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Russian Medical Massage: Massage for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome falls into the category of peripheral neuropathy -- a dysfunction of a single nerve that produces a variety of neurological and general symptoms, such as pain, muscle weakness and atrophy, vasomotor problems (which affect the caliber of the blood vessels), and sensory loss.
Carpal tunnel syndrome results from compression on the median nerve by the structures that surround it. In order for us to understand the cause of this dysfunction we have to take a closer look at the structure in which this dysfunction occurs.
The carpal tunnel
The tunnel through which the median nerve runs is created by the flexor retinaculum, or transverse carpal ligament, and the carpal bones. The canal is created for the flexor tendons, which lie directly beneath the median nerve, and for the median nerve itself to run through. The median nerve supplies five muscles in the hand, which are found in the index, middle and fourth fingers, and in the thumb. The median nerve, being one of the brachial plexus nerves (it originates at the C6-T1), runs through the medial side (inside) of the arm, through the medial part of the elbow and ends at the above-mentioned fingers. It is a sensory nerve and provides innervation for most flexors of the forearm, elbow joint, and many joints of the hand, thumb muscles and skin of the hand. Another structural aspect that makes the median nerve so very prone to involvement is its makeup: it is created from large-diameter fibers that will react to even slight pressure. The wrist is not designed for repetitive tasks or for heavy use, because it is made from fine structures that were intended for fine motor use. The wrist is prone to dysfunction if it is required to perform functions for which it is not built.
Now that we have painted a picture of the structure we are dealing with, let's examine how carpal tunnel syndrome occurs.
Causes of carpal tunnel syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome results from compression on the median nerve by the surrounding structures, or by changes that occur in the tunnel itself. Seldom will we see carpal tunnel syndrome develop due to a single injury to the wrist. More often it occurs due to continuous overuse of the wrist while performing a repetitive activity -also known as cumulative trauma disorder.
Carpal tunnel syndrome is one of the fastest growing dysfunctions affecting the American population today. Between 14 and 18 million people suffer from cumulative trauma disorders every year, according to CDTNEWS, and of these close to two million individuals suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome. Also according to CDTNEWS, 4.4 million injuries are attributable to computer keyboard use.
The growth of reported cumulative trauma disorder in the workplace has increased 1,300 percent in the past 12 years. The cost for surgery to treat carpal tunnel syndrome reached $29,900 in 1990; but the cost of treatment is not the main issue. More than 39 percent of those injured had to miss more than a month of work due to this condition, and often these people had to find another type of job in order to avoid repeated trauma. Many types of activities can contribute to carpal tunnel syndrome, including typing/data entry, tool use, grasping objects repetitively, using a sewing machine, repairing precision instruments, assembling, operating machinery, construction, house painting, meat wrapping and gardening. Improper use of wrists and hands, and overuse of the thumbs while giving massage can also lead to the development of carpal tunnel syndrome.
The motion of repeated forceful wrist flexion is the common ground for all of the above-listed activities, and since the wrist is not designed to be used this way, most often forearm muscles and wrist tendons become overused and strained. This leads to contraction of the muscles and tendons, as well as swelling of these structures, which in turn produces pressure on the median nerve.
Other conditions that contribute to carpal tunnel syndrome include diabetes, Guillain Barre syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis and pregnancy. These conditions contribute to the syndrome by increasing fluid in the tissue -- especially in the extremities; and secondary production of deposits in the limited spaces -- such as the carpal tunnel. People who use the motion of pronation repetitively may affect the median nerve at the elbow, which can cause its irritation and produce symptoms associated with carpal tunnel syndrome -- and which can later lead to the development ofcarpal tunnel syndrome. Whatever the reason for the median nerve compression, the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome will cause a significant amount of pain and often total disability. The following are the symptoms clients with carpal tunnel syndrome often complain about:
Numb or cold fingers, tingling and burning sensations (also known as paresthesia) of the thumb, index, middle and ring fingers. Often, clients wake up at night due to the above-described sensations;
Sensory deficit in the radial-palmar aspect of the hand;
Pain in the wrist, palm and/or forearm that worsens at night; and
Weakness and atrophy of the thumb abductors.
Russian Medical Massage
Although the pain originates at the wrist, it can radiate to the elbow and even the shoulder by traveling along the passage of the median nerve; it can be temporarily relieved by shaking out the hands. Although today there are complex nerve conduction tests that can be performed to determine the condition of the median nerve, two simple tests can be done to see if the median nerve is involved. They are: Tinel's test (tapping over the median nerve at the wrist and receiving paresthesia in the fingers innervated by the nerve); and determining if the client can oppose his or her thumb without pain. (Note: make sure the client has been pre-diagnosed by a physician as having carpal tunnel syndrome before applying tests or treatment).
Standard treatment
Allopathic treatment consists of splinting the forearm/wrist, especially during the night, and surgery. Surgical procedure involves sectioning, or cutting, the transverse carpal ligament in order to decompress the nerve. Certain complications can result from surgery -- mainly scar tissue formation in the sectioned ligament, which once again will produce compression on the median nerve. In fact, the Journal of Hand Surgery reported that in a study of 60 patients, only 27 percent reported a good outcome from surgery, whereas 32 percent stated that the symptoms persisted or worsened (42 percent considered the symptoms mostly improved).
A couple of years ago I had the chance to work with Dr. Mitchell Mally, one of the leaders in the chiropractic field's treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome. Mally manipulates the wrist so that the carpal bones, which are involved and often contribute to the compression on the median nerve, are repositioned correctly. By setting the bones in their correct places, the chiropractor enlarges the size of the carpal tunnel and eliminates the compression on the median nerve. This treatment seems to be very effective, and is quickly becoming one of the standards of carpal tunnel syndrome treatment protocol. Often ultrasound is used along with manipulation, which provides additional relief to chiropractic patients.
Massage treatment
Massage treatment goals for carpal tunnel syndrome will differ from one client to another according to the severity of the condition and symptoms that are present. Massage treatment goals are to:
Decrease edema at the wrist;
Decrease muscle contraction of the forearm flexors;
Decrease tension of the wrist flexor tendons;
Increase elasticity of the tendons that compress on the median nerve;
Break up and eliminate pathological deposits (if edema was present but is currently absent);
If post-surgical, increase elasticity of the transverse ligament scar;
Decrease irritation of the median nerve;
Decrease pain and paresthesia (numbness, tingling, burning, cold sensations); and
Normalize muscle tone and strength of the forearm and thumb.
Russian massage techniques can accomplish all of these goals. It was mentioned earlier that swelling is one of the conditions that not only accompanies carpal tunnel syndrome, but also contributes to nerve compression. By decreasing edema in the wrist you will not only decrease pain, but will also prevent development of the pathological deposits in the carpal tunnel. Once edema is dealt with (or in case of its absence) you can progress to the other goals.
Whenever nerve pain is present, progress your work from the area of least pain to the most painful area, along the passage of the nerve. In the case of carpal tunnel syndrome, begin on the forearm and progress into the wrist. Divide the forearm into two parts, starting at the bulk of the forearm flexors (closer to the elbow), and after a few strokes of clasping effleurage begin gentle friction with fingers. Your massage should be painless, and your progression to the deep friction strokes -- such as crestlng friction and friction with the heel of the hand -- will depend on the clients' ability to receive them. Friction should originate in the proximal area moving distally (toward the hand) and should stop halfway down. This friction increases pliability of the muscle and will also calm the nerve. The client should report a decrease of pain in the wrist and fingers before you move to the next half of the forearm.
Another stroke that calms the median nerve is gentle vibration. Place all four fingers in the area of the nerve projection and move your hand side to side, to create a shaking movement. Progress downward in the distal direction. Use a few strokes of friction followed by a few strokes of vibration and then repeat the combination (rather than friction for a prolonged period of time and then vibration for a period of time). On the second half of the forearm you will continue with the same treatment as described above, but you will more likely use friction with fingers more than any other form of friction.
Once again, do not fight the tissue, but repeat your friction and vibration combinations until the client reports a decrease of pain and you feel increased pliability of the tendons. This progression to the next area might take a few treatments to accomplish -- remember to be guided by the client's ability to receive rather than this protocol. As the client's tissue continues to respond, you should see progressive improvement in the muscle's pliability. This will allow you to spend less time on that area and more time on the more distal area. In a few treatments (it will vary from client to client depending on the severity of the condition) you should be able to progress to the wrist. Before any treatment is done on the wrist itself, make sure that there is no swelling (if edema is present use the strokes of effleurage above it to resolve this edema).
On the wrist itself, start with very superficial friction with fingers combined with vibration. After a few minutes of the treatment move on to more proximal areas with the massage being done on that area, and work there for a few minutes before returning to the area of the wrist. A note of caution: whenever working with the irritated nerve you are walking a very thin line between decreasing irritation of that nerve and actually causing more irritation. It is better to underwork the irritated nerve than to overwork it. As the client progresses through the treatments Ire or she should report the following improvements: less paresthesia occurring in the fingers; a significant decrease of pain in the forearm and wrist; and the ability to resume some of the activities required the use of the forearm, wrist and hand.
As nerve irritation decreases, progress to the final stage of your treatment in order to increase elasticity of the wrist tendons and ligaments, and prevent compression on the nerve in the future. Deeper friction with fingers and hatching friction is used to accomplish this goal. Please remember that pain should be completely absent before graduating to deeper treatment. At that time you may also want to include friction of the thumb and encourage the patient to begin an exercise program to strengthen his or her wrist and hand flexors (Theraband and Theraputty exercises are standard for accomplishing this goal).
The treatment schedule is done every day for 10-15 minutes per treatment. Depending on his or her condition, the client may be seen 12-15 times. If more treatments are needed to accomplish the above-listed goals, wait at least 10 days before resuming the next set of treatments.
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How long is a person infectious from when the symptoms of glandular fever first appear?
Glandular fever is a very common viral infection usually affecting adolescents and young adults.
Its other name is infectious mononucleosis and the virus is called the Epstein-Barr virus. The virus is commonly transmitted in the saliva.
The condition resolves quickly and in most patients causes little or no symptoms, therefore frequently not being diagnosed.
A few unfortunate patients may suffer fatigue and debility for several months. It is found that by the age of 25, most people have evidence of previous infection when tested.
In one research study 90 percent of healthy adults between 21 and 57 years were found to have virus in their saliva.
The answer to your question, 'how long is a person infectious from the onset of symptoms', therefore is probably forever.
The degree of infectiousness will vary and is highest while the symptoms of the condition are most severe.
However, most adults and many children will already have developed protecting antibodies.
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Anybody can wake up one morning and decide to spend some time in any of the exotic destinations scattered all over the world. A day spent on the beach sipping cocktails or a night of fun at some esoteric shindig somewhere in Asia is everybody's idea of a good time. But the following destinations are not for the fainthearted. Here are 8 of the world's scariest destinations you wouldn't want to visit on your own.
The Island of Dolls, Mexico
About fifty years ago, a little girl died somewhere off the coast of a little island in Mexico. The sole resident of the island, a recluse, discovered her body and a doll washed ashore and hung her doll on a tree as a sign of respect. Over the next 50 years, he collected many more dolls and hung on trees all over the island. Today, you will encounter a macabre scene of blank dolls' eyes staring soullessly at you, some of which seem to follow your every move. Hundreds of dolls, severed limbs and decapitated heads adorn trees all over the place. There are tales that the spirit of the dead girl resides in these dolls. Even though Mexican authorities insist that the island is in no way haunted, that doesn't make Isla de las Munecas any less creepy.
Aokigahara Forest, Japan
"Life is precious" and "Consult the Police before you decide to die" are some of the signs you should expect to see as you enter Aokigahara Forest in Japan. Known by many names, such as "the sea of trees" or "Japan's Demon Forest" or "the perfect place to die", this forest in Japan is said to be the second most popular place to commit suicide. The complete suicide manual, the controversial bestseller by Wataru Tsurumui describes various ways to commit suicide and even recommends Aokigahara as the perfect place to end one's life. This forest is said to be filled up with spirits of suicides and even the trees in the forest have been completely permeated. Don't be surprised to stumble upon corpses as you take a walk through this forest of death.
Akodessewa Fetish Market, Togo
People assume that Haiti is the world capital of Voodoo, this is not correct. Voodoo evolved from the heart of Africa and was exported to Haiti and other places. Somewhere in Lome, the capital city of Togo is the Akodessewa Fetish Market. This is like the Walmart of fetishes. Marche des Feticheurs is where you can find everything used in voodoo practice, from heads of monkeys and leopards to human skulls, talismans and black powder. The market is a haven for families looking for babies, people who want to do well in business and those looking to find love. This is a very scary place to visit and can be quite frightening if you have a faint heart. Visit this market any day and you might even get an offer to try out one of their protection talismans.
Hashima Island, Japan
Also known as the battleship, this former bustling coal mine is now an abandoned island inhabited by ghosts and lost souls. This former island of about 5000 souls that also served as a prisoner of war camp was deserted very suddenly in 1974 leaving it to become a ghost town where if you listening carefully, you can hear sounds of signs and murmuring. The Battleship made an appearance in James Bond's Skyfall as the headquarters on the villain in the movie. A stroll along the deserted streets will make you believe you are the only person left in a post apocalyptic world.
Catacombs of Paris, France
With human skulls stretching as far as the eyes can see, the human anatomy has never been more depicted than in this labyrinth of skulls and bones. It might not be scary to everyone but those who frighten easily will have a time of it in the catacombs. Officially known as the Municipal Ossuary, the catacombs are essentially a subterranean repository of bones from different parts of the body.
Leap Castle, Ireland
Reputed to be the most haunted building in the whole world, Leap castle has a long history of torture and fear attached to it. The castle itself is built over a torture pit used by druids in their ancient initiation ceremonies. Leap castle is said to be haunted by the ghosts of the victims tortured and killed inside the castle. The most notorious of its spirit residences is the tall specter of a lady clothed in a gown red with blood holding a sharp knife. The story goes that she was imprisoned by one of the former owners of the castle and raped repeatedly. She gave birth to a baby who was murdered by her captors and overcome with grief; she used the knife her spirit holds to take her own life. This castle is plagued with so much misfortune that the current owners had to engage the services of a white witch to appease the spirits. Today, human and spirit residents live in a fragile truce in the castle which is sometimes open to tourists.
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Poveglia, Italy
This disguised island in Greece was once the dumping ground of victims of the bubonic plague. Go in a boat and you are likely to get stuck in the pile of bones and skulls that litter the water and shore. Story has it that a psychic doctor was choked to death on the island by paranormal forces. Some visitors to the island say they experience strange occurrences and unexplainable happenings during their visit. What better place to spend a sunny afternoon alone than on the beach of Poveglia island.


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Ever faithful is the Lord our God, merciful and kind. He looks upon us His children with tender loving care. To remain steadfast in His love is to do His will. And His will is to prosper us not to do us harm. Why then should we be afraid to do His will?
It is in our relationship with Jesus Christ His Son that we bear fruit for our wills are in communion with Him. This is what it means to be one body in Him. Our love is never a selfish one but one that wills the good in another.
Sweet heart of Jesus embrace me, let me always be one with You. Amen
First reading
Micah 7:14-15,18-20
With shepherd's crook, O Lord, lead your people to pasture, the flock that is your heritage, living confined in a forest with meadow land all around.
Let them pasture in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old.
As in the days when you came out of Egypt grant us to see wonders.
What god can compare with you: taking fault away, pardoning crime,
not cherishing anger for ever but delighting in showing mercy?
Once more have pity on us, tread down our faults, to the bottom of the sea throw all our sins.
Grant Jacob your faithfulness, and Abraham your mercy, as you swore to our Father's from the days of long ago.
Matthew 12:46-50
Jesus was speaking to the crowds when his mother and his brothers appeared; they were standing outside and were anxious to have a word with him. But to the man who told him this Jesus replied, 'Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?' And stretching out his hand towards his disciples he said, 'Here are my mother and my brothers. Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven, he is my brother and sister and mother.'


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PlayStation's 'Wonderbook' Brings 'Harry Potter' to Life for Kids [VIDEO]
Parents: prepare for your living rooms to be filled with loud shouts of "Expelliarmus" and "Lumos." Your kids aren't learning Latin; they're practicing spells from Sony's new Wonderbook: Book of Spells.
This PlayStation accessory uses augmented reality to bring players into the world of Harry Potter. The Wonderbook kit comes with a large, soft plastic book with a few pages inside, each emblazoned with AR symbols designed to work with the PlayStation Eye Camera. It also includes the Book of Spells by J.K. Rowling software, indicating this peripheral has future software potential.
Players can purchase kits bundled with the Eye Camera and PlayStation Move motion controller, or use any they already own. Once the game is turned on and you've finished the elaborate set-up process, the book's pages are transformed on the TV into a dusty spell book, and the Move controller becomes the wizard's wand.
Book of Spells is a game with children in mind, just like J.K. Rowling's series. The tutorials gently lead the player along, and each spell they learn includes sections where they can practice their wand gestures or be pulled into an activity that springs to life from the book's pages. They'll also have a chance to read a bit of wizard lore about the spell, taken from Harry Potter's universe. These stories are filled with cartoon humor and require players to insert the missing word from a sentence to complete the story, something older children might find tedious.
The game shines in its creative use of augmented reality technology. There are many objects on the screen that players can interact with through the Move controller. It's inventive and whimsical, and is true to readers' expectations for the Harry Potter universe. For instance, after smashing a jar of eyes in a levitating spell, I was able to pick one up and fly it around the screen.
Unfortunately, the gameplay can get bogged down in several ways, often because of the technology. It's very easy for the camera to not recognize a gesture correctly, either when players are trying to cast a spell, or play one of the activities. Kids are definitely creative enough to find workarounds, but it might lead to frustration. The gameplay also often spent a long time on one spell, reaffirming that kids would enjoy this game much more than adult Harry Potter fans.
Check out our video above to see the game in action as we tested out Wonderbook: Book of Spells ourselves.


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Chris Davis pulled a Houdini against the New York Yankees on Monday, making a ball disappear.
The Baltimore Orioles first baseman, who has earned a reputation for sending balls out of the park, took one into his jersey on a bad swing.
After whiffing on a pitch from CC Sabathia, the ball ricochets and takes an odd bounce before hopping up and skidding along Davis' jersey.
Chris Davis just fouled a ball INTO HIS OWN SHIRT. WAT.
— Productive Outs (@ProductiveOuts) September 9, 2013
Davis leads the majors in home runs with 48 on the year, though it certainly didn't look like it on that swing.
Chris Davis just fouled off a ball and it went in his shirt.. Lol he can do everything! #amazing
— Lucas Lowry (@LJLowry21) September 9, 2013
Texas Rangers fans can certainly take delight in the play.
That's the Chris Davis I remember
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The Orioles won 4-2, and the game also featured a shouting match between managers Joe Girardi and Buck Showalter. The Yankees are now three games back of the Tampa Bay Rays for the second wild-card spot, while Baltimore is just 1.5 games back.
The Orioles will certainly be counting on Davis' power down the stretch.
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The Process Ninja says:
Whilst the standardisation of process is important, making processes too rigid impacts negatively upon the customer experience...and we are forced to deal with robots. The way to improve upon this is to embrace "freedom within boundaries" and to create processes that cultivate empowerment. So next time you are writing those call centre scripts, or find yourself down in the depths of murky detail, put yourself in the shoes of the customer and imagine how you would like to be treated.
I think you could say the best use of process is to remove the mundane, and enable the great.? That means taking the mundane work away from your star performers and letting them do what they do best.? It means routing someone quickly to a real person that can help them, rather than making them suffer through the hold music... because creating good process doesn't always mean automation is the answer (queue the automated receptionist telling us how important we are in that monotone irony of automation).
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PASADENA – Police arrested a 26-year-old transient late Saturday on suspicion of attempting to rape a young woman last week as she walked along a Pasadena sidewalk.
The suspect, a transient whose name was withheld Sunday as detectives continued investigating the case, was arrested without a struggle and booked on suspicion of attempted rape after a police sergeant spotted him about 10:30 p.m. at Colorado Boulevard and Hill Street, Pasadena police Lt. Jason Clawson said.
The alleged attack took place about 9 p.m. Sept. 29 as a Pasadena woman in her 20s was walking along the sidewalk of Hudson Avenue at Del Mar Boulevard, the lieutenant said.
"The suspect passed her," he said. "As he passed her he grabbed her and forced her into the shadows. He attempted to remove his clothing but was unsuccessful."
Clawson said the attacker abandoned the crime and fled when startled by a passer-by.
Officers searched the area with the aid of police dogs but the suspect was not found, he said.
But a break in the case came Saturday afternoon when Pasadena City College police officials contacted Pasadena police after recognizing the suspect from a sketch being circulated among law enforcement agencies, Clawson said. It was not clear Sunday if the suspect was, or had been, a student at PCC.
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What Doesn't Work: Trying to intimidate the prosecutor or impress the judge by using legal terms you think you heard on TV: "Judge, I didn't domestic violence no one! I just collaterally damaged him on accident when I heretofore misappropriated my shoe to his corpus. Anyone who says different is an ignorant heresayer!" Read More


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There is perhaps not a more debated issue in the church today than the issue of women serving as pastors / preachers in ministry. As a result, it is very important to not view this issue as men versus women. There are women who believe that women should not serve as pastors and that the Bible places restrictions on the ministry of women - and there are men who believe that women can serve as preachers and that there are no restrictions on women in ministry. This is not an issue of chauvinism or discrimination. It is an issue of Biblical interpretation.
1 Timothy 2:11-12 proclaims, "
A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent
". In the church, God assigns different roles to men and women. This is a result of the way mankind was created (1 Timothy 2:13) and the way in which sin entered the world (2 Timothy 2:14). God, through the Apostle Paul's writing, restricts women from serving in roles of spiritual teaching authority over men. This precludes women from serving as pastors, which definitely includes preaching to, teaching, and having spiritual authority over men.
There are many "
" to this view of women in ministry / women pastors. A common one is that Paul restricts women from teaching because in the first century, women were typically uneducated. However, 1 Timothy 2:11-14 nowhere mentions educational status. If education was a qualification for ministry, the majority of Jesus' disciples likely would not have been qualified. A second common objection is that Paul only restricted the Ephesian women from teaching (1 Timothy was written to Timothy, who was the pastor of the church in Ephesus). The city of Ephesus was known for its temple to
, a Greco-Roman goddess. Women were the authority in the worship of Artemis. However, the book of 1 Timothy nowhere mentions
, nor does Paul mention
worship as a reason for the restrictions in 1 Timothy 2:11-12.
A third common objection is that Paul is only referring to husbands and wives, not men and women in general. The Greek words in 1 Timothy 2:11-14 could refer to husbands and wives. However, the basic meaning of the words are men and women. Further, the same Greek words are used in verses 8-10. Are only husbands to lift up holy hands in prayer without anger and disputing (verse 8)? Are only wives to dress modestly, have good deeds, and worship God (verses 9-10)? Of course not. Verses 8-10 clearly refer to men and women in general, not only husbands and wives. There is nothing in the context that would indicate a switch to husbands and wives in verses 11-14.
Yet another frequent objection to this interpretation of women pastors / preachers is in relation to Miriam, Deborah, Huldah, Priscilla, Phoebe, etc. - women who held positions of leadership in the Bible. This objection fails to note some significant factors. In relation to Deborah, she was the only female judge amongst 13 male judges. In relation to Huldah, she was the only female prophet amongst dozens of male prophets mentioned in the Bible. Miriam's only connection to leadership was due to her being the sister of Moses and Aaron. The two most prominent women in the times of the Kings were Athaliah and Jezebel - hardly examples of godly female leadership.
In the Book of Acts, chapter 18, Priscilla and Aquila are presented as faithful ministers for Christ. Priscilla's name is mentioned first, likely indicating that she was more "
" in ministry than her husband. However, Priscilla is nowhere described as participating in a ministry activity that is in contradiction to 1 Timothy 2:11-14. Priscilla and Aquila brought Apollos into their home and they both discipled him, explaining the Word of God to him more accurately (Acts 18:26).
In Romans 16:1, even if Phoebe is considered a "
" instead of a "
" - that does not indicate that Phoebe was a teacher in the church. "
Able to teach
" is given as a qualification for elders, but not deacons (1 Timothy 3:1-13; Titus 1:6-9). Elders / bishops / deacons are described as "
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a man whose children believe
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men worthy of respect
". In addition, in 1 Timothy 3:1-13 and Titus 1:6-9, masculine pronouns are used exclusively to refer to elders / bishops / deacons.
The structure of 1 Timothy 2:11-14 makes the "
" perfectly clear. Verse 13 begins with "for" and gives the "cause" of what Paul stated in verses 11-12. Why should women not teach or have authority over men? Because - "
Adam was created first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived
". That is the reason. God created Adam first and then created Eve to be a "
" for Adam. This order of Creation has universal application to humanity in the family (Ephesians 5:22-33) and the church. The fact that Eve was deceived is also given as a reason for women not serving as pastors or having spiritual authority over men. This leads some to believe that women should not teach because they are more easily deceived. That concept is debatable... but if women are more easily deceived, why should they be allowed to teach children (who are easily deceived) and other women (who are supposedly more easily deceived)? That is not what the text says. Women are not to teach or have spiritual authority over men because Eve was deceived. As a result, God has given men the primary teaching authority in the church.
Women excel in gifts of hospitality, mercy, teaching and helps. Much of the ministry of the church depends on women. Women in the church are not restricted to public praying or prophesying (1 Corinthians 11:5), only to having spiritual teaching authority over men. The Bible nowhere restricts women from exercising the gifts of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians chapter 12). Women, just as much as men, are called to minister to others, to demonstrate the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), and to proclaim the Gospel to the lost (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; 1 Peter 3:15).
God has ordained that only men are to serve in positions of spiritual teaching authority in the church. This is not because men are necessarily better teachers, or because women are inferior or less intelligent (which is not the case). It is simply the way God designed the church to function. Men are to set the example in spiritual leadership – in their lives and through their words. Women are to take a less authoritative role. Women are encouraged to teach other women (Titus 2:3-5). The Bible also does not restrict women from teaching children. The only activity women are restricted from is teaching or having spiritual authority over men. This logically would include women serving as pastors / preachers. This does not make women less important, by any means, but rather gives them a ministry focus more in agreement with how God has gifted them.
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BROOKLYN PARK, Md. (AP) — Anne Arundel County authorities say they are looking for a man who robbed a person in Brooklyn Park while posing as a police officer.
Police were called to Kramme and Doris avenues early Tuesday morning for a report of police impersonator. A 19-year-old man told police that he and his girlfriend were walking down the street when a man inside a Ford Crown Victoria pulled up and shined a spotlight on them.
The Capital of Annapolis newspaper reports the driver, who wore a silver badge around his neck, put the man in plastic handcuffs and said he had violated a curfew. Police say the man took cash and other personal property from the victim before fleeing. Authorities say the man also was armed with a Taser.
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Sheriff I see you still have you night job.
Please get this right, this is Brooklyn not Brooklyn Park such a huge difference
cm827, Brook park, Brooklyn, what's the diff, they're both s…..t holes like the rest of N. Anne Arundel co.
My gmom lives in brooklyn around 1990 things started to go downhill fast! DRUGS ARE KEY to the problem with baltimore. They breed crime and appathy for life in general. Then throw in a nanny state where you have a back up program to help you be tottally worthless.It is a recipe for disaster in maryland. And it is spreading into the burbs and rural areas alike.
Crazylady, Thanks for your truthful comments & let's add the section 8 exodus allowed by state government during a time when people can't afford homes but they move these tree jumpers from the city to the burbs & the light rail. Just drive by all the apts in G.Burnie & see the filth of the coon peoples & the trash they drop in the street……Worse than animals.
Black people are not the only people living in Brooklyn or Brooklyn Park. You see the white girls with their mixed babies walking the streets. You see the white drug addicts begging on the streets with their cardboard signs begging for money. All the folks on the streets of Brooklyn arel ALL white, homeless and/or drug addicts. OPEN YOUR EYES. Those are your people out there mostly. There are black, hispanic and asian people in that area too but I have yet to sign one black person. Drug addicts, homeless & uneducated people come in all colors not just black.


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Public security officers in northwestern China 's Qinghai province have begun to restrict the unauthorized resale of gasoline by Tibetan villagers, recently detaining five men and two women in a police sweep and threatening further arrests, Tibetan sources say.
Taken into custody were villagers living about 30 miles away from the Choeje and Oje townships of the Tsolho (in Chinese, Hainan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, an area resident told RFA's Tibetan Service.
"Though they live at this distance from the towns, they must go there to get gasoline for their farming machinery, motorcycles, and cars, since they have no gas pumps in their villages," RFA's source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Villagers going to the towns to fill their gas tanks often bring small containers to fill and take home for future use, and sometimes sell one or two liters at a time to other villagers who have run low, the source said, describing this as "a regular practice in the past."
"They are not involved in mass distribution or in resale for profit," the source said, adding, "They do this just to be of help."
"The authorities never bothered about this before," he said.
"Though the local government hasn't installed gas pumps in the villages, they still send spies there to take pictures of secret transactions and use these later as evidence to charge villagers with illegally trading in fuel," he said.
Purchases of gasoline have from time to time been restricted in Tibetan areas hit by self-immolation protests challenging rule by Beijing, sources have told RFA in earlier reports.
"But we've had no burnings in this area," RFA's source in Tsolho said.
"We've only had peaceful protests here."
Reported by Kunsang Tenzin for RFA's Tibetan Service. Translated by Dorjee Damdul. Written in English by Richard Finney.


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Today is a good time to move from "let's talk" to "let's do peer support". In a recent chat, Stéphane Grenier, of Mental Health Innovation Consulting (MHIC), shared his lessons and insights about the power and value of peer support in the workplace. Peer supporters are not just friends or therapists. Peer supporters help their peers face challenges head on… Read more »


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Tenor: Harry Conte
Lead: Tom Palamone
Bass: Bill Conway
Bari: John "Jiggs" Ward
Anthony "Zebo" DiPerro first instilled a love for barbershop harmony in Tom Palamone. The two were part of a quartet that rattled the walls in the back room of Zebo's Pittsburgh grocery store in 1938. Palamone sang lead, Harry "Chummy" Conte was tenor, Zebo sang baritone, and "Turp" Marcanello was the bass. Zebo knew hundreds of songs and quite a few parodies that he taught the quartet.
They never used a pitchpipe; the lead would hang out a note and off the quartet would go, woodshedding the harmony.
In 1946 the quartet, then known as the Allen Club Four, went downtown to the Fort Pitt Hotel and joined the Pittsburgh Chapter of SPEBSQSA. The quartet attracted the attention of Maurice "Molly" Reagan, founder of the chapter, who was an accomplished arranger of quartet music.
After a month under Reagan's coaching, the Allen Club Four decided to take a shot at the 1946 international quartet competition in Cleveland, Ohio. They placed a respectable sixth.
Zebo sang with the group a few months more, then the demands of his business compelled him to reluctantly part from the quartet. He was replaced by John "Jiggs" Ward who had sung bari with Bob Holbrook, lead of the 1941 champion Chord Busters, in the Serenaders quartet in the 5th Marine Corps Division during the final years of World War II.
Bill Conway took over the bass spot when Marcanello left Pittsburgh to sing with a band in New Jersey. Eighteen months later, still under the tutelage of Reagan, the quartet, renamed the Pittsburghers, won the gold medal at the 1948 international competition in Oklahoma City.
The quartet continued singing for three more decades and underwent a number of personnel changes. In 1955 Tom O'Malley moved into the lead spot and Palamone moved up to tenor when Conte dropped out. O'Malley had sung lead in the 1952 Johnny Appleseed District Champion Four Maldehydes. By the end of the decade, Conway was replaced by Dutch Miller at bass. In 1963, Nick Kason, who had sung with the Selectones, took over the bass part.
Two years later, the name Pittsburghers was retired when Jiggs Ward decided to withdraw, leaving Palamone as the only remaining member of the championship foursome. With Jack Elder, formerly of the Town and Country Four, singing bari, the group continued to do show dates as the Pittsburgh Four.
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Jamie Cullum and band performed at the HMV Forum tonight. If you needed any reason why you should go to a JC show, read the reactions on Twitter, posted soon after the show ended. Then when he goes out on tour next, don't miss it! You can see some video responses filmed last night here
squealerdealer caroline osborne
Jamie Cullum at the HMV Forum last night ... great musicianship, lots of fun
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_PeopleWatch_ Hannah Roderick
Awesome Jamie Cullum gig last night. Still rocking jazz into 21st century. Love
#jamiecullum - appearance from Ben Cullum too. One to watch!
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Jamie Cullum was so on fire last night. The memory will see me through this freezing day with a smile.
@jamiecullum #jamiecullum.
b_lovatt Bec Lovatt
after waiting far too many years, saw
@jamiecullum at the hmv forum last night, just incredible. Worth the wait :)
MarkShavers Mark Shavers
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rebecca_donovan rebecca donovan
Just seen
@jamiecullum @hmv_forum . WOW. Best gig ever. What a talent. Unforgettable.
Laurenchimes23 Lauren Anne Chimes
Wow, thank you so so so much
@jamiecullum for tonight at the forum it was amazing!!! And to @bencullummusic too!! Thank you xxx
realmartinhall Martin Hall
NowMrsSills Gemma Sills
@Jamiecullum, as always you were superb. Best gig in ages. Hope to see you again soon #HMVForum
mikehirschkorn mikehirschkorn
It's not a word I generally like to use, but there's no better way to describe
@jamiecullum tonight than awesome.
Paulhitsheet Paul Kramer
pmasaratana Pat Masaratana
jamesduez James Duez
Great gig at the HMV Forum in Kentish Town. Thank you
MikaTweets Dominika
SarahServes Sarah Servante
Wow what a show, again. Thanks
@jamiecullum you just keep getting better, now get in that studio we want to hear the new album already!! ;)
punkrockerjazzi Jade Richardson
Ahhhh! Possibly one of the best gigs I've every been to!
@jamiecullum you were AMAZING! If I Ruled The World was incredible <3
kirstymunnsey Kirsty Munns
Thank you so much to
@jamiecullum for dedicating the song 'Photograph' to me tonight! You've made me an extremely happy girl! #jamiecullum
CharlieeWyatt CharlieWyatt
Just met one of my idols
@jamiecullum so happy (:
Anmol_18 Anmol Jones
Philaap Philip Martin
Had a great evening,
@jamiecullum and @bencullummusic we're on top form as always! Can't wait for the new album!
katiesm Katie Morris
@jamiecullum live tonight.. nothing can beat it. Crowd jumping up and down one point, silently listening the next. #stunningbeats
nomiepomie Naomi Kramer
Kettles_On Kettle's On
As usual
@jamiecullum and his band were fantastic tonight! Another reminder of how much I love music!!!
DanielleMariaD Danielle Maria Dunn
on the tube home after what I can on describe as a phenomenal night
#JamieCullum #HMVForum
smitterer Sam Rosenthal
Great great gig
@jamiecullum pure class!
lucybarnett Lucy Barnett
Brilliant night with
@H4nn4hBee, seeing @jamiecullum at the HMV Forum. Very much enjoyed being part of the harmonious audience/choir. #jazz
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jessy_100 jessica rubinson
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Wendy Tait lives in Derbyshire and studied at the Joseph Wright School of Art. She produces designs for publication as greetings cards and has also written articles and illustrations for specialist art magazines.She has recently completed a commission from the Jersey Government to produce a series of flower paintings for postage stamps.
What is your educational background?Art school from ages 13-15 and then night school classes.
Alway interested in painting, but had no opportunity apart from night school. Then I met a teacher who really inspired me, so despite having a young family, with my husbands support I began to paint and show my work.
Successfully, about 30 years, but all my life really.
Art material catalogues and art shows.
I met Roz Dace when I was demonstrating on my stand at Hampton Court Flower Show.
I was amazed and delighted - quickly followed by sheer terror!
Absolutely!!! It has enabled me to continue doing what I love best, has been my introduction to so many interesting people and has given me the confidence to show that you don't have to have an art degree to enjoy painting.
So many tips, but most of all, enjoy what you do and paint, paint, paint!
My brushes. I love the fine point on them. I can do large paintings with fine detail. Global are now making the brush with my name on it.
When I first began, my husband and I travelled all over, from Scotland, Harrogate, through most of the midlands. London, Jersey and Sweden. At that time craft fairs were just beginning and I think it was a very good way of testing the public reaction to my work. Later, I was invited to join the Botanical Society and the Society of Floral Painters and have exhibited with them many times. I was also commissioned to paint a series of stamps for the Government of Jersey after they saw my work in Birmingham.
My inspiration comes from the flowers, trees, fruit etc in all the different seasons of the year, though, seeing an exhibition of an artists work that I admire can also start my fingers itching to paint. There are so many wonderful artists about, so many mediums and techniques that I would love to master. When I paint, nothing else matters but the struggle to get what I feel down on canvas or paper. No matter if it is successful or not, while I am painting, all is right with the world.
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Rezone land at the north-eastern intersection of Verney Road North and Goulburn Valley Highway North Shepparton from Rural Zone to Low Density Residential Zone| Rezone land east of Barmah - Shepparton Road south of Congupna West Road and west of Shepparton - Zeerust Road from Rural Zone to Public Use (Service and Utility) Zone


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Interview With East River Catholics Roosevelt Island St Francis Xavier Cabrini Pastor Richard Baker - Serving 3 Communities In One Merged Parish, Slovak Speaking, English Speaking And Roosevelt Island, Also, Importance Of Outreach To Ethnic Groups
The Roosevelt Island St Cabrini Church
is part of the merged East River Catholics parish that also includes St. John Nepomucene and St. John the Martyr on the Upper East Side.
Father Richard Baker is the pastor of the East River Catholic churches and was interviewed in early April by Father Louis Scurti of Friends Of The Word.
The discussion was very interesting and shown below in three parts.
Take a look.
Part 1 - Father Baker discusses the merging of East River Catholic Churches 3 years ago and serving three communities in one parish - the Slavak speaking community, English speaking community and Roosevelt Island community.
Part 2 - Father Baker discusses his previous ministry as Pastor of the St Malachy's Actors Chapel.
Part 3 - Father Baker gives an overview of the Catholic Church in Manhattan, specifically the East Side including Roosevelt Island's Cabrini Church which he says is:
... predominantly people that are connected to the UN as well as the medical world....Father Baker also speaks about the historic importance of ethnic/immigrant group churches and notes the failure of the Catholic Church to reach out to the Laino and Asian communities.
... over on Roosevelt Island we're beginning to build a family ministry
Here's more info on East River Catholics, Roosevelt Island's St Francis Xavier Cabrini Church as well as Cardinal Dolan's January 7, 2018 visit to
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Father Baker Welcoming Cardinal Dolan To Cabrini Church Dedication
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I've been spoilt. Thoroughly spoilt. I've spent the last few years working on things that can be tested. Sure, it's a lot of work writing good tests, but once they're in place testing is a breeze. Run the script (or push the button), the tests run, and either it's ok or there's a list of problems to investigate and fix. New version? Made a change? Refactored some code? New environment? Need to prove something still works? Just run the tests again.
But now the day of reckoning has come. I'm doing some part-time work for a company that provides web-sites based on their own CMS product, but with lots of web-page design and bespoke customisation for each client. It's very good at what it does, but testing each individual site is just a massive manual exercise. No automation at all.
It seems like a huge drain on resources, and unreliable and unrepeatable as well. Each new client or redesign leads to a fresh set of testing, and it all relies on you knowing what to test and what to look for. It's done on a relatively undocumented and informal basis. Unsurprisingly, they seem to have lots of "regressions", bugs they have to deal with over and over again.
What really bothers me is that I'm struggling to see any solution that would be more cost-effective.
The bulk of the testing is checking that web pages display exactly as intended, with correct layout, styles, positioning etc – compared to some mock-up pages provided by the graphic designers (which are substantial, but by no means exhaustive), and relying heavily on human judgement (e.g. "surely there's supposed to be whitespace between those two elements when they are side-by-side… and shouldn't that line be the same thickness as that one…").
That sounds simple, but the pages combine variable numbers of different types of content, with lots of different options, combinations of layouts, complex criteria that decide each page's content, many different optional elements within items, special formatting for particular elements when used in particular combinations, elements where the client can supply arbitrary HTML. The list goes on and on – the permutations are as near to infinite as makes no odds.
The end result is that even when the underlying CMS functionality is taken as being stable and already tested (which is never entirely true, of course), there's an absolutely huge amount of visual checking of web-pages to be done.
Inspection of the CSS and HTML doesn't even begin to give you any idea of whether it has the intended effect in all situations and no nasty surprises, let alone whether it works in different browsers and window sizes. Exact pixel-by-pixel comparison of each page's image against an expected result might work, but there would be an absolutely enourmous number of expected results to set up, and it would all be very fragile (e.g. even the smallest change to spacing or to an element that appears everywhere would require all the "expected" images to be re-done).
So there seems little alternative other than to work through the various combinations and visually check each resulting web-page against the mock-ups (with exact comparison of individual elements where this seems appropriate). And do that for all the different combinations of elements and other features. All whilst figuring out which part of which mock-up page to look at for how each part of each page should look.
It might be ok if this was for a single web-site, or a CMS on its own, or a CMS with some simple "skins" with a limited set of variations. Then you could at least consider investing in an overall set of tests, maybe with pixel-exact checking of bitmaps against the design. It'd be a lot of work, and need a lot of maintenance, but if there was just one such set of tests for your entire business (and especially if you could adjust the "design" process to take testing into account), it might be worthwhile. At worst you could at least justify spending time on producing a good test plan for doing the manual testing.
But it isn't like that. Instead, the styling is different for each client/web-site, and often with other bespoke features just for that particular client. It's all basically a "one-off" exercise for each client. Having a few people informally bash away at a test site for a few days is far less work than trying to somehow automate this, or even develop and document a solid test plan – much of which would then need substantial revision for the next client.
I have a few ideas to help improve their overall approach, and I'm well aware of tools that could automate testing of the "functional" aspects of their CMS. But it's come as a bit of a shock to find that not only do I not know of any tools to automate the "visual" aspects of the tests, but I can't even envisage tools that could automate this (at least, not without requiring even more work than manual testing).
Does anyone else face this problem? Surely it's a fairly common requirement to want to check the appearance of a set of web-pages against their design? Is there an obvious solution that I'm missing? Any solution at all? Or is this really something where there's no alternative to homo sapien and the Mk1 eyeball?
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December 5, 2013: A new documentary called Pain Matters, which premiered on the Discovery Channel November 16, and will re-air December 7 and 14, attempts to bring chronic pain out of the shadows – discussing the issue with health care experts and profiling several individuals who have battled chronic pain.
This episode of Move Forward Radio features three people interviewed in the Pain Matters program: Dr. Melanie Rosenblatt, American Chronic Pain Association CEO Penney Cowan, and Iraq war veteran Derek McGinnis. Also featured is physical therapist John Garzione, PT, DPT, who discusses physical therapy treatment for chronic pain.
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Melanie Rosenblatt, MD, is the medical director of pain management at North Broward Medical Center in Pompano Beach, Florida. A graduate of Stony Brook University School of Medicine, she completed her anesthesia residency and pain training at St. Joseph's Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y. Dr. Rosenblatt is board certified in anesthesiology, pain management and addiction medicine.
Penney Cowan is the founder and chief executive officer of the American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA). She is a person with chronic pain and established the ACPA in 1980 to help others living with the condition. Due to her advocacy for pain issues, she was awarded the Jefferson Medal for Outstanding Citizen by the Institute for Public Service, Washington, and is listed in Who's Who in America, 24th Edition. The American Pain Society awarded her the 2005 John and Emma Bonica Public Service Award and the 2013 Elizabeth Narcessian Award for Outstanding Educational Achievements. Additionally, the American Academy of Pain Medicine awarded her with Presidential Commendation in 2013.
Derek McGinnis was serving with the U.S. Navy as a Hospital Corpsman during Operation Phantom Fury when his Humvee ambulance was broadsided by a suicide driver. He suffered severe injuries, particularly to his left leg, which had to be amputated to save his life. Additionally, flying fragments had hit the side of his face and much of his body, and his right eye was severely damaged and his brain jarred traumatically. These injuries caused chronic pain, which he struggled with for years.
To help other veterans and their loved ones navigate the health care system and deal with the physical and emotional aspects of serious chronic pain, he wrote the book, Exit Wounds: A Survival Guide to Pain Management for Returning Veterans and Their Families. Derek now works for the Department of Veterans Affairs in California reaching out to homeless veterans.
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MID Cheshire's equestrian background is to be at the centre of a major new campaign aimed at kick-starting business growth, tourism and leisure pursuits across the region.
More than £550,000 will be ploughed into equine-related businesses to regenerate the rural economy as part of the Saddle Up initiative.
The Saddle Up project aims to create new businesses, boost jobs and stimulate sales markets within the equine industry.
Hilary Centeleghe, project manager, said: 'Saddle Up will assist those equestrian businesses who have the drive and ambition to further their industry and grow their business. The scheme is aimed at projects which are innovative, different or maximise the growth potential of the company in terms of employees and financial gain.
'Part of the programme is to help private businesses to develop the off-road riding side of the industry as all horse owners and riders know the risk of riding on the roads. This will benefit all riders of all ages and abilities - Mid Cheshire's current bridleway and off-road riding provision is good in parts but fragmented and sparse in others.
'The horse industry is considered to be the sport of the wealthy but in truth many riders and horse owner's sacrifice spend in other areas in order to fulfil their passion for horses. Riding schools, the grass roots of riding, have suffered greatly recently from rates and insurance fee increases. There are lots of factors affecting horse riders, owners, trainers, etc. and this is the first scheme to support what is a very large and diverse economic sector in Mid Cheshire.'
Workshops to give details of funding on offer have already been held in Vale Royal and Congleton borough, attracting representatives from a range of businesses and sporting organisations.


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Back in July I stumbled across some photos of jewellery on Facebook. They were, I'm afraid, not terribly good. I sent a message to the group that had posted them and offered to go and take some better ones, free of charge.
I was pleased that they didn't take my criticism the wrong way and I ended up falling into a conversation with them. I never got to take photos for them; those taking part in the jewellery class took their items home. We did though talk about the possibility of my running a photography class for them.
Skip forward three months and that is now going to happen!
The sessions will be on Tuesday evenings, 7pm to 9pm, from 26 November to 17 December, at Cup Cakes Coffee House in Sowerby Bridge. There is a £25 one off charge for those wishing to take part. Call 07762 884 135 if you're interested. They are being run by the Phoenix Heights Community Group. They have a website, Facebook page and Twitter account.


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Hartford archdiocese Mercy Quest offers more intimate way to practice faith
Mercy Quest groups use special booklet for reflection
Small groups throughout the Archdiocese of Hartford give Roman Catholics a more intimate way to practice their faith, and the Jubilee Year of Mercy is adding a path to deepening the experience during Lent.
"Broadly speaking, it is to invite people to engage with the theme of mercy," said Brother Robert Moriarty, director of the archdiocese's Pastoral Department for Small Christian Communities, which promotes the Quest small-group experience throughout the year. "It's building on the work we do with small Christian communities in general. … With Mercy Quest, we're basically developing something that is simpler and just for the four sessions during Lent."
"The invitation to the small group, the Lenten mercy group … begins as a way to step back and slow down, sift and sort the things that count, check priorities," Moriarty said. "It's a chance to become more in touch with the sense of the presence of God in daily life," even at times when we're not conscious of it.
Mercy Quest groups use a special booklet for reflection, which focus on four parables about mercy: the "Two Debtors and the Creditor," the "Merciful Father," the "Good Samaritan" and "The Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin."
If the "Merciful Father" doesn't sound familiar, it may be because it's commonly known as the parable of the Prodigal Son, who wastes his inheritance and returns, humbled, to his father, begging for mercy. "If truth be told, the parable is not so much focused on the son; it's focused on the merciful response of the father," Moriarty said.
Parishes have started forming the groups — St. Timothy Church in West Hartford has 20 going, and the linked parishes of St. Aedan and St. Brendan churches in New Haven have five.
"This is good because, first of all, it's Lent … but also it's an introduction to some folks who may not be familiar with the Quest model," said the Rev. Thomas Shepard, pastor of St. Aedan and St. Brendan.
"One of the great things is talking about the faith," Shepard said. Using the Mercy Quest booklet is "not really Scripture study. … It's more faith-sharing.
"Anything that brings people closer to Christ and each other cannot help but have an effect on the community of believers," he said. "I'm hoping that this could be an introduction to the people of our parishes to want to continue meeting in small groups, to strengthen their faith and also to have them recognize how the Lord Jesus works in their lives."
Chris Paglia, coordinator of the Mercy Quest groups at St. Aedan and St. Brendan, said she's looking forward to "getting to know each other in a different way. … The more people know each other, the better the relationships in the parish.
"As Catholics, we're familiar with the stories, the parables from the Scriptures," Paglia said. "I anticipate growing in my awareness of God's mercy to me … and I'm going to be challenged to be more merciful to others."
"If you expect to receive mercy, you have to be merciful," said Archbishop Leonard P. Blair about the Jubilee theme. "It's part of the way Christ has given us to be like God, so that when we die we can be with God in heaven."
Blair said the parable that most speaks to him is the "Good Samaritan," because it talks about how easy it is to pass by another person in need. In the parable, a priest and a Levite leave their fellow Jew by the roadside; Blair imagines that they do so not out of lack of caring but because "they're so taken up with their own problems that they don't have eyes to see the needs of other people." In our own time, "things can be kind of depersonalized," Blair said. It takes a Samaritan, normally treated with contempt by the Jews, to stop and help. The message: that we are all called to help our neighbor, whoever it is.
According to the Catholic catechism, there are seven "corporal" or bodily works of mercy, and seven spiritual works.
The corporal works are to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, shelter the homeless, clothe the naked, visit the sick, visit the prisoners and bury the dead.
The spiritual works include counseling the doubtful, instructing the ignorant, admonishing the sinner, comforting the sorrowful, forgiving injuries, bearing wrongs patiently and praying for the living and the dead.
"Doing works of mercy is not just individual, but it actually builds up the community of faith," Blair said. "They're also bonded with the people that they're serving, the people that they're helping."
More information about Mercy Quest is available from Moriarty's office at 860-242-5573, extension 7450.


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So you've just updated your shiny Nexus One to Android 2.2 (aka Froyo) complete with flash support, and you're jonesing to watch your favorite episode of Glee while on your way to work on this dreary Monday morning.
If you were a true Gleek, you'd have already fired up the browser, navigated over to Hulu, and found nothing but disappointment. You've been burned by licensing deals yet again. Sad face.
So whaddaya do? Well, you lucky dawg, there is a way. Follow me, I will show you how.
First up, open up your browser. Now, type "about:debug" (without the quotes, silly) and hit go. Click "Settings", and scroll on down to the bottom to reveal the dastardly tricky "UAString".
This is where the plan gets really cunning: you now change your user agent string — the bit of info that tells a website what type of device you are running — to "Desktop".
From now on, Hulu (and every other website) will think you're accessing it from — you guessed it — a desktop PC rather than a mobile device.
Of course, there is a caveat: because Hulu thinks you are on a desktop PC, it will give you the desktop version of the site, rather than the mobile-optimized version. A small price to pay for those harmonies, right?
Now, Hulu will probably cotton on to this pretty quick, so you best enjoy this while you can.
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Difficult Choices Have Enduring Effects
We all have moments where we cannot seem to make a decision as the options seem to be equivalent.
The choices may pertain to deciding which color of shirt to purchase, voting for a particular political candidate or deciding where to go for vacation.
Researchers have learned that whatever the choice you decide, this difficult decision will paradoxically influence your preferences for an extended duration.
For example, you're in a store, trying to choose between similar shirts, one blue and one green. You don't feel strongly about one over the other, but eventually you decide to buy the green one.
You leave the store and a market researcher asks you about your purchase and which shirt you prefer. Chances are that you'd say you prefer the green one, the shirt you actually chose.
Researchers have found that it doesn't really matter what the decision may involve, we come to place more value on the options we chose and less value on the options we rejected.
One way of explaining this effect is through the idea of cognitive dissonance. Making a selection between two options that we feel pretty much the same about creates a sense of dissonance — after all, how can we choose if we don't really prefer one option over the other?
Re-evaluating the options after we've made our choice may be a way of resolving this dissonance.
This phenomenon has been demonstrated in numerous studies, but the studies have only examined preference change shortly after participants make their decision. Existing research doesn't address whether these changes in preference are actually stable over time.
In a new study, researcher Tali Sharot, Ph.D., of University College London and her colleagues examined whether choice-induced changes in preference are fleeting or long-lasting.
The research is published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
As part of the investigation, researchers asked 39 undergraduate participants to rate the desirability of 80 different vacation destinations, rating how happy they think they would be if they were to vacation at that location.
They were then presented with pairs of similar vacation destinations and asked to choose which destination they would prefer. The participants rated the destinations again immediately after making their choices and once more three years later.
To test whether the act of personally selecting an option makes a difference, the researchers looked at participants' preferences when the participants made the choices themselves and when a computer instructed the participants' choices.
Investigators found that the act of choosing between two similar options can lead to enduring changes in preference. Participants rated vacation destinations as more desirable both immediately after choosing them and again three years later.
This change only occurred, however, if they had made the original choice themselves. The researchers observed no change in participants' preferences when the computer instructed their choices.
Sharot and her colleagues argue that this effect is robust and enduring and has implications for actions related to economics, marketing, and even interpersonal relationships.
As Sharot points out, for example, repeatedly endorsing a particular political party may entrench this preference for a long period of time. Similarly, reliving or refreshing a vow to a partner may reinforce your choice to be in a relationship with the particular individual.
Source: Association for Psychological Science
Woman trying to decide something important photo by shutterstock.
Nauert PhD, R. (2018). Difficult Choices Have Enduring Effects. Psych Central. Retrieved on October 28, 2020, from https://psychcentral.com/news/2012/10/04/difficult-choices-have-enduring-effects/45555.html
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One Direction hold a special place in our hearts and they've reminded us just how amazing they are by recording a special video message for fans.
The legendary boyband filmed the clip to thank fans for their support after their third album Midnight Memories became the fastest selling of 2013.
The group posted a link to the message on their official Twitter account after hearing the news on Sunday.
Speaking as he stood alongside his bandmates, Liam Payne said: "Hi everybody. We just want to say a massive, massive thank you for making our album Midnight Memories number one. It's absolutely incredible."
He added: "I can't believe the reaction. It really does mean a lot. Thank you so much."
The happy lads then gave themselves a round of applause before the clip came to an end.
The five singing hunks outsold Gary Barlow's first new solo album for 14 years by more than two to one, denying him a place at the top of the charts.
Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson sold 237,000 copies of their third album in the last seven days, according to the Official Charts Company.
They overtook the year's previous fastest seller, Daft Punk's Random Access Memories, which sold 165,000 copies in its first week in May.
Harry Styles and co weren't very happy when Midnight Memories leaked in full a week before the release date, but the whopping sales will turn those frowns upside down.
Midnight Memories becomes the boys' second UK number one, after 2012's effort Take Me Home.
Listen to Midnight Memories' first single, Story of My Life below.


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What are the responsibilities of a Committee member?
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Google paid more in European fines than in taxes, according to the firm's fourth-quarter earnings.
Parent company Alphabet reported Q4 revenues of 39.28 billion, up 22%, while revenues for the year were up 23% to $136.8 billion. Taxes in Q4 were $4.2 billion.
Thanks to a record €4.3 billion ($5 billion) fine against the tech giant for allegedly anti-competitive practices related to Google's Android operating system, placing their fines for the year higher than their income taxes of $4.2 billion, according to Computing.
The company also took the time to separate out "European Commission fines" in its consolidated statements of income in the company's accounts. These increased from $2.7bn in 2017 to $5.1bn in 2018, with a further €50m already set to be added to the bill for its first quarter and 2019 accounts, thanks to French data protection authority CNIL.
That compares to a provision for income taxes of just $4.2 billion for 2018, or 12 per cent of its pre-tax income. -Computing
Net income in 2018 rose by 143% from $12.67 billion to $30.74 billion thanks to the US Tax Act of 2017, which depressed net income that year, which had "resulted in additional tax expense of $9.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2017, primarily due to the one-time transition tax on accumulated foreign subsidiary earnings and deferred tax effects," according to the earnings release.
Google Revenue (Billions)...— Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) February 5, 2019
2018: 137
2017: 111
2016: 90
2015: 75
2014: 66
2013: 56
2012: 46
2011: 38
2010: 29
2009: 24
2008: 22
2007: 17
2006: 11
2005: 6.1
2004: 3.2* (IPO: Aug 2004)
2003: 1.5
2002: 0.44
2001: 0.09
The US remains the company's largest market, accounting for 47 per cent of the company's total turnover, while EMA is Alphabet's second largest market, accounting for 31.4 per cent of the company's fourth quarter revenues.
And, despite big spending on 'moon shots' and other research and development efforts, the company remains overwhelmingly dependent on Google and the market for online advertising for the lion's share of its revenues. Indeed, Google accounted for all but $595 million of the company's $136.8 billion in annual revenues. -Computing
Google's losses on "other bets," defined as "non-Google activities" spiked last year, rising from $2.7 billion to $3.36 billion. Alphabet's non-google business accounted for just $595 million of the company's $136.8 billion in annual revenues.
Data privacy changes could hurt business
Alphabet warned that changes in data privacy practices, new digital advertising policies and software bugs which harvest user information could harm its business going forward, according to Bloomberg.
"Changes to our data privacy practices, as well as changes to third-party advertising policies or practices may affect the type of ads and/or manner of advertising that we are able to provide which could have an adverse effect on our business," the company wrote in the filing. "If we do not provide superior value or deliver advertisements efficiently and competitively, our reputation could be affected, we could see a decrease in revenue from advertisers and/or experience other adverse effects to our business."
Google is not alone in their worries, as lawmakers around the world crack down on big tech's data-collection business models. The threat of tough regulations that undermine key revenue streams could significantly hamper income.
To date, Google has mostly faced fines in Europe that it has been able to pay with its massive cash hoard, but some privacy advocates and those concerned with the company's sheer size are pushing for harsher policies.
The internet giant has warned about stricter regulation and potential fines in the past. And regulatory filings like Tuesday's annual report are often filled with boilerplate descriptions of risk so companies aren't sued by investors if something actually goes wrong. Still, when new language appears, investors and analysts take note. -Bloomberg
Alphabet also added new language about software errors: "Bugs or defects in our products and services have occurred and may occur in the future, or our security measures could be breached, resulting in the improper use and/or disclosure of user data," reads the warning.
Google decided to shut down its floundering Google Plus social network after they found a software glitch that could have exposed the personal data of up to 500,000 users.
Also added to the earnings release was a note warning that their expansion into non-advertising business models such as consumer hardware and cloud services may not pan out.
"Due to these factors and the evolving nature of our business, our historical revenue growth rate and historical operating margin may not be indicative of our future performance."


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Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha's second film together, Joker, has been cleared by the Indian censor board without any cuts.
The film, slated to release on August 31, tells the story of an NRI couple (played by Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha) who try to bring a forgotten and neglected village back into the reckoning by an ingenious hoax. The film is set in a village and looks to be a wholesome family entertainer, a fact confirmed by Farah Khan and Shirish Kunder.
"#JOKER Update : Censor gives 'U' Certificate with No Cuts. Calls it a Clean Family Entertainer they have seen in a long time," Shirish Kunder tweeted.
Wifey Farah Khan too shared her exuberance.
"Yayyyyy!joker gets an U certificate.no cuts!censor board said they have seen a clean cmplete family entertainer after very long!happppyyyy!" Farah Khan tweeted.
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CN Blue is a South Korean indie rock band that has debuted on August 19, 2009 in Japan with their first mini album entitled, now or never. There are many who coined them as the "second FT Island.†The group released four teasers for their first album, Bluetory that stars each member per video with a sequence of Jonghyun, Minhyuk, Jungshin and the last one is Jung Yong Hwa beginning from the 6th, 8th, 11th and 13th of January respectively, CN Blue had debuted on January 14 with their first mini album and lead single "I'm a lonerâ€
In January, the FNC Music releases a new teaser pictures for the group's debut in South Korea. The Bluetory was released on January 14, 2010. It had stayed as the part of the Gaon Chart in the whole two weeks, "I'm a loner†was the chosen title track for this.  The song had reached the number two spot, making their break into the industry. The group attended their first live stage on KBS Music Bank on January 15 and got first spot on the shows' chart win on January 29.
They were headed back to Korea in May to release their next promotional single entitled, "Love Light†on 10th of May, 2010. The said song had reached the number ten on the Korean National Chart and was foreshadowed their upcoming release.
After their recorded success in Korea, CN Blue had headed back to Japan. There, they had released their first single, "the way†on June 23. For the very first time, they had been charted within the Oricon top 40 with them being the 26th. Their release was followed by "I Don't Know Why†on September 16 of the same year. The song had reached the number eight spot of the Oricon daily chart that marks their first time reaching the top ten since debut. On the weekly chart, the group had also reached the number 15 spot making them happy and proud. As for the Japanese Indie Top Chart, the group has eventually reached the number one rank.  The indie band had also done some small tours around the country of Japan to express and shows their different promotions.
Their members Kang Min Hyuk and Lee Jong Hyun are going to star in the Korean movie "Acousticâ€. On October 7th, they had released a song from the soundtrack entitled "High Fly†that reached number 98 in Gaon Chart.
On 9th of January, the group had released their 3rd Japanese single, titles as Re-maintenance. They had then started off their 2011 Japanese promotions with Zepp Tour in four cities of the country including Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya and Tokyo from January 9th to 16th respectively.
The group's entertainment agency in Korea, FNC Music had released teasers for their comeback in February 2011, but unfortunately it was later changed to March 21. The teaser was take notice for having a "more of the same departure from their pop rock sound into a heavier concept."