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Tuesday, August 7, 2012
My review of Rob Bell's "Love Wins"
Most of the controversy centers on Bell's flirting with universalism, which for those of you with a real job means that everyone will eventually be reconciled to God and no one is going to be left in hell to burn for all eternity. What I always find interesting in any debate, and this one particular, is the attitude of peoples hearts when discussing it. Seeing some Christian's reaction you'd almost believe they would be furious if many people were not thrown into the flames for all eternity. Like a celestial crowd in a gladiatorial arena they gleefully give a thumbs down to Caesar as he seeks their decision on whether a victim who has fought in the games should live or die.
Fortunately Bell brings a bigger and more loving interpretation to the debate. Someone asked me after I finished the book what I thought. I said I agreed with a large part of it. Some of it was a bit of a creative stretch at times (Bell is an intelligent and creative guy). For example his interpretation of the story of Lazarus and the rich ruler after death had me scratching my head a little but ALOT of what he brings to the table are questions that need to be asked and most church streams and denominations won't touch them with a ten foot pole.
And why?
Because if they do Pandora's Box would be opened and the whole thing could collapse. (which could lead to dancing :)
But didn't Jesus do that very thing?
Didn't he travel around asking questions that made the religious establishment very uncomfortable. He'd say the Kingdom of God was like "this" or the Kingdom was like "that" in a way that made the priests and pastors of the day crazy with jealousy and anger. Didn't Jesus then start saying that certain people were "in" when the religious leaders and holy men had declared them to be "out"?
(Believe me, humans are far more enthusiastic about throwing people into hell than God... could that affect our theology at all?)
For example when God says he desires all men to be saved, that every knee will bow and confess Christ to the glory of God the Father, that all creation will be reconciled in Christ... Does God get what he wants? Does the Creator and Author of Life get what he declares he wants to see happen?
Or does the Alpha and the Omega, The Beginning and the End, Does "I AM" give up at a certain point and admit, "I did what I could but that's about the best I'm going to get."
Much of the book though deals with heaven and getting away from a Christianity that seeks primarily to get people a ticket to paradise rather than participating in Christ's plan of bringing reconciliation and "heaven" to earth now. That we would be active participants in fulfilling Jesus' prayer that His will be done on earth as in heaven.
Bell says right now the earth is filled with a lot of different "wills" and Christianity should be bigger in scope than has often been the case.
I actually have a good friend who I have known closely since high school. At one time he was a strong Christian believer but after some years left the faith. He told me not long ago that he believed in God again but one of the reasons he didn't consider himself a Christian anymore was that Christians made God far to small.
And you know, I agree with him. We have made God to small. Bell's book seeks to get our view of God back to the standing and scope it should be at.
Do I agree with every aspect of what Bell suggests in "Love Wins". Probably not...but it is an important contribution in making Christianity the Body of Christ that will bring Life to those in our world that are desperately looking for it.
In the end though I agree with Bell that "Love Wins."
8 comments:
- Andrew said...
Yep, whatever one things of Christianity or Christian theology, Bell has the attitude and outlook that everyone bearing the name of Christ SHOULD have. The world would be a much better place if they did.
- August 7, 2012 at 9:29 AM
- Bob said...
Thanks for the review, Steve. I have been thinking about reading this but of course was afraid of the hellfire and damnation that would engulf me once I picked it up . . . . I jest, of course.
It's moving up on my 'to read' list!
- August 9, 2012 at 6:58 AM
- Logan said...
Great review Steve! FWIW I don't think Bell is actually a universalist per se; his position as far as I can see is closer to that of C.S. Lewis...i.e. the doors of hell are locked on the inside. Bell certainly hopes for universal salvation but he doesn't insist upon it.
Two related notes: Have you seen the trailer for Hellbound: The Moviet yet?
And, while you are on a book-roll, read "Bad Religion" by Ross Douthat. It is well worth the read, and I think you'll appreciate it!
- August 20, 2012 at 7:28 AM
- Bob said...
Good review Steve. I've been wanting to read this but have feared for my mortal soul . . . joking, of course. Moving it to the top of the list. Thanks.
- August 28, 2012 at 4:41 AM
- Unknown said...
At least you can always rely on someone else being later to the party than you, Steve...
I'm some 80% of the way through the book and what's jumped up and slapped me around the face is God's refusal to be defined by our dogmas; as soon as we think we've got him in the box, suddenly he's outside it again.
I attended a 'progressive' Anglican church when I was younger - a church that was very proud of the fact that it only 'did' three sacraments - baptism; communion; and marriage. It was something at the time, that I too saw as 'progressive'. But, of course, Jesus only actually gives us two [sacraments]. Don't get me wrong, I 'believe' in marriage, but I also think that Jesus' intentional directives towards only the bread and wine and baptism have welcome 'kingdom' consequences for the unmarried couple and the homosexual. But, then I guess that's Rob Bell's point entirely...
- September 23, 2012 at 11:12 AM
- Steve H. said...
Thanks "Anon"! Yeah, I'm seeing more and more like you that many of our institutional arrangements and "dogma" are not only not bringing Heaven to Earth but is actually inhibiting it.
- September 23, 2012 at 5:14 PM
- Adrian said...
It's me Steve (anon, above) - evidently I didn't have a name associated with my account before! Very prolific blogging at the moment, by the way ;-)
- October 4, 2012 at 8:02 PM
- Steve H. said...
Thanks Adrian. See, with you gone I have more time to blog!
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A couple of promoters nixed the deal. Craig Dollansky is just as upset about it as we are...CZ
that sucks that is a hell of a nice track to sit with one show a year.
Chuck, I may be wrong (it wouldn't be the first) but isn't Craig Dollansky the number one promoter at this track? If that's the case, how can the "other" promoter cancel one of Dollansky's shows? If he can cancel this one, couldn't he also cancel the World of Outlaws then, as well?
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This is just a "not quite" daily update from me about the family, about my crafts, and life in general. Hope you'll come visit often. What I'd really love to know though is .... So, how was your day?
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Chicken Spaghetti ala The Pioneer Woman
Here are my during pictures...
And the final result...
And the review from the kids...
It was a lot more work than I am used to... being super busy during the week, I look for quick and easy recipes. It took me about 2 hrs prep time to make this dish ~ and then another 40 minutes in the oven.
Will I make it again? Yes, it was a big hit.
Was it worth it? Yes, but I think next time I'll save myself some work and either cook boneless/skinless chicken which is what I normally do or buy a precooked chicken from the grocery store. It's about the same price and always tastes yummy.
I actually made dessert last night as well. It is warm spiced peaches and bananas over vanilla ice cream in a shortcake shell.
Richard and Nate really liked it. Julianne doesn't eat peaches ~ go figure. I do have a recipe to make the spiced peaches from scratch but I cheated with the jar ones. Really, just as good and saved me a ton of work.
Next up... Ree's famous cinnamon rolls. I can do all the prep on a Saturday night and bake em up for Sunday morning. Wish me luck.
3 comments:
- Sandra :) said...
I love Ree (Pioneer Woman) - she's such a hoot, and her recipes always look (and taste!) fantastic! Last night I made the Chocolate Cobbler she just blogged about (http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/05/a-tasty-recipe-grannys-chocolate-cobbler/) - I didn't have any because of my diet, and everybody else was so late getting home that I don't think anybody had any - it's still in the fridge! They can have it tonight :D
2 hours prep time for a dinner, tho? OUCH! I don't even want to do 2 hours prep for Thanksgiving, let alone for a regular weeknight dinner! Good thing it got the thumbs up from the kids - I would definitely trim prep time with boneless skinless breasts - they're a kitchen staple here. The dessert looks delicious as well!
- May 19, 2010 at 8:54 AM
- Melissa said...
I am glad the Chicken Spaghetti was good - it looks delicious! I can't wait to hear about the cinnamon rolls - that is the one recipe I am DYING to try!
- May 19, 2010 at 9:08 AM
- Mom Taxi Julie said...
2 hour prep is nuts!! I'll take the short cut version ;O)
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Two Apache hunters targeting antelopes
All Apache men hunted. Deer was a preferred meat in their tribe. The hunter would usually grease his body in animal fat to cut the "human" smell. He would also put on a mask made from a deer's head. He waited for a victim. Some foods were not eaten, like prairie dogs, snakes, turkey, and fish, because they were not clean. Some animals, like otters, badgers, and mountain lions, were hunted only for skin. They gathered mostly items such as fruits, nuts, plants, and honey.


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Alcohol is a great part of many occasions.
However, it is addictive. Most people have reached a point where alcohol has become a necessity, rather than a choice. They can't pass a day without taking a glass or two. They are alcohol dependent.
The good thing is that, this condition can be overcome. Many organizations such as the Alcoholics Anonymous are coming up with programs that aim at guiding alcohol dependant individuals from overcoming the addiction.
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2. Alcoholism blinds you from reality
Most alcoholic in recovery will tell you how easy it is to spot alcohol dependant people unlike when they were deeply rooted in alcohol. Alcoholism is a slow killer that constantly blinds you from seeing its negative effects on you. You are slowly drawn away from reality. Your friends' and family' advise will always fall on deaf ears. The problem may worsen and it becomes difficult to correct it over time.
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They say an empty mind is the devils workshop. Alcoholics in recovery often confess that you need to distract your brain with immense activities in order to quit drinking. Developing a hobby is a perfect distraction. It will fill the void that alcohol once occupied. Keep yourself busy. Start writing, play games, swim and drinking will fade away from your memories.
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Look around, in our homes, hotels, colleges and you will realize how prevalent alcohol is. It is very hard to watch a movie or a television show without spotting alcohol. This makes it hard for alcoholics in recovery. Some are even refraining to take Holy Communion in churches because of its alcoholic content. They have to develop that tough life in order to break free from the addiction.
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Canonically, LC3 lipidation has been associated with autophagy pathways but it becomes increasingly clear that this modification can also occur during autophagy‐unrelated processes. In this issue, Florey and colleagues find that the WD40 domain of ATG16L1 is dispensable for LC3 lipidation during starvation‐induced autophagy but required for its lipidation during several other membrane‐based processes that are different from autophagy. This finding opens the door for the analysis of the functions of LC3 lipidation in these pathways.
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Macroautophagy (hereafter autophagy) is a process for the delivery of intracellular material, referred to as cargo, into the lysosome for degradation. Autophagy can be triggered by starvation or the presence of intracellular cargoes and entails the de novo formation of a double‐membrane organelle termed autophagosome, within which the cargo is sequestered. During the canonical form of autophagy, a number of conserved AuTophaGy (ATG)‐related proteins act in a hierarchical manner to mediate the formation of autophagosomes. A hallmark of this process is the covalent attachment of ATG8 family proteins (here referred to as LC3) to the membrane lipid phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) on the nascent autophagosomal membrane. This lipidation reaction occurs analogous to the attachment of ubiquitin to target proteins and is mediated by the E1‐like enzyme ATG7 and the E2‐like enzyme ATG3. In addition, a protein complex composed of the …
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The number of people applying for a scheme to help over 50s set up their own businesses is 25% higher in the West Midlands than the rest of the country.
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As you may recall, this is the 200th anniversary of Pride & Prejudice and I'm participating in a year round challenge hosted by Austenprose.
For March, I watched Bride & Prejudice. This movie has been on my must see list since it was released. I can't believe this was the first time I've actually seen it. I'm such a fan of Bend it Like Beckham that I knew I'd want to see everything from this director.
Bride & Prejudice takes the classic Jane Austen story and updated to modern day India. Lalita (the Elizabeth character) is attending a friend's engagement party when she first meets her Mr. Darcy. He's an American businessmess looking to open a hotel in India as the one he's staying in is not up to snuff.
This movie excellently showcases all the major themes from the original novel with a new emphasis on classism. Mr. Darcy as a wealthy American considers his way of life superior than those in India because of his wealth and amenities. It leads to this interesting ourburst from Lalita which I loved.
I found the movie plot to be quite realistic. However, I didn't really find Mr. Darcy very enticing. I'm not sure what Lalita really saw in him but I'm still glad they found each other. The one aspect of this movie that made it different then all other adaptations is the fact that it's a BOLLYWOOD movie which means music and dancing!!
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Reliance Jio MNP: How To Port To Relaince Jio Without Losing Your Mobile Number
Reliance Jio is currently the fastest growing telecom company in the world with more than 50 million subscribers. Jio offered free data, calls and sms messages to any network for first three months of it's release. Recently they extended this with Happy New year Offer til 31 march 2017 to attract new customers and impress old customers with fastest 4G services. Many people already joined in the jio community and other people are searching for portability. If you are looking for how to port to reliance jio without losing your number then simply follow this guide for reliance jio mnp.
Jio started it's portability services from 5th september 2016, which is few days after it's launching date. So any one from current users of Airtel, Idea, Vodafone, BSNL or any network can port to jio network without any problems easily.
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Reliance Jio sims are now widely available and over two lack stores across india sell jio sims to its customers. All local sim vendors also sell jio sims same like other networks. Using new number for jio makes you difficult for your business or work, as you need to tell every one that you have changed the number. But if you change to jio using portability you can still use jio network with your old number and you may not have many problems.
Here we present you simple step by step guide on how to port to reliance jio network in simple steps.
How To Port To Reliance Jio From Other Network Without Losing Number :
You can change to jio network from any other newtorks like airtel, idea, vodafore or bsnl etc and the process is same for all networks. Simply follow the below process to change to jio sim.
- Send an SMS as "PORT Mobile Number" to 1900( PORT <Mobile Number> to 1900).
- Make sure you are sending the sms from which you want to port to reliance jio network. Charges may be applicable depending on sms tariff plans.
- After that you will receive an sms with Unique Port Code (UPO) valid for 15 days. This is the key code to switch from your current service provider to reliance jio.
- Locate reliance Digital store near you and visit the store, take customer application form and fill all the details.
- Provide all the documents required to submit like ID proof, residential proof, aadhar or passport etc along with photographs.
- Now you will get new sim card, as per telecom regulations you number will be remain with your current service provider for next five days, on sixth day you number is updated to jio network.
Also Read -> How to set up Bhim App
The reliance jio sim could take upto one week to activate, and you will be charged some fee. During porting time your number may be inactive for two hours, when you find no service in your current service operator, remove the sim and insert new reliance jio sim.
That's all guys, I hope we provided step by step guide on how to port to reliace jio network without losing number. If you have any problems or doubts regarding this guide feel free to contact us. Thank you.


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That happened to me yesterday, when said knock arrived - of course, just as I'd gone upstairs for the first time in a few hours - and as I descended the stairs, I could see a man stood there with flowers in his hand. And it wasn't my husband. And not just flowers, oh no. Take a look at this:
The flowers came from Interflora who sent them to me to review their service. The flowers are really lovely and bonus, they came in their own glass vase, meaning I don't have to trim everything and find a suitable vase. Bonus! I love the sisal collar, although I suspect that, given the colour, Missy Woo might have designs on that when the flowers are long gone.
As well as flowers, they also deliver gifts and have a new section devoted to Father's Day gifts, mostly non-flowery - largely food, wine, whisky and a lucky bamboo plant too. Whatever that is. Handy if you need to get organised.. (Father's Day is 19th June by the way, if you weren't sure..).
Although these flowers aren't from that range, I noticed that Interflora have recently introduced a range of Fairtrade Flowers featuring flowers from Fairtrade certified flower farms, which is really nice to see, especially as the flowers are not significantly more expensive than the rest of the flowers.
Finally, Interflora allow you to search for florists by county. For instance, here is the link to florists in London - if you send flowers anywhere in the country, a local florist will make them up and send them, so they arrive as fresh as possible. Mine certainly look stunning.
(I was sent some flowers and a bottle of sparkling rosé wine for the purposes of writing a review. I have not received any further compensation and all opinions are my own. I was asked to include some links to Interflora websites within the post, but I have not been told what to write beyond that. )


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There are some videos that drone on--business presentations, product demos, and online driving school--and others that rush by too quickly. MySpeed is a fun, free-to-try bit of software that serves as a playback remote so you can watch Flash videos at your own pace.
The simple app consists of a sliding bar that's set to 1.0, regular time, when a video plays. Slide it to the left to slow the sound and picture, or to the right to speed both elements to two or three times the original speed. You can also use shortcut keys to quicken or slow the video. Crtl+Alt+F makes it faster; Crtl+Alt+S drags it down.
The audio and video largely remained in sync when tampered with, but original trip-ups in streaming and buffering were more noticeable with the video accelerated. If you don't set MySpeed to start on boot-up, you'll need to open it each session. After that, it'll run in the background from the system tray.
MySpeed is an amusing, sometimes time-saving utility for YouTube and sources of Flash video. However, for the $30 post-trial asking price for the Windows app, it's clearly aimed at very frequent video watchers, especially e-learners who may want to breeze by some sections of a module and stroll through other, more technical segments.


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For the past month I have made an effort to take better care of myself. This wasn't a New Year's resolution (I don't like resolutions) but rather a lifestyle change. God gave me a healthy, functioning body, and I felt it was time to start taking better care of it. Some of the changes I've made include:
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Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Schedule: Round 1
Conditions: Two-to-four foot (1 - metre) waves at Rincon.
Stop No. 3 of 10 on the Samsung Galaxy ASP Women's World Championship Tour would kickoff on the opening day of the waiting period, with the international elite taking on Bells Beach's iconic Australian amphitheater for Round 1 of the Rip Curl Women's Pro Bells Beach.
Heat 1: Courtney Conlogue (USA) 15.00, Malia Manuel (HAW) 14.03, Alessa Quizon (HAW) 8.50
Californian Courtney Conlogue, Kauaian Malia Manuel and Oahu's Alessa Quizon would take to the water first in the pulsing two-to-four foot waves at Rincon. After a slow start, Quizon would draw first blood, collecting a few small scores.
The heat would eventually host two crucial exchanges from Conlogue and Manuel. Both Manuel and Conlogue would connect an array of forehand turns on Rincon set waves, but Conlogue's 6.83 and 8.17 would see the Californian edge out Manuel's efforts of 6.33 and 7.70 for the win.
Heat 2: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 12.94, Coco Ho (HAW) 11.00, Alana Blanchard (HAW) 4.67
Action continued in Heat 2 of Round 1 as multiple Bell-ringer Sally Fitzgibbons took on Hawaiians Coco Ho and Alana Blanchard.
Ho stayed busy throughout the majority of the heat, throwing the fins and blending her moves with style.
Fitzgibbons, however, fought back in the dying moments of the heat to edge ahead and relegate Ho, as well as Blanchard, into the elimination Round 2.
Heat 3: Dimity Stoyle (AUS) 15.76, Carissa Moore (HAW) 15.54, Zoe Clarke (AUS) 5.57
ASP WCT Rookie Dimity Stoyle would come out of the gates firing in Round 1, blitzing Rincon with an aggressive combination of forehand turns, opening her campaign with an impressive 7.83. Stoyle would quickly notch another solid score on the board, stringing together a furious combo for a 7.93, placing reigning two-time ASP Women's World Champion Carissa Moore and wildcard Zoe Clarke on the back foot.
Moore would battle back with her polished forehand approach, slinging seamless carves and progressive tail-free turns across the point at Rincon, notching a 6.67 and 8.87 of her own. The Hawaiian was unable to build on her 8.87, however, confirming Stoyle's Round 1 win as the first major upset of 2014 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach competition.
Heat 4: Nikki Van Dijk (AUS) 14.84, Tyler Wright (AUS) 10.94, Pauline Ado (FRA) 10.03
Heat 4 of Round 1 was an all Rip Curl affair as teammates Tyler Wright, Pauline Ado and Nikki Van Dijk took to the lineup.
In the somewhat inconsistent Rincon conditions, it was rookie Victorian Van Dijk who utilized her local knowledge and years of experience to select the best waves surf them to their potential.
Wright and Ado will have another opportunity in Round 2 while Van Dijk vaults directly to Round 3.
Heat 5: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 13.33, Johanne Defay (FRA) 11.33, Laura Enever 6.43
The rally of the rookies appeared to continue in Heat 5, with European standout Johanne Defay jumping out to an early lead over five-time ASP Women's World Champion Stephanie Gilmore and Laura Enever. Defay would attack Rincon on her forehand despite the slow afternoon conditions, notching a high of 6.83.
While Enever would struggle to find her feet, Gilmore would come back, unloading powerful turns and flowing through tricky flat-sections. The Australian icon would eventually change in a 7.00 and 6.83 to overtake Defay and advance directly through to Round 3.
Heat 6: Bianca Buitendag (ZAF) 11.67, Lakey Peterson (USA) 9.43, Paige Hareb (NZL) 6.60
While conditions would slow down for the final heat of Round 1 competition, South African sophomore Bianca Buitendag would continue her successful 2014 campaign, making the most of the sluggish surf on offer with cautious wave selection.
Buitendag would need only an 11.67 heat total to take out the victory over Lakey Peterson and Paige Hareb, but the goofy-footer's seamless backhand attack would vault the South African directly to Round 3.


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If your family has a bad history of ovarian or breast cancer, you need to talk to your doctor about the same as you can be at a great risk of developing any of these types of cancer. You should discuss with your doctor about the required genetic counseling and testing. Genetic counseling and testing can help understand the risk of developing cancer. Doctors do not recommend genetic testing for women in general, but they want you to consider the same only if you are subjected to the following.
• A close member has breast cancer before 50 years of age or in both breasts
• A couple or more of your close family members had cancer (breast or ovarian)
• A family member had both ovarian and breast cancer
• You have an Eastern European Jewish inheritance
Of course, genetic testing cannot really tell you if you will develop cancer or not, but it can indicate if there is a high risk of cancer. In case, you at high risk, you can receive the necessary treatment to help reduce the risk. Genetic counseling means a trained health professional will talk with you about the family's health history. There are some diseases like breast cancer and ovarian cancer that run in the families. The genetic counseling process will help you decide whether you need to get genetic tests done.
Genetic tests will help the doctors analyze for any changes in your genes. In case, you have a mutation in specific genes including BRCA1 or BRCA2, you are likely to get breast or ovarian cancer. If you are a high risk of developing breast cancer, you need to take the necessary drugs that will help you lower the risk of cancer. This process is called chemoprevention. Tamoxifen and raloxifene are the two drugs that are approved by the FDA, and these drugs will help you lower the risk associated with breast developing cancer. Of course, there are side effects and risks due to the consumption of these drugs, so your doctor should be consulted about your risk of cancer and the possible prevention options.
When it comes to the cost that is involved in genetic counseling and testing, the services that women who have a higher risk of getting breast cancer should consider getting counseling on BRCA genetic testing and breast cancer chemoprevention. Based on your insurance plan, you will be able to get the counseling at no cost.


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It is not surprising that questions of political economy often wriggle their way into casual conversations amongst my 20-something-year-old peers, given the all-too-familiar statistics surrounding our collective employment situation (or lack thereof).[1] I am somewhat surprised, however, when these conversations repeatedly reveal an unmitigated and almost fundamentalist faith in the divine power of the free…read more »


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Our Investigation... with a spreadsheet, we generated the decimals for fractions from 1/1 to 1/50:
Below is part of what we have generated...
During the lesson, we learnt that there are some limitations from the spreadsheet (software), which includes the number of decimals that it could display. As a result, the we are unable to conclude if some fractions could be converted to recurring decimals or not.
e.g. 1/23 a recurring decimal?
From the spreadsheet, we are unable to observe any repeating pattern of numbers.
Using another online application, Wolfram Alpha, we get:
In fact, 1/23 is a recurring decimal with a period of "22"
Similarly, with Wolfram Alpha, we get:
1/29 results a recurring decimal with a period of "28"
From the above, we can conclude that all rational number can be expressed as either a recurring decimal or a terminating decimal.
Hence, other real numbers that are non-recurring and non-terminating are irrational numbers.
Now, look at the fractions and the resulting recurring decimals.
Look out for some interesting patterns of the recurring decimals... are you able to draw out some patterns?
Hint: Look out for the characteristics of some of the denominators
Enter your observations below... remember to key in your group number before submission.


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It has been over two years since I have explored a new place! I grow restless as the days pass, and I find myself longing for a change of scenery. Tonight I find myself enjoying a cup of hot tea, going through old photos and reminiscing with Fleetwood Mac playing in the background. I see photos from all my old trips and see myself genuinely happy ( I also think of myself as crazy for thinking that I was fat 3 or 4 years ago!) As I look back on my trips, I see that I was happy because I'm experiencing something new and sharing the experience with someone.
I have seen a bit of the world, yet I look online and see the latest list of 25 places to see before you die, and think I a lifetime isn't enough! This year I have a goal to visit at least one of those places on the list. It's been two years since I've gotten a stamp on my passport, and a fear that is far too long! I may not even need a stamp to travel, now that I realize that there is much of the United States that I haven't seen! But it would be nice to travel outside the country, the rush and excitement I feel as I await in a customs line at the airport is inexpiable!
I'm unsure to where I will travel this year, yet I'm excited and restless to get up an go! There is so much too see and do, that I don't think I will ever get to do them ALL! Even if I only get to cross off one place on the 25 places to see before you die list, (that is ever changing might I add!) I shall be happy. I'll keep y'all updated on where I decide to go this year! Please if you have any suggestions, email me or leave a comment here!
xoxoxo- Adriana Elizaveth
p.s. yes, I was listening to Fleetwood Mac's Gypsy as I came up with this title.


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'Homeland' Moves Production to Germany for Season 5
Big news was just revealed about the upcoming fifth season of Claire Danes' hit show Homeland!
The fifth season will be shot in Germany and it will become the first American television series to shoot an entire season in the country. Production begins at Studio Babelsberg in Berlin in early June.
Season five will "pick-up two years after Carrie Mathison's ill-fated tenure as Islamabad station chief. Struggling to reconcile her guilt and disillusionment with years of working on the front lines in the 'war on terror,' Carrie finds herself in a self-imposed exile in Berlin, estranged from the CIA and working for a private security firm."
ARE YOU EXCITED for the upcoming fifth season of Homeland?


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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Loving that Tanzania chocolate! Except, of course, for the price.
But there was just one thing that I noticed. The description of the origin of the cacao beans used to make the chocolate (Tanzania) and the percentage of cacao solids sounded familiar to me. So I did a little checking I realized that Cacao Barry, a popular chocolate supplier to the industry, has a Tanzania (or Tanzanie as they call it) origin chocolate with 75% cacao solids (see online here). I actually had a box of it in the past and made all sorts of confections out of it. So we can guess who Sorini gets their chocolate couverture supply from!
I could have purchased a box of Cacao Barry's Origin chocolate for less $ per gram and made myself all sorts of chocolate bars at a fraction of the cost!
Oh well, for now I will just enjoy my Tanzanian tastiness.
If you want to check out Sorini's other chocolate products, here is the link to the English version of their website: http://www.sorini.it/eng/index.php.
For information on Cacao Barry, go to: http://www.cacao-barry.com/ or visit the product page: http://www.cacao-barry.com/caen/108 for more information on their 'Tanzanie' Orirgin chocolate.
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Crossfire is a Breakout multiplayer map in Halo 5 Guardians. It provides little to no verticality, and is the ideal place for a stand-off. This map offers in-your-face, relentless combat. While the Shotgun in the map is pretty useful, you'll often find that long and mid-ranged precision weapons work best in Crossfire.
Game Mode
Key Weapons & Power-ups
Shotgun (10 seconds respawn)
Crossfire Map Tips and Strategy
This map is very direct, has almost no verticality, and is largely determined by good team chemistry and individual skills. There is plenty of cover in the map, but it largely comes down to moving from cover to cover and shooting in a stand-off.
While initiating an advance, you should always do so through the Pit while staying close to the wall of the House.
The structure of the Pit gives you enough cover and ability to flank the opponents. Flanking is an extremely effective tactic in Crossfire, and you should try to implement it, and also make sure to prevent it from the opponent team.
Have one player stay closer to the base than the rest and to cover the flanks while the rest of the team advances and spreads out slightly. Align yourselves in such a manner that each teammate has the other's back covered.
There are plenty of grenades in this map, so don't be shy in using nade tactics. It's generally a good idea to practice specific nade routines in a custom match before playing in Crossfire.
The flag in Breakout is completely exposed in Top Mid. This makes capturing the flag an extremely difficult task, especially when done alone. Often, teams will go into a defensive mode and will try to defend the flag instead of going for the offense.
This is in reality a much better tactic. It's far easier and more secure to hunt the team down instead of winning the round through flag capture.
You should only try the latter when you have a significant man advantage. This will force the hiding players out and will allow you to finish off the round quickly.


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Welcome to the
Holotypic Occlupanid Research Group
This site contains several years of research in the classification of occlupanids. These small objects are everywhere, dotting supermarket aisles and sidewalks with an impressive array of form and color. The Holotypic Occlupanid Research Group has taken on the mantle of classifying this most common, yet most puzzling, member of phylum Plasticae.
An Exhibition of 50 Occlupanid Type Specimens on Display at Mmuseumm in New York, Opening ceremony April 26!


text: First off I would like to say that one so called food critic varies from to another and another thing is that some peoples ideas of home cooked meals are construed.. Ficcos Little Italy is a great establishment with delicious fresh food that is brought to the community with there best interests at heart.. The environment is very welcoming and one definately gets the feel of being welcomed and the sense of being family.. It's family owned establishments like this that are forgotten in todays society filled with pre-packaged food and everything frozen.. Franchise establishments use the worst of the worst n people flock to the mediocricy and don't take the time to appreciate a small business with so much to offer. Take the time to stop in and be greeted with a smile and have an amazing home cooked meal with great variety and continue to support small businesses that are the backbone of the restuarant business. By the way the lasagna is to die for and will continue to be a returning customer for years to come.


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Thank you Catherine for taking care of my little Chloé during a family trip. Catherine is a highly reliable person, as well as her husband and we definitely recommend them to other dog owners. During this stay I received plenty of pictures and saw my dog comfortable with them. When I came to pick her up she looked happy in Catherine's home.
Amazing dog sitter. I would love to bring Pluto back.
Cathy is an incredibly loving caretaker! We picked up a happy, well adjusted dog on our return from our trip. Her attention to details while we were away was so reassuring. A great choice in dog care!
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I have a veterinary assistant certificate, I worked as a veterinary assistant for 1 year at a Veterinarian's office. The last 4 1/2 years I worked as a veterinary receptionist in a Veterinarian's office. Currently I visit my daughter's 2 dogs daily to let them out, make sure they have water and visit with them. I have also done cat sitting for my friend's 2 cats, cleaned litter box, visited 2 times daily. I've ...
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Are they destructive? Do they get along with other dogs, I have a dog on the premise that loves other dogs.


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Hi! Hi! Hi! How are you? Am pre goo... Thanks for asking.
I read an article yesterday that talked about four easy ways to be happier, and they said, do good deeds, get exercise, get hugged, and get a pet.
Okay, I agree with doing good deeds, getting hugged, and exercise, but I don't know about getting a pet. Seems to me people are awful busy these days, and a pet can be extra stressful if you don't have time to take care of them, and if you don't take care of them, they die. How stressful is that?
Just a little tangent there.
This is what I got...
1. Learn to love easily and you will be very inclined to do good deeds and get hugs.
2. Have fun and be playful. This one is very tough for some peeps. When I say have fun and be playful, it all starts in the mind, your mind, which means to look at things differently. Don't look at life so seriously, in other words. I know so many people who are so stressed out that they cannot, or rarely, have fun and are playful. Seriousness is just a habit, just as easily as having fun and being playful is.
3. Spend time doing things you love. People often tell me, but I don't got no time to do things I love Elizabeth. My thoughts, "Who's choice is that?" You are the boss of you, just like I am the boss of me. If you choose to work long hours, or fill your schedule with things you don't love that is just a choice.
Disagree with me? I bet you may.
Maybe you are saying, I don't have money, and I need to work long hours. If that is true, talk to me! I bet you that if you found your passion, you could spend an hour a day working on it until it became something you could create an income from.
Maybe you are saying, life is serious Elizabeth. Well, that is just a belief, and anyone, even me, can easily change a belief. Anyone, even me, can retrain the brain to think life is fun just as easily as life is serious.
Maybe you are saying, I use to love easily Elizabeth, but look where it got me? It got me hurt, it got me burned, or it got me distress. My friend, we have all been hurt, burned, or distressed, and that is all a part of our learning experience in this lovely life. I don't know your personal story but I do know this, if we love, and love easily, we are feeling the most positive emotion there is on earth, and guess where that gets us? That is correct, it gets us happy.
We, you and me, are either feeling towards hate or we are feeling towards love. We can go one way or the other, and I choose to love. I love love, and I love easily. It wasn't easy at first, I was one bitter Mama. But I figured out that hate made me feel bad, and that love made me feel good.
So that is my three easy ways to be happier... learn to love easily, have fun/be playful, and spend time doing things you love. Which one's are you doing, or not doing? Which ever one you are not doing, choose to do it, this week. Heck! Right Now!
That's all I got in the way of destressing.
Have a great day.
Speak soon...
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Baseball Toaster was unplugged on February 4, 2009.
Bill "Jabba" Conlin likes Ryan Howard. He really likes Ryan Howard.
He likes Howard so much that he has been writing homages to the first baseman since he was in Double-A ball last year. In his latest scattershot effort Conlin warns the Phils, "Never walk away from big power."
I always thought it was, "Never go in against a Sicilian, when death is on the line!" But maybe I'm wrong.
As for Conlin himself, he never walks away from a cheesesteak. Sorry, never waddles away. And they pack plenty of gastrointestinal power for Jabba the Reporter.
Given that the Phils have some serious question marks such as:
- Who'll play center and who'll lead off ? Is it Marlon Byrd? Can they land Carlos Beltran and move Rollins to the top of the order?
- Will Chase Utley succeed Placido Polanco at second even though the Phils have been hesitant to hand the mercurial youngster the starting spot?
- Will Jimmy Rollins' mini-renaissance in 2004 continue? If so, where will he bat?
- What will be the makeup of the rotation given that they have quantity but not quality enough for the first two rotation spots? Will they keep their best pitcher, rookie Ryan Madson, in the long relief role again or is he ready for the rotation? How should youngster Gavin Floyd be handled? What is to be done with Brett Myers?
- Who'll back up an aging Mike Lieberthal behind the plate and can he be transitioned into the starting role down the line?
- Who is the real Pat Burrell? Can he ever again play at a high-quality level for a full season as he did in 2002? If not, when do they cut bait and if so, are they going to be resourceful enough to dump his gargantuan contract?
- Can Billy Wagner stay healthy and return to his 2003 dominance for a full season?
There are probably another dozen (Thome's health, bullpen depth, new manager and coaches, payroll reduction, etc.) that I won't even touch upon. However for Conlin:
"One of the biggest questions facing Ed Wade and the New Gang of Six this crucial offseason is this:
Will they walk away from the big longball power represented by a man coming off the greatest minor league home-run season in franchise history?
What?!? He cannot be serious. The only people who consider Ryan Howard's future one of the main issues of the Phils' offseason besides Jabba are old Mr. and Mrs. Howard back in St. Louis, Howard's hometown.
I won't even go into why comparing minor-league numbers for a 24-year-old today to those of 22-year-old Mike Schmidt in 1972 or a 21-year-old Richie Allen in 1963 is a fool's errand at best.
Let me just relay an anecdote. When I lived in Boston in 1989, I went to batting practice at Fenway before a game with the White Sox. I knew I had seats right behind home and would have a great view. I saw a Chicago rookie who looked like the next Frank Thomas, that is even though he predated Thomas by one year, but you get the idea. There was a kid that looked like another species, like something out of "The Lord of the Rings". He just dwarfed the other guys around the batting cage. Then when he took his turn in the cage, he just crushed the ball. If I remember correctly he hit balls out to each outfield position. I was convinced that this guy was going to be a superstar even though he ended up not doing much in the game.
That guy was a forgotten footnote named Carlos Martinez. He ended up with five home runs on the year, and that ended up being his only year as a starter though he lasted until 1995.
Now, if I remember correctly Martinez had good minor league numbers. He could play first and third (not well). There's a world of difference between perceived potential and performance (say that three times fast).
So when Conlin say Howard "treats the opposite field like an old friend". I say that's nice, but is it meaningful especially if he strikes out a third of the time?
And those strikeouts: Conlin admits that "they are significant - 218 of them in those 656 ABs. The mind boggles at the offers Wade would be getting if Ryan's Ks were halved." Jabba justifies it though with "Howard struck out once each 3.01 at-bats, Thome once each 3.53 and Burrell once each 3.45."
To put it in perspective Howard struck out 517 with 206 walks in 1637 at-bats in four minor-league at-bats. That's an average of 129 whiffs, 52 BBs and 409 ABs per season, not too impressive when you realize that three of them were in Single-A ball. He struck out 13 times in 39 major-league at-bats this September. He has struck out 39 times with 12 walks in 133 AFL at-bats (through November 16).
Here is an overall comparison between Howard, Burrell, and Thome for their careers and for last season (career for Howard only includes minors):
Using plate appearances instead of at-bats displays the significance of the strikeout problem for Howard. Since he walks less than the other two, Conlin is being disingenuous comparing them by strikeouts per at-bats. The question is what percentage of the time will this player fail to even make contact (i.e., strikeout) when I send him to the plate. It's also disingenuous to compare these stats with established sluggers who tend to strike out but do enough other things to (hopefully) compensate for it. So dont buy it when Jabba says, "Don't let his strikeouts put you off - unless you also are put off by the strikeouts of Thome and Pat Burrell." And remember that the bulk of Howard's stats in 2004 come from Double-A and in his career come from Single-A. Conlin hopes to half his K's but how do you go about doing that?
Conlin goes on to praise Howard's work in the Arizona Fall League. Though he admits that Howard has slowed since the start of the AFL season, it is still part of undiminishable "body of work Ryan has accumulated" this year. "[H]e still leads the AFL in many categories - base hits, doubles, extra-base hits and at-bats." (He's actually one hit behind the leader.) However, you have to read that twice to get the significance. Howard is tremendously ahead in at-bats. There are only three players within 20 at-bats of him in the league. And of the league leaders in batting, none are within 20 ABs of him and some have as few as under 60% of his. That's the problem with AFL stats. Different teams are doing different things with different players. Some like to distribute the turns at bat more evenly to help each player develop. Clearly, someone (the Phils maybe?) are ensuring that Howard gets plenty of AFL ABs to help boost his stats, at least the counting stats, perhaps to help shop the player around this fall. Also, remember that few of the players in the AFL are Howard's age or have had his experience. Besides aren't AFL stats just a means of propaganda like when the Yanks defended the Drew Henson signing with his AFL stats a few years back?
Anyway, aside from Conlin's bloviations, Howard may be a decent major-league player or at least power hitter. David Ortiz was once considered no more than a pure power hitter. The problem is what the Phils can do with him.
His defense is reportedly awful even for a first baseman, a position he can't fill unless the Phils decide to reverse their strategy over the last two seasons and trade Jim Thome, highly unlikely at best. So that leaves him with perhaps left field as a possibility. Conlin's plan is to move Burrell to right and Abreu to center for perhaps the worst outfield this side of Greg Luzinski, Manny Ramirez, and Jim Rice's softball league. Oh, and Howard had not played the outfield prior to the AFL, and he's still listed as a first baseman there.
Conlin has an answer to that too: "[Y]ou don't need Clemente, Mays and Bonds to cover the Money Pit's postage-stamp outfield footprint." The only obstacles to moving Howard to the outfield are "contract inflexibility, their own lack of imagination and the selfishness of Bobby Abreu, who won't lead off or play center. Burrell, if he has done nothing else, has made himself into a decent outfielder with a plus arm. There are some options."
So let me get this straight. Conlin is advising rearranging the entire outfield, moving the Phils best player last season (Abreu) to a positiona key defensive onewith which he is not comfortable and has little experience playing, and moving the ever fragile Burrell to right, where his adjustment can justify a relapse to 2003 type offensive woes. All this to accommodate a highly questionable rookie who will be playing way out of position? That's indefensible.
Oh, and evidently Conlin thinks thatAbreu leading off will grease the wheels a bit. I have no idea how. Why he has to take a swipe at their best player's character by calling him selfish I have no idea. I guess he's frustrated that no one else can see the brilliance of his plan.
Conlin ends by deriding basically the rest of the puny baseball players in the universe who are dwarfed by Howard's total domination:
"Just be frightened, very frightened, when Ed Wade mentions a package of players equivalent to Ryan Howard's value.
"Yeah, sure..."
Kevin Brown for Howard? Hrmph! Barry Bonds? Are you kidding?!? Yeah, unless they can resuscitate Babe Ruth, you just can't compensate the Phils for Howard's scary talent.
Look, for all the Phils management's faults, and there are many, they have been right on the money with the assessment of this guy. I wish they would have traded him before the trade deadline when Conlin was praising him to high heaven and his downside was perhaps less apparent. But the best they can do now is to pump up his value in the AFL and get some first-base strapped team (Yanks anyone?) take him off their hands.
It's a no-brainer. With Thome and his contract at first for four more seasons and with Howard's low ceiling, what's the downside. Let's say he turns into the next David Ortiz. He wouldn't be doing it in Philly anyway. That's the argument I have with those bemoaning the loss of Johnny Estrada. Yes, Estrada looks like a decent receiver, but he never was going to supplant Lieberthal, so who cares? You tip your hat and move on. It looked like a brilliant move at the time. Sometimes the better gambles still don't work out.
Maybe this is all part of a brilliant plan to have Conlin promote Howard to the world so that the Phils can pick up a decent starter or centerfielder as compensation. Ed Wade and Jabba are chucking over this master stroke as we speak.
Either that or Conlin is pregnant with Howard's love child and cannot deal with him being traded away.
Or Conlin is just a big boob. Take your pick.
Conlin cant really mean the things he says. Can he? Yeah, sure..."
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World War I was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, on June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, Bosnia. The war started a month later, when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Other European countries soon made their own declarations of war. Great Britain entered on August 4, 1914, after Germany began its invasion of France. The war between the Allied and Associated powers (France, Russia, Great Britain, and the United States as well as numerous other nations) and the Central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey) raged until 1918. The number of total casualties was extraordinary, estimated at ten million. France lost more soldiers than did Great Britain or Germany. One tenth of the French population was killed or went missing during the war. The French economy suffered as industrial and agricultural production fell to less than half of prewar levels.
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Dave Grohl's 'Sound City' Film Explores Classic Rock Landmark
Dave Grohl has always shown he is a man of many interests and talents. Now, he's cast himself in the role of film director and producer. The subject is, or should be, of great interest to classic rock fans the world over.
'Sound City' is a film about Sound City Recording Studios, one of the most renowned recording facilities in history. Countless classic records by acts big and small were made there. The Van Nuys, California studio opened its doors in 1969 and has now closed, but for over twenty years it was home to a vast array of artists.
We know… you want names! Neil Young, Spirit, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Metallica, Foreigner, Guns N' Roses, Cheap Trick and Nirvana, to name a few. Albums such as 'Rumors,' 'After The Gold Rush', 'Damn The Torpedos' and 'Nevermind' all owe a debt to those hallowed halls. Or, you could say, "the words of the prophets were written on the studio walls…"
The idea for the film came to Grohl after he purchased a Neve 8028 recording console from the studio. The console, vintage 1972, has long been considered the creme de la creme of analog recording equipment. This particular board was used on many of the aforementioned classic albums. "When Dave got the board and put it in his studio, he had the idea to interview people who had recorded there." producer Butch Vig told Pulse Of Radio, "he got a list of all the bands that had recorded there over 20 years, it's huge. I mean, it's amazing. And so Dave started calling up people and saying, 'Hey, man, do you want to do the interview for this documentary?' And everybody said yes." Vig is also working with Grohl on the movie's soundtrack.
"When he was doing 'Wildflowers,' Tom Petty said, 'Sound City smells like 40 years of sweat, pot smoke and cigarette smoke,'" producer Brendan O'Brien recalled for MixOnLine.com. Grohl is very excited to have the project coming to light. "'Sound City' is a film about America's greatest unsung recording studio," he said in a press release, "it was the birthplace of legend. It was witness to history. It was home to a special few, intent on preserving an ideal. An analog church, a time capsule, the last bastion of a craft defied by technology. It was rock and roll hallowed ground." Grohl is looking at early 2013 for the film's release.
By the way, it wasn't all big league artists that made their way there. The notorious LA punk band Fear made their classic album 'The Record' there and, in a bizarre scenario, in early 1969, Charles Manson recorded some demos there, before turning his "talents" to evil fare. For a list of artists who recorded there over the years, you can check out the studio's official website.


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CORONA DEL MAR — The tempo did not favor host Corona del Mar High Friday night.
Kennedy of La Palma slowed the pace down and put a scare into the Sea Kings. The Fighting Irish got as close as five points down the stretch of the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division III-AA boys' basketball playoff game.
The fifth-seeded Sea Kings eventually put the Fighting Irish away, winning 49-43 to advance to the quarterfinals for the second straight season.


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Family Advocacy Day: One local patient's journey continues on Capitol Hill
Earlier this month, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin was featured in the cover story for the June 2 issue of TIME magazine. "Saving Preemies" takes an in-depth look at world-class neonatal care through the eyes of our tiniest patients. Last week, U.S. News & World Report ranked Children's in all 10 specialties in the new 2014-15 Best Children's Hospitals rankings — one of a number of awards that recognizes Children's as one of the top children's hospitals in the nation.
Awards and rankings are terrific, but nothing can convey the importance of what we do or why we do it better than the patients and families we serve. On June 24-25, the Baral family from Stevens Point, Wis., will travel with me to Washington, D.C., for Children's Hospital Association's Speak Now for Kids Family Advocacy Day.
Discussing children's health care issues
Noah Baral received a lifesaving heart transplant at Children's when he was only two months old. Family Advocacy Day provides a unique opportunity for families with children who have been treated at children's hospitals to come to Washington and advocate on behalf of their hospitals. During their visits, they will share their stories and discuss the importance of children's health care issues.
Millions of children in the U.S. like Noah require special care at children's hospitals to address their health challenges. The current budget climate is challenging and requires serious action, but changes must be made in a way that does not threaten the state of children's health care by decreasing access to care and pediatric specialists. The Baral Family will share more of Noah's story and their experience in Washington, D.C. in the coming weeks, so stay tuned.
– Jennifer Mance, community relations and public policy program manager, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Visit Children's Hospital Association Family Advocacy Day to learn more about this annual event.


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Description of problem:
GDM authentication fails for LDAP user log in sessions.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
How reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Configure a Red Hat Linux 9.0 LDAP server:
2. Configure a Red Hat Linux 9.0 LDAP client:
3. If no user accounts were added to the LDAP database with the migration tools,
then added a test user account.
4. Create a local home directory for the LDAP user on the LDAP client host.
5. Confirm there is no local account for the LDAP user on the LDAP client host.
6. Log in without GDM (su, ssh, a tty login screen, etc) to confirm it works.
7. Log in with GDM login window to verify failure.
Actual results:
User log in error message.
Expected results:
Log in to GDM session with LDAP user account.
Additional info:
An excerpt from the /var/log/messages file on the LDAP client system is
The first four lines show GDM log in failures for the testuser0 account which
is the LDAP user account. Then it is followed by successful testuser0 log in
sessions from the login (tty1), su, and sshd utilities.
To illustrate that GDM does work for local accounts, I used my gdonnell local
account to log into a GDM session. The log file has successful log in messages
for my gdonnell local account.
Created attachment 92479 [details]
Do not use TLS encryption on the LDAP client host because it does not work.
I reported this in the 97675 ticket.
I resolved the problem. When I got TLS encryption to work, I was able to log
in from the GDM login screen. I figured that GDM requires TLS encryption to
be enable. For security reasons, this is very good.
In the 97675 ticket, I documented how I used the 51352 ticket to resolve the
TLS encryption problem in the 97675 ticket.
The TLS encryption requirement for GDM to authenticate with LDAP should be
documented. May be I over looked it. I did not see this in the Red Hat
Reference Guide or DAP Linux HOWTO.
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And have champagne and strawberries for breakfast.
Words and photos by Kathleen Scott,for her blog Hill Country Mysteries. Copyright 2009-2010.
Explorations of a travel writer living in the beautiful Texas Hill Country...flora and fauna, nature and mysteries...food and wine...life.
love filled day and forever to you and yours too, Kathleen.
And I am looking forward to heading out for a walk in fresh snow later, it's a good bird day. The path near us has hawks, robins, jays, finch, cardinals, etc. No fox !, well maybe a foxy lady in a parka.
I really like the way you menu plan. I vote Yes!ReplyDelete
A resounding YES!! vote from me too :-)
Happy Valentine's Day to you and your loved ones.
Another yes vote here!
Have a Happy Valentine's Day.
Enjoy this beautiful sunshine.
I vote Yes! I'm sharing a Valentine mimosa with my loved one right now, both of us happily playing on our laptops - how romantic!
Have a wonderful day.
Did you really have champagne and strawberries for breakfast? Darn -- I had scrambled eggs and toast but no champagne and it's now almost noon. I love the photo and hope your day is wonderful.ReplyDelete
Works for me, dear.ReplyDelete
And chocolate, lots and lots of chocolate. Yes!ReplyDelete
Love, strawberries champagne? I like the way you think! Might have to do a little ballot box stuffing on this one. :)ReplyDelete
Yes and yes again! As I noted in my own Valentine post last week, I've lost some people I cherish (a part of getting older, I know) ... and therefore I vow to declare my love whenever possible -- Cheers!ReplyDelete
Absolutely, but save a few days for Christmas, Thanksgiving and our own birthdays! That should just about do it.ReplyDelete
I'm with you, babe. Sounds great.ReplyDelete
Sounds good to me! Hope you had a happy Valentine's!ReplyDelete


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If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.
Ask and it shall be given. The greatest need to ask for is wisdom! God is excited about giving wisdom to His children. He knows with that wisdom you are going to have a life full of abundance, peace, and restoration. He knows that you will come to Him for every need and all things that concern you.
Delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Keep your heart on the Lord and He shall direct your paths! God will work out your situations as you lean and depend on Him.
Go ahead and ask for wisdom. It's yours for the asking!
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This cottage had everything we needed for a relaxing vacation. We spent most of our time on the deck as it was very private. Absolutely loved the open concept as it kept the cottage cool at night. Would definitely visit again.
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And I do hope you will come again and stay with us, as you were perfect guests!!! Thank you.


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(from Dale) Q: I'm looking for a high security emergency exit pad/bar that I can fit to a heavy duty exterior gate. Do you have a latch product that would be suitable?
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Ahead of its official unveiling
HTC's flagship model of the One lineup, the One X, that should be unveiled at MWC 2012 has managed to show up online a bit earlier then HTC expected. The One X is a part of HTC upcoming One lineup and according to the leaked details, One X will pack quite a punch with Tegra 3 insides and 4.7-inch 720p Super LCD touchscreen packed behind Gorilla Glass 2.
In addition to the Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core CPU clocked at 1.5GHz and the already noted 4.7-inch Super LCD 720p touchscreen, HTC's One X will also pack 1GB of memory and 32GB of internal storage. It also comes with 8MP back snapper wiht super-bright F/2.0 lens with 1080p recording, 21Mbps HSPA, WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS, USB 2.0 and NFC support, as well as Google's Android 4.0 ICS OS backed by HTC's new Sense UI 4.0 and Beats Audio.
The only downside is the lack of microSD card slot, but apparently HTC will offer two-year free 25GB of Dropbox cloud storage. The leak site has also managed to score some pricing details regarding both the smaller 4.3-inch dual-core One S, which should sell at around €600, and the One X that should hit retail at around €700.
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This is the last of my attempts to gather the bodies of work i have created from the past ten years of regular visits to the south shore of Nova Scotia. I have already presented my polyptychs and single frame color images in their own blog posts. This third installment are my black & white renderings.
Frankly, for years the concept of creating black & white images in this most colorful of places seemed a bit counter-intuitive. If you have spent any time looking through my color images from this project you might understand this better. Color literally oozes from rocks, plants, sea and sky in this magical place. Certainly a photograph can be about and driven by color. The land and seascapes of Nova Scotia make that abundantly clear. But ultimately i think good photographs still need a strong organizational structure beneath the colorful dressings to fully succeed and sometimes i have discovered that the over all impact of the images are even more powerful without the distraction of the color.
I would imagine that given the number of images here this black & white work could stand alone as a body of work unto itself. Still, in my dreams, i guess i have envisioned a book of all my Nova Scotia work that would combine the polyptychs, single color images and these black & whites in a single coffee table book. Are you listening book publishers? ;-)
Please be sure to click on images for an enlarged gallery view. Size does matter... :-)
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I am very addicted to granny squares. I should say this addiction is out of 'majboori'. Whenever I intend to start any new project I become very apprehensive about it, simply because my stock of yarns goes out of stock.... both with me and the shopkeeper. And I have to shelve the project midway or use any other yarn or pattern to finish it off.
Anyways I love granny squares also because they are easy to make anywhere anytime. I don't have to carry the whole pattern with me while working on it. I got bags fever after my granny was discharged from the hospital. I made bags in the hospital to kill time but even after coming home I was keen to make some more. This pattern I got from ravelry and is fabulous and very easy to make.


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Just when you need inspiration for a blog it pops right up in front of you. I saw this on twitter as one of the many photos from the #cipdldshow posted by @dds180 and it manage to encapsulate for me what HR (catch all title for people stuff, no silos or in fighting in this blog) is all about.
For too long now I have witnessed HR as a miserable, moaning, whining and victim like set of people. You will have heard it at conferences, seminars and the like spouting such stuff as "why aren't we on the top table" – "line managers are awful" – "we need to be part of the business", moan, moan whinge, whinge.
From my perspective HR comes from the view that "employees are on the take" and therefore it is our job to ensure they don't get away with it. So they create policy after policy to ensure those pesky employees are controlled and punished if they dare to break rank.
Think about it. We can't trust our staff to dress properly so we need a Dress Code (beyond belief!!), we can't trust our staff to use social media so we need a policy, we can't trust staff to behave so we need a 40 page disciplinary policy that lists all bad behaviour, we can't trust staff to do their jobs so we create a 50 page performance management policy and hours and hours of classroom training that most sensible managers try to avoid! I could go on and on and on but you get the picture, right?
I recently read a blog called "What would HR policies look like if they were based on giving?" by Lynda Gratton @lyndagratton and it really struck a chord with me. HR people do see employees as the enemy that need to be controlled with policies and procedures.
I recently told my team that we could probably burn 90% of the policies we have. There were a few gasps and a few nervous smiles until they realised I was actually serious. I would ask any HR person to look at their policies and procedures and a) count them (that's usually enough to make you gasps!) b) count which ones are created from a lack of trust in employees and then c) decide which ones you could do without. And if you are really brave d) destroy the ones you don't need.
So how about if we viewed our role, as David suggest 1. Be happy. 2. Be Awesome. 3. Help others be 1 & 2. Can you imagine the shift not just in ourselves but in how others perceive us? People start inviting you to the right meetings, people ask your opinion, you are in at the beginning not the end and most importantly you are valued not just for your HR skills and expertise but for your general skills and expertise, basically you are valued as a human being. Who wouldn't want that?
How do I know it works – well my most favourite (and frequent) bit of feedback is "you aren't like a normal HR person".
Get it?
One last bit of advice – HR people are employees too – so do you trust yourself or are you on the take too?


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BOSTON -- Bariatric surgery may appear to cure diabetes based on measurements such as fasting plasma glucose and hemoglobin A1c, but postprandial glucose may tell a different story, researchers here said.
In a case report, a patient who had had bariatric surgery achieved fasting blood sugar and HbA1c results that allowed him to stop taking insulin, but he frequently had postprandial blood sugar scores above 200 mg/dL, according to Anna Marina, MD, and Dace Trence, MD, of the University of Washington in Seattle.
They presented their findings at a press briefing here at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists meeting.
"Fasting blood glucose and HbA1c are insufficient criteria to establish remission of diabetes after surgery," Marina said. "Glucose tolerance tests or continuous glucose monitoring should be considered to provide a better assessment of glycemic status in this group of patients."
Bariatric surgery has increasingly been championed as a cure for type 2 diabetes, potentially through improvement in insulin resistance and secretion. Fasting plasma glucose and HbA1c often provide evidence of that conclusion.
But, Marina said, while these results certainly improve diabetes outcomes, they shouldn't yet be called a cure.
She bases her conclusions on a case report of a 55-year-old patient with a body mass index (BMI) of about 45 kg/m2 who'd had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. He'd previously had a seven-year history of diabetes.
After surgery, the patient's insulin requirements dropped from 100 units to 30 units daily. At four months, he'd lost more than 100 pounds, and his HbA1c and fasting plasma glucose were markedly improved -- falling from 9 to 6.1%, and into the normal 90 to 150 mg/dL range, respectively.
At that point, he no longer needed insulin.
At seven months after surgery, the patient's HbA1c was 6.2%, and his fasting glucose was normal, but he had sporadic postprandial glucose of 180 mg/dL.
Subsequent three-day continuous glucose monitoring revealed spikes in postprandial blood glucose above 200 mg/dL, and peaking at 294 mg/dL.
The researchers gave him repaglinide to lower his postprandial hyperglycemia.
Marina said the findings are consistent with the results of a larger study by Roslin et al, which looked at 38 patients more than six months after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. Six patients had diabetes before surgery, and five of them thought their disease had been cured until glucose tolerance testing proved otherwise.
The researchers also cited flaws in the 621 studies involved in a meta-analysis by Buchwald et al, which concluded that bariatric surgery was a cure for diabetes.
They said most of the studies were retrospective, single-armed, and made up of relatively young women. Also, only 1.6% of them provided Class I evidence.
Marina concluded that HbA1c and fasting blood glucose measurements aren't sufficient criteria to establish a "curing" of type 2 diabetes after gastric bypass surgery.
Rather, postprandial blood glucose or continuous glucose monitoring should be considered in order to "provide a clear assessment of glycemic status specific to gastric bypass surgery effects in those with established type 2 diabetes."
Arthur Chernoff, MD, chair of endocrinology at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, said the results are feasible, as it's challenging to decide at which point the patient indeed has diabetes.
"It doesn't surprise me that some patients [who've had bariatric surgery] will have high blood sugar because I don't think that the procedure cures whatever it is that's causing diabetes in the first place," said Chernoff, who wasn't involved in the study.
The researchers reported no conflicts of interest.
- Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner
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American Association of Clinical EndocrinologistsSource Reference: Marina AL, Trence DL "Is diabetes mellitus really cured by gastric bypass surgery?" AACE 2010; Abstract 210.