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With four losses in their last four outings, Northern Ireland will be keen to get a win back on the board this week when they'll welcome Norway to Windsor Park at unfancied long odds with Ladbrokes tonight.
Michael O'Neill's side are currently going through a state of transition after the departure of Nigel Worthington, who stepped down as Head Coach after a miserable Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.
The Green and White Army's began their assault on qualifying Group C with high hopes, claiming a win over Slovenia and earning draw a stalemate against Italy.
However, things quickly took a turn for the worse after being held away against Faroe Islands and the Irishmen went on to lose five of their next seven games, failing to make their way into the finals of the tournament.
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To make things worse, Craig Cathcart and Warren Feeney have recently pulled out of the match against Norway with hamstring and calf problems, respectively.
Fulham defender Aaron Hughes, who recently made a return to the International fold after previously announcing his retirement should return to the side, while the ever reliable David Healy, who has the impressive record of 35 goals in 89 games will partner Burnley's Martin Paterson, who will feature for the first time since a World Cup qualifier in September, 2009.
Egil Olsen's side have had a more successful past six months and were actually unfortunate to qualify for Euro 2012, just being pipped to a second placed finish in Group H by Portugal.
The Drillos won five of their eight qualifying Group games but failed to win by any big enough margins capable of building the goal difference necessary for progression.
The only teams whom Norway faltered against were eventual first and second place qualifiers Denmark and Portugal, giving the Scandinavian outfit confidence heading into their friendly.
Norway aren't expected to have any major injury concerns this week and will surely head into the match as favourites to win, with Blackburn midfielder Morten Gamst Pedersen likely to play down the left hand side, while defender Jon Arne Riise is only five caps away from leading the all time appearance list for Olsen's side.


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If you are taking Alexander Technique lessons or Online Posture and Movement sessions, there are also a great many very useful resources available to help you with the learning process. They have all been collected at Alexander Technique Self Study and a good first approach to this page would be to go through it fairly quickly and read, listen to, or watch anything that grabs your attention. Later, you might want to re-visit the page and investigate it more thoroughly.
Most of the materials on the page are free. There are a number of very useful books and videos listed on the page which you may want to purchase at some point.
Lessons in Self-Direction – Using the Principles of the Alexander Technique provides short video and audio resources designed to help you learn to use the Alexander Technique on your own. Where are you located in space? An Alexander Technique Exploration and Power Up: Extend and Amplify Your Alexander Technique Directions provide related self-help process. These can also be useful to supplement Alexander Technique lessons or coaching sessions.
If you spend a lot of time sitting, this video contains some simple and practical advice of how to sit with ease. (it was produced for parents who want to help their children sit more easily, but it provides information useful to anyone.)
If you are just starting, I've Had my First Alexander Technique Lesson – What do I do Now? is a particularly useful article.
Constructive rest is a powerful self-help process that comes out of the Alexander Technique. This page has a wealth of information about it.
When you have started doing the Alexander Technique constructive rest at home, you many find that some of the conversations at the Alexander Technique Podcast and Alexander Talk make a nice accompaniment to that process. Or, if you download them onto your iPod, they can be conveniently listened to while commuting to and from work. (You can subscribe to the Podcast with Apple Podcasts, or pretty much any podcast app, or here.)


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I am excited to inform you that fellow Airbus pilot/blogger/author Karlene Petitt's new novel, Flight for Safety , the sequel to the hugely acclaimed, Flight for Manage , is out! Well, if you start reading, Flight for Security , you AIN'T gonna be sitting back and relaxing! I have received excellent advantage making use of to book quite a few reservations for my partner who travels extensively for company. If I book with five different hotels in a year then I have to do this 5 distinct instances. For award travel reservations, please make confident to select Delta Comfort+ straight from Flight Results as you will be unable to pick it in the seat map.
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Two arrested after drugs team unearth £100,000 cannabis factory
PUBLISHED: 16:18 15 March 2019 | UPDATED: 16:18 15 March 2019
Police have arrested two people after finding a cannabis factory worth in the region of £100,000.
Exercising a warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act, officers from the East unit of the Scorpion drugs team searched a flat on Station Road in Southwold yesterday (March 13) morning.
On the second floor, police found items with an estimated value of around £100,000 including 145 cannabis plants, a large amount of hydroponics equipment and associated paraphernalia. The factory was subsequently dismantled.
A 31-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman were arrested at the scene by officers from the Scorpion team, both on suspicion of production of cannabis and abstracting electricity.
The pair were taken to Great Yarmouth Police Investigation Centre for questioning and later released under investigation pending further enquiries.
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Back In The Saddle Again
January 13, 2011
By the time homework and baths were done and the girls were in bed, it was just about time for me to go to bed too. I just couldn't go to bed after another day without some play time on my A-1. It had been long enough! So I went down to my studio and played for a bit. I think the little break from practicing did some good because I just felt energized and creative again! I worked on developing another allover freehand design. Some of Jamie Wallen's "Chubby Leaves."
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A PJ day...PERFECT! Your feathers are looking great...I knew you were going to be a natural!ReplyDelete
All the quilting looks fantastic - the feathers look very encouraging!!ReplyDelete
PJ days are the best!
Your leaves/hearts look wonderful! And so do your feathers! :0)ReplyDelete
Feathers are my favorite and you did a great job with them!! Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment! I am anxious to get back to quilting, I have quite a stack to do, but it has been fun doing Bonnie's Mystery, I haven't been sorry yet, just tired. LOLReplyDelete
Happy Quilting!
Feathers are looking good.ReplyDelete
Your quilting is amazing Linda. Love your feathers and leaves. That is pretty funny about being in your PJ's when the UPS truck came. I hope your daughter is feeling better.ReplyDelete
I just knew your feathers would be great!ReplyDelete
Not bad at all for sure!... Good going!.. just watch out.. those feathers are addicitive :)ReplyDelete
You are learning fast, the new designs are beautiful.ReplyDelete
I bet you can't wait to try it on a quilt.
"Not too bad" she says?????? They are wonderful. I think you've been creeping down in the middle of the night and practicing and not telling us. You are going to be winning awards before long for your quilting I reckon. I am so enjoying this journey of yours, thanks for sharing it with us.ReplyDelete
I'm glad you're feeling better too, often a headache can be our body's way of saying STOP. Now how would I know that, I wonder?
Looking good.ReplyDelete
Were your leaves free hand or were you following a patterns somewhere? They look great.
I think everything you are trying here looks like you have been doing it for years. Very good work!ReplyDelete
I think you're ready for a "real" quilt already, Linda! Great work! Are you practicing on just muslin?ReplyDelete
Glad you are feeling better! Your quilting is amazing! Way to go. I would NOT be able to be that good so soon. You are incredible!ReplyDelete
Not too bad indeed!ReplyDelete
More health to you and your girls...and I LOVE your feathers and your practise pieces...doesnt it just make you feel good whe you can do things like that!!!ReplyDelete
Not too bad??? Not too bad?? what are you talking about!! Its lovely, stop knocking yourself Missy you are doing a fab job, I can only dream of producing something like that. Hope Alyssa is feeling better now. Hugs Linda xReplyDelete
Awesome! I can't believe they are your first ones. The feathers are fantastic and those chubby leaves are too cool! Great job!ReplyDelete
Not bad? Geez, they turned out great.ReplyDelete
When are you going to be ready for me to send you a quilt?
Things are looking great on the quilt frame! Glad you are feeling better again. Whew! Those were a couple of tough days.ReplyDelete
Wow Linda! That looks great! You are doing really well :)ReplyDelete
Glad you had a day of rest on Wednesday and pray that those nasty bugs will stay away now!
Wowie I love your playtime. The best kind of day for pajamas.ReplyDelete
You are good! Love the leaves/hearts :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful quilting!ReplyDelete
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New Zealand has become the 13th country and the first in the Asia-Pacific region to legalize same-sex marriage. Its Parliament voted 77 to 44 Wednesday in favor of allowing same-sex marriage, prompting cheers, applause, and singing among those watching the process from the gallery.
New Zealand gave same-sex partnerships partial recognition in 2005 with civil unions. But the new law, which goes into effect in August, will allow couples who consider themselves gay, lesbian, and transgendered to marry, jointly adopt children, and have their marriages to be recognized in other countries, reports Al Jazeera English.
"It shows that we are building on our human rights as a country," Louisa Wall, an opposition Labour Party member of Parliament who campaigned in favor of the bill, told the Guardian.
New Zealand joins Canada, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, Norway, Portugal, Iceland, Argentina, Denmark, Mexico City, and some US states in recognizing same-sex marriage.
Uruguay passed a law last week. And Uruguay's President José Mujica is expected to sign the bill into law within the next few weeks.
France is also close to legalizing same-sex marriage – even though many French have taken to the streets to oppose it, The Christian Science Monitor reported earlier this year.
New Zealand's law faced strong opposition by the Roman Catholic Church and other conservative groups, which said it would undermine the institution of the family.
Supporters of the bill said that they recognized it wouldn't stop discrimination, but said it gave people hope.
''This is for the young people ... this is for them.'' Labour Deputy Leader Grant Robertson told Fairfax Media.
On news of the court's result, politicians promised the "sky would not cave in" because of the bill.
''I give a promise to those people who are opposed to this bill right now... the sun will still rise tomorrow, your teenage daughter will still argue back with you as if she knows everything, your mortgage will not grow, you will not have skin disease or rashes or toads in your bed," [said Customs Minister Maurice Williamson.]
''So don't make this into a big deal, this is fantastic for the people it affects but for most of us life will go on.''
The change in New Zealand could put pressure on some of its neighbors to consider changing their laws. Australia rejected a similar proposal to allow same-sex couples to wed last year. In Australia, there has not been much political momentum for a change at a federal level. However, some Australian states are considering gay-marriage legislation, according to Al Jazeera.
"With marriage equality now just three hours away by plane, those Australian same-sex couples who are tired of waiting will marry in New Zealand instead," group leader Rodney Croome said, though NPR reported that such marriages wouldn't be recognized in Australia.
Other countries situated in Asia-Pacific have seen movement that promises to bolster rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community.
Vietnam has recently repealed regulations to fine same-sex couples who marry, according to the Bangkok Post. And in April, the first sitcom to feature openly gay characters aired in the conservative country, becoming a nationwide hit.
The success of the sitcom comes on the heels of a $6,000 grant for a Gay Pride celebration in Vietnam this year to draw attention to issues of discrimination. Campaigners are working on getting it sanctioned by the state.
And earlier this year, the Monitor reported that in Thailand, which has one of the most tolerant attitudes toward homosexuality in Asia but no specific laws designed to protect same sex couples from discrimination, a bill was in the works to allow civil unions. It is expected to be presented to parliament soon.
Back in the courtroom in New Zealand, as the news was announced, people started singing the New Zealand love ballad "Pokarekare Ana" in the indigenous Maori language, according to multiple news outlets.
"For us, we can now feel equal to everyone else," Tania Penafiel Bermudez, a bank teller told Al Jazeera. She said she already considered herself married to partner, Sonja Fry, but "This means we can feel safe."


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Hanawake no Yon-Shimai Manga to Get Live-Action TV Drama
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Fumi Saimon's women's manga Hanawake no Yon-Shimai (The Four Sisters of the Hanawa Family) is receiving a live-action television series adaptation which will premiere this July. The drama will star 34-year-old Alisa Mizuki (2009-2010 live-action Sazae-san's titular character) as Takemi, a single working mother of three who was divorced twice before turning 30. Takemi is the second eldest of four sisters, all of whom have horrible luck with men. Saimon's Hanawake no Yonshimai ran in Kodansha's Morning magazine from 2006-2008 and has five volumes.
The drama will also star Michiko Kichise (Nodame Cantabile, Hataraki Man) as the eldest sister Fujiko, Shihori Kanjiya (Bartender, SaiKano) as the third sister Sakurako, Umika Kawashima (Bloody Monday) as the youngest sister Ume, and NEWS group member Shigeaki Kato as a cameraman who knows each of the sisters.
Saimon's Tokyo Love Story was also adapted into a live-action television drama in 1991, and her manga Shin Dosei Jidai was adapted into an original video anime (OVA) project in 1992.
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In the week that dressing room unity has been questioned at St James's Park, Newcastle United face West Ham. And, of course, Kevin Nolan.
Few players did more to unite what was a fractured and dejected dressing room in the wake of the club's relegation four years ago than Nolan.
Nolan left the summer before last after failing to agree teams on a new deal. The club moved on. He moved on.
It's fair to say few fans bemoaned his absence from Alan Pardew's side last season.
The club's talented French signings were lauded, none more so than Yohan Cabaye, who has captained United in the absence of Fabricio Coloccini over the past two months.
Cabaye, effectively Nolan's replacement, is one of the most gifted footballers to have represented the club in the Premier League era.
The quality United need above all right now is character, and that's what Nolan brought to the table along with his uncanny ability to time his runs to the box.
Cabaye has gone missing on and off the field in recent weeks. His form's dipped, and he hasn't spoken for the team as stand-in captain.
When he plays well, the team plays well. It's that simple.
Supporters' frustrations have been primarily been aimed towards Pardew – who is under intense pressure – but some have also been asking whether their team, for all its talent, has the stomach for a fight.
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Projection through merged optical section series of a filled astrocyte (green) in the molecular layer of the dentate gyrus, stained for Epha4 (red), showing the relationship between astrocyte processes and laminar boundaries revealed by EphA4 staining.


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Analysis of Pushkin's poem "Borodino anniversary"
"Borodino anniversary" Alexander Pushkin
Great day of Borodin
We are fraternal trinity remembering
They said: "As the tribes went,
Russia's trouble threatening;
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The collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery holds about 800 pastels, some were purchased by PMTretyakov.
Pastels must be kept under glass. She is very vulnerable: she is able to crumble from a concussion, all kinds of travel are dangerous to her, she is affected by the action of direct sunlight, temperature drops, excessive dryness or humidity. Constant concern for the safety of "loose" pastel works does not allow them to be often and continuously exhibited. To see them in the halls of the museum is a rare and significant event. Continue reading
Mikhail Zakharovich Tretyakov, the father of the Tretyakov brothers, the founders of the Tretyakov Gallery, came from a poor merchant family. In his spiritual testament, shortly before his death, he wrote: "Since the image of the trade in my sons is known to me, I hope that they will follow all my rules that I tried to inspire in them." His sons elder Pavel (1832-1898) and the younger Sergey (1834-1892) continued the work of his father. From the various trade in the shops (linen, bread, firewood) in the Old Gostiny Dvor they very soon turned to serious entrepreneurship.
Since 1860, the Tretyakovs owned a shop that was located in Moscow in Kitaygorodsky district opposite the Stock Exchange on Ilyinka Street – "a wide shiny street of capitalists and bankers", where they sold both Russian and foreign goods, mainly fabrics. Since the mid 1860s. they owned the Novo-Kostroma Linen Manufacture. And by the end of the nineteenth century, they occupied one of the first places in Russia among manufacturers. Continue reading


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Krampus - film review
PUBLISHED: 14:38 08 December 2015 | UPDATED: 15:36 10 December 2015
This yuletide season sees ancient folklore miscreant Krampus (the demonic shadow of Saint Nicholas) take centre stage as Hollywood's latest bogeyman.
Much of this horror comedy portmanteau feels familiar, whether it be shoppers throwing punches over seasonal discounts or a hostile family forced to spend the holidays together thanks to DNA. Automatically summoned when Christmas spirit is at an all-time low, the mythological horned Krampus wreaks unbridled havoc on Scrooges. Santa's evil sibling is not alone when it comes to dishing out the punishment, the heavily hooved monster is aided by a macabre band of toys who seem to be the satanic counterparts to the Toy Story cast. Nail gun-wielding gingerbread men are a particular highlight, alongside an ominous gaggle of masked elves who look like they have been teleported from the set of The Purge. Austrian actress Krista Stadler is a repeated scene stealer throughout, delivering prophetic statements about the seasonal beast in a thick German accent, usually whilst gazing into a roaring fireside. The director pays homage to Joe Dante's 1984 Gremlins during the snappy running time together with updated cultural references. A dark alternative to the usual cookie cutter Christmas fare, Krampus is a devilishly frosty festivity.
Rating: 4 stars
Certificate: 15
Director: Michael Dougherty
Cast: Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner, Allison Tolman, Emjay Anthony, Stefania Owen, Krista Stadler
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Indigenous Territories and REDD in Latin America: Opportunity or Threat?
Natural Resource Management and Rural Development, Intercooperation, Los Abedules 77, 4400 Salta, Argentina
Forests 2011, 2(1), 394-414; https://doi.org/10.3390/f2010394
Received: 20 January 2011 / Revised: 21 February 2011 / Accepted: 2 March 2011 / Published: 11 March 2011
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Forest Governance and REDD: Challenges for Policies and Markets in Latin America)
An important proportion of Latin America's forests are located in indigenous territories, and indigenous peoples are the beneficiaries of about 85% of the area for which local rights to land and forest have been recognized in Latin America since the 1980s. Nevertheless, many of these areas, whether or not rights have been recognized, are subject to threats from colonists, illegal loggers, mining and oil interests and others, whose practices endanger not only the forests but also indigenous people's territory as a whole. In this context, REDD could constitute a new threat or intensify others, particularly in places where indigenous tenure rights have not been recognized, but REDD could also offer new opportunities. This article describes the limitations of thinking only in terms of communities, rather than territories, and examines the extent to which REDD has been conceived considering the characteristics of this new territorial configuration. It also identifies the challenges that REDD may face with this new 'stakeholder', such as numerous specific characteristics of territories, given their heterogeneity, in the context of past experiences regarding 'forest options'. This paper analyses the situation in already-titled indigenous territories in particular, and also discusses problems facing territories in the titling process. View Full-Text
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Laphroaig Cairdeas 2018 Fino Cask Finish
Peated Single Malt
Laphroaig // Islay, Scotland
This bottling was released on the 2018 Fèis Ìle Open Day for Laphroaig. Cairdeas means "friendship" in Gaelic and if you weren't there to grab a bottle, this release is currently available to Friends of Laphroaig members (excluding the US) with a wide release expected beginning August 2018. The single malt matured in Warehouse 8 and 10 and was first placed in first-fill bourbon casks before finishing its maturation in Fino sherry casks. Bottled at 51.8% ABV.
Peated Single Malt100% malted barley from a single distillery. Dried with peat.
Cask Typefirst-fill bourbon and ex-fino sherry cask
Tasting Notes
"Briny oysters open up a familiarly Laphroaig nose, with campfire, sea salt, and peat, along with pumpkin seeds and prunes. The palate begins with an ashy, salty profile, with black pepper, stewed fruits, toffee, and bitter Baker's chocolate, leading to a resinous back end with sugary dried fruits. The finish is big and booming, with hefty doses of smoke and asphalt as well as peat and salt, and finally an underlying note of honeyed fruits."


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Maresa von Stockert and Tilted Productions are looking for 1 or 2 experienced dancers (age 35-45) to join the intergenerational company for the 2nd phase of development and 1st year touring of its site-responsive outdoor promenade piece: BELONGING(s). The work merges contemporary dance, object manipulation and physical theatre.
Artists applying must be available for the following periods in 2016:
Rehearsals in London:
7 – 18 March
4 April – 7 May
Touring nationally and internationally:
May – July (potentially also end August – September)
£500 per week
The company is seeking experienced and open-minded performers who within and beyond their expertise in contemporary dance range of ages and backgrounds.
Audition dates:
Saturday 30 January 2016, 10:00 – 18:00 (London)
Call-back: Sunday 31 January 2016, 10:00 – 18:00 (London)
Audition is by invitation only. Please submit via email to firstname.lastname@example.com:
- CV with photo (no more than 2MB)
- Brief cover letter outlining your experience and why you are interested in working with Tilted
- if possible a video link (but no video file attachments please)
Please note we will not accept applications from artists under 35 – BELONGING(s) features a cast of 8 performers with age range from 20s to 60s; we are only casting for a role between 35-45 years of age.
N.B. We can only accept applications from artists able to work legally in the UK with relevant work permits and visas.
Application deadline: 2nd January 2016
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John Hendryx Interviews John Samson, Pastor of Faith Community Church
Occasionally ReformationTheology.com would like to do interviews of those in the community who will be contributing to the content of the site or others in Christ with whom we have doctrinal solidarity. Below I interview John Samson, soon to be a regular contributor to the blog.
John Samson is the pastor of Faith Community Church an Arminian turned Reformed community of believers in Phoenix, Arizona. John is both big-hearted and brilliant, a first class teacher and writer. We met over the Internet quite some time ago and have developed a warm friendship in Christ. John's presentation of the historic faith, and his application of it in contemporary evangelicalism, is characterized by tender pastoral care and a firm commitment to the truth; qualities, unfortunately, often out of balance in many contemporary pastors. But John is not your usual Calvinist, being involved in a growing movement that many of us are completely unaware of. That is, while fully embracing the TULIP, the Five Solas and divine monergism in regeneration, he also continues to maintain charismatic distinctives, something I will let him explain in the interview below. John is the host and Bible teacher on a 30 minute daily radio broadcast, "the Spirit of Faith," covering central Arizona on KPXQ 1360AM. He also teaches in Churches, Conferences and Bible College settings on a variety of subjects. Originally from England, John was led by the Lord to move from England to start Faith Community Church in Phoenix, Arizona in March 1993. (Update, since this interview, John has taken up the senior pastor role in a brand new church called King's Church in Phoenix)
I asked John for a biographical introduction, and then I asked questions about his ministry, his take on Reformed Theology, the radical changes that took place in his own church, and the state of evangelicalism today.
I was born and raised in Chester in England. My father was a Baptist Evangelist and yet I never really grew up in Church. My Dad used to travel extensively to preach, and that meant that my mother and I seldom went with Dad to Church. That was until my Dad became the pastor of a local Church.
I remember being extremely bored with Church as a child and was far more interested in soccer (called football over in England). I wanted to be a pro-soccer player. My favorite part of the Church service was the benediction – I was so glad when it all was over!
I remember seeing my Dad reading and studying his Bible (I was probably around age 9 at the time) and thought to myself "that looks so boring to me – spending hours with a book that's hard to read, in language I cannot understand – you'll never catch me doing that.â€
One Sunday night, when I was 14, my father did ask me to go with him to hear an Evangelist preach. His sermon was on the second coming of Christ. I remember him looking at the crowd, but yet it seemed that his gaze was focused on me, as he said "for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.†My first thought was "how does the preacher know of my sin? How does he know I am a sinner?†Like a bolt from the blue I realized my lost condition and that I would be embarrassed with shame if I had to stand before God in that condition.An appeal was made for salvation and I responded by raising my hand, walking the aisle, signing the card provided… but more than anything I just knew of my need for Christ to be my Savior to hide me from the fierce judgment of God. When I later returned to my seat (after around 15 minutes in a counseling area) my father still had tears streaming down his face. I think it was the first and only time I saw my father cry. Some time later he told me that my parents had been praying earnestly for my salvation for many years.
I then started attending the church on a regular basis, but as I look back, one of the biggest changes in my life was evident in my love for Bible study. I would spend all my allowance money on Bible teaching tapes… I just couldn't get enough. I would spend 3 – 4 hours every night learning the Scriptures and hearing Bible teaching. That same passionate desire for the Word of God is still present in my life today.
1. How did you begin down the road toward Reformation Theology?
I have to say, coming to travel down this road has been an unexpected journey for me.
I have been in full time ministry since leaving Bible College in June of 1987, and was fairly confident that my knowledge of the Word was sound.
Then one day I received a flyer in the mail from Ligonier Ministries informing me that Dr. R. C. Sproul was coming to do a Friday night and Saturday morning teaching in Scottsdale, Arizona. This was in November in the year 2,000. That was only a short distance for me, living in Phoenix. I had never heard Dr. Sproul in person, but had been greatly impacted by seeing his teaching videos on the Holiness of God some years before.
As I looked further at the flyer my heart sank when I saw the subject he was going to be focusing on – "Chosen by God – the biblical doctrines of election and predestination.â€
Honestly, I thought, "how silly that a man of that caliber would spend his energies articulating an idea so way past its sell by date.†I was in two minds as to whether to go or not. I wanted to hear Dr. Sproul, but not on that subject. Any other subject would have been better as far as I was concerned.
Well, I finally decided to go, but sat on the back row so I could leave quickly without interrupting folk around me. I stayed for the first session and thought – yes, he has a point – I can't fault what he is saying, but I have many scriptures that would refute his conclusions. However, I was intrigued that there was nothing in what I heard that would be easily dismissed.
Then the conference included a question and answer session on the subject. This proved to be invaluable for me, because many of the questions I had were raised, and, I had to admit, were answered from Scripture, in their proper Biblical context.
I was immediately alarmed by this, as I came to understand that this whole issue required a lot more research than I had previously thought. I left the conference unconvinced, but bothered enormously that I had heard no scripture taken out of context. Being absolutely honest with myself, I had to admit that it was my assumptions about certain texts that were guilty of that exact charge.
Knowing that I needed to believe what Scripture taught on the subject, I ordered much material, and began my research. It is never pleasant to examine firmly held traditions, and I felt that this was especially so in my position, when I had taught other things at various times in my ministry. No one wants to admit the possibility that they may in fact have been wrong.
I have to say that it took more than a year of researching the issue in depth, before I realized that there was a consistent and clear Biblical doctrine of election and predestination. I also came to see that in order for me to believe what the Bible taught in this area, I had to dispense with my traditional understanding.
I was as surprised as anyone to emerge from this self imposed theological study cocoon as a five point Calvinist. Yet that is what happened. And I look back and see the whole thing – the desire to study this and examine firmly held beliefs (I have found many do not wish to do this), and the ability to see the truth - as a work of God's grace in my life. How gracious it is that God opened up my eyes to see these things.
2. Tell us a little about the history of this change especially with regards to how has it affected the people in your church?
I didn't pick the best time to make this kind of change. We had recently moved into a new building with a high monthly expense. We needed folk to be added to the church rather than subtracted. Yet sink or swim I took the plunge, and began to open up the scriptures on the subject in my preaching, when they appeared in the text.
If I see something in a text, I feel duty bound to preach and teach it. To give you a mental picture – as a preacher, I have always felt that I am a waiter serving the Lord's food in a restaurant rather than the cook who can discard some of the fat from the meat. I have no right to pick and choose what to serve to the people. I am under obligation to preach the whole counsel of God.
That's all well and good, but using further imagery, I would describe the church in terms of a plane flight. In the year 2000, we were a plane headed to Tulsa, Oklahoma; now we are headed for Geneva, Switzerland. That's quite a radical mid course correction for any pilot, and for all on the plane, I am sure you would agree.
Not everyone embraced this change. But then again, I wasn't expecting everyone to do so. I knew the change was hard for me. How could I imagine it would be easy for anyone else? What did surprise me though was the very strong reaction to the new teaching or emphasis I was bringing from some quarters.
One Sunday morning I was preaching on Ephesians 2:1-5. I thought I was being exegetically sound and precise, simply bringing out what was in the text. Half way through the sermon though, our Church secretary, the head sound man, and a gifted member of the music team all stormed out of the meeting (they were all from the same family) never to return. They wouldn't even meet with me. They were not interested in talking further. They just said "John 3:16 negates everything you are saying,†and that was that!
Others were less volatile – but were nonetheless perturbed – and left the church because of the reformed teaching I was bringing. It certainly was stormy waters for a while.
Perhaps 20% - 30% of the church left over a two year period. Even in recent days, we've seen a number leave. It has been important to remind myself often that the changes made were not borne out of mere preference but out of conviction. Yet it needs to be said that on the positive side, many others have been added who have no issue whatsoever with the new direction, and things seem to be much calmer in the church now. We're beginning to see good, healthy growth once again. Many of those who have stayed have been greatly impacted by the grace of God. A good number have come to me with a deep sense of gratitude. They have related how the teaching has brought them so much closer to the Lord and that God's grace is very much amazing to them now. Seeing the positive changes both in myself and the people, I would not want to go back for one moment. I love the new Faith Community Church. I sense that the Lord is pleased too, which is of course, the main thing in all of this.
3. What advice would you give other church leaders who are going through the same changes?
I would advise a pastor making this kind of transition to refrain from preaching the theology of the reformation straight away. It is not wise to simply walk to the pulpit one Sunday and say "Today we're embarking on a 72 week series on The Westminster Confession of Faith,†or "the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith.†That is the quick way to split a church in two.
Remember that the people may not share your newly formed passion for Martin Luther, John Calvin or Jonathan Edwards. My advice would be to let your people hear the doctrines through the lips of those they feel they know and love; from Peter and from Paul, and especially from Jesus. Your people may not be open to hearing Jonathan Edward's view of free will immediately, but let them hear Jesus saying it.
All Christians love Jesus! Remember that! People will find the doctrines more palatable when they see Jesus saying these things in their own Bibles.
I firmly believe that expository preaching is so helpful in this regard. If you are going through the Gospel of John or the book of Acts, or 1 Corinthians, and you happen to come across a verse which thoroughly articulates the Reformed doctrines of grace, just deal with it in the text, and move on to the next verse. People will not then feel you are on a hobby horse, beating your newly reformed drum – they will not feel you are trying to get at them – you are simply dealing with the text of scripture in a consecutive manner. Let the transition be as seamless as possible.
I say all of this in hindsight, and hindsight is always 20/20. I made some big mistakes! I was guilty of being far too topical in my preaching on election and predestination. People definitely had the impression that I wanted all to turn on a dime, so to speak, and certainly it would have been hard for a staunch Arminian to stick around the church. I did not make it comfortable for them.
One sermon on Ephesians 2:1, especially comes to mind. Its title "What is it about dead do you not understand?†That was not at all wise – even if what I was saying was true, which I believe it was.
I would advise a pastor to remember that you probably didn't change your position after hearing one sermon on these things, or reading one article. Give your people time to digest what the Bible is teaching; by all means answer any questions that may arise, but don't push your people into a corner. Not if you want to take the church with you on the journey, that is.
There's no doubt God has been especially gracious to me. Here I am pastoring the same Church after making this radical change. Many who have tried to do this have had to move on from their church. I marvel at the mercy of God in all this. But I would say this - if I had it all to do again, there's no doubt that I would preach far more expository sermons than I did.
4. What is your vision for your church?
The vision can be summed up in four words – "Reaching, Teaching, Training and Sendingâ€. We desire to make, mature and mobilize disciples of Christ. This includes sending people back into their homes to be better husbands and wives, better children, better single people, and better business people, now they are disciples of Christ; but it also means sending folk out to both the local culture and around the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There's a big world out there that desperately needs the Gospel. Our aim is to do our part in fulfilling the great commission – locally focused and globally minded.
5. How would you describe yourself theologically and denominationally?
I heard a phrase which came out of Sovereign Grace Ministries some time back when they called themselves "essentially reformed with a significant charismatic dimension.†I thought, "hey, that's me too!†I am thoroughly reformed in my soteriology, but like many reformed folk, would not, for example, embrace Calvin's teaching on infant baptism. I would describe myself therefore as a Reformed Baptist with charismatic convictions/tendencies.
Denominationally – our Church is part of a network or family of churches called Faith Community Churches International, with hundreds of churches scattered throughout the world.
6. What does it mean to be Charismatic and Reformed?
Like the word "Calvinist,†both of the words used in your question can mean a number of different things to people. Some would describe a charismatic in terms of the outrageous things we've all witnessed taking place on Christian television in America. That's the only reference point some people have. That's very sad because these extremes are as repulsive to me as they are to others.
Lets face it, eisegesis happens! It happens in all kinds of settings. Imagine for a moment a Christian television station that simply broadcasted the extremes within each denomination 24 hours a day, seven days a week. With me so far?
Then let us ask ourselves how we would view the people in these denominations?
I think we'd all be suspicious that anyone could emerge from these sectors of the church who truly wanted to deal with the text of Scripture in a meaningful way. We'd be biased against that idea because of our experience watching the extremes on television. Don't you think so?
More than anything John, I want to be biblical in my thinking and in my preaching. The Scripture is God breathed. It is His inspired Word. It is a sacred trust we have been given as preachers. We have no right to alter the Word in any way at all in our preaching. As Spurgeon said so well, "Christ's sheep will never be offended by Christ's voice!†Let's just preach the Word in good times and bad; when folk like it, and when they don't. Let's be faithful to the Master no matter what the response is.
I am reformed not because I think Luther or Calvin was infallible. I don't believe they were. But I am reformed because I believe the Bible teaches the doctrines of grace clearly. I would say too that I am charismatic because I believe the spiritual gifts mentioned in the New Testament are available to us today. I am passionate both about sound doctrine and the pursuit of the presence of God. I don't believe we have to disregard one in order to embrace the other.
7. John what are your theological distinctives? You mentioned that you were a credo-baptist, a five point Calvinist etc...but what about other things?
After much unbiased observation and reflection, I firmly believe that Liverpool is the greatest soccer team in the world!
Hermeneutics: Covenantal or Dispensational (or other)?
I was raised as a dispensationalist, but would describe myself as covenantal now.
Apologetics, Presuppositional, Classical, Evidential? or a blend of them? If so which is more prominent?
Presuppositional, but I certainly use classical and evidential arguments.
Eschatology: Dispensational Premillennialism, historic premillennialism, amillennial, postmillenial?
I heard someone answer a similar question to this by saying "that's a pre-post-erous question, and I am not going to answer you." That's very funny, but I do think the question still needs to be answered. So much of the Bible is prophetic in nature (both in fulfilled and as yet, unfulfilled prophecy). If we as Bible teachers are to teach the contents of the Bible, we will need to teach on these prophetic passages. We can't just say to God, "I don't teach on prophecy - sorry!" Yet when we do teach it, we must do so within some theological framework. As I have related, I had some thoroughly ingrained traditions in my soteriology that blinded me to the clear teaching of Scripture. As Dr. James White says so well, "those most blinded by their traditions are those who don't think they have any." Going through the process of seriously evaluating my soteriological traditions and holding them up to the light of Scripture, I have seen the need to self consciously review all my traditions in a number of different areas. That's especially true in regard to church government issues and eschatology. However, though I am definitely not a dispensational premillennialist (even though this teaching was what I was first exposed to as a Christian), I think I would describe myself as still in the "theological study cocoon" on this one. When I emerge, I will definitely let you know what my conclusions are, John. In saying this, I realize that this is just not good enough. The people I serve at Faith Community need to understand biblical prophecy. God has inspired His Word in this area for their edification, and I am required to preach and teach His truth. God is not confused one bit about Bible prophecy even if I am! So I am praying that it won't be long until I can serve the precious people at the Church here in this regard (because right now, I am not teaching on this subject until I am sure of the biblical position). In the meantime, my prayer is that God will open up my eyes. And John, I am sure you can point me towards some good articles.
8. Which people have been most influential in your growth in understanding?
Certainly regarding the Doctrines of Grace, I would say: Dr. R. C. Sproul, Dr. James Montgomery Boice, Dr. James White, who became a friend of mine through this process, Dr. John Piper, and Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones. John, your site at www.monergism.com helped me enormously too. It was so valuable to read some of the greats in Christian history on these issues.
9. Who do you feel is writing significant and important books today?
John Piper; Mark Dever; James White; Ligon Duncan; Wayne Grudem; D. A. Carson; R. C. Sproul; though I am sure many others could and should be mentioned.
10. What are your top five?
That's difficult – it would be far easier to list five books on each significant subject…But here are five off the top of my head from over the last decade or so:
Desiring God (John Piper)
The Pleasures of God (John Piper)
Saved from What? (Dr. R. C. Sproul)
The Potter's Freedom (Dr. James White)
9 Marks of a Healthy Church (Mark Dever)
11. What books by contemporary writers are you now reading?
This month I am reading John Piper's new book "God is the Gospel†and Mark Dever's "The Deliberate Church.â€
12. Which classic Writers have been influential?
Jonathan Edwards – He's a titan, but I have to admit to finding him hard to read. I thank God for John Piper who has put many of Edward's thoughts and insights into our modern day vernacular.
C. H. Spurgeon – his sermons have been especially helpful.
Calvin's Institutes (of course) – not many books written today will be read 400 years from now, but I read John Calvin today and still marvel at his exegesis of Scripture.
13. What do you think of the Church Growth movement?
Many of the writers of Church Growth books have a genuine desire to bless the Church. I think we would be silly if we thought we could learn absolutely nothing from these folk. Some of our churches are not sensitive to anyone – either God or people! It doesn't hurt to provide signage and adequate parking. It doesn't hurt to improve the building. We're not being more faithful to God by sticking with a drab looking sanctuary. God is not going to say, "Well done thou good and boring servant! You've been boring with a few people, I'll make you boring over many!†Some of the things said by the Church Growth movement need to be heard by everyone.
However, I feel they start off in the wrong place when they start with the felt needs of man. This results in the dumbing down of the Gospel, and the glory of God being marginalized.
Our biggest need is God. He is always relevant.
We don't need to make the Bible relevant. It already is. But we do have to show its relevance to people.
The Gospel is not about us feeling good about ourselves, getting acquainted with our inner child or finding purpose to life. We do find purpose to life through the Gospel – and that is to live for the glory of God. But the Gospel itself is about being put right with a God who has every right to throw us into hell for the cosmic treason we have committed.
I preached in one Church in England just recently and asked "how many of you have ever heard a sermon on the love of God?†All raised their hands.
Then I asked, "how many of you have ever heard a sermon on the wrath of God?†No one raised a hand. Not a soul. Of course, I remedied that over the next 40 minutes or so!
I say this because we can't understand the biblical Gospel without reference to the wrath of God. In the Gospel, God sent His Son to save us from His own wrath (Romans 5:6-10). We are saved by God from God, for God. I wrote an article on this exact subject (that's available on our church web site). But the reaction that I find from people today (in the Church) when I preach such things is "Pastor, we've never heard anything like this before.†Of course, they mean those words to be uplifting to me. They want me to know that what I am bringing is "new†and out of the ordinary. But inwardly John, I weep when I think how far the church has moved away from the biblical Gospel.
The Reformation Solas need to be thundered from our pulpits once again - We are saved by God's grace alone, through faith alone, because of Christ alone, based on the Scriptures alone, all to the glory of God alone.
I believe our task today is to re-evangelize the Church. How can someone be said to believe the Gospel if in fact they have never heard it John? I don't know.
I heard this illustration just recently - It's September 10th, 2001, one day before the Towers fall. You have been given the opportunity to preach the Gospel to all on the 10th floor of one of the Towers, knowing that within 24 hours, all the people you preach to will be dead. Question – knowing this is the situation, will you change or alter your Gospel message in any way?
If you would have to adjust your message… if you have to change it in some way from "God loves you just the way you are and has a wonderful plan for your life†then your original message is not the biblical Gospel. That's quite a thought isn't it?
The Gospel never needs to change - all our man made gospels need to conform to the biblical one to be pleasing to God. If anyone preach any other Gospel….. you fill in the blank! (Gal. 1:6-10)
14. What do you think Spurgeon, Edwards or other Puritans would have to say about it?
In reading their writings, I would have to say that they would view the Church Growth movement as sub-Christian or even anti-Christian.
15. Who do you wish evangelicals would stop reading or listening to?
Three immediately come to mind - Dave Hunt, Robert Schuller, and Greg Boyd.
16. What do you think is the most neglected truth/doctrine/practice of the Christian faith today?
With regard to doctrine in the church today, I would say the truth about the character of God. Preachers have emphasized the love of God, and rightly so. Yet other Divine attributes have been sorely neglected.
When we are choosing food at a buffet, we take the food we want to eat and we leave the rest to one side. Sadly, many have this buffet style mindset when it comes to the attributes of God. It's very much as if we're saying, "I'll take the love, but I'll just walk on by the holiness and sovereignty, thank you."
Of course, we have no right whatsoever to do this. In fact, this is rank idolatry. It results in us making a god in our own image - a god who doesn't actually exist. The God of Scripture is the only God who really is, and He is holy, sovereign, omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent, eternal, infinite, just, and righteous (and many other things too); as well as a God of love and mercy.
Most unbelievers out there have no fear of God at all. We used to speak of people being "God fearing," even if they were not born again. We hardly use that phrase at all in our day. The concept of a God who is to be feared, has, by and large, been lost in society.
I lay the blame for this at the door of the church. Unbelievers are not lying awake at night with fear of being exposed to the judgment of God. Why? All they've heard from the church is "God loves you just the way you are." But the Bible says that the wrath of God is on all those who do not believe (John 3:36), and that comes from the same chapter which gives us "For God so loved the world..." (John 3:16) Both the love of God and the wrath of God are very biblical concepts.
You asked also about practice. Many things could be mentioned, I am sure, but I think the most neglected practice in the church today is praying for the sick with expectancy. That answer might surprise you. However, I believe it is a great tool of outreach to pray for the sick. People may not know of their spiritual depravity, but they are acutely aware of their physical maladies. The prayer of a righteous man still avails much (James 5:16).
We have seen a great number of healings take place as we have prayed for people, including a lady (named Mary Bandin) who had suffered with a deaf ear since her older sister poked a knitting needle in her ear whilst they were playing together as children! As she drove away from the Church service, now healed by the Lord, more than 30 years later, she had to make a big adjustment to the new sounds she was hearing in her ear. Not everyone we have prayed for has been healed, but we've seen a great many people receive from the Lord, as I say.
In recent ministry in Mongolia, I had the privilege of seeing a lady aged 72, (the mother of the pastor of the church I was ministering in) healed of a lame leg, which was the result of a horse riding accident at age 12. This lady being healed after 60 years is a visible and on-going testimony to all in the town of the power of the Lord Jesus Christ and His Gospel. We regularly schedule Divine healing services at our church where we invite the community to come for specific prayer for healing. I also enjoy being invited to local churches to teach Divine healing seminars, especially with regard to equipping the people to pray for others, both inside and outside the walls of the church. We've seen many people impacted in this way.
When I look at the book of Acts, all the healings recorded took place outside of the church meetings. The healing ministry of the church went out to the people in the streets, and brought great opportunities for the Gospel. So John, I am convinced that we as the church, need to up our level of expectancy when it comes to praying for the sick, and I have a strong desire to further this ministry in local churches both at home and abroad.
17. Can you give us your Church web site address?
Yes, www.fccphx.org (update - now www.kingschurchaz.com )
18. Can you leave us with a current favorite quote of yours?
Yes, and thank you for this opportunity to answer these questions. Hopefully some of the answers will be of help to people making similar course corrections in their own lives or ministries.
From Dr. John Piper – The Supremacy of God in Preaching:
"People are starving for the greatness of God. But most of them would not give this diagnosis of their troubled lives. The majesty of God is an unknown cure. There are far more popular prescriptions on the market, but the benefit of any other remedy is brief and shallow. Preaching that does not have the aroma of God's greatness may entertain for a season, but it will not touch the hidden cry of the soul: "Show me Your glory!"
The greatness and the glory of God are relevant. It does not matter if surveys turn up a list of perceived needs that does not include the supreme greatness of the sovereign God of grace. That is the deepest need. People are starving for God. People need to hear God-entranced preaching. They need someone, at least once a week, to lift up his voice and magnify the supremacy of God. They need to behold the whole panorama of His excelencies! It is not the job of the Christian preacher to give people moral or psychological pep talks about how to get along in the world; someone else can do that. What people need is for someone to tell them, week in and week out, about the supreme beauty and majesty of God.â€
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Excellent interview John.
I look forward to more and to reading the other authors you've got lined up...
Congratulations on opening RT. Tastes great, more filling.
Test - WOW Dude ... John is one cool chap. That bloke has had quite a life.
I have been pleased with reading this interview. So pleased, in fact, that I was inspired to write to Mr. Hendryx about how I came to Calvinism, and that I want to show my friend this as well.
Great interview, John. God has blessed you greatly!
hi guys, wonderful that you are up and running.
Got an rss feed?
I to was arminian turned reformed, I was preaching through Romans. During that time my son died of a heart defect, the next sermon I was to preach after he died was Romans 8:28. The sovereignty of God flooded my soul.
It is great to hear of others who are traveling the same road. thanks to both Johns.
Beautiful interview, more posts please! This is a great blog and I want to read more and more...
Welcome to the blogosphere! I have a feeling your venture into the world of theological blogs will be a great benefit to the body of Christ. Keep up the fine work!
Hi, John. I'm a longtime fan of Monergism.com, and as much as I already like the site, I'm delighted to see you add a blog.
The John Samson interview is great! Thanks for including it.
Yes! I completely agree with John, that the greatest need in the church is for a real knowledge of the character and attributes of God. I'm re-reading Calvin's Institutes, and I am struck by the fact that book I is entirely concerned with "the knowledge of the Creator", for good reason, I think.
Great interview! I look forward to getting acquainted with the new blog.
I just came off working a second graveyard shift for a new job and just had to get a "fix" at my favorite website and found this addition! I am thrilled and look forward to learning lots. Thanks for your faithfulness.
I really enjoyed the interview, it pumped me up. The Lord has led me in recent months toward Election and Sovereignty, awesome stuff. I pray that God's truth will spread throughout the church, although it seems so difficult when fellow brothers and sisters are more stubborn for change than non-believers, even if one shows them proof straight from scripture. But yeah, Praise the Lord for bringing me out of the darkness and into His wonderful and glorious light! Great interview, every Christian needs to read it. Peace and God Bless.
Rev Samson, I've actually followed your writings for some time, partly because your "faith journey" (who says emergents make no valuable contributions to Christendom?) very closely mirrors my own.
For the longest time I felt that I was a theological misfit, a Christian Frankenstein's monster of sorts, having come out of a very traditional Arminian background, yet having my eyes opened to the Doctrines of Grace and being led by the Lord to embrace a 5-point Calvinistic, mostly Reformed (no thank you to paedobaptism and paedocommunion), credobaptistic, historic dispensational-covenental (no the two views aren't mutually exclusive) continuationist theology.
I was very relieved when by the Lord's providence I stumbled upon Rev. Samson's article "My Theology" linked over at the Reformation Study Center.
The local body of believers that the Lord has seen fit to join me with is Calvinistic-Baptistic in the mold of MacArthur's Grace Community Church, and is starkly cessationist. I have made my continuationist views clearly known to my pastor and it's not an issue insofar as fellowship and serving, but I must admit that I'm pained in my spirit when I sit under teaching from elders and deacons who not only flatly reject the continuationist view, but even go so far as to ridicule it, and to belittle and demean those who hold to the position by mischaracterizing and even caricaturing us as wild-eyed, slain-in-the spirit, snake-handlin', strychnine drinkin', backwoods acolytes of Benny Hinn.
In these moments I usually wince and say a quick prayer that the Lord would grant charity to my brothers, and that He would grant patience and longsuffering to me.
Rev. Samson, you can't imagine how encouraging your article was for me personally.
Thank you for standing humbly and firmly upon the Word of God, brother.
In Christ,


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Multi-stage fracturing is the current preferred method of completion of horizontal wells in unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs. Its core component consists in simultaneously initiating and propagating an array of hydraulic fractures. We develop a numerical model for the initiation and growth of an array of parallel radial hydraulic fractures. The solution accounts for fracture growth, coupling between elastic deformation and fluid flow in the fractures, elastic stress interactions between fractures and fluid flow in the wellbore. We also take into account the presence of a local pressure drop (function of the entering flow rate) at the connection between the well and the fracture, i.e., a choke-like effect due to current well completion practices, also referred to as entry friction. The partitioning of the fluid into the different fractures at any given time is part of the solution and is a critical indicator of simultaneous (balanced fluid partitioning) versus preferential growth. We validate our numerical model against reference solutions and a laboratory experiment for the initiation and growth of a single radial hydraulic fracture. We then investigate the impact of stress interaction on preferential growth of a subset of fractures in the array. Our results show that a sufficiently large local entry friction provides a strong feedback in the system and thus can counteract elastic stress interaction between fractures, thereby ensuring simultaneous growth. We propose a dimensionless number capturing the competition between stress interaction and local entry friction. This dimensionless number is a function of rock properties, fracture spacing and injection parameters. We verify that it captures the transition from the case of simultaneous growth (entry friction larger than interaction stress) to the case of preferential growth of some fractures (interaction stress larger than entry friction). We also discuss the implication of these results for multi-stage fracturing engineering practices. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


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I grew up in Southern California, thousands of miles and a century removed from the Civil War, so I wasn't sure what to expect when I stopped at Gettysburg National Military Park last week. I knew I wanted to pay my respects at the National Cemetery there (my parents are buried in the National Cemetery in Riverside, CA) but other than that, I didn't have an agenda. It turns out I didn't have a clue what Gettysburg meant to my country, then or now.
I spent time today — Independence Day, and 154 years after the battle here ended — reading about the Civil War and the importance of Gettysburg.
The numbers involved in the three-day battle are horrific:
- Union: 93,921 soldiers, with casualties of 23,055 soldiers (3,155 killed, 14,529 wounded, 5,365 captured or missing)
- Confederacy: 71,699 soldiers, with casualties of 23,231 (4,708 killed, 12,693 wounded, 5,830 captured or missing).
Gettysburg became the most costly battle in US history. By the end of it, with both sides low on ammunition, they fought with rifles, bayonets, rocks and bare hands. As I stood in the hot July sun staring out at the fields where so many had fought and died, I was without words. I knew it was time for me to understand more about this place.
General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army was determined to break the Union by driving north through Pennsylvania. At Gettysburg, the Union army, under the command of Major General George G. Meade, held their position and after the bloody series of engagements here in July 1863, the Confederate forces retreated back to Virginia. They never got close to the Union states again. Lee's invincibility in battle had been proven false, and while the war continued for two more years, Gettysburg was where the Union's strategy and strength had re-energized their cause.
Today, Gettysburg's battlefields are peaceful open fields, where people walk to retrace the steps of Little Round Top, Cemetery Hill, Culp's Hill, and Pickett's Charge. In the cemetery, both named and unknowns are recognized, with some visitors searching for family, with rangers assisting and providing historical background.
I have only scratched the surface of Gettysburg's importance, I know. For today, I will end with Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Reading it at the place where he delivered it was overwhelming, both because of the past and where our country finds itself today, divided in different ways, facing an uncertain future.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.


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WASHINGTON -- Congress is back from summer recess, and, as promised, a Senate panel made a hearing of embryonic stem cell research its first order of business. Meanwhile, the FDA held three advisory committee hearings this week, handing down recommendations on cough syrup and diet drugs.
Congressional Panel Discusses Embryonic Stem Cells
A Senate subcommittee held a hearing on Thursday in response to an injunction issued in late August by District Court Judge Royce Lamberth that shut off National Institutes of Health (NIH) funds for new embryonic stem cell research.
Lamberth's injunction stemmed from a lawsuit brought by two researchers who said the government is violating a federal law called the Dickey-Wicker amendment by using federal money to pay for human embryonic stem cell research.
A federal appeals court ruled last week that government funding can resume while it mulls Lamberth's injunction blocking the funds.
"If we don't win this battle in the courts, we'll take it up in Congress," said Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee subcommittee that deals with funding for the Department of Health and Human Services.
Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Penn.) introduced a bill earlier in the week that would specifically state that the federal government was permitted to fund embryonic stem cell research.
Three of the panelists at the hearing -- Francis Collins, MD, director of the NIH; George Daley, MD, director of stem cell transplantation at Children's Hospital in Boston; and Sean Morrison, MD, PhD, director of the University of Michigan's Center for Stem Cell Biology -- insisted that research on human embryonic stem cells needs to continue.
However, opponents of embryonic stem cell research point to recent advances in adult stem cells -- and a dearth of breakthroughs with embryonic cells -- to argue that embryonic stem cell research is unnecessary.
Cough Syrup Ingredient Debated, Voted On
On Tuesday, an FDA panel voted against recommending that dextromethorphan -- the active ingredient in many common cough medicines -- be classified as a controlled substance.
The Drug Safety and Risk Managment Committee decided that doing so would make hundreds of over-the-counter cough suppressants -- including Robitussin, NyQuil, Dimetapp, and Vicks -- too difficult to access. The vote came despite growing concern that adolescents are taking large doses of the medications to get high.
Dextromethorphan played a role in 8,000 emergency room visits in 2008, up 70% from 2004, according to the FDA staff.
The panel did express support for making it illegal for anyone under age 18 to purchase medication that contains dextromethorphan and limiting sales of bulk dextromethorphan. Doing so would require an act of Congress.
Panels Vote on Weight-Loss Drugs
A separate FDA advisory panel handed down a split decision -- 8-8 -- after considering on Wednesday whether the weight-loss drug sibutramine (Meridia) should be pulled from the market.
Half the 16 members of the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee voted that sibutramine should remain on the market, with certain new restrictions, while the other half voted the drug down on grounds that patients taking it don't lose enough weight to make it worth the potential cardiovascular side effects.
The cardiovascular side effects were uncovered in a six-year-long controlled trial, the Sibutramine Cardiovascular Outcomes (SCOUT) trial, which found patients taking sibutramine had a 16% increased risk of experiencing a cardiovascular event compared with those who took the placebo (95% CI 1.03 to 1.31, P=0.02).
Patients on sibutramine lost about 2.5% more body weight than those on placebo after 60 months, the study found.
"The weight effect is so modest that I didn't feel it warranted keeping it on the market," said panel chairman Abraham Thomas, MD, MPH, head of endocrinology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
But other panelists thought even a small amount of weight loss carried a benefit.
The split vote gives no clear guidance for FDA decision makers.
The following day, the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee was more definitive in its decision on another diet drug, lorcaserin hydrochloride (Lorqess), when it voted 9-5 not to recommend approval.
Drugmaker Arena Pharmaceuticals is seeking approval for lorcaserin to aid weight loss in patients with a BMI of 30 or more, or a BMI of 27 with comorbidities related to obesity.
In July, researchers in Winter Park, Fla., reported study results showing that one year of twice-daily treatment resulted in at least a 5% loss of body weight for 47.5% of patients taking lorcaserin. Just 20.3% of those on placebo lost that much (P<0.001).
Results were similar after two years.
Panelist were concerned whether patients taking the drug were more likely to develop valvular heart disease.
Florida Court Says No to Healthcare Reform Ballot Amendment
The Florida Supreme Court ruled that a proposed state constitutional amendment exempting Floridians from part of the new healthcare reform law cannot be put on the state's November ballot -- deciding that the proposed summary of the amendment is too confusing.
The amendment -- if it had been voted on and approved -- would have barred state residents from participating in any health insurance exchange that is part of a federal mandate requiring citizens to have health insurance.
The Affordable Care Act, signed in March by President Obama, requires all citizens to obtain health insurance or pay a fine -- and directs states to set up health insurance exchanges for residents who cannot get insurance through their employer or through a government insurance program like Medicare or Medicaid.
Meanwhile, a medical ethics organization published an analysis that found the individual mandate does not violate the Constitution.


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They're not going home!
The Dallas Stars prevented the Stanley Cup from being awarded Saturday night in Edmonton, defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in double overtime in Game 5. Corey Perry scored the series-extending marker, his second of the night, digging a loose puck out of a scrum and winding it into the back of the net beyond a sprawling Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Joe Pavelski forced the overtime frame with his postseason-leading 13th goal of the playoffs with a little over six minutes left in regulation, and Anton Khudobin made 39 saves for the victory, halting a three-game losing skid.
Ondrej Palat and Mikhail Sergachev had the markers for the Lightning, who will have a second chance to win the Stanley Cup on Monday night.
For now, the champagne has been removed from ice.
Last summer paying off this September
Perhaps Jim Nill should have been named executive of the year.
As much as the Stars are clearly Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin, Miro Heiskanen and John Klingberg's team, they would be in the process of packing up their equipment and heading back south if it weren't for the contributions of two free-agent additions from last summer.
Pavelski and Perry have been monumental for the Stars in these playoffs, and the veterans have only increased their footprint as the championship series has continued. Pavelski is up to four goals now, and can finally acknowledge the fact that he's now the highest-scoring U.S.-born player in Stanley Cup Playoffs history.
Meanwhile Perry has arguably been the Stars' best player over the last two games, scoring three goals, including the overtime winner on his ninth shot in Game 5, and could be credited for turning Seguin's series around since the two hooked up on Rick Bowness' second line.
Nill didn't receive unanimous approval for the additions, but clearly Pavelski and Perry have helped elevate the Stars to something beyond the talented, but perhaps limited, team they were last season. Whether that means they've been upgraded to a title winner, we shall see, but it's hard to quibble with those free-agent finds, now.

What the league deserved
With no scheduling conflicts, and really nothing but time in the players' continued isolation from the outside world, the NHL took some deserved heat for scheduling two potential elimination games in a Stanley Cup Final on back-to-back nights.
While the Stars won't complain after gutting out the season-saving victory, the league, in many ways, got what it deserved for not doing what was best for the players, and instead doing what was best for their American broadcasting partner.
Hopefully, there will be no injuries associated with the fact that a collection of players logged more than an hour of hockey over a two-night span that featured nine total periods.
But what was clear, anyway, as the Stars and Lightning showed that little was left in the tank as the game extended into a fifth period, was that the action suffered for it.
It goes without saying, but leagues should be trying to showcase the best product possible in championship moments.
Even in the middle of a pandemic.
Even if it runs against a football Sunday.

The Tampa talent depth
It's obviously been up to the big guys — Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point and Victor Hedman, mainly — to step up in the most in a postseason spent without Steven Stamkos, at least aside from those five shifts. But there have been so many shining examples throughout the postseason of the sheer extent of the talent depth for Tampa Bay, and Ondrej Palat provided another one in Game 5 with a goal worthy of his personal highlight reel.
As part of that unstoppable Lightning top line, Palat is one forward playing higher in the lineup than he might have if Stamkos was healthy at the moment, and he's stepped up to fill the superstar void in a major way.
This is a player that hasn't exceeded 17 goals for a regular season in six years, and over the two-month span in the bubble, he's scored at a 38-goal pace when applying his numbers to a complete regular season.
This is how the Lightning haven't missed a beat, and it's why they are still heavy favourites to win the Cup.

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J Mascis – Several Shades of Why
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On the far side of J Mascis' fuzzy guitar sounds, which defined not only Dinosaur Jr.'s sound but in turn marked him out as an alt. rock legend, lies a softer, breezier side. On Several Shades of Why, his solo debut album proper, he engages with his folk-rock influences like never before, which range from After the Gold Rush-era Neil Young and Crosby, Stills and Nash, to Nick Drake. No doubt aware of the deluge of folk / Americana albums in recent years, he has crafted this album with instruments and arrangements that are alien to Dinosaur Jr.'s records and might be more suitable on a Mercury Rev album (Saw, anyone?). Mascis has clearly taken a leaf out of those American alt. rock songwriters who are deeply rooted in country music.
Opener 'Listen to Me', with its simple progression and whispering vocals, feels like a Evan Dando track, while 'Is it Done' could easily have been written and recorded by Lucinda Williams. The intricate finger picking and harrowing strings of the albums title track finds Mascis at most earnest and the feel of the song is echoed in 'Very Nervous and Love'. Album highlight, 'Not Enough', a campfire folk-pop song complete with backing vocals from current tour mate Kurt Vile, is the sound of the summer.
The record takes a strange twist towards the end and the penultimate and ultimate tracks, 'Can I' and 'What Happened', respectively, find Mascis keeping the line of the record while layering the songs with distorted guitars and taking the record into a dark place. And while the album's roots influences and pop sensibility may not be for Dinosaur Jr. purists, those with a library-full of the best folk / Americana records of the last 10 years have another addition that ever-expanding genre.
Originally published on State.ie
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To manage or access different options from the Roadrunner email page, login is a must. Once you have successfully login, you will find the below mentioned things in Roadrunner email screen.
Access the management page
- Open 'Self-care' option from the tabs and select 'Language'.
- Enter the login address and password.
- Don't forget to click on 'Remember me' box as you don't need to enter the login details again thereafter.
- Enter the captcha in the box to verify your identity.
- Click 'login'.
- If you are able to login to the account, then it means the credentials are correct.
- In case of the error message, either the captcha entry is wrong or email password is incorrect.
- If you enter wrong details for the 3 consecutive times, then your account will get blocked for a period of 1 day.
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How to create a new Sub-user?
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(Bloomberg) -- The extra-mature organic cheddar that Wyke Farms Ltd. in the United Kingdom is putting down to age in its storehouse will be ready to eat in the post-Brexit world. The question is, who will buy it?
The cheese is made with organic milk from cows that graze on the lush hills of Somerset, free of genetically-modified food and routine treatments with antibiotics. It's unclear whether these organic standards will still be recognized by the European Union and even the U.S. once Britain leaves the trade bloc.
"Will we be able to sell that in the U.S. as organic?" said Nicholas Saphir, chairman of the Organic Milk Suppliers Cooperative, which provides milk to Wyke Farms. "That is the big question."
Come March 2019, when Britain is set to exit the EU, certificates confirming the organic status of U.K. products—from cheese to biscuits to breakfast cereals—may no longer be valid in the bloc. As a knock-on effect, Britain will also be excluded from equivalency arrangements the EU has with countries like the U.S., a $43 billion market for organic goods.
The risks go well beyond the fate of organic farmers. As Britain's future relationship with Europe remains clouded, manufacturers are fretting over the prospect of border delays, increased paperwork and higher costs, not to mention the threat of tariffs. Trade with 70 nations risks falling off a cliff edge if the government doesn't act quickly to roll over EU trade deals, the U.K. Parliament's International Trade Committee warned this week.
"There is very little time left," said Jacqueline Mailly, a senior EU regulatory affairs adviser at Hogan Lovells International LLP. "It's a very insecure and uncertain period of time for the food industry, as for many other industries."
Negotiations on the future trade partnership are set to begin by the end of the month. The EU, which published its own draft negotiating position Wednesday, rejected the U.K.'s bid to keep access to bits of the single market -- particularly for its banks -- and said the bloc didn't share Theresa May's goal of making a success of Brexit.
But as politicians squabble, it's decision time for many enterprises.
"Many farmers are now making business decisions for the next five or even 10 years without knowing what trading environment they will be operating in," Minette Batters, the newly-elected president of the National Farmers Union, said in a statement last week.
The EU issued a notice to food manufacturers last month, warning them of the legal repercussions of the U.K.'s withdrawal from the bloc, including its vast food law. Besides organic certification, the rules cover everything from genetically-modified foods to infant formula to honey. British exports to the EU may face labeling changes, and firms may be obliged to present the origins of their produce, said Katia Merten-Lentz, a partner at Keller and Heckman LLP in Brussels. Imports into the EU may also be subject to customs checks to prove that hygiene requirements have been satisfied.
A transition agreement would help buy time and ensure the continuity of the business before the U.K. gets its own accords, according to Saphir, who's spent decades in the food trade. The cooperative of more than 200 farmers he chairs has a joint venture with Wyke Farms to make extra mature Kingdom Cheddar brand cheese for the U.S., the world's biggest organic food market. An agreement on a transition period could be reached this month.
"There is a really big issue about what happens in March next year, not just for our organic cheese, but generally for anything that is certified, if there is no transition deal," said Saphir. "Whether you talk about cheese, whether you talk about beer or cars, the complexity of unwinding all of this is real."
Britain's Soil Association, which certifies organic food and drink, is working with the government to secure a replacement for the current agreement with the EU and hopes to achieve it before Brexit. It's also supporting the authorities in seeking separate standard-recognition arrangements with non-EU countries.
Back at Wyke Farms, Managing Director Richard Clothier, whose family has been making cheese for generations, stood among thousands of blocks of cheddar aging in wooden boxes.
"There are going to be anomalies thrown up by Brexit," said Clothier, who sells most of his cheese in the U.K., but exports to places including France, the U.S. and Scandinavia. "We've benefited from the free movement of goods across Europe."
Copyright 2018, Bloomberg News


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