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of Black Bear
Wolfs Moon
Role: ~Opportunist~
Lesson: Discernment
Element: Earth
Wind: Nor h ~Wisdom, Land of the Elders~
Medicine: Intuition
Opportunist Leadership Discerning
Guardianship Powerful
In the wild, Black Bear is an omnivore, meaning that his/her diet will vary widely from succulent berries and insect larvae, to carrion and food carelessly left out by humans who are not savvy to the habits of these large creatures. This ability to obtain food from a large range of possibilities gives this species a high survival rate as they are capable of foraging for (and locating) food in nearly any environment or season.
***The two-legged beside whom Black Bear walks will be one who possesses the ability to immediately assess a situation and ~size-up~ others. In business, this makes for a formidable business executive, attorney or strategist, as all available options and opportunities will not only be seen by the Black Bear individual, they will be sifted, sorted and categorized. Decisions will be based upon what course of action will reap the greatest benefit and reward, either for the ~Self~ or for the ~Whole,~ and be attained with the least amount of fuss and worry.
Black Bear individuals are often leaders in the financial world, legal profession, and are likewise often made leaders in military professions for their ability to strategize and seize opportunities as they arise. Moreover, when real options do not necessarily exist, the soul with Black Bear as a predominant Totem will make opportunities appear seemingly out of the air.
Although Black Bear souls are ever aware of opportunities, this is not to suggest that one beside whom Black Bear walks is automatically ruthless or will stop at nothing to attain a desired objective, for these can be some of the most benevolent and forgiving of individuals when operating from Higher Intent and a point of Conscious Awareness.
Certainly, when a two-legged with this powerful Animal Totem is operating from ~Contrary Medicine~ or ~Shadow Self,~ that individual may be quite harsh and ruthless indeed. When the motive behind the Black Bear individual is one of ruthless domination and cut-throat behaviors, this will become a Life Lesson needing to be resolved. Such unresolved issues may often manifest themselves on a karmic plane, via losses of either a financial or emotional nature, for it will be these very things and areas that Black Bear holds most dear, where they will receive a ~karmic balance.~ In this way, the soul then has the opportunity to embrace the Lesson of seizing opportunity free of the chains of ruthlessness or domineering tactics.
such lessons are not sufficiently absorbed, successive lifetimes will be
needed in order for the Soul to align itself with the wisdom and medicine
of this magnificent Animal Spirit. Yet once the lesson has been truly
learned and absorbed, that soul may then utilize his/her awesome assessment
skills to be of benefit to the Whole via fair play and benevolent industry.
When these individuals have truly aligned themselves with the Soul`s Unique
Purpose, they make up some of the finest philanthropists, advisors and
counselors, transmuting their ability from strategizing for personal gain,
to benefiting the All.***
One of the fundamental precepts of Native American spirituality teaches us that the Earth is our Mother, and that all life which exists on this grand planet, from we of the two-legged to the birds and animals, to the clear mountain streams and the air we breath, are all interconnected, creating a beautiful and vastly intricate ~Web of Life.~ As children of our Mother Earth, it is a part of our lineage that we are to care for ~Her,~ to keep her life`s blood (water sources) clean and pure, to ensure that ~Her~ air which She provides to sustain all life, is kept fresh, and to respect and treasure ALL life, regardless of what form that life takes.
In reading the quote below, we come to understand that we are entrusted with the Role of Guardianship of this beautiful planet, and it is incumbent of each of us to tread softly upon our Mother, and treat all of her children with love and respect.
is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone,
man would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected.
must teach the children that the ground beneath their feet
is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect the land,
tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin.
Teach your children what we have taught our children . . .
that the earth is our Mother.
befalls the earth, befalls the sons of the earth.
If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves.
This we know, the earth does not belong to man,
man belongs to the earth.
~Chief Seattle~
***Black Bear Spirit will walk beside one who has an inherent awareness and appreciation for all life, one who understands both the complexity and need to preserve the delicate balance of ~Nature.~ For some who possess this Totem, this heightened awareness will lead them into environmental causes where they will utilize their ability to strategize toward establishing laws and legislation that will protect and preserve natural habitats, species and scenic wonders for generations to come. Yet even if Black Bear Soul is not actively involved in environmental organizations, he/she will be ~backyard environmentalists~ doing their best to maintain a balance in their own private domain.
is when the soul whom this mighty Bear walks beside is tapping into the
understanding of the intricacy and beauty of Life, that their soul resonates
the strongest, and time spent out in nature on hikes, enjoying mountain
climbing, fishing, or even puttering in their own gardens, is as vital
to restoring their sense of equilibrium and balance as is the food they
eat, water they drink, and air that they breathe. When they are too
long away from the beauty and serenity of the Earth Mother, all other avenues
of their lives may suffer imbalance as a result, requiring that they take
that time to be nurtured by the Mother, and give back via helping to preserve
~Her~ balance and beauty for Others to enjoy.***
In ~Nature,~ the Black Bear not only survives, but thrives via his/her ability to continually assess their environment. This takes place in a multitude of ways and tasks, from the assessment of the season and the preparations and requirements needed to ensure survival through long winter months, to maintaining an ever-vigilant awareness of encroaching threats and monitoring changing food supplies.
***For the two-legged beside whom Black Bear strides, there will exist an innate attention to detail that is equaled by few. They will analyze and edit, examine and question nearly every situation they encounter along the Red Road of Physical Life, be this interactions with ~Others,~ or via situations in their work environment.
When used from its highest vibration, this afford the Black Bear soul the ability to catch mistakes that other less observant individuals might miss, thus saving either themselves or (if it is a professional situation), their business from potential loss due to negligence. On a more personal note, these souls make for excellent personal advisors so long as they are operating from a place of non judgment.
Yet when operating from ~Contrary Medicine~ (Shadow), the Black Bear individual may be prone to excessive nit-picking that serves no genuine purpose other than to point out the flaws in the system, while offering no viable alternative. Understandably, the Shadow manifestation of Black Bear in inter-personal relationships, can be quite alienating as the two-legged operating from ~Contrary Medicine~ becomes a harsh critic of everything their mate, friend or loved one does.
Much as the Black Bear in the wild will attain its food by foraging around beneath fallen logs and stones, sifting and picking through forest debris, that will provide the sustenance to maintain their life, the two-legged with this Bear as their Totem will approach life in much the same way, often only choosing to believe what they see with their own physical eyes, despite a keen intuition that is present from birth.
the Black Bear soul eventually realizes that not everything can be
understood with the ~physical senses~ alone, and the Individual Soul of
another (as the Soul is dynamic and ever changing with each individuals` evolution) can never be neatly or completely labeled or categorized, then the two-legged beside whom Black Bear walks awakens in the light of awareness that life is ever-changing and beautiful for its ebb and flow. Then, he/she may embrace and understand the process not just with their physical senses alone, but learn to open themselves to the cosmic wonder of their powerful intuition, the highest form of Discernment.***
Black Bear`s ability to survive in the ever changing climates and conditions of the environment in which they dwell, necessitates that they are able to discover food sources and shelter under often precarious circumstances.
Much attention is paid to the subtlest of shifts and changes in their environment, and Black Bear will follow these ~shifts~ to begin the preparation for the long winter months ahead. With the decreasing temperatures, falling leaves and ever shortening days, these wise creatures will forage for food that will create an extra layer of fat to see them safely through the lean winter months, when they will then retreat inside of a cozy den or cave to wait out the blustery months of winter.
***Just as the Black Bear will pay heed to the shifting currents and subtle nuances of nature in order to survive the leanest of times, one beside whom this mighty creature walks will likewise possess an uncanny intuition. Such intuition may be inherited as a significant and natural ~Gift,~ or it may be developed by the Black Bear individual throughout their Earthwalk, beginning initially as a quiet inner knowing, yet as they mature and learn to pay more attention to this ~still, small voice,~ it may become ever more powerful accurate.
When operating from full Conscious Awareness, this overpowering sense of ~Intuition,~ will guide the Black Bear soul along their Life Path to avoid harmful encounters and dangerous situations, it may also be employed to assist Others through a particularly difficult time where clear vision and intuition may be of benefit. This is the Higher Manifestation of the gift of Intuition.
Yet when one is choosing to operate from either subversive energies, or unconsciously acting out via unresolved issues (Shadow or Contrary Medicine), this same strong inner ~knowing~ may be used for devious ends, to control and/or manipulate others, or as a means of justifying their own intolerant behavior. Only once Black Bear soul can acknowledge those times when he/she is operating from the lower vibration of this Gift and identify the reasons/purpose behind why they are acting out, may they step from the Shadow Self to embrace the full light and beauty of their remarkable intuition.
The energies that are sent along the ~etheric plane~ (plane of pure energy), are ultimately felt and manifested on our ~physical plane~ as subtle movements felt on a soul-level and exhibited often as a physical manifestation such as a sudden tingling sensation at the top of the head, or "chills" that run up ones` spine. This flow of energy is ever-present and, much like the unseen currents of wind that stir to life the wind chimes` melodious resonation, these energies are felt by the All. Some will consciously feel these shifts and changes, others will experience them on an unconscious level. There are yet other individuals who will possess an exaggerated awareness of these nuances, and Black Bear individuals are one such ~Group.~ For some, this will be experienced via the afore-mentioned ~energy hits,~ for others it will be expressed more as a pre-cognitive sense of things yet to come, for others still, it will be experienced as though an inner radar is sounding, alerting them as to when they are being told an Untruth.
Yet however this keen intuition ultimately manifests itself, it is wise for the Black Bear Soul to remember that their intuition will only be as clear and reliable as they are in their daily interactions and dealings with Others. It is incumbent upon the Black Bear individual to wield this great inner knowing softly, with love and higher intent to be to the benefit of the ALL as a part of the unfolding of their Soul`s Unique Purpose for taking up the Robe of Physical Life.
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Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Since the beginning of 2016, there's been nearly 100 single-family home demolition permits issued, and that's not counting town homes, duplexes or jobs where the work was described incorrectly.
It's why we don't generally report on them in our weekly Teardown Tuesday feature, although that may have been a mistake on our part.
Thanks to the City's new permit database, we were able to pick up on three separate clusters of recent single-family demolition permits. This is more noteworthy: nine times out of ten when someone tears down a single-family house, it's so they can build a bigger, nicer one on the same spot. But tearing down three adjoining homes on the same street? That could be a sign of something more interesting to come.
As is often the case with theories posited in this column, this one turned out to be mostly incorrect. Let's break down these soon-to-be broken down clusters and see why.
The first group was the oddest: three homes at 7701, 7705 and 7709 Ray Road, all owned by different people, are all being torn down by the same contractor, Vaughn Utilities for $6,000 a pop. There don't appear to have been any site plans ore rezoning cases filed for the area, and if there were some future development planned, it wouldn't really make sense for the demolition to proceed before the new owner purchases the land.
While there have been plenty of cases where owners will tear down an existing structure in order to make the property more desirable for sale, and plenty of cases where the property owner and the property's future developer are not the same entity, but that doesn't appear to be what's happening here. Maybe all the homeowners took some kind of weird adult version of those teenage suicide pacts where they all agreed to demo their houses at the same time, but who knows. We imagine the future of this site holds nothing more exciting than some new, pricey, single-family homes.
The next cluster is over on St. Mary's Street, right behind the 425 Boylan Development. The two homes at 416 and 418 St. Mary's Street were both built in 1920 and remodeled over the years. On February 3, 2016 a company by the name of A Squared LLC purchased both of the properties.
A Squared is a developer behind a number of planned residential communities, many of them in West Raleigh, including one along Western Boulevard. A LinkedIn profile for one of the LLC's partners describes his work there as "Developing west Raleigh to its full potential. Analyzing potential acquisitions and developments utilizing construction estimating experience."
Best guess for these St. Mary's properties is that they'll be torn down and replaced with newer, pricier homes. Although I can't imagine someone wanting so badly to live in the shadow of a big apartment complex like 425 that they'd go the trouble of tearing down and building a new home behind one, we do hear over and over how tight Raleigh's housing market is, so it's very possible.
Build Raleigh, LLC is handling this project and, like the first batch of residential teardowns, both of these demos are listed on the permits as costing $6,000.
The final residential demolition cluster project for today comes the closest to proving our initial theory correct: three homes on Price Street are connected to a rezoning case! Except that rezoning case was filed in 2013 and denied the following year. On top of that, the only thing the rezoning case would likely have brought about was more single-family homes. Boring.
The three houses at 639, 645 and 651 Price Street set for demolition are all owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh, and back up to a large swath of land, also owned by the Diocese, that was in 2013 the subject of rezoning case Z-28-13.
Janezic Building Group will be handling all three demolitions.
We won't delve too deep into its plans, seeing as how they never came to fruition, but it would have rezoned the wooded lot off Ray Road near the intersection with Strickland from Residential Rural to Residential-2, nearly doubling the amount of homes allowed on the property.
The case itself was denied because it would have increased density to unacceptable levels within the Falls Lake Watershed. Interestingly enough, it appears that way back in 1993, there was another plan for the site titled "Cardinal Gibbons High School." Cardinal Gibbons, which recently celebrated 100 years in Raleigh, has an interesting timeline set up on their website; the 1989-1999 section begins by discussing plans to expand the school, although nothing ever came of the Price Street site.

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Going to the orchestra will help get you laid?
According to Ben Folds, orchestral music is a great aphrodisiac. Which I don't disagree with, but the article also has a more salient point: community engagement by meeting listeners where they are culturally has been a boon for the St. Louis Symphony:
[S]ince launching its Live at Powell Hall series -- a collection of performances that focus on music icons, current entertainers and scores from film and television -- and other special initiatives in 2008, the St. Louis Symphony has seen significant growth in ticket revenue, from $4.84 million in 2008 to $6.57 million in 2013, with more than 39,000 new ticket buyers.
The article also gives some detail on Folds' new piano concerto, his first concert work in a very successful musical career that has thus far only covered the popular realm.


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Hi Team,
Am using the latest version of DBAMP on the server, when I use browser an login with the credentials in the server am able to connect to salesforce, but with same credentials and on same server am trying to test connection via DBAMP configuration program am getting below error:
"connection to salesforce using dbamp failed.Error 1: invalid_type sobject type 'organization' is not supported.if you are attempting to use a custom object, be sure to append the '_c' after the entity name.Please reference your WSDL or describe call for appropriate names".--Please help
And license key belong to same org and no security token used along with password , also applied correct proxy settings
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connection to salesforce using dbamp failed
connection to salesforce using dbamp failed
EMPLOYEE0Bill Emerson (Developer) September 25, 2018 11:59Perhaps the sf user for the linked server does not have the needed sf access rights. Can you run the following query and report the results.
Select * from Salesforce...sys_sfobjects
The reports is some like above
EMPLOYEE0Justin Blackburn (Official Rep) September 25, 2018 13:06Is Organization in the query result from above?
No it isnt thier, Thank you.. I will ask the Saleforce team for the access rights


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Lawyers for the man who pleaded guilty by reason of insanity to killing 12 people when he opened fire in a packed movie theater in Aurora, Colo., have accused the judge in the case of being biased due to his "hostile and demeaning" language and asked for a new judge to oversee the case.
The judge, Carlos Samour, denied that request on Friday.
James Holmes plea: A national brief that ran in the A section Nov. 16 incorrectly stated that James Holmes, accused of killing 12 people in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting, pleaded guilty by reason of insanity. Holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. —
In their request, the attorneys representing James Holmes claimed Samour was unprofessional when denying some of the defense's motions, using words such as "halfhearted" and "lackluster" in his orders, which they said showed bias.
In his ruling denying the request, Samour said he stood by every decision he has made in the case, and said getting to the point does not constitute bias.
"That the undersigned is straightforward and does not mince words in his rulings is not evidence of bias," Samour wrote in his order. "The motion falls on its face because it does not mention, much less compare, the language complained of with similar language used to address arguments raised by the prosecution and non-parties."
The defense can appeal the ruling.
Holmes faces a possible death penalty for the July 20, 2012, massacre.
Jury selection is scheduled to begin in January.
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Good evening LCMS families, this is Mr. Weidow Principal.
Monday, March 19th will be an A day.
Report cards and MAP score reports were sent home with students on Friday, March 16th.
Eighth grade students will be taking their Writing SOL on Tuesday, March 20th and Thursday, March 22nd.
The Book Fair will begin in the LCMS Library on Friday.
Our next dance will be the Pot of Gold Dance this Friday from 6-8:30pm.
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Friday February 25, 2016 – As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) accredits a new Israeli envoy, the Middle-Eastern state has reaffirmed its commitment to assist CARICOM to achieve its ideals.
Mordehai Amihai-Bivas, Plenipotentiary Representative of the State of Israel to CARICOM, said yesterday that CARICOM's objectives were noble ones that were centered on people: full employment, development, health and education.
"The true success of any nation will be measured by its ability to deliver on these goals, and the Caribbean Community has focused its efforts on helping its members achieve them. Israel has proven successes on all those fronts and is willing to share its experience and know-how with developing nations of the region," he said at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown.
Describing relations between CARICOM and Israel as "natural", he noted that through the Israel Agency for International Development Cooperation, dozens of professionals from the region had advanced their training in agriculture, healthcare, education, alternative energy and sustainable development, over the past year.
Israeli would expand that cooperation with entrepreneurial training for young people in four Member States, Amihai-Bivas added.
He acknowledged the existential threat of climate change faced by CARICOM, and noted that small islands states are affected by rising sea-levels, reduced rainfall and strong hurricanes. But he also pointed out that this reality presented a unique opportunity for member states to become leaders in sustainable development.
Amihai-Bivas is the second Israeli Ambassador to be accredited to CARICOM.
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Opinion Columns & Blogs
Getting rid of doggone beach litter
One of my simple joys in life is walking our pug, Bailey, at a beach down the street from our Baywood home. It's a weekend and daily after-work ritual — at least during the daylight-savings season — and one that gives our 14-year-old hairy loaf of a dog a reason to actually caper, strut and sniff the world of seaweed and sand through her brachycephalic snout.
But her daily dose of happiness is only one factor of several that make these walks a simple joy. The 40 minutes or so we spend walking next to the bay's generally calm waters is time off the grid, of being unplugged and giving in to the undemanding delight of daydreaming.
And yet there's something — probably my Norwegian-clean genetics — that makes even an idyll an opportunity to do something during our strolls. So I glean the beach for trash.
This isn't something particularly noble. In fact, I was once asked whether I wasn't "enabling" others to be litterbugs by picking up after them. Well, hmmm, no.
If truth be known, there's something deeply satisfying about being a litter picker, a state of mind that those who pick up trash next to roadways undoubtedly share.
No, it's more along the lines of a quest. I simply like to see whether I can bag the odd piece of plastic, cigarette butt or Styrofoam piece of debris that's been either thoughtlessly discarded or blown into the bay off of a moored boat or a restaurant patio on Morro Bay's Embarcadero.
Toward that end, the beach has probably coughed up a couple of thousand cigarette butts over the past few years, with some of those obviously having been tossed recently and others having probably been bobbing in the bay for months if not years.
On this note, Terry Martin, in an article published in About.com, wrote: "The core of most cigarette filters — the part that looks like white cotton — is actually a form of plastic called cellulose acetate. By itself, cellulose acetate is very slow to degrade in our environment. Depending on the conditions of the area the cigarette butt is discarded, it can take 18 months to 10 years for a cigarette filter to decompose."
So with a pup poop bag in one hand and small plastic bag for trash in the other, Bailey and I pick through and probe this particular beach's flotsam and jetsam, occasionally finding something of value, such as a wooden scabbard for a fish knife. Mostly, though, it's mundane: unbraiding a piece of fishing line from a strand of seaweed, the odd beer can, a red plastic straw or a saltine cracker wrapper.
Now, if strolling and picking litter for a cleaner beach sounds like something you might like to try, keep Saturday, Sept. 15, in mind; that's the date for this year's Coastal Cleanup Day, from 9 a.m. to noon. Want to volunteer for a beach near you? Go to www.ecoslo.org/coastal -cleanup-day and sign up. Who knows? You may find Bailey and me poking and probing our beach's jetsam and flotsam with our respective pug noses.
Bill Morem can be reached at bmorem@the tribunenews.com or at 781-7852.


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What is SLX?
A Mod that adds many features to the game such as:
- AI enhancement
- Animations for AI and character movement
- effects - bullet impacts, explosions
- melee
- suppression effects
- Wounding - Location based wounds, dragging of wounded, bleeding, dismemberment,moving of objects, taking captives,Dropped weapons
- and many more!
Who made SLX?
SLX was created by Solus, he built an SLX for OFP (Operation Flashpoint), Arma1,and Arma2.
Whats the story behind the new version of SLX?
After downloading SLX for Arma2 and trying it out ingame, and then running into the issues I had the freezing and the crashes, it had intrigued me to find the cause.
The SLX Bug List
One day i had decided to review the entire SLX WIP thread which was originally started by Solus to find all the bugs reported by posters giving their feedback on what files were causing them issues with SLX mod v 2.3
Doing so I could eliminate them these "bugged" files from my game.
After extensive reading and research and covering practically every page of the thread I found numerous posts of feedback and reports on which files were causing what.
Copying and pasting these posts into a wordpad document, I compiled a list of the files reported by users who had a problem. Once I realized what i had put together I thought to myself I just did alot of work finding all the reported bugs which could possibly help alot of other SLX users.
So i created an official SLX Bug List and had it Linked to the SLX Download page on Armaholic so that new down loaders could at least see the bug list and go from there.
The new SLX edition
(The updated version of the original "bugged" SLX)
Over time I had continually updated the bug List where I could, but there was still an ongoing issue in the community, not only on BIS forums but on Armaholic forums as well.
After reading and responding to threads of new players reporting install problems, crashes, freezes, and other issues, it bothered me that even though i had a SLX bug list setup on the SLX download page that somehow these new players of SLX were either not seeing the Bug List or ignoring it without knowing the issues that SLX had.
This problem gave me a great idea which was to come up with a version of SLX that had no bugs apon the initial download.
So the Idea was to retest SLX on Arma2 and Arma2CO, fix any errors or any issues found, and recompile the mod into a version where all the problem files or bugs were removed from the game, thus making the mod stable from the download. the idea worked!
New SLX Versions
SLX now has 2 versions of itself.
-one version specifically for Arma2CO
-one version specifically for Arma2
SLX Version Folder Titles
The titles of the SLX folders have changed to distinguish the 2 different versions, this is important as explained above.
The Arma2CO version of SLX is now: @COSLX
The Arma2 version of SLX is now: @A2SLX
Official release thread of A2SLX & COSLX:


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SUNDAY, Oct. 10, 2010 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have found genes that appear to play a role in the propensity for obesity.
The findings are reported in two new studies published in the Oct. 10 online edition of Nature Genetics.
In one report, researchers say they have identified 18 gene variants linked to obesity and confirmed the involvement of 14 others. In a second report, the same group of researchers say they have identified 13 gene variants that appear to direct fat to the belly or thighs.
"We have made a big leap forward in identifying new gene variations that contribute to the susceptibility to obesity and susceptibility to store fat more on your hips or more on your waist," said researcher Ruth Loos, a group leader in the Genetic Aetiology of Obesity Program in the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the Institute of Metabolic Science, in Cambridge, U.K.
Loos cautioned that these genes cannot be used to predict whether an individual will become obese or not. Right now, they have identified genes linked to obesity, but exactly how these genes work in developing a vulnerability to obesity isn't known, she added.
"But if we know the biology, perhaps we can invent a more effective preventive strategy. Maybe we can identify proteins that we can target with drugs," Loos said. "It's going to take years before these new discoveries will develop into new interventions."
In addition, having these gene variants doesn't mean that an individual is definitely going to be obese. "The prediction is not much better than just flipping a coin," Loos said.
For the first study, Loos and her colleagues looked at data from 46 gene studies that had identified genes linked to body mass index (or BMI, a measurement that takes into account height and weight). Together, these studies included 123,865 people.
In this meta-analysis, which is a review of previously published studies, Loos' group was able to find 18 new genomic regions associated with BMI, and confirm 14 regions that had been identified before.
Loos noted that the more of the gene variants a person has, the greater their susceptibility to obesity. These variants are inherited from both your mother and your father, so you can have as many as 64 variants, she explained.
The average person has about 28 to 32 of these variants; about 2 percent of the population carries more than 38 variants and 2 percent of the population carries less than 21, Loos added.
These genes appear to act in the brain, Loos said. "This suggests that these genes may act through increased food intake -- maybe appetite and reward," she said. "But you still need the environment on top of that to really trigger that susceptibility."
Over the past 30 years, the obesity epidemic has exploded, Loos pointed out. "Our genes haven't changed, our environment has changed," she stated.
However, Loos added, there are several genes whose variants are linked to extreme obesity.
In a second meta-analysis, Loos and colleagues looked at 32 genome-wide studies for genes associated with hip-to-waist ratio, which is a measure of fat distribution. These studies included 77,167 people.
The researchers identified 13 genes associated with hip-to-waist ratio that had not been identified before. Among these genes, seven had a stronger effect on women than men.
These findings show that there are sex-specific genes that regulate fat distribution. Moreover, these genes and the ones in the first study don't overlap, suggesting that different genes regulate BMI and fat distribution.
The differences between where men and women store fat -- men on the waist, women on the thighs -- is likely genetically driven, Loos said.
Obesity expert Dr. David L. Katz, director of the Prevention Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine, said "that there are genes associated with variations in human shape and size is no more surprising than genes associated with variations in eye color, hair color or skin pigment."
Although finding genes associated with obesity is important for understanding the biology of obesity, these new findings have limited application in the current obesity epidemic, Katz said.
"Let us by all means study our genes, and their associations with our various shapes and sizes," he said. "But let's not let it distract us from the fact that our genes have not changed to account for the modern advent of epidemic obesity -- our environments and lifestyles have."
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text: Turkish security officer secures the area on an elevated platform as Turkey's president delivers his speech in Istanbul [AP] On June 1, the Guardian published a piece called "The world's most unfair election system" - the system in question is the Turkish election system. It cannot be denied that this is a timely article, as the Turkish nation goes to the polls on June 7. But is it a fair one? The article criticises the Turkish system for having a 10 percent threshold. A party must get 10 percent of the vote to win a parliamentary seat. This is the highest threshold in any election system; however, does this intrinsically make the Turkish system the most unfair election system? The 10 percent threshold was introduced into Turkish politics in 1983, after the 1980 coup d'etat. Two years ago, the ruling AK Party tried to reduce this threshold, proposing one of two alternatives to the parliament. Turkish voters head to polls on Sunday The first was to remove the threshold, and to introduce a single-member district system (direct representation). The second proposal was to introduce a 3-5 percent threshold and narrow regional representation. Existing system The opposition parties rejected both proposals, with MHP (National Movement Party) advocating the existing system. CHP (People's Republican Party - the main opposition party) opted for 5 percent and the existing party lists, while HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) never responded. It would have been possible for AK Party, which has an absolute majority, to push through the zero threshold and direct representation. However, they opted not to do this in the belief that consensus between all parties being represented was the fairest way to proceed. Thus, the threshold remained in place, despite AK Party being of the opinion that it should be changed. However, the question as to whether the Turkish system is the most unfair system has yet to be answered. The best answer to this question was given by the European Court of Human Rights in 2007. The court ruled in Yumak and Sadak v. Turkey that this threshold did not contravene Article 3 of Protocol 1 of the ECHR (right to free elections). The Turkish election system has been in place since the 1960s, and has worked well enough to ensure that underdogs can gain the support of the people and replace the ruling party The fact that this accusation of an unfair system is made by a British paper, less than a month after the British general elections is curious. In the recent elections, a party that won 4.7 percent of the vote (SNP) gained 56 seats, while the Liberal Democrats, having garnered 7.9 percent of the vote, only won eight seats, and UKIP, with 12.9 percent (third largest share of the votes) only got one seat; this result seems rather, well, unfair. No system is intrinsically one hundred percent fair. First past the post, threshold or no threshold, there are problems with every voting system. The only fair way is to work within the system and to accept the results, whether they are to one's liking or not. Skullduggery Another drum that is being banged upon in the run-up to the Turkish elections is that there may be some skullduggery on the day. However, the Turkish election system has been in place since the 1960s, and has worked well enough to ensure that underdogs can gain the support of the people and replace the ruling party; this has happened a number of times, most notably in 1983 when the party of the Junta, the MDP (23 percent was replaced by Turgut Ozal's ANAP (45 percent). Many times the incumbent has lost to a less influential party which has the support of the people. According to a poll published in Hurriyet, carried out by Koc University and Ohio State University, "A large majority of opposition voters, 72 percent, do not trust that the votes will be counted fairly on the evening of June 7 elections. In contrast, just 15 percent of AKP supporters said they believed that votes will be counted fairly." I am at a loss as to what the words "in contrast" refer to here. Some 18 percent of opposition voters do not believe that the votes will be counted fairly, while 15 percent of AK Party supporters hold the same belief. There is no contrast here. But there is a problem with wording; the respondents are worried that there will be attempts to miscount votes if possible. They are not worried about wide ranging, result-changing fraud. Indeed, if one understands how votes are counted in Turkey it is easier to understand why both sides have worries. In the Turkish system, the ballot boxes are made of clear plastic, to prevent ballot stuffing. For every ballot box, a ballot-box committee is established. The committee is made up of seven members of the public; two civil servants, and five representatives from the leading parties. AKP supporters wave Turkish and party flags as they listen to Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu at an election rally [REUTERS] Severe punishment This committee makes sure that all the preparations of the ballots, ballot box, polling booth, etc. are carried out. Logically, if one person tries to stuff ballots, rig votes, etc., the members from other parties will try to prevent them. There is also a severe punishment for anyone caught trying to cheat in the voting process in any way. In addition to these committees, after the polls have closed, every party and every independent candidate can have an observer at every ballot box. After the number of used and unused ballots has been counted and recorded the election committee opens the envelopes. Any invalid ballots (ballots in which more than one party's space has been marked, ballots which have been written upon or ballots that are defaced) are recorded and discarded. This is the "unfairness" that the Turkish voters are worried about. There are often attempts by representatives of minority parties to get the ballots of other parties cancelled. This is the only "unfair" practice. However, as all parties are present, and there are observers, such attempts amount, at most, to one or, perhaps, two ballots in some of the ballot boxes. For there to be wide-ranging, result-changing cheating, all the parties involved have to be in cahoots, and this rather defeats the purpose. Any objections about the count will be sent to the regional board, which consists of a judge and a member from every party (usually a lawyer.) If no satisfaction can be found here, the objections are sent to the provincial board, which has a similar make up and finally, if still not satisfied, objections are transferred to the Higher Election Board. The Higher Election board consists of 11 judges, with one representative from every major party. These representatives can have access to all documents, can raise objections and present evidence. Past scandals When one thinks about past scandals in elections, including, but not limited to, the 2002 US election, with the shenanigans in Florida, the "pregnant chads" and "hanging chads", and the fact that more than one expert declared that Gore should have won; the Robocall scandal in Canada, where voters were misinformed about their polling stations; the purge of voters (who were dead or felons) in Florida, in which many were later found to be neither dead nor felons, but rather mostly Democrats and/or minorities; the letters sent by "Nick Clegg and David Cameron" to mosques in Britain stating that due to the fight against terrorism, all mosques had to raise 500 pounds sterling every month to help fight ISIL, then one has to wonder why Turkey's election system is getting such a bad rap. Elections are tense times; emotions run high. But people in Turkey know that when they go to the polls, the results are theirs. The fact that AK Party has won three general elections to date, and is heading towards its fourth is unprecedented in modern democracy. But unprecedented is not the same as election fraud. Perhaps outside observers are finding it difficult to understand why AK Party keeps winning. The answer is easy, as many Turkish voters will confirm. AK Party keeps winning because it keeps delivering. Jane Louise Kandur is a freelance translator and journalist. The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial policy. SOURCE: Al Jazeera ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jane Louise KandurJane Louise Kandur is a freelance translator and journalist. Politics Middle East Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan


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Archive for August 2007
Bargain Booze and Staff Exploitation
On Friday I heard that the friendly, helpful staff at our local Bargain Booze were sacked. Why? Were they all in some conspiracy to defraud the company? Were they idle? Were they abusive to customers? No. The new manager wants to run it himself, with his family. So, six girls on the dole for no reason other than the God of Profit. Here's the email I sent Bargain Booze. Feel free to copy and modify it and send it to them (email@example.com) if you feel, as I do that these girls have been poorly treated by a large national company.
I have used Bargain Booze for several years now, partly due to the excellent prices and partly due to the friendly staff. Some weeks ago I was introduced to the new store manager at the Church Street, Tamworth, Staffordshire shop. Last Friday, 10th August I went in to buy some cans and as I left the girls said something along the lines of 'Say goodbye, this is our last week.' When I asked why I was told the new manager had terminated their employment and he was going to run the shop himself with the help of his family. Quite honestly I was appalled. All these girls have worked at the shop for some time, so one assumes that their ability to do the job is not in question. They are always pleasant, polite and helpful. As far as I am aware, they are honest and loyal. To terminate someone's employment without good reason must surely be illegal and if not it should be. It is without doubt immoral. Some time ago I asked the manager how they sold their beers so cheaply. I was told that it was because stock was bought in such large quantities on a national level that Bargain Booze could virtually name their own price. One might reasonably expect such a large company with its obvious financial muscle to be able to insist that existing staff be retained as part of the franchise. Or is this another example of profit before people? If this, as I suspect, is the case then I must consider withdrawing my small contribution to the said profit and take my custom elsewhere.
I look forward to your response.
Paul Higgins


text: We met Robai, who is 10 years-old, in December of 2016. She was attending a youth conference at the JFM church in Sang'Alo that we were attending and speaking at. JFM is the church ministry supported by AFM in Bungoma County, Kenya. Steph had taken some pictures of Robai because she had immediately fell in love with her and her infectious smile. There were many children at the conference, but we had several pictures of Robai. Several weeks later as the Mercy Home construction was progressing, we began speaking with the JFM pastors about orphans they were aware of that had the biggest need to move to Mercy Home so we could prioritize those coming. Pastor Calistus sent us a picture of a little girl who was HIV positive and needing a better home situation, and Steph immediately realized it was Robai! As soon as the construction of the home got to the point where we could begin to take in orphans, Robai was one of the first three girls to come live at MCH. Robai is a great addition to our Mercy Home family. She is so sweet and helpful, and of course we all love her smile! She is always so happy and almost never has a bad day. She is struggling in school, but that is due to not attending regularly prior to moving to Mercy Home. Also, much of the curriculum in Kenya is now in English, but her grandmother she was living with speaks no English. Robai has been working with a tutor and our oldest daughter Caitie and is showing some really good progress. Her HIV numbers continue to be controlled through meds and her steady diet of fruits, vegetables and protein now have helped her to be a happy, healthy girl! Before moving to MCH, Robai was living with her sick and elderly grandmother and just wasn't able to be cared for the way she needed. God willing, we hope to be able to build a one-room apartment at MCH for Robai's grandmother so they may be together and so we can help care for her as well. Please prayerfully consider sponsoring Robai or one of the other great kiddos here at MCH. Through your prayers and financial support, you can really change their story!


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Lil' A taking the Stomper through its initial paces. Remember that this is an early proto so the images you see will follow along with the timeline of testing and prototyping the Stomper. This post is mostly just the 1st proto and some of the changes I made going into the second phase of testing.
We had lots of discussions amongst ourselves and and with you all about what the next creek boat should be for Liquidlogic. Here are some of the public discussions we had on our Facebook Page.
Here is one thread specifically about a flat hulled creek boat.
Here is a thread about all types of things you all wanted us to work on in the coming years.
One more link to more chatter.
Here was one of the early discussions about design on our page.
Woody and the rest of the team and I had been thinking about doing a flatter hulled creek boat for a long time. In fact I had started a design a while back but had put it on the back burner because the Jefe as always is still killing it for us in stores, and everybody loves it, but once we got all that feedback from you all it was a no brainer. The full on design process began. I worked off the initial design concept that I had started earlier and started adding new thoughts and details. The main focus of the design was to get more speed out of a creek boat that was super easy to use, comfortable, and bomber safety wise.
The speed was influenced by the Remix. Many of the team and I have been paddling a Remix on all types of water since we came out with it. I love it for creeking or big water and the speed and smoothness of lines are a big reason for that. So I wanted to put some of that in the new boat for us to enjoy. The ease of use was all about making it something that any paddler would want to get into. The fact that it is flatter in hull shape means that it spins on a dime and the edges allow you to really carve into an eddie or across currents, but those edges need to be tucked so that you won't trip over them unexpectedly which we discovered in this first proto. We also dropped the seat a little lower in this boat so that stability and rolling would be ridiculously forgiving and easy. Bad Ass Outfitting takes care of most of the comfort stuff but through out the design of this boat we took a lot of time to look at the cockpit heights, knee and legs angles, and we designed a new seat for this boat with better support and always focusing on a comfortable ride.
The day we pulled the first protos out of the oven it rained epically. The stars were aligning for a perfect testing situation. The first day the water was soooo high we decided to go get on some big water. My girls Adriene and Maria wanted to go check out the small creeker with me on some good classic Chattooga high water. The river was running around 4 feet (Normally around 1.5 feet) so we knew it would be a good test of the boats ability to handle the bigger stuff.
At the put in for Section 4 of the Chattooga there is an awesome big boat wave. We could have spent all day there because the boat was soo much fun to surf. Easy edge control and ruddering which can be a bear in a creek boat. The flatter hull made it downright playful on the wave.
But big water and tough moves were what we really wanted to test in this boat.
It was all about the speed working our way through the pushy water in the "five falls" section. Another thing I didn't think about was how the semi planing hull would assist in surfing out of trouble. In the shot below you can see Maria was a little right of the desired line at Soc'em Dog and dropped right into the pit of the big hole. Maria popped out with a big smile on her face because the beating she was expecting was just a more exciting line rather than a bootie beer experience.
The day was amazing out there. We learned some of the great benefits of the new design and we also found out that there were some improvements that needed to be made for that type of water. The edges were a little grabby in cross currents which showed itself a couple times when we weren't expecting it but the speed was soo fun we knew we didn't want to affect that too much by softening the edges.
Of course this was only the first day so really we had a long way to go in testing the Stompers first iteration. We hadn't even really had time to figure out the balance, trim, and paddling style that worked best with this boat. We knew it would come and we knew we would have a bunch of time to test this boat out on the Green. Water levels were still high at the end of this day and rumor had it that the Green was running over 20 inches. It was looking like there would be lots of good flow to test on.
The Green River just before the big rains started. The next post will be testing
the new protos on the Green.
Thanks to all of you for offering your thoughts on the design. It wouldn't be the same without it.
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Through Local Matters, Grill'd Kotara were able to work closely with the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children to learn more about the way children with vision and hearing impairment to communicate.
A shadow, a silhouette, a glowing bright light and shades of darkness. Mouths are moving, voices aren't heard and perception is completely disjointed from reality. The five senses we are blessed with can dwindle down to four or three. This is the reality of those suffering from vision and/or hearing impairment.
In Australia, 1 in 5 people have some form of disability, which translates to more than 4 million people. Of these, approximately 30,000 are deaf AUSLAN users with total hearing loss and 35,700 are blind or suffer from low vision. Someone who doesn't suffer from such a disarming disability cannot begin to imagine the trials and tribulations of day-to-day life. Fortunately, there are many organisations tailored to help improve the lives of those suffering, including the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC).
RIDBC provides education and therapy to children with vision and/or hearing loss from birth to pre-school. The institution also aims to educate families in the skills needed to create the best outcomes for current and future generations of kids suffering from impairment.
Grill'd Kotara first partnered with the RIDBC in June 2015 through Local Matters. The RIDBC runs programs for their early learning centre, pre-school, out-reach, tele-schools and their parents and friends group. Each program participated in the Local Matters program at Kotara and won a total sum of $500.
Following this, a team of four Kotara Grill'd staff members volunteered for a day at the RIDBC. It was during this time that they learnt about the technology used with the children, were taught how to make Braille books and even learnt some sign language themselves to help communicate with people who have a hearing impairment.


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We have developed a Java Applet that uses WebDAV to manage resources via a browser. It currently works well using IE and Netscape on Windows, but may not work on some Mac clients - we'd be interested in feedback on what does/doesn't work. The Applet is currently on the sharemation WebDAV supported site www.sharemation.com. Try it by first going to http://www.screenplan.com/eplan2.html mydocsonline has been tested, but it does not seem to support the LOCK command which is used by the Applet. Thanks to the WebDAV mailing list for providing assistance on some of the technical issues. Any WebDAV mailing list members/developers who want to use this Applet (either for testing or practical use!) please let us know - we'll provide a trial version. Regards, JC Samson --------------------------- JAVA WEBDAV APPLET FOR RESOURCE PLANNING RELEASED 24 October 2000 A Java Applet has been developed that can be used to manage shared resources using a World Wide Web browser. It uses XML (eXtensible Markup Language) to manage resource information - and the recently released WebDAV HTTP extensions to allow updating of resource information. It has uses throughout most organisations, including : *Staff allocation on projects/tasks *Room booking *Desk or office booking *Equipment booking *Car parking space booking Many organisations still rely on hand-written charts or paper notebooks to keep track of vital resources such as meeting rooms or car parking spaces. The Java Applet allows staff to view and update resource allocation from their desk or even remotely, using a Java-compatible device.Received on Wednesday, 25 October 2000 17:29:33 UTC
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|Settelemnts near Lake Ohrid.
|Lake Sevan is at an altitude of 1900m.
|The lake is 80km long and 30km wide.
|The lake is srrounded by mountains.
|Astvatsatsin Church overlooks the lake.
|Arakelots Church. The town of Sevan is on the shore of the lake.
|Stunning scenery around the lake.
|The Southern shore of the lake.
|Lake at Nambuka Heads.
|Coot in the lake.
|Small lake.
|Lake McKenzie (Boorangoora) is an acidic dune lake.
|The lake is 5km in circumference.
|The sand beach at the lake.
|Small lake at the Tjapukai Cultural Centre.
|The Barron Falls creates several lakes in the rock.
|Detail of painting by Willy Tjungurrayi depicting Kaakuratintja (Lake MacDonald). Indigenous paintings tell stories using symbolic language.
|Designs associated with the lake at Ninangka by George Ward Tjungurrayi.
|Red sand and white salt at Lake Amadeus.
|Lake Amadeus is a salt pan.
|The artificial lake in the gorge.
|Visitors to the memorial gardens and lake.
|Foy's Lake near Chittagong.
|Foy's Lake surrounded by hills.
|Hilly farmland near Foy's Lake.
|The Ten Commandments written in a Bolivian pictographic script from Lake Titicaca.
|Abandonned huts by the lake.
|Lake Titicaca at 3810m.
|The torquoise Lake Titicaca.
|Lake Titicaca is the world's highest navigable lake at an altitude of 3810m.
|The lake has an area of over 8000 square kilometres and is the largest in South America.
|Lake Titicaca contains 41 islands, many of them populated.
|The stunningly beautiful lake is flanked by the snow-capped Andes.
|The lake is up to 450m deep.
|Terraced landscape by the lake.
|The main road by the lake.
|Lakeside settlement.
|Grazing animals overlooking Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake at 4000m.
|The beautiful island-dotted Lake Titicaca.
|There are many small villages on the lake shore.
|Grazing land near the lake.
|The 800m Straits of Tiquina connects Lake Titicaca to Huynaymarka Lake.
|Huynaymarka Lake is the smaller southern part of Lake Titicaca.
|Sunset on the lake.
|Illampu (6362m) lies between the lake and the Yungas region.
|Kalahuta Island is one of the 41 islands on Lake Titicaca.
|The still lake from the island.
|Huynaymarka Lake with the snow-capped Andes.
|Copacabana is the largest town on the lake.
|The town is squeezed between hills and the lake.
|The beautiful Island of the Sun is one of the largest in Lake Titicaca.
|The waters of Lake Titicaca.
|The azure waters of Lake Titicaca.
|Islands dotted in Lake Titicaca.
|Jablanicko Lake.
|Boat and houses on Jablanicko Lake.
|The torquoise Jablanicko Lake.
|Minas Gerais contains many lakes and forests.
|The Omar Ali Saiffudien Mosque sits next to a small lake.
|The Tonle Sap flows into the Mekon for six months then flows back into a lake at Siem Rep.
|Siem Rep is the largest settlement on the Tonle Sap lake.
|The Lake District is a region of lakes, forests and volcanos in the south of Chile.
|Lake Villarrica is also known as Mallalafqu�n.
|Villarrica Volcano (2840m) overlooking the lake.
|The lake is 230m above sea level.
|The fertile lands around the lake.
|The lake has a surface area of 173 square km.
|The lakeside is fertile.
|The lake is very picturesque.
|The Lake District is very beautiful.
|Reeds growing by the lake.
|View of the lake at dawn.
|Villarrica is a small town by the lake of the same name.
|Pucon is on the black sandy shores of the lake.
|View of the lake.
|View of the fertile shores of the lake.
|The lake surrounded by hills.
|The lake from the grassy banks.
|Black sand beach on Lake Calafquen.
|The lake is 25km long.
|The lake is over 200m deep.
|Small settlement by the lake.
|Choshuanco Volcano (2415m) overlooks Lake Calafquen.
|View of the lake.
|A Mapuche village by the lake.
|Lake Panguipulli has an area of 3292 square km.
|Panguipulli is a small town by a lake of the same name.
|Steep hills at the lake side.
|The lake is very picturesque.
|The Lake Panguipulli region is very fertile.
|Choshuenco Volcano (2415m) overlooks the lake.
|Puyehue Lake.
|Puyehue Lake is 23km long.
|Steep slopes and waterfalls at Puyehue Lake.
|The shrouded Lake Llanquihue.
|Lake Llanquihue is the second largest lake in the Lake District.
|The village is set on the fertile slopes by the lake.
|The sandy shore of the lake.
|Frutillar is a small town by the lake.
|The lake at Frutillar.
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My soul has felt dry for a long time.
When I was in highschool, I regularly had "quiet time," "devotions," or otherwise dedicated time with God that included a Bible, a journal, and a cup of coffee. I read through the entire Bible multiple times, keeping track of my accomplishments. I journaled prayer requests, and all that I was learning, and I made a point to share it with others. I felt close to God. If I missed that quiet time (which obviously should be early in the morning, when the air is cool and the streets are quiet), I lived with a sense of guilt all day until I could get it checked off. If I missed a day, two days, or a God-forbid a week or more, I felt the need to confess to someone. And again there was the guilt. But for the most part, in those days, I held it together and enjoyed great communion with God. Right?
Skip ahead to college: two years of exclusive Bible and ministry training. The Bible became my text book, a subject of study and discussion, the topic of late night paper-writing and mid-term projects. I was in the Word every day… classes, homework, conversations. But it was hard to wake myself earlier in those to days, to find time away 6-8 roommates, in a one-building campus, in the middle of a Wisconsin winter. Even if I found the time, and the place, to read just a little more than what was already required and to quiet my mind enough to do so was a task. So there I was at Bible School, and yet I wasn't having my quiet time. And the cloud of guilt rolled in.
School ended. Real life began. Enter working two jobs, involvement in youth ministry, and wedding planning to boot. Then life as a newly wed, coordinating schedules between 3 jobs, 2 people, and 1 car. I kept waiting to get in a groove for quiet time. But I didn't have that quiet spot under the tree in the front yard of my high school home. I didn't have the simplicity of life that I had then.
And life hasn't gotten more simple since then. Or maybe it's simple, but that doesn't mean that carving out time is easy. I thought maybe when my daughter was born I would have the time because I would be staying home with her. All those hours feeding a newborn?! They would be prime time for Bible reading and prayer. Are you kidding me?! For the better part of three months, feeding her was an active endeavor of juggling a nipple shield, finding a good latch, and trying not to drown her in the process. And when she did get it, I would flop back, exhausted, closing my eyes or staring absently at the television. Watching TV instead of reading my Bible? I must be a terrible person, or a least a terrible example of a godly mother to my impressionable infant.
So I decided I would wake up early for some quiet time. But I hadn't slept through the night for almost eighteen months and could hardly drag myself out of bed in the morning to feed my hard-working husband or to answer the cries of a dependent baby, let alone read, study, and pray.
The number of hours of sleep might have increased, but now so has the activity. Now I'm answering questions and playing pretend and reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and potty training. My mind is constantly racing with all that needs to get done, and I can hardly quiet it enough to plan a weekly menu or write out a shopping list, let alone sit down to read and study. And those mornings I plan to wake up early for some quiet? They seem to inevitable follow a night of sickness or nightmares, or a morning of an extra-early riser.
Sometimes I tape up index cards with verses written on them. Reading them is encouraging and refreshing and helpful until they get spattered with dishwater or toothpaste, and I become so used to seeing them that they become a fixture on the wall and I stop reading them. I scrape tape residue off the window, and with it my hopes for communing with God.
As I listed in my August Goals, one of my ambitions this month is to read an entire book. (Based on the saga depicted above, I'm sure you're gaining an understanding of how reading one book in a month is a true goal to be attained for me.) I decided to pick up a read I has started a year ago. Well, it must have been over a year ago actually. As I flipped through the pages a business card for a gastroenterologist fell out. Ah yes, the last time I picked up Glimpses of Grace was when I was hospitalized over a year ago for issues caused by a malfunctioning gall bladder (thanks alot, pregnancy). I started reading from the very beginning again, and other than recognizing the chapter on "smurfing the gospel" and a few anecdotes, it has been like reading it for the first time. Each evening before bed I eagerly pick it up to read a little more before hitting the pillow. It's full of truth – verse upon verse of God's truth. And it's full of real life – scenarios, frustrations, disappointments that I can relate to. And the beauty of this book is how it brings them together. It's not a cutesy verse here and there, or a proof-text solution to an issue. No, it's the meat of the Gospel of Christ over and over with real life implications for a homemaker.
My dry soul is being refreshed once again as the beauty of God's grace penetrates my busy brain. My heart is opening, softening. The cloud of guilt is lifting.
Your spiritual life is not restricted to early mornings before the noisemakers in your life wake up. If you feel that God meets with you only when the house is empty or quiet, you'll view every noice and every noisemaker as an annoying distraction to your communion with God. Or worse — there are times when I'm tempted to think of my whining toddler or ringing doorbell as obstacles that Satan has put in my way to take my eyes off Jesus. (Glimpses of Grace, pg.53)
Peace and quiet are needed. In fact, "Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray." (Luke 5:15-16). He took time away from the crowds, from the responsibilities, from all of the good things he was doing to spend time with His Father. Mary took the time to sit at Jesus' feet as Martha was "preoccupied with getting everything ready for their meal" (Luke 10:38-42), and Jesus says "Mary has chosen the better part." (Oh, I'm such a Martha.) But is our communion with God limited to those times in the wilderness? To when Jesus himself is sitting in your living room? To when you have a quiet morning and a comfy chair and cup of coffee?
Peace and quiet are not ultimate. Activity and responsibility are not ultimate. Because Christ is ultimate, the loss of any of these things — solitude or circus — makes no difference in the sufficiency of Chris or in his ability to give you everything you need for life and godliness. (Glimpses of Grace, pg. 55)
My communion with God is not limited to quiet time with Him. For sure, God is there, in the quiet. (And how I thank God for those moments of quiet! And I say this as I sit on the patio at Panera, sipping a decaf and enjoying a cool breeze, with a morning to myself to process these things!) But He is also in my chaos… whether it's chaos of activity or of my mind.
No matter what your chaos looks like, dear daughter of the King, rest today in the sufficiency of Christ Himself. He's there with you… In the classroom, or on the job. Rocking the baby, or caring for an aging parent. Surrounded by noise and runny noses, or sitting all alone with an aching heart. You don't have to go anywhere to find Him, to meet Him, to commune with Him. Take those moments, make those moments when you can. But let go of the guilt of your communion with God having to look the way our Christian culture has prescribed, and be free to live communing continually with the One who has promised never to leave us nor forsake us (Hebrews 13:5).
And if "neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:35-39), then surely whining toddlers and ringing doorbells won't either.


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Colts re-sign kicker Adam Vinatieri
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Adam Vinatieri had two wishes in free agency.
He wanted to win one more Super Bowl ring for his thumb, and he wanted to do it with the Colts.
Indianapolis refused to let the 41-year-old kicker slip away Tuesday, re-signing Vinatieri to a new two-year contract just hours before he was to become an unrestricted free agent and after a couple of days spurring interest from other teams.
"It's always fun to have other teams calling but at the end of the day, they were all very distant competitors in this because I told my wife as long as the Colts want me around and we can get it done, I want to stay here," Vinatieri said during a conference call. "It's nice to know that you're loved but at the end of the day, being home is much more comfortable than going anywhere else."
Financial terms of the deal were not immediately available, though Vinatieri repeatedly made it clear his decision was about more than money.
The signing was well-received by Vinatieri's current and future teammates and coaches. After the deal was first reported, Vinatieri noted that he was quickly contacted by coach Chuck Pagano, punter Pat McAfee and long snapper Matt Overton.
McAfee agreed to a five-year deal to stay in Indy late last week. Long snapper Matt Overton, who went to the Pro Bowl last season, is already under contract.
And at age 41, Vinatieri isn't sure this will be the last contract he signs, either.
"As long as my body's feeling healthy, I can't see why I can't continue to play," Vinatieri said. "I know Morten (Andersen) played until he was 47, I think Gary (Anderson) played until he was 46, so I think I've got a few more years left, not just two."
Vinatieri is widely considered the best clutch kicker in league history.
He made two Super Bowl-winning kicks with New England, where he won three Super Bowl rings. He might be best known, however, for making the tying kick to force overtime and the winning kick in overtime in a driving snowstorm to beat Oakland in the "Tuck Rule" playoff game. That win helped propel the Patriots to their first Super Bowl title.
He left New England as a free agent following the 2005 season and landed with the Colts, where he immediately won a fourth Super Bowl. The Colts made it back to the Super Bowl following the 2009 season, but lost to New Orleans when Vinatieri was on injured reserve.
And as the league's oldest player last season, until Jon Kitna signed with Dallas in late December, Vinatieri showed no signs of slowing.
He finished with the second-highest point total of his career (139), made 35 of 40 field goals and became the seventh player in league history to top 2,000 career points. He's the second player in league history to score at least 800 points with two teams and needs one more 100-point season to break Jason Elam's career record of 16.
"I realize I'm 41 years old, but I know I can play these two and possibly even more," Vinatieri said. "So I'm planning on good years and winning a championship and hopefully we'll be holding a trophy at the end of this year."
The Vinatieri signing is the latest in a flurry of moves the Colts have made going into free agency.
They signed former Browns linebacker D'Qwell Jackson last week, then released starting center Samson Satele to save about $4 million under the new $133 million salary cap. They also tendered three other free agents and re-signed defensive end Fili Moala and linebacker Justin Hickman on Monday.
Indy, which had about $36 million to spend in free agency before the Vinatieri, is expected to look for help along the offensive line and on defense when the free agent market opens later Tuesday.
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The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) today applauded Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) for comments indicating she will work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deal with livestock producers' concerns over environmental regulations.
Stabenow, who chairs the Senate Agriculture Committee, said in a speech last week she's establishing a working group with the two agencies to find solutions to concerns of producers and ranchers. "We need to sit down with the USDA and the EPA," she says. "I know that it's possible to work out common-sense solutions when you have everyone at the table."
"In the view of many producers, EPA under the Obama administration has shown a preference for regulations that we know harm agriculture but provide little environmental benefit. Sen. Stabenow has shown she's not only aware of the problem but trying to do something about it," says NPPC President Sam Carney, a pork producer from Adair, IA.
Carney adds that NPPC will do whatever it can to work with Stabenow to address producers' concerns. "Nobody cares more about the environment than those whose livelihoods depend on it," he says. "Some of EPA's recent actions do not meet the common-sense standard that Sen. Stabenow spoke of, and we are ready to work with her, and USDA and EPA for that matter, to get these efforts back on the common-sense track."
Stabenow commented that one example of a possible regulatory action deals with more stringent control of farm dust. "We might need to remind (EPA) that country roads can sometimes be a little dusty, and there's not much we can do to change that," she says.
Over the last 15 years, NPPC said pork producers have taken extensive steps to better manage their animals' manure for optimum use in crop production and minimize the loss of nutrients into rivers and streams. NPPC worked with EPA on a 2008 Clean Water Act regulation that set a zero-discharge standard for pork operations, and most recently participated in a two-year EPA study of air emissions from livestock and poultry farms. Data from the study will be used to develop science-based emissions standards for agriculture.


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Kent Eller
As the U.S. national director of Men for Missions, Kent has the joy and privilege of challenging men and their families to use their talents and testimonies by going on short-term medical, evangelism, prayer, and work teams. Kent has a contagious personality that, coupled with his love for Christ, makes him an effective communicator.
The Ellers, in obedience to God's call, moved to Greenwood, Indiana, in 2003 from Iowa, where Kent served as the MFM regional director for 14 years.
Kent and Monica have three children. Nick and his wife April, Marcy and her husband Chris, and Kelsey and her husband Aaron, and six grandchildren.
Kent has a wealth of experience in leading teams to the Caribbean, South America, Asia, Europe, and Africa. In the early years of their marriage, Kent, Monica and Nick lived in Spain for three months, ministering at Rock of Horeb Camp.
Kent is a graduate of Grace University with degrees in human resource management and biblical studies. He was involved in farming and also worked as a painting contractor. Monica speaks from the position of a wife, mother, missionary, and medical administrator.
Men for Missions exists to challenge men with the unfinished task of reaching the lost for Christ. The priority of MFM is the lordship of Jesus Christ in each person's life at home and around the world. The challenge of MFM is:
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The renowned actor and Trump bugaboo opines about filmmaking, politics, and sundry other matters in this cheerful but not entirely amiable memoir.
Baldwin grew up amid difficult circumstances: a houseful of squalling siblings, parents without resources, fraught conditions—but all of it gave him a certain freedom, since, as he writes, "my father had no money to buy things, and thus no power to manipulate us by withholding those same things." That freedom, plus a bookish and artistic bent, led him to acting, an art that he describes as scarcely understood to outsiders and particularly to the executives in charge of film studios—which helps explain why Baldwin's favorite venue is the stage. A generally nice but not cuddly guy in these pages, the author emerges as a careful student of film and film history, and his observations on the craft will be of particular interest to would-be actors; his reading of Steve McQueen and his minimalist acting ("Steve McQueen taught me that sometimes the trick is to do nothing at all") alone is worth the price of admission. Baldwin can be sharp-tongued, as when he writes of one director, the daughter of David Lynch, that she "had apparently inherited his unruly hairstyle but none of his talent." With no apparent desire to please or explain away, Baldwin also addresses head-on some of the thornier points on his resume, including the infamous voicemail he left for his young daughter and a spectacularly ugly tabloid divorce. He has much to say on current events as well, and though he is cagey on the question of running for office, he sounds a nice note for the hustings by remarking toward the end, "it is imperative that we replace those who think they own this country with those who built it."
Baldwin reveals himself to be a man of parts. A pleasure for his many fans, though the sitting president doubtless won't be placated—but that, Baldwin notes, is for another book.


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Raising Awareness About Ohio Youth Under the Age of 18 in Ohio's Adult Criminal Justice System
Each year, approximately 300 youth under the age of 18 are bound over – or transferred – from the juvenile justice system to the adult criminal justice system in Ohio.
Over the past several years, research has shown that transferring youth to adult court actually increases the likelihood that youth will reoffend compared to youth who commit similar offenses, but who remain in the juvenile justice system. Research has also shown that youth in adult court and facilities suffer long-lasting damage that can make it even more difficult for these youth to successfully re-enter society after their release. The vast majority of youth bound over to adult court in Ohio are released in less than 5 years. More information on this population of youth is available in the Children's Law Center, Inc.'s (CLC's) publication Falling Through the Cracks: A New Look at Ohio Youth in the Adult Criminal Justice System.
In conjuction with the report above, CLC reached out to youth who have gone through the bindover process and their families to hear their stories. A companion publication – In Their Own Words – was published to go beyond the data and to tell the impact of Ohio's bindover policies on these youth and their families.
This website gives readers access to expanded versions of the stories in In Their Own Words as well as additional stories CLC continues to receive from its story collection project. If you have any questions or comments about these stories, please feel free to contact us via the information below.
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Edith Wilburn, 88, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, at the Hillside Hospital.
Edith Wilburn, 88, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, at the Hillside Hospital.
Services will be 11 a.m Saturday at Carr & Erwin Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Giles Memory Garden.
Visitation will be from 3-8 p.m. at the Carr & Erwin Funeral Home.
She was a native of Blountville, Ala., and the daughter of the late John and Pearl Davis Morgan. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John R. Wilburn and brothers, James and Rowland Morgan.
Survivors include sons, Donald Wilburn, Charles Wilburn, Melvin Wilburn and Robert Wilburn all of Prospect; daughter, Gerry Foster of Puslaski; brother, Jethro Morgan of Morgan City, Ala.; sisters, Dunreath Lorance of Decatur, Ala., Florence Evans and Linda Sue Dupree both of Lacy Springs, Ala.; nine grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.
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From Wellington, Florida, USA:
I have hypothyroidism and take Synthroid daily. I have recently given birth and am concerned because, despite vigorous efforts to lose weight, I have actually gained weight. I experience ALL of the symptoms of hypothyroidism. I would like to know if it is possible that I can develop diabetes because of my thyroid problem. My grandfather on my mother's side was a diabetic.
The symptoms of hypothyroidism are nonspecific. If you are replaced on adequate medication, you may have symptoms from some other cause. It should be noted that patients who are on thyroid hormone during pregnancy experience an increase in their thyroid hormone requirements. These return to normal after delivery of the baby. Hypothyroidism does not give you diabetes. However, since you have a family history, you need to be periodically checked by your physician for diabetes.
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Employee Assistance Programs Knoxville TN :: How to Corp Human Resources
Companies and organizations featured in the Knoxville Employee Assistance Programs section usually offer legal advice, medical benefits and counseling services alongside the full suite of Employee Assistance Programs to local and, in some cases, national clients.
To see full contact details, company information, and overviews of the products and services they offer, click on the company links below.
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Also commonly referred to as EAP, EAP consultants or EAP providers, Knoxville based Employee Assistance Programs provide B2B clients with a wide range of specialist services and products which often include EAP programs, EAP counseling & EAP benefits.
Click on a link to contact one of the companies and organizations listed above, or click here to search for Employee Assistance Programs in another part of Tennessee.


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Supreme's ongoing collaborations with The North Face have resulted in some of the most hyped streetwear pieces of all time. As the frigid weather begins to take hold, the New York-based style stalwart has enlisted The North Face once again for a seasonal collection. This time around, Supreme chose outerwear silhouettes of the 700 bubble jacket and a Mountain Light parka to showcase the new leaf camouflage. A vibrant orange colorway also complements the leaf camo motif. Supreme maximized on the collab's potential by also adding Nutpske bubble pants, snow booties, duffel bags, backpacks, and a fanny pack as part of the collection.
The Supreme x North Face Fall/Winter 2016 Collection is set to launch from Supreme's NY, LA, London, Paris, and online shop on November 17. A Japan release will follow on November 19.


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Enhancing dialogues and exchanges between Austria and China
Photo: the reception at the Austrian Embassy
Photo: Planting Ceremony during visit in Zhige
Austrian Federal President Dr. Alexander Van der Bellen with a 250-person-strong delegation has paid a state visit to China from 7 to 12 April 2018. The delegation also included a cultural and scientific delegation with more than 30 high-ranking members from distinguished Austrian universities and organizations. The Office for Science and Technology Austria (OSTA) and the Austrian Cultural Forum in Beijing accompanied the delegation during their visits in Beijing and in Province Sichuan.
In Beijing, the delegation visited sites and monuments, like the Great Wall and the Lama Temple, as well as contemporary art clusters like the 798 Art Zone. They also visited the Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall, where the delegation got an overview of the long history, the current developments and future planning of the city Beijing.
On the 9th April, OSTA and the Austrian Cultural Forum co-hosted a reception at the Austrian Embassy for the cultural and scientific delegation. More than 50 Chinese officials, professors and representatives from renowned research and cultural organizations and universities also participated in the special event, which provided excellent networking opportunities for the Chinese and the Austrian guests.
A highlight of the visit in Province Sichuan was the visit to the China Zhige Peace Culture International Exchange Center (ZPCC), where the delegation got an understanding of peace culture in the region and discussed about the cooperation opportunity with the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR). After this visit, the delegation attended the opening ceremony of the new Austrian consulate general in Chengdu.
In Chengdu, the delegation also accompanied the President Mr Van der Bellen and witnessed the launch of the China-Europe freight train service linking Chengdu with Austria's capital Vienna.
Through a big variety of cultural and scientific activities in Beijing and Chengdu the delegation gained a better understanding of China's cultural and scientific developments over the past years. The successful visit of the delegation will further intensify the scientific cooperation and cultural exchanges between Austria and China.


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One of the most useful features in the ever expanding tool set that is Google Now is the 'OK Google' Hotwords. Unfortunately many people are discovering that this handy feature is not active outside of the US. With Google releasing an update to their iOS app over the last couple of days this annoyance has spread to Googles iOS users too. However there does appear to be a handy fix.
When you go into the application settings you'll notice that it's impossible to activate Hotwords. Changing your language in the application won't make a difference. However, go to
iOS Settings -> General -> International and update your language to plain 'English'. Once the phone has finished applying it head to the Google app and Hotwords should now be on by default.
I haven't found any issues with this so far but please be aware that I accept no responsibility for any damage or other inconvenience caused to your device or yourself through following this tip. I'm offering it simply to let you know how I got this working on my iPhone 5.


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Showing the evolution of simple, strong natural leaf-forms, and man-made geometric patterns, these plates were drawn in 1896 by Jean Baptiste to explore and explain symmetries and repetitions. With their pared-down simplicity and muted palettes they are strangely undated, and still a fascinating source of inspiration.
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John Lehr
A strange lexicon of crumpled, discarded and damaged American advertising billboards and slipped suburban typefaces are what fascinates photographer John Lehr. He crafts compelling, poetic images from the mistakes and the unloved - the peeling adhesive, the slipped letter and the abandoned building or unwashed car are all recognised as objects of beauty in themselves through his lens. His shrewd eye and interesting compositions make the viewer reappraise objects and debris they've probably walked past without noticing on a daily basis. With the isolated details of junk food billboards there's a nod to the Pop iconography of artists like James Rosenquist, but with his understanding of colour, Lehr's work is more like a strange and compelling collision of photographic legend William Eggleston's irreverence, and Italian artist Mimmo Rotella's carefully salvaged ripped vintage posters.
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