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This guide helps older adults and their family members cope with age-related eye diseases. It includes information on healthy eating, being physically active, monitoring blood glucose, taking medications, coping, and other resources. En español
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
The Behavioral Diabetes Institute is an organization dedicated to helping people with diabetes live long, healthy, and happy lives. This website provides an array of evidence-based clinical programs, all designed to help people overcome the emotional and behavioral obstacles to living well with diabetes.
Behavioral Diabetes Institute (BDI)
This free workshop helps older adults get the support they need and find practical ways to deal with pain, fatigue, and stress. Older adults can also discover better nutrition and exercise choices, understand new treatment options, and learn better ways to talk with their doctor and family about their health.
National Council on Aging (NCOA)
This weekly television series is dedicated to empowering the millions of Americans living with diabetes, featuring real people, real stories, celebrities, advice, and diabetes-friendly cooking.
dLife TV
This quit smoking program helps you re-learn your life without cigarettes. The EX Plan helps you see quitting not as one big war, but as a number of little battles you can actually win. Includes tools to chart your progress and set your quit smoking date.
This guide shows you many types of exercise and physical activity. It also has lots of tips to help you be active in ways that suit your lifestyle, interests, health, and budget, whether you're just starting out, getting back to exercising after a break, or fit enough to run a 3-mile race. It's for everyone—people who are healthy and those who live with an ongoing health problem or disability. En español
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
This online program helps you begin the journey to quit smoking by taking you through a series of modules with activities designed to help you prepare to quit and stay committed.
American Lung Association (ALA)
This application for the iPhone and iPad provides users with instant access to diabetes nutrition facts for making healthy eating choices.
Go Meals
Go4Life is a campaign from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) designed to help you fit exercise and physical activity into your daily life.
Go4Life-National Institute on Aging (NIA)
This DVD, designed for older adults, features strength, balance, and flexibility exercises that can be done at home, at work, or at the gym.
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
This website is filled with information about living with diabetes and developing habits for healthy eating and physical activity through small, sensible steps. En español
This guide shows you how to incorporate regular physical activity into your daily life, with encouraging tips and suggested goals for getting started.
Diabetes Australia
This flyer provides easy steps to take charge of stress to manage your health and live healthier.
Prescription Solutions
This meal planning curriculum is for people living with diabetes and their support persons. The curriculum incorporates participatory nutrition education, food preparation activities, and tasting of foods. En español
Oregon Diabetes Program
This national weight management program is designed to help veterans lose weight, keep it off, and improve their health. The materials available on this website can also be used to help non-VA patients manage their weight. En español
U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA)
This worksheet helps people with diabetes better understand and manage their physical and emotional health through problem solving.
Prescription Solutions
This handout serves as a guide for identifying motivations to lose weight and setting weight loss goals. It also prompts consideration of the steps to reach goals, approaches for tracking progress, and support systems.
Indian Health Service
This online tracking tool lets you track what you eat to manage your diabetes and prevent the onset of complications. Explore nearly 5,000 foods and find recipes and healthy alternatives to improve your meals. En español
American Diabetes Association (ADA)
This comprehensive kit includes reproducible patient education handouts on 29 topics related to cardiometabolic risk reduction, prediabetes, diabetes, and CVD. En español
American Diabetes Association (ADA)
This televised chair exercise program was developed by a team of medical and fitness professionals to improve the health and wellness of older adults, physically limited individuals, and those managing chronic conditions and chronic pain.
Sit and Be Fit
This comprehensive guide will help you control your diabetes by keeping a balance between what you eat, your physical activity, and your medication. It will also help you take important steps to prevent diabetes-related health problems. En español
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
This video and facilitator's guide demonstrates patient-centered self-management education and encourages health care professionals to follow up with their patients, showing that it does not take much time to get patients to self-manage effectively.
Improving Chronic Illness Care
This program can help you lose weight by forming helpful habits, eating smarter, getting more exercise, and providing support through in-person meetings and online resources. En español
Weight Watchers
This bilingual Spanish and English presentation flipchart makes it easy to educate Hispanic and Latino Americans about the link between diabetes and heart disease. It includes easy-to-understand illustrations, a scripted presentation, and two copier-ready handouts. En español
National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
This easy-to-read booklet is designed to help you make the lifestyle changes that will lower your blood cholesterol and reduce your risk for heart disease.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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A Border Patrol agent who was helping to divert traffic off I-37 then was struck by a vehicle and also was injured, according to Live Oak County Sheriff Larry Busby.
Dustin Clark, 40, of San Antonio, was the driver of the plumbing truck, a white 2006 Chevrolet, that rolled over at 5:42 p.m.
Clark was all right after the truck righted itself in the median.
However, his 20-year-old passenger, Cameron Taylor, also of San Antonio, had a large laceration to the head and had to be transported by HALO flight to Spohn Memorial in Corpus Christi.
The George West Volunteer Fire Department responded to the scene and secured a landing zone for the helicopter.
Border Patrol Agent Jorge Guerra was helping to divert traffic at the accident's scene. He was directing a tractor-trailer off the highway.
Behind the trailer rig was a 1996 Ford. The 64-year-old driver, Samuel Ruble, couldn't see around the rig and moved to the right where Guerra was conducting traffic.
Ruble didn't see Guerra and the vehicle struck Guerra throwing him quite a distance, according to Busby.
Guerra also was transported by helicopter – AirLife – to University Hospital in San Antonio.
The Swinney Switch Volunteer Fire Department responded to Guerra's accident.
Busby said Guerra appeared to be OK.
"It didn't appear it would require surgery," Busby said.
According to Busby, Guerra sustained a fractured tailbone, and would be in the hospital for a couple of days.

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that's heartbreaking
"We are not put on earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are there always for others, then in time of need, someone will be there for you."
And thats why organizations like LLLI are so important.
July 30, 2010-6lbs 2oz- 41w 4d (emergency c-section.) Known dairy, eggs, dogs and cats allergies, eczema, and asthma
Bonus June 22, 2006 (is 50/50 Custody ) (born 32w) Sensitive to changing temps.
We BF, BW, Co-sleep and use cloth diapers/pull-ups!
That is just heartbreaking.
Baby Girl Born 2/17/10 to her two mommies
BF from day one. I looked up one day and realized I'm nursing a toddler!
Thanks for sharing. Very moving article.
Nursing the girl with kaleidoscope eyes
Mama to Daniel (12/3/06) and Lucy Jane (8/28/08)
Wow... not the outcome I was hoping for. What's this Haitian belief in "bad milk" all about? I'll have to google that.
DS#1: Aidan, born 1/7/11 - 9 lbs. 5 oz. 22 in. (a difficult induced labor), BFed for 2.5 years after a VERY rocky start (indebted to LLL for the support)!
DS#2: Amiel, born 12/11/13 - 9lbs, 22 in., 8 days "late," spontaneously, naturally & unmedicated after resisting pressure to induce.
Whew - that one took my breath away.
It gives me little afternoon fantasies about becoming a traveling aid worker specializing in lactation and breastfeeding advocacy
Aidansmama, did you have any luck?


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New Kids on the Block, 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men to headline Summerfest
It's going to be boy bands galore at the Marcus Amphitheater when The Package Tour, featuring New Kids on the Block, 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men, headlines Summerfest on July 2.
The news will make fans swoon. Shows all across the country have been announced for the tour, including two dates at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., in late July that made a Summerfest appearance seem unlikely. And despite going on tour nearly every year since reuniting in 2008 after a 14-year hiatus, NKOTB hasn't played in Milwaukee since that year. »Read Full Article(26)
Bel Canto Chorus celebrates Hynson's anniversary
The Bel Canto Chorus and its music director Richard Hynson celebrated Hynson's 25th anniversary with the chorus Sunday afternoon by doing that thing they do - singing.
Performing at the St. Joseph Center Chapel on S. Layton Blvd., Hynson and the singers of Bel Canto chose the Rachmaninoff "All-Night Vigil" for their celebration, a 15-movement a cappella tour de force for chorus that is sung in Russian. »Read Full Article
Repaired after fire, Bourbon & Tunns expected to reopen March 15
Bourbon & Tunns, the former Palms restaurant at 221 N. Broadway, is set to reopen March 15. It closed for repairs after sustaining damage from a basement fire in late December.
The restaurant will open at 11 a.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. »Read Full Blog Post
Monday brunch is on at the Garage on Brady
Milwaukee has another Monday brunch option: at the Garage, 1709 N. Arlington Place, off Brady St.
The brunch, launched a few weeks ago, starts at 10 a.m. and wraps up at 3 p.m. It's aimed at service industry workers (many of whom work Sunday brunch), but is open to anyone with no particular place to be midday on a Monday, of course. »Read Full Blog Post
Sapiro and Zempel shine in Acacia's 'Heaven Sent'
As children sing Christmas carols in the gathering gloom, a man bends over his work desk, trying to ignore the sound. Asked by a neighbor for help, he first wants to ensure she can pay. Encouraged to come join his fellows, he grumpily refuses, preferring to count his safely stowed money.
I could be describing Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," but I'm actually recounting the first scene in playwright Rick Whelan's "Heaven Sent," which is receiving its Midwest premiere courtesy of www.acaciatheatre.com/">Acacia Theatre, under directors Elaine Wyler and Michael Landers. »Read Full Article
Countertenor Terry Barber travels through time with Ensemble Musical Offering
Hearing a finely honed countertenor voice singing the music of the Baroque period is like hearing moments of the past come alive.
Countertenor Terry Barber, internationally known for an exceptionally wide vocal range that ranges from high baritone to octaves usually populated by altos and mezzo-sopranos, has just the voice to make the centuries fall away. »Read Full Article
Mid-April opening expected for Refuge Smoothie Cafe on Farwell
A cafe selling smoothies and on-the-go foods like protein bars will open in mid-April on the east side.
Refuge Smoothie Cafe will open at 2328 N. Farwell Ave. Owner Joshua Janis, who owns the Water St. bars Red Rock Saloon and McGillycuddy's, said the idea for the smoothie cafe grew out of his own inclination toward more healthful foods these days. »Read Full Blog Post
'Founding Gardeners' lecture; wellness fair; Lynden Sculpture Garden dog day
Green nation
As the British were preparing to attack New York in 1776, Gen. George Washington wrote to his estate manager about what trees he wanted planted at Mount Vernon - all American natives. Author Andrea Wulf discusses Washington and the other framers of our nation from the point of view of their gardens in "Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature and the Shaping of the American Nation." She will give a lecture on the topic Thursday at 6:15 p.m. in the Lubar Auditorium of the Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 N. Art Museum Drive. Afterward, there will be a reception in the Café Calatrava. The lecture is free with museum admission ($15 for adults; $12 for students, seniors and members of the military; free for members and children under 12). The reception costs $30 and reservations are requested: call (414) 224-3293. »Read Full Article


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Join Mill Valley's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and work alongside emergency personnel to help your community during an emergency. The CERT program and manual were developed under the auspices of the Marin County Disaster & Civilian's Corps Council (DC3) based on the Federal CERT program. This program is designed to emphasize hands-on experience, and is taught to Marin County residents by Marin Fire Agency personnel. The following classes will train and prepare volunteers to achieve higher level of skills in:
PLEASE NOTE: Mill Valley class is canceled, sign up for training next month in Kentfield.
Dates and times for the following 18 hours CERT training class:
Thursday, October 10 - 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Saturday, October 12 - 8:30 am – 4:00 pm Sunday, October 19 - 8:30 am – 4:00 pm Training to be held at Mill Valley Fire Station 7, 1 Hamilton Drive, Mill Valley over 3 days, totaling 18 hours. Cost per individuals: $45.TO ENROLL: www.marincountycert.org/cert-training-schedule.
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In Canada they are now saying that an infant requires only breastmilk until 6 months.
My 4 and a half month old son nurses often, every 1 1/2 to 2 hours, even throughout the night. I try to hold him off for 2 hours, but that is sometimes a chore. He just always seems hungry.
I'm starting to wonder if he needds solids.


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Intuition in Healthcare Resources
The Life Science Foundation
The Life Science Foundation focuses on human health and wellbeing through complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); new understandings of life through the activities of 21st century science, and the acquisition of information, knowledge, and wisdom through intuition.
The Institute of Noetic Science
The Institute conducts and sponsors research into the potentials and powers of consciousness, including perceptions, beliefs, attention, intention, and intuition.
Rhine Research Center
An institute for the study of consciousness.
International Society for the Study of Subtle Energy and Energy Medicine
The society is dedicated to exploring and applying subtle energies as they relate to the experience of consciousness, healing, and human potential.
Institute of Heartmath
The HeartMath System is designed to enable people to decode and employ the intelligence of their heart. HeartMath technology teaches how to bring the heart and brain into synchronization.
These books give examples of intuition and tips on how to work with it.
The Intuitive Healer: Accessing Your Inner Physician by Marcia Emery. (1999)
You Already Know What to Do by Sharon Franquemont. (1999)
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell. (2005)
Intuition: Its Powers and Perils by David Myers. (2002)
Awakening Intuition by Frances Vaughan. (1997)
Intuition in Healthcare
- How Does Intuition Speak To Me?
- Is Intuition Always Right?
- Can I Develop My Intuition?
- Do You Have Worries About Using Intuition?
- How Do Healthcare Providers Use Intuition?
- How Can I Use Intuition To Improve My Health & Wellbeing?
- How Can I Talk With My Healthcare Provider About Intuition?
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For Kathy Garner, Gadsden County's first black female county judge, tears of joy mingled with tears of sadness during the Dec. 18 investiture ceremony.
"Today marks a historic occasion. Judge Garner follows in the footsteps of her parents, Alfred Garner, Quincy's mayor pro-tem at one point in his career, and her mother, the late Betty Garner, who was said to be everybody's mother," said Garner's classmate at Florida State University's College of Law, Ben Crump.
The Gadsden County Board of Commissioners voted recently to send a resolution from the board urging the state legislature to change the tomato field packing ban. According to local tomato farmer Graves Williams, the law is designed to put small producers out of business and create an advantage for large producers in South Florida. The ban stops the picking and packing of ripe fruit in the field.
The workers names have been released. They were not released to the Times prior to press time for the print edition. The burn victim was James Lambeth, 20, of Tallahassee. Kenny Walker, 47, of Bainbridge, Ga., was also injured in the explosion.
An explosion at TeligentEMS in Havana has left one person burned and another injured.
The days are numbered for vendors who want to peddle their wares along the streets of Quincy. Commissioners voted Dec. 8 to discontinue issuing licenses after September 2010. City attorney Larry White has been crafting an ordinance for several months now that, when approved by commissioners, will eliminate peddlers from U.S. Highway 90 and Pat Thomas Parkway.
Commissioners said they are not trying to prevent people from making a living but they want to improve the overall look of the city.
Farm Share Inc., the organization known for bridging the gap between the harvest and the hungry, is making sure needy families in North Florida will have fresh produce to serve to their loved ones this holiday season.
Acting on a tip, deputies from the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office arrested a Havana couple Dec. 16.
Douglas James Ford, 54, and his 58-year-old wife, Debra Ann Ford, have both been charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sell, cultivation of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and maintaining a house where drugs are sold and stored. The street value of the marijuana was estimated at more than $100,000.
Gretna city officials, along with Gadsden County commissioners and representatives from the county's chamber of commerce, announced during a press conference Dec. 9 that a $250 million biomass plant will be built in Gretna.
The 100-acre site is located in the Gretna Industrial Park on State Road 12. The facility will produce 50 megawatts of electricity, which officials from ADAGE LLC, the company behind the project, say will power 40,000 homes.
The Havana Relay for Life is set for April 9-10, 2010 – and volunteers are needed.
Last year's Relay raised $42,213, and the goal for this year is $45,000. Fundraising is already underway, with the Relay's executive committee hosting a bake sale at the recent Havana Pumpkin Festival.
"We practically sold out," said Pam Gay, returning event chair. "We raised over $285."
The city of Quincy's annual Christmas parade will coincide this year with Music on the Square on Dec. 11.
Things get started at 6 p.m. with the annual parade, which begins at Wards Lot behind the fire station on North Stewart Street. The parade will head east on Washington Street and disband at the corner of Washington and North Madison streets. The judging area and viewing stands are on the north side of the courthouse.
Rep. Alan Williams will be the 2009 grand marshal.
Several children in Gretna were caught reading Dec. 1 as part of the Stop, Drop, Read campaign currently underway throughout Gadsden County.
The campaign launched in early November, encouraging students to read each evening between the hours of 6 and 8 p.m. Parents are asked to make sure their porch lights are on to indicate their children are reading.
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text: I had some time to waste, so why not? I've used both NFL Draft Scout and my own judgement to determine a players value and tried to take needs into account as they presently seem. My first Mock Round One Zack Martin, OT/OG, Notre Dame Originally I had Colt Lyerla here but as this mock continued, two things happened. Firstly I found a potential later round prospect that matches up with Lyerla well. and secondly, I hadn't mocked an OG which is a position at which we need to add some youth. Martin strikes me as an ideal Patriot interior lineman. He plays as a college OT but at 6-4, perhaps lacks the length to be a pro LT. He can maul with the best of them but has impressively quick feet. Watching him, I can easily imagine him playing on our OL. Round Two DeAndre Coleman, DT, California At 6-4, 320, Coleman fits the BB mould very nicely. He might not be elite athletically, but his athleticism is a plus and combines excellently with his big upside strength. A genuine two-gap capable DT or 3-4 DE. Deandre Coleman vs USC (2012) - YouTube Round Three Qua Cox, CB, Jackson State An exciting talent. Not great size at 5-11, 185, but Cox has genuine shutdown corner capabilities. I've only seen two games worth of tape (and that's only because I've gone looking), but from what I've seen Cox has the skillset that will get the amateur draft world salivating. I'm convinced this is a name you will hear more and more of as the upcoming season progresses. Round Four Bryn Renner, QB, UNC I'm a believer in preparing for Brady's ultimate departure and that to do so, the Patriots must be consider drafting a QB every year until they find one that they can trust to be the future franchise QB. There are other QBs in this draft that I like but I choose Renner here because he has experience and he runs an offense that has some similarities to the Patriots in that it is both up-tempo and relies on quick hitting short passing. Round Five Jace Amaro, TE, Texas Tech here's My Lyerla alternative. From CBS Sports: 2014 NFL Draft: Texas Tech Preview - CBSSports He's a junior and there are some red flags, but he's someone that will be worth watching in the Hernandez replacement stakes. Jace Amaro Sophomore College Highlights - YouTube Round Six Caraun Reid, DT, Princeton Is possibly my early later round binky. Reid is athletic plays with outstanding aggressive hands and whilst kicking around the 300lb mark is a strength against the run whilst having the ability to penetrate the pocket and get after the QB. Is on the Senior Bowl pre-season watch list so hopefully we'll get to see much more of him. Caraun Reid vs Brown (2012) - YouTube Round Seven Jeremy Butler, WR, Tennessee-Martin He's 6-3, 205lbs and judging from the video below, has a wonderful pair of hands. If this vid is in any way indicative of his abilities, then I'm a fan. JEREMY BUTLER - YouTube


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Q: What is the craziest thing you have ever done?
A: It would probably be the B girls reality show. It was a lot of fun but it was also challenging.
Q: Do you cook and/or bake anything? If so, what are your special dishes?
A: I enjoy slaving over the stove baking brownies...but I try not to eat any.
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A: I would buy a storage unit of slurpees, mentos and new clothes and have a maid at my dorm room in college. Of course I would use most of the money to help others!
Q: If you could meet one celebrity, who would it be and why?
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Samsung's new oversized iPhone/iPod Touch lookalike, announced at Mobile World Congress, causes a bit of confusion. It's obviously the bigger brother of the equally tediously named Galaxy S WiFi 4.0. Some people say the 4.0 was formerly known as YP-MB2/Galaxy Player 50, while our very own industry insider, lebellium, clarifies that it's actually the YP-GB1, released without Korea-specific DMB features for the international market. So where does that leave the 5.0, in the sea of all these confusing names and acronyms? I don't know, my head is already spinning. Maybe it's just a shrunken Galaxy Tab 10.1…
What we know is that the Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 (let's just call it GSW5, ok?) runs on Android 2.2, uses Samsung's TouchWiz interface, sports a 5″ Super Duper Clear LCD screen at 800×480, a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, a MicroSD slot, and a 5 megapixel camera with flash, for all your artsy Facebook photography needs.
The great thing about this phone-without-a-phone is that it comes with Android Market support right out of the box. This is a huge advantage over the non-phone Android offers from Archos (Gen 8 devices) and Cowon (D3), which have no official access to the Market – therefore rendering them quite inferior, software-wise, to even the humblest of Android phones, such as the ZTE Blade. While some kind hackers already gave Archos users the possibility to access the Market, there's no such option for the D3 yet, leaving you at the mercy of Cowon to come up with some quality apps, such as scientific calculators. Samsung licensing the Market on their Galaxy players is the smartest move so far for devices without SIM card slot.
Availability of the GSW5: sooner or later.
Thanks to sideways for the tip. Read more in the forum thread. Additional info via Engadget (1, 2).


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The Easy Way To Make Sure Your Rearend Is Straight And Headed Toward Victory Lane
A common misconception among new racers is they absolutely must have every new gadget and geegaw that comes down the pipe or else they will never win a race again. Truthfully, there are some very handy and innovative tools out there for racers with the potential to save both time and headaches. But if you dont have a complete understanding of what you are trying to do, you are far more likely to set yourself up for a lot of confusion and frustration.
Thats why Circle Track always recommends the KISS principle (Keep It Simple Stupid) when it comes to racers still trying to learn their way in the sport. By simplifying things down to their core elements you get a better understanding of whats going on. When we set out to do a basic how-to on making sure your rear end is straight, we went directly to the shop of race car builder Gene Leicht. Leichts forte is chassis for asphalt Late Models, and his cars have won more big-money races than he can count. His philosophy when it comes to building cars isyou guessed itsimplicity eliminates mistakes.
At the Late Model level, he explains, if you give a guy too many options hes likely to tune himself right out of the race. When he was alive, Banjo Matthews (a Winston Cup car builder) had his shop nearby. He told me if you build it right, you dont need a bunch of adjustments. While Leichts shop has everything he needs to build fast cars, no one is going to mistake it for an extravagant Winston Cup outfit. Even though he could easily justify an expensive laser-sighted instrument to check the geometry on his cars, Leicht still does it the old-fashioned way: with a tape measure and some string.
Every car that comes out of here gets strung, he explains. There are more expensive ways to do it, but I dont see any reason. Stringing a car is easy, cheap and tells you just about everything you need to know.
You can completely set up a car by stringing it, but we will concentrate on making sure your rearend is straight. Leichts method is probably the most common and bases everything off the cars framerails. The grocery list required is simple: two lengths of stretchable twine, four jackstands or any heavy moveable object to tie to and a tape measure.
First, run a length of stretchable twine alongside both sides of the car and extend beyond both bumpers. These are your reference strings. Tie the strings to jackstands or some other heavybut moveableobject and pull them apart so the twine is off the shop floor and reasonably level. Use your tape measure to run the twine a uniform distance from the framerails (Leicht uses 12 inches because it allows him some working distance yet isnt too far from the sides of the car).
It is crucial that you measure against the framerails and not support struts, brackets or some other piece of metal under the car. It doesnt matter if you are racing a hand-built tubular chassis or the frame from a 77 Monte Carlo, if the car is in good shape the framerails are likely parallel. The first time you try this, put the car on jackstands and identify points to measure to the front and back on the outside of both framerails. Mark them so you can measure again later.
On passenger-car frames, good reference points are already there for you. No matter what type of car it is, you likely will find some squaring points somewhere underneath thats the same on both sides, Leicht explains. Leafspring mounting points are usually pretty square, as are the pivot points on the front end for the ball joints. When a car is built they use marking holes or notches to make sure when they are building it they get everything square; those are pretty good reference points.
Once you have your lines strung parallel to both framerails, its time to make sure they are parallel with each other. Simply measure the distance between the strings in front of and in back of the car. If the numbers match, your framerails are parallel. If they dont, its time to figure out why not.
If those numbers are off any, its not the end of the world, Leicht says. Maybe theres a dent on the outside of the tubing. Your lines have to be parallel to string a car properly, but your framerails dont have to be in order to have a fast car. If you are an eighth of an inch off, then you can tack weld an 1/8-inch piece of material to that spot to even it up. Just make sure your strings are parallel with the car. As long as you get all your wheels pointed in the same direction, your steering working right and your geometry worked out, its going to work. The car doesnt care how.
Now that you have your reference strings parallel to each other and the car as well as a uniform distance off the ground, its time to get started. Leicht makes sure his car is sitting on rims that havent been involved in a wreck and he knows arent bent. He picks two points on opposite sides of one of the rear wheels that is equal to the height of the reference string and measures the distance between the wheel and the string. If your measurements on both sides of the wheel are equal, then that wheel is parallel with the direction of the car. Unless you are moving the rearend for handling purposes (which we will talk about), all the wheels need to be parallel with the direction of the car so the car wont be scrubbing off horsepower or crabwalking.
Next, Leicht moves to the opposite wheel and repeats the process.
Make sure you measure from the string to the rim and not the sidewall of the tire, which could have fallout and be inconsistent, he cautions.
If the two measurements on this side are equal, then this wheel is also rolling in line with the car and the rearend is straight. If the four measurements are all equal, then the rearend is centered underneath the car. Total the distance between both tires and their respective reference strings and then subtract that total from the distance between your two reference strings to find the track width of the rear end.
Think you have it? Good, now lets take it to the next step. Leichts numbers sometimes are purposely unequal because he occasionally mounts a rearend on an angle to help the car turn. By pivoting the rearend so the wheelbase on the left side of the car is shorter than on the right, Leicht can make the rear end of the car swing out slightly when the driver turns the car to the left, making the car feel looser, or easier to turn. This means that on the left side of the car Leichts measurement from the rim to the reference string at the back of the wheel will be shorter than the same measurement at the front of the wheel. The measurements will be equal but reversed on the right side of the car.
Leicht normally limits the difference in distance to 1/16 of an inch. The front of the car is a little more difficult because steering adds a new variable to the mix. First Leicht centers his steering box by making sure the center of the bolt in the pitman arm is the same distance to the nearby framerail as the main bolt in the steering box. He then adjusts the front tires using the tie rods. By measuring the leading edge of the rim versus the rear, Leicht can dial in exactly the amount of toe-in or -out he desires and can get good repeatability race after race, car after car.
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Dale Grantman '50 has distinguished himself by his successful business career, dedication to service and his loyal support of his alma mater.
"We never get where we are without someone else's help," said Grantman, after receiving an Outstanding Alumnus Award at the Homecoming awards ceremony. He thanked North Central College for his educational foundation; his father John Grantman '20, "who dearly loved this school;" his brother Jim; and his wife Virginia Klein '51 Grantman.
After graduating from North Central College, Grantman served in the U.S. Navy from 1951-1953. His business career included co-ownership of Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Red Wing, MN, (with his brother Jim) and serving as president and owner of Campbell's Nutrition Centers in Des Moines, IA, from 1957-1995. Grantman found time over the years to volunteer with many service clubs in Des Moines, and as president of Exchange Club of Red Wing, as an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Red Wing and as a member of the North Central College alumni board.
Grantman and his wife have contributed to many efforts at North Central, including the renovation of Old Main and endowed scholarships. In 2006, Dale and his brother created the Grantman Endowment with a gift of $1.5 million to the College in honor of their father. It supports the Grantman Professorship in Business and Economics. Andrew Whitaker, professor of economics and finance and chair of the Division of Economics and Business, was awarded the new endowed chair in October.
"Someone came before me and supported this school," said Grantman. "Since I had success in my life and I love this school, I thought I should give back, too."
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Mrs. Duncan was born April 18, 1913, in Omen, Smith County, to Reuben William and Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Musslewhite. She was the 14th of 15 children. She married Talmage Duncan on Aug. 24, 1931, in Shreveport, La. She was a homemaker, artist and follower of Jesus Christ. She taught Bible classes to children and women and enjoyed reading, gardening and painting.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 72 years, Talmage Duncan; a grandson, Joseph Duncan; her parents; siblings; and three sons-in-law.
Survivors include her children, Freda Rhoads of Bryan, Marilyn Raney of Atlanta, June Florey of Pearland, Aaron and Anita Duncan of Trinity, and Tad and Lynda Duncan of Hillsboro; 14 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and 7 great-great-grandchildren.
A graveside service was held 1 p.m. Friday, July 12, at Elkins Cemetery in Omen.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice Brazos Valley, 502 West 26th Street, Bryan, Texas 77803.
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The state's warning about turbidity in Beeville's water supply reached us by telephone May 30, far too late for my wife and me to avoid consuming tap water disguised as iced tea in a local restaurant.
I'm only now recovering from four days of being sick as the proverbial dog as a result of contaminants in the water. I've suffered from all the symptoms associated with contaminants in water: nausea, vomiting, pounding headaches and diarrhea.
What makes me especially angry about the green apple two-step the city inflicted on me is that it hit just a few weeks after I spent most of a day and evening purging my system much the same way—deliberately. I had to consume, then pass unpleasantly, a gallon of an awful-tasting liquid concoction as a requirement for a colonoscopy.
Bad as it was, I figured I wouldn't have to set a one-day record number of bathroom runs for another five years. Talk about being wrong.
I used purified water for that drill, believe it or not. Treated water is what my wife and I drink out here in the county, and now you can bet it'll be what we drink when we're in Beeville since we'll bring a jug of it with us.
Several restaurants won't be adding iced tea to our bills unless they can guarantee the water in it is purified. For that matter, we won't order any food which may have been prepared using city water.
Deliberately inflicting Montezuma's revenge on yourself is thoroughly unpleasant—but acceptable if it's a medical necessity. Having a municipal water supply ambush you with diarrhea in this modern era is something we're not willing to accept.
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October 9, 2013 —
"Where else would these women go? Thank you for doing what you do, for opening your hearts to complete strangers," Pike County Commissioners Chair Rich Caridi said in presenting a proclamation commending the domestic violence intervention work of Safe Haven of Pike County (SHPC).
David Bever, SHPC executive director, said victims of domestic violence leaving home need safety for themselves and their children. Leaving, which can take as many as seven attempts, is the most dangerous time for victims, he said.
It is the time when domestic violence victims can most easily lose their lives, as some 57 women and 10 men in Pennsylvania did in 2012.
Bever said Safe Haven also offers services for men, but not as many have sought services. "Our challenge is outreach to the clergy and police. We want to reach everyone. We're all vocally appalled, but we can create a place where it may not take seven attempts to leave," he said.
Safe Haven recently moved its offices to 402 Broad St. The organization provides a hotline at 570/296-HELP (4357). Those who have been abused or may be a victim of crime should call to reach advocates available 24 hours each day, seven days per week, 365 days each year. They provide safe and convenient emergency shelter to any victim of domestic violence in crisis in Pike County and the surrounding areas. For more information call 570/296-2827.
The commissioners also approved a resolution of support for the annual March of Dimes, "March for Babies," which was scheduled to take place October 6 at Matamoras' Firefly Park. Said to be the nation's oldest walk fundraiser, the march honors babies born healthy and those who need help to survive and thrive.
Organizer Joseph Biondo has been involved since he and his wife lost a prematurely born son in 2007. He said the march, which last year drew some 400 participants, this year would also celebrate the 75th anniversary of the March of Dimes.
In other business last week, the commissioners awarded the winter road maintenance contract for its county roads: Brooks Road, Stone Quarry Road by Eueka and Tower Road at $675 per application; and Old Owego Turnpike from Raymondskill Road to Route 6 at $350 per application.
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Lifenol is patented extract from hops cones that has been shown in numerous clinical studies to significantly reduce the instances of hot flashes and improve the quality of life in menopausal women. In studies, women who supplemented with hops extract showed decreases in total menopausal discomforts, including a decrease in the number of hot flashes and night sweats.*
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- Bowe, J., et al. The hop phytoestrogen, 8-prenylnaringenin, and reverses the ovariectomy-induced rise in skin temperature in an animal model of menopausal hot flushes. Journal of Endocrinology. 191: 399-405, 2006.
- Carmichael, A. Can Vitex agnus castus be used for the treatment of mastalgia? What is the current evidence? eCAM. 5(3): 247-250, 2008.
- Chadwick, L., et al. The pharmacognosy of Humulus lupulus L. (hops) with an emphasis on estrogenic properties. Phytomedicine. 13(1-2): 119-131, 2006.
- Erkkola, R., et al. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over pilot study on the use of a standardized hop extract to alleviate menopausal discomforts. Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology. 17(8): 389-396, 2010.
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- Heyerick, A., et al. A first prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study on the use of a standardized hop extract to alleviate menopausal discomforts. Maturitas. 54(2): 164-175, 2006.
- Leonhardt, J., et al. In vitro prolactin but not LH and FSH release is inhibited by compounds in extracts of Agnus castus: direct evidence for a dopaminergic principle by the dopamine receptor assay. Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology. 102(6): 448-454, 1994.
- Liu, J., et al. Isolation of linoleic acid as an estrogenic compound from the fruits of Vitex agnus castus L. (chaste-berry). Phytomedicine. 11: 18-23, 2004.
- Loch E., et al. Treatment of premenstrual syndrome with a phytopharmaceutical formulation containing Vitex agnus castus. Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine. 9(3): 315-320, 2000.
- Milligan, S., et al. Identification of a potent phytoestrogen in hops (Humulus lupulus L.) and beer. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 83(6): 2249-2252, 1999.
- Monograph. Humulus lupus. Alternative Medicine Review. 8(2): 190-192, 2003.
- Wuttke, W., et al. Chaste tree (Vitex agnus castus)- pharmacology and clinical indications. Phytomedicine. 10: 348-357, 2003.
- Carroll, D. Nonhormonal therapies for hot flashes in menopause. American Family Physician. 73(3): 457-465, 2006.
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- Berger, D., et al. Efficacy of Vitex agnus castus L. extract Ze 440 in patients with pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS). Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 264(3): 150-153, 2000.
- Israel, D. and Youngkin, E. Herbal therapies for perimenopausal and menopausal complaints. Pharmacotherapy. 17(5): 970-984, 1997.
- Shaw, C. The perimenopausal hot flash: epidemiology, physiology, and treatment. Nurse Practitioner. 22(3): 55-56, 61-66, 1997.
- Sliutz, G., et al. Agnus castus extracts inhibit prolactin secretion of rat pituitary cells. Hormone and Metabolic Research. 25(5): 253-255, 1993.
- Meissner HO et al. Hormone-Balancing Effect of Pre-Gelatinized Organic Maca (Lepidium peruvianum Chacon): (II) Physiological and Symptomatic Responses of Early-Postmenopausal Women to Standardized doses of Maca in Double Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Multi-Centre Clinical Study. Int J Biomed Sci.2(4):360-74, 2006.
- Meissner HO, et al. Hormone-Balancing Effect of Pre-Gelatinized Organic Maca (Lepidium peruvianum Chacon): (III) Clinical responses of early-postmenopausal women to Maca in double blind, randomized, Placebo-controlled, crossover configuration, outpatient study. Int J Biomed Sci. 2(4):375-94, 2006.
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- Schellenberg R. Treatment for the premenstrual syndrome with agnus castus fruit extract: prospective, randomised, placebo-controlled study. BMJ. 322:134-7, 2001.
- Bolca S et al. Disposition of hop prenylflavonoids in human breast tissue. Mol Nutr Food Res. 54 Suppl 2:S284-94, 2010.
- Brooks NA, et al. Menopause. Beneficial effects of Lepidium meyenii (Maca) on psychological symptoms and measures of sexual dysfunction in postmenopausal women are not related to estrogen or androgen content. 15(6):1157-62, 2008.
- Gonzales GF et al. Lepidium meyenii (Maca): a plant from the highlands of Peru--from tradition to science. Forsch Komplementmed 16 (6): 373–80, 2009.
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After 20 days of testimony, Thursday brings closing arguments in the murder trial of Christopher Deedy.
Then, the decision is in the hands of the jury.
Attorneys had a chance to ask Circuit Court Judge Karen Ahn to let jurors consider lesser charges in special agent Christopher Deedy's trial, but attorneys chose not to.
"To me, it was astounding and very unusual," said University of Hawaii professor Kenneth Lawson.
"I was as shocked as the rest of the legal community. It's almost always given. This will be a rare exception," said Honolulu attorney Victor Bakke.
"Obviously, if you're drinking and kill someone, that's reckless conduct. So, I'm surprised they didn't even ask for it, because at that point it gives the jury a choice," said Lawson.
Lawson and Bakke agree it's not only a confusing, but a dangerous move by prosecutors.
"I think they were off base from the beginning. They should have charged him with manslaughter. I think they overreached," said Bakke.
"These are tough cases, especially when you have someone in the position of authority," added Lawson.
From day one, Deedy has maintained he shot Kollin Elderts in self-defense at a Waikiki McDonald's.
Both Lawson and Bakke said it was essential to put Deedy on the stand, with the special agent telling his story, through his eyes.
Lawson said jurors are often reluctant to second guess the person who did the shooting.
They will now make their decision, with Deedy's words still fresh on their minds.
"Guess what they're going to remember when they walk into that jury room? They're going to remember the last thing they heard, not the first thing they heard," said Bakke.
"Most of these trials come down to who tells the best story," said Lawson.
Bakke said it was also a big deal that the very last person to testify was a Honolulu police sergeant who told jurors, that in 2008, Elderts was convicted of disorderly conduct.
The defense could not go into details, but he said it still feeds the argument that Elderts might have had problem with authority.
In a hearing on Wednesday, Circuit Court judge Karen Ahn she did not believe there was evidence to support a manslaughter charge, nor did she suggest any other charges, but she won't announce the final list of jury instructions until Thursday morning.
If the jury cannot decide whether to convict or acquit Deedy it could result in a hung jury, which opens the door for a new trial.


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Let's stop this flood of squabbling on climate change
The atrocious British weather this winter has brought them all out again, brandishing the same old fallacies.
In the blue corner are the climate change deniers, pouring scorn on the idea that the floods afflicting the UK have anything to do with climate change. No, they are just perfectly normal variations in the weather. When the chief scientist at the Met Office suggested – in the sort of cautious terms that only an academic uses – that there might be evidence of a potential connection with global warming, the response of Lord Lawson of Blaby, a former Chancellor of the Exchequer, was withering: "…this Julia Slingo woman, who made this absurd statement…". Ouch.
What the Met Office understands, but the deniers apparently do not, is that the climate is a complex, non-linear system. You will never be able to draw an unambiguous chain of cause and effect from the emissions of a coal-fired power station to the flooded Somerset Levels. That is why the scientists do not make such claims. But the lazy response of the deniers is to demand that they do.
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Complex systems have multiple inputs which interact to create multiple outcomes. Change one of those inputs and you are likely to have different outcomes. Our oxygen-rich atmosphere has been created by billions of years of biological processes that have buried carbon underground. Digging it up and burning it has consequences, even if we can't calculate them with precision. This is what Dame Julia Slingo meant, and she was right.
But if the arguments of the climate change deniers are naïve and fallacious, the debate in the red corner is equally depressing. There is too much focus, we hear, on short-term financial returns at the expense of long-term sustainability. Gross domestic product should no longer be a purely financial measure. Investors need to factor environmental, social and governance considerations into their decisions as well as financial returns. This requires a new type of capitalism.
That is not going to happen, of course. But there is also a fallacy at the heart of the case, which is to misunderstand what capitalism is. It is a mechanism, not an ideology. People respond to incentives, particularly financial ones. To deny the central importance of financial return is like calling for the laws of physics to be changed so that a ball thrown in the air does not come down again.
While neither the climate change deniers nor the ESG brigade have the answer, both have a point of sorts. The deniers are right that we do not know with certainty what will be the result of any given level of carbon emissions (though as an excuse for inaction it is reckless in the extreme). And the champions of ESG are right in one sense about short-termism. As a recent paper from Carbon Tracker and the London School of Economics has pointed out, the combined balance sheets of fossil fuel companies implicitly assume that far more carbon reserves will be used than is compatible with a rise of two degrees centigrade in global temperatures in the long term.
Surely it is a failure of capitalism if it lulls us into assigning a value to these companies that can never in practice be realised? Well no, actually. It is instead a rational response to the absence of a proper global strategy to address the issue. Even if all the reserves can never be used without catastrophic consequences, those of any particular company may be exploitable. If no cap on the use is in prospect, there is no reason to limit arbitrarily what is taken into account in the company's books.
This is a consequence of the well-attested economic concept of externality – costs which are borne by those other than the person who incurred them. The costs associated with climate change will be enormous. This winter's British floods alone will have heavy costs, first to clean up the mess then to prevent more flooding. And that is just one small sliver of the worldwide costs to come. But these costs are not reflected in the prices paid by producers and users of the emissions that contribute to them.
Externalities create distortions, and the most effective way to deal with them is government intervention. Clean air legislation in cities is a classic example. The same principle should apply to climate change, whether through regulation (limiting emissions or requiring carbon capture and storage, for example) or taxation such as carbon taxes.
We don't need a reinvention of capitalism. We need to harness the creative power of capitalism to tackle the problem. And the only way to do that is by action to change the relative returns of high and low carbon energy respectively.
Of course, it is easy to say that but much harder to achieve it in practice. The climate change deniers advance the ludicrous idea that it is all a dark conspiracy to impose stealth taxes and state control, rather than a rational economic response to a market failure. The politicians are in a state of wilful blindness, preferring to look away rather than confront the deniers and tell hard truths to electorates already complaining about high energy prices. Meanwhile atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations relentlessly climb past 400 parts per million, the highest in our history as a species.
The British floods are a reminder of what is to come. There is too much nonsense spouted at both extremes of the debate. It is time for rational decision-making and above all for leadership.
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Performing driving pipe sets, spirited fiddle tunes and haunting Celtic ballads, Gaelic Storm will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Lyceum Theatre in Clovis as part of Clovis Community College's Cultural Arts Series.
Christy Mendoza, Cultural Arts director at CCC, said she has been trying to get the group to come to Clovis for three years. Their popularity and touring schedule have kept them from coming to the area until now, she said.
The Celtic band has been together for a decade and plays about 125 dates per year.
A "life of the party sort of group," according to Mendoza, the band appeared in the film "Titanic" as the group that played during the party in steerage attended by Jack and Rose.
The group's music will also be featured on the upcoming version of the computer game, "The Sims."
The show will last about two hours, including an intermission, and will showcase Celtic dancers from Los Alamos, Mendoza said.
There will be a reception following the concert at the Mabry Inn where the audience will be able to meet the show's cast.
Tickets are available at the CCC cashiers' windows or at the door. Mendoza recommends arriving at the show early to purchase tickets.
At a glance:
• What: Gaelic Storm
• Where: Lyceum Theatre, Clovis
• When: 7 p.m. Saturday
• Tickets: $15 for general admission, $10 for senior military members and students.
• Information: 769-4956


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I need your help girls! I have a horrible case of Mastitis. I was in so much pain last night I couldn't decide whether I was gonna puke or pass out. My doc called in some medicine, for 14 days--What do I need to do to be sure that we don't compound the problem w/thrush?
Also--what is the best way to keep it from continuing? I've been told to pump, but isn't that going to compound the problem I'm having w/oversupply? She is still having green poops--I will say she is in her 3 week growth spurt, so she's been nursing more than I've been pumping.
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How Our Suffering Glorifies the Greatness of the Grace of God
Passion | Nashville, Tennessee
Late last night, the families gathered in Sago Baptist Church in Tallmansville, West Virginia, began to hear the rumor circulating: "They're alive. They're alive. All the 12 are alive." And so the USA has the headlines "They're alive." They're not alive. Dead, all of them except one, and he's in critical condition. Incredible news blowout. 52 dead in Iraq yesterday, 32 of them at a funeral. Floods in California. Fires burning houses down across the Southwest. And what phone call did you get yesterday?
Let me soak you before I pray with a series of Bible verses just so that the feel of this message and where it's coming from will be on you.
Matthew 16:24: Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me." "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross." Thank you for the cross, his and ours. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household?
Matthew 10:21: Brother will deliver up brother to death, and father, his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death, and they will be hated by all for my namesake. The one who endures to the end will be saved.
John 16:1: The hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. Every radical Muslim believes that when he kills a Christian.
2 Timothy 3:12: Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. You want to be godly, it's coming your way. There's no other way.
1 Peter 4:12: Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that comes upon you — it's no surprise — to test you as though something strange were happening to you. It's not strange. Rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad at his glory. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed because the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
Romans 8:16: The spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ provided we suffer with him so that we may be gloried with him. I count the sufferings of this present time unworthy to be compared to the glory that will be revealed. It's coming. If you haven't had it yet, it's coming if you walk with him . . . if you walk with him.
Philippians 1:29: For it has been granted to you that for your sake, you should not only believe but suffer. It's granted to you. It's given to you. It's a gift to you with a big bow that you will suffer.
2 Timothy 1:8: Therefore, do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or me, his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel, for the power of God.
One more — Acts 5:41: They left the presence of the council, Peter, John . . . they left the presence of the council rejoicing that they had been counted worthy to be shamed for the name.
The purpose of God in creating the universe is to display the greatness of the glory of his grace supremely in the suffering of his Son. That's yesterday.
Today the summons: Will you join the Son in displaying the supreme satisfaction of the glory of grace in joining him on the Calvary road of suffering? Because there's no other way the world is going to see the supreme glory of Christ today except that we break free from the Disneyland of America and begin to live lifestyles of missionary sacrifice that looks to the world like our treasure is in heaven and not on the earth. It's the only way.
The prosperity gospel will not make anybody praise Jesus. It will make people praise prosperity. Of course, I'll have a Jesus who'll give me a car. Who wouldn't want a Jesus who gives me health, a car, a fine marriage? I'll take your Jesus if the payoff is right.
This is not the way you're going to win your campuses. Dressing the coolest. Driving the coolest. Typing on the coolest. It's not going to get any praise for the suffering Christ. He calls you in this service, in this conference, in this life, in this world, in that newspaper world . . . he calls you to another way.
I loved Richard Wurmbrand, the Romanian who was in jail for over a decade in Romania because of the Communists. And he told a story one time about a Cistercian monk — that's one of the orders in the Catholic Church — who was interviewed by Italian television. And this is the order that is totally silent. They sing together, they confess sins to one another, and they never talk any other time. And a TV interviewer asked the monk, "And if you were to realize at the end of your life that atheism is true and that there is no God, tell me what if it happened that way?" And here's what he responded, "Holiness, silence, and sacrifice are beautiful in themselves even without promise of reward. I still would have used my life well." I don't think so.
I read something very different in 1 Corinthians 15:19. These are the words of the Apostle Paul. "If for this life only, we have hope in Christ" — in other words, if it's over, the end of life, it's over, zero beyond — "we Christians are of all men most to be pitied." And my question is — why didn't Paul say what this monk said?
Isn't it the good life? Isn't Christianity the good life? And if it's a delusion, it doesn't really matter. We're gone. So who cares if it's a delusion? It's the good life. Wrong. It's not the good life. Paul could not possibly have said, "If we have hope in Christ only for this life, we are most to be pitied if this is the good life." Oh, how wrong we've got it in America.
It's really hard to be a Christian in America, really hard. It's about the hardest place in the world. We have convinced ourselves that the psychological benefits of believing in Jesus, the relational benefits of believing in Jesus, the prosperity benefits of believing in Jesus, the health benefits of believing in Jesus make a pretty good life. So if it proves to be wrong in the end, no big deal, it's been a good life. That's so different from what Paul said, so different.
What's wrong with Paul? What's wrong with you? If there is no resurrection, we are of all men most to be pitied. I mean, look around. What's to be pitied? It's cool, right? It's a big room. It's got air conditioning and cool music. And we're clothed, and we're all well. And what's to be pitied if it's false? It's been a good life. See you later. No, won't see you later.
Well, the answer that Paul would give to "What's wrong with you, Paul?" is "I have freely chosen to take so many risks with my life in the cause of serving my king that I suffer way more than I would choose to suffer if I knew this was false."
There's a better way to maximize pleasure on the earth than being a Christian. I'm a Christian hedonist. There's a better way to maximize pleasure on the earth than being a Christian.
Paul said, in 1 Corinthians 15:32, "If this is not going to be followed by resurrection and reward and seeing the Lord Jesus and having everlasting infinitely growing joy, then let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die." And when he said "let us eat and drink," he didn't mean let's all become drunks and gluttons. They are to be pitied in this life as much as Christians if there's no resurrection. The way to maximize the pleasure in this life is not become a drunk and a glutton, just become middle class. Just drive a nice car, have a nice house, and have nice clothes, nothing exorbitant. No drunkenness. And just kind of the middle — this is the way forward if there's no resurrection, just like most Christians live.
Paul said, "If there's no resurrection, we are of all men most to be pitied." Listen to how he puts the point on his own experience. He said, "If the dead are not raised, why am I in peril every hour? I protest, brothers, by my exultation which I have in Christ Jesus, our Lord. I die every day." So he says two things, "I'm in peril every hour" and "I die every day." I make so many choices to magnify Jesus in hard places, it hurts me every day. I would not choose this if it weren't true. If I couldn't expect a resurrection from the dead where everything would be paid back to me a thousand fold that I have laid down in the service of Jesus, I wouldn't go this way. "I'm in peril every hour. I die every day."
And I want to ask why, Paul? What are you up to? What's the meaning of this chosen life of risks and suffering? And you need to ask that right now. Why would I choose to deny myself ordinary innocent things and take risks with my life for the cause of Christ? Why would I do that?
And I want to take you to Colossians 1. If you have a Bible and you can see it, then you can look at it with me if you'd like. I'm going to read Colossians 1:24-29: "Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake." He was a very strange man, wasn't he? "I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake. And in my flesh, his body, I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church." Let's just stop there. That's enough. Let's focus on that.
"I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake," talking to the church. "And in my flesh, I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church." That's almost heresy, almost. To say "In my body, in my fallen, sinful body, I am completing or filling up what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ." That's almost heresy.
It would be heresy if he meant the sufferings of Christ lack something in their atoning worth. In the death that he paid for sin, there's not enough there. I'm going to add the rest so that the world can have an atonement that is sufficient for their sins. That's heresy. And that's not what he meant.
What did he mean? What did he mean when he said, "in my body"? What would you mean if you walked out of here tomorrow and said, "All right, I am, God helping me, going to fill up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on my campus or among the unreached peoples of the world." What would you mean? You really should be able to say that. I hope you will. I think what you should mean is not that you add to the atoning merit or value or worth of the death of Christ but that you add the extension of that suffering to those for whom he died, in your own body and suffering.
Let me show you where I'm getting that. You can just listen or you can follow if you want. There's a parallel statement to this Colossians 1:24 in Philippians 2. The situation is that the Philippian church loves Paul. Paul is in prison in Rome hundreds of miles away.
Epaphroditus says, "I am willing to take the offering and the blessing that we as a church want to show, the love that we have for Paul, we want to show," so Epaphroditus takes whatever it was. We're not told. It could be money. It could be books. It could be food, whatever, clothing. And he takes it to Rome, and he almost dies. He suffers in doing this. He suffers in extending the love of the Philippians to Paul.
And then you have this sentence where Paul encourages people to praise such a one as Epaphroditus because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to "fill up what is lacking in your service to me." He said that to the Philippians.
You've got almost exactly the same wording in Philippians 2:30 as you do in Colossians 1:24, almost exactly the same wording. "I fill up what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ." Epaphroditus fills up what is lacking in the service of the Philippians.
Now what was lacking in the service of the Philippians? Listen to this commentator, Marvin Vincent. I think he gets it exactly right. He says, "The gift to Paul was a gift of the church as a body. It was a sacrificial offering of love. What was lacking was the church's presentation of this offering in person. This was impossible, and Paul represents Epaphroditus as supplying this lack by his affectionate and zealous ministry." I think that's exactly what Colossians 1:24 means when you say it like this.
When Paul says, "I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ, the afflictions of Christ in my body, in my flesh," he means Christ died for millions of people all over the world, people on your campus, people in the unreached peoples of the world. Their debt has been paid, and they don't know it. They can't taste it. They can't feel it. They can't sing that song "I thank you for the cross, my friend, I thank you for the cross."
There's something missing in this suffering. It's not showing up. It's not showing up in 639 unreached people groups, over 100,000 in population that have zero testimony from the people in this room or me. It's not connecting. There's something lacking in the sufferings, namely the presentation . . . the presentation of the sufferings.
But here's the amazing thing. You might say, well, obviously the gospel has to be spread. It's not obvious what he's saying here. He's not saying simply the gospel has to be spread. He is saying "It is through my body and my sufferings that the sufferings of Christ arrive in the unreached peoples of the world, on your campus."
How do the sufferings of Jesus arrive on your campus? They arrive through your sufferings. That's the meaning of Colossians 1:24. "I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ in my own flesh." It's an amazing statement.
And just think about the history of missions for a moment. If you have any inkling of how we got to where we are today with 1.3 or 1.4 billion people professing faith in Jesus Christ when it started from 12. How did we get there? And you know what the answer is? Suffering. There never has been a breakthrough into an unreached place or people without suffering.
If you're going to be a missionary, mark it down — pain, loss of a child, malaria, marital strife, tensions on the team, demonic opposition, martyrdom. It's going to come. Don't think it's strange when it comes. It's the price. He paid his life for our salvation. We join him in that suffering to display the nature of it. How are they going to see how satisfying he is in us if we look like it's the computer toy that is really satisfying?
It is wonderful, I think, that Paul in this verse says, "Now I rejoice in the sufferings for your sake." I'm not summoning you to a miserable life. I am summoning you to a painful life. But in this pain, all over the Bible, you find Christians rejoicing in tribulation.
Rejoice in tribulation, for tribulation works patience, and patience works a provenness, and a provenness works hope, and hope will not put us to shame because the love of God is poured out in our heart.
You want to experience the deep joy of knowing yourself loved by God, lay out your life for another person. Take a risk with your body. Take a risk with your mind. Take a risk with your money, your schooling. What an amazing thing God calls us to do and to be.
"The cross of Christ is for propitiation. Our cross is for propagation." That's a quote from Josef Ton, another Romanian.
Let me close with a few stories to illustrate what I'm talking about. J. Oswald Sanders is dead. He was alive when I heard him in his 89th year at Trinity Seminary at a chapel a few years ago. I think it was in early '90s. And he told the story of his travels. I've just got to say this. He was an old man, right? 89 is old. And he's preaching. He's preaching with power, and he said that none of us should ever retire and that he had written a book a year since he was 70. I just thought that was awesome . . . 19 books starting at age 70. You want to be an author? You've got about 50 years to get ready. And then pour it on at age 70. Oh, America, don't go to Mexico or New Mexico or Florida. Go to the library or use your senior discount to get on a plane and go to Oman.
Well, anyway, he told a story, and I want to tell it to you. An indigenous missionary walking barefoot from village to village in India, where he had been. His hardships were many. After a long day of many miles and much discouragement, he came to a certain village, and he tried to speak the gospel there simply before dusk. And they rejected him, drove him out of town. "We don't want to hear you." And exhausted and discouraged, he lay down under a tree and fell asleep.
Later in the evening, he suddenly was awakened, and the village was all around him. And the main man was over him, and though he was startled, the head man said, "We came out to see what kind of man you were and when we saw your blistered feet, we felt bad for what we had done and concluded you must be a holy man with a very important message for us, and we are here to let you speak to us."
And Oswald Sanders made the point that these feet, these beautiful feet — how beautiful on the mountain are the feet of those who bring good tidings — that these feet blistered said "I have a message worth hearing." I think that is a perfect picture of "I complete in my body my sufferings what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ." Christ can't be there in that village, but we are his body on the earth. And Christ has mainly a suffering to offer the world, and he means for the missionaries to offer themselves to the people.
Here's another one: Billy Graham had an itinerant evangelists' conference in Amsterdam, I think, in 1990. A Masai warrior showed up there who was an evangelist. And Michael Card, who lives here in town, a singer, wrote this story up in a magazine that I read, and let me read it to you because it's even more dramatic than the other one.
One day Joseph — this is the Masai warrior who showed up in Amsterdam from his tribe. One day Joseph, who was walking along one of these hot, dirty African roads, met someone who shared the gospel of Jesus Christ with him, and then and there, he accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior. The power of the spirit began transforming his life, and he was filled with such excitement and joy that the first thing he wanted to do was return to his own village and there share the good news to the members of his own local tribe.
Joseph began going from door to door telling everyone he met about the cross, suffering, and the salvation that it offered, expecting to see their faces light up the way his had. And to his amazement, the villagers not only didn't care, they became violent. The men of the village seized him, held him to the ground while the women beat him with strands of barbed wire. He was dragged from the village and left to die alone in the bush.
Joseph somehow managed to crawl to a water hole and there, after days of passing in and out of consciousness, found the strength to get up. He wondered about the hostile reception that he had received from people he had known all his life. He decided he must have said something wrong or left something out from the story of Jesus.
After rehearsing the message that he gave at first, he decided to go back and share this message again. Joseph limped into the circle of huts and began to proclaim Jesus. "He died for you so that you might find forgiveness and come to know the living God," he pleaded.
Again he was grabbed by the men of the village and held while the women beat him, reopening wounds that had just begun to heal. Once more, they dragged him unconscious from the village and left him to die. To have survived the first beating was truly remarkable. To live through the second was a miracle.
Again, days later, Joseph awoke in the wilderness, bruised, scarred, determined to go back. He returned to the small village, and this time, they attacked him before he had a chance to open his mouth. As they flogged him for the third and possibly the last time, he again spoke to them of Jesus Christ, the Lord.
Before he passed out, the last thing he saw was the women who were beating him began to weep. This time, he awoke in his own bed. The ones who had so severely beaten him were now trying to save his life and nurse him back to health. And the entire village came to Christ.
I think that's an example of what Paul meant by Colossians 1:24. "I rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf, and I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions in my own body."
One more story: It's almost impossible for us to appreciate the story of the widow's mite. You remember all the rich were being generous out of their wealth as they put in their money in the temple. And a widow who had two coins came along, and she put both in. And Jesus was watching. And he says to disciples, "She put in more than everybody else put in."
You don't have to be a great person, a wealthy person, a smart person to make a tremendous impact for Jesus. She put in everything. Now almost everybody would say, "That's just stupid. How's she going to pay her rent?"
Prudence is common in local churches. Be prudent. Be careful. Don't take too many risks like putting in everything you have. Well, we can hardly imagine that in this country. But here's an illustration and a story from Haiti that is a modern day version.
The church was having a Thanksgiving festival, and each Christian . . . I'm telling this story from Stanford Kelly . . . each Christian was invited to bring a love offering at Thanksgiving. One envelope from a Haitian man named Edmund held $13 cash. The amount was three months' wages for a working man there. Kelly was as surprised as those counting a Sunday offering in the United States seeing $6000 in cash in an envelope. He looked around for Edmund but couldn't see him.
Later Kelly met him in the village and questioned him. He pressed him for an explanation and found that Edmund had sold his horse in order to give the $13 gift to God for the sake of the gospel. But why hadn't he come to the festival? He hesitated and didn't want to answer. Finally Edmund said, "Because I had no shirt to wear."
The aim of God in creating the universe, creating all 18,000 of you . . . the aim of God in creating all of you and your parents and your schools and this world . . . the aim of God in creating you was to display the greatness of the glory of his grace supremely through the sufferings of his Son.
And then the Son said, "Anyone who would be my disciple, let him take up his cross and follow me." And Paul said, "I rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf, and I complete what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ." "I complete what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ in my own body."
And so on behalf of Jesus, I simply beseech you to come and to join him on this Calvary road for the sake of the nations. There are so many nations and so many campuses and so many of your friends that need you to take risks to display Christ to them.


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Lakers fire coach Mike Brown
By Marc J. Spears and Adrian Wojnarowski | Yahoo! Sports 21 minutes ago
After losing four of five games to start the season, the Los Angeles Lakers fired coach [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] on Friday.
Brown's agent, Warren LeGarie confirmed the firing, saying Brown had informed him of his dismissal. Assistant coach Bernie Bickerstaff will serve as interim coach while the Lakers search for a long-term replacement.
It is unclear whether the organization will make a run at bringing back Phil Jackson, but one candidate prominently being discussed as a long-term possibility: Mike D'Antoni.
D'Antoni has been without a job since leaving the New York Knicks in 2011. D'Antoni had knee replacement surgery in the past couple weeks and is not yet on his feet. Would still need time to rehabilitate before he could go back to work.
Indiana Pacers assistant Brian Shaw also could become a candidate though that's a dicier proposition, given the acrimony that ensued between the Lakers front office and Shaw after the team chose to replace Jackson with Brown over Shaw.
USA Today first reported Brown's firing.
In conversations on Thursday, Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak made a case to Lakers owner Jerry Buss and executive vice president Jim Buss to give Brown more time before deciding to fire him, sources told Y! Sports. Brown also made a case to management that he could get the Lakers into championship contention, sources said.
Lakers ownership made clear that buying out the remaining three years on Brown's original $18 million four year contract wasn't an obstacle to making a coaching change.
Within the organization, there was a sense that Brown has frayed his connection to the locker room with long practices and game-day shootarounds, sources said. Brown began to address that issue recently with shortened sessions.
The irony is that Jerry Buss' son who runs the day-to-day operations of the franchise, Jim and not Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak was the primary advocate in the hiring of Brown and the firing of him. Kupchak was partial to Rick Adelman as a replacement, sources said. Nevertheless, the Buss family lost patience with the team's sluggish start to the Princeton offense, and didn't accept the excuses of a weak bench with such a star-studded starting five of Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Dwight Howard and Steve Nash.
Nash is sitting out with a broken bone in his foot, and won't return to the lineup until later this month.


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Madeline E. BoothSeptember 14,2013
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SOUTH BARRE Madeline E. Booth, 84, of Bridge Street, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, at her home surrounded by her family.
She was born Jan. 27, 1929, the daughter of Lucien and Lea (Roy) Rivard.
Madeline attended schools in Barre City and after graduation worked at Rivard Granite in Barre, and then at Hoyt and Mill Saw Plant doing the bookkeeping.
On June 24, 1950, she married Norman Booth in St. Monica Catholic Church in Barre. The couple had always resided in the Barre area.
After marrying Norman, Madeline started doing the bookkeeping for Booth Brothers Dairy in her home and continued doing that for several years until the company got too large.
Madeline was a lifelong member of St. Monica Catholic Church of Barre; Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court St. Monica; and the Ladies of the Knights of Columbus. She volunteered at Central Vermont Medical Center for many years.
Madeline loved to cook, bake and being around people. She loved taking care of her grandchildren as they were growing up. She enjoyed crocheting and made several afghans for her children and grandchildren while she was waiting for her husband to come home from the hay field. She will be sadly missed by all who knew her.
Survivors include two sons, Ronald Booth, of Williamstown, and Gerald Booth and his wife, Diane, of Orange; two daughters, Kathy Rouleau, of Barre Town, and Donna Booth-Sharpe and her husband, Richard, of Port St. Lucie, Fla. She is also survived by three brothers, Marcel Rivard and his wife, Camilla, of Hertford, N.C., Roger Rivard and his wife, Shirley, of Barre Town, and Robert Rivard and his wife, Judy, of Barre Town; and one sister, Fern Quintana, of South Barre. She is survived by eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She is predeceased by her husband, Norman Booth, who died in September 2007.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, at 11 a.m. in St. Monica Catholic Church in Barre.
Family and friends may call at the Pruneau-Polli Funeral Home in Barre on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Extra parking is available in St. Monicas parking lot. Interment will be in St. Sylvester Cemetery in Lower Websterville.
Contributions in Madelines memory may be made to Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice Inc., 600 Granger Road, Barre, VT 05641.
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