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It's bad enough when we naughty, histrionic Mommies buck the vaccination system and claim a mere diet has helped our kids, but when "Americas Most Trusted Doctor" (Dr. Oz) who is backed by America's wealthiest woman and media empire owner (Oprah) says that he also bucks the system, well, that simply won't do. Dr. Oz admitted to Joy Behar that not all children have to follow the AAP vaccination schedule, his wife did not vaccinate his children for H1N1, and he has promoted dietary interventions as treatment for autism. That's when a doctor like Paul Offit, infectious disease specialist and vaccine patent holder might call on friends to print an article like the one that ran yesterday in a faltering metropolitan daily, knocking America's most trusted doctor down a few notches in the hopes of obfuscating the fact that your message is failing. If you can pour salt in the wound of families and children facing autism during autism awareness month at the same time, that's just an added bonus I suppose. We ran three posts recently featuring Dr. Oz:
If Dr. Oz Spreads out the Vaccine Schedule for His Kids, Why Can't We?
Dr. Oz Talks Vaccination, Cautiously, On The View
Dr. Oz Promotes DAN! Style Dietary Intervention to Treat Inflammation in Autism
Yesterday, I was in a Barnes & Noble in Connecticut and found an autism awareness month display. Three of the seven books were about autism treatment, healing, recovery and prevention. (Did I mention a failing message?)
Tony Lyons and Ken Siri's Cutting Edge Therapies for Autism
Jenny McCarthy and Dr. Jerry Kartzinel's Healing and Preventing Autism
Dr. Bob Sears The Autism Book: What Every Parent Needs to Know About Early Detection, Treatment, Recovery, and Prevention
Here's the transcript from Dr. Oz's conversation with Joy Behar:
BEHAR: We`re back with Dr. Oz. I have some questions on Twitter.
OZ: Fire away.
BEHAR: Well first of all, someone want to know there`s a rumor that your kids did not get flu shots or swine flu shots is that right?
OZ: That`s true, they did not.
BEHAR: Do you not believe in them for the kids or what?
OZ: No, I would have vaccinated my kids but you know I - I`m in a happy marriage and my wife who makes most of the important decisions as most couples have in their lives.
BEHAR: Yes.
OZ: Who absolutely refuses. And listen the kids are pretty healthy. We actually think two of them caught swine flu very early on anyway. So there`s no point vaccinating them again. And you know -
BEHAR: What do you, on that same subject, what do you think about this controversy that`s going around about vaccinations and autism and other little things that happens to kids?
OZ: I think kids like the canary and the coal mine. That they are more susceptible to some of the toxins maybe our generation was able to overcome. That`s why we have a lot more allergies now. Perhaps one of the reason why we have more autism. But I don`t think it`s just the vaccine.
BEHAR: No.
OZ: Although, I don`t want to ignore the potential role they have. So what we do with our kids is we spread the vaccine out.
BEHAR: Right, so why don`t the doctors just do that?
OZ: It`s a lot more expensive and kids fall through the cracks.
BEHAR: Yes.
OZ: It`s hard enough to get in there once a year for the shots and imagine if you have to bring them in every other month. And those two factors are a big issue.
BEHAR: I see.
OZ: Plus, we have no evidence at all, Joy, none, that they actually cause autism.
BEHAR: Right.
OZ: And a lot of doctors very reasonably say, listen, why you want to spend more money, cause more hardship for the kids and their families, if we don`t think it`s really a problem. But you know if you want to be cautious, you can do what we did.
BEHAR: Well, I don`t remember getting this many shots when I was a kid. Or my daughter getting as many shots.
OZ: We did Joy. When you and I were -
BEHAR: She got the measles on her own. She got chicken pox on her on, so what?
OZ: We got exposed to ten vaccines when we were kids. Children today are now getting closer to 30. So there`s a big difference between the exposure amounts and, plus, we have a much purer environment that we grew up in and compared to what kids are exposed to today.
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Judith took the words right out of my mouth. I live in RI and just learned about exemption forms. My son regressed after the MMR vaccine. I no longer allow my children to get vaccinated. My children rarely see the pediatrician and are almost never sick. It was so difficult to get the forms because they can only be ordered by the school nurse and it took a while for RI Dept. of Health to send them. No other school in my town had any. And the nurse had never seen one. I guess we'll be the first.
"...and nurses have NO power"
I recall overhearing a nurse in a local hospital commenting on the rise in childhood disabilities - talking to her peers - "it's something in the shots".
That was almost 10 years ago.
It may not be political clout, but you have more power than you know...
This is why I have a family doctor, not a pediatrician, for my family. And he no longer gives childhood immunizations. He did vaccinate my ASD son, and I am not sure why he stopped vaccinations in his office. He knows that my daughter is completely free of vaccines. I said I was delaying...which is true...I'm delaying them until she is 18 and then she can make her own decision.
I recommend dropping any pediatrician who makes you sign forms, etc in regards to refusal of vaccines. And if you can't find a supportive pediatrician, find a family doctor. Mine is great, and he will sign orders on pretty much anything. He knows that I read and research, and he just asks for copies of the information/tests/progress notes from the other practitioners who treat my son.
It is interesting. I am also a pedi RN. People know that I am against vaccines. Before my son, I was really indifferent to vaccines. I had cared for children who were vaccine injured, and I did worry about them. I had parents tell me of their child's regression post vaccines, and I believed them, but I figured that they must have a family history involved, and that something like this could never happen to my child. Wrong!
I have told people that I don't vaccinate my children because of my son and they look at me in shock. Usually the first thing they ask is how my child is allowed into school/preschool. And that is when I inform them about exemption forms, which is always a HUGE shock to them as well!
I know most people I discuss this with won't research and find out for themselves how dangerous and useless vaccines are, but they can't say they weren't warned!
@PhillyLisa, We too are from Philly, go to a CHOP pediatrician, I would love to chat about your experiences as I have had similar. I just was emailed this site by a friend, so happy to have found it!
I'm new here, but Willoughby and his lovely wife are my two oldest and dearest friends. I love The Boy as though he were my very own poop painting ball of joy.
I was wondering if anyone else caught the following (emphasis my own):
"BEHAR: What do you, on that same subject, what do you think about this controversy that`s going around about vaccinations and ---> autism and other little things <--- that happens to kids?"
Did Joy Behar REALLY liken autism to a LITTLE thing? What the F*CK?
A broken arm is a little thing. (Can you tell I'm a dude?)
Autism does not equate to a broken arm.
What about Offit's other disease?
M, you read this site more closely than my mother, I'm quite certain. The subtle point, which you are missing, is that Trine went after Dr. Oz for his "undermining" the vacine schedule, specifically Dr. Offit's pet shot. We have praised and cajoled and prodded Dr. Oz in the past.
After floundering for years on the cupcake circuit, Trine Tsouderos has really found her gig. She just needs to call up the Offit-Singer-Gorski crowd and take their temperature: which medical figure has wandered off the reservation this month, or dared to question the manufactured public health consensus? Then she can just regurgitate their one-sided, paper thin talking points verbatim, perhaps get griping quotes from a couple of academic hacks who believe important health decisions should be left up to experts like them, and sit back and collect her awards for excellence in journalism. Nice work if you can get it.
Don't you guys remember a few months ago when you condemned Oz for the very same interview you're now praising him for? Jeez, it's not even my website and even I remember that.
OZ: Perhaps one of the reason why we have more autism. But I don`t think it`s just the vaccine.
OZ: Although, I don`t want to ignore the potential role they have. So what we do with our kids is we spread the vaccine out.
OZ: Plus, we have no evidence at all, Joy, none, that they actually cause autism.
These three statements are totally CONTRADICTORY so all I can figure out is that this guy is walking up there on a tightrope.
I have been kicked out of 3 pediatricians offices in the past 5 years for refusing to vaccinate my already vaccine injured children. I guess 2 children with vaccine induced autism is just not enough for them. It kills me how those arrogant, pompus, AMA butt kissing doctors want you to sign a waiver stating you will NOT hold them responsible if your child is injured from vaccinations, but will kick you out if you refuse to vaccinate. Heres a novel idea: Let's start SUING THE DOCTOR and I bet those practices stop real fast!
For Sorsha: Yes, the pediatric practice we go to really does make parents sign that form saying we are endangering the lives of other children. I know it for a fact because it happened to my friend. She showed me a copy of the form. She had been caught off guard and regrettably signed it. It hasn't happened to us yet because the last time my daughter was supposedly due for vaccinations, I was still dutifully allowing it, with some misgivings. I only really educated myself on the issue over the past couple of years. Our DAN doctor is a plane ride away, and we really need a doctor within our insurance network so that we can get these tests done, but the insurance company demands that the doctors vaccinate, so it's going to be really difficult to find one locally.
For those of you who are interested, I live in Germany. We just took our 4 month old (no vaccines) to the doctor yesterday. It wasn't our normal doctor and he mentioned "You are behind in your shots". We said we were delaying them. He smiled, patted the baby on the head and said, "Well, I guess that's how it is then." and said nothing else. Our regular doctor said it was fine to delay but we should think of giving a few select shots to our 3 year old who is starting pre-school IF WE WANTED TO.
When I was in the hospital having the 4 month old it was the middle of swine flu hysteria. My OBGYN said not to get the shot plain and simple due to lack of research, so I asked the doctor at the hospital what she thought. She (someone who worked with newborns) said it was up to me but she didn't get it and plenty of her coworkers didn't have it either.
So things are different everywhere.
Jake Crosby, I second that!
Regarding rotavirus, I have never ever in my entire life known anyone who had a problem with rotavirus. People come down with diarrhea and then get over it. May have been rotavirus, or maybe not. I hear that people in third world country have more problems with this virus. I'd rather have a temporary case of rotavirus than the chronic GI problems which can arise from over-vaccination.
I thought it was too perfect a coincidence:
Dr. Oz calls rotavirus vax optional...
crusading Chicago Tribune reporter Trine Tsouderos sounds the alarm. And she even has a quote from RotaTeq doc Paul Offit: "Science is not a democracy where people's votes decide what is right, said infectious disease specialist Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. 'Look at the data, look at science and make a decision based on science that has been published,' he said."
Offit slammed Oz saying, 'It shows you that he is a cardiologist and not an immunologist.'
Offit misses the point that he himself is not a toxicologist, yet he talks like he's an expert when he says the injecting mercury into babies won't hurt them.
I noticed that Dr. Sherri Tenpenny's book is mentioned,
"But it also recommends Saying No To Vaccines,by an activist who compares immunizations to playing with a loaded gun."
The "activist" isn't cited as a medical expert nor does her name appear.
Obviously, Tsouderos and the Trib have their own agenda and it doesn't involve fair and balanced coverage of this issue.
Anne Dachel
one thing nurses can do, and they can do it anonymously, is to go on pregnancy forums and warn mothers to be...
I've had moms approach me too who were worried about vaccines and knew about my son.. people are getting it.
PhillyLisa: wow does your post rile me up! Did you really say your doc makes you sign a form saying you are endangering other children's lives for refusing the second dose of chicken pox vaccine? You know, does your doc make parents who get the chicken pox vaccine sign a form promising to keep their children away from immunocompromised children for 6 weeks or risk endangering their lives? Yes, the vaccine insert says keep away for 6 weeks because the varicella virus sheds for at least that long. I am so tired of the 'unvaccinated are dangerous' line when the vaccinated bring their own risks; viral shedding (flumist, varicella, shingles, measles, mumps, rubella, rotavirus) and carrying higher concentrations of more harmful virus and/or bacteria due to serotype replacement (Gardasil, Prevnar, etc) The dialog is woefully incomplete.
I was so proud to hear that my niece (my son with autism's cousin) is requiring her nursing students to research "vaccines and autism". She accepts whatever conclusion they come to and doesn't impose her point of view, but is teaching them to think for themselves and do some research. Nearly all of her students are young women of childbearing age.
My haircutter spreads out her babies' vaccines, everywhere I go when I mention autism, people ask about vaccines and volunteer their opinions that there MUST be a connection. MANY more people with no direct connection are questioning and taking control of their children's health.
Celebs like this do make a difference.
I find it interesting that prior to vaccination pediatricians give parents a waiver to sign that says essentially, "I understand that this rare side effect can happens (seizures, death, etc.) and I will not hold the doctor responsible". Then if the parent refuses to consent to the vaccination the child is kicked out of the practice. Medical Mafia strong-arming for sure.
Because of these medical mafia strong arm tactics, I know a growing number of parents who use the urgent treatment centers for emergencies and have their children go to Naturopaths for primary care. And you know what? They say their children have never been healthier.
I understand their situation (the docs) - they are afraid of getting in trouble if some gets a vaccine preventable disease. But the answer is not medical mafia tactics. The answer is not putting some children at risk because it is most expedient to your practice and professional reputation. The answer is not to ignore eye witness testimony from parents.
Perhaps a start is community forums between local pediatricians and concerned parents, where each can voice their concerns and be heard. Clearing the strategy of taking everything that is handed down from AAP in Chicago as gospel clearly is not working. Medicine is such a top down profession and believe me, it shows.
RE: Nurse who couldn't speak up...
I'm a pediatric RN as well. We really CAN'T speak up, at least not very openly. We will lose our jobs. The best that I can do is be mildly subversive (and I'm pretty good at that.)
First of all, when a mother questions or wants to delay, I give her my 100% support.
Then, for other moms, I make sure they get the full info on the vaccine BEFORE they sign to get it and I point out the contraindications and the side effects. I can justify that under "informed consent". It's hard being in the medical field... and nurses have NO power.
More toilet journalism from Latrine Tsouderos!
Our local pediatricians office just called asking if our kids were going to schedule their physicals or not, since they haven't had one since age two. The gist being that if they didn't schedule the physicals, they'd have to be taken off the books and we'd lose our nearby emergency ped (our holistic ped is two hours away). I said they had mitochondrial disorders and wouldn't be vaccinating but we still needed an emergency resource, so did they still want to schedule the physicals? The nurse sounded sorry and alarmed, said, oh, dear, well, in that case, let's just leave them on the books for now, okay?
It was an interesting exchange. I hadn't realized that pediatricians are penalized if they have less than a 95% vaccination rate. Is that even in the case of medical contraindication? What a racket.
I have to take my daughter to the pediatrician next week. Since she's the only doctor we have who is in our insurance network, we need her to fill out a form to get our insurance to pay for some tests. In this practice, doctors aren't even allowed to fill out a form for camp if you're one day late for a "well visit." I know they she is going to insist on certain shots that are required for entering fifth grade. Of course I am going to refuse them. I'm hoping she'll still fill out the forms I need, especially when I'll refuse to sign the now-required form saying I am endangering the life of other children by refusing the vaccines. This happened to my friend when she refused a chicken pox booster for her son (same doctor). This is a pediatric practice that is affiliated with CHOP. I know it's time to go elsewhere, but we have always really liked this pediatrician despite the affiliation with CHOP. She has always made referrals and fought with my insurance company to get what my daughter needs. Many doctors won't do what she does, including the DAN doctors.
Great that the alternative treatment books are featured at Barnes & Noble. Please, everyone who can manage the time, go and ask for these books at your local public library. Libraries will buy books that are requested and they will keep books that circulate. Because of the economic downturn, libraries are very busy, so every book that gets in will reach people.
Hey Kim and AoA friends,
Completely off topic, but I wanted to share this with all of you as it is most assuredly in the awesome category.
Morgan's Wonderland has opened in San Antonio Texas.
It's an amusement park created specifically for Special Needs children and their families. Special needs kids get in free, and caregivers and family members get in for $5 a piece.
When i first heard an Autism Mom say that her 2nd child hadn't seen the Ped it struck me funny at first. But then, like a bult of lightening I (once again) realized my own brainwashing. My 2nd sons last Ped visit was 6 wks old and that was only to make it official that he was seen. He's 22 mos, and what do ya know, has not been there since. Of course, he's not had a single needle in his life and never will.
I'm lucky to have a ped who is tolerant of our family's decision to spread out and delay vaccinations for our second son. We had to leave our first ped, after our first son was born, received all of the vaccinations and was diagnosed with autism at 20 months of age. She refused to spread out vacs for our second son. I was told by our current ped that he can afford to spread out vacs with patients who request it, b/c he has such a large practice. However, I was shocked to learn from him that the insurance companies will withhold payment and potentially drop doctors who do not follow the CDC vac schedule with more than 5% of their patients. It's amazing to me how much politics, money, and insurance bullying impacts our kids health.
"no evidence at all"??????? excuse me, but aren't doctors allowed access to VAERS and court cases, etc. etc., it's a little more than anecdotal here...grrrr.
Re: Ana B comment.
My friend is a nurse at a ped's office. She very much believes in a vaccine/autism connection and spreads out and selectively vaccinates her own child. Yet, she says that there is nothing that she can do about her situation... (ie can't talk to parents, can't make suggestions, etc.). While I appreciated her honesty in telling me that... I almost wanted to sock her in the face (figuratively, of course). Just to know that if all the people like her actually spoke up about what is going on ... things may actually change... but instead she's part of the problem. :(
I give Dr. Oz kudos for at least being honest about the fact that his own children weren't vaccinated against the phony "Swine Flu"... Also, about his concerns about too many vaccinations, etc...
As for Dr. (Pr)Offit... What a tool!
Great article Kim.
I still believe peds are more worried about liability than they are their patients. There is no little-to-no-liability for vaccines but there's a great deal of potential liability for so-called "infectious disease."
There is very much a mafia-esque mentality, i.e., "don't go against the 'family'" (the pharma/insurance gravy train).
Dr. Oz is paying the price for his small break with "the family." How dare he?
My son's pediatrician told me that he told his own son to spread out his child's vaccines. Yet, at that same doctor's practice, if a parent refused to vaccinate her child on the schedule CDC recommends (And this includes annual flu shot & Gardasil) that family gets kicked out of the practice. This is blatant hypocracy. I can't believe he even had the balls to tell me that. Medical mafia-ism prevails.
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11 News is uncovering information about allegations of sexual misconduct involving Fort Carson soldiers. Sources at the Mountain Post confirm the case in question reportedly involves underage girls.
KKTV 11 News has also learned that it's not just Fort Carson that's investigating the soldiers. Colorado Springs police say they are also doing an investigation. Police say their case involves one Fort Carson soldier and one 15-year-old girl.
After we told them about the open investigation, Fountain police and the El Paso County Sheriff's office say they are looking into whether or not any of their cases are connected.
Officials at Fort Carson are not releasing very many details about the case, including what the alleged sexual misconduct was. They say they may release more information July 25.
According to CNN, investigators are looking into reports that several soldiers joined an "online social dating" website. The soldiers reportedly contacted women through the website that they thought were at least 18-years-old. According to CNN, investigators believe some or all of the soldiers had sex with the women, who then turned out to be minors.
Officials released the following statement to 11 News Tuesday:
"Fort Carson is currently investigating allegations against several Soldiers for sexual misconduct with female minors. The command is aware of the cases and is closely monitoring the investigations of these Soldiers. At this time, no further details can be released as law enforcement investigations are still pending. We assure the community that the Army is taking this situation seriously and updates will be provided as information is made available."
There's no indication if any soldiers have been arrested, or detained on post based on these allegations.
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March 7, 2013
Vanderbilt topped Eastern Illinois 8-3 on a chilly Tuesday night. Freshman Walker Buehler tossed six scoreless innings to earn his first win. The Commodores pushed their winning streak to 10 games on Sunday with a walk-off 3-1 in 10 innings over Illinois-Chicago. Freshman Rhett Wiseman provided the heroics with his first career home run going over the right field bleachers. Vanderbilt clinched the series on Saturday behind starter Tyler Beede, winning 5-3 in the snow. Kevin Ziomek dominated in a 15-strikeout complete game shutout of Illinois-Chicago in Vanderbilt's 9-0 win on Friday night.
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Freedom Act, Patriot Act or Status Quo Act
Recorded: Monday, June 8, 2015
Senior Fellow Ivan Eland appears on RTs CrossTalk program to discuss topics surrounding the US Patriot Act and whether or not Edward Snowden was a hero or a traitor. On a panel with other defense analysts, the US war against terror is debated. The panel discusses whether or not the US government is violating the constitutional rights by collecting metadata of phone calls and emails of US citizens.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: TelevisionIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Government Power, Government Secrecy, Privacy
Ivan Eland: DEA's New Database
Recorded: Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland appears on Doug Stephan's Good Day radio show to talk about the DEA and their tactics of accessing data from civilians' phone calls. According to Eland, this is an example of one agency borrowing tactics from another in violation of the Constitution.
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Ivan Eland: Is Obama the Worst President Ever?
Recorded: Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of the newly updated book Recarving Rushmore which ranks all of the U.S. Presidents in terms of peace, prosperity and liberty, talks about President Barack Obama and his ranking. Obama ranks near the bottom, but it was an early 20th century president that takes the title of "Worst President" in terms of peace, prosperity and liberty. Eland spoke with Kerry Lutz of the Financial Survival Network.
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Ivan Eland on Ranking US Presidents
Recorded: Sunday, October 26, 2014
Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, appears on Fox & Friends to discuss his updated version of "Recarving Rushmore."
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Recorded: Friday, September 19, 2014
Senior Fellow Ivan Eland speaks on Americas Presidents at the 2014 Liberty Political Action Conference .
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Recorded: Monday, June 24, 2013
Ivan Eland, Independent Institute Senior Fellow, discusses the NSA surveillance program and the fate of Edward Snowden on the nationally syndicated Americas Radio News Network.
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Recorded: Friday, June 7, 2013
Ivan Eland, Independent Institute Senior Fellow, appeared on RT Television with analysis of warrantless monitoring of internet and telephones by the federal government.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: TelevisionIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Technology, Terrorism and National Crises
Ivan Eland on U.S. Foreign Policy Amid Federal Cuts
Recorded: Monday, April 22, 2013
Ivan Eland, Independent Institute Senior Fellow, discusses the use of drones in surveillance and war. Is this the future of U.S. policy? Are the ways the U.S. is using drones unconstitutional?
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Water hardness????? Please explain.
I have never really understood water hardness. What is it, how do you alter it, what effects it etc
I don't think we have a sticky on this, probably should consider one; so I'll briefly explain (I hope:-)).
Hardness is the level of mineral and bicarbonates in water,and there are two aspects. GH refers to general hardness, principally the minerals calcium and magnesium though there are others, and the more dissolved minerals in the water the harder the water. KH refers to the level of bicarbonates, and while this is irrelevant to fish directly, the degree of KH determines the extent of "buffering" of the pH that the water will contain. The bicarbonates prevent the pH from fluctuating, up to the level of the bicarbonates. This is why adjusting the pH can be so difficult, and chemicals sold for this purpose should absolutely never be used in a tank with live fish. The buffering capacity of the water will return the pH and the fluctuating pH is more stressful on fish than a stable pH that may be somewhat outside the preferred range. A slight digression on pH, but it is important to know that they are connected.
The GH of water does impact the fish. Fish that are termed soft water come from waters that have very little (sometimes no) mineral content; they are--usually--also acidic. While some fish can adapt to harder water to a certain extent, especially if tank raised for generations, some do not. The dissolved calcium in the harder water can block the kidneys for one thing. Hard water fish, like livebearers, rift lake cichlids, and certain other species here and there, come from waters that have varying degrees of hardness. These fish need the mineral in the water in order to be healthy, and keeping them in soft water can be just as troublesome health-wise as keeping soft water fish in hard water. The two should never be combined in the same aquarium simply because the water will either be soft or hard, and some of the fish will be fine while the others will not, and this is stressful which leads to health problems, aggression, sickness, even death.
So it is important to know the preferred GH of a fish before adding it to your aquarium. "Compatibility" includes having fish that share roughly the same range in hardness and pH and temperature. As I said above, KH has no effect on fish (or plants), but it is relevant only with respect to the buffering capacity of the water. And this leads us to your question about changing the water hardness.
Soft water can be made hard fairly easily, simply by adding limestone, dolomite, marble, lava rock or crushed coral. Using small fragments of the former rocks (as in gravel) works better, but even a large chunk of limestone will slightly harden the water but slower than using the other substances. One has to be careful not to use too much, as the increase can be too sudden if there are fish in the tank; such adjustments should be done without fish in the aquarium, slowly and over several days and weeks. I mentioned pH being connected; as water hardness increases, pH tends to increase as well. So one must understand that raising the hardness is likely to increase the pH.
Softening hard water is more difficult. Peat can be used; it releases tannins that acidify and soften water. The harder the water, the more peat required, and the quicker it wears out. It also colours the water a yellowish-brown. It has to be continually replaced. This method works fine for small changes and in small tanks, but if the required change is significant, a better method is to use Reverse Osmosis (RO). This is a machine that removes everything from the water, creating basically "pure" water. The resulting water is then mixed with a bit of the harder water to restore some mineral and pH buffering.
If the KH is low, adding real wood to the aquarium can cause the pH to slightly acidify. This is not usually very significant, much like using the solid limestone rock to harden soft water. Also, with a low KH, the natural processes in an aquarium will slowly lower the pH as the water acidifies. But if the KH is high, it buffers this and usually the pH remains stable. Regular partial water changes are important for controlling this natural acidification and they tend to help maintain stability long-term.
Hope this explains it a bit.
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Retailer of the Week
Walter Sbaiz, owner of Spazio Moda, Italy
08 Aug. 2012
WALTER SBAIZ OF SPAZIO MODA, LIGNANO SABBIADORO, ITALYSbaiz Spazio Moda (sbaiz.it) is an historical fashion and multifunction store known for their designer and upmarket fashion brands and constantly hosting art exhibits and cultural initiatives. This boutique is based in Northern Italy's Lignano Sabbiadoro, a seaside location often visited by both Italian and foreign tourists. The first Sbaiz store was founded in 1950 and, after a series of restylings, will close this November until the end of the 2013 for a complete redesign that will redefine its commercial formula and store concept.
What is the next step facing your store and business?
We will present a new store concept that offers not only apparel, but many different product categories. We informed our clientele about some important changes we wanted to put into place at beginning of the spring/summer 2012 sales. We decided to change our store's windows, most of which featured oversized images of iconic personalities such as Marilyn Monroe, Ernest Hemingway and Albert Einstein, with only a few windows displaying fashion. We wanted our clientele to notice how fashion deserves to be treated with more dignity compared to how it has been considered in recent times.
Spazio Moda is based Northern Italy's Lignano Sabbiadoro
Your new shop window concept sounds provocative. What is your exact aim?
The fashion market - and especially serious and professional retailers mostly focused on research as we are - has been facing widespread and disloyal competition since long because of a mushrooming of local discount outlets, a widespread opening of chain stores as well as parallel import operations carried out by nearby retailers. Consider that a Valentino jacket that is sold for €2,000 in a boutique, can be bought at €300 at the company's outlet store. Yet luxury companies want you to buy their full assortment - including accessories - and still open outlets for getting rid of their unsold merchandise. Luxury shouldn't even make sales. Such operations have destroyed the dignity of this segment, the system's organization and the true value of these products. During the spring/summer 2012 season we only sold 30% of our stocks in the main season, and only after we started discounting products first by 30% and then 50% and finally our stor started selling. Nowadays the consumer has become spoiled and accustomed to buying at reduced prices. But this system can't work and cannot continue in the future. Because of this, we decided to renovate our store and show how good quality and top research apparel can still pride itself in a market that is now mostly ruled by price factors and always less by research and quality values.
What are the current bestsellers and why?
One of our bestsellers is the Japanese brand LGB Tokyo because it is modern, young-minded and casual, though cool and very versatile, and has a highly profitable price-quality ratio.
Do people buy according to their favorite brand or style, or according to impulse?
Fashion is now sold through many different channels such as boutiques, e-commerce, outlets, etc, but what differentiates us from others is the emotional impact of the products we choose, beyond selling reasons. Whoever enters our store "takes a breath of fresh air" and can instantly see the research and innovation. We don't offer mainstream or basic products here, but instead both established designer brands such as Gucci, Dior, Christian Louboutin and Tom Ford and research brands such as Carol Christian Poell, Lost & Found, Gareth Pugh and the more casually-oriented Free City, a Los Angeles brand inspired by nature. We are guided by emotion in choosing what we offer. And, similarly, our consumers - a select clientele - follow their emotions when buying.
Spazio Moda's bestseller is the Japanese brand LGB Tokyo
Where do you place your orders? How do you inform yourself about trends? How important is communication with regular customers?
Brands are recognized and selected quite in advance, long before we buy. Our research passes through the fashion insiders' environment and the most inspiring fashion cities: Paris, London, New York and Tokyo.
How do you communicate with your consumers?
Communication with clients happens through our own website (sbaiz.it) and our blog (sbaizclub.com) as well as through invitations and brochures that we send our customers every season.
well known for its art exhibits and cultural initiatives
Our offer is wide, even if there's no real ruling trend. Key trends for next fall/winter seem to be military, Ottoman prints, baroque, black, velvet and silver.
Have you added any new labels to your assortment?
Among our latest new brands, we have Uma Wang, Barbara Igongini and Nicolas Taralis.
trends for winter: military, Ottoman prints, baroque, black, velvet and silver
Our passion for our work leads us to choose according to emotion, which brings us an exclusive selection of brands mostly recognized for their own creativity.
How important is the interior, the atmosphere and the whole package?
The atmosphere is an abstract sensation, a mix of light, shadows and sounds, all collected together inside a single shell. It is a transversal place where one can always find fashion, design and art.
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RFMD(R) Introduces Single-Placement RF Front Ends
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies, today introduced the RF7178 – the cellular industry's first front end module to integrate a quad-band, class 12-compliant GSM/GPRS power amplifier, a pHEMT antenna switch and receive SAW filters. The RF7178 offers full quad-band transmit performance (GSM850/EGSM900/DCS1800/PCS1900) and four dedicated receive ports in a compact single-placement package. Both the transmit and receive paths are performance optimized to deliver a low-loss, high efficiency front end solution without requiring additional matching components.Also today, RFMD introduced the RF7177, a dual-band (EGSM900/DCS1800) front end module that is pin-to-pin compatible with the RF7178 and features a similar feature set integrating the pHEMT antenna switch and SAW filters. When combined, RFMD's RF7178 and RF7177 provide a scalable platform solution for handset manufacturers seeking advanced levels of integration, streamlined inventory management and minimal deployment of valuable RF design resources. Compared to traditional discrete implementations, the RF7178 and RF7177 each eliminate approximately ten component placements, thereby reducing assembly costs, improving line yields and lowering the costs associated with purchasing and managing inventory. Additionally, by allowing the use of common printed circuit boards (PCBs) across handset models, the RF7178 and RF7177 reduce handset manufacturers' inventory costs and enable configurable end-products based upon regional and/or customer-specific requirements. RFMD offers the mobile device industry's broadest and most innovative portfolio of radio frequency components, including cellular power amplifier modules, cellular transmit modules, cellular switch and filter modules, and front ends for Wi-Fi, WiMAX and GPS applications. RFMD's product portfolio is on display at the 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 15 to February 18. Availability and Pricing The RF7178 is production released and samples are currently available. The RF7177 is scheduled for production release in the June 2010 quarter. For more information or product pricing, please contact your local RFMD sales representative or visit www.rfmd.com/purchase. About RFMD RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: RFMD) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies. RFMD's products enable worldwide mobility, provide enhanced connectivity and support advanced functionality in the cellular handset, wireless infrastructure, wireless local area network (WLAN), CATV/broadband and aerospace and defense markets. RFMD is recognized for its diverse portfolio of semiconductor technologies and RF systems expertise and is a preferred supplier to the world's leading mobile device, customer premises and communications equipment providers.
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Woman faces arraignment in day care fire
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
HOUSTON (AP) — A woman who was an international fugitive for nearly a month after a fire at her Houston home day care center killed four children returned to Texas on Tuesday ahead of her first court appearance.
Jessica Tata is being held without bond in a Houston jail, said agency spokesman Alfredo Perez.
"We're very glad that it worked out as smoothly as it did," Perez said of Tata's return to the U.S.
Tata was set to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon in state district court on 14 charges, including manslaughter. The Feb. 24 blaze also injured three other children in her care.
Court records did not show Tata had an attorney. Her brother, Ron Tata, did not immediately return a telephone call on Tuesday.
Investigators say Tata went shopping and left the seven children alone. When she returned, a stove-top burner had ignited the blaze.
The 22-year-old day care operator, who has U.S. and Nigerian citizenship, fled to the West Africa country two days after the fire.
The U.S. Marshals Service, which headed the search for Tata, said a series of tips and other information helped Interpol agents to capture her on Saturday
Her family says she turned herself in.
Tata was returned to the U.S. early Monday morning.
After a brief stop in Atlanta, Tata was flown back to Houston on a government plane late Monday evening, accompanied by four members of the U.S. Marshals Service's Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force, Perez said.
She was then taken to the Harris County Jail in downtown Houston wearing a bulletproof vest. Perez said the vest was a precautionary measure and that there had been no specific threats against Tata.
At a brief, 4 a.m. hearing on Tuesday, a magistrate judge ordered that Tata continue to be held without bond, officials said. Tata did not attend the hearing, which lasted less than a minute, because she was still being processed into the jail.
Tata has a cell to herself for her own protection because of the high profile nature of her case, said Christina Garza, a spokeswoman for the Harris County Sheriff's Department.
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Proposed changes to the County Ordinance Code• Small Capacity Commercial Weighing Devices• Registered Service Agencies and Service Agents Fees
Petroleum Petroleum products sold in the county are tested to ensure minimum quality standards. Advertising price signs and labeling at gas stations, and the labeling of petroleum products sold are checked to comply with State regulations to ensure uniformity and fairness. Weighmaster County Inspectors regulate and perform audits on state-licensed weighmasters to ensure the commodity transactions based on quantities certified on a weighmaster certificate are accurate and recorded correctly. Visit the Division of Measurement Standards site for more information. Quantity Control Packages are checked to assure labeling requirement and the stated weight, measure, or count is correct. Inspectors also enforce the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act to prevent misleading or deceptive packing or advertising. Price verifications are also conducted on scanners and point of sale systems to verify regularly-priced and sale items are correctly shelf priced. The Division also regulates firewood sales and responds to complaints. Please visit our firewood brochure "How to Avoid Getting Burned When Buying Firewood" for more information. Service Agents Service Agents install and repair weighing and measuring devices. Inspectors monitor the quality and the reporting to the Division concerning the work performed in the county. Visit the Division of Measurement Standards site for more information and listing of agents. Complaints Complaints by consumers or businesses receive high priority in order to resolve conflict in a timely manner. For any complaints regarding weights and measures issues, please contact us here.


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Sete Barras - The city's name came from a legend: centuries ago, a Spanish discovered gold in the river Iporanga, melted the nuggets, turned them into seven bars and decided to bury them temporarily to escape the Portuguese tax authorities. After that, he never found them again. The city was emancipated in 1958.
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Welcoming new alumni
Gates speaks on rewards of public service
Robert M. Gates, then secretary of defense, delivered a commencement address on May 7 that emphasized hope in times of economic hardship.
CLA's youngest star shines bright
Sixteen-year-old Kayla Heard is no stranger to the spotlight since becoming the youngest person ever to graduate from WSU.
2011 Outstanding Seniors
Each year, the college recognizes one student from each department who has excelled academically and in service to the University.
Alumnus spotlight
Berry celebrated for lifetime of achievements
At his surprise birthday party in March, alumnus Robert Worth Berry got two more tributes he hadn't expected: alumni achievement awards from WSU and the College of Liberal Arts.
Reunion highlights
Diamond, Golden Grad luncheon evokes fond memories
Outside it may have been a chilly day in April, but inside the CUB the genial warmth of laughter rang out during the CLA luncheon honoring members of the classes of 1961 and 1951.
Focus on faculty
Saying "farewell" to a political science icon
Nicholas Lovrich has received many professional honors in his career, but as he enters retirement he may be best remembered for his talents as a mentor.
Service and outreach
Student reflects on service to others
Belinda Crowson's parents were taken from her when she was just 14, but her desire to give has only grown. Here she recounts a life-changing trip to Guatemala over spring break.
Sparking creativity in Washington youth
The college's Arts for Children's Enrichment program has been so successful that the National Endowment for the Arts has recommended CLA be funded to expand the project to two more counties.
Undergraduate excellence
Philosophy presents first Silverstein Award
Senior Roxanne Reese received the inaugural Harry and Lorinda Silverstein Philosophy Award for the best student philosopher at WSU.
Endowment stems from "roots of friendship"
Dr. Avon Murphy's legacy at WSU started with a single gift. "I just did it to see how it would feel, and it felt pretty good," he said.
Giving back from the heart
A gift from retired art professor Fran Ho will provide WSU with visiting artists and exhibitions in perpetuity.
A history of giving
Dr. Marina Tolmacheva has endowed her second student award, this time in Middle East studies.
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BCCR3 Overview
boston college computer replacement program
The Boston College Computer Replacement Program (BCCR) is the University program to replace faculty and staff computers on a four-year lifecycle.
The third BCCR cycle, BCCR3 began on Sept 1, 2012 and will complete on May 31, 2015.
BCCR3 will be similar to BCCR2
ITS makes every effort to deliver new computers that are ready for use. This includes moving user data and settings from the old computer and reinstalling any necessary special software applications and configuring printers on the new computers.
WHAT's the SAME?
- Dell and Apple desktop and laptop computers are offered.
- BCCR will continue to use the Altiris Tool to collect information about installed software and other user configuration.
- BCCR and Department Contacts use the IT Asset Management application (AM-CR) to track the computers currently in their department and also to specify what computers to order and schedule for replacement.
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"Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2010" Candidate: Nipsey Hussle
Yeah, he's living up to his name. Nipsey Hussle is hustling, building his brand across the board. He has a deal for his own shoe with Pony, just finished a film with Vivica A. Fox and another one with Ving Rhames, he opened a clothing store in his native Los Angeles, appears on the new "Def Jam Rapstar" video game, has a tour coming and still has more mixtapes and a debut album on deck for October.
"My album, it ain't got no wrinkles in it," Nip said recently in New York about his debut, South Central State of Mind. "From the sonic quality of it, every verse, every hook, to the features, to the production. Ain't no excuses for the album."
Nipsey's candidacy for "Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2010" comes from his grind in the streets. Last year, he dropped a trilogy of mixtapes called Bullets Ain't Got No Names, which introduced him and immediately captivated fans. His work in the 'hood garnered him co-signs by the likes of Snoop Dogg and the Game, both of whom he toured with. Drake also appeared on the potent Hussle underground smash "Killer." The momentum has made Nip one of the leaders of the new wave of West Coast MCs, also including Fashawn and Jay Rock.
"Nipsey, he brings the real to the table," said Rock, who will be teaming up with Nip for a duet mixtape called Red and Blue Make Green. "He brings that struggle. He's telling you his story. Nipsey is bringing a story as a whole package, as well as he's bringing real music. Reality rap."
"You gonna be hard-pressed to come to L.A. and not hear a car playing Jay Rock music, playing Nipsey Hussle right now," Nip said. "It's gonna be almost impossible. They say it starts in your backyard. I feel we putting forth that legwork. We really took our city without the traditional outlet, the Dr. Dre, the Snoop Dogg, the Death Row. That's not to take anything from them, but we wasn't really waiting. We kinda like stood on our own foundation of hard work. That's the brand that the new breed of West Coast artists gonna bring to the table. Self-made. Off the top!"
Besides the authenticity of his music, Nip's appeal lies in his laid-back delivery. You look at him or hear his music and you see your homie from around the way.
Nip knows that all the love in the streets is eventually going to have to translate in his official releases. He just dropped the single "Feelin' Myself (I'm So Fresh)" with Lloyd and has South Central State of Mind in cook-up mode right now. J.R. Rotem, Scott Storch, Houston's Mr. Lee, Grammy winners Play-N-Skillz, Terrence Martin and Nip's live band, 1500 or Nothin', produced on the album thus far. Trey Songz and Sean Kingston are among the guest performers.
"Regardless of people's opinion about it, the dominant culture in L.A. is gang-banging," Nipsey, a Crip, said about "Blue Laces," a song from his LP. "Us being young dudes in our 20s, we not the cause of that. We was born into this culture. We reacted to it from the perspective of survival. I feel like that record, 'Blue Laces,' speaks on the realness of that culture. We not the cause of this. This is what led us into that mentality."
Nip said South Central State of Mind speaks to young Angelinos.
"I'm kinda revolving around that concept on a lot of records on that album," he said. "On the state of mind in growing up in L.A. Whether you from Compton, Watts, Long Beach, the east side, west side, it's a state of mind that's way more powerful than an individual. I might feel a certain way personally, but this is what it is.
"I might feel like one of my dudes is a Blood, one of my dudes is from Hoover. So me, personally, this is my homeboy and I got love for him," he added. "But I'm from the 60s, and it's a politic that goes with that. I just feel like I revolved around that concept, the cause of this mind state. I want to impact the culture with the project and raise the consciousness of the people that's being affected by this. And bring a human element to what this is about and stop people from looking at us like we just mindless killers and we glorifying this type of life. We really striving for change from within. We ain't gonna go Hollywood with it and get a record deal and start blasting where we come from, but at the same time, we do wanna see change. It's a lot of general concepts that revolve around that theme."
Nipsey and 19 other up-and-coming MCs are in the running to become MTV News' "Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2010" — and the winner will be decided by you!
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If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, "I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me."
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This may be a somewhat unusual request.
Ideally, I am looking for a bike that has a single chainring upfront, and multiple gears at the rear. The single chainring upfront would be moderatly sized and there would be 5-10 gears at the rear. The rear derailleur would be able to sweep through all the gears relatively smoothly without too much cross-chaining. Are there any bicycles currently on the market with a drive train like this, or would I have to go custom?
I am also willing to buy a bike with multiple chainrings upfront and remove the front derailleaur and shifter, and do the modification to a single speed crank, but I would rather buy the bike as per my specs. I would also be open to a triple chainring bicycle that could hit all the gears in the back relatively smoothly without cross-chaining when the chain is on the middle ring.
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After a day on Whistler or Blackcomb mountain, and a meal in one of our outstanding restaurants, some of you may choose to curl up in your room and relax. (Each of our rooms has a big screen LCD television for watching a movie by the fire.) For those with the energy to go out and explore the Village, there is plenty of night time action. You can watch a live concert at one of the many local venues, hit a few bars, soak in a hot tub with friends, or hit the dance floor at one of our Village clubs.
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CHICAGO, IL—Pioneering work in bionic medicine at The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), the nation's #1 ranked rehabilitation provider[i], reached around the world this October through the world's first conference on Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR), the procedure that supports bionic limb technology, and a TED TALK by Todd Kuiken, MD, PhD, who presented his work at TED GLOBAL, the renowned high-profile forum that explores ideas from today's visionaries that reaches a global audience through TED.com.
"Bionics is where the stuff of life meets machine," said Kuiken, one of RIC's leading scientists, during the presentation, featured on TED.com on October 20. "Targeted Muscle Reinnervation is helping amputees regain ability to function in their daily lives and do it quicker, more naturally."
The pioneer of the TMR procedure and director of the Center for Bionic Medicine, Kuiken demonstrated RIC's pioneering advancements with the pattern recognition arm (PRA) with the assistance of former patient and research collaborator Amanda Kitts. A Tennessee mom and business owner, she lost her arm but received the TMR procedure and works continuously with Kuiken's team to improve and refine the technology.
TMR, which has evolved into a clinical procedure performed on more than 50 individuals worldwide, and has provided the impetus for development of new technologies, including pattern recognition, also being developed at RIC. At TED GLOBAL, Kitts showed how her pattern recognition arm (PRA) gave her even greater control and enabled her to perform advanced multi-functional tasks, such as using her elbow and her hand simultaneously, just by her thoughts.
Kitts also demonstrated her arm and answered questions for nearly 150 researchers, surgeons and other medical professionals including top surgeons from the U.S. military at the TMR conference in Chicago. Kuiken co-hosted the event with Dr. Gregory Dumanian of Northwestern University. The conference drew prosthetists, physicians, occupational and physical therapists, researchers, and engineers from 25 states and eight countries, including Israel, Sweden and China.
"TMR is now a concept that is gaining support and recognition," said Kuiken. "In this conference, it was not just us explaining the concept of TMR, but people around the country and around the world sharing their experience and improvements in the technique and prosthetic fittings."
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Hi, there! Welcome to the second month of my monthly-prompts attempt! Last month, we only had one submission to the prompt (can't remember what the prompt was? See here: wordsmiths-guild.deviantart.co…), but I have NO qualms about featuring chapaV's GORGEOUS "From the Informal Dictionary of ELA Amendments" as December's Poem of the Month! Don't forget, the folder is still open to pieces based on that particular prompt, but those pieces will not be eligible for a future Poem of the Month.
If you'd like to see some more prompts, don't forget about the group blog of collected prompts: wordsmiths-guild.deviantart.co…
ANYWAY, here comes the prompt for next month!
Prompt Guidelines
All prompt submissions should be submitted to the folder labeled December 2012.
Submission requirements are the same as for normal pieces, except for one thing. You must include a link to a critique you have recently completed and a couple of questions for critique on your piece in the artist's comments, as usual, and I would like you to mention the group and the prompt in your comments (something as simple as "December prompt" works fine).
Pieces should be submitted between December 1 and December 29.
The folder will not close to submissions after that point, but new submissions will not be eligible for poem-of-the-month status.
So here we go:
This Month's Prompt
Did you know that the phrase "Hocus pocus," the kind of quintessential witch's incantation, actually came from Medieval, uneducated priests drying to recite the Latin mass? They MEANT to say "Hoc est corpus" (this is my body), but since they didn't know the actual words, they simply said what it sounded like, hence - "Hocus pocus."
And even when people get the words themselves right, it's amazing how often quotes have been misunderstood to mean something different than was originally intended (For example: www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-mi…), or make up new phrases entirely (for example: cjlevinson.com/2007/09/22/5-fa…)!
This month, I want you to create your own misquote, specifically through the use of homophones (is wikipedia needed? I think so. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophon…). I want you to pick a famous quote, use homophones to make it say something different than its originally intended meaning, and then write a poem that somehow uses or explains what that phrase is supposed to mean. A simple google search should help you get started with your quote, or check out these: www.goodreads.com/quotes www.william-shakespeare.info/w… www.quotationspage.com/quotes/ www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/qu…
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Hannah Wimer, 14, belongs to Madera County's Golden Oak 4-H club. She has been a member for six years and has participated in the Indoor/Mini Gardens Project for four years. This is the first year Hannah has medaled in the garden project with the County Record Book Award.
That is hardly her first honor. She received a silver medal for her Treasurer Record Book in 2011. At this year's fair in Chowchilla, Hannah received 4-H Best of Show for her Flower Bowl Garden. She also received two first place ribbons and a second place ribbon for her other entries.
Hannah is currently serving her second year as teen leader to the Garden Project. Her other ongoing projects include cooking, outdoor adventure, and sewing. New projects for Hannah this year are aerospace and rocketry and shooting sports. Her favorite part of 4-H is having fun with her friends while learning new things.
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The only season of the year that i like is summer. The rest of the seasons of the year can be thrown away because they are not 80 degrees or higher in temperature. I spent a couple of tours in Vietnam and could not reaclamate to the temperatures under 80 degress. I think i will some day very soon move to the S.E. part of California below the Salton Sea area where the temps meet my standards. New England is not for me any longer. I have lived in New england all my li...
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Opening The Old Testament
Giving Old Haggai a New Look: Reflections on Haggai 1:15b-2:9
And here is Haggai's answer for those hugely disappointed builders; it is a word that we find in many biblical places, but its power never fails to thrill:
Take courage, Zerubbabel; take courage, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, high priest; take courage, all you people of the land. Work, for I am with you, says the Lord of Hosts, according to the promise that I made you when you came out of Egypt. My spirit abides among you; do not fear! (Haggai 2:2-4)
Yes, Haggai wanted a rebuilt temple, but clearly not for its own sake. The bricks and mortar of any building have no meaning apart from the conviction that God has brought us out of the bondage of Egypt and remains with us still. No matter what this building looks like, God is here, and God is working.
And one more thing. God is not through working in the political forces of the world. "Once again, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land, and I will shake all the nations, so that the treasure of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with splendor" (Haggai 2:6-7). Is this a specific reference to the accession of Darius, succeeding Cambyses, or is it a more general claim that God is the God of the new and the possible? Perhaps it is both.
I do not believe that Haggai is saying only that the rebuilt temple in Jerusalem will one day be far better than Solomon's first temple in splendor and riches (Haggai 2:8-9). That would make Haggai little better than a prophet of prosperity. At the end of the day, any temple whether in Jerusalem, or New York, or Dallas, means precisely nothing unless it celebrates, announces, yea trumpets the living reality of the God of freedom who is working in the world for the freedom and hope of God's people. Thus, I would say that Haggai is not so different from his 8th- and 7th-century prophetic forebears after all.
The next time we gaze at our own temples, our churches, our houses of worship, we ought not judge them on the size of their steeples, the splendor of their pipe organs, or the grandeur and number of their classrooms. Do they speak to the world that God is there? Do they shout the truth of the freedom-making God? Only on those bases can any such places be judged.
John C. Holbert is the Lois Craddock Perkins Professor Emeritus of Homiletics at Perkins School of Theology in Dallas, TX.
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Through the first 66 games of the season, Madera's Alec Mehrten has been splitting time with two other shortstops for the Asheville Tourists, the single-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies.
Mehrten has appeared in 26 games for the Tourists and has a .266 batting average to go with six runs scored and 11 RBIs. He also has the least amount of errors of the three shortstops.
After struggling through a four game hitless stretch from May 25-June 1, Mehrten has picked up the pace a little, going 5-for-14 (.357) in his last four games, including a 2-for-4 night with two doubles and three RBIs Thursday in a 17-6 victory over the Rome Braves in the South Atlantic League.
Former Madera pitcher Gary Moran has helped the Somerset Patriots of the independent Atlantic League to a first place record at 28-17, three games ahead of the Long Island Ducks...