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In many articles about Kosovo independence, you will often read that crucial elements of Serbian identity are in Kosovo, such as churches, monastaries, and other holy sites. But the "big kahuna" of crucial elements of Serbian identity is without question the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 — a battle in which the Serbs lost to the invading Ottomans. Don't think the 1389 Battle of Kosovo is still relevant to Serbian identity?
For better or for worse, think again.
"Those who are Serbian and have a Serbian heart and do not come to battle for Kosovo will not have children — neither male or female, crops or wine. They will be damned until they die."
The above is what is inscribed on a monument near Pristina that commemorates the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. Notably, in 1989 — six hundred years later, a man by the name of Slobodan Milosevic addressed a crowd of about a million Serbians at that monument, incited nationalistic and ethnic identity, and later stripped the local Albanian majority of their rights and autonomy.
It was essentially 19th century Serbian ideology that established the 1389 Battle of Kosovo as one of the most — if not the most — defining events of nationalistic as well as ethnic identity. Again, for better or for worse, this is what large segments of Serbians have been taught and this is what they believe.
In that regard, if you think Serbians are going to get over the last 8 years of "UN Rule," you are sorely mistaken. The Serbs still haven't recovered from the 1389 Battle of Kosovo. It is not likely they will either.
I've included a segment of what the battle means to Serbians by a Serbian. There is quite a bit of information out there on the Battle of Kosovo — some of it is exaggerated, some of it sorely subjective, some of it completely false. Then again, though, that is often times history, and it is often the case that how we think depends on what we put in our brains. I think the segment I've attached provides a good example of what I'm talking about (http://www.srpska-mreza.com/bookstore/kosovo/kosovo19.htm):
Kosovo and Vidovdan After 600 Years, by Father Mateja Matejic
The Kosovo Ethics, which are implanted in the national consciousness of the Serbian people, have not changed for 600 years – nor will they ever change. The basic values of those ethics, bequeathed to Serbians on Vidovdan in 1389, have not been chiseled on 2 stone tablets, but are impressed in the inmost being of every Serb.
Every nation has 1 date in its history which it considers more important than any other. For the Serbs, the most important date in their history is June 15, by the old calendar – June 28, by the new calendar (Vidovdan). On that day, in 1389, 600 years ago, Serbian and Turkish armies clashed on the Kosovo Field. Both the Serbian ruler Prince Lazar and the Turkish Sultan Murad I died as a result of the battle. In addition, a great number of Serbian military leaders, as well as a great number of Serbian warriors, lost their lives. Notwithstanding the fact that according to historical documents neither the Serbs nor the Turks won the battle, Serbia was so exhausted that it was unable to continue resisting the Turks a few decades later the heirs of Prince Lazar recognized Turkish suzerainty and 5 centuries of domination of the Serbs by the Turks ensued. That long and martyr-like enslavement changed the course of Serbian history and interrupted the cultural progress of the Serbs, which was clearly evident during the rule of the Nemanja dynasty.
It is difficult to assess the importance of the Kosovo Battle for world history. Such is also the case with the battles at the Alamo or Gettysburg, which are so important for American history. However, it is undeniable that the Battle of Kosovo was exceptionally significant not only for Serbia, but also for Europe and European Christian civilization.
It is a fact that on Vidovdan, June 15, 1389, the Serbs, without help from a single European nation, defended on Kosovo Field not only the frontiers of their own territory and lives of their people, but, at the risk of losing their national independence, they also defended the interests and security of Christian Europe. In the conflict of 2 rival civilizations, the Muslim and the Christian, the Serbs checked the wave of the Turkish invasion, interposed themselves as a wall between the Turks and Europe, and enabled Europe to make preparations for its own defense. It is questionable whether the history of Europe would have been the same without the Battle of Kosovo and the sacrifice of the Serbian nation.
However, no matter how great the historical value of Kosovo and Vidovdan may be, for the Serbs they have an additional unique dimension and preeminence. Persons of non-Serbian origin may consider Kosovo as only a far-away, strange, and, even, unimportant geographical territory, and Vidovdan, June 15, 1389, as a date of a battle of which they know little or nothing. As far as the Serbs are concerned, Kosovo is their Holy Land, the cradle of Serbdom, and their inalienable, historical, national, and cultural heritage. As far as they are concerned, Vidovdan, June 15, 1389, is not just the date of a battle, but their nation's identity, and the sacred will and testament which contains religious, ethical, and national principles for all Serbian generations from the Kosovo Battle until the present.
In the national consciousness all of Serbian history is divided into 2 periods: prior to the Kosovo Battle and after the Kosovo Battle. And whereas the other battles in which the Serbs took part are mentioned only in historical textbooks, Vidovdan alone is included in the calendar, which registers holidays and the names of saints exclusively. Vidovdan alone has become a national holiday which has been observed through the centuries, and it is observed on this occasion, 600 years after the Battle of Kosovo.
As a geographical territory, Kosovo was Serbian even before the year 1389, before Vidovdan. That ownership was not marked by sticks, in the way the prospectors for gold marked their claims, nor by the deeds written in ink on paper, but by ancient and magnificent churches and monasteries and by Serbian cemeteries and tombstones. The capitals of Serbian kings and the thrones of Serbian archbishops and patriarchs were in Kosovo. Moreover, with the Battle of Kosovo, Kosovo and Vidovdan merged into a single concept and became a synonym with a specific meaning: The Serbdom. After June 15, 1389, one cannot speak of Kosovo apart from Vidovdan or about Vidovdan apart from Kosovo. They are inseparable because on Vidovdan 1389, on the Field of Kosovo, in the blood of Serbian warriors was written an indelible deed that forever confirms the Serbian ownership of Kosovo. Vidovdan commemorations, which have been celebrated annually for centuries, are reconfirmations of both the Serbian ownership of Kosovo and of the Vidovdan-Kosovo ethics, which are the core of the Serbian national image and the essence of Serbian identity.
It should be emphasized that the Vidovdan commemorations are not celebrations of a Serbian military victory over the Turks, for the Serbs were not victorious in the Kosovo Battle. However, it is incorrect, and even malicious, to claim that at Vidovdan commemorations the Serbs "celebrate their defeat in the Kosovo Battle." Such a statement has no logical or historical support. According to the historical documents, the Turks had not won a victory in the Battle of Kosovo. Neither a military victory nor a military defeat are not and could not have been either the reason or the meaning of Vidovdan commemorations. On those occasions the Serbs honor and commemorate the heroes of Kosovo who laid down their lives defending their faith, freedom, nation, and country. At the same time, Vidovdan commemorations are the annual reviews of the post-Kosovo Serbian generations. They are evaluated in terms of Vidovdan-Kosovo ethics and on the basis of their reconfirmation of the Pledge of Kosovo. On Vidovdan, June 15, 1389, on the Kosovo Field, the Serbs chose once and for all their religious, cultural, ethical, and national identity. Their choice, in the form of an unwritten pledge, was handed down to all post-Kosovo Serbian generations and, through 600 years, Serbs have lived by that pledge.
In the course of 6 centuries the geographical boundaries and demographic constituency of Kosovo, as well as the political and social conditions have changed. Serbs, who represented a majority in Kosovo, have been reduced to a minority. Uncontrolled migration of thousands of people from neighboring Albania to Kosovo on one hand and, on the other, mass exodus of Serbs from that territory, because of the merciless oppression to which the Serbs have been subjected by the newcomers, especially in the period 1943-1988, has changed the status of the Serbian population from a majority to a minority. Atrocities, unheard of even in uncivilized countries, have been perpetuated against the Serbian population in Kosovo. Regretfully, biased reporting in the world press, including the American, misrepresents the situation in Kosovo. Victims – Serbs – are portrayed as oppressors, whereas oppressors – the Muslim population in Kosovo – are depicted as victims. It is incomprehensible that the freedom-loving Serbs, the allies of America in 2 world wars, are being taunted and attacked in the American press, whereas their oppressors, the former allies of Hitler and Mussolini in World War II, are undeservedly favored and supported. Thus, not only geographical territories, social and political conditions, but allegiances change, too.


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1 Samuel 28
|See commentary, The Philistines: Success or Failure?, 1 Samuel 27-31 | See Bible Dictionary
Achish puts confidence in David.
28:1 It happened in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. Achish said to David,ōKnow assuredly that you shall go out with me in the army, you and your men.ö
28:2 David said to Achish,ōTherefore you shall know what your servant will do.öAchish said to David,ōTherefore will I make you my bodyguard for ever.ö
chronological insert: 1Samuel 29:1-11
Saul having destroyed the witches,
28:3 Now Samuel was dead,
and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah,
even in his own city.
Saul had put away those who had familiar spirits,
and the wizards, out of the land. *
and now in his fear forsaken of God,
28:4 The Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.
28:5 When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.
28:6 When Saul inquired of Yahweh, Yahweh didnÆt answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
has recourse to a witch;
28:7 Then said Saul to his servants,ōSeek me a woman who has a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her.öHis servants said to him,ōBehold, there is a woman who has a familiar spirit at Endor.ö
who, encouraged by Saul, raises up Samuel.
28:8 Saul disguised himself, and put on other clothing, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said,ōPlease divine to me by the familiar spirit, and bring me up whoever I shall name to you.ö
28:9 The woman said to him,ōBehold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. Why then do you lay a snare for my life, to cause me to die?ö
28:10 Saul swore to her by Yahweh, saying,ōAs Yahweh lives, there shall no punishment happen to you for this thing.ö
28:11 Then said the woman,ōWhom shall I bring up to you?öHe said,ōBring Samuel up for me.ö
28:12 When the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying,ōWhy have you deceived me? For you are Saul!ö
28:13 The king said to her,ōDonÆt be afraid. For what do you see?öThe woman said to Saul,ōI see a god coming up out of the earth.ö
28:14 He said to her,ōWhat does he look like?öShe said,ōAn old man comes up. He is covered with a robe.öSaul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and did obeisance.
Saul hearing his ruin, faints.
28:15 Samuel said to Saul,ōWhy have you disturbed me, to bring me up?öSaul answered,ōI am very distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me, and answers me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams. Therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I shall do.ö
28:16 Samuel said,ōWhy then do you ask of me, since Yahweh has departed from you and has become your adversary?
28:17 Yahweh has done to you as he spoke by me. Yahweh has torn the kingdom out of your hand, and given it to your neighbor, even to David.
28:18 Because you didnÆt obey the voice of Yahweh, and didnÆt execute his fierce wrath on Amalek, therefore Yahweh has done this thing to you this day.
28:19 Moreover Yahweh will deliver Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines; and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. Yahweh will deliver the army of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.ö
28:20 Then Saul fell immediately his full length on the earth, and was terrified, because of the words of Samuel. There was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
The woman and his servants refresh him with meat.
28:21 The woman came to Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said to him,ōBehold, your handmaid has listened to your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.
28:22 Now therefore, please listen also to the voice of your handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength, when you go on your way.ö
28:23 But he refused, and said,I will not eat.But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat on the bed.
28:24 The woman had a fattened calf in the house. She hurried and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread of it.
28:25 She brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they ate. Then they rose up, and went away that night.


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The ice balls are kept in a deep freeze at - 25 °C. Also, to form the balls, the solution of gelatine is
used at room temperature.
III.1.4.3. Results:
All the ice balls are coated with gelatine, but the film is not homogenous. Then, some liquid can
passes through the film of gel, which is fragile.
III.1.4.4. Discussion/ Interpretation:
The technique seems to work, even if the gel doesn't coat all the surface of the ice balls. Also, a
film of water is created when the ice ball, in contact of the gel, melts.
To improve this technique, the gelatine concentration can be higher, in order to have a more
viscous film, which could stick more easily to the ice surface. Also, some flour can be added on the ice
balls before being dipped in the solution of gelatine. This would increase the contact between the gel and
the ice and thus the gel would set homogenously.
III.1.5. Balls of ice, coated by 2.5 % gelatine.
III.1.5.1. Material:
The material used is the same as in the first experience, but the gelatine solution is now
increased at 2.5%.
III.1.5.2. Method:
One new step is just added to method used above: the step 4 ') consists in rolling the balls of ice
in flour, to form a film on their surface.
III.1.5.3. Results:
Balls of gelatine did not set, and the film was still not homogenous. The use of the gelatine
doesn't seem to be the right solution. On a visual point of view, the surface is not smooth and non
homogenous; and the flour makes an opaque and irregular coating.
III.1.5.4. Discussion/ Interpretation:
At room temperature, the solution of gelatine doesn't set in a homogenous way and cooled, it sets
too fast and becomes a breakable gel. Agar agar could be an alternative.
The use of the flour does not improve the results, it gives pearls of insufficient optic.
III.1.6. From a recipe of the restaurant Pierre Gagnaire:
Balls of marzipan (8 mm of diameter) are coated with a solution of "blackcurrant agar". The
preparation is the same than before, but here, the inside of the ball (marzipan) is solid at room


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We've mostly been popping out pop-songs the last week(s)! It feels like our practice place is turning more into a home of some sort. Writing songs day in, day out.
But that's good, thats how it's supposed to be... isn't it =D
I realize that since my very first blogpost, I haven't updated my P.G.A. ("Paul's Gear Amazingness")!! What a shame! How could I be so careless. Well, here is an upgrade of the coolest sort! This is a bassplayers wet dream =) REFRIGERATOR STACK!
Here's another cool tip for the touring musician: Use the drummers credit card for an awesome d.i.y. pick! =)
And some more Berlin footage:
Oh, and now the band guys are gonna love me for sharing this, but I'll do it anyway: I've started mushroom hunting... cool? Well, I think it is! And I'll show you some of them. These I found almost on our own backyard!
Those yellow ones did really good with pasta <3
Keep poppin' Popsters.


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Emergency room visits are traumatic enough, now need cash if you want treatment. Hospitals are losing money on emergency room patients and in an effort to stop the bleeding, in a manner of speaking, they are demanding cash payments up front from ER abusers.
Last year, about 80,000 emergency room patients at hospitals owned by HCA, the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain, left without treatment after being told they would have to first pay $150 because they did not have a true emergency.
Led by the Nashville-based HCA, a growing number of hospitals have implemented the pay-first policy in an effort to divert patients with routine illnesses from the ER after they undergo a federally required screening.
Kaiser Health News, "Hospitals demand up front payment from emergency room patients"
Patients who visit the ER are triaged as required by EMTALA rules. If they are truly experiencing a life or death emergency, or are in severe, debilitating pain, they are admitted to the emergency room and treated accordingly.
But if they are using the emergency room for a routine exam and treatment they are expected to make an up front cash payment before treatment.
Hospital officials say the upfront payments are a response to mounting bad debt caused by the surge in uninsured and underinsured patients and to reduced reimbursements by some private and government insurers for patients who use the emergency room for routine care.
In the past year, for instance, Iowa, Tennessee and Washington state reduced or eliminated Medicaid reimbursements for those visiting ERs for specified non-urgent conditions, such as sore throats or warts.
Of course in 2014 under Obamacare the uninsured issue will no longer be a problem.
Of more than 6 million emergency room visits to HCA hospitals last year, 314,000, or about 5 percent, were determined not to be emergencies, Fishbough said. About 230,000 of those patients paid and remained in the emergency room for treatment. The other 80,000 or so left. The HCA payment policy excludes children 5 and younger, pregnant women and those 65 and older.
This seems fair to me.
"These policies are beneficial because they help patients understand their financial responsibilities and make informed decisions about where to utilize services," said Tomi Galin, a spokeswoman for Community Health Systems. "These practices help reduce costs for both the patient and the hospital."
Personal responsibility. What a novel idea.
In December, Skaggs Regional Medical Center in Branson, Mo., began asking emergency room patients to pay $40 or their insurance co-payment before receiving a prescription.
"If they don't pay . . . they won't be given their prescription," hospital spokeswoman Michelle Leroux said.
The strategy is designed to help the hospital deal with spiraling, unpaid ER bills. About a third of the 120 patients treated daily in the hospital's ER are uninsured. The change was implemented after the emergency room reported $1.3 million in bad debt for August.
"This amount of bad debt is unsustainable for our operation," Skaggs chief executive William Mahoney said.
Unpaid emergency room bills impact all of us. When freeloaders skate on their bills the hospitals must raise their prices which result in health insurance carriers raising premiums.


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Word to YourStrongestAlly
Month: April 2012
The only person that can comfort me is the person for why I feel discomfort. I'm completely fucked
4th Pyramid – Vinnie Chase (prod. by Rich Kidd)
I just watched the episode on the artwork last night
4th Pyramid – Vinnie Chase (prod. by Rich Kidd)
AG is melting down. I'm melting down.
A brief convo with Emeli
I'd be less angry if it was my decision
And the money was just rolling in
If I had more than my ambition
I'll have time to please
I'll have time to thank you as soon as I win
You've got a heart as loud as lightening
So why let your voice be tamed?
Baby we're a little different
there's no need to be ashamed
You've got the light to fight the shadows
Call me, call me a dreamer,
But it seems like dreams are all that we've got left.
I hope we still have a heartbeat,
I'm taking a chance on loving,
I hope that you take it with me.
I just hope I'm not the only one,
Not yet. At least I hope not.
"All the signs seem to say love is lost
I don't wanna give up yet because…"
"Maybe you could stay a bit longer
Or I could try a bit harder
We could make it work"
But maybe we should stop pretending
We both know we're hurting
Maybe it's time to go"
I choose option 1 Emeli. But the choice has never really been mine to make. Either way. I'll be HERE.
It's obvious we love each other we just do it differently.
There will be no 2nd chances.
I shoulda got it right the first time.


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4 Small driftwood signsArtist Name: Artist--ol'Roff Graves (Given Away before 2017)
Price: Given to various people
Off to hunt for Gidget. I have written about her before. I am going to show you four signs I just completed. One is for Gidget. Hopefully I can find her in time for Christmas. I will have one other to give away . Two are spoken for. Please note these are pieces of driftwood from Lake Ontario. It takes at least three or four days to complete a sign. Each sign has 3 or 4 coats of 1-Shot Enamel paint. Weather will not affact the paint--should last for years, inside or out.--I love making and giving the signs. Hopefully I can spread them through Lodi. With each sign going to the homeless there will be an envelope with some cash inside. The envelope will be taped to the sign.--ol'Roff
Graves Country Gallery - ol'Roff's World
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Distance from Panama, IA to Swaledale, IA
Driving distance between Panama, IA and Swaledale, IA is 225.26 miles (or 362.52 kilometers). If you drove an average car (using about 3.6 gallons of gas per mile), the gas would cost you around $, since you would need about gallons of fuel.
Leaving from Panama, IA you would reach Swaledale, IA in about 3 hours 33 mins if you keep an average speed of miles per hour, assuming you don't make any breaks or get stuck in traffic.


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Tall, marble marker with Edward, 5/20/1819-5/20/1883, engraved on one face, and wife Annie, 9/25/1831-9/13/1897, engraved on an adjacent face.
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Given my feelings about Junk Lunches, as I dubbed it in my previous post, how could I not be pleased with the newly announced provincial School Food and Beverage Policy? This is how the policy works (from the ministry's press release):
Ontario's new School Food and Beverage Policy
As I made clear in a previous post, I am no fan of the ubiquitous "Pizza Lunch" fundraiser in Ontario's public schools. My principal objection is that kids eat far too much commercial pizza as it is. When I was a kid, no one served pizza at birthday parties; many kids (me included) didn't even like it, mainly because industrial pizza, which is the kind served most often at schools and parties, is simply boring, blah food: salt dressed up in dough, stringy cheese substance and tomato sauce. Nowadays, kids' palates have been trained from a young age to like humdrum salty foods. (My children initially disliked pizza, but after the umpteenth birthday party, their palates succumbed to peer pressure, and now they like it.)


text: The metal scene in Finland has always been alive and well. It had a huge peak during the last years that left the country with a lot of good bands that are not getting the attension they diserve. This is why we decided to arrange Metal Battle Finland in 4 cities all around Finland.


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Well friends, this time it's been over a month since I sat down to compartmentalize feelings to formulate thoughts to create words to type into this cute little blog that's been going strong throughout my volunteer adventure. I apologize for the time lapse, though if you embody what I strive for and accept the triviality of space and time, maybe it doesn't matter to you too much. I can only hope.
The month of May was nothing short of an emotional overload. In an attempt to avoid interpersonal snafus in my own life I got lost in the quandaries of a pal…which was a nice distraction from my own issues, until inevitably I became emotionally involved. (Is there a name for feeling another's feelings? Like tangibly, physically, feeling the way another person does, out of compassion, empathy, or just some superhuman connection? I'd love to learn that term.) So simultaneously I became overinvested in a friend's troubles and knee deep in a few of my own confusing relationships. The good Lord knows I like to feel the feels, but this was just too much. Near the end of the month I finally decided that I needed to make things right, and multiple difficult conversations later I was on the path of healing each of the relationships in my life that had gone somewhere south of normal. I needed a fresh start, and those I care about deserved it, too. This was my mentality heading into June.
JUNE! I am absolutely loving this month so far. I've so affectionately taken to calling it "no-drama June," and I've once again made a pact with myself to ground myself in the world in front of me instead of the one in my head, and be present to each and every moment these dwindling Burgh days have to offer. Last weekend some of the girls in my family came to town for a Pittsburgh adventure, and 2 hours of coffee time on June 1st definitely set the month out on the right foot. This week service progressed as usual, even a little slow as my office prepares to transition me out and new help in. But I've tried to carry on with a spring in my step and a song in my heart, because these are the days we'll miss when it's over.
Sisters in the Burgh!
Yesterday 5 of us went out to Prospect, PA to participate in the Run or Dye, a 5k where brilliant colors flew through the air to paint our persons with the rainbow as we ran. Energy was high and laughter was loud as we watched our white t-shirts, headbands, and socks get drenched in color. There was not one spec of clothing or skin that went unpainted. The pals and I had an absolute blast. Why spend your days in black and white when there's so much color to absorb? RUN IN COLOR. LIVE IN COLOR.
Today is Pentecost Sunday. To Catholics, this means that today we remember that the Holy Spirit is very much alive in the world, and when we surrender control to the movement of the Spirit we are led where we are meant to go. I DIG THIS. And I think it is important to remember no matter what your religion, spirituality, or world vision. When you open your eyes and pay attention to the world (be where your feet are, live in color, and all those other little things I say with a sly grin), you will ultimately be led in the right direction. And as a spunky, happy, immigration lawyer and nun told me at a picnic yesterday, if you have trust in that process life is terribly exciting, and incredibly fun, too.
In recent years I've begun this life-long process of being led. I believe that the Spirit led me to Change a Heart. It's too random to believe it just happened by chance. And as I sit in this coffee shop today with one of the pals that has changed my heart, I am so thankful that I responded to that little shove—the gentle love tap—that guided me to this place. And I trust that I will continue to feel that little push, as I soak up these last few months, move to Boston, and continue to do my little part to set the world ablaze.


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The bucket truck
The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him and *said, "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! — John 1:29 (NASB)
By Bobby R. Henry, Sr.
As the tree trimmers cut back the fallen limbs from the wind damaged trees behind our home, I wondered how would they have reached the tops of the 20' trees without the bucket truck.
I watched in amazement how it was done.
First the bucket truck had to be maneuvered into a place that it could be operated safely, free from danger of the cut limbs swinging back and injuring the cutter and uneven ground that would cause the truck to tip over and possibly crush others around in the area.
Next, there needed to be a skilled operator who controlled the cutting.
Watching them set up and noticing the make-up of the truck, I could see, at least the truck was welled equipped to handle the height of the trees with its extending capabilities to reach the tops of the trees.
My concern now moved to the awkwardness of how the truck was situated on unleveled ground. At any moment I thought the truck would tip over like a three scooped-top heavy ice-cream cone after one lick from a greedy tongue.
Before the man entered the bucket and began the process, four leveling hydraulic balancing arms with flat feet extended from the frame of the truck and secured it so there was no way of it tipping over.
Now, the expert tree trimmer got into the bucket, raised it to the level needed to make the first cuts and before you knew it, he had cut a 20' tree down to the size of "Mini-Me", Verne Troyer who is 2-foot-8" tall from the Austin Powers movie: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
During the whittling down of the trees, I was thinking how some of my sins had gotten as tall as and taller than those trees.
Realizing the potential of over growth and the possibility of being consumed and broken by sin, I needed to call on the Professional in the Bucket Truck.
He has the proper tools (So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:11), He is always on solid ground (Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Matthew 7:24), there is no job too big or too small (For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of God's laws. James 2:10) and He will guarantee His services whenever needed (and he has identified us as his own by placing the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the first installment that guarantees everything he has promised us. 2 Corinthians 1:22 NLT), also there is nowhere that he can't go to do a job.
"If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there." Psalms 139:8 (NASB)


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The first official campaign was launched Tuesday in what will be a long list of candidates hoping to fill Rahm Emanuel's Fifth Congressional District seat.
"It's going to be a very crowded field and a spirited campaign," Sara Feigenholtz said in launching her campaign.
After 14 years as state representative, Feigenholtz said she's ready for the new responsibility.
"Know that I'm here for you and I will fight for you when I get to Congress," she said.
Emanuel left the position to become President-elect Barack Obama's Cheif of Staff, opening the door for those that are itching to take his place in that coveted congressional seat.
That list includes Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley, who is banking on his 10 years on the county board to help him get the seat.
"These seats don't become open often," he said. "Before you start talking about what you'll do in Congress, it's about 'what have you done so far?'"
Alderman Pat O'connor (40th) is another name said to be interested for running for Emanuel's seat. Some say he could be the man to get the Democratic Party endorsement, but Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley isn't quite ready to publicly give him that support.
"I'm not endorsing anyone. We don't even know who the candidates are as yet.
With Gov. Rod Blagojevich's scandal fresh, reform seems to be the chorus coming from the candidates.
"I think we're in a very, very dark period in Illinois and I think we need to put ourselves beyond it," Feigenholtz said.
But analyst Paul Green says the district's unique composition could make getting voters to listen to that talk difficult.
"Right now, talk is cheap," Green said. "Because the district is, you know, not typical, you don't have a base black vote, you don't have a base Latino vote, you may not have a base any vote. So, someone's going to have to create a base."
At this point, most will say that it's still anyone's race, and as many as 12 candidates have said they're interested in replacing Emanuel.
It should be known who will be on the ballot by January 19, the last day candidates will be able to submit their petition signatures. The primary is March 3, with the general election on April 7.


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Recently back from Cairo, Sherif Mansour talked with me last week about Egypt's democratic revolution. Mr. Mansour runs the Egypt program for Freedom House, the nonprofit watchdog group based in Washington that monitors freedom around the world.
On the state of the revolution so far: "The main idea is that people are still taking it to the street," and that makes him hopeful, said Mr. Mansour. On Friday, Egyptians poured into Tahrir Square in Cairo in the largest numbers since the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak on Feb. 11. Tens of thousands gathered to demand that the interim ruling military council investigate Mr. Mubarak's wealth.
In apparent response, the prosecutor general of Egypt on Sunday announced that he had summoned Mubarak and his two sons for questioning on embezzlement allegations. The deposed president had just issued a televised statement, recorded on Saturday, denying that he had used his office to amass wealth.
Demonstrations are the only tool that citizens have to influence the government until parliamentary elections, which are scheduled for September. Egypt is in "a period of confusion," Mansour observed. "The military council caused it by being confused themselves," he explained. The council is perpetuating the confusion through reported military attacks on the protesters, people they are supposed to protect. At least one person was killed at the Friday demonstration.
On the protesters' efforts to organize for elections: "There is a great opening in the system," Mansour said. Egyptian pro-democracy groups are for the first time "able to organize public activities on their own." They are also realizing "they need to work together" to prepare for the parliamentary and presidential elections.
The groups support international monitors to observe the voting, and "there are some signs that the government wants this as well," said Mansour. But, he added, there's a "lack of knowledge about how this happens and what it entails." For instance, "they don't know they need to contact" international monitors; that the monitors require adequate advance notice to prepare; and that monitors must have a "a clear mandate" to do their job.
Meanwhile, American and European organizations are meeting various Egyptian political groups. Some travel bans are still preventing certain outsiders from traveling to Egypt. "It's not based on judicial review. There are just some security people putting down notes, not allowing these people" into the country.
On what the United States should do: The political parties and partners that Mansour met with believe the Pentagon should use its contacts and leverage with the Egyptian military to "open their horizon" to include the pro-democracy groups. They want the military council to talk with them and involve them in the transition agenda, Mansour said.
As for aid, Mansour expects "a lot of money pooled" from the European Union and Arab states, especially Saudi Arabia. "The US is a little behind in terms of funding flexibility," he said.


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Department of Orthopaedics, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University∕Rhode Island Hospital, 1 Hoppin Street, CORO West, Suite 404, Providence, RI 02903
Department of Orthopaedics, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University∕Rhode Island Hospital, 1 Hoppin Street, CORO West, Suite 404, Providence, RI 02903josepẖcrisco@brown.edu
Hand and Upper Extremity Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 523 East 72nd Street, New York, NY 10021
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Previous studies have found gender differences in carpal kinematics, and there are discrepancies in the literature on the location of the flexion∕extension and radio-ulnar deviation rotation axes of the wrist. It has been postulated that these differences are due to carpal bone size differences rather than gender and that they may be resolved by normalizing the kinematics by carpal size. The purpose of this study was to determine if differences in radio-capitate kinematics are a function of size or gender. We also sought to determine if a best-fit pivot point (PvP) describes the radio-capitate joint as a ball-and-socket articulation. By using an in vivo markerless bone registration technique applied to computed tomography scans of 26 male and 28 female wrists, we applied scaling derived from capitate length to radio-capitate kinematics, characterized by a best-fit PvP. We determined if radio-capitate kinematics behave as a ball-and-socket articulation by examining the error in the best-fit PvP. Scaling PvP location completely removed gender differences (P=0.3). This verifies that differences in radio-capitate kinematics are due to size and not gender. The radio-capitate joint did not behave as a perfect ball and socket because helical axes representing anatomical motions such as flexion-extension, radio-ulnar deviation, dart throwers, and antidart throwers, were located at distances up to 4.5mm from the PvP. Although the best-fit PvP did not yield a single center of rotation, it was still consistently found within the proximal pole of the capitate, and rms errors of the best-fit PvP calculation were on the order of 2mm. Therefore, the ball-and-socket model of the wrist joint center using the best-fit PvP is appropriate when considering gross motion of the hand with respect to the forearm such as in optical motion capture models. However, the ball-and-socket model of the wrist is an insufficient description of the complex motion of the capitate with respect to the radius. These findings may aid in the design of wrist external fixation and orthotics.
The capitate coordinate system based on inertia: I1, I2, and I3=first, second, and third principal inertial axes. L1 is the length of the capitate from the proximal surface to the distal surface along I1. L2 and L3 are similarly defined but corresponding to I2 and I3, respectively.
There is a positive linear relationship between capitate long axis length and volume. Note that female capitates are smaller than males in both L1 and volume.
The smallest capitate's PvP location was scaled up 16.2%, while the largest was scaled down 15.4%. Small changes in scaling factor correspond to large changes in volume.
Location of best-fit PvP from capitate centroid along I1. PvPI1 becomes more negative as it approaches the proximal pole of the capitate. (a) Although the R2 value is low, a trend can be seen that reveals a relationship between capitate size and PvP location; as the capitates get larger, the distance from capitate centroid to the PvP increases. (b) Scaled PvP locations. The relationship between capitate size and PvP location vanishes.
Capitate PvP for each subject visualized in a lateral view of the capitate inertial coordinates, male (black), female (white). (a) Unscaled PvPs visualized within the smallest female (inner) and largest male (outer) capitates (registered to the inertial coordinate system). (b) PvPs scaled to L1avg, visualized within the average subject's capitate. Both male and female PvPs tend toward the center of the proximal pole.
The average of all scaled PvPs (black sphere). Representative HAMs for each motion bin. Refer to Table 1 for abbreviations.
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"The rest of the group" should know that Jan and I go back quite a few
years and have debated some of these things before now. I suppose that that
personal connection is true of many in this group.
Jan's main question: What is the principial difference between micro- and
macroevolution? It seems to me that empirical results point to the fact
that God did indeed create some separate types (perhaps, phyla?). Perhaps
these creations took place during a relatively short time termed the
Cambrian explosion. If we emphasize the empirical basis for this claim,
then we might not want to use the words "principial difference." But if we
emphasize that what in fact God did was to create separate types, then we
might want to express that there are "principial differences." In any
case, of course, God could cause macroevolution to occur. Thanks for
bringing up the question, Jan.
In the Lord,
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> From: Jan de Koning <email@example.com>
> To: ASA <email@example.com>
> Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: Mere Creation conference
> Date: Monday, November 25, 1996 12:38 PM
> Dear Russ,
> Hallo, after these many years. How are you doing? I follow your
> but since I am not a biologist, as you know, I did not want to get
> beyond a question about the difference between Macro- and
micro-evolution. What
> is the principial difference? You know, that I asked that question in
> meetings seven or so years ago. I still have not read an answer that
> clear to me what the basic, principial (not principal) difference is. I
> you tried to tell me in the past, but we must be talking past each other.
> God can, in micro evolution change a little tiny bit, why can God not
make two
> or more, even larger, changes in a row? That at particular times more
kind of
> animals appear or disappear is God's work as much, as making sure that we
> so many different kinds of dogs. I cannot see the logical difference,
nor why
> it should be so different in principle. I am afraid, that the difference
> caused by the way you and I are reading Gen.1. I cannot read it as a
story in
> which scientific "truths" are told. All the arguments I read so far to
> that Gen.1 is "true" scientifically are based on an incorrect reading of
> and make me feel uncomortable with the bible as a whole.
> "True scientifically" is a concept, that the bible does not know. The
> bible talks in a language well understood by the original hearers,
showing that
> God created and singing about that. True, truth and troth are all
derived from
> the same root: faithfulness. You know the arguments: Gen.1 sings of
> faithfulness, and rejects the theologies of neighbouring religions. Here
> don't even talk about the very limited aspect most English writing
authors have
> about defining "science." I only want a clarification of how we can read
> bible together without getting involved in fruitless debates.
> Jan de Koning
> Willowdale, Ont.