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Due to the conditions caused by Hurricane Sandy, the Essex County Clerk's Office will operate extended hours, so that voters may collect a vote-by-mail ballot and submit it without going to the polls.
The Clerk's Office is located in Room 247 of the Essex County Hall of Records, 465 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Newark. We will be open:
Mon. Nov. 5: 8am - 4:30pm (latest allowed by NJ law)
If you plan to visit the polls on Election Day, be sure to check this site, to make sure that your usual polling place is operational. Some polling places may need to be moved due to damage or loss of power.
- Residents who want to vote electronically can submit a mail-in ballot application either by e-mail or fax to their county clerk (you'll need to call them to find out their email address). Once the application is approved, the clerk will electronically send a ballot back to the voter also by e-mail or fax. Voters must return the ballot electronically by 8 p.m. on Nov. 6. Applications for mail-in ballots can be found here:http://nj.gov/state/elections/voting-information-vote-by-mail.html. Visitors to the website should ignore messages saying applications cannot be faxed or e-mailed. One important note is that anything done electronically will require signatures and either scanned back into the computer or faxed. For details, call your County Clerk: http://nj.gov/state/elections/voting-information-local-officials.html.
- If you can't get to your normal polling place, you can cast a provisional ballot in person on Tuesday in a county other than the one that you're registered in.

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The Haylist is a selection of five (5) songs chosen by undisputed dad of Parkside and DJ Ben Beverley to get you through your Friday and into the weekend. Hit play and enjoy!
1. Lusine – "Two Dots"
2. Billy Paul – Me & Mrs Jones
3. Kim Brown – Rubies, Riches & Crowns (Original Mix)
4. Rah Band – Are You Satisfied
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and the Academic Style:
A Reflection
John Kenneth Galbraith
In 1976, following my retirement from active teaching, The Harvard Lampoon, a magazine of good cheer, called forth in Boston a major convocation of its editors, former editors, readers, intended readers and friends and presented me with a purple and gold Cadillac Eldorado convertible, a check for $10,000 and the offer of a free vacation in Las Vegas, which my wife and I did not accept. The car, which unhappily would not fit in our driveway, let alone our garage, we did accept and put into storage. Then, with the permission of the donors, we allowed it to be sold for the benefit of WGBH (public television station) at its auction a year later. All this largesse from The Lampoon was not a reward for the economic knowledge I had conveyed over the years; it was, I was told, because I had done something to lighten the tedium of college life. I was required, in turn, to describe to the audience of nostalgic Lampoon alumni the academic style at Harvard, as I do in this essay derived from my speech.
In these last years I have been led to reflect on the extreme solemnity that has become the modern academic style--and not least at Harvard. I do not suppose that universities were ever joyously amusing places; certainly professors were always expected to take themselves rather seriously. Still, as I move about the university's purlieus and attend its meetings, social exercises and other rituals, I cannot but think that we have become exceptionally grave these days, given even to an ostentatious gloom. That is now the academic style. Perhaps the reasons should be examined.
Partly, of course, solemnity derives from what we are compelled to teach. This, on occasion, is so funny that to relax even for a moment would be fatal. In economics we dutifully explain that a country can have inflation or it can have recession, but it can never have both at the same time. And all this while it does. As we proceed into more advanced and theoretically more refined instruction, we cease to discuss corporations of any puissance, trade unions of any power or the existence of intercourse, in the platonic sense, between these and the government. There is no independent exercise of power; all and everyone are subordinate to market forces. Were we even to smile as we thus lectured, brighter students, if any, might catch on.


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Right now we have a small tight knit team of creative folks who work hard to make truly beautiful products. Our company has been around for a few years now, and we are expanding and trying to add the right person with a varied skill set to help our small business grow properly.
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Awh deployment how did we get here
2weeks in and my husband is away for Easter and he loves Easter as he's a big choc-aholic and a even bigger kid 😄
I decided to get a little creative and make him a very tasty easter care package. When he was last deployed I made him a Halloween one, filled with Halloween treats &movies so they could still celebrate even though away from home & he loved it. Even all his colleagues got to have some treats and watch the Halloween movies which is great for morale.
Firstly I just wanna say the whole point behind any care package is to bring the celebrations to them. Being away from home in a army camp isn't exactly easy or nice and the funnier the better as it gives a little surprise when opened. And it's definitely a change from boring brown box packaging too. So the funnier and more creative the better!
Here's what I used:
To post
Firstly I found Dealz great for the parcels they do 2 for €1.50 on flat pack boxes which is a great deal.
To Decorate
I found Dealz and Pound shop great for easter decorations they are all in around €1 to €1.50 plus you can re use them next year.
I used coloured tissues and glued in to middle and sides of box.
I picked up a load of different eggs in Dealz for €1.50 each and a bar of his favourite dark Chocolate in Dunnes.
For fun
As the post gets weighed you'd be suprised how heavy solid chocolate eggs are 😄 Post cost €24 but the sales assistant said I could of fit more in for that price. Also you don't have to buy decorations if you have children get them to draw pictures to stick to the box. It's just all about giving a personal touch. Can't wait to see his response when he receives it!
Happy Easter everyone 🐥


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Holiday Toy Drive Benefits Toys for Tots
'Tis the season and a number of Smile Generation-approved offices are holding a holiday toy drive for the benefit of Toys for Tots until December 10th. Anyone who drops off a toy at a participating dental office, receives a discount on dentistry. The mission of the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.
Here's a little history about the program. Toys for Tots began in 1947, when Major Bill Hendricks, USCR and a group of Marine Reservists in Los Angeles,CA collected and distributed 5,000 toys to needy children. The 1947 pilot project was so successful that the Marine Corps adopted Toys for Tots in 1948 and expanded it into a nationwide campaign. That year, Marine Corps Reserve units across the nation conducted Toys for Tots campaigns in each community in which a Marine Reserve Center was located. The Toys for Tots program's objective is to "bring the joy of Christmas to America's needy children."


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The organisers, Indian Film Festival Worldwide, hope it will become an annual event catering to a growing interest in the Indian film industry in Poland.
Until 11 October Polish audiences will have an opportunity to take in both commercial cinema and art-house films. They will also be able to meet some award-winning Indian filmmakers.
"The Indian Film Festival Worldwide aims at creating film festivals across the world so that there is a coming together of talents from that country," R.C. Dalal, co-curator of the Indian Film Festival, told Radio Poland. "We thought it was a good time to get the filmmakers from India and showcase their films to Polish audiences."
During the opening of the festival, Danuta Isler also spoke to Manisha Koirala, one of India's most well-known actresses, and director Rajesh Mapuskar, who talked about his being inspired by Krzysztof Kieślowski, a renowned Polish film director and screenwriter.


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The Independent Broadcasting Authority awarded the license in March to Midi Television, a consortium of "black empowerment" and trade union interests in which Time Warner Entertainment has a 20% stake.
Unsuccessful bidders Free-to-Air and New Channel TV have announced they will apply to the high court for a review of the decision. They have not disclosed the grounds for their action, except to say that it relates to "procedural irregularities."
Free-to-Air is owned by a consortium in which the U.K.'s United News & Media has a 15% stake, and Fox Sports International of Los Angeles has 5%. New Channel has 20% backing from Television Francaise 1.
Other unsuccessful bidders are also believed to be considering action. When announcing the award, the broadcast authority said Midi's corporate staus and strong black empowerment ownership gave it a competitive edge."
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It's been a little while since I've posted anything, and that's mainly because I've been immersing myself within several fun RPG's at the same time. I am nearing the end of one, just past the half way point of another, and have just cleared the prologue of the third. First of all, we have Tales of Legendia, a game I picked up on a recent eBay RPG spending spree. I have been meaning to pick this game up for years now, way back since around the time of its release in fact. I had heard all about how it was different from the rest in the series due to being developed by a different team. It seemed that people either really liked it or they hated it, and it has become the black sheep of the Tales family over the years.
Having invested over 35 hours into it so far, and with sizable chunk of the game to go, I am of the decision that it is a decent, enjoyable RPG, yet lacking in several respects compared to the stronger entries in the series, such as my favourite, Tales of the Abyss. Instead of making use of the 3D battle engine that has now become the standard, Legendia regresses back to a single plane like the first game in the series, Tales of Phantasia. Random battles also make an unwelcome return, and puzzles are largely absent from dungeons (apart from a single "puzzle booth" per dungeon). This makes the dungeons fairly dull affairs, as you trudge around looting treasure chests, mashing the attack button whenever a battle is triggered, and then actually having to use your brain a little bit when facing the boss. What saves the game from complete mediocrity are the characters.
Throughout the course of the main story, which covers roughly the first 25 hours of the game, you are introduced to the cast of Tales of Legendia. Most of them have some unfinished business in their past or in the case of Grune are just a complete mystery to everybody, and this plot threads don't get resolved until you have saved the world from certain doom at the end of Chapter 7 and have progressed on to the character quests. Each character gets their own turn in the spotlight, where the party helps them work through their issues and achieve some kind of closure, and by this stage in the game you have actually begun to know and care about these guys. The only disappointment here is that the game expects you to go back through the exact same dungeons you've already visited in the first half of the game, except with harder monsters and new treasure chests. This does make completing the game a bit of a chore, but I will get to the end eventually and I am glad that I have finally got hold of a copy of this game.
Next, I have been replaying Final Fantasy X, and am on the home stretch now. What has really struck me is how good this game looks and sounds even today. It was something of a landmark release for the PS2 when it came out, as it featured cutting edge graphics a leap above the already outstanding work that Square had done on the original PlayStation, combined with fully voiced characters. What has also struck is how the main criticism of Final Fantasy XIII could also be applied to X - the game funnels you down a linear series of corridors for the most part, only opening up during the final hours of the story. It also did away with levelling in the conventional sense, and introduced the "sphere grid", with you earning the right to move along the nodes and plug in various types of spheres that are dropped during combat. The basic premise of the game and the way the story is told is quite simple yet very effective. You are told very early in the game that a powerful entity known as Sin is laying waste to Spira, and the only people who can stop it are the summoners, who go on a pilgrimage to every temple throughout the world to gain the power of the Aeons before a final showdown amongst the ruins of Zanarkand. Every step you take in the story takes you one step closer to that inevitable battle, and by putting you in the shoes of "man out of time" Tidus' as he comes to grips with what the journey will mean to him and the people he's travelling with, it really makes it easy to identify with him. Much as I enjoyed Final Fantasy VII, VIII and IX, I can't say that I really identified with their protagonists or even really liked them that much. Tidus is one of the better lead characters of the modern FF era.
Next, I have also started playing the PSP title, Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky over the last few weeks, and I am really loving it. I have reviewed one of the games in the series before, but as it turns out the original creators of the game, Nihon Falcom had nothing to do with that game. They were hands on with Trails though and the difference really shows, the graphics are decent (even if they are a little dated due to the fact that the game originally came out in Japan about four years ago), the music is absolutely fantastic and really funky to boot, and the battle system is fun and challenging. XSeed Games have done a really good job with the localisation (if if the game can be a bit on the verbose side at times) and have further cemented themselves as the go to company for solid handheld RPG releases. The only company that compares to them is Atlus, who lavish an equal amount of care on their games and usually pack in freebies such as soundtracks with their games. Anyway, I've just finished the prologue and am about 7 hours into the game, and I will continue to play my way through during my daily commute over the next few weeks (or months).
I was planning to replay Final Fantasy X-2 after finishing the first part, but the current lull in the release schedule is about to come to an end so I may put that on hold for a while. At the end of next week, Xenoblade Chronicles is released in Europe for the Wii. Comparisons have been made between it and Final Fantasy XII, a game which I absolutely adored. I am really glad that at last other RPGs are coming along that feature a huge open world full of optional areas and quests - The Last Story, the next game by Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and his team at Mistwalker, is another such game. That one hasn't been confirmed an English release yet though so I'm going to avoid learning too much about it to try and avoid the disappointment of it never coming out in the west. As soon as it should be announced though, I will be gobbling up every bit of media I can find about it.
Then the week after we have the next entry in the Deus Ex series. This game is being released in no less than four different editions: Standard, Limited, Augmented and Collectors. I am toying with the idea of going for the Augmented edition (at £50), but there's no way I'm paying £90 on the Collectors edition because I actually want to play the games I buy and the minute you take the seal off the value will have diminished greatly. Regardless I am looking forward to playing the game and I think it will be a big improvement on the disappointing Invisble War that came before. That's all for now, I do intend to return soon with reviews of Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Tales of Legendia (once completed) and a retro review of Final Fantasy X. Until then, keep on gaming!
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Game Diary: Tales of Fantasy in the Sky
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Rosemary was 88 years old when she was admitted from the nursing home straight to our ICU. She'd aspirated her food again (it seems she was being fed while lying flat on her back) and had pneumonia again. This was a recurring theme over the last couple of years. Her other medical problems included longstanding lung disease and a less than perfectly functioning heart valve.
Rosemary had done her homework and signed an advance directive. We had a copy of it already scanned into her electronic chart. It said that she didn't want her life prolonged if the burden of the treatment outweighed the likely benefit. Rosemary directed her surrogate -- the "power of attorney" who got to make decisions on her behalf -- to take into account, among other things, the cost of life-prolonging therapy and the amount of suffering she'd have to endure.
There's no evidence that anyone looked at the document and no evidence that her family took her wishes into account. The ICU team practiced excellent, but conventional, medicine. She was placed on BiPAP -- a tight-fitting mask that helps push air in and out of your lungs -- and antibiotics. She rallied and went to a regular floor, but within a day or two her lungs and kidneys began to fail. So back to the ICU she went on her third day in the hospital. Now, someone did actually talk with her family and made her DNR -- if her heart stopped she'd be allowed a natural death. And the ICU physician recorded a conversation in which he advised that Rosemary had more than a 90% chance of dying. But her kidneys were failing. So the kidney doctor came, and before much time had passed Rosemary was getting dialysis. A cardiologist was asked whether she would benefit from an attempt to open up her damaged heart valve. (Thankfully, she said no.) And of course she was back on BiPAP and antibiotics and all the rest. As her conditioned worsened, the intensity of her treatment increased. On hospital day #10 someone wrote that the family was "considering a palliative approach." I was called in the evening and asked to see the patient the next day. But she died at seven o'clock in the morning on her eleventh hospital day.
I reviewed the medical record, and I was struck by an important omission. I could find Rosemary's x-rays, and her lab tests, and a meticulous record of antibiotics and all sorts of other medications she had received. I could easily locate and follow the biological reasoning of the kidney specialist who'd recommended dialysis, and I understood why the cardiologist said no to a valve-opening procedure. But nowhere in the record could I find Rosemary. I couldn't figure out what kind of a person she'd been, what mattered to her (apart from the legalese of her advance directive), what she cared about. There wasn't a single word about what her family felt or how they saw things. There was no answer to the most important question a surrogate faces: "What do you think Rosemary would want if she could speak for herself?"
As a palliative medicine specialist, all I have about this case are "why" questions. Why were Rosemary's wishes not acknowledged and taken into account? Why would anyone even offer dialysis to a patient already felt to have nine chances out of ten of not surviving this hospitalization? Why didn't the DNR discussion expand to a broader dialogue on what was the most compassionate and humane thing to do? Why did the doctors pretend they could reverse Rosemary's many medical problems when they knew they couldn't? And -- at the risk of appearing self-serving -- why did they wait so long to call for a palliative care consult? One of our strengths is helping patients and their loved ones identify their goals and then make informed treatment decisions based on those goals.
We have to be honest about the information gap in medicine. Even in the era of the Internet and Twitter, doctors still hold the cards because of what they know and how they present things. A recent issue of the journal Health Affairs described this dynamic in an article entitled "Driven to Dialysis? A Very Sick Nonagenarian Develops Kidney Failure." I think it should be required reading for all surrogates and persons holding health care powers of attorney -- not for the specifics of dialysis, but for how the health care system slants inexorably toward aggressive intervention regardless of the context.
The other day we had something called National Health Care Decisions Day in America. It was a day designed to get people to "have the talk," to discuss with their loved ones what mattered to them most in the event they got really sick. I don't know what happened in Rosemary's life when she signed her advance directive. I don't know if she and her family talked, and if they did, how that conversation went. I do know that signing a paper is not enough. Doctors have to read it, and surrogates have to advocate for it. That this patient's story is so typical is part of what ails the American health care system.
In the middle of the testing, and the dialyzing, and the BiPAP'ing, and the consulting, one question remained unanswered:
Where was Rosemary?
Monday, April 18, 2011
Too Little, Too Late
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Very well said. I recently heard Dr. Lofty Basta (cardiologist and founder of Project GRACE - www.projectgrace.org) give grand rounds to a Florida hospital. He said "you need to see your patients through their eyes." "How do they want to be cared for in their final phase of life?" It was very moving. He would agree with your sentiments to the letter.ReplyDelete
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One of my colleague ran into this typical dependency chain. The requirement was to show data in a Silverlight 3.0 data grid. Picture below summarizes the dependency chain. This picture is the very reason why we have IOC frameworks and how they make life easy. I mean, why should my Datagrid care about the fact that Synch framework is doing its job properly or not.
You can imagine how much time it would take for the developer working on the datagrid to resolve all the preceding 8 dependencies just to bind to the grid. Welcome to IOC (for those of you going "oh not again" please read on, there is little twist, at least it was for me).
Ideally we should only be concerned about our ViewModel and nothing else. Since ViewModel is using a WCF Proxy we already have an interface that we can mock. And here lies the key:
Mock the web service interface and inject it using the UnityBootstrapper
If you have basic Prism project injection should be straight forward. This is what we did in our bootstrapper:
this.Container.RegisterType<IMyService, MyServiceMock>();
myModel = IMyService.GetData();
Everything was smooth until this point in refactoring. Than I ran into trouble with actual mock implementation of the interface serialized in WCF proxy. Since all the methods get serialized into their corresponding Begin and End versions and the fact that everything in Silverlight 3.0 framework requires you to make asynchronous calls, you cannot just create straight interface mock and start binding.
Basically you have to be aware that you are mocking the asynchronous version of the interface and should not attempt to capture the underlying channel details in the mock. Given below is the code and new (much shorter and required) dependency chain I ended up with:
public class MyServiceMock : IMyService
public MyServiceMock()
{ }
#region IMyServiceMembers
public IAsyncResult BeginMyMethod(AsyncCallback callback, object asyncState)
callback.Invoke(null); // <—Trick your caller and tell them async operation complete right away
return null;
public ObservableCollection<MyClass> EndMyMethod(IAsyncResult result)
ObservableCollection<MyClass> mockedList = new ObservableCollection<MyClass>();
mockedList.Add(new MyClass());
return mockedList;
Technorati Tags: Silverlight,Unity,MVVM,Prism
*I am assuming no mocking framework is being used but the notion will still translate.
Here is the new dependency chain for testing my UI.


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Shami Kabab
Shami kabab is one thing that I try to keep them in my freezer for those suddenly needs and its work great ,like serving them with tea, I serve in a big tray with French fries some salad and ketchup. And it's also made a wonderful lunch make a burger out of it. Or just serve at your dinner as side dish . and these shami kabab are also work when I have to take some thing for my very good mother-in-law she like these shami kabab which make me a very happy cook. enjoy.
1 cup Channa Dal / Split Yellow grams -
3 cups boneless meat/beef or lamb/or chicken
3 tbsp rice
2 cloves of garlic
1 tbsp ginger paste
1 small onion diced
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp gram masala
1 tsp red chili powder
2 cups water
1 egg
Salt and pepper
Oil for frying
Soak dal and rice for 2 hours.
In a heavy base pan put all the ingredients, dal meat rice spices and 2 cups of water, and cook them on medium, low heat until the water get dry and meat get cooked, let it cool,
Put the mixture in Food Processor until it holds its shape.
Add egg and make 15 even sized cakes fry over medium heat on both sides until golden brown serve with salad and chatney.
These kababs freeze well, make a big batch first arrange them in oiled tray when they get hard, transfer them in to zip-lock bags fry when ever needed.


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Please do not tell Joe that I have outed him for drinking French Vanilla Cappuccinos. I'd hate for him to lose his man card.
Marianne Walsh
So now for the results. I was desperately hoping Folgers would deliver a case of cappuccinos to help give credence to my whole "Marianne is an awesome writer" campaign. Instead, I did score a couple of neat coupons that I just realized are about to expire. Time to go shopping.
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Coupons = 2 points. Marianne's total to date = 12 points.
To see how my competition is doing, visit Andrea's blog for her latest!


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Georgia Mackenzie
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Georgia Mackenzie (born 19 May 1973) is a British actress.
Mackenzie's notable screen credits include Sarah Beckenham in the BBC's BAFTA nominated series Outlaws, Jackie Haggar in ITV's Hot Money (since remade in Hollywood as Mad Money), and Sally opposite Kris Marshall in the rom-com Catwalk Dogs. She also played the role of Nurse Judy in the 2002 comedy series TLC.
On the big screen she has been seen as Teri in Franklyn (2008), as Paola Fonseca in Possession (2002), as Jane Graham opposite Timothy Hutton in The Kovak Box (2007) and more recently as TV chef Kathy King in Steel Trap (2009). Most recently, Georgia completed a well- received turn as LEA chief Jennifer Headley in BBC1's hit show Waterloo Road.
Her father Colin Mackenzie, a journalist, is the man who famously tracked down Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs in Rio.[1] Her grandmother is writer and producer Hazel Adair, who created amongst others TV hits Compact and Crossroads.
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She met her husband, actor Richard Coyle, when they were filming Up Rising together in 1999. They married in 2004. Divorced in 2010.[2] They have one child, Purdy, who was born in mid-2008.[3]
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- ^ "'How I learnt how to get big canine kisses'", by Gemma Quade, Belfast Telegraph, 16 October 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
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When the Christian comes to Christ in full surrender, he accepts Christ as his Saviour from sin. His concern is primarily eternity. In Christ he now feels secure and no longer needs to worry about "making it" to heaven. Relief is blessed and reassuring. This may last for only a short time or it may be permanent. However, there will come to the earnest seeker for truth, the fact that the Christian's life is not in a "rocking chair" but in the rugged, every day life in this world of sin. He soon learns that it is one thing to be a Christian in the company of Christians—friends who are pulling for him, praying for him, and trying to encourage him. He later learns that it is another thing to live the life in different circumstances. He even finds that his own home is not as easy a place to live the Christian life as in the church or Bible study group where he learned of Christ. He may find that his job requires decisions that are embarrassing to him now that he belongs to Christ. Opportunities come to him whereby he could benefit himself greatly with only a very small compromise in his new way of life. The natural thing to do in each case would be to turn to reason. It is so difficult for us to remember that faith is not human reasoning. It requires divine reasoning to find the right answers. Jesus said, "Come now, and let us reason together . . . " Isaiah 1:18. "You have trusted Me for your salvation. Will you trust Me to take care of your daily needs as well? Will you let Me have control of every facet of your life?" He promises that if we will do this He will supply all of our needs, plus an abundant entrance into the kingdom of heaven.
This, of course, does not mean that the "rocking chair" is the answer after all. It is a comforting thing to know, however, that I am to yield myself as fully to Christ now, in the new life of faith, as I yielded myself to iniquity before I came to Jesus. Paul says, " . . . for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness." Romans 6:19.
Jesus lived that completely yielded life, yet He was ambitious, energetic, careful to do the best work that He could do. He was never content with mediocrity. So, the born-again Christian will do his best, even if he sees no advantage to himself. His reward is of a higher nature than the world values. God can, and will, place such a person in positions of responsibility where His own glory (character) as seen through the human instrument will be a magnetic influence to draw men and women to Christ.
We have stated before that Christ works from the inside outward. He is following this plan in sanctification as outlined in Peter's ladder. The first three steps have to do with mental attitudes. If the mind is yielded to Him there will be no problem with the flesh. "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus." Philippians 2:5. Notice that this is a "letting"—a surrender of our own habitual thinking patterns. The new life of faith reaches into every corner of life's experiences. It trusts Christ even if we do not understand how He can or will do His work. Real faith is never concerned with the method that He uses—only the results that He promises.
There are hindering factors to his kind of faith. Doubt is one of Satan's most successful tools. Have you noticed that when Satan works with a non-believer he tries to turn him away entirely from Christ, the Bible and truth? However, when he works with a Christian, he works through creating doubt. He worked this plan with Eve. He was, at first, careful not to contradict God. He simply said enough to cast doubt as to why God had said what He said. After creating the doubt in Eve's mind there came the denial of truth. She had been warned to resist the first insinuation of the enemy. She felt the impulse to flee to her husband—Adam. She then felt that if she should meet the enemy she had sufficient strength to withstand him. Now, facing him in the disguised form, she found herself arguing with him. [1] There is nothing Satan delights to do more than to entice the Christian to enter into controversy with him. "He tempts men to distrust God's love and to doubt his wisdom. He is constantly seeking to excite a spirit of irreverent curiosity, a restless, inquisitive desire to penetrate the secrets of divine wisdom and power." [2]
"There is but one course for those to pursue who honestly desire to be free from doubts. Instead of questioning and caviling concerning that which they do not understand, let them give heed to the light which already shines upon them, and they will receive greater light." [3]
Our responsibility is to walk by faith, which requires obedience, even if we do not understand the "why."
Hebrews 11, the great faith chapter, declares that faith "is" not "has" substance and evidence. It may be hard for us to see these two characteristics of faith. Our tendency is to try to check up to see if we really have faith. Where do we check? Most of the time we check our feelings! We say, "I feel this way or that way." Our faith must rest upon something much more reliable than feelings. These constitute the devil's playground. "Faith includes not only belief but trust." [4] "The devils also believe, and tremble." James 2:19. Their belief is obviously not faith.
Why is this understanding so important to Peter's ladder? Because, "None but Christ can fashion anew the character that has been ruined by sin." [5] The real question that must be answered by each of us is, are we willing for Him to do His work in us, or will we insist on doing part of the work ourselves? The inclination will be to "get in there and help." But we must be willing to let the Potter have His way entirely and be happy to lie dormant in His hands. Then, and only then, will the product formed be of any value!


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Douglas L. Ely, 51, of Dwight, passed away peacefully at his home Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, with his loving family by his side.
A Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Dwight, with Father James Rickey officiating.
Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Dwight.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Hager Memorial Home, Dwight.
Doug was born Aug. 12, 1961, in Pontiac, a son to Roy W. and Helen K. (Weir) Ely. He married Theresa A. Scudieri Dec. 12, 1986, in Pontiac.
He is survived by his wife of 26 years, Theresa; his six children, Brian (Kristy) Ely, Dwight, Angela (John) Lardi, South Wilmington, Sarah Ely (Kyle Hammond) Schneeman, Fairbury, Jeff Boudreau, Dwight, Laura (Greg Strachan) Ely and Kevin Ely, all of Dwight; and eight grandchildren, Madison and Mikayla Ely, Korbin, Taeryn and Aspen Lardi, Nick and Connor Schneeman and Hailey Hammond.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister, Denise Steidinger, and his brother, Donald LeRoy Ely.
Doug graduated from Dwight Township High School in 1979.
He was a bindery helper at RR Donnelley since Sept. 17, 1984.
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About 150 people from various denominations gathered for the "Shepherding a Child's Heart" conference which was sponsored by the Eastside Baptist Church in Windhoek. Tedd Tripp, our speaker and the author of the book "Shepherding a Child's heart" was accompanied by his wife Margy and together they were a real treat , as Tedd spoke to us in 5 sessions , and as together they ministered to individuals during the course of the conference.
|Tedd answering questions
Those who know Tedd and his approach to this subject will know that he works from "first principles". The Scripture teaches us that the issues of life come from the heart. Behaviour is symptomatic, and therefore secondary. The heart is primary. When this is applied to children, then we know that their behaviour, like that of adults, is motivated by a heart that has been corrupted by the fall. Our hearts by nature are selfish and proud. With this theological fact in mind, Tedd masterfully expounded how behavioural issues at the various stages of childhood need to be understood and dealt with by understanding what the Bible teaches concerning the heart .
|Frans Brits leads a Q & A session
Tedd's Reformed Theology then applies the remedies in terms of a thorough understanding of grace. Grace is what God extends to repentant sinners, and when we understand how He deals with us so very mercifully, then we shall also learn to deal mercifully and graciously with others who sin – particularly the children given to us by God .
|Margy answering the questions of many women
Tedd is not soft on discipline. He discussed the matter of 'spanking' and showed us that this practise too was rooted in Scripture (Proverbs in particular). At a young age this form of discipline can be very effective, because God's Word recommends it! Tedd cautioned parents however not to spank in anger, but in love. This takes much wisdom.
The five sessions (see previous blog for specific content matter) were interspersed with Question and Answer sessions. Many good questions were asked and answered.
The Barnabas Book ministry of the Eastside Baptist Church , under the leadership of Coen and Annie Welsh provided many helpful books which were snapped up at good prices!
The feedback given by many of the conference was very encouraging, and so we pause to give thanks to the Lord who gives 'people gifts'( Eph 4:11-16) such as Tedd and Margy to the church to equip the saints and to help them to mature.


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I have acquired this extraordinary "magical" painting for my office. It was done by Alexander Boguslawski –a professor of Russian Literature and Aesthetics at Rollins College.
The Truth Is Out There was inspired by stories of UFOs, but these stories were, of course, filtered through the artist's imagination. Since in most of the artist's works we see fantasy worlds, this painting actually shows a meeting between the earthlings and the extraterrestrials, each inhabiting a world of their own. The extraterrestrial spaceship is a city built of a green material, and its foundations rest on sculpted female and male heads. The ship's body conceals the rest of the city, but it is obvious that much must be going on within (the viewers need to imagine what exactly is going on). Some things are clear, however. The extraterrestrials are lovers of books; they emerge from the domed library and descend through the opening in one of the heads to the landing pad, from where, as we can see, they climb down to earth and bring the offering of books to the gathered crowd. The extraterrestrials seem to be of two kinds — the tall ones (apparently the leaders and the brains) and the short ones, the workers — mutations of Mickey Mouse and watermelons. They are surrounded by many extraordinary creatures, among which are huge birds they use as means of personal transportation, while their motorized "beanie-prop-hoppers" are capable of transporting at least several crew members. The earthlings are a colorful lot, as evidenced by their costumes, and they seem to prefer the purple building material. Of course, the careful observer will notice immediately that there is not much difference between the architectural designs of the earthlings and the extraterrestrials; it is actually possible that the latter visited earth long ago and were inspired by the physical appearance of the earthlings and by their architecture. It is clear that the earthlings are curious about the visitors and they are greeting them by offering them the keys to their city. Perhaps this painting provides the artist's response to the recent slew of movies presenting the visitors from space as evil beings bent on destroying the human race. Or, what is also possible, the artist is communicating his desire that the earthlings read more books!


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Alcohol Focus Scotland (AFS) is urging the Scottish Government to outlaw cut price deals and banning major event advertising by drink companies in a bid to tackle the country's booze problem.
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I stand by my last post. Rankings don't matter much till late October or early November, but I'm still going to celebrate my Alma mater, being ranked #1 for the first time in it's history! Keep those wins rolling Mississippi State, and congratulations!
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My name is Rosy. I have English parents, but I was born in France in 1999. I speak English and French. I have loved drawing ever since I could hold a pencil. I have been painting for as long as I can remember too. My mother is an artist, but she spends more time writing books nowadays.
I started this website in 2017 to talk about my love of art and great artists.
I also like to write about places that I have been to on my travels. I love art galleries and museums. I also love places that have inspired great artists too. I particularly like the bay of St Tropez, Var, France. I also love the deserts of California and Arizona.
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All I wanted was to see some giant redwoods.
Unfortunately, it was raining — hard — across Northern California. My five-hour drive up the Redwood Highway from San Francisco was threatened by flash flooding. It was 50 degrees and pitch black. To top it off, I was sick on vacation. To quote the Eagles' definitive song about Golden State lodging: My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim/I had to stop for the night.
There she stood in the doorway — wait, wrong story. I pulled over in the hippie town of Ukiah, which my friend Sarah, an art and yoga teacher, had mentioned in a dreamy voice. Ukiah was ringed with plenty of cheap chain motels.
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Cameron, it turns out, volunteers his own time for charitable work. He expects cabinet members to do the same. And now he's proposing some ways government can better encourage private efforts to help the disadvantaged.
It's all part of a vision of a "Big Society" that Mr. Cameron, a Conservative, has brought with him to his office. It aims to "recognize that we can all do more to build a bigger, stronger society," he said in a televised interview Monday. "It's not simply encouraging more volunteering, or simply encouraging more philanthropic giving, it's also about trying to give people the ability to do more if they want to."
A government white paper released Monday, called "Giving," sets out a number of ideas on how to encourage private philanthropy. Among them: allowing people to make small donations as they visit their ATM for cash and reducing the inheritance tax to 36 percent for those who leave 10 percent or more of their estate to charity.
Although Britain has a strong tradition of philanthropy, "levels of giving have flat-lined in recent years," the paper says. "So we want to empower and encourage more people to get involved ... we want to work with partners to make giving as easy as possible, make giving as compelling as possible, and give better support to those that provide and manage opportunities to give – be they charities, community groups, or others."
The government also plans to experiment with allowing charitable advertising on its websites and has asked for public feedback at email@example.com.
Cameron himself has volunteered to tutor young people in job-interviewing skills for the group Street League, which uses youths' interest in soccer to promote education and job training.
Members of Cameron's cabinet also must take at least one day of a year to do volunteer work (website requires free registration).
Cameron's Big Society concept has met with indifference, skepticism, and even scorn. Critics have derided the charity initiative, calling it at best a distraction from hurtful budget cuts being undertaken by the government. A columnist at The Guardian calls the plan nothing more than dangling "a shriveled carrot."
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I've just started to use Lenovo's new K1 tablet – and have had it for about a week or so. Since I work there, my decision to go with this device was partly in consideration for investing in my future and not somebody else's, but also to better understand the experiences of the customers that I talk to in our community every day.
Over the weekend, there was an update released which addressed a few minor bugs that inherently occur in any hardware / software product. Customers were sharing feedback about a few bumps they encountered during the install and I observed that when I told them that A) I had one of these too, B) Was by no means an "expert" on the product, and C) experienced a few of the same bumps they did and promised to share that with those involved in the release, the tone of the conversation changed.
I was suddenly human, not just an employee. I had just walked in their shoes. This was a moment where I could clearly see the difference in talking to someone vs talking with them.
So far, I really like the product and know I have a lot to learn about Apps and that whole ecosystem. My phone is woefully in need of an update – it can text, and could connect to the web under certain circumstances but hardly resembles anything we would now call "smart". Once I'm savvy on this tablet, I'll look into the expense of a phone and think that having one that can act as a portable wifi hotspot will be a key feature on my shopping list.
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Glad to see that you are back to blogging again 😉 , and the K1 must be a cool thing to use!
Don Gott permalinkFebruary 14, 2012 5:18 am
Actually, you've been largely ignoring Android customers. Where's the source? Where are the fixes for serious bugs in the A1/K1 identified in the Lenovo forums? In the @lenovoforums feed, out of 64, those you follow involved with Android number exactly one.
February 14, 2012 12:40 pm
Really interesting post, showing the difference between being a representative for a company and actually using their products as a simple user.
@Don Gott: Please keep in mind that as far as I know Mark is only helping towards transferring our comments/complaints and feedback in general to the corresponding department, so he is not solely responsible for the bad attitude of Lenovo towards its customers.
Btw, I am also one of the many who are expecting the source code for the Lenovo A1. Since Lenovo ignores the obvious issues of the current firmware, they should at least provide us with the opportunity to see some properly working custom ROMS… apart from that, the device (A1) is really interesting regarding its hardware specs and it is a pity to be wasted by this error-prone offical ROM.


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Hasbro Operation Game
(A4053) PM ref: 912453
Available - delayedEstimated delivery: Over 2 Weeks
Delivery Information
An original board game from MB games who were bought out by Hasbro. Hasbro continued to sell under the MB name until now where they have adapted their to Hasbro Gaming for a more specific relation to their products. Operation is the classic family board game where you have to pick out the different items inside your theater patient. The game is suitable for multiple people with plenty of challenging things to pick up. Ideal for children aged 4+. Requires 2x AA batteries which are included in the box.
Key Features
- Traditional family game
- Doctor theater fun
- Grab the pieces to get points
- What is inside the patient?
- Suitable for aged 4+
- 2x AA batteries included
Manufacturers code: A4053
Size Guides / SpecificationLess
Game Specifications
Ages 4 and up
2x AA batteries required (2 included)
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Law School Admissions / Re: University of Arizona vs. U of Miami« on: April 29, 2007, 06:37:35 AM »
I do not believe we've considered cost yet. While someone already mentioned the difference in cost of living and the "value" of those median salaries, consider cost while you are attending. I am assuming, of course, that you have no scholarship at Miami...
Miami @ $34.5K tuition and $17K living x3 = $154.5K
Arizona @ $28.5K tuition and $14.5K living x3 = $129K
So Miami costs about $25K more upfront.
However, Arizona lets you establish residency as long as you establish domicile a year in advance. So when you move in July, quickly change your license, register your car, register to vote, etc. (and be sure to work your 1L summer in Arizona). This drops your tuition about 11K per year for 2L and 3L. I was told by the admissions office that even students who end up not qualifying for 2L often can reapply for residency and obtain it 3L.
So Arizona has the potential of costing as much as $47K less than Miami.
I've researched both schools, and I'll reiterate what others have said that neither school offers a significant advantage for Biglaw, although (at least on paper) Miami seems to be a better legal market than Phoenix. A moderate amount of Biglaw graduates of Arizona go to LA.
The clerkship #s should not be discounted, especially considering Arizona places about 7% of its total graduating class in FEDERAL clerkships (1/3 of all its clerks). This is an astounding number for any school outside the Top 20/etc. If you do a federal clerkship, you become a hot commodity for any employer.
would you point me in the direction you found the residency info or did you receive this when you called the admissions office? I'm probably going to call them next week.
I'm admitted to both schools, and while leaning heavily towards UM (location), I will say that I've been impressed with everything I've received from UofA. The career services office sent employment statistics for the '06,'05, and '04 grads along with a list of the names of the employers broken down by state. Most of the firms were smaller, but I do remember the median salary being $90K for '06 grads that REPORTED.....I too am skeptical of USNEWS and school stats, however. I'll try to find the same info on the website and will post once I do.


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2008 Concacaf Champions Cup - We are all DC and Houston fans tonight
Last year, both teams looked strong in the Concacaf Champions Cup, but fell in the semifinals to their Mexican opponents.
For the opening round, DC United will play Jamaica's Harbour View while the Dynamo get Guatemalan side CSD Municipal. With both MLS teams still in preseason, these games will not be easy.
DC United at Harbour View
8pm ET/5pm PT
TV: Fox Soccer Channel
Harbour View is in the middle of a very bad run of play, winning just one of their last eight domestic games, plus they might be without striker and former Metrostar Fabian Taylor. I can't tell for sure, but I think he has signed with Norwegian side Notodden FK. The teams website has a news release about Taylor, but sadly my Norwegian fails me at the moment, so I'm not sure what exactly it says. However, I see that there is a poll on the right hand side asking who the team's top scorer will be this season and he is listed as an option.
If it is true that Taylor is gone, United will want to send a big thank you across the Atlantic. Without Taylor, Kavin Byran, who is just back from injury, will need to take over things on top. DC get another break as defender Christopher Harvey is suspended for the match due to a red card from Harbour's qualifier last December.
All of this should allow United time to organize and settle. Their main concern for this match will be stamina as none of them are truly match fit. To combat this, they will need their midfield, lead by designated player Marcelo Gallardo, to control the game. If DC's defense is chasing balls for most of the first half, Harbour will pull out a surprise.
In the end, I think it will be a little bit of a struggle, but DC should get out of Jamaica will no less then a tie.
Predictions: Me DC 1-1 HV, Wife DC 2-1 HV
One last thing, I'm not sure Harbour View coach Lenworth Hyde Sr. fully understands the CCC as he said, "Going out there today we can't give up any goals. The away goal rule is in effect so we have to be very disciplined defensively." The CCC does not use the away goal rule like they do in Europe. Never a good side when your coach doesn't know what type of game needs to be played.
Houston Dynamo vs. CSD Municipal
10pm ET/7pm PT
TV: Fox Soccer Channel
Municipal are also in the middle of a bad streak as they have lost their last two matches 1-0 and have dropped to third in the league, however they still have plenty of class, most of which has spent some time in MLS.
Fredy García spent some time with Columbus, but never really achieved much in their midfield. However, back home with Municipal, he has proven himself to be a threat at any moment. The combination of García with Fred Thompson (not the former presidential candidate) has proven very difficult for teams to break.
But Houston's biggest concern is probably on their own side of the ball. Right now the club is missing a number of midfielders due to injury and Olympic call-ups. Adding to these problems is the lack of cohesion in the back and a bunch of unknowns up top and it might be difficult for the Dynamo to come out of Latin America with anything good.
For this to work, Houston needs an outstanding performance by Dwayne De Rosario with Ricardo Clark picking up the problems before they get to the back line. When they do sneak through, Waibel, Robinson and Barrett will need to watch Bobby Boswell as he is the new man to their lineup.
This one will probably be a bit of a slog as Municipal is very happy to play the foul game. Don't forget Carlos Ruiz played here during his formative days and he still shows what he learned every time he steps out of the pitch (watch out Ricardo Clark).
Predictions: Me HD 1-2 Municipal, Wife HD 2-1 Municipal
So why are we all DC and Houston fans tonight? Simple, if soccer in America ever hopes to gain respect both internationally and locally, we need all teams to win on the international level. If MLS wins the region, they will have a chance to play a major team from Europe or South America in a meaningful competition, which will give the league a chance to catch additional eyeballs. The more people that pay attention to MLS, the better it, and the people that play in it, become.
Full Concacaf Champions Cup schedule here.
Labels: 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, CONCACAF, CONCACAF Champions' Cup, CSD Municipal, DC United, Harbour View, Houston Dynamo, MLS


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