text: As a leader on our National Aquarium Animal Rescue team, from traveling up and down the Atlantic coast for stranding events to managing animal feeding schedules for our volunteers. When we have rescue animals in our rehabilitation center, I work closely with our team to treat and monitor the health of each animal. In my spare time, my job requires grant writing, data and research collection, budgeting, long-term planning and much more! Background What did you want to be when you were growing up? Ever since my first trip to the beach when I was 5, I knew I wanted to work somewhere that involved marine animals. I briefly diverted from this when I entered school to be a pharmacist, but my instincts drew me right back to the marine science field. What did you study in school? Environmental Science and Biology. How did you get started in your field of work? I worked teaching marine science at a field station right out of college, and met the then manager of the Animal Rescue Program. I knew immediately that I wanted to get involved, so he invited me to become a volunteer with the program. I packed up and moved to Baltimore to become a full-time volunteer three days a week, and worked as many part-time jobs as I needed to pay my bills. My hard work paid off 10 months later, when I became an official full-time staff member with the program, and have been moving up since then. At the Aquarium How long have you been at the Aquarium? Since 2004. I love what I do because... No one day is the same, and I love being able to give hope to protected and endangered species. Most memorable moment at the Aquarium The day I went from a volunteer to a paid staff member! If you could have any other job at the Aquarium for one day, what job would it be and why? A photographer! I would love to spend a day photographing all the diverse jobs and animals that the Aquarium has to offer. Fun Facts Hometown: Williamsport, PA. Home of the Little League World Series! Favorite Animal: Manatees. My first marine encounter was with a manatee in its natural environment in Florida… I've been hooked ever since. Goats are a close second! Three (OK - four!) things you never leave home without? Chapstick A reusable bag My library card Cell phone If you could have lunch with anyone (alive or dead), who would it be? I guess I would have to say the cast from the 2001-2002 season of Saturday Night Live. One lesson you wish you'd learned earlier in life? Not to stress about events that are beyond on your control. Back to the Top


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Leading Foundations Partner to Accelerate Critical Biomarker Research in AD and Related Dementias
Outcomes Could Lead to Development of New and Cost-Effective Tools for Early Detection
The Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Initiative (ADDI) at the New York Academy of Sciences (the Academy) in partnership with the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF), and with generous support by AstraZeneca, Janssen, Lilly, Merck, and Takeda, has awarded a $140,000 challenge grant to Blaine Roberts, PhD, Head of the Metalloproteomics Laboratory at The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health in Australia. Dr. Roberts will be conducting research to validate a developmental blood test for Alzheimer's disease.
"Alzheimer's disease is a growing public health issue that requires collaboration from industry, academia and government leaders," said Ellis Rubinstein, president and chief executive officer of the Academy. "We believe that this partnership offers us a unique opportunity to convene valuable resources to advance promising research."
Dr. Roberts and team have identified three plasma proteins that could be used as biomarkers, or biological indicators of Alzheimer's disease in the brain. The proteins in the blood will be tested for their ability to correlate to amyloid plaques in the brain – one of the defining features of Alzheimer's disease. His team also hopes to develop hypotheses on interventions that may delay onset of Alzheimer's disease and eventually develop a cost-effective diagnostic test to screen for Alzheimer's 15- 20 years before the manifestation of symptoms.
"We calculate that the blood test we are developing will reduce the cost of patient recruitment for clinical trials by more than half, and help identify specific therapies to treat individuals with the pathology," said Dr. Roberts.
The discovery and development of treatments for Alzheimer's disease has been stymied by a lack of definitive clinical diagnosis that would help identify appropriate patients, particularly in the early presymptomatic stage for investigational studies. The diagnostic test could be an affordable non-invasive blood-based alternative to current methods used in major clinical trials.
"There is tremendous benefit from detecting Alzheimer's early not only in costs, but also quality of life for patients, caregivers and the public," said Howard Fillit, MD, executive director and chief science officer of the ADDF. "We are so excited to partner with the New York Academy of Sciences and other industry experts to accelerate cutting edge research to prevent, treat and cure this devastating neurodegenerative disease."
This project will yield greater understanding of how biomarkers and amyloid levels in the brain correlate. Research is being conducted in conjunction with the Cooperative Research Centre for Mental Health in Australia, in which industry and clinical end-users will help Dr. Roberts and his team ensure that the study is integrated into medical and healthcare products.
About the Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Initiative
The New York Academy of Sciences' Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Initiative (ADDI) aims to accelerate the transfer of basic research about disease mechanisms into the development of diagnostics, preventative measures, and disease-modifying therapeutics—through an international, multi-sector partnership focused on Alzheimer's disease and dementia. For more information, please visit www.nyas.org/ADDI. For more information on Dr. Roberts' research project, please visit www.nyas.org/WhatWeDo/Alzheimers.aspx.
About the New York Academy of Sciences
The New York Academy of Sciences is an independent, not-for-profit organization that since 1817 has been committed to advancing science, technology, and society worldwide. With 22,000 members in 100 countries, the Academy is creating a global community of science for the benefit of humanity. The Academy's core mission is to advance scientific knowledge, positively impact the major global challenges of society with science-based solutions, and increase the number of scientifically informed individuals in society at large. For more information, please visit www.nyas.org.


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This morning I've been asked if I would share with you as we go through some of the distinctives that are precious to the heart of The Master's College on the subject of the local church. Most of you know, of course, that my passion is the local church. My love is the local church. A lot of you were with us yesterday. We had an absolutely unbelievable and unforgettable day as we thanked the Lord for 35 years of ministry at Grace Church. I'm often asked why I'm a pastor. Did any of you see that article in The Signal yesterday? How could you miss it?
When I was being interviewed by the writer for that, and when I was being interviewed by the writer who wrote the article in the Times a couple of weeks ago, they all want to know why I'm in ministry. Some of them asked me why I'm not a lawyer because it seems like I like to argue about things. Some of them say, "I thought you were in athletics in college and you played football and this, why didn't you go into an athletic career?"
And I've even been asked at having been a pastor for so many years, "Why are you still a pastor? Don't you get tired of it? You could be the president of a school and wouldn't that be enough of a job to keep a normal person occupied? Or you could be a radio preacher and teacher, and maybe write a few books. Why do you go on pastoring a church? Aren't churches places where you have a lot of problems? Isn't it tough dealing with volunteers?
"You have to work with the people that God gives you. Isn't it difficult preparing two sermons every week of your life and delivering them? Isn't it difficult living in a goldfish bowl and having all that responsibility, and trying to deal with the sins of people, and fouled-up marriages, and messed-up homes, and wayward kids, and all the problems? Why do you do that? Why is the church so precious to you that you would, among all the things that you might do with your life, do that?"
And so as I approached the theme of the church this morning, and just share it with you, there's so much that can be said. I've written numerous books on the subject. And last night I was sitting in my little blue easy chair and I was looking through some of my old books, and notes, and things, and saying, "What am I going to say to these kids in a half an hour this morning about the church that's going to leave some indelible impression on them?"
I could go through the whole book of Acts, the whole book of Ephesians, or whatever and try to unfold some of the principles. We could talk about issues of church leadership, or church government, or format, or ministry, or whatever. And I really went to bed last night with absolutely nothing in my mind because I couldn't seem to come up with what I ought to share.
I came in the office this morning and I sat down and I thought to myself, "Why am I in the church?" That's a fair question. And here's the answer I wrote down on this piece of paper.
There are several reasons why I love the church, not only as a pastor but as a Christian. If I'm not at Grace Church, if I'm somewhere else in America, I'll find a church on the Lord's Day. And if I'm not preaching, which is a rare thing, I'll find a church where I can just go and be. I want to be in a church. I love the church. And I'll give you a few reasons why.
Number one reason I love the church is it's the only institution Jesus ever builds and promises to bless. With all that Jesus could have done, might have done in the world, had the power to do, He only built one institution, that's the church. In Matthew chapter 16 Jesus said, "I will build My church, I will build My church." You know, that's a marvelous statement. He never said He'd build anything else. All He ever said He'd build is a church - not a college, not a radio ministry, He'd only build a church.
One time a reporter said to me, "Do you have a desire to build the church? You have a fast-growing church, you have a - are you driven by this? Do you have a big desire to build the church?"
And I said, "I have no desire to build the church."
He said, "Why?"
I said, "Because Jesus said He'd build the church and I don't want to compete with Him."
I really have no desire to build the church. I've never asked the Lord for any more people at Grace Church than we have. That's enough responsibility to have what we've got without having more responsibility. After all, Hebrews 13 says I have to give an account to God for what I do.
I have to just let the Lord build the church, and that's a tremendous joy for me. I'm not a part of a man-building operation. I never wanted to come to the end of my life and look back and say, "I wonder whether I did this or God did this." I guess I've had a fear of that, and that's why I really resist gimmicks, and intimidation, and formulas, and marketing strategies, and whatever else kind of stuff comes down the pike.
All I know about the church is that Jesus said He would build His church, and the Bible says He'll build His church through the power of the Word and the power of the Spirit. And anything else may end up with a man-constructed institution. I don't want to come to the end of my ministry, look back and say, "Was this God or was it me? Was it part Him, part me?" I want to be able to look back and say, "Well, I only preached the Word. That's all I ever preached. And I depended on the power of the Holy Spirit, so it's His church." I don't really want to be a part of anything that God isn't building.
Once I was asked to be a president of another institution and I said, "I can't do that because I have to pastor a church. I have to be in a church. I have to be a part of what Jesus is building." I can come alongside some other things that help the church, and strengthen the church, like the college, or whatever it might be, but I have to pour my life into the church.
Do you know, young people, most people who graduate from seminary do not go into ministry in a church? That's amazing. That is why at The Master's Seminary we're committed to producing pastor/teachers who can exposit the Word of God as a life-commitment in the church. It's the most exciting, creative, thrilling adventure that anyone could ever have, to go along with Christ as He builds His church, or as Denise sang, "He builds His kingdom."
Secondly, I love the church because the church is going to win in the end. I'm a part of a winner. A lot of people start businesses that fail, you know that? A lot of people pour their life into a career and end up with little or nothing. Some people decide they're going to go into finance and investments and they lose it all. Some people decide they're going to start a business and it goes belly up. Some people get into a career, and a few years into the career, it's tedious, and tasteless, and it's not an adventure, and it doesn't really matter, and who cares? It has no lasting value, and there's no guarantee that it's going to have any major impact on changing society.
But I'll tell you this. Pour your life into the church and you're going to be a part of the winner. Because Jesus also said, "I'll build My church and the gates of Hades shall not overpower it." "The gates of Hades" is a Jewish statement referring to death. The gates of Hades simply a symbol of death to the Jews. And Jesus is saying this, "I will build My church and death won't stop Me."
You see, death is Satan's most powerful weapon. He first used it on Christ. He thought if he could kill the builder of the church, he could kill the church. But the builder came out of the grave. And then not only that, but throughout the history of the church, he has endeavored to wipe the church out. He slaughtered the church, killed the church. People have died as martyrs, and even to this day are still dying as martyrs for the cause of Jesus Christ. The most powerful weapon that Satan has, however, cannot stamp out the church, and any student of church history will tell you the blood of the martyrs becomes the seed in which the church flourishes.
Jesus said, "All that the Father gives to Me shall come to Me and I will lose none of them. Satan will not snatch anybody out of My hand. All that the Father has determined to redeemed will be redeemed and nobody's going to get lost in the process." And then Jesus said in John 6, "I will raise him up at the last day." Everybody the Father puts His hand on will come to Me. Everybody who comes to Me I will hold, and everybody I hold will be raised at the last day.
The church is going to be victorious. That's why if you read Hebrews chapter 12, you see the church, the firstborn triumphantly in heaven, and they're going to be there triumphant in total in glory. You come in to Revelation chapter 4, and you see the church represented by the 24 elders and they are singing, "Praise to the Lamb. Worthy is the Lamb that was slain." And there they are in their glory.
I'm a part of something that is eternal. I'm a part of something that is a winner in the sense that it's eternal. I'm pouring my life into the church that Jesus is building and Satan's most powerful weapon, death, cannot even stop it. And some day the church totally intact with nobody lost, but all the Father draws who come are kept by Christ, and nothing will separate them from His love, but they'll dwell with Him forever in eternity as the church glorified and triumphant. And I'll be there, and you who love Christ will be there, and we'll be the winners, and we'll inherit the glory forever and ever. I've always wanted to be on the winning side. Haven't always been, but I am this time.
The third reason that I love the church is because it is the most precious - the most precious - possession that God has on earth. You say, "How do you know that?" Because in Acts 20:28 we read this. "Be on guard for yourselves - " talking to the elders at the church at Ephesus. "Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, - " listen " - to shepherd the church of God." And then this, "Which He purchased with - " what? " - His own blood."
How precious is the church? How precious is the church? Peter says, "You were not redeemed with corruptible things like silver and gold from your former manner of life, but with the precious blood of the Lamb, spotless and without blemish." God has paid the infinite price.
"What - " says Paul to the carnal Corinthians. "What? Do you not know that your body is the temple of God? The temple of the Holy Spirit, which you have from God, and you are not your own for you were - " what? " - bought with a price." Jesus Christ Himself knew the price, and He felt it as He knelt in the garden that night with the disciples falling asleep. And He said, "Father, please let this cup pass from Me. This is more than I can bear, to shed My blood as My life is crushed out of Me by the sheer weight of the sins of the world."
I love the church. I love the church because Christ loved the church, and He loved it enough to give His blood for it. And I don't like it when people speak against the church or diminish the church. It's the only institution Jesus ever built, and the only one He ever promised to bless, and it's the winner. It's the winner. All other institutions and associations will end, and the church triumphant will occupy the glories of eternal heaven. And the price, inestimable, beyond belief. That's how precious the church is.
There's a fourth reason I love the church. I love the church because it's the earthly expression of the heavenly kingdom. It's the closest thing - are you ready for this? - to heaven on earth. It is. Do you remember back in Matthew when Jesus was giving the sermon on the mount and He said, "This is how you're supposed to pray?" You remember that? How are you supposed to pray?
"Our Father who art in heaven - " say it with me " - hallowed be Thy name, Thy - " stop right there. "Thy kingdom come." Now the next line, "Thy will be done." What's the rest, "On earth as it is in heaven." Hm. Now where do you think God's will is going to be done on earth as it is in heaven? Where? In the government? In the educational system? In the moral value system of us? No. Only one place where God's will in heaven is done on earth, where is it? Church.
In Matthew chapter 18 there's a very, very important passage about the church, and I just want to mention it to you. I don't want to take time to unfold all of it. Matthew 18:15 says this. "If your brother sins, go and reprove him in private." That's pretty simple, isn't it? People say sometimes, "What do I do if I see a Christian sinning?" Go to him and tell him he's sinning. That's pretty clear. Just go to him in private and say, "You're sinning." You say, "Really?" Yeah, that's right. "And if he listens to you, you've won your brother." I mean it. You really will win your brother if you go to him in private and confront his sin. You'll win your brother.
Recently I got a phone call from a dear friend, and he said, "I have a friend. You baptized him. He's left his wife and he's living with another woman. What shall we do?" I said, "Well, I'll meet you Saturday morning at church at nine o'clock the next day and we'll go, and we'll confront him, because you've got to go to your - " That's what it says. It's not too hard to interpret that, is it?
So we went to the house. He was coming back to his wife's house from which he had departed to be with another person. And we were just in the living room. We parked around the corner because we thought he might run if he saw a familiar car. So we were sitting in the living room when he walked in to pick up some of his things. That's a shock to have John MacArthur sitting in your living room when you're engaged in immorality.
And he walks in and he goes, "Baa - baa." He couldn't speak. He said, "What are you doing here?" And we just confronted him. And he wept and he said, "I want to repent. I want to do what's right." And so - I never had a very close relationship with him, but now he calls me three times a week because I told him, "You have to call me three times a week and tell me you're living a pure life."
His wife was unsaved, wouldn't take him back. And he had spent a year trying to live a Christian life, and then he just shattered the testimony. But there's a sense in which there's a bond between the two of us now that's not like anything that ever existed before.
Now what happens if your brother doesn't listen? If he says, "You know, I'm not interested in that. Get out of my sight." Then you take two or three witnesses and gang up on him. If he still doesn't listen, verse 17 says, "Tell the whole church. Tell the whole church." You say, "Why do you tell the whole church?" So they can all gang up on him. And if he still doesn't listen, you put him out as if he was an unbeliever.
You say, "Man, that's hard. I mean, you can't just run around the church looking at people and saying, 'You're sinning, you better repent. I'm going to tell the whole church.'" I remember when we started the to follow the Matthew 18, 20 years ago or so, one pastor said to me, "You'll empty the place. You'll absolutely empty the church. People aren't going to stand for that."
Well, that was when we had 500 people. We didn't empty it. We just followed the directions and God blessed, God blessed. Because I believe real Christians hate their sin, and the accountability of that kind of confrontation keeps you pure. You say, "Well, it's hard to do. I mean who am I to do that? I've got my own problem." Then fix your own problem, will you? You say, "I can't go to him. I've got a two-by-four in my own eye." Right, get it out, then you can go work on your brother. So it's sort of a self-purifying thing.
You say, "Are we really supposed to do that?" Yes. "Why?" Verse 18, here's why. "Truly I say to you, that whatever you shall bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven." In other words, if you go – Now, what do you mean binding and loosing? Well it's an old rabbinical term. To say someone was "bound" meant that they were still bound by their sin. They hadn't repented. They hadn't turned it loose. To say someone was "loosed" meant they had repented, yielded up, and they had let that sin go.
So He said, "Look, if you go to the person, and you confront them, and they say, 'I'm going to keep doing my sin. I don't care what you say.' And you say, 'Then you're still bound in sin.' That's already been said in heaven." Heaven's already made that judgment. Do you understand that? Whatever you bind and say, "You're still bound in that," shall already have been bound in heaven. So you're simply doing on earth what heaven has what? Already done.
If you go to the person, and they repent, and confess it, and they let go of that sin, and you say, "You're loosed from your sin because you've repented and confessed it." Then what you say about him being loosed has already been said in heaven. And you know what you're doing? You're doing on earth what has been done where? In heaven. That's how the kingdom operates on earth. That's how the kingdom works down here. We're trying to reproduce the kingdom in the life of the church.
He goes on in verse 19, He says, "Look, if two or three of you witnesses see this deal, and you go, and you follow through with it - " listen to this " - it will be done for them by My Father who is in heaven." God will be with you. God, because God wants this done on earth as it is in heaven. You think they tolerate sin in the church in heaven? Would they? No. You think God can tolerate sin anymore in the church on earth? No, He doesn't like it here, either. And so He says, "If you'll just go and deal with it, I'll go with you."
He goes a step further in verse 20. He says, "Where two or three of you are doing this in My name - " Jesus says " - I'll be there, too." You have the approval of God, the presence of Christ, and when you deal with sin in the church on earth, you're doing on earth what heaven has already done. You're making the church like heaven. You're purifying the church like heaven is pure.
You see, the church is the earthly expression of the heavenly kingdom. I want to live in the church. I want to be a part of the church. I want to be there every time they crack the doors because this is my place. I don't want to be a sometime attendee in heaven, do you? I don't want to visit heaven. I want to go there and stay. I want to live in the kingdom. That's why I love the church.
You say, "Well the church isn't that great." Well, it isn't what heaven is, but it's a lot better than any other human institution, and I want to give my life to make it as close to heaven as I can.
There's another reason why I love the church, not only because it's the only institution Jesus ever built and promised to bless, and because it's the winner in the end, and the most precious thing on earth, and the earthly expression of the heavenly kingdom, but it's the place of worship, it's the place of worship. Oh I know I can worship God in my spirit. Philippians 3:3 says that we worship God in the spirit. I know that.
I can worship God in my own heart all alone, but there's something that absolutely lifts me right out of myself in corporate worship, isn't that true? When Denise was singing this morning, "my soul desire is to be used," I mean, I felt the tears in my eyes, did you? Because I was feeling with all of you the sense of responsibility that we all have to give our lives in total devotion to Christ and to serve Him.
This kind of corporate dynamic that happens when we get together here, you're not going to get that sitting in your dorm room alone. There's a dynamic. That's why in Hebrews 10 it says, "Do not forsake the assembling of yourselves together." Why? Because you stimulate one another to love and good works in the dynamic of a corporate worship. I need that. I need to sit in the pew, and I need to hear the Word of God preached to me with somebody sitting beside me who knows me very, very well, so that they know that I know that, and they can hold me accountable to live that, right?
You say, "I don't go to church. I buy John MacArthur and Chuck Swindoll tapes." Give me a break. You can listen to a John MacArthur, Chuck Swindoll tape and nobody in the world knows you're accountable for what you heard because nobody knows you heard it, right? Your accountability comes in the relationships. That's what's so bad, as Martin Marty said, about Mr. and Mrs. Invisible Religion, who sit at home and watch the TV, and that's their church. You need the corporate responsibility of having sat right there with the people who know you, and they now know that you know what you just heard, and you're accountable to live it.
There's no substitute for the church. That's one reason we have chapel, because you all know that you all know what's been said. And so it's a place for worship. It's a place for edification. It's a place to be taught. We come there for worship and edification.
Some people today think the church is a place for unbelievers to come. I don't believe that. There's not one word in the New Testament that says a church service is to be designed for an unbeliever, not one word. That's right. We don't design church services for unbelievers. We don't gather together for evangelism. We gather together for edification and worship, and we scatter for evangelism.
We don't collect to preach over, and over, and over, and over the simple gospel to figure out a way how to entertain unbelievers. That is not the purpose of the church gathering. The church gathers in order that it might corporately worship God and stimulate each other to love and good works. And it might be edified and accountable for the truth that it's hearing, and then it scatters to touch the world.
In 1 Corinthians there's a very interesting comment the apostle Paul says. And I think most people don't even know it's in there. You just kind of look past it. He's looking at the Corinthian church, which is just total chaos. He says, "Look - " verse 23 " - if your whole church gets together, and everybody speaks in tongues, what will happen if an unbeliever comes in?" Now isn't that an interesting statement?
He says, "Look, if you're having church, and everybody is speaking in tongues, what's going to happen if an unbeliever comes in?" You know what first hits me about that? The whole point of church isn't for unbelievers. But imagine, one of them might even come, an unbeliever might come. It's possible. I mean, it's not as if it was the plan, right? You say, "What are you going to do if an unbeliever shows up?" Like what an odd thing, but it might happen.
We don't meet for unbelievers. If the unbeliever comes in and you're all doing that, he's going to say, "These people are out of their minds, everybody speaking in tongues." "But if all are prophesying - " what does that mean? That doesn't mean some esoteric ecstatic experience, that means if you are declaring the truth of God, if they come in and someone is teaching the Word and declaring the Word, then an unbeliever is going to come in, and he's going to be convicted by the devotion of everybody to the Word of God, and he's going to be called to account by everybody. The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and he falls on his face and worships God, and says, "Wow, God is here."
You don't have to create some kind of a comfort zone for unbelievers and try to attract them to the church. But if they come, and they eavesdrop on your worship, and they eavesdrop, and they hear the Word being powerfully taught - and there's no power like the Word, sharper than any two-edged sword - and they see that you all submit to the Word, and you're all worshiping God, he's going to fall on his face and say, "God is here. This is incredible."
A few Sundays ago, some of you were there on Sunday night. I think it was before school started, a young man came into the baptistry - he was homosexual, dying of AIDS - and said, "I wandered in the back of this church all alone." And he said, "John, the first thing you did was stand up and you read the Psalm - a Psalm I never heard in my life." And then he rattled off ten verses verbatim, which he had memorized out of that Psalm.
And it was about the chains being broken, and the prisoners being set free, and those who are on the edge of death being given new life. And he said the tears began to race down my face, and I sat through that service, and I watched a people who worshiped God, and I heard that God was a delivering, healing, restoring, freeing God. And at the end of that service I gave my life to Jesus Christ. Three weeks ago.
He said, "I not only have not had a homosexual encounter," and they have sometimes as many as five a day, "but I have no desire for that, and never had since the moment I gave my life to Christ." We didn't create a service for homosexuals to make homosexuals feel loved and comfortable. A homosexual eavesdropped on the power of the Word of God, and the corporate worship of God's people, and he fell on his face to worship God.
That's why I love the church. It's a place for worship, and it's a place for edification. And then a last point, it's the beginning point of world evangelization. It's the beginning place of world evangelization. You go into the New Testament book of Acts - and I won't even take the time to go through it - and you'll find that it's the church that sent out all the missionaries. There was always that kind of accountability. There was always that kind of connection to the local church.
There they were - read Acts chapter 13. There they were, Paul and Barnabas, with three other pastors in the church of Antioch. There were five of those guys. They were just pastoring the church at Antioch, and all of a sudden as they were meeting and sharing, the Spirit of God began to prompt their heart, and the message coming from the Spirit was, "Separate two of your guys, Paul and Barnabas, and send them to the world." And they went right out of that local church and world evangelization took place.
But it wasn't just for those unique kind of people, it was for everyone for whom the Spirit of God dwelled, because Jesus said in Acts 1:8, "after you receive the Holy Spirit, you shall be witnesses unto Me - " where? In the church, in the foyer, in the lobby? No. "In Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and - " what? " - the uttermost part of the earth." The church is the starting point for world evangelization.
I love being the president of a college. I love it because I love you. I just love seeing God change your lives. It's just an unending joy. And I love the thrill, and the excitement, and the adventure of seeing God build this college. And I love doing radio ministry, because I love to teach, and I love to write books because I love to just put truth down and spread it. But if I lost every bit of that, I would be completely fulfilled in the love of the church, pouring my life into that glorious institution.
Young people, I hope you catch my passion for the church and I hope you love the church. Jesus loved it enough to give His blood for it. Let's bow in prayer.
Father, thank You for the church. Thank You for making us a part of it. There's no such thing as a Christian who's not in the church. There's just some Christians who don't seem to understand how precious it is to you. Make us men and women of the church who love it in all its imperfections, all its weaknesses. The church isn't a perfect place, we know that. But it sure is a hospital for people who know they're sick and know who the Healer is. Thank You for making us a part. In Jesus' name, amen.
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What is SecureUDID?
SecureUDID is an open-source sandboxed UDID solution aimed at solving the main privacy issues that caused Apple to deprecate UDIDs.
SecureUDIDs have the following attributes:
How do I use it?
#import "SecureUDID.h"
Who is behind SecureUDID?
The team at Crashlytics wanted to address the UDID situation in a way that adhered to privacy concerns. Crashlytics wanted to contribute this back to the community.
Will my app get rejected for using SecureUDID?
No, we respect the privacy of users, and the UDIDs are not global. This gives the developer the same benefits as Apple's UDID without exposing the user to privacy issues. SecureUDIDs use no private APIs.
Can an Ad Network or Analytics network use SecureUDID?
Absolutely. Just simply incorporate SecureUDID into your framework that you distribute and you will be able to generate UDIDs across all your apps. So, if you're an ad network with 50,000 apps, you will be able to get UDIDs on all of them once you incorporate SecureUDID into your SDK. The UDIDs are secure and private and do not present a risk to the end user.
What about OpenUDID?
OpenUDID was an initial early responses to Apple's deprecation of UDIDs and our very own Sam Robbins was its second contributor. OpenUDID is fundamentally flawed. Establishing a single identifier per device, like OpenUDID, is fundamentally no different than a MAC address or Apple's UDID - the privacy concerns remain. We did a clean rewrite from scratch and built SecureUDID with privacy in mind. SecureUDID is feature-parity with OpenUDID but also sports better privacy and security.
Can I use SecureUDID with other UDID frameworks, like OpenUDID?
Yes, SecureUDID does not conflict with any other UDID implementation or framework.
What about Android?
We chose to initially implement SecureUDID on iOS, but the concepts can be applied equally to Android, Windows Phone, and other platforms. We welcome contributions!
How can I get involved?
Fork the crashlytics/secureudid project on GitHub, file issues, implement fixes, and submit pull requests!
Technical Overview
What is needed to create a SecureUDID?
Creating a SecureUDID requires a domain and a key. Both values can be any arbitrary string, however, we strongly recommend the following:
What's the purpose of the key?
Domains are, in all likelihood, guessable by a third-party. Keys make it much more difficult for a third-party to decrypt your identifier. Because they ultimately live in your application's binary, you should not consider them to be guaranteed confidential.
How are SecureUDIDs stored?
On iOS, SecureUDIDs are stored on a series of persistent UIPasteboards, which are maintained across app restarts, device reboots, and OS or app upgrades. Importantly, these pasteboards are accessible by all applications, so SecureUDIDs for a given key-domain pair are accessible from anywhere.
Wait. How are SecureUDIDs actually secure, then?
To ensure that no other domain could poke around and access the SecureUDID of another, they are encrypted using AES-128 before being stored. Since both the domain and the key are required to decrypt this value, only the owner can access them.
How is this different from a hardware-based identifier?
While unlikely, it is technically possible for two distinct devices to report the same identifier, and for the same device to report different identifiers. Consider this carefully in your application. Here is a list of situations where this identifier will not exhibit the uniqueness/persistence of a traditional UDID.
To protect against the latter case, SecureUDID leverages multiple pasteboards (up to SUUID_MAX_STORAGE_LOCATIONS), creating one for each distinct domain/app that leverages the system. As such, the permanence of SecureUDIDs increases exponentially with the number of apps that use it.
Why are so many pasteboards required?
SecureUDID leverages persistent UIPasteboards to persistently store its data. UIPasteboards marked as 'persistent' have the following attributes:
To protect against the latter case, SecureUDID leverages multiple pasteboards (up to SUUID_MAX_STORAGE_LOCATIONS), creating one for each distinct domain/app that leverages the system. As such, the permanence of SecureUDIDs increases exponentially with the number of apps that use it.
Usage Overview
How is SecureUDID licensed?
SecureUDID is available under the permissive MIT open-source license.
Can the same SecureUDID be accessed from multiple applications?
Yes, but only if you specify the same domain and key.
As an end-user, how do I opt-out?
The SecureUDID app is coming soon to the App Store. The app displays which applications are accessing SecureUDIDs, when they last did so, and permits the user to opt-out of the SecureUDID system. When a user opts out, all SecureUDIDs on that device are destroyed and new ones are no longer created.
Why isn't the code to opt-out included in the SecureUDID repository?
The SecureUDID application will also be open-source and available in a separate repository, so the code will be available. We elected to separate the opt-out (and, more importantly, the opt-in) code into a different repository to reduce the temptation for SecureUDID clients to ("accidentally") opt-in the end-user before accessing a SecureUDID, which would defeat the purpose. Sure, someone could copy the requisite code into their app to work around this, but That Would Be Evil.
Can the deletion of an app result in the loss of another app's UDID?
No. The persistence mechanism has been architected so that the deletion of any one app will, worst case, result in the loss of only that app's SecureUDID.


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Commission for the preparation of the meeting of Primates of Local Orthodox Churches concludes its work
On 5 March 2014, the commission for the preparation of the forthcoming meeting of the Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches, chaired by Metropolitan John of Pergamon, continued its work at the Throne Hall of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Taking part in the commission was the delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church, which included Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations; archpriest Nikolai Balashov, DECR vice-chairman; and deacon Anatoly Churiakov, a DECR staff member.
The members of the commission shared their opinions on a wide range of issues, including the preparation for the Pan-Orthodox Council.
Metropolitan Hilarion noted, in particular, the importance of the preparatory work, during which certain differences in the views of the Local Orthodox Churches should be taken into consideration. "The unity of the Holy Orthodox Church, which we have preserved over two thousand years, without any administrative instruments of unity, is such a precious heritage that first and foremost, we need to keep and strengthen it," Metropolitan Hilarion said. Following the decisions of the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church made in 2013, the DECR chairman emphasized that the Pan-Orthodox Council should take decisions by consensus. "We should think not only about the success of the Council," Metropolitan Hilarion added, "but also about the acceptance of its results by the Local Orthodox Churches."
The preparatory commission resolved that the meeting of the Primates will be a consultative meeting. Each Primate will submit its results to the members of the Holy Synod of his respective Church for consideration.
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Denver's Centre Theater
Opening night festivities for Denver's Centre Theater included appearances by Hollywood stars Ethel Merman, Mary Pickford, Charles Coburn, Dale Robertson, Dan Daily, Tex Ritter, Rita Moreno, Forrest Tucker and Robert Wagner.
The $1 milion cinema at 16th Street and Cleveland Place was built by Fox Intermountain Theaters. It was the first downtown theater constructed in Denver since 1932, and the first in the world designed "expressly for CinemaScope and stereophonic sound."
The massive green, gold, pink and silver marquee stood 60 feet wide and 100 feet tall. The theater seated 1,247, and the elaborate lobby had a columbine-decorated terrazzo floor. Gold and silver leaf plasterwork adorned both the lobby and auditorium. The movie screen, which could be adjusted to fit any format, was 28 feet high and 60 feet long.
Opening night, April 29, 1954, was sold out in advance. However, an additional 1,000 seats for fans were built in a grandstand outside the theater. This was where the celebrities were to be introduced and stage a show.
Unfortunately, there was a heavy snow that evening and the arriving celebs rushed from their cars directly into the theater. The show was moved indoors and those who had waited for hours in the cold only caught a glimpse of the stars.
Ethel Merman, who lived in Denver at the time, was mistress of ceremonies and opened with her signature "There's No Business Like Show Business." The others told tales and entertained. Dan Daily danced a softshoe and Tex Ritter sang a song from "High Noon."
After the performances and a speech by Mayor Quigg Newton, the "waterfall" curtain was swept back and the movie began. The film, "River Of No Return," starred Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe.
The Centre was sold in 1976 and leased to Mann Theatres. It was sold again in 1980 to Larken Development Group of Calgary. The theater was torn down in 1981 and Columbine Place built on its location. Columbine Place at 216 16th Street stands between the Sheraton Hotel and McDonald's at the head of the 16th Street Mall.


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Our mission is to provide a common meeting ground for sportspeople and wildlife conservationists by which a united and organized effort can be made for the propagation, conservation and protection of all forms of wildlife in North Dakota and Minnesota.
The North Dakota Outdoors recently did a video segment about our Junior Wildlife Club and the importance of wildlife organizations.
Monthly Meetings
The RRASC meets monthly on the third Thursday of the month starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Wahpeton Community Center at 304 South 5th Street, Wahpeton, ND 58075.
We'll also have meetings at the Kidder Recreation Area, Mooreton Pond, Trap and Skeet shooting at the Head of the Red Gun Club or Trap Shooting at the Mooreton Sportman's Club.
Meeting agenda topics include:
S.E. Area Sportsmen's Club report, Junior Wildlife Club activities report, ND. Wildlife Federation upcoming events, NDG&F issues and activities, MN DNR issues and activities, Ottertail River Public Access project update, Outdoor Adventure Foundation status, Scholarship program update, Red River shoreline fishing access project reports, Youth Hunting Guide status, upcoming events, discussions of the many area youth events, schedules, proposals for new projects and others issues as they arise.
Yearly Membership Dues $10
Interested in becoming a member? Go to Contact Page to email the club with questions or download a Membership Application.
Current Projects
Installing and developing fishing areas along the Red River and Kidder Recreation Area.
The Red River Area Sportsmen's Club College Scholarship Program is a college scholarship for those pursuing a career in Fish and Wildlife Management, Law Enforcement, Biology or Zoology at a two- or four-year college. Download the Red River Area Sportsmen's Club Scholarship Program application to apply.
The Sportsmen's Club offers scholarships for camps, including: Fishing & Shooting Camp, ND Wildlife Federation Camp, Forkhorn Camp, Woodie Camp or other applicable outdoor camps. Call Cindie VanTassel at 643-4374 for details.
The Red River Area Sportsmen's Club is a local sponsor of the North Dakota Duck Stamp Contest for the following grade categories: K-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12. Entry & registration forms are available at the Parks & Rec Department office. The contest is coordinated by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Chahinkapa Zoo. Students will draw waterfowl, limited to North American ducks, geese or swans on 9×12″ paper.
The North Dakota Community Action Sportsmen Against Hunger program is accepting donations of goose meat taken during the early Canada goose season. In addition, the program will accept Canada and light (snow, blue and Ross's) goose donations during the regular waterfowl season. For more information see http://www.capnd.org/what-we-do/statewideprograms/sportsmen-against-hunger/goose-program.html. Local processors are Fairmount Lockers and Manock Meats.


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Times Higher Education (THE) has published an article by Devin Stewart that refers to a crisis of Japanese universities. He says:
"After Japan's prestigious University of Tokyo fell from its number one spot to number seven in Times Higher Education's Asia University Rankings earlier this year, I had a chance to travel to Tokyo to interview more than 40 people involved with various parts of the country's education system.
Students, academics and professionals told me they felt a blow to their national pride from the news of the rankings drop. I found that the THE rankings result underscored the complex problems plaguing the country's institutions of higher learning. "
The fall of Todai in the THE Asian rankings was preceded by a fall in the World University Rankings (WUR) from 23rd place in the 2014 rankings (2014-2015) to 43rd in 2015 (2015-2016). Among Asian universities in the WUR it fell from first place to third.
This was not the result of anything that happened to Todai over the course of a year. There was no exodus of international students, no collapse of research output, no mass suicide of faculty, no sudden and miraculous disappearance of citations. It was the result of a changing methodology including the exclusion from citation counts of mega-papers, mainly in particle physics, with more than a thousand authors. This had a disproportionate impact on the University of Tokyo, whose citation score fell from 74.7 to 60.9, and some other Japanese universities.
The university made a bit of a comeback in the world rankings this year, rising to 39th (with a slightly improved citations score of 62.4) after THE did some more tweaking and gave limited credit for citations of the mega-papers.
Todai did even worse in the 2016 Asian rankings, derived from the world rankings, falling to an embarrassing seventh place behind two Singaporean, two Chinese and two Hong Kong universities. How did that happen? There was nothing like this in other rankings. Todai's position in the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) actually improved between 2015 and 2016, from 21st to 20th, and in the Round University Rankings from 47th to 37th, and it remained the top Asian university in the CWUR, URAP and National Taiwan University rankings.
Evidently THE saw things that others did not. They decided that Hong Kong and Mainland China were separately entities for ranking purposes and that Mainland students, faculty and collaborators in Hong Kong universities would be counted as international. The international orientation score of the University of Hong Kong (UHK) in the Asian rankings accordingly went up from 81.9 to 99.5 between 2015 and 2016. Peter Mathieson of the University of Hong Kong was aware of this and warned everyone not to get too excited. Meanwhile universities such as Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore were getting higher scores for citations, almost certainly as a result of the methodological changes.
In addition, as noted in earlier posts, THE recalibrated the weighting assigned to its indicators, reducing that given to the research and teaching reputation surveys, where Todai is a high flier, and increasing that for income from industry where Peking and Tsinghua universities have perfect scores and NTU, HKUST and UHK do better than Tokyo.
In 2015 THE issued a health warning:
"Because of changes in the underlying data, we strongly advise against direct comparisons with previous years' World University Rankings."
They should have done that for the 2016 Asian rankings which added further changes. It is regrettable that THE has published an article which refers to a fall in the rankings. There has been no fall in any real sense. There has only been a lot of recalibration and changes in the way data is processed.
Japanese higher education should not be ashamed of any decline in quality. If there had been any, especially in research, it would have have shown up in other more stable and less opaque rankings. They should, however, be embarrassed if they allow national and university policies to be driven by methodological tweaking.


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So I'm starting to use Flickr, and loving it.
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So I'm starting to use Flickr, and loving it.
Hurray for Ludicorp!
I'm Alex Russell, a web developer working on Chrome, Blink, and the Web Platform at Google. I'm guilty of many JavaScript transgressions.
I help lead the team building a new application model for the web, and serve on ECMA TC39 (the standards body for JavaScript). I'm an elected member of the W3C Technical Architecture Group and am Tech Lead for Standards inside the Chrome team. I design and advocate for extensible, layered, data-driven evolution of the web platform.
My professional aim is to make the web a better platform and to the extent that I can keep politics and economics from creeping in, that's what this blog is about.
Other facets available upon HTTP request: twitter, facebook, flickr, linkedin, lanyrd, and quora. Expect less self-restraint there.
I'm proud husband to Frances Berriman. We live and work in San Francsico.


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I'm a sucker for hopelessly retro pictures of desert racing, and these shots scratch that itch. Only they were taken on Monday.
That is, they were taken on January 6, 2014, near the Dunes of Nihuil in Argentina. They show the second day of the 2014 Dakar, though they look more like they escaped out of someone's file cabinet locked since the '70s.
They were all shot by Dean Mouhtaropoulos for Getty Images and then digitally processed to look much older. There's no reason why I should like these pictures as much as I do. If I want to see what the Dakar looked like in decades past, vintage pictures are all readily available. Still, I can't help but like 'em.
[Dario Julio De Souza of Brazil for Honda Brasil]
[Mart Meeru of Estonia for Honda HT Rally Raid]
[Orlando Terranova of Argentina and Paulo Fiuza of Portugal in the MINI for Monster Energy X-Raid Team]
[Philippe Prunier of France for Yamaha Prunier Philippe jumps through a wall of fans]
[Ignacio Casale of Chile for Yamaha Ignacio Casale]
[Krzysztof Holowczyc and Konstantin Zhiltsov of Poland in the MINI for Monster Energy X-Raid Team]
And if you're wondering what the toughest race in the world looks like without the filters, have no fear. It's just as stunning.
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Living In London – Piccadilly Circus. The Big Top in London?
You are well settled into your new London rental and you have done the biggest and most famous tourist attractions as part of your initiation and integration into London. You keep hearing about Piccadilly Circus, and may be wondering if there is a permanent circus in the heart of London. It seems to be an English thing. Words are not what they seem, they may have more than one meaning, and Piccadilly Circus is not in fact a Barnum and Bailey spectacular.


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A funny thing happened to Meg Whitman on the way to the GOP Gubernatorial nomination.
It wasn't long ago the former E-Bay CEO was 40 points ahead of Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner. I for one thought the race was close to being over. Whitman started focusing some of her attacks on Jerry Brown whom she assumed she would be facing in the fall. Even some of Poizner's campaign attacks were thought to be somewhat beneficial to "Meg". By tying Whitman to Democrats such as Al Gore and President Obama Poizner was actually giving her a leg up in attracting moderate Democrats for the fall election.
That was before two events that the Whitman campaign did not anticipate. The kind of events that make political campaigns such dynamic animals... the kind that can turn a blowout into a horse race.
Illegal Immigration wasn't considered a very important issue. Research indicated most voters, including Republicans, had other things on their mind such as the economy and the state's double-digit unemployment rate. The LA Times even ran a story to that effect.
Then the Arizona state legislature passed a law, which brought national attention to the issue. The law, signed by the state's Republican governor, allowed for police in Arizona to enforce federal immigration law. If the officer, while investigating a crime, developed reasonable suspicion that a person was in the country illegally that officer was given permission to ask for documentation.
Democrats and civil rights activists were outraged. Republicans, in general, support the idea. The problem is that when the law was severely attacked in the media (KNBC even ran a 'commentary' against it) conservative voters got their back up. Now the issue, dormant for so long, was now on the front burner much to the delight of Steve Poizner. The former Silicon Valley CEO had made the issue a fundamental plank in his campaign… arguing during a debate I moderated that there should be a return to Prop 187, the 90's effort to eliminate social services for those in the country illegally.
Whitman on the other hand didn't endorse the Arizona law and has had to defend the notion that she supports "amnesty" for those in the country illegally. She says she doesn't… but Poizner has argued her past support of the failed Kennedy-McCain immigration reform act made her a de-facto supporter of amnesty.
But Whitman's response to the immigration issue is far easier than the second shoe to drop… Goldman Sachs.
Whitman was on the board of GS but left in 2004 because she says it "wasn't a good fit". But she still benefited from early notice of IPO's (initial public offerings) of stocks and still has investments managed by the firm. When the powerhouse was sued by the federal government for alleged misdeeds in the collapse of the mortgage market Poizner jumped at the chance to portray Whitman as an out of touch corporate tycoon who had made a fortune while so many others lost their homes.
Adding to that impression may be one other possible miscalculation: Whitman's campaign spending. The candidate's worth is estimated at over a Billion dollars. She needed to spend money to get her name and message out to voters but by dominating the airwaves as much as she has there is the potential she may have inadvertently cemented her role as a rich corporate 'fat cat".
Whitman may get a break this Friday. That's when Governor Schwarzenegger unveils his "May revise" of the state budget. If the numbers are bad… as they are expected to be…she might be able to refocus public attention on what she has long said would be the deciding issues of this campaign: jobs and the economy.
Immigration, Goldman Sachs Muddle Whitman's Message
A funny thing happened to Meg Whitman on the way to the GOP Gubernatorial nomination.


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We are looking for an early promotional image for our upcoming feature, Skyline Drive. The film is a puzzle plot thriller, loosely based on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, in which nine characters come together at a Virginia mountain lodge and all end up dead.
Skyline Drive
We are looking for an image we can print on a standard sized postcard for pre-promotion of an upcoming film. If it can be mocked up to look like a film poster that would be great. We don't have a strong preference for landscape or portrait but we would prefer if it could follow the conventions of a standard movie poster (i.e. credits in small type in a block at the bottom - see http://www.a-film.nl/film/poster/00002257NL.jpg for example)
We don't have any confirmed cast attached yet so we can't use faces or
cast names. But you might chose to include some of the following
elements in the composition: a roadsign with the title on it, a
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Adam March is having a bad time of life. So is an initially nameless Pit Bull mix sentenced to a life of dog-fighting. One Good Dog by Susan Wilson is the touching and wonderfully well-crafted story of how these two characters come together in the midst of their own respective worst of times.
Adam is living a life filled with the trappings of financial success: a high-powered job, expensive homes, a socially prominent wife and an equestrian daughter. That is, until a memory from his troubled past sets off a series of events that result in his carefully planned life crashing around him. At the same time that Adam is coping with living in a seedy one-bedroom apartment and serving court-ordered community service, the Pit Bull who will turn out to be the best part of this destiny is escaping from his own cage-bound existence. Through a realistic and suspenseful turn of events, the two at last meet, and Adam reluctantly becomes enamored of the dog he names, all too fittingly, Chance. At which point, let the healing begin.
The story is told through the alternating viewpoints of Chance and Adam, and the prologue to the novel includes a thoroughly charming bait-and-switch that instantly put a smile on my face and made me feel certain I was in excellent storytelling hands. Skillfully done, the chapters narrated by Chance never give way to cutesy or cloying. While some of the scenes in which the dog describes the squalid conditions of his young life and his training as a fighter are truly heartbreaking, Chance's strong, clear-eyed way of looking at the world is perfectly conveyed in the way he tells his story. That's not to say that Chance's recounting is not above fun or whimsy. For example, Chance does not regard his vocalizations merely as barking. He yarks. When he endeavors to explain extreme intelligence, he does not cite rocket scientists nor brain surgeons but rather, Standard Poodles.
As the novel progresses, Wilson significantly ratchets up both the pace and the stakes with several new developments, including an especially tear-inducing arc involving Chance. Have tissues on hand and don't say you weren't warned. Ultimately, what One Good Dog manages to do so well is to create a reading journey that closely mirrors the path of its two resilient narrators: it comes this close to breaking your heart but then, at the last moment, fills it up with not only hope but also love. It's a finely wrought story of second chances and also of the power of the human/canine bond, the amazing and myriad ways in which dogs can touch and make better people's lives. As Chance himself so aptly puts it, "What else could I have done? I'm only canine, I had to help."


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Firefighters hope to control Hazelwood mine fire at Vic town of Morwell by Monday
The end may be in sight for a long-burning blaze at the Hazelwood open cut mine in Victoria's east, with firefighters saying the fire could be under control by tomorrow.
It has been one month today since fire first entered the mine at Morwell.
Vulnerable residents of Morwell South were urged to relocate temporarily, as thick clouds blanketed parts of Morwell.
The Country Fire Authority (CFA) says crews have managed to extinguish much of the fire, but it is likely to continue burning for weeks.
"The extinguishment of the fire is going be a long duration because of its coal content," incident controller John Haynes said.
"The main thing we're trying to do is stop the smoke and get the community back to some level of normality.
"We're confident that what we're doing now will reduce the smoke by a marked amount by Monday morning."
More than 200 firefighters per shift are working around the clock on the fire.
They are also using compressed air foam and water bombing helicopters.
Firefighters have battled against strong winds this week, which intensified the heat of the fire and created shallow hot spots throughout the mine.
By Friday, fire crews had managed to contain 85 per cent of the fire and Monday remains the deadline for containing the rest of the blaze.
The cost of extinguishing the fire will run into the millions of dollars, according to Fire Services Commissioner Craig Lapsley.
"It's one of the most significant fires we've had in the state that's seen multi-agency national response," he said.
"It's a multi-million dollar fire without a doubt."
Cause of fire under investigation
Police say they have received a flood of information from the public about the deliberately lit fire that spread to the coal mine.
The fire started at Driffield, south of the mine, on February 9 and spread across bush and grassland and into the mine.
Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Ken Lay says police have had more than 100 calls from people with information.
He says investigators are piecing together how the fire started and the intent of the arsonist.
"I'm very positive that our investigation's moving forward in a positive manner," he said.
"Hopefully we'll get a result in the not too distant future."
The Victorian Government has agreed to an independent inquiry into the fire, but is yet to reveal its terms of reference, or whether it will hold public hearings.
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What is a dermatologist? Dermatology is the term used for the treatment and diagnosis of any disorders related to the skin, hair and nails. If you are looking for a leading dermatologist, then Doctify will help you to find a dermatology physician to fit this need. Dermatological problems can be a cause of real issues to your self-confidence, and so we provide the very best dermatologists for you. Whether you are looking for a dermatologist for acne treatment or other conditions such as dermatitis or psoriasis, be assured that Doctify will find a dermatology doctor in a top rated hospital to suit your own personal symptoms or condition. So, don't just live with your dermatological condition. With the help of Doctify and our team of dermatology experts, get the diagnosis to help you move forward.
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Our Favorite Kentucky Derby Cocktails
A Kentucky Derby celebration is nothing without the mint julep. This iconic cocktail pulls out all the stops: fresh mint, sugar and delicious Kentucky bourbon. Yeehaw!
Click here to see the Mint Julep recipe.Bulleit
Blackberry Mint Julep
If you don't like to stray far from classics but crave a slight change, go for a blackberry mint julep. This recipe features bourbon, fresh lime, raspberry liqueur and fresh fruits.
Click here to see the Blackberry Mint Julep recipe.Courtesy of Bay Kitchen Bar
The Finlandia Oaks Lily
It's not bourbon, but it is the official vodka drink of the Kentucky Derby this year. A step up from your traditional vodka cran, the pretty Finlandia Oaks Lily also uses triple sec, sweet and sour mix, and a blackberry lemon garnish.
Click here to see the Finlandia Oaks Lily recipe.Courtesy of Finlandia
Cidre Cimosa
If you're getting the party started early (perhaps a Derby brunch?), drinking a mimosa might make you feel better about boozing in the morning. Anyway - the Cidre Cimosa is a fun twist on the traditional mimosa. Instead of using prosecco or Champagne for bubbles, it gets a hard cider so you taste apple and orange.
Click here to see the Cidre Cimosa recipe.Courtesy of Stella Artois Cidre
'New' Fashioned
If you're feeling like the old fashioned is yesterday's news, try the "New" Fashioned. This moderately sweet recipe features bourbon, citrus and elderflower (garnished with an orange slice and cherry, of course).
Click here to see the "New" Fashioned recipe.Courtesy of Blade and Bow
Bourbon Ginger Cider
This boozy beverage is perfect for fall, but it's equally tasteful during high-stakes horse races. Build the Bourbon Ginger Cider with apple cider, bourbon, ginger liqueur and fresh ginger, then garnish with a cinnamon stick.
Click here to see the Bourbon Ginger Cider recipe.invizbk / istockphoto.com
Pomegranate Whiskey Sour
This pretty pink drink looks refreshing - and it is. The fruity take on a whiskey sour is built with bourbon, citrus and pomegranate.
Click here to see the Pomegranate Whiskey Sour recipe.iuliia_n / istockphoto.com
Honey Bourbon Hot Toddy
If you desire something warm and soothing, look no further than the Honey Bourbon Hot Toddy. This cozy drink features honey, citrus, whiskey and hot tea.
Click here to see the Honey Bourbon Hot Toddy recipe.bhofack2 / istockphoto.com
Woodford Spire
This bourbon cocktail is made with refreshing lemonade and cranberry juice. It's also super easy to batch for Kentucky Derby watch parties.
Click here to see the Woodford Spire recipe.Courtesy of Woodford Reserve
Bourbon Peach Cooler
Iced tea and peaches are about as Southern as it gets. This country drink blends those flavors with bourbon, peach schnapps, peach nectar, unsweetened iced tea and an optional dash of bitters. This recipe comes from David Danielson, executive chef of Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby.
Click here to see the Bourbon Peach Cooler recipe.Courtesy of Woodford Reserve/Churchill Downs
Bourbon Colada
Wishing you were beachside watching horses run the track? This take on a tropical piña colada will put some hair on your chest. All you need is bourbon, pineapple juice, coconut cream or liqueur and heavy whipping cream.
Click here to see the Bourbon Colada recipe.Jim Beam
Cherry Bourbon Smash
This soda-based beverage is kind of like an adult Shirley Temple (a Dirty Shirley), but with whiskey and different bubbles. The Cherry Bourbon Smash uses real muddled cherries instead of grenadine, plus a little lemon, bourbon (obviously) and Dr Pepper.
Click here to see the Cherry Bourbon Smash recipe.Courtesy of Drizly
Finnish Mule
You likely already know how delicious a Moscow Mule is, and this take is extra zesty. Instead of using unflavored vodka, the Finnish Mule calls for grapefruit and a garnish of cucumber, lime and ginger stalks.
Click here to see the Finnish Mule recipe.Roxiller / istockphoto.com
Crown of Roses
This drink is inspired by the garland of roses presented to the winner of the Kentucky Derby. It's made with Crown Royal (or any other whiskey of your choosing), amaretto, pineapple juice, cranberry juice and bitters.
Click here to see the Crown of Roses recipe.Courtesy of The Fontaine
Blackberry- and Peach-Infused Bourbon
This one takes a bit of forward planning, but the juice is worth the squeeze. After soaking sliced peaches and blackberries in a jar of whiskey, you'll have delightfully fruity bourbon and some seriously spiked peaches and blackberries. Sounds like one of many summer cocktails you need to make this year.
Click here to see the Blackberry- and Peach-Infused Bourbon recipe.
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SKF reinforces the SKF BeyondZero portfolio with a virtually maintenance-free steel/steel bearing
Gothenburg, 07 April, 2013: SKF launches a new range of SKF Extended Life spherical plain bearings and rod ends. These bearings, which are aimed primarily at applications in the farm, forestry and construction sectors are virtually maintenance-free, which means that they do not need to be relubricated. This product is a part of the SKF BeyondZero portfolio*.
SKF Extended Life spherical plain bearings help reduce the cost of ownership and reduce environmental impact because they last longer and do not require relubrication. For example, a single bearing with a 100 mm bore can save up to 876 g of grease per year. A tractor with six bearings of this type and size can save up to 5.2 kg of grease per year. This translates into a savings of 7.7 kg of CO2e per year. The calculations are based on grease savings and do not include the 37 percent reduction in frictional losses.
"The tribological system, which includes special surface treatments, grease and seals, combined with the internal geometry of the bearing is what makes these bearings so robust and energy efficient. Furthermore SKF Extended Life plain bearings are phosphated and undergo treatment to practically eliminate corrosion and reduce wear. Afterwards, the bearings are greased and sealed," says Juergen Scholer, SKF Plain bearings Product Manager.
SKF Extended Life plain bearings are equipped with heavy-duty triple lip seals which are the key to reducing total cost of ownership. These seals virtually eliminate the ingress of contaminants and the resulting poor lubrication condition that causes premature bearing failure.
SKF Extended Life plain bearings fill the gap between standard steel/steel plain bearings and maintenance-free SKF TX-plain bearings. Until now steel/steel spherical plain bearings have required re-lubrication as part of a regularly scheduled maintenance program.
*The SKF BeyondZero product portfolio contains products that offer enhanced environmental performance characteristics. To be included in the SKF BeyondZero portfolio, SKF products, services and solutions must deliver significant environmental benefits.
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I've decided I'm over getting chickens for my backyard. Sure, eggs would be nice and chickens would be fun, but eggs aren't THAT expensive to buy at the store or even from the local farm down the street.
What's really been bothering me lately however is the price of organic milk and cheese. I love that we get our milk delivered right to our door, but it's costly and it's not raw, and really I'd like to have raw milk. Also the cheese I buy at Vitamin Cottage or through our local co-op is not exactly cheap either.
So I've been doing some research the past few weeks and, while this totally wouldn't be legal in my city, I'm going to give it a shot and buy a Shetland Cow! It's like a Shetland Pony, but it's a cow. The breed is mostly brown with white spots and has a little mop of hair up top. They only grow up to three feet tall and weigh about 200 lbs when full-grown. They also only produce about a quarter as much milk as a full-sized cow, but I figure for our family of four, that will still be plenty. Since they look rather like a large breed of dog, I am pretty sure our neighbors won't even notice, so I'm not too worried about being turned in to animal control. Oh, and they are great with kids. 🙂
We will get our Shetland Cow, which Ava has already named "Pony" (because the first time she saw one she didn't believe us that it was a cow), this weekend. We're picking it up from a farm about 25 miles from here. Pony is only 3 months old, so still is quite small at this point and can easily fit in the back of our Forester for the drive home. I can't wait! 🙂
The best part about owning a Shetland Cow is tricking all of your friends. 😉 April Fool's! 🙂 Did you really think I would buy a cow and give up on chickens that easily? Here's the really funny part. I honestly thought the idea of a Shetland cow was totally a joke, but apparently (now that I really am looking into it), miniature cows do exist and even Shetland cattle! Apparently, the joke is on ME! Anyway, I'm not getting a mini cow (of any type), but I am long overdue for writing a post to update you all on the chicken happenings in town. It's finally legal (for 50 permit holders). More on that later. Hope you all have a fun April Fool's Day! 🙂


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When people aren't hating on Jay Leno for the late night wars, they're gawking at his awesome garage full of sweet rides.
He has a little bit of everything, including some of the fastest cars in the world. That means he's probably had some interesting encounters with the law.
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Leno shared one of the more outlandish police encounters he's had:
I'm not the type of person who buys a car to impress people-most women are not really impressed by a guy in a 1909 White Steamcar. I do have the distinction, however, of having the oldest car stopped for speeding on the freeway. My 1906 Stanley Steamer. I got tagged at 76 miles per hour. The cop was more intrigued that it was made of wood, and it was carrying an open flame, than the idea that I was going 76. But when you go by a cop in a wooden car that's on fire, going 76, they tend to go, "Hey, hey. What's that?"
It's more amazing to us that Leno would dare drive a car that old that fast, since it doesn't really have doors. Oh, and with the open flame and all, the wood could, y'know, catch on fire pretty easily.
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Liposuction Cost and Liposuction Price Guide
Cost of Liposuction is an important factor when considering liposuction surgery. However, the quality of liposuction is more important than the liposuction cost. If the ultimate goal of liposuction is to have a happy patient, then the surgeon's expertise and experience are probably more important than finding the cheapest liposuction surgeon. Liposuction prices are important, but it is not the most important factor to considering lipo surgery. Be careful not to put your body on the "Discount Rack".
Lowest Liposuction Price Can Be Most Expensive
Choosing a liposuction surgeon based on the lowest price might ultimately be the most expensive choice, If the initial cosmetic results are so bad that another surgeon must be paid to repair the work of the first liposuction surgeon. Among the most common undesirable outcomes of liposuction are 1) incomplete liposuction with very little evidence that liposuction was actually done, 2) excessive liposuction producing an unnatural or disfigured appearance, 3) irregular and uneven results with unsightly depressions in the skin, and 4) large scars that reveal that the patient has had liposuction. Caveat emptor (Buyer beware).
How to Use Liposuction Cost Table (Below)
The total cost for lipo surgery is the sum of the non-surgical fee plus one or more surgical fees. The non-surgical fees include the cost of the operating room, nursing staff, pre-operative laboratory tests, post-operative garments and supplies. The surgical fees represent the prices for lipo surgery of each individual area. For example, the total cost for liposuction of the hips, outer thighs and buttocks might be the sum of the surgical fees for hips ($3,400), outer thighs ($3,000), and buttocks ($2,000), plus non-surgical fee ($1,600), which equals $9,200. However, many doctors will bundle these up so you could be looking at a lower cost.
The following table is merely a rough estimate of the possible liposuction prices.
Table of Approximate Cost of Liposuction Surgery in the USA
|Body Area
|Approximate Lower End of Range of Lipo Surgical Cost ($)
|Approximate Upper End Range of Lipo Surgical Cost ($)
|Abdomen, upper & lower
|Abdomen, lower
|Back, female
|Breasts, female
|Breasts, male
|Chin, Cheeks, Jowls, Neck
|Flanks, male
|Anterior Thighs & Knees
|Inner (Thighs & Knees)
|Outer Thighs
|(Total Liposuction Cost = All Liposuction Surgical Costs + Non-Surgical Costs). If an anesthesiologist is required, then an additional fee must be anticipated.
Factors That Determine Liposuction Cost
Factors that determine cost of liposuction include 1) The size of the patient, 2) Amount of time and effort required of the surgeon, 3) Cost of anesthesiologist's services, 4) Operating room fees, 5) Preoperative laboratory fees, 6) Other related expenses, such as elastic compression garments, etc.
Expected Time and Effort
The expected time and effort that is required to accomplish a liposuction surgery is the most important factor in determining the cost of liposuction. Factors that typically affect the surgeon's time and effort include 1) Number of areas being treated, 2) Size of the patient, 3) Anticipated degree of difficulty. Thus, cost of liposuction of the abdomen alone is less than the cost of doing liposuction on both the abdomen as well as the inner thighs and knees. Similarly, the cost for abdominal liposuction on a patient who weighs 80 kilograms (176 pounds) might be more than the cost for liposuction of the abdomen of a patient who has never weighed more than 60 kilograms (132 pounds). Liposuction is more difficult and requires more time if the patient has previously gained and then lost a significant amount of weight. In any area previously treated with liposuction, the fat often contains scar tissue which makes liposuction in the same area more difficult.
Other Variables Affecting Liposuction Price
Other variables affecting price of liposuction include the 1) experience of the surgeon and 2) geographic location of the surgeon. An expert liposuction surgeon who has done thousands of liposuction procedures, who consistently achieves outstanding results, and who is in great demand, will often charge more than a less experienced surgeon. Surgeons who are not busy may offer discounts, or entice prospective patients by offering free consultation. Surgeon's who have had unhappy patients and who do not have a good reputation might also lower liposuction prices in order to attract new patients. In geographic areas where rents and labor costs are high, one can expect higher prices for liposuction.
Global Liposuction Costs
Some surgeons will quote a single global liposuction cost that includes almost every possible surgery-related expense in one lump sum. Typically a global liposuction price is the sum of the surgical fees, plus the non-surgical fee, plus the anesthesiologist's fee (if general anesthesia is used). A global liposuction cost is commonly used when the liposuction surgery is done in the surgeon's office or surgery center. When a prospective patient telephones a surgeon's office to inquire about the cost of liposuction, be certain to determine if the quote is for a global fee or merely the surgical fee. An office employee who answers the telephone might only give information about the surgeon's fee and not mention other important items such as the anesthesiologist's fee, and operating room fee.
Itemized Liposuction Prices Including Surgical Fees
Some surgeons prefer to give prospective patients an itemized list of all the anticipated costs of liposuction. These separate costs might include the surgical fee (money paid to the surgeon for his services), anesthesiologist's fee, operating room fee, pre-operative laboratory test fees, charges for post-operative elastic compression garments, and possibly prices for antibiotics and other recommended drugs. Sometimes itemized prices are used when the surgeon cannot control all of the related expenses, such as when the lipo surgery is to be done in a hospital operating room with a hospital anesthesiologist. Itemized lipo prices are also used by surgeons who are in the habit of doing multiple unrelated surgical procedures at the same time that the liposuction is done.
Telephone Estimates are not Precise
It is almost impossible to provide an accurate estimate of liposuction price unless the surgeon has had the opportunity to examine the patient. One can expect to be given a range of liposuction prices or at least the smallest fee charged for a specific area. For example, if Dr. Jones always quotes an all-inclusive global price, then, for example, the receptionist should be able to state that "for abdominal liposuction, the minimal price is $4000 and may be as much as $8000 for a very large abdomen".
Written Estimate
A written estimate of total cost for the liposuction surgery is essential. Beware of any surgeon who is not completely candid, open and honest about all of the associated fees.
Financing and Loans
Financing and loans for cosmetic surgery are available through private finance companies. Often, one can also pay for liposuction surgery using a credit card. Liposuction is generally regarded as a luxury and thus going into debt to have liposuction requires careful consideration.


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