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Its a shame the comebacking Holmes never actually won a heavyweight title, the fight with Mercer should have really been for the WBO title. It was no surprise that Larry couldn't match Holyfield's workrate when they met soon after. That said, Holmes did win rounds though and was far from embarrassed!
The McCall fight for the WBC title in 1995 was very close too, he nearly eaked that one out to my eyes.
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Those wins I highlighted over Valdez and Machen at HW are up there with Sonny Liston's best wins. And they aren't even nearly Johnson's best wins. That alone tells you how underrated he actually is.
Add the fact he was 176 Lbs against Valdez, who was a legit 200+ lb Heavyweight. Johnson never weighed much over 180 Lbs in any of his HW fights and most of them he would weigh less than 180 Lbs.
The amount of Top ranked opposition he beat was incredible. Over 20 during his career across Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight.
Wins over the likes of Ezzard Charles, Archie Moore, Jimmy Bivins, Bert Lytell, Willie Pastrano and that's just the surface.
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Image View Removed. Please Click Here.I do think it's awesome that Holmes and Foreman were still able to compete at their advanced ages. I suppose it's a quality that some boxers have but most don't.
I have been watching a bit of Larry's earlier fights and he did have immense boxing skills. I think a lot of people overlook him being he happen to come immediately after Ali. In a way that was a shame. It would have been really interesting if he came upon the title picture in the early '70's. Funny, you had mentioned the McCall fight. I met Oliver a few days after the Holmes fight and we became friends. I'd bring my boxing tapes over his house as we were neighbors at that time. His brother and I would talk about boxing for hours on end!
As far as Foreman, he actually did win the "true" heavyweight title. It was an unbelievable moment back in '94. Just think, if he'd have never come back I doubt he'd have as much respect and popularity as he has now. God works in mysterious ways!!
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I've always rated Holmes. I'm glad people are finally starting to appreciate his legend. I'd personally have him in at 2 or 3 as heavyweights go......superb technician!
Yes, it is strange that the McCall fight came up......its terrific that you befriended him. I bet he has some good tales, he has had quite a life! Best chin in heavyweight history in my book!
And as for the George Foreman comeback. Yes.........can't see anything like that happening again in our lifetime. I've said it before.....we never saw Foreman's prime. I personally think that he would have peaked around 1980-1982. In his first incarnation (1969-1977) he was a little wild and had a tendency to have problems with pacing himself. In his second incarnation (1987-1998) he was slower due to age and weight, his workrate was less, but his pacing was superb.
A mix of both incarnations of Foreman might well have been near as dammit impossible to beat.
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Floyd Mayweather vs Juan Manuel Marquez is at the top of my list and I can't think of anything that comes even remotely close to that. Mayweather returned to the ring after a 21 month layoff and completely dominated the #2 pound for pound guy, winning every single round clearly and knocking him down. The only reason why Marquez wasn't p4p #1 is because he lost a highly controversial split decision to Manny Pacquiao which the vast majority of the boxing media and boxing experts believe should have went to him. Most people seem to think Marquez beat Pacquiao twice and some even claim that he deserved to win all 3 of their bouts. I view Marquez as the #2 boxer in this era behind Floyd so in my opinion it was basically #1 vs #2 in that bout, which Mayweather completely dominated, yet he received at least 5 times more criticism than credit for doing it. Yes Marquez had to come up two weight divisions but Floyd had been out of the ring for almost 2 years and Marquez has since proved (in the 3rd Pacquiao fight) that he is just as good at 147 as he is at 135. People hate Floyd so much that they give Pacquiao more credit for his gift decisions over Marquez than they give to him for completing shutting him out and winning every single round dominantly.
Humberto Gonzalez also doesn't seem to get much credit for beating Jung-Koo Chang far more convincingly than anybody else. Yes the Korean legend was coming out of retirement for the bout and was clearly past his best, but Gonzalez was yet to hit his prime and managed to almost completely dominate while never being in any trouble at any point of the contest. Shortly afterwards Chang rematched with what appears to have been a peaking Sot Chitalada, one of the best Thai boxers of all time and I have read more than one person claim that he deserved to win that one. Even in his last bout he fought the guy who had stopped Chitalada and fought him on even terms before finally being stopped in the 12th round. I have never seen anyone mention this win with regards to Gonzalez' legacy and who he beat. I view it as being a very good win.
I also think that Khaosai Galaxy doesn't get the credit he deserves for beating Ellyas Pical. Alot of people seem to think that Galaxy just beat Israel Contreras and a bunch of no hopers in Thailand. He actually beat a lot of good and some very good guys. I don't know whether they're just uneducated or want to ignore it, but it seems to happen naturally. When you dominate your opponents and make it look easy, people automatically assume that you haven't been or weren't tested against legitimate threats. Ellyas Pical was a legitimate threat. He was a 3-time world champion, he had knockout power and Galaxy fought him in his home country of Indonesia. He didn't just beat him either, he dominated him and knocked him out. Pical was the IBF champion at the time.
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I got mad respect for Floyd Mayweather as far as his boxing skills. But, I was watching the Gatti fight last night and I noticed something. Whenever theres some sort of pause in the action or the guy looks the other way Floyd attacks. It was the same s**t he did in the Ortiz fight. To me, thats just not cool..
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In the most recent issue of Comic Shop News, I ran across the following news item, which I'm going to reproduce in its entirety:
Fan-favorite writer Peter David suffered a stroke on December 30th; the first word of the stroke was shared by Peter David himself on his blog at peterdavid.net, but subsequent reports have been shared with his many friends, colleagues, and fans by his wife Kathleen. She reported on her blog at kathwp.malibulist.com that "he has lost most of the use of his right arm, his right leg is incredibly weak, the vision in his right eye is blurry, and the right side of his face is drooping slightly. But the brain is there with all its quips and quick retorts. He has had the nurses laughing a lot.Kathleen went on o explain that Peter has a stint in rehab ahead of him, although he is trying to maintain as much normalcy in his life as possible; she added that "he revised an X-Factor script for his editor at Marvel, which I think made him feel good / more normal than he has been feeling."She explained that "Peter is doing better every day... Peter says it is both gratifying and humbling about the number of people who are praying for them and keeping him in their thoughts and he appreciates and is thanful to each and every one of you."Both Ward Batty and Cliff Biggers of CSN have counted Peter among our friends even before we ever launched CSN, and we join everyone else in hoping for as rapid and complete a recovery as possible -- and knowing Peter, he won't settle for anything less!
As many Stephen King fans will undoubtedly be aware, David is one of the key creative components behind the Dark Tower comic-book series for Marvel. He has scripted all but a small handful of the issues that have been published since Marvel began the series in 2007.
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We here at The Truth Inside The Lie headquarters -- which, granted, is only me and four cats -- wish Mr. David a speedy recovery. We've been reading his work on The Dark Tower for going on six years now, and in my teenage years I read many a Star Trek novel that had flowed from his pen.
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The tears from the sky would not stop falling.
Grains of salt deteriorating my eyes.
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The crevices on the bottom of the sea, hold their own secrets.
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Is the country's political system so upside down that a candidate can find followers by promising smaller government at the same time wanting government to expand to ban porn and slow down the divorce process?Well, first of all, the lessening of restrictions on porn is relatively recent. It's not like porn was perfectly legal in 1776 and now Michele Bachmann is trying to reverse that by signing a pledge. I'm pretty sure you still have to be at least 18 to buy it or purchase a ticket to see it. Secondly, the pledge says nothing of the sort. Here's the wording:
–Humane protection of women and the innocent fruit of conjugal intimacy – our next generation of American children – from human trafficking, sexual slavery, seduction into promiscuity, and all forms of pornography and prostitution, infanticide, abortion and other types of coercion or stolen innocence.Nothing in there about "banning porn". But this will become the meme. Bachmann signed a theologistic, racist pledge to ban porn, bring back slavery, and make divorce illegal. Because that's what the left wants you to hear, that's what you'll get in the media.
"For some reason, no matter how ridiculous some of her statements are, she keeps getting more popular."Perhaps it's because they only sound "ridiculous" inside certain insulated circles and the ideas are actually quite popular outside of them. Just a guess.
"But when you refer to the Obama administration as a "gangster government," and a year or so later sign a document that suggested black Americans were better off when they were slaves; and contend that the forefathers worked tirelessly to end slavery -- despite the fact that they owned slaves -- I no longer characterize those moments as gaffes. "Now look who is speaking in half-truths. Never mind document Bachmann actually signed didn't say that blacks were better off as slaves -- the point of that kind of language (that again, was removed before Bachmann signed it) was not that slavery was peachy but that there's something seriously wrong TODAY. It's all fine and good to bring up the plight of the black family when it means more handouts and special treatment, but somehow it's always "racist" to try to address the root of the problem, which is culture.
I assume LZ is insuinuating racism here (because that's where the left always goes) when Bachmann referred to Obama's administration as "gangster government", as "gangster" and "gang" are now largely celebrated in, and in large part as -- "black culture". But "gangs" and "gangster" started out with decidedly European immigrant roots ... largely, but not limited to Italians. They also had a very strong base and a sordid history in Chicago, from whence Obama and a lot of his administration hail, and which are widely recognized as having a strong influence in shaping Chicago politics.
It is sad that the language and tactics of "the mob" were adopted by poor blacks who were and are taught to be angry about racism and to see it everywhere whether it is there or not. It is still more sad that this imagery and narrative has been popularized throughout "black culture" and more and more into "white culture" who mimic and adopt the outward appearance and attitudes of this culture. It is destructive.
Lastly, the left speaks as if slavery were invented in America. It was not. They also speak as if black africans were the only race ever enslaved. It was not. Though relatively rare, there were white slaves and free blacks even in the south in this country at its founding. Slavery was a fact of life in Europe and southern America at the time of America's founding, and the founders (some of whom owned slaves, and many of whom were ardent abolitionists) made some very specific moves aimed at ending slavery here. Two of them were the famous 3/5ths compromise, and the 20 year sunset clause. In the end, they weren't enough and we fought a bloody war over it.
Slavery was abolished in 9 states by 1804. Slavery was abolished in England in 1833. This was much easier to do since the United States was no longer under English rule (the American Revolution made it easier to abolish it in England) and there was little to no economic pain for Brittain in doing so. Rich Brits just had to start paying their domestic servants. They could still buy their cheap slave-produced cotton from the U.S. South. A little over 30 years later slavery was abolished here thanks in very large part to the ideals of the founders including Jefferson, and Washington -- who were born into slave owning, and others who framed our founding documents. Just as smokers can work to stop smoking, slaveowners can work to end slavery.


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Have you ever had a baby, who doesn't know how to walk but knows how to stand, hold on to you for balance? Suddenly you become quite aware of every muscle movement you make; suddenly that baby's hands become an object of fascination and ... strength. You realize your strength because you know that tiny person is depending and trusting on you not to let them fall or get hurt.
Today I played outside with M and B, where most of the time I couldn't move because M decided to test her balance on the stairs, holding on to my knees... I realized, this is what my Father does, but perfectly. Every time I stand, I am clinging to Him, and trusting Him to not let me fall. Here especially, I have been daily wonderstruck by the knowledge that my trust in Him is perfected by His never letting me go. No matter what I do. No difference how safe or dangerous my situation becomes. No care of time of day.
Today was an amazing moment.
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Social causes of prescription drug addiction
Since the 1990's, policy makers and researchers have noticed an increasing trend in the use and abuse of prescription drugs in the U.S. In fact, administrations from across the Health and Human Services network have teamed up to better address the prescription drug addiction problem and to make Americans more aware of the issue. Just to name a few, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) all have something to say about prescription drug use.
But what is causing prescription drug addiction? And what systems require an overhaul? First, we need to understand the markets for prescription drugs; mainly people are taking sedatives, stimulants and pain killers. Then, we can examine who is at risk of prescription drug misuse and why. Finally, we will address what can be changed .
The market
More than 70% of all prescription drugs that are misused are being prescribed by doctors. According to the Addiction Technology Transfer Center's (ATTC) Connect to Fight RX Abuse initiative, the legitimate commercial production and sale of pharmaceutical drugs increased markedly in the 1990's. At about the same time, the pharmaceuticals began to increase marketing campaigns to doctors about pain medications. And, no surprise, doctors started writing more campaigns for pain meds. To quote the Connect to Fight RX Abuse website, "Prescriptions written for controlled drugs increased more than 150 percent from 1992 to 2002 – almost 12 times the rate of increase in the population and almost three times the rate of increase in prescriptions written for all other drugs." Now, that must have been SOME marketing campaign.
At the same time that adults were being prescribed pain medications, ADHD hit the market as a trendy diagnosis and kids all around the country starting taking (and distributing) Ritalin. Used appropriately, Ritalin can help improve the lives of children and teens by helping them keep and maintain focus and attention. However, as people increasing began to know that these medications existed, demand for pills soared. Doctors responded accordingly. Medicines have been over prescribed since, and access to prescription drugs has been easier than ever with online pharmacies adding convenience into the bargain.
The environment
Although young adults aged 18-25 normally register the highest rates of non medical use of prescription drugs, adolescents and the elderly are particularly at risk for becoming dependent upon pharmaceuticals. Just think about the kinds of drugs that are available now in school environments, or in the medicine cabinets of families in the U.S. Anti-anxiety, anti-pain, anti-depressants … just about any shade of drug can be supplied out of the home or school. This type of inappropriate access simply fuels trends for people to give one another medicines.
The suggestions
Simply, I suggest that everyone become more responsible. The health care system must make information about prescription drug addiction available and campaign for reasonable use of drugs. Health care providers must discuss the potential for addiction during initial visits for medications, rather than as an after-sight. Doctors need to update their skills and know how to screen, assess and refer people for prescription drug use; they need to know what kinds of questions to ask and the learn the right language it takes to discover addiction problems. Doctors also need to TAKE TIME to be with patients. Fast paced medical visits need to stop, as does the practice of prescribing unnecessary meds.
Pharmacists need to educate and counsel patients about HOW and WHEN to take medications….and stop trying to get people to sign away their right to be counseled. Pharmacists also need to be aware (as doctors do) that medical histories also include previous addictions or current use of alcohol or cigarettes. When pharmacists concentrate only other medications or supplements, etc. they can overlook potential interactions that can be extremely serious for users of prescription drugs.
Finally, we as consumers need to take stock. We need to be aware of drug supplies in the home and keep drugs under wrap. Parents need to talk to kids about misuse of medications and their consequences. We need to watch out for our elderly parents and grandparents, who can have a tendency to forget or confuse medications. We need to connect with our seniors to prevent the isolation than can drive them to take medications more frequently than they should, or to mix meds with alcohol. We also need to know how to identify prescription drug misuse and know what steps to take next.
In sum, the prescription drug epidemic is truly systemic. Unless we each take personal responsibility to curb its growth, it will continue to grow. But enough from me. What do you think? Your thoughts, ideas, comments, and feedback will be posted here.
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Excellent blog…… Prescription opioid addiction has increased dramatically over the last decade, due to a combination of factors. First, there was the pain management movement, which emphasized the importance of adequate pain control. Of course that's an admirable goal, but the risks of addiction were understated due to bad science and misinterpretation of limited data. Instead of a risk of addiction of about 1%, quoted by many pain management gurus, the true incidence is more like 10 – 45%, depending on which study you read.
Then against that backdrop, OxyContin was released and marketed to general practitioners and family docs with limited knowledge about how to identify and treat addiction. In general, medical schools and residencies have done a lousy job of educating doctors about proper prescribing of opioid medications, how to identify addiction, and where to refer people for treatment of their addiction. Then there was access to opioids via the internet, which actually seemed to be a bigger problem than it was. A small percentage of abused opioids came from the internet, but some people became addicted in that way. With the changing laws, these rogue internet pharmacies are less numerous.
States most heavily afflicted by pain pill addiction didn't have prescription monitoring programs in place. These programs are essential tools to identify people who are getting pills from more than one doctor at a time, called "doctor shopping," which is often an indication the person has an addiction that needs treatment. Fortunately, most states either have these programs now or are in the process of putting them into place.
But a big part of the problem is cultural. We share prescription medications, even controlled substances, with alarming frequency. Most people aged 18 – 24 who use pain pills nonmedically get them from friends or family, not from some nefarious dealer on the corner. Adolescents don't realize how dangerous prescription pain pills are.
Anyone with pain pills in their medicine cabinet needs to lock them up to keep them safe, or dispose of medication when they are no longer needed. And we need to stop sharing our medications!!!
Your article was really good. I truly feel what is causing Prescription Drug Addiction is the "Illegitimate Pain Management Doctors".
Specifically, there are many doctors who know full and well that they are prescribing drugs to either a drug addict or knowing they are prescribing a drug way to powerful for that person's condition. So, why do they do this? Unfortunately they do this to get a person hooked so that person has to come back to their office each and every month to fill their prescription. They make enormous amounts money doing this.
I feel there should be much stricter guidelines with the FDA and DEA with regard to doctor's procedures. The doctors need to know they are being checked regularly. Quite frankly, every single record should be checked, even now from years ago, to see if in fact the person had to either do a urine test, had x-rays taken, or had an MRI taken. I am sure if this was done today, they would find no records at all, only to learn the person diagnosis was "my back is killing me". When you think a Pain Management doctor charges an average of $200.00 a month for the visit, (which they don't normally even see the person), times that by thousands of clients, it's like a legalized drug dealer. To conclude, I think the DEA and the FDA should really start doing some undercover work to see what really goes on in these doctors offices.
Dr. Burson is completely right. There are a number of reasons for the increase in prescription drug addiction. Everyone should take responsibility, and be aware of this issue. It is all too common for people to share their medication. A patient has their wisdom teeth removed, and is prescribed hydrocodone for the pain. They end up with a few left over, so when their friend has a headache, they think nothing of sharing. A parent with a sleep disorder notices that their child is having a hard time falling asleep the night before a test, so they give them one of their prescription sleep aids. Pharmacy resources are taxed, and people are anxious to get their medications. Our pharmacies are often more like fast food counters than they are medical facilities. It is frightening to think about.
The ladies in my group spent an hour talking on this subject last night. I've even gotten two emails about it today. It's a hot topic.
Hello, I have a blog that tells my story of my battle with addiction. I am impressed with your site. Thank You,
Ryan Donnelly
We just discussed this last night in group. Everytime someone relapses, which is all to frequently, we have to go over what happened and devise tactics to defeat it next time. Sometimes that means re-visiting the basics and sometimes it gets a lot more complicated. Anyway, thanks for sharing.


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Stepinac Seniors go to National Amateur Baseball Federation World Series Championship
By Alex Myers
The Journal News • July 29, 2008
With the help of two Stepinac players, the Long Island Tigers won the National Amateur Baseball Federation World Series Championship for the High School Division (ages 17 and under). The tournament in Lynchburg, Va., wrapped up Sunday and featured 32 teams from across the country.
In the championship game against the Delmar (Pa.) Diamonds, Tarrytown resident Anthony Muccio's two-run triple in the sixth inning helped break open a tight game as the Tigers went on to win 9-1.
"Coming in first out of 32 teams is a really big accomplishment," said Muccio, the team's second baseman. "It's something I'll probably remember for the rest of my life."
In the team's second game of the tournament against the Ohio Extreme on Friday, Muccio, who will be a senior, hit another triple that knocked home the game-winning run in the sixth inning. The Tigers wound up with a perfect 7-0 record for the tournament.
Joining Muccio on the Tigers was Eddie Martinez, another player for the Crusaders during the varsity season. Martinez, who plays catcher and lives in Yonkers, will also be a senior this year. He helped handle a pitching staff that was solid throughout the tournament and ended on a high note by throwing a combined no-hitter in the championship contest.
This has been Muccio's first year on the Tigers, a team for which his father, Stephen, also played for as kid. It's been a busy summer with practices and games and a recent trip to play a tournament in Canada. But this past weekend is sure to be the highlight of the season.
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📹: Matt Milano with a 4.67 unofficial 40-yard dash time at the #NFLCombine#BCEagles pic.twitter.com/wBB9asdMoo— BC Football (@BCFootball) March 5, 2017
Despite his numbers, Milano's real value to the NFL remains his versatility. He can play LB and tackle whoever he is supposed to nail. He also has experience putting pressure on the QBs. Finally, he can cover too.Great numbers at the #NFLCombine for Matt Milano.— BC Football (@BCFootball) March 5, 2017
Vertical - 35" (5th)
40 - 4.67 (8th)
Bench - 24 (T-3rd)
Broad jump - 10'6" (4th)
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The history of the wedding ring isn't clear cut. No one is certain of the origin of the "finger ring" but it is speculated that they originated in ancient Egypt as the signet or seal evolved into a signet ring, a portable seal and display of authority. Later history shows that wealthy Egyptian women wore ornamental finger rings including the famous scarab design. Rings grew more common and complex during the middle kingdom. Over time Egyptian styles were supplanted by Greek and Roman rings during the Ptolemaic dynasty.
In the ancient writings of Pliny the Elder (23/4-79 CE) he said, "It was the custom at first to wear rings on a single finger only – the one next to the little finger, and this we see to be the case in the statues of Numa and Servius Tullius. Later it became usual to put rings on the finger next to the thumb, even with statues of the gods; and more recently still it has been the fashion to wear them upon the little finger too. Among the Gauls and Britons the middle finger – it is said – is used for the purpose. At the present day, however, with us, this is the only finger that is excepted, for all the others are loaded with rings, smaller rings even being separately adapted for the smaller joints of the fingers."
In Rome, laws were passed to govern the wearing of finger rings. Pliny goes on to say that the Emperor Tiberius required that people who were not of free descent be required to own a large amount of property before they could have the right to wear gold finger rings. Later the Emperor Severus gave soldiers the right to wear gold rings, and then extended the right to all free citizens. Silver rings were worn by freed slaves, and in Imperial Rome, gold, silver, and iron finger rings were worn in accordance with social class.
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Betrothal Ring
Along with rings tying a person to their social class, the Romans were also the first to wear rings that tied them to their spouse. However, unlike today, the ring was not slipped onto the ring finger at the wedding ceremony, but more an engagement ceremony called a Sponsalia. The groom slipped the iron ring (annulus pronubis) on the bride's finger as a pledge of fidelity. Rings were originally placed on the fourth finger because the ancient Greeks believed a vein in that finger led directly to the heart – the "vena amoris." Today we call this finger the ring finger.
With the ring in place, the bride would say, "Nubo," meaning "I veil myself," which signified she was promised to a man. The ring was also a symbol to the bride's family of his commitment and his ability to support his bride financially. Much later, the ring became part of the marriage ceremony.
Some suggest that the binding aspect of the ring for betrothal ceremonies came about from an older superstitious practice in which the man bound the woman he loved with cords around her waist, wrists, and ankles to be sure her spirit would be held under his control. This pagan superstition did not deter early Christians from adopting the use of the betrothal ring, though some Christians today question whether or not a Christian should wear a wedding ring for that reason and others. In the book Christian Dress and Adornment by Samuele Bacchiocchi, Ph. D., he suggests that even a plain wedding band could "fall in the category of the inappropriate ornaments of gold and pearls mentioned by Paul and Peter" (1 Tim. 2:10; 1 Pet. 3:3), and for these reasons question whether or not a Christian should wear a wedding (or any) ring.


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I currently teach one day a week in a First Grade classroom full of delightful, wonderful, clever, funny and interesting children. I do earn my money for the day though! It is taking me a while to build a solid relationship with my class and establish a classroom culture. It will happen though! I have to focus a lot more on classroom management and behaviour, simply because the children do not know me as well as they would if I was there 5 days a week.
I use LOTS of little snappy ways to get their attention and focus, without having to 'use a big voice'. It can get boring using the same techniques all the time, so I am constantly looking for new ideas. I like to have a 'visual' to go with my strategies, and am currently compiling a little pack of them. Here is a simple one. Just say "123, eyes to me", and the kids can chant back "eyes to you, that's what we do"!
You can print this visual and display it in the classroom, or near your main teaching area, to help you remember. Just click on one of these images to download from Google Drive!
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Caramel Apple Butter Ring Cake
A few weeks ago I went on a wine trail trip with a bunch of girlfriends for a bachelorette party. We had an awesome group, there were almost 30 of us! We were all asked to bring food to take along to the wineries. We were meeting to get on our bus at 10am that day, so I thought a coffee cake would perfect for us to snack on in the morning. I had just made this Homemade Apple Butter, so I wanted to make something that I could put Apple Butter in. After searching and reviewing a number of apple cake and apple butter cake recipes, I developed this recipe. The combination of apple butter (used in the cake and filling), sour cream, cream cheese and caramel is completely different from anything I came across in my research. I got a lot of compliments on it from the gals on the trip and by the end of the day the only remains were a few crumbs!
Unfortunately I did not take pictures while preparing this. I know I will be making this again, so I will edit this post to include those soon!
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Krista's Caramel Apple Butter Ring CakeCake:
- 1/4 cup Butter
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1/4 cup Sour Cream
- 1/2 cup Apple Butter
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1 1/2 cups Flour
- 4 ounces Cream Cheese
- 1/4 cup Sugar
- 1/4 cup Apple Butter
- 2 tablespoons Caramel Ice Cream Topping
- Caramel Ice Cream Topping
- Walnuts and/or Pecans
Grease a ring cake pan, bundt cake pan, or a regular 8″ or 9″ baking pan. Preheated oven to 350 (F) degrees.
Cream butter and brown sugar. Beat in eggs. Blend in sour cream and apple butter. Sift dry ingredients together in separate bowl. Stir dry ingredients into butter mixture and mix until just blended.
Spread half of the batter into prepared pan and set aside remaining batter.
In a separate bowl beat cream cheese and sugar. Blend in apple butter and caramel ice cream topping. Spoon on top of batter and spread across surface of batter, trying not to incorporate into batter.
Spoon remaining batter on top of the cream cheese layer.
Bake in preheated oven for about 45 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
Remove from oven and allow cake to cool for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and invert onto serving tray. Let cool another 20 minutes. While cake is still warm spoon more caramel ice cream topping over cake and top with chopped walnuts and/or pecans.
Cut into slices and enjoy… I would recommend serving while still warm!
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What a wonderful little cake to take on a wine trail. I can see why it was gobbled up!
The list of ingredients alone has got my attention. This looks like an incredible cake and how can it not be with caramel and cream cheese mixed in it. I love how everyone is making apple recipes now.


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It's her breath that gives this photograph life. A quick inhalation that takes only a split second, almost a kiss, before her lips begin to vibrate in the mouthpiece and send sound flowing through the trombone. Her head and torso tilt in anticipation of a conductor's downbeat, while her right wrist bends gracefully, ready for a quick action with the trombone's slide. A corsage adds texture to her white gown that sparkles with sequins. Her photograph is a special favorite in my collection.
The fine camera of Mr. Bigelow's Central Gallery of 4th and Edmond Sts., St. Joseph, Missouri caught this moment. He advertised in the 1898 St. Joseph city directory as being a Flash-Light Expert and General Photographer. The flash light was a new explosive device for photography that added stronger artificial lighting and allowed a photographer to extend their work hours into the evening in spite of losing daylight, which at that time was the only way to illuminate a camera studio.
|Source: St. Joseph Businesses in 1898
By coincidence the photographer's image of "Dollie's Wash Day" comes from the same year as when he took Oda Rudolph's picture. She signed the back of the cabinet card photo:
Sincerely –
Oda Rudolph
Dec. 25 -98-
|Goshen IN Pioneer
October 8, 1896
Massillon, Ohio (as it is correctly spelt) is a good distance east of St. Joseph, MO but not far if you took the train. And Oda was very familiar with trains as she was a musician in a traveling orchestra called the Clara Schumann Ladies Orchestra. This musical ensemble of 16 young women was put together in Chicago around 1895. It was one of several all-women professional orchestras and bands that were formed in America in the 1890s. These ladies orchestras performed with the lighter sound of string instruments which necessitated playing indoor concerts mostly for society events. The more successful groups toured the country getting bookings at Chautauqua and YMCA lecture series that were popular family entertainments because they combined quality musical and wholesome novelty acts with educational and religious speakers.
Their concert programs included familiar classical overtures, marches, and popular tunes that were very much like the music played by wind bands. Despite the exaggeration of advertisements promoting them as the biggest, largest, etc., these ladies orchestras never had the full instrumentation of a symphony orchestra. All their music was arranged for much smaller numbers and using alternate instruments than the composers intended.
Oda had been a trombonist with this group since at least 1896 and was a featured headliner on some of their advertisements. Anytime an orchestra concert was booked in a girl's hometown or state, she was sure to have her name mentioned in the local newspaper reports.
|Ft Scott KS Daily Monitor
November 26, 1901
Many of these women musicians came from musical families where one or sometimes both parents were musicians, so very often the orchestras listed 2 or 3 sisters on the roster. For at least two seasons Oda toured with her sister, Sarah Rudolph, who played string bass.
Oda was a frequent soloist and received many "complimentary" reviews like this one from the music critic of the Toronto Daily Mail and Empire published on April 21, 1897:
Miss Oda Rudolph, trombone, Miss Florence E. Beckett, flute, and Miss Alice N. Mead, harp, in their respective solos, surprised the audience by their technical ability. Certainly, in the case of the trombone, it is a novelty to hear a lady play this instrument.
Since nearly every musician was unmarried, proper young ladies of the 1890s did not travel about the country without a chaperone. The Clara Schumann Ladies Orchestra were led by a gentleman who served as music director and stage manager. The group's first conductor was Frank Irwin, followed by Charles E. Perry, and then in about 1897 Frank W. McKee took over the baton. In later years his wife played first violin in the orchestra.
In the 1898-99 winter season, several of the Clara Schumann musicians along with McKee joined the Boston Ladies Symphony Orchestra. This orchestra came from arguably the most important center of music in America. There were already several successful female ensembles from Boston that were performing in cities and towns across the nation and even in Canada. The name, Boston Ladies Symphony Orchestra, sounds very grand but there were only 20 musicians including the conductor with 10 strings, 3 woodwind, 3 brass, (one string bass doubled on tuba to make a brass quartet), a drummer, and a harpist.
|Clay Center KS Times
November 7, 1901
The theater circuits followed the rail lines and much of middle America heard traveling groups from Boston or New York that arranged concert dates in between larger bookings in the major cities. The small town of Clay Center, Kansas, population ± 3,069 in 1900 and located on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific and Union Pacific Railroad line, hosted the Boston Ladies Symphony Orchestra in November 1901. The local paper printed a large advertisement with a photo of the orchestra. Oda is third from the right. There are also two photos of solo musicians not dissimilar to Oda's photograph from Mr. Bigelow of St. Joseph.
We can see the same image of the solo cornet player, Elizabeth Banks-Allen in a promotional flyer for the Boston Ladies Symphony Orchestra which was distributed to event planners through the Chautauqua booking agencies. And just above her is another image of Oda Rudolph with her trombone and wearing what looks like the same dress, but this photographer stayed with a more conventional pose. Perhaps Mr. Bigelow's photo was considered too daring, too brassy shall we say, for conservative small town tastes.
I found Oda Rudolph's name on only one census, the 1900 U.S. Census for Milwaukee, WI. She was sharing rooms there with two other musicians: Zeta McDonough, the violinist whose picture was on the lower right in the ad for the Boston Ladies Orchestra; and Alice Cheatham, a cornet player who once played with the Clara Schumann Ladies Orchestra. All three listed their occupation as musician and had the same address at a rooming house on a side lane off of River St. in Milwaukee. The spelling is not correct for the other two, but Oda's is right. However her birth date is recorded as Mar 1878, age 22, but from other documentation I learned she was actually age 26 and born in 1874. That would make her the older of the three women.
From one end to the other, River Street, Milwaukee is less than a half mile walk along the east side of the Milwaukee river which parallels the Lake Michigan shoreline. Today it is the main district for the city's food and culture. The Marcus Center For The Performing Arts is a stone's throw from where Oda and her friends lived in 1900. But of course in 1900 it was a center for industry and business of a different kind than today's trendy restaurants and galleries.
Below is the complete census page for the 1st precinct of the 7th ward of Milwaukee, Wisconsin enumerated by Cornelius L. Van Ess in fine neat handwriting on the eight day of June, 1900. Oda and her two girlfriends are marked in the center. You can read their place of birth and their occupation on the right. But there something odd about this census record that caught my attention.
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Mr. Van Ess had beautiful clear penmanship on all 27 pages for this precinct, and there was one word that gave him a lot of practice — Prostitute. It was the occupation of 17 women who resided near Oda's rooming house on River St. There were 21 prostitutes on the page before. And 23 more on the page after.
In my reading of hundreds of census records, I have never encountered this occupation Prostitute as entered here. It certainly is not in the official Occupations at the twelfth census, 1900, Volume 1 published by the United States Census Office. Was Mr. Van Ess making a joke or just being truthful?
So I decided to count them. Since it was also odd that 5 men listed their occupation as Saloon keeper or Bartender, I counted them too. And musicians too, of course. Each page has 50 rows for each person's name and data. There are 27 pages for this precinct, the last with only 44 names, making a total population of 1344 people. Of that number, 291 women made a living as a prostitute (21.6%); 93 men were either a Saloon keeper, Barkeep, or Bartender (6.9%); and 29 people were musicians including 4 actors (2%).
That is not a demographic of a typical city.
When I asked the oracles of the internet about this, I discovered a webpage from the Wisconsin Historical Society with a very rare document, a Ledger kept by a Milwaukee house of prostitution from 1909 to 1910. The book gives the income and expenses on each woman who worked at this brothel. The address for this place was 502 River St. – line 55 on the census page above!
This is page 14 from the same precinct. To his credit Mr. Van Ess never resorted to using " ditto. There are 46 Prostitutes and 2 Saloon Keepers and 1 Bartender. We should make no judgement about Oda, Zeta, and Alice, as they were only struggling young musicians. It was a rough neighborhood.
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By 1901 Oda Rudolph was clearly an accomplished professional trombonist who had performed on hundreds of theater stages from Boston to Kansas City to San Francisco. By demonstrating her talent on a musical instrument that was considered a bit unseemly, even unfeminine, to the society of this era, she made it acceptable and even worthy of admiration for other younger women who chose to make it their musical voice too. That was no small thing for any trombone player to do.
Though I found a citation for her in an 1894 Grand Rapids city directory as a music teacher, I have unfortunately found little about her beyond 1903. There is a gravestone in a cemetery near Flint, MI that records Oda Rudolph, 1874-1927, but though I believe it is her, I can not be certain it is the same person.
This story of Oda Rudolph is just part of a much larger history project about women musicians in America that I plan to write over several posts in the next year. The phenomenal popularity of ladies bands and orchestras created a wave of enthusiasm for more female musicians. Many of these musicians played in several bands and orchestras. The cornet player Nettie Reiter who was in my recent story, Cornets and Apples, was also a soloist with the Boston Ladies Symphony Orchestra as well as Helen May Butler's Ladies Band. Tracking down the names of these musical ladies is not unlike following the career of ball players moving from team to team.
The inscription on Oda's photograph read: For Anna. She turned out to be a musician with this traveling ensemble too. But Anna's story is for another time. Stay tuned.
Here is the Bavarian Polka played by trombonist Daniëlle Elsinghorst
with Herman Engelbertinck and his Egerländer Musikanten band.
you are hearing Oda Rudolph too.
where everyone loves to dance the polka!


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Sorry for the lack of posts. I was on vacay in Europe, and have been at home in Dallas for the last week catching up on 3 months worth of sleep and eating like a normal person (instead of ramen everyday). And I'm not sure what Sharon's been up to, but considering that now we're both done with school and we have more time for actually having a real life, it'll be hard to keep up with this. But we'll try.
For now, the new Paramore video - 'Ignorance' (P.S. they're awesome live, if you ever get the chance to see them.)
Friday, August 14, 2009
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Roy S. Kalawsky, "The Next Generation of Grand Challenges for Systems Engineering Research" (Source: Sciencedirect.com)
Requirements are fundamentally a means to an end—the things from which great products are born. All roads lead to requirements, but traceability is the map that gets you, as Mr. Kalawsky says, "from requirements to implementation." Jama sits in the middle of the V model, meaning that within Jama you can use traceability to validate and verify within the Vs of each system, subsystem and subsystems of subsystems. However complex and layered the versions, variants and end products are, traceability is the connecting thread that weaves through everything.
Traceability means different things to different engineering teams. With the exception of teams developing regulated technologies, tracing high-level requirements to low-level requirements often isn't considered or understood.
This needs more exposure, as the value of traceability is in being able to trace conversations—about trade-offs made, and whether to accept, reject or modify a specific requirement—back to key decisions that provides the missing link. Being able to easily trace through months or years of detailed discussions is what's lacking in the majority of collaborative engineering efforts.
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Southeast Asian Young Astronomers Collaboration or SEAYAC is a group for young astronomer in South East Asian Region. The main objective of SEAYAC is to encourage interaction and collaborations between young astronomers from all Southeast Asian nations. Being a relatively new field in Southeast Asia, it is important that young astronomers get together in order to provide an environment for interaction, not just in astronomy, but also in the social, cultural and interpersonal level.
Furthermore, by hosting regular meetings/conferences and other activities, young astronomers from each SEA country would have exposure in attending and organizing international conferences. The visa-free policy of SEA nations would make it easy for young astronomers to attend such meetings.
In addition to providing a venue for interaction among young astronomers in Southeast Asia, it is the objective of SEAYAC to encourage future generations to take up a career in astronomy. This is to be accomplished through career orientations and astronomy outreach programs organized in each SEA country.
Finally, it is the aim of SEAYAC to promote interaction between young astronomers in SEA and other young astronomers worldwide through exchange programs and similar activities. This would be very beneficial for members who plan to pursue a career in astronomy in the future.
Membership for SEAYAC is open to all undergraduate and graduate students of astronomy and related fields as well early post-docs coming from or currently working in SEA countries who are actively conducting research in astronomy and/or astrophysics.
In addition, individuals who are involved in astronomy education and possess a degree and/or have conducted astronomy research in the past are also eligible for membership.
Membership is limited to individuals up to thirty-five (35) years of age. Special considerations can be made upon recommendation of at least (2) SEAYAC members.
Organizational Structure and Guidelines
The SEAYAC will be governed by a Board composed of a Chairman, National Point of Contact (NPC) for each Southeast Asian country and two (2) ex‐officio members from SEAAN.
The NPC will be responsible for communicating announcements from the Board to SEAYAC members within his/her country. He/She will also be responsible for coordinating activities and updating member information within his/her country.
Each NPC will be elected by SEAYAC members during a SEAYAC meeting or similar event. Should a country fail to have an NPC, the current Board will temporarily designate one until an NPC is formally elected.
The SEAYAC will work under the guidance of senior astronomers through SEAAN. The SEAYAC will support the SEAAN in all its current and future activities such as SEAAN Working Groups and Meetings. In principle, SEAYAC will function under SEAAN by providing a pool of future astronomers. This assures the continuity that SEAYAC members will be active participants in SEAAN in the future. However, this does not imply that SEAYAC members cannot participate in SEAAN. A SEAYAC member can be active in both organizations at the same time.
Activities can be done individually or in collaboration with other countries. Although approval by the Board is not necessary, it is advised that each country should inform and/or coordinate their activities with the Board and other member nations.
The SEAYAC Board can organize an Ad Hoc Committee for any purpose it would deem necessary in the future.
Decisions and/or resolutions made should be approved by the SEAYAC Board through a simple majority vote.
Changes in the Charter should be approved by the SEAYAC Body during a Meeting through a simple majority vote.
Given the international nature of the organization, communications can be regularly made through channels such as the official mailing list, Facebook and other social media, which will restricted only to official SEAYAC members.
The Board will conduct a regular quarterly meeting to discuss matters pertinent to the function and operation of the Organization. Such meetings will be held using virtual conferencing tools to minimize cost. Minutes or transcripts will be disseminated to all members within one month after the meeting through the mailing list.
The Board will maintain a database of members and their relevant information. For privacy reasons, this database will be made available only within SEAYAC and SEAAN.
The SEAYAC Meeting is a regular gathering wherein members can present details of their previous or current researches. The presentations should be scientific or education-related in nature and will be accepted upon review of the SEAYAC Board or its assigned committee. In addition, lectures will be given by invited scientists to broaden the knowledge of SEAYAC members.
The interval would give the organizers ample time for preparation and obtain funding. This would also enable graduate students (especially MS students) to be able to attend at least once during their stay in the university.
The venue for the SEAYAM will be rotated among all Southeast Asian countries or done in conjunction with SEAAN or IAU meetings. This would assure that each ASEAN member country will host at least one (1) SEAYAC Meeting. The venue for the next Meeting will be decided before the end of the previous Meeting and upon approval of the Board.
The SEAYAC Meeting shall be limited in participation, the number of which will be determined by the current Organizing Committee and based on the availability of funds.
In principle, participation will be free for presentors who are nationals of SEA countries AND currently based in SEA (except for payment of registration fee). However, participants are encouraged to acquire their own funding.
The meeting is also open to astronomers from outside SEA and non-SEAYAC members. However, funding support will not be available.
Funding Sources
Funding for the operational expenses of the organization will be obtained through funding proposals and donations. It is the duty of the Board to minimize the operational expenses as long as it is not detrimental to the function of the organization.
As for the SEAYAC Meetings, the Local Organizing Committee will submit a budget proposal to the Board within six (6) months of the last Meeting. Upon approval of the budget, it is the responsibility of the current Board to obtain the necessary funding for the meeting. Funding sources can be obtained through, but not limited to, national space agencies of each SEA country, regional agencies, international organizations and private corporations.
Future Changes in the Constitution
This Charter can be modified during a referendum to be held electronically or during the SEAYAC meeting as the case may apply. Any proposed changes will be valid if it meets all of the following conditions:
1) All member SEA countries are represented;
2) Each country has quorum of at least 2/3 of the total members for that country;
3) Each country should approve the proposed changes using a simple majority of vote (50%+1);
4) All countries satisfies condition (3);
5) The proposed changes are approved by the SEAAN Board.


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The Voice 2014 blind auditions are over and it's left us with a selection of 48 contestants for the battle rounds.
Over the past seven weeks, Will.i.am, Kylie Minogue, Ricky Wilson and Sir Tom Jones have been building their teams of budding performers and now each have twelve artists.
Meet The Voice UK contestants!
Anna McLuckie
Sophie May Williams
Jermain Jackman
Iesher Haughton
Jessica Steele
Sarah Eden-Winn
James Byron
Femi Santiago
Callum Crowley
Kiki deVille
Tom Barnell
Cherri Prince
Lee Glasson
Leo Ihenacho
Jamie Johnson
Jimmy Weston
Jai McConnell
Rachael O'Connor
Steven Alexander
Joe Keegan
Jade Mayjean Peters
Amelia O'Connell
Nomakhosi Nkosi
Beth McCarthy
Christina Marie
Kelsey-Beth Crossley
Myles Evans
Tila & Tavelah Robinson
Chris Royal
Max Murphy
Jazz Bates-Chambers
Nathan Amzi
Emily Adams
Luciee Marie Closier
Jamie Lovatt
Sally Barker
Mairead Conlon
Vicky Jones
Georgia Harrup
Laverne Scott-Roberts
Elesha Paul Moses
Talia Smith
Bizzi Dixon
Gary Poole
Kenny Thompson
The next stage of the competition is the battle rounds as the coaches will pitch their artists against one another in knockout battle rounds, ditching one hopeful in each pairing just like last year.
This will leave each coach with six acts, but the Steal twist is back making things a bit more complicated.
The coaches can then add a seventh singer to their group by stealing one of the artists rejected by their rival mentors.
If more than one coach wants to steal the same person, it'll be the wannabe themselves who gets to decide which team to join just like in the auditions.
The marathon battle rounds begin next Saturday on BBC One with a more than two hour long show from 7PM.


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Well, it's been a pleasant 4 years blogging away via blogger. But now I am moving on to bigger things. I'm still blogging about the same things and still working away at projects. Confessions of a thriftaholic will still be here for your reading pleasure, but I will not. I will now be HERE .
I hope that those of you who have been faithfully following my blog will continue to follow me to this new place. You will find links there to this old blog if you ever want to take a look here again. I probably will too for memory sake. I already have several things that I plan to blog about and projects to share with you. So hopefully you will join me there!
See you there!
Jelma Louw,
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Newbegun United Methodist Church
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Worshiping God; Loving Jesus; Serving People
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Date: 9/30/2018
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Worship Service at 11:00 am each Sunday in the Newbegun sanctuary is the main source of praise, inspiration, encouragement, and strength upon which the people of the congregation rely for their spiritual renewal.
The worship service has moments of song, prayer, giving, silent reflection, expounding upon Scripture, and sharing of joys and concerns.
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We've also brought a brand new system into the fold with the Couch Potato. This machine is meant to be a full-featured living room PC complete with TV tuning, Wi-Fi, quiet cooling, and even modest gaming capabilities.
Once again, our sponsor for the system guide is the excellent online retailer Newegg.com. Newegg's support allows us to make more frequent updates to the guide, and considering its excellent track record and competitive pricing, it's also a fine source of components for prospective buyers. Of course, the component picks in the guide are still very much our own. They have evolved from our previous system guides, with obvious input from our more recent hardware reviews and new developments in the market.
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Before tackling our recommended systems, we should explain some of the rules and guidelines we used to select components. The guiding philosophy behind our choices was to seek the best bang for the buck. That means we avoided recommending super-cheap parts that are barely capable of performing their jobs, just as we avoided breathtakingly expensive products that carry a hefty price premium for features or performance you probably don't need. Instead, we looked to that mythical "sweet spot" where price and performance meet up in a pleasant harmonic convergence. We also sought balance within each system configuration, choosing components that make sense together, so that a fast processor won't be bottlenecked by a skimpy graphics card or too little system memory, for instance. The end result, we hope, is a series of balanced systems that offer decent performance as configured and provide ample room for future expandability.
We confined our selections to components that are currently available online. Paper launches and preorders don't count, for obvious reasons. We also tried to stick to $500, $1000, and $1500 budgets for our desktop systems. Those budgets are loose guidelines rather than hard limits, to allow us some wiggle room for deals that may stretch the budget a little but are too good to resist.
We've continued our tradition of basing the guide's component prices on listings at Newegg. We've found that sourcing prices from one large reseller allows us to maintain a more realistic sense of street prices than price search engine listings, which are sometimes artificially low. In the few cases where Newegg doesn't have an item in stock, we'll fall back to our trusty price search engine rather than limit our options.
Finally, price wasn't the top factor in our component choices. Our own experiences with individual components weighed heavily on our decisions, and we've provided links to our own reviews of many of the products we're recommending. We've also tried to confine our selections to name-brand rather than generic products, and to manufacturers with solid reputations for reliability. Warranty coverage was an important consideration, as well.


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Eurohearts: Emotional Impacts and Effects of Living with a CHD
I took part in a workshop exploring the emotional impacts and effects of living with a congenital heart condition. I heard the thoughts, feelings and experiences from everyone in the room – a cross section of an international GUCH community. It was interesting to hear the similarities and differences in the experiences, and most notably the common theme seemed to be that the highest emotional impact was experienced alongside big, life changing events, such as surgery, pregnancy and transitioning from pediatric to adult care.
During discussions around our individual experiences of transition, most delegates said that theirs had been fairly negative, unsettling and stressful. Some people said this was largely in part because they weren't being seen by a specialist GUCH cardiologist. If in the right hospital under the right specialist team, this problem should not occur in the UK for we are set up with specialist GUCH cardiologists, precisely to give expert care, information, advice and guidance, for best ongoing care and treatment physically and also emotionally. Some of the experiences reported by some of the delegates during the workshop made it very clear how important such a specialism – and access to it – really is.
It was also felt that the lack of privacy experienced by some people during consultations and physical examinations left them feeling over exposed during that awkward, often embarrassing journey of adolescence. Many wanted their parents present during consultations because they always had been and negotiating a lone relationship with their doctor suddenly felt very intimidating, and staying alone in hospital overnight following surgery or a procedure, rather than being accompanied by family, only added to the stress and anxiety experienced. This of course is completely understandable – and if this is something that you are worried about, it's worth chatting to your cardiac liaison nurse or cardiologist. Some hospitals do have the capacity to accommodate a parent if it's the first time a young adult has been treated as an in-patient, or they may be able to be a bit more flexible with the visiting access.
We all agreed that it would be great if within hospitals, there could be areas of "normalcy" – places with bright walls, fun furniture, games and televisions. This does exist to a certain extent in some hospitals, but not in all – I appreciate that cost and space may be prohibitive, but we did all feel that somewhere like this for each hospital would really give people transitioning a place to go to relax and meet other people going through similar things – to create a more social environment rather than feeling alone. Give your hospital feedback – let them know if this is something you think would benefit you or the next generation of GUCH patients. They may not be able to accommodate it, but without feedback, enthusiasm and ideas it won't happen!
Pregnancy and family planning were two other common issues that arose during the workshop – many people admitted these subjects caused particular anxiety and stress. Some women with a congenital heart condition may need to take different types of contraception, It's really important that you discuss your contraceptive needs with your cardiologist or cardiac liaison nurse – it may be embarrassing but they've had these conversations many times before. It's the same with thinking about starting a family – some people in the workshop grew up assuming they'd not be able to have children at all, only to be surprised later in life when they realized this was not the case, and that there were possibilities for motherhood, and that they could get the support to have safe, healthy pregnancies. Conversely, and sadly, others said that they'd always assumed they would be able to have children, and they never discussed the issue with their cardiologist, and then were crushed to be advised later in life that pregnancy would be considered a significant risk. The bottom line that came out of this area of discussion was the importance of having an open, honest relationship with your cardiologist – let them know when you start having sex, let them know if you are thinking of having a baby or if you have worries around it. These things are natural and experienced by many GUCH patients growing up, and your cardiologist will be able to give you the most personalized advice and support.
Nowadays, due to advanced surgery and treatment, many patients are able to live long and happy and relatively healthy lives. Because of this, we are becoming increasingly susceptible to developing other complications and conditions, such as aquired heart disease. The advice in the workshop was very much to enjoy an active, healthy lifestyle with moderate exercise and a sensible diet. GUCH patients are just as vulnerable to developing ailments of the typically older generations too – so chat with your cardiologist and find out what kind of exercise and eating plan would be best for you and your own individual situation. Whatever your ability or mobility, there's ways and means to help prepare your body against future conditions that may be completely separate from your heart.
I hope that the common themes on which I've reported back from the ECHG conference has been of some interest and help – but of course, everyone has their own journey with their heart condition, and people can experience a whole range of emotions at different times. The Somerville Foundation has a lot of different sources of support, so if you feel like chatting, or getting some further information – please don't be a stranger. After all, a problem shared is a problem halved!
For more information, advice and support:
The Somerville Foundation Helpline: 0800 854 759 / email@example.com
Anne Crump, Mental Health Support Worker: 0208 240 1165
A range of downloadable leaflets are available at our website www.thesf.org.uk
Eurohearts: A Volunteer's Perspective
Having never been to a Eurohearts conference before I didn't know what to expect.
I'm on the international committee for The Somerville Foundation and as part of my voluntary role; I spend a lot of time communicating with various organisations across Europe. It's been great developing these relationships but there is only so much you can learn about an organisation and those who represent it through e-mail. It was good meeting and talking to the people I had been in touch with and talking to them about what they've worked on, what they do and how they promote the services their respected organisations offer.
The week offered a variety of lectures and workshops spanning a broad range of subjects, which included different forms of CHD, transition and pregnancy. . I enjoyed the lectures and found them interesting. I found learning about how the shape and formation of a CHD heart can differ from a "normal" one very interesting. I was glad to hear about how my form of heart disease can affect other organs. I'd heard this before but never really understood why. It was good to find out more information, and over and above all, I was happy to hear how relatively common my form of CHD can be – it made me realise I wasn't the only one living with this form of CHD.
I attended workshops on transitions and communication. The communication one was given by Nurse Charlotte E. Anderson. I got know about the way the Danish Heart Federation works and took part in a few exercises. One the services is similar to one at The Somerville Foundation that is simply to listen to people. All too often people feel they have no one to talk to so it was good to know that The Somerville Foundation is not the only organisation to do this.
I had a very lengthy discussion with cardiologist Dr. Kirsten Boisen from Denmark, who gave the best transition workshop I've ever attended. Dr.Boisen's workshop was very clear and the exercises were a great way for attendees to interact with each other. She spoke with humour and knowledge. I learned about the clinics that she runs and how treatment is administered. The main thing that impressed me however was her attitude. She seemed very dedicated and in tune with the services that the Danish healthcare provide. It was also nice that she stayed to talk to the delegates and to spend time looking at the posters that each organisation had designed and displayed.
This was also a chance to represent The Somerville Foundation and talk to other GUCH's about the how the charity has helped me and the services I have benefited from. It was great to talk other people who have benefited from their respected organisations, and to learn from what they do and how they do it.
Our Danish hosts were fantastic – friendly, understanding and very attentive to everyone's needs. The day schedules were organised really well and in the evenings there was always a fun social event to get involved with and time to get to know other delegates.
The Eurohearts conference was not just about the lectures, workshops and activities. There was also a strong social aspect to the week. GUCH's from across Europe had the chance to meet, share stories and experiences, and learn from one another. It was a great week and I'm really glad I got to go.
Peter Atwal.
New Website Coming October 20th!
I have some exciting news! This month we will be launching our brand new, super-duper website. Go to www.thesf.org.uk on 20th October 2012 and you will be able to use it.
There are some obvious changes – it looks and feels completely different from the old one. It is fresh and inviting and makes you want to discover what there is hidden beneath the surface.
Don't worry if you can't find the Message Board it has just been renamed as the Community Forum, and you will now find Publications under Help & Advice/Resources and GUCH News back issues and articles can be found under News.
Have a look around and let us know what you think. You can email your thoughts to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Happy surfing!
Gil Shares her thoughts As a Volunteer (Updated)
I have been involved with The Somerville Foundation (formerly GUCH PA) since the Newcastle Annual Conference several years ago. I had used the forum before that and wanted to get more involved so started going to events. I helped out at events but was never formally a volunteer, but that all changed after the Birmingham CHD awareness walk when volunteers helping out there suggested that I should formally become a volunteer and get the forms filled in. The timing of the conversation was ideal as I had been considering it anyhow but wasn't sure if I was what GUCH PA were looking for. The rest they say is history! I soon got the ball rolling after chatting to the Volunteer Manager. Since then I have helped out at events, sometimes helped to organize the events itself. I am a moderator on the Facebook page and more recently the Community Forum. That doesn't mean I'm IT literate – that is certainly not the case! I also sit on the GIG – GUCH International Group.
Moderating to some seems easy, but it's a case of striking the balance as you want to be supportive, whilst realistic, and work within the organisation's policies. It can be difficult moderating people's posts but we always send you a message as to why and, if it helps to know, I have also been moderated in the past!
I particularly like assisting at and organising events as I am quite an organised person, due to my working environment, and it's great to see your hard work come to a good conclusion and everyone benefiting from that.
As part of my role on the GIG I attend various meetings through the year, focusing on the direction we are going in, the achievements of the group thus far and how to build on that. We also attend events such as European Congenital Heart Disease Organisation(ECHDO) meetings, psychology meetings about congenital heart disease (CHD) and many more. It is helpful for members to attend these seminars and provide feedback to The Somerville Foundation so that they can use the information to have a bigger voice in the world of CHD.
I thoroughly enjoy my role as a volunteer and I am glad I got involved. Personally I have met some fabulous people along the way. I hope in some way I have helped both The Somerville Foundation and its members. I encourage others who are reading this who think 'I don't know if that's for me' to give it a go, get in touch with the Volunteer Manager and see what roles are available. Not all are hugely time consuming. I am certainly happy to speak to anyone considering volunteering about my experiences and to answer any questions.
Gill M.
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A Face For Radio
Effective communication is absolutely vital, especially when it comes to charity work. Whether we are directly involved in the charity or simply supporters of it, we should recognise the importance of how we communicate our message.
I have been following GUCH PA for a number of years, as I have a congenital heart defect that can play havoc with my heart rhythm. And I have, like many GUCHs, attended hospital more than most people my age and this is how I came to be involved in hospital radio. I also had numerous people telling me I had a perfect face for radio!
It is up to us as GUCH patients to tell the rest of the world about our hopes and fears and to raise awareness of our charity. Hospital radio is a great way to communicate and it's a natural fit to promote a healthcare-related topic..
Most hospital radio stations, which are run by volunteers on a charitable basis, are held in high regard in the community in which they serve. The potential audience of a hospital radio station varies depending on the location, the time of day, type of license held by the station and size of the hospital.
My station is Radio Grapevine in Livingston, Scotland. It serves a medium-sized hospital with a Coronary Care Unit so it's a great communication tool. It also broadcasts via the internet, allowing our message to reach an even wider audience.
With the agreement of GUCH PA, I produced a Public Service Announcement (PSA) explaining the purpose and scope of GUCH PA, which now plays regularly on Radio Grapevine 24/7. Consequently, a huge range of people in my community can hear about the good work GUCH PA does for adults with congenital heart conditions. Many listeners may have heart conditions themselves so we not only promote ourselves within a healthcare environment but we may also gain some new supporters.
My goal is to develop the PSA to be played in hospital radio stations across the UK. This will likely take a combination of hard work, determination and a little bit of luck, but I'm used to it – I'm a GUCH.
Check out our Youtube channel to hear David's Public Service Announcement:
The Good Patient
Like many people who have faced hospitalisation and health difficulties from birth I am often told how brave and courageous I am. Although I appreciate this I am never quite sure if it's an observation, expectation or demand. The truth is that often I don't feel very brave. In fact, I suspect I am a bit of a fraud. I certainly didn't feel very brave when, as a child, I was wheeled to theatre and my mum only got to come as far as the big, plastic swinging doors. On such occasions, I'd just kind of freeze in my scratchy theatre gown as I lay on the cold hard trolley. Nurses in blue scrubs tried to distract me with gentle humour as they rolled me away from my mum. So, sometimes I suspect that I have just developed a fine ability to keep very still and quiet rather than being at all brave.
Of course, it is entirely sensible to stay still when a nurse needs to give you an injection, insert a line or when you are having an X-ray done, stitches removed or a catheter inserted. An ECG like an ECHO, is quicker and easier when you stay calm and quiet. As a kid such 'good behaviour' is often rewarded with a smiley sticker. Protesting on the other hand is deemed the mark of a 'spoilt brat' playing up because they think they deserve "special treatment" (I tried this approach out a couple of times early on and it just prolonged the whole ordeal). So I think I learnt to be a 'good patient' pretty early because I actually didn't have any other choice. It just made a difficult situation easier for everyone. But that doesn't mean that going through these procedures is somehow easier or that I'm used to it.
In fact, over the years I have collected an interesting catalogue of unfortunate mishaps to heighten my anxieties. This is why it matters that those responsible for my care appreciate that behind my stoicism hides a lifetime of fears and that treating me with compassionate understanding just makes the whole business a lot more bearable. I don't want special treatment, honestly. I just want to be understood.


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When it's time to move on
Ending a tenancy and moving home can be stressful – whether you are moving into another West Kent property or to somewhere else, there's a lot to think about.
Before you move out of your home you must give us four weeks notice in writing and let us in to check whether you need to do any work on the home (such as decorating) before you move out. Before you move you should clear any debts with your utility companies, take meter readings and close your accounts. Don't forget to let the local authority council tax team know you're moving out.
You must return all the keys you were issued with at the start of the tenancy, including any entrance and car park fobs, shed or outbuilding keys and window lock keys plus any keys or cards for the meter.
Remember the photo-inventory we gave you when you moved in? Please use it as a guide to help you leave your home in the same condition you found it. This means:
- thoroughly cleaning the property throughout
- removing all personal items and disposing of household and garden rubbish responsibly
- removing any nails and screws and filling any holes in walls and doors.
You'll also have to replace your own electrical items with standard fittings and ensure all doors, drawers and shelves for cupboards are in place along with bathroom and kitchen sink fittings.
Please remove any carpets and floor coverings, shelves or fitted cupboards and any other improvements you've made unless we tell you they can remain.
You must remove and make safe any unauthorised outdoor improvements, including garden sheds, and fill in garden ponds.
If you want to continue receiving housing benefit at your new home, you must tell the council your new address as soon as possible. You will usually have to fill in a new claim form before the date your new tenancy starts, or they will not backdate the start of the claim.
Read full details of our Home Standard.


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Four bids were received for this contract
Smartronix Inc. has won a $17 million contract with the U.S. Navy to provide cyber operations support.
The firm-fixed-price contract has cost reimbursable contract line items, and calls for program management, knowledge and information assurance management, network operations and maintenance, help desk and engineering support services, the Defense Department said.
Work will take place in Quantico, Va., Camp Pendleton, Calif., Camp Lejeune, N.C., Okinawa, Japan, Stuttgart, Germany, New Orleans, La., Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Kansas City, Mo., Seoul, Korea, and is expected to be completed June 29, 2014, or November 29, 2015 with options.
Funding in the full amount of the contact is obligated at the time of the award, and will expire at the end of the current fiscal 2013.
Four bids were received for this contract.
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Human Cost
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LAEDC's Impact
This is where the LAEDC, a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to advancing opportunity and prosperity for all, makes its impact. We believe L.A. County's future prosperity is about our people. LAEDC is a vital champion in this new future we envision.
We work with leaders of industry, education and economy to see trends early, and put our energies where we can make a difference. LAEDC is a leader and collaborator, supporting and organizing targeted solutions by mobilizing the diverse resources in communities across our County.
And in fact, we're taking a leadership role with businesses by supporting industry clusters that build out supply chains and feeder industries. These clusters are a virtuous cycle for sustainable job growth. We are in the business of nurturing and cultivating opportunity…for our future, and our children's futures.
In our vision of the future, where innovation drives growth, the machine can be seen as an extension, not a threat. Up-skilling our workforce is key. LAEDC is truly a catalyst, fostering connections with the institutions, policy-makers, employers and community leaders that can lead us back into a hopeful future. Through strategic intervention, hope is regained.
And this comes home in the form of security, peace of mind, economic mobility—the American Dream. The results of these efforts are thriving vibrant communities, and a quality of life that we work hard for, and that we all deserve.
To sum it all up, our mission at LAEDC is about human fulfillment. We strive to ensure a bright, prosperous future for all. Interested in helping us achieve this future?
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Engage with LAEDC on its mission by becoming a member. Attend LAEDC events, conferences, or gala award fundraiser to collaborate with the LAEDC team. Stay abreast of our work by subscribing to our e-newsletter, and following us on social media.
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If you are bringing a camera phone to the march and want to post pictures for folks who can't make it or to view later--Community Media Workshop has created a photobucket account where we will post pictures from marchers' camera phones. Here's how it works:
Send pix from your camera phone to: firstname.lastname@example.com
As fast as we can moderate and post them, you will be able to view them online at:
or view them at www.communitymediaworkshop.org
It's a bit of an experiment. Next stop for us: twitter. as soon as Maude from my office helps me understand what the hell it is. (Can we say hell on this blog, Patrick?)


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Bruce Wayne, John Connor and Other Characters With Mommy Issues (Video)
'Game of Thrones,' 'Dexter,' and 'The Flash' also feature moms who make unusuallly large marks on their kids.
Absent or overbearing mothers are a common trope in fiction, but some characters take that to a whole new level. Their mothers become integral in lifelong obsessions in crime fighting, serial killing or saving humanity.
Below are five of the prime examples, in honor of Mother's Day.
Bruce Wayne/Batman
No one has taken the loss of his parents to more extremes than Bruce Wayne, who wages a one-man war on crime in Gotham. Thomas and Martha Wayne were gunned down in front of Bruce, who goes on to become The Batman. While Thomas gets much of the screen time in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, Bruce is equally disturbed by the loss of his mother, whose pearl necklace plays a memorable role in The Dark Knight Rises after Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) takes it.
See more Momma's Boys: Actors Who Love Their Moms
John Connor (Terminator franchise)
John Connor was raised from birth to be the savior of humanity, with his mother Sarah training him to lead a rebellion against the killer artificial intelligence Skynet. While Terminator 2: Judgment Day to date has been the only film released in which John (Edward Furlong) and Sarah (Linda Hamilton) have starred in adventure together, this summer's Terminator Genisys will feature Sarah (this time played by Emilia Clarke) and John (Jason Clarke) at odds with each other. (More on that here.)
Barry Allen/The Flash
Barry Allen's (Grant Gustin) mother was murdered by the Reverse-Flash when he was a boy. His father Henry (John Wesley Shipp) was wrongly convicted in the murder. Fifteen years later, an accident gives Barry incredible speed powers, turning him into The Flash. He becomes obsessed with the idea of using his speed to travel back in time and prevent his mother's murder, a theme that dominates the first season of The CW superhero drama.
See more Mothers and Daughters of Hollywood
The Dragons (Game of Thrones)
Daenerys is Mother of Dragons, raising Drogon, Viserion and Rhaegal into healthy (and sometimes murderous) creatures. They helped her claim an army of her own. And while she can't necessarily tame them, they ultimately exist for her to use to reclaim the Iron Throne in Westeros. At least, that is her hope.
Dexter Morgan (Dexter)
Dexter (Michael C. Hall) traces his Dark Passenger (his urge to kill) back to witnessing his mother's murder as a small child. Though his adoptive father Harry (James Remar) provided him with a code to dictate whom he would kill (only other killers), Dexter's mother is the catalyst for his entire life's work.


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"For me, sustainable style is all about a well-edited wardrobe consisting of classic, versatile, hard-wearing items that only become better with age," says Mike Chino, managing editor of Inhabitat, a leading online magazine that covers green architecture, design, and innovations. (It also happens to be the parent company of Ecouterre.).
Chino notes that he's been thrifting for a long time, although his hobby does have its downsides if you're not a exacting editor of your purchases. "Buying vintage is a great way to find unique pieces and go light on the earth," he says. "But dressing vintage tends to require a much larger closet than one focused around basics—you wind up with clashing eras, too many patterns, and a rainbow of items that only match one other article of clothing."
His solution? He's been whittling down his selections to classic designs and donating the rest. And when Chino does buy new clothes, quality garments that will age well over the years are paramount. He adds: "All in all, I try to stick to classic, versatile pieces that transcend trendiness, prize quality, and take good care of the things that I own—a shoe kit, shoe trees, and an excellent tailor are a must!"


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Right-Eye Rita (also of Walkie-Talkies, Bruce Lamont+Right-Eye Rita+Mark Solotroff, etc.)
1. What have you been listening to lately?
Other people talk
2. Have you been to any interesting concerts recently?
Bloodiest at the Empty Bottle got 5 star rating
3. Can you name a favorite film, or two (or a television program), from the last few months?
No, in fact I just awoke from a bad dream where I was expected to watch a cartoon everyone thought was funny and edgy that I thought was boring.
4. Have you read a good book lately?
I can't sit through a book, but it was encouraging to read an article about Robert Morris, who pretty much single-handedly funded the Revolutionary War, before being f-ed over by the US Government for all his hard work. What a quandary: an infant nation fighting against taxation was unjustified to levy its own taxes even to feed, clothe, and arm its own men. RM used his own fortune to pay soldiers and prevent a revolt, blah blah blah but died penniless. It showed me that all people have had to watch their backs in business from day 1
5. Have you attended any recent art shows worth mentioning?
No but I'm champing at the bit to go to the Art Institute for the 7th-13th century Chinese and Korean ceramics (there through Jun 7)
6. Do you have any current obsessions of note?
Playing with the resurrected Walkie-Talkies, a trio of drums, two singers, guitar, bass, keyboard, violin, and melodica.
7. Please tell me what recordings, projects (any medium), etc., you are working on right now, if anything
I am remastering some old RER tracks with Audacity, and also returning to work with a 4-track cassette recorder which seems to give more even tone quality than my digital multi-tracker which has no individual track EQ.
8. What do you hope to accomplish this year?
Sampling all the products at Ann's Bakery (near Chicago & Leavitt)
9. Is there anything else that you would like to mention, announce, or hype?
I have an upcoming solo show series at Links Hall (http://www.linkshall.org/) Mar.21,22, and 23, where I hope to employ some neo-futurist kinetic costume techniques within my audio delivery.