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Via Creativa: What Now?
Keeping the Main Thing, the Main Thing
By: Candace Chellew-Hodge
Preached February 12, 2012 at Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, SC
Isaiah 40:21-31: "they shall run and not be weary"
Mark 1:29-39: "Let us go on ..."
Hear this sermon at the Jubilee! Circle Web site.
Our first song this morning comes from Indiana singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer. "There is a Spirit" comes from her 2005 album Regulars and Refugees. Let's try it:
V: There is a spirit moving cross the water,
There is a spirit rolling 'cross this town
There is a voiced above the madness,
There is a spirit movin' now
Ch: Someday we'll run and we will not stumble,
Someday we'll fly and we won't look down
And all will see and most believe it, There is a spirit moving now
"You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns
With the certainty of tides
Just like hopes springing high
Still I'll rise."
Poet Maya Angelou wrote those words in 1978. I think they are echoed in the poetry of who Bible scholars call "Second Isaiah:"
"Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted; but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint."
"Still, I'll rise."
Both of these poems are the voices of strength born in deep despair. Second Isaiah writes at the time when the Israelites were living in exile. The Babylonians have invaded and taken over their land and sent them away from their homes. The Israelites don't understand their fate. As God's chosen people they are not supposed to be exiled from their holy land -- but here they sit, dispirited and despondent. In this time of despair, Isaiah speaks a word of hope.
Angelou, too, writes to her audience in a time of challenge. Even though Jim Crow is gone by 1978, and slavery a distant memory for many African-Americans, still, the climate for people of color in society has not changed much. Racism is still rampant, both in subtle and overt forms. She writes a powerful poem of hope in a time of ongoing despair.
While these poems are similar in tone, they differ in one important area -- the source of strength cited. Angelou finds her strength in the human spirit, unbroken by the cruelty of slavery, unbent by the pervasive racism and sexism that assaults people of color and women every day. Anger and righteous indignation can take you far -- but only so far. Human strength, no matter how pure its motivation, has its limits. Eventually, we may become disillusioned because the world's injustices seem to persist, no matter how we try to change them.
But, the poet Second Isaiah, understands that true strength comes not from humans -- no matter how righteously motivated -- but from the Holy.
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. She does not faint or grow weary; Her understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless.
Human power is amazing -- as we can see if we just look around our world at the amazing things human beings have done -- but that power is limited, and flawed. The Holy, however, is in the power business -- and whenever there is despair and desolation, She is the one who says, "I'll rise," and in that rising, we, too, are lifted up.
V: Be not afraid though the river rises,
Be not afraid when the cold winds howl
We are not called to live in terror, There is a spirit moving now
Ch: Someday we'll run and we will not stumble,
Someday we'll fly and we won't look down
And all will see and most believe it, There is a spirit moving now
"Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise."
When we seriously ask our Via Creativa question, "What now?" often the answers that come to us are answers of despair. We look at the ongoing injustices in the world, the ongoing oppression of people all over the world, the ongoing wars and the ones getting ready to start -- and often the answers to that question, "What now?" seem inadequate, or unimportant.
But, what Second Isaiah and Maya Angelou both teach us is this -- if we are to truly do good in this world, if we are truly going to make a difference, we've got to keep the main thing, the main thing.
"Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to live in; who brings princes to naught, and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing."
When we keep the Holy at the center of our lives -- then we're keeping the main thing, the main thing. When we understand that human history has a long arc, but it bends toward justice, then we're keeping the main thing, the main thing. When we understand that our human strength, coupled with the unfathomable, mysterious, life-creating strength of the Holy is no match for any human-made problem on this earth, then we're keeping the main thing, the main thing.
When we keep the main thing, the main thing, Jubilants, we will run and not stumble, we will fly and not look down. The whole world will see it -- but only some of them will believe it. Only some of them will believe -- because too many are finally seduced by the despair -- and give up on themselves and the Holy. They forget to keep the main thing, the main thing.
"Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless."
Breathe deeply.
V: The walls are thick and the walls are sturdy
But walls still fall at a trumpet sound
Hand in hand we'll walk together, There is a spirit movin' now
Ch: Someday we'll run and we will not stumble,
Someday we'll fly and we won't look down
And all will see and most believe it, There is a spirit moving now
There is a spirit and it's moving now
A story is told of some African slaves picking cotton on St. John's Island, just off the coast of our state. A woman and her son were among those working the fields that day. After toiling under the hot sun for many hours, she is overcome and falls to the ground. Her son tries to wake her up quickly before the slave drivers see her and beat her.
An old man comes over to them. This is the man the Africans called Preacher and Prophet, but the slave drivers called Old Devil. The boy looks up at the old man and says, "Is it time? Is it time?"
The old man smiles and says, "Yes!" And he bends down and whispers into the woman's ear: "Cooleebah! Cooleebah!"
At that moment the woman gets up with such incredible dignity. She stands as a queen and looks down at her son, grasps his hand and begins to look toward heaven. All of a sudden they begin to fly. The slave drivers rush over and stand in confusion.
They do not know what to do! As they gape, the old man went around to all the other workers and said: "Cooleebah! Cooleebah!"
When they hear the word, they all begin to fly. Can you imagine? The dispossessed flying? Can you imagine the disempowered flying? Three fifths of a person flying? The diseased flying? The dislocated flying? They are all taking flight! And at that moment the slave drivers grab the old man and say, "Bring them back!"
And he says, "I can't."
"Why not?" they ask.
He said, "Because the word is already in them and since the word is already in them, it cannot be taken from them."
The old man had a word from West Africa, cooleebah, a word that means God. It had been placed into the heart of these displaced Africans and now they had dignity and they were flying.
The world does all it can to make us forget that we can fly -- to prevent us from keeping the main thing the main thing. It will oppress us, depress us, repress us, even repossess us, to keep us believing the lie that we can't do anything to change ourselves, or this world around us. Just accept it, the world says, accept that you are grounded -- that you will never fly. And the Holy responds, "Not so fast. I have given my children wings -- Holy wings that unfurl when they embody the Holy words of justice, peace and righteousness."
And still, I rise.
Breathe deeply.
Our second song comes from rock singer songwriter Melissa Lou Etheridge -- yep, that's her real name. Born in 1961 in Leavenworth, Kansas, this farm girl worked her way up to the top of the charts with such hits as "Come to My Window" and "Bring Me Some Water." Today's song comes from her 2007 album The Awakening. Etheridge wrote "Message to Myself" after winning her battle with breast cancer. Let's try it.
[Chorus] I'm sending out a message to myself,
So that when I hear it on the radio
I will know that I am fine,
I will know that I am loved.
[Verse] I warned myself of the blackness in my chest,
The razors in my heart would never rest
It's funny how you find just what you seek,
Love is what you get when love is what you speak
[Chorus] I'm sending out a message to myself,
So that when I hear it on the radio
I will know that I am fine,
I will know that I am loved.
In our Jesus story, we find our guy doing what he does best -- keeping the main thing, the main thing. The past couple of Sundays we've been reading from the first chapter in Mark, and Jesus is really standing in his power -- he has understood that the Holy is the center of his life and work and he's doing some amazing things. He's faced the temptation of the world to give up his ministry, he's taught at the temple with authority, and cast out demons. Now, he goes to the home of two of his disciples, Simon and Andrew. There, he heals Simon's mother-in-law of her fever -- and immediately she gets up and starts serving them.
Now, we can be offended by this passage thinking, well, a bunch of men come into the house and make this woman feel better and then they expect her to serve them some coffee! What a bunch of misogynists!
But, this story has a deeper meaning, because it's all about keeping the main thing, the main thing. Our world is just like that mother-in-law still today. Our world is still in bed with a debilitating fever. In our delirium, we strike out at each other -- we cause divisions with our illness, we foster hatred and resentment among each other. Our world is sick because it has forgotten to keep the main thing, the main thing.
In walks Jesus, this man who understands that when we embody the Holy in this world we can't help but keep the main thing, the main thing. It is this embodiment of the Holy that ultimately heals -- not just us, but the whole world. When we are touched by this healing power of the Holy embodied within us all -- then all we want to do when we get out of bed is serve others.
This is not a story of a woman serving men because that's her role in society. No! This is a story about how experiencing that healing touch of the Holy answers that "What now?" question with such power that we just can't help ourselves. We want to serve everyone we come into contact with. Like we said last week, we'll find ourselves asking everyone, "Do you want fries with that?"
What happened to Jesus in this story next is exactly what we can expect when we keep the main thing the main thing by embodying the Holy in our lives -- people come from miles around just to be in our presence, just to be served by us.
And you know what the really cool thing is about keeping the main thing, the main thing? Those who come to us will be healed. They will be healed of their sickness of selfishness, their sickness of despair, their sickness of loneliness, their sickness of alienation and fear. We have been given this power, Jubliants -- this power to heal not just our own sickness, but the sickness of the world around us.
We can only do that, though, when we keep the main thing, the main thing. We can only do that when we realize it is not human love, or human strength, or human healing that we bring to the world. Instead, we embody the Holy and bring into this world that unknowable, unfathomable, unlimited love, and strength and healing that only God can provide through us.
Cooleebah! This is the message cooleebah the word embodied that makes us fly. This is the message we must send to ourselves, and to the world that we are fine, that we are loved. That's keeping the main thing, the main thing.
Breathe deeply.
[Chorus] I'm sending out a message to myself,
So that when I hear it on the radio
I will know that I am fine,
I will know that I am loved.
V: I made every choice along the way,
Each day I spent in hell I chose to stay
It's funny what you fear can make you weak
Truth is what you get
when truth is what you speak
[Chorus] I'm sending out a message to myself,
So that when I hear it on the radio
I will know that I am fine,
I will know that I am loved.
Jesus' popularity didn't come without a price, however, and we must learn the same lesson that he learned. When people are coming to you, seeking the healing touch from a child of God who knows how to keep the main thing, the main thing -- we can get overwhelmed. Jesus did, and if it happened to Jesus, you can bet it will happen to us, only more often.
Jesus provides a model for us when we get overwhelmed.
"In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed."
Getting away from it all, going to a deserted place to pray and meditate is not a selfish act, Jubilants. Withdrawing from the world for a time is not a defeat or a retreat. Instead, it is an act of faithfulness -- an act of recharging our batteries, of refilling our wells, so that we may continue to serve this world.
Jesus knew -- and we will learn -- that we cannot give what we don't have. So, if we first do not have peace within ourselves, we can't give peace to the world. If we don't have love within ourselves, we can't give love to the world. If we don't have a heart for justice within ourselves, we can't bring justice to the world. We can only give the world what we have and if all we have is anger and resentment and weariness, guess what we'll be giving to the world? To keep the main thing, the main thing, we have to choose to step out of our own hell, to overcome the fear that keeps us weak and remember that love is what you get when love is what you speak.
We have to resist letting our weariness tempt us to permanently withdraw from the world. As Jesus shows us, just as there is a time to get away, there is also a time to come back. When the disciples finally find him, he tells them, "Let us go on to the neighboring towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also; for that is what I came out to do."
"Let us go on ..." Jesus says. Let us go on and proclaim the message -- that message to ourselves and the whole world that we are fine -- that we are loved.
That message is only effective when it comes from a place of true, divine power. We can tell people we love them until we're blue in the face, but when we show them, when act on that divine power that flows through us, and we bring about miracles in this world that only the divine can create through us -- then the world will see -- and some will believe it.
There will always be those who disbelieve. There will always be those who won't believe in the miracles we can work when we keep the main thing, the main thing. Even if they see it with their own eyes, they will still not believe because they don't understand the main thing -- that without the Holy working in, through and around us, we can do nothing that will truly change the world.
We can't let ourselves be discouraged by those who won't believe the Holy's power, even if they experience it for themselves. Let us go on, Jubilants and spread the message that we are all fine, that we are all loved. Let us rise up from our sick beds and serve the world. Let us bear witness to the main thing -- cooleebah -- the unfathomable Holy that renews our strength and gives us wings to fly.
"Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise."
[Chorus] I'm sending out a message to myself,
So that when I hear it on the radio
I will know that I am fine,
I will know that I am loved.
Bridge: So if you are listening I am just passing through
You can take some for yourself 'cause it works that way too
Ch: Sha la la la la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la la la la
I will know that I am fine,
I will know that I am loved.
[Chorus] I'm sending out a message to myself,
So that when I hear it on the radio
I will know that I am fine,
I will know that I am loved.
Oh, Yeah!
Candace Chellew-Hodge is a recovering Southern Baptist and founder/editor of Whosoever: An Online Magazine for GLBT Christians. Her first book, Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide for Gay and Lesbian Christians, published by Jossey-Bass is now available at http://www.bulletproofbook.com. She currently serves as the pastor of Jubilee! Circle, a progressive, inclusive community in Columbia, South Carolina. She is also a spiritual director and is currently taking on new directees. She blogs regularly at Religion Dispatches. She can be reached by email at editor-at-whosoever.org or by using the suggestion box.
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Description: This is the fantastically easy to use sensor from Maxbotix. We are extremely pleased with the size, quality, and ease of use of this little range finder. The serial interface is a bit odd (it's RS232 instead of TTL), but the PWM and Analog interfaces will allow any micro to listen easily enough. The sensor provides very accurate readings of 0 to 255 inches (0 to 6.45m) in 1 inch increments with little or no dead zone!
Maxbotix is offering the EZ0, EZ1, EZ2, EZ3, and EZ4 with progressively narrower beam angles allowing the sensor to match the application. Please see beam width explanation below.
Control up to 10 sensors with only two pins! Checkout the Maxbotix FAQ listed below.
Checkout Mikey Sklar's flame-based trampoline, the high-lighter, using the EZ1!
looks like a very interesting product range…but they've got to get rid of the christian cross and jesus fish traces on the bottom side of the board. this is gratuitous and doesn't belong on a product such as this.
i'll take my electronics secular, thank you very much.
I think that the manufacturer of this product should have the freedom to put whatever they want on the product they make, it's totally the consumer's choice to purchase the item.
The "1st" mention is an insult to anyone believing Mohammed is 1st. You can print "I love Jesus" cause yuo can love whoever you want and share it. You cannot tell people that their prophet is not as good as yours. It really is disrespectful.
The EZ4 has a range of only about 14"max, 6"min.
btw, They have the right to put the cross and fish on the board just as much as you have to complain about it, and just as much right as I have to agree with or without it.
No one is forcing you to buy it. Move to China or NK if you don't like our freedoms.
I too was annoyed that the manufacturer sees my buying of a proximeter as a moment to secretly (there is no way to notice before purchase that this is not a proximeter but a Christian proximeter unless you know to check for it) advertise their religion to me.
As you say, this is their right just as it is my right to never purchase this item again and to ask Sparkfun to either remove the item or let their customers know that this product comes from a proselytizing company and by purchasing this product you are supporting the advertisement of religion.
I was able to avoid hitting Jesus while driving the other day - great product!
Any chance of a non-religious version coming out? My PCB doesn't have enough space for fairy tales.
How is the accuracy compared to the $2 HC-SR04 modules?
I created a housing for this in openScad that you can 3d print – It is available on Thingiverse.
Update, The problems commented about are do to a faulty sensor. It is being replaced at NC.
My problem is that I need a sensor which is used to find the river bed depth. I tried using ultrasonic sensor placed in air, the signal reflects at air-water interface, working just like level detector. So I decided of placing the sensor in water to serve the purpose. Can I place the sonar or ultrasonic sensor in water with waterproofing? Will it give a solution to my problem? Please help me to arrive a solution. Thank you.
can this sensor applicable on PLC??????
So what is a simple cable configuration to connect this with a board? I thought that the PRT-09915 - JST Jumper 3 Wire Assembly might do the trick, but the pins are a bit too close together.
i'm desperately seeking a way to color the plastic front of the range finder white. i tried carefully painting it but think it broke the sensor (unsurprising). does anyone know of a clever way to get this done?? thanks!
its giving a range of 6" to 14" max, after which it gives 251".Whats the problem?
I'm considering using one of these sensors to build my own open source liquid level sensor. The idea is to mount one of these at the top of a 2 or 3 inch diameter PVC pipe mounted vertically in my aquaponics sump and then put a slightly smaller round piece of wood (float) within the PVC pipe to rise and fall with the water level.
Does anyone have any advice on…
a) whether this idea will work and b) what sensor I should select for this project?
I have looked at prefabbed liquid level sensors on this site and others, but they are twice the cost and only measure a maximum of 2 feet. I only need to measure to a depth of three feet, but my project is open source and others may have greater distance needs for their aquaponics systems. If you'd like to learn more about my aquaponics project you can check it out at opensourceaquaponics.com
Thank you for your consideration! ~ Will
So the serial on this thing is +-13V that it generates from 5V somehow? Would http://www.sparkfun.com/products/133 work to get a uC to read the sensor?
Can anyone tell me if this will this work through my car's window? Thanks.
No, it won't, you'll need a laser range finder for that.
Will this work through my car's radiator grill?
If there is a clear path (no objects) between the sensor and the object you are trying to detect, the sensor will work fine.
This thing is awesome. Connecting to an arduino through the analog was very easy. I put one on the front of my robot to do obstacle avoidance, and have recently been experimenting with making 3d sonar maps. I am documenting my experiments at http://www.glowseed.com/mindmash
Also, the Analog output doesn't function properly. With a 5v input, the AN messures 1.67v in the open, and 1.54 when bloked within 4 inches of the sensor, No ranging.
There also seems to be no 0" range detection as it claims.
Perhaps I have a bad one.
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Summary: Never been accurate at all with me. Not exaggerating. Managed to use it for precision measurements for a project of mine by correcting the deviation of readings in my program. But absolutely useless for anything else. Probably have faulty units.
Full: I got 2 of these sensors, and first time using either one (using the PW pin, not the Analog, and inputting in 5V), got 56 inches as the initial value (whatever the reading divided by 147), even though my hand was right above it (2 inches max). To make things worse, putting my hand a way so that it would read the ceiling above (at 75 inches) changed none of the readings. It stayed at 56. Then tried absolutely everything. Used both the analog and PW pins through multiple runs (each one giving completely different values btw - first time 56, then we went to 60, then 42, then 78, and so on), neither ever gave anything anywhere near accurate - I mean unbelievable. Tried 2 different capacitors (100 and 110 microfarad) and no capacitor at all. Gone through forums. So much just to get a SOMEWHAT accurate reading from these things, but to no avail whatsoever. The only thing this was good for was challenging me programming-wise to manage to gain some precision from these things by using averages, finding the mode, and constain() function (which basically made the values used binary - 0 if there was something within an inch of it, and 1 otherwise), which worked for the project I was working with it on. I might have had faulty units (which is incredibly frustrating considering I live very far away and this takes forever to reach here) or somehow it got damaged before I used it. Either way, very unhappy.


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Plenty of companies have copped a rap over the knuckles from the ASX recently for the late lodging of director's interest notices. So we were intrigued when
A slew of other notices from MSG arrived on the same day as the one detailing Garling's purchase, with one revealing Garling's partner, Samantha Graham, had become a substantial shareholder on April 10, 2010.
Better late than never, we suppose. Graham's January 20 notice also shows her buying another 500,000 shares on December 2, 2010, which cost 11¢ each, on a day when Morning Star's share price closed at 47¢.
Garling told us the 11¢ price was correct and related to options Graham previously held.
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New housing starts could fall sharply as early as next year after the key barometer of residential land sales fell in the first quarter of 2010.
The Housing Industry Association-RP Data Residential Land Report shows the volume of residential land sales across Australia's key markets was 40 per cent lower in the March quarter compared with the corresponding time a year earlier.
Higher interest rates, reduced first-home buyer stimulus, the attractiveness of existing property and low yields for new homes are being blamed for the decline.
HIA chief economist Harley Dale used the figures as a sounding board to call for interest rates to be put on hold and a removal of barriers for the release of development land.
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Capital city land prices grew in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth, remained static in Brisbane and Adelaide but fell by 13.8 per cent in Hobart.
Queensland's Sunshine Coast was singled out as the most expensive residential land market with a median of $260,000.
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Fixed investment sank 1.5 percent while government spending declined 2.9 percent, the office said today. Private spending grew 0.1 percent while exports were unchanged.
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I'm the guy who created this page. Whoever keeps changing the page back could you stop? I don't mind the picture that was added I just didn't get it and I don't think anyone else does. That's why I added the caption of "Does anyone else not get this?"
But the part that bothers me more is when the part after "Man v. God" is taken off. I liked to keep that part.
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AIDS drugs blocked a virus linked to prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome, a study showed.
Merck's Isentress fought the virus, XMRV, more powerfully than 44 other anti-HIV compounds tested against the pathogen in laboratory experiments, according to researchers from the University of Utah and Emory University. GlaxoSmithKline's Retrovir and Gilead Sciences's Viread also prevented XMRV from replicating, according to a statement from Emory Thursday.
XMRV was discovered in 2006 and has since been found in some prostate tumors and in the blood of people with chronic fatigue syndrome. Researchers say its relationship with both diseases is unclear, and European studies last year failed to find the virus in chronic fatigue syndrome patients. Tests of the drugs in patients with XMRV are needed, said Ila Singh, who led the research at the University of Utah's medical school.
"We will need to see the results of clinical trials before these drugs can be used in a clinical setting," Singh said in the statement.
XMRV, like HIV, is a retrovirus that gets incorporated into the genome of the cells it infects. It may trigger cancer by locating in the cell's genetic material next to DNA that controls cell growth, disrupting those genes in a way that allow cells to replicate uncontrollably, Emory said in the statement.
The virus was found in 44 percent of men with the most aggressive form of prostate cancer, Singh found in a study published in September. XMRV turned up in the blood of two- thirds of a set of tissue samples taken from people with chronic fatigue syndrome and 3.7 percent of a group of healthy individuals, according to separate research published in the journal Science in October.
Isentress is the first in a new class of AIDS medicines that halt HIV by blocking an enzyme called integrase the virus uses to insert its genetic material into the nucleus of healthy immune cells. Merck won U.S. approval in July to sell the drug as an initial treatment for HIV patients. It was previously marketed only to patients who had failed all other therapies.
The research was published in the journal PLoS ONE, a publication of the Public Library of Science, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization. The study was funded by Emory's Center for AIDS Research and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Glaxo and Pfizer Inc. combined their HIV-drug units last year, with British company owning 85 percent of the resulting entity, Viiv Healthcare.


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Utah Olympic Park opens daily at 9 a.m. with complimentary parking and entry to the Alf Engen Ski Museum and Eccles 2002 Winter Olympic Games Museum. Summer activities, including two Ziplines, an alpine slide, scenic chairlift rides and three adventure courses, operate daily between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
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- Pension Replacement Rate: 81.2%
- Male/Female Retirement Age: 65/65
- Male/Female Life Expectancy: 83/86.1
- Sovereign Debt as percentage of GDP: 51.7%
- Employment Rate: 58.4%
Despite Spain's significant economic woes, the country manages to pay out a sizable pension to employees. Spain's pension pays 81.2% of the salary for those making the median income, half the median income and one-and-a-half times the median income. While the retirement age is higher than in many of the countries on the list, men are expected to live 18 years after retirement age, while women are expected to live more than 21 years following retirement, leading to a sizeable government payout. This comes as Spain has been severely hampered by unemployment. More than 9% of those between ages 15-64 have been looking for a job for more than a year, more than any other country measured by the OECD.


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Eating a bowl of high-fiber cereal in the morning before school "as part of an overall healthful lifestyle" may help teenage girls maintain a healthy body weight as well as adequate nutrient intake, research shows.
In a study supported by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and cereal maker General Mills Inc., researchers analyzed data collected over a 10-year period on more than 2,300 girls participating in a long-term study of growth and health.
The investigators had the girls, who were 9 or 10 years old at the start of the study, complete 3-day food records at different times over the study years and they recorded the girls' weight by body mass index (BMI), a measure of weight in relation to height.
As the girls moved through the turbulent teenage years, those who ate cereal three times per week or more had lower BMI (Body Mass Index) than girls who did not eat cereal, investigators report in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. This appeared to be true regardless of the girls' level of physical activity.
"As girls matured through adolescence, body mass index increased as would be expected, but cereal eaters were leaner than girls who did not eat cereal, regardless of age," Dr. Bruce A. Barton of the Maryland Medical Research Institute in Baltimore and colleagues report.
According to the researchers, calcium-packed milk is often consumed with cereal and calcium has been tied to lower body mass index in children, possibly because calcium may help regulate body fat.
Beyond the relationship between cereal and a healthy BMI, eating cereal had positive effects on nutrient intake in girls, resulting in diets significantly lower in fat and cholesterol and significantly higher in calcium and fiber.
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Much of Oklahoma consists of level plains, but the state also has rugged hills and mountains covered by green forests. It also has fertile farmland. Oklahoma has more than 300 lakes and almost 23,000 miles (37,015 km) of rivers and streams. Its land is drained by two great river systems-the Red and the Arkansas.
Oklahoma has a population of nearly 3,525,000. About three-fifths of Oklahomans live in the state's five metropolitan areas. These metropolitan areas, in order of population, are Oklahoma City; Tulsa; Lawton; Enid; and Fort Smith, Arkansas, which extends into Sequoyah County in Oklahoma.
Geographic Regions
Oklahoma has 10 main geographic regions. These regions are from east to west: (1) the Ozark Plateau, (2) the Prairie Plains, (3) the Ouachita Mountains, (4) the Sandstone Hills, (5) the Arbuckle Mountains, (6) the Wichita Mountains, (7) the Red River, (8) the Red Beds Plains, (9) the Gypsum Hills, and (10) the High Plains.
Ozark Plateau
The Ozark Plateau, shared with Missouri and Arkansas, covers Oklahoma's northeast corner. This rugged region has plenty of hills, swift streams, and steep river valleys. The areas between the river valleys are broad and flat. Steep bluffs have been formed where streams cut into the plateau. Many of the fast-flowing streams in the Ozark Plateau have been dammed for hydroelectric power, flood control, and recreation.
Prairie Plains
The Prairie Plans area lies west and south of the Ozark Plateau. Farming and cattle ranching take place there. Farmers grow vegetable crops, such as spinach, carrots, and snap beans. Most of the state's coal and large amounts of petroleum come from this region.
Ouachita Mountains
The Ouachita Mountains rise in southeastern Oklahoma on the border of Oklahoma and Arkansas. These mountains consist of high sandstone ridges that form the most rugged land surface in Oklahoma. Spring-fed streams pass through the narrow valleys between the ridges. Forests in the region make lumbering the region's most important industry.
Sandstone Hills
The Sandstone Hills region stretches from the Kansas border in the north to near the Red River in southern Oklahoma. The hills reach about 250 to 400 feet (76 to 120 m) in height and are covered with thick forests. In cleared areas, farmers use the fertile soil to grow corn, soybeans, and fruit. Oil was found in the Sandstone Hills during the late 1800s and early 1900s. There are still important wells in the region today.
Arbuckle Mountains
The Arbuckle Mountains spread over an area of 1,000 square miles (2,600 sq. km) in south-central Oklahoma. Millions of years ago, they were once as high as Asia's Himalayas, the highest mountain system in the world today. Erosion over the centuries has worn them down until they now rise only 600 to 700 feet (180 to 210 m) high. The erosion has uncovered unusual rock formations. Much of the land in the region is used to raise cattle.
Wichita Mountains
The Wichita Mountains region lies in southwestern Oklahoma. It consists of rough granite peaks and many small artificial lakes. People created the lakes by damming the mountain streams. The lakes today provide water for animals and also help to control soil erosion.
Red River Region
Located in southern Oklahoma, the Red River region is known for its rolling prairies and forests. Many farms are also found in the Red River region. Farmers grow peanuts, cotton, and vegetables in the region's fertile soil.
Red Beds Plains
The Red Beds Plains region is the largest land area in Oklahoma. It extends from Kansas to Texas in a wide sweep through the middle of the state. The gently rolling land slopes downward from west to east. The eastern part has forested areas and the western part is mostly grassy. The region has fairly fertile soil. Farmers grow cotton and wheat in the southwestern part. Oil fields have been developed in some parts of the Red Beds Plains. Two different types of rock are found in the region, shale and sandstone. Shale is a kind of rock that is formed from hardened mud, and sandstone is a type of rock that is mostly formed from sand.
The Gypsum Hills
West of the Red Beds Plains, the Gypsum Hills rise from 150 to 200 feet (46 to 61 m). They are covered with gypsum, a soft, white or yellow mineral that sometimes forms transparent or see-through crystals. The Gypsum Hills are sometimes called the Glass, or Gloss, Mountains because the gypsum sparkles like glass in the sunlight.
The High Plains
The High Plains-areas of flat grasslands-spread across northwestern Oklahoma. They are part of the vast Great Plains of North America. This region of Oklahoma is called the High Plains because the land rises as high as 2,000 feet (610 m) on the eastern edge, to 4,973 feet (1,516 m) at Black Mesa-the highest point in the state. The High Plains include the Panhandle, a strip of land only 166 miles (267 km) long and 34 miles (55 km) wide. The Panhandle is the westernmost part of Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Counties
Oklahoma County Map
Oklahoma is divided into 77 counties. Oklahoma's largest county by size is Osage County, which has 2,251 square miles (5,830 sq. km). The state's largest county by population is Oklahoma Country, home to about 661,000 people. Country governments are very active and provide many services to their citizens. Oklahoma's counties maintain Web sites where you can learn about their communities.
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Oklahoma's Natural Resources
Oklahoma's Climate
Most of Oklahoma has a warm, dry climate. Winters are generally mild, with winter temperatures highest in the south and steadily decreasing to the north. The northern border is the only part of the state that averages below freezing temperatures. Summers are generally hot with little variation in temperatures throughout the state. The northeastern corner and the Panhandle area to the west have the coolest summer temperatures because of their higher elevations. Oklahoma has wide differences in precipitation. The wettest part of the state is in the southeast with 50 inches (127 cm) average rainfall per year. The driest part of the state is in the Panhandle with 15 inches (38 cm) average rainfall per year. Snowfall ranges from 2 inches (5 cm) a year in the southeast to 25 inches (64 cm) in the northwest.
Oklahoma has a history of unpredictable weather. Periods of drought affected the state during the 1930s and the late 1990s. During droughts, farmers face the loss of crops due to lack of rainfall. Ranchers sometimes have to sell cattle because of the lack of green grass for grazing. Oklahoma also averages dozens of destructive tornadoes each year. Tornadoes are caused when cold fronts clash with warm and humid air. One tornado struck near Oklahoma City in 1999, with winds of 318 miles per hour (513 kph)-the highest ever recorded.
Plants and Animals
Forests cover about one-fifth of Oklahoma. Important trees include ashes, elms, hickories, pines, sweet gums, and walnut trees. Commercial forests are found in the eastern and southern parts of the state. Forest animals include deer, minks, opossums, raccoons, gray and red foxes, and gray and fox squirrels.
Prairie grasses provide grazing for millions of cattle. Other common prairie vegetation is mesquite and sagebrush. Oklahoma has many prairie animals. Armadillos, coyotes, prairie dogs, and rabbits are common on the plains of Oklahoma. American bison and Texas longhorns thrive in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge near Lawson.
Oklahoma has a wide variety of bird species. They include sparrows, mockingbirds, orioles, cardinals, meadowlarks, blackbirds, blue jays, robins, roadrunners, warblers, and scissor-tailed flycatchers. The scissor-tailed flycatcher, the state bird, was once hunted for its long tail feathers, but it is now protected by law. Oklahoma also has many kinds of ducks, geese, hawks, and owls.


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A fifth minute penalty from winger Owen McMurray gave Methody a 3-0 lead.
Then McMurray ran in for a fine try on 23 minutes after taking a pass from full-back Colin Fenton. McMurray kicked the conversion.
Lewis Creighton scored a 49th-minute try which he converted and then Michael Young went over for RBAI's second and match-winning try on 56 minutes.
Methody had the advantage of a strong breeze in the first half and will probably feel they needed more than that 10-point advantage at the break.
They looked well on their way when McMurray racked up those 10 points but failed to add to that tally.
Inst fly-half Lewis Creighton could have cut the deficit but saw a penalty come off an upright.
But Creighton launched the RBAI revival when he forced a path through to score under the posts.
Creighton was involved in the second try as well, offloading for Young to burst over the line.
It was an emotional day for winning captain Andrew Watt whose mother had died six days earlier.
"He is an absolutely outstanding captain," said Inst coach Brian McLaughlin.
"His mother died on Friday and he was at training on Saturday morning.
"He is a credit to all the lads in the school and to his mother and father."
McLaughlin described the final as a real thriller.
"It was nip and tuck with both teams giving their all," said McLaughlin, after his fifth cup triumph as RBAI coach.
"The Methody guys did their school proud. We were ruthless and took our chances when they were there."


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Like it Virgin…or not?
I am old enough (ahem) for the name Richard Branson to still conjure up images of failed hot air balloon trips. I think that may well be the reason why I have no dream of floating in a hot air balloon, if Branson couldn't do it then I don't want to.
Branson is back, not that he is ever really away, in the newspapers in the UK after the Virgin Group were unsuccessful in winning a franchise bid for the West Coast main line train services. Something they have run with varying degrees of success and disaster since 1997. The franchise however was always going to be up for renewal and therefore grabs when the current contract expired sometime in December 2012.
Virgin Trains have started court proceedings to challenge and in attempt to delay the decision made by the UK government. Clearly they thought they had it in the bag.
It was however less than a year ago Virgin acquired a fallen bank, Northern Rock, for a song and at a great loss to the tax payer.
I did not hear Richard Branson piping up about the bad deal for tax payers with his banking gain last autumn. Yet with his train loss that is a key feature of his discontent and appeal in getting the public sympathy.
Is the loss of the West Coast main line franchise simply a case of sour grapes?
Is this simply a case of balance being redressed, you win some and lose some. But if you have the money you fight in courts to battle it out, delay and save your face a little when it doesn't go your way…? It seems that this is increasing in fashion.
Litigation has always been easily accessible by those who have the cash to fight, protect or make claim…think super injunctions, think Apple vs. Samsung, Microsoft vs. the rest of the world…are just happening more.
It does feel like money can make law, or at least apply law in your favour or at least be used to your advantage.
I am not sure if this is an abuse or unfair bias of having money and legal teams at ones disposal.
It is a legitimately and oh so middle class way to fight. It would be interesting if Virgin Group decided to get their supporters to march for 'Keep the West Coast main line a Virgin Zone,' through the streets of every city in the UK one Saturday in September! Sadly this is not how business is done, would be fun if it was, don't you think?
The short cut is the 'chuck money' at it approach. A theory I have no issue with as such, but this ever increasing world of twisted litigation is what I do have issue with.
From the family fights on the X-factor when little Jane has been told it's 4 'no's', to the ambulance chasers, the celebrity super injunctions (equivalent of holding your hand over someone's mouth to keep them from talking!) to the corporate giants who 'sue' just because they can, it seems we are in a time when we can't accept what we were not expecting/demanding. If we feel we haven't won and things haven't gone our way as we wanted and demanded then it is all about the fight…reason got left behind somewhere along the way!
We all love stamping our feet and saying, 'it's not fair.' Self-belief is important but at what cost and with what blindness and control? If you need to be right and think everyone else is wrong then the energy of the fight is all you have.
Let's take a look…
I guess for Branson this lack of deal signals the end of Virgin Trains, but surely Branson knows more than anyone that everything comes to an end eventually. It doesn't matter if it is dreams of hot air ballooning round the world or revolutionising the record industry … there is always a time when it comes to an end.
I cannot see where a law has been broken. I am sure the technical legal types will be able to share the contractual unfairness of this decision, but in a bidding situation you are always going to get a winner.
Even with the 150,000+ 'public signatures' to a petition started by Virgin agreeing and supporting the proposition that the government decision was wrong, doesn't in my perception, warrant a case of, law has been broken.
I am pretty sure that the Northern Rock decision would have had more signatures against Branson getting a bank on the cheap, while leaving the accrued bank debt with the tax payer.
Nothing I have seen from the Virgin group gives specifics about process of the bid being ignored or flouted. That is not to say that haven't been but the lack of fact, evidence or even the questions on process that they have, are quite telling.
The outlook
I don't know where this will go and in the end the people who suffer will be the tax payer and the train passenger.
Yes, Branson as you say you don't feel the current government decision offers value for money for the tax payer, your court proceedings hurt the purse of the very same person you purport to be incensed on behalf of.
Now given a choice I would always travel Virgin trains but avoid the toilet, having once had the toilet door open on me mid flow once and on a busy train. (I thought I had locked it but you had to shut the door with a press of a button and then press lock, like d'oh…but apparently a phenomenon for Virgin passengers, sadly and embarrassingly!)
This isn't about loving or hating one train provider.
This is about the lack of acceptance and the culture of litigation. It is just seen as a more acceptable then neighbours screaming at each other and not learning how to cooperate. To me it is not any different, the same energy of I want to win, I want to be right.
It seems the expectation of needing to win and be right is all too consuming. The fight for not getting one's own way is taking away the magic of 'things don't always go in the way we want, learn to co-operate with what has happened and move on!'
What do you think?
Is Branson really fighting for the tax payer or is his real interest his shareholders and investors?
Is he a bad loser and a casualty of the energy and culture of I will throw all my resources and fight?
Surely the more 'uniting' way to behave would be to say, OK it's done, let's learn, let's share what hasn't worked in this process and move on. That is unless a real law has been broken…and even then you can still more often than not have choice to move on.
Why keep fighting? Branson does do some amazing work for both country and planet but this feels like a hiccup that he may have best chosen to have in private.
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THOMAS Abell's remarkable sporting achievements at Taunton School have landed him in the national spotlight.
The talented all-rounder, who left the school in the summer, has been shortlisted for the Aviva/Telegraph School Sport Matters Awards and will attend the presentation lunch at Lord's cricket ground in London, on Wednesday.
Thomas will find himself in illustrious company as the nominations include several medal winners from the Olympic and Paralympic Games plus junior world champions and international competitors.
In fact, Thomas is one of only three pupils shortlisted for the Male Pupil of the Year, alongside Olympic diving medallist, Tom Daley.
As well as captaining the record-breaking school hockey team, who completed their second consecutive undefeated season, Thomas has been an outstanding performer at rugby, rugby sevens and indoor hockey, in which the school reached the semi-finals at the national finals.
However, it is his exploits on the cricket field for Taunton School which have made the most headlines.
Thomas finished with a total of 3,630 runs for the 1st XI, including 17 centuries and last summer he scored 1156 runs in only 11 innings. He passed 50 on every occasion, hit seven centuries and averaged 193!
Thomas was nominated by Simon Hogg, master in charge of cricket and a coach of senior rugby for many years at Taunton School.
Mr Hogg said: "I am delighted that Thomas has been shortlisted for this prestigious award as he always represented the school with such pride in all three of the major sports.
"He has been close to representing his country at hockey and cricket but this did not prevent him from playing rugby with great commitment and a huge amount of skill and passion.
"Thomas is admired and respected by all his team mates and opponents and his attitude and behaviour are exemplary.
"He has been a magnificent role model for all aspiring games players at our school and has all the best, some of which are old-fashioned, values one could wish for in a sportsman."


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The UAE celebrated its 40th anniversary this weekend, and what better way to do so than with a cavalcade of classic cars?
The Downtown Dubai Classic Car Show saw dozens of exotic machines park up outside the Dubai Mall and Burj Khalifa, accessible to fans and passers-by alike.
Among the metal on show was this Ferrari F40 (top) and some in-progress works, like this Jaguar E-Type bodyshell. From what we know, this particular car is one of the oldest of it's kind in existence. Chassis no.16 has been muted… We will be checking up on it though.
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My two BFFs inspire me the most. We support each other via daily emails, numerous phone calls, and three trips each year to our respective homes. We motivate each other with catch phrases sometimes; last year it was "be ruthless" when we were downsizing our homes; this year we are "re-evaluating" our lives and finding more "balance" – trying not to let others bring us down or "use" us without our permission, but also finding "me time" whenever possible.
I have a running friend who inspires me – she works full time and has a special needs child, and she's training for a marathon. Pretty darn amazing!!
I get inspiration through everything. Books, Movies, People.. just life in general.
My children inspire me everyday. They encourage me to follow my dreams to be a writer. The last child went off to college this year the other two are sophomores. My happiness is important to them, they call and text me to cheer me up because I am alone. They get excited when I mention sytycw to them and they tell me to go for it. Their love and support is everything to me.
My Husband and I know that sounds really sappy; but he does. Life hasn't always been easy for us and the past few years have been espcially difficult with family sicknesses, etc; however each day we get up and make our marriage work. He's never stopped supporting me in anything I do, even when I've not been at my best. He makes me strive to be a better person. I'm a lucky girl.
I can be inspired by books I read or people I talk to.
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Surrounding myself with positive people (rather than naysayers) who believe in me is probably the best thing to keep myself motivated. Even the more far-fetched goals get reactions like, "Why not? I've seen you do far crazier things. Go for it!"
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My family inspires me. As far as achieving goals, I try to set realistic ones.
What inspires me? Books. Books inspire me. Some books are so profound to me that they are inspiring. Like travel. I am now dying to go to Sweden thanks to a trilogy I love so so much.
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Twelve horses, eight of them Grade I winners, were entered Tuesday for the $250,000 Breeders' Cup Steeplechase, the richest steeplechase in North America, to be run Saturday at Far Hills in New Jersey.The Breeders' Cup Steeplechase, renewed this year after a seven-year hiatus, highlights a six-race card at the 80th annual Far Hills Races. The 2 5/8-mile, 14-fence race will go a long way toward determining the 2000 champion steeplechaser. The feature will be the fourth race on the
card, with a post time of 2:55 p.m. (EDT)The event is headed by 1998 steeplechase champion Flat Top. The 7-year-old son of Alleged won his only hurdle start in 2000 -- the Grade I Royal Chase at Keeneland. Trained by Janet Elliot, Flat Top comes off a win in a training flat race Oct. 14 at Morven Park in Virginia. Leading steeplechase jockey Gus Brown is named to ride.Ninepins, at age 13, will attempt to become the oldest horse to win a grade I steeplechase. Regular jockey Arch Kingsley will ride for Hudson River Farm and trainer Jonathan Sheppard. Ninepins won the 1999 Breeders' Cup Grand National on soft turf at Far Hills.The Breeders' Cup Steeplechase will be televised on via tape delay as part of the "NTRA Racing to the Breeders' Cup" series' final installment, Oct. 29, on ESPN from 1 to 2:30 p.m. (EST) The program will preview the eight Breeders' Cup races to be run Nov. 4 at Churchill Downs.Here's the field (all horses carry 156 pounds) for the Breeders' Cup Steeplechase, with owners, trainers, and jockeys:1. Rowdy Irishman (Vesta Balestiere, Bruce Haynes, Cort Marzullo)2. Spring Salute (Landslide Farm, Sanna Neilson, Craig Thornton)3. Flat Top (Nancy Gerry, Janet Elliot, Gus Brown)
4. Double Leaf (Timber Bay Farm, Jonathan Sheppard, Cyril Murphy)
5. Popular Gigalo (Clorevia Farm, Chip Miller, Chip Miller)
6. Logician (Roulston, Stewart, Jones, et al; Anthony Noonan; Robert
7. Ninepins, (Hudson River Farm, Jonathan Sheppard, Arch Kingsley)
8. Campanile (Greg Hawkins, Janet Elliot, Sean Clancy)
9. All Gong (Calvin Houghland, Bruce Miller, Blythe Miller)
10. Master McGrath (Bill Lickle, Janet Elliot, Gregg Ryan)
11. Invest West (Augustin Stable, Jonathan Sheppard, J.W. Delozier)
12. Allgrit (Hudson River Farm, Jonathan Sheppard, Chip Miller)Spring Salute and Logician aren't Breeders' Cup eligible, so they will compete for a purse of $175,000.
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English attitudes toward the North American colonies changed in important ways after the French and Indian War. These changes did a great deal to bring about conflict between the colonists and the British government. They eventually helped lead to the American Revolution.
Before the French and Indian War, the British had generally left the American colonies more or less alone. This was a policy that is now known as the policy of "salutary neglect." The colonies were left to run their own affairs to a large degree. This got them very used to the idea that they should be in charge of their own affairs and that they should have self-government.
But the war changed that. The war in North America was a small part of a global "Seven Years' War" that pitted England and its allies against France and its allies. The war cost a lot of money. This was what changed English attitudes. The English government felt that the colonies should pay more in taxes to help defray the costs of the war. They felt that the colonies should have to obey the British laws more closely. In other words, they decided to bring an end to the period of salutary neglect so that they could get more tax revenues from the colonies, which generally paid much lower taxes than Britain itself did.
When the British ended the period of salutary neglect, colonists became very angry because they felt that freedoms that were rightfully theirs were being taken away.


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A schoolgirl's picture of herself in a field of poppies has won first prize in a national art competition.
Ten-year-old Claudia Joarder from Bancroft's Prep School in Woodford Green had her painting chosen from 1,000 entries as the winner of a competition organised by the Islam Society of Britain.
Encouraged by the school's Religious Studies department, Claudia entered a competition in which children were asked to show what peace means to them through either a poem or a painting.
Claudia's painting of a girl surrounded by a field of poppies was voted the unanimous winner of the key stage 2 category by the panel of judges.
Claudia, who had been unaware that she had won the prize until her name was announced in assembly, said she painted her picture close to Remembrance Day and was aware of the significance of the poppy as a sign of peace.
She added: "the girl in the picture is meant to be me!
"I took about two weeks to paint it."
She was presented with a Kindle as a prize by Vice President of the Islam Society of Britain, Julie Siddiqui, who visited Bancroft's last Friday.


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(CNSNews.com) – Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) says the Republicans' energy legislation is the same as what the Bush administration offered, and that those failed policies contributed to high gas prices.
"We've seen this roadmap before," Waxman said at a hearing of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Friday. "This is a recycled version of the plan developed by the secretive Bush-Cheney Energy Task Force and pushed through Congress by Republicans while they were in office."
Waxman said during the eight years Bush was in office, his administration "pushed oil and gas drilling, onshore and offshore" and "expedited permits and weakened environmental protections."
"They tried to greenwash proposals for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by implying congressional appropriators could use royalty revenues to support renewable energy," Waxman said.
"Today we are sending nearly a billion dollars a day overseas for foreign oil," he said. "We use 25 percent of the world's oil, but we only have 2 percent of the world's oil reserves. We've worked to increase our domestic crude oil production by nearly 300,000 barrels per day.
"And yet," Waxman said, "gas prices remain high."
The hearing focused on "The American Energy Initiative – Roadmap for America's Energy Future," or H.R. 909, a comprehensive energy bill drafted by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), who sits on the House Ways and Means Committee and who testified at the hearing.
The Republican bill would increase oil exploration and development of oil and natural gas resources on the U.S. outer continental shelf and require the Department of Interior to meet leasing timelines.
It also would repeal the ban on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The bill would amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to eliminate the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management and calls for radiological material to be stored in the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository in Nevada, unless the Nuclear Regulatory Commission "determines it is not a suitable location."
The bill would also prohibit the president from "blocking or hindering spent nuclear fuel recycling activities." In addition, the legislation calls for the acceleration of plans for future nuclear energy plants.
The bill proposes to put new federal leases and royalty revenues into a trust fund, which would be available for "alternative energy" sources through a competitive "reverse auction" process – a process Nunes said would reward the best and most effective clean-energy products.
"The American people are looking to us for leadership," Nunes said in his prepared testimony. "They know intuitively that we are running out of time and they are worried about the futures of our country and our children.
"They have given us the opportunity to offer solutions to this and other big problems," he said, adding that it was "time to act."
Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), chairman of the committee's Subcommittee on Energy and Power, called the legislation "a comprehensive plan to break this logjam and enhance both the amount and variety of domestic energy production."
But Waxman disagreed, harking back to the Bush administration two-and-a-half years after President Barack Obama took office and less than one year after the Republicans regained power in the House of Representatives.
"H.R. 909's roadmap doesn't lead to the future," Waxman said. "It leads to the past."
Waxman added that the plan's problem was the same as it had always been and would lead to "huge amounts of carbon pollution that will drive uncontrolled climate change."


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Google (Opera) Glass Makes Debut in Puccini's Turandot in Italy
How do you get young people interested in opera? A better pair of opera glasses, of course.
In what is being touted as a first, the opera house in Cagliari, the capital of the Italian island of Sardinia, will have some of its singers and musicians wear Google Glass Wednesday night when they perform Puccini's Turandot, with the images from the digital devices sent in real time to the organization's Facebook page.
"It gives you a completely different view of something you're familiar with and used to watching, like having a soccer player wear Google Glass during a game," said Mauro Meli, the general manager of the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, the Sardinian city's opera house.
Mr. Meli says the idea is to reach a younger audience, a part of the public that traditionally has not been interested in going to the theater to see an opera.
"If we are going to be heard by these young people we need to open a door that is closed right now and to do that we need to be innovative," said Mr. Meli.
This is not the first digital initiative of the Cagliari opera house, which this year has boosted season tickets 40% and overall ticket sales by 57% in part by other moves aimed at getting the attention of the 20-35 crowd. The opera house is an active user of Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Instagram, and the organization's website site has the feel of a hip concert promoter rather than an opera house.
Season tickets this year increased to 9,000 from about 5,000, with a third of that increase coming from those under 35. In the past month, "likes" on the opera house's Facebook page have more than doubled to 6,500, with Mr. Meli saying he is now gunning for 10,000.
Ten people involved in Wednesday's production will wear Google Glass, including two lead singers, two in the chorus, two technicians and two musicians. It will be difficult if not impossible for the vast majority of the public to see which of the performers is wearing Google Glass, said Mr. Meli.
In addition to appearing on Facebook, the images produced by Google Glass will also be broadcast in the lobby of the opera house during the intermissions and on the website.
While this may be the first time opera singers wear Google Glass during a performance, the digital devices have been made available to opera viewers in other venues to let them read along with the libretto in their language of choice during the performance.


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I am looking for information on Warren Haas who was, is the son of Herman & Bertha Wagner Haas. Herman was the son of Albert & Marie Kerndt Haas and I need a date of death for Albert. I cannot find it in Allamakee Co. Ia where they lived. I thought maybe Warren would know or some of his descendants. Thanks for any help provided. According to Herman's obit Warren lived in Minneapolis, MN.
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A small Virginia company, Star Scientific, Inc., is seeking approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market one of its smokeless tobacco products as less harmful than other tobacco products, the Associated Press reported Jan. 4.
Star Scientific said its new Stonewall Moist-BDL dissovable tobacco lozenge has 90 to 99 percent fewer carcinogens than similar products and should qualify for a new "modified-risk" label being developed by the FDA.
Two similar applications to the agency from Star are still under consideration.
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Smokeless tobacco products, such as electronic cigarettes and dissolvable lozenges, have divided public health advocates. Some argue that smokeless tobacco presents a lower risk to the public, while others argue that all tobacco use is harmful.
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my eyes have always wanted to put things in places, my hands to build things.
at kutztown university, i loved working with metal.
i studied jewelry design.
i made horrible jewelry.
it was huge and hurt to wear
"excuse me, im saving this seat for my bracelet
or it was terribly unoriginal and china could make it much cheaper.
one semester an enameling class started two hours later than the 8 am jewelry class
i hated enamel at our first introduction but loved the idea of those 2 hours
i'd figure something out
enamel and i made nice
it was all i wanted to do, i enameled everything
it didn't make the jewelry any better though
i graduated and bought a kiln
my kiln and i would figure something out
and hopefully move out of my parents basement
fast forward through some waitressing and mindnumbing office type work
i was moping around scranton
trying to figure out how to make people buy my bad jewelry
it doubles as a weapon?
still figuring things out
a friend opened a little gallery and knowing i was some kind of artist person asked if i wanted to hang some work
in my head i said "i make jewelry, it hangs on ears
out loud i said "sure" and "bartender, get this man a drink"
for my first project in that enamel class i had made tiny tiles
and of course i tried to hang them on people's necks
i figured i could do that, but bigger and hang them on walls
and i did
and now i do.