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I've often thought that moving to the country is one of dumber things you could do in response to peak oil.
My reasoning for this is simple: people in the country have a massive dependence on cars and gasoline. For example, my brother used to live on a ranch in the extreme boondocks of Idaho (the area was only electrified in the 1980s) and he and his wife had to drive about 100 miles to go to the supermarket. That's an extreme case, but the general principle is very true. The country has incredible sprawl, and you have to drive really long distances to take care of your daily business. Urban dwellers like myself, on the other hand, don't have to drive at all. My supermarket is a 3 minute walk from my front door. It seems obvious to me that country people -- at least those who aren't making good money from serious agriculture or some other business -- are the ones who will get it in the neck first from peak oil.
If you think about it, it's just a straightforward extension of Kunstler's logic. If the suburbs/exurbs are going to die because they're too oil dependent, then surely the rural areas will die even quicker because they are even more oil dependent.
Of course, savvy people/companies who are already making money on farm operations will continue to profit from food production, and will have the earning power to remain in the country. They belong there. Likewise, if you don't have to work or you're wealthy, then moving to a rural area may be a great response to peak oil. I'm not talking about such people. Or, if you can be an extremely self-sufficient subsistence farmer, and perhaps squat on some land, then my critique doesn't apply.
But if you're a working person who needs income to live, support a family, or build up a doomstead, it seems to me that going rural is jumping from the frying pan into the fire.
Here's some articles from summer 2008 that spell it out in painful detail:
Rural U.S. Takes Worst Hit as Gas Tops $4 Average
Rural drivers feeling rise in gas prices more than their urban counterparts
High Gas Prices Hit Rural Poor Hardest
Rural Residents Struggle with High Gas Tab
Fuel prices rocket in rural areas
Pops is a rural doomsteader from peakoil.com, and he and I had a little exchange which is relevant this topic:
Pops:Smallpoxgirl -- another peakoil.com doomer -- talks in a similar vein about driving from Seattle to Olympia (60 miles) for a farmer's market.
We'll further diversify our meager income by planting some U-Pick berries on a couple acres and going as whole-hog into market gardening as time allows next year, direct selling grass fed beef and eggs and some value added (jams, jellies) and homemade stuff at the farmers markets and roadside.
Just curious, but how much driving is involved in these businesses? For example, how far would people generally drive for your U-Pick berries? And how far do you and your customers generally drive to a farmers market? Do you keep your beef chilled or frozen? Do you use a generator at the market?
I talked to neighbors who have blueberries they are about to retire from and they said people mainly come from the small town about 5 miles away but some come 40 miles from Springfield or Joplin. They bring their kids and grandkids and a picnic lunch and have a "Farm Experience". With the farmers market people show up with their straw hats and organic cotton shopping bags to be seen by their Green peers. I could make a little money today at the little market on our square but to do any good we'll need to drive to one of the bigger towns — our roadside stand can only make $50 or $100 a week and that's only a few weeks per year.
But these long drives totally negate the purpose of local food:
We have found that if a customer drives a round trip distance of more than four miles in order to purchase their organic vegetables, their carbon emissions are likely to be greater than the emissions from the system of cold storage, packing, transport to a regional hub and final transport to customer's doorstep used by large-scale vegetable box suppliers.SourceAnother study gets the same results:
In the worst scenario, a UK consumer driving six miles to buy Kenyan green beans emits more carbon per bean than flying them from Kenya to the United Kingdom.SourceThe same point can be seen another way. Suppose a family buzzes out to Pops' farm and picks 10 pounds of berries. Driving an average US vehicle, they'll burn 4 gallons of gasoline for a round trip of 80 miles. (Incidentally, that gasoline will weigh about 2.5 times more than the berries purchased.) Now, a commercial aircraft gets roughly 70 miles per gallon per passenger, and a passenger would be roughly equivalent to 20 boxes of berries (each containing 10 pounds). So for 4 gallons, you could send a passenger 280 miles, and a passenger is 20 boxes of berries, so you could send a box of berries about 5600 miles by air. In other words, driving 80 miles by car to buy 10 pounds of berries uses the same amount of fuel as shipping them 5600+ miles by air. And it just gets worse the less you buy. With a 5 pound box, you're talking 11,200 miles -- about half the circumference of the earth. In other words, the only thing more fuel intensive than the 3000 mile salad is the 25 mile farmer's market salad.
Doomers really can't help but grant my point...
I totally agree with you though about the degree to which rural America is dependent on petroleum. People in Montana think nothing of a 100 mile round trip commute or of driving 8 hours round trip to go to the mall. It always impressed me how independent the people where I lived were WRT snow cleanup. It could dump a foot and the next morning everybody would be out with a loader or a snow plow cleaning it all up. In one sense they're very self sufficient, but all that equipment runs off petroleum. Take away the gasoline, and that area would be totally uninhabitable in the winter. To a large extent it's this sort of fake independence. They're more self sufficient in terms of being able to use different technologies and manufactured materials without the aid of a specialist, but they're just as dependent if not more so on the extractive and manufacturing industries in far away places keeping them supplied.Toby Hemenway, a doomer who went rural and then realized after 10 years that it wasn't such a great idea after all:
Our isolation also meant we were burning a lot of gas. A simple drive for groceries was a 40-minute round trip. Fortunately we both worked at home and had no children, so we could go for days without using the car. But the odometer was whirling to higher numbers than it ever had in the city. A couple of families had moved off our hill because they were exhausted by two to four round trips each day down our steep, potholed gravel road to work, school, soccer practice, music lessons, and shopping.More real-world info on how rural areas get mauled by high gas prices:
We cherished our decade-plus in the country, but eventually the realities began to pile up. There wasn't a local market for the work we did. Community events left us saddened by the gulf between our way of life and theirs. And we were still tethered to the fossil-fuel beast, just by a much longer lifeline of wire, pipe, and pavement. That the beast looked smaller by being farther away no longer fooled us.Source
Soaring gas prices are a double-whammy for many rural residents: They often pay more than people who live in cities and suburbs because of the expense of hauling fuel to their communities, and they must drive greater distances for life's necessities: work, groceries, medical care and, of course, gas.During the last bout of high oil prices, there was some reporting about gas stations closing in rural regions (Fears for rural filling stations, Rural motorists running on empty as pumps close) forcing people to drive long distances for gas. As you would expect, this can turn into a nasty EROEI situation. Here's another report in the same vein...
Meanwhile, incomes typically are lower in rural areas, making increasingly high gas prices an especially urgent concern. Rural households also are more likely to have older, less fuel-efficient vehicles such as pickups, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) says. The average age of a vehicle in a rural household: 8.7 years, compared with 7.9 years for an urban vehicle.
Rural residents do more driving, too — an average of 3,100 miles a year more than urban dwellers, the FHWA says.
A May survey by the Oil Price Information Service (OPIS), a fuel analysis company, and Wright Express, a company that collects data on credit card transactions, found that people in rural areas spend as much as 16.02% of their monthly family income on gas, while people in urban areas of New York and New Jersey spend as little as 2.05%.Source
When the only gas station in Allen, Neb., closed last summer, a gallon of gas cost $2.56, according to prices posted on two abandoned pumps. Since then, Allen's 411 residents have been driving 11 miles to Wakefield or 28 miles to South Sioux City to fill up.Still more on people getting savaged by high oil prices in the country (from High Gas Prices Threaten to Drain Small Towns' Populations):
Allen's grocery store went out of business last August, forcing people to shop in South Sioux City or 21 miles away in Wayne. Doctors, dentists and other essentials also require a road trip. The nearest movie theater is in Wayne.
"You have to leave town for about everything," says Jerry Schroeder, an insurance agent who has lived in Allen for all of his 57 years.Source
These days, they're also cussing and shaking their heads about the price of that gasoline. People are doing that everywhere, but in small towns such as Leeton, population 619, it's even more of a gut punch because nearly every working adult commutes to jobs elsewhere.Perhaps the worst threat of all is a vicious cycle of depopulation. High gas prices cause commuting to work/the doctor/school/shopping to be too expensive, so people leave the rural towns/counties and move to larger cities. Govt. revenues decline (people fleeing) while govt. costs rise (gas for the cops, school buses, ambulances, inspectors, garbage collection etc.) Then merchants pull out and gas stations pull out, because there isn't enough population to support them. Govt. services get erratic. More people get fed up and leave etc. etc. Next thing you know, your rural "community" isn't there anymore.
These days, there had better be a really good job on the other end of that trip.
Don Campbell's daily commute to Kansas City - about 100 miles each way - costs him roughly $866 a month at $3.90 per gallon. But he's a union iron worker and says he can make the math work.
Most of his neighbors can't. For them and thousands of other small-town residents across the country who drive long distances to jobs that pay little more than minimum wage, the high cost of gas is making that daily commute cost-prohibitive.
So much so that economists predict that over the next few years, the country could see a migration that would greatly reduce the population of Small Town America - resulting in a painful shift away from lifestyle, family roots, traditions and school ties.


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The Niagara River Greenway Commission announced Tuesday that the public comment period has opened for the 33rd round of projects. Included for consistency review is a submission for the Town of Lewiston Civic Center and one from the Lewiston-Porter School District for the Lewiston-Porter Recreational Center complex phase II.
Details on these and other project submissions are now posted on the Greenway website, http://www.niagaragreenway.org. The public comment period is now under way and will remain open with comments accepted until Tuesday, April 30. Comments may be submitted either at the website or by hard copy to the Greenway Commission at 2136 W. Oakfield Road, Grand Island, NY 14072.
Other projects listed for consistency review include:
•Nine Mile Youth Camp - Paddlesport launch system, open-air workshop and activities pavilion;
•Research Foundation for SUNY Buffalo State - Emerald shiner habitat conservation and restoration study in the upper Niagara River.
Once the public comment period has ended, the Niagara River Greenway Commission will review projects and, on Tuesday, May 21, vote on the consistency of the projects in relation to the award-winning Niagara River Greenway Plan.
To review the Final Niagara River Greenway Plan and GEIS, or to learn more information about the Greenway Commission, visithttp://www.niagaragreenway.org.
The Niagara River Greenway Commission is a public benefit corporation established by Chapter 460 of the laws of 2004, and charged with the planning and development of a greenway of interconnected parks, river access points and waterfront trails along the Niagara River from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario at the site of historic Fort Niagara.


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The GPS Angel is designed to warn drivers of red light and speed cameras using an on-board database and GPS. It's a great device... if you don't have an iPhone or other smart phone with a data plan.
Like using AOL to connect to the Internet, this device only exists for people who are afraid or unable to use modern technology but would like to enjoy its benefits. As opposed to just using a free and automatically updating device like Trapster on your smart phone, the GPS Angel plugs into your cigarette lighter and crosschecks your location with the device's internal database. To keep that database updated you gotta plug it into your computer — probably a circa-2000 Gateway.
It's a whopping $99, which may be perfect for your red light-running Grandma.


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Boston Cream Pie
Total TimePrep: 45 min. + chilling Bake: 1 hour
Makes96 servings
- 4 packages yellow cake mix (regular size)
- 11 cups cold milk
- 4 packages (5.1 ounces each) instant vanilla pudding mix
- 4 jars (16 ounces each) hot fudge ice cream topping, warmed
- 96 maraschino cherries with stems, optional
- Prepare and bake cakes according to package directions, using four greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pans. Cool completely on wire racks.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, beat milk and pudding mixes on low for 2-3 minutes. Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes. Cut each cake into 24 pieces; split each piece horizontally. Place about 1 heaping tablespoon of pudding between layers. Spread each with 1 tablespoon fudge topping and garnish with a cherry if desired.
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I LOVE this recipe....for 96. I wish there were more of these!!!!!!!!!!!! I work in an elementary school with 75 teachers plus custodians, secretaries, etc and this is PERFECT. I am also thesocial chairman for our church and this recipe is a "no brainer". Please send MORE of these crowd pleasers.
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Easy to make, family loved it!
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I broke it down to one cake mix, and made the icing with the fudge topping, but instead of heating it, (where it breaks down the molecules)I added a little white Karo syrup to it to make it spreadable consistency. Yummy! I have in the past made it with my homemade cooked pudding when time permits. When I make it in round cake pans I add fresh raspberries or strawberries on top instead of the cherry. Great crowd pleaser for all ages. Goes fast at bake sales, too!!
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anneamie - do you have a good pastry filling recipe you can share ? Please print !
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Why on earth wouldn't you just make it with two 8" cake pans and put the cream between them instead of cutting up a bunch of pieces. I haven't tried this recipe yet but that is certainly what I will do.
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It was without a doubt one of the easiest recipes to make and I also cut it down to make one pan instead of 4 pans.


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No Regular Johnny Cueto
by Eno Sarris //
On the heels of a complete game, one-hit shutout against the Pittsburgh Pirates, it's tempting to get excited about Johnny Cueto.
But fantasy owners – and the baseball world in general – have been
excited about Cueto before. And, hey, it's the Pirates.
his 10-strikeout, zero-walk debut in his rookie season, all sorts of
people prognosticated greatness for the effectively wild hurler. In
fact, Rob Neyer wrote about 'signature significance' –
the idea that one performance can be so great that it means something
for the career of the performer. While the article Neyer was quoting
mentioned Jason Bere and Luke Hudson, he did make the
excellent point that perhaps there was more significance when the
pitcher was as young as Cueto was (22). Cueto's rookie ERA did not live up to the hype created by his first start, but he did put up a
8.17 K/9 that seemed to portend good times ahead.
Fast forward to this spring, and the optimism wasn't nearly that strong. His Bloomberg Sports Fantasy Tools'
B-Rank going into the season was only 183. That was largely due to his tepid sophomore season in 2009 which produced a much less
exciting strikeout rate of 6.93 per nine innings, as well as another ERA on the wrong
side of four. His home park hasn't helped – Great American Ballpark
has averaged a 1.25 park factor for home runs
since 2007, meaning that the park augments home runs by 25%.
Nevertheless, Cueto gave up 1.26 home runs per nine innings last year, with a 1.36 rate for his career. He seems to have a bit of a homer problem, but if he was striking out a batter per inning we'd probably forgive him his trespasses.
So what gives? We've talked about post-hype sleepers before. Can Cueto recover all that promise that we once thought he had?
take a look at the pitching mix, one area we have identified as a part
of the game that young pitchers can mess with in order to improve the
effectiveness of their overall arsenal. In 2009, Cueto was almost a
two-pitch pitcher. He threw his fastball 60.9% of the time and his
slider 28.9% of the time. Strangely, it was his change-up, which he only
threw 9.3% of the time, that got the best whiff rate (14.1%).
2010, he's thrown his two-seam or four-seam fastball 58.7% of the time,
his slider 31.9% of the time, and his change-up 9.3% of the time. The
mix is largely similar, but the extra use of the slider is worth
noting. While the slider got just slightly above-average strikeout
rates in 2009 (9.7%), the pitch is inching its way back towards elite
territory this year (12.2%). Guess the slider's rate of whiffs in 2008: 15.8%. His fastball whiff rate is also into double digits after languishing at 5.8% last year. Cueto's increased whiff rates have led to his strikeout rate inching forward to 7.07 K/9 this year. As you can see
from the screenshot above, this new K-rate puts him in the middle of the
top-10 pitchers' pack in terms of strikeout and walk rates.
We return now to his
start against the Pirates. Of the 102 pitches in that game, Cueto threw 73 fastballs, 24
sliders and five change-ups. He got four whiffs on the slider for 17% and 14 whiffs on 73 fastballs for 19.2%. It
seems that his nice whiff rate was a big part of his good night.
The Bloomberg Sports Fantasy Tools
just added a Trade Analyzer.
On the left you'll see a trio of players that the trade machine
suggests might match up with Cueto as trade options. If you have the
chance to trade Mark Buehrle or Rick Porcello for Cueto, now would seem like the time to pull the trigger. The
slider is getting whiffs again, which seems to be a big part of his
original promise. If he can regain the slidepiece stuff that made us
all drool in 2008, he'll be a boon to fantasy managers in 2010.
For more about trades that might net you Johnny Cueto, check out Bloomberg Sports' Fantasy Tools.


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Television advertising may be doing just fine despite the slumping economy. But within the next five years, it's going to be eclipsed by online ads, according to a new report from market watcher Forrester Research. By 2016, Forrester says, advertisers will spend almost $77 billion online, comprising 35% of overall ad spending.
Within online advertising, however, lots of changes are ahead. According to Forrester:
* Mobile ads will overtake social ads and email marketing already this year: They'll hit $8.2 billion in revenues by 2016 as advertisers will want to reach people while they're on mobile phones and tablets, not just searching at their desk.
* Search ads' market share will fall: Although search advertising will remain the largest segment, growing to $33 billion, its share of online ads will fall from today's 55% to 44%. No wonder Google is rushing headlong into display and mobile advertising, not to mention social media.
* Display ads will rise anew: Mostly thanks to rich media ads such as video, these mainstays of most Web sites will see a resurgence, hitting nearly $28 billion and 37% market share of online ads by 2016 as brand advertisers hike spending online. Display ads offer more image-oriented messaging than the mostly direct-response search advertising. What's more, advertisers will want to reach people wherever they are online, in particular on social media sites such as Facebook, not just while they're searching on Google. Should be good news for Yahoo–maybe.
* Daily deals will decline: "Consumers will grow so conditioned to micro-impulse offers that they'll lose practice at considered decisions — in all walks of life, not just when buying spa treatments," writes study author Shar VanBoskirk. "Facing a cultural descent into maladroit judgment, employers (and spouses) will blacklist impulse deals to keep people intentional." Look out, Groupon, LivingSocial et. al.–consumers may soon grow weary of your come-ons, if they're not already.
* Social media will grow relatively slowly: In another surprise forecast, Forrester says spending on social media by marketers will hit only $4.4 billion, or 7% of online ad spend, by 2016. That's partly because they can set up Facebook pages one time with relatively little ongoing cost, and partly because Facebook, Twitter and other social sites don't offer much in the way of ad formats yet. Hmm, maybe Facebook's right not to rush into an IPO yet?


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5 Fascinating Nuggets of Truth You Should Know About Doritos
Growing up as an American teenager meant Doritos in your diet. The flavored and fried tortilla chips went with everything: video games, sandlot baseball, road trips and going to the beach. (Fruit wasn't invented for another decade or so.)
Here we are, 50 years later, and we've seen dozens of incarnations of the tasty triangle, with the original still just as popular as ever. As a matter of fact, it's the second-biggest selling chip behind just plain old Lay's Potato Chips.
But just exactly what do we know about said salted snack treat? Did you know that the triangular shape is loosely based on the shape of Mexico? Or that the literal translation of Doritos means "three corners of flavor-town"? OK, while those two facts are basically just lies, here are five things that are absolutely true:
Doritos Debuted in Disneyland
Doritos was first produced at the Casa de Fritos at Disneyland in California. They quartered unused tortillas, then deep friend and seasoned them with awesomeness. Eventually, they were mass produced in 1964 by Alex Foods before Frito-Lay took over production and released the chip nationwide in 1966. Just in time for the merger of the AFL and the NFL! Huzzah!
While the chip has stayed relatively the same over the years, it has undergone a couple transformations that many might not even realize. In 1994, the company made the chips 20-percent larger and 15-percent thinner. They also rounded the corners, probably so babies could play with them in their cribs and not risk severing an artery.
Doritos Flavors By the Dozens
There are currently twenty different types of Doritos, according to their website, although some of those are just reduced fat versions of another flavor.
However, over the history of the Doritos brand, there are reportedly over 100 different flavors! Some of them were obviously big hits, like when Cool Ranch hit the markets in 1986, helping that decade become one of the all-time greatest decades ever!
But there were also a ton of swings and misses on some flavors through the years, including Texas Paprika Flavor, Chicken Sizzler Zesty Salsa, Zesty Taco Chipotle Ranch, Kickin' Chili, Gold Peking Duck, Ketchup, Jalapeno Popper, Nacho Italiano, Pepper Bacon, Sour Cream & Onion and Clam Chowder.
The Doritos "Gourmet Clam Chowder" chips are only available in Japan, but once they are available on Amazon, you can be notified.
I'd also like to take this time to scold the Frito Lay company for discontinuing their Fiery Habanero flavored Doritos. These were very spicy, incredibly tasty, and – when dipped in sour cream – one of the greatest inventions since Double-Stuf Oreos. Please join us in the fight to bring them back.
Idiots Like Doritos
In 2003, a dope named Charles Grady sued the Frito-Lay company because he said his throat was damaged from eating Doritos. Apparently, the corners were juuust a little too corner-y for his delicate gullet. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the scientific study a former chemistry professor published did not meet scientific standards, so it was not allowed to be used in evidence. The study calculated the safest way to swallow these chips.
In related news, Pennsylvanians are now called, "Sissy Throats" whenever they travel to neighboring states. It's shameful, I tell you.
35 Ingredients Create One Zesty Chip
While it's true, there are 35 different ingredients in your standard Nacho Cheese Doritos, you have to understand – it's not like they could just slice off chips from a nacho, like potato chips. Rather than list all of the ingredients, I'll just let you know that there is indeed corn, cheese and salt in them.
Something tells me, however, that back in 1964, there were just six or so ingredients. That's no fun.
Taco Bell Sold 100 Million Doritos Locos Tacos in Record Time
In 2012, Taco Bell introduced the Doritos Locos Tacos, which are essentially the restaurant's regular tacos, but made out of a Nacho Cheese Doritos shell. At first, people rolled their eyes at the over-indulgence of the American fast food chain. But after trying one, people suddenly realized this combination was as natural as rye bread and a pastrami sandwich. (After all, a taco is really nothing more than a Mexican Reuben. Look it up.)
There were over 100 million Doritos Locos Tacos sold in the first 10 weeks after it was introduced, making it the single most popular product in the franchise's history. To put it in proper perspective, McDonald's sold their 100 millionth burger 18 years after its inception. Even more popular than the Chilito? Unreal. Then again, naming a chili-cheese burrito after a Mexican term for "small penis" probably doomed that product right out of the gate.
Taco Bell introduced Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos one year later, and then Doritos introduced the Taco Bell Locos Taco Doritos (in both Nacho Cheese and Cool Ranch flavors) in April.


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"I have a little dreidel, I made it out of clay, and when it's dry and ready, then dreidel I shall play…"
The dreidel, a four-sided top, is one of the most well-known symbols of Hanukkah (http://www.aish.com/h/c/b/Why_Dreidel.html). Actually rarely made out of clay, functional and fun dreidels are created from a wide variety of materials and some dreidels are small works of art. (http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/150987)
Starting at sundown on Saturday, December 8, and continuing through Sunday, December 16, Jews around the world will be playing dreidel, lighting the menorah, singing songs, eating special foods, and observing the holiday in joyous celebration.
Menorahs are lit at sundown each night for eight consecutive nights and range in styles and motifs from conservative to whimsical. (http://www.menorah.com/catalog2/shopdisplaycategories.asp?id=32&cat=+Menorahs) A menorah must have nine holders for candles or olive oil (burned with small floating wicks) – one for each night plus an extra one for the 'helper,' or shamash, used to light the others. Whereas Sabbath, or Shabbat, candles are lit in Jewish homes weekly, lighting the menorah is different because it does not usher in a holy period of time but instead commemorates a significant historical episode. Therefore, Hanukkah does not bring the same kinds of restrictions as Sabbath and is not even mentioned in the Torah; the events that inspired Hanukkah occurred after the Torah was written.
Specific blessings are said upon lighting the menorah and traditional songs of praise to God are sung in the glow of the lights afterward. Usually, age-old Hanukkah tunes are used, yet updated melodies and Hanukkah-related interpretations of contemporary music are widely available. (http://www.jewcy.com/news/four-of-the-maccabeats-have-a-new-hanukkah-pop-song-parody-medley) Similarly, new versions of traditional Hanukkah recipes, like latkes, potato pancakes fried in oil, are now popular for those who are counting calories or who are conscious of cholesterol. (http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/crispy_potato_latkes.html)
From night number one through day number eight, Hanukkah is a festive holiday. Although giving gifts on Hanukkah is not really mandated at all, doing so adds to the excitement of the season — as does sending Hanukkah wishes to friends and family. Send your Hanukkah e-greetings today!


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Piers 30-32 on the Embarcadero are big, flat, money pits. Estimates just to tear down the sprawling, decaying parking lots run to $40 million.
To update them – drive new pilings and make them safe – would cost $80 million-$100 million.
The city doesn't have that kind of money. Voters surely won't approve a bond measure for that much and investors have made it clear they are not interested.
So when Larry Ellison's Oracle Racing group announced it would spend millions to renovate the piers in exchange for development rights and a rent-free lease, it was a golden opportunity.
And we blew it.
Supervisor Mark Farrell, a former investment banker, still can't believe it.
"It was very disappointing. That absolutely could have been done," Farrell said. "Instead, we did the typical City Hall dance. Rake them over the coals, squeeze them. And they pulled out."
Some members of the Board of Supervisors were convinced that Ellison had "no Plan B." They thought that he was determined to snooker the city. Or that he had no other location for pit row, the staging area for the Cup sailboat teams. In talks, the supervisors kept asking for one concession after another.
Finally the word came last weekend – forget the deal. Ellison was out. The teams would stage at Pier 80, where the Oracle group is already dug in, and 30-32 could sit in the wind and waves until they fell into the bay.
"Here we had an opportunity to have someone come in to contribute the up-front capital we don't have – and will never have – in exchange for rent credit," Farrell said. "I think it was a real blown opportunity."
Now comes the finger-pointing. Supervisor John Avalos, who expressed concerns about the deal, says that is predictable.
"People always want to assign blame and where does blame typically go?" Avalos said in a text. "To the elected officials overseeing the public approval process. How can doing our due diligence – asking questions – make us deserving of blame?"
Avalos says that an agreement would have passed easily in Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting. But the infinite hair-splitting that is typical of development discussions in the city soured Ellison. After all, he'd have to return to the board for more approvals before he could build anything on the piers he'd paid to renovate.
"And I think there was zero confidence that we wouldn't take another pound of flesh at that point," Farrell said.
Granted, there are other factors. Former board President Aaron Peskin, whose lawsuit sought to stop America's Cup preparations, says others have tried to make the numbers work on the piers and have failed.
He says criticism of the board for killing the deal sounds "like a stretch or a cheap shot. They seemed pretty accommodating to me."
But there's theory and there's the reality. The Ellison group, which was motivated to move forward with the renovation, threw up its hands and backed out. The result is that 30-32 is another San Francisco project, like the long-vacant Pagoda Theater in North Beach, where potential investors are treated as enemies.
"I am the first to say we shouldn't give away valuable land," Farrell said. "But the only way to do this is a public-private partnership. I think this is a real wake-up call."
Hopefully that's true. The word is some of the supervisors were shocked when Ellison pulled the plug. But it's too late to save the deal now.
At this point all we can do is root for Team Oracle to win in the 2013 America's Cup and hope Ellison brings the event back to San Francisco. Then we can pray City Hall has learned a lesson.
C.W. Nevius is a San Francisco Chronicle columnist. His column appears Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. email@example.com.


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Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Tourette Syndrome
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01329198
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : April 5, 2011
Results First Posted : May 9, 2014
Last Update Posted : June 8, 2018
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The purpose of this trial is to determine whether a particular type of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), scheduled Deep Brain stimulation (SBS), is an effective and safe treatment for Tourettte syndrome (TS).
The trial will also examine the brain activity associated with TS and tics and explore the possibility of responsive brain stimulation (RBS).
|Condition or disease
|Tourette Syndrome
|Device: NeuroPace RNS® System Deep Brain Stimulator
|Not Applicable
DBS is a surgical procedure that seeks to change the brain's electrical signalling by means of applied electrical current. To this end, a wire with tiny stimulating electrodes is implanted into one or both sides of the brain. An electrode is a small piece of metal used to take an electric current to or from a power source. These electrodes are connected under the skin on the scalp to a small electrical unit called an INS (implantable neurostimulator), which is similar to a heart pacemaker. The device sends out electrical impulses that appear to change the normal flow of electricity in the brain.
The wires which house the electrodes will be implanted on both sides of the brain oriented towards the centromedian thalamus-parafascicular complex. This region of the brain has to date the greats number of documented cases revealing significant improvements in motor tics.
This region of the brain will also provide a target where physiological changes related to motor tics are likely to be discovered.
The device we propose for this study has several features that make it more suitable for use in the TS population than other devices. It is self-contained in the skull and brain, and contains no tunneled neck connector wire and no chest pacemaker deice. This will help to lessen infection, and will assist in limiting device-related fractures due to tics involving neck region. Also, the system can record electro-encephalograph data from the area of the electrodes, which will assist us in gathering information about what specific physiological changes are correlated with tics.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|5 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Intervention Model Description:
|Prospective blinded staggered onset design
|Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Outcomes Assessor)
|Masking Description:
|Programming to be performed for this study by the programming investigator under the supervision of the PI
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Scheduled and Responsive Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Tourette Syndrome
|Study Start Date :
|September 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|November 2011
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|April 2017
Active Comparator: Delayed Activation - Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Delayed Activation stimulation in which no electrical charge is delivered through the Neuropace RNS (responsive neurostimulation) system for the first 59 days. On Day 60, all subjects will be programmed to receive active stimulation.
Device: NeuroPace RNS® System Deep Brain Stimulator
Utilizes a signal that the device detects and will respond to with an electrical pre-defined pulse if the signal is encountered.
Other Name: NeuroPace DBS (deep brain stimulation)
Active Comparator: Immediate Activation - Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Active stimulation through the Neuropace RNS (responsive neurostimulation) system at settings to maximally reduce tic frequency & severity, while limiting potential stimulation-induced side-effects.
Device: NeuroPace RNS® System Deep Brain Stimulator
Utilizes a signal that the device detects and will respond to with an electrical pre-defined pulse if the signal is encountered.
Other Name: NeuroPace DBS (deep brain stimulation)
- Mean Change in Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) Scores From Baseline to 6 Months Across All Study Participants Presented [ Time Frame: Baseline to 6 Months ]
The Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) is a semistructured clinician-rated instrument that assesses the severity and frequency of motor and phonic tics over the previous week. Five index scores are obtained during the assessment, where higher scores indicate greater frequency or severity. These indices are:
- Total Motor Tic Score (0-25)
- Total Phonic Tic Score (0-25
- Total Tic Score (0-50)
- Overall Impairment Rating (0-50)
- Global Severity Score (0-7)
The YGTSS Total Score is obtained by adding the Total Tic Score to the Overall Impairment Rating. The efficacy of the intervention will be assessed by comparing each subject's 6-month YGTSS Total Score to the pre-operative value for the same patient. Efficacy is considered 50% or greater reduction in this score.
- Correlation of Tics and Neural Physiology [ Time Frame: Baseline to 6 Months ]Electrical recordings of electroencephalography activity were taken from each subject's implanted leads at each visit from baseline to 6 months. At baseline, the recordings were taken with the device in the off state (not stimulating), while at the 6 month visits the recordings were taken with the subject's device set to optimal parameters for tic control. Using Pearson's correlation coefficient, the variations in frequency and power which were observed were correlated with the Yale Global Tic Severity (YGTSS) scores obtained during primary outcome testing.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|25 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- diagnosis of TS must be made by both a neurologist and a psychiatrist and must meet standardized criteria
- must have a minimum score on the primary tic rating scale
- symptoms must be causing significant impairment in functioning, making it impossible or almost impossible to do daily activities, including work or school and interactions with friends and family, causing severe distress and a poor quality of life
- symptoms have not responded well enough to medications prescribed by a neurologist or psychiatrist experienced in treating TS. Must have had trials of drugs from three different classes of drugs that have not worked.
- must have received stable and effective treatment of any other existing medical or psychological problems for the past 6 months.
- current TS related-medication(s) must be stable for at least a month without a dose change prior to surgery and must be willing to keep these medications stable and unchanged throughout the study or must be off of TS-related medications for at least three months prior to surgery
- If tics involve only one group of muscles or might be controllable by botulinum toxin treatment, must try botulinum treatment before considering surgery.
- must have a negative urine drug screen
- must give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- have a simple motor tic or movement disorder other than TS, or medication-related movement disorders from TS medications
- have had any previous brain surgery including deep brain stimulation, ablative capsulotomy or cingulotomy
- have another psychiatric condition (including body dysmorphic disorder, a delusional disorder or a biological brain disorder), dementia or cognitive dysfunction that would place subject at risk for worsening cognition and/or may impact ability to comply with study procedures. Also included is any other psychiatric disorder that requires medications or treatments that would interfere with the functioning of the DBS device.
- have any significant substance abuse or dependence (e.g., stimulants, alcohol, opiates, benzodiazepines) within the past six months
- have a severe medical disease including cardiovascular disorder, lung disorder, kidney disease, chronic neurological disease, hematological disease, or frailty that impacts tolerability of the surgery as judged by the screening physicians
- pre-surgery MRI is considered abnormal. You may also be excluded if your brain is considered very small.
- have a history of serious suicidal behavior, are unable to control suicide attempts, or are currently at risk of suicide, in the judgement of the investigator
- have head-banging tics or tics that have the potential to damage the RNS System
- are currently pregnant or breast-feeding, plan to become pregnant during the study, or are not using effective contraception
- are currently enrolled in another investigational study
- have an implant such as a pacemaker or neurostimulator containing electrical circuitry or that generates electrical signals
- have any metal orthopedic pins or plates, metal orthodontics, or non-removable body jewelry
- require diathermy treatments during physical or occupational therapy
- have a problem that will require repeat Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01329198
|United States, Florida
|University of Florida Movement Disorders Center
|Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32611
|Principal Investigator:
|Michael Okun, MD
|University of Florida
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|University of Florida
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|First Posted:
|April 5, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|May 9, 2014
|Last Update Posted:
|June 8, 2018
|Last Verified:
|June 2018
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tourette syndrome
tourette's syndrome
Tourette Syndrome
Pathologic Processes
Basal Ganglia Diseases
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Tic Disorders
Movement Disorders
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Mental Disorders


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European experiments ready for activation on ISS
After arriving at the International Space Station on board the Russian Progress M1-11 supply vehicle, the European experiment, PROMISS-3, was activated last Sunday. Also delivered to the Station was the European Matroshka experiment facility, which will be attached to the outside of the Station during a spacewalk on 26 February. Other ESA experiment hardware included in the cargo will be used during the upcoming DELTA Mission.
The unmanned Progress spacecraft, which was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday afternoon, docked in automatic mode with the Russian Zvezda service module at 16:13 Moscow time (13:13 UT) on Saturday 31 January 2004.
The 2.5 tonnes of Progress cargo included food, water and fuel, two new Russian Orlan-M spacesuits, as well as gifts and letters for the two crew members currently on board ISS, NASA astronaut Michael Foale and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri.
Also amongst the cargo was scientific equipment for a number of European Space Agency experiments. One European experiment, PROMISS-3, has since been installed in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG), and was activated at 16:27 UT on Sunday 1 February 2004.
PROMISS is an experiment that aims to improve the understanding of protein crystal growth processes. PROMISS-3 will study the influence of crystal growth conditions on the quality of the obtained crystals.
PROMISS-3 will run continuously for 30 days, after which the samples will be placed in a return container and then stored in an incubator to keep them at around 22 degrees C. The return container will be brought back to Earth with Soyuz 7S in April 2004.
Also included in the science hardware to have arrived at the Station is a human mannequin – the European Matroshka experiment facility. This will be attached to the outside of the Station's Zvezda module during a spacewalk on 26 February 2004, where it will remain for a year. Matroshka will be used to measure radiation levels experienced by astronauts during spacewalks.
The human shaped Matroshka facility, consists of a head and torso, and is made of materials that reflect the composition of the human body. Sensors within the mannequin will measure radiation doses at organ sites such as stomach, lungs, kidney, colon and eyes.
Other European experiment hardware brought to ISS will be used during the upcoming DELTA Mission with Dutch ESA astronaut André Kuipers, who is scheduled to visit the ISS for a 10-day mission in April 2004.


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Sue Wiese is a trucker and animal lover who knows how to get the most out of her telephone headset. Founder of Operation Roger, a nonprofit organization made up of regional and long-haul truckers who volunteer their time to transport needy pets as they deliver freight nationwide, she says the idea came to her not long after Hurricane Katrina. She discussed it with friends and family, and they convinced her to go on a truck call-in show. When it was her turn to talk, she asked if there were any drivers interested in helping move needy pets across the country. "There was absolute silence. You don't have silence on radio," she says. When the host finally got over the shock, they talked for another 15 minutes, and by the time the show ended, she had a dozen truckers' calls to return. All of those original 12 are still active in Operation Roger, and they've been joined by another 30 or so; Wiese says they could use many more. The payback for the drivers? "They feel like they're giving back to the community, which they can't do at home, because they're not there."
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Certain smart cities around the world are leading by example. By examining the strategies that are delivering the highest impact, these best practices can be more widely adopted to replicate their success.
This city portrait is in two parts. The first part (Alba Iulia Smart City: How Central Romania Quietly Created a Hidden Champion in Europe) described the ambitious plans of the Alba Iulia City Hall as it uses tourism and strong partnerships with private companies to transform Alba Iulia into Romania's first smart city. This second part takes a closer look at some of the smart solutions being implemented there.
Organizing Alba Iulia's Transformation
The municipal administration of Alba Iulia – a city of around 74,000 in Transylvania, central Romania – was announced in march to be a finalist in the country's 'Business Review Awards 2018' for its efforts in transforming Alba County's capital into Romania's first smart city. As Romania's centenary celebrations approach, the city that formed the historical backdrop to its Great Union will complete the first part of its ambitious plans, having developed, tested or indeed fully implemented over 100 smart solutions.


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It is home to poets and linguists, literacy researchers and teacher educators, novelists and literary scholars, composition specialists and writers of creative nonfiction. We share a passion for exploring the multiple and dynamic ways that the English language is used to meet the demands of life in the twenty-first century.


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When I Fall I Will Rise!
From Gospel Translations
By John Piper About Humility
Micah 7:7–9
The message today is about bold brokenness. BOLD BROKENNESS. The main point of the message is that, since we sin against God every day, we should be broken; and, since the throne of God is a throne of grace, we should be bold.
Another way to describe the message of this text would be to say that the message is about confident contrition—contrite because we still sin, confident because we have a Savior.
Or we could say the text is about rugged remorse—remorse because we fall short of his glory, rugged because grace makes us bounce back like a tough leather ball.
A Remarkable Connection: Bold Brokenness
Do you see this in verse 9? An amazing verse from God's Word this morning!
I will bear the indignation of the Lord
because I have sinned against him . . .
There's brokenness and contrition and remorse—"I have sinned against God! And I will not try to defend myself or in any way lessen my guilt. I will bear the indignation of the Lord. He has every right to be angry with me. I put my hand upon my mouth and my back to the rod. For I have sinned against the Lord of glory, and I am ashamed."
But then look at the next two lines of verse 9:
. . . until he pleads my cause
and executes judgment for me.
There's boldness and confidence and ruggedness—"God will plead my cause. God will execute judgment for me."
I have sinned against him, and so I am broken beneath the his holy indignation. But this very God—this very same angry God—will soon plead my cause, he will take my side and vindicate me, and so I am bold in his grace. Broken under his indignation, bold in his grace.
What is so remarkable and helpful about this verse is that it keeps these two things so close together. Many of us feel that we can't live this way—keeping these two things so close together. If we think of God as angry with us, we collapse in despair. If we think of God as gracious to us, then we feel there is no place for brokenness and remorse. And so today we tend to separate what the Bible keeps together.
The message today, then, is this: Let's keep these things together! When we sin, let's accept the indignation of God and not deny it or hide ourselves from it. But not only that: when we sin, let's be bold and believe that this very God will soon plead our cause and vindicate us in justice. That's today's message: in your experience of God keep together what God has joined—brokenness and boldness.
The Wider Picture in Micah
Now let's step back for a moment and make sure that we see the wider picture in the book of Micah.
The Most Destructive Enemy of God's People
Here is a prophet that is living and preaching in Judea during the reign of three kings: Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah (1:1). That was about 700 years before Christ and 2,700 years before us. The great political enemy of God's people in those days was Assyria, and Micah sees the Assyrians destroy the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel in 722 BC. But the most destructive enemy of God's people was the same then as it is now, namely, sin.
The hordes of Assyria are a piece of cake to God Almighty. In fact during Hezekiah's reign God slew 185,000 soldiers in one night to save the Holy City. External threats are not the most dangerous enemies in our lives. What would bring Judea and Jerusalem to ruin was their sin. And so God sent Micah to call the people to repent and to warn them of coming judgment.
Micah's Warnings to a Wicked People
Their sins are very up to date. In 2:1–2 he says,
Woe to those who devise wickedness
and work evil upon their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in the power of their hand.
They covet fields, and seize them;
and houses, and take them away;
they oppress a man and his house,
a man and his inheritance.
In 6:11–12 he cries out for God against the dishonesty in business:
Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales
and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Your rich men are full of violence;
your inhabitants speak lies,
and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
But it's not just the businessmen and women that are corrupt. The clergy are phony and driven by the love of money not God. Look at 3:5,
Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who cry "Peace" when they have something to eat, but declare war against him who puts nothing into their mouths.
In other words they preach for hire—they say what the rich people in the congregation want to hear so the building gets built faster.
It was an evil day. Micah had the unpopular job of warning people that the corruption in business and commerce and religion and politics was going to bring terrible judgment from God if there was no repentance.
Writhe and groan, O daughter of Zion,
like a woman in travail;
for now you shall go forth from the city
and dwell in the open country;
you shall go to Babylon. (4:10)
The Response Demanded of Israel and Us
Now how should the people of God respond to this kind of preaching—full of indictment and warning about the judgment of God? Before I show Micah's answer, let's be sure we realize that it's a question for us too, not just them. The church today needs to hear the warnings of Micah.
I was reading a message last week on revival, called "Fire from Heaven." In it the writer says he doubts that the church is yet in the throes of revival as some are saying. If we were he says,
. . . why is every form of moral impurity rampant in our evangelical, Bible-preaching churches? Why is the divorce rate as high in the church as it is in the world? Why do the vast majority of Christians never introduce anyone to Christ? Why do people laugh their way down the aisle to make "decisions"? Why are our churches loaded with people who want a part-time, convenient, weekend Christian experience and who show no serious interest in spiritual growth? Why do pastors have to twist people's arms to give, to serve, to get involved in the work of the ministry? Why are church splits so common? Why are so many professing Christians barren, empty, hurting, confused, and in spiritual bondage? Why is the world so utterly disinterested in what we have to offer? (SPIRIT OF REVIVAL, "Fire from Heaven," Del Fehsenfeld, Jr., vol. 18, no. 1, p. 7)
There are some Micah's around today who see in the American church the same kind of weakness and corruption Micah saw 2,700 years ago in the people of Israel. So now when we ask how a person should respond to Micah's preaching, the question is not just how THEY should have, but how WE should now, today. We are sinners and the church is in great need of repentance and reform and cleansing.
Micah shows two kinds of response to his preaching. Both are based on grace, but one is right and the other is wrong.
The Wrong Way to Lean on Grace
First, let's look at the wrong one—the wrong way to depend on grace in the face of Micah's exposure of our sin. Look at 3:11. Micah speaks to the judges and the priests and the prophets of Jerusalem:
Its [Jerusalem's] heads give judgment for a bribe, its priests teach for hire, its prophets divine for money; yet they lean upon the Lord and say, "Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No evil shall come upon us."
False Security
What is this response to Micah's preaching? They respond by saying, "We are secure!" Why do they think that they are secure? "We are secure because the Lord is in the midst of us! There is his temple! There is the arc of the covenant—the covenant! We are the covenant people! We have Abraham as our father (Matthew 3:9). We are leaning on the Lord! Leaning on the everlasting arms of grace! We have a God of grace! Turn your preaching of judgment to the nations, Micah, not to us.
Look at 2:6. What do they say to Micah?
"Do not preach"—thus they preach—"one should not preach of such things; disgrace will not overtake us."
Here is one way to lean on grace, brothers and sisters. And if we do, it will pierce our hand and kill us. There is a wrong way to depend on grace. There is a false security.
Bonhoeffer's Attack on Cheap Grace
Do you remember Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the young German theologian? He was hanged on April 9, 1945, by a special order of Himmler at the concentration camp in Buechenwald. He wrote a little book that was read by many in the radical days of the late sixties when I was in college. It is called THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP. I bought it when I was a senior in 1967 and it cost me $1.45. I thank God when I look at my underlining in this book as a 21 year old student in search of a Cause worth living for.
What Bonhoeffer attacks in his first essay in this book is this response to Micah's preaching. He calls it "cheap grace." Listen and see if this doesn't ring true to Scripture and nail the problem of these people.
Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting today for costly grace. (p. 45)
Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate. (p. 47)
Let the Christian rest content with his worldliness . . . Let him be comforted and rest assured in his possession of grace—for grace alone does everything. Instead of following Christ, let the Christian enjoy the consolations of his grace! That is what we mean by cheap grace. (p. 47)
The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ. (p. 55)
Cheap grace was rampant in Micah's day. It was rampant in Bonhoeffer's day in Germany. ("We Lutherans have gathered like eagles round the carcass of cheap grace, and there we have drunk of the poison which has killed the life of following Christ" [p. 57].) And today it is rampant among evangelicals in America. And it is the wrong way to respond to the preaching of the prophet Micah. It is the wrong way to lean on grace. And if the church doesn't change, there will be judgment—there was in Israel. And has there not been in the sterility of the European Protestant church? What the future holds for us and for the church in America is whether we learn the other way to respond to Micah's preaching—the other way to lean on grace.
The Right Way: Bold Brokenness
That other way is what we were talking about at the beginning. It is the way of bold brokenness. In Micah 7:7–9 Israel has learned to respond the right way to the preaching of sin and judgment. It's Israel talking in these verses (as we know from the feminine form of the pronoun "your" in verse 10 referring probably to the "daughter of Zion").
Let me sum up the way of BOLD BROKENNESS in four steps all taken from these verses.
1. Unshakable Solidarity with God
The way of BOLD BROKENNESS begins with an unshakable solidarity with God. I get this from the last phrase in verse 7, "My God will hear me." The words "my God" show that the right way to lean on grace is based on a deep unshakable union with God. This is what happens when a person turns from depending on self and begins to depend on God.
It's what a traitor does when he makes up his mind to surrender to his rightful sovereign. He lays down his weapons of opposition, he accepts the pardon of the king, and then takes an oath of allegiance. From that day on he is the king's subject and the king is HIS KING. So the way of BOLD BROKENNESS begins with this unshakable solidarity with God—he is MY GOD!
2. Acceptance of Indignation When We Sin
The way of BOLD BROKENNESS accepts the indignation when we sin against our King. We don't minimize its ugliness. We don't play down the terrible offense it is to God. We don't say God can't get angry at us. Instead we tremble at his displeasure. We are broken by our sin and contrite and remorseful.
I get this from the first two lines of verse 9: "I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him." I think this is one of the greatly needed hours in the church today—the hour when we sit quietly and humbly in the ashes of our guilt under the cloud of God's disfavor and bear the indignation of the Lord in patience. (See Hebrews 12:5–11, 28–29; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Revelation 3:19; 1 Peter 1:17; Romans 11:20; Ephesians 6:5; Colossians 3:22; Philippians 2:12.)
3. Bold Confidence in the Grace of God
The way of BOLD BROKENNESS never loses confidence in the grace of God but boldly believes that this very God of indignation will plead our cause and bring us from the darkness of judgment to the light of life.
You can see this powerfully and boldly expressed in the next lines of verse 9.
I will bear his indignation
until he pleads my cause
and executes judgment for me.
He will bring me forth to the light,
I shall behold his deliverance.
My darkness is the darkness of my sin and his indignation. But he himself will bring me forth to the light. He will be my deliverance.
Look at the boldness of verse 8:
Rejoice not over me, O my enemy;
when I fall, I shall rise;
when I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be a light to me.
The difference between this and "cheap grace" is that sin is taken so seriously. There is a reprehensible fall. There is real and terrible indignation from God. There is a time in awful darkness. There is brokenness and contrition and remorse as we bear patiently the chastisement of our God. If this is missing from the Christian life, it becomes shallow and inauthentic.
But in the ashes of our regret, the flame of boldness never goes out. It may flicker. But when Satan taunts us that we are finished, we lay hold on Micah's sword and say, "Rejoice not over me, O my enemy! When I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me . . . He will bring me forth to the light; I shall see his deliverance."
4. Looking to God for Deliverance
Which brings to the last step in the way of BOLD BROKENNESS. Since we believe that our God is our only hope—even the God who is angry at our sin—we look to him for deliverance. We scan the horizon constantly for his coming to help us.
I get this from verse 7.
But as for me, I will look to the Lord, I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.
Closing Exhortation
My closing exhortation this morning is that when you sin, you bear the indignation of the Lord in brokenness, and that in this brokenness you boldly believe that this very God will plead your cause, and that you look to him and wait for him with this confidence: "My God will hear me."
Can you call God your God this morning? Is there an unshakable solidarity between you and him? This is not inherited. It is chosen by an act of forsaking all other gods and swearing allegiance to the one true God, the Father of Jesus Christ. Choose ye this day whom you shall serve, says the prophet. Let him break you. Let him bless you. Let him make you bold. Amen.


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this is a great collection of images telling an amazing story
or at least part of an amazing story
it is a limited perspective
it is a bit of a clique
altering importance by perspective
punk rock was sort of the clique-ish anti-clique
sadly... dc punk rock may have been more of a clique than the cliques in high school
which is fine
as most of the people at this time were teen agers
and well
adults tend to be as surface as children
so, why should I expect more from teen agers?
why should the punk rock kids be any different than the jocks or the advance placement students?
the cliqueishness may have molded the growth of the scene
it may mold the historic presentation as well
perhaps Cynthia Connelly will come out with a re-issue DAD IN DC
taking pictures of the punk culture 20 years later... some married with kids
some of them still very active
some still very punk
some of them moms and dads
wikipedia DC HARDCORE
quiz: what high school clique would you be in?
quiz: what dc hardcore band are you?
banned in dc... a year book for the kids who did not want to be in the year book
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- gwadzilla said...
a few weeks ago I was headed home after a post work ride
I rolled up behind a mother with a kid in a kid seat and a small child riding sans training wheels up ahead
it was the wife and children of the then boy now man who is on the cover in Banned in DC
as I listen around
I think that the DAD IN DC (which would have to include moms as well) would be a great little photo project
better for Cynthia Connolly than myself
as it should stay in the family
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Pam Seiler and Kandy Lemley will serve as co-presidents. Julie Ruger was elected secretary and Suzy Sommers will serve as treasurer.
The next meeting is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 17. All parents in the Fayette school district are encouraged to attend and support the projects that benefit students through the grades.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Jacob Iati scored 21 points as Albany won its sixth straight game, beating South Carolina State 70-61 Wednesday night for a nonconference victory.
The win was Albany's second against the Bulldogs (4-6) this season after the Great Danes (9-2) took an 83-55 decision Nov. 20.
Iati was 7-of-13 shooting from 3-point range, setting a career high for attempts and tying his career best for makes. Mike Black backed the effort with 18 points, hitting 8 of 9 from the free-throw line.
Albany's six-game winning streak is the program's longest since the 2006-07 team won eight in a row.
The Bulldogs scored first and led until Iati hit a 3-pointer to put Albany up 34-33 with 18:13 left in the second half.
Peter Hooley's 3-pointer with 11:05 left sparked a 12-5 run to put Albany up 53-47. Iati's 3 and Black's two foul shots iced the victory in the final minute.


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Yeah, we had no idea. Apparently these have been around forever, though mostly seen in industrial settings. Something about them being too heavy for home use. But the 7.5 lbs Backpack Vacuum pictured above seems light enough not to give even the most dainty user any hernias. It's great for obvious reasons: it won't keep bumping into furniture and tripping over its own wire. With soft padding for the back, and adjustable shoulder straps it might actually be comfortable to wear. The power button is located on the hose so you don't have to keep reaching around all the time and the 800 watts of power should be enough to suck up most dust and debris while the HEPA filter takes care of allergens.
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Bryan Cranston who you probably know from "Breaking Bad" is in talks to play Richter (the bad guy) in the upcoming "Total Recall" remake. I give this casting a thumbs up based solely on the fact that I have a lot of trouble telling the difference between TV and reality so I think it's cool a meth dealer is making it big in Hollywood. Gives me hope.
Denis O'Hare has joined the cast of the upcoming FX series "American Horror Story" which already features Connie Britton. The show comes to the small screen this fall and is created by the same fellas that brought you "Glee". So that's something huh! Each season will apparently feature a new cast so I'd officially throw my hat in the ring for season 2. Unless there's singing and dancing then maybe I'm not your guy.
"Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation" has wrapped principal photography and in honor of this glorious event some new images have hit the tubes for your peepers to gaze upon. before you go getting all excited you should know that the film is a prequel for 2006's "Night of the Living Dead 3D" which was honestly like having yours eyes stabbed with needles while a local towny hits you in the grunties with a hammer. Not good is what I mean, it wasn't good.
Craig Robinson is using his free time to play the role of the devil in the upcoming Lionsgate dark comedy "Rapturepalooza". The movie, which Robinson is also producing focuses on a couple trying to get back on their feet after the religious apocalypse takes place. I can't think of anything sarcastic to say here, Robinson seems like a generally nice guy and I'd like to be his friend. Wouldn't it be cool if he saw this and we became BFF's?! I swear I'd leave this website behind in a heartbeat. Nothing personal.
Mother of god how can this be true? A Ohio morbidly obese man had to be cut out of a chair he had been sitting in for 2 years because his skin and the fabric had fused together. Disgusting yes but it would be kind of nice not having to pick out a new outfit every day.
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What made me change my mind about Behringer A-500, well I asked if they had any in stock and the answer was no! So I then proceed to plan B.
Its been some 13 years since Ive owned an Alesis amplifier model A-100 which I sold around 13 years, so looks like Ive decided outfit the new sound system with Alesis A300, over the next few months.
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The comprehensive report looks at smart cities as a mega trend set to drive urban development for the next decade. Smart cities are anticipated to create huge business opportunities with a market value of $1.565 USD trillion by 2020, according to the report.
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"Smart cities will be measured on the level of intelligence and integration of infrastructure. What makes a Smart City differ is its emphasis on creating connections and systems, not only between millions of smart devices, but also between businesses, public sector, knowledge institutions, and inhabitants of the city. Deployment of these smart city solutions will depend on how quickly companies converge and tap into each other's industry value chains and assume multiple roles in the eco-system," says Ms. Archana Amarnath, Program Manager, Visionary Innovation Research Group, Frost & Sullivan. "Large integrators such as IBM with their expertise in big data analytics, cloud-based services, and mobile technologies will be best equipped to offer intelligent real-time solutions or services for smart cities."
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Angular 1.3We've just shipped AngularJS 1.3 -- the best Angular yet. With it, you get many features and improvements not found in AngularJS 1.2. Though there are many we focused on:
- Performance. With many operations like DOM manipulation and digest 3-4x faster, you automatically get snappier apps.
- Forms. Simpler and more capable APIs let you write less code and better match user expectations when validating forms.
- ARIA support. With ngAria, you're given a big leg up on adding and removing the correct ARIA attributes to support assistive software like screen readers.
- Material Design. We're nearly fully functional on implementing Google's specification for user interface design and interaction. Find it now at material.angularjs.org.
If you are building web applications today, this is the version you should use. This is the tried and true version that we really believe in. With over 1600 apps at Google built with Angular 1.x, we are committed to supporting it as the first class AngularJS version for a long time to come.
One thing that is changing, however, is our support for new features and breaking changes in Angular 1.x. With a few exceptions, these will be deferred to 2.0, and will be better addressed with the new design. We'll still be reviewing PRs and responding to issues but our focus with 1.x will be on stability, security, performance, rather than features.
If you are using Angular 1.2, please check out the migration instructions to find out more about how to transition your code to 1.3.
From 1.3 to 2.0: Angular's Next StepIn the keynotes of ng-conf in January we first mentioned our plans to build Angular 2. In the last few months since then we've been brainstorming what the next evolutionary step will be for Angular. In March, we published our thoughts in design documents. We read your feedback to make sure we understood the types of things you do or wanted to do with Angular. Then we explored different approaches, built prototypes and benchmarks, and iterated on our designs to find the best one we could.
Last week at ng-europe, we presented a look at our vision for Angular 2.0 that resulted from this research and prototyping. In 2.0, you'll find the things that make Angular truly Angular (like DI, HTML-based templating, directives, and testability baked-in). But you'll also find a number of design changes aimed at adapting Angular to the recent tectonic shifts in the web platform (web components, module system, etc.), and making Angular significantly faster and easier to use in ways we couldn't achieve in incremental steps from 1.x.
- A unified component model that encompases "controllers" and "templates" in Angular 1.x. This means fewer concepts, less boilerplate, and better reusability.
- A revised concept of "scope" that makes nested contexts simple to understand, and improves the division of responsibilities between components of your app.
- Modular, mobile-first design that also scales to needs of enterprise-grade desktop apps - With over 50% of the world's population yet to connect to internet mainly via mobile, not desktop, and we want to make it easy to develop directly for these users. However desktop web apps remain important, especially in the enterprise space.
- Support for Web Components out of the box. Many assumptions we made about the web platform in 1.x are no longer valid, and Angular will change to accommodate these.
- We're introducing AtScript, an extension of TypeScript syntax and ES6 that adds optional runtime types and annotations to help large teams build large apps and better document them. Just like ES6, you're not required to use AtScript for building your applications; it's just another tool in your utility belt.
- Angular won't rely on jqLite or DOM wrappers in general. The DOM has significantly improved since 2009 and AngularJS doesn't need wrappers any more. In fact, removing them will give us a performance boost. You are still free to use jQuery or other DOM libraries in your directives as you wish.
Many of these ideas come from long discussions we had with Angular developers. Thanks again to everyone who weighed in on these documents! With a stable and performance-focused AngularJS 1.3 out in the world link to blog, we're now turning our attention to building Angular 2.0.
What does this mean for me?The Angular community is what makes Angular awesome. We're sharing our plans for 2.0 early so that you can be part of the discussion as we move from concept to real code. We want your input and we're excited to hear what you think. For now the best way to do this is by filing issues on GitHub, or reaching out to us on Twitter (Brad, Igor, Brian, Jeff) or Google+, coming to our meetups and following and commenting on our meeting notes.
When can I use Angular 2.0?If you're interested in Angular 2.0 in its current experimental state, you can follow along on GitHub and through our meeting notes. It's too soon to start building anything with 2.0 code -- we're still in the very early stages of building out the project. In the coming months you should be able to see the pieces falling into place. We're not announcing a release date because we honestly don't know yet, but we're working hard at delivering an early version very soon.
How can I learn more about Angular 2.0?It's still very early, but watching the videos from ng-europe (when they are available) is the best way to get started. Specifically the keynotes from both days and the session on Angular 2 Core.
If you have more time and want to dig deeper, then check out all the design docs and research we put together and iterated on with the Angular community already.
For people that seek truth in code, there are first bits of code on GitHub in the angular/angular repo. There is lots more to come in the upcoming months!
And lastly you can check out some resources published by our partners, for example a TypeScript blog post that mentions "alignment with ES6" and Angular 2.0, Traceur, EcmaScript 6 and Web Components
What about Migrating from 1.3 to 2.0?Our goal with Angular 2 is to make the best possible set of tools for building web apps not constrained by maintaining backwards compatibility with existing APIs. Once we have an initial version of Angular 2, we'll start to work on a migration path for Angular 1 apps.
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I have lampp up and working under Ubuntu 12.04. I would like to have a separate lampp installed in a different folder in /opt (e.g. /opt/lampp2) with its own database and files, so that I select between them by choosing which lampp command to run. I untarred the file ok, and ran lampp ok, but mysql still goes to the same database. How to I get separate databases for separate installations (i.e. is /opt/lampp hardwired in some config files that need changing)?
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