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When no access to biomedical journals is a limitation to tackle global poverty
Posted by plosmedicine on 31 Mar 2009 at 00:09 GMT
Author: Alfonso Rodriguez-Morales
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I agree with the PloS Medicine Editors [1] in the fact that journals have been slow to realize their potential as a tool for reducing poverty and addressing global inequities, as well that most journals have done poorly at featuring the work of researchers from developing countries. But most journals work as private business. What is certainly surprising is that initiatives such as HINARI, as also commented Curioso et al [2], are not working forward to help to tackle global poverty giving access to all developing countries.
At least Peru and many other countries have benefited from a partial access to many biomedical journals, but other developing countries, where Venezuela is included, are completely excluded from access in these initiatives. In the eligibility criteria established by HINARI, local, not-for-profit institutions in two groups of countries may register for access to the journals through this initiative. The country lists are based on GNP per capita (World Bank figures, 2001). Institutions in countries with GNP per capita below $1000 are eligible for free access. Institutions in countries with GNP per capita between $1000-$3000 pay a fee of $1000 per year / institution [3]. Although the GNP per capita of developing countries, such as Venezuela, is higher than $3000, more than 80% of people living in conditions of poverty. More on medical schools are completely public and non-private funded. In countries like this, most medical students can afford access or subscription to biomedical journals, neither the medical libraries.
Currently in Venezuela, only one scientific library has an updated collection and access to top biomedical journals (located at the main scientific institution of the country), but in the rest of scientific and biomedical libraries, no access to current biomedical publications exist [4].
Similar situations occurred with other countries, is surprising but for HINARI are not eligible Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, India, Thailand, among others.
We (developing countries, all of us) need more access to biomedical journals, the launching of more open access journal and more extended initiatives to increase significantly the access to biomedical journals, to really have tools for tackle global poverty.
Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
[1] The PLoS Medicine Editors (2006) How Can Biomedical Journals Help to Tackle Global Poverty? PLoS Med 3(8): e380.
[2] Curioso WH, Villafuerte-Gálvez J, Gayoso O (2007) HINARI access in Peru: A step backwards?. Letter, Response to The PLoS Medicine Editors (2006) How Can Biomedical Journals Help to Tackle Global Poverty?. PLoS Med 3(8): e380. (10 May 2007) [3] HINARI. URL: http://www.who.int/hinari...
[4] Rodriguez Morales AJ. Publicaciones Impresas, Publicaciones Online, Bibliotecas e Investigación: Donde estan sus relaciones? Rev Soc Med Quir Hosp Emerg Perez de Leon 2006; 37(1-2):1-2.


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Emerica's "Stay Gold" is all anyone's talking about these days and while most of the focus is directed at The Boss [Andrew Reynolds] or The Massachusetts jumping bean, Brandon Westgate, there are a number of younger dudes that made news in the video. Marquis Preston is one of those dudes. He dropped his first video part in "Stay Gold" and switched from Toy Machine flow limbo to full on Foundation am. We decided to catch up with him to get the full scoop on Heath, the Foundation switch and Corey Duffel.
How did you get the name Marquis? Is your family French?
No, my mom just randomly picked it from some name book. I don't know the meaning of it. I have no idea.
What's the meaning behind your new Foundation ad?
Ha. The Foundation ad. We were coming across the skate spot and they had that question tagged up on the wall and I just thought it was the most hilarious thing I'd ever seen.
Do you know where that question comes from?
Where it came from? Nah, I actually forgot. It was from a movie or something?
It was a question asked to Stevie Williams in an old "411" Wheels of Fortune section.
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I thought that's why you used it because you're a big Stevie Williams fan.
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How is it being on a team with Corey Duffel?
So far, so chill. I haven't really gotten to hang out with him too much. It's pretty cool; I got a spot on Foundation. I got a board sponsor. Sick. Finally.
Did you help yourself to selling Collin Provost Leo Romero's jacket?
Yeah, that was jacked, but yeah. I was on the struggs; struggling. I figured Leo could get another one from Rvca.
Did you have to give Collin his money back?
Yeah, I had to. I had to get the jacket back and then I had to pay back Collin. It was a year before I got to pay him back since I rarely see Collin except on trips and stuff.
I heard you also stole Jerry Hsu's griptape?
Stole his griptape? What is all this noise? What? Ok, what kind of griptape was this?
I don't know I heard you just vic'd his griptape in the van when he wasn't looking.
No way. Wow.
What's your take on being on Foundation now?
I'm stoked. I was working with Tum Yeto for two years now and I'm stoked to be still be working with them. Mike Sinclair is awesome.
Are you hoping Mike Sinclair puts you in the X Games Real Street contest next year so you can win $50,000?
Yeah, that sounds pretty good. I haven't been skating many contests.
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If he gets you in that contest you should buy him some burgers and feed him.
Dude, I will hook that dude up for days if he gives me 50Gs. I'd owe it to him.
What kind of food would you buy Sinclair if he got you 50Gs?
Food? Probably take him out for sushi. Maybe eat some vegan or Thai.
You're blowing it, man. That's all healthy food. Have you ever met Mike?
Yeah, yeah. He doesn't eat healthy?
Hell no! He deep-fries his water.
Ok, I'll take him over to The Bear over here and get some deep fried butter and some chocolate covered bacon.
So are you happy with your "Stay Gold" part? Yeah, I'm pretty stoked on it. My first video part, first video with some of the gnarliest dudes around.
What was your favorite part?
The flow bros part Matt Mendenhall bonus feature exclusive. No, favorite part, hands down is Brandon Westgate. I loved it.
Does it make you sad that Heath [Kirchart] had a retirement part?
I want to say Alien was his retirement part but he's definitely skating still. Him not having a part in the video is definitely not a retirement move. If there's another video he'll definitely have some clips in it.

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Mitt Romney swiftly and firmly distanced himself Thursday from a group exploring plans to target President Barack Obama's relationship with a controversial former pastor. But the revival of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright as a campaign issue momentarily placed race at the center of the presidential contest and showcased the independent groups playing a new role this year with big-money TV ads.
Republican Romney pushed back against a proposal being weighed by a conservative super PAC, Ending Spending Action Fund, to run a $10 million ad campaign drawing attention to racially provocative sermons Wright delivered at a church Obama attended in Chicago. But with super PACS operating under significantly looser campaign finance restrictions than in past presidential contests, there was no guarantee Romney's words would be heeded by other groups eager to make Wright — and, by extension, race — a factor in the campaign.
"I want to make it very clear: I repudiate that effort," Romney told reporters after a campaign stop in Florida. "I think it's the wrong course for a PAC or a campaign. I hope that our campaigns can be respectively about the future and about issues and about vision for America."
Romney indicated he was eager to shift the discussion back to jobs and the economy — bedrock issues on which he contends Obama is vulnerable.
Joe Ricketts, the billionaire benefactor of the super PAC, also distanced himself from the plan and announced he, too, would reject a racially focused approach.
"Not only was this plan merely a proposal — one of several submitted to the Ending Spending Action Fund by third-party vendors — but it reflects an approach to politics that Mr. Ricketts rejects and it was never a plan to be accepted but only a suggestion for a direction to take," the group's president, Brian Baker, said in a statement.
The New York Times first reported the group had commissioned a blueprint devised by Republican strategist Fred Davis and others titled "The Defeat of Barack Hussein Obama: the Ricketts Plan to End His Spending For Good." The Associated Press also obtained a copy of the 54-page blueprint, which outlined a TV, print and social media campaign casting new light on Obama and his "misguided mentor," Wright.
"Super PACs" have played a major role in this year's campaign already, spending many millions of dollars on ads assailing candidates in the Republican primaries — though with no legal connection to the rival contenders they aimed to help. Huge additional sums are expected to be spent before November by groups partial to Obama and Romney but barred from coordinating efforts with the candidates' campaigns.
Reaction from the Obama team was swift to the "Ending Spending" proposal.
"To launch a multimillion dollar divisive attack campaign is not what the American people want," White House Spokesman Jay Carney said. "There are moments when you have to stand up and say that's not the right way to go."
Obama campaign manager Jim Messina, commenting before Romney denounced the plan in an interview with Townhall.com, accused the Republican of "reacting tepidly in a moment that required moral leadership in standing up to the very extreme wing of his own party."
Messina noted that Republican Sen. John McCain, Obama's opponent in the 2008 presidential race, had rejected using Wright and Wright's sermons in that campaign. But Davis, a colorful Hollywood consultant, clearly wanted another chance to use the strategy against Obama.
"Our plan is to do exactly what John McCain would not let us do: show the world how Barack Obama's opinions of America and the world were formed," Davis' proposal said.
Davis' firm said in a statement Thursday that the document — which called for "hitting Barack right between the eyes" — was only a proposal and did not win Ricketts' approval.
Wright first emerged as an issue for Obama in the 2008 campaign when the pastor's sermons surfaced on television and online. In a 2003 sermon, Wright said black people should condemn the United States.
"The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing 'God Bless America.' No, no, no, God damn America, that's in the Bible for killing innocent people," Wright said at the time. "God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme."
Obama has credited Wright with leading him to Christianity, and Wright performed Obama's 1994 wedding to Michelle Obama and baptized the couple's two daughters. Obama took the name for his best-selling memoir, "The Audacity of Hope," from one of Wright's sermons.
The Wright controversy became a campaign problem for Obama, pushing him to deliver a major speech on race relations. He eventually severed his ties to Wright.
For his part, Arizona Sen. McCain said Thursday he felt he had done the right thing on the Wright issue.
"I remain proud of our campaign and proud of what we were able to accomplish, and I would do it over again," McCain said at the Capitol. He said the matter seemed dead after Romney repudiated the proposal.
He shrugged when asked whether independent groups should take up matters such as Wright's remarks.
"It's a way for political operatives to continue to make money," McCain said.
Another top Republican, House Speaker John Boehner, of Ohio, declined to be drawn into the debate.
"This election is going to be about the economy," he said when reporters asked him to react to the proposed ad campaign. "I don't know what these other people do or why they do it."
Unease with Obama's history with Wright has percolated among many Republicans for years, providing fodder for conservative television and talk radio.
But Republican strategists generally said they were put off by the Davis group's approach, reasoning it would meet resistance from independent voters likely to decide the outcome of the election. A majority of those voters approve of Obama personally even as they remain skeptical of his performance as president.
"Among those folks the personal incendiary stuff will backfire badly and will be seen as mean, personal and angry," Republican pollster Adam Geller said.
The story cast new attention on Ricketts, the founder of Nebraska-based TD Ameritrade Securities and patriarch of the family that bought the Chicago Cubs baseball team in 2009. Ricketts has been active in conservative politics for years, most recently helping Republican Deb Fischer win an upset victory this week in the Republican Senate primary in Nebraska.
The fallout from the Wright story appeared to rattle Ricketts' family.
Tom Ricketts, one of the elder Ricketts' four children and Cubs chairman, joined his father in rejecting what he called a "return to racially divisive issues" in the campaign.
"Our team and every other Major League Baseball team are great examples of people of diverse backgrounds working together toward a common goal," Tom Ricketts said.
His sister Laura Ricketts, an Obama contribution bundler and gay rights activist, released a statement saying, "The love of country was instilled in us by my father. We have different political views on how to achieve what is best for the future of American, but we agree that each of us is entitled to our own views."
Fouhy reported from New York. Associated Press writers Jim Kuhnhenn and Charles Babington in Washington, Joshua Funk and Margery Beck in Nebraska and Thomas Beaumont in Des Moines, Iowa, contributed to this report.
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Copyright 2012 The Associated Press
May 19, 2012 at 10:06 am
When there are two interchangable cogs representing near-twin parties, the rush to differentiate between the two usually does become vicious, shallow and/or ludicrous. Evidence to date indicates that the pattern continues.
May 20, 2012 at 7:48 pm
And just why would that America-hating BHO mentor be above reproach?
Doug Thompson
May 21, 2012 at 7:39 am
Interesting hypocrisy Mac. If we or an opponent of Ron Paul pointed out that white supremacist and anti-Semitic groups endorse your favorite libertarian Texas Congressman, you would squeal like a stuck pig.
May 21, 2012 at 10:02 pm
If I squealed at all (more hardly) it would be because of unfounded attack, which I assume would not be the case regarding those groups endorsing Paul. It's collectivists that don't.
In fact, I challenge you to find a single instance of my denying or otherwise disrespecting a proven position such as you describe. It is unfounded innuendo I don't like… something all too common around this and other watering holes.
Doug Thompson
May 22, 2012 at 5:20 am
What innuendo?
White supremacist groups support Ron Paul: Fact.
Anti-Semitic web sites support Ron Paul: Fact.
While Paul has not embraced the preachings on these web sites, he admitted using the mailing list of one White Supremacist group in the past because it was a good list for fundraising: Fact.
That's not innuendo Mac. You should know the difference but I suppose those partisan blinders you wear obscures more than your vision.
May 22, 2012 at 8:55 am
Note that I was agreeing with you regarding supremacists and anti-semitics. The rest of my post related to what you call my snide comments, which generally are mere tit-for-tat reserved for those who do indeed post partisan attacks, often of a personal nature. Tit-for-tat.
Data-based arguments welcomed.
May 21, 2012 at 10:11 pm
And besides, Doug… what hypocrisy? Wright is "publicly" just exactly as he's been described. There's no Hidden Motive or Purpose regarding his stances against this country… "God Damn America" rang forth regularly from his "pulpit" as we all know. A "reverend" ??? Give us a break.
There is much more to Wright than has been aired… and that is what they are worried about. Were articles illuminating such information allowed here, I'm sure they'd find their way.
Doug Thompson
May 22, 2012 at 5:22 am
Try linking to something besides the usual partisan blather and it might see the light of day here.
Talk about unfounded innuendo. I see a lot of that in the snide comments you post.
May 21, 2012 at 10:36 pm
Ricketts is a demonstrable coward.
May 22, 2012 at 3:15 am
Actually, this is a brilliant move. Romney himself denouncing this sort of thing makes it basically carte blanche for those SuperPACs which support him to go onto it like hounds after a fox…
"Look! He disavowed it! OF COURSE we're not co-ordinating with his campaign! … That would be unlawful, doncha know? … " Uh-huh.


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Kōenji Hyakkei
Kōenji Hyakkei 高円寺百景 |
Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
Genres | Zeuhl, progressive rock |
Years active | 1991–present |
Labels | Magaibutsu (Japan) Skin Graft Records (North America) |
Website | Kōenji Hyakkei's Official Site (English) |
Members | Yoshida Tatsuya (drums, vocals) Sakamoto Kengo (bass, vocals) Yabuki Taku (keyboards) Yamamoto Kyoko (AH) (vocals) Komori Keiko (reeds, vocals) |
Past members | Masada Ryuichi Kuwahara Shigekazu Harada Jin Oguchi Kenichi Sagara Nami Kanazawa Miyako Kubota Aki |
Kōenji Hyakkei (高円寺百景?, "Hundred Sights of Kōenji"), also known as Kōenjihyakkei, is a Japanese Zeuhl band led by Yoshida Tatsuya of Ruins fame. The band released their first (self-titled) album in 1994 with Aki Kubota from Bondage Fruit on vocals and keyboard. Though rhythmically not as complex as Ruins, Kōenji Hyakkei still evokes a feeling of unfamiliarity due to non-standard modes and chanting in a nonsensical language.
Very little is known about the history of Kōenji Hyakkei. Some have speculated that Yoshida keeps biographical information to a minimum in order to sustain a mystique.[1][citation needed] Former vocalist/keyboardist Kubota Aki (who returned to the band in 2007 after departing several years earlier) is originally from the Kōenji area of Tokyo, which is the only real lead on the origin of the name.
Band members[edit]
Yoshida has been the only consistent member of the band, with Sakamoto Kengo playing bass from their second album onward. As the band has added new members, the band's sound changes, shifting from folk-influenced progressive rock to minimalism to jazz fusion with the inclusion of Komori Keiko on reeds (usually soprano saxophone) on their album Angherr Shisspa.
It is not clear what language is used for Kōenji Hyakkei lyrics. For the most part, lyrics are reminiscent of Christian Vander's Kobaïan language (a notable exception is the song Zoltan from their self-titled album, a Kyrie).[2] There are few words shorter than four letters, and almost no instances of words repeated in more than one phrase. In addition, spelling conventions and pronunciation vary between albums and songs.
There is no standard way of romanizing the name 高円寺百景. Official sources write it as Koenji Hyakkei or Koenjihyakkei and less commonly KoenjiHyakkei, Koenji-Hyakkei, and others.
- 1994: Hundred Sights of Koenji (高円寺百景) (remastered and reissued in 2008)
- 1997: Viva Koenji! (弐(II))
- 2001: Nivraym (remastered and reissued in 2009)
- 2005: Angherr Shisspa
- 2002: Live at Star Pine's Cafe (DVD)
- 2006: Live at Doors (DVD)
- 2010: Live at Koenji High (DVD)


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Like Webb, Ritz spent most of the winter off the track, building strength for the all-important spring campaign. Yet it was all he could do to not do track work when facing the spectre of red-hot Arkansas distance ace Alistair Cragg at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Says Ritz, "At that point I was like 'Damn it, I'm gonna get my doors blown off at NCAA Indoors if don't go on the track and make my muscles feel ready,' but then Mark [Wetmore] was like, 'It's that or be fried in August [during the Olympics]. All the way till NCAAs [where he finished fourth] I felt I should have done more."
Over the next few weeks Ritz got on track, running rhythm workouts, like 20x400 in 65 with a minute rest, and lo and behold, when his teammates who'd run more on the track this winter started feeling cranky, Ritz was coming into his own. By the time the Stanford Invitational came around this spring, Ritz says, "I felt incredible."
On April 30, Ritz ran 27:38.5 to set the American collegiate 10,000m record in his first attempt at the distance. Says Ritz of his coach, "He knew what he was doing."
Ritz's run at Stanford and Webb's sterling 3:50 mile at the Prefontaine Classic have confirmed that those who once were NEXT have made the leap to NOW.
And as they've made the leap they've both come to the realization that consistency is the key. Taking small steps for months, even years at a time, none steeper than the rest, is the key to greatness in this sport. It took nine months of consistent training for both Ritz and Webb to post historic performances. And both feel that through their struggles and subsequent success they've developed the physiological understanding and the temperament to slowly stoke the fire of their desire for years to come.
I can't wait to see what happens NEXT.
Chris Lear is the author of Running with the Buffaloes and Sub 4:00. His story "Commencing the Novitiate: North America's Fastest Roommates Head to Class," about Alan Webb's freshman year at the University of Michigan, appeared in the May 2002 issue of Running Times.


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[Champion Concept] Etheria: The Chaos Mage
This is a repost of my first champ concept with some minor changes so enjoy and tell me your thoughts plz.
Health-480(+80 per lvl) 1840 at lvl 18 Health regen-10 per 5 sec(+.5 per lvl) 18.5 at lvl 18 Resource-energy AD-55(+3 per lvl) 106 at lvl 18 Movement-320 Attack Speed-.505(+.015 per lvl) .76 at lvl 18 Armor-35(+2.5 per lvl) 77.5 at lvl 18 Magic Resist-37(+3 per lvl) 88 at lvl 18 Role: mage Passive: Light Eye: Upon reaching 50% health Etheria gains 20 movement speed and 5% spell vamp. Dark Eye: Upon reaching 25% health Etheria gains 5/10/15 ability power and 15% spell penetration. Q: Divine Light/Dark Wrath Etheria fires a beam of white light applying a light charge to all enemies hit. For three seconds afterwards Etheria can fire a beam of dark energy stunning any enemies afflicted with a light charge and applies a dark charge to all enemies. If Etheria hits an enemywith a dark charge he will do less damage on that attack but consume the charge and receive energy Cost: 30/30 Range: 600 Damage: 40/80/120/160/200 (+60% of AP) Cooldown: 5 sec starting after the time runs out to use Dark Wrath or when Dark Wrath is used Charge Length: 4 sec Stun Length: .75 sec Energy refund: 30 W: Fluctuation Etheria warps gravity around a single enemy slowing them and chaining to nearby enemy units (prioritizes champions) Cost: 60 Range: 300, chain range 250 from initial target Damage: none Cooldown: 12/10.5/9/7.5/6 Slow duration: 1.5 seconds Slow: 20%/24%/28%/32%/36% E: Fusion Storm Etheria releases a storm of explosions within an area dealing magic damage and increasing Etheria's magic resist temporarily for each champion hit Cost: 65 Range: 500 diameter (starts at the center and expands to the end of the area of effect) Damage: 50/110/160/210/260 (+50% of AP) Magic resist increase: 6 per champion hit. lasts 2 seconds Cooldown:8/7.5/7/6.5/6 Charge length: 3 seconds R: Transcendence/Chaos Judgement Etheria breaks the laws of nature becoming a being of light and dark energy. For 8 seconds he is immune to all crowd control effects, and his abilities have enhanced effects and have no energy cost. Q: fires a single fused skill shot that immediately stuns any enemy it hits W: has 25% increased range E: marks enemies that are hit with a chaos charge causing Etheria's abilities to bonus damage equal to 30%% of his AP Etheria can activate this skill again to bring down a bolt of energy which deals magic damage to one target and 50% of the intial damage to all enemies within range of the target. Cost: no cost Range: 450 Damage: 5/8/10 % of targets maximum health (+ 1% per 90 AP) tips for playing Etheria: Etheria's skills can effect multiple enemies. try using them when enemy champions are clustered together for devastating results When confronted with multiple enemy champions use Fluctuation to slow your pursuers Etheria becomes more deadly as the fight drags out. use this to turn certain defeat into a quick kill tips for playing against Etheria Attack Etheria from different directions to prevent him from using his abilities to escape Be careful when fighting Etheria solo his passive makes him deadly at low health. -Darkzero1 |
Excellent champion idea. I've been asking for another energy champ myself.
This is really neat, I'd like to see him as a champ in the league some day :D
I actually like this concept. This champion doesn't seem overpowered, for once. Please explain her e better.
his E starts at a single point and expands to the edge of the AoE and gives him a small buff for every enemy he hits with it.
personally i don't really like the idea of having a double skillshot ability. i don't know why, it's just that the gameplay mechanics feels like it's just being new for the sake of being new. plus once you use the first skillshot your enemies will know that he next skillshot will immediately follow. it just makes the gameplay seem more boring and predictable than it actually is. anyways, great champion idea overall, i really like the w. the league hasn't implemented a champion with any sort of chain mechanic yet.
i would also buff the passive. it seems a little weak and lacks any lategame scailing. it's not good to have passives that aren't noticed. check out my champion http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/...1#post31816661 |
got any ideas for lore? if not, let me know, i can try to write one for you if i get a basic idea of the backstory
i tried making a lore for him but it just didnt work out very well if you want to take a shot at it be my guest
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- 1.1(person)(liquid)(through a straw)(vacuum cleaner)to suck one's thumb to suck something up(liquid)aspirar algo(through a straw)the insect sucks up the nectarsorber algothe roots suck (up) moisture out of o from the soilel insecto chupa or succiona el néctarthe fan sucks smells out of the kitchenlas raíces absorben la humedad de la tierrato suck somebody dryel ventilador extrae los olores de la cocinaexprimir a alguien [colloquial]Example sentences1.2 (pull, draw) (+ adverb complement) we don't want to be sucked into a senseless war
- The pressure was immediately released from his mouth and he sucked in a gulp of air.
- Hesitantly, I sucked in the smoke drawn through the pipe, holding it in my lungs and feeling the warmth inside of me, before slowly letting it out.
- By the time the last rows have done their scraping, the beak is completely closed, leaving the algae trimmings to be sucked in during the next chomp.
she was sucked down o under by the currentno queremos ser arrastrados a una guerra sin sentidola corriente se la tragóExample sentences- The lead car displaces the air, creating a vacuum to suck the trailing car along.
- Before she had a chance to recover, the craft hit another rock and split apart, and Miri was sucked under the surface.
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at something(at lollipop/pipe)the baby was sucking at his mother's breastchupar algoto suckel bebé estaba mamandoon something(on pipe/pen)a sucking noisechupar algoun ruido de ventosaExample sentences- Factors as diverse as skeletal muscle pathology and sucking a digit (thumb or finger) can substantially influence the growth of the face and dentition.
- You place them between your gum and cheek and suck them slowly.
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I have been a member of Calvary Memorial UCC for 24 years. My wife, Bonnie and I have been married for 38 years, and have a daughter and son and three lovely granddaughters. During my years at Calvary, I have served on many committees and groups, including Church Council, Christian Education, Stewardship, Membership, and Pastoral Relations. I am currently the President of the Church Council.
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though I was born and raised in Racine, I have lived all of my adult life in Milwaukee. My husband and I have four adult daughters.
As a young child, I was drawn to church and some of my happiest Sundays were the ones when my father and mother went to separate services because I could accompany both of them and attend two services. In college, my major was in the medical field, but I volunteered in the senior high religion program at a church near the university. I had an easy and joyful rapport with the teenagers. The priest and the youth director encouraged me to rethink my career choice. With their guidance, I changed my undergraduate major to religious studies and secondary education. I taught at Divine Savior-Holy Angels from 1981-1984, I was a certified secondary school teacher in the state of Wisconsin until 2003.
In 1986, I began teaching undergraduate scripture classes at Cardinal Stritch University. On a rotating basis, I taught the following undergraduate classes: Old Testament, New Testament, Faith Development, the Prophets, the Letters of Paul, and the Synoptic Tradition. On the graduate level, I taught Women in Scripture, the Gospel of John and the Gospel of Matthew. In addition, I was the advisor to the religious studies students.
In 1987, I received a Master's Degree in Theological Studies from St. Francis Seminary and in 2000, I received a Doctor of Ministry degree from St. Mary's Seminary in Mundelein, Illinois. My course of studies at both seminaries was in biblical studies, counseling, psychology, preaching, hospice ministry, Chaplin ministry, church history, Christian spirituality, ecumenism, world religions and youth ministry.
In 2004, I decided to leave the Roman Catholic Church and pursue ordained ministry, God chose for me the denomination of the United Church of Christ. During my last semester of teaching, I had a student from Faith United Church of Christ in Slinger. His pastor became disabled and the congregation was searching for an interim. He asked if I would lead the confirmation program and some of the worship services. After six weeks of helping, the congregation unanimously voted for me to take the position. The job and the members were a blessing. During the services, I experienced a sense of peaceful resolve, I felt as if it was God's amen on my ministry.
After the interim position ended, I searched for a church closer to my home. In May of 2007, I was called to be pastor at Calvary Memorial United Church of Christ. I was ordained at Calvary Memorial on September 16, 2007.
278 people filled our beautiful church for the ordination service; about half of the people were visitors. Rev. Russ Knoth, head of the Association Ministry team, along with 25 of my clergy colleagues officiated the celebration. My family came from as far away as Florida, Arizona, and Virginia to celebrate the end of a very long journey and the beginning of a new one. My friends, one of them from my first grade class, all came together to joyfully participate. It was a wonderful, holy occasion filled with the gifts of the Spirit.
Visitors and guests spoke warmly about the incredible hospitality of the congregation. People were brought to tears by the songs of our choir and our soloists, both of whom worked tirelessly to bring to life songs and that were sacred to me. The insightful and inspirational messages of the visiting pastors and the priests made us cry and laugh as they shared their messages of the God who dreams for each one of us. The "laying on of hands" was overwhelming powerful. I believe that on that Sunday, we, along with our visitors were given a glimpse of God's Church at its very, very best. All who came to the service left knowing without a doubt that God's Spirit is present here at Calvary Memorial.
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Each of our shops is currently featuring a display of books by and about great women, to mark International Women's day on 8th March. Emily, from our Waterloo branch, explores the wealth of recent fiction for younger readers that offers inspirational role models for the next generation of young women.
Simon Winder, Publishing Director at Penguin Press, reveals how he and his team chose the 80 titles that make up the 80-pence Little Black Classics marking the publisher's 80th birthday.
Stuart Prebble, whose production company came up with the idea for TV hit Grumpy Old Men after he read a news article, looks at how lives can be changed irrevocably in seconds, as they are in his new novel, The Insect Farm.