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"C'est une vie de chien!"
"It's a dog's life!" The French use this expression to shrug their frustration at the overwhelming struggles of life. To me, it is a statement of how random our most important beliefs are.
Growing up in Iran, many Muslims believed dogs to be ritually impure and killed them. The streets were filled with rabid canines chasing and biting pedestrians who would beat them in return. At the same time, the very wealthy kept dogs in their homes, trained them, and treated them as bonafide family members.
What fascinated me was that the side of the street where the dog was born dictated its fate.
Much of life is pure luck. We are not that different from dogs. A woman born in Saudi Arabia has a vastly different outlook and outcome than a man born in Sweden. Born in the Great Depression, also, would have given rise to a totally different path than entering today's saturated social media world.
We don't choose our parents, or our country of birth, or our native tongue, or our religion, or the color of our skin, or our set of diseases, or our gender. So much of the most important aspects of our lives are random, out of our control.
Judaism is my beloved religion, the family in which I thrive, the language with which I form community and pray to God. Yet, I am painfully aware that what has given my life significance is quite arbitrary. I was born in a Muslim country to a Jewish family. Why should I not believe in Islam or give up both and believe in Christianity? Why religion at all? In school, I struggled, and tried to understand different religions. But I studied science, microbiology and molecular biology. I found poetry in the motion of cells and in the order of physics. I saw God in the double helix and its twists and turns. I wanted a truth that I was not prepared to handle.
At some deeper level there is absurdity in our individual beliefs.
My truth is a product of the randomness of where I was born, as is yours. The only way to know The Truth is to love our neighbors, celebrate diversity, and find God's Face in the rainbow of truths. Each of us in only part of the answer, together completing the puzzle. In the end, no religion has meaning; it is our interaction with its teachings and our expression of those teachings in kindness that assign it significance.
C'est une vie de chien. We are really not that different, you and I- just stray dogs looking for shelter, love and our way back home.
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The papacy is an institution that matters, whether or not one is a religious believer. The succession of the popes, all 262 of them, is the world's most ancient dynasty. The Roman Empire was young when the popes first emerged on the stage of history, and the earliest references to them, in the late second century, already claim for the bishop of Rome a status greater than that of any other Christian leader. Eighteen centuries on, the popes exercise a quasi-monarchic rule over the world's largest religious organization. They touch the consciences, or at any rate the opinions, of almost a fifth of the human race. The papacy has endured and flourished under emperors, kings, and robber barons, under republican senates and colonial occupations, in confrontation or collaboration with demagogues and democrats. And by hook or by crook, it has survived them all.
For non-Catholics, of course, the significance of the papacy stems not from its religious claims but from its impact on human affairs. Thomas Hobbes famously remarked that the papacy was "not other than the ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned on the grave thereof." The comment was certainly not intended as a compliment, but it encapsulated an important historical reality nonetheless. Through no particular initiative of their own, the popes inherited the mantle of Empire in the West and the papacy became the conduit for Roman imperial values and symbolism into the European Middle Ages. In a time of...
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Eamon Duffy is Reader in Church History in the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Magdalene College. He is the author of The Stripping of the Altars and Saints and Sinners, a history of the popes, both published by Yale University Press.

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Good morning ladies! How did everyone's weekend go? Mine was pretty good. Went pumpkin picking on saturday and spent sunday just catching up around here even though I am still not caught up. Had a great WW meeting saturday, I was down 3!
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Jumperby Steven Gould
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Deciding he's finally had enough abuse from his drunken father and determined to get away-any way he can-Davy discovers he has the ability to teleport anywhere he wants. Fleeing to New York but desperately short of cash he "jumps" into a bank vault. While living the high life in the Big City on the stolen money and testing the limits of his power, Davey makes another startling discovery: the mother he thought had abandoned him.
But a new tragedy and a pledge to avenge the loss will plunge Davy into a dangerous and mysterious world of terrorists and government espionage. This time there may be no safe place for the Jumper.
Editorial Reviews
Katie Gorney
Gould proves once again that in the hands of a wonderful, perceptive writer, there is no such thing as an old idea. What sets Jumper apart from other novels that dip back into the well of the masters is that Gould brings his own keen empathy and rigorous intelligence to the story, exploring what the ability to 'jump' means in the life of this particular young man…. This is a book that you won't want to miss. It reminded me of why I first came to love science fiction, and yet I didn't have to be twelve again to have a great time reading it.
"Jumper was one of the great sf novels of the 1990s--one of those rare books that can be read either as a young adult novel or a book for adults, like Ender's Game or vintage Heinlein. […] Now there's a sequel to Jumper, called Reflex, and last night I ended up burning about two hours' worth of jealously hoarded sleep-time to finish this thing. […] This kind of book doesn't come along all that often, and when it does, it's cause for celebration--run, don't walk." Cory Doctorow
"Gould proves once again that in the hands of a wonderful, perceptive writer, there is no such thing as an old idea. What sets Jumper apart from other novels that dip back into the well of the masters is that Gould brings his own keen empathy and rigorous intelligence to the story, exploring what the ability to 'jump' means in the life of this particular young man…. This is a book that you won't want to miss. It reminded me of why I first came to love science fiction, and yet I didn't have to be twelve again to have a great time reading it." Orson Scott Card
"Jumper is very good indeed... in its concept and execution it harks back to a time in SF which could probably teach any of the new writers a thing or two about simplicity--of concept and execution.... All in all a very satisfying novel that answers for you the age old question, 'What if I could...?'" Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
Product Details
- 9780765342287
- Publisher:
- Tom Doherty Associates
- Publication date:
- 02/18/2002
- Series:
- Jumper Series, #1
- Edition description:
- First Edition
- Pages:
- 352
- Product dimensions:
- 5.32(w) x 7.56(h) x 1.03(d)
- Age Range:
- 13 - 18 Years
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The first time was like this.
I was reading when Dad got home. His voice echoed through the house and I cringed.
I put the book down and sat up on the bed. "In here, Dad. I'm in my room."
His footsteps on the hallway's oak floor got louder and louder. I felt my head hunching between my shoulders; then Dad was at the door and raging.
"I thought I told you to mow the lawn today!" He came into the room and towered over me. "Well! Speak up when I ask you a question!"
"I'm gonna do it, Dad. I was just finishing a book,"
"You've been home from school for over two hours! I'm sick and tired of you lying around this house doing nothing!" He leaned close and the whiskey on his breath made my eyes water. I flinched back and he grabbed the back of my neck with fingers tike a vise. He shook me. "You're nothing but a lazy brat I'm going to beat some industry into you if I have to kill you to do it!"
He pulled me to my feet, still gripping my neck. With his other hand he fumbled for the ornate rodeo buckle on his belt, then snaked the heavy Western strap out of his pants loops.
"No, Dad. I'll mow the lawn right now. Honest!"
"Shut up," he said. He pushed me into the wall. I barely got my hands up in time to keep my face from slamming nose-first into the plaster. He switched hands then, pressing me against the wall with his left while be took the belt in his right hand.
I twisted my head slightly, to keep my nose from grinding into the wall, and saw him switch his grip on the belt, so the heavy silver buckle hung on the end, away from his hand.
I yelled. "Not the buckle, Dad! You promised!"
He ground my face into the wall harder. "Shut UP! I didn't hit you near hard enough the last time." He extended his arm until he held me against the wall at arm's length and swung the belt back slowly. Then his arm jerked forward and the belt sung though the air and my body betrayed me, squirming away from the impact and…
I was leaning against bookshelves, my neck free of Dad's crushing grip, my body still braced to receive a blow. I looked around, gasping, my heart still racing. There was no sign of Dad, but this didn't surprise me.
I was in the fiction section of the Stanville Public Library and, while I knew it as well as my own room, I didn't think my father had ever been inside the building.
That was the first time.
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The second time was like this.
The truck stop was new and busy, an island of glaring light and hard concrete in the night. I went in the glass doors to the restaurant and took a chair at the counter, near the section with the sign that said, drivers only. The clock on the wall read eleven-thirty. I put. The rolled-up bundle of stuff on the floor under my feet and tried to look old.
The middle-aged waitress on the other side of the counter looked skeptical, but she put down a menu and a glass of water, then said, "Coffee?"
"Hot tea, please."
She smiled mechanically and left.
The drivers' section was half full, a thick haze of tobacco smoke over it. None of them looked like the kind of man who'd give me the time of day, much less a lift farther down the road.
The waitress returned with a cup, a tea bag, and one of those little metal pitchers filled with not very hot water.
"What can I get you?" she asked.
"I'll stick with this for a while."
She looked at me steadily for a moment, then totaled the check and laid on the counter. "Cashier will take it when you're ready. You want anything else, just let me know."
I didn't know to hold the lid open as I poured the water, so a third of it ended up on the counter. I mopped it up with napkins from the dispenser and tried not to cry.
"Been on the road long, kid?"
I jerked my head up. A man, sitting in the last seat of the drivers' section, was looking at me. He was big, both tall and fat, with a roll of skin where his shirt neck opened. He was smiling and I could see his teeth were uneven and stained.
"What do you mean?"
He shrugged. "Your business. You don't look like you've been running long." His voice was higher-pitched than you'd expect for a man his size, but kind.
I looked past him, at the door. "About two weeks."
He nodded. "Rough. You running from your parents?"
"My dad. My mom cut out long ago."
He pushed his spoon around the countertop with his finger. The nails were long with grease crusted under them. "How old are you, kid?"
He looked at me and raised his eyebrows.
I shrugged my shoulders. "I don't care what you think. It's true. I turned seventeen lousy years old yesterday." The tears started to come and I blinked hard, got them back under control.
"What you been doing since you left home?"
The tea had gotten as dark as it was going to. I pulled the tea bag and spooned sugar into the cup. "I've been hitching, panhandling a little, some odd jobs. Last two days I picked apples—twenty-five cents a bushel and all I could eat. I also got some clothes out of it."
"Two weeks and you're out of your own clothes already?"
I gulped down half the tea. "I only took what I was wearing." All I was wearing when I walked out of the Stanville Public Library.
"Oh. Well, my name's Topper. Topper Robbins. What's yours?"
I stared at him. "Davy," I said, finally.
"Just Davy."
He smiled again. "I understand. Don't have to beat me about the head and shoulders." He picked up his spoon and stirred his coffee, "Well, Davy, I'm driving that PetroChem tanker out there and I'm headed west in about forty-five minutes. If you're going that way, I'll be glad to give you a ride. You look like you could use some food, though. Why don't you let me buy you a meal?"
The tears came again then. I was ready for cruelty but not kindness. I blinked hard and said, "Okay. I'd appreciate the meal and the ride."
An hour later I was westbound in the right-hand seat of Topper's rig, drowsing from the heat of the cab and the full stomach. I closed my eyes and pretended to sleep, tired of talking. Topper tried to talk a little more after that, but stopped. I watched him out of narrowed eyes. He kept turning his head to look at me when the headlights from oncoming traffic lit the cab's interior; I thought I should feel grateful, but he gave me the creeps.
After a while I fell asleep for real. I came awake with a start, unsure of where I was or even who. There was a tremor running through my mind, a reaction to a bad dream, barely remembered. I narrowed my eyes again and my identity and associated memories came back.
Topper was talking on the CB.
"I'll meet you behind Sam's," he was saying. "Fifteen minutes."
"Ten-four, Topper. We're on our way."
Topper signed off.
I yawned and sat up. "Jeeze. Did I sleep long?"
"About an hour, Davy." He smiled like there'd been a joke. He turned off his CB then and turned the radio to a country and western station.
I hate country and western.
Ten minutes later he took an exit for a farm road far from anywhere.
"You can let me out here, Topper."
"I'm going on kid, just have to meet a guy first. You don't want to hitch in the dark. Nobody'll stop. Besides, it looks like rain."
He was right. The moon had vanished behind a thick overcast and the wind was whipping the trees around.
He drove down the rural two-lane for a while, then pulled off the road at a country store with two gas pumps out front. The store was dark but there was a gravel lot out back where two pickups were parked. Topper pulled the rig up beside them.
"Come on, kid. Want you to meet some guys."
I didn't move. "That's okay. I'll wait for you here."
"Sorry," he said. "It's against company policy to pick up riders, but my ass would really be grass if I left you is here and something happened. Be a sport."
I nodded slowly. "Sure. Don't mean to be any trouble."
He grinned again, big. "No trouble."
I shivered.
To climb down, I had to turn and face the cab, then feel with my feet for the step. A hand guided my foot to the step and I froze. I looked down. Three men were standing on my side of the truck. I could hear gravel crunching as Topper walked around the front of the rig. I looked at him. He was unbuckling his jeans and pulling down his zipper.
I yelled and scrambled back up to the cab, but strong hands gripped my ankles and knees, dragging me back down I grabbed onto the chrome handle by the door with both hands as tight as I could, flailing my legs to try and break their grip. Somebody punched me in the stomach hard and I let go of the handle, the air in my lungs, and my supper all at once.
"Jesus fucking Christ. He puked all over me!" Somebody hit me again as I fell.
They grabbed my arms and carried me over to the open tailgate of a pickup. They slammed me down on the bed of the truck. My face hit and I tasted blood. One of them jumped up on the truck bed and straddled my back, his knees and shins pinning my upper arms, one hand gripping my hair painfully. I felt somebody else reach around and unbuckle my belt, then rip my pants and underwear down. The air was cold on my butt and upper legs.
A voice said, "I wish you'd gotten another girl."
Another voice said, "Who brought the Vaseline?"
"Shit It's in the truck."
"Well…we don't need it."
Somebody reached between my legs and pawed my genitals; then I felt him spread the cheeks of my butt and spit. His warm saliva splattered my bottom and…
I pitched forward, the pressure off my arms and hair, the hands off my bottom. My head banged into something and I struck out to hit my hand against something which gave. I turned, clutched at my pants, pulled them up from my knees, while I sobbed for air, my heart pounding and my entire body shaking.
It was dark, but the air was still and I was alone. I wasn't outside anymore. A patch of moonlight came through a window six feet away to shine on bookshelves. I tasted blood again, gingerly touched my split upper lip. I walked carefully down to the patch of light and looked around.
I pulled a book from the shelf and opened it. The stamp on the inside cover told me what I already knew. I was back in the fiction section of the Stanville Public Library and I was sure I'd gone mad.
That was the second time.
• *
The first time I ended up in the library, it was open, I wasn't bleeding, my clothes were clean, and I just walked away…from that building, from that town, from that life.
I thought I'd pulled a blank. I thought that whatever my father did to me was so terrible that I'd simply chosen not to remember it. That I'd only come back to myself after reaching the safety of the library.
The thought of pulling a blank was scary, but it wasn't strange to me. Dad pulled blanks all the time and I'd read enough fiction to be familiar with trauma-induced amnesia.
I was surprised that the library was closed and dark this time. I checked the wall clock. It read two o'clock, an hour and. five minutes later than the digital clock in Topper's truck. Jesus Christ. I shivered in the library's air-conditioning and fumbled at my pants. The zipper was broken but the snap worked. I buckled the belt an extra notch tight, then pulled my shirt out so it bung over the zipper. My mouth tasted of blood and vomit.
The library was lit from without by pale white moonlight and the yellow glare of mercury streetlamps. I threaded my way between shelves, chairs, tables to the water fountain and rinsed my mouth again and again until the taste was gone from my mouth and the bleeding of my lip had stopped.
In two weeks I'd worked my way over nine hundred miles from my father. In one heartbeat I'd undone that, putting myself fifteen minutes away from the house. I sat down on a hard wooden chair and put my head in my hands. What had I done to deserve this?
There was something I wasn't dealing with. I knew it. Something…
I'm so tired. All I want is to rest. I thought of all the snatches of sleep I'd had over the last two weeks, miserable stolen moments on rest-stop benches, in people's cars, and under bushes like some animal I thought of the house, fifteen minutes away, of my bedroom, of my bed.
A wave of irresistible longing came over me and I found myself standing and walking, without thought, just desire for that bed. I went to the emergency exit at the back, the one with the alarm will sound sign. I figured by the time any alarm was answered, I could be well away.
It was chained. I leaned against it and hit it very hard, an overhand blow with the flat of my hand. I drew back, tears in my eyes, to hit it again but it wasn't there and I pitched forward, off balance and flailing, into my bed.
I knew it was my bed. I think it was the smell of the room that told me first, but the backlit alarm-clock face on the bedside table was the one Mom sent the year after she left and the light from the back porch light streamed through the window at just the right angle.
For one brief moment I relaxed, utterly and completely, muscle after muscle unknotting. I closed my eyes and felt exhaustion steal over me in a palpable wave. Then I heard a noise and I jerked up, rigid, on the bedspread on my hands and knees. The sound came again. Dad…snoring.
I shuddered. It was strange. It was a very comforting sound. It was home, it was family. It also meant the son of a bitch was asleep.
I took off my shoes and padded down the hall. The door was half open and the overhead light was on. He was sprawled diagonally across the bed, on top of the covers, both shoes and one sock off, his shirt unbuttoned. There was an empty bottle of scotch tucked in the crook of his arm. I sighed.
Home sweet home.
I grabbed the bottle neck and. pulled it gently from between his arm and his side, then set it on the bedside table. He snored on, oblivious. I took his pants off then, pulling the legs alternately to work them past his butt They came free abruptly and his wallet fell from the back pocket I hung the pants over the back of a chair, then went through the wallet.
He had eighty bucks plus his plastic. I took three twenties, then started to put it on the dresser, but stopped. When I folded the wallet, it seemed stiffer than it should, and thicker. I looked closer. There was a hidden compartment covered by a flap with fake stitching. I got it open and nearly dropped the wallet. It was fall of hundred-dollar bills.
I turned the light off and carried the wallet back to my room, where I counted twenty-two crisp hundred-dollar bills onto the bed.
I stared down at the money, four rows of five, one row of two, my eyes wide. My ears were burning and my stomach suddenly hurt. I went back to Dad's room and stared at him for a while.
This was the man who took me to the mission and the secondhand stores to buy clothes for school. This was the man who made me take peanut butter and jelly to school every day rather than part with a crummy ninety cents' worth of lunch money. This was the man who beat me when I'd suggested an allowance for doing the yard work,
I picked up the empty scotch bottle and hefted it, shifted my grip to the neck. It was cold, smooth, and just the right size for my small hands. The glass didn't slip or shift as I swung it experimentally. The glass at the base of the bottle was extra thick where the manufacturer had chosen to give the impression of a bigger bottle. It looked very strong.
Dad snored away, his mouth open, his face slack. His skin, pale normally, looked white as paper in the overhead light. His forehead, receding, domed, lined, looked egglike, white, fragile. I felt the base of the bottle with my left hand. It felt more than heavy enough.
I put the bottle back down on the table, turned off the light, and went back to my room.
I took notebook paper, cut it dollar-bill-size, and stacked it until it felt as thick as the pile of hundreds. It took twenty sheets to match the stiffness of the money—maybe it was thicker or just newer. I put the cut paper in the wallet and put it back in the pocket of his slacks.
Then I went to the garage and took down the old leather suitcase, the one Granddad gave me when he retired, and packed it with my clothes, toiletries, and the leather-bound set of Mark Twain that Mom left me.
After I'd closed the suitcase, stripped off my dirty clothes, and put on my suit, I just stood looking around the room, swaying on my feet. If I didn't start moving soon, I'd drop.
There was something else, something I could use.…
I thought of the kitchen, only thirty feet away, down the hall and across the den. Before Mom left, I'd loved to sit in there while she cooked, just talking, telling her stupid jokes. I closed my eyes and pictured it, tried to feel it.
The air around me changed, or maybe it was just the noise. I was in a quiet house, but just the sound of my breathing reflecting off walls sounded different from room to room.
I was in the kitchen.
I nodded my head slowly, tiredly. Hysteria seethed beneath the surface, a rising bubble that threatened to undo me. I pushed it down and looked in the refrigerator.
Three six-packs of Schlitz, two cartons of cigarettes, half a pizza in the cardboard delivery box. I shut the door and thought about my room. I tried it with my eyes open, unfocused, picturing the spot between my desk and the window.
I was there and the room reeled, my eyes and maybe my inner ear just not ready for the change. I put my hand on the wall and the room stopped moving.
I picked up the suitcase and closed my eyes. I opened them in the library, dark shadows alternating with silver pools of moonlight. I walked to the front door and looked out at the grass.
Last summer, before school, I'd come up to the library, check out a book or two, and then move outside, to the grass under the elms. The wind would ruffle the pages, tug my hair and clothes around, and I would go into the words, find the cracks between the sentences and the words would go away, leaving me in the story, the action, the head of other people. Twice I left it too late and got home after Dad did. He liked supper ready. Only twice, though. Twice was more than enough.
I closed my eyes and the wind pushed my hair and fluttered my tie. The suitcase was heavy and I had to switch hands several times as I walked the two blocks to the bus station.
There was a bus for points east at 5:30 A.M. I bought a ticket to New York City for one hundred and twenty-two dollars and fifty-three cents. The clerk took the two hundreds without comment, gave me my change, and said I had three hours to wait.
They were the longest three hours I've ever spent. Every fifteen minutes I got up, dragged the suitcase to the bathroom, and splashed cold water in my face. Near the end of the wait the furniture was crawling across the floor, and every movement of the bushes outside the doors was my father, belt in hand, the buckle razor-edged and about the size of a hubcap.
The bus was five minutes late. The driver stowed my suitcase below, took the first part of my ticket, and ushered me aboard.
When we passed the tattered city-limits sign, I closed my eyes and slept for six hours.
Copyright © 1992 by Steven Gould
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STEVEN GOULD is the author of the beloved classic Jumper, basis for the 2008 film of the same name, as well as Wildside, Helm, Blind Waves, Reflex, and Jumper: Griffin's Story. He is the recipient of the Hal Clement Young Adult Award for Science Fiction and has been nominated for both the Hugo and the Nebula awards. Gould lives in New Mexico with his wife, writer Laura J. Mixon.
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A percutaneously inserted central catheter (PICC) is a long, very thin, soft plastic tube that is put into a small blood vessel. This article addresses PICCs in babies.
Why is a PICC used?
A PICC is used when a baby needs IV fluids or medicine over a long period of time. Regular IVs only last 1 to 3 days and need to be replaced. A PICC can stay in for 2 to 3 weeks or longer.
PICCs are often used in premature babies who cannot feed because of bowel problems or who need IV medicines for a long time.
How is a PICC placed?
The doctor or nurse will:
- Give the baby pain medicine
- Clean the baby's skin with a germ-killing medicine (antiseptic)
- Make a small surgical cut and place a hollow needle into a small vein in the arm or leg
- Move the PICC through the needle into a big vein, putting its tip near (but not in) the heart
- Take an x-ray to place the needle
- Remove the needle after the catheter is placed
What are the risks of having a PICC placed?
- The health care team may take several tries to place the PICC. In some cases, the PICC cannot be properly positioned and a different therapy will be needed.
- There is a small risk of infection. The longer the PICC is in place, the greater the risk.
- Sometimes the catheter may wear away the blood vessel wall. IV fluid or medication can leak into nearby areas of the body.
- Very rarely, the PICC can wear away the wall of the heart. This can cause serious bleeding and poor heart function.
- Very rarely, the catheter may break inside the blood vessel.
Alternative Names
PICC - infants; PQC - infants; Pic line - infants; Per-Q cath - infants
Update Date 10/29/2013
Updated by: Kimberly G Lee, MD, MSc, IBCLC, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Bethanne Black, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.


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Update on MaryMary is taking out another Kiva loan, this time in the amount of KES 50,000. The previous loan enabled her to double her monthly income which has been of great help to her family. With the new loan she wants to expand her charcoal business and purchase ten sacks of charcoal for resale.
Previous Loan DetailsMary is a married woman with three children, all of whom attend school. She owns a house that has piped water but not electricity. Her greatest monthly expense is food. She has been operating a fresh water selling business for the past two years, selling from home to her neighbors. Mary fa... More from Mary's previous loan »
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About Yehu Microfinance TrustThis loan is administered by Yehu Microfinance Trust, which was founded in 1998 as a project of CHOICE Humanitarian Kenya. In July 2007, Yehu became a separate entity from CHOICE and was registered as a trust. Since then, Yehu has expanded to cover over half of Kenya's 13 coastal districts.
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Our Field Partners often work with borrowers over a series of loans as the borrowers build credit, take out bigger loans, and expand their businesses. In order to make it easier for our Field Partners to post loans for borrowers who have been listed on Kiva before, we allow them to post successive and concurrent loans for their Kiva borrowers. This means that our Field Partners are able to post a borrower's second, third, etc., loan on Kiva without having to re-enter all of the borrower's information.
This borrower has been listed on Kiva before, so you'll see an updated loan description, as well as excerpts of the original descriptions from earlier loans. Most borrowers take out loans consecutively, meaning that they receive a second loan after having repaid the first. However, sometimes our Field Partners give out concurrent loans, allowing borrowers to take out one primary loan and a secondary "add-on" loan along with it. These "add-on" loans are typically smaller than the borrower's primary loan and serve a different purpose. Because Field Partners can now post loans as successive and concurrent loans, you will be able to track borrower progress over time and see the various ways a borrower is working with our Field Partners through funds from Kiva's lenders.
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NY seeks to ban sugary drinks from food stamp buys
Advocates for the poor expressed alarm about the proposal, which the New York City Coalition Against Hunger said "punishes poor people for the supposed crime of being poor."
"It's sending the message to low-income people that they are uniquely the only people in America who don't know how to take care of their family," said Joel Berg, the group's executive director. "The problem isn't that they're making poor choices, the problem is that they can't afford nutritious food."
There still are many unhealthful products New Yorkers could purchase with food stamps, including potato chips, ice cream and candy. Officials said the proposal targets sugary drinks because they are the largest contributor to obesity.
More than half of adult New York City residents are overweight or obese, along with nearly 40 percent of public school students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
City officials said lower-income residents are most likely to drink one or more sugar-sweetened drinks a day; adult-onset diabetes is also twice as common among poor New Yorkers compared to the wealthiest.
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Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Simon Overland. Photo: Craig Abraham
THERE have been concerns expressed in relation to the future of the current Security Intelligence Group (SIG) within Victoria Police. I understand the community's interest in this area and want to make it clear that the work we are undertaking is to ensure that we are strengthening our efforts to meet future needs.
There are justifiable security concerns, but I appreciate there is public discussion about this latest review of SIG following articles and an editorial in The Age this week, so I will endeavour to provide an explanation for the current review to the extent that I am able.
The SIG has its roots in the special branch established within Victoria Police in 1931, based on the British approach to dealing with communism and working class radicalisation. Over the past 80 years this function has been through numerous reviews and restructures, the last being in 2000 when the current SIG was formed, on the back of a number of critical reviews.
It is appropriate to conduct reviews regularly given the important and sensitive work undertaken. This area has drawn much criticism over its life. I am acutely aware of the importance of this function given my long policing experience at federal and state levels and my direct involvement with the SIG.
The review recommendations will not result in a significant shift in the charter, but will see it discharged in a different way. For example, the new model proposes to place some intelligence analysts with units dealing with critical infrastructure protection, terrorism investigations and protection for dignitaries. These analysts will leverage the intelligence collected to produce products more closely aligned with the needs of the areas to which they will be attached.
The remainder of the current SIG resources will be merged with another intelligence unit and focus on dedicated intelligence collection on issues such as counterterrorism, politically and religiously motivated violence and extremist groups. This will improve intelligence sharing and our response to these important security issues.
Importantly, this new combined intelligence unit will also focus on organised crime, where closer links are being found between terrorist and organised criminal activity. These two issues present enormous challenges to policing efforts around the world, and real and potential fusion of the two magnifies those challenges.
The Commonwealth government has recognised the growing threat of organised crime by including it as an issue of national security. This in part has been driven by its connection with terrorist activity. The SIG review has been cognisant of these broader environmental shifts.
Another rationale for the proposed changes is to strengthen the accountability of the intelligence activities in these sensitive areas. The Age has, in the past, questioned some of the activities undertaken by the SIG, particularly its focus on ''community interest groups''. We maintain that this focus is driven by the potential threat to public safety, not the political or ideological views of the group concerned, but I readily concede the public interest in ensuring the appropriateness of our actions. There will be improved governance and oversight of intelligence focus and activities in the new model, something I would hope The Age would welcome.
The review is being overseen by a steering committee chaired by Assistant Commissioner Jeff Pope that includes two other highly experienced assistant commissioners. It reported to former deputy commissioner Sir Ken Jones, who agreed with and supported the committee's recommendations, and will now report to Deputy Commissioner Ken Lay. The ''secret report'' referred to in Tuesday's article is a report from the working group commissioned to undertake the review and was received and considered by the steering committee, along with other information.
This review will not lessen our focus on security threats to the Victorian community. It will improve our ability to deliver quality intelligence to identify and respond to these threats.
No one would suggest it is still appropriate for Victoria Police to be running a 1930s-like ''special branch''. This function has evolved to deal with a changing environment and criticisms of past performance. This is just the latest, but unlike many in the past it is not being driven externally or by critical failures. It is a genuine attempt to ensure we continue to meet our critical responsibility to keep all Victorians safe from terrorism or extremist-related violence, while maintaining due respect and regard for democratic principles and individual rights.
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This confortable hotel is composed by 28 rooms. There is a lobby with 24-hour reception and check-in-check-out service, hotel safe and lift access. Further facilities include a TV room, breakfast room and room service. The wireless service is complitely free. Guests arriving by car may leave their vehicles in the hotel's own indoor and outdoor car parks. The guest rooms include all the modern comforts needed for a pleasant stay. They include an en suite bathroom with bathtub and hairdryer, direct dial telephone, television, radio, Internet access, minibar and room safe. All rooms have been fitted with individually regulated air conditioning and heating units and include a private balcony/terrace. The Bar offers free room deliveries, 24-hours a day. The Restaurant-Pizzeria serves the best Italian cuisine and is located just 300 m from the hotel.
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You are bored. This story is the antidote.
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patrick1 SAYS 2013-03-03 20:59so then do you kind of just make it up? ive read it just still not really familiar with how its all done lol especially the transfers
Transfer Deadline Tomorrow Monday 4th of March 2013. @ 11:59pm or 23:59 GMT.
Important other information. Lucky for some. This Transfer window no contracts will be calculated they will be exactly the same as they were from the players previous club. This is because I didn't put a cap on how many transfer are aloud to be made and that would give me no spare time for more important things. Loaning is now finished as I am putting it into the system already. (Do not be too worried if you haven't got all your players you wanted as your manager will be given a budget to work with and will certainly fill the spots at your. Budgets made at your discretion ). Once deadline is hit all PM's sent after will not be confirmed. Foreign Transfer window will start, all chairmen will be required to send me a list of 3 foreign players to place bids on. (value of bid determined in rules!) and 2 players from the lower leagues in England along with your manager Budgets for the window transfer and wage. This can be 0 for both if wanted. PM me your wanted managers tomorrow and I will tell you the price to sort it out. Along with Facilities PM me any questions making the title *Question*
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Citizens in Multnomah, Washington and Clark counties chose to give twice this spring: first by buying Girl Scout cookies to support Girl Scouting and then by donating their purchase to Meals on Wheels People. Gifts from Camas, Washougal, Vancouver, Ridgefield, Battle Ground, Banks, Forest Grove, Sherwood, Tigard, Tualatin, Hillsboro, Beaverton, Gresham, Troutdale and Corbett amassed 260 cases (3,120 packages) of... Full story »
5,000 flower centerpieces will be delivered to seniors this week thanks to the generosity of The Bloom Project. At 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 5,000 centerpieces will arrive at Meals on Wheels People Central Kitchen in Multnomah Village for delivery to seniors. "We are so very grateful to The Bloom Project for this wonderful gift of cheer to our... Full story »
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Eagle Scout project at Pleasant View Cemetery skyrockets into big Memorial Day celebration (photos and video)Eagle Scout project at Pleasant View Cemetery skyrockets into big Memorial Day celebration (photos and video)Dawson Durig, 15, came up with an idea to earn his Eagle Scout ranking and honor his grandfather, a WWII veteran. Then the project at Pleasant View Cemetery in Sherwood mushroomed, says Charlotte Lehan, was appointed to the Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries Full story »
Supporters and volunteers of Meals on Wheels People donated enough funds in just one hour to provide nearly 70,000 hot meals to seniors in the greater metropolitan area at the organization's annual Spring Luncheon presented by New Seasons Market. The event is Meals on Wheels People's single largest fundraising event of the year. Combined with a luncheon held in Vancouver... Full story »
Meals on Wheels People will launch a daily vegetarian meal option for Meals on Wheels clients beginning Monday, Jan. 19. Vegetarian meals have been available at the organization's 34 neighborhood dining centers for several years, but pre-plated meals for homebound contained more traditional protein sources. "We are receiving more requests for a vegetable-based diet from our homebound clients," said Meals... Full story »
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Las Amigas Unidas 1 Group
The members of Group 1 of the Amigos Unidos (United Friends) Bank of Hope have already been clients of Esperanza International for a year. They have experienced success in their businesses and most of them are expanding the activities with which they first started. The group members have businesses in prepared food sales, breakfast sales, and water distribution.
Serge D. is the group representative and he owns a souvenir shop in San Pedro de Macoris. His souvenir shop mostly caters to tourists. He sells crafts made of materials like clay, thatch, and wood. With this loan, he will purchase some paintings (Haitian art has an especially high demand in souvenir shops in Dominican Republic), along with some beach apparel like towels, bathing suits, and sunscreen. He would like to see his shop become a reference for souvenir shops in San Pedro de Macoris, and to be a better Christian each day.
Please help us support these entrepreneurs through this Kiva loan. Thank you!
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This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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- Repayment Term
- 8 months (Additional Information)
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- Mar 17, 2009
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- Apr 2, 2009
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The astounding story of a twenty-seven-year-old Australian woman who set off to cross the desolate outback, accompanied only by four camels and a dog. It was a trip that began as a pure and (many said) lunatic gesture of independence and quickly turned into an all-out battle of wits against the forces of both nature and civilization. Cocky and outspoken, Robyn Davidson's tale is at once the probing journal of a daring and stubborn woman and a wilderness adventure of the most exhilarating sort. Rick Smolan, the photographer, had his own adventure tracking Robyn down to document her trip for National Geographic magazine. The outback of Australia, seen through Rick's cameras and Robyn's words, is an ancient awesome landscape swept by rain, heat and dust and inhabited by all varieties of marauding life, from poisonous snakes and wild bull camels to swarms of tourists clamoring after their newest heroine, the "Camel Lady." When Robyn and her caravan reach their destination six months and 1700 miles of outback later, their arrival marks the end of a true odyssey and an unforgettable book. —Amazon.com
A note about the downloads available above:
The bin/cue downloads from the internal server will allow you to burn a copy of the particular CDs that includes the audio tracks (i.e. you get a physical copy of the original CD)
Amazon.com Buy Links:
From Alice to Ocean: Alone Across the Outback [Hardcover]
From Alice to Ocean [Hardcover]
From Alice to Ocean [Audio CD]
From Alice to Ocean: Alone Across the Outback [Unknown Binding]
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From Alice to Ocean: Alone Across the Outback [Gebundene Ausgabe]
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Tracks [Paperback] by Robyn Davidson
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Wikipedia.com/Robyn_Davidson Wikipedia.com/Rick_Smolan
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Yes, I some times do that accidently. I think it would be good to have a bin-cue of the photo CD, but it is really up to you whether you keep the first 4 files or not.
No idea why I've named it "game" CD. If we remove/replace the separate first 4 files,
I could also create a bin/cue image of the Photo CD in order to do this?
I just added a bin-cue of my copy of the one CD that I have of this. Don't understand why the file is much bigger than the combined "game" and audio tracks uploaded previously.
A significant title from a historical standpoint. It was the first to use Apple's QuickTime software.
I still have to learn that bin/cue is a valuable CD disc image format now.
Anybody wanting me to upload bin/cue?
Hmm... If it is worth to do so?
I've got the original book with the CD-ROMs (it contains also a Photo CD
still to be uploaded here). - done.
Got the original CD somwhere too.
Pretty sure it came bundled with the CD300 or the 7100. I´m afraid the disk would be a bin/cue candidate again.
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Mission to Ukraine 7/20/2007 - World War Two Memorial, Kiev
Here is the second part of 7/20/2007 excursion in Kiev. This is the World War Two Memorial, but in the former USSR they call it the "Great Patriotic War." The statue of mother Russia is actually taller than the Statue of Liberty in New York.
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The Beast of Revelation: Identified (DVD)
Who is the dreaded beast of Revelation?
Now at last, a plausible candidate for this personification of evil incarnate has been identified (or re-identified). Ken Gentry's insightful analysis of scripture and history is likely to revolutionize your understanding of the book of Revelation — and even more importantly — amplify and energize your entire Christian worldview!
Historical footage and other graphics are used to illustrate the lecture Dr. Gentry presented at the 1999 Ligonier Conference in Orlando, Florida. It is followed by a one-hour question and answer session addressing the key concerns and objections typically raised in response to his position. This presentation also features an introduction that touches on not only the confusion and controversy surrounding this issue — but just why it may well be one of the most significant issues facing the Church today.
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Sixteen Christian leaders and scholars answer some of the most common questions and misconceptions related to this volatile issue:
1. Are we under Law or under Grace?
2. Does the Old Testament Law apply today?
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6. What about the separation of Church and State?
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"Here I stand … I can do no other!"
With these immortal words, an unknown German monk sparked a spiritual revolution that changed the world.
The dramatic classic film of Martin Luther's life was released in theaters worldwide in the 1950s and was nominated for two Oscars. A magnificent depiction of Luther and the forces at work in the surrounding society that resulted in his historic reform efforts, this film traces Luther's life from a guilt-burdened monk to his eventual break with the Roman Catholic Church.
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This is the first video documentary that answers these and other related questions. Hosted by Eric Holmberg, this fascinating three-part, four-hour presentation is detailed enough so as to not gloss over the controversy. At the same time, it is broken up into ten "Sunday-school-sized" sections to make the rich content manageable and accessible for the average viewer.
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The Four Keys to the Millennium (Book)
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Bowling might not be the highest profile of high school sports, but there is no question that Greenwood Christian Academy's Alexandra Ross has a big-time game.
Ross won the Indiana High School Bowling state championship on Feb. 15 at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis, defeating Lake Central's Kelly Belzeski with a final game score of 269.
Only a freshman, Ross was the top seed in the knockout ladder after bowling a 702 series in the qualifying. She rolled a total of 10 strikes in that match.
While not sanctioned by the IHSAA, high school bowling is a club sport with heavy participation in the state, including 3,500 student-athletes competing in the various rounds of the state tournament.
The final was televised statewide, and Ross impressed professional bowler Mike Aulby, who was doing commentary, with her form and the short amount of time she took to roll once she had picked up her ball.
As to that quick tempo, Ross said she was just "in a zone."
"When you get into a rhythm you just need to keep going," she said. "There's a zone, definitely, because I was in the zone. I think throwing a lot of strikes (puts you there). Usually I go faster because I get set up better.
"You're so in focus that you just keep going. You don't think about 'What I should do'. I wasn't thinking, really."
The performance is more remarkable considering that Ross has only been bowling for six years.
Her father, Ryan Ross, who coaches the GCA team, said he began staying home in 2008 and was looking for something he and Alexandra could do together. They settled on bowling and she participated in Kids Bowl Free, a national program sponsored by bowling centers around the country to promote interest in the game.
"She enjoyed it, but when she said she wanted to bowl in a league, we thought she would get tired of it after a while," the elder Ross said. "But it just took off from there."
The younger Ross started to excel at the game and said there were multiple reasons for it.
"The first year I started I had the highest average in the league I bowled in, so I thought if I keep working at this I have a shot at being pretty good," she said. "I just liked having fun. It's a different kind of sport than basketball or soccer. It's a sport you can compete individually in and not have to worry about how good your team is.
"You can meet some pretty cool people in it, too."
One of those people for Ross has been Diandra Asbaty, one of the top female bowlers in the nation. Asbaty is based out of Chicago and has been coaching Alexandra.
"I go to Chicago on a Saturday or a Friday if we're off school," Ross said. "She gives me three or four things to work on in the lesson, and the lesson lasts an hour and a half to two hours. She films me and watches me and sends me the stuff I need to work on in an email."
Ross is active in the extensive junior bowling tournament network operated by the U.S. Bowling Congress. USBC sponsors a national championship event called the U.S. Junior Gold, and Alexandra will compete at this year's event in July in Buffalo. Winning is one of her goals.
"I'd like to make the Indiana All-Star team. I'd like to win Junior Gold for my (age) division. I'd like to bowl in college, and I want to throw a 300," she said.
Like its basketball counterpart, the Indiana All-Star team in bowling plays a match against a team from Kentucky. Unlike basketball, however, the team consists of top female bowlers from around the state, not just students. The top 16 bowlers from qualifying tournaments in Terre Haute this spring will make the team.
Ross is already beginning to attract some attention from college programs. More than 100 schools have interscholastic teams, with many more teams and scholarships available on the women's side due to Title IX. Nebraska is the defending NCAA women's team champion.
Of course, being able to pursue all of these goals involves a lot of practice. Ross usually works on her game at Southern Bowl in Greenwood.
"I work on spares a lot. I work on release, just throwing the ball and not worrying about what I get score-wise," she said. "I bowl three times a week, sometimes four like I did last week. I might bowl three of four games (per visit)."
While she has other interests, Ross has no qualms about spending so much time in pursuit of her dreams.
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Washington (13-18) appeared to be headed toward a rout, but blew a 15-point lead with 81/2 minutes left.
The sixth-seeded Huskies went 8 minutes without a field goal as Washington State (17-15) scored 15 straight points to tie it. Desmond Simmons put Washington up by two with a tough shot inside with 1:16 remaining, and Washington State's Brock Motum badly missed a 3-pointer while trying to draw a foul with 3 seconds left.
Abdul Gaddy had 11 assists for Washington, which moves on to face third-seeded Oregon in Thursday's quarterfinals.
Motum had 28 points in what's likely his final game for Washington State, and D.J. Shelton added 19.
Washington came into the tournament after a regular season filled with streaks.
The Huskies opened Pac-12 play with four straight wins, lost seven of eight, then closed the season 3-1. Washington finished tied for sixth in the conference 9-9 and was likely looking at a Pac-12 title as its only shot at making the NCAA tournament.
The Huskies fell flat at last year's tournament, losing to Utah in the opening round to become the first team from a power conference to win the regular season title and not make the NCAA tournament.
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A woman who allegedly kicked her 5-year-old child in the head, fought with officers and broke a police car window is charged with simple assault and other offenses, Ashley Borough police said.
Police charged Angel M. Yaskiewicz, 27, of 109 W. Grand St., Nanticoke, with two counts of simple assault, resisting arrest, institutional vandalism, disorderly conduct, harassment and criminal trespassing. Charges stem from a fight between Yaskiewicz and her ex-boyfriend on June 7 that police responded to around 11 p.m., according to an affidavit.
Police said during the dispute at a home on Ashley Street, Yaskiewicz punched her ex-boyfriend in the face, kicked the child in the head and ripped off another woman's shirt and bra. She also resisted arrest and bent the back window of a police car until it shattered, police said. When police stunned her with a Taser, she started kicking one of the officers, according to the affidavit.
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— From member station KQED, Ancel Martinez visits Rio Nido, California, a vacation spot an hour north of San Francisco, to see how residents are coping with El Nino. The heavy rains of the past month have caused landslides that have completely destroyed about a dozen homes so far. Many more in the community are threatened, and most residents have been evacuated. Statewide damage is estimated at 300-million dollars with the worst yet to come. Experts say the El Nino weather pattern could last another two months.
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When I do
ping google.com on the host (Win7) I get 18.104.22.168 and am able to ping without issue.
When I do
ping 18.104.22.168 on Ubuntu (my VirtualBox guest OS) I get a
connect: Network is unreachable message.
Here's the output of ifconfig:
I've tried doing
sudo ifconfig eth0 down and then
sudo ifconfig eth0 up and they appear to run without issue. What's interesting is that
ping 188.8.131.52 actually worked before I did the ifconfig stuff. Doing it in fact seems to have in fact made things worse - not better.
cat /etc/resolv.conf gives me the following:
nameserver 10.128.128.128
Here's a copy of my virtualbox settings:
Any ideas?


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The noise comes on and will shut off intermittently while the vehicle is running. It sounds like a fan. It is coming from underneath the vehicle in the rear on the driver's side. It appears that the noise is coming from a square looking device.
by DonaldPark in Erie, PA on December 11, 2011