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I bought this juicer 2 years ago and it is just perfect. It is very easy to clean and dry. It takes only five minutes to clean it. The only tip after cleaning and washing it I would suggest to dry it with a kitchen towel to avoid water drop marks. I normally do that and then it always looks like new. I have tried different fresh juice recipes and the juice is just perfect. The best thing about this juicer is that it extracts maximum amount of juice. I have tried different veggies like cucumbers, carrots, pumpkin, courgette and it works really good. I normally try to remove the hard peel of some vegetables in order to make the juicing process easier. Sometimes I remove the seeds as well so they don't get stuck in the juicer. Otherwise the juicing process is not complicated at all, just some preparation is needed before you start. The best thing about this juicer is that as I use it every day for two years it still works as good as the first time.
I am planning to get one like this for my mum as well. I would definitely recommend this item to anyone who loves fresh juices. It is a very good value for money and the product really does what it says on the packaging. The best thing about it is that it works perfectly like new even though I have been using it so many times during these 2 years.
We bought this juicer 4 years ago as an upgrade from our first 25 pound Lidl juicer when we realised we were serious about juicing. It cost us 80 pounds from Amazon and came with a free Juice Master 'Simply Juice' book. We have used the juicer more or less everyday since then, sometimes 5 or 6 times a day when we're on a detox diet, and it's still working perfectly.
The chute is a 'Whole Fruit' chute, which means in practise that you shouldn't have to cut up any fruit except extra large apples, which just don't fit in. The juicer is super easy to use, and can make 6 cups of juice in 5 minutes. It has two speeds, the lower one for juicy fruit like pineapple, and a higher speed for apples, beetroot etc.
Washing up is easy when done immediately after juicing- just remove the lid and rinse with hot water, remove the blade and clean with the special brush, rinse the jug. I always put a biodegradable bag in the fruit pulp container so I just take that out and throw it away...less washing up!
Problems? None really. My mum has the same juicer and she uses it twice a day and after two years the fruit juice started to splatter on the walls where the blade became blunt. She rang customer service and they sent a replacement juicer, and when that one went the same way after a year and a half they sent another one! So a big thumbs up for Philips customer service.
So yes, we don't expect this juicer to last for years, if you use it twice a day expect that after two years it will be showing signs of wear and tear- keep your receipt!
Notwithstanding this I would heartily recommend this juicer- great for weight loss as well!
I do try to be healthy though I can see this is probably viewed with scepticism due to the very fact I bought myself a self-vacuuming iRobot (review written)! However I do try and one way was the purchase of the uber-cool Philips Whole Fruit Juicer.
We originally had a juicer that conked out and due to all the faff you had to do to the fruit in the first place such as peeling and seeding etc not to mention the hassle of pulling the machine apart to clean fiddly blades and hard to reach areas... I had no interest in getting another. Until someone mentioned this little beauty!
My partner had already been hounding me to be healthier and that 5 a day blurb had reared its ugly head. So we threw some money out to get this juicer and I moved from sneering sceptic to actual user of the machine (a big deal since the only thing that really gets my attention in the kitchen is the kettle!)
Now it is bigger than most juicers I have seen and so takes up more space, however it is worth it! The main part of the juicer is this weighty cylindrical section in the centre. At the top of this is the area the fruit gets pulverised in and then at the back is the waste bin that fits neatly against the juicer.
There's a rather sharp spout at the front and you get a plastic jug with hinged lid that sits perfectly against the spout to catch all the juice. The jug has a scale on the side and also has a foam guard. This is a plastic shield that sits inside the jug.
To top off this machine is a plastic transparent shield that covers the juicer and bin area and includes what looks like a chimney. The shield is held sturdily in place with two clip arms that keep everything nice and tight.
You also receive a fruit plunger which is this cylindrical piece of equipment that fits perfectly into the "chimney section" that allows you to push the fruit down.
The controls are easy enough, a twisty knob that goes from off to speed 1 or speed 2. That is it!
For cleaning it comes with a small plastic brush with soft white bristles.
Finally, it comes with a great recipe book - The book is The Juice Master: Keeping it simple by Jason Vale, a wonderfully thick and colourful recipe book that gives not only recipes but details about the vitamins the fruit contains and the benefits of the different juices.
If you are not used to a juicer I recommend reading the book first to give you an idea of recipes. If you are making smoothies most need a base fruit that has a lot of fluid content such as apples or pears. (personal tip, add some lemon juice drops to the jug before you juice any apples as this stops the juice from "browning")
Use is simple, take some fruit and drop it through the chimney, the rule of thumb is if the fruit fits easily into the "chimney" it can go in whole and does not need to be chopped up. This means no cutting, no seeding, no peeling or slicing! EVERY part of the fruit goes in, stalks, pips and skin.
You can put fruit in right up to the top of the chimney and then switch it on. The "fruit plunger" can be put in the top that stops things flying out (I doubt that would happen!) but it allows you to push the fruit down onto the blades.
The two settings are used for different fruit. For larger denser ones such as apples and pears, put the juicer on the higher setting while soft fruits such as berries go on the lower setting.
The machine decimates the fruit. The waste bin fills up with the skin, pips, stalk and meat of the fruit that can't be juiced. All the juice then spills down into the jug, this is where the foam guard is useful. Once the jug is full of juice, slide the foam guard in before you pour it out and the majority of the foam remains in the jug. A very handy feature!
The contents of the jug do need to be stirred when finished because the juices often pour out in layers. A good mix makes a great smoothie/fruit juice.
Everything with the exception of the main juicer section is dishwasher safe. However the waste bin will usually end up with large chunks of pulp, these would need to be scraped out and put in the (compost) bin or if you are very creative, mixed with butter, seed and made into bird cakes for the garden birds. (In fact the pulp that is saved can be used in muffins and other food so there is so much less waste).
The blade section can be added to the dishwasher, but its mesh sides don't wash that well in a dishwasher. This is where the plastic brush comes in, the soft bristles help to sweep away the clinging particles when you wash it in the sink.
The main juicer section is mostly protected by every other part of the juicing machine so doesn't get very dirty, and the small mess it can get just use the brush (wetted) to clean it.
This machine is best cleaned immediately if you don't use a dishwasher as it can be harder to clean once the fruit juices/pulps have hardened.
~Points to consider~
* There is still SOME chopping / peeling depending on the fruit such as:
* Oranges and tangerines etc need to be peeled before being added. (though personally, I prefer to juice these with a normal juicer myself.
* Anything that is too big to fit down the "chimney" needs to be cut small enough to be added.
* Anything with a big stone like a plum or peach needs to be cut and the stone removed first.
* If you buy frozen berries etc, always leave them to thaw fully before putting them in this juicer otherwise they will all end up in the waste bin section.
However the amount of fruit and veg that can go into this juicer without any extra work makes the above issues not that big of a deal.
An absolutely brilliant product that has really helped me increase my "five a day" without even trying! Not to mention I am now "drinking" vegetables I would never normally eat as some recipes mean that fruits and veg I don't like can "hide" within the smoothie.
A great purchase if you have children who don't like eating fruit or veg as this makes it a much more enjoyable for them.
Cleaning is minimal because there are just a few pieces that come apart easy and even better if you have a dishwasher.
We bought this juicer one year before our wedding and lost huge amounts of weight using it. We love it.
The juicer was recommended to us on the Juice Master site and although it was pricey when we got it at £100 we've never regretted it! My mum got a cheaper juicer which is SO slow in comparison to ours and gets far less juice from the ingredients. I know this (should you be wondering) because of the difference in pulp that is left in the bin!
The juicer features a feeder tube that is big enough to feed apples into whole, which was a huge time saver ~ no chopping, just pop them in and whoosh, apple juice!
There are two speeds for the machine so that you can juice hard and soft fruits (although softer fruits didn't make as much juice for the money, I'd like to add...berries nearly bankrupted me!).
The juice comes out into a handy 2 litre jug which has a special seperator and the pulp spins off into a bin off the side. I line mine with a plastic bag and then just hike that out to put in the bin, which makes for a much easier clean up...otherwise you have to reach in and scrape it all out by hand!
Apparently you can put it in the dishwasher but I don't have one so I can't really comment. However, the only issue I had with this was the cleaning of the part that juices the fruit. It is a nightmare to clean by hand. The machine comes with a brush but it gets stuck on the blades and getting the tiny little bits of pulp out of the micro mesh is awful. Just when you think they're all gone, you see more. So, ashamedly I make my husband clean it.
I bought this juicer a few months back which was my second purchase of a juicer. I had the first one for a couple of years but thought I would get an upgrade to something nicer before the summer months.
I purchased the juicer online at amazon which set me back about £80 which is a real bargain. It comes with an operating manual which gives you all the details you need to know when ready to use.
The design is very nice indeed which is made of stainless steel for the base unit and plastic which is transparent for the additional jug.
The unit is rather large so try and ensure you have enough kitchen space to use it in aswell.
The juicer comes with the base unit a jug, differnt type of blades in cutting instruments to make the perfect juice.
I clean my unit by hand and it is very user friendly because it comes apart so yo can clean all parts seperately.
I use my juicer for lots of healthy shakes after I have been to the gym, its a lot easier as I used to use my blender up until recently which doesnt do such a thorough job. If I am using large pieces of fruit I will generally cut the pieces up as small as possible so that the machine gets a helping hand instead of getting clogged up.
The unit is very easy to use you just simply take the top off and put your fruit or veg in and push down the black top. The on off switch is just a push button which is easy to use.
The Philips HR1865 really does a good job but I find it a little bit noisy, I thought that it would make almost no noice but this just isn't the case. It does a great job though and maybe my expectations are too high as for me it was an upgrade which I had waited a while to purchase in place of my existing juicer machine.
A great piece of equipment which really does help me too be healthy and maintain a healthy diet.
I got this one Christmas for the family to start having some healthy morning juices before heading off to school/work.
I got this one because it seemed to be one of the best available although not the cheapest. I have been using it for a year and honestly is sits on the kitchen counter for 11 out of 12 months of the year!
There are a lot of pieces to set up at first so It would be a bit annoying having to set it up before each use. I just leave mine sitting there in kitchen though. It does take up a lot of workspace sitting idle on the counter. The cord is also about a foot long. A scrubbing brush was included for cleaning but still takes a lot of time with all the little bits of pulp getting stuck in every corner. The outside can get dusty but doesn't mark with fingerprints as it is plastic and brushed steel.
It is very loud so you wouldn't want sleeping babies upstairs using this! It does a great job at filtering the pips and skin. You don't need to chop everything up either. I usually do cut an apple in half but on the manual it says you don't even need to do this. It does make great juice but I wouldn't store it in the plastic jug as it tends to stain.
It's big compared to other juicers and comes with a little jug that you place by the spout where it collects the juice. I hold this just before sometimes the juicer spits the juice out with force and could knock the jug calling a disaster!
I would recommend this juicer as it does make excellent juice and Philips is a great brand also. It would last for years! It may not suit you if you have a small kitchen with no place to store it or if you don't want too much noise in your kitchen!
I first bought this juicer when I decided to do yet another mad diet, needless to say that didn't work, however I do still use this item on a fairly regular basis it's a great way to get some of the kids 5 a day in with great ease. It comes with a recipe booklet by the juice master Jason vale which has some very nice recipes in it. It also comes with a 125ml juice jug, the pulp container has a 2 litre capacity so you can juice loads in one go. It also has non slip feet so It doesn't move about when you are juicing which is handy. There are two speed settings for when you are juicing different textures of fruit and veg. The feeder tube is really big so you can just chuck it all in with no chopping, and it's dishwasher friendly so you just take all the bits off and load them straight to the dishwasher and they come up great. It's a nice modern looking juicer in chrome and black and I think a great buy.
We bought the Philips juicer in a mad post-baby diet fad as an upgrade to our smoothie maker and just wish we had upgraded sooner.
We found the juicer in our local Makro for £80 + VAT, which was a fabulous price. I believe they are now retailing at around £130. The juicer comes with a book by the 'Juice Master', Jason Vale. The book has some great recipes and some impressive juice solutions to all manner of body complaints. We followed his juice diet and lasted 2 days before we were tired of taking a horrific selection of vegetable based juices into work! I would recommend the juices book but the full juice detox diet is only for the brave and determined (I am neither!)
Anyway, I digress - back to the juicer.
The machine itself is a large silver and black contraption, which is pleasant enough on your counter top but is a little heavy to lift in and out of the cupboard every day. Hence, if you wouldn't keep it out then it might be a little too easy to get fed up of hefting it in and out so it could end up consigned to the unused gadget section at the back of your cupboard.
There are 3 sections to the juicer - the main motor body of the machine, the mulch box at the back and the lid area with the mesh filter plus chute. The jug simply rests around the exit chute, ensuring there is no splatter or ridiculous need to catch the juice in a cup as it flies out.
The 700 watt motor is incredibly powerful and makes very quick work of even the hardest of apples. The noise can be quite loud but due to the sheer power it only takes seconds to juice 3 apples so the noise is short lived. The extra large chute is designed to be able to fit apples in whole and states it juices the whole fruit. This claim is largely true and fruit doesn't need preparing to juice but if your apples are very large then they may need chopping in two before popping down the chute.
The mulch disposal area is huge and we have never managed to even nearly fill the 'bin', even when we were fad dieting and preparing around 4 litres of juice for the day ahead. The bin is easy to clean, even if left to 'mature' throughout the day after a breakfast juicing session. However, the mesh filter is not such a dream to clean as this can end up caked with very dry pulp. The machine does come with a brush for this purpose but it can often need soaking to release the pulp and is best done as soon as possible. Unfortunately the juice produced by the machine is so yummy that it tends to disappear very quickly and the time in relation needed to clean the filter can be a little offputting.
The jug that comes with the machine is a great size and comes with a foam remover that allows you to pour a smoother juice out of the jug as it siphon off the foam, which is an inevitable product of high powered juicing. However, make sure you don't leave it in while actually juicing or the result will be a jug full off froth (I speak from experience as I have done this 7 or 8 times myself - if only I learnt from my mistakes eh!)
The juicer is expensive but I can't see this as a disadvantage due to the sheer quality of the machine, it's ease of use and versatility. It is worth every penny and you really do get what you pay for.
Cheaper juicers tend to need fruit and veg to be prepared whereas with this juicer you really can just fling it in. The chute is significantly wider than a standard juicer and the motor power is beyond amazing. If you fancy one of these but have seen a different juicer for cheaper I really would recommend paying the extra for the Philips - it really is the king of all juicers.
Sadly, I can't give the juicer a 5 in every section due to the cleaning (if Philips are reading this then please make a new specification machine which is either self cleaning or comes with a little man in the box who will clean it for you!)
I love this juicer but found that after a month I got bored and poor trying to keep up with using it. It works out so much cheaper to buy pure juices in the shops. Also it became an effort to clean it all and put it back together. It is bulky too so it is sitting on my side at the moment as I have nowhere to store it.
Last summer I thought I'd give juicing a try. I chose this particular juicer because of the fact you can just put whole fruits in (rather than having to chop them up first) and because it seemed to come in fewer pieces than other machines around, which woudl hopefully mean cleaning and reassembly woudlnt be too much of a nightmare.
It is really really good.
It has two settings, one for soft frutis (e.g. strawberries) and one for hard fruits (apples, beetroot, carrot etc). Most apples and pears fit down the little chute without needed to be chopped, larger fruit/ veg like beetrootneed to be chopped, but only into half or quarters if they are massive specimens!
As with (virtually) any juicer citrus fruits need to be peeled first and fruits with stones need to be destoned manually. The juicer will deal with apple cores and pips etc no problem.
The jug is really good too as it separates the small amount of scum that inevitably comes out along with the juice.
Cleaning is OK, but definitely best to do it straight away. A brush is supplied to help you get in hard to reach parts. Having not used any other juicer I can't compare if it is easier to clean, but I get the impression that it is, although there are some tricky bits.
I believe it can't handle things like kale, wheatgrass etc but things I have sucessfully juiced include; apples, pears, oranges, peaches, kiwis, strawberries, beetroot, cucumber and lettuce. I wouldn't particularly recommend the last two.
This is a wonderful Juicer, I bought mine on Amazon for £89.99 and it was delivered without too many issues. The box is fairly large and the machine comes with a book by the Juice Master which is fairly large and a great introduction to the world of Juicing.
The machine itself looks fantastic, sleek and silver, its large and takes up a decent amount of space on the kitchen sideboard but it is well worth it.
There are a number of items in the juicer which need to be cleaned before use, including blades and choppers, there is a jug that also comes with the machine that you use for the juice to fall into, it includes a small divider which ensures no lumps go through it.
The machine is decent as all the items used can be put in the dishwasher to be cleaned which is really convenient, although its also really easy to clean by hand.
So, to use the machine, you switch it on, take off the large black tube at the top, ensure the jug overlooks the pouring nozzle and start feeding fruit into the main tube, you then push the black tube down to squash the fruit (or vegetables) and then wait for the juice to come out. Its not too loud and works really easily, its worth chopping larger fruits like Pineapple to get the best out of it, and you need a reasonable amount of fruit to make the juice, but its so worth it, the juice is fresh and every combination i've made has tasted wonderful so far, it is a real energy boost and a great, easy way to get your 5 a day.
Its reliable, quiet, easy to use and I think it will be a good long term investment for me.
We´ve had this model for nearly a year now and it still does a fantastic job, it is easy to clean, gets through all kinds of fruit and vegetables with ease and also scoops up the waste to ensure you only get the freshest parts of the fruit. It still looks great and while it takes up too much space on the sideboard, I think it was well worth buying and can see us getting at least another 2-3 years use out of this excellent top of the range juicer.
I've had this juicer for a year now. It has 2 speed settings of which I only ever use the most powerful so I don't see the need for 2. The Juice jug is a decent size but not the most robust. Cleaning brush is handy to get at all the bits left after the process. All removable parts are dishwasher safe which isn't as useful as it sounds because it's easier to wash by hand since the pulp gets everywhere and blocks the dishwasher filter.
Good Points: This powerful juicer is quick to juice with the minimum of effort. Whole fruit such as apples and tomatoes fit easily into the feed tube. It's easy to assemble and there is a large pulp container to collect the waste.
Drawbacks: Juicing in general is pretty expensive because it takes so much fruit just to make one glass of juice. The cleaning of this machine takes longer than the juicing and this is probably why mine just sits in a cupboard gathering dust!
I have had my Phillips juicer for a couple of months now, and use it everyday. It's a great way to eat your 5 a day. The skin and pith of your fruit is whizzed into a tray at the back, and all of the juice and goodness goes into making your drink. It's incredibly easy to clean, and comes with a special, small brush for getting into the small bits. The plastic jug is also very useful, the grey lid keeps any splashes from going onto your kitchen surface.
It's great for reducing hard fruit, like apples and oranges, however, I would recommend keeping your old smoothie maker for berries and other soft fruits, as they tend to get lost in the juicer.
In short, you can make a delicious, and healthy drink and have the entire machine washed up and put back together in 5 minutes (I've timed it!) which makes being healthy just that little bit easier.
I brought into the whole juicing phrase because of Jordan - I'm not a huge fan of hers but her ability to shrink immediately after childbirth caught my attention (I admit I'm quite shallow) and so during my 2nd pregnancy I purchased the Philips HR1865 Juicer for £169, in readiness for the big diet once I'd given birth.
So, once my gorgeous baby boy had arrived, and I'd given my body enough time to recover, I weaned myself off the cakes and junk food and fired the Juicer into action
Apparently it has some centrifugal action going on - the fruit and veg get spun round fast enough to ensure all the juice is extracted. The large feeding tube where you put the fruit etc to be juiced is big enough to ensure that most things don't have to be chopped prior to juicing - although I have had apples get wedged - so I do tend to at least cut them in half and it doesn't require much effort to juice anything - the speed of the 700w motor ensures most items are easily pulped
The juicer comes complete with a jug and foam separator if you don't like to drink the foam that is created during the juicing - and it's easy to take it apart and stick in the dishwasher to clean - so there's no drawn out cleaning to put you off making any juices. The only part of the juicer that required more effort to clean was the mesh filter - but the juicer came with a handy brush that you can use to easily scrub that clean.
Looks are important (see, told you I was shallow) and this juicer fits in nicely with the rest of my kitchen appliances. It's stainless steel/black with an LED display - so it looks nice and modern. It's not too bulky either, so it can be left out on a work surface without getting in the way.
My Juicer came with a juicing recipe book (so I'm assuming all of these models do) and some of the recipes are really nice. They don't all sound appealing - mixing veg like spinach and carrots with pineapple etc - but once made most are palatable. One that was slightly too hardcore for me was the Broccoli/spinach combo. It tasted like dirt. You do get a lot of juiced squeezed out with this machine, so each juicing recipe usually creates enough juice for 2 drinks.
The diet plan that I was following recommended you replace all meals for a week with juices - which I followed for 3 days before the need to actually chew something overwhelmed me, and I started eating proper food. I just replaced 1 or 2 meals a day with a juice, usually at least breakfast each day - and lost 7lb in the 1st week, and then a steady 2/3lb in the following weeks. I reached pre-pregnancy weight within 6 weeks of starting - so I do recommend juicing for weight loss and the Philips Juicer is a great tool for helping with that. I still use the juicer most days - and my 5 yr old enjoys firing the veg down the chute - although he's not so keen on drinking the results!
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Orchard Park, NY – The Buffalo Bills today announced that the team has released QB Ryan Fitzpatrick.
The Bills made the transaction after 4:00 pm in conjunction with the start of the NFL's calendar year, which began at 4:00 pm ET today, allowing the team to make Fitzpatrick a post June 1st designation.
Bills General Manager Buddy Nix said, "We kept every possible option open right down to the wire when we had to make a decision on whether to keep Ryan. In the end, we had to do what we feel is best for our football team and it was a very difficult decision. Ryan did some great things as our starting quarterback. He is a class act, a terrific guy with a great family and has been involved in many charitable endeavors in our community. But difficult decisions often have to be made and so we are moving forward. We wish Ryan and his family the best of luck in the future and offer him our sincere thanks for everything he has done for the Bills."
"Our focus remains on adding another quarterback to our roster and we will continue to explore every option available to us," added Nix.
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Interview By MIRANDA ROGERS MCDONALD
The Chic Sheet
Fashion is a form of expression and a portrayal of your individuality. Fashion is not only expressed in your clothing style, but it also shows in your home décor choices as well.
How do you describe your style?
My style changes daily, depending on my mood, but I would say it's more classically chic.
What are your favorite pieces?
This is always changing as well, however, I always love my jewels! I currently love to pair my chunky pave-linked bracelet with my Michael Kors watch and a spiked bracelet. I also love my mint Tory Burch handbag.
Where is your favorite place to shop?
I'm a boutique shopper! However, I don't get away from my store very often, so I enjoy shopping when I travel. One of my favorite places to shop for home décor is the outdoor antique market that is located in Chicago and Atlanta.
Who is your fashion icon, and why?
I absolutely love Blair's style from the blog Atlantic Pacific.
I also admire Jackie Kennedy Onassis, because her style is sophisticated, feminine, glamorous and classic.
Do you carry any local designers in your boutique?
We love our local designers! We carry Derby hats by Britni Lynn Knable of Headcandi, gorgeous pieces by Lulubelles and beautiful handmade jewelry by W&M as well.
Miranda Rogers McDonald is the author of www.thechicsheet.net. When Miranda isn't blogging about fashion or flexing her social media muscle, she is spending time with her husband and feisty Chihuahua, Niles. She believes in celebrating the smaller things in life, such as good wine and food, an interesting book and sitting on patios while enjoying conversations with her closest friends. She strives to one day join the ranks of the fashion editors that she idolizes, and to show the world that a girl from Kentucky knows a little something about style.


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Can these chaise be used without the cushions?
Yes, they are very comfortable. We have been using without the cushions.
Date published: 2017-04-19
Can you sit upright in these or are you always reclined slightly?
You are always sitting in a slightly reclined position.
Date published: 2017-08-02
Are these comfortable when laying on your stomach ?
Yes, there is a slight curve to them, but they are comfortable on your back or stomach.
Date published: 2017-04-19
Can these be stacked? Same question for the chaises with arms. Thanks!
Date published: 2017-08-19
Chair tapers too?
The dimensions of the chaise suggests that it does not taper where your feet would rest on it. In other words, the chaise is a rectangle. But, the coordinating cushions dimensions specifically note that the cushion tapers for a perfect fit to the chaise. Is the chair a rectangle or does it taper in a few inches at the foot?
The chairs do taper at the feet.
Date published: 2017-07-21
Product:39511_BRO-Original Balencia Bronze Chaises, Set of Two


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A Wisconsin dairy farmer diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (M.S.) two decades ago is still milking thanks to his Lely robotic milker. Jeff and Jo Berg, at Berg's Lane Creek Dairy Farm, La Crosse, Wisc., milk 60 cows through the robot they acquired with help from a grant for farmers with disabilities. The Berg's 19-year-old son, Aaron, is also evaluating rejoining the operation.
An article in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel profiled the family and other robotic dairy operations in the state. According to the article, Lely's Rick Rugg says that Wisconsin now has over 100 robotic milking machines.


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How many petavolt in 1 abvolt?
The answer is 1.0E-23.
We assume you are converting between petavolt and abvolt.
You can view more details on each measurement unit:
petavolt or abvolt
The SI derived unit for voltage is the volt.
1 volt is equal to 1.0E-15 petavolt, or 100000000 abvolt.
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Type in your own numbers in the form to convert the units!
You can do the reverse unit conversion from abvolt to petavolt, or enter any two units below:
The SI prefix "peta" represents a factor of 1015, or in exponential notation, 1E15.
So 1 petavolt = 1015 volts.
The definition of a volt is as follows:
The volt (symbol: V) is the SI derived unit of electric potential difference or electromotive force, commonly known as voltage. It is named in honor of the Lombard physicist Alessandro Volta (17451827), who invented the voltaic pile, the first chemical battery.
The volt is defined as the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere dissipates one watt of power.[3] Hence, it is the base SI representation m2 · kg · s-3 · A-1, which can be equally represented as one joule of energy per coulomb of charge, J/C.
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How do I intercept system calls?
Intercepting system calls is one of the most common "first exercise" when trying to learn about the Linux kernel. When trying to explain how this can be done, it is important to differenciate between the "old days" (2.4 kernel series) and recent kernel versions (2.6 series).
The old days (2.4 kernel series)
Intercepting a system call means that you want a function of your own to be called instead of the kernel function implementing a given system call everytime the latter in invoked. Generally, this is achieved by writing a Loadable Kernel Module (LKM) which contains that function (e.g. myfork) along with code to hijack the targetted system call when the LKM is loaded into the kernel and restore the original setting when it is unloaded.
The key in intercepting system calls is to modify the sys_call_table kernel data structure. This table is an array which contains as many entries as there are system calls. Each system call is identified inside of the kernel by a constant (think #define) representing an integer number. These numbers are used as index in the sys_call_table to retrieve the address of the kernel function which implements that particular system call.
When a user space program needs to call a given system call, the interrupt 0x80 is raised after loading the EAX register with the system call number. The interrupt handler, in kernel space, then uses the contents of EAX as an index in the sys_call_table array and calla the function which address is stored there. Please note that modern processors offer more efficient ways to implement system calls than raising the 0x80 interupt but we will focus on this simple approach for the purpose of this explanation since it relies on the same kernel data structures than more advanced ones.
If we change the address contained in sys_call_table at the index corresponding to the fork system call number, we can replace it by the address of a function written inside of our LKM. The next time a system call to fork is processed, our function will be invoked instead of the default one. If we are careful about saving the address of the original system call function, we can even invoke it from within our own "interceptor code". This would allow us, for instance, to display a message everytime a fork system call is invoked, call the original code so that the kernel properly handles the system call, and finally return as if nothing happened.
Let's work on some code to illustrate all this, our LKM will have to:
Modify the sys_call_table when it is loaded so that a given system call is now implemented by a function of our own
Provide the above-mentionned function in the module itself so that it will be loaded as part of the kernel and therefore addressable by it
Modify again the sys_call_table when unloaded to restore the original system call
If you are browsing the kernel source code while reading this (cf. /IDEs), the following files might be of interest to you when dealing with system calls interception;
/include/asm-um/unistd.h Header for definition of system calls
/include/asm-um/arch/unistd.h Definition of the __NR constants corresponding to system calls internal numbers
A system call interception LKM for 2.4 kernel series
This sections shows the code for a 2.4 kernel series LKM able to intercept the fork system call. Be warned, this is a horrible hack based on modifying entries in the system call table, that works only on 2.4 kernels. This is strongly unrecommended - it is not safe against module unloading, it is not architecture independent, and it is just ugly anyway. You can read more about it in chapter 8 of Linux Kernel Module Programmer's Guide (Salzman, Burian, Pomerantz, 2005/05/26 version 2.6.1, http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/lkmpg.pdf).
// base modules inclusions #include <linux/init.h> #include <linux/module.h> // for getpid() #include <linux/unistd.h> #include <asm/arch/unistd.h> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); extern void* sys_call_table[];
The sys_call_table symbol is exported by the kernel but we still need to have our code indicate that we are referencing an array of void pointers defined somewhere else.
int (*original_fork)(struct pt_regs); // we define original_fork as a pointer on function w/ the same prototype // as the fork system call. It is meant to store the address of the original // fork function in the kernel while we replace it w/ our own int edu_fork(struct pt_regs regs) { pid_t pid; // loging the syscall printk(KERN_ALERT "[edu] fork syscall intercepted from %d\n", current->pid);
Why not using getpid()? Get used to it, we are in kernel code now, APIs that you used to use in user space are no longer available. current is a global kernel pointer refering to the currently executing process' struct task_struct (its process control block). We're using here the pid field of this structure which, as you can guess, contains the process' pid.
// making the call to the original fork syscall pid = (*original_fork)(regs); return pid; }
The above lines are there to maintain the functionality of the system. Try to remove them and you would have broken your system; no way for the shell to fork a child to execute a command to start off with! Our function acts as a wrapper around fork; we make the call to the original system call BUT we can add before and/or after it some code of our own (logging information for isntance).
Consider that this is practical but also slows down execution speed on one of the most critical execution paths of the kernel: system calls.
static int edu_init(void) { printk( KERN_ALERT "[edu] Module successfully loaded\n"); printk( KERN_ALERT "[edu] Intercepting fork() syscall... "); original_fork = sys_call_table[__NR_fork]; sys_call_table[__NR_fork] = edu_fork;
This is where the theft takes place, note the use of the constant NR_fork instead of hardcoding the syscall number.
printk( KERN_ALERT "done/n"); printk( KERN_ALERT "[edu] Starting Loging system calls\n"); return 0; } static void edu_exit(void) { sys_call_table[__NR_fork] = original_fork; printk(KERN_ALERT "[edu] Stopping loging system calls\n"); }
Not much to add here once you understand the initialization of the module you're pretty much already ok with its shutdown function.
module_init(edu_init); module_exit(edu_exit);
These macros are there to "register" the functiosn edu_init and edu_exit as the functions to be called respectively when the LKM is loaded and unloaded from the kernel.
Limits of this approach: sys_execve
This fails horribly for the execve system call, and there's a very good reason for this. Let's look at the prototype of sys_execve() :
asmlinkage int sys_execve(struct pt_regs regs)
Note the argument - that is not a pointer! Your attempt to intercept sys_execve in the same is not going to work. This argument indicates that the process's registers have been saved on the stack. Code inside sys_execve actually modifies these stack locations to place the PC value register at the start of the new executable - so you must let the code access the original point in the stack!
For example code that does the modification of the registers, see start_thread() called from load_elf_binary().
The simplest way to get around this problem is by calling do_execve() instead of the saved old sys_execve pointer value, duplicating the kernel's sys_execve() code. Ugly huh? Please don't ever do this in real code. If you want to provide some code in a module that kernel code needs to call, provide a hook in the kernel code as a patch, then a module on top of that (an example of this is sys_nfsservctl()).
What about now? (2.6 kernel series)
Until the kernel series 2.4, the sys_call_table data structure was an exported kernel symbol. This meant that any LKM could reference this variable from within its code and, during the loading of the module, it would be appropriately linked. Since the kernel series 2.6, Linus Torvalds decided to no longer export this symbol. This decision can be easily justified; making it easy for LKMs to intercept system calls isn't beneficial to the overall kernel security. Indeed, many rootkits have been exploiting this technique to enable an intruder to maintain a presence (and a backdoor) on your system after (s)he left while making sure these new "features" would take great care to hide themselves from any curious eye. By making the sys_call_table symbol less accessible, the simplest system call interceptions methods are made unusable. Of course, new ones have arised since then but their level of complexity prevent most beginners to write their own root-kit in less than 10 minutes.
If you are using a 2.6 kernel, the above LKM won't work. However, alternative possibilities are available;
This approach involves modifying the sources of the kernel we want to use, recompile it and then write a LKM destined to be loaded in this particular kernel only. While this looks like a way to implement a poorly portable LKM, it lets us reverse Linus' decision by hand in our own kernel and therefore conduct the manipulation without further burden. This is not a portable way to play with kernel coding, in fact it's an overall bad idea except if you do it only once just to try out the above LKM
Historically, this second approach has been introduced to be able to patch the linux kernel without having to restart it even when LKM had access to such symbol as sys_call_table. The objective was to circumvent security measures such as forbidding the loading of LKMs on a given system and / or using a hardened kernel version such as a 2.6 series which doesn't let LKMs intercept system calls easily.
You can find more information about these hot patching techniques at:
In a nutshell: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/2002-12/msg00266.html
From Phrack, sd & devik, issue # 58, http://www.phrack.org/show.php?p=58&a=7
There are several recent projects that are meant to hijack system calls (among other things) in order to monitor the kernel's activity:
SysCallTrack project http://syscalltrack.sourceforge.net/index.html
Linux Trace Toolkit http://www.opersys.com/LTT/index.html


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Interleukin-2 in Metastatic Kidney Cancer
This study has been terminated.
(PI Decision)
Western Regional Medical Center
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Walter Quan Jr., MD, Western Regional Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: October 4, 2012
Last updated: June 1, 2015
Last verified: June 2015
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether Interleukin-2 at the dose and schedule used in this study will help increase tumor shrinkage.
|Renal Cell Cancer Metastatic Kidney Cancer Metastatic
|Drug: Interleukin-2
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Phase II Trial of Moderate Dose Bolus Interleukin-2 in Metastatic Kidney Cancer
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Kidney CancerU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Walter Quan Jr., MD, Western Regional Medical Center:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Progression free survival of patients with metastatic kidney cancer who have had disease progression on at least one prior therapy or who have not been treated. [ Time Frame: 9 weeks ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Response rate [ Time Frame: 9 weeks ]
- Median duration of response [ Time Frame: 9 weeks ]
- Median survival of patients treated with this moderate dose bolus Interleukin-2 schedule. [ Time Frame: 9 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Interleukin-2
Drug: Interleukin-2
Other Name: IL2
Detailed Description:
In this phase II study, the IL-2 schedule (daily IL-2 for 5 days (per week) every 3 weeks) will be tested in a cohort of kidney cancer patients to attempt to determine the response rate, median duration of response, and median survival. The dose intensity of this schedule would allow a patient treated on this regimen to achieve the target threshold (> 1440 million IU/m2/year).
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must have a histologic diagnosis of metastatic kidney cancer. Patients may have received prior systemic therapy or may be previously untreated
- Patients must have bi-dimensional measurable disease on physical exam or radiologic studies.
- ECOG performance status of 0 or 1 and estimated survival of at least 3 months.
- White blood count of > 3500/mm3, platelet count > 100,000/mm3, hemoglobin > 9.0 gm/dl; bilirubin, ALT, AST < 3 x upper limit of normal; serum creatinine < 2.0 mg/dl.
- Patients must undergo a low-level cardiac stress test as a screen for possible atherosclerotic heart disease. Patients with a positive stress test would be excluded from this trial.
- Patients with elevated temperatures > 100.5 F must have sources of occult infection excluded.
- Patients must be felt to have recovered from effects of prior therapy, such as > 2 weeks after prior chemotherapy.
- Patient consent must be obtained prior to entrance onto study.
- Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test and must take adequate precautions to prevent pregnancy during treatment
Exclusion Criteria:
- Medical illness requiring corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive agents (such as cyclosporin or methotrexate.
- Autoimmune disease such as inflammatory arthritis which could be exacerbated by immune-based therapy.
- Prior history of psychiatric disorder which could be exacerbated by interleukin-2.
- Lactation or pregnancy.
- Evidence of significant cardiovascular disease including history of recent (< 6 months prior) myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, primary cardiac arrhythmias (not due to electrolyte disorder or drug toxicity, for example) beyond occasional PVC's, angina, positive low-level stress test, or cerebrovascular accident.
- Current brain metastasis.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01702909
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01702909
|United States, Arizona
|Western Regional Medical Center, Inc
|Goodyear, Arizona, United States, 85338
Sponsors and Collaborators
Western Regional Medical Center
|Principal Investigator:
|Walter Quan, MD
|Western Regional Medical Center
More Information
Keywords provided by Walter Quan Jr., MD, Western Regional Medical Center:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Walter Quan Jr., MD, Principal Investigator, Western Regional Medical Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01702909 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|October 4, 2012
|Last Updated:
|June 1, 2015
Keywords provided by Walter Quan Jr., MD, Western Regional Medical Center:
Metastatic Renal Cell
Metastatic Kidney Cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Carcinoma, Renal Cell
Kidney Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Urologic Neoplasms
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Emerald Ash Borer Infestation Found in Fairfax County
July 9, 2008
News Highlights
- Emerald ash borers in the Herndon area.
- Non-native insects are a serious threat to ash trees across the county, but they only affect ash trees.
- The public is asked to report ash trees that are dead or dying by calling 703-324-5304, TTY 711.
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FairfaxCountyofficials have found an infestation of emerald ash borers in the Herndon area. These insects are a serious threat to ash trees across the county. They have killed more than 20 million ashes in the Midwest.
This is only the second time that these non-native beetles have been found in the county since a minor outbreak was contained in 2003. These insects only affect ash trees, but an infestation is usually fatal.
County arborists are trying to determine how far the beetle may have spread. To help officials, homeowners are asked to report any signs of declining or dying ash trees. Call the Fairfax County Forest Pest Program at 703-324-5304, TTY 711. More information is available to help identify ash trees or the beetle.
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The leaves of infected trees will begin to die off starting at the top third of the tree until it is completely bare. Other signs include sprouts growing from the trunk or roots.
Approximately 20 to 30 infested trees were found near the intersection of Campbell Way and Herndon Parkway. No live insects were found, but two dead adult beetles were discovered, along with signs of larvae damage.
Because these pests are federally regulated, county officials are waiting for a treatment plan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. A USDA scientific panel may order that ash trees within a certain area be cut down, or they may order a quarantine.
If imposed, a federal quarantine could mean that property owners are prohibited from planting ash trees in the county. Additionally, ash trees that have been cut down could not be transported outside the county.
Pesticides are generally not effective against the borer; cutting down ash trees is the best way to control this pest.
The borer was first found in ash trees planted at Colvin Run Elementary School in 2003. To control the infestation, 238 ash trees were cut down within a half-mile of the site. The insects came from 121 infected trees that were illegally sold in this area by a Michigan nursery. Starting in 2003, the federal government banned Midwestern nurseries from selling ash trees outside their states.
Fairfax County has been monitoring for the insect since 2003, but no infestations have been found until now. However, the borer is active in Prince George's County, Md., Pennsylvania and West Virginia. A quarantine was issued for Prince George's County in 2007, but it's unclear how far the insect may have spread in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Emerald ash borers are native to China, Korea and Japan, and they first arrived in this country from Asia in the 1990s.
For more information about the emerald ash borer, contact the Fairfax County Forest Pest Program, at 703-324-5304, TTY 711.
Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs
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Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director of Public Affairs
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Novel Idea: Bookish Engagement Pics
Novel Idea: Bookish Engagement Pics
Whether you're a comic-book fiend, Potterhead, novelist, or just love reading, books are easy props to show your personality in an engagement photo shoot. We're especially partial to shoots that take place amongst the stacks. Home or public libraries, local bookstores, secondhand shops, or comic-book stores make quaint literary locations to take your pre-"I do" pictures. Just grab your preferred page-turners, find a cozy spot with your honey, and let the photographer do the rest. If you're in need of some inspiration, check out these too-cute e-shoots for bookworms!
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Growing Callas: Ever since Katherine Hepburn whispered, "The Calla Lilies are in bloom again," in one of her old films (Stage Door, 1937), American gardeners have thought of them as special. They are always a romantic favorite, particularly exquisite in arrangements. Callas are native to South Africa, and today they're not only easy to grow, but available in a literal rainbow of colors.
The common white one is Zantedeschia aethiopica, and like all callas, it's hardy in the US only in Zone 8 and above. This means these are 'tender bulbs' in most of the country, and have to be lifted and stored in fall. Many people grow callas in patio pots, and the pots can be brought in before frost.
Most of the very colorful callas are a separate species, C. rehmannii, and these have more narrow leaves than the classic white type. If you haven't grown callas, you may be surprised that these bulbs create a sizable plant. Sometimes the clumps grow 36' high. Most all callas have pointed or heart-shaped foliage that's dark green spattered with white spots. The bulbs are irregular, sort of like ginger roots, and several can be planted in the same pot. They enjoy being root-bound. If you plant your bulbs in spring, you'll have flowers in about 65 days.
|Common Name
|Calla Lily
|Botanical Name
|3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
|Ships As
|Bulb, Rhizome, Tuber
|Light Requirements
|Full Sun
|Flower Color
|Upright spotted foliage surround vase-shaped blooms on long stems
|Mature Height
|14-18" tall
|Bulb Size
|14 cm
|Bulb Spacing
|3 bulbs per sq. ft.
|Planting Depth
|Bulbs/Tubers should be planted 1" to 2" below the soil line.
|Bloom Time
|Mid summer until frost
|Days to Bloom
|70-75 days
|Plant Type / Life Cycle
|Planting Time
|Spring / Summer
|Soil Type
|Sandy Soil, Loamy Soil, Clay Soil
|Soil Moisture
|Average, Well Draining
|Deer Resistant, Attract Butterflies, Attract Hummingbirds, Easy to Grow, Cut Flowers, Containers
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In keeping with Georgetown's traditions, the curriculum of the Religion Department emphasizes the study Christianity but does so in the broad context of religious studies as they are encountered in the past and present. To accomplish this task, the department requires majors to demonstrate:
- a basic understanding of the content of the Bible and an ability to interpret it in light of academic approaches;
- an understanding of the cultural and historical dimensions of religious phenomena and demonstrate a capacity to analyze them critically by focusing on special historical and cultural topics of study;
- a basic understanding of Christian theology and an ability to analyze it academically;
- a basic understanding of other world religions and a capacity to analyze them academically;
- an ability to think critically about issues involving religious studies and to base conclusions on data from the appropriate major disciplines of religious studies.
Through the Core courses, the department additionally seeks to introduce stu-dents to the varieties of religious expression. Majors and minors in the department have the opportunity to gain experience in ministry through courses and an optional supervised practicum.
(B.A. degree) Thirty-three semester hours required, including a 200 level course from each of the four areas of inquiry: Bible (REL 231, 233, 235, 237), Cultural/Historical Studies (REL 243, 245, 247, 249), World Religions (REL 253, 255), and Christian Theological Studies (REL 257); a 300 level course from each of the four areas of inquiry: Bible (REL 325, 327, 371, 373), Cultural/Historical Studies (REL 341, 343, 345), World Religions (REL 353), and Christian Theological Studies (REL 357); REL 450; and six additional hours of electives in the Religion Department. 18 hours must be at the 300 level or above.
Eighteen semester hours required, including one 200 level course from three of the following areas: Bible (REL 231, 233, 235, 237), Cultural/Historical Studies (REL 243, 245, 247, 249), World Religions (REL 253, 255), and Christian Theological Studies (REL 257); one 300 level course from three of the following four areas: Bible (REL 325, 327, 371, 373), Cultural/Historical Studies (REL 341, 343, 345), World Religions (REL 353), and Christian Theological Studies (REL 357).
103-104. Beginning Greek I and II. (3 hours) Grammar of the Greek New Testament. Odd Falls and Even Springs
111. Introduction to Christian Missions. (3 hours) An examination of the biblical basis for Christian Missions, the scope of Baptist missionary efforts, and modern missionary strategies. Area emphases will depend on the experience of the instructor. Even Springs
203. Greek New Testament. (3 hours) Intermediate level Greek grammar and reading of selected texts. Prerequisites: REL 103, 104. Even Falls
204. Greek New Testament II. (3 hours) Reading of selected texts from all major divisions of the Greek New Testament. Prerequisite: REL 203. Odd Springs
211. Introduction to Christian Ministry. (3 hours) Presentation of biblical, historical, and practical information related to Christian ministry as a career. Designed for those interested in ministry, the course should aid students in making more mature, informed career decisions. Odd Falls
231. New Testament I. (3 hours) A survey of the content of the Gospels; attention to historical setting, basic literary problems, the history and teachings of Jesus, and the nature and interpretation of Gospel literature. Fall and Spring
233. New Testament II. (3 hours) A survey of the content of Acts, the New Testament Epistles, Hebrews, and Revelation. Special attention will be devoted to the historical, cultural, and literary contexts of these texts. Fall and Spring
235. Old Testament Law and History. (3 hours) A study of the content, historical and social context, literary structure, and theological value of the Old Testament books Genesis to Esther. Fall and Spring
237. Old Testament Prophecy and Poetry. (3 hours) A study of the content, historical and social context, literary structure, and theological value of the Old Testament prophets, the poetic books, and the book of Daniel. Fall and Spring
243. The Christian Heritage. (3 hours). A survey of major events, personalities and issues in the history of Christianity. Attention will be given to Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Protestantism in all its varieties, including Pentecostalism. The course emphasizes the connections between the various Christian "pasts" and current events and issues within Christianity.
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245. Religion and Popular Culture. (3 hours) An introduction to the study of religion and popular culture. Special attention is given to the ways in which religious and secular values interact and find expression in mass media products such as literature, film, music, and television. Fall
247. Religion and Politics. (3 hours) A study of the complex relationship be-tween religion and politics in colonial North America and in the history of the United States. Special attention is focused upon both the founding period and upon the modern context. Odd Springs
249. Religion and Violence. (3 hours) A study of religious violence in the ancient and modern worlds, including issues involving the origins and causes of religious violence. In addition, the course will analyze the narratives and commands in the sacred texts of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity that serve as a basis of violence, especially in the ways in which sacred texts and images pro-vide a justification or stimulus to commit violent acts. Spring
253. Religions of the Modern World. (3 hours) An introduction to the history, beliefs, practices, and overarching worldviews of the major religions of the mod-ern world. Emphasis is placed upon understanding the perspective of the adherents of each tradition, rather than using a comparative method to make evaluative judgments about the merits of the various traditions. This course carreis a Cultural Awareness Abroad (CAA) flag. Even Springs
255. Religions of the Ancient World. (3 hours) An introduction to the religious texts, traditions, rituals, and ideas of the ancient Mediterranean world and the ancient near east. The focus will be on a comparative analysis of the varieties of religious expression with particular attention paid to the conceptual approaches to the study of religion as well as to the historical, social, literary, and cultural contexts of religious practices. Fall
257. Basic Christian Theology. (3 hours) A survey of Christian theology, ex-a mining the central ecclesial teachings of the Christian faith with special emphasis given to their biblical foundation, historical context, and contemporary relevance. Fall and Spring
311. Biblical Story Telling. (3 hours) A study of the forms of address employed by ministers with particular attention given to the sermon. The student will engage in classroom speaking assignments based upon the study of the theories of preaching and various sermon forms. Prerequisites: REL 231, 233, 235, or 237.
Odd Springs
319. Youth Ministries – Recreation in the Church. (3 hours) A study of youth and their needs as a basis for planning the local church youth program with special attention to the organization, administration and programming of the church camp or retreat. Even Falls
325. The Johannine Literature. (3 hours) Gospel of John and Epistles of John; attention to literary characteristics and theology. Prerequisite: REL 231, 233, 235, or 237. Even Springs in Rotation with REL 327
327. The Revelation. (3 hours) A critical interpretation of the New Testament Book of Revelation based upon the nature of apocalyptic language and literature, historical setting, internal structure, and literary/grammatical/syntactical considerations. Prerequisite: REL 231, 233, 235, or 237.
Even Springs in Rotation with REL 325
341. Women in the Christian Tradition. (3 hours) An exploration of the involvement of women in the Christian tradition from the time of Jesus to the present. (Same as WST 341.) This course carries a Cultural Awareness At Home (CAH) flag. Odd Falls
343. Life and Faith of the Baptists. (3 hours) A survey of the history and vitality of the Baptists. Topics include the variety of Baptist groups, church life and style, controversies, institutional expression, and the future of Baptists. Even Falls
345. Advanced Topics in Cultural/Historical Studies. (3 hours) The study of special areas in Cultural/Historical studies. Among the topics that this course might include is Christianity in the modern era. Springs
353. Advanced Topics in World Religions. (3 hours) Advanced study in one of the world's major religious cultures. It traces the origin of that culture and surveys its major beliefs, practices, traditions, scriptures (when applicable), values, and modern day challenges. Some of these topics carry a Cultural Awareness Abroad (CAA) flat. See course schedules. Spring
357. Advanced Topics in Theological Studies. (3 hours) The study of special areas in Christian theology. Examples might include Trinitarian theology, patristic theology, feminist theology, ecclesiology, liberation theology, or the theology of Jürgen Moltmann. Even Falls and Spring
360. Internship. (3 hours) Supervised experiences through a cooperative pro-gram with a religious worker or an institution as closely related as possible to the type of ministry the student is considering. Fall and Spring
371. Advanced Topics in New Testament Interpretation. (3 hours) A study of individual books or areas within the New Testament with emphasis on topics of current interest in New Testament studies. Even Falls and Odd Springs
373. Advanced Topics in Old Testament Interpretation. (3 hours) A study of individual books or areas within the Old Testament with emphasis on topics of current interest in Old Testament studies. Odd Falls
375. Tutorial Topics. (3 hours) The study of a specific topic in Religion using the tutorial method adopted from the Oxford humanities classes. Fall and Spring
440. Independent Study. (1, 2, or 3 hours) As needed
450. Seminar. (3 hours) Group study of a specialized area of religion including preparation and defense of a seminar paper. Prerequisite: Senior standing and major in department. This course carries a Writing Intensive (WV) flag. Fall


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ANAHEIM HILLS – A Canyon High School student's family believes her constitutional rights were violated when she was asked to change during school because her T-shirt had an image of a gun on it.
"I was very taken aback by it," said Jed Bullwinkle, the student's father. "Haley's never been in trouble before."
Haley Bullwinkle, 16, a sophomore, wore her father's shirt to school one day last month. The National Rifle Association T-shirt had three images: a deer, an American flag and a hunter holding a rifle. It was the third time she had worn the shirt to school, she said.
A security guard approached her and asked to see her shirt, she said. He then escorted her to the school office, where she was told to remove it and wear a shirt that the school provided, she said.
"I was definitely scared and nervous. I thought I would get detention or a referral," she said Thursday.
After hearing what happened, Jed Bullwinkle emailed the principal. The principal responded that the shirt was in violation of the school's dress code, which prohibits "clothing or jewelry that promotes or depicts … violence, criminal activity."
To Jed Bullwinkle, asking his daughter to change out of the NRA shirt violated her First and Second Amendment rights. He also thinks, he said, it's hypocritical when the school's mascot is a spear-wielding Comanche and the Color Guard twirls fake rifles.
The principal, Kimberly Fricker, has since decided the shirt was not in violation of the dress code, said Orange Unified School District Superintendent Michael Christensen in a written statement.
"The family was contacted and advised that wearing the shirt was not contrary to the school dress code policy and the student will be permitted to wear the shirt," Christensen said. "The student and family received an apology and assurance that training will be provided to staff so an incident like this does not occur again."
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R.A. Dickey languished in the minors for 14 years, bouncing from one team to another before finally perfecting that perplexing knuckleball that made him a major league star.
David Price was the top pick in the draft and an ace by age 25, throwing 98 mph heat with a left arm live enough to make the most hardened scout sing.
Raised only 34 miles apart in central Tennessee, Dickey and Price won baseball's Cy Young awards Wednesday – one by a wide margin, the other in a tight vote.
Two paths to the pantheon of pitching have rarely been more different.
"Isn't that awesome?" said Dickey, the first knuckleballer to win a Cy Young. "It just shows you there's not just one way to do it, and it gives hope to a lot of people."
Dickey said he jumped up and yelled in excitement, scaring one of his kids, when he saw on television that Price edged Justin Verlander for the American League prize. Both winners are represented by Bo McKinnis, who watched the announcements with Dickey at his home in Nashville, Tenn.
"I guess we can call him Cy agent now," Price quipped on a conference call.
The hard-throwing lefty barely beat out Verlander in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, preventing the Detroit Tigers' ace from winning consecutive Cy Youngs.
Runner-up two years ago, Price was the pick this time. He received 14 of 28 first-place votes and finished with 153 points to 149 for Verlander, chosen first on 13 ballots.
"It means a lot," Price said. "It's something that I'll always have. It's something that they can't take away from me."
Other than a 1969 tie between Mike Cuellar and Denny McLain, it was the closest race in the history of the AL award.
Rays closer Fernando Rodney got the other first-place vote and came in fifth.
The 38-year-old Dickey was listed first on 27 of 32 National League ballots and totaled 209 points, 113 more than 2011 winner Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Washington lefty Gio Gonzalez finished third.
Cincinnati right-hander Johnny Cueto and Atlanta closer Craig Kimbrel each received a first-place vote, as did Gonzalez. Kershaw had two.
Dickey joined Dwight Gooden (1985) and three-time winner Tom Seaver as the only Mets to win the award. The right-hander went 20-6 with a 2.73 ERA, making him the club's first 20-game winner since Frank Viola in 1990, and became the first major leaguer in 24 years to throw consecutive one-hitters.
Perhaps most impressive, Dickey did it all during a season when the fourth-place Mets finished 74-88.
"It just feels good all over," he said on MLB Network.
Dickey switched from conventional pitcher to full-time knuckleballer in a last-ditch effort to save his career. It took him years to finally master the floating, darting pitch, which he often throws harder (around 80 mph) and with more precision than almost anyone who used it before him.
"I knew what I was going to be up against in some regard when I embraced this pitch," Dickey said.
He was the first cut at Mets spring training in 2010 but earned a spot in the big league rotation later that season and blossomed into a dominant All-Star this year. He led the NL in strikeouts (230), innings (233 2-3), complete games (five) and shutouts (three) – pitching through an abdominal injury most of the way.
"I am not a self-made man by any stretch of the imagination," Dickey said. "The height of this story, it's mind-blowing to me, it really is."
A member of the 1996 U.S. Olympic team and a first-round draft pick out of Tennessee, Dickey was devastated when the Texas Rangers reduced their signing-bonus offer from more than $800,000 to $75,000 after they discovered during a physical that he was missing a major ligament in his pitching elbow.
Undeterred, perseverance got him to the big leagues anyway. When he failed, the knuckleball brought him back.
Among those he thanked ceaselessly for helping him on that long and winding road to success were all his proud knuckleball mentors, including Charlie Hough, Tim Wakefield and Hall of Famer Phil Niekro.
"It brings a real degree of legitimacy I think to the knuckleball fraternity and I'm glad to represent them and I'm certainly grateful to all those guys," Dickey said. "This was a victory for all of us."
Dickey said he received 127 text messages and 35-40 phone calls in the moments immediately following the Cy Young announcement.
The only call he took was from Niekro, a 318-game winner from 1964-87. The first texts Dickey responded to were from Wakefield and Hough.
"Most well-deserved," Niekro said in a comment provided by the Hall of Fame. "I'm super proud of him, as a pitcher and as an individual."
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First time posting on Dhamma Wheel. Just wanted to let all you Abhidhammists out there know that Bhante (Bhikkhu Bodhi) is giving an Abhidhamma Retreat at the end of August at Chuang Yen Monastery, NY.
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Prof. Russell Miller
The Working Group will present concrete recommendations for reform to the Federal and State governments with the aim of positioning German legal education and scholarship to respond to the Europeanization and globalization of the field. All facets of the discipline will be discussed, including law as an academic discipline, criteria for evaluating education and research and international developments in the field.
Seven foreign scholars with extensive contacts with the German legal culture have been called to appear at the hearing, including faculty and scholars from the London School of Economics, the University of Amsterdam, the University of Vienna, Osaka City University, the University-Pantheon Paris, and Hungary. Miller is the only American appearing.
The German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat) is the leading science policy advisory body in Germany. Its recommendations on the development of science, research and higher education, help to ensure that German science and humanities remain competitive at the national, European and international level. The recommendations of the Wissenschaftsrat involve considerations concerning quantitative and financial effects and the implementation of such considerations, always taking into account the demands of societal, cultural and economic life.
Miller is the co-founder and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the German Law Journal - a highly respected English-language forum for scholarship on developments in German and European jurisprudence. More than twenty W&L students assist him with the administration and production of the Journal. He also is the author of the forthcoming English-language treatise The Constitutional Jurisprudence of the Federal Republic of Germany (Duke University Press 2012).
In September, Miller was invited to consult during a closed-door session at the Brookings Institute with representatives from the National Counter-Terrorism Center on European legal institutions and their impact on transnational global anti-terror policy. He discussed cases before the European Court of Human Rights involving extradition of suspected terrorists to the U.S. from European countries and European Countries' involvement in extraordinary rendition to CIA black-sites for interrogation.Miller joined the W&L faculty in 2008 after six years at the University of Idaho College of Law. Prior to becoming a professor, Miller was a judicial law clerk for Judge Robert H. Whaley of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, a criminal defense attorney in Arizona and Tennessee, and a 1999/2000 Robert Bosch Foundation Fellow in Germany. During the 2009/2010 academic year Miller was as a Fulbright Scholar and conducted research in Heidelberg, Germany at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and Public International Law.
Miller graduated from high school in Salmon, Idaho, earned a B.A. while lettering in football at Washington State University, took his J.D. and a M.A. in English literature from Duke University, and received his LL.M. from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.Email This Page


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As the Supreme Court hears arguments this week on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care law, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann continues her campaign against the legislation.
Protesters supporting the health care law outnumbered the law's opponents in front of the Supreme Court on the second day of the court's three days of hearings.
Bachmann's national profile soared in part due to her strong opposition to the law and work rallying tea party groups against it. And she remained combative today, as protesters sought to drown her and other tea party-allied speakers out.
"You see we are surrounded right now by those [who] will benefit by socialism," she said. "We are surrounded by those who will benefit from the government telling you what you must do."
Bachmann said later that if the Supreme Court finds the law is constitutional, that the issue of health care will be single biggest issue in this fall's election.
Bachmann told reporters the law cedes too much power to the White House.
"This law has turned our president into a health care dictator," she said. "Whoever will be the president in the future when it comes to election time, it isn't just a president we're electing, it's a health care dictator. It changes the composition of our very government, and that's why this decision is momentous."
Bachmann also claimed the law was also to blame for the slow economic recovery and would only plunge the nation deeper in debt.


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Lots of ski resorts sell packs of discount lift tickets. But often the discount is for just a couple dollars. Idaho's Brundage Mountain plummets their discount deep with the Select Cards. Purchase the cards by Dec. 5, and you'll knock 36 percent off the ticket rate. Miss the deadline, and you can still get a good deal.
The 2012-13 Brundage Select Cards are valid for the entire ski season with no blackout dates. The cards are transferable, so you can share them with family members or buddies. But you can only use one ticket per day from the cards.
The Select Cards have the best rates through Dec. 5. They each come with three to five days of lift tickets, and they are available for different age groups.
To compare rates, an adult lift ticket purchased on site costs $57 per day. Buying the five-day Select Card costs $180, making the rate per visit plunge to $36 or $21 off the daily ticket price. That's the best deal.
But adults can also purchase a four-day card for $152, which makes each ticket cost $38. The three-day adult card costs $126, raising the per ticket rate to $42, but still $15 below the regular daily ticket price.
Select Cards are also available for juniors ages 12-17 and seniors above age 69, whose regular lift ticket costs $37. Before Dec. 5, the cards cost $99 for five days, $89 for four days, and $25 for three days. That saves $12-17 per visit to Brundage.
So what if you miss the sale deadline? Are you out of luck? Nope. You can still purchase the cards after the sale, just with a less deep discount. Starting Dec. 6, rates go up for Select Card, but they still offer up to a 15 percent discount. For instance, the five-day adult Select Card goes up to $240, which still adds up to saving $45 over purchasing five lift tickets on site or $9 off of the daily rate.
After Dec. 6, Select Cards for all age groups still yield a per visit discount of $3.50-9. That makes them even beneficial for those missing the sale. Given how the Select Cards work, they are good options for locals and visitors alike.
Select cards are available for purchase online here with after sale pricing here. They are also available for purchase at retail shops in Boise, Eagle, Nampa, Lewiston, and Moscow. Find a list of the retail outlets here.
Brundage Mountain Resort, Idaho
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text: Sculptor Moss returns for Clay Center unveiling By Judy Hamilton August 17, 2013 Story Share Chip Ellis Jeff Fetty, former Gov. Gaston Caperton and Joe Moss pose in front of Moss' sculpture "Wind Torn" at the Clay Center on Saturday. Fetty helped Moss paint and transport the sculpture. Chip Ellis Sculptor Joe Moss checks out his sculpture after it was permanently installed in front of the Clay Center on Saturday afternoon. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Besides honoring his late sister, former Gov. Gaston Caperton said that donating the "Wind Torn" sculpture to the Clay Center was a way for him to pay tribute to West Virginia-born sculptor Joe Moss.Caperton owns another Moss sculpture, "Stone Eclipse," and described the sculptor as "world class."Arif Khan, the Mary Price Ratrie curator of art at the Clay Center, agrees with Caperton's assessment. "I'm impressed with his use of materials and his long history with being involved with the arts in West Virginia," Khan said. "I think the Clay Center is an appropriate place for a piece of his art and we appreciate the donation from Governor Caperton," said Khan.Moss' work has been exhibited at museums across the globe, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He's best known for his environmental installations, which are described as interactive art because of their combination of visual art with sound to create multi-sensory environments.Moss, now 80, made the seven-hour trek from Delaware with his wife, Daphne, for the unveiling of "Wind Torn" on Saturday<co Aug. 17>.In a telephone interview earlier this week, Moss said that he, too, was very fond of the sculpture he created in 1981 and had a photograph of it in his home. He described the picture taken in the snow with footprints leading up to the sculpture as being "so powerful and so beautiful."His wife added, "The sculpture says a lot in a very serene way and it is fitting for a memorial."Joe Moss said that he was looking forward to coming to West Virginia for the unveiling of the sculpture, especially since many of his recent voyages home have been sad occasions: "A lot of my old friends have died and I come home for the funerals."Moss was born in 1933 in Kincheloe Creek, Harrison County, a community about four miles north of Jacksons Mill in Lewis County. He graduated from West Milford High School in 1951.He said than when his father asked him what he was going study in college, he answered "art." His father had a good laugh and asked him what he was really going to study. When he again said "art," his father said "Young man, if I wanted to starve to death that's exactly what I'd do." "I just drew pictures all the time as a kid and I could do it better than anyone else. It just kind of came naturally, drawing and painting," he said, explaining why he chose art. As a child growing up during the World War II years, he had a special fascination with drawing airplanes and ships.Moss studied art at West Virginia University. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from WVU and taught there for 10 years. Before that, he taught four years at Morgantown High School.In 1963, during his tenure at WVU as an art instructor, he won first prize in the Centennial Commission's art and sculpture contest for "West Virginia Moon" -- made out of a few boards, some paint and an old screen door.At that time, Moss said that although he intended for his piece to be "a quiet picture," it created a storm of controversy that caused a record-breaking 3,000 people to attend the first day of its exhibit in Huntington, and 15,000 people during the length of the exhibit."Any painting that stirs people to the heights of expression now being made is an unqualified success," Moss was quoted in a newspaper account at the time. He was happy to learn that "West Virginia Moon" is part of the permanent collection at the West Virginia State Museum. He said that he created a piece named "West Virginia New Moon" that represented West Virginia in an exhibit sponsored by the American Federation of Arts that traveled for two years. Moss is fond of the piece and is considering donating it to the state.In 1970, Moss began a 28-year tenure at the University of Delaware, as director of the Department of Art. He also was honored as an artist fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Advanced Visual Studies in 1973, 1985, and 1987-88.The installation of "Wind Torn" at the Clay Center was completed by Jeff Fetty, an award-winning artist-blacksmith from Spencer.Reach Judy E. Hamilton at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-1230. 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