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This USB is the ultimate tool for people who present data to a group or board meeting type environment. It combines a strong laser pointer for highlighting various parts of your presentation and also a fully functional remote with USB receiver flicking through slides from a distance.
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When my son was born, they were unable to circumcise him. We had to wait to schedule his appointment. In that time, he potty trained himself. I was so excited. Then, came the surgery and he won't go near a toilet now. My son with be 4 next week and I have tried EVERYTHING to encourage him to use his potty, nothing is working!!! We've done the stickers, candy, chocolate, cookies, even toys. I am going out of my mind!!! Please help me!!!
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It's over.
With the release of his new movie, "Away We Go," John Krasinski can now be named the all-time champion: He is Perfect Relationship Guy.
As Jim Halpert, the funny, devoted beau of Pam on TV's "The Office," Krasinski had already made himself the reigning titleholder.
But with Burt Farlander, the actor has topped even himself. As the scruffy, futures-trading father-to-be in "Away We Go," Krasinski hits relationship-guy apex: a charmingly clumsy man who proposes to his girlfriend every other day and will stop at nothing to make her laugh.
Once again, Krasinski, smiling bashfully, is victorious. He owns the heart of the girl on-screen and her sighing sisters in the audience.
"It's just going to ruin my personal life forever," he says with a sigh.
It is an awful lot to live up to, this fictional status, but Krasinski doesn't do much to distance himself from the great-guy archetype. On the phone from Beverly Hills, the 29-year-old, who grew up outside Boston, is self-deprecating, witty and animated.
He is even willing to throw a few nuggets to fans who want to believe that something of Jim Halpert is true in John Krasinski.
"I'm a pretty sentimental guy. And I think that for me, romance is this thing that I take very seriously," says Krasinski, who won't comment on any relationship of his own.
After reading the screenplay for "Away We Go," written by prodigious writer Dave Eggers and his wife, Vendela Vida, Krasinski remembers telling his agent that it was one of the most resonant scripts he'd ever encountered – especially in its depiction of the relationship between Burt and his longtime girlfriend, Verona (Maya Rudolph), who journey across North America to decide where to make a life for themselves.
"This is the first romance that was written on the page that was so incredibly well done that it was a couple that you believed in," the actor says. "To me, it's one of the more romantic couples, because it's not about the flowers and the diamonds. It's about the secret languages and the looks to one another where everything is said without any words. . . . It's not only a relationship you admire from a fictional standpoint, but you desperately want to be in that relationship."
Krasinski says he'd been a fan of Eggers for years, so when director Sam Mendes called to offer him the part, well, "I passed out and had a nosebleed, but then I woke up and figured, 'This is an amazing opportunity.' "
Krasinski says the relationship Eggers and Vida crafted in the script was an ideal that exists in a universe that felt both real and familiar.
"It's the most honest movie. In your 20s, early 30s, even into your 40s, you have these huge existential moments about, like, 'Who am I?' 'What am I doing?''Am I good enough?' " he explains. "I feel like this is the world that my friends and I are living in right now."
Though, in truth, the world Krasinski lives in is a little more charmed than that of either Jim Halpert or Burt Farlander. He recently finished his 100th episode of "The Office," and he made his directing debut at the Sundance Film Festival in January with a feature-length adaptation of the book "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men."
Krasinski, who also appears in the film (along with Timothy Hutton), says he's in negotiations with several distributors and hopes "Brief Interviews" will be released in the fall. But for now, he says, that's it for writing and directing. "I'd never say never . . . but I think I'm still working on being a single threat before a triple threat."
That means lapping up every minute of Jim Halpert screen time he can get.
"Everybody always says, 'When are you going to break out of 'The Office' and go into movies?' It's like, 'No, no no. "The Office" isn't something you break out of. It's something you cling to desperately every year.' "
Plus, he can't give up Perfect Relationship Guy now: Pam needs him, and so do our delusions.
"It's not," he admits, "such a bad thing to be the nice guy in these roles."


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Eagles Hope Michael Vick Can Play Against Giants
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick suffered a concussion last Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons in a 35-31 loss. The Eagles still remain optimistic that Vick will be able to suit up this Sunday against the New York Giants.
Michael Vick will have to pass his concussion tests before being cleared. He has yet to be officially cleared for Sunday, but the Eagles believe he should be able to play against the Giants at 1pm ET in Philadelphia.
New York Giants safety Antrel Rolle, who isn't shy or short with his words, says he wants Michael Vick to be healthy for Sunday when the Giants beat the Eagles.
"I want the best of the best," Rolle said on WFAN Radio. "And he is the best. I hope Michael Vick plays, because at the end of the day, I don't want any excuses when we go down to Philly and put it to them the way we will."


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In a post for Eloqua, Shawn Cook offers up several sales lessons we can take away from March Madness.
Cook says the best way to get confidence is by gathering intelligence.
According to Aberdeen Research's Peter Ostrow, "Best in Class" companies using sales intelligence tools saw a 28.4% average year-over-year increase in revenue and 14.6% increase in sales reps making quota.
Cook says sales enablement tools can help the salesperson dig beneath the surface, unearthing nuances about the buyer's journey and matching relevant content.
"By connecting marketing automation to a CRM system, it's far simpler to track the performance of various sales and marketing strategies, identify the high performers, and cut what doesn't work," he writes.
"Lead scoring makes it possible for my marketing friends to prioritize leads based on fit – who they are – and engagement – what they've done. But I expect marketing to make adjustments to their scoring when needed," Cook writes. " This way, sales can expect a consistent set of ready-to-talk leads, and not get bogged down with tire-kickers."
For more sales tips, read Cook's full post here.
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Green Onion Muffins Recipe
I don't spend as much time in the kitchen as I did when our children were still at home. When I feel like baking these days, I share the goodies with neighbors.
- 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup crushed Rice Chex
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1-1/4 cups milk
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
- 1/2 cup chopped green onions
- 1. In a large bowl, combine the flour, cereal, baking powder, sugar and salt. In another bowl, whisk the eggs, milk and oil. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in cream cheese and onions.
- 2. Fill greased muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 400° for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve warm. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 1-1/2 dozen.
Nutritional Facts
1 each: 124 calories, 7g fat (2g saturated fat), 31mg cholesterol, 263mg sodium, 12g carbohydrate (2g sugars, 0 fiber), 3g protein.
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First off. Fees now being charged by Homeaway (apx $20/nt) will be credited back if the home is left in good order and no problems.
Red Farm House busy check listing 377081 or 4134062
Beautifully Appointed ~ Private Cottage ~ Quiet and Cozy... Just a wonderful place to relax and rejuvenate!
Christmas, Thanksgiving and CMA are all 4 night minimums.
* Country Setting on 100 Acres
* Central Heat & Air
* Furnished & Decorated with Antiques
* Beautiful Hardwood Floors
* Kitchen, Cookware, Dishes
* Washer & Dryer, Ironing Board & Iron
* Morning and Evening Porch with Chairs
* Excellent Adjustable Lighting
* Business Class, Blazing Fast Internet WIFI
Lovely Landscaping and Pastoral Views with Numerous Wooded Walking Trails.
The House and property has more than you can get at a hotel or motel at a comparable price.
Peaceful Country Cottage on 100 Acres: This home is modern yet one feels nostalgic and a piece of the past because of the furnishings and old timbers. It has fresh vibrant colors and modern high intensity lighting. However they can be adjusted to give a peaceful serene atmosphere. Equipped with a full kitchen, it allows options for dining in or out. Very comfortable sleeping, cable TV and best of all is the privacy and the numerous wooded walking trails for exercising and clearing the head. There are several old log building on the property and others going up. WIFI is business class and really fast. PETS. $45 pet fee for each pet for inside pets. We accept 1 possibly 2 Dogs (and birds in a cage), NO CATS, no other types of pets, with the following stipulations. Inside we allow small, mature, well behaved pets. They must be over 2 years of age, not more than apx. 20 lbs and they must have there own sleeping pads or beds. NO sleeping in our beds or in chairs. They MUST be in cage or carriers if you leave and do not take them with. If this policy is not followed a $250 charge will be accessed plus any damages and possible eviction. If we find pets that were not to be in the house have been in the house a $250 fee will be charged. Most pet owners have been very responsible. This is for the ones that are not and have not respected our need to have ready and maintain the home for the next person. Large Pets are NOT allowed.
Country Stay Yet Nashville is Only 25 Miles Away: Locally there is Sumner Crest Winery, they have some great wines and very interesting antiques. Bradley Acres farm offers berry picking and orchards plus their greenhouses are full of plants and flowers. There is Thomas Drugs that is on the National Register of Historic Places, they have an old soda fountain and the best malts and shakes ever.
Beth has taught school for 31 years and is now retired to spend time with the house and our guest. I work for a vitamin supplement manufacturer as operations director. 30 Years ago I began to have dreams, dreams to share our property with others. All those years ago when we started planting pine trees (near 10,000) on the place we began to have a vision of people coming to share this wonderful place. We dreamed of building cabins for people to come and enjoy the farm and the outdoors. We enjoy the fellowship and friendship. It is our desire to share some of ourselves and for you to share some of yourself with us.
Billy or Beth Wilkinson purchased this farmhouse in 2007
Secluded yet close to Nashville (25 minutes), Bowling Green (25 minutes) and the enormous Mammoth Cave just north of Bowling Green. Driving up HWY 31w is a treat, takes you back in time in places. Thomas Historic Drug with the old soda fountain, barbecue places antique stores nearby and more. Several trips (1-2 hrs away) from here for canoeing on some of Tennessee's most beautiful rivers.
Peace and tranquility, walking trails, wildlife right out your back door.
We stayed at the Little Red Farm last August (2009). I have thought about our vacation many many times since, but never added a comment. When researching for vacation this year, I was reminded of the "Farm" and what an incredibly fun time we had. I decided it was about time I let others know of a "jewel of the south". It was our first family vacation in decades. We all had a fabulous time cooking in the great country kitchen, walking the paths, cat-fishing, roasting marshmallows around the campfire pit(never laughed so hard in my life). We were in a peaceful quiet area but still close to all the excitement of Nashville. And Billy and Beth were absolutely marvelous hosts. So kind and considerate and helpful with things to do and places to see. We hope to go back to the "Farm" again.
My husband and I stayed at the Red Farm House and could not have had a better experience. We arrived later in the evening, Billy and Beth were waiting for us when we arrived. They let us in, showed us around and chatted with us for a few minutes. They gave us numerous recommendations of places to eat, things to do, etc... All of which we took and were not disappointed! The house was so clean, spacious and comfortable. We visited Nashville a few times while we were there and found ourselves wanting to get back to our little house for the weekend! Living in the country at home, we had a deepened appreciation for the property at Stay Down on the Farm. It is so well maintained and groomed. We walked the property and were so amazed at how beautiful it was and the attention to detail. Our favorite spot was the swing by the catfish pond. We spent a lot of time there on our visit. I would highly recommend Stay Down on the Farm. It was an absolutely wonderful experience and we will definitely be back!
We enjoyed our stay greatly and will be making plans to stay again next year when we travel to this area again. If you like a country setting you will love, love this home!
Beautiful house. Peaceful location. Only 25 minutes from Nashville!
Beautiful quiet setting, clean, great place to do day runs and come back to peaceful homelike atmosphere. Now for maybe just alittle improvements, could use some new recliners in front room as we found them so uncomfortable as to not sit in them at all. But other than that, Loved the place and setting, and owners were great.
My mom, Aunt and I came to go to the Nashville Flea Market and do a little antiquing. It rained alot and turned cold. but this place was so nice and cozy we didn't mind staying in a few times. We did get to walk along the property and I took some great pictures too. Even met mamaw across the street and she picked us flowers. Very nice, friendly place
We will be back!!
This was a very quiet, comfortable, clean and cozy place to come home to after a day or evening downtown. My husband and I really enjoyed this house and would recommend it to anyone.
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We have provided a quite, peaceful environment for you to be able to relax and enjoy between visits to Nashville and surrounding area. If you have anything else in mind such as bring other people in for partying, drinking, which is disturbing to the peace and tranquility of the farm then please consider another place. You won't like it here cause we don't stand for that since there are other homes on the farm.


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Classic Red Kitchens
In the TriBeCa loft that fashion designer Beth Blake shares with her husband and two children, designer Steven Sclaroff covered the bathroom in a bright wallpaper "in the spirit of the vestibule," Jardin Chinois by Christopher Norman. The Waterworks Classic rectangular tub is enveloped in solid teak.
Since this Beverly Hills apartment has only one bathroom, it also has to function as the powder room, so designer Joe Nye wanted it to be "slightly dramatic, and as elegant as possible." He covered the walls with Cowtan & Tout's Laurent Stripe in Red and Gold and hung a 19th-century mirror.
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THE Australian market looks set to open higher after US markets closed at record highs in their previous trading session.
At 0645 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up nine points at 5077.
In economic news on Monday, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases June's retail trade figures, the Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank is scheduled to release the Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for July, while Dun and Bradstreet puts out its business expectations survey.
Meanwhile, the TD Securities/Melbourne Institute inflation gauge for July also is due out.
No major equities news is expected.
In Australia, the market on Friday hit its highest point in more than two months as good signs from the United States overshadowed weaker local economic forecasts from the federal government.
The S&P/ASX200 index posted its tenth consecutive day of gains, taking it above 5,100 points for the first time since May 22.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 55.3 points, or 1.09 per cent, at 5,116.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 51.6 points, or 1.02 per cent, to 5,098.7 points.
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Hey howdy, buckeroos! After a week off to revel in our two-part 100th episode extravaganza featuring Amazing Spider-Man writer Dan Slott and Batman writer Scott Snyder (go listen to those!), Andy Hunsaker and Iann Robinson are back in the saddle for the first of the next 100 Book Reports! Crave Online's funnybook podcast is off and running again!
This week, we go into the hype around Marvel's upcoming gay marriage and DC's upcoming gay character, and Iann changes his tune about The Dark Knight Rises. But we focus mostly on comics themselves, going over a big batch of releases from the last couple weeks, including Iann's conversion to Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. Avengers vs. X-Men, Batman Incorporated, Astonishing X-Men #50, Justice League Dark, Aquaman, Amazing Spider-Man, Secret Avengers, Fantastic Four, Winter Soldier, Captain America, Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye, and the unabashed misery that is the current state of The Incredible Hulk.
Subscribe to The Book Report on iTunes and follow us on Twitter (@CraveBookReport) whenever you can. Also, be sure to check out Crave Online's other podcasts for all your entertainment needs – there's the "The Idiot Box" for TV, "The B-Movies" for film, "Next Gen News" for video games and "This is REALLY Happening" for comedy. Crave Online's got you covered. And by the by, the opening music for our podcast is "Evil March" by Kevin MacLeod.


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Is Cedar Rapids a casino cannibal?
Many factors will impact whether state supports Linn County gaming plans
Rusty Rogerson hasn't camped in the parking lot at the Riverside Casino and Golf Resort to count the vehicles with Linn County license plates.
Someone in Riverside might, though, if it comes to that.
Rogerson, the administrator for the city of Riverside, says all eyes at Riverside City Hall in this 993-person town — 15 minutes south of Iowa City and 35 miles south of Cedar Rapids — are focused on the proposal to build and operate a casino in the Cedar Rapids metro area.
"Of course we all are watching. It would have a dramatic impact on us," Rogerson says.
The Riverside casino, which has been open since August 2006, has been "very generous" to area non-profit groups and to the city of Riverside, Rogerson said.
Of the city's $2.5-million annual budget, $1.7 million of it comes from the casino in the form of revenue from gaming taxes, hotel-motel taxes and the local-option sales tax, Rogerson said. He says he, a retired Iowa prison warden, was hired as an administrator for the city last summer to help keep track of the money.
The city's property-tax levy of $5.10 per $1,000 of valuation — Cedar Rapids' is $15.22 — is three dollars lower than it had been before the casino. In June, the city of Riverside will be debt-free, he adds.
This is but a glimpse of what casino operators and communities with casinos in Eastern Iowa think is at stake should Linn County voters on March 5 agree to allow casino gaming in the county.
A win at the polls will send a Cedar Rapids casino investment group — led by businessmen Steve Gray and Drew Skogman along with Cedar Rapids leaders — on to Des Moines to try to convince the Iowa Racing & Gaming Commission that it should grant a new casino license in Linn County. Eighteen other casinos operate in 14 Iowa counties.
Dan Kehl, CEO of the Riverside Casino and Golf Resort, has said in blunt fashion that a Cedar Rapids casino would "devastate" the Riverside operation.
Such sentiment is now apparent in Cedar Rapids and Linn County, where a spending battle between pro- and anti-casino campaigns is pounding away in the run up to Linn County vote on March 5.
The Just Say No Casino campaign publicly acknowledged last week that, in fact, it is being funded largely by the owners of existing casinos in Iowa. In no small way, it turns out.
Casinos in Iowa have to inform the Racing & Gaming Commission on spending of $100,000 or more, and on Friday, the commission released the Riverside casino's request to the commission to spend up to $1.5 million on the Just Say No Casino campaign.
The Riverside casino's "bankrolling" of the Just Say No Casino effort, says Gray, is upping what he and his investor group now must spend on the Vote Yes Linn County.
"It's the ultimate hypocrisy," adds Skogman, for Cedar Rapids residents of the Just Say No Casino campaign to take money from the Riverside casino while criticizing the Cedar Rapids casino investors. "I'm hopeful that Linn County voters won't let outside interests dictate our future."
Don Hoth, who was the citizen force behind bringing a casino to Waterloo in 2007 and who remains a member of the non-profit Black Hawk County Gaming Association there, says the association is, like Rogerson in Riverside, concerned about the loss of revenue should a Cedar Rapids casino become a reality.
The Waterloo casino, on the city's southeast edge along Interstate 380, is an easy drive from Cedar Rapids, he said.
"Cedar Rapids and Linn County defeated the casino clearly in 2003, and now here we are again," Hoth says.
Waterloo Mayor Buck Clark is equally watchful: "It's common sense to me. If another casino is that close to Waterloo, it would have a negative impact on traffic at our casino."
It matters, he says, because the revenue coming from the casino has improved the community in a way that couldn't have come about, or certainly not as quickly.
In truth, the Waterloo casino and a Riverside casino might not exist today if Linn County voters had approved casino gambling in 2003 and a casino had been built in Cedar Rapids. The successful casino projects emerged in both Waterloo and Riverside later.
By 2010, the Iowa Racing & Gaming Commission had conducted two independent studies, issued a new license for a casino in Lyon County in far northwest Iowa and concluded it did not want to consider any new casino licenses for three to five years.
It's now been about three years.
Jeff Lamberti, an Ankeny attorney and chairman of the state commission, noted that the five-member commission has had substantial turnover since 2010, adding that even back then the commission did not put a moratorium in place to block new casino licenses.
The Des Moines metro area, too, is now talking about a new casino, he says, and he says he also has gotten calls from Fort Dodge.
"We've kind of sat back and said, 'If we get something that's ripe, we'll do what commissions have done in the past — we'll study it, we'll do those kind of things," Lamberti said. "But I don't think there's necessarily a strong position one way or the other at this point to, 'No, we're never going to do it,' or 'Yes, we want to grow additional casinos in Iowa.' "
Yes, Lamberti said, he expects the commission will hear from existing casino operators and communities with casinos, and he says that one of the criteria that the commission must consider in granting a new license is the harm it might do to existing casinos.
The commission doesn't expect its existing casinos not to profit, he said.
Greg Seyfer, an attorney at Bradley & Riley in Cedar Rapids and eight-year member of the state commission, said he understands that casino investors in Cedar Rapids have conducted their own market studies, but he recommends that the commission hire two firms to conduct separate studies like it did in 2009.
At Seyfer's request, one of the two studies completed for the commission in 2009 came with a brief analysis of the market for a Cedar Rapids casino.
In short, the report, from GVA Marquette Advisors, found that Cedar Rapids is "a key feeder market" for several casinos — those in Riverside, Waterloo, the Meskwaki Indian Settlement, Dubuque and Clinton — and that a new casino in Cedar Rapids was "likely to create strong cannibalization from existing casinos."
Time passes and the marketplace changes, says Seyfer, who will leave the commission on April 30, and he notes that Iowa's casino industry is now starting to see an uptick in business following the national economic downturn of a few years ago.
Cedar Rapids casino investors Gray and Skogman say their consultants found that a Cedar Rapids casino would bring in $80 million in adjusted gross receipts a year, but would take away only $18 million in business from existing casinos, with half of the amount coming from the non-state-licensed Indian casino in Tama County.
Casino cannibalization, says Seyfer, is one of 17 different criteria that the commission must consider as it weighs whether or not to grant a new gaming license.
In 2010, he notes, the commission denied a license for a Fort Dodge casino because of the impact it would have on the Emmetsburg casino.
"It's kind of a gut call," Seyfer says. "And we felt that Fort Dodge would have been the end of Emmetsburg."
In regard to cannibalization, Seyfer suggests that the location of the proposed Cedar Rapids casino will be a factor in whether it will hurt neighboring casinos.
He says, too, that the size of community support for a project is another of the criteria considered by the state commission. A large victory for the casino proposal on March 5 would matter more to the commission than a tiny victory, he says. The matter dies with a loss.
No matter what, the Iowa Racing & Gaming Commission is likely to have to sort out a new request for a casino license in the Des Moines metro area where the county-owned Prairie Meadows Casino and Racetrack is operating on the metro area's eastern edge. Casino proposals have been floated in Ankeny and Urbandale in recent months, and most recently, on the metro area's southern reach into Warren County.
Tom Hockensmith, chairman of the Polk County Board of Supervisors, says he's ready to tell the Iowa Racing & Gaming Commission that another casino in the Des Moines metro area doesn't make sense, particularly a privately owned one that would take business away from the publicly owned Prairie Meadows operation. Another casino would cripple the casino south of Des Moines in Osceola, too, he says.
Jason White, executive director of the Warren County Economic Development Corp., says his board members and other leaders in Warren County aren't afraid of any Prairie Meadows opposition.
"We have a right to succeed as well," White says. "And so the stronger we are, the stronger the entire metro is. So we're part of this, too. It's not just Polk County.'
Warren County would have to approve a referendum on casino gaming much like Linn County must do, White says. Warren County, like Linn, also defeated a casino measure in the last decade, he adds.
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Study of Electrical Bioimpedance in Heart Failure. (BELIC)
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
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|Heart Failure Dyspnea
|Other: No intervention
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|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
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|Study of Electrical Bioimpedance in Heart Failure Patients Followed at the Heart Failure Unit of the Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital.
- To identify if electrical bioimpedance analysis is useful for diagnosis, monitoring and prognosis in patients with heart failure. [ Time Frame: 18 months ]
- To analyze segmental and whole-body bioimpedance measures in a population of heart failure patients with multi frequency body composition analysis [ Time Frame: 18 months ]
- To study the relation between electrical bioimpedance changes with patients' clinical situation (compensated versus decompensated HF) [ Time Frame: 18 months ]
- To assess potential correlations between impedance, clinical status, heart failure functional class, and NT-proBNP. [ Time Frame: 18 months ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples Without DNA
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heart failure
Heart failure attending a HF clinic with or without clinical decompensation
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Detailed Description:
Heart failure (HF) is a clinical syndrome presenting currently a high prevalence, morbidity and mortality. The lack of sensitivity of symptoms and signs used to make the diagnosis of the exacerbation of HF, and the knowledge in recent years about the relevance to detect congestion before consulting a specialist or go to the emergency department, support the need of more aggressive management of these patients.
Bioimpedance monitoring devices for bioimpedance can provide useful data for the detection of congestion onset and help the decision-making in treatment.
Because patients with heart failure suffer alterations in body composition, mainly due to the amount of extracellular water, the bioimpedance can objectify these variations. In heart failure, bioimpedance has been tested in two studies with small samples of patients estimating total body water. In other studies , the monitoring of intrathoracic impedance has been performed by measurement systems implanted in cardiac defibrillators or in cardiac resynchronization devices. They have proven to be useful for early detection of decompensation in these patients and to detect changes in impedance before the patient begins the clinical manifestations. Furthermore, it has been correlated the detection of decompensation by these devices with significant increases in NT- proBNP (diagnostic and prognostic marker for HF).
The purpose of our study is to observe these changes in impedance from the patient's skin surface and non-invasively.
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|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Outpatients > 18 years of age, male or female
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients treated with renal substitutive treatment such as hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis
- Patients with automatic implantable devices or pacemakers.
- Patients with metal prosthesis in right side of the body
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00843245
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|Contact: Laura Astier Villaescusa
|0034932919000 ext 1461
|Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
|Barcelona, Spain, 08025
|Contact: Nuria Ribas Pizá, MD 34932909000 ext 1461 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Contact: Laura Astier 34932909000 ext 1461 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator:
|Nuria Ribas Pizá, MD
|Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
|Responsible Party:
|Dr. Antoni Bayés-Genís, Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00843245 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|February 12, 2009
|Last Updated:
|June 21, 2011
Keywords provided by Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau:
Heart Failure
Electric bioimpedance
Body composition
Total body water
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Heart Failure
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Respiration Disorders
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory
Signs and Symptoms
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Do I peal and boil first? Cold smoke? Smoke times and temp?
I was thinking of tossing some in while the turkey is smoking, but don't know the best method.
I don't know about smoking the tatters,they may turn black. Maybe cold smoke some butter and use it in the mash.Just my 2 cents
I've smoked whole potatoes many times. A little olive oil on the outside, a sprinkle of coarse salt and put them in the smoker till soft (I usually plan 2-3 hours for large potatoes when the smoker is at 225 or so. You get a good smoke flavor on the skin and save using your oven.
For mashed, I usually peel, chop into chunks, and place into a large pot of boiling salted water, cover and reduce heat to medium and simmer for about 20 minutes till tender. (small chunks take less time, large chunks take more time) Then take out of the water, drain, and mash with some sour cream and cream cheese, (8 oz of each for every 5 lbs of potatoes) then put in an aluminum or other open container and smoke for 2-3 hours, stirring the bottom up over the top avery 30-45 minutes to get the smoke flavor all the way through and not just on the surface.
If you are maintaining thin blue smoke, they'll be fine. The less you stir, the more the top gets a nice brown tint and a bit of a crust, just like in the oven.
I'm planting some large sweet potatoes whole on the side of my turkey tomorrow.


text: Hey All Sorry to have to bring up a subject that has been done on here plenty of times before. I have searched and studied all of the many other threads on here and haven't managed to find answers to my questions so please forgive me for asking. I have been offered a S3 front bumper from a 2009 plate car. It has a small amount of damaged to it but nothing serious and would need to be re-painted anyway so thats not a problem. I have a 2006 1.9TDi with a standard front bumper and would like to know if it would be a straight forward changeover. My main concerns are.. Will it all fit - i.e. are bonnet, headlights, wings and all the fixing points behind the bumper all ok? Will my current grille fit the S3 bumper? I know the S3 grille is a different design but wouldn't be able to fund it all at the moment so would like to use the current grille for the time being. I will need to buy foglight surrounds but do I need foglight as well or will my ones fit the new surrounds? Is the very lower centre grille/splitter a seperate part or is it all molded as one piece? I'm sure you guys will be able to help - Impressed by the work other guys have done, N8 etc.. Your help and advice is appreciated. Here are a couple of pics if it helps. This is my car This is the 2009 S3 bumper


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Yeah, its funny I remember hunting down all these figures on ebay, and now this is the first time Ive ever had "early access" and there they all are sitting there, like shooting fish in a barrel!
Thats the worst part of collecting stuff, you never know whats going to shelf warm and what will never be seen again and sky rocket in price!
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Opps.... I forgot. sorry. In there place, put Effect Veiler and Red Eyes Black Dragon
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Could be traditional format, I guess.
...Oh man, Gravekeepers. I've always wanted to try them out, but I never really had a reason or means to. Maybe now's a good time, now that other, more popular deck types are getting suitably neutered by the banlist. I guess the bright side to using a deck that's older and not widely in use anymore is that no one cares enough about it to change the core of its structure much. C:
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Tsukuyomi unbanned
That card has been banned for YEARS and even though Magician is banned (best combo with it) you can still use it with cards like Marshmallon
So..with it being Spirit-Type .....that's...pretty OP still...
Tsukuyomi will not be used AT all..I can almost guarantee you that. It's not even in the top like 50 best cards nowadays. Past it's prime.
It has no place being used for Flip Effects anymore, that is WAY too slow and you'll be beaten long before you get a good strategy going.
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Immigrant physicians are required to pass a special licensing examination to be admitted into practice in New York, under a resolution adopted by the State Board of Regents in Albany, which became effective today.
Contrary to reports published in Berlin, the rule does not require foreign physicians to furnish evidence of sufficient funds to support themselves for a year. The latter report, according to a J.T.A. dispatch from Berlin, caused concern among Jewish medical circles, since many Jewish physicians intend to emigrate from Germany to the United States this Winter.
The Federal immigration law requires that all immigrants give evidence of having sufficient resources so that they will not become public charges.
The requirement for an examination, which is mandatory before the Regents will indorse licenses issued in foreign countries, is a departure from the previous rule, which required proof of five years' practice and an English examination.
The J.T.A. correspondent in Berlin estimated that about 500 Jewish and "non-Aryan" doctors have emigrated from Germany to the United States since 1934.


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I'll never be able to undetrstand the thinking of the morons at that Toronto office but by the same token I'll never be surprised by what they post on the weekly sheet either.
How friggin pathetic and academic is it that after nearly an entire season of mlb games and odds, they fail to include argueably the biggest game of the day/season on today's sheet for the players in Ontario. That of course being the 4:00 game between San Diego and San Francisco to decide the division winner in the national league west. Instead they include a meaningless game between the Dodgers and Arizona.
Now I certainly don't play the lottery as often or nearly as often as I used to because of such pathetic elementary errors by these jerks but when I see another example like today's, it just further strengthens my belief that there is no comparison whatsoever between this and wagering online with the real sportsbook. A place where every game is included every day and the errors are few and far between.
Happy proline playing & wasting!
Oh did I mention exhibition NHL action as well, with no wagering on totals though folks.
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National Science Foundation vindicates Michael Mann
Richard Littlemore | August 22, 2011
By Richard Littlemore • Monday, August 22, 2011 - 13:05
Carbon steel "hockey stick" stronger than ever
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of the Inspector General, having conducted a thorough review and investigation into all allegations of impropriety or scientific misconduct against Penn State University Prof. Michael Mann, has dismissed all of those allegations for lack of evidence and closed the case (attached and/or here).
As reported by Joe Romm at Climate Progress, Mann has been the target of a host of allegations and attacks, many arising out of the iconic status of a graph (inset) that he created in a 1998 paper with Raymond Bradley and Malcolm Hughes, and others sourced in the emails that hackers stole in 2009 from the the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia.
As the NSF now reports, none of Mann's critics ever showed the courage or conviction of actually laying a formal complaint before Penn State, where Mann is director of the Earth System Science Center. But the allegations were so prominent in the blogosphere and in mainstream media that the university took it upon itself to conduct an investigation. The NSF then reviewed Penn State's exculpatory findings, duplicating some parts of the investigation in greater detail.
The result? No shred of evidence exists to impugn Mann's work.


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JAJA Architects Wins 1st Prize for Mixed-Use Building in Vanløse, Denmark
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Tuesday, Jun 22, 2010
Young Danish practice JAJA Architects is closer than ever before to build their first project on Apollovej, Vanløse in Denmark. Despite the company being very young, they have already done very well in large competitions and received high placements. Recently, JAJA Architects, consisting of three partners (Jan Y. Tanaka, Jakob S. Christensen and Kathrin S. Gimmel), received a 2nd prize for the proposal, Urban Transition, on a National Museum in Oslo, Norway (previously on Bustler). Already in the early stages of the company, JAJA Architects gained international acknowledgement when they became 4th in the contest on building an extension to the main public library in Stockholm, Sweden.
Competition-winning Mixed-Use Building in Vanløse, Denmark by JAJA Architects
In the fall of 2009, a competition on a mixed-used building in Vanløse, Denmark, was announced. Some of the requirements asked to create a building with an iconic value consisting of parking and shop on the lower level and office facilities on the upper level.
JAJA Architects entered the contest with their proposal, The Cornerstone. The architects want to interact with the area's diversity and create a public landmark that invites people into the developing center of Vanløse. The proposal envisions The Cornerstone to contribute to this diversity as a building object that creates public space in front, below and behind it – Public spaces all around it.
The Cornerstone is currently in the process of being approved by the municipality of Copenhagen.
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As humans we began with fire and fear and violence and built our cities up around it. But the fire hasn't gone: it is only covered up, and it is there at the heart of things if you look closely enough.
The brief was simply 'narrative'. 'Civilisation' is a ten page pop up book. The first four pages are blank. Then the flame pops up from the void, sudden and unexpected. Over the next pages, civilisation springs up around the human flame, from huts to spires to chimneys. The flame is covered by these constructions: but if you look deep down into the heart of the paper cities, you can see that it is still there.
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Her halterneck jumpsuit has a rope waist tie and partially visible nude silk lining.
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Having seen the church's struggles with her enemies, and triumphed with her in her victories, we now come to take a view of the administration of her affairs at home; and here we have,
I. An unhappy disagreement among some of the church-members, which might have been of ill consequence, but was prudently accommodated and taken up in time (Acts 6:1): When the number of the disciples (for so Christians were at first called, learners of Christ) was multiplied to many thousands in Jerusalem, there arose a murmuring.
1. It does our hearts good to find that the number of the disciples is multiplied, as, no doubt, it vexed the priests and Sadducees to the heart to see it. The opposition that the preaching of the gospel met with, instead of checking its progress, contributed to the success of it; and this infant Christian church, like the infant Jewish church in Egypt, the more it was afflicted, the more it multiplied. The preachers were beaten, threatened, and abused, and yet the people received their doctrine, invited, no doubt, thereto by their wonderful patience and cheerfulness under their trials, which convinced men that they were borne up and carried on by a better spirit than their own.
2. Yet it casts a damp upon us to find that the multiplying of the disciples proves an occasion of discord. Hitherto they were all with one accord. This had been often taken notice of to their honour; but now that they were multiplied, they began to murmur; as in the old world, when men began to multiply, they corrupted themselves. Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased their joy, Isa. 9:3. When Abraham and Lot increased their families, there was a strife between their herdsmen; so it was here: There arose a murmuring, not an open falling out, but a secret heart-burning.
(1.) The complainants were the Grecians, or Hellenists, against the Hebrews—the Jews that were scattered in Greece, and other parts, who ordinarily spoke the Greek tongue, and read the Old Testament in the Greek version, and not the original Hebrew, many of whom being at Jerusalem at the feast embraced the faith of Christ, and were added to the church, and so continued there. These complained against the Hebrews, the native Jews, that used the original Hebrew of the Old Testament. Some of each of these became Christians, and, it seems, their joint-embracing of the faith of Christ did not prevail, as it ought to have done, to extinguish the little jealousies they had one of another before their conversion, but they retained somewhat of that old leaven; not understanding, or not remembering, that in Christ Jesus there is neither Greek nor Jew, no distinction of Hebrew and Hellenist, but all are alike welcome to Christ, and should be, for his sake, dear to one another.
(2.) The complaint of these Grecians was that their widows were neglected in the daily administration, that is in the distribution of the public charity, and the Hebrew widows had more care taken of them. Observe, The first contention in the Christian church was about a money-matter; but it is a pity that the little things of this world should be makebates among those that profess to be taken up with the great things of another world. A great deal of money was gathered for the relief of the poor, but, as often happens in such cases, it was impossible to please every body in the laying of it out. The apostles, at whose feet it was laid, did their best to dispose of it so as to answer the intentions of the donors, and no doubt designed to do it with the utmost impartiality, and were far from respecting the Hebrews more than the Grecians; and yet here they are complained to, and tacitly complained of, that the Grecian widows were neglected; though they were as real objects of charity, yet they had not so much allowed them, or not to so many, or not so duly paid them, as the Hebrews. Now, [1.] Perhaps this complaint was groundless and unjust, and there was no cause for it; but those who, upon any account, lie under disadvantages (as the Grecian Jews did, in comparison with those that were Hebrews of the Hebrews) are apt to be jealous that they are slighted when really they are not so; and it is the common fault of poor people that, instead of being thankful for what is given them, they are querulous and clamorous, and apt to find fault that more is not given them, or that more is given to others than to them; and there are envy and covetousness, those roots of bitterness, to be found among the poor as well as among the rich, notwithstanding the humbling providences they are under, and should accommodate themselves to. But, [2.] We will suppose there might be some occasion for their complaint. First, Some suggest that though their other poor were well provided for, yet their widows were neglected, because the managers governed themselves by an ancient rule which the Hebrews observed, that a widow was to be maintained by her husband's children. See 1 Tim. 5:4. But, Secondly, I take it that the widows are here put for all the poor, because many of those that were in the church-book, and received alms, were widows, who were well provided for by the industry of their husbands while they lived, but were reduced to straits when they were gone. As those that have the administration of public justice ought in a particular manner to protect widows from injury (Isa. 1:17; Luke 18:3); so those that have the administration of public charity ought in a particular manner to provide for widows what is necessary. See 1 Tim. 5:3. And observe, The widows here, and the other poor, had a daily ministration; perhaps they wanted forecast, and could not save for hereafter, and therefore the managers of the fund, in kindness to them, gave them day by day their daily bread; they lived from hand to mouth. Now, it seems, the Grecian widows were, comparatively, neglected. Perhaps those that disposed of the money considered that there was more brought into the fund by the rich Hebrews than by the rich Grecians, who had not estates to sell, as the Hebrews had, and therefore the poor Grecians should have less out of the fund; this, though there was some tolerant reason for it, they thought hard and unfair. Note, In the best-ordered church in the world there will be something amiss, some mal—administration or other, some grievances, or at least some complaints; those are the best that have the least and the fewest.
II. The happy accommodating of this matter, and the expedient pitched upon for the taking away of the cause of this murmuring. The apostles had hitherto the directing of the matter. Applications were made to them, and appeals in cases of grievances. They were obliged to employ persons under them, who did not take all the care they might have taken, nor were so well fortified as they should have been against temptations to partiality; and therefore some persons must be chosen to manage this matter who have more leisure to attend to it than the apostles had, and were better qualified for the trust than those whom the apostles employed were. Now observe,
1. How the method was proposed by the apostles: They called the multitude of the disciples unto them, the heads of the congregations of Christians in Jerusalem, the principal leading men. The twelve themselves would not determine any thing without them, for in multitude of counsellors there is safety; and in an affair of this nature those might be best able to advise who were more conversant in the affairs of this life than the apostles were.
(1.) The apostles urge that they could by no means admit so great a diversion, as this would be, from their great work (Acts 6:2): It is not reasonable that we should leave the word of God and serve tables. The receiving and paying of money was serving tables, too like the tables of the money-changers in the temple. This was foreign to the business which the apostles were called to. They were to preach the word of God; and though they had not such occasion to study for what they preached as we have (it being given in that same hour what they should speak), yet they thought that was work enough for a whole man, and to employ all their thoughts, and cares, and time, though one man of them was more than ten of us, than ten thousand. If they serve tables, they must, in some measure, leave the word of God; they could not attend their preaching work so closely as they ought. Pectora nostra duas non admittentia curas—These minds of ours admit not of two distinct anxious employments. Though this serving of tables was for pious uses, and serving the charity of rich Christians and the necessity of poor Christians, and in both serving Christ, yet the apostles would not take so much time from their preaching as this would require. They will no more be drawn from their preaching by the money laid at their feet than they will be driven from it by the stripes laid on their backs. While the number of the disciples was small, the apostles might manage this matter without making it any considerable interruption to their main business; but, now that their number was increased, they could not do it. It is not reason, ouk areston estin—it is not fit, or commendable, that we should neglect the business of feeding souls with the bread of life, to attend the business of relieving the bodies of the poor. Note, Preaching the gospel is the best work, and the most proper and needful that a minister can be employed in, and that which he must give himself wholly to (1 Tim. 4:15), which that he may do, he must not entangle himself in the affairs of this life (2 Tim. 2:4), no, not in the outward business of the house of God, Neh. 11:16.
(2.) They therefore desire that seven men might be chosen, well qualified for the purpose, whose business it should be to serve tables, diakonein trapezais—to be deacons to the tables, Acts 6:2. The business must be minded, must be better minded than it had been, and than the apostles could mind it; and therefore proper persons must be chosen, who though they might be occasionally employed in the word, and prayer, were not so entirely devoted to it as the apostles were; and these must take care of the church's stock—must review, and pay, and keep accounts—must buy those things which they had need of against the feast (John 13:29), and attend to all those things which are necessary in ordine ad spiritualia—in order to spiritual exercises, that every thing might be done decently and in order, and no person nor thing neglected. Now,
[1.] The persons must be duly qualified. The people are to choose, and the apostles to ordain; but the people have no authority to choose, nor the apostles to ordain, men utterly unfit for the office: Look out seven men; so many they thought might suffice for the present, more might be added afterwards if there were occasion. These must be, First, Of honest report, men free from scandal, that were looked upon by their neighbours as men of integrity, and faithful men, well attested, as men that might be trusted, not under a blemish for any vice, but, on the contrary, well spoken of for every thing that is virtuous and praiseworthy; martyroumenous—men that can produce good testimonials concerning their conversation. Note, Those that are employed in any office in the church ought to be men of honest report, of a blameless, nay, of an admirable character, which is requisite not only to the credit of their office, but to the due discharge of it. Secondly, They must be full of the Holy Ghost, must be filled with those gifts and graces of the Holy Ghost which were necessary to the right management of this trust. They must not only be honest men, but they must be men of ability and men of courage; such as were to be made judges in Israel (Exod. 18:21), able men, fearing God; men of truth, and hating covetousness; and hereby appearing to be full of the Holy Ghost. Thirdly, They must be full of wisdom. It was not enough that they were honest, good men, but they must be discreet, judicious men, that could not be imposed upon, and would order things for the best, and with consideration: full of the Holy Ghost, and wisdom, that is, of the Holy Ghost as a Spirit of wisdom. We find the word of wisdom given by the Spirit, as distinct form the word of knowledge by the same Spirit, 1 Cor. 12:8. Those must be full of wisdom who are entrusted with public money, that it may be disposed of, not only with fidelity, but with frugality.
[2.] The people must nominate the persons: "Look you out among yourselves seven men; consider among yourselves who are the fittest for such a trust, and whom you can with the most satisfaction confide in." They might be presumed to know better, or at least were fitter to enquire, what character men had, than the apostles; and therefore they are entrusted with the choice.
[3.] They apostles will ordain them to the service, will give them their charge, that they may know what they have to do and make conscience of doing it, and give them their authority, that the persons concerned may know whom they are to apply to, and submit to, in affairs of that nature: Men, whom we may appoint. In many editions of our English Bibles there has been an error of the press here; for they have read it, whom ye may appoint, as if the power were in the people; whereas it was certainly in the apostles: whom we may appoint over this business, to take care of it, and to see that there be neither waste nor want.
(3.) The apostles engage to addict themselves wholly to their work as ministers, and the more closely if they can but get fairly quit of this troublesome office (Acts 6:4): We will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. See here, [1.] What are the two great gospel ordinances—the word, and prayer; by these two communion between God and his people is kept up and maintained; by the word he speaks to them, and by prayer they speak to him; and these have a mutual reference to each other. By these two the kingdom of Christ must be advanced, and additions made to it; we must prophesy upon the dry bones, and then pray for a spirit of life from God to enter into them. By the word and prayer other ordinances are sanctified to us, and sacraments have their efficacy. [2.] What is the great business of gospel ministers—to give themselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word; they must still be either fitting and furnishing themselves for those services, or employing themselves in them; either publicly or privately; in the stated times, or out of them. They must be God's mouth to the people in the ministry of the word, and the people's mouth to God in prayer. In order to the conviction and conversion of sinners, and the edification and consolation of saints, we must not only offer up our prayers for them, but we must minister the word to them, seconding our prayers with our endeavours, in the use of appointed means. Nor must we only minister the word to them, but we must pray for them, that it may be effectual; for God's grace can do all without our preaching, but our preaching can do nothing without God's grace. The apostles were endued with extraordinary gifts of the Holy Ghost, tongues and miracles; and yet that to which they gave themselves continually was preaching and praying, by which they might edify the church: and those ministers, without doubt, are the successors of the apostles (not in the plenitude of the apostolical power—those are daring usurpers who pretend to this, but in the best and most excellent of the apostolical works) who give themselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word; and such Christ will always be with, even to the end of the world.
2. How this proposal was agreed to, and presently put in execution, by the disciples. It was not imposed upon them by an absolute power, though they might have been bold in Christ to do this (Phlm. 1:8), but proposed, as that which was highly convenient, and then the saying pleased the whole multitude, Acts 6:5. It pleased them to see the apostles so willing to have themselves discharged from intermeddling in secular affairs, and to transmit them to others; it pleased them to hear that they would give themselves to the word and prayer; and therefore they neither disputed the matter nor deferred the execution of it.
(1.) They pitched upon the persons. It is not probable that they all cast their eye upon the same men. Everyone had his friend, whom he thought well of. But the majority of votes fell upon the persons here named; and the rest both of the candidates and the electors acquiesced, and made no disturbance, as the members of societies in such cases ought to do. An apostle, who was an extraordinary officer, was chosen by lot, which is more immediately the act of God; but the overseers of the poor were chosen by the suffrage of the people, in which yet a regard is to be had to the providence of God, who has all men's hearts and tongues in his hand. We have a list of the persons chosen. Some think they were such as were before of the seventy disciples; but this is not likely, for they were ordained by Christ himself, long since, to preach the gospel; and there was not more reason that they should leave the word of God to serve tables than that the apostles should. It is therefore more probable that they were of those that were converted since the pouring out of the Spirit; for it was promised to all that would be baptized that they should receive the gift of the Holy Ghost; and the gift, according to that promise, is that fulness of the Holy Ghost which was required in those that were to be chosen to this service. We may further conjecture, concerning these seven, [1.] That they were such as had sold their estates, and brought the money into the common stock; for caeteris paribus—other things being equal, those were fittest to be entrusted with the distribution of it who had been most generous in the contribution to it. [2.] That these seven were all of the Grecian or Hellenist Jews, for they have all Greek names, and this would be most likely to silence the murmurings of the Grecians (which occasioned this institution), to have the trust lodged in those that were foreigners, like themselves, who would be sure not to neglect them. Nicolas, it is plain, was one of them, for he was a proselyte of Antioch; and some think the manner of expression intimates that they were all proselytes of Jerusalem, as he was of Antioch. The first named is Stephen, the glory of these septemviri, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost; he had a strong faith in the doctrine of Christ, and was full of it above most; full of fidelity, full of courage (so some), for he was full of the Holy Ghost, of his gifts and graces. He was an extraordinary man, and excelled in every thing that was good; his name signifies a crown. Phillip is put next, because he, having used this office of a deacon well, thereby obtained a good degree, and was afterwards ordained to the office of an evangelist, a companion and assistant to the apostles, for so he is expressly called, Acts 21:8. Compare Eph. 4:11. And his preaching and baptizing (which we read of Acts 8:12) were certainly not as a deacon (for it is plain that that office was serving tables, in opposition to the ministry of the word), but as an evangelist; and, when he was preferred to that office, we have reason to think he quitted this office, as incompatible with that. As for Stephen, nothing we find done by him proves him to be a preacher of the gospel; for he only disputes in the schools, and pleads for his life at the bar, Acts 6:9; 7:2. The last named is Nicolas, who, some say, afterwards degenerated (as the Judas among these seven) and was the founder of the sect of the Nicolaitans which we read of (Rev. 2:6, 15), and which Christ there says, once and again, was a thing he hated. But some of the ancients clear him from this charge, and tell us that, though that vile impure sect denominated themselves from him, yet it was unjustly, and because he only insisted much upon it that those that had wives should be as though they had none, thence they wickedly inferred that those that had wives should have them in common, which therefore Tertullian, when he speaks of the community of goods, particularly excepts: Omnia indiscreta apud nos, praeter uxores—All things are common among us, except our wives.—Apol. cap, 39.
(2.) The apostles appointed them to this work of serving tables for the present, Acts 6:6. The people presented them to the apostles, who approved their choice, and ordained them. [1.] They prayed with them, and for them, that God would give them more and more of the Holy Ghost and of wisdom—that he would qualify them for the service to which they were called, and own them in it, and make them thereby a blessing to the church, and particularly to the poor of the flock. All that are employed in the service of the church ought to be committed to the conduct of the divine grace by the prayers of the church. [2.] They laid their hands on them, that is, they blessed them in the name of the Lord, for laying on hands was used in blessing; so Jacob blessed both the sons of Joseph; and, without controversy, the less is blessed of the greater (Heb. 7:7); the deacons are blessed by the apostles, and the overseers of the poor by the pastors of the congregation. Having by prayer implored a blessing upon them, they did by the laying on of hands assure them that the blessing was conferred in answer to the prayer; and this was giving them authority to execute that office, and laying an obligation upon the people to be observant of them therein.
III. The advancement of the church hereupon. When things were thus put into good order in the church (grievances were redressed and discontents silenced) then religion got ground, Acts 6:7. 1. The word of God increased. Now that the apostles resolved to stick more closely than ever to their preaching, it spread the gospel further, and brought it home with the more power. Ministers disentangling themselves from secular employments, and addicting themselves entirely and vigorously to their work, will contribute very much, as a means, to the success of the gospel. The word of God is said to increase as the seed sown increases when it comes up again thirty, sixty, a hundred fold. 2. Christians became numerous: The number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly. When Christ was upon earth, his ministry had least success in Jerusalem; yet now that city affords most converts. God has his remnant even in the worst of places. 3. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith. Then is the word and grace of God greatly magnified when those are wrought upon by it that were least likely, as the priests here, who either had opposed it, or at least were linked in with those that had. The priests, whose preferments arose from the law of Moses, were yet willing to let them go for the gospel of Christ; and, it should seem, they came in a body; many of them agreed together, for the keeping up of one another's credit, and the strengthening of one another's hands, to join at once in giving up their names to Christ: polis ochlos—a great crowd of priests were, by the grace of God helped over their prejudices, and were obedient to the faith, so their conversion is described. (1.) They embraced the doctrine of the gospel; their understandings were captivated to the power of the truths of Christ, and every opposing objecting thought brought into obedience to him, 2 Cor. 10:4, 5. The gospel is said to be made known for the obedience of faith, Rom. 16:26. Faith is an act of obedience, for this is God's commandment, that we believe, 1 John 3:23. (2.) They evinced the sincerity of their believing the gospel of Christ by a cheerful compliance with all the rules and precepts of the gospel. The design of the gospel is to refine and reform our hearts and lives; faith gives law to us, and we must be obedient to it.
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Bayern: No talks over Lewandowski move
Bayern Munich chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has said the Bavarians are not planning talks about a move for Borussia Dortmund's Robert Lewandowski.
Speaking at the weekend, Dortmund general manager Michael Zorc said he believed Poland international Lewandowski would not extend his contract at the club, which expires in 2014.
His comments came after TV channel Sport 1 and Munich newspaper Munchener Merkur reported that a deal for Lewandowski to move to Bayern had already been done.
But Rummenigge told Abendzeitung: "We are not planning any transfer talks with Dortmund."
Bayern and Dortmund meet in the quarter-finals of the German cup later this month, and some reports suggested a deal could be announced after the match. But Zorc insisted: "There will be no decision around the cup match."
Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp told ZDF on Saturday that the club would be "prepared" if Lewandowski moved, with kicker reporting that Manchester City's Edin Djeko had held talks over a possible switch to the Bundesliga.
As speculation over Lewandowski's future has grown, Leverkusen striker Stefan Kiessling has also been linked with Dortmund.
"I have heard they are interested," Kiessling's agent, Ali Bulut, was quoted as saying in Kolner Stadtanzeiger. "But we have not been contacted yet." The paper said the forward had a €10 million release clause in his contract.
Kiessling, 29, has scored 15 goals this season and is contracted to the club, currently third in the Bundesliga, until 2015.
Leverkusen general director Rudi Voller told Kolner Stadtanzeiger: "Stefan has a long-term contract with us. We are happy to have him here, on and off the pitch. It is not an issue for us."
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Sweet and Vicious, By David Schickler, Dial, 256 pp., $23
There's a big bang in David Schickler's "Sweet and Vicious": a hawk slams into a windshield in the first sentence, and a blustery tale full of larger-than-life coincidences is born. As the bird screeches out its last "brap," three hoodlums come into focus -- misogynistic and evil Roger, simple-minded thug Floyd, and the gangster with a heart of gold, Henry.
The stooges shake off the surprise and quickly, deftly, move into a rollicking cross-country plot fueled by stolen diamonds, corrupt evangelical ministers, and a spunky redhead. Like characters in a surreal soap opera, they never grow far beyond hollow caricatures, which ultimately renders Schickler's first novel fairly implausible. But the book is quick and dirty -- and entertaining -- even though it never rises beyond the level of a colorful action novel.
Henry roughs up his cohorts when Roger tries to defile a pretty woman, and some of the best writing occurs here -- blunt, hard, and real: "I kick his hand before it can close on his gun, then step on the hand, cracking finger bones. Roger howls, yanks his crunched hand to his chest, cups it like he's found a baby bird."
Henry scampers off with the nine "planets," a set of glittering diamonds that he and his team were meant to bring back to the boss.
At a gas station, Henry runs into Grace McGlone, a rugged redhead obsessed with Pepsi and with heaven. Seeing the brutish guy pull up in a truck stirs something in Grace's loins, so she walks through a car wash and climbs in the truck, dripping wet.
Sex is off limits until they're married, since Grace has been "trying for heaven" ever since a famous evangelical preacher raped her when she was a teenager. So the couple set off to get married and to get to know each other, in that order. They head out into their preposterous future with one of the book's most irritating refrains: "Tallyho."
While the book is a fun read, it is a bit like a circus -- all steam and no substance, as if Schickler is so awed by his characters' weird traits and catchphrases that he forgets to give them human qualities or heart. Unlike his first book, "Kissing in Manhattan," short stories set in a fantastic version of New York City, the novel never really presses its characters to make them seem real.
Instead, there's big, expansive talk about fate and science that sounds like fodder for "Chicken Soup for the Gangster's Soul." Why, for instance, do Henry and Grace come together? Henry's new age explanation: "What I mean is, sometimes the atoms of the world rush together and burst out of their regular day jobs, and give you a show. They dare you to do something fresh, something right, something beautiful."
The couple gladly take up the dare, wedding quickly and beginning a cross-country race ahead of the thugs who are after the diamonds. Grace and Henry have sex "like we're staking holy ground" in uncomfortable places and give away the diamonds to ordinary people who inspire them: an awkward dancing teenager, a pimply kid who sells fried dough at the county fair, a grumpy waitress.
Grace and Henry see themselves on an epic journey; they toss away treasures like Robin Hood, shining the light of diamond "planets" on ordinary people who appear beautiful in some way. It's a heady ride: They redeem their sins and wreak revenge.
Schickler reaches too far. The book is campy and action-filled, not an earnest gangster's bible. The writing is best when physical and raw; however, the prose begins to drag whenever it tries to probe any deeper. Once we figure out that Henry is the kind of character who will embrace his freedom by claiming he's "got the horizon in his lungs," reading becomes a race to finish the book and find out what happens, to be freedof the improbability of it allrather than to savor the experience.
Eventually, an amazing set of coincidences brings together all the book's major players: the thugs, Henry and Grace, and the preacher. There's a ludicrous and bloody face-off at the steaming Painted Pots in Yellowstone Park. A man in a chicken costume plays a bit part, and the preacher who defiled Grace and hundreds of other young girls in his trailer gets a chance to do something good.
Like any second-rate TV show, the book can be mesmerizing, but it falls far short of its grandiose intentions. The creation of this entire universe, from big bang to bloody end, takes just a month and just a few hours to read. The book is more saccharine than sweet, and more violent than vicious. But it's a strangely entertaining read, so as Grace would say, "Tallyho."


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The two standards bodies that are jointly responsible for developing the HTML specification have cut the final tie that was binding them together.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) began to move apart last year when the WHATWG announced it would drop the version number and work on a "living standard" sans version numbers. The W3C continued to focus on HTML "snapshots" like HTML5.
However, despite that split the two shared an editor, Ian Hickson, who oversees both specs. Or did. In an e-mail to the WHATWG mailing list, Hickson announced that he is no longer the editor of the W3C HTML WG spec. The change isn't unexpected; in fact Hickson announced it would happen over a year ago, but it does emphasize the growing distance between the two standards.
"The WHATWG effort is focused on developing the canonical description of HTML," writes Hickson on the mailing list. "The W3C effort, meanwhile, is now focused on creating a snapshot developed according to the venerable W3C process."
With different goals for each version of the spec Hickson says that "the chairs of the W3C HTML working group and myself decid[ed] to split the work into two, with a different person responsible for editing the W3C HTML5, canvas, and microdata specifications than is editing the WHATWG specification."
Now, more than ever before there seems to be two versions of HTML. The question for developers is, what does this mean for the future of HTML? In the short term, very little.
The W3C will continue to develop its fixed-in-time snapshot of HTML5 and the WHATWG will keep going with the "living standard" approach. What some developers fear is that down the road the two specs will diverge in significant ways and HTML will become a messy set of forked standards and varying browser support that lands us back in the bad old days of IE 6.
Anything is possible, but we remain hopeful that that won't happen, at least in part because the W3C standard is more of a branch than a fork.
If all goes well the process will remain essentially as it has been for the last few years: a browser adds some shiny new feature, the WHATWG documents it and other browsers implement their own versions. There's an awkward, sometimes frustrating period for web developers while browsers tweak and refine their support, but eventually the dust settles and a new standard is added to the W3C's version. It may not be a completely ideal process, but it is what's managed to bring us this far.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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Kudisch, Butler, Testa, Hoty, Etc. Set for NAMT Festival
Casting and directors have been announced for The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT)'s 18th Annual Festival of New Musicals, which will be held at New World Stages (340 West 50th St. between 8th and 9th Avenues) on Sunday, October 8 and Monday, October 9, 2006.
Among the stars participating in NAMT will be Kerry Butler/>, Darius de Haas/>, Gregg Edelman/>, Dee Hoty/>, Marc Kudisch/>, Brian D'Arcy James/>, Douglas Sills/>, Amy Spanger/>, Mary Testa/> and Lillias White/>.
In addition to the eight Festival shows, NAMT will present the Songwriter Showcase on Sunday evening. The Songwriter Showcase introduces 10 new musicals with one song from each and brief interviews of the writing teams with hosts />Beth Leavel/> and />Richard Kind/>. Performers include />Liz Callaway/>, />Eden Espinosa/>, and />Sally Mayes/>.
Since 1989, NAMT's Festival of New Musicals has introduced theatre producers to more than 175 musicals and 300 writers. More than three-fourths of these shows have had further development, tours and licensing agreements, leading to thousands of subsequent productions. Past festival highlights have included The Drowsy Chaperone, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Songs for a New World and more.
Admission is for industry only and closed to the general public. Industry professionals interested in attending should email firstname.lastname@example.com. The 2006 Festival of New Musicals is produced by />Jayson Raitt/>.
The eight selected shows, culled from a pool of more than 100 applicants, were selected by the NAMT Festival Committee, comprised of artistic directors and producers from NAMT member organizations. The eight selected musicals and their respective casts and directors for the 2006 Festival include:
Dangerous Beauty
Book by Jeannine Dominy, lyrics by />Amanda McBroom/>, music by Michele Brourman, adapted from the screenplay The Honest Courtesan written by Jeannine Dominy, released as the film Dangerous Beauty. Inspired by the scholarly book The Honest Courtesan by Margaret Rosenthal.
Directed by: Sheryl Kaller
With: Randy Blair, Christine Bokhour, Sean Elliot, />Dee Hoty/>, Joe Kolinski, Megan McGuinnis, Michael Minark, />Charlie Pollock/>, />Jenny Powers/>, />Tim Smith/>, />Paul Anthony Stewart/>, Havilland Stillwell
Music, Lyrics and Book by Paul Gordon
Directed by Kent Nicholson
With: Brian D'arcy James, Lianne Marie Dobbs, Suzanne Grodner, />Dani Marcus/>
Jerry Christmas
Music and Lyrics by />Andrew Lippa/>, book by />Daniel Goldfarb/>
Directed by />David Warren/>
With: Kim Bromwell, />Stephen DeRosa/>, Tiffany Haas, />Jenn Harris/>, />Adam Heller/>, />Leslie Kritzer/>, />Janet Metz/>, />David Reiser/>, Steven Rosen, />Douglas Sills/>, />Lillias White/>
Julian Po
Book and lyrics by Andrew Barrett, music by Ira Antelis
Directed by Coy Middlebrook
With: />Darius de Haas/>, Pat Duke, />Struan Erlenborn/>, Jeff Morrow,Jason Nettle, Peter Samuel, Judy Storey, Renee Veneziale, Cheryl Wilson, Lynne Wintersteller
One Step Forward
Music and Lyrics by Leslie Arden
Book by Berni Stapleton with Leslie Arden & Timothy French, conceived by Timothy French
Directed by David Petrarca
With: Ian Brennan, />Kerry Butler/>, />Merle Dandridge/>, />Gregg Edelman/>, />Marc Kudisch/>, />Andrew Rannells/>
Music and Lyrics by />Scott Alan/>, book by Tara Smith
Directed by />Schele Williams/>
With: />Amy Spanger/>, Katie Thompson, />Kate Wetherhead/> and Tia Speros
Book and Lyrics by Michael L. Cooper, book and music by Hyeyoung Kim
Directed by />Stafford Arima/>
With: Ma-Anne Dionisio, />Ward Billeisen/>, Eric Bondoc, />Mary Testa/>, Alton Fitzgerald White, />Tommar Wilson/>
Vanities - A New Musical
Book by Jack Heifner, music and lyrics by />David Kirshenbaum/>, based on the original play Vanities by Jack Heifner
Directed by Jack Heifner
With: />Megan Hilty/>, />Leslie Kritzer/>, />Sarah Stiles/>
Songwriter Showcase
Hosted by />Beth Leavel/> and />Richard Kind/>
With: />Kathy Brier/>, />Liz Callaway/>, />Eden Espinosa/>, />Christopher Fitzgerald/>, />Jenna Leigh Green/>, />Colin Hanlon/>, Adam Jacobs, />Jeremy Kushnier/>, />Sally Mayes/>
Songwriters: Eleanor Albano, Anthony Barnao and />Ron Abel/>, />Barbara Anselmi/> and />Carla Rose Arnone/>, />David A. Austin/>, />Neil Bartram/> Margaret Dorn and Janie Barnett, Adam Gwon, />David Howard/> and Bret Simmons, Scott Logsdon and />Steve Marzullo/>, Robert Maddock and Reza Jacobs, Chay Yew and Fabian Obispo
For more information, visit www.namt.org.