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A Sermon for Eliot Church
September 6, 2015
Rev. Reebee Girash
Mark 7:24-37
From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and bowed down at his feet.Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician origin. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. He said to her, "Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs." But she answered him, "Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs." Then he said to her, "For saying that, you may go--the demon has left your daughter." So she went home, found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
James 2:1-10, (11-13), 14-17
My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ? For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes into your assembly, and if a poor person in dirty clothes also comes in, and if you take notice of the one wearing the fine clothes and say, "Have a seat here, please," while to the one who is poor you say, "Stand there," or, "Sit at my feet," have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is it not they who drag you into court? Is it not they who blaspheme the excellent name that was invoked over you? You do well if you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." But if you show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it. For the one who said, "You shall not commit adultery," also said, "You shall not murder." Now if you do not commit adultery but if you murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment. What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill," and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.
The through-hiker walked into the dining room at Lonesome Lake Hut last weekend and my very first thought was, "O heavens, I hope he does not intend to stay for dinner." It's perhaps more accurate to say his scent walked into the dining room before he did - it really must be the end of the trail season - I thought, this place is not for him, and I was truly relieved when he simply refilled his camel-back and left again. I confess it. The person in the room who had walked the farthest to get to this mountainside retreat, the person most in need of water, food, rest, friendship - I was glad to see that person leave.
Jesus says to her: "It is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs."
Would you read between the lines with me for a moment?
She is a Syrophoenician woman. A Gentile. He is a Jew. A teacher, a renowned healer.
Her daughter is so ill. If you have loved a child who as been sick, you know that moment, when they are in danger, when you feel helpless, when you would do anything to turn the clock back. You turn to anyone who might be able to help. You want them to see this child, to just for a moment love them like you do, to fight for them the way you will fight for them. Because, you believe - this is the key to your child's healing.
This Syrophoenician woman, she hears Jesus is nearby. She walks through the door with the boldness of desperation. She bows down at his feet, a sign of respect and deference though she refuses to be turned away at the door. She begs him.
And Jesus called this woman and her child dogs.
Now, that's as bad as it sounds. Mean, ugly. In historic context it would have been heard as a racial slur.
We would really love to soften the meaning of this reply. Some scholars say he was just tired. Others, that he really just wanted her to stand up for herself. Then there's the translation of dogs that actually is more like puppies because that's so much (ahem) kinder. But I am with scholars like David Lose who think in glossing over Jesus' response, we lose the good news of this moment. He writes:
"I think this more traditional interpretation appeals to us because on the surface, at least, it preserves the picture of Jesus we hold in our hearts -- perfect in compassion, foreknowledge, courage, and love. Yet...maybe, just maybe Jesus hasn't fully lived into his messianic consciousness....maybe even Jesus doesn't quite realize just how expansive God's kingdom is yet. Maybe this desperate woman pushes him, stretches his vision of God's grace, makes clear to him in an unexpected and initially unwelcome way that there is room in God's kingdom for all, for Jew and Gentile, male and female, slave and free, insider and outsider, even dogs like her and her daughter. If so, then I think we should give thanks for this desperate mother and her fierce parental love, for in it we see as clearly as anywhere in the Gospel the character of God's tenacious commitment and God's similarly fierce love for all of God's children." (http://www.workingpreacher.org/craft.aspx?post=1625, David Lose)
This is the risk of following a great Teacher who was both fully human and fully God - some stories about Jesus reveal his fully human side.
Now, if you were this mom, would you have left when you heard yourself and your child called dogs? No. You would not - for to do so would be to give up on your beloved child. No matter what words are used, she's still at home sick. How can I convince the great teacher, she thinks. I don't care what he thinks we are - all that matters is that I leave here with a promise of healing. I don't care what he thinks, my daughter matters, her life matters, no prejudice will stand in the way of her healing, I will not leave here until he sees that. So she turns the rhetoric on its head and says, even so. Even so.
Brave, persistent, creative loving, fierce, aware of her own self-worth and the worth of her child. We do not know her name but we know these things about her.
And this is why many interpreters say that if not for her, for the way her argument caused Jesus to change his mind, it all would have turned out very differently.
"The story of the Syrophoenician woman is among the strongest evidence available that both Jesus himself as well as the early church were part of an evolutionary process — that continues to this very day — in which we are continually being invited to learn just how much larger, more compassionate, and more inclusive God is then we are capable of realizing at any present moment." (Carl Gregg, http://thq.wearesparkhouse.org/featured/ordinary23bgospel/)
Jesus, this fully human son of God learns in this moment that God's love is for all of God's children. The host of the great banquet welcomes everyone to the table, not for scraps but for the full meal. His healing mercy would from then on be known to be impartial.
Yet. As with many Gospel truths, this one did not quite stick, past Jesus' time on earth. if it had the early church would have more closely resembled the great banquet.
James says it to them: "My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ?" In this moment, the partiality is between rich and poor, rather than between Gentile and Jew. It is a matter of class rather than race. But the prejudice and injustice, on some fundamental level, is the same. Jesus got it on an individual level, now the church in James' day has to get it on a corporate level.
"You do well if you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' But if you show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors"
James' letter isn't filled with the dramatic tension of our Gospel story. But you can imagine, you can read between the lines, he has been in the back of the sanctuary, watching, when one with dusty feet was ignored. When one in purple robes was ushered to the prized cushion. When someone said the poor little girl might not feel comfortable here (sarcastically). When the biggest pledger set the agenda for the congregational meeting. James will have none of it. I read in this a subtle and complex commission from James. It is not just to be impartial - to welcome everyone, regardless of class. And it is not just to serve the poor. James asks the church to do something very hard: to offer hospitality that is impartial - and to justice that sides with the poor and the oppressed. James sets out to push them, to stretch their vsion of God's grace and their own purpose.
James asks them to have worship and fellowship (and Sunday School and choir and Vacation Bible School and outdoor picnics) in which no one wonders or cares where folks come from or how much money they have - where folks wonder instead, has everybody met God's love and compassion here?
James wants them to do more than the charity of food gathering and check writing - to do justice that goes all the way to asking why poverty and oppression continue.
To have mercy triumph over judgement and to have works show forth faith, this is James' commission to this collective body, the early church.
Yet. As with much of the wisdom of the early church, this did not quite stick, past the first centuries. If it had, the modern church and the society over which the church has supposedly had sugh a great influence - would look a lot more like the great banquet.
Instead, we have churches separated by race and class and political persuasion. We have neighborhoods where affordable housing is unimaginable and childre live in motels. We wake up almost daily to the news of another beloved child of God, dead because of the color of his skin.
If you are listening closely, though, you can hear the voice of today's prophetic, brave, persistent mothers. Pushing us. Stretching our vision.
I am thinking of Michael Brown's mother, who cried out: "You took my son away from me...do you know how hard it was for me to get him to stay in school and graduate?" - Leslie McSpadden, Michael Brown's mother, http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/11/us/police-say-mike-brown-was-killed-after-struggle-for-gun.html?_r=0 )
Via Facebook, Rev. Traci Blackmon of Christ the King UCC in Florisant Missouri, one of the chaplains to the protestors in Ferguson after Michael Brown's death, wrote this:
"Ruminating on the text for Sunday. Mark 7:25-30. A text of righteous resistance. Thinking "dog" was to Jesus then what "thug" is to the establishment now. ...and how even when the devaluing comes from those we seek out for help...we must resist. For our own sake...and theirs!" (Friday September 4, 2015)
And I come back to the Carl Gregg's thought: this is an "evolutionary process that continues to this very day in which we are continually being invited to learn just how much larger, more compassionate and more inclusive God is than we are capable of realizing at any present moment." In other words:
Sometimes it is a provocative, prophetic, uncomfortable word that shakes us out of complacency - pushes and stretches us - draws us further toward justice, toward compassion, toward hospitality, toward the true impartiality James describes.
I think the kingdom of God, thy will be done on earth, the great banquet - might look a little bit like a picnic on a church lawn, where families from a nearby shelter come in by bus & grills are going strong & children are playing. Actually, this is not what the kingdom looks like. James would tell us on the one hand to advocate for affordable housing for everyone - to be on the state house steps screaming about children living in motels just two miles from here - but he would also say: here, in this place, here at this picnic, be impartial. Do not wonder who got here on a bus or who got here in a Lexus - just that they got here, because every one of them needs to feel God's love. What the kingdom would really look like would be a community a year later where no one could remember who came from where, back at that picnic.
I think the kingdom might resemble, just a tiny bit, a vacation Bible school where no kid and no counselor knew which parents have the money to own in Newton or rent in Brighton or live in a motel in Allston - you don't know which counselor can't afford a bus pass and you don't know if the little girl's batgirl costume came from Target or the thrift shop, but what you do know is: every child in that circle knew the love of God and the compassion of a dozen adults and the welcome of two congregations.
That's the mercy side of James' word.
I wonder what the justice part of James' message would look like, once we listen carefully enough to all the courageous and persistent mothers crying out right now.
May we never be caught with our compassion down. May we offer hospitality that is impartial - and justice that sides with the poor and the oppressed. Amen.


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Written by Diane Gatterdam
Twenty-three years ago on this day April 16th 1989 wreaths and poems continued to appear in Tiananmen Square and at many Beijing Universities.
Hu Yaobang's family, intellectuals, elites, and students demanded that the government reinstate Hu's good reputation after his fall from grace in 1987 when he was forced to take responsibility for a student movement in 1986.
Hu was one of the few in the Communist Party who had any democratic ideas. He had genuine concern for the students and the plight of the PEOPLE.
These are some eye witness account from Tiananmen Square April 16th 1989:
"I gave my first speech on April 16th in Tianammen Square. It was very short – lasting only a couple of minutes – about the problems of the Chinese educational system. I told my audience that during vacations I had traveled all over China to conduct research. I studied the situation of Chinese education quite extensively and found that the root of the problem lay in the socioeconomic system. Forty years after the establishment of the Communist Government, education was still backward, because educational problems were rooted in the system and there could be no improvement until the system was changed."
Wu'er Kaixi- Student leader and hero
"On Sunday April 16 I went to Tiananmen Square. Someone had already put large wreaths there. The monument was surrounded by metal chains. Nobody was supposed to get inside, and I didn't see any white paper flowers.
In front, I saw two policemen carrying pistols, their eyes on the crowd. I also saw some undercover police on the side speaking into walkie-talkies."
Lao Gui – popular novelist now living in exile

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Posted June 29th, 2015: The last few weeks have been a major step forward in my coming out as Agender. Up until recently I had been much more public online then I had in my personal life. I already had social anxiety and anxiety/panic attack disorder to deal with and adding in fears of being made fun of, misgendered and perhaps some form of violence made for high anxiety! I should have realized that my fears were greatly exaggerated.
The first people to accept me completely were my "surrogate sister" Anji and her nephew Chad. Anji has been a friend for the last decade and a half and a special friend since 2011 when I moved into Santa Fe from rural community around 50 miles Southeast of Santa Fe. I gave up my car and so relied on Anji when I wasn't using public transportation. She has helped me with various tasks that I am unable to do, or have great difficulty doing, because of my disability. Last Summer her nephew Chad moved in with her and I gained a "surrogate nephew." They were the first people I talked about questioning my gender identity with.
I made a number of changes which I call social transition. I got my ears pierced, first tried coloring my beard purple, then shaving it off, started wearing kilts then started wearing skirts, tried wearing some makeup, (I need help with this!) and identified myself as Agender. The whole process I chronicled first here and, later here.
One day, several weeks ago, Anji dropped by with Chad and his friend. I was a little worried about how Chad's friend would react as I was wearing a black skirt and looking a bit femme. This was the first of several examples where I needn't have worried. All the guests were kind and polite. I was so moved that I texted the following to Anji that evening:
I want to tell you how much your friendship and your role as a surrogate younger sister has been to me. The same goes for Chad as a surrogate nephew/friend. I feel validated by your kindness and treating my social gender transition with respect and just matter-of-fact acceptance. Chad's friend seems like a very polite and considerate person it was nice meeting him as well. I will never take our friendship for granted. Thanks for everything!
I was honored to be invited to Chad's graduation a week or so later. He had a great school year and was a stand out actor with Santa Fe High School's Drama Club. It just felt nice to be part of a family this past year as I joined Anji and Chad off and on for an activity or to just hang out. Chad and I enjoyed talking about movies and classic rock while Anji was mother, sister and friend all rolled into one. Throughout this process validation was very important to me. Like many LGBTQIA people from a conservative religious upbringing, I have had to build a family over the years. My biological family was not hostile but neither have they embraced ir celebrated my sexual orientation and gender identity. It's hard when religious beliefs make it difficult to find common ground. Yes, as long as we avoided areas of disagreement we tolerated each other but I want more then to be tolerated and for that I had to build a family.
A few weeks ago my ex-partner/husband Greg lost his father to cancer. Greg's dad Fred was very special to me as I wrote in this tribute to him when I learned he'd passed away. I had just begun to reconnect with Greg's family. My time with Greg was special to me. I don't enter into relationships easily and my seven years with Greg remain my only significant relationship. I was always part of Greg's family and even his extended family. Unfortunately when Greg and I split up I lost touch to some degree. For my first 10 years in Santa Fe Greg and I remained good friends, Greg lived in Santa Fe during that time so staying in touch was relatively easy. Then Greg moved to Tucson, Arizona and got married to his current husband while back east (that was before marriage equality came to Arizona).
In the last couple years Greg and I began to communicate more. When my father died, Greg's dad, Fred, sent me a wonderful letter. That rekindled my relationship with Fred and brought back fond memories of the time we spent together years ago. Fred illness was very difficult as cancer often is, I knew it was also hard on Greg but just how hard I only recently learned. While all that was happening I was coming out as Agender. I think that when I shared my gender identity with Greg it put a couple trouble spots in our relationship into a new light. It was also amusing in some ways. When I first got together with Greg it was assumed he was the more effeminate of the two of us. Turns out we were both actually playing a role for each other. When I first met Greg as a friend I was clean shaven and had been also shaving unwanted hair on my shoulders and wearing a little bit of male up. When we got together as a couple a year and a few months later Greg began dropping hints that he liked me hairy. He saw my college graduation photo with me in full beard, that was the end of my being clean shaven.
Over time, particularly during the last two years of our relationship, Greg began to grow a moustache and goatee. I didn't particularly like the look as I actually was attracted to smoith, more androgynous guys. Why I didn't tell him and put gentle pressure on him to shave the way he had done the reverse with me, I don't know. I know it did effect how attracted I was to home physically. After we split up he became more and more masculine, discovering that's how he felt about expressing his gender. Meanwhile, although I kept the beard, I tried to send out the message that I was not into being, or being seen as hyper masculine. I noticed when my hair was short people assumed I was not only a bear but a leather bear. I grew my hair out and tried to make it clear I was not THAT kind of bear!
Well, you know the rest of how that led to me first questioning gender roles, then later my gender identity. I think Greg finally figured out who I really was (after all he had to wait until I figured it out). After that we began to strengthen our friendship again. Awhile back he and his partner were in Santa Fe and we all went out to eat, discovering in the process that we really liked each other as friends
A tad over a week ago Greg called me to say he was driving up to Santa Fe and wanted to get together. He was really heartbroken over the loss of his father and was trying to find some healing for his grief here. That backfired a bit the first night he was in town and was seen at the emergency room for what turned out were physiological as well as psychological symptoms of grief. I learned this the next day as we were traveling to lunch with his friend and her daughter.
We had a lovely meal at a local Japanese restaurant. Meanwhile the initial trepidation I had about going out in public in a skirt slowly evaporated. I'd been out in kilts before and in skirts for private get-togethers but this was my first time out and about amongst the general public dressed as my authentic self. He had a friend who is a caregiver to someone with multiple forms of xancer. His friend is also into alternative healing along with regular medicine. So we went for a drive out to Sanctuario de Chimayo which is renowned for it's allegedly miracle dirt inside a room in the church. I walked around and no one batted an eye despite the jeans skirt and Agender shirt. Greg snapped a photo of me in front of the Sanctuario. The shadows slightly discolored my face but it is a pretty decent photo otherwise.
Later Greg and I exchanged messages and he was very sweet. He mentioned how important our time together was and said he'd talked with his husband and his mother. He said they wanted me to still consider myself one of the family. That means a lot to me and gives me added confidence, along with my experience being out and about, to be the real me!
Yesterday, Saturday, I went downtown to Santa Fe LGBTQ Pride with Anji and her ex and friend Rose. I connected up with The Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico and The Santa Fe Transgender Support Group, I helped staff the booth and a lovely time connecting with old friends and many new ones. I was festively dressed in rainbow knee high socks, one of my jeans skirts, a new Agender shirt, fingerless, elbow length rainbow colored gloves and my favorite wide brimmed hat decorated with a faux rainbow pastel flowers lei. I joined my friends for part of the parade (I can't walk the whole thing) and had a lovely time. It reminded me of my first Pride after I came out the first time. This was the new and improved Jerry 2.0! I was out in the company of members of my extended trans family and it was fabulous!
This morning I awoke to find myself in a photo in the Santa Fe New Mexican as part of their LGBTQ Pride coverage. Even more special was that I was with my Trans family in the photo!
Click Here For Santa Fe New Mexican LGBTQ Pride Article
So that's a little about this last month or so in my life. It's been on heck of a time. Truly my emergence as my authentic self, out in Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico. I don't know what the future will bring but whatever it is I am facing it surrounded by my family of choice. I am incredibly blessed! I hope all of you find joy and happiness this Summer (for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere). We are family!
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Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Monday said he is still in the race for prime ministership.
"Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda could occupy the post even though he had just 17 MPs. So my option for the prime ministership is still open," he said after casting his vote in his hometown Baramati, Maharashtra.
"It is my desire to become prime minister of the country, but everything depends on the situation ahead," Pawar said.
The Left Front, which usually has 60 to 70 members in Parliament, will play a crucial role in formation of the government, he added.
"There is going to be a big setback" for the National Democratic Alliance, he said, adding that if the amalgam "is not able to get majority, the alliance partners are likely to switch their loyalties".


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The Hot 8 Brass Band was founded in 1996 by sousaphone player Bennie Pete and bass drummer Harry 'Swamp Thang' Cook. Still at the helm twenty-one years later they have navigated the band through some heavy waters, not least those provided by Hurricane Katrina, which almost dissolved the band. But the threat of what could be lost galvanised the band to regroup. Hot 8's recasting of New Orleans marching band traditions stirs in funk, hip-hop, hot jazz, cool jazz, gospel, latin jazz and riotous cover versions, such as their now celebrated take on Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing, as well as The Specials' Ghost Town and Basement Jaxx's Bingo Bango, to name but a few. They've been around the world a few times and they're no strangers to major festivals from Womadelaide to Glastonbury. There's just no stopping them.
Bennie Gerald Pete - tuba
Harry Darvell Cook - bass drum
Alvarez Huntley - trumpet
Chris Lance Cotton - trumpet
Tyrus Lamont Chapman - trombone
Larry Lamar Brown - trombone
Andrew Calhoun - tenor saxophone
Sir Anthony Brooks - snare drum


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We here at SwimSwam like to keep you all updated on all the hot stories both in and out of the water. In the spirit of Halloween, it appears that Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, and Natalie Coughlin have decided to hand out something besides candy to the Trick-Or-Treaters that just happen to visit their homes this year.
"I think I'm just going to give out all of these medals," stated a very casual Michael Phelps. "Sure I worked hard for them all, but who really needs them anymore?"
Phelps has managed to haul in an incredible 71 total medals from the Olympics, World Championships, and Pan Pac Championships over the years. When asked how he imagines people will react to such a strange "treat" Phelps told us that he wasn't even going to be handing out the medals personally.
"No I won't be home. I'm going to a party at a friend's house that night. I'm just going to put them all in a punch bowl with a sign that says, 'Please take one,' written on it," began Phelps. "Do I think that the kids are going to abide by the code of the sign? No, probably not. I image the Olympic medals will go first, than kids will be disappointed that only the World Champs ones are left, but hey, they're solid gold so why not take them, you know?"
When asked what Phelps planned to dress up as for his friend's party he shrugged and said, "Probably the 'Gangnam Style' guy."
When Natalie Coughlin heard that Phelp's planned to hand out all of his medals, she too thought that it was a pretty good idea.
"It makes perfect sense to me," began Couglin. "I have like forty-eight medals from all of those meets. It's just too much. When would I wear them? They don't go with anything that I own. They just take up space."
She continued, "I guess I'll keep one of the Olympic golds…I mean, people are always asking if they can hold one. That's the thing, they want to hold ONE. Not like, fifty."
When we asked Coughlin what she planned to do if she ran out of medals she stated that she would probably make her husband run out to the closest Walgreens to buy a bag filled with whatever kind of international swimming medals they had left.
Ryan Lochte is also on board with handing out his medals, stating that he is more of a wrist watch guy.
"Yea, I thought this would be something cool to do for the kids, jeah? Also, I will be greeting Trick-Or-Treaters, and their mom's, without wearing a shirt."
Lochte continued by saying that being shirtless was to raise awareness for those in the face of danger from Hurricane Sandy. When we told him that didn't make sense he just smiled and said, "My 90210 episode is going to air on November 5!"
Other swimmers aren't quite ready to part with their hardware yet.
"I only have sixteen total medals right now, but I'm sure in a few years I'll have some more to dish out to the kidos in my neighborhood," said Olympic Gold Medalist Matt Grevers.
"I mean, I'll hand out some of the medals that I won when I was a kid. Do people want those?"
Meanwhile, Missy Franklin intends to keep all five of her Olympic Medals and wear them while Trick-Or-Treating as someone who eerily resembles Missy Franklin.
That's all for now, until next time SwimSwamFans!
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Jesse Kubanet, swimswam contributor
Contributor, Jesse Kubanet, started swimming when he was young, because he was heavy and needed to lose weight. Years later, he joined his high school swim team and fell in love with wearing Speedos. He is currently a Junior on the swim team at Wheeling Jesuit University. He will be away from the team this fall, to spend a semester in Chicago participating in the Second City's semester long Comedy Studies Program. He loves swimming and would love to party with Anders Holm from Workaholics. After college, his dream is to become a comedy writer, especially for Conan O'brien.


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we start by cutting your scrunchie from real silk-based velvet (not velveteen!). then we add the elastic and sew it up before we hand-dye each one in your favourite fall colour.
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Publicaciones científicas
Effects of acute hypoxia and lipopolysaccharide on nitric oxide synthase-2 expression in acute lung injury
Agorreta J, Garayoa M, Montuenga LM, Zulueta JJ.
Department of Histology and Pathology, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Revista: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Fecha: 01-ago-2003Neumología
The potential role of nitric oxide synthase-2 (NOS2) in acute lung injury (ALI) has gained increasing attention. This study evaluates the effects of hypoxia, an important feature of ALI, on NOS2 expression in a rat model of ALI caused by exposure to hypoxia and LPS.
Exposure to hypoxia alone had no effect on the expression of NOS2 in rat lungs. LPS treatment resulted in a significant increase in NOS2 in the lungs, which was further enhanced by concomitant exposure to hypoxia. Immunohistochemical analysis and in situ hybridization showed no changes in the expression of NOS2 in lung resident cells under any conditions.
The increase in NOS2 levels is mainly due to the influx of NOS2-expressing inflammatory cells. By morphologic analysis, these inflammatory cells were identified as neutrophils, lymphocytes, and monocytes. In vitro experiments of lung epithelial and endothelial cell lines showed no detectable expression of NOS2 with any of the treatments. In a macrophage cell line, LPS-induced NOS2 expression was not affected by the concomitant exposure to hypoxia. In conclusion, LPS increases NOS2 expression in rat lungs through the recruitment of NOS2-producing leukocytes.
Simultaneous exposure to LPS and hypoxia results in a greater influx of inflammatory cells that further enhances NOS2 expression.
CITA DEL ARTÍCULO Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2003 Aug 1;168(3):287-96
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Los profesionales de la Clínica realizan una labor continuada de investigación y formación, siempre en beneficio del paciente.
Conozca por qué somos diferentes a otros centros sanitarios. Calidad, rapidez, comodidad y resultados.


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The Preservation Hall Jazz Band plays New York's McKittrick. And, no noodlers, they, they rock the house.
There is a misunderstanding that this legendary New Orleans band is somehow quaint or anachronistic. Note to music purists: This isn't your grandfather's preserved band of dudes calling it in.
Earlier this week, the rollicking, euphoria-inducing Preservation Hall Jazz Band played two exclusive nights at the experimental Manhattan "inn," actually an art-performance space, known as the McKittrick Hotel…and didn't they ramble?
In the past few years, alternative musicians and rock gods have rediscovered the band, whose ages run from the 30s well into the 80s–among them Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, My Morning Jacket, Mos Def, and on.
Get a chance to see them, by all means do.
Check out their tour dates at preservationhall.com/band. You never know who is going to show–it may be you!


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"Wolves and Women have much in common. Both share a wild spirit. Women and Wolves are instinctual creatures, able to sense the unseen. They are loyal, protective of their packs and of their pups. They are wild and beautiful. Both have been hunted and captured. Even in captivity, one can see in the eyes of a Woman, or a Wolf, the longing to run free, and the determination that should the opportunity arise, whoosh, they will be gone…"
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
John is an illustrator who has been travelling the States with his husky Wolfgang for the past two years (you can see his blog here). I found these pictures go perfectly with the quote and has given me a surge of inspiration to run wild, see beautiful things, and to unleash the inner "wolf" in me.


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Is The UK in Debt Denial Over Mortgage Repayments?
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The Financial Ombudsman has reported a record level of complaints relating to mortgages in the past 12 months. Since May 2013, 13,659 complaints have been filed with the Ombudsman, 814 more than the 12,845 complaints made between the same period in 2012-2013.
From bad credit mortgages, to mortgages which look straightforward on paper, the complaints have been flying in thick and fast, with 40% pertaining to home-owners unable to meet their scheduled repayments. This troubling figure looks alarmingly like the beginning of serious issues with mortgage repayments amongst British home-owners.
It's not all doom and gloom
Yet contrasting figures released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), paint a different picture. In fact, the CML's statistics show that just 138,200 UK mortgages are in arrears of more than 2.5% of the outstanding balance. This is the lowest rate that CML have reported since the recession hit in 2008.
So why are these two sets of figures telling two very different stories? Is the UK in deep debt denial and struggling with a silent repayment problem as the Financial Ombudsman's statistics seem to suggest? Or are we actually getting better at keeping a handle on our mortgage repayments as the UK slowly climbs out of the economic crisis?
Greater financial awareness
It seems likely that both sets of data are factually correct and are not mutually exclusive. A higher incidence of complaints does not necessarily mean a higher level of failed mortgage repayments.
Instead, it looks like we are a nation who are becoming increasingly savvy about who to contact and who to consult about financial issues. If the credit crunch has taught us anything, it's to approach potential monetary issues head-on, giving them no time to spiral and worsen.
A greater understanding of the Financial Ombudsman (and related bodies), who they are and what they do, may well have lead to a greater number of complaints being made in the past 12 months. Further details from the Ombudsman seem to back this up: Only one third of complaints were upheld in this period.
Cause to celebrate?
So if we're not in deep debt denial and instead are finding bad credit mortgage (and regular mortgage) repayments increasingly achievable – while creditors become more familiar with the correct courses of action for when things get difficult – what's the problem? Well, for once it may just be that this is a "good news" mortgage story!
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When we take a walk to the countryside where the economy is based on farming activities, we often find farmers growing corn and beans by Portugal. Can also be found in the rice fields, such as farmers who sow seeds directly on all the land so there is no need to transfer seeds later. The action is called table (direct seed planting), in terms of forest rehabilitation called direct seeding. Direct seeding is called a seed sowing technique directly in the field without going through the nursery stages. This action is generally carried out because of the consideration of lack of power, expensive nursery costs and of course access to the planting site which is very difficult to transport seeds. This situation is also not without flaws because before doing so, careful calculations are needed as well as more intensive control on a broader scale, given the first critical phase in which plant growth is in the sprout phase. species selection is very influential on the success of direct seeding. The criteria for this type include native species (endemic) or plants that are ecologically in accordance with the location of sowing. Another requirement is fast growing and can be associated with soil microbes. Another important condition is the plant with orthodox seeds (dry seeds). Therefore, the various techniques that will later be applied, but not just anyone can use this technique, only our residential hydroseeding can help you.
In its implementation, direct seeding itself can be carried out through three methods, namely hand direct seeding, hydroseeding, and aerial seeding. My opening story above is an example of sowing with the hand direct seeding method, where the seeds are sown directly or with a Portugal system, depending on the type of plant. This method is chosen if the location is not too wide and is still easy to reach. The seeds used must have high growth percentages. In its application in the forestry sector, generally, the Portugal system is carried out on teak (Tectona grandis). Hydroseeding itself is a technique or method of planting where seeds, water, fertilizer, fiber mulch are mixed together in a tank and then sown (sprayed) into the planting area. This method was chosen because of the wide planting area with a short time. This method is also effective for locations with high damage. Only, the cost of implementation is certainly quite expensive.


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my explanation PRAYERS FOR THE DREAMER BOOK CLUB
ch. 31 – social media // podcast with kristen mccall
"Fill me with Your Spirit in a new way today. Give me the wisdom to look at all of my social media through the lens of your eternal perspective. Give me the strength and discipline to be a good steward of my time and talents and to always remember that my life and my words are a reflection of You."
– Kristen Steele McCall from 31 Days of Prayer for the Dreamer and the Doer
Social Media is a part of our daily lives. We influence others with it and we are influenced by it. Its also a tool the enemy is using to tear down and divide, to create jealousy and envy.
Sometimes we are tempted to post everything…or it just didn't happen. In our podcast with Rebekah Lyons, we talk about this too….that maybe there are some things God wants to just keep to Himself and us. So how do we know? What questions should we ask? How should we pray?
Today's Swell Session is with Kristen McCall. Kristen wrote the prayer on Social Media from a place of truly understanding what it means to wrestle between posting honestly and authentically and maybe posting too much. So what questions should we be asking ourselves as we post online. How can we glorify the Lord through social media
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How to Calm a Cat in Heat
Explore this Article Calming a Cat in Heat Spaying and Other Long-Term Solutions Article Summary Expert Q&A Related Articles References
There are 11 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page.
An un-spayed female cat will go into heat, meaning she's ready to mate, every three to four weeks.[1] Usually, this involves howls, screeches, writhing, and attempts to attract or run away with male cats.[2] Calming the cat down is hard, and more importantly, it's only temporary. This is natural, normal behavior for a cat in heat, no matter how annoying it is to owners. If it's too much to handle, seek a long-term solution instead of a quick fix.
Calming a Cat in Heat
1Recognize that your cat is in heat. Make sure that the behavior your cat is expressing actually means that she's in heat and not sick. An unspayed cat in heat will vocalize a lot, be restless, rub against people and objects, and roll around on the floor. If you stroke her lower back, she'll respond by raising her pelvis and shifting her tail to one side.[3]
- The normal breeding season for cats is between spring and late summer. She will likely go into heat during this time of year.
- Decide if your cat's in heat or sick. If she's acting restless, but not rubbing herself against everything and lifting her tail to the side, she may be in pain. Take her to the vet to find out what's going on.
2Isolate her from male cats. When she's in heat, your cat will grow even more excitable in the presence of males. Do not allow her outside at all, and close all windows and lock all doors, including pet flaps. To keep her calm (and prevent her from getting pregnant), you need to keep her away from all male cats. Isolation will also keep her safe — she may try to escape your home if she senses a male outside.[4]
- If you have a male cat in the same house, find a friend or hire a cat sitter to take him in for a couple weeks. If the two cats stay in the same area, they'll both act wild, and almost certainly end up mating.
- If male cats are visible through a window, cover the window with curtains or a piece of cardboard.
3Give your cat something warm to sit on. Although success is not guaranteed, some people find that giving the cat a heat pack or a warm, wet towel to sit on keeps her still and calm.[5] A microwavable heat pack may be the easiest option, since you can quickly reheat it once the cat starts acting up again. An electric heat pad/blanket is also a good choice.
4Use catnip only if it calms your cat down. Cats respond very differently to catnip. Some relax and quiet down when given catnip, but other become energetic and aggressive.[6] If you don't know how your cat responds to catnip, avoid this method. It may make the situation even worse.
- Note that this is only a temporary fix, but it might buy you an hour or two of peace.
5Test whether herbal remedies are effective. There are many herbal remedies on the market intended to calm cats. Some cat owners report success, but there is no single remedy that works on every cat. Furthermore, your cat may not respond to any of these products. Buy a collection of small samples and try several different remedies. Once you've found a product that works for your cat, buy it in larger amounts.
- Follow the instructions on the labels. They may tell you to add the remedy to the cat's water, rub a few drops into the cat's fur, or use as an air freshener.
- Do not use products intended for humans, which likely use higher dosages.
6Use Feliway in your home. Feliway is a synthetic cat pheromone that has a soothing, calming effect on cats. It takes a couple weeks of exposure to begin calming cats down, though, so it's not an immediate fix. If you know your cat is unspayed, you might consider plugging in the Feliway diffuser at the beginning of breeding season (spring). That way, whenever she goes into heat, the Feliway will already be built up in her system.
7Keep her litter box clean. Cats often scent mark with urine to attract males when they are in heat. By keeping her litter box clean at all times, you might encourage her to use it instead of scent marking your home. If she scent marks anyway, clean and de-odorize the area immediately. Leaving the smell of urine behind will only drive her to keep doing it.
- Don't use cleaning products with ammonia. Ammonia is also found naturally in urine, and the smell will encourage her to mark that spot again.
8Play with your cat. Playing with your cat can distract her temporarily, but she'll often go straight back to howling after you're done. Petting, scratching, or brushing her lower back can be more effective, if your cat is already calm enough to let you do so.[7]
Spaying and Other Long-Term Solutions
1Spay the cat. Spaying a cat removes her ovaries and prevents the heat cycle from occurring. It prevents her from getting pregnant, and reduces the risk of certain cancers and other diseases.[8]
- If you can't afford the surgery, look for low-cost spay services. Many clinics offer this service at a reduced price because it reduces the population of stray cats.
- Look up your area in the databases listed on the USDA website.
- There is a small chance of leftover ovarian tissue sending the cat into heat even after the surgery. If this occurs, consult a veterinarian.
2Consider waiting until after the heat is over before spaying. A vet can perform the spaying procedure at any point in your cat's hormonal cycle — even when she's in heat. However, there's a risk of increased blood loss at that time. The procedure is possible, but consult an experienced veterinarian for advice.[9]
3Use hormonal therapy as a last resort. The hormones prostaglandin and estrogen can be used to stop a cat's heat cycle; however, this treatment has serious side effects including uterine infection and tumors.[10] Because of the risks, take this step only when spaying is not an option. Always consult in detail with a vet, who will need to prescribe the hormones and explain how to use them properly.[11] Even if the cat can't be spayed for medical reasons, the risks may not be worth the calm behavior.
Community Q&A
QuestionIs it painful for my cat when she's in heat?No, she is not in pain although it is entirely normal for her to cry out and yowl as if in discomfort. This is just her way of attracting male attention.
QuestionHow long does heat in cats last?This is very variable. A cat can 'call' anywhere between one to seven days. If she doesn't mate she can come into heat again a couple of weeks later. Thus the full cycle takes on average around three weeks.
QuestionWhat age do cats generally have their first heat?Cats usually have their first heat at about 5 ½ to 6 months of age. However, this depends on the weather and how easy food is for the cat to come by. For example, in spring, a well fed cat may come into heat as young as 5 months old.
QuestionHow long should you keep a female cat isolated?Keep your cat isolated for the duration of her heat, which lasts about three to five days. Make sure that she is no longer in heat before allowing her to mix with other cats again. You may even want to wait for a full week after her heat begins to be sure that it is over.
QuestionHow long is a cat in heat for the first time?The actual heat lasts around 2 - 3 days, but some females do stay in heat longer, up to about 5 days. The heat cycle is around 21 - 28 days in total, so you can expect to her to repeat heat every 3 - 4 weeks.
QuestionCan a cat be spayed when she is in heat?Yes. Most vets are happy to spay a female cat when she is in heat. (This is different from dogs, however. It's best to wait until a female dog is out of heat, because of the large blood supply to the womb.)
QuestionIs it harmful to rub them on the back of tail?Community AnswerNo, but if your cat gives you any sign that they don't like it, you should stop.
QuestionDoes a cat in heat lose her appetite?Community AnswerYes. During heat, the cat may suffer from loss of appetite, but she should still eat a little to keep up her energy. The cat will go back to normal eating behaviors as the heat wears off.
QuestionHow do you know if your cat is done with being in heat?Community AnswerOnce a cat ends with being in heat, she'll be back to normal. She will be able to sit normally and eat peacefully. But if the cat experiences the symptoms of heat for a long while, consult a veterinarian.
QuestionWhat kind of people medicine can I give my cat to help her while she's in heat?Community AnswerNone! You should never give people medicine to a cat. Go to a pet store and get the required medicine for a cat. It would be even better to go to the vet and get a prescription, however.
- If spaying the cat is too expensive, look for spay/neuter nonprofits that may provide financial assistance.
- If you were looking for an article about your cat literally being too hot rather than the reproductive process "in heat," then try the article at: How to Cool Your Cat Down in Hot Weather
- ↑ Reproduction in the Dog and Cat. Christianseen. Publisher: Baillierie-Tindal
- ↑ http://littlecatpaws.info/how-long-does-a-cat-stay-in-heat
- ↑ http://pets.thenest.com/remedies-calm-female-cat-heat-8859.html
- ↑ http://www.pet-happy.com/how-to-prevent-unwanted-pregnancy-in-cats/
- ↑ http://www.thecatsite.com/t/237970/how-do-i-calm-my-poor-kitten-in-heat
- ↑ http://www.vetinfo.com/home-remedies-for-cats-in-heat.html
- ↑ http://pets.thenest.com/remedies-calm-female-cat-heat-8859.html
- ↑ http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=1+2235&aid=925
- ↑ http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/cat-care/spay-neuter
- ↑ http://www.pet-happy.com/how-to-prevent-unwanted-pregnancy-in-cats/
- ↑ http://www.pet-happy.com/how-to-prevent-unwanted-pregnancy-in-cats/
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One way to calm a cat in heat is by keeping her indoors, separated from male cats who might frighten her or try to get her pregnant. Then, place a heating pad or a warm blanket in her bed for her to lay on, which will keep her warm and calm. Be sure to keep her litter box clean to control spraying inside of your home, and if she does spray any part of your house, clean the area thoroughly so that no scent remains. Give her plenty of attention by petting, scratching, or brushing her, and give her catnip if it normally helps to calm her when she's not in heat. To learn more herbal and natural remedies from our Veterinarian co-author, keep reading!
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It's time for an ANYTHING GOES challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More! This worked out to be the perfect challenge for me because I have been in Indy working with Brett for the past five days, so I had to take limited supplies with me. I did have some time to make a few cards though, so that's good! I was afraid I wouldn't have time and would have to find a back up card that I had already made when I got home. Nope! :)
Thanks for stopping by. Make sure to stop by the ATSM page and visit all the other ladies!
Stamp Sets: In this Together, Work of Art
Cardstock: Coastal Cabana, Whisper White
Ink: Blendabilities (Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Skin Tones, Coastal Cabana, Rich Razzleberry
Accessories: Blackberry Bliss Stitched Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
In This Together
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Lovely card - great image and beautifully coloured. I see that you've used Work of Art too - it's a brilliant set! Love the ribbon - so rich!ReplyDelete
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I really like the added chevrons and this is some great colouring and the background does work really well xReplyDelete
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- AnonymousMay 22, 2014 at 8:10 AM
Hi Shana. Beautifully coloured image, it almost looks like a painting on canvas. Have a great day! hugs Monika xxxReplyDelete
I think you did a fabulous job Shana! I'm really liking the blendabilities - hope you are too. Terrific job. Hugs DReplyDelete
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In today's post I would like to introduce you to an article that has insight into innovation. The article discusses how our desk, our working environment, can enhance or detract from our creativity. This is not necessarily a new idea. In designing his laboratory Edison attempted to create a space that was conducive to innovation. So whether you are at work or at home, take a look around your work space and see if it is a place where you can be creative and innovate. Do you have a place where small ideas can grow into big ideas? If you do not, it may be time to move things around. You will be glad that you did.
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All images: Arrow via Dread Central
Arrow Video's 4K Blu-ray restoration of John Carpenter's The Thing isn't out until October, but the cover art is here, and it's perfect. It features the iconic, fur-trimmed parka seen on the film's poster, but instead of a blinding beam of light, its hood reveals a stylised depiction of the movie's Antarctic setting.
It's no secret that The Thing is one of my all-time favourite movies, but even casual fans might want to consider picking up this version. Not only will the film come in a handsome package, it will look and sound better than ever before. And though some of the special features will be familar to those who've bought previous releases (like Carpenter and star Kurt Russell's audio commentary), there will also be a new, feature-length documentary, Who Goes There? In Search of The Thing, that explores the history of the story from novella to screen, as well as 1982: One Amazing Summer, about one of cinema's greatest seasons ever — Poltergeist, E.T.: The Extraterrestrial, Blade Runner, Tron, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and The Thing all opened within weeks of each other. (Can you imagine?)
Here's a full-length shot of that cover art, followed by a look at the interior packaging:
The Arrow Video release — which comes packaged in a steelbook decorated with the original Thing art, too — is limited to just 4,000 units, and response to yesterday's announcement was so enthusiastic that you can't even access the Arrow site right now. However, you can still pre-order the Blu-ray through Amazon. It will be released October 23.


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> doing science is great....i would not want to doanyting else... > but it is tough probably one of the most difficult professions I don't mean to sound Polyanna-ish, and I'll admit that I'm very happy with my career now, but there are ALOT of people out there in stressfull, low-paying jobs that are don't come with the intellectual satisfaction that ours (often) do. Last time I saw a figure for the average income for a family of four in this country I remember thinking it was comparable to what a post-doc makes. This isn't to say that post-docs shouldn't get paid more, just that they're certainly not alone. "Market" discussions are also somewhat difficult because most of us academic types are living off the taxpayers. Phoebe Rice


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April 13, 2007
John Parker
240 Franklin St. SE
Warren, OH 44482
Dear Mr. Parker,
In response to your editorial dated April 13, 2007 entitled 'Ban would lead to neglected horses' please consider this:
1. Horse slaughter is a violation of the
Humane Slaughter Act of 1958.
This Federal statute has been amended twice, most recently in 2002 when it was strengthened. This is the legal grounding of the anti-slaughter position. This is irrefutable and it is not possible to defend horse slaughter due to the stipulations of this statute. Therefore, it is illegal to slaughter a horse, or any other equid, in the United States of America.
2. The following zoos no longer feed horse meat to their carnivores:
Austin Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo
Brookfield Zoo
Columbus Zoo
These zoos are aware of the drugs that horses ingest that saturate the tissues and are not fully purged by the body. Horse meat is simply dangerous to carnivores as well as humans.
3. Horse meat has not been an ingredient in domestic animal food for over 25 years, for exactly the same reason that all zoos are moving towards eliminating horse meat from their carnivore diets.
4. From the USDA web site regarding Federal Inspection:
"Numbers refer to the amount killed in Federally Inspected plants, and are not necessarily inspected."
The plants are not inspected on a regular basis, and that is a direct quote from the USDA web site. No animal is guaranteed federal protection or humane treatment while at the slaughterhouse.
5. The horse slaughter ban is a matter of Law, not an 'animal rights' issue. It is simply folly to assert that the Humane Society of the United States or PeTA will ever ban the slaughter of animals raised for food, which horses are not. PeTA may want people to convert to vegetarianism or veganism, however, that is a personal choice and not one that will ever be legislated.
6. A ban on horse slaughter will not lead to a ban on the production of food animals or the jobs associated with them.
7. Regarding the organizations that oppose HR 503 and S. 311, the American Quarterhorse Association breeders delivered over 120K live foals in 2006. The majority of horses slaughtered in the United States are American Quarterhorses. It follows logically that far too many horses are bred every year by the AQHA especially. How about legislating the breeding of horses?
8. The American Veterinary Medical Association classifies horses as companion animals. See the following brochure on the AVMA web site that discusses
'How do I know it's time?'
There is absolutely no question that the AVMA is catering to the cattle industry as they have many more bovines to care for than equids. The AAEP follows what the parent organization does. That these organizations support horse slaughter is contradictory.
9. Let us compare the native abilities of the food animals to the horses:
A. Horses have carried our cavalry into battle.
B. Horses, not bovines, porcines, lambs, or fowl, march in Presidential funeral processions.
C. Horses, not bovines, porcines, lambs, or fowl, are service animals as are the dogs on the K-9 units. There are over 90 horses on the New York City Mounted Police Unit and the Mounties do indeed make arrests with the assistance of their mounts. It is a felony to strike a police horse in New York City, Houston, and many states that have Mounted Police Units.
D. Horses are therapy animals for stroke victims, people with auto-immune diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis, and for rehabilitation from accidents requiring the improvement of balance.
E. In 1973, 'Time' magazine awarded 'Secretariat' the Athlete of the Year. 'Secretariat' was a horse.
10. The 'Private Property' issue.
When a horse owner has his or her horse (or horses) stolen and slaughtered they suffer not only material harm, but psychological harm as well. These owners can never recover that which they have lost.
One cannot invoke the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution's 'Takings Clause' in this case as the mere existence of the slaughter industry enables the private property rights of horse owners to be violated via their horses being stolen and slaughtered.
11. Unwanted Horses
Only a handful of owners have directly taken their horse to a slaughterhouse for slaughter. The brand managers at the plants do NOT check the brands a horse may bear, or for microchips until after the slaughtering has been done. Horses are for sale and 'killer buyers' look for the youngest, healthiest horses in good weight. These horses would have been sold to a private owner if they could out bid a killer buyer.
Every horse that is spared from slaughter continues to contribute to the economy. Finally, slaughter is not 'euthanasia.'
Are you able to refute my argument based on a Federal statute and an amendment to the Constitution?
Ellen-Cathryn Nash
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Manes and Tails Organization
Saturday, April 14, 2007
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Steamboat Springs High School nationally ranked
US News & World Report labels Steamboat as 23rd best in state
Steamboat Springs — Steamboat Springs High School students' strong academic performance landed the campus some national attention this week in a prominent magazine.
Principal Kevin Taulman said it was an honor to learn U.S. News & World Report ranked his campus 23rd best in Colorado.
"You don't try and get these type of things, but it does show how wonderful and dedicated our staff is," Taulman said. "We live in a very special community."
The survey ranked 446 high schools in Colorado, and Aspen High School took the top spot.
Out of 22,000 high schools surveyed nationally, Steamboat's ranked 719th in the nation. According to U.S. News & World Report, the schools were graded and ranked on their students' participation rate and performance on Advanced Placement exams as well as reading and writing proficiency on standardized tests.
"As far as I know, this is the first time (Steamboat) has ever made that list," said Marty Lamansky, Steamboat's curriculum director and former assistant principal at the high school. "It was a pleasant surprise. It just speaks highly of the quality of the schools in the district to get to that level. It's not that we strive to get these awards, it's that we strive to achieve academic excellence."
Lamansky said the ranking and the national recognition could make it easier for the district to pursue grant funding and continue to attract high-quality staff. Steamboat and 7 percent of schools nationwide also received a silver medal for its college readiness.
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Child custody cases are the most emotionally charged type of court exposure most people ever experience. Custody battles are usually tied to a divorce or couples who conceived a child but never married although they may also occur in adoption proceedings. Some child custody cases involve taking away parents' rights to the child as the result of abuse.
Child Custody NC Court's Guiding Principles:
The North Carolina Family Law Court is guided by principals that put the child's well-being at the center. NC Family Court has a specific policy relating to child custody and care. This policy:
- Seeks to establish parenting arrangements between divorced and never married parents that are based in good-faith that parents will make the child's best interests a priority.
- The policy attempts to discourage repeated litigation that occurs when one or both parents are in battle mode. Arbitration and Parenting Coordinators assist the State in these efforts.
- Encourages parents to take responsibility and commit to the significant and long-term responsibilities having a child entails, sharing equitably in those rights and responsibilities regardless of the status of their relationship with one another.
- A preference for ordering custody arrangements that keep both parents involved in the child's life while considering any evidence of abuse, neglect, or dependency that might make joint custody inappropriate in specific situations.
- Encourage parents to develop a relationship where they are capable of working together for the good of their child but also recognizing that factors such as mental illness and criminal behavior may make this impossible or inappropriate.
NC Child Custody Definitions:
Custody refers to custody and to visitation with a minor child.
High-conflict case is a custody battle with a pattern of unhealthy behaviors including:
- Excessive litigation
- Anger and distrust
- Verbal abuse
- Physical aggression or threats of physical aggression
- Difficulty communicating about and cooperating in the care of the minor children
- Conditions that, in the discretion of the court, warrant the appointment of a parenting coordinator
Minor child is an unmarried person under 18 years of age who has not been emancipated by the courts.
Parenting coordinator is an individual qualified by education and experience to assist parents in high-conflict cases.
Mediation is a method of resolving the conflict that is less adversarial than a court hearing. Mediation is facilitated by a neutral third party who is a skilled communicator and negotiator.
Child Custody Decisions
Child custody decisions are determined first and foremost based on what is in the best interest of the child. At times this focus may lead to decisions that appear manifestly unfair from the position of the parent or parents. As the most vulnerable citizen involved in the process, the child's well-being is given the highest priority.
Although many factors may be evaluated while determining what would be in the child's best interest, there are some factors that will overshadow and negate benefits provided by other factors.
Custody of a child who has been abused, neglected, abandoned, or exposed to abuse of one parent by the other will be heavily weighted toward giving custody to the non-abusive parent. If both parents are abusive or neglectful, the potential that both parents may lose not only custody but also their parental rights exists. Parents who have been found guilty of certain criminal offenses will not be granted custody of their children.
Additional factors relating to parental behavior the Court will consider when making custody decisions include:
- Alcohol or drug abuse
- Promiscuity
- Stability of the home environment
The safety of the home environment
- A safe neighborhood versus a neighborhood with a high crime rate
- Childproofed as appropriate and other potential safety hazards
- Whether the parent is supportive of a relationship between the child and the other parent
- The child's opinion may be considered but there is no age where a minor child is allowed to make the decision
- Whether the child's needs for food, shelter, health, education, and clothing will be met
- A child's psychological attachment (love, affection, bond, and emotional ties) to each parent and other caregivers
- The child's relationship with siblings (whole blood, half blood, and step) and where they reside
- The child's needs for stability and continuity of significant relationships
- The capacity and disposition of each parent to give love, affection, and guidance that will support the child's well-being
- The parenting knowledge and parenting style of each parent
- The stability of the family unit
- The presence or absence of support systems within the community or extended family
- The mental health of everyone involved
- The physical health of the child, caregivers, and other caregiving responsibilities they may have
- The home, school, and community as well as any special health or education needs
- Community ties to a religious organization, school, and friends
- The child's background and cultural ties
- The choice that is the least disruptive for the child
- The preferences of potential caregivers
- Recommendations of a court-appointed mediator or guardian ad litem
- Any other factors the court deems relevant to the decision
NC Custody Mediation
The court will automatically refer disputed custody cases to mediation unless there appears to be good cause not to do so. Mediation pursues the following goals:
- Reduce the animosity and bitterness between parties who disagree about custody arrangements for their child
- Develop child custody solutions that reflect the child's best interests
- Create an environment where parents are able to learn about their choices and make decisions based on what is best for their child
- Get parents to buy-in to decisions to avoid repetitive disputes
- Give the parties involved information about the possible choices and an opportunity to make decisions
- Create a setting where conflicts can be resolved without being as adversarial as court hearings to improve the psychological impact of custody hearings on the child and parents
- Provide a setting that is private and confidential
The Court, or one of the parties involved, may make a motion not to use mediation. When violence, abuse, neglect, severe mental health problems, or hardships due to travel are involved, the court may dismiss the mediation and hear the case in court.
The mediator has the right to interview the child and others.
The written agreement resulting from mediation will be submitted to the Court and become a Court Order as long as the judge does not have an objection to its terms.
Who is Awarded Custody?
The custody arrangement that is in the best interests of the child, when all the known factors are considered, shall be ordered. There are no assumptions that a parent of a specific gender will be the best custodial parent. Joint custody will be considered upon request.
Custody can be arranged as:
- Sole custody
- Shared Custody
- Nesting arrangements
Custody may be joint or only to one person. If visitation is involved, a visitation schedule that is in the best interest of the child will be included. Visitation schedules may include visitation rights for any grandparent who has a substantial relationship with the child.
A history of domestic violence or abuse will not be taken lightly by the court when custody is awarded.
The order may specify that electronic communication, such as the telephone, computer, Skype or FaceTime will occur in addition to physical visitation. Time spent communicating via electronic means does not affect the calculation of child support.
Visitation may be conditional:
It may require the visiting adult to abstain from consuming alcohol for twenty-four hours prior to and during visitation. Compliance may be verified with an alcohol monitoring system.
Unfit Parents
In order to deny parent visitation rights, the court must make a finding of fact that visitation by the parent is not in the child's best interest or that the parent is unfit.
Parents whose parental rights are not terminated will have access to records involving the child's health and education.
Incompetent Adult Children
If a child who reaches the age of majority is mentally or physically incapable of self-support, his majority will be treated the same as when he or she was a minor as long as the incapacity continues.
Parenting Coordinators
The Court's appointment of a parenting coordinator may be subject to the consent of the involved parties. The parties also have the right to limit the decision-making authority of the parenting coordinator to specific issues or areas of conflict between them.
Appointment of a parenting coordinator does not require the consent of the parties when:
- The action is a high-conflict case
- The appointment of the parenting coordinator is in the child's best interest
- The parties are able to pay for the cost of the parenting coordinator
Parenting coordinators will be provided with specific issues to address. A parenting coordinator has limited authority. The court retains the exclusive right to make determinations regarding custody, visitation, and support. The court retains the authority to control the case. The court may give the parenting coordinator limited powers that may include:
- Identification of disputed issues
- Improve communication with the goal of reducing misunderstandings
- Clarify priorities
- Make attempts to achieve beneficial compromises
- Improve parenting skills related to child custody issues
- Improve compliance with court orders regarding custody, visitation, and guardianship
- Decide outstanding issues, subject to the Court's review and approval
- The parenting coordinator is prohibited from personally providing professional or counseling services to the parents or child
- Disputes involving financial matters shall be referred to the parties' attorneys
Communications with the parenting coordinator are not confidential. Prompt notification to the court by the parenting coordinator is required if it is determined that:
- The current custody arrangement is not in the child's best interest
- There are issues the parenting coordinator is not qualified to address or resolve
The arrangement with the parenting coordinator shall be terminated when no progress is being made after substantial efforts to reach the goals have been made or when the parties no longer need assistance.
Child Custody (AOC) Forms
- Order on Child Custody Mediation
- Motion and Order to Waive Custody Mediation
- Petition for Registration of Foreign Child Custody Order (Side one)
- Instructions for Registration of Foreign Child Custody Order (Side two)
- Notice of Registration of Foreign Child Custody Order
- Affidavit of Service (by Registered mail, Certified mail, or Designated Delivery Service)


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|Prince Edward Island National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
|Prince Edward Island, Canada
|Nearest city
|CharlottetownNearest city: Charlottetown
|46°25′00″N 63°04′30″W / 46.4166667°N 63.075°WCoordinates: 46°25′00″N 63°04′30″W / 46.4166667°N 63.075°W
|22 km²
|1937 Established: 1937
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Prince Edward Island National Park is a National Park located on Prince Edward Island. Situated along the island's north shore, fronting the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the park measures approximately 60 km in length and ranges from several hundred metres to several kilometres in width. Established in 1937, the park's mandate includes the protection of many broad sand beaches, sand dunes and both freshwater wetlands and saltmarshes. The park's protected beaches provide nesting habitat for the endangered Piping Plover; the park has been designated a Canadian Important Bird Area.
An extension was added to the park in 1998 when an extensive sand dune system in Greenwich was transferred from the provincial government to Parks Canada. The Prince Edward Island National Park also includes Green Gables, which was the childhood inspiration for the Anne of Green Gables novels by author Lucy Maud Montgomery, as well as Dalvay-by-the-sea, a Victorian era mansion currently operated as an inn.
In recent years, environmental and conservation groups have identified Prince Edward Island National Park as being the most endangered in the national park system, based on human impact. The park also experiences severe coastal erosion as a result of winter storms and its vulnerable shoreline.
Red sand beach in PEI National Park
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The Bimal Jalan panel which is scrutinising applications for new bank licences will hold a meeting on February 10.
"We are having our next meeting on February 10," Jalan, a former Reserve Bank Governor who heads the panel, told PTI. The committee held its first meeting on November 1.
Other members of the high-level advisory committee are former RBI Deputy Governor Usha Thorat, former Securities and Exchange Board of India Chairman C B Bhave and Nachiket M Mor, Director of the Central Board of Directors of the RBI.
Initially, 26 entities evinced interest in entering the banking arena. Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata group, withdrew its application in November, leaving 25 players in the fray.
Public sector units India Post and IFCI, private sector Anil Ambani group and Aditya Birla group submitted applications on July 1. Besides, Bajaj Finance, Muthoot Finance, Religare Enterprises and Shriram Capital have applied for the licences.
The RBI issued guidelines for licensing of new banks on February 22 and issued clarifications in June.
In the past 20 years, the RBI has licensed only 12 banks in the private sector in two phases. Ten banks were licensed on the basis of guidelines issued in January 1993.
The guidelines were revised in January 2001, based on the experience gained from the functioning of these banks, and fresh applications were invited. Kotak Mahindra Bank and Yes Bank were the last two entities to get banking licences from RBI in 2003-04.
India has 27 public sector banks, 22 private sector banks and 56 regional rural banks.
In the 2001 round of guidelines for new licences, the external committee members were C G Somiah, former government auditor CAG, I G Patel, former RBI Governor, and Dipankar Basu, former head of State Bank of India.


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THz Spectroscopy and Imaging (SF3A)
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AbstractThe characteristic terahertz absorption features of several molecules with similar molecular structure have been measured by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy experimentally. Theoretical simulations have also been performed, and all measured terahertz absorption features are assigned.
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MEBANE � Mick Mixon, play-by-play announcer for the Carolina Panthers, is especially busy this time of year. But he has blocked off time Friday for the Clay Street After Work Party on Clay Street in downtown Mebane. The concert will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and is part of the Musical Chairs Concert Series.
Mixon and his wife, Dawn, perform in the Franklin Street Band. Dawn is lead singer and Mick is drummer with Tim Smith on keyboards and vocals, Ken Yow on bass guitar, Thomas Hill on guitar and Jody Zeugner on alto and tenor saxophone and vocals.
Dawn grew up in Burlington and has performed with a number of bands throughout the years including Reflections and Young Country.
�Tim, Ken and I heard Dawn sing at a barbecue in 2004 and I remember telling them �she needs to be in our band,� � Mick said in a recent interview. Following that show, Mick called and asked if she�d like to join the band.
Since that time, the band has performed throughout the Carolinas including the Fourth Of July fireworks at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill in 2012. It is a regular performer at Carolina Inn�s Fridays on Front Porch series as well. All of the musicians have full-time jobs, so the performances are on weekends mostly.
Variety, Mixon said, is what the Franklin Street Band offers.
�I tell people that if you�re not a fan of a particular song we�re playing, you won�t have to wait too long to hear something you do like,� he said.
A mix of the 1960s, �70s and �80s is what the band tries to present.
�We�re not one of those bands that will just stand there,� he said. �Every song is performed with energy and passion. We love playing and it shows. We�re not mechanical in our performances at all.�
Returning to Dawn�s hometown is something they�re all excited about.
�We�re very honored to be playing the Musical Chairs series,� he said. �We hope people will come hear us.�
The final Musical Chairs concert will be in conjunction with Fourth Fridays in downtown Burlington and will feature The Lizzy Ross Band from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sept. 27.
In case of rain, the concert will be canceled. Admisison is free, but donations of art supplies for children�s art classes are appreciated. For more details, contact the Leisure Line at (336) 222-5147. For details on Musical Chairs, call (336) 226-4495 or visit www.artsalamance.com.


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