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Jesus – Bisexual Polygamist?
So I was talking to a friend yesterday, and it came out that they're a polygamist. They're "in the closet" about it, but their identity isn't important. It's likely no one that you know. Still, the discussion led to me apologizing for the drubbing that people of my faith have given people in that lifestyle. Personally, as I told this person, I don't care who you live with, sleep with, or marry so long as you're all healthy and happy. It's not my place to tell you how to run your life, particularly if you're not a Christian. Even if you are, I'm not sure that I could come up with anything other than a cultural argument against it, and, personally, I couldn't come up with one of those that would hold water.
This must have been on my mind quite a bit though, subconsciously. While driving into work this sentence popped into my head. "Jesus was a bisexual polygamist." I fired it off to a friend and he said that he wanted to read that for sure. I let it run around my brain for a bit to figure out what I meant by it. After having a few cups of coffee I think this is where I'm headed:
We're told that we are the bride of Christ. All of us (in the Church). Obviously there are men and women in the Church and there are more than one of us. So, there you go, Christ is married to millions of men and women throughout space and time. A little anticlimactic? A bit. But bear with me.
I've been married for sixteen years now, but I'm an only child (biologically). The analogy that we're all married to Christ is a bit more meaningful to me than the one where we're all his brothers and sisters. The notion that I'm to treat my fellow believers as I would my own spouse hits nearer the mark. I've learned a lot about communication and how to treat my wife thanks to quite a lot of therapy over the last year or so.
Things I would never want to do to my wife:
Make her feel unworthy.
Tell her that her feelings are wrong.
Abuse her physically (this one's never been a problem for me) or verbally.
Try and "fix" her.
Things I need to do:
Encourage her.
Love her.
Learn the art of compromise.
This is how a relationship with Christ and with our fellow brides needs to look (this and more). Lately it looks a lot more like an episode of Bridezillas. Whether you believe that God chose us before the creation of the world or whether we chose him, we're in this relationship for the long haul. There's no divorcing each other, and since this isn't "Wife Swap" (that this is a real show pains me), there's no telling other families how to live their lives.
I had to get this off my chest. Thanks again for your patience.
13 Responses to "Jesus – Bisexual Polygamist?"
Well said, Sir.
Hmmm I'm not sure how I feel about this. Are you saying loving people means that we should never tell the people we love the right way to do things? Or are you saying it's only right to do so in certain circumstances?
Also, I really appreciate how you put this, because it's true of Christians in general: " Things I need to do: Encourage her. Love her. Learn the art of compromise. LISTEN TO HER." Especially with how you've applied it to fellow human beings. It's basically the second of the two most important commandments. But you're not married to your fellow Christians as individuals, are you? The church is married to Jesus. I'm not sure the bridegroom metaphor was meant to be taken so literally.
I'm saying that just as in marriage, if you chose to tell someone the "right way to do things" you need to a) make sure you're right b) tell them in a loving manner c) accept them even if they don't agree with you.
We're certainly not literally married to them, just as we aren't literally married to Christ. But I think it's a decent analogy.
Ah alright. Thanks for clarifying! 🙂
Sorry, fixated on just the first paragraph here – isn't polygamy against the law?
Well this person is only legally married to one other person, so perhaps polyamorous is the more correct term.
And it may or may not be illegal where they are.
I'm thinking your title is tangential to your main point of how we ought to treat each other, but that point is tangential to my comment.
The Bible describes the church, not individual members, as the bride of Christ. I think that's a distinction worth making in that it negates the weird image of bisexual poligamy that you've conjured up. In other words, I think that's pretty far out of context and the conclusions that might lead to is way out of context.
Poligamy is never condemned in the NT that I'm aware of except for elders. I think there are plenty of OT examples of multiple wives causing trouble for the man to provide a pretty good argument against it. That and the fact that, at least in the US, it is illegal and the direction to submit to the government pretty much put that idea to rest for believers here. I know there are believers overseas that have multiple spouses.
In terms of telling each other what to do, I hear what you're saying about not having the right to tell them what to do, but I think you take it a bit too far. As believers, we are to examine the scriptures and seek to follow his will. As we learn and develop our own convictions, I think we have an obligation to discuss them with others, in a reasonable, loving matter. In some things (sex outside of marriage, stealing, murder, for example) the scriptures are pretty darn clear and there really isn't any debate. in those cases, we can challenge pretty dogmatically. In other cases, I think we open a dialog, share our convictions and challenge them to think, gently, about our convictions. You may still disagree, but to take a hands 'whatever works for you' attitude isn't the most loving thing, in my mind.
The title is tangential, but it sure is an attention getter. 😉
I think my conclusions on how we should treat each other are spot on. I choose not to condemn the actions of non-Christians where there is no clear harm being done. Polygamy happens to be one of those things. I respect my gov't but I think some of our laws are monumentally stupid and I don't think that submitting to our government is a directive to do whatever they say. Else we'd still be a colony.
The post really wasn't about polygamy per se though as you guessed. If you're talking about "there's no telling other families how to live their lives.", I think there's a difference between discussing matters where we differ on morality with none believers and actually just saying "this is how you need to live" without realizing that no matter how much we say "this is how you need to live" without Jesus no matter how moral you are you aren't moral enough. So all the shouting people do at none-believers about how they need to change their lives is not only counter-productive it's also pointless.
I don't think things like stealing and murder are on the table since there seems to, for most people, be a common ground there. So if it seems like I was saying "do whatever works for you", I wasn't.
Oh yeah, it is an attention getter. 😛
I think what got me focused on telling folks what to do was this:
"Personally, as I told this person, I don't care who you live with, sleep with, or marry so long as you're all healthy and happy. It's not my place to tell you how to run your life, particularly if you're not a Christian. Even if you are, I'm not sure that I could come up with anything other than a cultural argument against it, and, personally, I couldn't come up with one of those that would hold water."
I read too much into the 'Even if you are' bit, it seems. I'm with you 100% that we have no business telling non-Christians how to run their lives. I'd say that we ought not to be dictating to Christians either, but there is an assumption there that we're both following Jesus and when I see something in my brother that doesn't appear to match that, I think there's an obligation to have a dialog about it. A respectful, humble dialog where all parties are open to changing their perspective.
In regards to non-believers, I think we shouldn't be shy about our convictions, but as you've said, we really have no standing at all to judge their behavior. I don't think I'd go as far as "I don't care … so long as you're all healthy and happy." because I would say that living outside the context of God's law isn't going to be healthy or happy, ultimately.
Still, I'd say we should share our convictions, in an appropriate context, with appropriate respect and humility. After all, that's one way that people are moved to faith, seeing us act on our beliefs.
It seems to me that 1) if Jesus would have come for a single human being; and if 2) there is no clear condemnation of healthy same-sex relationships or plural marriage in Scripture, than the Christian mystics (Julian, Bernard of Clairvaux, and so on) experience Christ as their spouse are using Scripture responsibly in calling themselves the Bride of Christ. It seems to me that the image of a single marriage encompassing multiple people seems to me a faithful image. I made the same comment the other day to friends: "Jesus is the most polyamorous man I've ever known."
Give that was a tangent, I absolutely agree with you that honouring fellow Christians as the Bride of Christ, or as friends, or as a strange sort of brothers and sisters (Mark 3:31-35) who are co-heirs with Christ through adoption.
Thanks for your post!
To the life of me I can't swallow the idea that we're "all" brides of Jesus. The whole analogy makes me angry because he was Mary's guy… Magdalene of course. And to the life of me I will not believe that he visited "bad women" just to have his feet oiled by a whore's hair… (Even though that sounds suitably kinky to me, I don't think that was what was ACTUALLY going on.) I do dare to say I have some inside knowledge to this – but let's just say that you're closer to the truth than those who claim he was a virgin with issues about sex and homosexuality and who knows what!
Where does your "inside knowledge" come from?


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2. By nature, rapeseed oil is toxic to humans and other animals and was never meant to be used for human consumption . The correct name for Canola oil is "Lear" oil (Low Erucic Acid Rape) or Rape Oil and is used mainly for lubricant and fuel sap, as a base for synthetic rubber, and is used as a substance for the glossy effect in magazines or other paper products. The word canola comes from "Canada" Oil" and is not a naturally grown plant.
3. Why is it used? It is extremely cheap to grow and harvest. The Canadian government paid the FDA $50 million to have rapeseed registered and categorized as being safe for humans to consume, according to – 'John Thomas' book, "Young Again".
4. It is toxic! and related to symptoms of Emphysema, Respiratory distress, anemia, constipation, and irritability. Rape seed oil is used in China for stir-frying and was found to emit cancer-causing chemicals from the smoke, causing lung cancer, according to the Wall Street Journal (June 7, 1995).
5. It causes blindness in animals and Mad Cow Disease! According to John Thomas' book, Young Again, in 1986-1991 England and Europe fed rape seed to cows, pigs, and sheep who later went blind and began attacking people (Mad Cow Disease). After discontinuing the rape seed (canola oil) the attacks and blindness stopped. It was banned in Europe in 1991. The FDA is still allowing it to be used in thousands of products in the U.S. We are putting it in our bodies every day!! Wow that is certainly Scary!!
6. Research at the University of Florida-Gainesville, determined that as much as 4.6% of all fatty acids in Canola are "trans" isomers (plastic) due to the refining process. It has a tendency to inhibit the proper metabolism of foods and blocks our normal enzyme function, and could cause destruction of the myelitis sheath that surrounds our nerves, for protection. It is known as a Trans Acid, and many are labeled Hydrogenated or partially Hydrogenated oils. These should all be avoided and totally eliminated from your diet. The adverse health effect are cumulative. Many times it takes 10 years before symptoms manifest.
7. It is found in many processed foods, margarine, peanut butter, breads, and almost all potato chips.
8. It forms latex-like substances that causes red blood corpuscles to clump together.
9. Rats developed fatty degeneration of heart, kidney, adrenals and thyroid glands. When the Canola oil was withdrawn from their diet, the deposits dissolved, but scar tissue remained on the organs.
10. Rape oil is a source of the chemical warfare agent mustard gas. It was banned after blistering the lungs and skins of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians during WWII. There have been recent reports that it was again used in the Gulf War.
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Well people eat it, though to me the deeper question is what is any vegetable oil, because try as I might I will never be able to squeeze grease out of a plant, even fresh ground peanut butter does not separate into oil like the store bought natural kind. If you can explain... thanks. Obviously I have seen refineries near large farms in the Midwest. I still don't know what they do.
Canola oil is hybridized, not genetically engineered. Doesn't pose the same risks as rapeseed oil, and has a very high smoke point. It's not a whole food or something that should be taken in large quantity. But again to reiterate, it was very effective in preventing second heart attacks in the Lyons Health Study and reducing heart disease in mortality in Finland. http://www.nutritionheart.com/canola-oil-health/
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@The Speed FamilyHey There, Sorry you're uncomfortable with Canola Oil. The chefs choose their own ingredients to cook with, but if you feel uncomfortable with it by all means use another vegetable oil in it's place. As far as we know Conala oil has been found safe to use.
You can read about it here: http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/canola.asp
and here http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/canola-oil/AN01281
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We've two public television stations in Tulsa. One has recently begun showing "Vegan Mashup." ...just finished watching the program. We're "almost" vegan; we've been vegetarians for over 25 years. Many of the recipes looked/sounded wonderful! As we're retired, and on Social Security -- the ingredients are cost prohibitive. Oh well, we thoroughly enjoyed watching the various cooks.
Best do some homework on canola oil. It's nasty stuff; we've not had it in our home for a decade or more.
When first introduced to Canola, as most if us did, we sought out this "healthy oil". Josh what a let down to discover it's true properties.
@ShannonDuncan @The Speed Family
I read several articles - medical to foods not to use - about the disgusting way canola oil is made. Canola is a by-product of the oil industry. Yuck!! Since then, we've used vegetable, sesame, olive oils to bake and/or cook. We've not had canola oil in our kitchen in years!!! Be healthy, Shannon!!
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Valuation Matters Less Than You Think
GUEST MENTOR Shafqat Islam, co-founder of NewsCred: As an entrepreneur who has gone through numerous rounds of financing, I will take the contrarian view when it comes to valuations: They really don't matter.
Here's why.
In many cases, the way venture math works is that the valuation is the output of the formula, not the input. I always thought that the valuation was the main input variable that drives the financing equation, but as I gain more experience on the entrepreneur side of the table, I realize that it's often reversed.
In our case, the inputs were as follows (roughly prioritized in this order):
- Who do we want to work with? You're getting married to the partner and the firm without the option of divorce.
- What percentage of ownership do they expect? This is often the No. 1 factor driving the entire equation.
- How flexible are they with regards to ownership?
- How much competition is there for the round? This directly impacts point No. 3.
- How much funding are you trying to raise?
- How much do existing investors want to invest?
Once you plug in these variables, the result is the only unknown that you are solving for: The valuation.
See what other startup mentors have to say about why when and how to value your startup.
Sure, if you have competition and are in a position with leverage, you can increase both the valuation and the amount you raise, thereby keeping variable No. 2 (ownership percentage) steady. But then you run into the final problem: The curse of a sky-high valuation.
Optimizing for valuation is dangerous because it can impact your "outs." In any game of poker, you want to make sure you have plenty of outs, but a high valuation means you limit exit opportunities (new investors usually want to see 10 times their money back). You also risk having a valuation that you can't grow into quickly enough, which means there may be a future down round. And no one wants that.
It's hard to generalize, but one thing I've learned is that there are nuances to venture math. These nuances suggest that entrepreneurs are better off optimizing for qualities other than valuation.
A new investor's rules for minimum ownership percentage may not allow much flexibility anyway (the rationale behind it is a topic for another blog post).
Don't ignore valuation. Pay attention to it. Make sure you get a fair price. In the long run, however, other variables such as the partner or firm you're working with are much more important to the growth of your business.
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Van Gaal expects meeting with United this week: Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal is "ready" to succeed David Moyes at Old Trafford, reports the Daily Mirror, among other outlets. The paper claims that the Dutchman is currently at his villa in Portugal's Algarve and expecting a meeting there with a United delegation to discuss the prospect of taking over from Moyes. Van Gaal has been linked to the Tottenham job, but is holding out for the Old Trafford post.
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Klopp also on United radar: The Daily Mail, meanwhile, present Borussia Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp as their leading candidate to replace Moyes. The German has been linked with a move to Spanish giants Barcelona, but bookmakers Coral have installed him as a 5-1 joint favourite with Van Gaal for the United job, according to the paper.
Paper Round's view: Dortmund may well have endured a difficult season under Klopp, but the flamboyant and entertaining manager certainly has the flair for the United job. His teams play attractive football, something which has been sorely lacking at Old Trafford this season, and he is seen as being progressive, rather than the somewhat regressive Moyes.
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Simeone set for United audition: The Telegraph claims that Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone is set for "an audition" for the United post when he leads his side into their Champions League semi-final against Chelsea. The Argentine has done superbly since taking over the Spanish capital club, leading them to the top of La Liga and to the brink a European Cup final, and is among the managers United are considering to take them into a new era.
Paper Round's view: Given where he has taken Atleti, there can be no doubting Simeone's ability as a talented young manager, with experience to boot after three successful years in charge in Madrid. He is, though, hardly revered on the Old Trafford terraces, considering his involvement in the sending off of David Beckham, then a United favourite, at the 1998 World Cup in France. Will that have a bearing on the Glazers' decision, once they come to make one? Probably not, just it's worth noting anyway.
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Could Sir Alex Ferguson return? That's the question The Independent asks this morning. The paper highlights that such a move is not unprecedented, with Sir Matt Busby having returned to the Old Trafford hotseat after his initial departure. Back in the 1970/71 season, Busby was given back his previous role after his replacement Wilf McGuinness had failed to deliver. In another coincidence, just like Ferguson, Busby became a director at Manchester United following his managerial retirement, the article points out.
Paper Round's view: Ferguson has steadfastedly refused to consider going back into management, and even the extent of United's woes would surely not see him cave in to what would most likely be a popular move among fans. And the quirky Busby comparison obviously means nothing.
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United players knew before Everton match: The Mirror claims that United players knew of Moyes' fate even before Sunday's match at Goodison Park. The paper reveals that players were telling friends they were adamant that their manager would be 'sacked within days' on the eve of the 2-0 loss, having heard of significant developments within the Old Trafford hierarchy. The report adds: "There are also suggestions from sources close to the United dressing-room that Moyes may have already known that the Glazer family had decided to axe him before the game at Goodison, but was determined to face the fury of the supporters of the club he quit for United before he departed."
Paper Round's view: If true, it's easy to see why United put in such an abject display against Everton - a manager who knew it would be his last game in charge, and a team who were effectively playing for a dead man walking. Unfortunately, it appears that Moyes is not held in high enough regard by his players to expect them to give him a gutsy send-off, which not only speaks volumes for his stature within in the club, but also the players' attitudes this season.
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Several players' futures on hold: The futures of the likes of Danny Welbeck, Shinji Kagawa and Robin van Persie are up in the air amid the speculation over the identity of the United's new manager. All three players have been linked with moves elsewhere, but now they may decide to wait and see how the situation unfolds before making any concrete decisions. Welbeck is wanted by Tottenham and Kagawa by Borussia Dortmund, while Van Persie was thought to have wanted out earlier in the season. The report even claims that Rio Ferdinand may delay a decision about his future until there is more clarity about who will be in charge next term
Paper Round's view: This makes absolute sense: why would a player jump ship without knowing who will be in charge next season. A new boss could well revitalise any of the above, with Kagawa likely to be hoping for his former boss Klopp to be installed, and Van Persie keeping his fingers crossed for fellow Dutchman Van Gaal, whose possible arrival as manager is seen to be the only way the striker will be willing to stay put.
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PFC CSKA Moskva could be without Keisuke Honda until early December because of a knee injury.
Honda picked up the problem in Sunday's 2-2 Premier-Liga draw with FC Spartak Moskva and was forced off at half-time. Subsequent scans have revealed the need for the Japanese international midfielder to undergo immediate surgery. The 25-year-old is therefore expected to be absent for two to three months.
The news comes as a further blow to CSKA, who will be without first-choice goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev for the entire UEFA Champions League group stage after he was recently ruled out for six months. The Russian side start their campaign at LOSC Lille Métropole on 14 September having been drawn in Group B, which also contains FC Internazionale Milano and Trabzonspor AŞ.
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June 21st, 2013 - 1:00pm
(Port Angeles) -- William Shore Memorial Pool in Port Angeles will reopen a day later than planned.
The pool was scheduled to reopen on Monday. But due to an unforseen power issue, the pool will open Tuesday morning at 5 am.
This week, crews filled the pool with water and turned on a new state-of-the-art air handling system.
The pool has been closed since May 24th for the major renovation.
Pool district executive director Steve Burke says they hope to have all the work finished by this weekend in time to reopen the pool at five Monday morning.
The pool district is spending about one and a half million dollars on the upgrades this year. That's coupled with another half a million dollars in fixes to the pool last summer.
Burke say they're using a $650,000 general obligation bond borrowed at 3.25 percent interest Clallam County commissioners approved this spring. In addition, the pool is getting energy-efficiency loans to pay for some of the work.
The new, air-handling system that is more efficient and will recycle heat from the building into heating the pool water.
Burke says that should cut the pool's 10-thousand dollar a month electricity bill in half and allow them to pay for the upgrades at the pool with the savings in about six years.
The pool's water is also being treated with a salt-water, chlorine generating system and ultraviolet lights, which is eliminated nearly all the chemicals that used to be added to the water.
Burke says they're planning a more official re-opening ceremony next month that could feature discounts and other incentives to encourage people to come see the upgraded pool.
He says new upgrades should nearly eliminate the need to shut down the pool for extended maintenance periods like the past two summers.
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If we win, on the day that it's announced, all the post during that day will be illustrated with cat-based photos.
damn… I was all ready to vote until you said that. :(
@mercurypdx: Vote anyway. We love you.
What I want to know is, what are you going to do with the whole $20 that you win, if you win?
I tried to vote, but they want me to vote for all these other off-beat topics where I've never seen any of the sites before. I will not vote for other random sites just so I can vote for the consumerist. Too bad, I really want this site to win, but not at the expense of inflating the votes for other sites.
I was all Consumerist/Gawker votes all the way, until it asks for a verify email, and then no mention of/link for a privacy policy regarding said email.
Sorry, but that's no-no consumer behavior, bloggies site.
@Yankees368: You only have to vote for a minimum of 3.
Got my vote!
@scoobydoo: Thank you!
Less cats, more puppies.
You have to enter the security code above where the email is entered in order for it to go thru.
Ugh, as long as Perez Hilton doesn't win I'll be happy.
@Meg Marco: I did. :P
@Yankees368: They don't you can just vote for what you want, they're not all required.
hmmm, which email address should i give them to spam me with and to sell to other companies?
@savvy999: disposable email addresses people!!
@qwickone: QFT…
Mine is asking4spam(AT)yahoo.com… truth in advertising :)
Wow, $20.07 prize. You guys gonna buy a new optical mouse and pass it around?
Consumerist can has bloggies plz?
@Joafu: it'll be a cheapie optical mouse!!!
@pepe prawn: Then perhaps a roller for that nostalgic feel… and a pair of 3D glasses.
Congrats, guys!
@savvy999: Funny, I did the same thing. The Consumerist has taught me well.
Anyway, congratulations on the nominations!
what the heck.. Treehugger and Consumerist (the two I am familiar with) are up against LolCatz? That's sort of insulting.
March 10th? Long time to wait. Anyway, best of luck
@EtherealStrife: my birthday finally lands on something else!
on a side note, consumerist and lifehacker have been nominated for similar awards way too many times! makes me feel bad to vote for one instead of another (and vise-versa)
I can has kitteh pics pleez? OTOH, GoFugYourself is one of my fave snarky sites….I guess I'll have to vote twice, once for each site…..
Gods, you pulled out the tactical nuclear device and it's not even DEFCON 1 yet. Kitties? Pretty kitties? Pretty fluffy kitties??!!
I'm a cheap tramp: I'm SO there.
Uh, guys? Gals? …Kittens? Let's crush Perez Hilton? Recruit friends-and-family? Multi-vote? Free iPods? Can we all agree that Perez. Must. DIE?
@Yankees368: Cough. Well the idea of the Webbies, bless their hearts, is that people will find unusual and deserving sites that they didn't realize were so swimmingly awesome. Sites that often don't have mega-buck ad budgets but DO have originality, charm and a unique voice.
It's okay: you have some time. Should scope 'em out. Bet you'll end up bookmarking at least one. At least. :)
Substitute "Bloggies" for "Webbies": same principle.
PS: Gawds (and ballot-stuffers), please don't let BoingBoing lose to Perez either.
I took a 6 hour walk in the desert to find the truth and face the real me. I was being torn by two forces that ripped deep into my soul. There were kittehs and trolls tussling and laughing all around me until I realized that my true fate was finally upon me. I was stripped of all ego and only left with raw instinct and my ability to click. My final vote was for icanhasacheezburger for best topical site. 'kiddin!
i voted for consumerist; but i truly do love icanhascheezburger. i luv teh kittehs!
it wouldn't let me vote! i really really really wanted to vote for you guys but i can't. ='(
I hope consumerist wins something. but remember, it's an honor just to be nominated ;-)
i can has Consumerist?
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meal = peanut butter and jelly sandwich + carrot sticks + glass of milk
Symbolic Analysis: This is nostalgia food, the kind of thing my mother would make me for lunch — or that I'd wished she'd made me for lunch when what she really did was let me fend for myself or give me $1.10 to eat a yucky hot lunch from the school cafeteria. Academic articles to engage in this discussion: Materials from week on food and memory, on authenticity, on gastropolitics, and Anne Alison's article on Japanese mothers and Obentos.
Nutritional Analysis: Of one component, e.g. milk (or bread, or jelly, or peanut butter what's up with all these seemingly new food allergies?). We've been told over and over that milk is good for us (provide examples), but on what basis? Give some history of the rhetoric of milk and health, plus critiques (drawing from class readings, but beyond as well). What's really in this milk? Is it organic or not? Does it matter nutritionally? Read nutrition labels and do some digging online (see www.FoodFacts.com)
Political-Economic: Take one (industrial or artisanal) food item from the menu — sandwich bread, peanut butter, jam, machine-miniaturized carrot sticks, etc. — and do a political-economic analysis of it: Who makes it, how/where, what corporation owns that company and what else do they own, who works in the factories and fields if you can find out, etc. etc. See Chicken and Cheap Meat for examples of this strand of analysis, but do some library research on this as well. Do more digging online (see www.FoodFacts.com, NYTimes article with cool graphic on the corporate structure of major organics companies, http://www.takeabite.cc/ for articles on the relationship b/w food and climate crisis, food prices and ethanol, etc., etc.).
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PARKERSBURG - Eleven community participation grants totaling more than $80,000 were handed out Monday to various agencies and groups for a variety of projects ranging from sports field improvements to veterans memorials.
Senators Donna Boley, R-Pleasants, and David Nohe, R-Wood, distributed discretionary grant funds at the Wood County Commission meeting on Monday.
"We are allocated a certain amount of money, and we pool our money. It seems like it works a lot better," Boley said.
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Community Participation Grants were handed out Monday to 11 local agencies and groups for a variety of projects and programs. Parkersburg South High School baseball coach Matt Nul, baseball player A.J. Easter and parent Martha Easter accepted a $12,000 grant for scoreboard improvements at Hank Greenberg Field. (Photo by Pamela Brust)
Parent/booster Martha Easter, her son A.J., and Parkersburg South High School baseball coach Matt Null accepted a $12,000 grant for scoreboard improvements at Hank Greenberg Field.
"There is a small scoreboard there that needs upgrading. The American Legion and middle players also use the field. It's the home of the Parkersburg South High School Patriots. Each year we try to make improvements. It's the Wood County Rec association's field," Martha Easter said. "We want to help the Patriots and the other 2,000 kids who play on the field every year."
Margaret Burdette, CASA director, accepted $2,500 on behalf of her nonprofit group, which provides trained volunteers to represent child abuse/neglect victims in court.
"We are going to use the funding for training manuals and office supplies. With the loss of the Justice Assistance Grant, I am out in the community trying to recoup some of the funds we lost. We will be having a fundraiser in November," Burdette said.
Blennerhassett Historical Foundation was awarded $6,000 for fencing and landscaping to reconstruct gardens; the American Red Cross received $11,500 to replace secondhand desks and chairs for its training room; $4,000 was awarded to Mountwood Park for shelter improvements; $5,000 was handed out for the Gathering at Sweet Creek Festival for tents, lights, portable toilets and a sound system, and $15,000 for the Wood County Board of Education for Parkersburg South High. The funds were awarded for a presentation system to include a projector, screen, sound system, including a sound board, wireless microphones and speakers.
A grant of $4,000 was awarded for the Veterans Memorial at Parkersburg City Park and $10,000 for the Fallen Soldier Memorial Wall.
"We are building a fallen soldier memorial wall at City Park to honor Nick Null. It will be dedicated in his honor and there will be a memorial for everyone from the Mid-Ohio Valley who died in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan since the war started," said Alan Litman. Back in February, the commission contributed $2,500 toward creation of the monuments. Litman presented the county officials with a plaque Monday for their participation. A fallen soldier statue is planned as a memorial for Null and a large bronze plaque with the names of all the soldiers who lost their lives with Null on Aug. 6, 2011. The names of fallen soldiers from the area will inscribed on the memorial wall. The memorial will be located near the other veterans memorials.
The Waverly Lions Club received $8,000. A spokesman for that group said $5,000 will be used to reimburse the organization for construction of a large picnic shelter that was used in the bluegrass festival and another $3,000 to help to subsidize the festival.
Delegate Tom Azinger, R-Wood, dropped off a $4,000 grant award for technology for the Arc of the Mid-Ohio Valley.


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salluks, on 14 February 2013 - 04:46 PM, said:
1. I was talking about the evening, not the whole day.
Servers are empty on EU, maybe u check it on EU primetime which lasts for about 3 hours, the rest 21 hours is what is below. only about 5 servers are listed "very high" and 0 in "Full"
2. One third medium, one third high, one third very high (current situation at 9 pm CET) is far from empty in my books.


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Mobile Enabled Web-Apps
By ajitsabnis on Sep 08, 2006
HistoryWML, cHTML vs XHTML
http://www.wapforum.org/new/index.htm Last update seems to be Jan 2002.
Deck of cards logical model for content delivery - clumsy!
WML is dead (almost) or is dying!
cHTML is NTT-DoCoMo iMode wireless device standard. Not a W3C standard. No support for CSS2. Not XML-like, i.e. may not be well-formed as is HTML, i.e. not machine/programming friendly.
XHTML Basic is way to go for MA-enabled portal
XHTML, CSS2 were W3C answers to marry Internet with mobile devices (along with fixed devices like PC)
The basic markup language for the WAE in WAP 2.0, namely XHTMLMP, extends the Basic profile of XHTML as defined by the W3C
WAP Gateway or WAP Proxy is no longer required (or mandatory) for communication between mobile device and server is HTTP/1.1 based. Application Server serves XHTML with CSS. WAP Proxy now serves as "push initiator" to push content updates to mobile device. Push and Pull models both are still supported this way. WAP Gateway exists just for backward compatibility reasons to support both WAP 1.0 and WAP 2.0 devices. WAP 2.0 devices can talk HTTP/1.1 straightway.
Talks about using CSS 2 with MA-enabled web-apps (btw portal is one such).
Mentions possibility of using XSLT to transform XHTML to device specific markup.
Again this is 2002 document!
Enabling MA to (Portal) Web-AppGiven above the only things required to enable Mobile Access (MA) to a web-app are:
- How to choose a particular CSS (or particular XSLT transformer) for identified device type?
- How to identify device type for a request?
JSR 188 is referred by W3C! Sun Java System Portal Server is referred on W3C site. It's really prudent for Sun.
W3C Working group on "device independence".
W3C Recommendation; Luu Tran was member!!
I guess this is just a JSR 188 adoption by W3C. [Confirm?]
The first question is answered at
Any web-app (portal is one) can follow such approach to detect client device, and do mapping to a "theme" (CSS, JS, Images collection) accessible to PS.
Couple of links in that direction...
http://blogs.pathf.com/agileajax/2006/08/mobile_ajax_and.html - Pretty recent blog, opines about J2ME too
Is dojo (Sun ARC recommendation I think) usable in mobile world? Must be. I couldn't find much information about this though. Do you know?
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Definition of perhaps in English:
1Used to express uncertainty or possibility: perhaps I should have been frank with him
More example sentences
- Extreme acceleration is definitely a possibility, and perhaps even inevitable.
- But perhaps more than ever there are many moorland paths overgrown with the heather.
- Any attempt to strive for a better life is likely to be viewed with scorn and perhaps even presented as dangerous.
maybe, for all I know, for all you know, it could be (that), it may be (that), it is possible (that), possibly, conceivably, feasibly;
Northern English happen
literary peradventure, perchance, mayhap, haply
rare percase
1.1Used when one does not wish to be too definite or assertive in the expression of an opinion: perhaps not surprisingly, he was cautious about committing himself
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- He referred to the definition of a young person as perhaps being a bit broad.
- However, it tends to be lax in dealing with matters that are perhaps a bit more important.
- Ally that with a network of buses going to the hospital and perhaps a bit of the dreadful congestion might be eased.
1.2Used when making a polite request, offer, or suggestion: would you perhaps consent to act as our guide?
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- So I shall have a look at the tonics on offer and perhaps get her something to try and buck her up a bit.
- I suggested that perhaps he needed to eat too and so the two of us went into the kitchen and had sandwiches together.
- I suggest, perhaps, that he was grappling with the one thing we all had a sense of.
Words that rhyme with perhapsapse, collapse, craps, elapse, lapse, schnapps
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View the original article at: http://www.countryweekly.com/news/woman-arrested-after-rascal-flatts-concert
Usually, country concertgoers are loyal, respectful and there for a good time. Sometimes, though, fans can get ugly. A 33-year-old New York woman, Carolyn Marie Smith, was charged with second-degree assault due to an altercation after a Rascal Flatts concert at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Darien Center, N.Y., on Aug. 12.
According to The Batavian, [1], Carolyn struck another person in the face while in the parking lot of the event center. The blow allegedly caused a severe laceration in the victim. Carolyn was arrested on Wednesday, then arraigned and released on her own recognizance, until a later court date.
The venue seems to attract some unruly country fans. On July 23, 70 Brad Paisley fans were arrested [2] at the performing arts center, while dozens of citations were issued for underage drinking.
The Rascal Flatts incident comes mere weeks after a man was beaten during a Tim McGraw concert [3]at the Comcast Center near Boston on July 24.
[1] http://thebatavian.com/billie-owens/bergen-woman-accused-slashing-persons-face-after-rascal-flatts-concert/27887
[2] http://www.b105.com/music/news/3718
[3] http://www.thebostonchannel.com/r/28656247/detail.html
[4] http://www.countryweekly.com/news/cma-awards-noms-be-announced-sept-6
[5] http://www.countryweekly.com/news/jason-mraz-taylor-s-second-surprise


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Title: Lustrous Pinnacle
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I shot this in Julius' bar in the West Village of NYC. It was the day after Liz Taylor had died and everyone was talking about her.
I met her at a birthday party for Carrie Fisher. I was early, for once, and Liz arrived next. Carrie was running around doing hostessy things so I was entrusted with, as she put it, 'flanking the legend'.
Liz and I had a good old chat. She had recently fallen, another in a litany of ailments and accidents she seemed plagued with throughout her life, and she described to me how her maid had moved a chair and she sat down at the table thinking it was still there and then fell to the ground.
'Was there a lot of pain?' I asked.
Her other-worldly, beautiful violet eyes widened. 'Pain?' she said. 'You have never seen such a black ass!'
'Oh Elizabeth', I retorted. 'I bet I have'.
I still remember her cackle.
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Speed 28 knots Crew 175 Armament 3 - 100mm guns 4 - 37mm AA guns 4 - 14.5mm machine guns mines Construction Four units of this class were built in the 1950s, and entered service in the 1960s. They remained in service through the 1980s before being discarded.


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|Alternative Intervention and Control Strategies for Foodborne Pathogens in Poultry and Poultry Products
Objective 1: Investigate the use of non-antibiotic compounds as potential intervention/control strategies to reduce the colonization of foodborne pathogens, especially Salmonella and Campylobacter, in poultry. Determine the impact of this intervention on the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Sub-objective 1A: Reduce the incidence of Campylobacter in poultry utilizing a motility enhanced probiotic. Sub-objective 1B: Reduce the incidence of Salmonella and Campylobacter in poultry utilizing caprylic acid. Sub-objective 1C: Reduce the incidence of Salmonella and Campylobacter in turkeys utilizing natural plant extracts trans-cinnamaldehyde, eugenol, thymol, and proanthocyanidins. Sub-objective 1D: Reduce the incidence of Salmonella and Campylobacter in turkeys utilizing combinations of caprylic acid and natural plant extracts trans-cinnamaldehyde, eugenol, thymol, and proanthocyanidins.
Objective 2: Determine the role of stress-related factors in the emergence and persistence of foodborne pathogens in poultry from farm to processing, and develop non-antibiotic feed ingredients or other potential interventions for decreasing the impact of those risk factors on pathogen colonization and prevalence in turkeys. Sub-objective 2A: Determine effects of the host stress response on colonization sites and pathogenicity of Escherichia coli in genetic lines of Japanese quail, and determine if heat stress or line affects pathogen virulence and colonization of Salmonella. Sub-objective 2B: Determine effects of the host stress response and heat stress/E. coli challenge on colonization sites and pathogenicity of C. coli in genetic lines of Japanese quail, and determine if heat stress/E. coli challenge affects colonization patterns of Campylobacter. Sub-objective 2C: Determine effects of E. coli challenge and transport stress on colonization sites of C. coli in selected genetic lines of the turkey host. Sub-objective 2D: Develop nonspecific immunomodulators as alternative feed or water ingredients to improve the Japanese quail and turkey stress response, thus decreasing pathogen colonization of commercial turkeys.
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The goal of this project is to develop novel, non-antibiotic intervention strategies to improve the safety of turkey products with a special emphasis on organic production. These strategies will target both Salmonella and Campylobacter and will include novel motility enhanced probiotics, caprylic acid, and plant-dervied essential oils to reduce colonization of these important foodborne pathogens. The project will also determine the role of production stressors on both host resistance and pathogen virulence and will explore novel plant-based feed ingredients that modulate stress effects on pathogen colonization and persistence.
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|Donoghue, Ann
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Huff, William
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Articles USDA
Effect of different concentrations of acetic, citric, and propionic acid dipping solutions on bacterial contamination of raw chicken skin
Menconi A, Shivaramaiah C, Huff GR, Prado O, Morales E, Pumford N, Morgan M, Wolfenden AD.
Poult Sci. 2013 Aug;92(8):2216-20.
Targeting motility properties of bacteria in the development of probiotic cultures against Campylobacter jejuni in broiler chickens
Aguiar VF, Donoghue AM, Arsi K, Reyes-Herrera I, Metcalf JH, de los Santos FS, Blore PJ, Donoghue DJ.
Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2013 May;10(5):435-41.
The effects of yeast feed supplementation on turkey performance and pathogen colonization in a transport stress/Escherichia coli challenge
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Response of restraint stress-selected lines of Japanese quail to heat stress and Escherichia coli challenge
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Use of plant-derived antimicrobials for improving the safety of poultry products
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Poult Sci. 2013 Feb;92(2):493-501.
Comparison of hematologic and serologic profiles of broiler birds with normal (NORM) and severe (SEV) degrees of white striping in breast fillets
Kuttappan VA, Huff GR, Huff WE, Hargis BM, Apple JK, Coon CN, Owens CM.
Poult Sci. 2013 Feb;92(2):339-45.
Comparison of hematologic and serologic profiles of broiler birds with normal and severe degrees of white striping in breast fillets
Kuttappan VA, Huff GR, Huff WE, Hargis BM, Apple JK, Coon C, Owens CM.
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Free-choice feeding of free-range meat chickens
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Palatability of tannin-rich sericea lespedeza fed to broilers
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J Appl Poult Res. 2012 Dec;21(4):891-6.
Effects of trans-cinnamaldehyde on Campylobacter and sperm viability in chicken semen after in vitro storage
Liu GQ, Donoghue AM, Moyle JR, Reyes-Herrera I, Blore PJ, Bramwell RK, Yoho DE, Venkitanarayanan K, Donoghue DJ.
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The probiotic Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 enhances early gastrointestinal maturation in young turkey poults
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Reduction of Salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis colonization in 20-day-old broiler chickens by the plant-derived compounds trans-cinnamaldehyde and eugenol
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Definition of secretary bird in English:
secretary bird
A slender long-legged African bird of prey that feeds on snakes, having a crest likened to a quill pen stuck behind the ear.
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5 Foods to Keep Your Heart Healthy
What better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than making sure your heart is strong and healthy? February is Heart Month so it's a great time to focus on all facets of your heart, whether it's about love or health. And, fortunately, foods that are good for your heart tend to be good for your head, too. It's all about keeping your heart pumping properly and making sure your arteries are clog-free. Here are five food types you should be consuming to keep your heart healthy.


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A man was injured in a bizarre accident on Interstate 75 Sunday.
The Boone County Sheriff's Office said that a woman from West Virginia was driving a 1996 Chevrolet pickup truck southbound on I-75 in Walton at about 1:05 p.m. Sunday.
Sheriff's deputies said the left front tire of the truck came off, bounced over the center median and hit the windshield of a northbound pickup truck.
The truck's driver, 34-year-old Michael Ramsey, of Williamstown, Ky., had to be flown to UC Medical Center via AirCare due to injuries sustained in the accident.
Deputies said Ramsey was conscious and breathing after the accident. Ramsey's passenger safely stopped the truck after the accident.
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"Dragons," Moqorro said in the Common Tongue of Westeros... "Dragons old and young, true and false, bright and dark. And you. A small man with a big shadow, snarling in the midst of all."
From the rest of the conversation, the "small man" is indeed supposed to be Tyrion, and this surely means that he'll be intimately involved in the matter of dragons. As to the various dragons... hard to say. There's many different readings. The old dragon might be Aerys, for example, connecting to details learned from Barristan Selmy in this novel. Given events in this novel, the reference to a false dragon or dragons immediately caught our attention. Is this a sign that someone presented as a Targaryen heir is not a Targaryen in fact? An alternative suggestion is that Quentyn Martell is not a "dragon", but it seems to us that he never attempts to present himself as such.
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Neither did I. Sure I'd heard about it here and there around the internet, but I never tried it. I mean, what's the big deal after all? Until! My good friend asked if I'd be interested in hosting a Facebook Jamberry party. She sent me a sample, and…..yeah…..now I know what all the fuss is […] Read more »
The Lord Provides
Our family is in a season of very careful consideration of each dime that we spend. Life has ups and downs, and this is one of those times when we have to be careful. It's life. But that doesn't mean this pretty clothes, pretty things, decor loving girl doesn't want new things! It just means […] Read more »
Guest Post :: Maxis, Stipes, and Metallics
You've probably seen them, those cute, long flowing jersey knit skirts. The maxi skirt is big this season and they are comfortable too! They are soft, cool, easy to move in and hardly noticeable. The epitome of comfort! They're very reasonable in price too with almost any store you can think of stocking them. Pair […] Read more »
Tutorial :: DIY Corkboard Jewelry Hanging Organizer of Awesomeness
Wanna know how to make your own Corkboard Jewelry Hanging Organizer of Awesomeness? {Go here for the before pictures of my jewelry piles.} You do?! Fantastic! And just in case your wondering why I didn't just buy a bulletin board… Well… I did look for one. But everything I kept finding was a little pricey […] Read more »
Mary Kay Cream Eyeshadow :: Review and Giveaway
My long-time friend Sarah {not my co-blogging friend} is a fantabulous consultant for Mary Kay. Earlier this year she asked if I'd be willing to try out and review some of their cream eyeshadow. I thought about that for oh… three seconds… before I was all, "sign me up!" When I opened the box and […] Read more »
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Sooooo…. Thanks for loving me even though I didn't deliver on my promised post last week. Sometimes life just gets in the way. And living life is more important than blogging life. I know you all understand! But let's talk about jewelry today! I'm a jewelry fanatic. I have been for a long time now. […] Read more »
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Do you love the beautiful scarves that are trending these days? Me too! The girls at Fassy sent me a lovely scarf to review! What's Fassy? A great company started by two ladies with a superb eye for design! {They are both architects! I know, right? How cool is that!} Kathleen and Jessica dared to […] Read more »
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A teacher who establishes rapport with the taught, becomes one with them, learns more from them than he teaches them. He who learns nothing from his disciples is, in my opinion, worthless. Whenever I talk with someone I learn from him. I take from him more than I give him. In this way, a true teacher regards himself as a student of his students. If you will teach your pupils with this attitude, you will benefit much from them.
Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
Source: Talk to Khadi Vidyalaya Students, Sevagram, Sevek, 15 February 1942 CW 75, p. 269
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A friend is one that knows who you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently, allows you to grow.
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'Always in life an idea starts small, it is only a sapling idea, but the vines will come and they will try to choke your idea so it cannot grow and it will die and you will never know you had a big idea, an idea so big it could have grown thirty meters through the dark canopy of leaves and touched the face of the sky.' He looked at me and continued. 'The vines are people who are afraid of originality, of new thinking. Most people you encounter will be vines; when you are a young plant they are very dangerous.' His piercing blue eyes looked into mine.' Always listen to yourself, Peekay. It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention. If you are wrong, no matter, you have learned something and you grow stronger. If you are right, you have taken another step toward a fulfilling life.'
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At the center of the universe is a loving heart that continues to beat and that wants the best for every person. Anything we can do to help foster the intellect and spirit and emotional growth of our fellow human beings, that is our job. Those of us who have this particular vision must continue against all odds. Life is for service.
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What's difficult in life is to stay centered when somebody does or says something that tempts us to close our hearts because their heart was closed. That is hard. But that is also how we grow. We go through those circumstances in order to evolve into people who can hold to our loving center no matter what the world throws us.
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A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.
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... here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart I carry your heart(i carry it in my heart).
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Quality vs. Quantity Time with Your Kids
One of the toughest tradeoffs of being a working parent is not being able to spend that much time during the work week with our kids.
But for some readers, the lack of time is not really a concern; it's quality time, not quantity, that matters. A number of working parents have told me that they actually enjoy the concentrated time they spend with their kids, because they are more focused on child-rearing during those morning and evening moments, than they are when they are watching their children all day.
As one reader wrote: "If I'm home with my toddler all day, I find that my parenting oomph wanes, and I am not as focused on delivering quality stimulation (verbalizing, reading, block play) nearly as much as when I'm gone most of the day in the office. When I work, as soon as I get home, I'm all about making up for lost time and really get into stimulating interactions. Perhaps it's guilt that propels me, but I think my toddler gets a better few hours with me post-work than day with me non-working. Or maybe it's that I can't sustain that level of interactivity for like eight straight hours, but can do it for two or three."
The reader's comment really resonated with me. Of course, I enjoy spending long stretches of time with my son, who's nearly two. But as any parent knows, it can be exhausting and I know that my energy level and creativity wane considerably by the end of the day. I also end up multitasking when I'm with him all day, checking email or straightening up the house, because it's hard to get much downtime with a toddler. (He's not much of a napper.) But when I see my son at the end of the work day, I really try to be as close to 100% there for him and I can maintain a high level of energy and focus. (Luckily my current job doesn't require me to check in much after the work day is over.)
On the other hand, not being with my son all day means I invariably miss out on some of his development. And it would be nice to have a more relaxed rhythm with my son, spending more "down time" with him during the week, rather than packing a lot of activity into a concentrated few waking hours a day.
Readers, what's your take on the question of quality versus quantity time with your kids? Do you feel more energized when you spend less time with your children? Or do you find the time too rushed?


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215652504344172254.post5228722682617677670..comments2015-08-13T19:43:13.349-04:00Comments on Black Aces: It's Still Okay To Be A Fight FanJeremy Milkshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215652504344172254.post-30633914760808537682011-08-16T21:33:34.782-04:002011-08-16T21:33:34.782-04:00You call Ron MacLean, Hockey Night in Canada, and ...You call Ron MacLean, Hockey Night in Canada, and Mike Milbury as dinosaurs. Yet you advocate an art that is back in the "dinosaur" age of hockey.

The NHL is not making it's newfound revenue on fighting, it's because that post-lockout, the goals, plays, and players themselves are more exciting then ever before. Do you know when hockey gets hit ratings? During the Olympics and the Playoffs, where there is a once in a blue moon fight.

For the NHL to advance, they need to continue to attract young viewers, the ones that will pay the big bucks to watch games. Old-cuppers of tea, although they sustained the game, don't represent the general demographic of hockey fans. I still like the physicality in hits, and hard hits should stay. I completely love that part of the game. It's what seperates hockey from the pussy sports of basketball and baseball.

It's time for fighting to go.Donnyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215652504344172254.post-78445744151195788332011-08-16T21:30:46.634-04:002011-08-16T21:30:46.634-04:00"Many don't and get by just fine. Others ..."Many don't and get by just fine. Others thrive in the role. Some are affected negatively."

I want someone to talk about the people for whom fighting affects them positively.

Some players just like to fight and I just don't think there is anything wrong with that. They see the positive reactions that they get from their team (both in their faces, and in their on-ice performance) and feel like they've contributed to their team.

They don't fight to break faces, they fight because they enjoy a good battle, and they respect a worthy opponent.

How come no one ever talks about these guys? The ones who don't lead lives off the ice that involve drugs and alcohol. They are likely the majority...

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My MW said that breast feeding is excellent bc until LO is 6 months or STTN. The planned parenthood website agrees. However I have read and been told by others that it is not good bc. Also, LO sleeps anywhere from 6 to 8 hours, has a snack and then sleeps for a few more hours. Does this count as STTN? Is breast feeding excellent bc or not? Why?
Breast feeding as birth control.
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I have a friend with babies 11 months apart (although the 2nd was 4 weeks early). She exclusively breastfed.
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My sister and I are 10 and a half months apart because my mother's midwife told her the same thing..... she exclusively breastfed me.... so I would never rely on it....
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Ask the baby in my belly how well breastfeeding works as BC :) Definitely a surprise. I knew it wasnt foolproof, but I hoped it would decrease the chances. Not so much.
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Beyblade Spins Again, But This Time Without Nelvana
Repackaging an already proven idea for a new generation can be a safe bet. Takara Tomy proved that by relaunching Beyblade in 2008 after a four year hiatus. Now they're set to do that again, but for the first time ever, it looks like Toronto-based Nelvana won't be at the helm of its western expansion. Continue reading


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|Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane.
'Tis the season to be jolly and the season to reflect, so here are the 12 sports stories and the headline makers of the year for Christmas 2013:
The Clare hurlers
This was the year when hurling proved itself the greatest field game in the world as the mantle of greatness passed from one team to another, Sunday after Sunday, in the most dramatic championship of them all.
It was the year when Kilkenny's legends were exposed as mere mortals, the year when Dublin finally found their mojo with the small ball, the year when Henry Shefflin was sent off in a championship game.
More than anything, though, it was the year when Clare's shout was heard at Croke Park on All-Ireland final Sunday again, not once but twice.
They needed a replay to finally see off Clare and take their place back at hurling's top table but Davy Fitzgerald's team did their manager and their county proud in that epic second game. Clare, probably, are the team of the year.
At the start of the summer it looked like the All-Ireland crown would go to Donegal, Mayo or Dublin. By the end of 2013, Sam Maguire was back in the capital and Jim Gavin was the deserving winner of the Phillips Manager of the Year award.
He got there, ahead of Davy Fitz, by winning the National Football League, the Leinster title and the All-Ireland, and all that in his first season in charge of the senior Dublin side.
Gavin did change things around from the side that won the 2011 All-Ireland under Pat Gilroy. His team were a little more adventurous, a little more glamorous and a little more believing.
As a result they were deserving winners of the September shoot-out as Mayo flattered to deceive once again, but Dublin deserved nothing more than Sam after overcoming arch rivals Kerry in the semifinals in what was the game of the century, never mind the game of the season.
Brian O'Driscoll
This time next year Dricco will be retired and his autobiography will be a contender for number one on the Christmas best-seller list. By then we might just appreciate him for the greatest Irish player of all time that he surely is.
It wasn't a great year for the Ireland legend, not least because his former national coach Warren Gatland dumped him to the stands for the third and decisive Lions test against Australia, a decision that still irks the Dubliner.
Nor did Leinster or Ireland acquit themselves with any great panache over the course of the last 12 months as his provincial coach Joe Schmidt replaced his international coach Declan Kidney.
But Dricco is still a genius. His Heineken Cup performance away to Northampton a week ago proved that. When he's gone, we will miss him. Really miss him.
Martin O'Neill/Roy Keane
I'd have given you decent odds on Martin O'Neill becoming Ireland boss by the end of the year if we'd met for a Christmas pint 12 months ago. I'd have given you any odds you wanted on Roy Keane joining him as his assistant manager.
It's not that O'Neill's right to replace Trap was ever in any doubt. He was the man the FAI wanted when they appointed Steve Staunton in 2007, and his pedigree for the job is impeccable.
What was implausible a year ago was the notion that Keane would work for the FAI, the notion that Keane would work as a number two and the notion that he would be work with some of the players, like Robbie Keane, that he previously branded as muppets.
Well, Roy is now Ireland's number two and so far, two friendlies into the relationship, it's all going very well for O'Neill and Keane.
They've yet to be tested of course, so the next 12 months is going to be more interesting than the last two for their reign. And anything can happen in Irish football – we've seen that at first hand these past few weeks.
Giovanni Trapattoni
Trap is a nice man and he was a great football manager, but he should never have been in charge of the Irish team after the Euro 2012 humiliation in Poland.
It's easy to say that now, but the performances that followed against Germany, Austria and Sweden in the failed World Cup qualifiers were embarrassing to say the least.


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This week, although I am only highlighting two new foods, they are delicious and well worth the try.
Tikka Masala Simmer Sauce:
It is reasonably low in sodium, yet FULL of flavor. I typically am not one for store-bought sauces/dressings or flavor packets. To me, they have that "store-bought flavor" ... But let me tell you, this is just delicious and will now be part of my grocery rotation. Try it with chicken or butternut squash and go on the website to find additional recipes and a $1 off coupon. Other flavors are: Medium Hot Jalfezi and Hot Pepper Madas Curry.
Alexia Sauté Sweets:
The first thing to love about this is that sweet potatoes are very high in all sorts of desirable nutrients (fiber, vitamin A, etc.). This again is a convenience-type product without the convenience-type flavor and also with good nutritional numbers to back it up. Of course, one of the most important components of healthy food is that it's packed with flavor. The secret I think is the chipotle-infused olive oil. Each serving provides a whopping 7g fiber, 100 percent of a day's Vitamin A and 20 percent of a day's worth of Vitamin C. Add some broiled salmon, chicken or tofu and a side salad -- and you have a meal!


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Definition of planned obsolescence in English:
planned obsolescence
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A policy of producing consumer goods that rapidly become obsolete and so require replacing, achieved by frequent changes in design, termination of the supply of spare parts, and the use of non-durable materials.
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- Following his own advice, he introduced annual model changes for GM cars - planned obsolescence designed to make the consumer discontented with what he or she already had.
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The skies were clear above New Caledonia on September 24, 2012, allowing the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Terra satellite to capture this true-color image of the greening early spring islands surrounded by stunningly blue coral reefs.
Although small in size (it is approximately the size of New Jersey) New Caledonia has a well-deserved reputation for biodiversity, both on land in the sea. Conservation International lists 3,270 species of plants, 9 species of mammal, 105 bird species, 70 species of reptile and 85 species of freshwater fish found on the islands. Amphibians, however, are absent from the list � there are none found in New Caledonia. Of this large array of species, many are endemic. Of the plants, 74% are endemic as are 88% of the reptiles.
The barrier reef of New Caledonia is the second largest barrier reef in the world, measuring 1,600 kilometers in length. The reef surrounds a vast lagoon of about 23,400 square kilometers, and contains over 14,000 square kilometers of reef. Recent inventories have identified approximately 15,000 species living in the reefs and lagoons, including 1,950 species of fish, 5,500 species of mollusks and 5,000 species of crustaceans.
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Satellite: Terra
Date Acquired: 9/24/2012
Resolutions: 1km ( B), 500m ( B), 250m ( B)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
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We're standing at the intersection of rampant innovation and marketing management technology expansion. It would seem to be a good place to be. Continuously changing user demands combine with rapid application development capabilities. In the hands of modern programmers, these marketing tools seem to increase in functionality as fast as new ideas are put forward. read more »
Elevator Wisdom
This past weekend I was surprised to find sage marketing advice by way of an elevator sign. The elevator had a simple message: "Overloading may cause elevator failure and entrapment".