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NEW YORK -- If nothing else, the Mets have plenty of ninth-inning options should Kyle Farnsworth falter as closer.
Manager Terry Collins threw another name into the mix on Wednesday, saying that he could envision Daisuke Matsuzaka closing in the future. The issue is that the Mets want Matsuzaka to remain somewhat stretched out in case they need him to join the rotation, but Collins also considers him valuable at the end of games.
"We wrestle with trying to keep them long, ready to start a game," Collins said of such relievers as Matsuzaka and Carlos Torres, "yet using them as their versatility dictates in shorter roles."
Another closer candidate is Vic Black, the organization's primary contingency plan behind Bobby Parnell heading into Spring Training. But Black's struggles this spring resulted in a demotion to Triple-A Las Vegas, where he has succeeded despite significant wildness. Black is unscored upon in 7 1/3 innings for the 51s, but he has also walked seven batters.
Collins suggested that Black won't earn a callup until his control improves.
"We're keeping tabs on him," Collins said. "I look at those stats every day."
Eventually, prospects Rafael Montero and Jacob deGrom could also enter the ninth-inning shuffle, though the Mets hope it doesn't come to that any time soon. In a perfect world, Farnsworth will keep the job for as long as he is able at age 38. He is 1-for-1 in save opportunities since assuming closing duties last weekend.


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Popular Home Styles in South Carolina
From the country to the city and all the way to the coast, check out three architectural styles that define this historic state.
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Plantation Style
Popular throughout the South Carolina countryside, plantation-style homes feature influences from the neoclassical and French Colonial architectural styles.
Plantation Style: Exterior
The tall front porch is a hallmark of the plantation home, supported by stately Greek-style columns.
Plantation Style: Front Porch
The large shutters that flank each window can be closed to protect the glass from the sometimes-harsh weather of the South Carolina coast.
Plantation Style: Entrance
In the grand entryway of this plantation-style home, a stairway gently curves upward in an ornate display of expert woodwork.
Plantation Style: Kitchen
Located in the back of the home, the large and functional kitchen was originally designed for the cooking staff.
Plantation Style: Bedroom
In the master bedroom, French doors lead directly onto the second-story balcony.
Low Country Style
The Low Country home style was designed with South Carolina's coastal setting and climate in mind. The first floor is elevated to protect the home from flooding.
Low Country Style: Dining Room
In this Low Country home, natural sunlight and cool coastal breezes stream in through a plethora of windows.
Low Country Style: Kitchen
The centrally located kitchen is the hub of the first floor, connecting the living room to the dining room and mudroom.
Low Country Style: Master Bedroom
Beautiful hardwood floors and crown moldings can be found throughout the home.
Low Country Style: Porch
The living room opens to a spacious back porch, which is covered and screened to keep out the strong midday sun.
Single Style
To make the most of small city lots, Charleston's signature single-style homes are built with their sides facing the street. The narrow floor plan also means that each room spans the entire width of the house.
Single Style: Living Room
Gorgeous architectural details -- from the built-in shelves to the stately fireplace -- serve as the focal point of the living room in this single-style home.
Single Style: Breakfast Nook
Just off the kitchen, a built-in booth-style table is the perfect place for casual meals.
Single Style: Second Floor
The upstairs rooms are bright and open, with plenty of windows and doors to let in the harborside breezes.
Single Style: Master Bathroom
Warm Cyprus wood lines the walls and floor of the bathroom. Each piece was handpicked and placed for its quality and grain.
Single Style: Master Bathroom Lighting
Purchased in Italy, this elegant sconce became the focal point and inspiration for the design of the master bathroom.
Single Style: Master Bathroom Vanity
The homeowner designed the charming vanity to complement the Italian sconces.
Single Style: Master Bathroom Porch
An open window connects the master bath to the second-story porch.

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October 10, 2012
AMCA Southern Coalition National Road Run
Day 1
A large storm system that had brought days of rain was just working it's way out of central North Carolina as I pushed my 1964 Panhead outside to begin my ride to Maggie Valley. I planned to meet up with another rider at 7:00 AM, down in Pittsboro, about a 45 minute ride from my house. The roads were still wet as I made my way toward the old courthouse located downtown. Within a few minutes, Steve showed up on his 1947 Knucklehead and we were headed for the highway.
The plan was to ride secondary highways all the way to Maggie Valley, about 250 miles total. We stuck to the plan for the first 100 miles of the ride, which took us through a few small towns separated by rolling hills and green fields. At our first gas stop we checked the map and realized that we could save some time if we got on the interstate. We figured traffic would be light, so we could just cruise at 55 mph without interfering with the flow of cars.
As we expected, there weren't many cars on the road and the miles passed by easily. That is until Steve's bike started to backfire and cut off. We rolled over onto the shoulder and began troubleshooting his Knucklehead. Turns out that his points had broken and he did not have a spare set on hand. It took about an hour and a little ingenuity, but we were able to repair the points and get back on the road. If your curious, here's how we did it: Click Here
With Steve's bike back in running condition, we rode the last 75 miles to Maggie Valley. The headquarters for the road run just happened to be at the Wheels Through Time museum, which was the perfect choice for a group of about 150 vintage bike enthusiasts. Dale and Matt Walksler were great hosts as always and even allowed us to pitch our tents on the museum grounds. After getting our run packet which consisted of daily route maps, a pin, a license plate medallion, a t-shirt and a name tag, we unpacked the bikes and started setting up camp.
Once the tents were in place, it was time to hit the parking lot and start checking out the other bikes.
Dinner was served under the white tent around 7:00 and soon after most folks started heading back to their hotels. Dale kept the museum open until 9:00 which gave us something to do besides sitting in the tents. Then it began to rain…
Day 2
The second day was a complete wash out. Twenty-four hours of steady rain. No one seemed to mind as we were able to spend a solid 8 hours going through the museum. I've been to Wheels Through Time on several occasions, but this was the first chance I really had to take it all in. There are so many bikes, parts, memorabilia and other things that it can cause a bit of sensory overload. When you really can take your time, you start noticing unusual things, like a Knucklehead with homemade rear suspension or a Flathead with tankshifters on both tanks. Odd bits sitting on shelves or hanging from the rafters catch your eye and require closer inspection. I honestly cannot think of a better place to spend a rainy day.
A fire was built in the outdoor shelter and the evening was spent talking about bikes and telling lies. A couple of guys from Australia were also camping at the museum and I enjoyed hearing about their adventures in the US. Turns out they were on a 6 month long motorcycle trip across the country. Talk about a vacation! Around midnight, I finally slogged back to the tent to try and get some sleep.
Day 3
We had pitched our tents next to a small stream that ran around the edge of the museum's grounds. Initially it had seemed like a good idea to set up next to the stream, it made for a very peaceful location with the water gentle running through the rocks. This all changed after an entire day of rain, soon the stream had turned into a minature raging river. Between the sounds of the rain on the tents, the wind whipping the tarp and the water crashing on the rocks, I was up half the night keeping an eye on the water level. By morning, the water had not risen past it's banks, but it was really ripping past our campsite.
Finally around noon the rain started clearing out and we prepared for our first group ride. Plans were altered slightly and we chose to ride the Blue Ridge Parkway up to Mt Pisgah. The roads were still a little wet, with water running across them in some places and plenty of wet leaves, but it was great to finally get on the bike. We made one stop at the highest point on the Parkway, before continuing on to Mt Pisgah.
Returning back to Wheels Through Time, another dinner was being prepared and everyone was glad to have a warm meal after a cool ride in the mountains. The route for the following day was close to 250 miles of mountain roads, so most folks headed back to the hotels early to get some rest.
Day 4
The last day of the run actually started out with something I hadn't seen all week, warm air and sunny skies. People arrived early at the museum to get a start on the long ride and to make sure that they were in front of the chase truck.
The route for the day was supposed to take us over the Cherohala Skyway, then loop around to the Dragon and back to Maggie Valley. Of course there were a couple wrong turns added, which kept us from completing the planned ride, but we still logged over 200 miles and had a good time.
Dinner for the last night was BBQ sandwiches, followed by an awards banquet. Plaques were given out for the oldest and youngest riders, longest distance traveled, etc. Once the banquet was over, people headed out to start packing up bikes and trailers for the return trip home. The next morning I did the same, finally getting on the road by 9:00 AM. Steve and I had an uneventful ride back to central NC and I was home by mid afternoon.
This was my first AMCA road run and I hope to attend more in the future. If you like riding old bikes or even just looking at them, then an AMCA road run would be worth considering. You have to be an AMCA member to attend, but that's it. They are already scheduling runs for next year, so check out their website for more information.
I posted some additional pictures of individual bikes here: Click Here
Filed under Events, Panhead Jim's Blog by PanheadJim
June 3, 2012
Motorcycle Kickstart Classic 2012
As soon as the 2012 Motorcycle Kickstart Classic was announced, I started prepping my 1964 Harley-Davidson Duo-Glide for the trip. The to-do list included replacing the wiring harness, generator, fuel valve and rear brake shoes, along with the usual trip preparations like changing the oil, transimission lube, etc. I planned to have everything completed by April, but before I knew it, April had turned into May and the trip was a week away. With no time to spare, I worked passed midnight for a solid week to get the bike finished just in time for the ride.
Day 1
On the first day of the trip, I awoke to the sound of heavy rain. Fearing the worst, I checked the weather and was relieved to see that the storm was moving quickly across North Carolina. By 9:00 the rain had cleared and I had my panhead sitting in the driveway, packed and ready. Soon after, my buddy Tim arrived to pilot my 1972 BMW R75/5 and by 10:00 we were heading down the highway, destination Maggie Valley and Wheels Through Time.
The ride to Maggie Valley was thankfully uneventful, especially considering the ordeal I went through during last year's rally. The bikes ran great the entire trip and we cruised down I-40 at a comfortable 65-70 mph. I did suffer a loose screw on my windshield bag, but otherwise there were no issues during the 250 mile ride. It felt great to pull into Wheels Through Time and be able to relax instead of having to immediately start troubleshooting problems with the bike.
By 4:00, the parking lot at Wheels Through Time was already filled with Classic American Iron.
There were quite a few familiar faces from last years rally, was as a few new ones. Members representing multiple motorcycle clubs were in attendance, including the exclusive International Pansters Club.
Dale and Matt Walksler had the museum open to all the participants and everyone got to enjoy strolling through the classic bike exhibits. Dinner was provided by the Holiday Diner and included Italian sausages, burgers, hot dogs and fresh fruit.
The museum remained open after dinner, but by dark, most of the riders had retreated to their hotels. We stayed at the Holiday Motel and I took advantage of their well lit parking lot to make a couple final adjustments to my clutch. I'm using a mousetrap set up and have never felt that I was getting the proper disengagement from my clutch. For the first time I was able to compare the set up on several other Panheads and realized that my bike had the wrong clutch lever installed. Turns out the shape of my incorrect clutch lever was limiting the amount of pull on the clutch cable.
Day 2
After a hearty breakfast at the Holiday Diner of eggs, grits, toast and ham, it was back to Wheels Through Time to prepare for the ride. About 60 classic bikes were staging in the parking lot when we arrived. Among the riders were Bert Baker from Baker Drivetrain, famed drag racer Pete Hill, and Buzz Kanter from American Iron Magazine. After a 9:30 riders meeting, everyone cranked up their bikes and we rolled out at 10:00.
Matt Walksler chose a route which took us over the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Parkway has a maximum speed limit of 45 mph, which made for a nice comfortable ride for a group of vintage bikes. Averaging about 30 miles between stops, the riders leisurely made their way over the mountains.
Our first rest stop was at the highest point on the Parkway. At 6053 feet above sea level, it was no surprise that more than a couple of bikes were starting to run too rich.
We continued north on the Parkway for over 170 miles, finally turning east to head for North Wilkesboro. Once off the Parkway, we were met with a police escort which led us to Crossroads Harley-Davidson.
Crossroads Harley-Davidson was ready for us when we arrived, providing dinner and music. After everyone had their fill, Burt Baker was handed the mic and began announcing special riders awards, including the "dirty underpants award" which was given to two riders who did some unexpected offroad riding, but managed to bring their bikes back under control and back onto the road.
The awards were followed up by a round of transmission trivia, but soon everyone was cranking up and heading for their respective hotels.
Day 3
The route for the final day of the rally was an easy 90 miles down to the Southern AMCA meet in Denton, NC. Even with a couple stops for pictures and fuel, we made it down to Denton in a couple of hours. Arriving at the Denton Farm Park, we proceded around the outside of the park grounds, ending at our special parking area in the center of the park. Once the bikes were parked, everyone headed off for food and to look for parts at the swap meet.
I had a fairly short list of needed parts and managed to find most of what I was looking for and for prices I was happy with. I picked up a correct rear bumper, a saddlebag bracket and an original 1964 NC license plate. Unfortunately the original clutch lever was no where to be found, but I'm sure one will turn up sooner or later.
By late afternoon it was time to load up my purchases and head for home. Once again the Motorcycle Kickstart Classic was a great event with a bunch of great riders and bikes in attendance. Can't wait until the next ride is announced.
Filed under Events, Panhead Jim's Blog, Random Ideas by PanheadJim
January 24, 2012
1951 Peoria National Motorcycle Races
Here's a video sponsored by Firestone Tires of the 1951 Peoria National Motorcycle Races. Really interesting because it's in color and you can see all the vintage motorcycles when brand new. The club members as well are really dressed to the nine's with all the clothing accessories of the day.
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This chapter discusses how the risk-based approach to the usually fatal tree disease ash dieback (caused by the fungal pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus) adopted by the British Government in 2012 transformed a highly contentious socio-economic and political problem of monstrous and messy proportions into a neatly defined techno-scientific challenge. Ash dieback pushed plant health biosecurity up on the Government's agenda for a time and raised public awareness of the devastating impact of plant disease epidemics, but many of the 'monsters' perpetuating these epidemics – including global trade – remain lurking in the dark. The chapter looks at the reasons for this considering both the role and purpose of opening-up plant pathology to scientists and concerned citizens nationally and internationally and the Government's Tree Health and Plant Biosecurity Expert Taskforce in the context of framing plant disease epidemics as a biosecurity threat. This framing and the risk-based approach underpinning it, the chapter argues, largely explain why the response to ash dieback constitutes a form of post-political, consensual policy-making in which experts play a key role in narrowing down matters of public concern rather than prying them open to public- and political scrutiny and debate.


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In late 2008 the BGS commissioned an independent review of all its facilities used to store collections of onshore and offshore cores, paper records, magnetic tapes, samples etc. This review was undertaken by the Tribal Group plc.
Download Information Management Facilities Review Final Report 4MB pdf.
In light of the recommendations of this report, the BGS decided to relocate the collections of cores and records etc., held at Gilmerton and Loanhead (Edinburgh), to a new extension of the existing National Geological Repository (NGR) core store facilities at Keyworth. These improvements are taking place in the context of a much larger estates redevelopment exercise at Keyworth that will create new office accommodation and deliver a 'green' computer server suite to meet BGS and NERC's future needs. This estates redevelopment project has been made possible through a substantial injection of capital funding provided by the NERC.


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Avalanche accidents continue to kill. If you freeride without an airbag you are taking an unnecessary risk. When there is a high avalanche alert you are playing Russian roulette.
In February Prince Johan Friso, second son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, hit the headlines when he was caught in an avalanche in [R212R, Lech] in Austria and buried. He was dug clear by his companion who was wearing an ABS airbag, stayed on the surface, and was able to help him. Sadly doctors say the Princes brain is damaged and he may never regain consciousness.
Avalanche rescue dogs at work in Washington state, USA.
At about the same time in the United States four top skiers were caught in an avalanche in Washington state. One survived - pro freerider Elyse Saugstad - she alone was wearing an airbag and stayed on the surface.
Elyse Saugstad told Bill Whitaker of CBS what it was like. The avalanche threw her 200 metres in 30 seconds. She said, "We didn't really hear anything and then my partner started screaming, 'Elyse, avalanche! Elyse, avalanche!' and at that time I was being swept in. It happened so quickly. As it started my first thought was it isn't that big. Within a second it immediately became much bigger. It feels like you're in a washing machine and you're being tossed and turned and it's all white and you don't know which way is up and down."
In 2008 Elyse was one of the four champions of the Freeride World Tour, winning first place for women skiers. Alongside her on the podium was another notable avalanche survivor, the top men's snowboarder, Frenchman Xavier de Le Rue. In March 2008, Xavier was filming in Switzerland and was caught in an avalanche that swept him an amazing two kilometres down the mountain. His ABS airbag kept him on the surface and his companions found him and got him to hospital with just a broken collar bone.
Xavier said, "I was caught in a huge avalanche in March 2008 and I definitely believe that it's only luck that allowed me to escape alive. Part of this luck was wearing my ABS avalanche airbag. I tried to ski out of it but I was caught in the snow and carried down the slope. My friends started looking at the top because they thought that if I was down in the gully I could not be alive. Fortunately the helicopter with us spotted something and Henrik skied down and found me on the surface."
Xavier Delerue talks about being caught in the avalanche:
Avalanche accidents are inevitable with the growing trend for the thrills of freeriding. Modern skis make it easy for a competent skier to handle deep powder. Sensational films of freeriders skiing and snowboarding down apparently impossible mountain routes have brought more skiers and boarders into high-risk areas. But airbags only reduce the risk. When 100,000 tons of snow sweeps you away among rocks and smashed trees, whatever safety equipment you take with you, your chances of survival are not good. Even so the figures speak for themselves. According to ABS over the last 12 years 95 percent of those caught in avalanches wearing ABS airbags survived because they stayed on the surface.
You can watch professional snowboarder Meeysh Hyntner inflate her ABC Float airbag and come through an avalanche apparently unruffled on this video. She was so unruffled that some internet cynics think it was just a very dangerous stunt. Either way her airbag kept her on the surface.
The development of airbags for avalanche survival has its roots in the experience of a forester in the 1970s. He was caught in an avalanche carrying a deer he had shot across his shoulders and stayed on the surface. When the same thing happened again he began to understand that increased bulk means you are more likely to stay on the surface. Even earlier famous French ski champion Emile Allais, then director of [R117R, Courchevel] kitted out his 'pisteurs', working to dislodge unstable snow on dangerous slopes, with big bags of sawdust that had the same effect. When avalanche experts considered the phenomenon they soon realised it was an example of the rule in physics by which larger particles in movement rise to the surface and smaller ones sink to the bottom.
So the human body when bulked up tends to stay on the surface of an avalanche. The idea on which airbags are based were born from these early practical observations. At about the same time German engineer and skier Peter Aschauer was involved in a near fatal avalanche incident in Canada and developed an interest in the question of protection for skiers and boarders. He bought the first patents for an airbag and set up ABS. The ABS airbag has now evolved into twin bags that open in such a way as to keep the victim on the surface face up and facing in the direction of the avalanche. It is vital to keep the avalanche victim's face as clear of snow as possible and stop the human body acting as a drag anchor in the snow working against the floatation effect of the bags. ABS told OnThsnow that sales were increasing at around 20 percent a year.
With and without an airbag. Photo credit: ABS Airbags
Not everybody is convinced the airbag is a cure-all. In particular, the United States the mountains are more dangerous for freeriders than the relatively treeless Alps, with a greater risk of death by injury.
San Miguel County Sheriff Bill Masters from Colorado in the United States commented grimly on a recent case in the [R456R, Telluride] ski area on Feb. 13 where snowboarder Nate Soules equipped with Avalung and an airbag died in an avalanche. He said, "The important thing to realise here is, that thing [the airbag] was completely soaked in blood. It certainly deployed, but I don't think it would have made any difference."
Ethan Greene, director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center said, "They are great tools and they are saving people's lives, and we don't want to discount that. But they don't make you invulnerable. It's like thinking you can drive everywhere at 200 mph because you've got your seat belt on. It doesn't make any sense."
Here are top skier Mattias Mayr's rules for freeriders:
1. BRAIN: Use your brain at all times! Check the circumstances in general and the slope you want to ski down. The best way to survive an avalanche is not to start one.
2. FRIEND: If you trigger a slab or an avalanche, and even if you don´t get buried, just some broken bones because of the 100,000 tons of snow smashing you down the mountain, it´s always good to have a helping hand. Never freeride alone.
3. TRANSCEIVER: Your best friend, if he/she is not a dog, is useless if you lie buried under a thick blanket of snow in an area as big as a football pitch. Without a transceiver your chances of seeing each other again sink almost to zero. So always have your transceiver (Pieps/Arva) with you, turned on with batteries fully charged.
4. ABS: Fortunately, wearing an ABS Backpack is on the increase. It helps you to stay on the surface if you get caught in an avalanche. Sure, you have to remember to pull the ripcord to inflate the Airbags.
Avalanche safety and rescue gear. Note the plastic shovel should ideally be metal. Photo Credit: Nolispanmo/ABS Airbags
OnTheSnow talked to Frédéric Jarry, an accident expert at the Association nationale pour l'étude de la neige et des avalanches ANENA at Grenoble. He said every year in France alone there are 30-plus deaths from avalanches. Airbags are important but the RECCO system of reflectors attached to the skiers clothing and equipment also makes finding them easier. Frédéric added that the option of quick release bindings to avoid skis and particularly snowboards anchoring the victim and pulling against the airbag in the snow was in its infancy.
OnTheSnow also asked Frédéric about the use of airbags together with Avalungs that allow you to breathe when buried. He said, "The Avalung has the same problem as the airbag in that it requires the freerider to pull the rip cord to inflate the bags or set in motion the breathing gear when the avalanche hits. It requires considerable presence of mind in the few seconds available to trigger two systems at once. By staying on the surface the odds of survival are greatly increased so the airbag should have priority."
The chances of survival for a skier buried in an avalanche are approximately:
91 percent between 0 and 18 minutes; 34 percent between 18 and 35 minutes; 20 percent between 35 and 120 minutes; and 7 percent after 140 minutes.
Frédéric Jarry thinks that it is unrealistic to count on outside organised help that normally cannot get there within the critical 18 minutes. He said, "The search needs to be done by the companions of the victims. In 18 minutes even the people on the spot barely have time to find the victims and dig them out." He insists on the necessity of proper avalanche training first to recognise dangerous conditions and second to rescue the victims without fatal delay.
If you want to know how it feels to be trapped below the surface in an avalanche grit your teeth and watch this video.
The skier had a camera fixed to his helmet that went on running when he was buried. Then ask yourself whether an airbag is still too expensive at around £800. Concern about the cost is the main reason this lifesaving device is not used by more freeriders.
There are currently three airbags on the market, German ABS, Swiss Snowpulse now owned by Mammut and the U.S. BCA Float bag. More models are expected on the market for next season in particular concentrating on incorporating the airbag in a backpack.
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'Obamacare' Made Easy to Understand
David Wessel discusses a new WSJ.com interactive video that helps viewers better understand the Affordable Health Care Act as well as its slate of rules and penalties.
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Now that I'm self-employed, I've been making sure that my days are full and structured. I'm blogging on a regular basis. I'm going on shoots every week. I've been drawing and painting more. I go to the gym at least three times a week. I'm eating healthy. I'm networking with peers and professionals I respect. I'm strengthening my approach to branding, marketing, and my overall value proposition as a photographer. I'm making authentic connections with clients. I'm focusing more on how I define personal success.
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Tuesday, 29 March 2011
FC Copenhagen v Brondby
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11 comments:
Good read!
- 29 March 2011 at 10:25
- AciJub said...
Fun to read something from a different angle than has been the norm. Also good to see most of my prejudices surrounding Brøndby and their lame, ignorant thugs they call fan seem to be based on facts ;p
- 29 March 2011 at 10:41
- jp said...
Great read. Good to see the fervent support of a Danish non-franchise club who have been in existence for longer than a lot of their contemporaries. Their fans may be a handful but they are passionate and genuine. Give me them compared to the glory hunters at FCK anyday..
- 29 March 2011 at 11:11
@UK readers:
Don't pay attention to JP's ramblings. Sour grapes.
- 29 March 2011 at 13:09
- jp said...
Anonymous, not really sour grapes to be honest. Just aint keen on Franchise football wherever it is in the world. Scandinavia has its fair share of franchise clubs and clubs that have re-wrote (reinvented?) their history through amalgamation with other teams. That is the North American way and as a North American would say....that sucks
- 29 March 2011 at 14:35
- jp said...
Anyway, no big deal, each to their own. We all have our own opinions on what is right and wrong for a football team and I ain't looking to argue. Copenhagen is a great trip and even better when the cheap bars are found..
- 29 March 2011 at 14:48
Unlike the amalgamation between Brøndbyøster and Brøndbyvester off course...
- 29 March 2011 at 18:47
Offcourse,- you are too much of an idiot to recognize the difference between two amateur clubs merging together in the early sixties, and the franchise bastard, created from two pro-teams in the early nineties, whos place in the top of the league have been financed by cheap loans and supports from local politicians.
- 29 March 2011 at 20:44
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- 30 March 2011 at 00:48
What a laugh, you obviously don't even know your own history. The only reason Brøndby is still around is due to heavy financial support from the local politicians and the city. Both before and after Interbank.
- 30 March 2011 at 10:06
- Danny Last said...
Although you two teams clearly dislike each other, surely you don't want to see future derbies played out with no away fans? And also, don't you think that taking fingerprints of fans wanting to attend a football match is a step too far?
Can you at least agree on that?
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At some point you have to make a decision. Boundaries don't keep other people out; they fence you in. Life is messy, that's how we're made. So you can waste your life drawing lines or you can live your life crossing them. But there are some lines that are way too dangerous to cross. Here's what I know, If you're willing to take a chance, the view from the other side is spectacular.
Responsibility, it really does suck. Unfortunately, once you get past the age of braces and training bras, responsibility doesn't go away. It can't be avoided. Either someone makes us face it or we suffer the consequences. And still adulthood has it perks. I mean the shoes, the sex, the no parents anywhere telling you what to do. That's, pretty damn good.
A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. "Never leave that till tomorrow," he said, "Which you can do today." This is the man who discovered electricity. You'd think more of us would listen to what he had to say. I don't know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I'd say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure. Fear of pain. Fear of rejection. Sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you're wrong? What if you make a mistake you can't undo? Whatever it is we're afraid of, one thing holds true: that by the time the pain of not doing the thing gets worse than the fear of doing it, it can feel like we're carrying around a giant tumor...
That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping. And that even the biggest failure, even the worst most intractable mistake beats the hell out of never trying.
I have an aunt who whenever she poured anything for you she would say "Say when!" My aunt would say "Say when!" and of course, we never did. We don't say when because there's something about the possibility, of more. More tequila, more love, more anything. More is better.
Maybe we're not supposed to be happy. Maybe gratitude has nothing to do with joy. Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what it is. Appreciating small victories. Admiring the struggle it takes simply to be human. Maybe we're thankful for the familiar things we know. And maybe we're thankful for the things we'll never know. At the end of the day, the fact that we have the courage to still be standing is reason enough to celebrate


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EMBL-EBI: Transcriptomics Data and Tools BeginnersPrerequisites
This workshop is designed for researchers interested in learning about functional genomics data, how to access, retrieve and use the data from ArrayExpress and hands-on experience in using Expression Atlas, a resource to find information about gene and protein expression across species and biological conditions such as different tissues, cell types, developmental stages and diseases among others. This will include an overview on how gene expression data is curated and analysed in Expression Atlas and a practical activity to demonstrate how to access and visualise gene expression analysis results. These activities should help you answer questions such as "where is my favourite gene expressed?" or "how does its expression change in a disease?".
Also note: This event is part of a series of short introductions focusing on EMBL-EBI resources. If you want to learn more about these separate training events, see the Related Courses section below.
The training room is located on the first floor and there is currently no wheelchair or level access available to this level.
Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book or register your interest by linking here.
- The module is suitable for researchers interested in gene expression analysis and visualisation
- Graduate students, Postdocs and Staff members from the University of Cambridge, Affiliated Institutions and other external Institutions or individuals
- Please be aware that these courses are only free for registered University of Cambridge students. All other participants will be charged a registration fee in some form. Registration fees and further details regarding the charging policy are available here.
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No previous bioinformatics experience is required, but an undergraduate level understanding of biology would be an advantage
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|Fri 17 May 2019 09:30 - 17:15
|09:30 - 17:15
|Bioinformatics Training Room, Craik-Marshall Building, Downing Site
|Nancy George, Silvie Fexova
Bioinformatics, Database search, Data retrieval, Transcriptomics, Gene expression
After this course you should be able to:
- browse and retrieve functional genomics data from ArrayExpress with ease
- search and extract functional genomics data effectively with specific filter
- describe the caveats and limitations behind the searches made against the ArrayExpress database
- find information on the abundance and localisation of RNA (and proteins) in different species and biological conditions
- interpret gene expression analysis results through heatmap visualisation
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- Expression Atlas (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/gxa/home)
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|Single Cell Expression Atlas: a new tool for single cell transcriptomics
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James Von Brunn told friends he was down to his last dollar. He even tried to offload his computer – his main connection to the internet fraternity of American white supremacists.
They were subtle clues, far off the FBI's radar. But on Wednesday, the former PT-boat captain and long-time anti-Semite double-parked his car outside the Holocaust Museum and allegedly shot to death the guard who thought he was opening the door to an elderly visitor. Mr. Von Brunn was critically injured when other guards returned fire. He was charged with murder on Thursday.
Police in the US can track, but can't preemptively arrest or prosecute Americans simply for the kind of hate-filled commentary that Von Brunn specialized in on the web. But added to a spate of recent right-wing extremist acts, Wednesday's attack is likely to shift local, regional and national police agencies to more closely monitor the hateful chatter that feeds the violent fantasies of would-be domestic terrorists.
Going further, the FBI on Thursday openly asked the US public to assist the agency in the Von Brunn investigation, indicating a new vigilance on the part of the agency to thwart homegrown terrorists.
"Law enforcement's challenge every day is to balance the civil liberties of US citizens against the need to investigate activities that might lead to criminal conduct," said Joseph Persichini, Jr., assistant director in charge for the FBI's Washington field office, in a press conference.
The FBI acknowledges, however, that the real counterterrorism work in the US happens at the local and state level. Often facing adversaries who are keenly aware of their free-speech rights, the challenge is to energize law enforcement agencies across the country to make domestic extremism a leading priority, experts say.
One avenue for that is through the 100 Joint Terrorism Task Forces – or "fusion centers" – set up throughout the US after 9/11. Some have already begun warning local agencies of increased extremist activity.
The wave of extremist acts began last summer:
-Jim David Adkisson has been convicted for killing two in a church in Knoxville, Tenn., on July 27, 2008. He wanted to kill Democrats in Congress, Supreme Court justices, and then-presidential candidate Barack Obama, but instead settled for the "foot soldiers" of liberalism, referring to the members of the church in a letter.
-The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said in October that it has disrupted a skinhead plot to assassinate Obama and kill 102 black people in October.
-A Brockton, Mass., man is charged with killing two people during a rampage across the city in January. He told authorities he wanted to kill as many nonwhites as possible.
-This year, five US police officers – three in Pittsburgh and two in Florida – by individuals with links to right-wing extremism.
-An antiabortion extremist killed an abortion doctor in Kansas last week.
-Also last week, a "lone wolf" American Muslim extremist shot two Army recruiters, killing one, outside a Little Rock, Ark., mall.
In March, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a report that warned of simmering domestic extremism among the estimated 250,000 white nationalist sympathizers in the US, spurred on by tough economic times and the election of America's first black president, Mr. Obama.
Conservatives flogged the DHS for pinpointing returning veterans and even Tea Party protesters as possible extremists. But on Wednesday, Shephard Smith, an anchor on the right-leaning cable network Fox News said that DHS "was warning us for a reason."
Engaging the American people to help law enforcement isolate possible violent elements is a necessary step, experts say.
"Only a minority will be motivated to commit a violent act ... but the bad thing is it doesn't take very many people to cause a whole lot of fear," says Mark Pitcavage, an analyst with the Anti-Defamation League, which tracks hate-crimes in the US. "James von Brunn shocked far more than just Washington, D.C. [His act] reverberated across the country."


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Weather Blog: From spring to winter to spring again
Thanks for stopping by the Weather Watch Blog!
In this entry we will detail the weekend forecast as we will see up and down temperatures and a weekend rain chance on Saturday.
This time of the year one thing is certain in the weather -- if there's an easterly component to the wind -- forget about mild temps.
This will be the case for Friday as northeast to east winds will work against the abundant sunshine we will have.
Saturday, our next significant weather system arrives. The storm system will track through central WI and help to whip up strong southeast to south winds.
Some wind gusts could hit 40 mph Saturday afternoon! The gusty weather will help to warm most spots close to 60 degrees on Saturday.
***The exception to the spring-like warmth will be in the common cool spots for Ozaukee and Sheboygan counties where even a south wind keeps you cool.
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Saturday afternoon will bring our next chance of showers.
Dry and cooler weather will settle in for Sunday -- highs will be in the mid 40s.
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In the decades since camera lenses have replaced rifle sights, the African safari experience has been transformed into the last word in luxury . That word being "glamping" — a shorthand for glamorous camping that barely does justice to experiences such as these. Get ready for your ultimate animal adventure.
Savanna Lodge, Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa
This nine-tent, family-run affair is in the exclusive Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve on the southwestern edge of South Africa's Kruger National Park. It is one of the most cat-rich areas in Africa, where sightings of the most elusive of the Big Five — the leopard — are almost guaranteed, not to mention lions, elephants, giraffes, rhinos and hippos, all thanks to guides who know every inch of their territory. The spacious tents with air conditioning, WiFi and deep soaking tubs for lavender bubble baths drawn for guests every evening, as well as gourmet multi-course meals, are just icing on the cake. Rates from $550 per person, per night (savannalodge.com).
Vumbura Plains Camp, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Botswana's lush Okavango Delta wetlands are one of Africa's best-kept secrets, with an unparalleled diversity of wildlife. Vumbura is located in a private concession in the north of the delta and is actually two separate camps of seven tents each — all of which have outdoor showers, plunge pools and private viewing decks for prime animal-spotting. Highlights include endangered African wild dogs, cheetahs and hundreds of species of birds. The winter wet season is the best time to visit. Rates from $1,194 per person, per night (wilderness-safaris.com).
Pamushana Lodge, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's turbulent recent history made it tourism terra incognita for years, but the country is back on track, and this experience, from renowned luxury safari operator Singita, is located in the southeastern Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve. The intimate lodge has one villa and six fully kitted-out luxury suites with touches like private plunge pools and double-sided fireplaces. Guests can get out on game drives or have the ultimate safari epiphany by getting down among the animals (including rare black rhinos) on foot on guided bush walks. Rates from $996 per person, per night (singita.com).
Okahirongo Elephant Lodge, Namibia
Brangelina put Namibia on the map after having their baby, Shiloh, there a few years ago, but the country has much more to offer than celebrity-spotting. It is one of the world's last true wildernesses, including the dramatic, shipwreck-strewn Skeleton Coast and some of the world's oldest deserts. This luxury lodge is in a no-malaria area on the trickle-dry Hoarusib River that's home to an indigenous nomadic tribe; and you're practically guaranteed to spot desert-adapted species of lion, elephant, rhino and giraffe. Each room has its own private viewing patio as well as soaking tubs overlooking the primordial Purros Valley, and guests are treated to decadent meals made from locally grown produce accompanied by South African wines. Rates from $450 per person, per night (okahirongolodge.com).
Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp
Uganda's fantastically named Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Africa's most breathtaking regions with jungle-covered volcanoes, winding valleys, hidden waterfalls and craggy mountain ranges. This tiny camp with just eight luxury tents is a frequent gathering place of entire gorilla families, and as the only camp with a concession in the forest, guests won't encounter hordes of other wildlife trackers while out on hikes with the camp's guides or enjoying cocktails served on their tent's private deck. In addition to spending time among the primates, you can also visit a local Batwa Pygmy community. Rates from $325 per person, per night (sanctuaryretreats.com).


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REHABILITATION of MARRIAGE
"Mariage réhabilité"
While researching family history, I've often come across the term, « réhabilité » in Québec marriage registries. Although I questioned a French-Canadian priest about the term, he couldn't explain its meaning. It was obvious that the original marriage had not been accepted by the Catholic Church; but, I couldn't find the story behind it. Thankfully, one a.m. I received the following e-mails :
Busy with the liturgy of the Mass, the priest failed to notice the foursome sitting close to one another in the rear pew. The young lady gazed at the youth beside her in rapt adoration, hardly aware of the celebrant at the altar. From time to time her companion gave her hand a reassuring squeeze. Unbeknown to the priest and those around them, the young couple were being married in a rite known as " le marriage à la Gaumine". Long before the Catholic settlement in Canada the church had been plagued by the practice of those who, for some reason or another, could not be married within the laws of the Church. The problem of clandestine marriages caused the Council of Trent to declare that a marriage could be valid only when reformed by a priest in the presence of two witnesses. The requirements of the Council were enacted into civil law by the DeBlois ordinance of 1579 and by the legal decree of Tametsi. The passage of the law and the enforcement of it are two different things, the decrees make little impression on those who wished to sidestep them. They quickly found ways to evade the restrictions. The most popular form of evasion was to marry "a la Gaumine", so-called after a certain Mr. Gaumine who had devised the ruse to circumvent both church and legal procedures. Using this method, the engaged couple and their two witnesses would meet at church and, during the Mass, would make their marital commitment to one another in the presence of the two witnesses, but without the knowledge of the priest. The custom of the marriage "a la Gaumine" came to New France with the immigrants and there were those who, in their homeland, resorted to the irregular and illegal ceremony for various reasons. The practice persisted despite the fact that church and legal authorities used every kind of tactic to prevent it. It became such a vogue that in 1717 the Bishop of Quebec issued a mandate to anyone contracting a marriage "a la Gaumine" would be subject to excommunication. He cited flouting of church authority, desecration of the church's sacred ceremonies and a sidestepping of parental permission. To add emphasis to his order, he warned that witnesses to such marriages would also face excommunication. In some dictionaries, such as Tanguay etc. and in some historical reporting one will find recorded accounts of such marriages "a la Gaumine". At Boucherville, the marriage of Jean Desnoyers and Therese Menard was celebrated. A few years previously, unknown to their missionary, Rev. de Francheville, who was celebrating Mass, they had married themselves "a la Gaumine". In 1727, while the pastor of Batiscan celebrated the Mass, a Daniel Portail and AntoinetteLangy became husband and wife "a la Gaumine". At St.Jean Port-Joli a young couple that had been refused a dispensation took the matter in their own hands. They erected a makeshift altar at home and while a friend impersonated a priest celebrating Mass, they married one another in a mock ceremony. The repercussions were swift and drastic. The erring couple were excommunicated, as were those who acted as witnesses to the affair. Twenty days the couple repented and returned to the embrace of the church and its legal requirements. This episode marked the end of the "marriage a la Gaumine" and the custom became a quaint bit of history; the year was 1774....
Ref: "The Genealogist", The American-Canadian Genealigist, Manchester, N.H. done by Edwin J. Allard, a retired N.Y. columnist who now writes on a freelance basis. Extract from Jacques Lacoursière's "Histoire populaire du Québec"
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A third emailer explained in French:
Pour l'église catholique,"Réhabiliter un mariage" veut dire que le mariage avait été célébré de la meilleure manière possible dans les circonstances, mais qu'il y avait eu un empêchement de se conformer à toutes les exigences de l'église, soit la présence d'un prêtre célébrant, la présence des conjoints, la présence des deux témoins, la publication des bans de mariage, la divulgation des empêchements après cette publication de ban, ou tout autre circonstance d'empêchement de se conformer à la coutume de Paris. Les meilleurs exemples viennent des Acadiens en exil. Ils se mariaient devant une personne désignée
par un prêtre de leur ancienne paroisse. Cette personne servait d'officiant et enregistrait l'union dans un document personnel qui devenait officiel pour la communauté. Toutes ces unions devaient être reconnues par une réhabilitation de l'église à la première opportunité. La coutume de Paris voulait que le mariage soit célébré par un prêtre qui enregistrait l'union dans les régistres paroissiaux après publication de 3 bans, faite à 3 messes précédant immédiatement le mariage. Les conjoints devaient être présents avec chacun un témoin: donc ça prenait 5 personnes au moins, soit l'officiant, les deux conjoints et les deux témoins, et le tout devait être confirmé par écrit dans le régistre qui devait être signé par tous si possible, sinon par l'officiant au moins, qui agissait alors comme représentant civil. Quand le mariage était fait "à la Gaumine", l'enregistrement était fait le plus tôt possible, au plus tard au baptême du premier enfant par le prêtre qui baptisait le bébé et qui ne pouvait refuser de le faire. Je ne suis pas un expert en cette matière, mais ce sont les pensées qui me viennent à l'esprit.


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Sex: God's Got an Opinion
Everyone's got an opinion about sex—your mother, your hairdresser, your friends, and we're sure your husband does too. But did you know that God also has an opinion…a definite, distinct perspective? does that surprise you?
Where is God's opinion about sex expressed? You might think that the church and its leaders would be the place to discover God's opinion about sex— after all, these are the ones who claim to speak for Him. But as we search the records of history, our hearts are distressed because often the church and her leaders have adopted attitudes that express their own opinions rather than God's opinion.
in A.D. 200 this was how the church viewed sex:
Church authorities issued edicts forbidding sex on Thursdays, the day of Christ's arrest; on Fridays, the day of his death; on Saturdays, in honor of the Blessed Virgin; and on Sundays in honor of the departed saints. Wednesdays sometimes made the list too, as did the 40- day fast periods before easter, Christmas, and Pentecost, and also feast days and days of the apostles, as well as the days of female impurity. The list escalated until only 44 days a year remained available for marital sex!
Does this surprise you? If so, you'll be even more surprised to learn that some of the church's most godly men viewed passion in sex as a sin:
Nothing is so much to be shunned as sex relations.—St. Augustine
Intercourse is never without sin; but God excuses it by his grace because the estate of marriage is his work.—Martin Luther
If these statements leave you flabbergasted, consider this statement from Peter Lombard, a respected theologian who lived in the twelfth century:
The Holy spirit leaves the room when a married couple has sex, even if they do it without passion.
We wonder, where did the Holy spirit go? Did He hide under the kitchen table or in a closet? You may think it was just the godly men who were a bit misguided, but listen to this information given to young brides in the late 1800s from a godly pastor's wife:
To the sensitive young woman who has had the benefits of proper upbringing, the wedding day is, ironically, both the happiest and most terrifying day of her life. On the positive side, there is the wedding itself, on the negative side, there is the wedding night, during which the bride must "pay the piper," so to speak, by facing for the first time the terrible experience of sex.
At this point, let me concede one shocking truth. some young women actually anticipate the wedding night ordeal with curiosity and pleasure! Beware such an attitude! One cardinal rule of marriage should never be forgotten: Give little, give selmon, and above all, give grudgingly.
Really? How do you suppose her husband felt about such advice? even more importantly, how does God feel about the advice offered through the centuries by those claiming to represent Him? We feel certain that the motivation behind the statements of these godly men and women was not to put a moratorium on sex but rather to reinforce the idea of holy days and holy practices that would honor God. But the underlying message contained a destructive lie: holiness and sex are incompatible bed partners.
Fortunately in recent years Christian leaders have espoused attitudes that contain a very different message.
If anyone says that sex in itself is bad, Christianity contradicts him at once.—C. s. Lewis
While sex is not the only aspect of physical relationship in a marriage, it is in most cases the most important one, the touchstone for everything else from smiles and daily gestures of tenderness to deeds of kindness and sacrifice…the whole challenge of marital life is simply to catch up in all other departments with the pure rapture of the physical relationship at its best.—Mike Mason
A married couple gives a severe blow to the head of that ancient serpent when they aim to give as much sexual satisfaction to each other as possible. Is it not a mark of amazing grace that on top of all the pleasure that the sexual side of marriage brings, it also proves to be a fearsome weapon against our ancient foe?…
Marriage at its exquisite peak of pleasure speaks powerfully the truth of covenant- keeping love between Christ and his church. And that love is the most powerful force in the world.—John Piper
No wonder Christian couples are confused! Who speaks for God—the religious leaders and institutions that imply that sexual passion is a sin or those who say sexual intimacy between a husband and wife is blessed and holy?
It comes down to this: if we listen to the opinions of man (and woman), we will be confused. If we truly want to know God's opinion about sex, then we must listen to God Himself. Where do we find God's true opinion? Only in His Word. So open your Bible. Open wide your heart. Fling open your spiritual eyes and uncover your spiritual ears and turn your thinking upside down.
God's teaching on sex begins in the first few pages of the Bible. In Genesis we read that God created sexual intimacy for Adam and Eve. You already know that one of the reasons God gave the gift of sex was so that Adam and Eve could fulfill God's command "to multiply," so we won't spend time talking about "birthing babies." But there are less obvious reasons why He gave the gift of sex; these reasons reveal His opinions about sex. Explore three intimacy gifts hidden in the pages of scripture that the Lord longs for you to open:
- The Gift of intimate Knowing
- The Gift of Holy intimacy
- The Gift of exquisite Pleasure
Each of these gifts will encourage you to grow in deeper intimacy with your husband. Each of these gifts will reveal God's clear and distinct opinions about sex. So get ready because you are in for fun and maybe a surprise or two!
Where Did You Get Your Opinion About Sex?
What has formed your sexual perspective? Your sexual mindset has been affected by the positive and negative messages passed down through the centuries. All you have seen and heard during your growing up years—every right choice about your sexuality and every wrong choice. any evil done to you has deeply impacted you.
As we have the privilege to travel around the world speaking to wives about sex, we see confusion—mass confusion—among God's women. They look at the world's distortion of sex: the exploitation of the female body and the vulgarity of how sex is portrayed. Some women respond to this by thinking, "I don't want to have anything to do with sex. it's just disgusting!" Yet this attitude is just as wrong as the world's.
Where did we get our sexual mindsets? Where did you get yours? And what is a mindset anyway? "A mindset is a collection of individual thoughts that over a period of time influence the way we perceive life."
Today is a day for you to reflect with your God. Find a half hour alone (this is hard but possible) and ask God to give you His wisdom in answering the following questions.
(As you begin your special time alone with God, will you pray?)
God, I know I have some wrong thoughts in my mind about sex. Today I'm asking You for answers. Will You please help me see where these wrong thoughts came from and show me how to unravel the mixed-up sexual thoughts in my mind? I know I need to understand this to get to Your opinion about sex.
1.What did you learn about sexual intimacy in your home?
2.What did you learn from friends, movies, and TV?
3. How did messages from the church influence you in a positive or negative way?
4. How did the things you learned influence you when you married?
Taken with permission of Moody Publishers from Passion Pursuit ©2013 by Linda Dillow and Juli Slattery
Linda Dillow is the author of the bestselling Calm My Anxious Heart, What's It Like To Be Married To Me? And coauthor of Intimate Issues. As a missionary in Europe and Asia for seventeen years, she's trained Christian leaders in Russia, Hungary, Poland, and Asia, teaching women and helping them launch women's ministries. She and her husband, Jody, have been married for 49 years and have four children and ten grandchildren.
Dr. Juli Slattery is a widely known clinical psychologist, author, speaker, and broadcast media professional. Her commitment to biblical principles, relatable style, and quick wit have made her a highly sought-after speaker to women's groups. Juli's books include Finding the Hero in Your Husband, No More Headaches, and Guilt Free Motherhood. She and her husband, Mike, have been married for 19 years and have three children.
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Well, after five weeks I'm finally back home in California. I've gone from the middle of winter to summer in about two days which is taking some getting used to. And while it is only my first day back, it's taking some time getting used to everything back in the United States.
I keep looking around everywhere for all the stray dogs from Rosario. It's difficult to walk down the street and not see four or five of them on every block. The traffic laws are also an adjustment. Drivers let pedestrians walk here, something which doesn't happen in Argentina. Also, there are stop signs and red lights. It's wonderful. Another good thing about being home is there is no dog poop everywhere I walk. I love that.
I love that I'm no afraid of the police here. Everyone is wary in Argentina when they see officers in uniform and that affected my image of them also. So to see officials here and not be afraid is…amazing. I was also struck by the lack of shanties on my driver back from the airport with my Dad. People live in gorgeous houses, and I've never been as aware as I was returning home.
One thing I noticed and what I find funny is that I've forgotten English. I'll sit trying to think of a word in Spanish, but I know it in English! Even better, it that Spanish grammar is affecting how I talk. So I use double negatives and refer to inanimate objects as he and she. My Dad has been laughing at me.
But the most amazing part of being home is seeing everyone I love. I've missed my family, and when I saw my Dad for the first time in five weeks I cried a little. Today I saw my best friend and was ridiculously happy. While I liked all my friends and host mother in Argentina, I adore my family and am happy to be home.
I just want to say I loved Argentina. It was gorgeous, the people were nice, and the food was amazing. But while living there, I realized how lucky I am to live in the United States. And coming back, I've learned to appreciate and love my country even more than I did before I left. Plus, I've decided that since I had such a good time in Argentina, I'm going abroad next summer to study history. Don't know where, but that's part of the fun.
And if you ever get the chance to go to Argentina, stop by Rosario. Drink mate by the river, see the Monumento Bandera, talk to street vendors just because you can. And above all else, just laugh and realize you won't know what you're doing but that's alright. Because most of the fun I had was just going day to day and learning as I went. I wouldn't change anything I did there for the world.


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Lawsuit against Northside ISD tracking system rejected
A federal judge Tuesday ruled that Northside Independent School District can transfer a student from her magnet school for refusing to wear her student ID badge to protest a new electronic tracking system.
U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia rejected a lawsuit brought by Andrea Hernandez, 15, through her father, Steve Hernandez, backed by lawyers provided by the Rutherford Institute.
The lawsuit had sought an injunction so she could stay in Jay High School's magnet school for science and engineering without having to wear the identification badge.
The badges contain a chip used to track students' on-campus whereabouts but Northside ISD officials had offered to let her wear it without the chip.
Andrea refused, saying it violated her constitutional rights and religious beliefs, and after Northside officials reassigned her to Taft High School, her regular neighborhood school, the family filed suit in November.
"Today's court ruling affirms NISD's position that we did make reasonable accommodation" to Andrea's religious concerns, the district said in an emailed statement. "The family now has the choice to accept the accommodation and stay at the magnet program, or return to her home campus" later this month.
The Hernandez family declined comment Tuesday, but Andrea said after a hearing last month that she would appeal if she wasn't satisfied with Garcia's ruling.
Officials with the Rutherford Institute, a nonprofit civil liberties organization based in Charlottesville, Va., said Tuesday they would back an appeal to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
"By declaring Andrea Hernandez's objections to be a secular choice and not grounded in her religious beliefs, the district court is placing itself as an arbiter of what is and is not religious," said John W. Whitehead, the institute's president. "This is simply not permissible."
At last month's hearing, Steven and Andrea Hernandez testified they consider the tags to be the "mark of the beast" foretold as a tool of the Antichrist in the biblical book of Revelation. Responding to a question afterward, Steven Hernandez said, "In this case, Northside is the Antichrist."
The district is testing a "radio frequency identification," or RFID, tracking system and picked Jones Middle School and Jay for the pilot program.
With a combined 4,200 students, both have struggled with attendance issues. State funding is partly based on attendance, and if the technology generates significant extra income in a budget-cutting era, the district might decide to install it at all 112 of its campuses.
More InformationmySA.com: Read Judge Orlando Garcia's ruling.
Administrators use it mainly to identify students who are in the building but missed morning roll call, although the system also can locate individual students any time of day. It keeps an electronic history of each badge, so operators can retrace a student's general movements. In a 25-page ruling, Garcia said the five claims of violations of federal and state civil liberties and religious laws that the lawsuit asserted failed to meet requirements to get the injunction.
The issue of school safety trumps some of the claims, he wrote, and cited examples from Northside Superintendent Brian Woods' testimony that the RFID program has allowed educators to quickly find students during emergencies.
"In today's climate, one would be hard pressed to argue that the safety and security of the children and educators in our public school system is not a compelling governmental interest," Garcia wrote. "One could envision many different methods of ensuring safety and security in schools, and the requirement that high school students carry a uniform ID badge issued for those attending classes on campus is clearly one of the least restrictive means available."
Classes resumed for Hernandez and all Northside students Monday. The second semester doesn't officially start until Jan. 22 at the magnet school she attends. Northside officials had agreed to let her stay and use the old badge pending the judge's ruling.
Although not a first for Texas school districts, Northside trustees' approval of the RFID program in May drew nationwide attention, evoking skepticism and ire from both left and right, from civil liberties groups to conservative media outlets.
Two school districts in the Houston area — Spring and Santa Fe ISDs — have used the technology for several years and have reported gains of hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue for improved attendance.
The Hernandez family made the media rounds shortly after the program was announced. Steven Hernandez joined others to protest it outside Jones Middle on the first day of classes in August.
"We firmly believe that it is our Hell Fire Belief that if we compromise our faith and religious freedom to allow you to track my daughter while she is at school it will condemn us to hell," Hernandez wrote in a letter dated Sept. 4 sent to district officials and quoted in Garcia's ruling.
Texas Education Agency spokeswoman DeEtta Culbertson has said no state law or policy regulates the use of such devices and the decision is up to local districts, which Garcia also cited in his ruling Tuesday, stating "the courts should not lightly interfere with the daily operation of school systems."
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Getting a leopard to change his spots sometimes seems easier than getting a domestic cat to change her behavior. Fortunately, the science of feline behavior modification has come a long way in recent years, leaving animal shelters, rescue groups, fosters and adopters with plenty of new tools to help cats become happier and well-adjusted companions.
In a free Maddie's Fund® webcast, Dr. Sara L. Bennett, a board certified veterinary behavior specialist who enjoys working with problem behaviors in shelter animals, will present a review of the behavior modification techniques that have been demonstrated to change feline behavior, with specific examples and recommendations for appropriate situations for the use of each approach.
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- Definitions and applications of counter-conditioning, response substitution and systematic desensitization.
- How to put together a basic behavior modification plan, including important management steps needed to ensure success
- Welfare implications of different behavior modification techniques will be also be discussed.
Behavior Modification for Cats in Shelters and Foster Homes is part of an ongoing series of educational programs from Maddie's Institute, the academic division of Maddie's Fund®, providing the most innovative animal welfare information to shelter staff, veterinarians, rescue groups and community members to increase the lifesaving of homeless dogs and cats community-wide.
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Dr. Bennett received her DVM degree in 2006 from Purdue University. She spent 3 years as an associate veterinarian in general practice in Evansville, IN before returning to Purdue to complete a residency in Animal Behavior and Masters of Science. She obtained certification as a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists in 2012.
Dr. Bennett addresses a variety of behavior problems and behavioral disorders including aggression, inappropriate elimination, compulsive disorder, fears and phobias and behavior problems associated with aging across a wide range of species. She particularly enjoys addressing problem behavior in shelter animals, helping to make these pets more adoptable, strengthen the budding human-animal bond and to keep these animals in their new homes.
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Of all the movies I saw at last week's film festival, I've now identified my clear favorite. But first I have to say I didn't hate any of the movies I saw, although there was one that wasn't completely my thing (it's not a movie any of you recommended, so no fears there). I was delighted that I finally got to see My Wife Is a Gangster, and I can't figure out why MWIG 2 is so readily available while MWIG 1 doesn't seem to be available anywhere, even on Tiger Cinema the last I checked (shame on you, TC). MWIG 1 didn't disappoint, although I was prepared to be disappointed since I'd been dying to see it for so long. High expectations, you know. But no. Hilarious movie.
But not my fave.
Trust me to go dark and pick a totally non-comedy gangster semi-redemption pic for my favorite film. The Raven Favorite Award for KOFFLA 2007 (that's the festival's abbreviation) goes to A Bittersweet Life.
If you haven't seen this movie, SEE IT. But if you hate antiheroes, don't see it, because Lee Byung Hun's character is an antihero extraordinaire. But after years of being a ruthless, conscience-free mob enforcer, he suddenly encounters a situation where his conscience won't let him follow orders, and the movie follows his journey from there. Dark, bloody, tense, and awesome. It can be hard to portray an antihero sympathetically and get into his mind so we can understand him (witness Michael Clayton, which I just saw… oops, I can't talk about that here, it's not Korean), but A Bittersweet Life manages it.
Not to sound shallow, but Lee Byung Hun is also total eye candy. But he could have been hot as all get out and I still wouldn't have liked the movie if it had worked less well.
Also in the movie were Shin Min Ah and Lee Ki Young, both of whom have been mentioned here before. Lee Ki Young even got a whole post dedicated to him here. Despite what I said about him then, he clearly does get shoved into gangster roles a lot. And as for her, well, all I can say is she pulls off the sweet and innocent act with grace, but c'mon, how often do real gangsters end up with sweet, innocent mistresses? Of course, real gangsters probably don't look like Lee Byung Hun either. Her character was necessary for the story. It worked well enough. I let it slide.
P.S. The photo is from english.chosun.com.