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Posted on 5 October 2017 at 13:22 GMT
Supporting the general strike in Catalonia
Sam Gleaden, Lambeth and South West London Socialist Party and Helen Pattison, London Socialist Party
Around 300 people attended a solidarity protest on 3 October outside Downing Street in London to support the general strike in Catalonia taking place that day.
The call to protest was made by a number of organisations, including Catalan groups in London and Socialist Students societies, all outraged at the horrific police brutality of the Spanish state on 1st October - the day of the Catalan independence referendum.
Socialist Students at Kings College London and Goldsmiths University had originally called a protest outside the Spanish embassy, but after discussion with Catalan groups, moved it to Downing Street to call on the government to condemn the violence by Spanish state forces.
The general strike in Catalonia on 3 October had been called in response to the repression by the Spanish government in the run-up to the referendum.
During the London protest there was a palpable mood of pride in the valiant defiance of the two million plus Catalans who still voted, with an overwhelming 90% majority for independence, despite the worst police repression in western Europe in a generation.
Socialist Students ran an open mic, with many Catalan speakers contributing as well as others from around the world. A number of trade unionists brought solidarity, as did the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) and the Socialist Party.
Tamil Solidarity also came and gave their support, and led us all in chanting: "Fight for the right to self-determination".
We also chanted "Rajoy hear us say, state violence no way" and "Theresa May hear us say, state violence no way". Jeremy Corbyn has also called on May to condemn the violence of the Spanish state but she has refused to do so.
Some of the speakers were on the verge of tears, describing the scenes they had witnessed on Sunday 1st October. The spirit of solidarity and resilience was truly inspiring, and the songs of Catalonia moving to hear.
Socialist Party speakers called for the linking of this struggle to a wider movement against austerity and capitalism in general, a message that was received well.
We fully support the freedom of nations to have the right to self-determination. Also we pointed out that the working class and youth of Catalonia don't want to replace their oppressors in the Madrid-based People's Party government led by Mariano Rajoy with a new Catalan 'Rajoy'.
Added to this was an understanding of the role of the capitalist EU leaders in supporting the Spanish state by not condemning its violence. One Catalan speaker said that the EU is clearly not about internationalism, the events in Catalonia expose it as being about making money and protecting banks. This received a massive cheer.
Interest in socialist ideas was shown in the 35 copies of the Socialist that were bought, the many Socialist Party leaflets (in both English and Catalan) taken, and the number of students who enthusiastically signed up to participate in Socialist Students groups.
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Our most important battles are not always with the "giants out there" those external challenges which we all face. The greatest battles are sometimes within ourselves. Too often, we diminish our own potential in ministry, business, and in life. Learn to battle the giants in your life, in a series of lessons based on the story of David and Goliath. Includes a personal training manual to help you practice what you ve learned. Shane Stanford and R. Brad Martin frame their powerful book on one of the most well-known and well-loved stories in history: David and Goliath. We all feel like the seemingly powerless, scrawny boy David sometimes. And we all must face giants those challenges that threaten to overwhelm us in ministry, work-life, and in our personal lives. "Five Stones" is a series of clear and compelling lessons. Each lesson arms the reader with practical and powerful tools of self-discovery, so that the reader s own liabilities, opportunities, convictions, and capabilities are revealed. Like modern-day Davids, readers will leave this book empowered to conquer challenges, in ministry and in life, with clear-eyed confidence and well-grounded hope."
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Hi Guys
Got a C320 with a ASR light on/off problem
Well when driving at normal cruising speed the ASR light comes on and dies of power and will not accelerate the RPM will speed up and down between 1000 and 1500 rpm and will not rise any higher than that until you switch off and restart ASR light will go off then will run normal for the next 10 miles or so then will start all over again :wallbash:
Any help on this one would be nice Greg.
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[font="'times new roman', serif;"]They did it once more. Mercedes-Benz engineers have another time taken all the relevant style cues from the top-of-the-line S-Class sedan to make the new generation of the company's entry-level C-Class. This initial happened with the 1994 C-Class. long-faced with increasing competition from Japanese luxury makers within the early Nineteen Nineties, notably within the entry-level luxury category, Mercedes-Benz met its competition with the then-new C-Class. That automotive used new technologies and construction techniques to supply "more automotive while not a lot of price," setting the theme for future Mercedes-Benz merchandise. The 1994 to 2000 C-Class leveraged the fashion of the S-Class of its time, however was a awfully completely different style of machine than that S-Class.
The current S-Class hereditary the techniques and technologies born with the 1994 C-Class once it debuted in 2000. It designed on the more and more fashionable look of the Mercedes-Benz coupes and sedans that debuted within the late Nineteen Nineties. Gone was the Teutonically severe imperial limo, replaced by a youthfully jazzy form. which coupelike form is incredibly discernible within the lines of the 2001 C-Class.
This time, the C-Class inherits over simply appearance from its massive relation, obtaining most of the S-Class's safety systems moreover. The new C-Class's unibody structure is a lot of rigid, with magnified crush-zone structures. The suspension has been revised, and therefore the four-wheeled antilock disc brakes square measure larger. Most notably, 2 new engines square measure found underneath the hood. The previous-generation C's inline four- and six- cylinder engines are replaced by 2 V6es. The C240 incorporates a 168- power unit, 2.6-liter engine; the C320 uses the 215-hp three.2-liter V6 additionally found within the E-, CLK-, ML-, and SLK-Classes.
I've been driving a 2001 C320 for the past week. It's undoubtedly a Mercedes-Benz. it is also undoubtedly rather more automotive than the recent C280, with a a lot of fashionable, U.S.-friendly style and magnified power and refinement. there's nothing "entry level" regarding it. Mercedes-Benz has once more raised the bar within the little luxury sedan category.
APPEARANCE: The recent C-Class was boxily conservative. Conservative styling is history at Mercedes-Benz. The 2001 C-Class is incredibly a lot of the junior relation to the S-Class, with similar figure-eight headlights and a coffee, wide implementation of the standard Mercedes grille. The well-raked windscreen, arched roofline, and short, high rear deck provides it a coupe-like look, even over the S-Class. Look closely at the rear-view mirrors. they need integrated auxiliary flip signals and extremely convenient puddle lights. the massive triangular taillights were a previous-generation C-Class trademark, and were traced wide. That vogue was changed for the S-Class, and is slightly restyled once more for the C. though it's solely an in. longer, the new C-Class appearance rather more substantial than the recent version.
COMFORT: Even over outside, the within of the new C-Class resembles the S. And, like the S, it's extremely Americanized, with window lifts on the doors and auxiliary controls on the wheel. Elegantly-rounded vogue replaces the recent C's austere severity, and makes the inside appear a lot of spacious. it's larger within, particularly in rear- seat area. Seats square measure typical Mercedes-Benz - firmly corroborative for long-distance comfort, with commonplace perforated animal skin upholstery. The front buckets square measure each power-adjustable, with three-position memory for the driver's seat. The rear bench is contoured for 2 folks, and optionally will have a 60/40 split and ski passthrough. The trunk is giant for the dimensions of the automotive. copy front, a tilt and telescope-adjustable wheel permits the proper driving position. Most controls square measure intuitively-placed and operated. The ex gratia CD changer is within the glovebox, wherever the traveler will operate it, and there's still helpful glovebox area. The two-layer center console incorporates a helpful cooled lower compartment. twin windscreen wipers square measure associate degree improvement on the recent single wiper, giving quicker clearing and higher visibility.
SAFETY: commonplace safety instrumentality includes a durable safety-cage chassis, dual-force front airbags, door-mounted aspect airbags and head- protection aspect curtain airbags, psychic phenomena stability management, Brake Assist, the BabySmart kid seat recognition system, and therefore the TeleAid emergency decision system.
ROADABILITY: "Insulated, not isolated" has long been the Mercedes suspension philosophy, which still applies. The C320 is a lot of a luxury sedan than a sports sedan. it's a softer suspension standardisation with a lot of body motion than a sports sedan, however consists in arduous cornering. In commonplace kind, it is a compliantly-comfortable automotive for moving long distances in comfort on any variety of sealed road. A sport suspension is on the market.
PERFORMANCE: Welcome to the new, fun Benz. whereas the C320's most 215 power unit and 221 lb-ft of force are not quite up to the amount of the recent AMG C36 and C43 hot rods, the new automotive is perceptibly healthier than the recent C280. The five-speed transmission system options adaptive logic that learns a driver's vogue and compensates for grade ascents by delaying shifting and descents by shifting to a lower gear. "Touch Shift" manual management permits the motive force to over-ride the pc, and will improve acceleration and recreation a trifle. however with the force peak highland between 3000 and 4600 rate, shifting is strictly ex gratia.
CONCLUSIONS: Mercedes-Benz has improved its little C-Class sedans. think about them because the C++ category.
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Horsepower 215 @ 5700 rate
Torque (lb-ft) 221 @ 3000-4600 rate
Transmission 5-speed electronically-controlled
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Wheelbase / Length 106.9 in. / 178.3 in.
Curb Weight three,439 lbs.
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Fuel capability eighteen.3 gal.
Fuel demand unleaded premium, 92 octane
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Brakes, front/rear ventilated disc / solid disc, antilock commonplace
Suspension, front/rear freelance twin lower-link strut /
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EPA Fuel Economy - miles per gallon
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Although their kings and queens don't come cheap and are today only figureheads, most Brits seem to thoroughly enjoy having a royal family. Right now the country is eagerly awaiting the birth of William and Catherine's baby, who is in line to become the country's 43rd monarch since the Norman Conquest. As a bonus, the sluggish British economy is expected to get a $380 million boost from the sales of baby souvenirs.
The royal heir will be delivered in a private wing of St. Mary's Hospital -- which is right next to London's Paddington Station -- the same wing where Prince William and his brother, Prince Harry, were born. But until those deliveries, royal births were home births. As you visit royal palaces in and around London, you're also visiting the birthplaces of some of Britain's kings and queens. Here's a rundown on these royal palaces -- and who was born there.


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These are my new favorite brownies. They're also probably the most fattening/sugary brownies I've ever made. Coincidence? I think not.
I've been wanting to make grasshopper brownies for the past few months. If you don't know what those are, they're a layer of brownies topped with a peppermint filling and a chocolate top. Delicious, no? These are so sweet and rich and they absolutely melt in your mouth. I couldn't praise these enough. It's like a peppermint patty in brownie form. Just don't think about how many calories in them and enjoy.
Grasshopper Brownies
Ingredients(Makes 16 servings):
1 1/4 cup flour(I used gluten-free all-purpose flour)
1/3 cup cocoa powder
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
4oz(1/2 cup) chocolate chips
1/4 cup cooking oil
1/4 cup water
1 egg
2 cups powdered sugar
1 stick butter(or Earth Balance)
1 teaspoon peppermint extract
1 tablespoon butter(or Earth Balance)
8oz(1 cup) chocolate chips
Preheat an oven to 350 degrees. Start by sifting together the first 6 ingredients. Melt down the 4 ounces of chocolate and mix this with the cooking oil. Add that to the flour mixture along with the water and egg and mix to form the batter. Grease an 8×8 cooking pan and spread the batter in. Bake for 25 minutes and let this cool completely.
To make the filling, melt a stick of butter, pour in the peppermint extract and sift in the powdered sugar. This will form a loose filling. Spread it over the cooled brownies in as even a layer as you can.
Tip: If you're having trouble with the peppermint mixture sticking when spreading, put a piece of saran wrap between your hands and the filling and use that to press the filling down.
Lastly, melt 8 ounces of chocolate with a tablespoon of butter and spread this out evenly on top of the peppermint layer. Take care to move quickly and gently so that the peppermint layer and the chocolate don't get mixed together. Let the top harden completely before cutting into these with a sharp knife.
You can really use any brownie recipe for the bottom; I just included that one for convenience sake(it also makes incredibly moist brownies which is never a bad thing). I wasn't crazy about the filling as I was making it, but combined with the chocolate and brownies it's just rich enough not to get lost in the experience. Yes, experience, because these brownies are better than any trip to Disney World.


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The Independent
04 August 2004
Any Government deciding whether to make public a security alert treads the finest of lines. It is damned if it issues the warning and damned if it doesn't. If nothing happens, it is open to charges of scaremongering, while if it says nothing and there is an attack - another 11 September, to take an extreme example - it will be accused, justifiably, of overconfidence, negligence or worse.
Add in to this equation a keenly contested US presidential election, in which national security looms large. Add, too, an increasingly unpopular war entered into, in part, on the basis of faulty intelligence, and the waters become thoroughly muddied. Whichever course officials take risks appearing to have a political motivation, even if it does not.
This is where we are now, and where, regrettably, we are likely to remain until America votes on 2 November. The acrimonious to-ing and fro-ing about the latest security alert, announced by Tom Ridge, the US Homeland Security supremo, on Sunday, is a mere foretaste of the slanging matches to come between the Bush administration and its opponents.
And this time around, at least, the Republicans surely have a case to answer. Maybe it was pure coincidence, but Mr Ridge's warning of new al-Qa'ida plans came just in time to push John Kerry's post-convention road-show out of the headlines and put George Bush back on the screen in full nation-protector mode. It also yanked the political agenda from an incipient discussion of the economy right back to trusty old national security - the one portfolio where Mr Bush's polls consistently higher than his challenger.
The urgent warning for New York also seemed to contradict the local authorities' own assessment of the city's security. The Statue of Liberty was due to be reopened to the public yesterday for the first time since the terrorist attacks of 2001. The ceremonies went ahead as planned, sending a confusing message to Americans about the imminence of any threat.
Compromising the administration's warning further, The New York Times reported that the "new" information cited by Mr Ridge, for all its much-vaunted "specificity", was actually more than three years old. So why, it asked, the sudden, Sunday afternoon alert; all the disruptive emergency measures?
The administration could not leave this unchallenged. Within hours, a White House security official and Mr Ridge were separately back at the microphones, insisting that "some" of the information on the recently confiscated computer had been updated as recently as January. Some, but how much?
Mr Ridge's bigger argument, supported also by Mr Bush, is that no administration can afford not to act upon good quality information as soon as it is received, even if it is old, as it may be evidence of a continuing intent. This is a valid point. If they could bear to refer to former President Bill Clinton, they could also quote the hostile press he received when he authorised a missile attack on Iraq at the height of the Lewinsky scandal. There was a universal suspicion that he was abusing his position as commander-in-chief to mount a political diversion - a suspicion that was, with hindsight, almost certainly wrong.
The current administration is certainly aware of the risk that it will be accused of hyping the terrorist threat to engineer Mr Bush's re-election. This is surely why Mr Ridge supplied so many details. His previous, very general, alert had been greeted with widespread scepticism - the first sign that the White House might have traded on the terrorist threat once too often; the first sign, too, that public fear of a new attack might be waning.
Judging by past elections, the Bush team is not averse to playing dirty, very dirty, in extremis. The question is whether the Bush campaign would dare play the terrorist card to improve the President's chances. And whether, if it did, a sufficient number of American voters would succumb to the fear. We sincerely hope that the answer, on both counts, is a firm no.


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Cat-shifter Trinity Morrigan-Caine has discovered a demon is killing supernaturals. Magically challenged, she has every intention of letting handsome Alpha werewolf Gordon Barnes handle it. But after a dying vampire gifts Trinity a mystical amulet, she is drawn into the fray as the legendary Guardian of Bastet, a warrior born when the need arises.
Though Trinity initially rejects the role, she warms to the idea when Gordon agrees to train her - and their passion for each other grows as he teaches her to embrace her animal instincts.
As she begins to accept her destiny and believe in her growing powers, Trinity realizes the danger is even closer to home than she ever imagined - and she and Gordon are going to have to face the demon in a fight to the death....
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Pyramid Imperial Hefeweizen
Yes, I admit, ever since I posted about Pyramid's new Imperial Hefeweizen, I've been itching with curiosity. I found it this weekend and was able to scratch that itch. It's 7.5% alcohol, which isn't necessarily huge these days, but it's high for a wheat ale.
I like the bottle, and what's interesting—you can see this in the picture there, too—is there is very little headspace in the bottle; the liquid is less than an inch from the top. That's unusual.
Appearance: Hazy, unfiltered "dirty" orange color with creamy, dense off-white head.
Smell: Strong, wheaty, a bit sour… sour mash-y. The sourness is actually a defining aroma; I noticed it as the bottle opened. Not sour in an infected way, more lemon or (better) lemongrass.
Taste: Strong alcohol character right up front… there's a raw wheat note lurking beneath this alcohol but it's the strength that's the big showcase. The Hefeweizen style here is the American (a la Widmer), not the traditional/German, creamy and yeasty and raw bread dough. Interesting.
Mouthfeel: Alcohol-puckering and dry in the mouth. Oddly enough, it's still smooth—the alcohol almost has a creamy quality while teetering on harsh—and a bit bubbly.
Overall: It'll be talked about, and it's definitely its own style. Different, though, and while not bad and worth trying—it's not one I would drink regularly.
On BeerAdvocate, it scores 83 out of 100 with 94% approval from reviewers (only 18 total reviews so far). On RateBeer, it scores 3.44 out of 5 and is in their 78th percentile.


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Trust in Education invests in education because education is the solution to almost everything. We recognized long ago, however, that, in the fifth poorest country in the world, ravaged by over 30 years of war, learning to read and write doesn't solve the problem of not having food on the table. While focusing on the best long-term strategy for winning the war on poverty—education—we also wanted to address Afghans' other needs.
We learned very quickly that the best way to determine what villagers need is to ask them. At first they were surprised we asked. Now they listen carefully for the magic words, "put it on the wish list." Making it to the "wish list" is one step away from funding.
In prioritizing the "wish list" together, we engage in a complicated cost/benefit process that strives to allocate resources fairly. Working together with the villagers keeps the process transparent, accountable and verifiable. It is the only way to build trust.
We believe strongly in the bottom up approach to economic development. Top down, trickle down dollars often don't make it to the bottom and incur substantial overhead costs while working their way down. Whoever is engaged in the war for hearts and minds would be well advised to apply more resources to the bottom rungs of the ladder. That's where the overwhelming majority of hearts and minds live.
In all construction projects, TIE provides funds for the materials and the villagers volunteer their labor. We're partners more than anything else.
What economic development projects have we funded?
- Irrigation system for 150 acres Lalander (cost $19,000)
- More than 23 000 fruit trees for Lalander (See full story)
- Irrigation project/ small dam to prevent spring run off from flooding land owned by more than 80 farmers (material cost $4990) . The dam is 575 feet long and built from large rocks. Thank you Los Altos Rotary Club!
- A dam to protect and irrigate the land for 50 families Lalander (material cost $1424) Thank you Los Altos Rotary Club!
- 2 irrigation projects Tangi Saidan
- 10 cold potato storage sheds Lalander and Midon
- Fertilizer and improved seeds 19 Villages (See full story)
- 16,000 poplar tree cuttings, in partnership with Global Hope Network International. Both organizations hope these will be a catalyst for several poplar woodlots over the next few years, as poplar woodlots will produce more income than opium.
New technology
- Provided hydraulic ram (technology developed by the French over 150 years ago, that uses a few valves, some PVC pipe, gravity and glue to pump water 24 hours a day without gas or electricity) Thank you Masood Sattari and Solano Community College! Unfortunately, "rolling it out" proved too difficult to implement. Not all seeds grow.
- Training in organic bio-intensive farming techniques developed by John Jeavons (The vegetable yield is potentially 4 times U.S. commercial mechanized levels.) Turned out we couldn't convince them to do all that digging. They still wanted to use a plow.
- Six month sewing class for 50 women. Students were given new sewing machines upon graduation, enabling them to earn income from home.
Other Wish List Projects
- Footbridge (material cost $6,800) Tangi Saidan
- Three small footbridges (material cost $750) Lalander
- Widened a road (so produce can be picked up by trucks) Lalander
- Wells—new or repaired Qallah Asfand Yar, Qallah Khawaja Noor
For links to more stories about economic development and wish list projects:
- What does it take to successfully plant over 22,481 fruit trees?
- Providing improved seeds and fertilizer.


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When a child begins screaming in the middle of the night, inconsolable but remaining asleep, he is experiencing a sleep terror. This episode is sometimes called a night terror, but it doesn't necessarily have to occur only at night, but it always happens out of sleep. Sleep terrors can be greatly distressing for those witnessing them, and they are clearly distinguished from nightmares. What are the symptoms of sleep terrors, what causes them, how long do they last, what stage of sleep are they associated with, and what treatments work best?

What Are the Symptoms of Sleep Terrors?

Sleep terrors are a type of parasomnia that typically affects children, though it can also be seen in adults, however less commonly. It is estimated that 1% to 6% of children experience night terrors. Many children experience these episodes between the ages of 4 and 8, and they may more commonly affect boys.

Aside from intense fear and inconsolable crying, children having a sleep terror may also have a fast heart or breathing rate. There is usually a significant emotional component that may manifest in various ways, including:

Anxiety

Panic

Gasping

Moaning

Screaming

Most often, a child who is experiencing a sleep terror may seem unresponsive and even combative. They typically last for minutes but can be prolonged, especially if the child is not allowed to easily fall back asleep.

What Stage of Sleep Contributes to Sleep Terrors?

Sleep terrors arise from non-rapid eye movement or slow-wave sleep during the first few hours of sleep. Most slow-wave sleep happens in the first third of the night, and this is when sleep terrors would be most likely to occur. As this is a deep stage of sleep, it will often be very difficult to wake the child, and he will be confused once awake.

Though it may seem impossible, these episodes are usually not remembered by the child the next morning, especially if the child falls back asleep. This helps to distinguish them from nightmares, which usually involves a child who is appropriately responsive, able to describe the fear-provoking dream, with intact recall the next day.

Sleep terrors seem to occur when deep sleep becomes fragmented. This may be more likely in periods of stress, with sleep deprivation or irregular sleep patterns, or secondary to other sleep disorders like sleep apnea. It is important to differentiate these episodes from seizures that occur in sleep, as seizures can also cause unusual behaviors, confusion, and often are triggered by sleep transitions.

How Do I Know if My Child Is Experiencing True Night Terrors?

Your child's doctor will ask questions about sleep experiences and medical history. It will be important to rule out any risk factors for seizures, such as difficulties at birth, head trauma, and prior infections affecting the brain called encephalitis. A careful history may be enhanced in some cases with a polysomnogram - an overnight sleep study - to help reach a diagnosis. The sleep study will identify other causes of the sleep terrors, such as sleep apnea. Children experiencing night terrors will show arousals from slow-wave sleep when tested.

In many cases, treatment is not necessary. You'll likely leave your child's doctor's office with nothing more than reassurance that the scary nighttime events are nothing to be concerned about. Though that may seem unsatisfying at first, it's important to remember that - though upsetting to you - these events are not affecting your child's health. These episodes generally resolve in time as the child gets older.

If it seems that your child is experiencing night terrors after doing something in particular during the day, it can be helpful to avoid those triggers. It may be useful to ensure adequate hours of sleep at night and a regular sleep schedule. Also, behavioral therapy, such as scheduled awakenings to disrupt slow-wave sleep, may be of benefit. There is also a medical device called the Lully Sleep Guardian that can be used to trigger these awakenings with the vibration of a pad that the child sleeps on. Let a doctor guide you in the selection of the best treatment, if needed.

If the episodes are quite severe and disruptive, medications such as benzodiazepines and tricyclic antidepressants may also be used, but these are rarely necessary.

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Mowzoon, N et al. "Neurology of Sleep Disorders." Neurology Board Review: An Illustrated Guide. 2007; 738.


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Extractor fans have become so common these days that we automatically turn them on, as soon as we enter the kitchen and bathroom. They have become integral part of modern living, as they help to provide a sigh of relief by removing the suffocation foul air. You need to install extractor fan at all such places where you face the problem with lack of ventilation. Therefore, it is doubtless to say that you need to have them not merely in the houses, but also in the production units, cellars and warehouses. Since, it is not easy to bear the stale air for a longer time, you can find the extractor fans to be highly beneficial for the users, as they extract out the stagnant air so that fresh can fill the vacant space within a few minutes.
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Bathroom is yet another place that demands the usage of extractor fan. Besides this, you can install them in garage, store rooms, basement hall, and cellars. A large variety of extractor fans is available in the market, and you need to choose them as per their capacity, size, design and the cost factor. Obviously, if you are going to buy the extractor fan for production unit and industrial setup, you will have to take care of its size and capacity, because you need to use them for ventilating the large spaces. However, the common people are usually concerned about purchasing the electrical appliances for domestic use.
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This is a layout of my youngest son just hours after he was born. In the smaller photo where he looks like he is sitting up, he reminds me of a little garden gnome. This layout was inspired by a sketch from Beggahuna (skissa75).
On the chipboard swirl/flourish, I first painted it white. I then "colored" with my 2 colors of blue Stickles to create a mixed blue look. I then took the Doodlebug blue glitter and sprinkled it over the wet Stickles. I love how that thing turned out!
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I'm currently wrestling with a writing project that shall, for the moment, remain nameless. At the moment I'm wading through the mire, up to my ears in alligators, trying desperately to wrap my poor brain around the advantages and disadvantages of modeling with C/C++ versus SystemC versus SystemVerilog versus normal Verilog versus VHDL versus...arrggghh!
Hence, you can only begin to imagine my lack of enthusiasm when my old mate Tom Hawkins from Launchbird Design Systems called to regale me with gusto and abandon about a new language he's designed called "Confluence." "Does the world really need yet another language," I whimpered pitifully to myself, but Tom assured me that indeed we do.
HDL generation as opposed to circuit description
One point you have to understand about Tom is that he's one of those guys who has a size-16 extra-wide brain with "go faster stripes," so when he gets the urge to invent something, it's always incredibly cunning and well worth one's while to pay attention.
And so we come to Confluence, which isn't some sort of magic system design language, but instead is a regular programming-type language designed with RTL code generation in mind. To put this another way, you use an HDL (like VHDL or Verilog) to describe a specific circuit, but you use Confluence to describe an algorithm that can generate an entire class of circuits.
For example, consider the "generate" statement in VHDL (or the newly added equivalent in Verilog 2001). Well, Confluence is supposed to blow these away. For example, you can create a small Confluence representation of a FIR filter than can have any number of coefficients, and these coefficients can have whatever level of precision you specify. Similarly, the inputs can have whatever precision you specify (the output precision is determined by that of the inputs and the coefficients).
In programming terms, Confluence offers recursion, high-order data types, lexical scoping, and referential transparency (oooh!). When you run your Confluence representation through the associated Confluence Compiler, you can generate corresponding RTL in VHDL or Verilog, and you can also output cycle-accurate C.
What do the boys in the trenches think?
Of course, the real "proof of the pudding" comes when you try to use something like Confluence to perform a real-world design. So I exchanged emails with a few of the "boys in the trenches" who have been using (or experimenting) with Confluence.
First up was Chris Chaleki, who runs his own company called DSPcam, designing and manufacturing custom high resolution stereoscopic cameras for broadcast/professional and industrial/scientific use. Chris told me:
"I frequently browse through Opencores.org. It's there that I found Launchbird. I downloaded the Confluence program and had it running in very little time. I printed out the documentation on a Tuesday and spent a total of one day familiarizing myself with the language. It took a while to get my brain wrapped around the concepts.
With a little practice the next day, I decided to write my first REAL program for a project I was working on. It was a simple digital clamping module with threshold detectors/accumulators for a HD format digital video camera. My customer was expecting that aspect of the project to be completed in 10 days. With Confluence I finished it in 3 days. I haven't stopped using it since that first day."
High praise indeed! I also exchanged a few emails with Mikael Sylvest, a consultant with Embedit A/S, a Danish company with a specific focus on embedded software and systems. Mikael told me:
"I'm performing a brief study of Confluence. As a language Confluence is simpler than VHDL, fairly much like a scripting language compared to C. I've been pleasantly surprised to see how flexible and powerful Confluence promises when working with interface abstraction. Not only can you declare abstract interfaces, you can also declare abstract "cables" connecting such outgoing interfaces to incoming ones. This is an excellent inheritance from functional programming - VHDL doesn't come close here."
And last but certainly not least, I chatted with Rudolf (Rudi) Usselmann, from the ASICs World Site (This is a design house specializing in ASIC/FPGA designs for networking, CPUs, DSPs, interface controllers, storage controllers, encryption/decryption, visualization). As you'll see, Rudi's initial response to Confluence was much the same as mine:
"When I first saw Tom's announcement of Confluence, I thought to myself 'Oh God, not another language! I already have to master two HDLs, a handful of verification languages, all C's and Perls out there, and now this!' My resistance to Confluence was successful, until Tom posted a sample circuit of a floating point multiplier. Now I could not resist and had to take a closer look..."
Rudi continued at some length, but in reality the best way to decide whether or not you like something is to "try it and see."
Free evaluation copy
If you visit the Launchbird website, you'll find a lot of examples in Confluence source code, and anyone can download and use a single unlimited license for free (subsequent licenses will run you around $200 per seat per month, but prices are always subject to change, so you'll have to get the latest info from Launchbird). Furthermore, Tom assures me that you own anything you develop with your free license (that is, any Confluence source code models and any ensuing VHDL, Verilog, or C representations), and you can do with them what you wish, including selling them, which has to be a good deal, whichever way you look at it!
In fact the latest breaking news that just came in is that you can now learn and experiment with Confluence without having to install the Confluence Compiler on your own computer. This is because Launchbird has just provided the ability to compile and run Confluence code online. They say that the online compiler is the same as the real thing, but without the HDL and C code generation (I didn't really understand this bit).
They also ask that we all go light on the algorithms (so try not to perform computational fluid dynamics, automated theorem proving, or infinite recursions of death :-)
So does the world need another language? Well, why don't you try playing with Confluence in your spare time and then you tell me. In the meantime, I'm always impressed with anyone who invents anything like this, so I'm happy to award Tom and Launchbird an official "Cool Beans" from me! Until next time, have a good one!
Clive (Max) Maxfield is president of Techbites Interactive, a marketing consultancy firm specializing in high-tech. Author of Bebop to the Boolean Boogie (An Unconventional Guide to Electronics) and co-author of EDA: Where Electronics Begins, Max was once referred to as a "semiconductor design expert" by someone famous who wasn't prompted, coerced, or remunerated in any way.


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Sweyn Forkbeard, England's shortest-reigning monarch, is mostly forgotten today, due mainly to his short time as king (less than five years) and his "murderous character." Sweyn declared himself King of England on Christmas Day 1013 and established Gainsborough as his capital.
The Danish Sweyn Forkbeard, father of Canute the Great and son of Harold Bluetooth, was a pretty bad guy, known for burning women alive and suspending men "from their private parts." Yet some wish to delve deeper in his forgotten history.
Gainsborough historian Darron Childs says: "It is perhaps one of the reasons why Sweyn has been largely forgotten. It's hard to make a big thing of someone so bad - it would be a bit like celebrating Hitler. It's a difficult thing to try and overcome." However, he adds: "He was part of a dynasty that changed the course of this country. And he wasn't any different to many of his contemporaries. People like Ethelred, who were equally as bad - if not worse."


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20th August 2012
Despite the stellar line-up including Emeli Sande, fresh from her star turn during the Olympics Closing Ceremony, Nicki Minaj and an equally as impressive celeb turn-out, we were there to spy the best dressed V Festival guests.
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Amelia Tew, 17, Student. Gilly Hicks shirt, Topshop skirt and bag, Hunter wellies.
Natasha Sharrad, 30, Travel Account Manager. Primark dress, vintage hat, flip flops from Thailand, Matalan bag.
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Victor Vargas (front) tries out SWAT gear during a presentation by Plainview ISD Police Officer Amos Rodriquez for second-grade students at College Hill. The students recently read, "Officer Buckle and Gloria," and Rodriquez was invited to answer students' questions about the duties of a police officer. Second-grade teachers are Jennifer Havens, Linda Ray and Kelly Mendoza.


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Ballet: Joffrey at Lila Cockrell
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The acclaimed Joffrey Ballet, which hasn't swung through San Antonio in more than 20 years, will dance the once-controversial "The Rite of Spring" here. The ballet marks its 100th anniversary this year.
7:30 p.m. Friday, Lila Cockrell Theatre, 200 E. Market St. $35-$120, Ticketmaster. 210-207-8500; artssa.org.


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We are off to London in the summer holidays, I cannot wait to catch up with the boys godmummy who lives there and have a good look around the many London attractions. We have already booked tickets for Shrek's Adventure, which looks quite the magical journey and I quite fancy the Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum as I have heard good things from a close friend. The Laserace sounds quite challenging and I know my boys would enjoy jumping and crawling through the various beams!
It's a flying visit so we do not have a huge amount of time to explore so we want to squeeze in as much as we can with some forward planning. Picking a central hotel like the Holiday Inn London Kensington Forum would save time as we would be better placed for attractions but on this occasion I am looking forward to staying with the boys godparents at their lovely new house, its further out but we get to meet their gorgeous spaniel puppy and give it cuddles!
It's a few years since we have last been to London as a family; youngest was only 3 bless him so the boys will hopefully remember more from this trip. Look how tiny he used to look back then!!!
Our trip coincides with the BBC Proms so that's another possibility whilst we are there. The boys have just had their end of year school reports and I noticed for my eldest they had added a music section now he is in year 3. Apparently my son sings songs in tune and is beginning to control his breathing for a better performance, with that in mind a musical event might spur him on to continue to do well in music.
Introducing the boys to classical music might expand their horizons somewhat as at the moment it's all "What Does the Fox Say?" and "Gangnam Style". To get a lifelong love though it needs to be more than just a set lesson at school, going to the proms might be the catalyst to achieve that. Apparently classical music can also help with a child's development so the cost of tickets to the prom might turn out to be a worthwhile investment in more ways than one.
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At the International Kidney Stone Institute, our goal is nothing less than the cure.
From the time he was 12 years old, the doctors gave us no hope for a cure for Travis' kidney stones, which were a side effect of renal tubular acidosis, a genetic kidney condition. Before he was referred to Dr. James Lingeman at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Travis developed hundreds of kidney stones and his life was filled with pain. He couldn't move because he was afraid he would dislodge a stone. Travis was frustrated, angry and had lost hope in himself. There was no hope that he might one day be able to take care of himself. I was waiting every day for him to die.
In 2005, Travis and I were referred to Dr. Lingeman, who performed a series of five minimally invasive surgeries on Travis' kidneys, removing more than four pounds of stones over three weeks! The entire time we were there, Dr. Lingeman and his extremely caring and compassionate staff made us feel like we were not alone. Dr. Lingeman also changed and modified Travis' medications and put him on a special diet to reduce the chances of stone reoccurrence. In 12 years, there was no other doctor who had seen Travis who thought it was possible to improve his condition. Dr. Lingeman's skill as a surgeon and understanding as a researcher saved and improved Travis' life.
Since his last surgery in May 2005, Travis has had no problems with his kidneys. Now age 25, he is finally pain-free and can live an active life. He can help with household chores, such as cutting the grass, and is planning on taking his driving test and returning to school soon.
No one else ever suggested that the stones could be removed. No one ever gave Travis hope. Now, all doctors who treat other side effects from his disease first confer with Dr. Lingeman. I can not express how much I treasure Dr. Lingeman and his work. When he takes those stones out, he puts back dignity, hope and joy. I want people to know about Dr. Lingeman and the International Kidney Stone Institute, so they can avoid unnecessary suffering and can consider supporting his research.


text: Snoqualmie Pass was an adrenaline ride last night I left Ellensburg about 9 PM last night on my way home from Nunnaly. I received reports on the travel radio of heavy snow and closures. No problem, I thought. I have my chains, rain gear, head lamp. About 10 miles west of Elensburg it started snowing - hard. Very difficult to see. By the first few hills near bullfrog my traction control started kicking in, so I puled off the highway and into the WSDOT lot at bullfrog. Put my chains on. After getting back onto the highway I found i was fighting ruts and 4-6 inches of snow on the freeway. At one point, my rear tires caught in one rut while the front tires stayed in another. I slide down the highway approx 10 car lengths like this, power still on )(fwd pulls the car) and rear hanging out at a 45 degree angle. It was all I could do to not panic. The car finally came out the the skid, but it sure was exciting - even though I was only going 25 to 30 mph. The highway closed just past the Lake Easton State Park exit, so I pulled into downtown Easton and drove around the stoppage. Just as I arrived, the state patrol opened up the road - score! I still had my chains on, so I took it slow and kept a great distance between me an the people in front of me. At one point, the car in front of me was caught up in a rut and spun 3/4 of the way around. Exciting ride for him. I stopped in plenty of time and gave him the thumbs up because he did not hit the guard rail. If he had more momentum he would have hit it. I arrived home safe at 2:45 this morning. All for one fish on but not landed. Well worth the adventure.


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Derek Drama, a lawyer and an entrepreneur from New Jersey, dreamt of building an application that would help people to complete all of the items on their "bucket lists". Derek's background is in law and therefore he needed assistance in building the app software. Luckily, Derek knew of the Collaborizm Pro Freelance program and its prototyping capabilities, and therefore decided to try it out for his Bucket List project.
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After posting his project to Pro Services, Derek received numerous submissions from freelancers who were eager to work on Bucket List. In the end, Derek selected the highly talented, Harsha Alva, to be his freelancer. By the time Derek selected Harsha, he knew with 100% certainty that he was the correct freelancer for the job since he was able to witness Harsha leading his own teams and interacting with his teammates in real time on Collaborizm. AKA, Derek was able to see how Harsha acted as a leader and team player before committing to pay him to work on Bucket List.
Working with Community Navigators, Harsha, and the greater Community to Prototype Smarter
Together, Derek and Harsha broke up Bucket List into smaller "gigs" to more easily monitor the project's progress. After each gig, Derek was able to review Harsha's work before moving to the next task. If for any reason Derek was displeased, he could have had Harsha re do the work at no cost or simply received a full refund, but of course this never happened . The Collaborizm community was also able to give feedback on the best ways to complete the project through public discussion posts made my Derek to the community.
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I haven't had a bad hair day in a long time, but one hit me this week five minutes before I was to walk out the door for Mass.
My husband poked his head in our room. "Aren't you going to church?"
"No! I feel like a HORSE!" Fwing! There went another skirt flying across the room.
He's a good man. He may have doubled over laughing when I finally left the house, but until then he kept a most seriously straight face.
"How could I be sick with the flu all week and lose ten pounds and nothing fits?" (Fwing! There went a pair of pants that would not button.) "But last week they all did! Tell me that, huh? How come they fit when I'm fat but not when I lose ten pounds?"
"That's the way it goes," my husband tried to console me.
"Well, I am NOT going." By then I was stalking around the room in nothing but my underwear and shoes. "I want to go. I want to be there. I just don't want to take my body with me. I don't even want to take my head. Look at these stupid bangs. You better get used to me not having any because I'm cutting them off!"
By then I had on a skirt that still reached the floor even with it pulled up to my bra. "Everything is either too big or too small!"
"What do you want me to say?!" My husband asked, like a panicked man before the firing squad. "If I say 'stay home,' you want to go. If I say 'go,' you…."
All my clothes were screaming: Look at me! My face is bloated, my boobs sag, I have two tummies-one on top of the other-and no matter which way I look at myself in the mirror I see no womanly curves just some kind of blobby form that looks like a scoop of mashed potatoes plopped on a dish. Splat!
Worse, now I had to wrestle with the idea that I was going to miss Mass out of sheer vanity.
I dug a black sweater out of a laundry basket and put it on. Already my mood started to soften. There's something soothing about black. You can dress it up or down and no matter what it never screams at you. It barely whispers. But I can hear it. It says, "You look good."
I found a skirt to match and gave my husband a kiss on the top of his head before I happily stepped out of the house.
"You look very nice," he called after me.
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Industry Profile: Swell Photography Coordinator Heather Baker
10 Jul, 2012
Job Title: Photography Coordinator
Employer: Swell
Years on snow: 22 years
Days on snow: anywhere from 10-80
Currently Riding: Roxy Ollie Pop 148, Burton Stiletto, Burton Bootique or my Flow Myriad and Prima bindings, depending on the day.
Currently I am: Living beachside in San Clemente.
Shay: Tell us a little bit about yourself
Heather: I grew up in a little town called Penryn, CA, which is just outside of Tahoe. I spent my winters snowboarding Northlake to Southlake to Mammoth. Board sports were ingrained into my life from an early age, and later took up surfing while getting my B.A. from Humboldt State. I am an animal lover, artist and gypsy.
Shay: How has snowboarding changed your life?
Heather: Snowboarding is my first love, it's a lifestyle not a hobby. A guaranteed smile.
Shay: How did you get your start in the industry, who or what opened up more opportunities for you?
Heather: My first "real" job in the industry was for Flow Snowboarding. I began as an intern, and then was asked to stay on to work in Marketing and Public Relations. This was an amazing start that opened up opportunities to meet industry professionals and seasoned pro's. After 2 ½ years there, I moved back to Tahoe to work a season at Boreal Mountain in their marketing department doing everything from general marketing, events and social media to resort photography. Working in these positions led to various freelance jobs with Snowboarder Mag and EXPN covering snowboard events. I have never been happier working for any other industry, and I am currently getting my feet wet in the surf industry.
Shay: How has your previous education or work experience helped you in your current job?
Heather: My degree from HSU is in studio arts; photography. The years I spent working in marketing and public relations, I would also provide graphics and photography for both Flow and Boreal. Wearing multiple hats was an added bonus I have to offer to a marketing department and has helped me to excel in assisting with any creative demands for the marketing team.
Shay: Tell us about your role as at Swell and a description of the work you do?
Heather: Currently I edit all on-model photo's for our website and flat product clipping as needed. I also create web banner's, emails, promo materials, and catalog layouts. My days are spent in photoshop, bridge and indesign.
Shay: If you had to make up a job title that most accurately described what you REALLY do, what would it be?
Heather: With our art department consisting of only 4 people, it's really a job where tasks can change with any art and photo needs for our Marketing team. But most times I am processing photos for products to go online a.s.a.p.
Shay: Describe the craziest day/moment you've had at your job?
Heather: I'm slammed on the daily with non-stop editing and graphics. So I guess you could say it's crazy everyday at Swell, the down time is little to none.
Shay: What are some memorable experiences from working in the industry?
Heather: The best times are the ones spent "schmoozing". There's no better way to take the edge of the stress of a job than throwing back a couple with like-minded people. From bonfires, to dinner parties, to days on hill with your bosses, there's no better way to build your career in this industry than to let other's get to know who you really are. Yes, even the embarrassing ones when you're caught on camera doing a keg stand in the lobby of your work.
Shay: What do you think are the biggest challenges that the action sports industry faces and what changes would you like to see for the future?
Heather: Currently the state of the weather changes and environment are the biggest challenges. The snow was so dismal for sales last year. Year round camps with various activities are growing and could help the future for the industry to generate a steady stream of finances in sales and interest.
Shay: What advice would you give to people wanting to work in the industry?
Heather: Start where you can, and never turn down an opportunity even if it's not a job you were hoping for. Meet as many people as possible. Don't be annoying with persistence, just express your interest and hope for an opening. Be professional at all times and be prepared to make a low wage and work overtime. Industry jobs are about a passion for the sport, if you can't relate then move on to something that you can.
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Facebook: http://facebook.com/heatherlbaker
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/heatherlbaker
Instagram: @hlbaker
Website: www.heatherlynnbaker.com, www.swell.com or my much neglected blog, http://bakerave.blogspot.com/
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Four players from Westview were named to the 2014 All-NECC baseball first team in a recent vote by the league's coaches.
Angola, Central Noble and Churubusco all posted 4-1 records to head up the team results in Saturday's NECC Super Dual wrestling meet held at Lakeland.
Nine players from LaGrange County, including eight from co-champion Lakeland, were named to the 2013 All-NECC football team in a vote taken last week by the league's coaches.
West Noble claimed the NECC boys soccer tournament championship Saturday evening with a 4-2 victory over host Westview in the finals.
Prairie Heights went 3-2 and Lakeland logged a 1-4 mark in Saturday's NECC Super Dual wrestling meet held at Eastside.
Five players from LaGrange County were named to the 2012 All-NECC baseball squad in a recent vote by the league's coaches.
Three players from Lakeland and two each from Prairie Heights and Westview were selected to the 2012 All-NECC softball team in a recent vote by the league's coaches.
Two Westview entries and one from Lakeland earned event championships Tuesday in the opening round of the NECC track meet at Churubusco.
Westview senior Skyler Carpenter was named to the All-NECC girls basketball team for the third consecutive season in a recent vote of the league's coaches.
Westview will host the 2012 IHSAA wrestling sectional this Saturday starting at 9 a.m.
Lakeland led the area's wrestling teams in Saturday's NECC Super Dual meet held at Westview.


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The Ribble Valley netball Club had another successful trip to the annual Notts netball tournament, as all their teams won more games than they lost against some of the strongest teams in England.
The Under 12s had a very strong team, with three of the girls in the Lancashire Academy squad being able to pass on their knowledge to the rest of their teammates.
The Under 13s also had three girls from the county academy playing, and after a first day of mixed results, the team bonding session on the Saturday night paid off as they won all their five games on Sunday and took the winners' trophy and medals home.
The Under 14s and 15s also had a lot of success over the weekend, and all the girls enjoyed another well-organised Notts tournament.
All the girls would like to thank the coaches, helpers, parents and guardians for making the trip so enjoyable.


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Here's the power of Tiger Woods.
When he was in the lead in the fog-delayed Farmers Insurance Open on Sunday, CBS pre-empted its regular schedule to show an extra hour of the tournament, even though it was the inconsequential first few holes of the final round.
What perfect timing for CBS and the PGA Tour. On the first Sunday in five months without a real NFL game, golf's rainmaker filled the void, threatening to run away from the field as if it were a decade, a scandalous divorce and three knee surgeries ago.
Around the dial, there wasn't much competition -- Kevin Durant against the stumbling Lakers, the Sabres against the struggling Caps, the Winter X Games, the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and a half-dozen women's college basketball games at empty arenas. For a while, "Big Top Pee-wee" on IFC looked like the best alternative.
But Tiger saved the day and presumably the ratings. With dreamy ocean views of Torrey Pines as the backdrop, Woods provided a compelling peek at the state of his game.
The extra hour of coverage on CBS followed by another 70 minutes on the Golf Channel showed Woods at his scrambling best. After stellar work off the tee in the first three rounds, Woods hit his first three drives into the trees and the next two into the rough. But in a round that could have veered off the rails, Woods played the first seven holes in 3-under par, showing the laser-sharp short game of his prime.
When players ran out of daylight, Woods had a six-shot lead on Nick Watney and Brandt Snedeker. With 11 holes left for Woods, 10 for Watney and five for Snedeker, it would take an historic collapse for Woods not to win for the seventh time at Torrey Pines.
A victory would be a good omen. His last win in this tournament came in 2008, the year he also limped to his greatest triumph on a broken leg and a torn ACL in the U.S. Open, again at Torrey Pines.
Woods hasn't won a major since. Is it possible this weekend that Woods found what he lost on the same iconic course?
Announcer David Feherty summed up the day when Woods confidently rapped in a 5-footer for par.
"He reminds me of someone I used to know," Feherty said. "Him."
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Two semi related questions from Jesse. Here's the first:
What do you mean when you say that evangelicals and charismatics have brought Baptist ideas into Anglicanism? In terms of the general tone of the movements at times I can see what you mean, and certainly the laity in some of these congregations are confused. But overall I have found that evangelicals have come to Anglicanism because they are seeking precisely to move AWAY from Baptist-like Christianity to a faith rooted in the ancient Church, and if anything are criticized by the Anglo-Calvinists as being Anglo-Catholics in disguise…
As I have said before, I think there is value in both the Anglo-Catholic and Evangelical movements when they are embraced as renewal movements within Anglicanism rather than as attempts to supplant Anglicanism. The problem with some contemporary strands of Anglo-Catholicism and Evangelicalism is that they take a couple of aspects of the Anglican synthesis and blow them up out of proportion to the exclusion of all others. In the case of Evangelicalism, the sufficiency of the cross for our salvation and the need for personal conversion, both of which are important parts of historic Anglicanism, become the crucible through which all else is filtered. If those are the only essentials, then all else is negotiable. Early Evangelicals like John Wesley and Charles Simeon celebrated the Book of Common Prayer and insisted on strict adherence to the liturgy. Today, that is no longer the case. In many Church of England Evangelical parishes, for instance, one would hardly be able to tell that the service was Anglican at all. There is virtually no difference between the C of E service and the Baptist service down the street.
The American context is a bit more mixed liturgically. Anglicans here, of whatever stripe, tend to at least observe some form of prayer book liturgy, even if it is highly supplemented by the hallmarks of contemporary mega-church worship. But American Evangelicalism in general is saturated with Baptist theology, and that cannot help but have some affect on Evangelical Anglicans in America.
If an American church calls itself "non-denominational," nine times out of ten what that means is Baptist. Altar calls and appeals to personal conversion replace the sacraments as the means of grace. Baptism is a symbol of one's personal conversion, nothing more, and it is only appropriate for adults. Classical Anglicanism thoroughly rejects these Baptist theses, but the more Evangelical an Anglican congregation is, the more likely it is for these ideas to be lurking in the background, communicated through music, through bad catechesis, or through a kind of preaching in which all the emphasis is placed on making a decision for Jesus. In that schema, the sacraments become a kind of emotive expression in the same way that Christian rock music, so often called "worship music" in the Evangelical world these days, is meant to elicit a feeling of salvation, rather than to actually communicate salvation through the preaching of the Word.
None of this is to disagree with the point Jesse raises that there are many young Evangelicals who are coming into Anglicanism precisely because they are trying to escape that kind of shallowness while continuing to want to hold onto what is best about Evangelicalism, its emphasis on the Gospel. The problem is not so much new converts coming in as it is a particular kind of old guard that was formed in the a-historical Anglicanism that we have been swimming in for the last century. I have known some very serious Evangelical Anglican clergy who deeply embrace the sacraments, the historic episcopate, the liturgy, and the need to baptize infants as well as adults for the sake of their salvation. But I have also known Evangelical Anglican clergy who deny all of that, who refuse to even utter the word "priest" to describe their ministry, and who have far less regard for the prayer book than many of the Liberals they vociferously denounce. As young Evangelicals continue to find a home in Anglican churches, the question will be which form of Evangelicalism will become dominant.
This is not meant to denigrate Evangelicals. There is certainly room for an Evangelical emphasis within Anglicanism, just as there is room for a Catholic emphasis, but an Anglicanism that is going to mean anything has to be true to the whole of its theological roots, not just the parts we like. Classical Anglicanism is many things, but Baptist is not one of them.
Jesse's second question:
Could you elaborate on how you see the charismatic movement? Coming from my background, I tend to have an "open-but-cautious" approach to the movement, but I have been a bit confused since becoming Anglican since opinions vary so widely. Do you simply see it as the next Montanism, just an intrusion into Anglicanism, or do you think that it is indeed quite possible to be charismatic and faithfully Anglican?
I think "open-but-cautious" is a rather good way to put it. Or perhaps, if I am being honest, "skeptical-but-open" would be better. Charismaticism, or Pentecostalism as it is more often called today (I know that some people see a difference, but effectively they are the same), is a very young movement, really only going back to the start of the twentieth century, so it cannot be said to have historical ties with any Christian tradition that comes from the Reformation or earlier. Nevertheless, the movement has spread like wild fire and there are now Charismatic Christians in just about every church body imaginable. It is a movement characterized by a deep love for and need to experience the Holy Spirit. This comes out in various forms, including praying in tongues, faith healing, words of knowledge, etc.
There is good and bad here, from a classical Anglican perspective. Let's talk about the good first. Charismaticism embraces a lived spirituality and a lived experience of God. Though some Charismatics would be surprised to hear it defined this way, Charistmaticism is a kind of mysticism, an embrace of the idea that God can be known and experienced directly in a way that is not always easily unraveled by our intellects but that is nevertheless real. God promises to be with us and to send His Holy Spirit upon us. Charismatics actually believe that God is going to show up when He says He will. That is no small thing. Many people go to church expecting to learn something about God, but not everyone expects to actually encounter God. For Charistmatics, that expectation is alive and well. This seems to me to be quite compatible with the teaching of the objective nature of God's presence in the preaching of the Word and in the Sacraments.
That said, the danger that some Reformed folks see in the Charismatic movement is a real one. In its exuberance for experiencing God, the movement runs the risk of becoming unmoored from the places where God has promised that He will actually be. In some Pentecostal circles, this has led to the development of a theology of "name it and claim it" in which God becomes a cosmic Santa Claus prepared to dole out earthly prizes. In other places, core doctrines of the Christian faith, such as the Trinity, are denied. While many Charismatics say that speaking in tongues is a gift, some go further and suggest that if you have not spoken in tongues you are not a real Christian. Healing ministries become so central and so cultish that anyone who does not get better is shunned for not praying hard enough. All of this comes out of an unspoken bias towards emotional satisfying "experiences" of God and away from locating God objectively in the plain words of Scripture and the mundane practices of Baptism and Holy Communion.
Now, to be fair, a lot of this sort of thing happens in Charismatic churches that are off on their own and unaffiliated with any sort of larger body. Nevertheless, I have been in Anglican and Episcopal churches with a charismatic bend where lighter forms of this stuff have been present. The idea of "words of knowledge," for instance, can be particularly problematic because it can encourage a kind of reliance on emotion in juxtaposition to reliance upon the Scriptures for guidance. I once sat through a two and a half hour Mass in an Episcopal church with a strong charismatic contingent where more than half the service was taken up with a lay person at the front of the room announcing various ailments that God was supposedly telling him that people had. "When I name yours, come up for prayer," said the man. He had no more credibility in saying this, as far as I could tell, than does the man on the street corner wearing a sign announcing that he is the second coming, but people were lapping it up. It became obvious very quickly that this was what they came for, not for the preaching of the Gospel or to receive the Holy Eucharist, all of which formed a surprisingly small part of what was supposed to be a prayer book sacramental service. When allowed unchecked like this, it is easy for such things to grow out of proportion.
All of that said, I think we are still a long way off from seeing what final form Charismaticism will take. Perhaps if wedded with historical Christian faith and practice it will develop into a great gift for the Church. It is difficult to say. What is certain is that the tradition we have been given lays out for us a firm foundation upon which we can come to know and be known by Christ. While there may be many things that can enhance and build upon that foundation, anything that takes that foundation away from us needs to be cast aside.
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