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Paul and Barnabas at Lystra
8 Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was crippled from birth and had never walked. 9 He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well,[a] 10 said in a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet." And he sprang up and began walking. 11 And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian, "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!" 12 Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. 13 And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds. 14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out, 15 "Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. 16 In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways. 17 Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness." 18 Even with these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.
Paul Stoned at Lystra
19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. 20 But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe.
How many of you know someone with more money than you have?
How many of you know someone with a bigger house? How about a better job? Know anyone who seems happier than you are?
How many of you know someone who goes to church at a place where the sermons don't try to make you feel inadequate right off the bat?
The point of this is that if you want to be number one in a category, you've probably got some work to do, right? All of us know someone who might be doing better in one category or another, someone who might seem like they have it all together in some way, shape or form. Advertising is great at reminding us of our inadequacies, because someone out there has a product or system they want to sell you that will enable you to do better in a certain category. Want to make more money? Get a bigger house? Be more attractive? My email spam filter is filled with people promising just such results. We are inundated with reminders of our how inadequate we are.
Why start out talking about this? Because I believe that it's important to think about our sense of self and how we allow ourselves to be defined. Hopefully, over the last 6.5 years you've heard me emphasizing that you are a child of God, precious in his sight, worthy of love. The message of the Christian church should be that each and every person on the planet is completely worthy of Christ's, and therefore our, love, not because they have earned it but rather because we worship a God who lavishes love on his unique creations, each one made in the image of God. We carry an inherent dignity within us because of who made us and how we are made, not because of what we have done.
But the world wants to label and define us based on its standards, and this is very, very easy to buy into. Think about it—if you meet someone, what one of the first questions they're going to ask you. Easy—they'll ask what you do. It's a way we define each other. We form impressions of one another by our interior judgments of certain jobs. Also, we judge one another based on how we look and what we drive and where we live. We do this to one another, and we do this to ourselves, and we often find ourselves not measuring up, and what happens is we end up in these vicious cycles trying to keep up with a certain level of living only to discover that, once we have achieved what we thought was a comfortable level of living, there is still more work to do. It's impossible to ever get ahead, because the world is telling us that there is always someone ahead of us, and that we have to be number one. We're never allowed to rest.
See, this all matters because if we believe what God says about us, rather than what the world says about us, I believe it can fundamentally alter the way we think, live and treat one another.
Today's Scripture lesson is a great example of what can happen if you place your sense of self in the hands of others.
Paul and Barnabas are in Lystra, and they are there to proclaim the Word of God. Paul has been talking about Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world who loved us enough to die for us, and all the while a crippled man has been listening intently. Paul notices him, and he reaches out by the power of God to heal him. The man leaps up and begins to walk, and the crowd is amazed.
In fact, the crowd is so amazed that they believe that Paul and Barnabas are gods who have taken on human form. They're ready to worship Paul and Barnabas. The fatted calf is about to be killed and the entire city is going to celebrate Paul and Barnabas! They are enraptured by the presence of these two men.
Now, let's pause for a moment.
This probably feels pretty awesome, right? An entire city suddenly thinks that you are a god. You're going to get a ticker-tape parade, right? Everyone is going to adore you. People will throw parties for you. They will give you food and money and fancy clothes and nice things just because they think you're the best. You are awesome, and everyone wants to be near you. You could get used to this, right?
In America today, we have such a celebrity culture that it doesn't take much of an imagination to think about what this might be like. The paparazzi spend their lives chasing celebrities to take pictures of them, and we buy their products. We want to dress like the celebrities, do what famous people do, and it comes dangerously close to idol worship. Entire magazines are dedicated to celebrities. And most of them love the attention. They love having the eyes of the nation upon them. If I were in their shoes, I might, too. It's an easy thing to get caught up in, right?
When we let the world, define us, things like this can make us feel on top of the world.
But here, in a few short verses, we recognize how fickle the world's attention can be. We see the danger in allowing ourselves to be defined by the opinion of the world, by the adoration of the masses. If we pursue worldly fame and adoration, we may get it. But we may lose it, too.
Here, Paul and Barnabas are about to have a sacrifice made to them, but in verse 19, suddenly the passion of the crowds is stirred against them, and suddenly these folks who were worshipping Paul and Barnabas are ready to kill them. Just like that, the crowds are persuaded and Paul is dragged out of the city and stoned, and the crowd only leaves him when they believe he is dead. Like flipping a switch, the world turned on Paul and sought his life.
Friends, if we allow the opinions of others to define us, we will find ourselves crushed, because the world is a fickle place. If our sense of self depends on the affirmation of others, we're in big trouble, because you can't please everyone, and if you spend your life trying you, too, will feel like you've been run over.
So where does your heart receive satisfaction? Do you hear the still, small voice of God reminding you that you are precious in his sight? Do you let God satisfy you? Is your identity rooted in the fact that you have been made in the image of God and called to a life of discipleship? Or are you so busy trying to catch up with the people ahead of you that you've missed the voice of the Holy Spirit calling you into authentic discipleship, in which the ears of your heart listen to God's voice, and it is God that defines your life and its purpose.
If you let God, the one who made you and calls you by name, satisfy the desires of your heart, which he created, I promise that you will not live your life chasing other people. You will spend your life pursuing the vision of God, serving him by loving others, and your life will be a witness to his glory.
But it's hard work to ignore the siren call of the world, who wants to offer you its adoration. It's much harder work to let God satisfy us. But it is the work that will last forever.
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The Baby Contract – Excerpt
Abby closed her eyes tight and pressed send on her phone. Liam's phone rang once, twice, three times. A bit relieved, she waited to be routed to his voicemail.
"Liam Whitmore's office."
She sucked in a hard breath and nearly dropped the phone. "Uh…hi…this is Abby Haden, Abigail Haden that is."
"Yes, Miss Haden," the receptionist said quickly. "Please hold."
Several seconds passed.
"This is Liam."
"I…" Abby paused, searching her heart one last time. Her grip on her cellphone tightened, and her courage failed. "I…I…"
"What's the holdup?" Liam asked, his voice gruff.
She flinched. "H-holdup?" she stammered.
"Seven hundred fifty thousand dollars, and that's the final offer, Miss Haden. Take it or leave it."
Abby blinked. "That's not—"
"Take it or leave it," Liam interrupted. "I want an answer now."
His brisk tone set her on edge and raised her ire.
Her courage returned. "Fine, but I have a requirement."
His pause felt tangible through the phone, and she feared he'd had second thoughts. Not that she'd back down from her decision.
"What is it?" He nearly growled the question.
She filled her lungs with air. "I want two hundred fifty thousand upon conception, the rest after the baby is born."
Another pause. "We have a deal." His anger had disappeared, his voice holding no hint of emotion.
Abby blew out her pent-up breath. "Okay, good. I've been unable to find a clinic for the…the artificial, um, you know." She placed a cool palm on her flaming hot cheek. If it was possible to die from embarrassment, she'd be a goner for sure.
"I'm not following you, Miss Haden," Liam said. She heard papers shuffling in the background. "I'll have the contract drawn up."
"Artificial insemination," Abby blurted out.
"Artificial insemination?" He sounded taken aback. "I hadn't considered any such thing."
Abby frowned in confusion. "How else are we going to get me pregnant?"
Liam's laughter echoed through the phone. Rich and throaty, it sent a hot tingle down Abby's spine. Goose bumps broke out over her skin.
"Miss Haden, there are such pleasurable ways of making a baby that are quite successful," he said, his voice dropping to a deep rumble over the phone. Abby took a shuddering breath as it did obscene things to her insides. His tone returned to its more business-like manner. "I have a cabin in Aspen. As soon as your cycle is at the most likely time for you to conceive we'll fly up there for a week," he said. "AI would take too much time," he added.
"I-I didn't plan on that," Abby stuttered, her mind reeling. Sex hadn't been in the equation when she'd made her decision. Sex? With Liam? Oh my God. Her heart kicked into overdrive. "Look, Mr. Whitmore—"
"I'll set up an appointment with my physician for STD tests. Can you be there tomorrow afternoon by, say…" He paused briefly. "Three-thirty?"
"Mr. Whitmore, I—"
"Do you know when you'll most likely ovulate again?"
Abby blinked, she was being steamrolled.
"Miss Haden, it's a simple question. I need to know."
She looked at her calendar, she'd already figured up the days in case she'd gotten an appointment at one of the clinics she called. "Um, next week, but listen—"
Liam pushed on. "I'll have everything set up. We can leave for Aspen late Sunday evening. My personal assistant will be in touch tomorrow morning to give you directions to my physician's office."
"Mr. Whitmore, there's no way I can get off work for a week on such short notice. It's Tuesday," she insisted, trying to backpedal.
"It's taken care of. Don't worry, Abigail," he said.
The sound of her given name rolling off his tongue caught her off guard. It stopped her next objection dead in its tracks.
"What's your contact number?" he asked.
Abby gave him her cellphone number.
After a quick 'thank you' Liam hung up, leaving Abby in a bit of a stupor. His driven personality explained his business success, as well as the rumored success he had with women. He was a raging river and she had been helplessly swept along in its current.


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We are excited about returning to Zimbabwe for our fifth medical and dental outreach in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe July 30-August 9, 2020. We are partnering with Celebration Church. With over 20 years of ministry experience, Celebration Church has several campuses throughout Zimbabwe. They host medical teams throughout the year and have a passion to help the people of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is a very young nation where half the population is below 21 years old. It also has one of the lowest life expectancies in the world so this will be a much needed outreach!Missions
During this outreach we will help many of the sick and hurting who would otherwise go without the treatment they need. We will set up a general medical/dental clinic and treat the patients' needs as they present. We will also pray with all of our patients' and give them an opportunity to receive Christ. The team will be staying in a hotel based in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
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The Carolina Panthers have signed Cam Newton to a monster five-year, $103.8 million extension.
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It's surprising that Newton's huge extension came before the Russell Wilson's extension that we've been expecting all spring. Early in the year, there were reports that Wilson was going to sign an extension "bigger and crazier" than anything ever seen in the NFL.
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Newton's $104 million extension falls in the middle of those two numbers, but it's much, much more similar to Cutler's deal than Kaepernick's, which plays to Wilson's advantage. Though Newton has been a good quarterback in his first four years in the NFL, he has a lower career completion percentage than Wilson, a lower career touchdown percentage, and a higher career interception percentage. That also doesn't include Wilson's virtually unprecedented success in his first three years in the NFL, going to the Super Bowl twice and winning it once.
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You may want to change your living room and budget living room ideas are the only downside to do so. In times of crisis, few families have a comfortable economy to afford to do work at home or invest in interior design. However, you should know that it is not necessary to make a large outlay to give a facelift to your home but use budget living room ideas plan. The element can further change the look of any room is textiles.
The curtains, cushions, rug, sofa covers, can bring a touch of joy and color. For example, put a cover of an entirely different color. Painting walls is another option, but do not have to change them all. You can choose one of them and put a different tone. This may go to match the new textile that has built-in lounge.
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If you want to budget living room ideas, do not buy lamps, do it yourself. The basis of these may be a ceramic vase or bottle you like. Furthermore, a recurring ornamental element is a mirror. You can hang pictures, but a mirror, if you know look good, will always be cheaper and also with him will achieve spaciousness and light in space.
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Imagine that the climate summit conference in Copenhagen which ended last week was not a gathering of nations. Imagine a gathering of delegates from the many ages of a single nation. The fault lines would not be India and China versus the global rich, but rather China 1800 versus China 1978 versus China 2100. It would be a negotiation not between different lands but between different historical facts, different levels of survivalism.
The Copenhagen meeting was an unimaginably complex negotiation among countries; the difficulties it has faced in reaching for broad approval of a global agreement are hard to overstate. But if the conference were interpreted through a chronological, not geopolitical, lens, those difficulties could perhaps come more into focus — as a contest between the rival ideas of life and obligation that societies possess at different moments in their modernising odysseys.
Sitting at one side of the negotiating table are Western great powers at the postmodern edge of modernisation. Sitting across are developing nations decades, even centuries, behind in affluence, nutrition, literacy and urbaniSation; striving to catch up, they are less enthusiastic about crimping economic growth to cool a warming planet.
But wait. Two developing countries — India and China — also possess, by sheer size, great-power status. Never before, perhaps, have there been two nations so powerful in aggregate-income terms that are so poor relative to others at a per-person level. China is the third-richest nation over all, but it is poorer than 132 countries in per-person terms; India is fifth-richest over all, but poorer than 166 others per person.
Together, that is $11.3 trillion worth of power being steered, if you divide income by population, by a $4,500-a-year mentality. The result is that India and China face enormous pressure to think like the Western great powers of 2009 and, simultaneously, to think like those great powers did 100 years ago, when they were much more focused on economic development and much less interested in global justice.
Geopolitical issues
On geopolitical issues like climate change, India and China are encouraged to balance their internal duties as developing countries with their external responsibilities as emerging giants. They are told to short-circuit history, to avoid tactics for growth that the West now sees as errors, to assume obligations that rich lands took on only when they became much wealthier. At times, they resist this pressure. At times, they warm to it, as seen in China's efforts to reassure the world that its ambitious nuclear-power-plant programme meets sophisticated safety standards. And when they sell high-end technology or bid for the Olympics, India and China want their phase of history to be ignored. Then they want simply to "leapfrog."
This pressure to get with the global programme — whether delivered in climate talks or through the subtler cultural pressure of satellite television — can bring strange results. The leapfrogging dream can tempt countries to engage in kitsch development, to mimic modern ways without building structures to support them.
If getting with the global programme means sacrificing growth for greenness, it involves similarly wrenching tradeoffs in other spheres. In developing countries, a new globalised (and essentially Western) vision of the parent-child relationship is coming, in which the purpose of each generation is to go its own way, leave ancestors to their devices, find one's own truth.
But the idea can feel borrowed. It comes from places whose structures support it: places with nursing homes, social security, handicapped bathrooms. It arrives in places without that support. So the young agonise about their obligations to the old and the old languish, trapped between an old world that has gone and a new one that hasn't set in. India's leaders try to cope by criminalising neglect of one's parents.
Globalised values
Globalised values similarly encourage sexual liberty. Hookup culture comes to societies without the institutions that make it safe and possible elsewhere: accessible contraceptives, regulated abortion clinics, tolerant parents, police officers willing to investigate rape.
This pressure to be global-modern and yet simultaneously of one's own place is described in stark terms by Seyran Ates, a German-Turkish writer whose recent book is called "Islam Needs a Sexual Revolution." In it she details the way that many young Muslim women, without having overthrown patriarchy, have leapfrogged over it. Many engage in anal sex, she told the German magazine Der Spiegel, to preserve the hymen and, with it, the illusion of virginity.
Thanks to leapfrogging, global culture is increasingly simultaneous on the surface. But there is a "lack of simultaneity," as Ms Ates puts it, in the reality underneath.
This mirage of simultaneity may illuminate the American challenge in Afghanistan. The language American politicians use for their agenda there is the language Americans use for themselves: Afghanistan needs governance, a loyal army, a rooting out of corruption, centralisation. But critics accuse the Americans of committing a basic psychological error: "mirror imaging" — judging the other guys by where you stand and not by where they stand.
Critics of such mirror imaging remind us that those who now commend modernity to Afghanistan won it slowly themselves. They enslaved, then emancipated; segregated, then integrated; regulated, then deregulated. They fought their religious and ideological wars, then learned, achingly, not to fight them. What they did not do, those that went first on this journey, was copy the answers from the back of the book.
For India and China a climate clash with destiny
Imagine that the climate summit conference in Copenhagen which ended last week was not a gathering of nations. Imagine a gathering of delegates from the many ages of a single nation. The fault lines would not be India and China versus the global rich, but rather China 1800 versus China 1978 versus China 2100. It would be a negotiation not between different lands but between different historical facts, different levels of survivalism.


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This woman's entrepreneurial artwork spreads from fashionable gloves that have been worn by the likes of Rihanna and more- to acting, writing and production for her own independent, award winning web network Black&SexyTV. I must be careful not to exclude her interactive art exhibitions, curatorial practice and outspoken nature on propelling others to express themselves creatively as well. She comes from an intriguing background of adoption that I cannot do justice in description, but I will say this- Numa Perrier's insight on life, and relationships especially, is a key to her artistic prowess, and it's an honor that she'd share in such transparency as she has. IVYbetty please enjoy, Numa Perrier!
AI- Having seen a similar background as yours firsthand in my own life, you're someone I'd feel comfortable saying values relationships in a uniquely intense way. Share your insight on the gravity of relationships.
NP- I used to have these strong feelings when I would become close to someone – these strong feelings of fear that they would die. This came from losing so many people close to me at a young age – my brother when I was 8 and he was 10, another brother when I was 11, my adoptive father when I was 15, my adoptive mother when I was 19, also some friends over the years. Being adopted also left me with a constant sense of isolation which can make relationships or relating to people difficult. At the same time I long for close relationships and intimacy, and I do have this in my life now, but it took a long time to navigate all of that emotionally.
Conflict is natural to every relationship. I especially love the way Dude and Chick handle their conflicts in The Couple, and notice the definite difference in how its handled between the Roomieloverfriends. What have you learned about conflict from your involvement in the two opposites?
You're outspoken on helping others to realize their vision, so let's open the floor. Besides the obvious benefits of crowdfunding, how can that process transform a project/ venture?
Crowdfunding – especially on high profile platforms like Kickstarter is great PR for your project when used correctly. While you raise the money you build community- a community that will go the distance with you. They prove this by giving you their hard earned cash and it's up to you to be good to them and create a foundation for them to support any of your future endeavors as well.
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-Spike Lee
I just recently started working with Spike on a personal level. The man does not waste time. Not in his speech, not in anything. I definitely am taking a page from that. Sleep less. Get up. Wake up. Get it done. Get your team together. Lead them well. Accomplish.
I've saved this question for over a year for the right artist! My belief is that there's art anywhere there's passion; one focal area of this is the art of parenting. It's an ongoing process of creation that challenges our comfort zones and constantly requires adjustments and adaptations to our approach as our children pass through phases of development at NASCAR speeds. Since becoming a mother, how has your IVY- your Insight, Vision, and Youth grown?


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Purpose: This paper aims to analyze the role of Islamic banking in improving the agricultural sector as well as providing alternative solutions such as financing scheme for agricultural financing.
Methodology: The research method is qualitative. A review of the extant literature was carried out for collecting primary and secondary data. In-depth interviews with key informants such the farmer and Islamic bank financing manager were also conducted. Data analysis was performed by adopting data reduction, data display with SWOT matrix, verification, and conclusion.
Main findings: This paper finds that Islamic banking allocates financing for agricultural sector which is less than 10 percent of total financing. The finding is in line with the problem faced by the farmer. Based on the interview, it is known that the main problem of agriculture industry is limited access to the source of capital. The second finding pertains to the lack of Islamic banking's role in agricultural financing caused by high risk perception and minimum competence of human resources to maintain the agricultural financing.
Applications: This paper suggests the implementation of Ba'I As Salam scheme as an alternative for agricultural financing. Salam Financing Scheme is more suitable for agricultural financing than the murabaha financing that are commonly used today. Because the salam financing scheme intends to finance the sale and purchase of new commodities that are to be processed or produced and the delivery of their goods in the future, as well as allow for irregular payment schemes made in the harvest. Some of these advantages can be agricultural financing solution that is more in line with the characteristics of agricultural sector cash flow.
Novelty/Originality of this study: Previous Studies related to the agricultural sector only deals with the impact of agricultural finance without offering low cost financing models as the solution to the main problem in the agricultural sector. This study provides solutions to these problems.
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With the second half of the season kicking off on Thursday, we took some time to reflect on the year up to this point. We'll have a couple more things coming out later this week, but for today, we present to you: first-half grades!
There's really no scientific accuracy to our grading scale, but the three of us (Sarah, Judy and Andrew) each compared our individual grades for each player. The grades you see below are the rough average of our three grades.
Statistics were a factor, but we also considered expectations entering the season, improvement from last season and off-ice intangibles in our grades. We've also taken time to explain why we gave the grades we did, which you can read more in-depth below.
Feel free to debate, agree/disagree or otherwise discuss our grades in the comments below! We'd love to hear what you guys think.
Robbie Baillargeon: B
Baillargeon hasn't quite had the offensive improvement yet this year that we might've expected, but he hasn't made any game-altering mistakes either. He's an extremely conservative player, but that's probably been one of his biggest downfalls so far. He played much more aggressively and physically against Quinnipiac in the final game before break, which I think is a good glimpse into his potential. If he continues that play through the second half, that would be a huge and necessary boost for the team. — SK
Bobo Carpenter: B+
Well, to quote A.J. Greer, "he wins draws." Carpenter looks much more comfortable at center than at wing, and has looked more calm and refined in recent games. If anything, he's looked overeager at times, but that'll improve with maturity as the season continues. — SK
Ryan Cloonan: B+
For me, at least, Cloonan is hands down the biggest surprise this season. He wasn't the most heralded member of BU's freshman class coming in, but he had an absolutely remarkable start to the season, earning himself a top-six position. He's quick and crafty, and though he's quieted a bit after his strong start, he's still added an element that this offense might have otherwise been missing. — SK
Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson: A-
One of the most engaging players on the ice wherever he is, Forsbacka Karlsson is a competent, two-way center who contributes in all facets of the game. Whether it's at even strength or on special teams, he's incredibly deft with his stick, no matter the zone, and makes at least one play a game that leaves me just shaking my head. For me, the freshman has probably been my favorite player to watch so far this season. —JC
Jordan Greenway: B/B+
Greenway started out on the first line in the first few games of the season, but he never really found a rhythm. Even with a bump down to the second unit, he still just lacked the touch to finish plays. Quinn noted a few times Greenway was missing a "killer instinct." Like a lot of young power forwards, the freshman has taken time to adjust to the more physical college game, but ever since Red Hot Hockey against then-No. 16 Cornell University, Greenway has picked his play up a notch or two. He finished the first half strong with six points in the final five games, and his use of the body to protect the puck, especially below the goal line, is what really stood out. He's my player to watch in terms of stepping up in the second half. — AB
A.J. Greer: C+
It seemed like everyone was waiting for the moment for Greer to break out. Would it be the one-time strike against the University of North Dakota in the Frozen Four? Or maybe the goal he had at this year's Red Hot Hockey? Neither of those moments, or any others for that matter, proved to be the one that got Greer going. Whether or not the Kimball Union Academy product wasn't a good fit in BU's system is beside the point. He got time toward the end of his tenure on the Terriers' first line, but never played above the level of a fourth-liner. His final point total speaks for itself — 17 points in 55 NCAA games. He left the team and put BU in a tough position. He's a young and promising player, but it's hard to find a positive with a player who does that. — AB
Tommy Kelley: B
Kelley hasn't had a ton of time in the lineup this year and shouldered his way in mostly due to necessity with injuries, but the junior has definitely made the most of it. In his six games suiting up, he stayed on pucks and worked hard up and down the ice, even netting his first goal in almost two years during the team's loss to the University of Vermont on Dec. 4. — JC
Matt Lane: A-
It's been thrilling to see how much Lane has really come through during his senior year. He's tied for a team-best plus-10, and has already matched his goal total from last season (eight). Lane also gets personality points from us — not really in the "we think he's a good guy" sense (though he is), but it's clear that his attitude has a positive impact on this team. We have a joke about how we feel like we only talk to Lane after the team loses, but whether post-victory or post-loss, Lane is always positive yet realistic. He's a mature, calming presence that this young team needs, especially on the ice in the absence of Grzelcyk. — SK
Dillon Lawrence: Incomplete
It was nice to see him get a bit of playing time against Quinnipiac, and he didn't look half bad, either. I'm not sure how much more we'll see him out on the ice this year, particularly considering BU's brought in second-half reinforcements at forward, but Quinn mentioned after the Quinnipiac game that he's been playing well in practice — though added that he may lack some confidence. He's a perfectly fine player, though, and if he keeps building up the confidence he needs to earn playing time, then that's all the better. — SK
Mike Moran: B
A guy that's never going to light up the stat sheet, Moran has done probably what you would've expected going into the season as the team's fourth-line center. He brings a good energy to the game and is a strong veteran presence to have on the penalty kill. It'd be nice to see him tally or goal here or there, but that's not what you have him out there for. — AB
Danny O'Regan: A-
He started the year off as the team's first-line center, taking over for the departed Jack Eichel, but O'Regan has found a home on the wing. It never seems to be flashy, but O'Regan remains an important contributor to the offense. His team-leading 19 points are tied for sixth in Hockey East, while his 10 power-play points are tied for fourth in the conference. It'll be paramount for BU to have O'Regan continue to play well, particularly depending on injured players' post-break prognosis. — AB
Ahti Oksanen: A-
Last year, it took until BU's 18th game for Oksanen to score his ninth goal. Through 18 games this year, Oksanen has nine goals. A lot of the talk before this season was that Oksanen's numbers would decline with Eichel going to the NHL. But his 16 points say otherwise. He doesn't have the best hands and isn't close to being the fastest skater on the team, but his ability to shoot the puck is unmatched on this team. It's hard to find someone better than he is on one-timers for BU. The only concern is the upper-body injury that he suffered against then-No. 2 Quinnipiac University. While a source told the blog before the break the team was hopeful for his return on Jan. 7, it's unclear as of yet whether he'll actually be ready. — AB
Nikolas Olsson: B
If Red Hot Hockey taught us anything, it's that Olsson can change the entire makeup of a line. Slotted in on freshman center Bobo Carpenter's right, the sophomore tallied helpers on each of the two goals his linemates scored during the evening. Olsson brings a physical presence to the game but also has a level of skill that gives him the ability to generate legitimate chances on net. However, upper-body injuries following hits he's thrown have caused him to miss a total of seven games this season, including the most recent three before the break. As soon as that line that was so successful against Cornell started gelling, he was out again in the following game against the University of Vermont. Physicality is obviously an important element of his game, but it's also gotten in his way thus far. — JC
Chase Phelps: B
No real complaints concerning Phelps' play in his sophomore season, and he's even been given more responsibility as a regular on the penalty killing unit so far. With some line shuffling during Connecticut weekend, the winger was tasked with jumping up a spot or two and performed admirably in a tough situation as well. — JC
Nick Roberto: Incomplete
We won't see him this season, as the team announced his suspension for the remainder of the year due to an investigation of gambling activity. — SK
Brien Diffley: B-/B
It's been an odd year for Diffley. He was a staple on defense last season, pairing with Somerby just about every game. Before this year, he was considered by some scouts to be a potential 2015 NHL draft pick. With freshman Charlie McAvoy emerging, though, it's been harder for Diffley to find a permanent role on the D corps. He's been in and out of the lineup, even shuffling to forward for a game when BU found itself shorthanded. Instability aside, Diffley hasn't been too bad, but hasn't done all that much to stand out on a crowded blue line. — AB
Brandon Fortunato: B+/A-
I think we're all holding our breath for the day that Fortunato finally gets a penalty. It hasn't happened yet, but he's not the most physical player anyway. Which is fine — he's not a big guy, and he compensates for that by using his speed and sly skill to his advantage. Most importantly, he's more willing to shoot this year, which was definitely our biggest frustration with him last season, and it's paid off — he's become one of the league's top-scoring defensemen. —SK
Matt Grzelcyk: A- (but sort of incomplete)
The captain's season has just been injury nightmare after injury nightmare. In his first game back after offseason knee surgery against Northeastern University on Nov. 6, Grzelcyk found himself down on the ice being aided by a trainer for quite some time. That turned out to be nothing, but not too many games later, Grzelcyk was down on the ice again – hurting the opposite knee — and a "setback" in practice put him out even longer. In the time that's he played healthily, he's been terrific both skill-wise and confidence-wise for BU. It's a shame, for him and the team as a whole, that his senior season has been marred so badly. — SK
Brandon Hickey: A-
Hickey continues to do Hickey things. Following a rookie season in which he established himself as one of the best defensemen on the team, the sophomore has followed up with a second year of dependable play. He is an always reliable option from a defensive standpoint and is also willing and able to help facilitate offense as well. —JC
John MacLeod: C+/B-
After a solid freshman campaign, MacLeod looked primed to build on his success at the beginning of this year. He appeared faster and more comfortable joining the offense. But at times, and as games wore on, the sophomore reverted to some of the undisciplined play he succumbed to at the start of his rookie season. There's nothing glaringly wrong with the way MacLeod has played as a whole this year in his continued role as a stay-at-home defenseman, but of all returning players, he looks the most to have lost a step. —JC
Charlie McAvoy: B
Much was to be expected of McAvoy when he arrived at BU this fall, but the projected first round pick, who turned 18 two weeks ago, has struggled a bit adjusting to hockey at the collegiate level. He showcased early that he's a talented puck-moving defenseman, earning a spot on the top power-play unit, but the defensive side of his game needed some fine-tuning. The last few weeks have indicated signs of just that. In his past handful of games, the blue liner has looked more responsible in his own zone and shown improved judgment when starting and joining rushes. Collectively, we gave McAvoy a B for the first half, but I gave him a B/B+ because I believe he's trending upward and will continue to do so after the break. — JC
Doyle Somerby: A-/A
Since his freshman year where he led the team in penalty minutes, Somerby has continually improved his game. You'd be hard-pressed to find a player who's sounder in the defensive end. He makes smart plays and his size speaks for itself. Mostly thought of as your typical stay-at-home defenseman, Somerby has added some offense with three goals and five assists. But why he really gets the A in our book is that he's done a lot of this without captain Matt Grzelcyk. He's established himself as a good player and a solid leader. — AB
Shane Switzer: B/B+ (but also, sort of incomplete)
Switzer was the player where the three of us had the most disagreement grading-wise, but it's hard to give a full assessment given his limited ice time. I admittedly tend to be a bit more on the pro-Switzer (#FreeSwitzer ?) side, personally. But from what I've seen so far, Switzer has made very few, if any, significant mistakes, always has clean passes, and is suitably physical without being stupid about it. With a depleted bench, Switzer should get more playing time in the second half, and whether that's at defense or even forward will remain to be seen, but he should thrive at either position. — SK
Connor LaCouvee: B+
I'll admit I was initially nervous about LaCouvee being the team's best option at goaltender when Sean Maguire had a few rough starts to begin the season. But he's looked a whole lot sharper than I think any of us anticipated, and has come up big time and time again for BU — he keeps his team in games, and stopped a penalty shot earlier this season. Even if he lets in a few goals, he's able to stay calm enough and keep the game from getting out of control. On top of that, we can always count on him for some hilarious postgame quotes — and a fun celly here and there. — SK
Sean Maguire: B
The start to Maguire's season was a little bit less than ideal but was to be expected after the netminder missed a year due to concussion. And understandably, as the year has progressed, the senior is still working his way back to form. He looks more comfortable and dialed in between the pipes and is improving with each start he makes. This was most recently highlighted by a stellar outing against an undefeated Quinnipiac University team. The Bobcats tested Maguire a total of 37 times, but he was able to earn the win and safely turn aside all but one shot that beat him for a goal. —JC
Max Prawdzik: Incomplete.
He hasn't gotten any time in net, which is understandable, given the competition and experience ahead of him. He absolutely gets an A from all three of us, however, for how his hair always looks perfect. Seriously, even after he's had a helmet on for an entire practice, his hair always seems to be in place. We're jealous. — SK
Coaching staff: B
If you'd told us before the season started that this team would have a 9-6-3 record at winter break, then we probably would've been pretty surprised at that number of losses. But after 18 games of watching this team, 9-6-3 — and within the top 15 in Pairwise — honestly feels a bit generous. We're possibly a bit spoiled with having last year's team as a point of comparison, but this year's team has seemed uninspired at many points, and we generally just don't feel as optimistic about this team's ability to come back from deficits.
After a rough weekend against Michigan, Quinn blamed himself and his staff for the team's unenergetic and "lethargic" play that led to a loss. We aren't going to blame uninspired play entirely on the coaching staff — coaches can yell and stress focus all they want, but ultimately the players are accountable there.
But to an extent, there have been some head-scratching games where one would expect the team to come out with energy, yet somehow come out flat. That's not to say they've done this every game, because BU has had some big wins this year, but that's what makes this year a bit frustrating. Some of the lineup decisions have been questionable (read: A.J. Greer on the first line that one time, and some confusing defensive pairings), at least to us, and we wonder if that has had any significant effect on the ice.
We certainly understand the injury bug and growing pains, and we absolutely understand that this team doesn't have the cheat code it had last year. But there's no reason why this team, even with a depleted roster due to injury or suspension, shouldn't be playing a whole lot better. And to be fair, the team has looked considerably better as the season's progressed — save the loss on Dec. 4 to Vermont — so most of this may be in the past. Props to Quinn and Co. for guiding his team to some marquee wins, particularly the most recent one against Quinnipiac, but we aren't entirely convinced that the team's completely turned the corner yet. — SK/AB


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Cabinet approves bigger B3.2tn budget
BANGKOK: The Cabinet on Monday approved a slightly higher budget of B3.2 trillion for the 2020 fiscal year to bolster the economy, which is growing at its weakest pace in nearly five years.
The first reading of the bill in parliament is scheduled for next week, but it is not expected to be passed into law for four more months due to political delays. The fiscal year began on Oct 1.
"The budget bill has been approved by the cabinet and it will be submitted to parliament today," Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told reporters.
Overall spending will be about 7% higher than the previous year's B3trn, with a deficit projected at B469 billion, or 2.6% of gross domestic product (GDP), up from the previous year's B450bn gap.
Government investments are projected at B656bn, or 20.5% of all spending, up from last year's B649bn.
The budget bill is expected to be effective in early February, after gaining all approvals and the King's endorsement in late January, Budget Bureau chief Dechapiwat Na Songkhla told Reuters.
The budget has been delayed because the country only had its new Cabinet in July after March's general election.
The budget bill needs to pass three readings in the lower house of parliament, in which the government has a fragile majority. The first reading is scheduled for Oct 17-18, and second and third readings in early January.
Last week, Gen Prayut said he hoped the bill would be passed, otherwise "people in the whole country will suffer, farmers will suffer, not only me".
Nomura economist Charnon Boonnuch in Singapore said the slim majority "poses some threat" to the bill being approved.
"Any failure will not only imply a further slowdown in government spending but also heightened political uncertainty," he said.
Bank of Thailand Governor Veerathai Santiprabhob told Reuters on Friday that there were some projects such as public-private partnerships and investments by state-owned enterprises that were not constrained by the budget.
Like many of its trade-reliant neighbours in Asia, Thailand's exports have been hit hard by slowing global demand and the escalating US-China trade war.
While waiting for the new budget, officials have said there will be some funds carried over from the past year, while current expenditure can proceed as usual. The government has also asked state enterprises, which use a financial year, to speed up their investments.
The government in August launched a B300bn stimulus package, and said it would introduce more.
The central bank recently cut its 2019 growth forecast to 2.8% from 3.3%. Last year's growth was 4.1%, which lagged most regional peers.
Courtesy: Published at The Phuket News on October 8, 2019 by Bangkok Post


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Epilepsy; Genetics; Neuromuscular Diseases
Research interests
Our research interests focus on the identification of genetic risk factors underlying epilepsies. Only a small proportion of the heritability can be attributed to known Mendelian (monogenic) disorders. The vast majority of the heritability is still unknown and thought to be caused by either common or rare genetic variants with smaller effect sizes. The ultimate goal will be to identify these risk factors and to understand the complex genetic architecture of common epilepsies. To achieve this goal we genotype and sequence candidate genes or whole genomes/exomes of patients with epilepsies.
Techniques, methods & infrastructure
State of the art genotyping (various techniques including SNP-arrays), conventional Sanger sequencing as well as next generation sequencing methods. A large part of the work includes recruiting and clinically characterizing patients.
- Multiple rare variants in rolandic epilepsy (2010)
Source of Funding: FWF (Austrian Science Fund), International Programmes: EUROCORES; EuroEPINOMICS
Principal Investigator
- The role of allele-polymorhisms in the PDYN gene in epilepsies (1999)
Source of Funding: OeNB (Oesterreichische Nationalbank), Anniversary Fund
Principal Investigator
- The role of calciumsignals and opioids in temporal lobe epilepsy (1998)
Source of Funding: FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Stand-Alone Projects
Principal Investigator
Selected publications
- Reinthaler, E.M. et al., 2014. 16p11.2 600 kb Duplications confer risk for typical and atypical Rolandic epilepsy. Human Molecular Genetics, 23(22), pp.6069-6080. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddu306.
- Lemke, J.R. et al., 2013. Mutations in GRIN2A cause idiopathic focal epilepsy with rolandic spikes. Nat Genet, 45(9), pp.1067-1072. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng.2728.
- Rath, J. et al., 2017. Iodinated contrast agents in patients with myasthenia gravis: a retrospective cohort study. Journal of Neurology, 264(6), pp.1209-1217. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00415-017-8518-8.
- Reinthaler, E.M. et al., 2015. Rare variants in γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptor genes in rolandic epilepsy and related syndromes. Annals of Neurology, 77(6), pp.972-986. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ana.24395.
- Schlachter, K. et al., 2009. A splice site variant in the sodium channel gene SCN1A confers risk of febrile seizures. Neurology, 72(11), pp.974-978. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000344401.02915.00.


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Grafting Eco-Diasporic Identity in Randa Abdel-Fattah's Selected Novels
This paper is based on three selected novels entitled Does My Head Look Big In This? (2005), Ten Things I Hate About Me (2006), and Where The Streets Had A Name (2008) written by Randa Abdel-Fattah (1979), a Palestinian-Egyptian Australian Muslim diasporic writer. In this article, we examine the manifestations of grafting eco-diasporic identity by Abdel-Fattah in order to address how identity graft is operated by interacting with ideology, culture and nature in the contexts of the host land and the homeland as represented in the three selected novels. Using Colin Richards' theory of graft as a framework, we explore identity contestations of Muslim young adults in the novels from an ecocritical and diasporic perspectives. In the novel Does My Head Look Big In This?, the images of Amal's sense of being marginalised in the semiosphere of the host land and the sense of self-respect of her Muslim rootedness and heritage of the homeland semiosphere frame the fractured graft of identity. The character of Jamilah, in Ten Things I Hate About Me displays genuine manifestations of the collective emblem of the grafted identity. Finally, the symbol of the iconic jar of the homeland soil and its potentiality of regenerating Hayaat's identity in Where the Streets Had A Name exhibits the ecological semiosphere in which the grafted identity is shaped. The current discussion, therefore, offers fresh insights into allowing a new horizon for identity grafting in Abdel-Fattah's works as well as other writers within the tradition of Muslim Diasporic Literature.
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