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The algorithm to control the insulin pump can be described well using the tools for the software engineering discipline for the specification of "real-time" systems and embedded controls. This will fit the artificial pancreas algorithm project naturally if we remember that our expectation for closing the loop between the insulin pump and CGMS will sometimes be very helpful, but at other times will not. We must learn to recognize the natural modes of the technology and then design the algorithm to control the artificial pancreas in each of the natural observed modes. For example, the closed loop control system may be great for controlling the basal rate of the insulin pump in some modes, but in others the CGMS feedback is better used for learning the C/I ratio and the insulin sensitivity factor. Yet in other modes such as when a bolus is delivered and a meal eaten, then a predictive approach is best until the carbs eaten and insulin-on-board are in balance and the loop can be closed again.
States and modes are important in software design when used to control the activation and deactivation of the software components of a complex algorithm. Different software processes will each control the insulin pump in its different natural modes (deliver basal rate only, deliver bolus, stopping all delivery, etc.), but those in turn will be controlled by another "executive" software process. The executive activates and deactivates the real-time processes according to state-machine software which mimics the natural observed modes of the insulin pump and CGMS. Once you can design a detailed state machine that captures the sequences of state changes and the logic for changing states, then you are well on your way to being able to control the insulin pump with simple processes that sum up to a powerful algorithm. The greater benefit however is that the discipline invested in a state-based control scheme will pay off in a robust design -- one whose response to failure modes is predictable and repeatable.
The states and modes of the artificial pancreas algorithm Edit
The artificial pancreas algorithm will be controlled by a software state machine which mimics the natural states of the predictive insulin pump algorithm with the loop closed by the CGMS data. When possible (in multiple modes), the algorithm will close the loop with real-time blood glucose data to control the basal insulin delivery and achieve a desired blood glucose level. In one of the closed loop modes, the CGMS feedback will additionally be used to learn the basal rate for that time of day, but in another closed loop mode the CGMS feedback will be used to learn the C/I ratio for a particular time of day (e.g., breakfast). In other modes, closed-loop control is not possible, and yet in other modes all insulin delivery must be stopped. We can envision all of the different modes for our artificial pancreas algorithm. These modes, named descriptively according to their function, are as follows:
Control Basal Insulin Closed-Loop Mode Edit
This is the mode we first thought the closed loop artificial pancreas could be in all the time. However now we know this concept only works well when we are not eating and the sensors are working great. In this mode, the insulin pump and CGMS will work together to close the loop between measured blood glucose and the insulin delivered from the insulin pump. Higher and/or increasing BG values will cause immediate increased insulin delivery, whereas lower BG values will cause a corresponding reduction. A generic PID controller would work fairly well in this mode only, and is a reasonable starting point of the algorithm in this mode until better data is collected. Also, in the closed loop mode we will be simultaneously using adaptive variables to "learn" the basal rates for the pump user as a function of the time of day. When BG feedback shows that the basal rate actually needed right now does not match the predicted basal rate, then the closed loop approach will fix both the BG level error right now and also "nudge" the basal rate for this time of day for future use.
Control Basal Insulin Open-Loop Mode Edit
This is the mode we already have (an insulin pump is delivering insulin according to a predictive algorithm which was designed by our experts), but it will be better now to think of it as "waiting to close the loop again as soon as we can automatically do so." If diagnostic software detects that CGMS data is suspect, then the algorithm will operate in this mode and wait to go back to the closed loop mode.
Emergency Halt Mode Edit
In the event of pending or onset of severe hypoglycemia, the pump in this mode will be commanded to halt all delivery and alarms will be issued. This mode should be seldom or never used. The pump will have to be manually restarted again after triggering the halt mode.
Deliver Correction Bolus Mode Edit
In this mode, a correction bolus will be delivered, and then we will wait to close the loop again. CGMS feedback will not be used to control the basal rate.
Evaluate Correction Bolus Mode Edit
In this mode, CGMS feedback will be used both to learn the insulin sensetivity factor (ISF) for the correction bolus as a function of the time of day, as well as to control the basal rate to adjust the correction bolus if the error is small. The basal rate will NOT be learned in this mode.
Deliver Prebolus Mode Edit
We already know that you cannot close the loop on the basal rate when the blood sugar is spiking as a result of eating a meal. We also know that the insulin pump and CGMS seem to work better together if we "strike the spike" by prebolusing insulin 15 minutes before eating. The algorithm in this state delivers a manual bolus set up by the user and then waits for the next state for the opportunity to close the loop again. Two distinct states are needed: in this one we do not want to adapt the C/I ratio or adjust the basal in any way, but in the next state we want to do exactly that.
Evaluate Prebolus Mode Edit
In this mode we can close the loop on the insulin-to carb ratios for prebolusing and adapt that variable, as well as evaluate the total insulin delivery from the bolus and adjust it (i.e. an automatic correction) as BG trends show it to be inappropriate. In this mode, the basal rate from the pump will be considered as part of the total insulin delivery with the bolus. The basal rate can changed for a short duration to provide the bolus correction. Control of the basal rate in this mode will close the loop with CGMS data and control the total insulin delivery to achieve the insulin balance and the target BG values before returning to closed loop basal control. We do not want to adapt the basal rate values however, as we consider the variance more likely to be the result of an error in carb estimating or in the carb-to-insulin ratio rather than an error in the basal rate.
Deliver Missed Bolus Mode Edit
In this mode (having observed the very undesirable trend in blood sugar for a large rapid rise that indicates a missed bolus), we can close the loop and fix the gross BG error while being careful NOT to adapt any of the basal rates or insulin-to-carb ratios of a pre-bolus. The missed bolus is a fact of life in the world of insulin pumps that are operated manually, and compensating for them should have a beneficial impact to HbA1c values. That said, there are at least two approaches to automation of the insulin pump: the automatic mode where no buttons need to be pushed, and the semi-automatic mode where buttons are pushed to start a control action but then that action is completed automatically. Relative to our artificial pancreas algorithm, you could say that the prebolus mode is the semi-automatic because the pump user enters grams about to be eaten, pre-boluses 15 minutes before eating, and then the pump automatically continues and completes the bolus goes back to closed loop mode as soon as it can. On the other hand this missed bolus mode is more like the fully automatic mode: the algorithm would sense that the blood sugar is spiking (where the rate and magnitude are both sufficient to indicate a missed bolus) and then the algorithm automatically delivers the insulin bolus without user input. Sometimes also referred to as an adaptive bolus, this missed bolus will deliver what is effectively a combination bolus consisting of a spike bolus together with an extended bolus. The spike bolus will be proportional to the spike in the blood sugar, and the level of the extended bolus will be proportional to the rate of change of the falling blood sugar after the bolus (i.e. the derivative function of the PID), and finally the duration of the extended bolus will be adjusted by the algorithm in response to the blood sugar level relative to the total insulin-on-board until an insulin balance is observed (i.e. the integration mode of the PID). It appears rather trivial at this point that with the 15 minute delay in the delivery of insulin subcutaneously, this adaptive bolus (while very cool!) will never perform as well as the pre-bolus in terms of avoiding the high blood sugar spike and the hours of exposure to hyperglycemia that follows the spike, and so for now we will consider this adaptive bolus as the best approach only for a missed bolus. In this mode, the adaptive bolus is started. The spike bolus is delivered, and then the extended bolus is continued.
Evaluate Missed Bolus Mode Edit
In this mode, the adaptive bolus is continued with the insulin tail working while the basal rate is controlled by CGMS feedback. In this mode, the basal rate will not be learned however.
While all of the states and transitions are important, they are not all typical. When everything is working well, then there is little need for the algorithm to stray from the path of the primary transitions shown in black. When not bolusing, the artificial pancreas is controlling the basal rate with CGMS feedback and learning the basal rate. When prebolusing, the artificial pancreas predicts the insulin needed and then waits for insulin on board to be reduced, doing little more than waiting and watching. Then the artificial pancreas will transition again and evaluate the meal bolus, controlling the basal rate to balance the insulin with the insulin on board and the CGMS data, while learning the correct C/I ratio for that meal to continually improve the next prediction. When done, the artificial pancreas transitions back to the first mode and controls the basal rate to balance CGMS data while learning the basal rate. As this continues throughout the day, the artificial pancreas algorithm will learn the basal rate for different times of the day and will learn C\I ratios for different times of the day. Unless the user forgets to bolus, or the CGMS sensor faults, or there is a large insulin imbalance caused by a highly unusual event, then the pump will stay in primary path.
State transitions are events that cause us to change states. Every state has a functional mission to perform, and so we need state transitions to know when we need to change states because the mission of the existing state has been accomplished, or else because a higher priority mission in another state has been identified. The control strategy for the artificial pancreas algorithm depends equally upon the state transition criterion together with the state missions themselves.
The transitions among the states shown in the state machine figure above are as follows:
T1: Severe hypo detected Edit
(i.e. transition from numerous modes to the "Emergency halt" mode)
The purpose of this transition is to recognize severe hypoglycemia from low blood sugar trends, and then act to stop the insulin pump from delivering any more insulin. If moderate hypoglycemia is detected, then the closed loop should reduce the insulin delivery to compensate. If that is not effective in worst cases, then halting the total delivery is necessary.
The logic of this transition is if the blood sugar is less than 55 counts for a short duration, or is less than 65 counts for an extended period, then we want to transition to the halt state.
T2: CGMS sensor fault Edit
(i.e. transition to "Control insulin pump open loop" mode)
The purpose of this transition is to open the control loop when software diagnostics detect that the CGMS data is suspect. CGMS sensors have a limited life and need to be replaced. The lifetime of any single sensor will vary, and the care of the user of the CGMS will also vary before replacing the sensor. It is necessary both to stop adapting the basal rate variables when the CGMS data is suspect, as well as stop controlling the basal rate itself. The transition takes us to open loop mode, where the insulin pmp will continue with a fixed programmed basal rate.
The logic of this transition is: If CGMS data = min or max, or if CGMS data /= BG test +/- 30 counts, or if CGMS diagnostics = fault, then the next state is "Control basal insulin open loop."
T3: CGMS Data Valid Edit
(i.e. automatic transition from "Control basal insulin closed loop" mode to "Deliver Correction Bolus" mode)
The purpose of this transition is to leave the open-loop mode and go to the closed-loop mode when the CGMS sensors have been replaced. We will want to start the closed loop mode with BG in range (otherwise the algorithm would "learn" incorrectly) so an automatic correction bolus would be given. When possible, closed loop control of the basal rate will begin in the "Monitor correction bolus state", and when BG is close to a target range then the algorithm will transition to the closed-loop mode and learn the basal rate.
The logic of this transition is: If the present BG is greater than the target value of 110 counts plus 70 counts, then the AP state changes to "Deliver Correction Bolus" state.
T4: Correction bolus needed Edit
(i.e. a transition from the closed loop mode due to an automatic correction bolus, or any mode when a manual correction bolus is given).
The purpose of this transition is to leave the closed loop or adaptive modes and thereby stop learning the pump parameters when suspect. The high BG values which necessitates the correction bolus would only cause the basal rates to adapt falsely upward.
The logic of this transition is: If a correction bolus is started manually, or if the present BG is greater than the target value plus 70 counts, then the AP mode changes to "Deliver Correction Bolus."
T5: Manual bolus 15 minutes before a meal Edit
(i.e. typically a transition from "Control basal insulin closed loop" mode to "Deliver Prebolus" mode, but it could actually transition from any state when a manual bolus is given)
The purpose of this transition is to recognize that we need to leave the closed loop modes where we are learning the pump parameters, and wait to close the loop again.
The logic of the transition is: a manual bolus was started.
T6: Missed Bolus identified by a BG spike Edit
(i.e. transition only from "Control basal insulin closed loop" mode to "Deliver Missed Bolus" mode)
The purpose of this transition is to recognize that we need to leave the closed loop mode where we are learning the basal rates of the user, and go to the Missed Bolus" mode where we can still close the loop on BG but we don't want to learn a new basal rate that will be wrong. We can give a good missed meal bolus but do not want the algorithm to learn from it.
The logic of the transition is: we were in the closed-loop mode when a large rapid rise in blood sugar was detected.
T7: After bolus delivered and IOB<50% Edit
(i.e. transition from any "deliver bolus" mode to any "evaluate bolus" mode)
The purpose of this transition is to start adapting the pump parameters. The 50% IOB rule is a bit of a guess -- but in general by the time you are half-way through a bolus, then you have a pretty good opportunity to look at the insulin on board and the blood sugar level and start closing the loop to the pump.
The logic of this transition is: IOB<50%
T8: Bolus Complete (IOB<5%) Edit
(i.e. transition from any "evaluate bolus" mode back to the starting point of "Deliver basal rate closed-loop" mode)
The purpose of this transition from the "Evaluate correction bolus" mode is to stop learning the ISF and go back to learning the basal rates. The purpose of this transition from the "Evaluate prebolus" mode is to stop learning the C/I ratio and go back to learning the basal rates.
The logic of this transition is: IOB <5%
The process activation table Edit
If you have come this far with a basic grasp of the states and transitions in our artificial pancreas algorithm, then you are going to love the process activation table, or "PAT." The PAT gives a list of the software capabilities that should be active depending on the present state or mode that our state machine is in at that time.
As we get further into the Hatley-Pirbhai Functional Decomposition, we will learn to think of software capabilities as a real-time processes and therefore will be documented in a series of process specifications or "p-specs". The PAT then tells us when to execute the p-specs to achieve the algorithm behavior that we want. The state machine and PAT work together to activate and deactivate the right software functions according to the natural observed states of the insulin pump and CGMS technologies.
Each software capability can be functionally described for now. The capabilities are:
"Deliver insulin" Capability Edit
While the insulin pump will have the capability to deliver insulin almost all the time, we will deny it the ability to deliver insulin in the "Hypo Detected" state.
"Perform Diagnostics and Data Checking of CGMS Data" Capability Edit
This is a diagnostic evaluation of the hardware and data from the CGMS. The CGMS data must be valid in order to control the insulin pump with it. When invalid, the pump will be operated open-loop. This capability is "on" all the time, so it is not really necessary to discuss it here in the context of the state machine.
"Deliver Basal Rate by Closed-loop CGMS" Capability Edit
This capability will be used in several modes when we want to control the basal rate of the insulin pump in response to the blood glucose data from the CGMS. A baseline variable that is a function for time of day will be used as target value. CGMS feedback of the actual BG value will be used to generate an error signal. This will be filtered and adapted into a basal rate command to the insulin pump. The maximum and minimum basal rates will be bounded to avoid extremes.
"Learn the Basal Rate" Capability Edit
When the loop is closed for controlling the basal rate, then the error signal generated from CGMS feedback will also be used to learn the desired basal rate for the recent time of day. If the error signal indicated that the basal rate was low, then the basal rate will be nudged in the direction that minimizes the error signal for future use. The basal rate closest to the present time of day will be incremented by a adaptation rate variable, and the other basal rates for the 1 hour time period before and after will be adjusted by 1/2 of the adaptation rate variable.
"Deliver Fixed Basal Rate" Capability Edit
When closed-loop control of the basal rate is not possible, then the basal rate will continue to be delivered in the pump's usual predictive pattern but will not be adjusted according to the actual BG feedback.
"Learn the C/I Ratio" Capability Edit
Following a manual bolus and waiting a period of time for the insulin and carbs to enter the bloodstream, it will be possible for the algorithm to evaluate the insulin balance in the person. If the calculated "insulin on board" is less than the insulin needed to bring the blood sugar level back to the target value, then the basal will be increased until the integral value of the basal increase is equal to the insulin shortage. During this event, it is also possible to evaluate the carb-to-insulin ratio that was used to deliver the pre-bolus. If the C/I ratio is found to be smaller than needed, then the C/I ratio for that meal or time-of-day will be nudged in the direction it needs to go for future use. Multiple C/I corrections will fix a bad ratio such that the pump algorithm will "learn" the actual C/I ratio and then track it as it changes. It is possible to determine the correct ratio and fix it immediately, but that would be undesirable: a carb measurement error is equally likely to cause a high blood sugar as is insufficient insulin calculated from a small C/I ratio. Carb measurement errors however will vary from overestimating and underestimating (the second being more likely). We will allow the rate to adapt in the negative direction to be greater than the rate it adapts in the positive direction. A slowly adapting variable for C/I will work much better in this situation.
"Learn the ISF" Capability Edit
As in the "learning" of the other insulin pump control variables, the insulin sensitivity factor, or ISF, can be adapted when evaluating the response to a correction bolus. When the bolus is about half complete relative to the duration of action for that insulin, it is possible to evaluate the balance between the insulin-on-board and the blood sugar value, and close the loop with CGMS to control the basal rate. The error signal generated by the CGMS feedback can also be used to "nudge" the ISF that was used to predict the correction bolus so that the ISF is more accurate in the future.
"Deliver Manual Bolus" Capability Edit
This is the open loop predictive capability to deliver a food bolus and then wait for the opportunity to close the loop again. The manual bolus is a prebolus started by entering grams of carbs about to be eaten and the present BG value, and then allowing the pump to calculate the insulin doses and deliver it to the pump controls.
"Deliver Correction Bolus" Capability Edit
This is the open loop predictive capability to deliver a correction bolus and then wait for the opportunity later to close the loop again. The algorithm assumes we will want to do this every time the artificial pancreas system is started up (after a sensor change for example) where they may be some hyperglycemia to resolve.
"Deliver Adaptive Bolus" Capability Edit
This is how we deliver the adaptive bolus: first deliver the "spike" proportionally to the peak of the glucose spike, hold steady the rate for the extended bolus according to the derivative of the BG data, and then control the basal rate per the integral function of the BG data until a balance between insulin-on-board and BG data is achieved. Someday, this might become an automatic bolus, but for now will be used only in the missed bolus mode. The user will be prompted when a missed bolus occurs, and then the adaptive bolus will be delivered only when acknowledged and when it's not bedtime or sleep time.
"Calculate IOB" Capability Edit
This is the capability to determine how much insulin already infused into the patient is still active in the bloodstream and has yet to act on the blood sugar level. We can estimate it with the 7-4-1 rule: at one hour, past the bolus, there is 70% remaining; at 2 hours, 40%; and at 3 hours only 10%. This is for specific to Novolog, and is one of the variables that will be controllable from a CDE when setting up the pump for an individual patient. This capability is "on" all the time, so it is not really necessary to discuss it here in the context of the state machine.
"Display Basal Rate" Capability Edit
The pump (or artificial pancreas) will the the ability to display information on a screen and for the user to select among the information they wish to see. However, when the user has not asked for anything in particular or has not touched the pump in a while, then the pump will display a default value. This default is chosen to help the user understand what mode the pump is presently in. Thus there is a map of what is displayed versus what is the mode. The basal rate will be the default display in a few modes. The rate will be displayed in units per hour with a resolution of 0.05 units.
"Display IOB" Capability Edit
The pump will have the capability to display its calculation of insulin-on-board. In some software states, this will be the default display, although any data can be selected for display by the user.
"Display Closed Loop Heartbeat" Capability Edit
This is just an idea, and many folks are bound to dislike it for medical or legal reasons. The idea is to show the user when closed loop control is being performed, since this will be confusing to the pump user. Consider a typical prebolus for example: the loop will be closed in the "control basal rate with CGMS" mode; then the loop is open when in the "deliver prebolus" mode; then closed again in the "monitor the prebolus" mode while it waits to go back to the first mode. The idea is simply to show the CGMS data right now, but to flash it on the screen instead of a solid or non-flashed display. The same data would be not flashed when it is not controlling the pump. The flashing technique will be to flash it with a 2/3 on, 1/3 off ratio with a very slow flash rate of perhaps 2 seconds on, 1 off, or a little slower. This will seem like a mantra, beating slowly and offering a very comfortable feeling to the user when the loop is closed. The reason we do this is to gain the extra diagnostic capability of having the user know when the loop is closed and can evaluate that previous events had occurred as expected.
"Display BG Trends" Capability Edit
At times the default display will be the CGMS data and trends. This will include the usual things: most recent blood glucose value with a moving average, an icon to show an increasing trend or decreasing trend, and a status indicator (such as a fast flash rate to draw attention to out-of-range conditions), and predictions and warnings of pending hypoglycemia.
"Display Hypo Warning" Capability Edit
When the pump is halted because a severe hypo is detected, then we want to show emergency information and emergency contact information that the user could input via their home computer. A beep or vibrate to alarm or draw attention is also desired. BG values may also be helpful on the display if they are available in this condition.
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. meantime, eric holder, the attorney general of this nation was in texas yesterday. keep in mind the department of justice is trying to make sure that texas does not -- they're not allowed to continue with this voter i.d. law where people actually have to show i.d. to go vote. well, here's another hypocritical situation because to get into this event, you had to show i.d. so which one is it? let's present government issued photo i.d.'s such as a valid driver's license. >> to get into this naacp event and he went on. it was inflammatory language. he was comparing the texas voter i.d. law down there to those southern taxs that would charge southern blacks going to the polls and keep them from actually voting so likening this current voter i.d. law situation down there to southern poll taxes. >> so you don't need a photo i.d. to vote, he feels, but you do need to see eric holder at the naacp. >> well, coming up on the show -- first, we'll go to this because we teased this at the beginning of the show, the unsolved murder of a juilliard student eight years ago taking an incredible t ×
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Cardiff City striker Jay Bothroyd deserves another chance to play for England | ITV Wales blog
Cardiff City striker Jay Bothroyd deserves another chance to play for England
Posted by Rob King ⋅ November 30, 2010	⋅ 1 Comment
Filed Under Bothroyd, cardiff, Cardiff City, Cardiff City Stadium, England, football, Jay Bothroyd, striker, Wales	ITV Wales‘ Rob King gives his view on the Jay Bothroyd debate and he believes the Cardiff City star should play for England again
Jay Bothroyd is the first player to represent England while playing for Cardiff City
It might have happened almost two weeks ago but Jay Bothroyd’s England debut and the reaction to it is still provoking plenty of debate, so here’s my own contribution!
First of all, I have to say that as someone who’s been watching Cardiff City for more than 50 years – I was very, very young when my Dad first pushed my pram down to Ninian Park – he’s right up there with the best strikers I’ve seen in the blue shirt.
I just missed Trevor Ford, but that’s still a list that runs from the likes of Gerry Hitchens, Derek Tapscott, Mel Charles, John Toshack, Brian Clark, Alan Warboys, Adrian Alston, Tony Evans, and Phil Stant up to Earnie and Chops in more recent times.
You could of course add others to that list – the great John Charles usually played at centre half by the time he came back to Wales – but you get the picture.
Anyway, the point is that Jay offers something special, in that he combines so many of the qualities of all of the above. Big, good in the air, strong on the ground – where he still ends up a little too often, to be fair – a lovely first touch, real pace for a player of his size, the ability to beat his man, good vision, and a good finisher.
So good that I’m still scratching my head at the chances he missed against Forest.
In short, a very, very good striker indeed. It’s widely agreed that only the attitude and temperament problems of his younger days, to which he now readily admits, have prevented him realising his massive potential for so long, and so much credit must go to Dave Jones for bringing him to Cardiff and helping him to flourish.
All the manager needs now is to find a way of playing without him – City are clearly half the team they should be when Jay’s not there. I remain convinced, for instance, that the Bluebirds would have beaten Blackpool, good though they were, without his early departure at Wembley.
As to his England future – who would presume to read the mind of Fabio Capello? Jay Bothroyd certainly deserves another England opportunity, and although whether or not he gets it isn’t something which keeps too many Cardiff supporters awake at night, perhaps it should be.
Clearly, his chances of further international recognition would improve if he played in the Premier League, and I believe that’s where he’ll be next season.
Hopefully that will be with Cardiff, but as we all know, he’s out of contract in the summer, and I simply can’t see him staying if City miss out on what must be their best chance in forty years of a top-two finish.
The best-case scenario would see Jay Bothroyd sign a new contract in the near future, probably containing a clause allowing him to be sold for a stipulated minimum fee if the Bluebirds fail to achieve promotion.
Then again, why should he? That raises the real possibilities of January transfer bids from clubs in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, which you’d hope the Cardiff Board would have the courage and vision to resist.
So, yes, I feel Jay Bothroyd will wear the white shirt of England again. The most important point is that after he does, he then comes back to wear the blue shirt of Cardiff City.
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Someone whom I've grown to love and who sometimes comments on this blog asked if I would write about my journey to my belief in God. I'm going to but it will be without a lot of the language usually associated with a testimony. I'm afraid a lot of the Christian lingo we use today has become a coded language for many and may, in fact, hinder communication on a common level. Koine Greek was the language chosen by God with which to communicate His word that we call the Bible. [The New Testament] Koine simply means "common." It was invented by Alexander the Great to solve a language problem among the soldiers of the various nations he had conquered. It was a single language all were taught to understand. A perfect tool with which to communicate. So I'm going to use a koine plain English to communicate my journey. I do apologize at the outset for it's length.
I remember hearing someone say [Jack Crabtree of the McKenzie Study Center] that all of us may function to some degree with what could be called a “pre-understanding." That simply means, instead of having to invent a whole new theory of reality to explain an experience every time we encounter something new, we all seem prone [Designed perhaps?] to process our knowing and understanding of all new experiences in the light of our current theory of reality whatever that may be. No matter how meager our experience may be. [One soon discovers this does not allow much ability to grasp new realities or ideas as they present themselves, but it's all we've got.]
For example, a baby can learn to swim even at only a few months old. Their pre-understanding is of water, albeit basically intuitive for obvious reasons, and it's feeling to them even if there is only a very minimal physical and psychologically understanding about it all. But it’s the only context they have for reality at the moment and no one can deny they do learn easily at a young age how to swim.
In a totally different vein by way of illustration, I know a woman who grew up in a childhood where the ridiculous concept that African-Americans [Known as Blacks or Negroes then] were not thought of as human by her grandfather. [He was a major figure in her life.] He held them to be only a higher class of animal life but something less than a human being. When she was personally first around African-Americans it was a frightful experience as you can imagine. She generally processed her experience with them from her pre-understanding and it wasn’t a pleasant or easy thing to learn to think differently about them with that kind of filter. But the true and correct understanding did ultimately come. She told me that it was when she processed the new information with an "awakening" that she says took her totally by surprise. [More on this awakening later.]
My point is simply that perhaps it is true that we all start with a pre-understanding of some kind in the processing of our reality. Which is, of course, the only basis we have for our belief system along the way. So we find ourselves with an inability to accept as real anything except what we understand within the framework of that reality unless an "awakening" really does take place. That's the concept I will use to tell my journey.
I was born into a family of origin where alcohol was the drug of choice. It ruled in more ways than I can explain. My parents were poor people who met and married in a cotton patch [literally] in Southwestern Oklahoma when she was fourteen and he was seventeen. To that union came the birth of four children. Two girls and two boys. I was the third with the two girls older by five and seven years and a brother two years younger. My oldest sister is fifteen years younger than my mother.
My earliest memories of our family were of quarrels and anger from the top down. This is not to say there were no good times. It is simply an admission that the bad times hurt so deeply that the memory of the good ones had to be drudged up in my later life to balance out my own anger and bring some personal stability to life as I know it. Will it surprise anyone to find out that my personal anger dominated my life early on to a degree that most people would not believe. I, to this day, choose to not relate to angry people because of that early childhood and my own struggles with it.
In this context [Which was my own pre-understanding.] I often heard of God and read the things in the bible and when I did they were understood in a manner unsuited for reality much as that earlier illustration of the girl and her thinking of African-Americans. “Jesus Christ” was the favorite phrase of profanity used not by my parents as much as by the extended family of origin members. I heard of “God” often but it was usually immediately followed with a “damn.” "Christian" was defined as a goody two-shoes kind of acting that was far from where we were as a family. I had heard and read many fairy tales at the time as do all kids I’m sure. Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White and her dopy dwarfs. [Or maybe one was just named dopy!] So when I heard of a guy named Jonah and a big fish that swallowed him I had no problem with it. Fairy tales happen. The rest of the bible was to me at the time not much more than a “spook book” because it talked about “ghosts” and one of them was even named “holy.” Well, you see my pre-understanding filter.
Then there came to be, for the lack of a better term for the purpose of this writing, an “awakening” in my life. I’m not sure how to describe it otherwise without some “christianese” language that I’m trying hard to avoid using at the moment. [That's synonymous with “legalese” which is defined as “the formal and technical language of legal documents that is often hard to understand.”] It might be best to associate "awakening" with another word, namely, epiphany. [A sudden striking understanding of something] But it truly was an "awakening" for me personally.
I’ve often thought how we all come to those awakenings or epiphanies at various times in our lives. It may be much as a girl who thinks of a boy as someone who pulls her hair and disgustingly picks his nose until one day she “awakens” to boys in a new way. The same is true of boys discovering girls of course. Who can honestly say when or how it arrives or happens? But "awakenings" do come.
What precipitated this awakening in me, as I think about it, was perhaps the marriage of my older sister at age seventeen to a young man who was unlike anyone I'd ever known. He was manly but different. He was intelligent, kind, and even thoughtful of others. He was nobody's fool and...he believed that God was real. What happened to me perhaps started as hero worship, but it quickly went far beyond that.
It was at that time that I began to discover something of God in a way that was new information to me which I could not fully understand. Yet I could not just dismiss it by interpreting it with my pre-understanding filter. There was no way that what I was hearing about faith and trust could be understood and accepted by a young angry thirteen year old who was sure everyone was going to wind up hurting him eventually. Everybody always had. But something was happening to me that was new, real, personal, and totally inexplicable and it was in regard to this God who was more than a "damn" and it included the message of the bible. It truly was an"awakening" moment for me.
At the time, I didn’t want and refused to think of God as a Father. I had one that I struggled with and I didn’t need or want another. But somehow I began to think of Him as real. Don’t ask me how!! I don’t know. I awakened to it. I can now years later give some answers as to how it happened, [Theologically] but it would involve language [That legalese] about things that most people wouldn’t relate to and which is not necessary for a true awakening towards God to take place in anyone. I’ll leave it there for the moment.
I even had an awakening toward Jesus Christ. He became something more than just a profane word. I’d always thought of Him as a nice guy who really liked doing good but tragically wound up killed between two guys who must have been messed up bad. But He was nothing more than that to me. That there was more to it than that had not occurred to me and wouldn’t have with my pre-understanding. When this awakening first came I began to see that there was something at work in what He did on that Cross that involved me and how He felt about me. Call it silly, childish, infantile or whatever you choose. I called it that too for a long time. But I truly had an awakening to Him. Those encounters had to be examined and thought about with some kind of understanding for me to be honest and real about myself and my pre-understanding just didn't seem to do it. But I was seeing things differently. I even began to understand some parts of the bible [Not all of it] in a way I hadn’t before. I saw something wrong in people that went beyond the anger and alcohol that had characterized my family of origin. I intuitively knew I was part of the problem as well. I didn't know or understand what I read in the bible about the word "sin" theologically then, but somehow it was known to me in a fashion I'd not experienced before and it was personal in nature. I saw Jesus as God’s Son who was dealing with this human problem I'd come to recognize as real and that blew my mind. No way. Boy did it seem screwy at the time. It still does to some degree but my later experiences and understanding have helped me overcome my pre-understanding reality and a whole new way of seeing things has developed. My reality was truly expanded in ways that were beyond my experience and even my full understanding. To bottom line it, a new kind of relationship had come about when I admitted my acceptance of that reality that was as strange as anything I’d ever known. Remember, this was all contrary to my pre-understanding and was not simply a logical process. It was truly the result of some kind of awakening for me that seemed incomprehensible at first. I didn’t even think it was real at the time. I laughed and told myself I’d get over it. I didn’t. Amazingly, my understanding has grown to some degree. I still enjoy a good fairy tale [fiction] and love science, Biology, astronomy, history, all of which hold a fascination for me and even politics is a hoot. But none of it discourages or disqualifies the information and that experience I now have come to with regards to the scripture and the Author of it all and have been able to process to an extent. I am quite happy to admit that I lack understanding in every arena of life whether it is the physical, psychological, emotional, or even the spiritual dimension. But my understanding is growing. I’m even convinced my present understanding will be stretched with more awakenings that could involve the nature of the eternal before it is all over and done. Right now some people may have a pre-understanding that will only permit them to say, “no way.” My pre-understanding was that too. But this "awakening" has brought a new reality that has been enlarged considerably and will not allow me to write off the possibility there will be more. I’ve simply had too many awakenings to doubt there are more to come.
This is really fascinating .. the stark difference in our stories, where the frame of reference is a Holy, unchangeable, omnipotent God, speak to a personal, individual, intimate God, as illogical as that might seem.Mom & Dad had sent me to VBS. I got worried about dying, and Dad reminded me of what I'd heard there .. if you believe in Jesus, you go to heaven when you die. I believed it when he said it, and that's where my faith journey started. From a position of believing it all before I knew much at all.Amazing. Simply amazing.
Bob,It may be as simple as the "snowflake" thing. No two are alike.
6/3/11 8:02 AM
Thanks for sharing this. I like your use of the word "awakening". It may be the best word to use because, as you state, awakening is a continuous process. One of the great disservices we evangelicals have done to the understanding of what it means to follow Jesus is to convey it as a one time event. I am afraid that far too many people never have additional awakenings.
6/3/11 10:24 AM
Traveller,I hadn't really thought about that, but, I do think that I've walked IN that awakening and as they come I continue to walk in each one. I DO agree so completely that that it isn't a one time event. It is a way of life.Thanks for your comment.
6/3/11 10:43 AM
Paul, thanks for the post. Very illuminating. Your posts give me great hope in understanding my own struggles.
THANK YOU so much for this sharing, Paul. Christiane
Paul,Thank you for spending the time to share this!There have been things you have written in the past where I have been caused to mention commonality, but not identical, with my own life. This story is no exception.I'm glad there is no jargon. When I read a testimony filled with stained glass language, I'm always left with lingering questions and doubts."awakenings" is also a word I understand, and 60 years of church life haven't stopped them from being important to my understanding of the life of religious fiction I entered into at a young age.You're so right about the, "...new reality that has been enlarged considerably and will not allow me to write off the possibility there will be more."I'm with you there, and have no doubt about the "more to come"!
6/3/11 2:08 PM
I was very moved by BOB CLEVELAND'S comment of his faith as a child: " . . . if you believe in Jesus, you go to heaven when you die. I believed it when he said it, and that's where my faith journey started. From a position of believing it all before I knew much at all."Bob's words reminded me of this:"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible." Thomas Aquinas Christiane
6/3/11 4:35 PM
All, I'm away in Wichita Falls Tx in a bible conf & will be limited in my response until Wednesday. I've no computer except my I-Phone. I'm able to read but my comments take forever. Continue to comment and I'll join in then.Paul
7/3/11 6:06 AM
Christiane-"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible." Thomas Aquinas I have heard this quote a hundred times.This is my husbands response to that quote, "For those who believe without evidence or proof, they are delusional... for those who do not believe... they are called "skeptical" and evidence and proof that does not exist obviously cannot prevail..." I agree with his statement. Paul-Thank you so much for sharing! :) Being in an alcohol, negative, and anger filled house can be hard for a young child. I will never know what it was like to grow up in a home like that. Do you think that because your home was so destructive that that was really the "awakening" you felt? Wanting to escape the negative and find a positive? And your brother-in-law, who you looked up to, had a religion that could do that for you. At least find a positive in the negative situation. You mentioned that the word sin started to resonate with you and helped you understand the dysfunction of your home. Perhaps your home life was more of the influence rather than God per say. I guess what I am trying to say is that if your house was filled with love and laughter and scholarly debates would you still have sought/had a Christian "awakening?"I know that question is unknowable and I do not want to take away from what experience you did have. More of just a thought. Thank you for being so open. And for letting me be so open as well. If I ever say something that crosses the line please let me know. My intention is to simply start a discussion not a war. <3, Mrs. Austin
10/3/11 2:58 AM
Mrs Austin,Now that's what I'm talking about. You have responded with the attitude and spirit that makes communication possible instead of simply arguing or debating. Good for you!!I would say the idea that a home like mine could have CAUSED my kind of experience might possibily be a fact were it demonstrable it did it with regularity. But It isn't. It has historically been seen that it is more likely to produce adults who continue to be angry and even produce worse actions than can be imagined.It has also been true that, for many, the idea of having "faith" in God is, in fact, associated with being "delusional." But, while I am capable of being delusional, I don't think that I am of course. ;-)I'm sure however, I'd not be able to satisfy anyone's assessment of me and my belief system if they genuinely BELIEVE [have faith]] that I am, in fact, delusional. [Smile again]Seriously though, let me point to what just one scientist, who I think would have to be thought of as one inside the world of sanity, has to say. Frank Tiple said,,,, "When I began my career as a cosmologist some twenty years ago, I was a convinced atheist. I never in my wildest dreams imagined that one day I would be writing a book purporting to show that the central claims of Judeo-Christian theology are in fact true, that these claims are straightforward deductions of the laws of physics as we now understand them. I have been forced into these conclusions by the inexorable logic of my own special branch of physics." [Frank Tipler, Professor of Mathematical Physics, has actually converted to Christianity, hence his latest book, The Physics Of Christianity.] I would not say Dr. Tipler came to faith in God as I'm defining it BECAUSE of his study. I could find someone much like him intellectually that, perhaps, never changed their mind or even lost their mind and became delusional I'm sure. It does show, however, that no single simple statement can be taken as complete reality in any disagreement about things I would think.Of course the talking could go on forever on both side of Atheism and a belief in God. My personal message goes beyond just that as you well know. But it is always good to speak with someone who is attempting to think through things. You are to be commended for doing so in my books.
10/3/11 6:35 AM
Paul you wrote, "Of course the talking could go on forever on both side of Atheism and a belief in God."I think that is an important thing to remember.I was reading through "The Language of God" again by Francis Collins and came across a quote by Stephen Jay Gould (well known evolutionary biologist and agnostic)who once chastises Richard Dawkins (evolutionary biologist, atheist and author of "The God Delusion)view of "evolutionary atheism""To say it for the umpteenth millionth time: Science cannot by it legitimate methods adjudicate the issue of God's possible superintendence nature. We neither affirm nor deny it; we simply cannot comment on it as scientists.If some of our crowd have made untoward statements claiming that Darwinism disproves God, then I will find my third grade teacher Mrs McIkerney and have their knuckles rapped!Science can only work with naturalistic explanations; It can neither confirm nor deny other types of actors (like God) in other spheres (like the moral realm)!"Gould then offer examples from the "simple empirics of the last 100 years" In other words, he lists scientists from both sides of the argument. The continues..."Either half my colleagues are enormously stupid or else the science of Darwinism is fully compatible with conventional religious beliefs and equally compatible with atheism.""So those who choose to be atheists must find some other basis for taking that position. Evolution won't do."
10/3/11 9:19 AM
Dawkins responds to Gould's point of view with a little truth of his own."It is completely unrealistic to claim, as Gould and many others do, that religion keeps itself away from science's turf, restricting itself to morals and values. A universe with a supernatural presence would be a fundamentally and qualitatively different kind of universe from one without. The difference is, inescapably, a scientific difference. Religions make existence claims, and this means scientific claims."
Rodney,Great comment material. Thanks.I just finished a meeting at first Baptist Wichita Falls Tex and had a wonderful time there. I'm looking forward to my meeting with you guys next month.Hope no one minds the personal note to Rodney here!
10/3/11 11:20 AM
I, too, and looking forward to you being with us.
10/3/11 12:46 PM
All,I'm getting ready to post another post. But I had to say thanks to all who participated in this discussion.I guess we all have to agree that there is no evidential proof that could be considered absolute scientifically either that God exists or that God does not exist. All natural reality would have to be known and experienced for that to happen. So His non-existence has to be argued on a philosophical basis [Logic] and I understand that. My argument for His existence is from experience. But in the end both beliefs are held on the basis of some kind of faith.So we wind up with a variety of classifications for the arguments. Theism and Atheism are positions of belief or lack of belief in God, while Gnosticism and Agnosticism are positions of knowledge or lack of knowledge concerning God. We even have Ignosticism which accepts god as a concept but Apatheism says who cares? He’s not of a practical importance anyway. Philosophically we could debate for forever. People have in fact.Blaise Pascal may have been on to something when he said..” Even though the existence of God cannot be determined through reason, a person should "wager" as though God exists.” I guess I’ll just have leave it there for now as far as debates on His existence are concerned .Our message as Christians goes far beyond His existence and is based on faith that He has communicated that. It goes to the whole problem of man and what we BELIEVE to be His plan in Christ for redemption. I'm sure we'll keep making that message our top priority.


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Do You Have Issues?: A Christmas Meme
Monday, December 04, 2006 A Christmas Meme 1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?Heck, I warm up the Egg Nog and pour it over Hot Chocolate Mix with Mini Marshmallows.2. Does Santa wrap presents or just set them under the tree?Santa only brings one gift made out of wood, wraps it and tops it with a big red bow.3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? This year I went with colors although I do prefer white.4. Do you hang mistletoe? Oh yes, all over the house. In the kitchen, above our beds and even on the shower stall ceiling.5. When do you put up your decorations?After Thanksgiving, little by little so it is all done by mid-December.6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?A Candied Ham with pineapples and cherries. The leftover ham goes in a big pot later for some New Years Day Hopping John.7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child. Staying up late on Christmas Eve to play Santa Claus with my Mom & Dad and seeing the surprise and joy on both of my sister's faces Christmas morning.8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?I refused to believe that my Mom & Dad would lie to me so even though I was told by classmates, I would fight with them saying Santa was real. I was about 10 when Mom finally told me the truth and not only was I devastated, I was really, really embarrassed.9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?No, Christmas Morning.10. What kind of decorations are on your Christmas Tree? All kinds. This is our 5th Christmas tree together and 4th for Katie and we had to start all over collecting decorations year to year. We made some just after Thanksgiving.11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?I love it now that I don't have to deal with it. I dreaded it most days when I lived in NJ except when it snowed on a weekend or my day off.12. Can you ice skate?Yes indeed!13. Do you remember your favorite gift? Nah, but I can remember a few not-so-favorites.14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Watching Katie experience them and her excitement over the holidays.15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?Put it this way, there isn't a dessert that I don't like. From Pumpkin Pie, to Christmas Cookies, Fruitcake and candy canes. Bring it all on!16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?It's a new tradition just a few years old, but a week before Christmas the baby Jesus in the nativity scene goes missing. Who took Him and His whereabouts are not know until Christmas morning when someone unwraps a present and receives Him.17. What tops your tree?Right now a Nordic HoHo but I really really want a Christmas Angel. (Maybe when they go on clearance after the holidays I could snag one for next year.)18. Which do you prefer giving or Receiving?Giving with thought otherwise I don't give at all. Giving just for the sake of giving or coming up with something is abusing the Visa card. I'd rather give something needed or wanted throughout the year to those I care about. Not just to put a present under their tree.19. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yummy?My teeth no longer like candy canes but I like Candy Cane pieces.20. What is your favorite Christmas Song?The entire Gary Ho-Ho-Hoey Christmas Album!
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At 2:00 PM, Chana said…
i have missed so many of your wonderful posts. pls forgive me, i do love coming here and seeing what you have come up with next :).i love this Christmas meme. i got to learn so much about you and your traditions. thank you for sharing. be back soon.
At 3:05 PM, Scaramouche Jones said…
Dude, what is egg nog?
At 4:48 PM, Melli said…
I remember reading in another post about your missing baby tradition... HOW did that get started? WHY does this happen? I'm having a REALLY hard time figuring out the symbolism in this one.... Great meme, by the way! I had fun when I did it too!


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Perspectives On Life: Day #5
I have spent the evening on two reports for meetings tomorrow.
Time to read and crash.
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J&M: December 2009
It's been awhile! Please don't mistake my lack of posting for lack of updates. We've kept up our momentum. I've been so busy with work - fall is our busiest season, plus I'm catching up from being gone a few weeks in September. Add a move and the holidays, and there is little time for blogging!
The post below this is one that TheKnot.com posted automatically for me. It's a review I wrote today for products we purchased. I ordered our save-the-date magnets from their wedding shop last week and they arrived today! I think it's cool they'll blog my review for me, but I don't know how relevant it is. Maybe if other brides read my blog, and just not my married friends? Who knows. Anyways, back to the magnets! They are so awesome. I'm pretty sure they were the very first item we knew we wanted post-engagement...before we were all about birds and branches (more on that later). I bought them so early (a year ahead of time to be exact) because I couldn't beat the 65% off sale. Not to mention, I'm constantly worried about things we want going out of stock or being discontinued. I would give these away now, but I really think we should wait until after next September, so no one thinks we're getting married September '10. I have relatives that thought we were getting married this past September, and of course people still/always think it's next September. I think Christmas next year will be good for giving away to most of the guests...no confusion that way.
I had mentioned birds and branches earlier...we are all about it! don't get me wrong, I totally shy away from themes and I'm trying not to be super tacky...everything is just falling together nicely. I bought the branch centerpiece kits from bloomsandbranches.com that I had mentioned in an earlier post and they turned out excellent. Mike made a sample centerpiece that is pretty sweet...sorry about the quality, I took the picture with my phone!
We really like it, but it doesn't quite fit the feel we're going for. We're going to replace the big pink flowers with small off-white hydrangeas, and 86 the glass and river rocks in favor of more modern square bases. Hopefully we get around to that soon and I can post the finished product.
For our alternate centerpieces, we're going to go with medium sized apothecary jars filled with twig balls in our colors, pine cones, and feather balls. Target has the PERFECT jars on sale right now, so hopefully I can scoop up the 12 I need soon. I'm thinking we'll have some votives on the branch tables and bud vases with hydrangea bunches on the apothecary jar tables.
So I guess some feathers here and some branches there don't really make a theme, right? Man, I hope I don't go overboard.
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My Review of Personalized Magnets - NEW DESIGNS!
Originally submitted at The Knot
These magnets make cool save-the-date mementos, and favors for the bridal shower, rehearsal dinner, and the wedding reception, too. With over 60 new designs, you'll definitely find the perfect one to suit your occasion. Personalize with your names and event date. Â Each magnet measures 3 1/2 x ...
Personalized Magnets - NEW DESIGNS!
By Jessica from Windber, PA on 12/2/2009
Pros: Functional, Unique, Fits Theme, Good Value, Personalized
Best Uses: Theme Weddings, For Fun, Sentimental Keepsake
I just got my brown magnets in the mail, and I'm blown away! These are adorable and match our birds and branches theme perfectly. Our wedding is over Labor Day weekend, so having save-the-dates is vital to making sure everyone is on the same page and doesn't make other arrangements.
They do seem a little thin, but they are just magnets and it doesn't affect quality at all.
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County Schools Need $2B to Upgrade Aging Buildings - Hunt Valley-Cockeysville, MD Patch
Officials offer plan to clear capital backlog among system's 172 schools in report during legislative forum at Chesapeake High School in Essex.
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Baltimore County Public Schools needs approximately $2 billion to completely modernize its aging school inventory and to address an array of infrastructure issues, according to a schools report provided to local and state legislators today.
The report was part of a larger presentation given by county school officials on the state of the system during a Board of Education-sponsored legislative forum at Chesapeake High School in Essex.
"Until every building is fully modernized, it is critical to continue to evaluate all of our buildings on an annual basis," said Michael Sines, executive director of the county department of physical facilities. "It's especially important we keep track of our older building so that our students continue to learn in a safe and sound environment conducive to learning."
In all, 127 of Baltimore County's 172 school buildings are at least 40 years old. And, 65 are at least 50 years old. In many cases, the county admits existing buildings don't have the capacity to be refurbished with amenities such as air conditioning and may have to eventually be replaced to offer all of the technological advances communities expect today. A prime example of this is the decision to build a new Dundalk High/Sollers Point Tech, which will cost about $78.6 million to move the schools onto one campus. Dundalk was built in 1959 and Sollers Point dates to 1948.
The county school system has already spent close to $1 billion between 1998 and 2009 on capital projects for elementary and high schools. Much of this was to address a long backlog of repairs dating back decades. Sines said it would cost an average of about $45 million to refurbish or replace each high school and about $10 million to do the same for elementary schools.
To attack the backlog, the school system developed a capital planning process to prioritize maintenance and renovation projects. This includes conducting feasibility studies on schools based on age and then developing a priority list. County school officials can then determine whether a building is in need of systemic renovations, limited renovations, major renovations or if a new building is needed.
Some examples of schools in Essex and Middle River that have benefitted from this process recently include Victory Villa and Sandalwood Elementary schools. Victory Villa had rotted floor supports and other flooring work completed over the summer while Sandalwood had repairs completed over the last three fiscal years to its mechanical systems.
"It's critical to have a plan and to be aware of the condition of the building, its age and the student population while also trying to balance the needs from a geography standpoint so one area doesn't benefit more than another," county school board president Earnest E. Hines said.
Having a priority list is even more important for the county school system as it tries to convince local and state lawmakers they need additional funding at a time when most jurisdictions are dealing with budget deficits.
Between Fiscal Years 1997 and 2010, Baltimore County schools have received an average of $26.6 million annually from the state and $104.4 million each year from the county for capital projects.
"In an era when budgets are so tight, it's very important to be able to articulate your priorities coming to Annapolis," said Del. Joseph Boteler, R-Parkville. "I'm not sure where the money can come from to address all of these needs, but having a forum like this allows us to understand the bigger picture the school system is facing."
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Straining Onward: Rain Rain Go Away
Have you been watching the weather reports for the Northeast?
Rising waters. Roads underwater everywhere. Streets closed. Ponds overflowing. Rivers raging. School and business cancellations. Flooding. Cars submerged. Dams on the verge of bursting. Evacuations. Mudslides. Fear.
This is our news today here in southern NH. We've gotten anywhere from 5-15 inches of rain in the past few days. Thanks be to God no one has gotten hurt in this deluge and hopefully people will continue to be cautious as the waters begin to subside later in the week. I think everyone remembers what happened in the western part of our state last year when there were several tragedies due to flood conditions.
I've never seen anything like this. Many towns are in a state of emergency. Hundreds of roads around the state have been shut down. Several roads in our own town are closed off this morning, including ours. We have a couple of streams that run through the upper and lower sections of the road. Both have risen up over the street. I hope the homes in the immediate area are safe. Our basement is wet with about a half an inch of water but thankfully our sump pump is working constantly, and I do mean constantly, to keep it at a low level. I'm grateful that our electricity has not gone out since we have no means of backup power like a generator.
The worst we've experienced is the water in the basement but as I watch the scenes displayed on the news of our little corner of the world, I see loss and heartbreak as people leave their homes and most of their worldly possessions at the mercy of the elements. Please pray for this area as you are led. I will post later with updates and hopefully some photos.
Please know that my thoughts and prayers are with you and your neighbors during these days of storm and rising waters.
I wrote several posts of the flooding this spring in the eastern part of the state. I also witnessed the Flood of 97 when Grand Forks was overwhelmed by the rising waters so I have some idea what people are going thru.
Trust God, trust God, trust God!!!!
I'm glad you're safe and sound. I hope your electric power continues uninterrupted, and that your community comes through without major difficulties.
You and your neighbors are in our prayers!!!!!
Hi Emily, Jim's folks sent us photos of what is happening at their home just outside of Gilmanton Iron Works; the house is close to the lake shore and their crawl space is filling with water in spite of having the sump pump running continually. Hopefully the rain will end soon. We are praying for you.
Thank you all for your thoughts, prayers and concern.
I remember your posts on the flooding in ND. It's such a frightening experience to be at the mercy of the elements. I have an almost unreasonable fear of water, don't know why. Times like these are certainly a test for me. Indeed, we can do no better than to trust God.
Thank you! We were blessed to have no power outages. Locally, things appear to be under control, although in other towns there are emergency situations. I was so glad to have several days worth of food in the house as I did not care to venture out and risk any unnecessary danger.
Thank you for praying. As Steven said, we must trust in the Lord who is our true deliverer. He is faithful and merciful. It's definitely during trials that we grow closer to Him.
I hope all is well with Jim's folks up there and that they get dried out without too much damage. We're finding out all the faults with our old dwelling place, but better now than later on. I'm thankful we don't live near a large body of water.


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Newport Drive Oak Forest, IL home and property info
Newport Drive, Oak Forest 60452 contains 21 assessor property records. 5137 Newport Drive, Oak Forest IL
This 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom home has 1196 square feet and was built in 1968.
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Kinnard originally founded the studio as a competition-only dance-sport facility dedicated to training future champions. She even appeared with some of her students on the TLC reality show Dancing Tweens. But over time, Kinnard and her team also began teaching more casual social-dance and dance-fitness classes, introducing clientele of all skill levels to the healing properties of fancy footwork. Dance Republic recently relocated to a renovated, skylight-illuminated space with 18-foot-high ceilings and 3,000 square feet of dance floor. The new purple-and-yellow studio houses an inviting lounge area with an oversize suede ottoman and hosts events such as social dance parties and competitions. Tips
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy posted its longest continuous expansion since the 1980s boom as fourth quarter growth was boosted by consumer spending, moving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's revival plan a step closer to vanquishing decades of stagnation.

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4G featurephones: Xiaomi now shares No.1 spot with Samsung in India - The Economic Times
ET Home›Tech›Hardware›Xiaomi now shares No.1 spot with Samsung in India
Updated: Nov 15, 2017, 08.19 AM IST
India is the company’s largest market outside China and the fastest growing among international markets outside its home country.
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has joined Korean major Samsung as the No 1 smartphone company in India for the quarter ended September, according to research firm IDC.
The battle for the top spot will get even more intense going forward as Xiaomi would want to consolidate its position on the back of 9 million phones it sells every quarter, while Samsung would aim to take an incremental share of the world’s second-largest smartphone market from other Chinese rivals that have begun lowering on-ground marketing spends.
“From selling 100,000 phones in July-Sept quarter of 2014, when we launched, we’ve become India’s No 1 brand in both online and offline markets… we sold 9.2 million in the just-ended quarter growing by 300% on-year. Our online share has also increased sequentially to more than 50% in Q3 from 47% before,” said Manu Jain, vice president of Xiaomi and head of Indian operations said, quoting from International Data Corporation (IDC) India.
He added that the days of spending on advertising to get customers were over and that the model of consistently spending but overcharging customers, as was being adopted by companies like Oppo and Vivo without naming them, was not a sustainable one.
IDC on Tuesday said that the Beijing headquartered company had caught up with Samsung in the rankings, with both having 23.5% share of India’s smartphone market, followed by Lenovo-Motorola combine at 9%, Vivo with 8.5% and Oppo, with 7.9% share of the shipments in the quarter ended September.
Last month, Counterpoint Research and Canalys said that Xiaomi was within reaching distance of Samsung’s No 1 ranking, with barely 0.5% to 1% point difference between the challenger and the market leader. IDC says that both had similar volumes, basis which market shares have been calculated.
Xiaomi’s highest ever shipments in a quarter comes on the back of success of its entry to mid-level portfolio, owing to which three of the top five selling phones in the three-month period belonged to the company. Jain said Xiaomi was adding capacity in existing plants of its manufacturing partner Foxconn in India, in order to meet rising demand for its devices.
“We’re on track to be more than double of the revenue we did in 2016,” Jain highlighted, added. The company clocked $1 billion in revenue last year ended December. India is the company’s largest market outside China and the fastest growing among international markets outside its home country.
Its aggressive expansion into the offline space through direct distribution and its own stores Mi Homes, Mi preferred partners and partnership with large retail chains, will help it gain the advantage and take devices further into the hands of consumers in India.
Despite Xiaomi’s entry into the premium segment with Mi Mix 2, initial incremental addition to the average selling price – which on an overall level translates into revenue – of phones would not be very high as majority of the company’s market comes from the Rs 6,000-Rs 15,000 price segment.
“I used to worry whether we would be able to differentiate ourselves,” he adds. But the competition hasn’t eased up. The top five brands make up 75% of the market, and new ones have entered the market with feature phones.
Jain, however added that 4G featurephones were more of an opportunity than that. “From a long-term perspective 4G featurephones will give access of internet to millions of new users, as they would want to eventually move to better quality smartphones as they would consume data and services,” he added.
Not only will it completely transform the switch between featurephone to smartphone, it can also aid in getting users on to the internet, which will help the company’s larger business model.
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Medical Advisor Journals by Kyle J. Norton: Women Health: The Obesity and Breast cancer Research and Studies of Insulin- and obesity-related variables in early-stage breast cancer
Women Health: The Obesity and Breast cancer Research and Studies of Insulin- and obesity-related variables in early-stage breast cancer
The Studies of Insulin- and obesity-related variables in early-stage breast cancer
In the study to investigate patterns of prognostic associations over time of insulin- and obesity-related variables measured at diagnosis of early breast cancer (BC), focusing on whether the prognostic associations with distant recurrence and death changed over time, posted in PubMed, found that tThere was evidence that associations of baseline insulin-related variables with distant recurrence and death were not constant over time; univariable adverse prognostic associations were significant only during the first 5 years (eg, insulin quartile 4 v 1: hazard ratio [HR], 2.32; 95% CI, 1.39 to 3.86; P < .001 for distant disease-free survival [DDFS]; and HR, 2.85; 95% CI, 1.48 to 5.50; P = .002 for overall survival [OS], with little attenuation of this pattern in multivariable analyses). In contrast, obesity-related variables (BMI, weight, leptin) exerted significant adverse univariable associations that were constant over time (eg, BMI quartile 4 v 2: HR, 1.40; 95% CI, 1.07 to 1.82 for DDFS; P = .014; and HR, 1.50; 95% CI, 1.16 to 1.93; P < .001 for OS); prognostic associations of leptin remained significant in multivariable analyses.


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Carms Page: Translation for the last article
My last article was written in bisayan dialect which means.............
Honestly, I'm happy that I joined here in blogspot because I could share all the things I experience in my life. Nice, I'm fond of it already. I wish that I could share it also to my friends so that they would also share their experiences too. It's awesome.
Posted by Carms at 9:11 AM
hmm.. i see now.. and i think so, we can share here what we want..
Bisayan is yr local languange ?
hahah. salamat sa traslation pero mejo gets ko naman, ilongga kasi ako.. :D
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