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Thankful Thursday - I Passed the Test! DNA Results...
However, as I was perusing my health results, a number of things leapt off the page at me, and so I thought I'd share them here. I'm still trying to do deeper research on what this is all about, so if I say something materially incorrect, please don't hesitate to correct me in Comments.
Unless noted otherwise, all information is from the 23andme website. First: I am part of the J2a1a haplogroup. This group originated in the Arabian peninsula (Iraq, Iran, Syria) with a migration going into Europe about 7,000 years ago. My ancestry results are as follows: Dutch, German, Spanish and Italian. This group may have entered Britain with invading Anglo-Saxons.
Of course, when I first saw the "Dutch" part of this I had a bit of an 'a ha!' moment. But being quickly followed by "German" means I still have a LOT of research to do. I believe that the Dutch part of this simply confirms one aspect of my dual pronged approach: I'd had a theory that my (now) Dutch ancestor was actually Germanic/French and that he'd gone to the Netherlands for safety reasons. I now have resolved that theory with the DNA proof of my Dutch heritage: he was in fact from Utrecht as his documents state. So, I now will focus my search there, rather than attempting to locate a line in the Alsace-Lorraine area for him. I will continue my research in Alsace-Lorraine for the other lines that are proved in that area.
Beyond this general knowledge, I will have to wait for my 'Ancestry' results. That wasn't the really interesting part of my results. The health factors section was what really caught my attention. The DNA results got my height, general weight, hair, eye color and blood type right. That alone made me feel like I'd passed the test. Then I started looking at other health factors and risks and I was surprised by two things.
Number one: My DNA suggests that my concern over the autoimmune diseases Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) were well founded. I'd had an RA factor test done 10 years ago that showed I was 'borderline' for the disease, though I didn't show any symptoms. However, I began having a variety of challenging physical symptoms that taken separately seemed more annoying at the least, but downright debilitating at the worst. Stress elevated my symptoms. Two years ago things got so bad that I called my Hematologist/Oncologist and asked if he'd look at my case (I had no medical insurance at the time). I told him I had a relative, a cousin on my mother's side, who'd suffered from Lupus. While he wouldn't/couldn't confirm anything without seeing me or doing appropriate medical tests, he did indicate that my symptoms were indicative of this disorder.
What did my DNA test results say? That I have a decreased risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis! When I saw that, I thought, "wow, did they get THAT wrong." Until I saw my 'Elevated' risk factors. Yep. Lupus. Which is extremely complex and difficult to diagnose because it is often mistaken for rheumatoid arthritis. This would explain my significantly increased pain levels starting several months ago, which coincided with increased stress in my life. Lupus is highly affected by stress, and keeping stress levels low can mitigate some of the symptoms. I hadn't realized how much the pain was affecting me until I found a combination of medicines that reduced it significantly. A DNA test is NOT a medical diagnosis. However, it certainly will assist in my future planning for my medical needs.
Number Two: Where are the blood clotting disorders? I think this was the main reason that I was awarded the test for free through OpenSNP. They'd received grant money to provide free 23andme DNA tests to individuals who would share their results with OpenSNP. I sent in an application and was notified that I was one of the recipients of a free test. My application stated that I was a 'last leaf'; I have no children and neither does my brother. However, I have a congenital blood clotting disorder, Protein-S deficiency, that there is very little medical research available for and I felt as a carrier of this disorder that I might be helping others by capturing my DNA. While 23andme has Factor XI (hemophilia) covered, there are really no other blood disorders that are adequately described. Hmmm. I can post in the Community, and will, to find out if there are others out there. But this just confirms what I already knew: that congenital blood disorders are sorely lacking in adequate medical research resources.
So, there you have it. It ain't sexy or fun, but 'it is what it is'. Am I glad I took the test? You bet. I can't WAIT to get my ancestry results so I can start poking around there. In the meantime, my specialist is getting a copy of my results so they'll be in my medical record. Here's to long and healthy life!
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Hope you get everything from the testing that you hope for, Laura! (And am waiting to see if I get notified of a new relative finder match...)ReplyDeleteReplies
I kept my expectations low; so far I've been very happy with the experience. I did get my Ancestor matches over the weekend, so we'll see if I 'match' with anyone. I realized I don't have a complete maternal line, so I'll be researching that next!Delete
Wow! Interesting to see the health implications.ReplyDelete
I've had multiple mitochondrial DNA tests before because we have a rare mitochondrial disease called MELAS that runs strongly in my family, which is what my brother [biologically my nephew] died from and is what my mother, one of my sisters, 3 nieces and a nephew suffer from. It's rarely diagnosed and has so many symptoms because mitochondria are all over and there's varying degrees of it. Even I have a very small amount right now, and it may never get any worse for me.
I can remember my brother's first follow up visit after his very first long hospital battle/stay. And they constructed a family medical tree in his chart notating everyone's symptoms. I remember just staring at it. Not the best of circumstances to make a family tree. Right?
Our family geneticist is awesome and he does awesome medical research, but there aren't enough doctors like him. And it'll be nice when one day no one has to say the phrase, "my family geneticist."
Have you looked online somewhere for a forum or group for the particular disorder that you are a carrier of? Might be interesting to see if there are others that way who have started a group. Even though ours is extremely rare, there a few groups. Just a suggestion.
So, kudos to you for participating in the study. Your contribution will definitely help someone down the road. You can count on that. And there will be a family somewhere thanking you for it.
Thank you for sharing, Caroline, and you have my condolences for the loss of your brother. I've lurked around on some of the boards, but suspect I'll become more active. My biggest concern now is that I was told I could NOT have children, period. All these years later I'm learning that there were plenty of ways that my disorder could've been managed, and that perhaps there may not even be decent research that supports being on drug therapy. It's like a sliver under my skin, knowing that I might have been able to have the family I wanted, and blindly followed my docs advice, which I rarely do. So, I just hope that somewhere done the line someone benefits from my lesson.Delete
Thank you for posting, I truly appreciate it.
Wow, They really get the testing done fast these days!ReplyDelete
For the Ancestry side - it definitely takes some serious work to use one's 23andme matches to figure things out. I thought my own results would be a simple exercise as I am 50/50 Czech & Irish with (mostly) known locations leading back to the early 1800s in each country.
But, I've got potential 5th cousins all over the place - and Germany shows up quite often.
Drat you Austro-Hungarian Empire! (Fist shake).
I've also found that one of my 100% Irish 23andme cousins appears to have some of the Ukraine/Russian matches I do. What's up with that? I thought they were probably Czech side, but now I've got to rethunk it.
But, it is fun research and I'm betting that as the database of users grows it'll hit a critical mass where connections will be more easy to track. I just wish more people on Relative Finder were active AND more of the ones that are had family tree info there. Hard to compare with folks when they're entire profile consists of "Residence: US." ;)
Hope some valuable info comes from the Protein-S study...Replies
Fast is right! One week for the medical DNA info and less than two for the ancestry part. Modern technology rocks!Delete
My experience seems to mirror yours; I loved that "Dutch" came up first because I have a line through Utrecht. Then I realized it's not the 'right' line. Uh, hmmm...I've got a whole maternal line that I haven't researched...wanna guess which one it is?
I'm healthily skeptical of the cousin connections, but like that it's an option. I hope that more people use this as a tool in their genealogical search, but as you point out, it's not any more clear than an 1810 U.S. Census record for a John Smith. It's a starting point, but there are no guarantees.
Thank you for taking the time to read and comment...it's much appreciated!
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Hi Barbara...you've made me curious! Email me if you like.Delete
Facebook has a "newbies" 23andMe group. Connect if you are interested. We can help you with questions.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Jody...I appreciate the information!Delete
Great post! I stumbled upon your blog a while a go and I could not stop reading! Looking forward to your other posts.ReplyDelete
Best Regards,
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Thanks so much for commenting, Cathy, and I'm so very glad that you like it! I've been a bit busy the last few weeks...have a lot to catch up on so there'll be a lot more coming soon. Have an awesome day!Delete
Thank you for an interesting and helpful post. You've given me a lot to consider!ReplyDelete
Glad it helped you, Kathy!ReplyDelete
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1901: The Columbia Law Review was established to reflect the growing sophistication in legal scholarship and legal thought. Today, the Review is the third most widely distributed and cited law review in the country.
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1944: Bella Abzug, a founding mother of feminism, a staunch supporter of gay and civil rights, and an international icon for human rights and world peace graduated from Columbia Law School.
1945: Elreta Alexander became the first black woman to graduate from Columbia Law School; she is followed by Constance Baker Motley '46, who was the first black woman to become a Manhattan borough president, New York state senator, and a federal judge.
1954: Jack Greenberg '48, in his capacity as counsel for the NAACP, successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court of the United States. Professor Greenberg joined the Columbia Faculty in 1984, where he continues to teach such courses in civil procedure and civil rights.
1971: Lee Bollinger, current President of Columbia University and lead defendant in the affirmative action Supreme Court case, Grutter v. Bollinger (2003), graduated from Columbia Law School.
1975: The Center for Law and Economic Studies was founded, reflecting a growing interest in this area of legal scholarship.
1980: Columbia Law School, the first American law school to offer courses in Japanese law, founded the Center for Japanese Legal Studies.
1984: Columbia Law School established the Human Rights Internship Program, offering law students the opportunity to work as summer interns with human rights organizations in the United States and throughout the world. Since its inception, the more than 1,200 Human Rights Interns have been instrumental in a variety of roles, including drafting the South African Constitution, documenting human-rights abuses of gay and lesbian youth in America's prisons, and establishing the International Criminal Tribunals in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, just to name a few.
1986: Professor Barbara Aronstein Black '55 became dean of Columbia Law School. She was the first woman appointed as dean of an Ivy League law school.
1992: The Toshiba Library for Legal Research, the largest collection of Japanese legal materials outside Japan, was founded at Columbia Law School.
1993: Developed out of a student-led initiative, Columbia was the first law school to institute a pro-bono requirement of all of its law students. Since then, every Columbia law student performs at least 40 hours of pro-bono work during their law school tenure and continues to be shaped by student interests and needs as well as requests by public interest lawyers and organizations. Current pro-bono projects send students into New York City, and the rest of the world, in an effort to make a meaningful contribution for people seeking access to justice, the rule of law, and affordable solutions to critical community issues.
1993: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg '59 became the second woman, and first Jewish woman, to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Ginsburg is also a former member of the Columbia Law School Faculty.
1996: Columbia Law School underwent an extensive $140 million expansion and renewal project, including a three-story skylit lobby in Jerome L. Greene Hall, where the main staircase leads to an upper-level students commons, lounge areas, and a cafe.
1998: With the oldest comprehensive human rights program in American legal education, Columbia built on decades of research and education to found the Human Rights Institute (HRI), spearheading the training of the next generation of lawyers, educators, and human rights professionals.
2003: Lenfest Hall, a luxury student residence building with 209 fully-furnished studio and one-bedroom apartments, opened through the generosity of H.F. (Gerry) Lenfest '58 and his wife, Marguerite. With Lenfest Hall as one of many options, all Columbia law students are guaranteed subsidized, on-campus housing for all three years of their J.D. program.
2003: As one of the largest producers of law professors in the United Students, Columbia formally established the Program on Careers in Law Teaching for current students and alumni/ae.
2003: Columbia Law School's Social Justice Initiatives launched to further augment the global nature of Columbia's public interest and human rights programs, including its curricular offerings.
2004: The Law School hosted a year-long series of panels and conferences marking the 50th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, in which many Columbia faculty and alumni/ae played pivotal roles.
2004: Columbia University celebrated its 250th anniversary.
2005: Columbia earned the top spot in the National Law Journal's first-ever ranking of law schools from which the 50 largest American law firms hired first-year associates.
2006: The Law School created the first-ever ABA-approved student study abroad programs with both Fudan University (Shanghai) and Peking University (Beijing), two of the leading law schools in mainland China.
2006: Columbia announced the nation's first Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic intended to provide its students with cutting-edge training in impact litigation, legislative work, and community advocacy. This innovative clinic will help produce lawyers with the necessary interest and expertise, while it makes a direct and immediate contribution to litigation and advocacy on LGBT and women's rights issues.
2006: Columbia law students won the School's third international Jessup Moot Court competition, placing first out of 550 international teams. The 2006 Columbia team is the first American team to win the international Jessup competition since 1990. Columbia most recently won the national championship in 2003.
2008: The Law School celebrated its sesquicentennial by hosting events around the globe.
2008: Columbia Law School announced a global alliance with preeminent law schools to create one-year integrated programs focusing on international criminal law, international security law, and global business law and governance.
2009: Columbia Law School launched the Center for Climate Change Law.
2009: Columbia redefined the Center for Public Interest Law, combining it with a host of dynamic extracurricular resources under the auspices of Social Justice Initiatives.
2010: Columbia launches the Federal Government Externship Program in D.C., giving students hands-on experience in government law offices.
2010: Columbia Law School Launched a 3-year joint degree with the Business School in addition to the 4-year program already in place.


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Disk cloning
Disk cloning is the process of making an image of a partition or an entire hard drive. This can be useful both for copying the drive to other computers and for backup/recovery purposes. There is also a dedicated page File Recovery.
Using dd
The dd command is a simple, yet versatile and powerful tool. It can be used to copy from source to destination, block-by-block, regardless of their filesystem types or operating systems. A convenient method is to use dd from a live environment, as in a livecd.
Cloning a partition
From physical disk /dev/sda, partition 1, to physical disk /dev/sdb, partition 1.
dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/sdb1 bs=4096 conv=notrunc,noerror
If output file of (sdb1 in the example) does not exist, dd will start at the beginning of the disk and create it.
Cloning an entire hard disk
From physical disk /dev/sda to physical disk /dev/sdb
dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=4096 conv=notrunc,noerror
This will clone the entire drive, including MBR (and therefore bootloader), all partitions, UUIDs, and data.
- notrunc or 'do not truncate' maintains data integrity by instructing dd not to truncate any data.
- noerror instructs dd to continue operation, ignoring all input errors. Default behavior for dd is to halt at any error.
- bs=4096 sets the block size to 4k, an optimal size for hard disk read/write efficiency and therefore, cloning speed.
Backing up the MBR
The MBR is stored in the the first 512 bytes of the disk. It consist of 3 parts:
- The first 446 bytes contain the boot loader.
- The next 64 bytes contain the partition table (4 entries of 16 bytes each, one entry for each primary partition).
- The last 2 bytes contain an identifier
To save the MBR into the file "mbr.img":
# dd if=/dev/hda of=/mnt/sda1/mbr.img bs=512 count=1
To restore (be careful : this could destroy your existing partition table and with it access to all data on the disk):
# dd if=/mnt/sda1/mbr.img of=/dev/hda
If you only want to restore the boot loader, but not the primary partition table entries, just restore the first 446 bytes of the MBR:
# dd if=/mnt/sda1/mbr.img of=/dev/hda bs=446 count=1
To restore only the partition table, one must use
# dd if=/mnt/sda1/mbr.img of=/dev/hda bs=1 skip=446 count=64
You can also get the MBR from a full dd disk image.
#dd if=/path/to/disk.img of=/mnt/sda1/mbr.img bs=512 count=1
Create disk image
1. Boot from a liveCD or liveUSB.
2. Make sure no partitions are mounted from the source hard drive.
3. Mount the external HD
4. Backup the drive.
# dd if=/dev/hda conv=sync,noerror bs=64K | gzip -c > /mnt/sda1/hda.img.gz
5. Save extra information about the drive geometry necessary in order to interpret the partition table stored within the image. The most important of which is the cylinder size.
# fdisk -l /dev/hda > /mnt/sda1/hda_fdisk.info
NOTE: You may wish to use a block size (bs=) that is equal to the amount of cache on the HD you are backing up. For example, bs=8192K works for an 8MB cache. The 64K mentioned in this article is better than the default bs=512 bytes, but it will run faster with a larger bs=.
Restore system
To restore your system:
# gunzip -c /mnt/sda1/hda.img.gz | dd of=/dev/hda
Using cp
The cp program can be used to clone a disk, one partition at a time. An advantage to using cp is that the filesystem type of the destination partition(s) may be the same or different than the source. For safety, perform the process from a live environment.
The basic procedure from a live environment will be:
- Create the new destination partition(s) using fdisk, cfdisk or other tools available in the live environment.
- Create a filesystem on each of the newly created partitions. Example:
mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdb1
- Mount the source and destination partitions. Example:
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /mnt/source mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/destination
- Copy the files from the source partition to the destination
cp -a /mnt/source/* /mnt/destination
-a: preserve all attributes , never follow symbolic links and copy recursively
- Change the mount points of the newly cloned partitions in /etc/fstab accordingly
- Finally, install the GRUB bootloader if necessary. (See GRUB)
Disk cloning software
Disk cloning in Arch
- Partclone provides utilities to save and restore used blocks on a partition and supports ext2, ext3, ext4, hfs+, reiserfs, reiser4, btrfs, vmfs3, vmfs5, xfs, jfs, ufs, ntfs, fat(12/16/32) and exfat. Optionally, a ncurses interface can be used. Partclone is available in the community repository.
- Partimage, an ncurses program, is available in the community repos. Partimage does not currently support ext4 or btrfs filesystems. NTFS is experimental.
Disk cloning outside of Arch
If you wish to backup or propagate your Arch install root, you are probably better off booting into something else and clone the partition from there. Some suggestions:
- PartedMagic has a very nice live cd/usb with PartImage and other recovery tools.
- Mindi is a linux distribution specifically for disk clone backup. It comes with its own cloning program, Mondo Rescue.
- Acronis True Image is a commercial disk cloner for Windows. It allows you to create a live cd (from within Windows), so you do not need a working Windows install on the actual machine to use it.
- FSArchiver allows you to save the contents of a file system to a compressed archive file. Can be found on the System Rescue CD.
- Clonezilla is an enhanced partition imager which can also restore entire disks as well as partitions.
- Redo Backup and Recovery is a Live CD featuring a graphical front-end to partclone.


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A Muslim from London, Fatima was 13 years old when she witnessed the 7/7 bombings in 2005. Now she works as a counter extremist and campaigns with former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to prevent girls from joining extremist groups in the Middle East. She tells her story to Hannah Nathanson
'I make a point of being a hybrid. I'm British, Bengali and Muslim, and I embrace all three identities equally. My parents, from Bangladesh, moved to Britain in the late Sixties with the first wave of Bengalis. My mum and dad faced racism when they arrived in London: rocks were thrown through the window and faeces were put through the letterbox.
'But they dealt with it and integrated into society. I don't feel that I face racism, but Islamophobia. I try to deal with it positively, like my mum and dad did, by celebrating diversity and the things that make us different. I carry myself in a tolerant way in the face of intolerance.
'I work as a civil servant, but my passion is being a next-generation counter extremist. Watching young people get radicalised makes me want to do something.
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, an initiative backed by the Kofi Annan Foundation and the European Commission, which works to counter violent extremism.
'I run workshops in my community to start conversations, particularly when girls have flown out to join Islamist extremists. I want to create an alternative narrative to the one espoused by extremists.
'I was 13 when the 7/7 London bombings happened. I was near to the Aldgate blast; I saw the flashing lights of the emergency services and I felt the panic. I heard 'terrorist attacks' and 'London bombs', and put two and two together. My school, Mulberry School for Girls in Shadwell, was used as a refuge on that day.
I was 13 when the 7/7 London bombings happened. I was near to the Aldgate blast; I saw the flashing lights of the emergency services and I felt the panic
'As time went on, it became clear that people were trying to hijack my faith, my religion and my identity, and I wasn't going to stand for it. I felt the xenophobia that followed and knew it would change me as a Muslim. The work I do today is because of what I saw during the London attacks.
'Neither of my parents went to university; my dad did various jobs and my mum is a housewife. There are stereotypes about being a stay-at-home mum but I get my feminist views from her: she always said, "You should be confident in what you do and say, and you shouldn't let anyone stop you."
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About .FLIGHTS Domain Names
This new domain has travel and tourism written all over it. Travel agents, booking services and airlines can use .FLIGHTS to fill more seats via the Web.
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Village Voyage necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 76 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
Logo needed for community wiki site. Looking for a professionally simple, colorful, and somewhat edgy logo for http://www.VillageVoyage.com. Looking to carry the logo through to business card, letterhead, with comp slip. Would like to logo to appear as a watermark on letterheads and any promotional material. Logo must relate to this: http://www.villagevoyage.com/wiki/V…yage:About
Village Voyage makes towns accessible, defining each not just as a dot on a map or a collection of statistics, but as a chorus of raucous, opinionated citizens falling in love with their hometown all over again. Village Voyage is an on-line social media company providing unique local content on places, events, and people who would be of interest to those associated with any of its nearly 22,000 U.S. towns. It serves these small communities much like an on-line newspaper, yet as a wiki, any of its readers are allowed to contribute content.
- Something simple, but something that captures the essence of the site.
- Logo in Adobe Photoshop format
- We don't want any abstract fonts that would make the logo difficult to read.
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Levy Restaurant Signature Homemade Carrot Cake
2 cups vegetable oil
2 2/3 cups granulated sugar
5 eggs
2 2/3 cups carrots, grated
1 1/3 cups walnuts
1 1/3 cups pineapple, crushed and drained
2/3 cup coconut flakes, sweetened
1/3 cup raisins
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/3 tablespoons baking soda
1 1/3 tablespoons baking powder
2 2/3 tablespoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
6 ounces cream cheese
1/4 pound or 1/4 stick butter, unsalted, softened
2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup walnuts, toasted
1 cup coconut flakes, toasted
Grease 2 (10-inch) cake pans and set aside.
Mix together in a large bowl the oil, sugar, eggs, carrots, nuts, pineapple, coconut and raisins.
In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Add the carrot mixture and blend. Pour the batter into the cake pans and bake in a preheated 350 degree F oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until done.
Remove from oven and cool for 30 minutes. Release the cakes from the pans and cool completely before cutting and frosting. Cut cakes in 3 equal layers (a total of 6 layers). Assemble the carrot cake one layer at a time. Finish the carrot cake with a layer of cream cheese frosting on top. Do not frost the side of the cake. This gives the cake that special homemade country-style look. Garnish with toasted walnuts and coconuts.
Beat together the cream cheese, butter, and vegetable shortening for 15 minutes. Mixture must be very smooth and light. Add the confectioners' sugar and the vanilla extract and mix until smooth (about 3 minutes).


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"Have a nice day!" I can remember that motto and the smiley face from childhood. It was a friendly, optimistic little image that became an icon. These days it has been updated and is a collection of emoticons used by cultures world wide. The smiley face can now be friendly, sad, happy, angry, etc. This collection is our fun expression of the smiley face. We've got smileys for emotions, seasons, some holidays, and just about all of the emotions. There are smileys for just about every occasion. We also created a smiley tribute to classic movie monsters.
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1- Martinque by 3 sisters charm pack
1- bella solids charm pack
(yes you heard it here- Moda is doing a variety of bella solids in charm packs, jelly rolls, layer cakes and fat quarter bundles) IN STORES APRIL 2010
1/2 yd Prairie Point
1 1/2 yd Backing (you will also cut 1-5″ square from this fabric)
Your choice of buttons or floss to tie quilt top
STEP 1: Set aside 4 solid charms and 5 print charms.
STEP 2: Alternate print and solid charm packs sewing sets of two. Press towards the prints so the seam allowance does not show through. Continue combining the sets until you have 9 sets of 8 squares.
STEP 3: Using the charm squares set aside in step 1, add 1 charm to each of the rows. Arrange the rows in whatever order you want. My niece Kennedy was up bright and earlier so this is where the project became "hers." This will give you 9 rows x 9 rows. Imagine the possibilites of adding the solid charm packs to your favorite print collection. Can you tell I am super duper excited about mixing Bella solids with the moda prints?
And yes i did let my niece have a Dr. Pepper for breakfast.
PRAIRIE POINTS (or as my niece calls them, shark fins)
Cut 4 strips 4″ wide. I decided to do this size prairie point when I was playing around with my pillowcase tutorial. Follow the directions listed on my blog for the prairie points except the size is smaller. I have listed the sizes here.
Fold the strip in half length wise and press to determine the middle. Start on one end of the strip and cut every 2″ stopping at the middle fold. From the other side of the strip make your first cut at 1″ then start cutting every 2″ being sure to stop at the middle fold.
4″ strip cut every 2″ alternating on each side so it it staggered
Lay the strip on your ironing board and press all the squares in the same direction. Leave the 1″ strip
loose. You will get rid of it later.
Then continue pressing all the triangles back onto themsleves in the opposite direction.
The strip of "Points" will fold together to create your strip of prairie points.
By pressing the points in the same direction you can "nest" each of the points into each other.
The points all line up nicely and rest inside each other. This step if reminds me of a caterpillar. To hold the "caterpillar" in place you can now top stitch this down to hold them in place.
If you want a strip longer than approx 41″ of points just make another strip and nest it into the last point on your strip. This is the perfect size for making prairie point border on a baby quilt or throw.
The length of the prairie point strip will always be the length of the fabric. The only thing that varies is how many points and how far apart they are.
For example, cut an 8″ strip for 4″ prairie points and you will have fewer but bigger points. The strip will still be approx 41″/42″ long.
Cut a smaller strip 6″ for 3″ points. The strip will still be approx 41″/42″ long.
Machine Baste the praire points to all 4 sides of your quilt top.
Lay quilt top on the floor right sides up.
Next lay quilt backing right side facing quilt top.
Lay batting on top. Pin the 3 layers together. Sew 1/4″ on four sides leaving a 12″ opening to turn the quilt right side out. Be sure and use the 1/4 seam allowance so you do not chop off the small prairie points.
Clip away any excess batting and backing. Trim the corners nicely and turn right side out.
Sew the opening closed. I topstitched around the edges of the entire quilt.
Use your favorite choice to secure the layers together. Kennedy choose to tie the squares in the middle of the print blocks with a pink thread.
I was serious about Kennedy making the quilt "Hers". The quilt is off to Austin for a neighbor who is expecting a new baby.(Kennedy said 70% chance it is a girl)
1 Print Charm Pack & 1 Bella Solid charm pack yields a 9×9 quilt measuring approx. 40.5″ x 40.5″
2 Charm Packs & 2 Bella Solids charm packs yield a 10 x 15 quilt measuring 40.5″ x 67.5″
3 Charm Packs & 3 Bella Solids charm packs yield a 15 x 16 quilt measuring 67.5″ x 72″
Lots of fun doing this project with my niece. She nows wants a sewing machine for her birthday!
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Alrighty, it's time for our current Greeting Farm Design Team's last {FARM FRESH FRIDAY} challenge with you! It's been such a great year and I am so glad I was able to be creative with some of my very favorite stamps and some super creative ladies!
I hope you guys can find some time in your crazy holiday planning week to play along with us.
Our challenge them for this week is:
We want to see whatever your Christmas wish might be...
My wish for you.... is to have a WARM AND WONDERFUL DAY!
I used Princess Anya. I stamped her onto watercolor paper and water colored her skin with Distress Ink. I paper pieced her hair, crown, scepter, and gown with matching designer papers. Parts of her are coated in Stardust Stickles for extra, extra bling! :)
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season, no matter what you choose to celebrate. Be warm, be safe, eat wonderful food, and laugh a lot! There's nothing better than that.
Be sure to visit The Greeting Farm's {SPLENDID STAMPING} blog to see all of the DT's Christmas Wish examples and to play along.
Thank you for visiting.
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FAYETTVILLE, Ark. (May 31, 2008) - Red-shirt senior Jenny Knox (Connelly Springs, N.C.) may not have been one of the top five runners to finish in the 100-meter dash finals Saturday evening from the 2008 Mideast Regional; however, she kept the door open for a possible at-large bid to next month's NCAA Championships by improving on her time from the John McDonnell Field located on the University of Arkansas' campus.
Knox, who was making her second consecutive appearance in the regional, became one of the top-32 sprinters in the country after advancing into today's finals. Unfortunately, the Connelly Springs, N.C. native, went toe-to-toe with some of the best collegiate athletes in her event and finished eighth overall with a time of 11.55. This mark will help when being considered for an at-large candidate since her previous wind-legal time was her 11.63 - which was posted two weeks ago at the Atlantic Sun Championships.
"I am extremely proud how Jenny handled herself this weekend after going head-to-head with some of the top collegiate sprinters," added associate head coach Michelle Byrne. "Jenny ran back-to-back lifetime bests this weekend and left the door open for a possible at-large bid to next month's nationals. We now just have to wait and see if her time props her to the top of the list."
LSU featured four athletes in the event and Kelly-Ann Baptiste won the title after posting a time of 10.97.
Knox, the reigning ETSU record holder in the 100m, now awaits her verdict as the NCAA announces the at-large bids on Monday afternoon.
Stay tuned to www.ETSUBucs.com to find out if Knox received an at-large berth.


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Type: Defect
Status: Closed
Priority: Major
Resolution: Completed
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: None
Component/s: None
Environment:CLJS Rhino-REPL and during Compilation
Patch:Code and Test
`with-meta` does not working on function objects in CLJS. Compilation fails with the following error:
Error: No protocol method IWithMeta.-with-meta defined for type function: function { return x; }
I tried it out on the REPL and found the following:
---------- BEGIN: repl-rhino ----------
ClojureScript:cljs.user> (with-meta #(do :foo) {:foo :bar})
"Error evaluating:" (with-meta (fn* [] (do :foo)) {:foo :bar}) :as "cljs.core.with_meta.call(null,(function (){\nreturn \"\\uFDD0'foo\";\n}),cljs.core.ObjMap.fromObject([\"\\uFDD0'foo\"],{\"\\uFDD0'foo\":\"\\uFDD0'bar\"}));\n"
org.mozilla.javascript.JavaScriptException: Error: No protocol method IWithMeta.-with-meta defined for type function:
function () { return "\ufdd0'foo"; }
at cljs/core.cljs:222 (anonymous)
at cljs/core.cljs:214 (_with_meta)
at cljs/core.cljs:806 (with_meta)
at <cljs repl>:2 (anonymous)
at <cljs repl>:2
---------- END: repl-rhino ----------
Reference: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/clojure/pRO-5IlilNM
We could create a fn wrapper type of some kind that implements all the supported arities of IFn (this means the compiler needs to guarantee that args past 20 are collected into an array-seq) that include the extra meta fields. Seems doable.
I have created that exact function wrapper - it's in Shoreleave. We can move it into CLJS proper if you like.
That's nice but would prefer to have as little overhead as possible.
ala unrolling the invoke call?
More than happy to start pulling together a patch.
Yes there's actually an existing ticket for that. Thanks. We also need compiler support for function invocations when there's more then 20 arguments - though that's a different existing ticket.
I was just waiting on CLJS-365 to be completed. Did you think of a better approach than the deftype-wrapper? More than happy to push on this.
I thought about this some more - this patch is really about adding metadata to functions at runtime - static metadata on defs are stored in cljs.analyzer/namespaces. Given that it's runtime I think your simple patch is actually OK, we can't generally optimize functions like that anyway since we won't have that kind of information available.
Patch adds a Function type and extends js/function to support metadata. There is now an Fn marker protocol.
Patch also includes an additional commit to fix the behavior of the this variable for IFn definitions.
Not tested on JavaScriptCore.
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Quick, Kings beat Blackhawks to get on board in Western finals
Los Angeles, CA – Jonathan Quick rebounded from his worst performance of these playoffs, making 19 saves, and the Los Angeles Kings worked their way back into the Western Conference finals with a 3-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 from Staples Center.
Quick, who was pulled in the second period after surrendering all four scores on just 17 shots in a 4-2 loss during Sunday's Game 2, allowed only a late second-period marker from Bryan Bickell and then made a game-saving stop on the Chicago winger later in the contest to preserve Tuesday's triumph.
Justin Williams, Slava Voynov and Dwight King lit the lamp for the Kings, who won their ninth consecutive postseason home contest dating back to their Cup- clinching decision against New Jersey nearly one year ago.
"We know the stats of teams that have come back from 3-0 and it's not very good," Williams said. "It was a must win and we responded with a great effort top to bottom. We were just quicker everywhere on the ice. They are a transition team and we just limited their time and space because we were on our toes than our heels."
Corey Crawford was the hard-luck loser after stopping 25 pucks for the Blackhawks, who could have put a stranglehold on this best-of-seven set with a win after taking two in a row on home ice to start.
The series stays in southern California for Game 4 on Thursday.
The Blackhawks amped up their attack -- which only produced 10 shots through 40 minutes of play -- in the final period, but Quick was equal to the task on several occasions.
None was bigger than his blocker save while seated against Bickell at the left post with just over three minutes remaining. The Chicago winger had the entire left half of the net staring him in the face, but rapid reflexes and a little luck from the reigning Conn Smythe Trophy winner saved the day.
"We don't seem to ride an emotional rollercoaster here which is nice," said Kings defenseman Robyn Regehr. "There's always going to be ups and downs in individual series and even when you look at it, in a game, sometimes it can really swing back and forth and you have to deal with those the right way or you can get too high and too low and you don't want that."
Crawford was called to the bench for an extra skater with 1:07 on the clock, and King took a Jeff Carter carom off the back boards and hit the empty net with 27.3 seconds to go.
"We knew exactly what kind of game they were going to play and that they were going to have more confidence and energy," said Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews.
Williams beat Crawford with a low shot inside the left post just 3:21 after the opening faceoff.
It could have been worse for the visitors, but Drew Doughty's blistering right-point drive beat Crawford then ricocheted off the far post at the tail end of an LA power play in the final seconds of the first period.
Despite coming up short on their first power-play chance of the second period, the hosts went up 2-0 at 6:37 when Voynov scored from the right circle on a shot which ended up shattering his stick.
Just over a minute later, Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith gave a one-handed slash to the face of Carter -- drawing blood as well as a four-minute infraction -- but the visitors managed to shut down the LA power play and keep it a two-goal margin.
"It was accidental. I wanted to give him a tap but not where I got him. I felt bad," Keith admitted
Chicago then halved its deficit when Bickell emerged from the right corner and beat Quick with a low shot to the far post just 34 seconds before intermission.
Game Notes
Los Angeles improved to 8-0 at home this postseason, three off the NHL record of 11, set by the Edmonton Oilers during their Stanley Cup run in 1988 ... The Kings have also reeled off 15 straight wins on home ice this year, since a 1-0 loss to Vancouver on March 23 ... Voynov's tally was his fifth of these playoffs, setting a new franchise record, and his four game-winning scores also set a club mark for players at any position ... After holding the Blackhawks scoreless on two power-play chances, Los Angeles has killed off 20- of-21 short-handed situations at home this postseason ... The Kings missed center Mike Richards for the second consecutive game due to a head injury suffered in the late stages of Game 1.


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Construction continues
Construction continues here on the farm. We almost have a roof over our addition again now. I can't wait to see how it turns out. That, plus I'm getting excited about starting the land clearing and building the small lake. First order of business after the addition will be decks on the doublewide. I've taken some pictures of the doublewide and the views from the front and back doors. I am convinced it will be amazing when everything is done. It may take me another year to get everything the way we want it.
Garett has been helping me put water line in the trenches we dug. Honestly he's not a lot of help, but hopefully he will feel like he's a part of the success of the farm and he's learning some work ethic. If there is one thing I want my kids to have besides good morals, it's work ethic.
We really haven't done much on the farm this week other than set hay in to the horses and feed and water everything once a day. The weather has been great, but I've been stuck at work from daylight to dark. In the winter it is really hard to get anything done. I usually don't get home until after 4 and it's dark by 5:30 so I have to go straight to what I need to do. That's going to change now though. I traded shifts with a guy at work so now I should have a couple hours on Monday and Tuesday, until 2 PM on Wednesday and Thursday, and pretty much all day Friday to work on the farm. Friday and Saturday nights I have to pull the hoot owl shift so I probably won't get much done on Saturday except sleep. The kicker is I have to work an entire extra shift once a week. No true days off except 24 hour periods between shifts. I thought I'd try it and if it doesn't work out I'll use my seniority to get back to days.
I used the 6000 4WD to bury two calves for a neighbor this week. You really take a chance buying animals at market. The animals I bought seem to be doing fine. I know they sure are eating a lot. I may just hang on to all the pigs. Several people have expressed intrest in buying a whole hog or part of one already processed.
I've moved the goats back into the pasture across the road. I had to take down part of the fence to dig the trench for a water spicket and that prevented me from letting them get to the barn. Across the road they can get in the barn. My friend and neighbor John Bryant helped me add some boards to the stall we plan to put the colt in to start the long process of breaking him. First step is going to be getting him away from his mom. I have to be careful here because if he can find a way he will break out and go to her. We caught him in the corrall and put his halter on a few days ago. He was none too happy. For about a half day he tried throwing it off. Now he doesn't seem to mind it. The kids have been trying to get him to eat apples form their hands, but he is still scared so he nudges the apple out of their hands and eats them from the ground.
The children are anxious for Santa to come. I think everyone is excited about Christmas but me. I don't care much for birthday's or holidays. I do like to see the kids with their new things though. We always try to get them a few things that they can use on the farm or that lets everyone know they are farm kids. This year they are getting t-shirts from Vermeer that say "Dad Says A Little Dirt Don't Hurt". We plan to get some more Combs Farms t-shirts and sweatshirts for them too. Last year we had a pumpkin cart embroidered along with our farm name. This year we're doing either a black bull or a Boer goat.
Well lots to do so I better go…I've put up some more pics to see here….I'll post more later.


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Test Suite Heralds SGI's Growing Involvement with Linux
Testing Linux
A group of nearly 100 test tools designed to make Linux kernel hacking easier is just one manifestation of rapidly growing involvement in Linux by SGI.
The tools, announced on the linux kernel mailing list, allow kernel developers to thoroughly test changes before offering them up for incorporation into the kernel source itself. The test suite announcement came just days ahead of the opening of Linux World Expo, where SGI is expected to announce additional contributions to Linux, demonstrate the world's largest Linux display showing realtime rendering with a 128-chip cluster, and announce new Linux graphical products and changes in SGI's policy regarding use of its Open GL rendering technology.
The suite of 96 command-line test applications--the number is growing--is not for users who simply want to benchmark their systems. Instead, the goal is increased stability of the Linux kernel.
"The idea is that the kernel developers would have a copy of these tests that they would use as tools, for system development," says Bill Roske, manager of SGI's OS Test Development Group. "They make their changes, incorporate them locally on their system, reboot the system, run these tests, and have a better level of confidence that they haven't broken anything else." The userspace benefit is indirect but, Roske hopes, real.
"What users are going to be getting, we hope, is a kernel that is much more stable, that has benefited from the development community using tools like this."
While SGI will be maintainer of the Linux Test Project, as it's called, Roske stressed that it is fully Open Source and not SGI-driven.
"We have some preconceived ideas of where we think it could go, but this is an Open Source project, and as such we don't thoroughly control it," he said. "It will go where the development community needs it to go.
"It's easy to run a few tests from different virtual consoles, but when you get into running hundreds or thousands of tests you need some sort of driver or script. We have some of those in Irix and we're thinking about Open Sourcing them, but we want to make sure that we're solving the problems that the Linux development community is having. So that was one of the reasons we are Open Sourcing the tests and got the message out and will be having the box at Linux World, to start getting that discussion going about what the community's needs are, and building it up with the community rather than imposing a solution to a problem."
The individual tests themselves are fairly basic, notes Nathan Straz, a member of the LPT team at SGI.
"So far, 92 of the tests are system-call tests that run one system call with a few parameters and see if the tests work, then combine those to stress the kernel," he said. "They're very simple tests right now, but we have a lot more to add in." And as it is, the tests can be reiterated and combined to produce even more meaningful results.
"When you look at each individually, they don't look like real difficult tests," said Roske. "They're going through a valid path through the kernel, and they'll verify that valid path. But what's going on under the covers, especially on an SMP system, and we start getting into this in scaling, is that when you start running multiple copies of the same system call test or multiple different system call tests at the same time, you start to stress some of the internal locking capabilities of the kernel. Two things can happen there: one, you can have a bottleneck within the kernel, where you'll slow down because processes can't get past each other, or two, you have locking heirarchy problems and the kernel starts unlocking things it didn't have or locking things it's already got, and spinning out of control. So it's functional testing as well as testing some of the more stressed levels within the system."
Members of the LTP team will be at Linux World Expo to discuss the project with kernel developers.
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Smoothie King Plans Further Store Expansion in St. Louis
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Smoothie King Plans Further Store Expansion in St. Louis
Growing Smoothie Bar Franchise Continues Push in St. Louis
NEW ORLEANS, September 23, 2014 – Smoothie King Franchises, Inc., the leading smoothie franchise company with more than 700 stores worldwide, is experiencing serious growth in the St. Louis market with plans to continue expansion into 2015. Since 2012, the smoothie franchise has grown from three locations to 20 in 2014.
"Watching the number of stores in St. Louis skyrocket in the last few years has led us to a better understanding of our Midwestern customer. More than ever, St. Louisans are choosing healthier foods for their on-the-go lifestyles," said Wan Kim, owner and CEO of Smoothie King. "By opening more stores in St. Louis, we are responding to a demand for more nutritious food at convenient locations."
St. Louis has been a test market twice and many franchisees believe this honor has contributed to the excitement over the new stores in the region that offer products before they are available anywhere else. Local franchisees are also responding to demand for expansion based on the increase in guests choosing increasingly healthier meal options. Smoothie King expects to have at least six new store openings in St. Louis by the close of 2015 with several franchisees looking at multiple sites.
"We can really watch the anticipation for our expansion grow through social media," said Jeremy Kubicek, St. Louis-based Franchisee of Smoothie King. "When we opened the store in Creve Coeur, Mo., our social media channels provided us with immediate positive feedback and reactions to the new location. St. Louisans have really helped to spread the word about Smoothie King and now we see larger groups of people asking for stores closer to them."
As Smoothie King continues growth in St. Louis, the franchisees proudly focus on the widely popular school program which provides a foundation for healthy eating in many of St. Louis' largest school districts. Smoothie King is also proud to announce that it is now an official sponsor of the St. Louis Rams. In honor of this partnership, Smoothie King will partner with James "The Gladiator" Laurinatitis, Linebacker for the St. Louis Rams, to promote the $5.55 Gladiator smoothie special that will be sold during the 2014 season.
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Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
We're searching for a Finance Manager who will have the opportunity to play a key role in developing, implementing, and coordinating all financial and budgetary aspects. As a critical member of the Samaritan's Purse Haiti team, the Finance Manager is responsible for administrative field accounting, expenditures, bookkeeping and payroll related to a specific programs. If you have proven management and leadership skills, are passionate about the advancement of the Gospel, and looking for a career with impact, we invite you to apply today!
Two-year contract
This position is able to accommodate a spouse, but not a family
The job:
- Train and develop the capacity of national staff in management of finances.
- Oversee internal and external audits.
- Ensure daily functions for recording all cash, check and bank transfer transactions, cash and bank ledgers, cash advances and field expense reports, reconciliation of cash on hand and monthly bank reconciliation are carried out.
- Ensure adequate cash flow for operations and safety of financial resources at base.
- Review and approve financial transactions for Samaritan's Purse field operations in Haiti.
- Provide support to Program Managers with regard to financial policies/practices and related areas as required.
- Identify areas for financial and administrative improvement.
- Attend daily morning devotions and participate in prayer support for the ministry, its donors and volunteers.
- Maintain a strong Christian witness to colleagues, vendors, charitable beneficiaries, and the general public.
The requirements:
- Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university with an emphasis in accounting or related field of study plus two or more years related experience; CPA or equivalent certification preferred; or equivalent combination of accounting education and managerial experience.
- Twelve credit hours of college-level Biblical studies strongly preferred.
- Strong relational skills and financial management experience.
- Ability to communicate and interact well with people of different educational, linguistic, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
- Experience working and living overseas preferred, with ability to be flexible and adaptable.
- Proven management experience.
- Works well with a level head and diplomacy in a sometimes adverse and pressured environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel.
- Fluency in English is required.
The perks:
- Medical, prescription, dental & vision coverage
- Disability insurance
- Term Life insurance
- Retirement savings plan
- Ten paid holidays (holiday observance will depend on the host country)
- Annual home leave
- Twelve vacation days per year
*Please submit a detailed résumé and cover letter explaining how your experience relates to this position. We look forward to reviewing your application!
Samaritan's Purse Distinct Objectives:
PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL - EXALT Christ and share the Gospel while working in His Name around the world
SERVE WITH EXCELLENCE - EXCEED the world's standard while serving the purposes of God's kingdom
RESPOND WITH COMPASSIONATE ACTION - EXPEDITE our response to needs as the Lord reveals opportunities to minister
DEMONSTRATE BIBLICAL INTEGRITY - EXHIBIT character and integrity personally, at home and work
WALK IN BOLD FAITH - EXPECT God to do the impossible
Samaritan's Purse Mission Statement:
Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Samaritan's Purse Statement of Faith:
* We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. (1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17)
* We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6)
* We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. (Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15)
* We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit. (Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7)
* We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life. (John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10)
* We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment. (1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15)
* We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the church. (1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23)
* We believe that the ministry of evangelism and discipleship is a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ. (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15)
* We believe God's plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female. (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9)
* We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism. (Matthew 9:35-38; 22:37-39, and 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15 and 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10; Colossians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 3:15)
* We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen. (Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10)
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Posted: 3/1/2019
Job Status: Full Time
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It was a cool, raw morning in Detroit. Some might call it "football weather". Others might see it as a perfect morning for running and dancing in historic cemeteries. I know that might sound a bit odd, and in fact it looked a bit odd. But it was all in the name of honoring the dead.
This morning was the Run of the Dead which took place in southwest Detroit.
The Run is part of a 5-day Celebration of the Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. It is a holiday celebrated mainly in Mexico, and by people of Mexican heritage living in the United States and Canada. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember the relatives and loved ones who have passed away. Traditions include building private altars (ofrendas) honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed. Traditions also include visiting graves with these items as gifts. The Day is a Celebration of the lives of those we love, and a commitment to never forget them.
The 5K and 10K races wound through Holy Cross and Woodmere Cemeteries. Runners started at Patton Park and were encouraged to wear costumes and ribbons to honor the deceased. To cheer on the runners and add to the ambiance and honor, the Living Arts dance group put on a spectacular show.
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… the dancers danced on!
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No Brains Attached: King George VI versus Ashton Kutcher…
"R — Restricted. Children Under 17 Require Accompanying Parent or Adult Guardian.An R-rated motion picture, in the view of the Rating Board, contains some adult material. An R-rated motion picture may include adult themes, adult activity, hard language, intense or persistent violence, sexually-oriented nudity, drug abuse or other elements, so that parents are counseled to take this rating very seriously…"
So says the Motion Picture Association of America, and who are we to argue about what constitutes an R-rated movie, as opposed to a G ("General Audiences"), PG ("Parental Guidance Suggested"), PG-13 ("Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13"), and every male teenager's white whale: NC-17 ("No one under 17 admitted")?
But argue we will, based on an entirely unscientific viewing of one excellent, R-rated movie ("The King's Speech") and a host of violent or raunchy, or violent and raunchy, previews, all from other movies also rated "R," which preceded it.
The most offensive preview—and we realize this is like calling out the least-productive member of Congress, but here goes—happened to belong to a movie called "No Strings Attached," starring, well, who really cares, in a plot that revolves around uncommitted sex between the leading male and a bevy of idiotic young women. Through a series of very brief snippets of awkward encounters, the preview alone reinforces the generally held universal notion that young men should be encouraged to pry random sex out of naïve-and-willing young women without consequence.
In "The King's Speech," however—the movie that followed this and other previews, one of which included a violent car crash, a blood-gushing fight, and random torture—the only "adult material" in 2 hours' worth of a well-written, well-acted and well-told story, happened to be the use of various words that anyone in the theater under the age of 17 was already using in the car on the way to the theater.
More to the point, the supposedly inappropriate words in this case came forth in entirely appropriate, laugh-out-loud circumstances, very much like the repeated use of the F-word in the first ten minutes of "Four Weddings and a Funeral."
And that's it: there is not an eye-gouge, a from-the-point-of-view-of-the-horrified-victim stabbing, or even a mild sex scene in the thing.
So how on earth does a "King's Speech" deserve the same rating as a "No Strings Attached"? We have no clue. According to the Motion Picture Association,
Ratings are assigned by an independent board of parents with no past affiliation to the movie business. Their job is to rate each film as they believe a majority of American parents would rate it, considering relevant themes and content.
It is hard to believe that actual human beings with children could prefer their under-17s watch a randy moron cavorting with various randy moronettes, as opposed to the painful efforts of a decent man to overcome physical and emotional handicaps when he is thrust into the national spotlight on the eve of a world war. But that's what they're telling us:
Children under 17 are not allowed to attend R-rated motion pictures unaccompanied by a parent or adult guardian. Parents are strongly urged to find out more about R-rated motion pictures in determining their suitability for their children. Generally, it is not appropriate for parents to bring their young children with them to R-rated motion pictures. —the Motion Picture Association of America
On the contrary, we could think of nothing more appropriate for a young child to see than "The King's Speech."
And leave "No Strings Attached" for the remainder bin at Wal-Mart.
Jeff Matthews
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The content contained in this blog represents only the opinions of Mr. Matthews. Mr. Matthews also acts as an advisor and clients advised by Mr. Matthews may hold either long or short positions in securities of various companies discussed in the blog based upon Mr. Matthews' recommendations. This commentary in no way constitutes investment advice, and should never be relied on in making an investment decision, ever. Also, this blog is not a solicitation of business by Mr. Matthews: all inquiries will be ignored. The content herein is intended solely for the entertainment of the reader, and the author.
8 comments:
- But What do I Know? said...
See This Film is Not Yet Rated for additional ratings follies. . .
- Danny M said...
You're right but "wadda ya gonna do"... a constructive use of the f-word is seen as more threatening than subtle pernicious messages of sexual selfishness that break down society's integrity and moral fabric... if we'd go by deeper standards I'm sure you'd find some children's cartoons to be just as offensive as "no strings attached" in the underlying philosophy they're espousing...
- Anonymous said...
Movie studios aim for a particular rating. Somehow a more mature rating connotes a better film. I've heard of studios which initially got a 'G' rating on a film go back to the editing room and add some raunch so as to get a GP-17 rating. What self respecting guy would take a date to a 'G' rated movie no matter how good it is?
- lineside said...
TV ratings are even more ridiculous. What idiot would pass on 14 year-olds watching some of the stuff rated TV-14?
And even if you manage to carefully screen what your kids watch, limiting the viewing to family-appropriate content (say a baseball game), out of the blue comes a Viagra commercial or the commercial trailer to something like "No Strings Attached".
- Frozen in the North said...
On the bright side, no children under 17 would be interested in the King's speech, since there is no violence or sex scenes!
The only shortfall of the King's speech was (well outlined by Chirstopher Hitchen) the misrepresenting of Churchill's; who was in fact a very strong supporter of Edward VIII even when his "Nazi" support was well established.
- Frozen in the North said...
Amusing side note, in Canada the King's Speech is rated G (for all audiences).
- Jeff Matthews said...
It fits perfectly.
After all, Canada did not have to rescue a single bank during the panic, and the Loonie--which a pulp/paper friend used to call "The Canadian Peso"--has been a store of value, while the Dollar has been more like an "American Peso."
- Frozen in the North said...
On the CAD peso: Yeah Jeff all our models tell us that the CAD is about 8c overvalued (against the USD it should be 1.06/08). But then again, as others have said, Canada is not using quantitative easing, the BoC is trying to talk down the economy with more restrictive lending measures, and our federal government has a realistic chance to eliminate its structural deficit...
With that in mind, most Canadian economist are resigned to seeing a strong (even stronger) CAD -- we are talking all the way down to .90, from parity.
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