurrected Lord, Jesus calls upon his followers to make disciples of all people groups through the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom. In verse 17 some of the disciples doubted him. This refers to people other than the eleven disciples (Matthew 28:10). This refers to a broader group of disciples who had followed Jesus (12:49-50; 25:40). If so this is the larger group of disciples who will see the risen Lord (1 Corinthians 15:6). No matter what though they referring to the disciples worshipped Jesus. That some doubted Jesus should not be surprising to believers. Many in popular culture deny or dismiss the claims of Christianity. The majority of the appeal or line of reasoning appeals to what is comfortable rather than what is real. The problem with such arguments is that it is not just doubt that popular culture has but a dismissive attitude towards Truth.
Jesus in His risen state exercised absolute authority over all heaven and earth, which shows His deity. His authority has been given by the Father, which indicates that he remains subject to the Father (1stCorinthians 15:28).
In Matthew 28:19 the imperative make disciples that is call individuals to commit to Jesus as master and Lord explains the central focus of the Great Commission while the Greek participles (Translated go), baptizing and teaching (v.20) describes aspects of the process. All nations. Jesus' ministry inIsraelwas to be the beginning point of what would later be a proclamation of the gospel to all the peoples of the earth, including not only Jews but also Gentiles. The name (singular, not plural) of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is an early indication o f the Trinitarian Godhead and an overt proclamation of Jesus' deity.
Matthew 28:20. Teaching is a means by which disciples of Jesus are continually transformed in order to become more like Christ (Matthew 10:24-25; Romans 8:29; 2 Cor 3:18). Observe. Obey. I am with you always. Jesus concludes the commission and Matthew his Gospel, with the crucial element of discipleship; the presence of the master, who is "God with us" (Matthew 1:23).
The Great Commission calls us to "Go and make disciples". In the discussion on what it means to be missional there is much emphasis placed on what a believer is to do to live missionally for Jesus. The only problem is that it is not believers doing that matters the most. Believer's burn out when the messages is only "do" which makes them feel that they have to do more to please God. The only One that believers have to live for is God. The believer does not live for a man's thinking or theology but for God's glory. Christ did not die for people's wishes, dreams, or wants- He died a brutal bloody death for man's sin in man's place so that mankind could be reconciled to God.
Believers must first spend time knowing God in study and meditation of God's Word. Believers then need to pray for their lost friends, family and sphere of influence. Believers will only be as effective in their missionary activities as their level of intimacy with Jesus is. Doing must be replaced with knowing Jesus before one makes known Jesus to others. Believers are taught that salvation is by grace through faith but then in practice they are told to go out and do more or be more for Jesus. Such teaching is not biblical and should not be encouraged in the Body of Christ! Believers are saved by grace through faith alone to demonstrate good works (Ephesians 2:8-10, James 2). Believer's works do not save but believers' works demonstrate the inward work of God's grace. Even a subtle hint of taking one away from intimacy with God is wrong! This is not mindless spirituality it is biblical spirituality. God calls believers to know Him and then to serve Him. God calls people to Himself and then uses them for His purposes and glory.
With all the talk about being effective in ministry and discipleship it's important that believers regain balance to their thinking. First believers should be concerned with knowing Christ, and then making Him known. Secondly they should spend time in His Word by themselves and with others. Finally every believer should be in a local Church where they can fellowship with others and hear the Word of God preached.
The best way to discuss this is personally as personally I spend time in the morning in prayer and reading of God's Word. After my own time with the Lord in prayer and reading of His Word, I then go into study for my sermon. There is a fine line here because even in my studying I can get into the notion of doing rather than being; even when it exists for a good thing like studying God's Word to preach. The line that believers draw in the sand between knowing God and doing for God will be different for every person. Ministry is my full time job and I spend most of my time studying for sermons, and writing articles everyday. My encouragement is to think through these issues of knowing and doing but do not be motivated by doing but by knowing Jesus.
The heart of missional thinking dismisses the attitude of being program driven and promotes being Gospel driven. At the end of the day missional thinking rises from the belief in the Gospel and is God centered and Christ driven. Jesus calls believers out of the world to Himself and to be in the world to witness to believers. This is a fine line to walk be "in the world but not of the world". The difference here is how living for Jesus and being a person of integrity as Joseph was. Joseph's character was shaped by his view of God, and because he knew God intimately through the trials of life and trusted in God. God used Him for His glory and gave Joseph tremendous influence and blessing upon his life. The point is this believer if one wants to be used for God and for His glory then be willing to walk through the pit. Life is not a bed of roses and as a believer you have not been called to an easy life but a life of "taking up the Cross of Jesus" and following Him. The life of a Christian is a life of discipleship whereby one learns from the King of Kings.
Missional theology emphasizes the Gospel not as a program but as the message God gave believers in His Word and as the way in which to live under. God does not call believers to another message or to believe in a philosophy but to believe in the message He gave us in His Word. The message God gave believers in His Word is the Gospel which proclaims that through Christ's a bloody death for man's sin in man's place; man could be reconciled to God. Christ did not just die for man's sin but rose again. His death and resurrection secure believers reconciliation with God and one's security with God.
The mission of Jesus is grounded in who Jesus is. Popular culture believes in following after what is popular and "faddish" but Jesus is not "faddish" though He may be "popular" because people who don't know Him proclaim Him as a "good man, prophet, or teacher", but Jesus is so much more than that. Jesus is not just some man He was the God Man who called His followers to follow Him as He followed His Father's mission of redeeming man from the bondage of sin and death. Jesus through His death and resurrection broke through the chains of sin and death. It is Jesus who calls believers to His mission of making disciples. It is Jesus who calls His disciples to live intentionally for His glory. It is missional theology that rightly places Jesus as not just some Savior but as the Lord of all and as the Redeemer of God's people. It is to this Jesus that believers must know, and declare, because it is this Jesus that calls believers to Himself and then sends them out into the world to be His missionaries, for His glory.Read More »
Around the Blogosphere 1/28/2011
Daily Bible Reading: Genesis 26, Joshua 26, Job 26, Psalm 26, Proverbs 26, Isaiah 26, Matthew 26, Acts 26, 1 Corinthians 10, & Hebrews 4.
Around the Blogosphere 1/27/2011
Daily Bible Reading: Genesis 25, Joshua 25, Job 25, Psalm 25, Proverbs 25, Isaiah 25, Matthew 25, Acts 25, 1 Corinthians 9, & Hebrews 3.
The Osteen Moment your own moment will come soon enough by Dr. Albert Mohler: http://www.albertmohler.com/2011/01/27/the-osteen-moment-your-own-moment-will-come-soon-enough/
10 Characteristics of a Missional Church by Scott Thomas: http://www.churchleaders.com/outreach-missions/outreach-missions-articles/145792-10-characteristics-of-a-missional-church.html
Conviction or Accusation by Dr. Ray Ortlund: http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/rayortlund/2009/05/07/conviction-or-accusation/
Evangelism and Apologetics by John Starke: http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2011/01/26/evangelism-and-apologetics/
Teach Me to Pray by Tim Challies: http://www.challies.com/christian-living/teach-me-to-pray
Prayer and the Healthy Church by Dr. Thom Rainer: http://www.thomrainer.com/2011/01/prayer-and-healthy-churches.php
The Radical Gospel Defiant and Free by Dr. Dane Ortlund http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2011/01/27/the-radical-gospel-defiant-and-free/
Quote of the Day: Most Christians expect little from God, ask little and therefore receive little and are content with little. —A.W. Pink


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(8064) Advanced Study Harold Sundays 3:15-6:15pm Lydia Hensler
Advanced Study Harold: Advanced Harold Workshop
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- Completion of 401; Acceptance to Advanced Study Improv
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Each master class course offered at this level is instructor-driven. Students will get to study the Harold and related performance pieces at an advanced level and will receive in-depth personal feedback about their own performance and progress as improvisers.
Advanced Harold Workshop with Lydia Hensler
This class will focus on making supportive honest choices. We'll explore the roles patience, energy, and agreement play in the Harold. This class will also focus heavily on group ownership of the Harold.
Students must be accepted into the Advanced Study Program to register for this course. For more information on Advanced Study, see this page: http://newyork.ucbtheatre.com/classes/advanced
If you are approved for Advanced Study and wish to take this class please EMAIL [email protected] with the subject "Advanced Study Harold 8064 Lydia Hensler". Even if you have received permission to register for previous Advanced Study courses, you still need to send an email and wait for a reply.
Note: Spaces in the course will be allotted to students in the order that application emails are received. The status of the course may change to "Sold Out" and back to "Request Permission" when students are being enrolled, but you do NOT need to reapply to this class if that happens. Your original email request will be kept on file and you will be contacted if a space becomes available for you.
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A few months ago columnist Amy Goodman argued that the principal beneficiaries of our current campaign finance system are the media conglomerates that rake in all those advertising dollars. That's especially true this week as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama bombard Pennsylvania with commercials.
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Mummey Finishes a Triple Shy of Cycle in Keys Win in Salem
CF Trent Mummey made a statement with a long home run down the right field line in the first inning and the Keys offense continued to tell the tale as Frederick jumped out to a nine-run lead en route to a 9-4 win over Salem at Lewis-Gale Field on Saturday evening. Mummey finished the night just a triple shy of the first Keys cycle since 2005.
The home run started a Keys offensive onslaught as Frederick pushed home eight runs in the game's first four innings. The Keys registered five doubles in the three innings following Mummey's home run.
On the hill for Frederick was LHP Tim Berry. Berry turned around a stretch of three straight tough outings with six scoreless innings of baseball. He faced three batters in the seventh inning without getting an out and they all would score but that did not sour the start. The effort notched the first win in the Carolina League for the young left-handed pitcher.
Other Keys notes included 2B Ty Kelly upping his hit streak to a team-high 17 games with a 2-for-5 night. Kelly drove home two runs with a double to left-center field in the fourth inning to give the Keys an 8-0 lead at the time. 1B Aaron Baker hit his league-leading 19th home run of the year in the seventh inning to lead 9-0. It was a long home run to right field.
Frederick received LHP Andy Loomis from Triple-A Norfolk and he got the final two outs of the game. RHP Dylan Bundy was put on the temporary inactive list as he pitches in the Futures Game Sunday, July 8th in Kansas City.
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Filled with compassion and interest in others, Carol made friends easily and maintained contact with many. She was an active volunteer, an avid reader, and an advocate for wildlife and conservation. She was clever, outspoken, and fearless. Carol was a Fifth-Grade teacher until she retired in 1989 and was passionate about making a difference in the lives of her students. Her love of learning and her teaching skills were legendary. She was a teaching virtuoso who made classrooms come alive for nearly four decades. Carol adored her large family. Spending time with her children and grandchildren warmed her heart, and her laughter and smiling eyes lit up the room during those wonderful moments when the family gathered in her home. She will be remembered by her family and friends as a kind, considerate, loyal woman who gave without question, and held honesty, integrity, and courage in the highest regard. Carol was an active member in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She loved her faith, and worked in various callings, including Relief Society President; however, her favorite calling was leading the music. She often said "If you can't sing, just make a joyful noise."
Carol is survived by her husband and best friend of 48 years, Wilford Durrant. She is also survived by five children: Susan and Curt Dickson, of Price; Jan and Jeff Tingey, of Logan; Lee and Angelique Durrant of Price; Charles and April Durrant of Boise, Idaho; and Ed and Julie Durrant, of Oro Valley, Ariz. She is also survived by 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren and one sibling, her sister Kathleen Allen of Mercer Island, Washington.
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Feel-Good Baking With Rheumatoid Arthritis
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1. Think "spin." My biggest timesaving tip: Get a cart with wheels for moving your ingredients and baking supplies from counter to counter.
2. Stake your claim. When I'm baking a lot, especially during the holidays, the top shelf in my refrigerator is off limits to everyone but me. I keep all of my baking items there so I don't have to bend and hunt.
3. Stop the spice search. You can eliminate stretching and bending even further by putting your spices on a lazy Susan on your cart or counter.
4. Wear long oven mitts. Using long mitts allows me to add weight to my forearm and stabilize a dish as I'm removing it from the oven. This takes a little practice, so start by removing lighter dishes until you get the hang of it.
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Tom Darden, Executive Director of Make It Right, a non-profit organization that builds sustainable homes and buildings for communities in need. Make It Right began as an effort to rebuild safe, sustainable homes in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward after Hurricane Katrina.
The Honorable Michael Bloomberg. As Mayor of New York City, Mayor Bloomberg established PlaNYC, a long-term sustainability plan that has allowed New York City to adopt some of the most aggressive green building legislation in the country, including requiring ongoing energy efficiency upgrades in existing buildings.
Richard Piacentini, executive director of the Pittsburgh-based Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, who received the award for Individual Leadership for leading the transformation of a century-old conservatory into a model of green-building practices and environmental awareness. Its Welcome Center is LEED silver-certified.
The Construction and Engineering Research Laboratory for the U.S. Army, which was recognized in the Leadership in the Public Sector category for its commitment to LEED certification in the facility acquisition process. Beginning in 2008, the Army team instituted a policy that requires all new military construction projects to achieve LEED Silver and all design teams to include at least one LEED AP.
Alexander Karsner, assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, who received the President's Award for efforts to advance energy efficiency and renewable energy information to a broad audience throughout the United States and abroad.
David Eisenberg and the Development Center for Appropriate Technology, who received the Organizational Excellence Leadership Award for success in integrating building sustainability into municipal codes and for underscoring to mainstream industry the importance of such integration.
Ashok Gupta, director of the air and energy program at Natural Resources Defense Council, who was recognized in the Advocacy category for work on the New York State Green Building Tax Credit and the carbon neutral redevelopment of the site of World Trade Center.
Maria Atkinson, global head of sustainability at Lend Lease, who was honored in the Advocacy category for spearheading Lend Lease's green building and broader sustainability agendas.
Bob Berkebile, of BNIM Architects, who was recognized in the Community category for his lifelong commitment to sustainability.


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Top Ten Photoshop Disasters and Controversies
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In honor of the current Ralph Lauren model Filippa Hamilton-Palmstierna Photoshopping controversy I wanted to go through 10 of the biggest Photoshop disasters. Usually I try and keep things positive, and derive inspiration from the best of each class, but sometimes it is important to review "photoshop gone bad" in order to know what not to do. This can very often be some of the best inspiration. It is clear that you can't always trust pictures. Sadly, as we will see, even the news is sometimes guilty.
Ralph Lauren Model
In possibly the worst offense in recent memory model Filippa Hamilton-Palmstierna's body is so grotesquely Photoshopped that her head appeared bigger than her pelvis. It then came out that she was fired for being "too fat".
Microsoft Poland
Original image used in U.S. Microsoft site. Same picture used in Polish site with one slight change. Check out the guy in the middle. They didn't even bother changing the color of his hands
AP Photo of Condi Rice
An Associate Press photo that appeared on the USA Today website showed then Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with unusually menacing eyes, a result of too much retouching.
ELF Cosmetics
Doesn't defeat the purpose of giving away sunglasses when they don't even protect your eyes and were so clearly added after you took the picture? Notice how they don't totally go to the ears.
Sports Illustrated
Guy sitting down in the chair lost his head after seeing this dunk
Doctored War Shot
Reuters was caught and admitted to adding and darkening billowing smoke to this photograph from the war in Lebanon
It is clear that the uncomfortable looks on their faces is due to the fact that their heads are so poor attached to their bodies. Considered by many to be the worst Photoshop editing job in a movie poster.
Mystery Hand
Someone forgot to finish cropping out the hand on her shoulder
Photo of poverty in Haiti
After submitting his stunning photos of Haiti to a Danish photo contest, the judges were so shocked they asked to see the original unedited photographs. The difference was so substantial that they disqualified the photos, deeming them to be "unacceptable." Christensen admitted that he had heavily processed the photos, but maintained that the result was within his limits.
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13 Responses to "Top Ten Photoshop Disasters and Controversies"
18. Oct, 2009
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18. Oct, 2009
Yes its easy to get carried away with photoshop, good examples of how not to do it.
Ivan Farkas
19. Oct, 2009
Re: the Haiti photos, I side with the photographer. As far as I can see, he did not introduce any extraneous elements, only took the bloodless "original" photo and added contrast and saturation. A bit heavy-handed, maybe, but certainly not dishonest. I can't believe that under the scorching Haitian sun, the original scene looked as bland as the base photograph rendered by the camera. Had he taken it in Kodachrome II (anybody remember it?) it probably would have looked as snappy as Christensen's submitted picture.
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October 19th, 2009 at 5:20 am
Very interesting point, but I think at the end of the day the photographer was guilty of editorializing the photo. To change the saturation and contrast (along with other things I am sure) that much (as you call it, heavy handed) altered the overall feel and emotion of the scene. It no longer was capturing a scene of devastation but became a product of post production editing and special effects. The question remains, what is the line that can not be crossed? From what I understand, the photographer did not protest his disqualification which says alot as well.
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07. Apr, 2010
The picture of the basketball players is not badly photoshopped. If you look closely, the "headless" player is just being caught at a weird angle. You can see part of his hair and ear implying that his head was falling to the side, out of range of the camera. It is poor photography and poor editing, not overly photoshopped. The other ones were pretty intense though.
03. May, 2010
Re The Haiti photo: I agree – the photographer was well within his artistic rights to simply enhance the colour. The judges must have been old-school film freaks who hate digital. This is the 21st century.
21. Jul, 2010
Cool Foto and Cool photoshopping !
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NO APRIL FOOLS---Tons of snow coming across western Canada,northern Rockies, Pacific Northwest, Cascades and Sierras.
Defending World Cup champion Jeremy Bloom won his second his second contest of the season on Sunday.
Bitter cold and more snow is in the cards for the eastern U.S., while a strong southern California storm will end the drought that has settled across the Sierras and Utah.
Nineteen athletes, led by seven 2002 Olympians, were named Monday to represent the U.S. Ski Team at the 2003 FIS Freestyle World Championships at Deer Valley.
An international airport and nine ski resorts within a 45-mile drive make 'The Biggest Little City in the World' one of the nation's most livable ski towns.
Defending moguls champ Jeremy Bloom returned impressively to World Cup skiing Thursday, finishing fourth while Tapio Luusua of Finland won and Travis Mayer finished second.
Olympic medalist Shannon Bahrke and Toby Dawson pulled off an American sweep of a World Cup moguls events Saturday night as seven U.S. skiers made the finals.
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Transit District Board Elects New Officers, Welcomes New Member
Transit District Board Elects New Officers, Welcomes New Member
The San Mateo County Transit District Board of Directors welcomed a new member and elected new officers at its January meeting. Board member Rose Guilbault was elected chair and board member Karyl Matsumoto was elected vice chair, in unanimous votes.
"My goal for the coming year is to find ways we can work together, to be good stewards of the public's money, to protect our service for those who depend on us, and to deliver the message to those who would cut our budgets and threaten our service that there is a human consequence to their actions," Guilbault said.
"We must tell the story of why public transportation matters and our painful hearings this summer on service cuts provide the words for that story. I assume this role, proud to be the first Latina ever to chair the Board, proud to be able to speak up in Spanish for those who cannot speak for themselves," Guilbault said.
Guilbault, who previously served as vice chair, is a public member of the board and resides in Burlingame. Matsumoto, who serves on the South San Francisco City Council, represents Cities – North County on the board.
San Carlos Vice Mayor Omar Ahmad also was sworn in and represents Cities – South County on the board. He also represents the Transit District on the Joint Powers Board.
The Transit District's board has nine members, with two representatives from the county Board of Supervisors; three city council representatives, who are appointed by the Cities Selection Committee; three public members from different geographic regions of the county; and a transportation expert, who is appointed by the county Board of Supervisors.
The Transit District board meets the second Wednesday of each month at 2 p.m. at 1250 San Carlos Ave. in San Carlos, two blocks from El Camino bus service and the train station.
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More on Turkish Support for ISIS
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In an article today, "Turkish Support for ISIS," I made the case that the AKP government of Prime Minister Erdoğan stands behind the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. This blog pursues the topic with new proofs.
To begin with, Michael Rubin has simultaneously with me published an article on this same topic, "Turkey: Al-Qaeda Not Terrorists." Also, a 7-minute German documentary dated June 3, 2014 and titled "How Turkey Arms and Sends Wahhabi Jihadists into Syria" provides information on this topic.
June 23, 2014 update: Salih Muslim, the co-chairman of Syrian's dominant Kurdish organization, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), explains his basis for saying that the Turkish government has been supporting ISIS. Excerpts:
June 24, 2014 update: Turfan Aydin, a Turkish trucker who has been working the route to Syria for years, tells a reporter that "For three years, we have seen ISIS flags in Syria, and that is because of Turkey. Turkey let them in."
June 25, 2014 update: Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies shows new aspects of this topic in "An Unhelpful Ally: ISIS and other violent factions have benefited from Turkey's loose border policies."
June 26, 2014 update: İslami Giyim (Islamic dress), a shop in Istanbul's Bağcılar district, sells T-shirts with the ISIS emblem, though the owner denies any ties with the group. He told the BBC:
June 27, 2014 update: The families of 163 Turkish citizens have reported to the security forces that their relatives joined ISIS in in Syria.
July 3, 2014 update: Sayed Abdel-Meguid, Al-Ahram's excellent Turkey correspondent, provides more evidence in "ISIS, Erdogan and kidnapped Turks." In particular, he quotes Abdel-Latif Sener, one of the founders of the AKP who left politics some years ago:
Also of interest, Abdel-Meguid draws an interview with an ISIS member in the Yurt newspaper where the member
Abdel-Meguid also quotes an editorial in Cumhuriyet: "The Turkish hostages in Mosul, who now number 95, are not being held by ISIS but by the AKP."
July 5, 2014 update: Firatnews, a Kurdish source, reports under "Turkish support for ISIS continues" about the accusations of Ahmed Kurdi, the leader of the Kurdish Front Brigade:
July 7, 2014 update: An article in today's Turkish newspaper Aydınlık, "MİT'ten IŞİD'e paralı asker" ("Retired Turkish Soldiers Fighting for ISIS") has also appeared in English translation:
July 8, 2014 update: Salih Muslim, co-president of Syria's Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) accuses "certain institutions inside the Turkish state" of permitting ISIS-linked jihadis to access Syrian territory via Turkey and of treating ISIS wounded fighters in Turkish hospitals.
July 9, 2014 update: Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, reports Aydınlık, appeared on a TV programme on July 8, to talk about Iraq and "failed to even mention the name of terror organization ISIS, which invaded Mosul and murdered large numbers of Iraqi Turkmans living in the area. Davutoğlu instead stated that the photo of Turkish PM Tayyip Erdoğan and Masoud Barzani was the most important event in the century."
July 13, 2014 update: Two Kurdish accusations of Turkish governmental help to ISIS:
(1) The Kurdistan Democratic Communities' Union (KCK) accuses the Republic of Turkey of opening its borders to ISIS, "ensuring their crossing into Rojava and setting them against the people of Kobani," and also of cooperating with ISIS.
(2) People's Democracy Party (HDP) co-chair Figen Yuksekdağ says that ISIS fighters wounded in attacks on Rojave were provided with medical treatment in Hatay.
July 14, 2014 update: From the Turkish newspaper Aydınlık, "MİT Transporting Terrorists to Syria":
July 19, 2014 addendum: An Albanian expert on international security, Ilir Kulla, said that hundreds of jihadis from Kosovo, Macedonia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina have gone to fight for ISIS via Turkey. "Turkey is the main waypoint, but not the only road. Even Iraq and Lebanon are used, but this is nothing new. All you need to do is look at Turkish Airlines flights for Tirana-İstanbul-Antakya and you can see the reality."
July 29, 2014 update: With permission from AKP politicians an ISIS-affiliated publication called Tevhid Dergisi used public land to hold a Bayram event in Istanbul at which speakers praised ISIS and called for volunteers to go on jihad in Syria.
July 30, 2014 updates: (1) "Turkey paved the way for us. Had Turkey not shown such understanding for us, the Islamic State would not be in its current place. It [Turkey] showed us affection. Large number of our mujahedeen received medical treatment in Turkey," says an Islamic State soldier while in Ankara for medical care, as reported in an interview by Deniz Kahraman in Aydınlık and OdaTV (via MEMRI and the Jerusalem Post).
(2) A video on takvahaber.net, a website close to ISIS, shows a jihadi gathering in Omerli, on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, on July 28 for prayers marking the end of Ramadan. The 26-minute recording includes a preacher saying "Let God make us fight the just war of jihad" and "May God help jihadists and those who are patient for victory. May God help their shots hit the mark."
Aug. 2, 2014 update: Turkish officials estimate that slightly more than 1,000 Turkish citizens are fighting for ISIS. With about 12,000-15,000 militiamen in all, this means that Turks make up somewhat less than 10 percent of its force. Serkan Demirtaş reports this and notes in Hürriyet that this raises many questions about Turkish government actions:
In addition, other disquieting news:
Aug. 6, 2014 updates: (1) According to an analysis by Orhan Kemal Cengiz, Ankara has indeed awakened to the threat ISIS poses to Turkey.
(2) Ciwan Ibrahim, head of the Syrian Kurdish security police forces (the Asayish), has accused the Turkish government of continuing to support ISIS:
(3) Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu apparently defends ISIS, according to a report from Özgür Gündem. From a source in Syrian Kurdistan:
Aug. 9, 2014 update: Turkey's Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz says his government has not provided "any support to the U.S. so far" in Iraq. By way of explanation, he pointed to the 49 Turkish citizens taken hostage by ISIS in Mosul; because of this, "it is impossible for us to do anything different."
The AKP deputy chairman, Mehmet Ali Sahin, goes further. Noting that the hostages' "health and fate is important for us more than anything else," he mildly opposed the U.S. air strikes on ISIS: "We have serious concerns over the bombings, in case these people [i.e., the Turkish hostages] suffer from them."
Aug. 12, 2014 update: The Washington Post carries a major story on this topic: "In Turkey, a late crackdown on Islamist fighters" by Anthony Faiola and Souad Mekhennet, that details Turkey's evolution from soft support of ISIS to mild opposition toward it.
That was then.
The authors contend that "Turkey's about-face may be too little, too late." Abu Yusaf
Aug. 13, 2014 update: David L. Phillips of Columbia University asks "Why is Turkey supporting Islamic State fighters in Iraq?":
Aug. 14, 2014 update: According to Hasan Nasrullah, the head of Hizbullah, "Turkey and Qatar are supporting ISIS."
Aug. 18, 2014 update: The Aug. 12 Washington Post account excerpted above has prompted the opposition CHP in Turkey to ask what is going on. A deputy from Istanbul, Mahmut Tanal, asked the interior minister how Post reporters could interview a senior ISIS commander, Abu Yusaf, in Turkey. "Was the commander of a dangerous organization such as the IS able to enter Turkey and was the fact that he conducted an interview [in Turkey] a security breach? … Is entering Turkey that easy? Is it within your knowledge that IS militants wander in the Reyhanlı bazaar freely?"
Aug. 27, 2014 update: For a taste of Ankara's defense against these allegations, see "Turkey Continues to be Target of Blatant 'Aiding ISIS' Allegations" by Mehmet Solmaz in the pro-AKP Daily Sabah.
Aug. 28, 2014 update: Ralph Sina of the German ARD television network writes in Tagesschau that ISIS has an "informal" office in Istanbul:
Sep. 4, 2014 update: Atilla Kart, a membet of the opposition CHP, accused the government of encouraging Turkish nationals to join ISIS; he says they make up about 7 percent of its roughly 10,000 fighters, or 700 of them. Today's Zaman reports:
Sep. 5, 2014 update: France24 has posted an un-titled 27-minute video which has claims (at about 22 minutes) that Turkish soldiers' dog tags and even a tank flying the Turkish flag were captured fighting for ISIS.
Sep. 6, 2014 update: Famed Bosnian investigative journalist Esad Hecimovic reveals that Turkey serves as a transit route for the 150 or so Bosnian jihadis joining the fighting in Syria. "The most important factor is prolonged recruitment by the network of recruiters. It was enabled by propaganda among Balkan Muslims about Sahwa al-Jihadi as a central theme for religious awakening." Most of them pass through Turkey: "The Istanbul airport was the entry point for most of them."
Sep. 8, 2014 update: Taraf, a Turkish daily, reports on the Obama-Erdoğan meeting in Wales on Sep 5:
Sep. 9, 2014 update: This topic is getting too big to track – so here are a few reports before I close this blog, content it has become redundant.
Michael Rubin, "More Evidence Turkey Supports Al Qaeda": https://www.commentarymagazine.com/2015/05/07/more-evidence-turkey-supports-al-qaeda/
"Prosecutor says weapon-laden MİT trucks made 2,000 trips to Syria": http://www.todayszaman.com/national_prosecutor-says-weapon-laden-mit-trucks-made-2000-trips-to-syria_380629.html
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Anadarko's Lakota Beatty was selected as the Gatorade Oklahoma Girls Basketball Player of the Year, it was announced Thursday.
High schools: Anadarko basketball player Lakota Beatty honored by Gatorade
Beatty, an Oklahoma State signee, averaged 20.1 points, 5.6 assists, 4.7 rebounds and 3.5 steals per game for the Lady Warriors. Anadarko made it to the Class 4A semifinals.
As a junior, Beatty was an Oklahoman Super Five selection after leading her team to a state title.
The award honors athletic excellence as well as academic achievement and character on and off the court.
With the award, Beatty is a finalist for the Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year award, which will be announced later this month.
Previous winners include Edmond Santa Fe's Courtney Walker (2012), Midwest City's Ashley Clark (2011), Midwest City's Richa Jackson (2010), Adair's Kevi Luper (2009), Sapulpa's Alyssia Brewer (2008) and Sequoyah-Tahlequah's Angel Goodrich (2007).
Kyle Staggs couldn't be at Carl Albert's game Thursday against Dale, but the Titans still used the game as a fundraiser for Staggs' Make-A-Wish Foundation trip to Disney World.
The gate proceeds from the game between top-ranked teams were donated to the cause, and other donations were accepted at the game.
The Titans wore a patch honoring Staggs.
The game didn't go Carl Albert's way, though.
The Class 2A No. 1 Pirates scored eight runs in the sixth to break a 3-all tie and come out with an 11-3 win.
Hunter Pinkston's grand slam capped the inning.
Ole Miss signee Evan Anderson struck out 10 and allowed just one hit in four innings as Dale took a 3-0 lead before the Titans tied it in the fifth.
Deer Creek sprinter Kirsten Burnett has decided on her college future, verbally committing to the Oral Roberts track program on Wednesday.
Burnett won four gold medals at the Class 5A state track meet last season, including individual victories in the 100 and 200 meters. She was named The Oklahoman's Big All-City Girls Track Athlete of the Year.
Burnett picked ORU over Oklahoma Baptist.
"I felt very at home there. I knew I'd be comfortable," Burnett said of ORU. "I think there's a lot of potential to grow individually and as a program."
Midwest City and Okemah won state powerlifting state titles last weekend at the Oklahoma Football Coaches Association's state powerlifting meet at McLoud High School.
McAlester's Caden Pratt earned the large class' lightweight squatter, lightweight deadlifter and lightweight overall lifter titles. Wetumka's Derrick Moore also earned a trio of individual honors in the small class, taking the heavyweight squatter, heavyweight bencher and overall heavyweight lifter titles.
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By LES BOWENSun Advocate reporter
Carbon County law enforcement captured a reportedly fleeing felon on Fathers' Day in Carbonville. Darrell Morris, age 33, was booked into the county jail on a warrant from the Utah Board of Pardons.
In addition, Carbon and Emery County prosecutors have added multiple counts of forgery, passing forged checks, burglary of a motor vehicle, aggravated burglary and theft.
The subject further faces charges of unlawful use, acquisition, possession or transfer of a financial transaction card and obtaining property by the use of a financial transaction card.
Capt. Guy Adams of the Carbon sheriff's office said Darrell Morris had walked away from the county jail within just a few weeks of when he would have been released.
Darrell Morris had been part of the "half-way back" program. The program allows inmates to be released into the community for about one hour during the weeks prior to release in order to find work and set up other arrangements for after their release date.
The Utah Board of Pardons issued a no-bond warrant for the alleged fugitive. Law enforcement considered Darrell Morris to be a violent fugitive and said he was wanted for a series of crimes in both Carbon and Emery counties.
As officials pursued the subject, individuals close to the suspect reported that he was unwilling to surrender.
"He made it known to everybody that he wasn't going back to prison," said Adams. Reports had also suggested that Darrell Morris had stolen two firearms.
On June 15, the sheriff's office received a tip that the suspect was at a residence in south Price. Price city police officers, sheriff's deputies and the Carbon County special weapons and tactics (SWAT) unit responded to the residence.
Due to the circumstances and reports of Darrell Morris' unwillingness to surrender, law enforcement officials surrounded the residence and attempted negotiations.
When law enforcement authorities on the scene received no answer from inside the residence, the officials deployed CS gas and OC gas into the residence. Both gases are forms of non-lethal pepper spray, indicated Adams.
After allowing 30 minutes for the gases to take effect, law enforcement personnel made entry into the residence and found it empty.
Officials discovered a note which appeared to have been left by the alleged fugitive for the tenant, added Adams. The note stated that the subject had left and would be back later to recover his personal belongings.
Adams said Darrell Morris had likely fled the scene when he saw increased activity by law enforcement in the area.
With the subject having evaded capture, SWAT and other officials cleared the scene and Price fire department cleared the chemicals from the residence.
Three days later, the sheriff's office received another tip.
"We received information from Price City Police Sgt. Bill Barnes regarding the whereabouts of fugitive Morris," explained Adams.
The sheriff's office captain said the information included the trailer number at a trailer park in Carbonville. The trailer reportedly corresponded to the address of the suspect's estranged wife, Tracy Morris.
On June 18, law enforcement officials began the execution a plan to capture the alleged fugitive.
Sheriff's deputies were to set up a perimeter around the home, said Adams.
Once a perimeter was established, Adams would call the residence and attempt communication with Tracy Morris.
However, as deputies were surrounding the home, Tracy Morris reportedly came outside.
"We were able to talk with her and get her away from the porch," noted Adams. "She denied that he was there."
Shortly after deputies had spoken with the suspect's estranged wife, Darrell Morris reportedly emerged from the residence.
Adams said the male subject was likely looking for Tracy Morris.
"He was given commands to put his hands in the air and get down on the ground," explained Adams.
The sheriff's office captain indicated that the subject purportedly did not comply with the command.
Instead, preliminary incident reports indicate that the suspect taunted the deputies, saying "Shoot me. Shoot me."
Adams said the suspect purportedly attempted to tun back into the trailer, but law enforcement officials stopped Darrell Morris at gunpoint.
Deputy Rick Adams then approached the alleged fugitive from behind, deploying a Taser gun.
The electroshock caused the subject to become incapacitated.
Darrell Morris was cuffed and transported to the county jail.
After reportedly receiving consent from Tracy Morris, the sheriff's deputies entered the residence.
Law enforcement officials searched a bag and reportedly found a flash spoon from the SWAT incident three days earlier.
Also, lying on the bed in plain view, deputies reportedly found approximately 15 grams of suspected marijuana, a scale, a silver spoon and a small amount of suspected methamphetamine.
"We're lucky to have gotten him off the street," commented Adams.
The sheriff's office captain recognized the cooperation of the Price City Police Department in helping bring the suspect in.
The capture would have been made more difficult without the cooperation of local law enforcement agencies, concluded Adams.


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Some of the weirdest, most fascinating terms of endearment from history. ("My dear little bag-pudding!")
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Preparation: Preheat oven to 350°F. Core apples. Peel about 1/3 down the apple. Stand apples up in a large ceramic or glass pie plate and make four evenly spaced vertical cuts starting from top of each apple and stopping halfway from bottom to keep apple intact. Brush inside and outside of peeled apple with lemon juice. Toss together apricots, pecans, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in a bowl.
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Where is the Diplomacy version? I don't see it on the download page, though that may be just me. Thanks.
The Maelstrom Mod introduces three new races to the Sins of a Solar Empire Universe. They are independent of the original races and have unique strengths and weaknesses. Maelstrom is available Rebellion, Diplomacy, Entrenchment and Original Sins.
We are pleased to announce the coming sixth release of the Maelstrom mod for SoaSE.
Posted by soase-maelstrom on Dec 16th, 2011
- 1.193 Original
- 1.053 Entrenchment
- 1.34 Diplomacy
Graphics and Particle Effects
- Laser and beam specific colors for races
- Weapon effect for TA bomber fixed
- Updated TA weapons (replaced lasers) missile for a number of capitals and frigates
- resized dreadnoughts models
- dangerous asteroids - less aggressive, reduced damge, slowed movement.
- reduced pirates attack
- general reduction of weapons, hull, shields, etc for new races ships
- reduced dreadnought ability and firepower, lowered production rate
- rebalanced replicator research
- rebalanced planets
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- Norlamin battle capitalship model rotation effect
- Norlamin battle capitalship amplify energy ability no longer stacks
- The icons for some of the Norlamin technologies fixed
- Fixed strings for White dwarf and black hole
- change a number of models: orbital structures for new races
- change a number of models: capitalships and frigates for new races
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Where is the Diplomacy version? I don't see it on the download page, though that may be just me. Thanks.
Currently four Maelstrom mods are awaiting authorization.
I wonder why the 1.193 Original and 1.053 Entrenchment need't authorization/
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SILVER CITY — Two Silver City residents each won $100 Silver City MainStreet gift certificates in United Country Mimbres Realty's first-ever Regional Photo Contest.
United Country Mimbres Realty, Inc. launched its first-ever community photo contest in mid-April and asked for submissions of photos - from any season - that represented the Silver City and Grant County area.
Photos were on display at the United Country office from May 24 through May 31 and judging took place on June 1. The winners were announced that day, followed by a reception presentation of their gift certificates.
Bruce Bloy won for his trio of photos of the mountains south of Mule Creek, a view of the Kneeling Nun near the Chino Mine, and La Capilla. Miranda T. Goodman won for her views of the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument and the Gila River.
In addition to their $100 MainStreet Gift Certificates, each will have their work displayed on the United Country - Mimbres Realty websites for one year with full credit.
"Our websites, www.MimbresRealtyInc.com and www.mimbresrealty.com feature pictures of the Silver City and Grant County area and lifestyle," said Georgia Bearup with United Country. "We were looking for pictures to show off the beauty of our region to everyone who goes to our website. The submissions received were exactly the kind of photos we were seeking.


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Iran, Russia share same views regarding Syria situation: Lawmaker
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The Iranian lawmaker stressed that strengthening cooperation between Tehran and Moscow can play a key role in establishing peace and sustainable stability in the region.Boroujerdi described exchanging parliamentary delegations between the two countries as important, adding that consultations between the two countries' parliaments can play an important role in facilitating mutual exchanges between the two sides. Dzhagaryan, for his part, said relations with Iran are important to Russia and Moscow supports expansion of economic, political and parliamentary ties with Tehran. Referring to the situation in Syria, the Russian official underlined the necessity of finding a Syria-Syria solution via political negotiations and ending financial and arms support for terrorist groups in the Arab country. Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011. Damascus says 'outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorists' are the driving factor behind the unrest and deadly violence while the opposition accuses the security forces of being behind the killings. TNP/SS/AZ


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911 recording in unsolved Valley murder released 4 years after pregnant woman shot to death
PHOENIX - Family members of a murdered pregnant woman are hoping a recent tip may help detectives solve the four-year-old homicide case of Brittanee Howard.
The invitations for Brittanee Howard's baby shower had already been printed and mailed to the guests by May 1, 2008. The 21-year-old mother-to-be was a month from her due date and overjoyed at the news she would be having a little girl. Her baby shower was just two days away.
"Everybody was excited about this baby," Arlene Banks, Brittanee's mom, told ABC15.
She looked forward to the birth of Jayme Breanne, her first grandchild.
"We were going to have a big baby shower," she said. "We were going to have a big party for everybody, and that's what we were looking forward to – and we had the place all rented. We were preparing."
But Banks never had the chance to meet Jayme Breanne.
She never had the chance to throw a shower for her own biological child, Brittanee.
"We had to switch modes," said Banks. "Go from baby shower mode to funeral mode."
On May 1, 2008, a masked intruder shot Brittanee in the head, while she was still in bed at her boyfriend's parents' house in Laveen.
The shooting killed her unborn baby too.
"We found ourselves sitting in the mortuary on the day we were supposed to be having her baby shower," said Banks.
According to initial reports from police, two intruders broke into the home near 67th and Southern avenues, and entered the bedroom where Brittanee and her fiancé, James Gibson, had been sleeping.
According to Gibson, he tried to wrestle the gun away from one of the suspects and someone pulled the trigger during the struggle.
The bullet struck Brittanee in the head.
"I think she just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time," said Capt. Stephen Whitney, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Major Crimes Division Commander. He told the ABC15 Investigators he did not think the homicide was completely random.
"I think (the suspects) were in that house for a reason, but I would only speculate what that motive was," Whitney said.
"Somebody broke in my house and shot my girlfriend," Gibson cried to a dispatcher when he called 911.
"He had a mask on his face," Gibson reported, as his girlfriend lay next to him on the bed.
"She's barely taking air," Gibson said. "Brittanee stay with me, Brittanee," he sobbed to his girlfriend.
He told the dispatcher he thought she was already dead.
For years, Brittanee's family has been struggling to understand why and how their daughter and her unborn baby had been shot to death.
"Brittanee was just a bright child," Banks said. "She was a person you want in your company. Any time she'd come into the room, she'd just light up the room. She was just a happy child. She was happy. She was fun. You couldn't meet a better person."
In the past four years, the sheriff's office has only handed over nine pages of the investigative homicide report.
"It's disappointing. It's frustrating," said David Banks, Brittanee's stepfather. "I try not to let it be consuming because if it is, then we wouldn't be able to continue on."
Banks said despite reports that the gun went off accidentally during a struggle, he believes someone may have pointed the gun directly at Brittanee on purpose.
The autopsy report in Brittanee's death confirms she was shot in the tip of the left index finger in addition to the head.
Banks said that makes him believe Brittanee put her hands up in front of her face in a defiant motion to avoid the gunfire. "I do believe that…there is more to this than we have been told. I will always believe that and nobody can tell me anything different."
In the spring of 2012, Brittanee's family heard of a development in the murder case.
Brittanee's photograph was on display at the office of a family member who does work with the community. Someone who came in contact with that family member commented that Brittanee's homicide was connected to a Phoenix homicide case. The person gave additional details too.
Eventually, Arlene Banks delivered the details to the detectives handling her daughter's case.
"We kept in contact over the course of a couple of days, and that's when he told me that he had been in contact with someone at the Phoenix Police Department," she said of the detective who has been investigating Brittanee's murder.
Whitney confirmed to ABC15 that his detectives are looking at the possibility that there may be a link between the two homicides.
"We need someone to say they have information that can help us connect some of the dots," Whitney said.
Meanwhile, Brittanee's family said they know someone out there has information, and it is just a matter of time
before that person comes forward and helps them solve the case.
"I cannot give up hope. There is a ray of hope that we will get some closure that we will find out why our daughter was taken from us, but it's not a lot of hope," he said.


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There's a lot more to the lowly WSM water pan than meets the eye, and this article explains it all in detail.
To learn about increasing water pan capacity and other modifications related to the water pan, see Water Pan Modifications.
As always...click on any of the pictures to view a larger image.
The water pan used inside the Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker serves the following purposes:
When barbecuing or roasting meat in the WSM over indirect heat, the water pan is suspended by the four grill straps at the bottom of the middle cooking section, as shown in Photo 1.
According to the WSM Owner's Manual, the water pan can be placed on top of the charcoal chamber in the charcoal bowl when using the WSM as a steamer, but this is not a common use.
I use water in the pan for most cooking sessions when I am trying to maintain a cooker temperature of 225-250°F. I use water mainly for temperature control, not for the moisture it adds to the cooking environment.
Meats typically barbecued at this temperature include brisket, pork butt, pork loin back ribs, pork spareribs, and salmon. Poultry cooked at this temperature will turn out moist, but may have rubbery skin.
Depending on the method used to fire-up the Weber Bullet, the pan is filled with either cool or hot tap water at the beginning of a cooking session, and may be replenished one or more times during very long cooks, usually through the access door.Safe Usage Tips
This video demonstrates the water pan safety material that is described below.
The water pan has the potential to cause injury if it falls into the hot coals during use, or if it is filled with water in an unsafe manner.
Some people like to use the larger Brinkman charcoal pan, not only for its larger water capacity, but because it sits more securely on the four grill straps. See Water Pan Modifications for details.
Using Juice, Beer, Wine, Or Other Liquids
Most people report that using apple juice, beer, wine, herb/vegetable broth, or other flavorful liquids in the water pan does not result in any discernable flavor being added to the meat. Any subtle flavor is drowned out by the rub and smoke applied to the meat.
Better to drink the beer and baste the meat directly with a flavorful liquid than to waste it in the water pan.
Adding Water During A Cooking Session
To add water to the pan during a cooking session, simply remove the access door and pour water through the bottom cooking grate into the pan, as shown in Photo 4.
Replace the access door and make sure the door knob is fastened properly. There's nothing worse than having the cooker temperature soar to 350°F because the access door fell off!
Containers For Refilling The Pan
You've probably got a container somewhere around the house that can be used to refill the water pan during a cooking session. Try one of these:
I use an empty water pan when I am trying to maintain a cooker temperature of 325-350°F.
Meats typically cooked at
this temperature include chicken, turkey, and sometimes beef rib roasts
and tri-tip roasts.
This video demonstrates the processes of foiling a water pan that are described below.
Wrapping the water pan with wide, heavy-duty aluminum foil makes cleanup fast and easy. Some folks scoff at the notion of doing anything beyond just rinsing out the pan after each use, but I like to run a "clean machine" and keeping the pan clean is important to me.
Here are my recommendations for foiling the pan, based on my personal experience and that of other WSM owners:
Collecting Pan Drippings For Turkey Gravy
There are three common ways to collect pan drippings when smoking a turkey:
Assuming you don't over smoke the turkey, the drippings will be perfect for making gravy—in fact, they're already seasoned by any rub applied to the turkey.
As you remove the turkey from the cooker, pour any accumulated juices inside the body cavity into the pan. You can also use the juices left in the bottom of a rimmed baking pan after letting the turkey rest before carving.
It's not uncommon to end up with about 1-1/2 cups of drippings (Photo 11).
If you don't have any drippings, make the delicious turkey giblet gravy described on The Virtual Weber Bulletin Board using the giblets, aromatic vegetables, chicken stock, white wine, and seasonings.
Fans of sand say it offers some of the temperature control benefits of water, while eliminating the need to refill the pan or deal with messy cleanup afterward.
Line the pan with a layer of wide, heavy-duty aluminum foil, then fill 3/4 full with clean, dry playground sand (Photo 12). Smooth the sand, then cover with two layers of wide, heavy-duty aluminum foil (Photo 13).
Discard and replace the top layer of foil after each cook. The sand can be used again and again, as long as the drippings do not penetrate the second layer of foil.
Why line the pan with foil before adding the sand? Because the sand turns as hard as concrete after several uses and is almost impossible to remove without that layer of foil.
Be aware that sand has the same issue of radiated heat as mentioned above for an empty pan. However, it takes a few hours for the radiation effect to build-up as the sand heats.
Which Is Better—Water Or Sand?
There's no right or wrong answer to this question. Both water and sand have their supporters, and you can make fine barbecue either way.
Most new WSM owners start out using water. Some of them experiment with sand and never go back to water, while others try sand but find they like water better. A few people get so good at fuel and vent control that they shun both water and sand, running their cookers at 225-250°F with ease using an empty pan.
I personally prefer to use water. I like to think of it as my fail-safe temperature controller. No matter how much fuel I put into the cooker, as long as I keep water in that pan, the cooker will not rise beyond typical barbecuing temperatures, because the water will consume the excess energy.
Of course, sand eliminates the need to add water to the pan during a long cooking session, and sand offers easier cleanup afterward, but I just feel more in control of cooker temperature when using water, and I'm willing to tend the water pan and clean it afterwards as a result.
Why is water a better temperature controller than sand? Because the specific heat of water is five times that of sand. (Specific heat is defined as the heat, in calories, required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance 1° Celsius.)
For example, in my 1997 18-1/2" WSM, it takes one gallon of water, weighing about 8 pounds, to fill the water pan, and about 8 pounds of clean, dry playground sand to fill the pan 3/4 full. The difference between the specific heat of water and sand means that it takes five times the energy to raise the temperature of the water in the pan by 1° Celsius than to do the same for the sand. The water consumes more energy.
Also, since water evaporates and must be replenished during the cooking session, but sand does not, using water consumes a lot more energy overall than using sand.
Another advantage of water is that it keeps the temperature on the lower grate cooler than sand does. Water boils at 212°F, but I've measured sand in the pan at 275-285°F when maintaining 225-250°F measured at the lid. When using sand, you need to pay more attention to the meat on the bottom grate to make sure it doesn't overcook, especially on longer cooks.
Is Using Water Or Sand A Waste Of Fuel?
There's no doubt that using water or sand consumes energy and requires the use of more fuel. If you can learn to operate the WSM confidently at 225-250°F without using water or sand, taking into account all the variables—like the amount of meat being cooked, weather conditions, the amount of fuel added to the cooker, careful vent control, rotating meat between top and bottom grates—and you don't value a moist cooking environment, then you can use less fuel during each cooking session.
As I said above, I like having water working for me inside the cooker as an active temperature controller. Does that feeling of security cost me a lot of money? No. As of this writing, Kingsford charcoal briquettes cost about 21˘ per pound when purchased in bulk. Even if 2-3 pounds of fuel is burned to heat water, it only costs a few cents. I'm willing to spend that for peace of mind when it comes to temperature control.Temperature Tests Using Water Pan Variations
In 2003, I conducted three temperature "experiments" to test water pan variations in the WSM: An empty pan, a water-filled pan, and a sand-filled pan.
My subjective impression was that none of these methods was difficult from a temperature control standpoint, but that using water was a little bit easier than either sand or an empty pan, both of which seemed about the same in terms of temperature control.
For the detailed results, including temperature graphs, see WSM Temperature Tests.
I've heard people talk about filling the water pan with all sorts of things, including rocks, dirt, and even cement! I'm not sure why anyone would want to do this. Water, sand, and an empty pan are three food-safe options that should satisfy the needs of all WSM owners.Water Disposal & Pan Cleanup
You'll find tips for disposing of the contents of the water pan and cleaning the pan on the Cleanup, Maintenance & Storage page.
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That's what I said – you can print skin. Not print on skin, print the skin itself, cell layer by layer. Bioprinting custom skin grafts means you can customize a graft's depth to treat severe burns – using the patient's own cells to avoid rejection.
Kudos to whomever came up with this idea. Seriously: this is bio-DIY to the max. Wow!
Via Armed With Science.
Update: Jason at the Thoughtful Animal just sent me a 2008 minireview on this process by Henmi et al, "New approaches for tissue engineering: three dimensional cell patterning using inkjet technology." It appears to have been sponsored in part by Epson.


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Our camps are open to any and all entrants, male or female, that meet the following grade criteria specified for each camp listed on the Camp & Description Tab.
Cyclone Volleyball Camps are not an Iowa State University Camp but operated independently. Permission to use ISU Trademarks is granted under agreement by Iowa State University. The NCAA prohibits an ISU booster (other than a parent/guardian or close family member)from paying a portion of a camper's camp fees.


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I took a quick test run on Sunday December 6th to test out some modifications on the snowplane The gear reduction on the motor provided much more thrust and the suspension being longer based and softer shocks seems to have smoothed the ride out, still handles good. Joe
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I have run the cruel mistress II with the gear reduction and it seems to work well. I have added about 12" between the front and back skis to lengthen the base in search for a smoother ride and have also changed the fluid in the monroe air shocks to soften their action. I am looking forward to trying every thing out but am not wishing for snow yet there is so much farming left to do. I will try to get some pictures on soon


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Valuing and conserving ecosystem services in the Danube River Basin
Recent initaives such as the study on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), published by UNEP, have therefore highlighted the importance of better understanding the economic value of ecosystem services.
WWF and the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) have carried out a scoping assessment of how to put the key recommendations of the TEEB initiative into practice, through a case study on ecosystem services in the Danube River Basin. The study identified key ecosystem services and their sources, flows and beneficiaries; quantified them, where possible in terms of social and economic values; assessed their current status and likely future trends; and identified and recommended further research studies and policy measures needed to secure them.
Danube floodplains
The Danube's floodplains provide a range of different goods and services, from fish, reeds and crops to water purification and regulation (e.g. flood management) as well as recreation and tourism. Putting a price tag on these myriad services is difficult,but some cautious estimates collected by the study can help us appreciate the value of the benefits that we too often take for granted. Estimates ranged from €250 to €1,354 per hectare of lower Danube wetland per year, with nutrient removal weighing in especially heavily in calculations. Furthermore, the role of wetlands in flood management was not included in the calculations and would presumably significantly increase the figures. A low average of these estimates of €500 per hectare compares favorably with the average annual income from agricultural land in eastern Europe, which has been estimated at approximately €450 per hectare (excluding agricultural subsidies).
Securing our natural capital
The evident importance of ecosystem services in the region supports the rationale for taking a precautionary approach to the conservation of ecosystem services. Unfortunately, ecosystem services are often weak drivers in decision making because their values are often unknown or underestimated, and rarely fully captured in economic markets. So a first step is to improve our knowledge of the relationships between ecosystem properties and the value of ecosystem services – in supporting welfare in the Danube region, to better inform decisions of policy makers as well as of businesses, markets and consumers.
More comprehensive and effective policies and regulations are needed to protect key ecosystem services, at least in the short-term, while measures to capture the values of ecosystem services in markets and other economic instruments are developed and implemented. EU, national and international policy instruments that are in place across most of the Danube Basin, including e.g. the EU Water Framework Directive and Natura 2000 network of specially protected sites, provide a good framework for conserving biodiversity and some associated ecosystem services.
But these require much better implementation and complementary measures aimed at the intergrated protection and sustainable use of broader ecosystem services. Upcoming decisions on the EU's next financial period, which will be taken at both EU and national levels, must support rather than further erode the region's natural capital. Longer-term measures can include the creation of commercial markets for some ecosystem services, such as carbon; the use of 'green taxes'; or the development of sustainability criteria (e.g. to inform decisions on public procurement, public support and by private consumers).
Finally, the study has shown that all policy instruments must be better targeted and integrated to encourage multi-functional land use that supports a balanced range of ecosystem services rather than those driven by short-term and narrow economic needs. This will require a focus on governance and institutions and increased communication and integration across different sectors.


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continued "There are certain 'chokepoints' in the town of Cicero, and Mr. Bragman controls and has improper influence over the people in these 'chokepoints,'" George wrote. Among those "chokepoints" are the planning board, the town supervisor's office and the Cicero Republican Committee. George alleges that those agencies violate the town ethics code, if not the law, by providing Bragman with favorable contracts to the detriment of the town's taxpayers.
George also reiterates his allegations against Zambrano and Wickman, the senior principal for C&S Engineering and town engineer for the town of Cicero. The two have been romantically involved since 2011 and share a residence within the town. George said the relationship between the two constitutes a conflict of interest, as Zambrano is benefiting from contracts she has signed.
Zambrano denies the allegations, calling them "political nonsense."
"When I first realized my relationship with Doug was becoming more than casual, I asked our town attorney for an opinion of whether or not my situation would be a conflict of interest," Zambrano told the Star-Review last month. She declined to comment further on the matter when approached for this article. "He reviewed the criteria for conflict of interest and researched the matter with other attorneys. The conclusion was that there is no conflict of interest because there is no direct or indirect financial benefit to me or to Doug. This conflict of interest allegation was raised with the District Attorney's Office last year when I was running for office as supervisor. The DA's office also found no conflict of interest. If there were to be a conflict, I would have abstained from any votes regarding the company at which Doug works on a part-time basis."
Zambrano blamed political opponents conducting a smear campaign.
"The current complaint is nothing more than typical political nonsense that unfortunately occurs far too often these days," she said.
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How do I add labels on the mobile web site?
It looks like there's a bug in the labels logic for mobile web (todoist.com/m). When I add a task with a label (e.g. "Buy milk @store"), it appears to the mobile UI as though a label has been added. However returning to the desktop site, the label has not been parsed -- it remains a part of the task. The task is not returned when I do a search for @store.
If I click edit and save on the desktop site, the tag is correctly parsed and the task appears in my search.
I'm browsing the mobile site on a Gingerbread device using Dolphin Browser HD (like the stock browser, it's WebKit under the hood).
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Hello Mike,
indeed, it seems there's a bug. I have forwarded it to the developers.
Thank you very much for pointing it out and sorry for any inconvenience it might have caused you.
Best regards,
this bug has been fixed. You can now add labels through the http://todoist.com/m/ site and also, editing tasks with labels won't add an @label text string to the task name.
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For the past several months after everytime my horses (we have 18) are trimmed at least 5 or them (sometimes a few more) are very sore when they walk for a few days after the trimming. They are trimmed ever 6-8 weeks by routine. Its usually always the same horses who are acting sore. Does this mean my farrier is trimming them too short? Or could it be something else? I have asked him in the past to not trim them so short, especially their heels but he did the "I am the one who went to farrier school, not you" gig. Is it normal for horses to be sore after trimming for a few days?
Horses should not be sore after they are trimmed, and farriers should always be open to questions instead of being arrogant and rude.
If I told my farrier that one of my horses was sore after he got trimmed, we'd certainly be looking into WHY it happened and what we need to do differently for that particular horse. (Granted .... my horses don't get sore after they are trimmed because he does a great job and always answers all my crazy questions.)


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