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God-spotting: Can we make a case for the Almighty?
India and the United States may be on opposite ends of the belief spectrum, but both cultures must make a case for God that includes everyone.
In an age of atheism, in which it is considered rude in many circles to even bring up religion, I've got a problem. Remember that wonderful old Joni Mitchell song from her album Blue? It's called "A Case of You."
"Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling,
And I would still be on my feet,
Oh I would still be on my feet."
I like the double-edgedness of the song. A case of God, something concrete and real to consume (the song continues: "Oh you're in my blood, you're like holy wine, you taste so bitter, and so sweet . . ."), but also case as a condition.
That's God for me. And my problem is that I think I have a case of God, like a case of homesickness or longing—a constant awareness that there is more to everything than meets the eye, a knowledge that without God's presence, something fundamental is missing; that unless I view my life through the lens of God, I miss the point. Our hearts are restless till they rest in thee.
Or a case of God could be a container with its contents. Not just the box, not just the contents. The whole picture. The complete and fluid reality of one who says, "I am who am." A case of God. The one you drink down in its entirety and still remain standing. Indeed, the only thing which allows us to stand at all—the ground of our being.
Which leads seamlessly to the charge we are given in the gospels: Go and make disciples of all nations—essentially, make a case for God. I have to admit to some difficulty with this task, some fundamental feeling of presumption, of being on the ground of our being and having forgotten to take off my shoes.
When the Alpha and the Omega, the ground of our being, is how we speak of God, how do we begin to make a case for him?
Can we make a case for breath when singing? Or for food when cooking? For seeds when planting, or fire when burning? Can we make a case for love when making love? The sine qua non of making love is love. Sex is possible for any animal, but you cannot make love unless you do, in fact, love. So what case is there to be made? Why would you bother? And if you did, would it convince anyone?
It is like that with God, I think. Is it preferable, or wise, or even possible to argue or debate someone into belief?
This is a secular age, no doubt. Whereas faith in God was once (say, up until a few hundred years ago) a given, part of the air we breathed and the soil we planted, for most Americans and Europeans today this is simply not true. Indeed, unbelief is now so widespread and diffuse that we hardly notice it.
The values of an atheistic society communicate themselves to us in so many thousands of small and subtle ways we cannot expect to always be on guard against them, even if we want to. The legal ban on state-sponsored religious displays at Christmas is just the tip of a very absurd iceberg. How we think about babies and marriage, how we look after our parents, what decisions we make when a person is critically ill, how we choose a career, how we think about sexual relations—all have been shaped and re-drawn according to new standards, standards that make reference to science, logic, and reason, not religious beliefs.
Unbelief is now the fabric we wear—like an old sweater, it is so comfortable and familiar we only notice we have it on when, unexpectedly, we find ourselves at a party where everyone else is all dressed up. Think of the relatives—all lapsed Catholics—turning up solemnly at Grandma's funeral, suitably clad in the black outfits they virtuously raced out to buy, but with no idea when to kneel or stand or what the responses to the prayers are. A priest friend of mine told me of a funeral he officiated at for a pious mother of eight where, as he walked down the aisle after the coffin, he saw, to his horror and dismay, a consecrated host lying un-remarked in the pew, left there casually by one of the uncomprehending grandchildren.
I live in India, where belief is still the prevailing ethos and where acknowledgment of higher powers is so accepted it is built into daily rituals and observances and practiced almost unconsciously. There is a temple, for example, on the highway between Dehradun, where I live, and Delhi. The god it honors is considered a patron for travelers, and no driver will pass by without pausing to venerate it with the Hindu version of the sign of the cross.
There is a ceremony for offering the first transaction of the day to God, which shopkeepers and roadside vendors practice without fail for fear of jinxing the entire day's sales. Our house was recently painted by a team of Muslim workers who would calmly and without fuss stop what they were doing several times during the day to unroll their prayer rugs, turn toward Mecca, and kneel down to pray.
The point is that here in India, God is everywhere. And visible. Nobody makes a case for God because there is simply no need to do so.
Indeed, the effort and the need is in the reverse. People of wisdom and grace are constantly being called upon here to unmake the case for God, to insist that God does not prefer Hindus to Muslims or Muslims to Christians or Christians to anybody else in the world.
People of depth and conviction, many of whom believe fervently in God themselves, find themselves forced—with depressing frequency—to demand that their fellow citizens rise above their intensity and righteousness and religious belief and acknowledge that God is larger than all of us; that God does not distinguish between faiths or among churches, temples, and mosques; that God is love and that violence in his name is blasphemy and a desecration.
It's a hard road, and a long one, and it is often traveled without success.
Belief is perhaps the single most divisive force in India today. The righteousness of religious conviction is almost incredibly easy to exploit here, and political agendas which have nothing to do with faith or religion have been successfully advanced through sinister manipulation of coincidental events.
Where belief is concerned, facts are irrelevant. Consider the ease with which anti-Muslim hysteria has been whipped up in the United States in the 10 years since September 11, and how the beliefs and practices of an ancient and venerable faith have been distorted—beliefs and practices no less precious to Muslims than ours are to us. Jihad, for example, is revered in Islam in the same way martyrdom is in Christianity.
Only the holiest, purest souls are called to make such an extreme sacrifice, and even then, it is only considered jihad if the cause is equally righteous.
How would we feel if Joan of Arc or Oscar Romero were painted as crazed fanatics, deluded and brainwashed at best, evil and demonic at worst? How dare we dismiss the nuanced and strongly held beliefs of another religion as insanity or evidence of brainwashing or criminally subversive activity?
We dare because we are encouraged to do so. During the Inquisition, not only was Christianity enforced, but only one kind of Christianity would do. In Nazi Germany the same logic applied. The Sunnis and the Shiites, the Arabs and the Jews, the Hindus and the Muslims—do we need more examples of the divisiveness of faith, the deep and enduring chasms just waiting for us to fall into?
Belief in God is a fundamental human condition. Our hearts are restless until they rest in him. But we have come to the end of the road for making a case for God, at least in the traditional sense. The age of evangelization and the propagation of the faith is over. Holy wars, crusades, fatwas, and edicts—let them all die a natural death. A God who needs a case to be made on his behalf is no God at all.
God is and God is here; the signs are all around us.
For me, the case for God is made by the work of those who love him, a love that can only be demonstrated by love for his creation: his people, animals, planet. Look at the free hospitals and schools, the prison ministries, the public libraries. See the food banks, the land trusts, the soup kitchens, the bird sanctuaries. Listen to the activists who speak of social justice, disarmament, conservation, and an end to hunger. Some identify God as their inspiration openly, while others do not. Does it matter? Is God any less present for not being named?
By their works ye shall know them, and by extension, know him.
Father Michael Himes of Boston College, my new favorite theologian, says that God is relationship. God is what happens when one person reaches out to another in love. The work of God is the work of mercy, love, service. No greater case can be made for his presence in our lives and in the world than by serving his people. No greater proof of our belief in his existence can be offered.
Indeed, in Matthew 25:31-46 Jesus spells it out for us in words too stark to be misinterpreted. "Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers and sisters, that you do unto me." Not a squeak about which church you were a member of or to which God you prayed. Not a mention of the sacraments you received on how regular a basis or the number of people you converted. Nothing about how much money you donated to the temple or the synagogue or the church or the mosque. All that matters, all that we will be judged upon, is how we treated other people.
This is not an argument against religion or against the need so many of us have—and I am one of them—for some structure for our belief. It is rather a recognition that this is our need, not God's. But in recognizing that, along with our need to make his case, proclaim our faith, and share what we believe, let us remember Ralph Waldo Emerson's astute observation: "What you do speaks so loudly, I cannot hear what you say."
A case for God could also be a container: a case and its contents. What might it hold to honor him whose beauty is past change?
I'd like to give God a case of daffodil bulbs, Beethoven sonatas and quartets on CD, fine wine, cheese, apples, chocolate truffles—or cases and cases—full, pressed down, and overflowing of every good thing in thanksgiving, in praise, in celebration.
I'd like to give God a case of all the things he doesn't need but which we want to give him anyway—like all of our ancestors from so many different faiths have given him down through the ages: the firstfruits, the perfect flowers, the soaring music, the exquisite joy, and the shimmering beauty that is ours because God is, now and forever, by whatever name, in whatever form, by whatever light, in whatever language, and from whatever angle he chooses to reveal himself. Praise him.
This article appeared in the July 2011 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 76, No. 7, pages 33-35).


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National Police Week 5K
On May 14, 2016, ICMA-RC associates joined more than 2000 runners for the 2016 National Police Week 5K. This marks the third consecutive year that associates have represented the organization in honoring fallen law enforcement officers by raising awareness of the men and women who protect us on a daily basis. ICMA-RC was created by the public sector for the public sector and public safety is a large part of that community. ICMA-RC is proud to not only sponsor, but also participate in the Police Week 5K and to honor the men and women that serve their communities every day.


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PHILADELPHIA — I finally cashed in my winnings from the Nats victory in the 2006 season series with the Fleas today. The Ombudsman was quite gracious in defeat. The cheesesteak was delicious of course.
I have a bad feeling that there will be no repeat next year. I fully expect that it'll be me giving a concession speech in Ben's Chili Bowl over chili half-smokes.


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Australia Rugby
David Pocock won't rush rehabilitation
March 15, 2013
David Pocock sustained the injury playing for the Brumbies against the Waratahs © Getty Images
David Pocock will not risk re-injuring his left knee by rushing back to rugby after successful surgery expected to sideline him for up to nine months.
Pocock, 24, underwent a two-hour knee reconstruction in Brisbane on Thursday night to repair the anterior cruciate ligament he ruptured in the Brumbies' 35-6 Super Rugby win over New South Wales. He opted against radical LARS surgery that could have seen him back in the frame to play the three-Test series against the British & Irish Lions that kicks off on June 22.
"I'm pleased to have the surgery out of the way," Pocock said in a statement. "Now I need to rest up and get myself ready to start the rehabilitation process. The key thing is that I'm patient and don't try to rush back. If that means season over, in terms of playing any more rugby this year, then so be it. Once I get into the rehabilitation, we'll see how it goes."
Waratahs flanker Michael Hooper, who started for the Wallabies in Pocock's absence for much of last year, and Queensland's in-form Liam Gill are vying for the No.7 jersey against the Lions. Brumbies veteran George Smith is ineligible for Test selection due to the terms of his contract with Japanese club Suntory Sungoliath
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Zero-pressure accumulation conveying (ZPA) of a few to many zones in applications with or without PLC, but without fieldbus.
The ZoneControl is a single-zone control for a RollerDrive EC310 and a zone sensor. The ZoneControl can be used to create stand-alone, zero-pressure accumulation conveyors which require no higher-level control (PLC). Additional functions and communication to upstream and downstream conveyors can be implemented via digital inputs and outputs (I/Os).
The advantage is that the ZPA logic is contained in the ZoneControl and does not have to be programmed within a PLC. DIP switches can be used to set the RollerDrive speed and direction of rotation as well as the logic (single or train release). For all ZoneControl connected with each other, the speed can also be changed with an analog signal.
The wiring of the voltage supply is done via switching wire and communication using commercial CAT5 cables (Ethernet cable). The ZoneControl is only partially suited when a tracking of materials or the control of the RollerDrive with start and brake ramps is being planned or a large number of additional functions is to be used.
The ZoneControl shows its strength in the fact that it does not have to be addressed, which makes an exchange in case of a failure extremely easy, and it can easily be configured with DIP switches.


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The reaction from Vodafone comes as Everything Everywhere, the owner of the T-Mobile and Orange brands, is set to steal a march on its rivals after being granted the green-light to launch super-fast mobile internet.
Ofcom has refused to "properly regard the competitive distortion created by allowing one operator to run services before the ground has been laid for a fully competitive 4G market", according to Vodafone.
However, Ofcom has defended itself by claiming there was no risk the benefits of the decision will be outweighed by a distortion of competition and claims delaying the decision would be to the detriment of consumers.
The decision follows a lobbying campaign Everything Everywhere that launched in April and urged the government to "do whatever is necessary to move forward" with the 4G roll out.
Everything Everywhere approached Ofcom in March of this year with a proposal to become the first mobile operator to bring 4G to the UK by using its existing 1800Mhz spectrum to run LTE.
Ofcom's decision means Orange and T-Mobile will be the first operators that can offer consumers the significantly faster mobile data speeds enabled through 4G with a possible roll out as early as 11 September.
Everything Everywhere has already trademarked 'Everything Everywhere 4G' and has been running trials of the service in South-West England.
The Ofcom decision comes ahead of the release of additional spectrum in the 800 MHz and 2.6GHz bands that will enable other operators to launch competing 4G services from next year following an auction process later this year.
Ofcom's actions have enraged Vodafone, which has released a statement saying it is "frankly shocked that Ofcom has reached this decision".
The statement continued: "The regulator has shown a careless disregard for the best interests of consumers, businesses and the wider economy through its refusal to properly regard the competitive distortion created by allowing one operator to run services before the ground has been laid for a fully competitive 4G market.
"Ofcom's timing is particularly bizarre given the reports that Everything Everywhere is currently in discussions to sell some of its spectrum to 3, which Ofcom has previously been at such pains to protect with its over-engineering of the 4G auction.
"This means the balance in the auction will fundamentally change.
"The regulator has spent several years refusing to carry out a fair and open auction. Now its decision today has granted the two most vociferous complainants during that entire process a massive incentive to further delay it.
"We wholeheartedly support the Secretary of State's call for the 4G auction to occur in December and look to the regulator to finally do its job and produce a competitive market for 4G services as soon as possible.
"We firmly believe that a fully competitive market for 4G services is in the best interests of Britain.
"We have already committed ourselves to reach 98% of the UK population with indoor 4G services by 2015 – two years before Ofcom's own target – but we need to acquire spectrum in the auction to achieve this. Ironically, all that stands in our way right now is the regulator."Follow @mattchapmanuk


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Even though I was born and raised in Southern California, I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for a locale at the complete opposite end of the cultural and geographic spectrum – Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Every summer my brothers and I would spend three weeks in the sleepy Midwest city where my mother grew up – making faces at the giant brown bear at the Zoo, playing tennis at the local college near my grandma's house, and visiting nearly every park in the city.
My fondest memories of Sioux Falls, however, involved all the food we were allowed to eat while we were there on vacation. We'd gorge ourselves silly on my grandmother's ginger cookies, lick hot grease off our fingers from the fried chicken at Bob's Cafe, and one Sunday during our stay, we'd troop to the local country club for an epic brunch buffet.
Brunch at the Westward Ho (yes, that's the actual name of the country club) was the highlight of every trip to Sioux Falls. There was an endless array of pastries, pancakes and thick Belgium waffles with real maple syrup. There was an omelet bar, a salad bar, a carving station with roast beef and turkey, a hot bar with mashed potatoes and other savories, and an entire table devoted to dessert, including an ice cream sundae station.
It was a food paradise, but nearly impossible to eat everything available to us. After years of going to the brunch, however, my brothers and I learned to focus on our favorite items instead – for me this meant the waffles, country-style potatoes, turkey, fruit, and, of course, the desserts. I delighted in every bite, and still consider the brunch one of my favorite food memories from my childhood.
Even though I delight in taking many bites these days, I haven't been to a brunch buffet since moving to Los Angeles nearly six years ago. I didn't think anything like the Westward Ho's spread existed here, so was positively ecstatic when Cathy from Gastronomy Blog invited me to accompany her to a media event at Scott Conant's Scarpetta at the Montage this past Sunday for the debut of their new brunch buffet.
I was even more excited upon reading the laundry list of offerings the culinary teams at Scarpetta and Montage would be whipping up for the decidedly decadent affair. They promised (and subsequently delivered) a sushi and raw bar, a pasta station – with Scarpetta's famed $24 spaghetti, an egg station for customizable omelets and frittatas, waffles and pancakes, a carving station, fruit, pastries, bacon, sliders and crustless peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for younger diners, and an artful cheese display by the Cheese Store of Beverly Hills. And to finish? "An extraordinary dessert presentation by award-winning executive pastry chef and Food Network's most-winning champion, Richard Ruskell, who is currently competing on Last Cake Standing."
I was full just reading the description of everything that's included in the $68/person mid-day masterpiece of a meal.
Of course, as a seasoned brunch buffet diner, I knew I'd be able to handle it. After all, I'd been perfecting my buffet strategy since I was three feet tall (nearly half the height I am today). The name of the eating game is selectivity, and after taking careful surveillance of the offerings on Sunday, and sampling only small portions of each before going back for more of my favorites, I was able to focus my energies on the best of the brunch.
To start, I went straight for the daintier offerings – the salads, raw bar and the grilled branzino with spring garlic vinaigrette. The grilled asparagus paired with a tangy tomato dressing was a perfectly pleasant way to begin the meal and was my favorite item from the salad bar that also included mixed greens, Caesar salad, roasted beets, and roasted cauliflower with minted bread crumbs. While vegetables are usually a hot commodity for me, I didn't dabble too heavily in the greens – especially after tasting the grilled branzino, a dish that is also offered on the regular Scarpetta dinner menu.
Grilled whole with the skin on, the flaky white fish retained much of its moisture and tasted incredibly fresh – particularly when paired with the spritely, well-balanced spring garlic vinaigrette. I went back for seconds of this dish toward the end of the meal.
As a rule, I'm not particularly partial to raw bar offerings, but I spared a bite for the yellowtail with olio de zenzero and pickled red onion, also an item from the regular Scarpetta menu, before heading on to heartier pastures.
While Scarpetta offers a host of traditional breakfast and brunch dishes like pancakes, waffles, French toast, scrambled eggs, bacon, oven-fried potato wedges, omelets, and frittatas, I elected to select the more unique items available. The small bites I took of the bacon, artichoke frittata and potato wedges didn't dazzle me enough to tempt me away from the more dinneresque offerings.
The roasted lamb with mint salsa verde was an immediate victor, as was that darn $24 spaghetti, which I couldn't seem to stop eating. This second time around, I realized that the secret to the dish's popularity isn't in the sauce, it's in the noodles. Texturally, the egg yolk-heavy thick ropes almost remind me of lo mein. Despite my previous claim that the spaghetti isn't my favorite item on Scarpetta's menu, I found it absurdly addicting on Sunday – even when faced with a buffet of other foods competing for my attention. With its mushier texture, the other pasta on tap – ricotta raviolini with baby stewed tomatoes – was quickly lost in the shuffle.
Since I couldn't enjoy Chef Ruskell's desserts because of Lent, I let the Cheese Store representative put together a plate of their cheeses for my brunch finale . He loaded my plate with a smorgasbord of their offerings, including epoisses, but the highlight for me was the Buffalo Pecorino with truffle honey. While I was disappointed I didn't get to partake in the vanilla-cream filled donuts, the yuzu meringue tarts and the rice pudding trifles, it more than satisfied my need for one last decadent bite.
While I still miss those Sunday brunches at the Westward Ho in Sioux Falls, Scarpetta's feast brought back all those fond memories of being a kid in a food paradise. And with the charming patio and adjacent European-style courtyard, in this case, it actually felt like paradise.
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很多人已经放弃了黑莓手机生产商移动研究公司(Research in Motion,RIM),理由充分。曾经在移动商务通信领域叱咤风云的RIM如今已经丧失了市场领导地位。
事实上,我建议选择另一条道路:效法苹果(Apple)。2006年,史蒂夫•乔布斯将所有产品线中的IBM PowerPC芯片都换成了英特尔(Intel)半导体。随后,苹果开始放手专注于自己最擅长的领域——整体用户体验。尽管此类传言多年来不绝于耳,乔布斯最初的声明仍然震惊了Mac粉丝。时至今日,我们知道这一步是多么地有先见之明。重新将重点放在用户体验上是新苹果的开始,如今苹果已成为世界上最有价值的公司。
如果由于某些原因、谷歌不愿与RIM合作,RIM也可以转向微软(Microsoft),采用其Windows Mobile 操作系统。接下来的挑战是Windows Mobile同样存在应用软件和开发人员不足的问题。RIM最好还是与谷歌达成协议,打造移动商务平台。
RIM只有几个月的时间来调整方向。如果向史蒂夫•乔布斯学习,今秋就能拿出一款升级手机。否则,在这个RIM共同打造的市场中,它或许会面临被边缘化的窘境,最后只剩一家圆周理论物理研究所(Perimeter Institute)。
Jack Hidary是一位初创企业投资者,Dice.com的共同创始人和前首席执行官。
Many have given up on Research in Motion -- with good reason. The company has ceded its leadership in a space it once dominated.
Last week RIM's (RIMM) CEO Thorsten Heins depressed the stock further by announcing that the company will stick to its outdated operating system and come out with its next iteration in the first quarter of next year. This -- without question -- will doom the company to failure.
Instead I suggest a different approach: pull a reverse Apple (AAPL). In 2006, Steve Jobs swapped out the proprietary PowerPC (IBM) chips for Intel (INTC) semiconductors across its product line. Apple was then free to focus on what it does best -- total user experience. Though a rumored possibility on and off for years, Jobs' initial announcement shocked Mac fans. We can now see how prescient a move it really was. Refocusing on user experience was the beginning of the new Apple that has come to be the most valued company in the world.
RIM can easily jettison its software platform, which has failed to attract developers, and license Google's (GOOG) Android while keeping its unique line of Blackberry hardware. RIM can add value on the Android platform by delivering a business version of the OS. This would include built-in hooks for Salesforce.com (CRM), Oracle (ORCL), SAP (SAP) and other enterprise platforms. The typical Android phone is geared more for consumer applications and multimedia rather than hard-core business apps out-of-the box.
If for some reason, Google will not play ball with RIM, the company can turn to Microsoft (MSFT) and license its mobile Windows OS. The challenge then will be the paucity of apps and developers on that platform as well. But RIM is better off cutting a deal with Google and creating a mobile business platform.
Blackberry users love the form factor and keyboard of their devices. Many find it hard to use a virtual keyboard and would rather stick with their "crack berries." Mr. Heins can give them what they want with a modern OS and the biz apps that will make it easy to stay with Blackberry. RIM has built a fast global network whose security offers a lot of value to enterprise users. However, unless it rolls out a platform soon that has strong developer support this network will disappear.
Fortune 500 CTOs who adopted Blackberry with such gusto five years ago are now facing angry users who want cutting-edge business apps. If RIM jumps to Android they can keep their strong corporate user base. But these same CTOs will not wait until next year. I have spoken a number of CTO's who are already implementing their Blackberry exit plans. RIM's continued woes are only likely to make an anecdotal trend an actual one.
RIM has only a few months to change course. If they take a page from the book of Steve Jobs they can come out with an updated device this fall. Otherwise, RIM might as well fold into its Perimeter Institute because that is exactly where it will end up -- on the outskirts of the very market the firm helped create.
Jack Hidary is a startup investor and co-founder and former CEO of Dice.com (DHX). Send Jack comments @jackhidary.
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Thanksgiving 1968
Descendants of Harry & Elsie McKiel of Albion, Maine
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The man in front looks like he is having a great time. Also, looks pretty warm for a Thanksgiving Day in Maine, lucky them.ReplyDelete
It was actually in New Jersey, although the family is from Maine. That's Uncle Bob in the front, he was/is a great sport. I am the one on the right (looking at the picture) in the matching jacket with my sister - standing in the middle! Kathy


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C&C Generals was a good one. Zero Hour helped add new content to make things interesting. Always wrecked the computers though, since the programmers never fixed a memory leak. Eventually your game would crash because you'd run out of memory. But it was still a fun game, if you saved often enough.
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Release Date: July 26th, 2013
DVD Release Date: December 3rd, 2013
PG-13 |2 hr 6 minPlot Summary
Lured to a Japan he hasn't seen since World War II, century-old mutant Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) finds himself in a shadowy realm of yakuza and samurai. Wolverine is pushed to his physical and emotional brink when he is forced to go on the run with a powerful industrialist's daughter (Tao Okamoto) and is confronted -- for the first time -- with the prospect of death. As he struggles to rediscover the hero within himself, he must grapple with powerful foes and the ghosts of his own haunted past.
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Hiroyuki Sanada, Famke Janssen, Will Yun Lee, Rila Fukushima, Tao Okamoto, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Hal Yamanouchi
Director: James Mangold
Genres: Fantasy , Adventure , Action , Science Fiction
Production Co: Donners' Company
Distributors: 20th Century Fox
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Little Company of Mary is now a Baby-Friendly Hospital
Little Company of Mary Hospital (LCMH) has received the prestigious honor of being internationally recognized as a Baby-Friendly birth facility by Baby-Friendly USA. There are 150 designated Baby-Friendly hospitals and birth centers in the United States and 20,000 worldwide. LCMH is the third Baby-Friendly hospital and birth center in the state of Illinois and the first hospital in the Chicagoland area to achieve this designation.
"We are extremely proud to be the first Baby-Friendly hospital in the Chicagoland area." said Mary Grimm, manager of Little Company of Mary's Family Birth Center. "Little Company of Mary has long offered a safe and loving environment delivering more than 200,000 babies into the world exceeding all other hospitals in the Southwest Chicago area. This accreditation further validates our mission to provide our newborns with the best possible healthy start in life. A special thank you to our physicians, staff, moms, babies and their families, especially those who participated in the Baby Friendly audit interviews."
Becoming a Baby-Friendly facility is a comprehensive, detailed and thorough journey toward excellence in providing evidence-based, maternity care with the goal of achieving optimal infant feeding outcomes and mother/baby bonding. It compels our hospital to examine, challenge and modify longstanding policies and procedures. It requires training and skill building among all levels of staff. It entails implementing audit processes to assure quality in all aspects of maternity care operations and can ultimately enhance patient satisfaction and improve health outcomes.
The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is a global program that was launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in 1991 to encourage and recognize hospitals and birthing centers that offer an optimal level of care for infant feeding and mother/baby bonding. It recognizes and awards birthing facilities who successfully implement the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding (i) and the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (ii). The BFHI assists hospitals in giving all mothers the information, confidence, and skills necessary to successfully initiate and continue breastfeeding their babies or feeding formula safely, and gives special recognition to hospitals that have done so.
Education and support are available prenatally and postnatal. LCMH offers comprehensive education to mothers throughout the phases of pregnancy, childbirth and post-partum. Programs include breastfeeding, childbirth preparation, and infant care support. Our lactation team consists of three International Board-Certified Lactation Consultants and fourteen staff members who are Certified Lactation Counselors.
If you are pregnant or planning the start of your family and would like a private tour of our new Family Birth Center visit our website at www.lcmh.org. To learn more about breastfeeding and Little Company of Mary's free Breastfeeding Support Group, contact Little Company of Mary Hospital's Lactation Office at 708.229.5418.


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Once the center of a mighty empire, the Portuguese capital was nearly wiped out in the 18th century, only to rise again and establish itself as one of Europe's most beguiling cities, rich in beauty, grace and melancholy
Author Chris Wright Photography Pedro Guimaraes
ON THE CLEAR, BRIGHT morning of November 1, 1755—All Saints' Day—Lisbon was hit by a massive earthquake. At the time, the Portuguese capital was among the world's most vibrant cities, packed with extravagant architecture, its coffers swollen with the wealth generated by its colonial adventures. The quake, along with subsequent tsunamis and fires, leveled about 85 percent of the city.
But something wonderful grew out of this. A citywide rebuilding effort produced what would become some of the finest examples of 18th-century architecture in Europe, and the tragedy imbued Lisboans with a fierce determination to hold on to what remained. To a degree rarely seen elsewhere, the city avoided the ravages of urban renewal. From the ancient alleys that survived the quake to the grand avenues that emerged from the rubble, Lisbon sometimes feels as though it has been preserved in amber.
There's a word here, saudade, that has no English translation but describes the heightened passion aroused by absence. You get the sense that the emotion extends beyond the personal: Lisbon seems to be a city gripped by collective longing. This is not to say that Lisboans are ensnared in the past, or are unable to enjoy themselves. There's remarkable energy, terrific food, music and—yes—wine.
Still, you can't help feeling that even this bonhomie has its roots in melancholy. As the local poet Fernando Pessoa put it: "Since we do nothing in this confused world / That lasts … / Let us prefer the pleasure of the moment."
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I really enjoyed reading your article about Lisbon. You made me to revisit places that I have been in this lovely city and you made me to want to discover the ones that I missed. I am from Brazil. Have you wrote anything about our cities?
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I had read your article on one of my flights and taken the magazine home. Many moons later, I was able to finally come to Lisbon – I had a head-start through your lovely writings…. good work – I wish I could pack in as much as you did – but I had a great time.


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|Hogwarts Hallowe'en Feast
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A Feast held at Hallowe'en
- "By the time Hallowe'en arrived, Harry was regretting his rash promise to go to the deathday party. The rest of the school was happily anticipating their Hallowe'en feast; the Great Hall had been decorated with the usual live bats, Rubeus Hagrid's vast pumpkins had been carved into lanterns large enough for three men to sit in, and there were rumours that Albus Dumbledore had booked a troupe of dancing skeletons for the entertainment."
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The Hallowe'en Feast at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry occurs on 31 October every year. It is festooned with candy-filled pumpkins, bats, orange streamers, and all sorts of Hallowe'en-related decorations. There is always some entertainment at the end, this may be by the Hogwarts Ghosts who pop out of the walls and do formation gliding. It's a highly anticipated feast which most Hogwarts students look forward to every year.
- "Troll - troll in the dungeons - thought you ought to know"
- —Professor Quirrell warning of a troll[src]
In 1991, the feast was interrupted by Professor Quirrell, who came in pretending to be frightened and screaming that there was a troll in the dungeons before fainting. In reality, the troll had been secretly let in by himself under Lord Voldemort's orders.[1] The feast was cut short and all the students had to finish it in their common rooms, while the teachers went to find the troll. Harry Potter and Ron Weasley went off to find and inform Hermione Granger about it in the bathroom and ran into the troll.[2]
In 1992, it was rumoured that Albus Dumbledore had booked a band of skeletons to play there. Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger did not attend the feast; instead, they were at Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington's 500th Deathday Party.[3] As such, Argus Filch believed that they were involved with the Petrification of his cat, Mrs. Norris, which occurred on the same night, since they were not at the feast with all the other students.
During the Hallowe'en feast in Harry Potter's Third year Sirius Black attempted to break into the Gryffindor Common Room to murder Peter Pettigrew (disguised as Scabbers). However, when the Fat Lady did not let him in he slashed her portrait.
In Harry Potter's fourth year, the Hallowe'en Feast had an added dimension, as the Goblet of Fire was present to divulge the names of the champions for the Triwizard Tournament. Unexpectedly, after the three champions were chosen, a fourth name came out of the Goblet: Harry Potter's.[4]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
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- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter. 10
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
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Lindsay Hallion Miller '08 returned to her alma mater to join the women's basketball staff for the 2011-12 season. Miller, a two-time All-Ivy League selection and senior captain, now enters her fifth season as an assistant coach with the Crimson, working primarily with the guards.
The Crimson's recruiting coordinator, Miller helped the squad to its second-most wins in program history in 2013-14, as senior guard Christine Clark earned her third-straight first team All-League honors, leading the conference in scoring. The Crimson became the first Ivy League program to earn an at-large berth into a postseason tournament, advancing to the second round of the WNIT for the third-consecutive season.
In her first season back in Cambridge, Miller helped the 2011-12 squad to an 18-12 record and a 9-7 record on the road, marking the first time since 2008-09 that Harvard had finished the season with a winning road record. The Crimson finished second in the Ivy League standings and earned a trip to the WNIT, where it became the first Ivy League school to pick up a win in the tournament when it upset Hofstra, 73-71. Harvard also picked up a very impressive victory over the BIG EAST's St. John's during the campaign, topping a Red Storm team which advanced to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 and finished the year ranked 14th by the Associated Press. Additionally, both of Harvard's starting guards, Brogan Berry and Christine Clark, were named to the All-Ivy League First Team.
Miller came to Harvard after working for the FBI where she was assigned to criminal investigations. Prior to her time with the FBI she was a research assistant for Martin Research and Consulting in Cambridge.
A native of Westwood, Mass., Miller earned second-team All-Ivy League honors as a junior and senior. She also earned a spot on the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District second team as well. She was part of three Ivy League championship teams and was instrumental in the Crimson winning the 2007 and 2008 crowns. In 2007, as a junior, the Crimson went to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003. Miller was named the team's most valuable player as a junior and a senior and won the Harvard Pride Award as a freshman and a senior.
After graduation, Miller played overseas in Europe before returning to the United States to serve as assistant varsity girls' basketball coach and as assistant athletic director at her alma mater, Westwood High School. She has also run summer clinics and coached individual training sessions in her hometown and lectured at various camps in addition to working as a summer camp counselor at numerous basketball camps.
While at Harvard, Miller was involved with the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business, the Leverett House Committee and Harvard reunions. She graduated in 2008 with a bachelor's of arts degree in psychology.
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Risotto isn't hard to prepare, but it can be time-consuming. Save the effort for another day with this creamy, quick-cook version that pairs packaged risotto with plump shrimp and fresh asparagus.
1 lb. bag (26- to 30-per-lb size) EZ peel frozen shrimp
2 box Lundberg garlic primavera risotto
8 oz. fresh asparagus, ends trimmed
Heat 1 Tbsp oil in a 12-in. nonstick skillet over high heat. Add shrimp; sauté 2 to 3 minutes until golden and cooked through. Transfer to a bowl.
Add rice to skillet; stir 30 seconds. Stir in 5 cups water and the seasoning packets. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer uncovered 12 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Stir in asparagus; simmer 7 minutes. Stir in shrimp and any juices; cook 1 minute or until asparagus and rice are tender and shrimp are heated through.


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Thiazide diuretics
Loop diuretics
Potassium-sparing diuretics
Aldosterone receptor antagonists, such as spironolactone, are another type of potassium-sparing diuretic used for heart failure. For more information on this medicine, see Aldosterone Receptor Antagonists: Diuretics for Heart Failure.
Diuretics stimulate the kidneys to remove
more water and salt (sodium) from the body. This can help relieve swelling that happens because of heart failure.
These medicines are used if you have heart failure symptoms
of fluid buildup (such as difficulty breathing or swelling in your legs and
ankles). Diuretics are often used with ACE inhibitors and may be combined with
other medicines.
Diuretics help rid the body of extra
fluid and sodium. They can help relieve some symptoms of heart failure such as swelling in the legs.1
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you have:
Call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of changes in potassium levels:
Other side effects of this medicine include:
See Drug Reference for a full list
of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
You may feel more tired or need to urinate more often when you start taking this medicine. These effects typically occur less after you have taken the medicine for a while. If the increase in urine interferes with your sleep or daily activities, ask your doctor to help you plan a schedule for taking the medicine.
You will likely have regular blood tests to monitor how the medicine is working in your body. Your doctor will let you know when you need to have the tests.
Ask your doctor if you need to take a potassium supplement or if you need to watch the amount of potassium in your diet. If you take a loop diuretic or thiazide diuretic, your doctor may suggest you get extra potassium because these medicines lower your potassium levels. But if you take a potassium-sparing diuretic, you do not need to get extra potassium in your diet.
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
For tips on taking medicine for heart failure, see:
If you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or trying to get pregnant, do not use any medicines unless your doctor tells you to. Some medicines can harm your baby. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, herbs, and supplements. And make sure that all your doctors know that you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
CitationsDrugs for treatment of chronic heart failure (2009). Treatment Guidelines From The Medical Letter, 7(83): 53–56.
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Depaving Portland
The residents of Portland, Ore. are tearing their city up.
The Portland-based nonprofit Depave, in partnership with Carfree Portland, has been organizing volunteer work parties to remove thousands of square feet of concrete pavement and "free the soil" beneath. According to Depave.org, getting rid of unnecessary pavement will "reduce stormwater pollution and increase the amount of land available for habitat restoration, urban farming, trees, native vegetation, and beauty, thus providing us with greater connections to the natural world." That's a lot of benefit to leave wrapped in cement.
But it's not all jackhammers and bits of broken rock. Working with local property owners, Depave teams have been replacing barren parking lots with urban gardens and community green spaces—key contributors to healthy, livable cities.
- :: Simple steps for day-to-day liberation. Go ahead: free your world.
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REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Enough already: How big is too big?
ADDRESS: 524 Allen Road
NEIGHBORHOOD: Beyond Earlysville
SIZE: 4,099 fin. sq. ft., 2,000 unfin.
LAND: 3.88 acres
CURB APPEAL: 7 out of 10
LISTED BY: Stu Rifkin, Hasbrouck Real Estate, 466-9515
How much is enough? is an interesting question in all sorts of contexts: at the buffet table, in the Human Resources office when it's time for a raise, and when designing a dream house.
Obviously Brady Bunch families need space (although the seven "Waltons" sibs made do with three bedrooms and one bath in 1,469 square feet in Schuyler), but does the typical American family of 2006– mom, dad, and 2.3 kiddies– really need 4,000+ square feet to rattle around in?
Apparently lots of people think so, including the couple (with 1.0 child) who had this place designed and built in 2002. In Dr. Zhivago, a very cross Communist party member hectors the doc, "Ten families could live in your house!"– just before she takes over the villa and moves them in. Ten might be a bit much for this big place off Markwood Road, but clearly it's way more than needed by a nuclear bundle of three.
That's not to say, of course, that these folks are unique. One look at the square footage of the jumbos filling the Hardiplank hamlets hereabouts reveals that apparently Mies van der Rohe's "less is more" philosophy is definitely last century. More is more everywhere– in Albemarle, in Loudoun– even in Greene! So obviously there's a market for this big, big house with its big porch with big columns, big deck, big cathedral-ceiling entry hall, big stairs to big upstairs hall and super-big master bedroom... big, big big!
Inside the front door, the two-story entryway leads directly to the living room stretching across the rear of the house with views of the back yard through three pairs of French doors. To the right is a room currently used as a sitting room/ library; to the left is the dining room, which leads on to the kitchen. Here, de rigeur granite counters and stainless appliances struggle to jazz up ho-hum cabinets, but a bay-window breakfast area and a neat little gas fireplace shared by the living room and the kitchen add some interest. Off the kitchen are a pantry/laundry room and the door to the two-car garage.
Upstairs are five bedrooms, two in a separate "guest wing" with a big connecting bath. Two others in the master bedroom wing also share a connecting bath. All are perfunctory, with those drab Motel-6ish fiberglass showers. The two bedrooms near the master suite are under dormers in the front of the house, and so they have interesting little cubby-like hidey-holes that kids will love. On the guest suite side, the bedroom in the back looks over the sloping backyard, and from that height the view across the yard to the forest beyond is quite something.
The master suite is reminiscent of one we saw in an equally over-built place years ago in Dunlora– complete with "tray" ceiling and 266 square feet, plus a bay window bay. We've seen some Belmont cottages whose total complement of bedrooms would not fill the space in this one bedroom– and that's before figuring in a "grand" walk-in closet/ dressing area and master bath that together are about the same size as the living room below them. It's a mystery why anyone would want to sleep in– never mind heat– a room the size of a train depot.
Pull-down stairs lead to an attic for storage. Downtown, underpinning the place is an enormous basement, with yet another bathroom (the fifth) roughed in, and with a large bay window providing views of the backyard. Because of the slope, much of the basement has windows, making it much brighter and move useful than expected. In fact, at 2,000 square feet, the basement alone is larger than many houses currently on the market. What's the point of all this space?
But just when we're shaking our head and clucking over the excess, our thoughts turn to Glenmore, Farmington, and other venerable exercises in overkill. As we've noted, there's clearly a market for this sort of profligacy. Families who can afford not only to buy, but to furnish, heat, cool, and maintain places like this are out there, and the question is only which big bruiser to choose?
Why settle on this one from among so many, with more in the pipeline as far as the eye can see? Well, convenience, for one thing. Without the burden of yearly assessments for community fees, gatehouses, and golf courses, this place has the distinct advantage of being much closer than the established classy subdivisions to Hollymead Town Center and all the shopping Valhallas soon to spring up in Albemarle Place. And not only that, best of all, from the big front porch and sweeping cedar deck out back, it's impossible to see another house.
If you have to have a place as big as all outdoors in the middle of all outdoors, here's one to put on your list.