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The question from the RNC survey asking about possible discrimination against Republicans. [Source: Washington Independent]The Republican National Committee (RNC) mails a survey to thousands of recipients that implies the Democrats' health care reform efforts will use voter registration information to ration health care, and to deny care to Republicans. A question in the survey asks: "It has been suggested that the government could use voter registration to determine a person's political affiliation, prompting fears that GOP voters might be discriminated against for medical treatment in a Democrat-imposed health care rationing system. Does this possibility concern you?" 'Inartfully' Worded - Democratic National Committee spokeswoman Brandi Hoffine retorts, "Even we can't believe the latest in the RNC's effort to scare voters, lie to the public, and 'kill' health insurance reform." RNC spokeswoman Katie Wright says the question might have been "inartfully" written, but reflects legitimate concerns about confidentiality: "Americans have reason to be concerned about the failure of the Democrats' health care experiment to adequately protect the privacy of Americans' personal information." Politico's Glenn Thrush says of Wright's wording, "'Inartfully' seems to fall short of a loaded question which seems to have little basis in reality." He notes that though the House bill gives the government the right to glean "point of service" data about someone's health care payments or remittances through the use of an electronic benefits card, "nowhere in the proposed bill is any reference to tapping voter registration information." [Politico, 8/27/2009; Republican National Committee, 8/27/2009 ] AMA Criticizes Survey - The American Medical Association (AMA) denounces the survey's implication, writing, "Patients should rest assured that the health care legislation under consideration in the House does not ration medical care or discriminate based on political affiliation." [TPMDC, 8/27/2009] Progressive television host Rachel Maddow says of the survey, "In the horrible Hobbesian, no rules, no shame, free-for-all of lies, overstatements, and outrageous mischaracterizations that has been the health care debate this summer thus far, this one—this health reform is a secret plot to kill Republicans lie offered up by the Republican Party itself—was so bad that the Republican Party actually had to apologize for it today." [MSNBC, 8/28/2009] 'Fundraising Appeal' Designed to 'Inflam[e] the Republican Base' - Retired insurance underwriter Raymond Denny, who received the survey, equates the question to the classic "Have you stopped beating your wife yet?" He says: "It's so blatantly lopsided. I called them [the RNC] up and said, 'This is ridiculous!' They just said, 'All right.'" Denny tells a reporter he is concerned that such baseless insinuations—that the Obama administration would deny health care to Republicans—would become yet another talking point for anti-reform proponents. Another question asks: "Rationing of health care in countries with socialized medicine has led to patients dying because they were forced to wait too long for treatment.… Are you concerned that this would be inevitable in the US under the Democrats' plan?" Denny says: "I wrote insurance policies. I know how words can be used to make people do what you want them to do. The law allows a lot of latitude with politicians. That I understand. Some of these techniques are used by both parties. But this to me seems way over the edge of normal politics." Pollster Mike Riley says the survey is not, apparently, a legitimate information-gathering device, but rather a means of inflaming the Republican base and garnering donations. Such "surveys" are standard practice, he notes. "It's common, trying to stir the pot to see what kinds of issues get attention. Both parties do that. They are using some of the hot-button issues to see what activates the voters. It's politics as usual within the party faithful. No one that I know puts any credibility in these types of polls." Another pollster, Bob Moore, calls the "survey" little more than "a fundraising appeal." If such tactics "weren't effective, they wouldn't be using them," he says. [The Columbian, 8/27/2009; Washington Independent, 8/27/2009; Washington Independent, 8/27/2009]
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Good read on entities in search queries. Google shows different results when an entity is presented in the search. Therefore, names like Nike, Bulwark, Obama, all have related terms. When present in a search these name entities define the topic. The entities are not always single word, Thomas Ballantyne, Empire Avenue, Pest Control SEO, are all entities that will define the search results based on the entity. Google also feeds live news streams based on entities in the news. At one time, a search for Thomas Ballantyne, brought up my twitter account as a news stream. It filtered my tweets and tweets to me based on what it seemed most news worthy. Bill Slawski of SEO by the Sea used the president as one of his examples. My comment…
Interesting using the president as an example. So how damaging to the president's search results would it be to use the presidents full name of Barack Osama Obama?
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It goes without saying that Terry Bradshaw is not very bright. So it is much more plausible that this is a case of an idiot doofus that FOX allows to speak unscripted on live television in a vomit of words unwittingly comparing Reggie Bush running with some strange chasing-after-a-bucket-of-chicken reference that perhaps only he and Jimmy Johnson understand than it is that Terry Bradshaw is a racist. Still, it happened.
You know it's bad when the typically chock full of chuckles Curt Menefee is audibly groaning for what feels like an eternity.


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Facebook has backtracked on plans to install a 'panic button' on the social network that would allow users to report abuse.
During talks with the Home Secretary Alan Johnson yesterday, the social network initially said it had "no objections" to adding the CEOP Report button to the site.
Rival social network Bebo already offers users the button, which gives users access to advice and support from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre along with nine other different sources of help including Childline and Beatbullying.
The button also offers information on the latest viruses and hacking threats, and provides contacts for local police that can deal with reports of cyberbullying.
However, director of policy for Facebook, Richard Allan, said while the button might be effective in principle, it would only work "for other sites", and not Facebook.
Allan also said the button could deter victims from reporting abuse.
"Our experience of trying to put icons on the normal reporting flow is that it can reduce the number of reports."
Instead, the social network will offer users have links to organisations including the CEOP.
"When somebody has reported something to Facebook, at the end of that reporting process they can be given a text box linked to those resources (such as CEOP)."
This isn't enough for Jim Gamble, chief executive of the CEOP, who believes a CEOP Report button should be installed on every profile.
"Facebook is a great environment, they are experts on advertising and engaging with young people in those areas where you can get click-through. But they're not experts on child protection," he added.
The Home Secretary met with Facebook representatives following a number of concerns about the site's lack of links to the CEOP, which were raised after convicted sex offender Peter Chapman used the social network to contact and lure 17-year-old Ashleigh Hall to her death.


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|Jaro Milko & The Cubalkanics cigarros explosivos! (LP vinyl)
|Theres a point where the rhythm of the cumbia, the sound of Cuba and Balkan music all come together. And its right in the heart of the Jaro Milko and the Cubalkanics. Its a place without borders, wild and wonderful; its Milkos creation, where surf guitar, Cuban son and the powerful hit of Gypsy brass dance side by side. The five-piece Swiss band fuse his vision into a unique, delicious whole on their debut Cigarros Explosivos! (released March 28th, 2014 on Ashpalt Tango).
Jaro Milko first put the Cubalkanics together four years ago, his own guitar along with organ, drums, percussion and trombone. I was thinking of the people more than the instruments when I set the lineup, he explains. I knew I wanted a band with a different sound, and we dont have a bass player. But in trombonist Luke Briggen he has a secret weapon. He actually plays some of the basslines. He has a pedal that lowers the notes by an octave. To me it sounds just like Balkan brass and thats what I want. With Eric Gilsons organ picking up the rest of the bottom end, which is very 60s, they were set.
The Cubalkanics quickly began recording and playing shows to hone their sound. But they took their time to let it all develop, and the irresistible Cigarros Explosivos! is the result. The offbeat syncopation offers a nod to ska while keeping its feet dancing in Latin America, and many of the melodies and lyrics are homages to time spent in Cuba.
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Myth of Cave
Myth of Cave is an art work from a series of abstract works by Pol Ledent. These works are all stretched on canvas i.e. they are gallery wrapped. They are also available on Archival matte Paper which will have a 1'' frame with glass enclosure.
About Pol Ledent
Pol Ledent was born in 1952 in Belgium. He came to painting in 1989. He started with watercolor but felt rapidly that oil painting would match his way of being. He is a self-taught painter. Nevertheless he took some drawing lessons in a Belgian academy.After taking part into numerous group exhibitions, some galleries in Belgium proposed to him to exhibit his works. Dinant, Bouillon, Brussels, Paris and Moscow in October 2006.
After having explored European landscapes and the female beauty, he experienced some abstract paintings. He rapidly found the pleasure of unlimited creative power. He has really become aware that he has started a never ending journey through imagination. People are now eager to see his new visions!


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For a reporter, training camp is the worst. The rosters are huge, and a third of them aren't even going to break camp with the team, so unless you get a player in front of his locker and nameplate, you might have no clue who you're actually talking to. But if there's one screwup you don't want to make, it's confusing the two QBs soon to be embroiled in a quarterback controversy.
Sanchez handled this reporter's brainfart well, but it's got to be killing him inside. You know he'll be mentally replaying this moment in week five, when Tebow's the starter and Sanchez isn't talking to the media at all.


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Carmot Therapeutics necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 159 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
Carmot Therapeutics, Inc.
Carmot Therapeutics is a biotech startup that will transform the way drugs are discovered.
Despite many exciting biological advances, the pharmaceutical industry has not been able to find drugs that exploit recent discoveries. Current drug-screening approaches are limited in their ability to access the chemical diversity necessary to identify candidates for new and unusual proteins.
To solve this problem, we have developed a potentially disruptive technology called Chemotype Evolution. Chemotype Evolution can evolve small drug molecules iteratively through successive rounds of screening and selection. Importantly, Chemotype Evolution opens access to vast chemical diversity and allows Carmot to rapidly home in on molecules with unique, superior biological properties. Such molecules would be nearly impossible to find with traditional methods. In addition, Chemotype Evolution is fast, efficient, and applicable to many different diseases.
Carmot is using its technology to discover its own drugs and is also partnering with a few select companies to apply the technology to targets of mutual interest.
Carmot recently closed its first round of venture capital funding and is seeking a logo.
Our target audience currently consists largely of scientists in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, but at some point we hope to develop our own drugs so will want to appeal to a broad audience of people in the health care industry.
Carmot is looking for a logo for all purposes – website, business cards, stationary, etc.
A few ideas as jumping off points:
Carmot is the active ingredient in Philosopher's Stone, the legendary alchemical substance capable of turning lead into gold and achieving immortality, so something to do with alchemy would be good.
Another possibility would be to try to graphically capture the evolutionary aspect of Chemotype Evolution.
Finally, something about bringing fragments together into a larger whole could work.
Please no clip-art or stock images.
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Cygnet Seriously Chunky – 4884 Barley (10 Pack)
Cygnet Seriously Chunky is an extremely popular yarn and one of Cygnets best sellers.
This yarn is ideal for quick projects and beginners as it knits up quickly, using 10 – 12mm needles you can create scarves, hats, bags, blankets, cushions etc., so results can be seen straight away, as after only a few rows of knitting your project will be taking shape.
The super chunky yarn is incredibly soft and comes in a wide range of shades.
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Kate Gosselin confessed she had a breakdown over the weekend.
"I'm not (going to) lie, it's difficult," Gosselin said when she appeared as a guest host on ABC's "The View" Monday while sporting a new wavy hairdo.
"For the sake of my children I am going to continue taking the high road because it's the only road for me. It is not easy. I melted down over the weekend in the privacy of my own home," Gosselin said. "I melted down."
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The mother of eight said it's been tough to watch soon-to-be-ex hubby Jon with 22-year-old girlfriend Hailey Glassman in front of the couple's young kids. Glassman, who has been photographed locking lips with the reality TV dad, is the daughter of Kate's tummy tuck surgeon.
Kate talked about her decision to thrust her children into the spotlight by allowing them to be filmed for TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus 8," which she said is her primary source of income.
"Let's face it, I have to support my children," she said. "I'm a single mom and now more than ever I need to be out there working hard. It comes with a price. Every job that everybody chooses to do comes with a price."


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Your TripAdvisor Restaurant Score
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Restaurants in Manchester
You are well on the way to having a top notch TripAdvisor page, great work. We at CHS® can help you on your journey to the front page and to start climbing the ranks! There are plenty of your competitors that want to get up there , so let CHS® help you bring in more consistent quality reviews.
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How many reviews have you, and do you receive, in comparison to your competitors?
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By understanding who your unhappiest customers are, you can close the loop on complaints behind closed doors.
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Resolve issues, save a poor review and offer customers a return visit. Delight them second time around and generate positive reviews.
Give Neutral customers a voice, let them know you're listening and give them a reason to return.
Win them over with a fantastic experience and turn them into positive advocates who will leave positive reviews.
Thank your Happy customers and build up a great rapport.
Keep up communications to entice these customers back for an Actively Happy experience next time around.
Actively Happy customers are your brand advocates. Thank them and ask for reviews to boost your ranking.
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Consult your physician and follow all safety instructions before beginning any exercise program.
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Tableau is all about making data analytics fast, easy, beautiful and most importantly, useful.
Join us for our Tableau Test Drive session and we'll show you how to connect to your data and visualise your queries without writing a single line of code. You'll learn how to create a dashboard from scratch and see how you can quickly analyse, visualise and share information and publish your results. Whether you measure your data in petabytes or in billions of rows, Tableau is built to work as fast as you do.
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Father's Day is celebrated June 17 in the U.S., and we want to take this time to celebrate all fathers in the CFCA world.
We lift up fathers in our CFCA projects who struggle from dusk to dawn to put food on the table, those who overcome their fears to allow their sons to go to school instead of working in the fields, those who understand the value of education for their daughters and those who appreciate their wives as true partners in providing for the family.
We lift up fathers in the U.S. who work to instill in their children an appreciation for what they have, those who model God's loving kindness and those who desire most of all to leave a legacy of generosity and compassion for their children.
Here is a video of a special father, Ruben in Colombia, and the daily sacrifices he makes to provide for his family.
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late linkfest again! sorry. (*^_^*)
Group Selection (and homosexuality) and Homosexuality, epigenetics, and zebras – from greg cochran. also, from jayman –
A Gay Germ? Is Homophobia a Clue?
The Trouble with Epigenetics (Part 1) – "[E]ven though epigenetic mechanisms may be involved in maintaining some stable traits over the lifetime of the animal, they are just that: mechanisms. Not causes. Epigenetics is not a source of variance, it is part of the mechanism whereby certain environmental factors or experiences have their effects." (in other words, epigenetics is not magic.)
DNA 'identichip' gives a detailed picture of a suspect – "The VisiGen team tested the chip on more than 3000 DNA samples collected around the world, and found that it was 99 per cent accurate at predicting gender. The chip also predicted European or East Asian ancestry with an accuracy of 97 per cent, and African ancestry in 88 per cent of cases. However, it was only 63 per cent accurate at predicting blond hair…."
What did our ancestors look like? – "A new method of establishing hair and eye colour from modern forensic samples can also be used to identify details from ancient human remains…."
Black homicide rates by state – from the awesome epigone. compare to his White homicide rates by state. also, from hail: White Murder Rates by U.S. State, 1960 (vs. 2010).
People With Brown Eyes Appear More Trustworthy, But That's Not The Whole Story – "'Brown-eyed individuals tend to be perceived as more trustworthy than blue-eyed ones,' explain the authors. 'But it is not brown eyes that cause this perception. It is the facial morphology linked to brown eyes.'" – see also dienekes.
Networking Ability a Family Trait in Monkeys – "Social behaviors have been acted on by natural selection"
Cheating — and getting away with it – "Scientists have found a gene that allows amoebae to pass on more than their fair share of their genes but doesn't make them less fit in other ways"
Banded mongooses structure monosyllabic sounds in a similar way to humans
America's Real Criminal Element: Lead – "New research finds Pb is the hidden villain behind violent crime, lower IQs, and even the ADHD epidemic." – maybe.
Darwin Was Wrong About Dating – maybe.
How Did Humans Figure Out That Sex Makes Babies?
bonus: #overlyhonestmethods is the PostSecret of the science world, and it is amazing – heh. (^_^)
bonus bonus: Why I Am Not an Atheist – from kanazawa.
bonus bonus bonus: Immigrant mothers in Britain could be aborting unwanted girls, ministers admit after study of birth rates
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Augusta Ada King, countess of Lovelace
Born: 10 December 1815 in Piccadilly, Middlesex (now in London), England
Died: 27 November 1852 in Marylebone, London, England
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Augusta Ada Byron's father was the famous poet Lord George Gordon Byron and her mother was Anne Isabelle Milbanke. Ada's parents married on 2 January 1815 but separated on 16 January 1816, a month after she was born. On 25 April 1816 Lord Byron went abroad and Ada never saw her father again. Lord Byron never returned to England and died in Greece when Ada was eight years old. Lady Byron was given sole custody of her daughter Ada, who was declared a Ward in Chancery in April 1817, and she tried to do everything possible in bring up her child to ensure that she would not become a poet like her father.
Lady Byron had been interested in the study of mathematics herself. Lord Byron, before his marriage, had called his future wife "the Princess of Parallelograms" and had written to her on 18 October 1812 (see for example [3] where the letter is quoted):-
I agree with you quite upon Mathematics too - and must be content to admire them at an incomprehensible distance - always adding them to the catalogue of my regrets - I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert two and two into five it would give me much greater pleasure. The only part I remember which gave me much delight were those theorems (is that the word?) in which after ringing the changes upon A, B and C, D etc I at last came to "which is absurd - which is impossible" and at this point I have always arrived and I fear always shall through life ...Given this mathematical frame of mind, which Lord Byron clearly did not share, it was natural that Lady Byron should try to encourage Ada in that direction. Also she considered mathematics a good subject for training the mind to ensure that her daughter took a disciplined approach. Music, Lady Byron believed, was a topic that provided a girl with the right social skills so this was also emphasised in Ada's education. However although Lady Byron devoted much energy to organise Ada's upbringing she herself seems to have spent very little time with her. Lord Byron must have heard about the problems for he wrote to Lady Byron on 1 March 1816 (see for example [3] where the letter is quoted):-
They tell me young [Ada] is well and shows marvellous indications of acquaintance with her nurse and her grandmother - it is perhaps time she should begin to recognise another of her relations.The grandmother that Lord Byron refers to in this quote was Lady Noel, Lady Byron's mother, who was indeed much more in daily contact with Ada than was her mother. Lady Noel, however, died in 1822.
A number of tutors were employed, often for only a short period, to direct Ada's education. At age about six she had a Miss Lamont as a tutor and, despite her mother's emphasis on mathematics, Ada's favourite subject was geography while arithmetic she only studied reluctantly in order to please her mother. On discovering that Ada preferred geography to arithmetic, Lady Byron insisted that one of Ada's geography lessons be replaced by an arithmetic lesson and shortly after this Miss Lamont was replaced as Ada's tutor. Some members of the family feared that Lady Byron was insisting that her daughter be driven too hard.
Lady Byron ignored the family concerns and kept a constant pressure on her daughter to work hard and long at her lessons. Some rewards were offered but pressure was usually applied by giving Ada punishments like solitary confinement, making her lie motionless, and demanding that she write apologies such as (see for example [3]):-
I, Ada, have not done the Notes very well, but I'll try to do it better tomorrow.Ada's mathematical education was undertaken by a number of private tutors. William Frend, who had tutored Lady Byron in mathematics, was involved in Ada's mathematical education but by this time he was an old man who had not kept pace with mathematical developments. Dr William King was also engaged as a tutor to Ada in 1829 but his interest in mathematics was not very deep and he confessed that he had studied mathematics by reading it rather than by doing it. He continued to give advice for some years and in correspondence with Ada Byron in 1834 he wrote:-
... you will soon puzzle me in your studies.It is evident that King, the tutor, was rather out of his depth. We say King "the tutor" since by 1834 there was a second William King in Ada Byron's life, namely the man she would marry in the following year.
Returning to the tutors Lady Byron employed to teach the thirteen year old Ada we might also mention Miss Arabella Lawrence who Lady Byron instructed to change Ada's "argumentative disposition". Few can have done more to mould the character of their child than Lady Byron did! The young Ada, however, had long suffered some health problems and in 1829 contracted measles from which she took a long while to recover.
In 1833 Ada Byron was presented at court and, on the 5 June that year, she met Charles Babbage at a party. Two weeks later Ada and her mother visited Babbage's London studio where the Difference Engine was on display. Ada was fascinated and, according to Sophia Frend, William Frend's daughter and later De Morgan's wife, wrote that Ada:-
... young as she was, understood its working, and saw the great beauty of the invention.In 1834, when Ada was eighteen years old, she met Mary Somerville [3]:-
Mrs Somerville sent Ada mathematics books, advised her on study, set problems for her, and above all, talked to her young protégée about mathematics. Some of the conversation was about Babbage and his engines. Babbage and Mrs Somerville had been friends for years and corresponded regularly.Ada Byron enjoyed attending mathematics and scientific demonstrations with Mary Somerville, but she also enjoyed her company on other occasions. In June 1835 she wrote to William King, her future husband (see for example [3] where the letter is quoted):-
I am going this evening to my friend Mrs Somerville's to stay the night. She has kindly offered to take me to a concert, which my love of music could not resist.Ada King became Countess of Lovelace when her husband William King, whom she married on 8 July 1835, was created an Earl in 1838. They had three children; Byron born 12 May 1836, Annabella born 22 September 1837 and Ralph Gordon born 2 July 1839. It was after this, in 1841, that Lovelace began advanced study in mathematics which was provided by De Morgan.
As we mentioned above, in 1833 Ada Byron (as she still was at that time) had become interested in Babbage's analytic engine and, ten years later, she produced an annotated translation of Menabrea's Notions sur la machine analytique de Charles Babbage (1842). Babbage [2] describes how this came about:-
Some time after the appearance of [Menabrea's] memoir on the subject in the "Bibliothèque Universelle de Genève," the late Countess of Lovelace informed me that she had translated the memoir of Menabrea. I asked why she had not herself written an original paper on a subject with which she was so intimately acquainted? To this Lady Lovelace replied that the thought had not occurred to her. I then suggested that she should add some notes to Menabrea's memoir; an idea which was immediately adopted.In the annotations, which were called "Notes", Ada Lovelace described how the Analytical Engine could be programmed and gave what many consider to be the first ever computer program. She described the Analytical Engine in the following way [6]:-
We discussed together the various illustrations that might be introduced: I suggested several, but the selection was entirely her own. So also was the algebraic working out of the different problems, except, indeed, that relating to the numbers of Bernoulli, which I had offered to do to save Lady Lovelace the trouble. This she sent back to me for an amendment, having detected a grave mistake which I had made in the process.
The notes of the Countess of Lovelace extend to about three times the length of the original memoir. Their author has entered fully into almost all the very difficult and abstract questions connected with the subject.
These two memoirs taken together furnish, to those who are capable of understanding the reasoning, a complete demonstration - That the whole of the developments and operations of analysis are now capable of being executed by machinery.
The distinctive characteristic of the Analytical Engine, and that which has rendered it possible to endow mechanism with such extensive faculties as bid fair to make this engine the executive right-hand of abstract algebra, is the introduction into it of the principle which Jacquard devised for regulating, by means of punched cards, the most complicated patterns in the fabrication of brocaded stuffs. It is in this that the distinction between the two engines lies. Nothing of the sort exists in the Difference Engine. We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.She also wrote in the Notes [6]:-
Again, [the Analytical Engine] might act upon other things besides number, were objects found whose mutual fundamental relations could be expressed by those of the abstract science of operations, and which should be also susceptible of adaptations to the action of the operating notation and mechanism of the engine . . . Supposing, for instance, that the fundamental relations of pitched sounds in the science of harmony and of musical composition were susceptible of such expression and adaptations, the engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent.Lovelace's Notes were published in Richard Taylor's Scientific Memoirs Volume 3 in 1843 with the author's name given as AAL. This was the high point of her achievements and for a while she basked in the admiration that she received from her friends who knew who AAL was, but already these friends were showing concern about her health. By the end of the year she was taking several medicines for different health problems which troubled her.
Following the publication of the Notes her life deteriorated, almost certainly the lack of a scientific project, and particularly the fact that she lacked friends with whom she could discuss mathematical and scientific problems, being a major reason for her decline. Certainly she regarded the Notes as her first mathematical publication and wrote in many letters about the many mathematical works that she anticipated would follow. She considered writing a long review, perhaps in the style of her Notes, of Ohm's work On galvanic series, mathematically determined but Babbage, who she looked to for encouragement, was becoming depressed at his own lack of success with financing the development of his computers and failed to give her the necessary support. In 1844 Lovelace wrote to De Morgan's wife saying that because of a recent illness:-
... I have been utterly unable to think even of my studies. I yesterday resumed them; but for some time I must only give them half an hour to an hour a day. Pray tell Mr De Morgan all this; he must wonder at not having heard from me.Lovelace flirted with several of her male acquaintances and there were several scandals. Her husband made sure that over 100 of her letters to such friends were destroyed. There was also a problem with over indulgence in wine which became worse when drinking with her meals changed to drinking instead of meals. At one point she considered writing a scientific study of the effects of opium and wine gained from her own experiences. Gambling on horses was another passion in these years and she pawned some of her jewels to finance it. She owed £2000 in gambling debts when she died.
Perhaps had her husband been a stronger personality, particularly had he been able to match her intellectual abilities, some of the problems might have been avoided, for it was Lady Byron who dominated the whole family. However around 1850 Lovelace fell out with her mother, almost certainly when she discovered that for years her mother had lied to her about her father Lord Byron. Lady Byron had tried all her life to make sure her daughter was as different from Lord Byron as possible and eventually Lovelace discovered the extent of her mother's manipulation.
By January 1852 Lovelace was wracked with pain, as the cancer which presumably had been a major cause of her health problems for some time, became more acute. Her mind however remained as sharp as ever. Her husband wrote (see for example [5]):-
Her mind was invigorated by the society of the intellectual men whom she entertained as guests. ... She mastered the mathematical side of a question in all its minuteness ... her power of generalisation was indeed most remarkable, coupled as it was with that of minute and intricate analysis. Babbage was a constant intellectual companion and she ever found in him a match for her powerful understanding, their constant philosophical discussions begetting only an increased esteem and mutual liking.In 1852, when only 37 years of age, Ada died of cancer.
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D.M.A. Michigan State University; Postgraduate Diploma University of Bristol; M.M. University of Notre Dame; B.A. Truman State University
Paul W. Popiel, professor of music, is the Director of Bands at the University of Kansas, only the seventh person to hold this position in the band's storied 125-year history. Dr. Popiel conducts the KU Wind Ensemble, directs the graduate program in wind conducting, and guides all aspects of the university band program. His previous appointments include the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and Oklahoma State University. He also enjoyed several years teaching in the public schools of Texas and Michigan.
His Carnegie Hall debut in 2013 was heralded by the New York Times: "The ensemble, conducted by Paul W. Popiel, performed with polish, assurance and copious spirit, eliciting a rousing ovation;" while New York's Feast of Music said, "Give credit to Popiel, a strong advocate for new music, who went for broke, succeeding in showing us that there is, in fact, real, adventurous music being made over on the other side of the rainbow."
Popiel has lectured and performed throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, China, Singapore, and Japan. He has several highly acclaimed performance and production credits for CDs on the Klavier, Naxos, Ecstatic, Summit, and Mark Custom labels. His latest recording project will feature recordings of works by Aaron Perrine, David Maslanka, and Kevin Walczyk.
Under Popiel's leadership, the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble has performed at Carnegie Hall in 2013, for President Obama in 2015, at the Kansas Music Educators Association (2012 and 2015), the national convention of the College Band Directors National Association in 2017, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 2018. The band's recent performances have been acclaimed by The New York Times, Gramophone, Feast of Music, Fanfare, and the American Record Guide.
Popiel is a contributing author to several volumes of the renowned series, Teaching Music through Performance in Band, as well as the journal Alta Musica. He is also the editor-in-chief of Mitteilungsblatt, the quarterly newsletter of IGEB - The Society for the Research and Promotion of Wind Music. His recent lectures on wind band literature include Oberwolz, Austria; Hammelburg, Germany; Coimbra, Portugal; and the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore.
A proponent of distinctive new music, Popiel has commissioned and premiered numerous new works for winds, including pieces by composers Joel Puckett, Mohammed Fairouz, Michael Torke, Kevin Walczyk, James Barnes, David Dzubay, Joni Greene, and others. In 2013, Popiel was elected to the membership of the prestigious American Bandmasters Association, and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, known for the Grammy Awards.
Popiel holds degrees from Truman State University, the University of Notre Dame, and Michigan State University. A recipient of a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship, he also earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Twentieth-Century Music at the University of Bristol, England. Popiel was also the Frank L. Battisti Conducting Fellow serving as the Resident Conductor of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute.
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Navajo artist Harrison Begay featured in 1947 Denver Post
One day in 1947, a young and virtually unknown artist arrived at the Denver Post. He showed some of his watercolors to the staff of the art department. The staff recognized a big talent when it saw one, and the delicate, desert-hued colors of the paintings were immediately featured in The Denver Post.
Navajo artist Harrison Begay, 29, had arrived, all right, and he was on his way to the big time. Begay was to become one of the most noted artists of his generation.
The painting at top, done "expressly for publication in THE POST," as the accompanying story pointed out, was selected for its themes and beautiful colors, all the better shown off in The Post's rotogravure pages.
It was signed, of course:
Post writers were taken with the young artist, who they learned had been born in Greasewood Springs, Arizona in 1917 and had begun drawing with pencil and charcoal as a child.
They also learned he was a battle-hardened veteran of the Normandy beachhead and other World War II campaigns in Europe. He served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps in Iceland, England, France and Czechoslovakia before his honorable discharge in 1945. He returned home to Santa Fe and then came to Denver to enroll in a radio technician's school. Even though he hadn't painted during his years in Europe (there was a war on, remember?), Begay took up his paintbrushes once again and turned his eye to the things he loved best, the Navajo people and animals of the Southwest.
"With considerable pride, The Post presents to its readers the work of this young artist…"
And so his paintings were published. These, even seen in black & white, have an elegance to them that became one of Harrison Begay's hallmarks.
At one time, he had been a student of Dorothy Dunn of the Santa Fe Indian School, but was largely self-taught. Today, his paintings can be worth thousands of dollars.
Harrison Begay died in Arizona in 2012 at the age of 94.


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Chicago Booth and the University of Chicago are located in historic Hyde Park. First settled in the 1850s, the area is filled with tree-lined streets, cozy restaurants, eclectic shops, and some of the city's best-loved bookstores. The beach and the Museum of Science and Industry are just blocks away, and downtown Chicago is a quick commute by car or public transit. President Obama's house is in Hyde Park and one of Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpieces – Robie House – is across the street from Harper Center.
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White Chocolate Peanut Butter Squares
Total TimePrep: 20 min. + freezing Cook: 15 min.
Makes3-1/4 pounds (about 9-1/2 dozen)
- 1 tablespoon plus 3/4 cup butter, divided
- 3 cups sugar
- 2/3 cup evaporated milk
- 1 package (10 ounces) peanut butter chips
- 1 jar (7 ounces) marshmallow creme
- 1 cup chopped nuts
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1-1/2 pounds white candy coating, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips, optional
- 1 teaspoon shortening, optional
- Line a 13-in. x 9-in. pan with foil. Grease the foil with 1 tablespoon butter; set aside.
- In a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, evaporated milk and remaining butter. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in peanut butter chips until melted. Add the marshmallow creme, nuts and vanilla; stir until blended. Pour into prepared pan. Cool.
- Remove from pan and cut into 1-in. squares. Place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets; freeze or refrigerate until firm.
- In a microwave, melt candy coating; stir until smooth. Dip the squares into the coating; allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets until set.
- In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening if desired; stir until smooth. Drizzle over the squares. Store in an airtight container.
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Excellent fugde, easy to make but too much time and trouble to try and coat with the white chocolate.....I'll forget about dipping it next time around, will just drizzle with the milk chocolate
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BELLEGARDE-SUR-VALSERINE, France, July 11, 2012 (AFP) — Tour de France leader Bradley Wiggins has hit out at critics who believe his and Team Sky's strong performances in the race are thanks in part to doping. "There's one reason I'm in this position and that's because I've worked hard," Wiggins said Wednesday.
Wiggins took another step toward becoming Britain's first yellow-jersey champion on Wednesday by defending his 1min 53sec lead on Australia's defending champion Cadel Evans on the first day in the Alps. But his team's performances in the hilly stages so far have prompted doubts among some keen observers and critics of the sport.
A day after their formidable pace-setting on the hilltop finish to stage seven gave Sky's Chris Froome the win and Wiggins the race lead several posts on the micro-blogging site Twitter questioned Team Sky's performance.
The posts compared its displays of fast pace-setting with the US Postal team of Lance Armstrong, the seven-time champion who has recently been charged with being part of a major doping conspiracy. A day after those posts, Wiggins let fly with a foul-mouthed tirade which, if anything, did little to substantiate his claims they have nothing to hide.
Sky, however, have done little to show its transparency. At a pre-organised press conference on Tuesday, all journalists were told questions on doping would not be tolerated or answered. Ahead of the first of three days in the Alps, Wednesday reports in the French press even referred to Team Sky as "UK Postal."
[ Wiggins' Rant, Deconstructed ]
The first doping affair at the Tour—Frenchman Remy di Gregorio was arrested for allegedly trying to buy doping substances—has shown that cheating, even in isolated cases, still exists. But Wiggins, a three-time Olympic track champion who finished fourth in the 2009 race and was third at last year's Tour of Spain, said the doubts about him and his team are wide of the mark.
"I don't feel that I should have to sit here and justify everything I've done to the world," he said. "I'm not just some shit rider who's come from nowhere. I've been six-times world champion (on the track), fourth in the Tour de France, third in the Vuelta. It's not like I've just come from nowhere. I've got an incredible pedigree behind me."
Asked why he had lost his temper earlier this week when asked about doping issues, he replied: "To me it's them (critics) pissing all over everything I've done, by saying, 'yeah, he's cheating.' That's what really gets to me. Everyone in their individual jobs works hard at what they do.
"Yeah, I'm in the yellow jersey and I'm inspiring kids in the UK to take up cycling or whatever. But ultimately I've worked hard to be in this position and I deserve every minute of what I've been through in this last week or so, especially after sitting at home last year and watching it on the television."
Wiggins, who crashed out on stage seven last year, said he has passed dozens of tests by the anti-doping authorities.
"There's one reason I'm in this position and that's because I've worked hard," he added. "I'm tested by the UCI (International Cycling Union) God knows how many times a year, God knows how many times on this race and the Dauphiné (race), blood tested every morning.
"What more can I do? I don't know really. I'd love to know."


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Hammer & Chisel is HERE! On sale for Dec and for a charitable cause!
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The latest fitness challenge pack deals for the month of August!
The 3 Day Refresh program is a nice, clean jumpstart to getting back on track if you've been mostly on your butt, been on vacation, been eating badly for a while and need to get back into gear. If you are already eating healthy, are working out often, this program may not be for you. But it's definitely for someone who feels like they've been chomping down on too much bad food and their stomach just needs a break:
3 Day Refresh + Shakeology Challenge pack: http://teambeachbody.com/shop/-/shopping/BCP3D160?referringRepId=38957
The exercise for people who either hate cardio, love dancing, or both. I absolutely love this workout and it's currently rivaling Les Mills Combat for my fav Beachbody workout program ever. It's a great and fun way to get moving regardless of how fit you currently are and what your fitness goals happen to be.
Cize + Shakeology challenge pack: http://teambeachbody.com/shop/-/shopping/BCPCZ160?referringRepId=38957
Cize + 3 Day Refresh + Shakeology challenge pack, AKA the "I need my butt kicked and I want it now" deal: http://www.pharmacy-reviews.org/
And for a VERY VERY limited time only (I understand that the discount only goes until August 12th):
Imagine a workout plan that comes with an easy to use, intuitive way to eat that doesn't count calories, doesn't worry about macros, and doesn't deprive you of your favorite foods. Chocolate is allowed! I especially love this plan because it teaches all about portion control over deprivation, starvation, and restrictive eating habits which are unsustainable, difficult to maintain in the long term, and ultimately Do Not Work.
The 21 Day Fix comes with color coded containers for different foods and portion sizes, instructions on how to use, and workouts plus a workout schedule for you to use.
Honestly, even once this deal ends I will still recommend this challenge pack as a serious bargain for people looking to manage their fitness goals and lifestyle.
21 Day Fix + Shakeology challenge pack: http://teambeachbody.com/shop/-/shopping/BCP21D160?referringRepId=38957
Each fitness challenge pack comes with the following:
- A month's supply of the Shakeology flavor of your choice (I recommend vegan chocolate, especially with either PB2 or peanut butter!)
- Entry into the August challenge group which I run in a private group on Facebook! Workout with others like yourself and get both the motivation and accountability you're looking for
- FREE trial to club membership in Team Beachbody, which gives you unlimited streaming workouts on demand for your computer, tablet, phone, Roku, Amazon Fire, Chromecast, you name it! The regular cost is all of $2 per week. Better than Netflix. 😉
- FREE fitness coaching from me! I am certified in personal nutrition, P90X, and INSANITY, have my own story to tell, and love helping out others with their fitness goals.
- 30 day money back guarantee! Seriously, if you try this for 30 days and decide it all sucks, Beachbody will give you your money back.
Once you've purchased a challenge pack, either contact me or friend me on Facebook and we'll get this party started! I'm looking forward to having you on my team. 🙂
Chocolate, "clean eating", and why people just need to chill out and embrace moderation
Once again in an attempt to prove why we can't have nice things, one of the other pieces of the article I quoted in my last post talked about how dark chocolate may not necessarily be all that great for you either. I am well known among my friends, family, co-workers, and fitness community for saying "I eat very healthy, but you'll have to pry the chocolate out of my cold, dead, rotting fingers."
And I am totally serious. 😀
Granted, on one hand, one must not overdose on anything–especially anything that's sugary and calorically dense. But on the other, I can't help but feel that there's a great deal of scaremongering as click-bait to take advantage of people who are already neurotic about food. Every couple of days I get emails titled things like, "Why exercising makes you fat", "Why drinking water makes you fat", "Why cardio makes you fat", and am expecting the next one to be titled, "Why merely breathing dooms you to be fat, you fatty fat fat person".
Chill. The. Hell. Out.
There's this unnecessary struggle in a culture that wants it both ways. We can't be sedentary and consume twice as many calories as needed and expect to be healthy. At the same time, we can't obsess over every crumb we put into our mouths until we develop an eating disorder. The phrase "clean eating" is constantly thrown around, but it's become a nebulous term without a clear definition. People are told "Avoid processed food", but technically nearly everything is processed to a certain extent, so that's meaningless too. "Avoid chemicals", some say, but once again, technically EVERYTHING is a chemical and is composed of chemicals so this is once again meaningless. "Appeal to nature" is a logical fallacy which is oft used by the health and fitness "experts" to scare you into buying their product, book, what-have-you. Don't buy into it. Don't try a fad diet or think that you have to eat in an unnatural, highly restricted, and limited way in order to be healthy. Use common sense and good judgment.
People fail at "diets" because they see them as the following:
- Torture
- Deprivation
- Restriction
- Temporary
"Clean eating" is about eating reasonably healthy 80-90% of the time and enjoying yourself the rest of the time. It's about making changes in your habits you can feel comfortable and content maintaining for the rest of your life. People need to develop a healthy relationship with food and learn how to enjoy it in moderation without either feeling deprived or starved. Food is fuel, but it can be tasty fuel.
This is one of the many reasons why I tell people over and over again: any diet which vilifies any of the macronutrients: fats, carbs, or protein, avoid like the plague. All are required in your diet in varying amounts in order to have a balanced meal plan. So when you hear "Carbs are evil", "fat makes you fat", run, just run. Neither "advice" will help you to be healthy and will actually harm you in the long term.
And enjoy your chocolate (in moderation). 😛
Side note: one of the sanest reads I've found in a while on the subject is called The Lean Muscle Diet: A Customized Nutrition and Workout Plan–Eat the Foods You Love to Build the Body You Want and Keep It for Life! A lengthy title but a worthwhile read. Regardless of whether or not you are vegan or paleo (and the book discusses both), it's invaluable. It discusses in depth how to eat for fitness in a sensible way that you can maintain indefinitely.
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Peanut butter: the root of all evil?
After I posted this link from Shape.com about how peanut butter isn't a health food on my Facebook page "If a geek can get fit, so can you", there was a great deal of weeping and refusal to let anyone take away their tasty treat. As a lover of this substance myself, it occurred to me that there needed to a balanced follow-up to explain why peanut butter can and cannot be healthy.
Problem #1: most jarred varieties of peanut butter add all sorts of sugars and gunk to it. You'll see things like honey, molasses, corn syrup, and all kinds of nonsense that peanut butter just doesn't need. You don't need to add all of these sugars to peanut butter and it tastes quite nice without it.
Solution: Read labels and only obtain peanut butter which at most has two ingredients: peanuts, and maybe salt.
Problem #2: While peanut butter can be a reasonable source of protein, 70% of its calories are from fat. Fat is 9 calories per gram, which makes peanut butter fairly intense in terms of calories. A serving of peanut butter is two tablespoons, which is around 200 calories. You can easily by not measuring accidentally eat an additional 200-300 calories per day from underestimating how much peanut butter you're eating.
Solution #1: enjoy peanut butter in moderation, learn what a serving size looks like. A little bit won't kill you. And if it fits your macros, all the better!
Solution #2: look up a product called PB2. It's a powdered peanut butter that has had a lot of the fat extracted from it. I enjoy a tablespoon of it with my chocolate vegan Shakeology. It's only 45 calories and adds an additional 5g of protein to my smoothie. Very tasty! 🙂
So in conclusion: enjoy your peanut butter, but know how much of it you're eating and what's in it other than just peanut butter.
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Cize by Shaun T is here! One of the best workout programs ever…
Okay…first of all, a confession: it did NOT hit me until the coach summit that the byline for Cize "the end of exercise" was a pun.
Cause you know…exercize.
Anyway! Cize is a really awesome dance cardio program designed to just get you moving your body and enjoying yourself. It's good for all fitness levels from the beginner to the advanced "I just came off of Shaun T's Insanity".
It's now on sale on my site, and I'm starting a Cize fitness challenge group next month! Here are the links to get more info/purchase:
- Cize challenge pack (includes 30 day supply of your choice of Shakeology plus a 30 day trial to Team Beachbody including unlimited streaming workouts): http://teambeachbody.com/shop/-/shopping/BCPCZ160?referringRepId=38957
- Cize deluxe package: http://teambeachbody.com/shop/-/shopping/CIZEDeluxe?referringRepId=38957
- Cize base package: http://teambeachbody.com/shop/-/shopping/CIZEBase?referringRepId=38957
If you don't already have a coach and you purchase a program from me, you are automatically eligible to join my Cize fitness challenge group in August!
Here are the details:
- I will be coaching a group of people in a private Facebook group online
- I will be available for any questions or problems you may have, including tips on eating right and healthy without deprivation and torture
- The group will run for 30 days starting August 1st
If you're interested in learning more about what fitness challenge packs are currently on sale for the month of August, check out this post.
Here's the preview video for Cize:


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This is my entry for Blog Hop Wednesday started by Radhika of Tickling Palates. Its a beautiful concept where not only do you get to make new blogger friends, cook from their blogs but in return they visit your blog and try out your recipes too.
If you are interested in joining Blog Hop Wednesday here is how it works:
"The plot behind this attempt is to form 2 groups and make pairs with a blogger who will be your partner for that particular month. This happens every 2nd wednesday of the month. You will then go through your partner's blog, select, choose, cook, click and post the recipe in your blog on Wednesday and vice versa. The following month you will have a new partner. This way not only you tend to your blog at intervals but also learn some new recipes along the way and get to know a lot of bloggers and make friends."
This recipe is from Sumeda of Sumees Culinary.The blog has a large variety of delicious recipes and I was spoilt for choice in choosing one .For blog hop I selected the Pizza muffin bread recipe which sounded very unusual and something I had not tried before. I made a few simple changes such as adding chilli flakes, apple cider vinegar and pizza sauce to the recipe. I also baked the bread in a bread tin. The Original recipe can be found here.
Delicious savoury bread with italian pizza flavours.
240 grams / 8 oz wholemeal flour
240 grams / 8 oz plain Flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/2 cup yoghurt
1/2 cup cheddar cheese grated
1 teaspoon italian seasoning
Pinch of chilli flakes
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons pizza sauce (homemade or shop bought)
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
2 spring onions finely chopped
6 cherry tomatoes halved
1/2 green capsicum finely diced
1 teaspoon salt
200ml water
1.Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C/400 degees F
2.Spray/ Grease the bread tin.
3.In a pan add 1 tablespoon oil and heat it up, fry the onions and capsicums in the oil for 2-3 minutes.
4. Add the pizza sauce, salt, chilli flakes and italian spice and tomatoes mix well.Remove from heat and cool.
5. In a big bowl, sieve flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda. Add cheese, yogurt, olive oil , vinegar and the vegetable mix and combine with a spoon.
6.Add water little at a time and gently mix everything together.(Only add enough water to make a dropping consistency mixture)
7. Pour the mixture into the prepared bread tin and smooth the top.
8. Bake in a preheated oven for 40 minutes or until top is golden brown.Test if done by inserting a skewer in the bread, if it comes out clean its ready.
8. Remove from oven and allow to cool before slicing.
Serve with garlic butter.


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One of the ways we can bring the Kingdom of Heaven to Richmond, Virginia, today is to go to church (or tune in to the webcast at 8:30 or 11:00) and crown Christ king. We can remember, as I plan to say in today's sermon, that he didn't have to be elected to his office (thank God). The world didn't give him his kingdom and the world can't take it away. And, as the choir will sing this morning, "He shall reign forever and ever. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!"
Coming to church on Christ the King Sunday is a good reminder that this year-long, every-member mission trip we're on is not, ultimately, up to us. We can't bring heaven to earth without help–without Christ's help. When he taught his disciples to pray he taught them to pray that God's kingdom would come and God's will would be done on earth as it is in heaven, but right there at the end of the prayer, just in case they began to have some success, he teaches them to pray: "Thine (not ours) is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever."
So, let's get up, get dressed, and go to church this morning. Let's praise God for the great things he is doing in Richmond and beyond. Let's remember that the kingdom, the power, and the glory belong to him…
…not us.