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|Sourdough bread rises without yeast.
I don't love to cook, but I'm decent at it and I do enjoy it when I'm not under pressure (i.e. daily dinner). I prefer to make fermented foods, canned foods and anything can be put in the freezer for future meals. One of my big goals this year was to improve my bread making skills. I haven't tried a lot of different types, but I have perfected my sourdough recipe. This post is for making the starter, my next post will be my loaf recipe that we use for sandwiches, toast and to go with our meals.
Making a Sourdough StarterMaking sourdough starter is a 7 day process.
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- Use at least a half gallon glass crock, jar or bowl (no plastic or aluminum). The mixture must breathe as it ferments, so cover it with a towel not a sealed lid. I used a half-gallon mason jar, towel on top, secured with a rubber band.
- A wooden spoon works well for mixing. It gets quite thick and you don't want anything that will bend.
- Use "old" or filtered water. I keep water loosely covered with a towel on the counter to let the chlorine evaporate. (as a side note, this is also what I use to water my plants or do any fermenting. Chlorine isn't good for plants or bacteria. One day I'll get a good kitchen filter)
1. Mix 1/4 cup organic unbleached white flour with 3 tablespoons water. Let sit out on the counter for 12 hours.
2. Every 12 hours for 7 days, mix in 1/3 cup water and 1/2 cup flour. The dough will expand and may rise over the top of your container, so be sure to keep it covered or you'll have a mess to clean up. After the first couple of days the dough will get a yeasty, sour smell. That's a good thing.
3. At the end of the 7th day, store your starter mix in the fridge.
4. If you use the dough less than once a week, feed it once a week by adding 1/3 cup water and 1/2 cup flour. If you use it more frequently, just feed it after you use it. So if you need one cup starter for a recipe, feed the dough, once or twice (every 12 hours) then return it to the fridge. You'll get the hang of it. I've forgotten to feed it and left it out on the counter too long, and I haven't killed it yet!
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I visited the World Headquarters of the Dessert Gallery and got to spend time with the effervescent Sara Brook, the brilliance behind the Dessert Gallery and everything that is awesome about it! Did you know that the Dessert Gallery is 15 years old? Long before the cupcake trend and the concept of dessert specialty shops, the Dessert Gallery was making its mark on the Houston dessert scene with the delicious confections that they make.
Oh goodness, can we just talk for a moment about how delicious they are? As Sara gave Mike, my husband, and I a tour of the kitchens, she completely changed how we will eat cupcakes from now on! Mike doesn't normally go to shoots with me, but when he heard I was going to the Dessert Gallery, I don't think there was any hope of me stopping him!
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Versatile synthesis and micropatterning of nonfouling polymer brushes on the wafer scale.
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In this article, the authors describe new approaches to synthesize and pattern surfaces with poly[oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl methacrylate] (POEGMA) polymer brushes synthesized by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization. These patterned coatings confer "nonfouling" properties protein and cell resistance-to the surface in a biological milieu. The versatile routes for the synthesis of POEGMA demonstrated here offer clear advantages over other techniques previously used in terms of their simplicity, reliability, and ability to pattern large-area substrates. They also demonstrate that POEGMA polymer brushes can be patterned directly by photolithography, plasma ashing, and reactive ion etching to create patterns at the micro- and nanoscale over large areas with high throughput and repeatability, while preserving the protein and cell resistance of the POEGMA brush.
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- Hucknall, A; Simnick, AJ; Hill, RT; Chilkoti, A; Garcia, A; Johannes, MS; Clark, RL; Zauscher, S; Ratner, BD
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Vomit, Language, Trash Talk & French Toast
This morning, 4 of us from work met at the bottom of Suncrest (North side), and rode our bikes into work. Its about a 23 mile commute if we do the Suncrest climb.
In the past I commuted for training miles but now I commute to avoid the high gas prices. It's out of control. I can't bring myself to fill up the truck all the way. As soon as the pump reads $50, I shut it off and call it good.
The climb up Suncrest started out a solid pace (no warm up whatsoever). Rico put the hammer down, then Dave decided to pass him, and the pace got faster and faster as we got closer to top. So fast, in fact, one of the guys (Rico) lost his breakfast on the side of the road....nice.
By the time we got to the top, it was clear this was not going to be a friendly social ride into work. As soon as we all dropped down the South side into Alpine, the pace kicked back up and heart rates spiked. It was pretty much a 15 mile sprint into work at that point.
Since we don't ride a lot together, the Alpha male has not been established and that means it's going to hurt until we figure it out.
After the ride, Dave and I paid $7 for all you can eat french toast at the local Kneaders. Sooooo good.
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The intensity explains why you didn't wave to Wendy when she saw you near the intersetion of SR 92 in Alpine...
- July 15, 2008 at 12:52 PM
- clark said...
Is this the Rick Sunderlage (apparently not your real name) who I "worked" with in Modesto, Ca, and was my roommate in Provo?
Funny to find your blog. I now work in Draper and am always looking for a reason to ride.
Clark Dana (real name)
- July 15, 2008 at 3:13 PM
- Rick Sunderlage said...
Rob- yeah, sorry. I probably thought it was seeing/hearing things.
Clark- Shouldn't you have DMD by your name? Good to hear from you. I live in Draper. Let's go ride.
- July 15, 2008 at 3:52 PM
- clark said...
Its DDS, please. And yes, I would appreciate it if you would address me as such!
send me your email.
Clark, DDS
- July 15, 2008 at 4:02 PM
no video of the puking?
- July 15, 2008 at 6:37 PM
Clark, Jamie Pogue here (the endodontist). Small world. Didn't know you rode bikes. I also had no idea we had a mutual friend in Rick. Do you ride road, mountain or both? I live about a mile from the equestrian center in Draper, about 2 blocks east of Draper park. Let me know if you ever want to ride. I am mostly mtn biking this year but rumor has it that I own a road bike and have actually been spotted riding it this week. My e-mail is tibiker29 @ g mail dot com. (the blogsites usually recognize e-mail and reject it so I wrote it this way)
- July 15, 2008 at 10:14 PM
- Rick Sunderlage said...
Clark- Be warned. Jamie is fast. It will hurt.
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Our guest this week on the Art of the Song Coffee Break is Austin-based band Band of Heathens who just released their album Duende.
Duende, the title of The Band of Heathens' fifth studio album (and eighth overall), marks their tenth anniversary as a group, and it certainly applies to its overall theme about the collective search for connection and communion in a technology-fueled world increasingly splintered, distracted and lonely. As band co-founder Ed Jurdi, who first learned of the term, explains, "It's the essence of the artist," or as partner Gordy Quist says, "It's a word we don't have an equivalent for in English, Artistically, that's where we tried to set the bar, to do what this band does best."
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Greedy approximation with respect to certain subsystems of the Walsh orthonormal system
Authors: Martin G. Grigorian and Robert E. Zink
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 134 (2006), 3495-3505
MSC (2000): Primary 42C10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-06-08720-X
Published electronically: June 27, 2006
MathSciNet review: 2240661
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Abstract: In an article that appeared in 1967, J.J. Price has shown that there is a vast family of subsystems of the Walsh orthonormal system each of which is complete on sets of large measure. In the present work it is shown that the greedy algorithm, when applied to functions in , is surprisingly effective for these nearly-complete families. Indeed, if is such a subsystem of the Walsh system, then to each positive , however small, there corresponds a Lebesgue measurable set such that for every , Lebesgue integrable on , the greedy approximants to , associated with , converge, in the norm, to an integrable function that coincides with on .
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Martin G. Grigorian
Affiliation: Department of Physics, Erevan State University, Alex Manoogian Str., 375049 Yerevan, Armenia
Robert E. Zink
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1968
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-06-08720-X
Received by editor(s): May 10, 2005
Published electronically: June 27, 2006
Communicated by: Michael T. Lacey
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Check celery and carrot fields for aster leafhoppers. Based on the commonly found 11 to 15 percent aster yellow infectivity in west Michigan, the recommended treatment threshold is three to five leafhoppers per 100 sweeps.
Aster leafhoppers are small insects and are important pests of fresh market vegetables primarily because they transmit aster yellows phytoplasma, which is a disease of celery, carrots, lettuce and, occasionally, onions and potatoes. Disease symptoms vary from crop to crop, but affected plants typically have distorted, discolored foliage and a bitter taste and are, therefore, unmarketable. Leafhoppers can migrate to Michigan from southern states on weather fronts, but they can also overwinter on weeds found locally. Due to this year's mild winter, it is likely that the number of overwintered leafhoppers is higher, and reports in March from the southern part of the United States gave indication that the migrating populations will arrive early and in significant numbers. In Michigan, aster leafhoppers appeared earlier and in larger numbers this year than in the past.
In commercial agriculture, aster leafhoppers can be controlled with synthetic pyrethroid insecticides. (Examples: Asana XL, Baythroid XL - carrots; Mustang Max, Ambush 25W, Pounce 25WP, Baythroid XL – celery.) For a complete list of registered insecticides on different crops for aster leafhopper management please check out E-312 MSU Extension Bulletin, Insect, Disease and Nematode Control for Commercial Vegetables. Insecticides are applied based on thresholds that are determined by finding out the percent of leafhoppers that are infected with aster yellows (percent infectivity) in a sample, and the crop species where the insecticide application will be made. Samples for the determination of the threshold are collected with sweep nets by scouts and Extension educators and are sent to MSU Diagnostic Services where they are tested within 24 to 48 hours.
In six samples collected May 18-21, 2012, leafhopper infectivity ranged between 11 to 15 percent in west Michigan, with one exception that had only 1.7 percent infectivity. Based on the 11 to 15 percent infectivity, the recommended threshold is three to five leafhoppers per 100 sweeps, where celery has a slightly lower threshold than carrots. See the map for percent infectivity of leafhoppers in six different samples collected on May 18 and May 21.
Recent research in the MSU vegetable entomology laboratory has determined that aster leafhoppers prefer to feed on cereal crops compared to carrots and they prefer carrots to common broadleaf weeds (such as wild carrot). Therefore, rye or other cereal cover crops grown in the same field as carrots may attract more leafhoppers to the field.
Michigan State University is not supporting the use of any particular insecticide brand. When using pesticides, always follow the label recommendations.
Dr. Szendrei's work is funded in part by MSU's AgBioResearch.


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Welcome to the Department of Health Services! On our website, you will find all the information pertaining to your students health services available. If you are unable to obtain the information you are looking for, you may contact Public Health Dayton and Montgomery County at (937) 225-4550.
If you wish to speak to one of our nurses regarding your child's medical needs please call (937)237-6300.
Raylaine Butler RN ext: 81301
Victoria Sesslar RN ext: 81302
Kelly Garrett RN ext: 81303
Physical examinations are required for all students entering new to the school system at the pre-school level. Physical examinations are required yearly for all students enrolled in pre-school age programs. Children who do not meet this requirement will not be admitted to school unless they present proof of a confirmed doctor's appointment for the physical to be completed. If proof of the physical examination is not submitted within twenty (20) days after the date of examination, the student will be excluded from school. Parents should always be encouraged to complete all health requirements prior to the student's first day of school.
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School personnel will take every precaution to avoid accident or injury to the students. The principal will be notified immediately when a serious accident occurs. Parents will be notified of any serious accident, especially bumps or blows to the head.
An injured student will be taken to the school clinic if the nurse or clinic assistant is on duty. If the clinic is not staffed, the injured student will be taken to the school office.
School officials will follow the instructions listed on the student's Emergency Medical Information Form. This form will be sent home in the school packet at the beginning of the school year and will remain on file for the duration of the school year. If any changes occur on this form, please inform the school office immediately. It may make a difference if your child should be ill or injured. A sample copy of the Student Emergency Information Form can be found on the website.
If there should be a condition that meets these standards, it will be dealt with by the faculty and staff of Huber Heights City Schools, the parents, and any other relevant medical experts. A conference is the usual process. Call the school for more information.
In case of illness, the student will be given a clinic pass and sent directly to the clinic or office. The parent will be notified if the student is too ill to remain at school. If the parent cannot be contacted, the relative or neighbor listed on the Emergency Medical Information will be contacted.
Students attending school must comply with all federal, state, and local immunization and health examination requirements. Parents are to provide the schools with evidence of the dates that students were properly immunized against diphtheria, pertussis, poliomyelitis, hepatitis B, rubeola, rubella, mumps and vericella. Pre-school students must also present evidence of the dates they received haemophilis B (HIB).
Evidence of immunization is required at the time of enrollment in school. If all immunizations are not completed, then written evidence that the student is in the process of receiving such immunization and that it will be completed within 14 days of entering school is required prior to enrollment. Students failing to be properly immunized may be excluded from school attendance.
If federal, state, or local requirements permit it, a student may be exempted from one or more of the immunizations by submitting a written statement from a doctor stating that the required immunization threatens the health and welfare of the student or by the parent completing an immunization objective form and agreeing to comply with the condition under which the exemption is granted.
Please keep the staff and school nurse updated and aware of any medical conditions that may manifest themselves during the school year/day (i.e., food allergies, allergies, asthma, Epi-pen, seizures, diabetes, breathing treatments, other treatment, etc.)
In conjunction with medical conditions, please notify the clinic assistant and school secretaries on updated address changes, phone number changes, and emergency contact number changes in order for parent(s) and/or guardian(s) to be properly notified of a student illness or emergency.
*Epi-pen, inhalers, and other medication forms, along with the medication given must be at school by the first day of school.
Medication administration is discouraged during school hours. However, any student who must take medication during the day must adhere to the following procedures:
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Giving Up the Cleanup
by Chris Biles
Let it slip beneath the floorboards,
leave it where safety exists, where slits
of light can illuminate endlessly drifting
dust that will secretly settle some day.
All things stop their grand migrations,
but realize: once it stops
nothing here will not break down.
Say hello to the rain, to the rot, to the rust,
to cabinets wiped clean with resentful rags.
Dirt is defiant, not worth the struggle
of imprisonment. Let it settle, let it stop,
let it slip beneath the floorboards.
Everything settles beneath the floorboards
Then, when you're burned out and lost, you
slip down too, where safety exists, where
slits of light can illuminate. All things stop
their grand migration, all things break.
So put your dreams away for now and join
the former filth, find the familiarity, stop
your drifting where you can settle in secret.


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At Prime Minister's Question time just before the Autumn Statement, this Wednesday afternoon, The leader of the Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, chose to focus his questions to the Prime Minister on the funding crisis in social care. Corbyn asked the Prime Minister about the more than 1 million people who are not receiving the social care they need, the impact this is having on emergency hospital admissions, the fact that it is causing people to be stranded in hospital for longer than they need, the worry and fear that people face in old age and the stress that it places on NHS and social care staff.
It is not just the Opposition party which is worried about social care: there is a growing range of increasingly vocal organisations and individuals who are seriously alarmed at not only the predicament of social care itself but at how the crisis has now overflowed into health services, leading to delayed discharge rates from hospitals, for example, being at record breaking highs. Simon Stevens, the CEO of NHS England, has said Ministers should prioritise any additional funding available to social care services rather than the NHS and the Care Quality Commission warned last month that social care is approaching a 'tipping-point'.
They went on to say that frail older people are likely to suffer falls or illness, adding to the strain on hospitals and GPs unless further action is taken. In addition the Kings Fund, the Local Government Association, the NHS confederation, a growing number of MPs and charities including the Alzheimer's Society, Scope, the MS Society and other members of the Care and Support Alliance have all said the same thing: the failure to invest in social care – the funding for which has fallen by one third in the last five years (2010 – 2015), generating an overall shortfall of £4.6 billion – has created a system at breaking point.
In response to Mr Corbyn's questions the Prime Minister spoke about the Government's existing efforts to invest more money in social care; the Better Care Fund and the social care precept for local authorities. Age UK welcomes both initiatives but the problem is they remain highly limited in their effects – sticking plaster solutions for a big and critical problem. So despite the stretched public finances and uncertainty caused by the shadow of Brexit we, alongside our colleagues across the health and care sector, had reason to hope that the Government would act in the Autumn Statement.
We were therefore surprised and incredibly disappointed that the Chancellor ignored social care entirely in this speech. The Government's failure to provide any respite for our beleaguered social care system spells deepening misery for many older people.
It means current trends are certain to continue: more older people will get no help or not enough help; more care companies will exit the market or fold; more people will have to fund their own care and face big, rising bills; more family members – including many in their 80s and 90s – will have to shoulder the care of a loved one alone; more care staff will quit for less stressful jobs elsewhere; and all the good people working in social care battling to sustain good standards of care will face an even tougher job than they do today.
Our broken social care system is a stain on our country and represents a real risk to older people's legitimate aspirations to live good, decent later lives. For this reason above all others Age UK will not give up the fight, indeed yesterday's set back spurs us on to do even more to make the case for enough investment in social care to give our older people the quality of provision they need and are entitled to expect.
Read our response to the Autumn Statement
Find free information and advice on home and care on the Age UK website


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Spence & Partners latest blog for Pension Funds Online –
"Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64?"
That famous Beatles line maybe summed up how twenty-somethings viewed 60-year-olds back when the song was written. Their take was that by the time you got to 64 you would need to be looked after and cared for as you probably had one foot in the grave.
In the 1960s private pensions were relatively new, equalisation was still to rear its head (men retired at 65 and women 60 – can we all remember those days?) and people generally died within five years of retiring if they actually managed to make it that far!
Now if we fast forward to the 2013, pensions are beyond complicated, there is no retirement age as such and the state pension age is just moving further away. Perhaps the most salient point is that most people just do not die within five years after retirement any more and expect and need their pension to be paid for 20, 25 or sometimes 30 years and beyond.
However we, as an industry, are still fixated by the fact that our members on the whole should retire at 65 and the systems are geared up to constantly remind individuals from age 64 that they are due to retire in a year. Indeed I have seen many flowcharts that regimentally tick down the last 12 months with constant requests for information and reminders that the member must make a decision about their retirement.
No real thought is being given to the fact that maybe, just maybe, the member might be better off not retiring at 65 and reflecting upon what their needs might be for the next 20 years or so. I do appreciate that 65 is arguably too late to reflect and that reflection should be done at a much earlier age (another day, another blog) but making an irreversible wrong decision at 65 may just be plain daft.
It is said that today's age 60 is yesterday's age 50. Therefore, it is worth reflecting that yesterday's 50-year-old worked for 15 years before retiring, so perhaps today's 60-year-old might have to do the same. But if working a bit longer and making better choices at age 65 helps fund a better retirement, then that's no bad thing and perhaps, to paraphrase another line from the same song, the cottage in the Isle of Wight might not be too dear…


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Liveable floor area : 1,076 Sq.ft.
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- View : Panoramic, dominant, mountain, lake, fantastic sunset, nightlights
- Setting : Rustic
- Lake at 1.25mi.
- Horse riding, Culture, Fishing
- Exposure : East
Touristic region : discover Sierra de Cádix
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Libyan fighters greet their leader
TRIPOLI, Libya - The chief of Libya's former rebels arrived in Tripoli on Saturday, greeted by a boisterous red carpet ceremony meant to show he's taking charge of the interim government replacing the ousted regime of Moammar Gadhafi.
But even as Libya's new leaders tried to consolidate control over the vast country, Gadhafi loyalists pushed back hard against an assault on the town of Bani Walid, one of Gadhafi's remaining strongholds, in a sign that the battle is far from over.
Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, head of the anti-Gadhafi forces' National Transitional Council, landed Saturday at an air force base on the outskirts of Tripoli. A faded red carpet was rolled out, and hundreds of fighters and officials in suits rushed toward the plane as he walked down the steps. Some flashed victory signs or shouted "God is great."
Fighting, shoving
Abdul-Jalil was mobbed by the crowd as he tried to make his way to the air force building. A fistfight broke out between two men after Abdul-Jalil was rushed inside, and one waved his pistol in the air. Other men trying to shove their way in knocked over a metal detector and a large potted plant.
After meeting with local leaders inside, Abdul-Jalil called for unity among Libyans to finish the fight against Gadhafi loyalists. He also called for forgiveness to allow Libyans to rebuild the country.
"This is not the time for retribution. This is not the time for taking matters into your own hands. Many rights have been lost and many tragedies have occurred," he said. "We have to realize that Moammar Gadhafi is not done yet and we must direct all our means to liberate the rest of the cities."
Abdul-Jalil's arrival was meant to show that the former rebels are getting ready to establish their government in the capital. Until now, most of leaders of the anti-Gadhafi movement had been based in the eastern city of Benghazi.
"It's a day that shows Libya is finally in the hands of its people," said Abdullah Gzema, an NTC member from the coastal city of Zawiya. "We know we have nothing ahead of us but challenges. The challenge now is to organize the state and that will be harder than the military campaign."
Much of city armed
Ahmed Darrad, the NTC's interior minister, took the disorderly welcome for Abdul-Jalil in stride. "We expected that he would get a popular reception, but we didn't expect it to be quite to this extent," he said, smiling.
Revolutionary forces entered Tripoli on Aug. 21, six months after the uprising against Gadhafi began.
The fall of Tripoli effectively sealed the fate of Gadhafi's regime, but Abdul-Jalil stayed away from the capital until Saturday. His prolonged absence had raised questions about the former rebels' ability to take charge.
Officials close to Abdul-Jalil cited security concerns as one of the reasons.
While anti-Gadhafi forces have driven armed loyalists out of Tripoli, the security situation remains shaky. The capital has been flooded with weapons, including those in the hands of civilians.
Loud explosions and the roar of NATO aircraft were heard, indicating the alliance was aiding the rebel advance in Bani Walid. The NATO air campaign began in March under a U.N. mandate to protect civilians.


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A Saturday Night Prayer
Paul TautgesPaul Tautges serves as senior pastor at Cornerstone Community Church in suburban Cleveland, Ohio, having previously pastored for 22 years in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Paul has authored eight books including Counseling One Another, Brass Heavens, and Comfort the Grieving, and contributed chapters to two volumes produced by the Biblical Counseling Coalition. He is also the consulting editor of the LifeLine Mini-Book series from Shepherd Press. Paul is a Fellow with ACBC (Association of Certified Biblical Counselors). He and his wife, Karen, are the parents of ten children (three married), and have two grandchildren. Paul enjoys writing as a means of cultivating discipleship among believers and, therefore, blogs regularly at Counseling One Another.
- 2015 Nov 28
Lord of the Church,
As we anticipate gathering together as Your people for the purpose of worship, tomorrow morning, we pray Your name will be glorified and Your will accomplished in our hearts and the hearts of all those who worship You through Jesus Christ.
- Lead us to the Rock, Redeemer, and Refuge. Lift our thoughts to the Rock so that we may trust in Your strength (Psalm 19:14). Touch the affections of our hearts so that we, the household of God, will grow in our love for our Redeemer, Jesus Christ, who is the Chief Cornerstone (Ephesians 2:20). Hide us in the shelter of Your wings as we listen to Your promises (Psalm 61:1-4).
- Make us responsive to the Holy Spirit as You seek worshipers to draw near in spirit and truth. May the Holy Spirit who indwells us stir us up in our inner person to praise You with every part of our being (Psalm 138:1). Lord, reveal our hidden sins or hypocrisy so that we may repent and worship in truth, purity, and faith (Psalm 24:3-6).
- Fill the pastor-preacher with the Holy Spirit's power. Lord, it is You who enables a mere man to preach with clarity, conviction, and boldness as the forces of Hell wage war against him (Ephesians 6:10-20). Fill his heart with love and compassion for those to whom he preaches so that his preaching will edify and equip believers with grace and truth, and plead with unbelievers to embrace Christ (Ephesians 4:12; 2 Corinthians 5:20).
- Open the hearts of the unconverted, make the gospel's power to save real in our public worship experience. As You did for Lydia, when the apostle preached, open hearts to respond to the Word that is spoken (Acts 16:14). May the Spirit prick their consciences over sin, pierce their hearts with conviction, and grant them the gifts of repentance and faith so that they may turn from unbelief to faith in Jesus Christ (John 16:8; Acts 2:37-38; Ephesians 2:8-10; Acts 11:18; 1 Thessalonians 1:9).
Glorify Your name, we pray, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.
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Read More Paul TautgesPunishment or Pruning? Tuesday, November 17, 2015


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Cisco warns it's not just home routers that can be pwned by pharmers
Cisco Systems is warning that customers who don't change the default names and passwords on routers are vulnerable to an exploit publicized by Symantec and Indiana University last week.
The technique, called drive-by pharming was originally thought to apply only to home-based wireless routers. Cisco now warns that other types of routers are also vulnerable to Javascript that can change the DNS coding of the router, thereby redirecting all its clients without their knowledge.
Pharming is a malware technique more sophisticated than phishing because it requires no conscious effort on the part of the user, and can even change the code on a victimized computer to re-route its Web requests without the knowledge of the user.
The solution is to change the default password as soon as the router is brought online, according to Cisco. But, since compromised laptops could also be the source of such attacks, it may also be necessary to check the machines of users who bring laptops home and work from routers they configure (or leave the configuration as the factory default) themselves.
The original version of this story appeared on TechTarget sister site SearchSecurity.com.


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When the Obama administration proposed canceling a host of expensive weapons systems last spring, some of the military industry's allies in Congress assumed, as they had in the past, that they would have the final say.
But as the president signed a $680 billion military policy bill on Wednesday, it was clear that he had succeeded in paring back nearly all of the programs and setting a tone of greater restraint than the Pentagon had seen in many years.
Now the question is whether Mr. Obama can sustain that push next year, when the midterm elections are likely to make Congress more resistant to further cuts and job losses.
White House officials say Mr. Obama took advantage of a rare political moment to break through one of Washington's most powerful lobbies and trim more weapons systems than any president had in decades.
Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, said Wednesday that the plan was to threaten a veto over a prominent program in this case, the F-22 fighter jet "to show we were willing to expend political capital and could win on something that people thought we could not."
Once the Senate voted in July to stop buying F-22s, Mr. Emanuel said in an interview, that success "reverberated down" to help sustain billions of dollars of cuts in Army modernization, missile defense and other programs.
Mr. Emanuel said the strategy emerged when the defense secretary, Robert M. Gates, told Mr. Obama they needed to "shake up sacred cows and be seen as taking on fights."
Military analysts said Mr. Gates, a holdover from the Bush administration, also aimed at the most bloated programs. And Senator John McCain of Arizona, the former Republican presidential candidate, who has criticized the Pentagon's cost overruns, provided Mr. Obama with political cover to make the cuts without being seen as soft on the military.
"They probably get an 'A' from the standpoint of their success on their major initiatives," said Fred Downey, a former Senate aide who is now vice president for national security at the Aerospace Industries Association. "They probably got all of them but one or maybe two, and that's an extraordinarily high score."
Still, Mr. Obama said at Wednesday's signing ceremony, there is "more waste we need to cut."
The act authorizes $550 billion for the Pentagon's base budget in fiscal 2010 and $130 billion more for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. That compares to a total of $654 billion for both accounts in fiscal 2009.
The measure also includes a ban on hate crimes that Democratic leaders attached to the bill.
Mr. Obama has said that he does not intend to reduce military spending while the nation is engaged in two wars. But Mr. Gates also wants to cut more futuristic programs to free money for simpler systems like helicopters and unmanned spy planes that can help the troops now.
Winslow T. Wheeler, a military analyst at the Center for Defense Information, a Washington analytical organization, said another key to Mr. Gates's success was regaining control of the budget from the armed services.
But the administration has had to make some compromises, and some issues remain to be decided in a separate spending bill.
Mr. Obama had wanted to cancel an alternate engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, a new plane that is expected to be a mainstay for the Air Force, the Navy and the Marines. He had also threatened to veto the military bills if they took money from plane purchases to keep developing that engine.
But Congressional leaders say they believe that the second engine will provide crucial insurance for the $300 billion fighter program. And they say they will take money from other parts of the military budget to save it.
Mr. Obama has also threatened to veto any attempts to salvage an early version of a new presidential helicopter that the administration canceled. The policy bill that he signed Wednesday does not contain any money for it. But the House version of the spending bill does, and that issue remains to be resolved.
Still, even White House officials say they were surprised at how far they got in reshaping the weapons programs.
"In terms of sort of bringing fiscal responsibility to Washington and changing the way the place works, you couldn't have picked a more challenging area than the defense budget," said Rob Nabors, the deputy director of the White House's Office of Management and Budget.
A New Boeing Plant
The Boeing Company said Wednesday that it would open a second assembly line for its long-delayed 787 jetliner in North Charleston, S.C., expanding beyond its longtime manufacturing base in Washington State.
Boeing, based in Chicago, already operates a factory in North Charleston that makes 787 parts and owns a 50 percent stake in another plant there that also makes sections of the plane.


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Am I supposed to pay taxes?
Posted on January 7, 2010 by pacificyorkshirebird
Dreamer had a great question on her comment to Yankeebean's post about the how to go about bringing up the fiance visa question. She writes:
Is it true that if you are an american citizen working in the UK you pay both UK and US taxes? and vice versa?
I went for three years kinda wondering that question and hoping it would just go away like when Hypercolor t-shirts just disappeared after 1992.
Of course, the minute I wanted to import my British guy through US immigration, my history as a taxpayer became very important. With my application, I had to submit tax returns from the last three years, two of which I had to go back and file late as I hadn't been filing at all since I moved to the UK. And as it turned out, I needed to be earning over $80,000 a year (or something) in order to have to pay Uncle Sam, so I was off the hook. But I needed help from a smartypants tax accountant. Never in gazillion years would I have known how to file my returns without their help.
Keep in mind that I was earning $0 income in the United States at that point, nor was I employed by a US company and transferred to the UK. And in the past, the hardest part about doing my taxes was subtracting the standard deduction and asking my parents whether I was still being claimed as a dependent.
Oh yeah, and I'm no tax expert so make sure you look into your own situation before you decide what to do. Here's a link you might find helpful to the IRS FAQ's.
To make it even more confusion, it turns out I may not have had to go through filing past returns anyways. Because the income part of my visa application was rejected because the income I claimed wasn't earned in the US!
Anyways, compare that to the UK system where they actually PAID me tax back after leaving the UK because I happened to leave before I paid in the minimum amount for the tax year. HM Revenue & Customs has some helpful information on their website too. Check out the sections on Information on Double Taxation and Social Security Treaties and International Aspects of Personal Tax.
Readers – tell us your tax stories!


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Branding a world heritage site
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Writer-director Nikolaj Arcel has some tough challenges ahead of him as far as the adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower series is concerned. Not only does he have to bring the books to life in a way that's both satisfactory and satisfying to the rabid fanbase (and the franchise's meticulous author), it has to remain marketable for general audiences who are coming into this massive property blind. Unless both of those boxes are checked, you can wave goodbye to any future sequels in the movies or on TV. And yet, the clever way around this problem is that the film is neither a direct adaptation beholden to the novels, nor an original creation that leaves the mythology in the dust.
As Scott Wampler of BMD surmised back in May, and which EW has now confirmed thanks to their continuing coverage of the film, The Dark Tower will actually be a sort of sequel to the book series, but will also model the structure of the first book, "The Gunslinger." That may sound a bit confusing – and it is – but the best explanation requires a lot of story spoilers. If you'd rather avoid those, then just know that the movie version starring Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, and Tom Taylor will continue the story of Roland Deschain from King's novels without translating them to screen beat for beat. If you'd like to dig into the details a bit more, and find out which major characters won't be showing up in the first movie, read on.
First up, when King debuted a new teaser image for The Dark Tower back in May, Wampler quickly took to the interwebs to explain just what was going on. Basically, it showed an item (seen in Elba's bag in this image) that Roland did not have throughout his quest in King's book, but one that would have served him greatly in his pursuit. In the movie version, however, Roland does have this "quest item," you might call it, suggesting that things will be very different going forward.
Here's King's teaser from May, which is fairly innocuous as far as general audiences are concerned, but was a real eye-grabber to fans of the books:
The Dark Tower is close, now. The Crimson King awaits. Soon Roland will raise the Horn of Eld. And blow. pic.twitter.com/rqGSKM3dWL
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) May 19, 2016
Arcel confirmed as much in EW's report:
"The hardcore fans of The Dark Tower series will know that this is actually a sequel to the books in a way. It has a lot of the same elements, a lot of the same characters, but it is a different journey."
Arcel also commented on the circular nature of the story as a way to take book readers at its end back to its beginning in the first film:
"It's completely circular, cogs and wheels. Everything fits together. It has a great little power to it. It fits very well into the nature of the entire saga itself."
Also, Arcel's vision for the film is all about Roland's quest:
"The Tower is a beacon of light in a world that's cynical and dark and sometimes feels a little hopeless, and this is about the quest for that. This is the quest to save the hope and the light."
Again, readers know that Roland is helped out in his quest by a number of important people, but two of the biggest characters won't be showing up … at least not yet. Of course I'm talking about Eddie Dean, the reformed heroin junkie, and Susannah, the amputee with multiple personalities. But don't freak out just yet:
"They're certainly out there," Arcel says. "I think the entire story deserves to be told and should be told. I would certainly be disappointed in myself or my collaborators if we didn't bring them in. They're such a huge part of the story."
This makes sense considering that the first film is sticking with the characters and plot of the first book. King also commented on their absence in this film:
"I'm fine with it. I know exactly where Akiva [Goldsman] always planned to bring them in and that's cool with me."
For those of you still concerned that this adaptation won't be in line with King's vision, the acclaimed author had this very frank statement to share:
"I'm 100 percent behind it — which doesn't mean it necessarily will work, just that it's a good way to try and to get into these stories."
Be sure to head over to both BMD for a more in-depth explanation, and EW for many more quotes. And for more on The Dark Tower, be sure to check out our recent coverage below:
- 'The Dark Tower': Matthew McConaughey Explains How He Doesn't See Walter as a Villain
- 'The Dark Tower': First Official Image and New Details Emerge
- New 'The Dark Tower' Set Photos Reveal Matthew McConaughey's Man in Black
- 'The Dark Tower': Idris Elba Releases New Teaser Image
- 'The Dark Tower': Stephen King Cautions the Film May Make Some Big Changes


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The Los Angeles Marathon features dozens of points of entertainment along the course!
The Los Angeles Marathon is known for its start-to-finish entertainment program to encourage runners and to celebrate the city's diversity. Dozens of bands will play along the course, celebrating the triumph of each marathoner.
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The famous Apollo missions by NASA ran for 11 years between 1961 and 1972, they achieved some incredible feats, most importantly landing the first human on the moon. Nowadays the photos we can take from space are awe-inspiring and full of colour, but such luxuries weren't available to us back in the 70's. Luckily Jeremy Dreier edited some of NASA's recently released Apollo images to add a little colour and clarity.
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What is interstitial nephritis?
Interstitial nephritis is a kidney disorder. The kidneys filter waste and extra fluid from the body. When you have interstitial nephritis, the spaces between tubules (small tubes) inside the kidney become inflamed. This reduces the kidneys' ability to filter properly.
Interstitial nephritis is a serious condition, but it can be treated. In rare cases, it may cause kidney failure. When the kidneys fail, waste and extra fluid build up in the body. This can cause problems with the heart, brain, lungs, and other organs.
Symptoms of interstitial nephritis
The most common symptom of interstitial nephritis is a decrease in the amount of urine you produce. Other symptoms can include:
- Increased urine output.
- Blood in your urine or dark urine.
- Nausea or vomiting.
- Fever or rash.
- Elevated blood pressure.
- Changes in mental status, such as drowsiness or confusion.
- Swelling of any area of your body.
- Sudden weight gain (this can be caused by extra fluid in the body).
What causes interstitial nephritis?
Interstitial nephritis can be caused by the following problems:
- Infections.
- Autoimmune disorders, such as Kawasaki disease or Sjogren syndrome.
- A reaction to a medicine, such as certain antibiotics.
- Too much of certain medicines. These include diuretics (water pills) or pain relievers, such as acetaminophen, aspirin, or a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).
- Unbalanced levels of certain nutrients in your blood. This includes too little potassium or too much calcium.
Interstitial nephritis may occur 2 or more weeks after you start a medicine. Talk to your doctor if you have any questions about a medicine you are taking.
How is interstitial nephritis diagnosed?
Your doctor will ask you about your medical history, including what medicines you take. He or she will listen to your heart and lungs for signs of excess fluid. This is a sign of kidney failure. They will check you for high blood pressure, which also is a sign of kidney problems.
If you have one or more symptom, your doctor may test your urine (called a urinalysis) and your blood. He or she could also order imaging tests of your kidneys, such as an ultrasound. If something is found, they may order a biopsy.
Can interstitial nephritis be prevented or avoided?
In most cases, there is nothing you can do to prevent interstitial nephritis. You can reduce your risk of getting it by avoiding medicines that can cause the condition.
Interstitial nephritis treatment
Interstitial nephritis is caused by an underlying problem. So treatment depends on what is causing the condition. If the problem is an infection, your doctor will treat the infection. If a medicine is causing it, he or she will probably have you stop taking the medicine. In some cases, corticosteroids (medicines that reduce inflammation) may help. Dialysis, a treatment that uses a special machine to filter the blood, is sometimes necessary.
Living with interstitial nephritis
In most cases, interstitial nephritis is a short-term problem. Treatment of the underlying problem cures the condition. Rarely it can lead to long-term or permanent kidney damage, such as chronic kidney failure. This is more likely to happen in older adults.
Questions to ask your doctor
- What is causing my interstitial nephritis?
- What treatment is best for me?
- Should I stop taking any of my medicines?
- Do I need to see a specialist, such as a urologist?
- Are there any medicines I can take that will make it better?
- Will I need dialysis? If I do, will I have to do it for the rest of my life?
- Could this cause permanent damage to my kidneys?
- How often will I need to come in for follow-up visits?
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Saturday, June 28, 2014
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use big inning to best Giants
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[June 28, 2014]
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Cincinnati Reds didn't
hit San Francisco Giants ace Madison Bumgarner hard Friday night. But
they did hit him often.
In the end, quantity mattered, especially with their own All-Star
candidate, Johnny Cueto, on the mound.
Center fielder Billy Hamilton contributed a two-run single to a
six-hit, five-run fifth inning and Cueto won his third consecutive
decision with 8 1/3 strong innings, lifting the Reds to a second
straight win over the Giants with a 6-2 victory.
In winning for the ninth time in their last 12 games, the Reds
assured themselves of a seventh consecutive non-losing series with
back-to-back wins to open the four-game series.
"It's not always going to be Joey (Votto) and Jay (Bruce) and Rocco
(Devin Mesoraco) getting the big hits," said Reds shortstop Zack
Cosart, who for the second night in a row added to the Cincinnati
attack with an RBI single. "We have a bunch of good hitters in the
The Reds' win followed the announcement of the signing of Cuban
right-hander Raisel Iglesias to a reported seven-year, $27 million
contract. The 24-year-old Iglesias, who has defected to Haiti, is
expected to join the Reds at the start of next season.
Hamilton's hit was one of six the Reds had against Bumgarner (9-5)
in the five-run fifth inning after the teams had been scoreless
through four innings. Cosart, third baseman Todd Frazier and Bruce
also had RBI hits in the uprising, which featured only one
extra-base hit -- an inning-opening double by Mesoraco.
"Bumgarner has given us trouble. He's very, very good," Reds manager
Bryan Price said. "The guys went in there with a good approach, a
good plan of attack. We took advantage of the few mistakes he
(Bumgarner) made."
Frazier had three of Cincinnati's 12 hits while extending his
hitting streak against the Giants to 14 games. He is hitting .462
(24-for-52) over that stretch.
Hamilton added three singles for the Reds and Bruce had two on a
night when he nonetheless saw his streak of seven consecutive games
with an extra-base hit halted.
"The month of June has been good for us," said Price, whose club has
the most wins in the majors (18) since May 30. "We're just getting
good at-bats up and down the lineup. We've been patiently waiting
for it."
In nearly going the distance for the fourth time this season, Cueto
(8-5) allowed both Giants runs, three hits and two walks. He struck
out three.
Left-handed closer Aroldis Chapman relieved Cueto with two on and
one out in the ninth and retired both men he faced for his 16th
save, getting a nice defensive play from Cosart at shortstop to
short-circuit a potential Giants rally.
"It's been frustrating at times when he's pitched well and we
haven't scored runs for him," Cosart said of Cueto, whose has a 1.98
ERA in five career starts against the Giants. "When you've got your
horse on the mound, getting five runs (in one inning) is big. You
don't want to coast, but you know it gives you a great chance to
Pinch-hitter Tyler Colvin did the Giants' only real damage against
Cueto, ending his shutout bid in the sixth with an RBI triple that
scored second baseman Brandon Hicks. Colvin eventually scored on
right fielder Hunter Pence's infield out, temporarily getting the
Giants back within three at 5-2.
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Bruce's second RBI single, off Giants right-handed reliever Yusmeiro
Petit, scored Frazier and upped the lead to 6-2, completing the
"I wouldn't call it a team-wide slump," Colvin said after the Giants
lost for the 10th time in their last 12 home games, a stretch in
which they've been outscored 60-36. "It just doesn't seem like we
can string hits together like they did tonight. They didn't hit the
ball that hard."
Bumgarner left for a pinch hitter after having given up nine hits
and season-high-tying five runs in six innings. He walked one and
struck out three.
The Giants, leaders of the National League West, lost for the ninth
time in their last 13 games. Their 4-9 record during that stretch is
the worst in the majors.
Despite having allowed three singles, Bumgarner had faced just one
batter above the minimum through four innings before the fateful
After Cosart's one-out single plated Mesoraco to open the scoring,
the inning took on greater life when the Giants failed to get an out
on a sacrifice bunt attempt by Cueto. Catcher Buster Posey threw
late to third in an attempt to force out left fielder Chris Heisey,
allowing Cueto to reach safely to load the bases with still just one
Then came the avalanche of hits, with Hamilton's bloop single over a
drawn-in infield scoring two runs to increase the lead to 3-0.
Frazier and Bruce added run-scoring singles, capping the
game-changing assault.
NOTES: Once visa issues are resolved in Haiti, the Reds are expected
to send Cuban RHP Raisel Iglesias to their academy in the Dominican
Republic, with an eye on having him at spring training next
February. Iglesias, projected by the Reds as a starter, allowed two
runs and three hits in 4 2/3 innings of relief at the World Baseball
Classic last spring. ... OF Roger Bernadina became a free agent
Friday after refusing the Reds' outright assignment to Triple-A
Louisville. Bernadina, who hit .153 in 44 games this season, was
designated for assignment last weekend. ... The Reds went 6-for-11
with runners in scoring position. Since June 1, Cincinnati has
recorded a National League-best .333 batting average under those
circumstances. ... The five-run fifth inning marked the fourth time
Giants LHP Madison Bumgarner has allowed at least five runs in an
inning in his career. ... Giants LHP Madison Bumgarner picked off
two Reds baserunners in the first inning. The last Giant to
accomplish that feat was LHP Bud Black on May 15, 1992.
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