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One of the premeire caudiciform plants for both pot culture and landscaping are the Pachypodiums. These are pachycaul plants from Madagascar and southern Africa. The following is a brief discussion of the genus, including some tips on care and growing, as well as an introduction to many of the species more commonly encountered in cultivation. Read More
Growing aloes from seed can not only be fun, but a way of getting some rare species cheaply that might even not be available at all otherwise. This article will cover some of the ways to prepare and grow aloes from seed. Read More
Though few give much thought to pruning palms, it is a large source of income for some... and a constant source of aggravation for me. Palms are much simpler trees than most other trees one might need to trim, having no branches (rare exceptions)- just leaves on a pole. However it is amazing to me how often palms are either pruned improperly, unecessarily or even fatally. This article will cover some of the basics of pruning palms with some guidelines about when to prune, when not to, and what palms should or shouldn't be pruned from a health as well as artisitic point of view. Read More
Agaves are wonderful garden plants and make excellent potted plants as well. Since they do so well in pots, they can be grown in any state in the U.S. indoors in winter and outdoors in the summer, weather permitting, or outdoors year round in those areas where little or no frost is encountered. Read More
This pictorial article is the 4th of an alphabetical introduction to some of the most magnificent flowering succulents. Aloes are one of the best and most used landscape plants, coming in a huge variety of sizes, shapes and colors. But if that were not enough to attract a collector's attention, many aloes also have some of the best flowers of all the succulents, rivaling the most spectacular flowers of all plants. The following is a continued alphabetical listing, as an introduction to this species many floral presentations as witnessed in Southern California. Read More
Puya is a little known bromeliad from South and Central America that grow as an unassuming but thorny twisted leaf mass, but also some of the most spectacular plants in the plant kingdom. The following article is an introduction to some of the more impressive as well as common species of Puyas grown in cultivation. Read More
Euphorbias come in all shapes and sizes and one of the most commonly grown but unusual Euphorbias are the stick Euphorbias. These plants are basically leafless shrubs and trees and make for unique landscape and potted specimens. This article will introduce the reader to just a few of the dozens of such weird plants. Read More
What does it mean to say a plant is toxic? How toxic does a toxic plant have to be to be toxic or non-toxic? That may seem like an odd question, but is one that has bothered me for years, and particularly as I read another senseless, long list of toxic plants on the internet. Read More
Many foods are often associated with the holidays and are enjoyed by millions every winter near the New Year. Some of these foods, it turns out, though seemingly safe for us humans, may not be so for our pets. The following is a brief overview of some plant-related foods that are potential toxins for your dog and cat. Read More
This article acts as introduction to these exotic and incredibly ornamental tropical ferns, commonly known as Staghorn Ferns. Some suggestions on cultivation and the various species will be discussed. Read More
One of the best landscape palms are the Livistonas. These are tall (mostly), solitary fan palms from Australia, Asia (and one from Africa). Most are cold hardy, though not all, and relatively fast growing (again, not all), which makes them useful and practical landscape palms in both the tropics and more marginal zones. The following article is an introduction to some of these palms and my experiences growing those that I can in southern California. Read More
This is an introduction to some of the most ornamental of the Australian cycads, the larger Macrozamias. Read More
Inspired by new residential location, I decided to write an article about one of the most common plants in my area. Read More
The following discussion covers 7 species of uniquely blue fan palms that are excellent landscape trees for low desert areas where frost is not a severe problem, but excessive heat can be a common occurence (eg. southern California, western Mexico, the Mediterranean, South Africa, Australian deserts etc.). Read More
Rodents are one of the most common groups of wild animals one may encounter in the garden. This is a brief introduction to some of the North American rodents one might find in one's yard. Read More
There are few more impressive trees that are as care-free, magnificently flowered and are living works of southwestern-landscape art all at the same time, as are the solitary tree aloes. There are dozens of tree aloe species and all have their unique flowers, leaves and statements to make. The following article is a brief description of some of the solitary tree aloes (those with a single trunk and no branches) in cultivation, including flower description, some notes on cultivation, and some discussion on how to tell them apart. Part 2 will be a discussion of the tree aloes that branch (later article). Read More
Don't forget about your local flea markets when you're looking for good plant deals or garden supplies. I have learned that flea markets can be an excellent way to expand my collection cheaply. And they are a good place to look for rare plants and unique garden 'art'. Read More
The following article is a basic step-by-step introduction to staging succulent plants, either for show, sale or personal enjoyment. Read More
Many succulents seem designed for pot life. These plants get lost in the garden, or they are too delicate or tender to make it outdoors... or they just seem happiest in a small, controlled environment where they can show off. Many succulents complement each other and look better in groups, rather than by themselves. If limited space is a problem, one solution is community pots. Here are some ideas and suggestions for creating community pots of succulents. Read More
I grow well over a thousand species of succulents outdoors in my dinky yard in southern California zone 9b, and though many look okay most of the year, some stand out as exceptionally attractive all year round and trouble free and easy. The Graptoveria hybrid 'Fred Ives' is one of those plants. Read More


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On a menu full of appealing pork- and beef-centric dishes at the Rumpus Room downtown, it was the octopus salad that leaped out.
Such clean, nimble flavors - this was an irresistible dish, light and bright on the palate. True, the meat dishes have clear, big flavors, too; nothing is muddled on this menu. But that salad, with its herb and citrus note and contrasting textures, is compelling. »Read Full Article(1)
Singles Scorecard: Hear new songs from Lana Del Rey, Daft Punk, Black Sabbath and more
Singer Lana Del Rey, pictured here performing in Germany earlier this month, is a contributor to the soundtrack to "The Great Gatsby" remake starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Jay-Z is overseeing the album. Photo by Angelika Warmuth. »Read Full Blog Post
Memoir recalls painful struggle with polio
Jerry Apps' nightmare arrived in the middle of the night in a setting Stephen King would have loved: an isolated Waushara County farmhouse buried under January snows.
This nightmare began in 1947 with what seemed like a simple sore throat, but the horror quickly seeped into Apps' right leg, paralyzing it at an angle. At age 12, Apps had been stricken with polio, and his world would never be the same. »Read Full Article
'Catch Me if You Can' has trouble getting airborne at Marcus Center
By the time he was 21, Frank Abagnale had cashed more than $2 million in bad checks, while passing himself off as a pilot, doctor and lawyer.
Not to be outdone, the low-budget "Catch Me if You Can," on stage at the Marcus Center through Sunday, spends more than two interminable hours impersonating various ideas of a decent show. True to the maxim that form follows content, it doesn't just tell the story of a fake. It also gives us one, at thrice the price of other shows now playing in town. »Read Full Article(8)
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Amy Millan of Stars talked about her first big gigs with Tap Milwaukee last month. Bands have a shot to perform at Milwaukee's Summerfest and win a share of $50,000 in the Land the Big Gig band contest. Photo by Bill Schulz. »Read Full Blog Post
Festa Italiana announces music headliners
Festa Italiana has announced its July 19 headliners for the Spiked Island Adult Lemonade Stage.
Colt Ford, country and hip-hop artist, will take the stage at 9 p.m. »Read Full Article
In Walker's Point, the Noble's effort to secure its future
The Noble, the popular tiny restaurant with the small menu and bohemian vibe at 704 S. 2nd St., has launched a campaign called "Save the Noble" on the crowdfunding site Indiegogo, with the aim of buying the building.
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Some of the most promising artists and designers in our city are at the jumping-off point in their careers -- and we are invited for a peek. If you haven't been to the senior thesis exhibition at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, today is a great day to pop in. Today is MIAD Define Day, a campus-wide event that involves discussions and inquiry. Much of that will be happening within the thesis show at MIAD, 273 E. Erie St. Gallery hours are from 10 to 5 p.m.
I checked in with the guys from The Disclaimer, which airs most Wednesdays at noon on WMSE (FM 91.7). It sounds like they are warming up to talk about issues surrounding a new stadium for the Bucks and also proposed new lighting for the Hoan Bridge. You can stream the show online, too. »Read Full Blog Post
Summerfest announces local headliners for two stages
Summerfest officials have announced 10 headliners for the Cascio Interstate Music Stage, and a new title co-sponsor.
Presented this year K-Nation Entertainment, a Grafton-based business that nurtures musical acts, and longtime stage sponsor and instrument retailer Cascio Interstate Music, The K-Nation | Cascio Interstate Music Stage will again largely focus on local acts. »Read Full Article(16)


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LifeWay has completed the sale of its 14.5-acre campus in downtown Nashville. "Although this momentous event is cause for thanksgiving, it is also bittersweet," Thom S. Rainer, president of LifeWay Christian Resources, wrote in an email to the Southern Baptist entity's trustees and employees Nov. 24 after the sale was announced around 5 p.m.
"LifeWay has served the bride of Christ from this property for more than 100 years," Rainer wrote. "Those of us who serve today continue an unbroken line of tens of thousands of employees who have stewarded the responsibility to produce trustworthy Christian resources for the church. And, we will continue to do so into the future, but from a new location."
LifeWay has completed the sale of its 14.5-acre campus in downtown Nashville.
As a prosecutor for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, attorney Travis White was familiar with asking probing questions and trying to ascertain the truth.
However, White wasn't prepared for "a very provocative question" from Chris Smith, teaching pastor at Yukon Church in Yukon, Okla.
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A pastor's "provocative question" gave him "an ulcer-like experience, which can only be explained by the Holy Spirit bringing conviction on someone," says Travis White, a prosecutor for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics.
Race relations often are tense across the United States, but in Columbia, Tenn., especially in several Baptist churches, "we work together," reported Dale Ledbetter, director of missions (DOM), Maury Baptist Association, based in Columbia.
During his 15-year tenure as DOM, racial tensions here have always been minimal, but recently, some great things have occurred which should encourage and be refreshing to all Tennessee Baptists, he said.
"Others should see God's work in our little corner of the world to counteract all the negative we see and hear," Ledbetter reported recently.
African-American and Anglo Baptist congregations in Columbia are crossing the racial divide, he noted.
Two players in these instances agreed.
Kenny Anderson and Dwight Church, both African-American pastors in Columbia, are very encouraged by recent racial developments.
Anderson noted that even before the shooting by a white man at a black South Carolina church in June killing nine, "we (African-Americans and Anglo Baptists) were already worshiping together ... It wasn't a reactive thing; it was a proactive thing and that's always good."
A "racial divide" does exist in the country, added Anderson. "There have been so many hateful things said, but we're making it work in Columbia and we're doing it on purpose."
Dwight Church noted, "People talk a lot about unity and being unified, but they don't want to do something about it."
When Christians take a step to cross the racial divide, it might make a dramatic impact as it did in his case, said Church.
Joey Johnson, a bi-vocational pastor, had been waiting and praying for God to work through him for the last several years.
Johnson has been pastor of several African-American churches over the past 17 years while working at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
Then, last year he started a church in Columbia but after about a year the small congregation had dwindled. He and his family were paying a lot of the expenses of the congregation, which was renting space in a strip mall.
During this period, Johnson met Ledbetter and learned more about Southern Baptists.
Soon Ledbetter visited the new church being led by Johnson, Blessed Hope Baptist Church. In a few weeks, Ledbetter had talked again to Johnson and then to Ezell Rose, interim pastor of Mooresville Pike Baptist Church in Columbia.
Johnson and Rose got to know each other and in June, Mooresville Pike invited Blessed Hope Baptist to a joint service of the two very small congregations at Mooresville Pike. Johnson was invited to preach.
Before long the two churches had merged, with Rose continuing to serve as interim pastor. In a few months the new congregation called Johnson as pastor.
"This is something that has never happened here in Columbia, a black and a white church merging," said Rose, who has served as a pastor and, after retirement, as interim pastor of Baptist churches for 50 years. Recently Rose was called as interim pastor to Southside Baptist Church in Mount Pleasant.
"There was a community over there that didn't have the ministry that they needed," explained Rose, noting that the neighborhood is made up mostly of African-Americans. If the two churches grew separately "they wouldn't have ever gotten together. I think this was God's way of bringing them together," Rose said.
"We're just about winning people. It's not about race, not about age, not about anything like that. It's just about winning people to Christ," added Johnson. "We are a family now," he concluded.
This past Easter members of Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Columbia arrived at church to find that a fire had broken out and they would have to worship somewhere else.
The black congregation met in the facilities of several churches in the area that offered help. Then Anderson received a phone call from fellow pastor Mike Dawson.
Dawson already knew of the situation of Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist. Anderson called him the very morning of the fire to ask him for prayer.
Dawson and Anderson have known each other for about 20 years as they have both served Baptist churches nearby. Dawson is a retired pastor of First Baptist Church, Columbia. Anderson was a regular vocalist for an annual women's event held by First Baptist. Also, the two churches held joint services together.
So it was natural for Dawson, who is now an interim pastor at Pleasant Heights Baptist Church, and church leaders to invite Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist to meet at their facility. Pleasant Heights has a large, new facility.
Anderson thought it would work out because Pleasant Heights worships at 9 a.m. and Mount Calvary worships at 11 a.m.
The situation has not only worked out but has been a blessing, said Anderson.
Sharing a facility has impacted both congregations, he added. In a joint communion service, deacons from both churches "were working together" and choirs "were singing together... It was a picture of what heaven looks like," stated Anderson.
He has heard and seen members of Pleasant Heights learn from the more demonstrative worship of Mount Calvary members.
The two congregations also joined together recently for a benefit for Tim Anderson, Kenny's brother, who is ill and needed help with some expenses. About 400 folks attended from across the county.
Another reason the two churches have worked well together is that both churches broadcast their services on cable television, so they're able to use the same equipment. In fact, Pleasant Heights' staff have recorded services for Mount Calvary, noted Anderson.
Of course, the situation has also helped Anglos and African-Americans see the "brotherhood and sisterhood" they share, added Dawson.
"This just happened real naturally and it's been a real joy," said Dawson.
Anderson concluded, "It's about working together. This community has always come together."
Two predominantly Anglo churches in Columbia are currently being led by African-American pastors.
First, Northside Baptist which draws about 150 to Sunday morning activities, recently called Willie McLaurin as interim pastor. McLaurin is special assistant to the executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Convention.
Ledbetter reported he has heard positive things from church members about their new leader.
Second, Immanuel Baptist Church in Columbia, a multicultural congregation including Anglos, Hispanics and African-Americans, is led by Dwight Church. The congregation has a majority of Anglos.
Church has served the congregation for five years as pastor and been a member for another eight years. He and his wife joined the church when they were the only African-Americans there.
Church said he joined the white church because God called him to be a reconciler between the races after experiences at a Promise Keepers rally in 1995.
What struck Church during the Promise Keepers rally and on the bus ride there and back were the relationships formed between Anglos and African-Americans who represented several churches. Plans were made to continue those relationships but that did not pan out, recalled Church.
What he experienced as men of all races got together and got to know each other "overwhelmed me and I wanted more. I was so excited I was about to bust. I thought, 'We're missing the boat here.' "
Also, at that time he and his wife, Marilyn, were looking for a new church home.
God led them to join Cornerstone Baptist Church in Neapolis, a community located between Spring Hill and Columbia. After Church was called as pastor, the church changed its name to Immanuel Baptist.
What has happened at Immanuel Baptist has been led by God, said Church.
For years it met in a former restaurant facility. Just one of the demands of the situation was making arrangements and relocating to another church for baptisms.
Church challenged the congregation to find a permanent facility. One day a member told him about a former church facility for sale. Amazingly, the pastor as a child had attended church activities in the facility. Also it was located in a multicultural community and was affordable.
Immanuel bought the facility and paid it off in two years because we "don't believe in debt," explained Church. Immanuel didn't hold fundraisers to raise money, noted the pastor. Part of what the congregation did was, along with members of the community, renovate the facility "from the inside out," noted Church.
"We tithe and we roll up our sleeves and we get the job done."
Today Immanuel Baptist is seeing people's lives changed such as the new Hispanic members who are former Catholics.
Another amazing event here was a marriage conducted by the pastor on the Saturday before Easter. Then the new bride was baptized on Easter.
"What brings people together is the truth," explained Church.
"When you communicate the truth, unity is a natural by-product."
(EDITORS' NOTE – This article appeared in the Baptist and Reflector, newsjournal of the Tennessee Baptist Convention. Connie Davis Bushey is news editor of the Baptist and Reflector.)
It may be the first time a local Baptist association has accepted a prison church into its fellowship.
Washington Baptist Association now counts among its members Grace Baptist Church of the Main Camp in Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, La. The association encompasses 38 churches in Washington and St. Tammany parishes.
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Paul Will, an inmate pastor inside Louisiana's Angola prison, "overwhelmed and humbled" by the Washington Baptist Association's unanimous vote to embrace Grace Baptist Church.
A tenured, Southern Baptist professor at a university in California could face dismissal for allegedly "retaliating" against a student who complained about his support for traditional marriage.
"If I were to use legal terms – even though this is not a legal proceeding – I've been convicted but not sentenced," Robert Oscar Lopez, an associate professor of English and classics at California State University-Northridge (CSUN), told Baptist Press. "They said that I was guilty of retaliation, which is a serious charge in academia" – punishable at [CSUN] by demotion, suspension without pay or dismissal."
In June, Lopez learned university officials had spent eight months investigating him after students complained about being exposed to a "hostile learning environment" during a 2014 optional conference organized by Lopez at the school's Reagan Library. The conference, called "Bonds That Matter," emphasized the importance for children of having both a mother and a father.
CSUN found no fault with Lopez during its investigation into complaints about the conference's supposedly "anti-gay" and "anti-female" agenda. However, in October, the university charged Lopez with "retaliating" against a student who brought complaints about him to the administration. Among the charges is that he prevented the student from receiving an award to which she allegedly was entitled, The Daily Signal reported.
Lopez contests this charge. The student received an "A" in his class, according to The Daily Signal, and Lopez said the allegations against him are based upon undocumented testimony of the student. The administration, he added, declined to consider emails and other documentation that seemed to corroborate his side of the story.
Charles S. Limandri, president and chief counsel of the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund, wrote in a letter to CSUN Provost Yi Li that Lopez neither retaliated against students nor interfered with their attempts to bring complaints before CSUN's Office of Equity and Diversity.
"Under these circumstances," Limandri wrote, "we have no choice but to conclude that the disposition of this investigation is a purely political and ideological attack on Dr. Lopez for holding – and exposing students to – ideas about children's rights [to a mother and father] which are apparently unpopular."
CSUN spokesperson Carmen Chandler defended the university's ruling against Lopez. The university, she told The Daily Signal, "is fully committed to upholding academic freedom and free speech, as well as the right of our students to bring forth concerns. Any investigation resulting from student complaints follows established CSUN protocol and is conducted on the basis of determining whether or not there has been a violation of university policy."
A member of a Chinese Southern Baptist congregation, Lopez was raised by two lesbians and identified as bisexual as a teenager. He came to faith in Christ in 2008 and is the father of two children with his wife – though he wrote in a commentary for The Federalist that he still considers himself "bisexual."
Lopez has been an outspoken advocate for the traditional, biblical definition of marriage and the right of children to have both a mother and a father. He filed an amicus brief earlier this year with the Supreme Court, urging justices not to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples.
The value of traditional marriage for children, Lopez said, literally was "written in stone" in the 10 Commandments' admonition to "honor your father and your mother" (Exodus 20:12).
"That really means," he said, "that you have to organize your time in this life around sexual difference and around a vision of family and a debt to your origins which respects both motherhood and fatherhood."
In addition to the allegations brought by CSUN, Lopez faced opposition last year from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) – one of the nation's largest pro-gay activist groups. HRC made accusations against him as part of its so-called "Export of Hate" initiative and allegedly urged its members to call Lopez and his family, as well as the university. At times, Lopez said, the phone calls seemed threatening.
Lopez told BP he hopes ultimately to prevail against the charges brought against him by CSUN, especially since the outcome will "set a huge precedent."
"I'm a member of the largest faculty union in the world, Cal State faculty union," Lopez said. "And if they can get me for this, then that looks very badly for all higher education. ... If we as a society are going to prohibit certain ideas, we're on a road to a totalitarian society."
(EDITOR'S NOTE – Benjamin Hawkins is associate editor of The Pathway, mbcpathway.com, newsjournal of the Missouri Baptist Convention.)
Montana Baptists are downsizing from their Billings headquarters for a building to better accommodate their smaller, less centralized staff, messengers voted at their 2015 annual meeting.
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Newly elected Montana Southern Baptist Convention (MTSBC) President Darren Hales, pastor of Big Sky Fellowship in Helena, listens to a message at the MTSBC annual meeting.
"Is this a Jesus thing?" a homeless man asked Charity Brown.
That day Brown and a team of volunteers from The Branch church in Corvallis, Ore., were making it their mission to serve those most in need in the community. And one of the ways the team was doing that was through washing feet.
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Volunteers from a partner church in Texas helped The Branch church in Corvallis, Ore., host a community soccer camp, one of many ways the church plant engages families in the city.
Many women with unplanned pregnancies go silently from the church pew to the abortion clinic, convinced the church would gossip rather than help, a study released Nov. 23 by LifeWay Research shows.
More than 4 in 10 women who have had an abortion were churchgoers when they ended a pregnancy, researchers found in a survey sponsored by Care Net, a nonprofit organization supporting more than 1,100 pregnancy centers across North America. The study features data from a survey conducted May 6-13.
"That's a huge opportunity for the church to have an impact on those decisions," said Scott McConnell, vice president of LifeWay Research.
But only 7 percent of women discussed their abortion decision with anyone at church. Three-fourths (76 percent) say the church had no influence on their decision to terminate a pregnancy.
The results point to a church culture that often lacks grace, McConnell said. Among women who have had an abortion:
Two-thirds (65 percent) say church members judge single women who are pregnant.
A majority (54 percent) thinks churches oversimplify decisions about pregnancy options.
Fewer than half (41 percent) believe churches are prepared to help with decisions about unwanted pregnancies.
Only 3 in 10 think churches give accurate advice about pregnancy options.
"Women are perceiving judgment from the church, and that's probably partly because there are clear teachings in the Bible including about how and why we make judgments," McConnell said. "However, if they don't start experiencing something different than what they've seen in the past, these numbers aren't going to change."
The church has connections with many women who choose abortion, Care Net and LifeWay Research found. In the survey of 1,038 women who have had abortions, 70 percent claim a Christian religious preference, and 43 percent report attending church monthly or more at the time of an abortion.
But distrust of the church's response is widespread, the survey shows. Nearly two-thirds (64 percent) believe church members are more likely to gossip about a woman considering abortion than to help her understand options.
When weighing an abortion decision, women say they expected or experienced judgment (33 percent) or condemnation (26 percent) from a church far more than caring (16 percent) or helpfulness (14 percent).
Judgmental attitudes among even a few people in a church can discourage women from seeking help, McConnell said. "They'll perceive everybody feels that way."
Only 38 percent of women who have had an abortion consider church a safe place to discuss pregnancy options including parenting, abortion and adoption. And while 25 percent say they would recommend a friend or family member discuss an unplanned pregnancy with someone at church, more than twice as many (54 percent) say they would not recommend it.
Women keep silent in church both before and after ending a pregnancy, the study found.
More than half of churchgoers who have had an abortion (52 percent) say no one at church knows it. Nearly half of women who have had an abortion (49 percent) say pastors' teachings on forgiveness don't seem to apply to terminated pregnancies.
"That tells you the environment of the church," McConnell said. "You can't say you've had an abortion, you can't say you're considering one – it's completely taboo to discuss.
"But when a woman is willing to publicly acknowledge she's had an abortion in the past, she will sometimes be approached by several other women in the church who've never been willing to share with anybody that they too have had an abortion," he said. "It's incredibly freeing for them."
Even among regular churchgoers, 52 percent of women who had abortions say the church had no influence on their decision. However, women attending church at least once a month were more likely to discuss their abortion decision with someone at church (16 percent) than those who rarely or never attend (2 percent).
Regular churchgoers who had an abortion are also much more likely than those who rarely or never attend to say they anticipated or experienced positive church responses such as caring (31 percent vs. 7 percent), helpfulness (28 percent vs. 7 percent) and love (25 percent vs. 6 percent).
"While much work needs to be done to equip the church to help women and men with their pregnancy decisions, there are positive signs that many churches will be receptive to efforts to implement programming that addresses this need," said Roland C. Warren, president and CEO of Care Net.
"The survey shows that frequent churchgoers – people who know the church best – were significantly more likely to believe the church is prepared to provide loving, compassionate support for those considering abortion, especially those attending evangelical churches," Warren said.
Supportive responses from the church are key, McConnell said.
"For most women with an unwanted pregnancy, if nobody is willing to say, 'We're going to help you through this,' it's hard for them to rationally say they should keep the child."
Methodology: A demographically balanced online panel was used for interviewing American women from May 6-13, 2015. Quotas and slight weights were used to ensure the sample matched national totals for ethnicity, age, income and region. This nationally balanced sample was screened to include only those women who indicated they had ever had a pregnancy termination/abortion medical procedure. The completed sample is 1,038 surveys.
LifeWay Research, based in Nashville, is an evangelical research firm that specializes in surveys about faith in culture and matters that affect the church.
(EDITOR'S NOTE – Lisa Cannon Green is senior writer for Facts & Trends magazine.)
An international conference on Jewish evangelism provided an occasion for Christians to reflect on why they should share the gospel with ethnic Jews.
Convening in Jerusalem, the Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism's 10th International Conference on Jewish Evangelism included some 200 Jewish evangelists from six continents. Participants strategized about the best methods for communicating the gospel to Jews.
Jim Sibley, a former professor at Criswell College and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, argued in a presentation at the conference that Jewish evangelism must continue because scripture presents the gospel as "especially for Jewish people."
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One of the most sacred sites in all of Judaism is the Western Wall – part of the ruins of the second Jewish temple. Above the wall is the disputed area known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary with its Dome of the Rock.
"My thesis is a simple one," Sibley, a professor of biblical studies at Israel College of the Bible in Netanya, Israel, wrote in the paper he presented. "It is that scripture teaches that the Jewish people should not only be a continuing priority in evangelism and missions, but that this priority is intrinsic to the gospel itself. ...Ultimately, this is the case, because it is rooted in the promise of the fathers, as recorded first in Genesis 12:3b: 'In you all the families of the earth will be blessed.'"
Paul's statement in Romans 1:16 that the gospel is "the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek" doesn't mean simply that the Jews heard the gospel first, Sibley argued. Rather, it means the gospel was intended first and foremost as a message for Jewish people.
"The gospel itself requires that we maintain a particular concern for the Jewish people," Sibley wrote in his paper for the Aug. 16-21 conference, "for if the gospel is not especially for the Jewish people, can it really be for anyone else? This priority should have an impact on the church's strategies of missions and evangelism, as well as its prayer life."
In a related article, published in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Sibley challenged those who believe ethnic Israel has been rejected by God and replaced by the church as God's people – even if only temporarily. This theme is reflected in the article's title: "Has the Church Put Israel on the Shelf? The Evidence from Romans 11:15."
Speaking of ethnic Israel, Paul writes in Romans 11:15, "For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?" Sibley disagreed with many biblical scholars – including some conservative evangelicals – who suggest Paul is speaking about God's temporary rejection of ethnic Israel. On the contrary, Sibley argued, Paul is talking about the Jews' rejection of the gospel.
"The rejection of the salvation which was offered through Jesus the Messiah by the majority of Israel has meant that salvation could be offered to the nations, even as the Abrahamic covenant had promised," Sibley wrote. "In verse 15, Paul argues that if their rejection of salvation has brought such blessing to so many, how much greater the blessing when they accept that salvation."
Even though many Jews have rejected the gospel message, their acceptance of it would mean the spiritual rebirth of Israel, Sibley wrote. He said this should drive Southern Baptists to share the gospel with Jews.
"Romans 11:15, far from teaching that God has rejected the Jewish people, actually provides the church with a rationale for Jewish evangelism and missions in the present," Sibley wrote.
Other Southern Baptists take a different view. Sibley challenged, in particular, the views of Tom Schreiner, a professor of New Testament interpretation and biblical theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Although Schreiner affirms that Christians should carry the gospel to ethnic Jews, he has expressed a different interpretation of Romans 11:15 in his commentary on Romans (Baker Academic).
When Paul says in Romans 1:16 the gospel is the power for salvation "to the Jew first," Schreiner wrote, the apostle "may be reflecting on his missionary practice of using the synagogue as a starting point for the preaching of the gospel" and his "theological conviction that the Jews were specially elected to be God's people."
Yet while Jews maintain a "crucial" role "in the outworking of salvation history," Schreiner argued, Romans 11:15 references God's temporary rejection of "some Jews." The church – consisting of both Jews and Gentiles – has received the blessing once promised to the nation of Israel.
But, Schreiner argued in his commentary, a time will come, after the fullness of the Gentiles has been gathered into the church, when a great ingathering of Jews will occur, and they will place their faith in Jesus as their Messiah (Romans 11:26).
Despite disagreement on some issues related to Israel, Southern Baptists agree Jewish evangelism is urgent.
Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention's 1996 annual meeting in New Orleans expressed this consensus view in a resolution "on Jewish evangelism." The statement included a commitment to pray "for the salvation of the Jewish people" and to "direct our energies and resources toward the proclamation of the gospel to the Jewish people."
In recent years, Southern Baptists have increased their efforts to reach people from every ethnic group, including Jews, the president of the Southern Baptist Messianic Fellowship (SBMF) told Baptist Press. Since 2014, the SBMF has been an organizational member of the Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism.
Southern Baptists are "the most evangelical of just about everybody. We share with everybody," SBMF President Ric Worshill said, adding that Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee President Frank S. Page especially encouraged outreach among ethnic groups when he established a Multi-Ethnic Advisory Council that completed its work last year.
Thanks in part to the advisory council's work, Worshill said, "slowly and surely, our ethnic groups" – like the SBMF – "are being supported by local Southern Baptist churches." But the work isn't finished, and Worshill urged Southern Baptists not only to support Jewish evangelism, but also to practice it.
"Jews also need to hear the gospel," Worshill said. "All people need to hear the gospel. We need to plant seeds in abundance, so that many people will come to the Lord."
Matt Queen, associate professor of evangelism at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, said he is "convinced" that a "consensus affirming the importance for Jews to be evangelized exists among Southern Baptists" despite disagreement on some theological matters related to the Jewish people.
"We must not only care about Jewish evangelism, we must practice Jewish evangelism," Queen said. "In addition to offering himself to be accursed by Christ if only his ethnically Jewish brothers would be saved (Romans 9:2-3), Paul desired and prayed for their salvation (Romans 10:1). How can Southern Baptists be anything but passionate about Jewish evangelism?"
(EDITOR'S NOTE – Benjamin Hawkins is the associate editor for The Pathway, the newsjournal of the Missouri Baptist Convention.)
A district court in Sweden recently ruled against midwife Ellinor Grimmark, who was denied employment at four hospitals because she refuses to participate in abortions.
In November 2013, Höglandssjukhuset Women's Clinic in Jönköping County rescinded its job offer to Grimmark after she said she could not perform abortions because of her conscientious objection and her Christian faith.
The head of the maternity ward left a voicemail saying "she was no longer welcome to work with them" and questioned "whether a person with such views actually can become a midwife," according to Scandinavian Human Rights Lawyers (SHRL), an NGO representing Grimmark. Swedish midwives are similar to nurses in other countries.
Grimmark filed a religious discrimination complaint with Sweden's Equality Ombudsman. While waiting for a ruling, two other employers also refused to hire her because of her pro-life stance. A fourth potential employer, Värnamo Hospital, offered to hire Grimmark as a temporary employee, but withdrew the offer after her complaint went public. The head of the hospital told Grimmark no employee was allowed to publicly take a stand against abortion, according to SHRL.
"As a midwife, I want to exercise a profession which defends life and saves lives at all cost," Grimmark said in a statement printed in the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet. "Are healthcare practitioners in Sweden to be forced to take part in procedures that extinguish life, at its beginning or final stages? Somebody has to take the little children's side, somebody has to fight for their right to life."
In April 2014, the Equality Ombudsman ruled Grimmark did not have a case because the hospital refused her the position "not because of her religion, but because she was not prepared to perform duties that were part of the job description," bosnewslife.com reported at the time.
But Sweden is a member of the European Union, which obligates the country to follow international laws defined by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. In 2010, the Assembly passed a medical care law declaring "no person, hospital, or institution shall be coerced, held liable, or discriminated against in any manner because of a refusal to perform, accommodate, assist, or submit to an abortion, the performance of a human miscarriage, or euthanasia, or any act which could cause the death of a human fetus or embryo, for any reason." In addition, the ratified European Convention on Human Rights states in Section 1 Article 9, "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion …."
Grimmark appealed the ruling and enlisted the help of Alliance Defending Freedom International (ADF). ADF filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the district court on Grimmark's behalf.
"Willingness to commit an abortion cannot be a litmus test for employment," ADF legal counsel Paul Coleman said in a press release.
But on Nov. 12, the court ruled against Grimmark, stating employers have the right to define job descriptions and expect applicants to be willing to fulfill all the duties listed. It also found it was appropriate and necessary to require midwives to perform abortions because "the region has an obligation to ensure that women have effective access to abortion."
Grimmark's husband noted the court loss in a Facebook post and pleaded for financial help. The court ordered Grimmark to pay the county's legal fees – about $109,000.
After the ruling, SHRL announced Grimmark, currently working as a midwife in Norway, will appeal the decision to Sweden's Göta Court of Appeal.
"Freedom of conscience is a fundamental human right," said SHRL attorney Jörgen Olson. "To deny freedom of conscience to all healthcare workers in Sweden cannot be considered a measure necessary in a democratic society.
Sweden has not shown in what way the country's healthcare system is so unique compared to the rest of Europe and neighboring countries that it is impossible to grant Ellinor Grimmark a right to conscience."
(EDITOR'S NOTE – Sarah Padbury writes for WORLD News Service, a division of WORLD Magazine at worldmag.com based in Asheville, N.C. Used by permission.)


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A year-old program that provides customized bikes to children and young adults with disabilities is expanding into four more Western Pennsylvania counties and West Virginia, according to the Robinson nonprofit that runs it.
Variety the Children's Charity's My Bike program, which has been providing adaptive bikes to physically disabled people 21 and younger in a 10-county area, including Allegheny, Beaver and Westmoreland counties, announced on Friday that the program now will serve Cambria, Crawford, Mercer and Somerset counties.
"Together, we can change these kids' lives and their families and their communities," Variety Chief Executive Officer Charles LaVallee said.
Since starting My Bike a year ago, Variety has received more than $650,000 from corporate, nonprofit, individual and other sponsors to buy 365 bikes, which cost about $1,800 each, he said.
"We didn't know when we began if we could do 100 bikes," LaVallee said.
Variety began giving adaptive bikes about 11 years ago under its Kids on the Go mobility program, but it started My Bike to increase access to bikes in its 10-county service area, LaVallee said.
The program is being expanded because hospital CEOs approached My Bike's founding sponsor, Highmark Inc., about bringing the program into counties where their facilities are located.
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Clegg Privately Furious at Cameron's EU Move, Independent Says
Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is privately furious at Prime Minister David Cameron's decision to remain outside a European Union pact to tighten budget rules, the Independent on Sunday reported.
Cameron last week refused to back a 27-nation pact without safeguards for London-based financial firms. Clegg publicly backed the Prime Minister's stance, the newspaper said, citing a person familiar with the situation.
Clegg believes the move may hurt the U.K.'s relationship with the U.S., weaken protections for London's financial district and threaten future foreign investment in the U.K., the Independent reported.
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Pink Banana Theatre wrestles with truth, Internet in 'Dark Play'
When we first meet Nick in Carlos Murillo's "Dark Play," now on stage at Pink Banana Theatre Company in a production that opened over the weekend, he's a blandly attractive, seemingly wholesome collegian — "pretty much indistinguishable," as he'll later tell us, "from any other college kid."
But there's more here than initially meets the eye, as we learn when the woman sharing Nick's dorm-room bed begins asking about the web of scars along his waistline. Does Nick tell Molly the truth about these now-healed wounds? Or should he do as he's always done and make "stuff" — Nick uses a different word — up? »Read Full Article(1)
Now a medical professor, 50 years ago he was in 'Charade'
Thomas Chelimsky did not become a movie star.
A brush with Elizabeth Taylor helped steer the former child actor away from film, and he chose a career path that led to his becoming professor and chairman of the Department of Neurology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2011. »Read Full Article(8)
Milwaukee saying goodbye to Onion, A.V. Club with 3 free parties
Of course a staff member of the Onion would crack a joke about the satirical paper's final print issue on Dec. 12.
"When the Madison Onion closed down last year, the editors there ran a piece that called for a city riot," said Matt Wild, city editor since 2011 for the Onion and its local arts and entertainment section and website A.V. Club Milwaukee. "I will be making a special request of the city that hopefully will not be quite as illegal." »Read Full Article(26)
Singles Scorecard: Hear new songs from U2, the Killers and Yo La Tengo
U2, featuring frontman Bono (above) is back with its first proper song since 2009, "Ordinary Love." Reuters photo by Paulo Whitaker. »Read Full Blog Post
Reading the John Updike stories: 'The Lucid Eye in Silver Town'
I'm reading and commenting on a story from The Library of America's recently published 'John Updike: The Collected Stories' each Wednesday until I finish the collection or give up.
In "The Lucid Eye in Silver Town," Jay August looks back on a day trip he made at age 13 with his father Martin from small-town Pennsylvania to New York City. Before I delve into the story, I have to ask: Couldn't many different Updike stories be called "The Lucid Eye" in, on or around something else? »Read Full Blog Post
Too much testosterone at the Business Journal?
Forgive me, but am I to understand that Milwaukee's "power brokers" in real estate, construction and architecture are an "intriguing mix" of all men?
Are these the best bars in Milwaukee?
The Esquire Network special "Best Bars in America" includes four Milwaukee establishments: the Knights Bar at Mader's, Holler House, Bryant's and Koz's Mini Bowl.
Sounds arbitrary to me. What do you think? »Read Full Blog Post(22)
On Tap Today: Cudahy Carolers and an alt Nutcracker
You have to wonder how this one would play beyond state lines. Come and be in the know by the nature of where you're located at "A Cudahy Caroler Christmas," a theater production that has a bit of fun with Milwaukee south siders. The musical show includes numbers such as "O Little Town of Cudahy" to the tune of "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and "We T'ree Guys" for "We Three Kings."
Or how about a version of "The Nutcracker" in trees and poinsettias rather that ballerinas and toy soldiers? Or, if you are in the mood for some dance, why not stop in to see some studying dancers and support the work they do with a pay-what-you-can bargain. »Read Full Blog Post


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Graphical Python Programming part 2: Write Your Own Screensaver - page 2
Getting Colorful
See the complete program on page 4
Colors in PyGTK, you may remember from the last article, can be specified either as color names or as Red, Green and Blue hues between 0 and 65535. You can vary your red, green and blue shades gradually, just the same way you did with the line positions. First initialize them:
r = random.randint(0, 65535) g = random.randint(0, 65535) b = random.randint(0, 65535) colorjump = 2048
Then inside the loop:
r = clip(r + random.randint(-colorjump, colorjump), 0, 65535) g = clip(g + random.randint(-colorjump, colorjump), 0, 65535) b = clip(b + random.randint(-colorjump, colorjump), 0, 65535) xgc.set_rgb_fg_color(gtk.gdk.Color(r, g, b))
If I also increase the number of steps in the loop to 500, I get something that looks like Figure 4.
Not bad! But wouldn't it be more fun if it just kept running and changing colors forever, like a screensaver?
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That gets a little trickier. Up to now, all the work has been done in the program's expose handler. But while the expose handler is running, the program can't be doing anything else -- like watching for clicks on the Quit button. It might not even have time to draw the screen. So you can't put a long loop, let alone one that will run forever, in handle_expose.
What's the solution? It's called an idle handler.
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For International Women's Day 2013, WAHA International pledges its support to women's health. On this day of celebration, we take a moment to rejoice our acheivments and reaffirm our commitment to the women of the world.
WAHA International successfully began a campaign to strengthen obstetric fistula treatment in Guinea. Renovations at the National Teaching Hospital Ignace Deen are nearly finished, providing a safe and secure domain for fistula repair in the capital of Conakry.
WAHA International's deployment of 26 motorcycle ambulances was graciously received by Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou during a ceremony held at the Présidence de la République in Niamey, Niger.
In his most recent visit to Mulago Hospital, WAHA collaborator and expert fistula surgeon Dr. Thomas Raassen participated in the operations of 45 women.
With the support of the World Bank, Waha International launched a much-needed community mobilization project focused on the empowerment and social reintegration of fistula survivors.
With the help of WAHA International, Banadir Hospital undergoes profound renovations and is reequiped to tackle maternal mortality and birth-related complications in Mogadishu.


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|Reviews for Rack 'Em Up, Let's Play Again
| Guest chapter 18 . 11/3/2014
This is amazing please do update!
| DeeBossTorres chapter 18 . 1/27/2014
This story is amazing. I cannot wait to the see the finished result. I can imagine all these scenes happing as the show plays out.
| samanddianefan10 chapter 18 . 4/29/2013
I just read all 18 chapters and must say im captivated. I love your take on all the relationships. Please do update soon
| seirina chapter 17 . 3/20/2013
I really enjoyed Niles comforting Jocelyn, and trying to make her see what's right in front of her, while images of CC ran through his head.
| AllTheSnakes chapter 18 . 3/18/2013
Great scene!
They are always close to each other in events of those first seasons, but we never see them exchanging more than a few words. I wonder if Niles was trying to make her notice how she was worth better than wait for Maxwell, or if they were just comfortable together.
| AllTheSnakes chapter 17 . 3/18/2013
That episode is so sad for Niles/CC shippers... You got it very well!
| EspoirDio chapter 17 . 3/18/2013
Beautiful! Totally in love with this and "Thanking his stars for her inherited lack of perception, he bowed himself out." made me chuckle. ;)
| AllTheSnakes chapter 16 . 2/24/2013
Awww... I always wanted them to end the episode like that! In fact, I always wished we could see them together in that episode (Niles is very sexy with the shirt Sylvia lent him, and then reading the newspaper on the sofa...).
I'm very glad you've made it!
| AllTheSnakes chapter 15 . 2/24/2013
How cute of Mister Sheffield to point it out to her!
| AllTheSnakes chapter 14 . 2/24/2013
Wow... They implied they want to be in a situation like that, using Fran and Maxwell...
Oh, denying! Here you are!
| Tanya Reed chapter 16 . 2/24/2013
I'm loving these snippets more and more as we go along. Great job!
| supermegafoxycho.yall chapter 15 . 2/24/2013
I like when Maxwell is included in a story, especially as someone with some sense. Thanks for updating, again!
| Glee'sGoldStarBaby chapter 14 . 2/24/2013
Yay! Your updating again :) So happy your continuing with this fic. Update again soon.
| Guest chapter 14 . 2/24/2013
Yay! Your updating again :) Loving it, please keep going!
| supermegafoxycho.yall chapter 14 . 2/23/2013
Oooh buuuurrrn
It makes sense that Fran would tell Niles and they could not wait to tell CC


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No. 7 Hoosiers hold off No. 13 Spartans 75-70
Updated: January 27, 2013, 5:27 PM ETAssociated Press
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Gary Harris got a chance to show his home-state team what it missed out on Sunday.
He made five 3-pointers, defended hard and did enough little things to put Michigan State in position to win, thought this one may go down as one that got away.
Victor Oladipo finished with 21 points, seven rebounds and six steals, leading No. 7 Indiana past the 13th-ranked Spartans 75-70 and into the Big Ten lead.
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Review: I've been to this place quite a few times. There are several hot dishes that are pre-cooked and also lots of fake meat. But the pre-cooked has usually finished by around 1pm, so arrive early if you want to choose from these. There is also a menu on the wall will many dishes that they will cook for you. Great if you can read Thai, but not much use otherwise. Friendly place though. The also sell noodles, frozen foods, vegan sweets, etc to take away. Nearest BTS is Surasak, but it's probably about a 30 min walk from there.
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Welcome To Tricor Pacific Capital
Tricor Pacific Capital is a leading private equity firm that invests in profitable, well-managed, lower middle-market companies in the United States and Canada. Since its founding in 1996, Tricor has managed over $1.2 billion of investor capital.
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Happstack is a modular Haskell web development framework. It includes a fast HTTP server, a scalable, type-safe persistence layer, multiple templating options, and more.
The Happstack Book (previously know as The Happstack Crash Course), weighing in at over 50,000 words offers a comprehensive introduction to Happstack and many of its optional components.
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Is The Food You Eat Safe?
A look at GMO.
The fact is GMO food is not going away, well, unless governments stand up to Monsanto who are backed at all cost by the American government. This food has been deemed fit by the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) although what a lot of people do not know is that there is in the words of Newspaper stories a swinging door for employees to move from the FDA to Monsanto and back again, the same for the other way round where Monsanto employees move to the FDA and back again, I also read that the devil himself (Donald Rumsfeld) was part of a subsidiary of Monsanto in 1977 and now hand picks the employees for the FDA… I know it is a bit off track but I seriously hope someone looks into Rumsfeld, he seems to have a hand in everything bad that goes on in America… Anyway back to topic, the easiest way to ask if you want to eat GMO food is… I grow a carrot that I put pesticides over to stop creepy crawlies eating it, then I grow a carrot with just water in a greenhouse to stop the creepy crawlies… When both were ripe which would you eat?
Released internal documents from Monsanto have shown that their own scientists are worried about the affect GMO's have on us. In Scotland Monsanto paid a scientific research company to test their products, after the test a scientist did a television interview and said that " It is very very unfair to use our fair citizens as guinea pigs" because in studies on rats showed that while not causing cancers (2 week study) they did have an adverse affect on cancerous cells, meaning they will grow and get worse. The man who gave the interview was unfortunately sacked from his job the next day, his boss got forced to take early retirement, which seems to happen to a lot of people who speak out about Monsanto but it is bigger than that because a few years later he was told by a high up person in his former company told him he was sacked after a phone call from Downing Street, no doubt Monsanto got onto the American government who got onto our government to get rid of the people who told the truth..Monsanto and their subsidiaries are a huge business and in my opinion do not care about people, they care about profits, in 1989 over a thousand people died and over 10,000 people were left disabled due to one of their products, of course being a big business, you pay them off and try your next product and see how many survive, In the research I have done, i found few independent scientists who think GMO is safe for human consumption mostly because of the toxic chemicals put in GMO and the fact that the human body cannot digest these toxins, so if you eat GMO the food may pass through you but the toxins are in your body for up to a month and you digestive system does not get any rest because it works 24 hours a day trying to figure out how to get rid of the toxins.
Some scientists will come out and say that within 3 – 7yrs of eating GMO foods you will get cancer, that statement cannot be corroborated but when you think of them toxins constantly in your body if you eat GMO's a lot, then it has to at least make you unhealthy.
Monsanto GMO's are patented so no one else can grow them, unfortunately for none GMO farmers this is another way Monsanto get their fields, the way they get the field is inhumane really but then again I have never thought they were part of the human race, what they do is, lets say you have two wheat farms next to each other, the wind blows GMO into the next field, then the second field has their patented wheat, so Monsanto threaten to sue and we all know farmers are struggling because of Monsanto's grip on the food chain and rather than fight a food giant they sell up…. to Monsanto
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Justine Staub said she doesn't remember much about the moment on July 19 when she was crowned Princess America National Teen.
Staub said she vaguely recalls her grandma and mother screaming in the audience, and the announcer asking her questions. But really, she was just trying to hold her crown on straight and hope no one noticed her sash was upside-down.
It was a happy, albeit slightly awkward, ending to Staub's second ever pageant competition, an experience she said helped her grow as a woman.
"Pageants aren't just about the girls on stage, or getting a crown and a title," the 18-year-old said. "It's about growing as a person and learning to be confident in who you are. Confidence is beautiful to watch."
To someone unfamiliar with pageants, it probably looks like a bunch of girls walking around in pretty outfits, Staub said, but there's more to it than that. It's what the spectators don't see that defines each of the girls as a strong, giving and passionate individuals, she added.
One of those behind-the-scene moments happened when the Princess America pageant was invited to Give Kids the World, a nonprofit resort in Florida for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families.
Visiting with the kids there was an once-in-a-lifetime experience that changed her forever, Staub said.
"I was thinking of being a parent, and how hard it must be to know your child won't be living that long," Staub said. "I was just amazed at what they did there, and from now on I plan to promote this place so more families in the same situation can experience it."
But it wasn't until a little girl, wearing her own little princess crown, introduced herself to Staub that she realized her responsibility as a role model for younger girls.
"When she saw all these girls around the room with crowns on, she couldn't get over all the princesses, and I was one of them," Staub said. "It made my day to be somebody she could look up to."
Staub plans to continue her pageant career with the Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA competition in December, where she hopes to champion for dance ministry and the importance of self-expression. She's also starting at Regent University at the end of August. "When you're on stage and being confident in yourself, it shines through, and the judges see that," Staub said. "You just give you're all and know that you did you're best. That's all you can do."


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Living with pain can be hard, especially if it's long-term—or chronic—pain. Chronic pain is pain that lasts for 3 months or longer. It can make you sleep poorly, feel tired and irritable, and have a hard time being active or working. It may strain your relationships with loved ones too, making it hard to be the kind of friend, parent, or partner you want to be. You may feel stressed or get depressed or anxious. And these feelings may make your pain worse, because they can make it harder to manage your pain.
Learning how to control your pain can help with all of these things. In most cases, chronic pain can be managed so that you can get on with your life and do your daily activities. One way you can help manage and cope with your pain is through healthy thinking. Your thoughts are something you can control. You can learn techniques to make your thoughts more helpful and encouraging.
Many people work with a therapist or a counselor to learn CBT techniques. But you also can practice some of them on your own.
Working on your own or with a counselor, you can practice these three steps:
The goal is to have encouraging thoughts come naturally. It may take some time to change the way you think. You will need to practice healthy thinking every day.
The first step is to notice and stop your negative thoughts or "self-talk." Self-talk is what you think and believe about yourself and your experiences. It's like a running commentary in your head. Your self-talk may be rational and helpful. Or it may be negative and not helpful.
The next step is to ask yourself whether your thoughts are helpful or unhelpful. Does the evidence support your negative thought? Some of your self-talk may be true. Or it may be partly true but exaggerated. Here are a few types of unhelpful thoughts to look for:
The next step is to choose a more helpful thought to replace the unhelpful one.
Keeping a journal of your thoughts is one of the best ways to practice stopping, asking, and choosing your thoughts. It makes you aware of your self-talk. Write down any negative or unhelpful thoughts you had during the day. If you think you might not remember at the end of your day, keep a notepad with you so you can write down any unhelpful thoughts as they happen. Then write down a helpful message to correct the unhelpful thought.
With daily practice, more accurate and helpful thoughts will soon come naturally to you.
But there may be some truth in some of your negative thoughts. You may have some things you want to work on. If you didn't perform as well as you would like on something, write that down. You can work on a plan to correct or improve that area.
If you want, you also could write down what kind of unhelpful thought you had. Journal entries might look something like this:
Stop your negative thought
Ask what type of negative thought you had
Choose an accurate, helpful thought
"I haven't had too much pain today, but I know that won't last for long."
Focusing on negative
"Sure, not all days will be pain-free. But I've had some days without pain lately, so I know that not every day will be painful."
"I've taken all my medicines like I'm supposed to, so I should have no pain at all."
"Medicines help a lot, but they may not solve the problem alone. Using them along with healthy thinking gives me the best chance of coping with my pain."
"There's really nothing I can do to help my pain."
"Some days my pain may feel tough to manage, but there have been days when it has been better. And there are things that I can do to help my pain."
"Sitting for more than 2 hours is very hard, so there's no way I can ever go back to my job."
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"I may not be able to return to my exact job, but I can be open to other arrangements that will allow me to continue to work in a similar way."
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Samuel Merritt University Goes Live on Koha with ByWater Solutions
ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and the U.S.' forefront provider of Koha (www.koha-community.org (http://www.koha-
ByWater Solutions completed the migration for the John A. Graziano Memorial Library this summer and will be providing ongoing Koha support and hosting services for their over 38,000 bibliographic records and 5,000 patrons.
Marcus Banks, Director of Library/Academic & Instructional Innovation at Samuel Merritt University, says,
"Samuel Merritt University is delighted to have switched to the community version of Koha. In 2008, having experienced firsthand the disadvantages of proprietary systems and vendor lock-in, and recognizing the advantages of open source software and the strength of the Koha community, we migrated to a hosted version of Koha. But our vendor replaced its offering of the community version of Koha with its own proprietary fork, putting us back where we started. With our migration to ByWater Solutions, we have a capable partner as we push the boundaries of what is possible with an ILS, and we're able to benefit from and contribute to the expertise and camaraderie of the diverse and collaborative Koha community."
The John A. Graziano Memorial Library's customized online catalog can be viewed here: http://samuelmerritt.bywatersolutions.com.
About the John A. Graziano Memorial Library and Samuel Merritt University:
Founded in Oakland, California, in 1909, Samuel Merritt University is a fully accredited health sciences institution offering degrees in nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant, and podiatric medicine. SMU educates students to become highly skilled and compassionate healthcare professionals who positively transform the experience of care in diverse communities. The University's John A. Graziano Memorial Library provides access to the largest collection of nursing and pediatric journals and monographs in the East Bay and is one of the best collections of these specialty areas in California. For more information about the John A. Graziano Memorial Library please visit, http://www.samuelmerritt.edu/
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