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Shortly before last week's meeting of the House of Bishops of the Church of England, he wrote the fix was in:
No that is the plan, and what unless the Evangelical Bishops are prepared to stand up and those others who are concerned, then that is what we are headed for - funded by TEC, organised with materials from US organisations used for the first Continuing Indaba - both in the CofE and the Communion.
It is a high risk policy. Certainly in the Global South the game has been rumbled, and it will break apart the Church of England.
How do I know it will break apart the Church of England? I have been watching it happen this week and reading peoples' blogs as they explain what they are doing as they start to divide - including many who are in between. I grieve for that. It is heartbreaking.
Hubris, Disobedience, Deception - the Father of Lies is hard at work.
However, God is in charge, and I have seen Him move in power in answer to prayer in ways I could never have imagined, so please join me in prayer. Your will be done, O Lord.
2 John 1:1-11
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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal Anglican Provinces Church of England (CoE)
After more than 10 years of listening and conversation, we do not see a value of endless conversations and indabas.
We are clear on what the Bible teaches about sexual relationships outside of the marriage of one man and one woman, and the need for pastoral care for those who find themselves in relationships outside of this. The dissenting view written by the Bishop of Birkenhead captures well our position. For us in the Global South, his view is the majority view, and we hope the Church of England Bishops will recognize this. The Church of England needs to be cautious in taking decisions that will compromise faith and the position of the Church of England within the Anglican Communion as well as the position of the Archbishop of Canterbury
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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal Anglican Provinces Church of England (CoE)
The problem is not simply that the Report proposes that parish churches should be free to hold public services for the blessing of homosexual relationships, but the way it justifies this proposal. Against the principle of Anglican teaching, right up to and beyond the Lambeth Conference of 1998, it questions the possibility that the Church can speak confidently on the basis of biblical authority and sees its teaching as essentially provisional. So Resolution 1.10 of the 1998 Lambeth conference, which affirmed that homosexual practice was 'incompatible with Scripture' and said it could 'not advise the legitimisation or blessing of same sex relationships', is undermined both in practice and in principle.
The proposal to allow public services for the blessing of same sex relationships is seen as a provisional measure and the Report recommends a two-year process of 'facilitated conversation' throughout the Church of England which is likened to the 'Continuing Indaba' project. This should be a warning to us because it highlights that the unspoken assumption of Anglican Indaba is that the voice of Scripture is not clear. This amounts to a rejection of the conviction expressed in the Thirty-nine Articles that the Bible as 'God's Word written' is a clear and effective standard for faith and conduct.
As a matter of conscience, one member of the Working Group, the Rt Rev'd Keith Sinclair, Bishop of Birkenhead, was unable to sign the Report. He issued a dissenting statement which I strongly endorse as an alternative way forward which honours the authority of Scripture and expresses a deep pastoral concern for the transforming power of the gospel in a society which is moving into ever greater confusion about sexual morality and identity.
We should pray earnestly that the English House of Bishops steps back from endorsing this Report, but the developing situation in the Church of England, the historic Mother Church of the Communion, underlines the need for our Global Fellowship to build on the success of GAFCON 2013 and implement our commitments. As we noted in the Nairobi Communiqué, the GFCA is becoming an ' important and effective instrument of Communion during a period in which other instruments of Communion have failed both to uphold gospel priorities in the Church, and to heal the divisions among us.'
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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal Anglican Provinces Church of England (CoE)
- Places position of Archbishop of Canterbury and Church of England in Anglican Communion in doubt
- Assurances given by Arun Arora and William Fittall turn out to be dissembling, Peter Ould's report vindicated
Recommendation 16. We believe that there can be circumstances where a priest,
with the agreement of the relevant PCC, should be free to mark the
formation of a permanent same sex relationship in a public service
but should be under no obligation to do so. Some of us do not
believe that this can be extended to same sex marriage. (Paragraphs
120, 380–3) [Pilling Report Page 151]
Read it all and the 18 recommendations on pages 149 to 152
The Bishop of Birkenhead has issued a dissenting report at page 119 including:
after much prayer and soul searching, I have concluded I cannot sign.Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal Anglican Provinces Church of England (CoE)
The report raises concerns that the relaxation of restrictions on marijuana, which can now be sold legally in 20 states and the District of Columbia, has been influencing use of the drug among teenagers. Health officials are concerned by the steady increase and point to what they say is a growing body of evidence that adolescent brains, which are still developing, are susceptible to subtle changes caused by marijuana.
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Filed under: * Culture-Watch Drugs/Drug Addiction Education Law & Legal Issues Teens / Youth * International News & Commentary America/U.S.A.
More than 500 churches will stream Christmas sermons online this year, up from just a handful in 2007, said DJ Chuang, host of the Social Media Church, a podcast with church leaders about social media. Hundreds more started Instagram and Pinterest accounts this year to post photos of baptisms and quotes from the gospel, he said.
"Instagram is like the modern day stained glass window," Chuang said. "They use it to tell the stories of the church."
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Filed under: * Christian Life / Church Life Church Year / Liturgical Seasons Advent Christmas Parish Ministry Evangelism and Church Growth * Culture-Watch Blogging & the Internet --Social Networking Media Science & Technology * Theology Anthropology Ethics / Moral Theology
We're entering a period of discussion. It starts with the House of Bishops meeting this week and goes on to the College of Bishops in January. Each diocese will also be formulating its own way of pursuing the conversation. We can't pretend there's no conversation to have; the Church of England has many mansions and we need to step out of our own mansion and entrust our thinking to one other.
So here it is. We will be entering the period of "indaba" – or "facilitated conversation" advocated by the Pilling Report, and it will be done Diocese by Diocese, much as the discussions on women Bishops took place (see below). The vital subject of Christian teaching about sex and relationships will be decided by focus groups....
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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal Anglican Provinces Church of England (CoE)
On that day, the developed world (appropriately) halted at the news of the assassination of the United States' 35th president. The front page of The New York Times on Saturday morning, the day after the tragic shooting, read, "Kennedy Is Killed by Sniper as he Rides in Car in Dallas; Johnson Sworn in on Plane," and virtually every other news service around the world ran similar coverage and developed these stories for days and weeks following.
Huxley's death, meanwhile, made the front page of The New York Times the day after Kennedy's coverage began. The English-born writer spent his final hours in Los Angeles, high on LSD. His wife, Laura, administered the psychedelic drug during the writer's final day battling cancer, honoring his wishes to prepare for death like the characters in his novels Eyeless in Gaza and Island. Huxley's Brave New World depicts a haunting futuristic world where a sovereign, global government harvests its tightly controlled social order in glass jars; the Times obituary writer declared that Huxley's well-known book "set a model for writers of his generation."
The news of Lewis's death, though, didn't appear in print until Nov. 25, and it appeared in the normal obituary section of The New York Times weekday paper.
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But perhaps this has more to do with what Tewaldi, an Ethiopian refugee member of our evangelical Mennonite church, observed after his first year in Canada: "At this church, I can't tell the difference between Good Friday and Easter."
Coming out of the ceremonial richness of his Coptic background, Tewaldi couldn't feel among us the liturgical lows of the Christian calendar. And so he couldn't feel the highs either. The flattening effect of North American Protestantism came at a theological price. Without that temporal economy of up and down— sanctified periods of celebration and discipline, light and darkness, feasting and fasting—it was hard to tell spiritual time at all.
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The Stop Church Child Abuse alliance, which represents church abuse survivor groups, said it had been informed by Bishop of Durham elect Paul Butler in a meeting last week that the Church of England would not support an independent inquiry into child sex abuse in the Catholic Church and Church of England.
The Church confirmed last night it would instead support a "wide ranging" public inquiry into institutional child abuse in the church and other key national institutions – but not one specific to the churches.
Campaigners say this is a u-turn on the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby's statement at the General Synod in July...
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...while about seven-in-ten Americans say they typically attended Christmas Eve or Christmas Day religious services when they were children, 54% say they plan to attend Christmas services this year.
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By concerning itself with the pastoral dimensions of wholeness and healing, the mission of the Church of England accords with people's quest for meaning and an assurance of identity which cannot be found without community, without fellowship. Its fundamental weaknesses, in common with many churches in Europe, is its tendency to demand that people do not merely acknowledge the Lordship of Christ but also abandon their former way of life in favour of that of a peculiar middle-class sub-culture. Notwithstanding some of the excellent work going on in some of the most impoverished parishes in the country, the public perception of the Church of England remains one of middle-class privilege and an élitism which has little relevance to a modern, pluralist, multi-ethnic society.
And it is also one which has very little relevance to most gays and lesbians, and therein lies the missiological challenge.
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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal Anglican Provinces Church of England (CoE) Global South Churches & Primates Sexuality Debate (in Anglican Communion) Same-sex blessings * Christian Life / Church Life Missions * Theology Christology Soteriology
So you want to have a multiracial, multicultural church. Music, you decide, is an important vehicle to get there.This one looks very interesting--check it out.
But what type of music? This is the core question of Gerardo Marti's fascinating new book, Worship Across the Racial Divide: Religious Music and the Multiracial Congregation (Oxford University Press), and one that occupies the minds of many a Christian leader attempting to do multiethnic ministry.
Marti's answer is shocking....It doesn't matter what type(s) of music.
Filed under: * Christian Life / Church Life Liturgy, Music, Worship Parish Ministry * Culture-Watch Books Music Race/Race Relations Religion & Culture
The median net worth for U.S. households headed by boomers aged 55 to 64 was almost 8 percent lower, at $143,964, than those 75 and older in 2011, according to Census Bureau data. Boomers lost more than other groups in the stock market and housing bust of 2008, and many also lost their jobs in the aftermath at a critical point in their productive years.
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Anglican Communion.
However, we are closely linked to and approved of by many of the influential churches of Africa and Asia. Bishop Lawrence has said we will join a group such as ACNA only by vote of the Diocesan Convention, thus there will be no decision before 2015.
Read it all (page 12).
Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal Global South Churches & Primates GACON II 2013 * Christian Life / Church Life Parish Ministry Ministry of the Ordained * International News & Commentary Africa Kenya * South Carolina
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We were visiting Kabare in the central western part of Uganda. We were there to take a look at an Anglican theological seminary, and visit the grave of Bishop Festo Kivengere a remarkable African leader whom I had slightly known. There, near the seminary in a grove of trees lies a natural amphitheater. On its curved hillside hundreds gathered in 1935 to hear an African layman preach powerfully about his conversion to Jesus Christ, his repentance from sin, his breakthrough to victory over recurrent wrong behavior, and his overflowing love for other believers regardless of denomination.
This event, continuously recalled in recurrent festivals right up to this day, sparked a revival that has left an indelible imprint on the worldwide Anglican Communion and continues to bear fruit today.
The preacher that day, Simeoni Nsibambi, had only recently met in Kambala with a missionary from England with a most improbable name: Dr. Joe Church. The two men met for several days, reading the Bible and praying together. They lamented the sad state of Christianity in Nsibambi's home country of Rwanda, and elsewhere throughout East Africa.
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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal Global South Churches & Primates GACON II 2013 * Christian Life / Church Life Church History Missions * International News & Commentary Africa * Theology
Those who follow Jesus have done a good deal to propagate an image of Christ as the cosmic killjoy, the divine naysayer, who never met a delight he could not dull or a dream he could not puncture. Puritanism, the 20th-century writer H. L. Mencken famously quipped, is "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy." Puritans or not, Christians have done their part to vindicate his statement.
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The case in favour of four of them - the "pagan" or "aristocratic" or "political" virtues of courage, justice, temperance and prudence - was made by Plato, Aristotle and Cicero. In the early thirteenth century, St. Albert the Great summarized Cicero's claim that every virtuous act has all four: "For the knowledge required argues for prudence; the strength to act resolutely argues for courage; moderation argues for temperance; and correctness argues for justice." In sophisticated ruminations on the virtues until the eighteenth century, these four persisted - as, for example, in Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments....
The other three virtues for a flourishing life, adding up to the principal seven, are faith, hope and love. These three so-called "theological" virtues are not until the nineteenth century regarded as political. Before the Romantics and their nationalism and socialism, they were thought of as achieving the salvation of an individual soul, as achieving the City of God, not a city of humans.
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--Revelation 4:1-8
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"The voices of religious leaders have plainly not been listened to," said Jesuit Father Tommy Scholtes, bishops' conference spokesman.
"While everyone wants a gentle death, public opinion appears unaware that euthanasia is a technical act that ends life abruptly. This is why we reject it and believe palliative care offers a better solution," he told the Catholic News Service.
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Please guess what the ten are before you read it all.
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Hitchens argued that addiction was not, as is almost universally assumed, a disease over which the sufferer has no control but a form of willed self-indulgence which drug users could end if they really wanted to do so enough. A controversial proposition, indeed, and surely one of which few have previously been made aware.
But Hitchens did not encounter scepticism and a reasoned counter-argument. Instead, an incredulous Perry scoffed at him as 'Santa' and frothed that his argument was crazy, 'as ludicrous as saying Peter Pan was real'. All of this, however, merely served to highlight the fact that when asked for evidence to support his claim that addiction was an illness Perry could not do so, resorting instead to the lame response that 'doctors say it is', that he himself was proof of his own argument and that addiction was an 'allergy of the body' (eh?)
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In addtion to this research, I have reached out to Bob Hyatt and Geoff Surrat, two pastors who have helpful, however differing, views on multisite churches and their use of video preaching. Be sure to read both of their articles and learn from what each one of them thinks about video venues.
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Filed under: * Christian Life / Church Life Parish Ministry Ministry of the Ordained Preaching / Homiletics * Culture-Watch Religion & Culture Science & Technology
Two years later, however, Mr. Mandela changed his mind, embracing capitalism, and charted a new economic course for his country.
ed by Mr. Mandela's extraordinary legacy was his complicated journey to support free markets and a free economy.
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While Tim Keller shows me that my femininity is a godly asset in my relationship with my husband, Julia demonstrates that feminine strengths come in all shapes and flavors. Together, they remind us life is most pleasurable when we extend those strengths to their fullest, particularly in marriage. Feminine expression is not something we do merely in anticipation of that day we don a white dress. Femininity is a gift through which we exemplify some of our Creator's greatest strengths and have fun while we're at it.
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Filed under: * Culture-Watch Marriage & Family Men Psychology Women * Theology Anthropology Ethics / Moral Theology Theology: Scripture
The war's course and outcomes were rooted in the events of 1914 – the French victory on the Marne, Serbia's repulse of Austria's invasion, Russia's defeat at Tannenberg, the Royal Navy's hold on the North Sea and the decision to expand the British army. There is much more to be said, although it remains to be seen what impact extensive historical revisionism on popular motivation and the military conduct of the war, which has been developing for several decades, will have on the history wars. It does not seem to be riding the crest of the first wave, and perhaps it will not be until the centenaries have passed that a more nuanced understanding of the war will be established. Should Great War historians despair? Boredom may set in, and publishers may feel they have done enough by 1918. Until then, the revisionist view will certainly vie for credibility and acceptance with the over-familiar story vividly retold here. Hastings and Mallinson both acknowledge its existence and dabble with it, but there is an obvious reluctance to waver from familiar paths.
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All help put the spirit of the holidays front and center, in spite of circumstance.
This massive effort is organized by Trees for Troops, an organization that has given out more than 139,000 trees in the eight years they've been in existence -- with FedEx traveling more than 475,000 miles to deliver them.
Read it all (Video highly recommended).
Filed under: * Christian Life / Church Life Church Year / Liturgical Seasons Christmas * Culture-Watch Children Marriage & Family * Economics, Politics Defense, National Security, Military
"To see the court reflect very closely the language we introduced in our oral arguments concerning the Charter values of the sanctity and dignity of human life is incredibly satisfying," says Evangelical Fellowship of Canada legal counsel Faye Sonier.
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It's hard to see how such a law, or anything else short of full blown Luddism, could prevent the development of robots that perform care and emotional labour outside the household (in hospitals, nursing homes, schools, customer service desks, brothels, restaurants, and so on). The technology would always be one short hop away from the home, and thus more or less immediately available if humanity's suspicion of robots were ever to soften as we become more accustomed to relying on them in more and more situations.
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Nor can we ignore the 92 hereditary peers, survivors of Tony Blair's cull, selected from the Dukes and Earls to sustain feudal bloodlines.
The Establishment guards its perks with a ferocity sadly lacking when it comes to austerity and the Bedroom Tax.
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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal Archbishop of Canterbury Anglican Provinces Church of England (CoE) CoE Bishops * Culture-Watch History Law & Legal Issues Religion & Culture * Economics, Politics Politics in General * International News & Commentary England / UK * Theology Ethics / Moral Theology
But oh dear, the public. The gap between their perceptions and reality makes you shudder, as shown by pollster Ipsos-Mori in its end-of-year review. How many lone parents do you think there are out of every 100 people in Britain? The public's mean estimate in a poll of 1,000 people is 28. The correct answer is three.
Similarly, the public thinks that 22 per cent of people are Muslim (in reality 5 per cent); that 22 per cent are unemployed (actually 8 per cent); that 30 per cent are black or Asian (11 per cent); that 36 per cent are aged 65-plus (16 per cent); and that 34 per cent are Christian (59 per cent).
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On the budget, muddling through comes with a crucial assumption. It is that continuous deficits won't provoke a crisis that compels political leaders to take harsh steps that they would otherwise not take. This optimism may be justified. For decades, "experts" have warned of the dire consequences of unchecked deficits. Yet no great crisis has occurred. But this conviction also could be complacency. Government debt is in territory that, except for wartime debt, is unprecedented. We don't know the consequences. Someday, we may no longer have the luxury of muddling through.
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--Revelation 3:14-22
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The UN said the figure related to killings of civilians and the military by the Islamist group Boko Haram in the states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe.
It also includes insurgents killed by security forces repelling attacks.
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Hooray for Amtrak--this is just so much fun--watch the whole thing (just under 4 minutes)
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text: Sarah's Half Dome Conquest! page 1 | page 2 On Sunday, May 26, 2002, my friend Becca and I tackled the most challenging hike in Yosemite National Park--the 16.4 mile round trip to the top of Half Dome. The route heads up via the Mist Trail or John Muir Trail (we took Muir going up, Mist coming back; Mist is shorter but steeper and wetter) to Nevada Falls. From Nevada Falls, you take the John Muir trail until it forks. At this point you take the Half Dome Trail straight to the top. You begin on the floor of Yosemite Valley, at an elevation of 4,035 feet and end on the top of Half Dome, elevation 8,842 feet. This comes out to an elevation gain of 4,800 feet in the 8.2 miles up. The most grueling part of the hike up is the last mile or so. You are first greeted by a steep set of granite "stairs" (rocks strewn together in a semi-stair-like fashion) that cover the 400-500 feet from the treeline up the side of the smaller "bump" that you can see to the left of the Half Dome summit in the picture below. You can then rest for a minute atop the "bump." The last 400-500 feet to the summit are completed with the aid of two steel cables that run up the very steep (more than 45 degrees) slope of Half Dome itself; this final leg of the hike is impossible without the cables, which are up from mid-May to mid-October of each year. The trail takes about 12 hours (that includes an hour at the top) if you are in average-to-good physical shape. Becca and I left at 6 a.m., I reached the summit at 1:00 p.m., and we got back to the car at 8:00 p.m. I made it to the summit and was back at the bottom of the cables at 2:10; Becca made it to the bottom of the cables just as I was coming down from the top, and unfortunately we had to turn around in the interest of time and she wasn't able to make it to the top. For any random web surfers looking to use this page as a resourse in preparing for your climb, I estimate that alone, I could have covered the trail in 6 hours up, 5 hours back--hence the 12 hour including summit hang-out time estimate. To give you an idea of my physical conditioning--I had never done any serious hiking before, nor had I trained at altitude to prepare myself. In the 4 months before doing this hike, I had started to run regularly. I think my running really helped with my endurance and quick recovery. My biggest problems were blisters and sunburn (and nervousness about those cables on the side of that steep granite), not pain or muscle fatigure. The day after the hike, I had mild soreness in my arms and legs, but nothing more than I've ever felt the day after a long run. All in all, I completed the hike with far more ease than I expected. The following is a summary of the hike with the best pictures. Once you're finished, if you'd like to see more pictures (without much captioning), please continue to Half Dome Hike, page 2. Half Dome, as seen from the Yosemite Valley floor. Yes, this is what I climbed. Yes, it's as high as it looks. (This picture was actually taken at sunset, when the sun shines on the face of Half Dome.) Early morning breakfast stop, sometime around 8:00 a.m....about two hours into the journey. Mmm. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches made the day before and packed for the trip, washed down with lots of water. The trails are very well marked, making it easy to see how far you've come...or how far you still have to go. 4.9 miles to the summit...almost halfway there, but still more than 3,000 feet in elevation to climb. Nevada Falls, complete with a rainbow formed in the mist at the bottom. Here, the Merced River drops 594 feet. (This picture was actually taken on the return trip, at around 5:30 p.m.) Getting closer! This picture is taken about a mile and a half from (and still probably 1,000 feet below) the summit, on the cusp of the treeline. From here on up, it's all granite, with no trees to shade you from the sun. From here to the top will take at least an hour. Here's a shot looking up the granite "steps" that I mentioned earlier. Yes, there is still the occasional tree, but I'd recommend you make sure you've got on plenty of sunscreen. These steps are pretty rough--they're not built for comfort, they're simply there to be functional, and the gap between "stairs" is often large. Here I am about halfway up the granite steps. (Or halfway down, actually...this picture was taken on the return trip.) These are the infamous Half Dome cables that will take you the final 400-500 feet to the summit. It's impossible to get to the top without them, unless you're an experienced rock climber and have gear, harnesses, etc. In the foreground is one of my new best friends, Alisa. With Becca an hour and a half behind me and a never-before-experienced fear of heights beginning to rear its head, four kids from L.A.--Stephanie, Erin, Alisa, and Dan--became four of my favorite people in the world when they invited me to join their group for the cable climb. Stephanie searches for a decent pair of gloves in the pile at at the base of the cables. Fortunately I had done my research and brought my own pair. Without them, the cables can tear up your hands...especially if you're holding them with the death grip that we were. The cables are definitely not for the faint of heart or those with even a mild fear of heights, and I highly recommend good hiking shoes or boots with lots of traction. The path is very steep, the wind is blowing, and watching the occasional lost water bottle cap skitter down the side into oblivion doesn't help. I saw a few people turn around before they got even 20 feet up, and talked to many more who reached the base of the cables but couldn't go any farther out of fear. Still, I had gone this far, there wasn't really any question about not going to the top... ...and so here I am!! I made it to the top of Half Dome!! Some random guy congratulated me and was kind enough to take my picture. In the background you can see two other famous Yosemite landmarks. The solid granite face of El Capitan is over my right shoulder (the massive cliff visible directly above the red backpack and behind that first ridge of trees). Yosemite Falls (the tallest waterfall in North America) is visible as a thin white streak about an inch and a half directly to the right of where I am sitting in the picture. There's actually quite a lot of room to walk around on the top. There was even a lot of snow leftover from a storm the area had seen about 5 days before, which made for a few snowball fights. Even though the hike to Half Dome is strenuous, it's still very popular, and there was a steady stream of people coming up to the top. Once I made it, I sat down with my L.A. friends long enough to eat another sandwich, munch on some trail mix, and drink a lot more water. Then I began to explore...and take lots of pictures. There is this ledge on top which is very nerve-racking. I made it all the way up those cables, but I wasn't brave enough to go out on the ledge. Whew. Anyway, this is a great picture. If you look very, very closely at the picture of Half Dome that I put at the beginning of this page, you can see this ledge sticking out (to the left of the dark streak visible on the shear face of Half Dome). Alternatively, you can just look at this picture and marvel at how far down it is to the valley floor--4,800 feet. Here I am back at the tree line on the way down, with Half Dome in the background. I climbed that! YEAH!! At this point, Becca was back with me and we were gearing up for the descent back to the valley floor. Going down is not all that much easier than going up; it's very hard on your feet, ankles, and knees, and you have to watch your footing to avoid slipping on the rocky trails. The nice thing is that you don't get out of breath going down. Going up, we took the John Muir trail, which was longer but not as steep as this trail that we took coming back--the Mist Trail. The Mist Trail was really a treat. It covers a combination of granite stairs and rocky switchbacks that pass near the base of both Nevada and Vernal Falls and place you directly in the mist produced from the water smashing against the rocks at the base of the falls. You will get wet (Becca and I both took our waterproof jackets), but the views, like the one of Nevada Falls I posted earlier on this page, are fantastic. Well, that's the hike! For more information on Yosemite and to find current conditions of all the trails, check out Yosemite's homepage at http://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm. And if you have any questions about the Half Dome hike, feel free to email me. |


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Former Bush Administration Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson has gotten one step closer to a bid to replace retiring Wisconsin Democratic Senator Herb Kohl, telling local radio that he is planning his announcement. Via The Fix, Thompson said "An announcement will be coming very soon…we're doing it in steps because that's what the federal law requires."
Thompson, a much more moderate Republican than the other declared candidate Mark Neumann, is already under fire from local party leaders who believe that the state has turned too far right to elect someone of his background. And perhaps the Republican leaders are speaking for themselves, but the rest of the party may not be so strict. Wisconsin conservative bloggers sent an open letter to national Republican leader Sen. Jim DeMint, asking him and his national compatriots to back off with their push to get Neumann to be endorsed, calling him "unworthy" to hold the office of senator.
While we do not question Neumann's past contributions to conservatism while he was a Congressman, his actions during last year's campaign are completely unbecoming of a conservative candidate.
We respectfully request the national conservative groups and individuals to take a second look at their endorsement of Neumann. We ask that since many of them missed the opportunity to come to Wisconsin during the recent battles over collective bargaining for state employees and the recall elections, they come to Wisconsin now to talk to true Wisconsin conservatives to find out what they think of Neumann before attempting to foist their choice upon Wisconsin.
Whomever wins the primary is likely to face Democratic Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, who so far is the only declared candidate on the left and is considered very likely to win the nomination.
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We were glad to get rid of him before. His 'welfare reform' was a typical wealthy persons idea of something helpful. Get as many off the wellfare rolls as possible, reguardless of what damage it does to real lives.I sure don't want him back. How can you trust a grown man who goes by a childhood name like 'Tommy' ?
If the stench of Wanker Walker is not enough to send Wisconsinites to the polls in droves to vote Democratic, I don't know what hope they ever have to survive the mess created by Republicans who promised them one thing and dismantled their entire union, teacher, workers rights in one dirty swoop.
Wisconsin should and will go Democrat. They've had enough of the lying, destructive tbagger/republican slime.
His name just came up in The Big One by Michael Moore - I actually hope he does not win - a more moderate Republican might have a better chance against the Dems - and I would want a Dem to win.
Sometimes, the voters, actually, should be listened to.
Sometimes the Intellectual Lightweights of the Extremist Right let loose an ideological stink bomb so rank that it will give pause to even the most enthusiastic T-Baucher. Thompson does look to be an exception to that rule but still has the Bush Stink all over him.
Well Wisconsin has proven it can be a very conservative State. If the people vote him in then they deserve him.
Well, that seals it. No matter who is running against Tommy, I'm voting for him/her.
He was a failure as a governor, he was a bigger failure as Bush's director of HHS, and he hasn't improved since being quietly released from that cabinet post. He needs to retire, keep his mouth shut, and leave the state the heck alone.
You've got to be kidding. Wisconsinites voting in a Republican. I'm laughing and laughing heartedly.
need to get the tea party out of there and also the repuglicans.
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Southern Company is all booked up for tours for the rest of the year as groups come into Burke County from all over the world. (WRDW-TV / June 18, 2012)
News 12 at First at Five / Monday, June 18, 2012
BURKE COUNTY, Ga. -- As foot by foot of concrete is poured, two new nuclear reactors come a little closer to reality, and officials traveled all the way from France to Burke County to see it for themselves.
"It's very impressive. First, I saw the nuclear power plant of Vogtle 1 and 2, which are now operating, and they do very, very well. And I saw, also, the work site where you are building the Vogtle 3 and 4," said Bernard Bigot, the chairman of the French Atomic Energy Commission.
It's a government agency in France that looks at alternative energy, including nuclear power. Bigot's goal was to learn about the old part of Plant Vogtle as well as the new.
"For me, it's just the best thing you could expect to see the work process from the very early nuclear power plant to the most advanced one," Bigot said.
The two advanced ones are Westinghouse AP1000 reactors. They're the first to be built in the United States and some of the only to be built in the world.
"It is building and growing right in front of our eyes, so we're excited about the work that's being done here," said Chris Womack, the executive vice president of Southern Company.
Womack says America's nuclear renaissance is happening here, and the whole world is watching.
"It's an opportunity to let them see the work we're doing here at Vogtle but also an opportunity for them to see Georgia -- the State of Georgia -- and Waynesboro and the Augusta community," he said.
He says that's why Bigot is here -- to learn. The Vietnamese ambassador recently visited as well. Southern Company is all booked up for tours for the rest of the year as groups come into Burke County from all over the world.
The French officials also visited the MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility at Savannah River Site on Monday afternoon. Mixed oxide fuel is derived from nuclear weapons and is made into fuel for nuclear reactors. France uses a lot of it, and they're particularly interested in the MOX facility being built at SRS. Bigot says Congress should continue to fund it. He says MOX will be safe and effective for the United States, just like France.
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Kaspersky Lab warns users about the emergence online of a new version of the Gpcode ransomware program.
The program spreads via malicious websites and P2P networks.
Kaspersky Lab products detect the program as Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Gpcode.ax.
You can read more on our blog.
Kaspersky Lab is monitoring a new email worm which is currently spreading. Emails spreading the worm say "Here you have" in the subject line.
We detect the worm as Email-Worm.Win32.VBMania.
While the servers hosting related downloads have been taken down, we are keeping customers updated and protected against any new variants.
Net-Worm.Win32.Kido exploits a critical vulnerability (MS08-067) in Microsoft Windows to spread via local networks and removable storage media.
The worm disables system restore, blocks access to security websites, and downloads additional malware to infected machines.
Users are strongly recommended to ensure their antivirus databases are up to date. A patch for the vulnerability is available from Microsoft.
Detailed descriptions of Net-Worm.Win32.Kido.bt, Net-Worm.Win32.Kido.dv and Net-Worm.Win32.Kido.fx are available in the Virus Encyclopaedia. A dedicated removal tool is available here.
The new Gpcode variant encrypts files with extensions DOC, TXT, PDF, XLS, JPG, PNG, CPP, H etc. on hard drives using an RSA algorithm with a 1024-bit key.
After encrypting files, the virus leaves a text file in the folder next to the encrypted files with following message:
Currently, we detect the new variant, but we are unable to crack the 1024-bit key. Our analysts are continuing to work on both the key and the virus to resolve this issue.
Kaspersky Lab recommends that all Internet users enable maximum protection from malicious code and network attacks on their computers, refrain from executing suspicious programs received from untrustworthy sources and back up any important information on their computers.
Detection of Virus.Win32.Gpcode.ak was added to Kaspersky Anti-Virus signature databases yesterday, on June 4th, at 15:39 GMT. Please make sure to update if you haven't already.
If you have fallen victim to Gpcode.ak, try to contact us using another computer connected to the Internet. DO NOT RESTART or POWER DOWN the potentially infected machine. Contact us by email email@example.com and tell us the exact date and time of infection, as well everything you did on the computer in the 5 minutes before the machine was infected: which programs you have executed, which websites you have visited, etc. We'll try and help you recover any data that has been encrypted.
For more information about the malicious program, please read our weblog.
A few hours before this point, there was a noticeable increase in mail traffic of an earlier modification of Warezov - Warezov.do which featured in the October 2006 Top 20.
If you are using Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 or Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 with Proactive Protection turned on, new variants will be detected without the need to update your antivirus databases.
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Greeley police deployed a K-9 unit and several officers on Wednesday afternoon, attempting to catch a man believed to have fled on foot after stealing a vehicle in central Greeley. After the owner of a black Cadillac Escalade reported the vehicle stolen, the owner told police about 3 p.m. that a man was driving the vehicle near North Colorado Medical Center, said Sgt. Susan West, spokeswoman for Greeley police. The vehicle's owner followed the Escalade through the neighborhood, providing information to Weld County dispatchers, West said. Another resident reported that a similar vehicle drove through a home's yard, causing damage, …
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MELVILLE, N.Y. (AUGUST 19, 2010) – The new Nikon D3100 digital SLR camera speaks to the growing ranks of enthusiastic D-SLR users and aspiring photographers by providing an easy-to-use and affordable entrance to the world of Nikon D-SLR's. The 14.2-megapixel D3100 has powerful features, such as the enhanced Guide Mode that makes it easy to unleash creative potential and capture memories with still images and full HD video. Like having a personal photo tutor at your fingertips, this unique feature provides a simple graphical interface on the camera's LCD that guides users by suggesting and/or adjusting camera settings to achieve the desired end result images. The D3100 is also the world's first D-SLR to introduce full time auto focus (AF) in Live View and D-Movie mode to effortlessly achieve the critical focus needed when shooting Full HD 1080p video.Packed into the compact and lightweight body of the D3100 camera is a host of advanced Nikon technologies, such as the new EXPEED 2TM image processing engine. EXPEED 2TM in conjunction with Nikon's new 14.2-megapixel DX-format CMOS sensor is the driving force behind the enhanced performance and rich image quality. Ready to go wherever life leads, the D3100 features split-second shutter response and a blazing fast 11-point AF system to help ensure tack-sharp images. For shooting in challenging lighting conditions, ISO 3200 (expandable to 12,800) enables versatility in environments such as indoors or in the evening hours.
"People are stepping up to digital SLR cameras – consumers are embracing the enhanced performance, amazing image qualityand options for lenses and accessories that only a D-SLR can provide," said Lisa Osorio, general manager of marketing at Nikon Inc. "The D3100 is a camera that makes it easy to take beautiful pictures and will grow with the user, unlocking their potential and assisting in creating lasting memories or amazing art."
Get Inspired With The Guide Mode
Whether new to D-SLR photography or exploring new shooting techniques, the D3100 features an enhanced Guide Mode with an easy-to-use interface to help customers build confidence in using their D-SLR through on-demand, step-by-step assistance. A stand out feature in the D3100's predecessor, the D3000, the Guide Mode is easily accessed through the Mode Dial on the top of the camera. This enhanced help function now features sample assist images that change with camera settings to inspire consumers to achieve a desired look and feel to their images, while guiding through easy to understand photographic techniques. For example, to instill the majestic appearance of moving water, users can select "show water flowing" from the Guide Mode, and simply follow the prompts to create the ideal camera settings to capture an amazing image.
By following the guidance on the bright 3-inch LCD screen, users can achieve professional looking photographs to be proud of. Whether looking to soften backgrounds, freeze a moment in time or convey motion, the Guide Mode assists users in exploring effective picture taking solutions at their own pace to make capturing great pictures even easier and enjoyable.
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view more less of this reviewA wonderful, witty, but curiously strange magic show. If you are ready to just have a great time, and roll with the wierdness, you'll love it. As a magic hobbyist, I note, with pleasure, that all of the magic is brilliantly executed and they resurrect some oldies and goodies and perform some utterly original baffling magic. A really fun, free spirit evening. Interest never flags, once you step into their world.
star this review starred report as inappropriateIf you love comedy, illusions, and absurdity, this is the play for you. If David Lynch became a magician/comedian, something like this might be the result.
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star this review starred report as inappropriateVery fun and funny mix of magic, comedy, mime and performance art. Well worth checking out.
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With the weather conditions favorable, the Forest Service began conducting controlled burns about three miles northeast of Quincy on Monday, March 18.
According to the Forest Service, the burning was expected to continue thru Tuesday and smoke might be visible for a couple days afterward.
A total of 670 acres were expected to be involved in the refuge broadcast burn.
The Forest Service said smoke will be visible in and around Quincy. Careful monitoring will occur to prevent any serious impacts within the community.
"Fire gets rid of the dense, tough older vegetation and causes plants to sprout, providing access and tender, more nutritious food for the animals in the area," said Mt. Hough District Ranger Mike Donald. In addition, the area will be more "fire-safe" should a wildfire start below or within the treated area.
The California Deer Association, Mule Deer Foundation and California Department of Fish and Wildlife are partners in the project.
The burn is very visible in the Quincy area (American Valley) although smoke will likely be visible for longer distances. An information booth is planned for the Safeway parking lot area.
Air quality is a significant consideration of the timing of this project. Personnel are carefully monitoring local weather conditions and working closely with the local air district and forecasters to prevent serious smoke impacts, although minor impacts will be observed in Quincy and Indian Valley in the morning or evening hours due to local air inversions.
For more information, please contact Colin Dillingham, District Wildlife Biologist or Steve Causemaker District Fuels Officer at (530) 283-0555.
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Last year we shot an engagement session for a couple from New Jersey, and right off the bat we could tell we were going to love them. Their wedding took place in Montreal because the bride is originally from there, but i can honestly say that there was an equal abundance of Lloyd's family and friends there as well who all crossed the border to celebrate with them. This speaks volume of how loved their are.
In her speech, Thuy openly admitted to wanting a much smaller wedding, but as names kept adding on, they very quickly realized that every single person (all 200 of them) has impacted their lives in some way, shape or form that could not be denied. And so, as the guest list grew, so did their hearts.
That very heart was showcased into every little detail of their carefully thought out wedding. It was not just about them, it was also about their loved ones. Present or not, Thuy and Lloyd found a way to include everyone on their wedding day, whether it be through texting, a Skype session, or most heartfelt of all, a quick stop in her big white dress to see her grandfather who could not attend. Their family and friends are true reflections of who they are: kind, thoughtful and loving.
Thuy and Lloyd, we have found in you a new set of friends. You are such a joy to be around and we could not be happier to have been apart of your wedding day.
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On Friday, May 4th, the annual Gush Etzion sporting event was held for the 10th straight year. The competition is the highest sporting event held in Israel (900 meters above sea level) and offers different tracks including a triathlon. This year a record of more than 1,000 runners and bikers took part in the various courses.
Among the participants this year were head of the Gush Etzion Regional Council Davidi Pearl, Efrat Mayor Oded Revivi, and Supreme Court Judge Noam Solberg.
This year a joint initiative of the Gush Community Center and SHALVA Gush Etzion introduced a special 2000 meter track designated for the SHALVA children. Regional Council Head, Pearl and the executive director of the community center, Manny Katz, joined in the celebratory race with the SHALVA children.
A team of 100 SHALVA children, families, staff and volunteers participated in the event. After the race all of the participants gathered in the event hall to receive certificates and medals. Each and every SHALVA child was applauded loudly as he or she went up to receive their award.


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Having over 2.9 million acres of vine plantations, Spain is the third largest producer of wine in the world. It has the biggest surface are of vineyards in the world but the dry climate makes for a low yield. Most of Spain's wines are made out of native grapes, giving them an advantage of uniqueness over the widely spread Cabernets, Merlots and Pinots. More than half of Spain's wines are [ Read More ]
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The Chilean wine cultivating history dates back from the 16th century. Like in Argentina, it was the Spanish conquistadors that brought the vines and planted the seed in many peoples minds. Passion meant that by the 20th century French wine varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot were introduced. Being such a narrow country, Chile's climate is dominated by the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the [ Read More ]
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The HARVARD CLUB of NJ invites you to join us for the:
To support the Community Food Bank of New Jersey Food Bank's website: www.njfoodbank.org/turkeydrive
As Thanksgiving approaches, the state Food Bank still needs to collect food and nearly 5,000 turkeys for families in need. HCNJ invites alumni to donate a frozen turkey or canned goods on Sat., Nov. 20th (9am - 2pm) to drop-off sites throughout Bergen, Essex, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset or Union counties. Specific addresses are on the attached list. We hope our community can make at least 50 donations of turkeys and/or canned goods this holiday.
General Donation Guidelines:
Also, please feel free to send us an email at: firstname.lastname@example.com to let us know that you made a donation (we only need your name), this will help us tabulate the Club's participation.
Please see link for Drop-off locations in Bergen, Essex, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset or Union counties: http://www.njfoodbank.org/media/2010-turkey-drive-master-list.pdf
Thank you for your generosity, and if you have any questions, please contact: Food Bank's Sourcing Dept. at 908-355-3663.
"With the need for our services continuing to rise, we have increased the number of sites in hopes of bringing in more food to help make a holiday meal for those in need. We would especially welcome the support of the Harvard Club of New Jersey this year."
---Mr. Anthony Guido, Director of Public Relations & Communications, Community Food Bank of New Jersey
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FEMA will have a new chief. That is, if he has paid ALL of his back taxes. And these days, paying ones taxes has become a fool's errand.
For those who placed a bet or two, we're here to inform you that Judge Ron Walker will not be the next head of FEMA. Surprised? That honor, and the future subject of all disaster related scorn, will go to Florida disaster chief Criag Fugate. Fugate has served as director of Florida's Division of Emergency Management since 2001 — surviving well enough under high stress conditions to serve three Florida governors.
Fugate, if he paid his taxes, will take over the Fed's most ridiculed agency. Contrary to popular belief, FEMA cannot create or stop the weather (that is, we're quite certain, an urban legend).
Fugate will merely be charged with administering band-aids, heeding the call of shell shocked municipalities and placating regional politicos — like our very own Judge Walker. Who we repeat, was not under consideration to get the FEMA gig.
Obama has got his work cut out for him with this agency. There were reports that FEMA would be removed from under the general oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, allowing it to function without the added layers of bureaucracy.
Good luck, Craig. You'll need that…and then some. Best of all, he has his own blog. We like him already.


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Comcast Internet Services has the worst customer service I have EVER dealt with. It all started 3 weeks ago when a contractor doing work at my neighbors house (where the Comcast utility box is located) cut the DSL line which goes from the Comcast box to my house. Since then I have spoken to Comcast's customer service dept. over 15 times, they have sent out 7 different technicians and I still have the same problem, their cable line has not been buried and is run over my fence and through my deck. The latest situation happened earlier this week.
We had an appointment for a "line crew" to come out & bury the line on Tuesday 6/21. O crew showed up Monday, took a look at the problem & said they'd return Tuesday 6/21 to do the actual work. I called Comcast on 6/21 at Noon, 5:30PM & 8:00PM as nobody from Comcast showed up or called. I was told on all 3 calls that I had an open ticket and that a tech. would be at my home by 9PM. When nobody showed up, I called Comcast again at 9:30PM and was told my appointment was rescheduled for Wed. 6/22. My wife took ANOTHER day off from work Wednesday, we called comcast at 12:30PM, 5:15PM & 7:30PM & were told a tech would be arriving by 9PM.
I called back at 9:30PM when nobody from Comcast showed up & was told that the tech. called my cell phone at 7:00PM to reschedule for today 6/23. Of course this was totally false, a lie… When I pointed out that I called after 7:00PM and was told I had an "open ticket" & that a tech. would be out by 9PM. The customer service rep. apologized and did not have any further information for me except that they would be out today between 9AM-9PM. He also said his "supervisor" would call me (last night) with an explanation. Of course, nobody called last night.
Today, I spoke with a supervisor of the deptmt. which is supposed to come out to my house for the job. He had no explanation and said that it appears the job has been rescheduled for TOMORROW 6/24. When I complained "LOUD ENOUGH", he said he'd have someone come out today. They are supposed to call me prior to coming, however, I won't hold my breath. Unfortunately, I don't have any other DSL options where I live or I would have switched providers a long time ago. If you are considering ordering Comcast Internet Services, do yourself a favor and DON'T DO IT! They are HORRIBLE.


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San Antonio, TX (PRWEB) July 30, 2008
eDrugSearch.com announced today that the Healthcare 100, the popular directory and ranking system for health and medical blogs, has added new features and enhanced its algorithm by incorporating a broader range of metrics.
"Since we launched the Healthcare 100 in June 2007, the directory has grown to more than 900 blogs -- with hundreds of bloggers submitting their Web addresses to our list," says Cary Byrd, president of eDrugSearch.com and creator of the directory. "The Healthcare 100 was referenced by the Wall Street Journal in April, and many of the most respected and best-read health blogs display a Healthcare 100 badge on their sites."
To better serve Healthcare 100 bloggers and those who use the directory as a reference, eDrugSearch.com has added new metrics to its ranking system. In addition to Technorati rankings, Bloglines subscribers and Google PageRank, the Healthcare 100 now factors Yahoo InLinks and Alexa traffic rankings into its algorithm.
The Healthcare 100 also had added new features, including:
"People have come to trust and depend on the Healthcare 100, and we want to make it the best directory it can be," Byrd says. "Most of these new features are a direct response to blogger feedback, and we will continue to make enhancements to meet the needs of our users."
About eDrugSearch.com
Based in San Antonio, eDrugSearch.com is the Health 2.0 social network and comparison shopping site for U.S. consumers seeking prescription medications from prescreened Canadian and other international pharmacies. eDrugSearch.com's social network empowers members to rate and review pharmacies, share experiences with other members, and more. eDrugSearch.com president and founder Cary Byrd is an impassioned advocate for reform of U.S. prescription-drug law. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.eDrugSearch.com or its blog at http://www.edrugsearch.com/edsblog.


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Cookin with The Columns: A soup perfect for St. Patrick's Day
Since St. Patrick's Day will be Sunday, I thought this would be an appropriate recipe. Meg recently got it from a friend and she says it is really good.
It's not easy being (very) green, but it smells and tastes delicious! And it's very healthy and diet friendly because it's mainly just veggies and broth.
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Win two tickets for "The Price Is Right - LIVE" at William Saroyan Theatre
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What we decided to do this year is put a cap on how many people we are going to allow through our doors!
What's important to us this year is that you have a great time ringing in the New Year with the people that you love.
We are capping the event at just 350 guests.
What We Have For You
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This is not hype. We are giving you fair warning. Last year we SOLD OUT 3 days before the event!
New Year's Eve at Roger Rocka's is full to the brim with perfection. It begins with a delectable dinner, specially created by Chef Eric DeGroot, serenaded by the Blue Street Jazz Band Quartet. The excitement builds with Good Company Players' incredible Jr. Company followed immediately by the dynamite production of BEEHIVE! If that weren't enough, the party rings in the new year with dancing, live music, party favors, and complimentary champagne to toast 2013!
Slates Restaurant New Year's Eve decadent pre fixe dinner menu with live DJ and dancing. $75.00 per guest, and the table is yours for the entire evening! Call 256.4141 for your reservations now!!!
Ring in the New Year in style at BallroomLive's Enchanted Venetian/Austrian fantasy ball. Dinner, dancing, comedy, magic show, and dance performance.
The Beetles are back for another New Year's Eve filled with the music of The Beatles! A splendid time is guaranteed for all.
Monday, December 31, 2012 (10:00pm - 4:00am)
Unlimited Go-Karts, Lazer Tag, Mini Golf, and Video Games!
Guests who participate in Boomers New Years Celebration will enjoy prize raffles & music throughout the evening.
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Wilford Daniel White
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Height: 6-2 Weight: 193 lbs.
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Born: February 9, 1952 in Mesa, AZ
College: Arizona St. (school history) (White college stats)
Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 3rd round (53rd overall) of the 1974 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 84 (318th overall since 1950)
Relatives: Son of Wilford White and Uncle of Max Hall
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
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While they have performed at many places, our most memorable performances have been at the Passport pub and The Under Deck at the Taj as we have done many a theme events here – like the Pink and Black show( Floyd and Sabbath), Jail House Rock, Glam Rock era etc.
Big events have been the ones at the Marriott for New Year's eve in 2008 and 2009, Infosys campus event, Ascendas Corporate event, Airtel Live in 2007 where they played along with some big names like Soul Mate, Skinny Alley, Mrigya, Parikrama etc.
The band has a very cool attitude. AlterEgoz is not a stiff band though you cannot expect any pyrotechnics or glamorous stage acts. They thoroughly enjoy ourselves on the stage and that carries across to the audiences.
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