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From the day I found out, I was drawn, even driven, to write. But it was difficult to find the time. Amazingly, life marches on even after you learn you have breast cancer.
Early last fall, I found a lump. At my first mammogram ever, they asked me to fill out a brief form.
Is this a routine mammogram? No. If no, check all that apply: I can feel a lump. Check. Bloody discharge from the nipple. Check. Abnormal breast exam. Check. Family history of breast cancer. Check.
Ever the optimist, and despite the 4-for-4 for four score on the paperwork, I remained absolutely confident this was some sort of harmless condition antibiotics could cure.
That confidence was barely breached when a radiologist told me, "You have a mass in your breast." My mental response was, No duh, that's why I'm here. He said, "My best guess is that it is a cancer." My mind went straight to his use of the indefinite article "a."
A cancer. Not the cancer. Only other people get the cancer.
My perpetually positive mind was able to find good — or at least neutral — news in all the bad news he presented. He made just one befuddling statement: "I'm so sorry to lay this heavy news on you." For the life of me I couldn't make sense of this. In my mind, pathology would come back benign, and such an apology was wholly premature.
It took about three days for me to internalize the truth. Even reading the word "malignant" on my pathology report didn't strike it into me. Only slowly and by degrees did I come to understand that I had breast cancer. Like, actual breast cancer.
Those words sat on my shoulder and waited in silence for me to engage in something that made me forget —a good movie, a fun interaction with the kids, a conversation with another parent at the school bus stop. Then, without warning, they would whisper a scream into my ear: BREAST CANCER!
Well, precisely one month has passed since I learned the news. To say it has been a roller coaster of emotion, while true, is both clich? and not quite descriptive enough. I find the classic game of Tetris to be a better metaphor.
At one appointment, blocks of knowledge were delivered and I arranged and built upon them until I thought I understood. Then the next appointment would come, all previous blocks would fall away while new ones descended, and I was forced to start rearranging them and build understanding all over again.
I am happy to report I'm nearing the end of the Tetris-esque assessment phase of this journey and will soon be starting treatments. While greedy drugs course through my vessels in search of fast-growing cells, perhaps I'll adopt Ms. Pac Man as my next metaphor of choice. In coming to a crisp and accurate understanding of my disease, I have decided never to capitalize and always to misspell it out of spite. Fighting canser looks so much more doable than does fighting Cancer.
And I am fighting. Chemotherapy, baldness and bilateral mastectomy are to be notable elements of 2013 for me. But they will buy me 45 years in which I will live well, laugh often and love fiercely.
Loving fiercely is of special consequence today, Valentine's Day. I can unequivocally say that my husband's constant attentive care, his listening ears, his embrace that both validates and melts my fears, his compensation where I fail, his utter and total support — all of this is the stuff of truer love than I have ever known.
Love has been showered on me in many ways and from unexpected sources this last month. A childhood friend whom I have seen only once these last 25 years is joining Avon's Walk for the Cure, with me as her tribute. Other friends have donated generously to the cause.
One friend wrote a beautiful poem for me. Others have brought meals, cared for my children, written words and given tokens of support, listened, and most valuably, changed the subject.
Because after all, life marches on even after you learn you have breast canser.
LaDawn Hall is a Chico resident and columnist for North State Voices, which appears each Thursday.


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Siskiyou bitterroot, Howell's bitterroot, Heckner's lewisia, Howell's lewisia, Siskiyou lewisia
Lewisia cotyledon
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Easily grown from seed sown onto soil surface; good drainage is required. Hybridizes readily. Propagate vegetatively by freeing offsets in spring. Hardy to zone 7, may occasionally overwinter in zone 6 if kept absolutely dry. May tolerate some shade. Note that some hybrids may not grow true from seed
Lewisia pygmaea, or little Lewisia, hardy to zone 4. Germination of Lewisias can be quite irregular, and may benefit from 4 weeks' stratification
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In this article I wish to share with you how during my tough times I spoke to God not even knowing whether He will hear me or not, He responded in the most Extraordinary way.
The year was 2005 and I had been challenged by many sorts of hardships and my physical health was failing faster than I could handle it. I must confess that even though I was already Pastoring the second largest Church in Soweto I had reached a point in my life where I was ready to give up on everything because I was asking myself if It was really worth it to continue as if all was well with me. On Sundays I used take an overdose of all medicines I had just so I can make it through the Church service.
One thing Amazing though was that I prayed for the sick and demon possessed in our services. people were healed from worse conditions than I had and demons would come out of many screaming.
After each service questions would be racing through my mind.
By now it had been 12 full months since I was plagued by not fewer than four afflictions. I spent the past year suffering from a slipped disc, Asthma, Paralysis of the legs and hands.
I went to doctors who honesty did their best but for some strange reason I could not get any better.
I went to see a physiotherapist who advised me to go for surgery because he said that my spine was pinching on my nerves.
I would wake up in the middle on the night totally paralyzed from my waist down. up to a point that I would literally have to pick up both my legs without feeling them. Some nights both my hands would be stuck in fist like clutches and I could not open them I would wake up, sit there and just stare into the darkness asking myself that if Jesus really healed the sick does He know my name? and if yes He did know me does he care that I'm preaching His gospel.
All those nights God did not respond in any obvious way. He just kept quite and things remained the same. Night after night I suffered until one day I decided to use a different approach to speak to God. "God I know your word says you are my healer. I have seen you heal people in our services. God you have actually used me to heal these people,. But how come father that I'm suffering like this? have I done something wrong? is there anything I need to do that I'm not doing? But God just remained silent. He never said a word.
I knelt down and repeated the prayer of salvation. By this time I was born again 22 years ago. and have been preaching the gospel of Faith; healing; deliverance and Prosperity for 20 years. I did a self deliverance, praying over myself and even anointed myself with the anointing oil.
A few months went by and everything remained the same. Nothing had changed and like the woman with the issue of blood instead of getting better i got worse. By this time I was suffering from stress. I went to see a doctor who told me to "slow down or else you are endangering your life".
What this man did not know was that there was nothing I could do to better my life
One night during my prayer time I sat there not knowing what to say to God; Jesus; or the Holy Spirit. Deep down I knew I wanted to tell God that I was giving up on His work because I can't take it anymore. What's the use of serving Him if I can't even access some of His basic promises like healing. I ultimately found the courage to say it out. "Father in the name of Jesus I know that you are Good and that you want the best for me. You sent your son Jesus to die for both my sins and sicknesses. But Lord I have been sick now for more than 12 months and I have been asking you to heal me, and for some reason you did not. I know Lord that no one can force you to do things against your will but I have reached a point in my life where I have to confess that I need you to tell me why you cannot heal me. Thank you lord in Jesus' name. Amen"
That night I stopped right there and went to bed. My head was screaming at me but somehow I had this peace deep down in my heart. Weeks passed without any change taking place. But one night something very strange happened. Something that changed my life.
It was around 2 in the morning. I was sitting in the lounge on the couch praying. I was wide awake when it happened: The ceiling of the lounge began to move sideways like a car sunroof I was stunned and could not move. I just sat there and watched the whole happening. The ceiling continued to move until the skies appeared. The whole roof was gone and by now the outside breeze was blowing directly into the room where I was sitting.
As I sat there shocked but peaceful someone appeared in the sky above. He just floated in the air and looked down at me. We made direct eye contact, my heart was racing but otherwise I had total peace within me. He beckoned to me with his right had and the couch I was sitting on began to lift up from the floor towards Him I looked back and saw the room where I was sitting I kept going towards Him until I was totally out of the house. By now I could see the other houses around us, all the rooftops were below me.
When I was about 3 meters away from Him he put up his hand signalling me to stop. The couch stopped there in mid - air.I came face to face with Him. His eyes were piercing yet peaceful. He was smiling at me. He wore a long white satin-like robe, He had a thick gold rope around His waist, and wore sandals on His feet. His hair was hanging down His shoulders.
He never said a word, He just smiled as he looked at me. It took a few moments and He beckoned again with his hand and the couch began to descend back to the house. As it went down I was still looking at Him and by the time the couch touched the floor he left and the roof began to close as slowly as it opened. Immediately after the ceiling closed I stood up and went to bed. It was only now that I felt a bit of fear.
The next morning I woke up feeling very different. I realized during the day that the pains that I had around my waist for the past 12 months were gone. It took the whole week for me to be convinced that I was actually healed. Totally free from all my afflictions. Within a month my financial challenges were all gone. I paid off all my debts. I began to prosper in literally everything I do. It's been 5 years now and I'm still free from sickness and disease. I have everything I need, even more than I need. And above everything else I am at peace with God
This experience reminded me of Jacob when he wrestled with God. Genesis 32:26-28 The man said "let me go, for it is daybreak." But Jacob replied,"i will not let you go unless you bless me." The man asked him,"what is your name?" "Jacob,"he answered. Then the man said,"your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,because you have struggled with God...."
I changes your whole life - Amen...


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One of the goals of the Law Library is to manage a collection that is dynamic and useful to the Law School community. Librarians recognize that one way to effectuate that goal is to remove marginal titles from the collection. The withdrawal of unwanted items and the storage of infrequently used items will increase ease of access and improve the efficiency of retrieving materials.
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Shark professional, cave diver, and PADI course director Cristina Zenato is taking over @suuntodive on Instagram for a week, beginning today. Make sure to follow to learn more about the world of sharks!
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I am originally from Italy. I grew up in the African rainforest and I have lived the last 22 years in the Bahamas, where I follow my work and passion, which tend to blend into one activity. I am a shark professional and behaviourist; I specialize in human and sharks interactions. I'm also a cave diving instructor and active explorer and a PADI course director. I love to dive and share my diving through teaching it and through my images and presentations. My passion is my work, my work is my passion.
Where do you dive?
Primarily in the Bahamas, but I am always trying to find places where I can further my experience and knowledge about sharks and caves. I have been in many locations in the world to meet other people who work with sharks and learn more about cave, technical diving and exploration. Among them were Italy, England, Fiji, Rhode Island, California, South Africa, Mozambique, Dominican Republic, Cuba.
What inspires you about the ocean?
There are a lot of lessons to be learned from the underwater world and from nature in general. The most beautiful inspiration is in how everything seems to connect and flow together, in a perfect balance between beauty, life, death, darkness and light. The underwater world teaches a valuable lesson in the power of now and the power to accept all those around us and learn to coexist.
Is there a story you wish to tell with your images?
The story I wish to tell is the one of inspiration, I want people to see that dreams do come true, that if we listen and work where our hearts want to go we can get there. It's a story of communications with other animals, specifically with my sharks and one of acceptance and respect. It's a story of discoveries, of imagination, of a life rich of extraordinary mundane events.
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I have been toying with the idea of trying to find a better way to track the hammock camping events in our area (SC only for the time being). What I have come up with is a Google Calendar that is open to the public for viewing but must have an invite to be able to modify the calendar (add/remove/modify events or add new invites). I am hoping this will be a good way to keep track of what other people are planning in the state.
calendar link here http://www.google.com/calendar/embed...Z29vZ2xlLmNvbQ This calendar is a public calendar and open to view for anyone.
For those who think this may be helpful in planning, organizing, or attending a hang in South Carolina, AND would like the ability to add to the calendar please PM me with an email address you want to associate with this calendar and I will get you added.
I hope this turns out to be as useful as I am hoping it will be.


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This 5-year-old Affenpinscher took the big prize at last night's Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
First-Place winner Banana Joe can add this trophy to his collection of 85 other best in show titles. Also in the best-of-seven final ring were a German wirehaired pointer, an American foxhound, a Portuguese water dog, a bichon frise, a smooth fox terrier, and the runner up was an Old English sheepdog.
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A Cure for What Ails You
Thanks to modern psychology, you can now be trained to accept or reject homosexuality – yours or others -- depending on your interpretation of what's needed.
One of these days you're gonna love me
You'll sit down by yourself and think
About the times you pushed and shoved me
And what good friends we might have been
And then you're gonna sigh a little
And maybe even cry a little
But one of these days you're gonna love me
-- "One of These Days", Tim McGraw
Like many, Tim McGraw's song of personal redemption and forgiveness is open to interpretation. Some will hear the tale of a man examining his youthful deeds of cruelty -- picking on the neighborhood nerd, abandoning his high school sweetheart -- and deduce that the song is a plea for compassion and empathy. Others, however, will point to the spiritual awakening the singer experiences while in church, as evidenced that the song is about the power of religion in washing our past sins away.
A parallel split of opinions is occurring in psychiatric claims involving the LGBT community. To many, modern psychology and social work is responsible for the tool that will herald in a new era of understanding of diversity issues: sensitivity training. Like the protagonist of McGraw's song, one can find redemption and new awareness through reflection upon one's past transgressions.
However, others advocate psychology and religion as the means to overcome temptation: reparative therapy. Here, the thought is that an epiphany, often the result of embracing religion, results in a change of behavior; one can quit the lifestyle he or she has adopted. Both approaches claim success, and certainly, there are converts ready to step forward to testify how they have been changed by these methods.
There are also those ready to step forward and claim the two methods are shams. The truth lies in one of the basic tenants of PSYCH 101: that a patient can only be helped when he or she wants to be helped. Those actively resistant to treatment won't benefit. Unfortunately, there are many involved in these therapies who have no desire to be there, finding themselves attending due to company policy, parental mandate, or judicial order.
Recently, I was required to attend sensitivity training about the GLBT community in order to participate in my university's Safe Zone Program. (The Safe Zone Program is a growing outreach program on college campuses, in which faculty and staff identify their offices as "safe zones" where students can discuss sexual orientation matters without judgment.) I don't mind attending the training, and it was an excellent presentation, but really…I'm a gay man who writes a column on gay culture and issues. I've spoken at several conferences on diversity. I've been with my partner for 14 years. And my partner and I have experienced discrimination, both societal and institutional. How much more sensitive do these people think I can be?
In fact, most of the people in attendance were pretty sensitive. Some were gay or lesbian, but most had friends or relatives who are gay. Still others were just sympathetic to the problems GLBT students face. One colleague and friend, a mother of two straight sons, cried while she listened to gay and lesbian students describe their experiences on campus. "It just hurts me," she told me, "to think that someone would treat my boys that way." Like I said, sensitive.
While those attending the training undoubtedly learned about the prejudice LGBT individuals face, it's doubtful anyone had a life-altering experience, choosing to throw away a history of bigotry for a life of inclusion and acceptance. Yet, there are those who are sent to sensitivity training for just that purpose. A recent episode of Penn and Teller: Bullshit! featured former pro ball player John Rocker, who was ordered to attend sensitivity training after complaining in the press about riding the subway with "queens with AIDS", among other undesirables. Rocker left midway through the first of what were to be many sessions and never went back.
Rocker exemplifies those who attend training under duress. These individuals often have the prospect of unemployment or a prison term waiting should they fail to attend. Resentment about being forced to attend and a resistance towards the message of the presentation makes it highly unlikely that significant changes in attitude will occur. It's like attending traffic school to get out of paying the ticket…how many of us significantly change our driving behavior because we saw the scary drivers ed movie? We may in the short term, but soon old patterns emerge until such time that we are ready to make a lifelong commitment to change.
Where sensitivity training fails most significantly is in teaching realistic methods for dealing with a bigoted environment. Even if the gay-basher or Klan member should have an epiphany, he or she will still have to return to a household, social circle, and possibly even neighborhood filled with those who share his or her old attitudes. Peer pressure and psychological reinforcement of prejudicial stereotypes by peers will most likely result in a return to the previous known behaviors, only there may be a twinge of guilt when beating the crap out of a queer in an alley.


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A beautiful and captivating primate, the white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar) is a master of agility (5). As true brachiators, gibbons are much admired for their remarkably fast, yet seemingly effortless, suspensory motion through the trees (6). The white-handed gibbon possesses the long arms and hands typical of gibbon species, which are perfectly suited to this pendulous swinging from branch to branch. Despite lacking a tail, the gibbon's sense of balance is nevertheless acute, and it can even be found walking on its hind legs along branches high above the ground, characteristically raising its arms above its head for balance (5). Individuals vary in colour from dark brown or black to red-buff and pale fawn, but always with a white fringe framing the black face and white upper sides of the hands and feet (7) (8). Males and females are very similar in size and can have all colour variants (7). Its unmistakable call, a loud whooping sound, is enhanced by a sound-amplifying throat sac and can be heard from a great distance (5) (7).
The white-handed gibbon was considered to make life-long pair bonds, but recent studies show some serial monogamy with occasional partner changes, and even non-monogamous groupings (10). Generally, however, groups consist of a mated pair and their offspring. An elaborate duet sung between males and females is thought to maintain pair bonds as well as to mark and defend the pair's territory. These gibbons breed year round, usually producing one young every two to three years (2) (8). The gestation period lasts seven to eight months and young are weaned at 18 months (10). Juveniles reach adult size at six years but remain with their natal group until they reach sexual maturity at around nine years old (8) (10). Parental care is predominantly given by the mother but the father and elder siblings also help raise young (8). Lifespan in the wild lasts 25 to 30 years (10).
These gibbons are active during the day, which is mostly spent foraging for food and feeding (10). Primarily frugivorous, the white-handed gibbon will also eat immature leaves, flowers, stems, shoots, buds, insects, eggs and the occasional bird (2) (9).
The white-handed gibbon is found in the tropical rainforests of southern and Southeast Asia (8), in the countries of China, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia (9). The Malaysian lar (Hylobates lar lar) is found in Malaysia and southern Thailand, the central lar (H. l. entelloides) in southern Myanmar and southern Thailand, Carpenter's lar (H. l. carpenteri) in eastern Myanmar, north-western Thailand and Laos, the Yunnan lar (H. l. yunnanensis) in the Yunnan province of southern China and the Sumatran lar (H. l. vestitus) in Indonesia (northern Sumatra) (1) (2).
This arboreal species inhabits primary or secondary semi-deciduous monsoon forests and tropical evergreen forests (9). The white-handed gibbon occupies only the upper canopy, and this gibbon rarely, if ever, descends to the forest floor (8).
The white-handed gibbon is classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List (1), and listed on Appendix I of CITES (4). Subspecies: Malaysian lar (Hylobates lar lar), Carpenter's lar (H. l. carpenteri) and Sumatran lar (H. l. vestitus) are all classified as Endangered (EN), the central lar (H. l. entelloides) is classified as Vulnerable (VU) and the Yunnan lar (H. l. yunnanensis) is classified as Data Deficient (DD) on the IUCN Red List (1).
Rapid loss of habitat poses the principle threat to gibbons, placing their future in great peril (3) (8). With breathtaking speed the forests of Southeast Asia are being cut down due to logging and agriculture, leaving forest inhabitants an ever smaller region in which to live. The white-handed gibbon is sometimes hunted for its meat (8) and the capture of young gibbons for the pet trade is rampant in some countries, particularly Thailand (5). Frequently the mother is shot so that the young can be taken (5).
The white-handed gibbon is protected from international trade by its listing on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) (4). Other efforts are being made to save these primates, such as national parks and reserves, but they are not terribly effective as they are often poorly supervised and laws against capture un-enforced (8). The highest priority in protecting this primate must be given to preserving adequate areas of suitable habitat (3). Action is required now if we are to prevent this agile and intelligent lesser ape from becoming more critically endangered.
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The week in review
Worst week for 20,000 American troops in Iraq: Their homecomings are postponed for another three months because of Iraqi uprisings in the bloodiest month of the war yet.
Most fragile coalition: U.S. ally Spain announces it's withdrawing troops from Iraq, and other countries weigh their support.
Best insights into the Bush administration's decision to go to war: Yep, Bob Woodward has a new book out called Plan of Attack and it's excerpted this week in the Washington Post.
Biggest budget week: Charlottesville City Council passes a 7.2-percent-higher $100.4 million budget April 13 that increases the lodging tax, the cigarette tax to 25 cents per pack, trash sticker fees, parking fines, and building permit fees. Albemarle County ups its budget by 9 percent to $241 million. And both depend on the General Assembly getting its budget act together before July 1.
Worst trend along the tracks: Three students are robbed walking near the railroad tracks, the most recent around 4am April 17.
Best policy change for those charging racial profiling by police in the search for the serial rapist: Police announce stricter guidelines April 16 for requesting DNA samples with a buccal swab from a potential suspect's cheek.
Biggest scoop of local media: Police Chief Tim Longo tells local journalists he's temporarily suspending the buccal swab for serial rapist suspects after the Post's April 14 front page headline, "'DNA Dragnet' Makes Charlottesville Uneasy: Race Profiling Suspected in Hunt for Rapist. "
Best news for Grounds-loving UVA frosh: They are guaranteed housing through their second year.
Worst news for UVA students: The total price for in-state undergrads is going up 8.7 percent.
Best reason for Duke envy: The Durham university is discontinuing 8am classes because they're so poorly attended– but is sticking with 8:30am classes.
Most incongruous elements early April 18 following an Omega Psi Phi party on Rugby Road: Frat party, seven arrested– and no alcohol served? Kate Andrews has the story in the Progress.
Best second act: Retired UVA vice president of student affairs Ernie Ern takes on the interim chancellorship of UVA's College at Wise.
Worst news for Papa John's on the Corner: The pizzeria at the corner of 11th Street and West Main is slated for demolition to make way for a Medical Center research lab, the Cav Daily reports.
Worst weather for the Dogwood Festival: Last week's rains push back the opening from April 13 to April 15.
Most bills: Delegate Rob Bell has 13 of his bills signed into law by Governor Mark Warner. The bills toughen drunk driving laws and those for videotaping nude children.
Best get for Fifth District congressional candidate Al Weed: DMB's Boyd Tinsley lends his support at a reception for the Nelson County Democrat.
Best gets for Larry Sabato's Intro to American Politics class: Senator George Allen shows up April 12; Governor Mark Warner discusses Virginia's budget April 14, and reveals he has no plans to challenge Allen for his Senate seat in 2006, but may run for governor again in 2009.
Best get for Sutherland sixth graders: Nancy Redd, Miss Virginia 2003, drops by the middle school on April 13.


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I hardly know where to start. Perhaps I should begin with the presentation.
On August 14 I gave a presentation for "the proposal" I worked on during my internship. By the grace of God, it was received very well. Various department heads were there, including the marketing director himself, and they all liked the idea. A lot. In fact, they liked it so much, the first question was "What are our next steps?"
I was speechless.
My supervisor, Chris Giovagnoni, filled in my silence. "Uhhh …"
Good call Chris. Way to cover.
Shortly after the presentation, I debriefed with Chris. What he then told me only led to yet another level of amazement and surprise.
How would you feel about working with us for another six weeks? You'd be doing different stuff since you completed your internship project, but you'd still be involved with the 'next step' discussions. And we'd buy you some time, free of the 'what do I do now' question, as Human Resources considers all the candidates for the positions you've applied for."
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"Uhhh, yes."
Let me paint a picture for you.
The night before, I was lying on my back on the floor of my room in tears as I spoke with my mom about my doubt and fears for the future.
"What if I am not supposed to be in Colorado or with Compassion at all?" I sobbed.
"What if my time here is done? Where will I go now? How am I supposed to know what to do?"
God was in control and His timing was perfect … yet again. He made it clear where He wanted me and what He wanted me to be doing the next day, the day of the internship graduation.
Would I have been better off knowing I would be staying days or even weeks before? Not necessarily.
The only thing that would have changed would have been my desperate dependence on Him. I would have begun to take over control of the next steps and, if memory serves me right, I typically screw things up.
So what seemed to be hard and uncomfortable test of faith was actually the Lord's way of saving me from myself in the long run. It has painted for me a more real and tangible picture of His grace.
So here I sit; in my same cube at my same desk, happy as a lark.
*Furrowed brow*
What is a lark and why is it happy?


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Global workshop to spotlight ESA's ground station expertise
Operating missions in deep space requires sophisticated tracking stations as well as engineering knowhow. A workshop hosted by ESA will highlight the latest developments in the craft of communicating with spacecraft orbiting in our Solar System, hundreds of millions of kilometres from Earth.
On 10–13 September 2013, the Agency will host the 6th ESA International Workshop on Tracking, Telemetry and Command Systems for Space Applications (TTC 2013). Participants will include experts from ESA, NASA, the French and German space agencies CNES and DLR, the Italian space agency ASI and the Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Indian space agencies, joined by numerous representatives from space agencies, industry and research institutes worldwide.
The workshop will highlight some of the latest developments at ESA and partner agencies in the area of spacecraft communication, particularly for deep space missions, which typically explore other planets in our Solar System.
New deep space station in Argentina
"In 2013, ESA will commission a new 35 m-diameter deep space station at Malargüe, Argentina, completing a trio of stations located so as to provide 360º coverage for all our missions," says Klaus-Juergen Schulz, head of the stations engineering team at ESOC, ESA' European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Germany.
"Our deep-space stations provide the increased range in radio communication technology and data transmission speed required for present and future exploration missions, such as Mars Express, Venus Express, Rosetta, Herschel, Planck, Gaia, BepiColombo, LISA, Solar Orbiter, Euclid and the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer."
The three impressive deep-space stations, in New Norcia, Western Australia, Cebreros, Spain and now Malargüe, also provide facilities for radio science experiments, allowing scientists to study the characteristics of matter through which the spacecraft–ground communication signals travel.
ESA's Estrack network provides support to partner agencies such as NASA and JAXA, who likewise make their tracking networks available to ESA missions, helping to increase coverage and boosting science data return for all.
TTC 2013 workshop
The TTC 2013 workshop will be held at ESOC and aims to provide an international forum for sharing research findings, best practices and innovations, especially in the most innovative areas such as optical communications.
"The highly successful triennial conference series is a forum where experts in tracking, telemetry and command can present new ideas, share experiences and discuss key topics," says ESA's Salvador Marti, workshop organiser.
"The workshop will also help to identify trends in standardisation, cooperation and new technologies. These are crucial for boosting effectiveness for all agencies and supporting missions of the future."
The 6th ESA International Workshop on Tracking, Telemetry and Command Systems for Space Applications will be held 10-13 September 2013 at ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany.
For more information, registration and the full agenda, access the ESA Congrex site.


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Ugh... brutally true.
Endured some blathering idiot the other day; said to my daughter: Do you know how he got that way? He was raised in a family of idiots, and he was just slightly below normal - a genius in their eyes - and treated as such for a long time.
How does that saying go: "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king?"
I really have no desire to mingle in the general public. Wow, are the young "adults" stupid.


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Guy Fieri
In 2006 Guy Fieri premiered his first show, Guy's Big Bite, on Food Network. Today, this "culinary rock star" also hosts the top-rated show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and Guy's Grocery Games, and guest judges on Food Network Star.
This likeable, laid-back California guy with his trademark bleached-blond spiky hair began his love affair with food at the age of 10, selling soft pretzels from a three-wheeled bicycle cart (named "The Awesome Pretzel") he built with his father. By selling pretzels and washing dishes, Guy earned enough money in six years to study abroad as an exchange student in Chantilly, France. There he gained a profound appreciation for international cuisine and the lifestyle associated with it. Guy attended University of Nevada Las Vegas, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in hospitality management.
In 1996 Guy and his business partner, Steve Gruber, launched their Sonoma County, Calif.-based Italian restaurant, Johnny Garlic's. Their first location opened in Santa Rosa, Calif., in fall 1996, a second outpost opened in Windsor, Calif., in 1999, and their third opened in Roseville, Calif., in 2008. A fourth location opened in Dublin, Calif., in summer 2011. Following the success of their first restaurant concept, in 2003 they developed Tex Wasabi's, a Southern barbecue and California sushi restaurant in Santa Rosa, Calif. In 2011 the restaurant reopened to rave reviews after an 18-month, $1 million renovation. A second Tex Wasabi's is located in Sacramento, Calif. Combined, there are now a total of six locations. Always looking to make improvements to the restaurant industry, Guy was a three-term president of the Restaurant Association of the Redwood Empire and serves on the board of directors for the Educational Foundation of the California Restaurant Association.
In October 2008 Guy released his first book, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: An All-American Road Trip...with Recipes! (William Morrow), based on his widely popular show, which offers recipes and memorable stories from establishments he has visited around the country. A follow-up book, More Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: Another Drop-Top Culinary Cruise Through America's Finest and Funkiest Joints (William Morrow), hit stores in November 2009. Both editions landed in the #1 spot on The New York Times Best Sellers List for 12+ weeks. In May 2011 Guy released his first cookbook, Guy Fieri Food (William Morrow), which includes more than 125 original recipes, full-color photos and cooking tips. That same month, he combined the worlds of food and rock 'n' roll during his second-ever cross-country tour. Guy's first tour, "The Guy Fieri Road Show," took place in November 2009 and toured 21 cities in 30 days at venues that seated 2,000-5,000 fans.
In 2011, Guy launched his own line of Guy Fieri Barbecue Sauces and Salsas as well as a Flavortown food line, which includes ready-to-eat frozen and refrigerated food products. Currently available nationwide, Guy Fieri Barbecue Sauces and Salsas each come in four varieties, while the Flavortown line offers items such as pre-marinated steak and pork, five varieties of sausage and appetizers that include everything from pot stickers and hush puppies to grilled shrimp and scallop skewers.
Passionate about empowering today's parents to include their children in the kitchen and educate them about eating healthy, Guy helped draft California state legislation proclaiming the second Saturday in May annually as Cook With Your Kids Day. While it was passed unanimously by the California State Legislature in 2008, in April 2011 Guy received a new resolution that recognizes Cook With Your Kids Day every Sunday. Invited by the U.S. Navy team to cook at the White House, Guy spoke to politicians about making this a nationally recognized holiday. In August 2010 he officially launched CWK (Cooking With Kids), a program that encourages developing healthy eating habits to address the childhood obesity crisis and strengthen the family unit by sharing quality time in the kitchen.
A longtime supporter of law enforcement and the military men and women serving our country, Guy has an ongoing Armed Forces Entertainment commitment and has visited bases in the Persian Gulf, Guantanamo Bay and Hawaii, all as a guest of the U.S. Navy. He entertains the troops and inspires the military culinary specialists with instruction and inspiration.
Guy lives in Northern California with his wife, Lori, and their two sons, Hunter and Ryder.


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Lots of celebration been goin' on in the fam. Most importantly Clark graduated from Southern Poly; something to do with Engineering. It was a proud moment and know that Dad was with us.
And Cony and I celebrated our big One year. We kept it pretty low key- in fact we didn't even buy presents for each other. We just loved each other and spent the weekend in a really nice hotel and did NOTHING. It was just what the doctor ordered. Try it sometime.
I was on the hunt for a picture of me as a baby with my dad as Santa Clause. Didn't find it, but found these instead. I have very fond memories of Christmas growing up and can't wait to make those same type of memories with our kiddos. When we have them of course.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
ONE big weekend.
Lots of celebration been goin' on in the fam. Most importantly Clark graduated from Southern Poly; something to do with Engineering. It was a proud moment and know that Dad was with us.
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Sunday, December 7, 2008
Just call us Martha
For the first time in a while I have been achin' for Christmas to get here so I can decorate! I haven't had a tree in a couple of years and this is the first for Cony and I to have 'our' tree. Christmas was almost forgotten last year since we got married only 10 days before.. But this year I started making ornaments weeks ago and last Monday Chay and I decided to have a craft day. I didn't go into work that day and we literally spent the entire day crafting things while watching sappy girl movies. Example: P.S. I love you. It was great. Although I still have some things left undone, I couldn't love my, I mean 'our' tree more.
Stockings I made out of felt. Very cheap.
Our first official ornament. 2007.
Our nativities.
This one my mommy made for us. One of my most treasured items.
I know this is random but these towels were our birthday gifts from my mom. She had them embroidered with a fork for Cony and spoon for me. Our nicknames for each other. I guess I should explain why we call each other by utensils. When we were dating and we would have a conversation through text messaging, I would say 'you are such a dork', but my phone always put it has 'you are such a fork'... it's one of those things. But I love these towels, most assuredly some of the best gifts we've gotten.
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|2012-07-02, 05:26
|Link #261
Endless witch
Join Date: Mar 2007
Age: 30
Wow, so suddenly. I wonder who will do the opening. There is not info at all about who will work on this game bgm right?
At the fist Ougon cross op style suited it but the Pv has really different styles on the whole song so it is more hard to know now.
|2012-07-02, 13:22
|Link #262
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Release information is now up: http://www.office-mk.co.jp/pcshop/special/rgd.html
Pre-orders begin July 7th with the game releasing on August 11th for 1780 yen. Pre-orders also come with a book containing character designs that it currently set to be 32 pages. Seeing as it won't be sold at Comiket and there are multiple stores offering this, it seems like the pre-order bonus is for all stores and should therefore be available through sites like Amiami.
Last edited by TW25; 2012-07-02 at 13:34. Reason: Corrected price, Bonus info
|2012-07-03, 07:25
|Link #267
Spider Lily Translations
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: England
Age: 26
Yay, I love dai's music. And M.Zakky, really? I suppose Monochrome Clock-style music might be more suitable in a VN such as this one.
EDIT: Oh, look what's just been put up:
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|2012-07-03, 13:16
|Link #268
阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv175
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 34
Bullet points with this article:
1) Endless Nine, a premiere event for the RGD demo, has been held on 1st july in Fukuoka. It was however impossible for Ryukishi to attend it.
2) Ryukishi is quite curious how people felt about the battle scenes (mini game), as it could be confused as an action game instead of a novel game. So, even though there are such scene, it is by no means a fighting game.
Ryukishi goal was to make readers feel like they are actually doing something like "I'm attacking!"
3) Because of this, Ryukishi wants people to enjoy the story, without being hindered by things that would stop the flow. hence, there is no game over during the fighting phases.
Also, following this idea, the difficulty adjust itself automatically should someone fares badly with the mini game portions.
4) Ryukishi was quite surprised to see some rumors that the game display things similar to a FPS, which might be troublesome regarding spec. Of course, that's completely false.
The game is fully working with Nscripter, therefore there is absolutely nothing to worry about regarding CPU specs, and the rules of the game are quite straightforward. Also, there is a tutorial available at the start of the game, so people can test the feature beforehand.
5) Ryukishi hopes people will enjoy this novel game, and shops will handle some early event, giving out the demo. Also, the opening being released on the 3rd july.
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|2012-07-03, 17:53
|Link #269
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2008
Didn't know about the battle scenes. So this game is gonna be more interactive in Higurashi/Umineko? Are there gonna be multiple endings for example? Although thinking about it, if there's gonna be multiple games then I wouldn't have thought there'd be more than one ending yet.
edit - Definitely gonna be pre-ordering this as soon as it goes up on Amiami.
|2012-07-03, 18:56
|Link #270
黄金の魔女 Golden Witch
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Natal-RN, Brazil
Age: 24
Oh my God, that opening rocks. I'm already waiting for the release of the single as much as I'm waiting for the release of the game.
About the battle scenes... I'll have to see them by myself before giving a solid opinion.
|2012-07-03, 20:31
|Link #272
Voyager Witch
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Otowa, Australia
Age: 29
|2012-07-04, 00:34
|Link #273
Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
It seems I had it all wrong thats what I get when trying to read google translate lol
Edit: OP looks and sounds awesome one thing I noticed when they were zooming the camera through all the characters at the end the last character reminds me a little bit of Kinzo with the color scheme.
They use a similar camera technique in the Umineko Openings with Kinzo being at the end I wonder if that means something maybe this Keireiji Character is the big boss like how Kinzo was the Head of the Ushiromiya Family
Did anyone else notice this
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|2012-07-04, 14:32
|Link #275
Spider Lily Translations
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: England
Age: 26
|2012-07-05, 10:12
|Link #278
Spider Lily Translations
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: England
Age: 26
It would appear that the trial is now up:
EDIT: I've uploaded a Mac-compatible version: http://jumbofiles.com/nzxwb2anav3k
The website I uploaded to has misleading adverts, so here's some screenshots showing which links to click:
There's also that bug where you have to click the screen before the game will load.
EDIT2: And here's some tweets RedKey sent me, which might be helpful for figuring out what to do in the fighting minigames:
"defense: put your mouse over flashes. attack: click on flashes three or more times, then right click and try to pick the best card"
"if in a fight you always choose the highest-value card you get Straight Flush bonus. If you manage to always hit, that's Sharpshooter"
"Overkill: attack 4+ times before picking a card; Juggernaut: perfect defense"
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Illini to Face Tough Slate in 2010
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – University of Illinois coach Dan Hartleb announced his team's schedule for the 2010 season Tuesday, with the team slated to play in the second-annual Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge on Feb. 26-28, and tournaments at 2009 NCAA Tournament qualifiers East Carolina and Coastal Carolina early in the season. The Illini will face six NCAA Tournament teams from a year ago in 2010 – East Carolina, Coastal Carolina, Missouri, Dartmouth, Indiana and Ohio State.
"We feel like we've put together a schedule that will challenge us and give us an opportunity to prove ourselves against some of the top teams in the country at the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge, the LeClair Invitational Tournament and the Caravelle Resort Classic," Hartleb said. "Playing tough opponents early in the season will prepare us for the rigorous Big Ten schedule. We've also added a number of home-and-home series with in-state schools for the 2010 season, which has helped us improve our mid-week schedule."
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The Illini will open the season with a two-game home series against Bradley on Feb. 20-21, then will travel to the Clearwater/St. Petersburg, Fla., area, for the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge, where it will face the challenging trio of Notre Dame, South Florida and St. John's, three of the top five teams in BIG EAST conference play last year.
The next weekend, the Orange and Blue will travel to the Keith LeClair Invitational Tournament hosted by East Carolina, and will face the host Pirates, Western Carolina and West Virginia. The following weekend will be the Caravelle Resort Classic in Conway, S.C., where Illinois will play host Coastal Carolina twice as well as Lipscomb and Ball State. Over spring break, the Illini will take its annual trip to Winter Haven, Fla., where it will play in the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational. Illinois will face 2009 NCAA Tournament qualifier Dartmouth twice as well as Bucknell, Akron, North Dakota State and Southeastern (FL) University.
After Spring Trip, the Illini will travel to Illinois State on March 30 and return home on March 31 for a game against Chicago State before opening the Big Ten slate against Penn State at Illinois Field. The next week will by a trying one for Illinois, as it travels to Bradley, faces Missouri at Busch Stadium on April 7, and travels to Iowa for a weekend series.
The Illini will return home to host Eastern Illinois on April 13 before traveling to Marion, Ill., for the annual game against Southern Illinois at Rent One Park on April 14. That weekend, Michigan comes to Illinois Field for a three-game series before Illinois State visits Champaign on April 20. The Illini face EIU for the second time in eight days on April 21 when the two teams meet at Grimes Field at Peterson Park in Mattoon, the site of the teams' matchup in 2008. That weekend, the Illini wrap up the first half of Big Ten play at Michigan State.
Illinois then returns home for its longest home stand of the season, a six-game stretch in which it faces Bradley, Northwestern, Southern Illinois and Butler. The Illini then travel to Ohio State for a weekend series before taking off the middle of the week for final exams. Illinois gets back to action by hosting Purdue for a three-game series and finishing its mid-week slate with a contest at Illinois Field against Western Michigan on May 18. Illinois finishes the regular season with a trip to Bloomington, Ind., for the final Big Ten series of the season. The Big Ten Tournament will be May 26-29.


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I'm confused because it seems like very few people put "a short story" in the cover of their short stories (only one short story.) In fact, they don't seem to put anything at all. Another authors just leave it as "a story."
I'm not sure how readers react to a story that doesn't specify its type (I feel they would feel cheated or something).
Which alternative is better in terms of marketing and sales?
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EPHESIANS 5:25 "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her."
EPHESIANS 5:28-29 "So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church."
Jesus made a bodily sacrifice on the cross for his bride the church to present her to God the Father "without spot or wrinkle." (Eph 5:27) By fasting for our earthly bride and joining our sufferings to Christ's we intercede for grace for our brides. At the same time our act of bodily love in union with Christ accelerates our own conversion.
By making this sacrifice for the women in our lives we live out the essence of the gospel through a very particular act of self denial. To lay down one's body out of love for another is the central message of the gospel.
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Like Milosevic, Gaddafi would have thrust western support for Al-Qaeda fighters under the spotlight
Paul Joseph Watson
Thursday, October 20, 2011
The death of Muammar Gaddafi, killed by NATO and US-backed rebels, will be hailed by western powers, not merely because they have now seized control of another oil-rich country under the dubious auspices of the "Arab Spring," but because Gaddafi will be prevented from exposing western support for Al-Qaeda terrorists under the glare of a UN International Criminal Court trial.
Initial reports suggest that Gaddafi attempted to flee the town of Sirte but his convoy was bombed by NATO warplanes. Rebels then captured and killed the former Libyan leader by putting a bullet through his head.
The former Libyan leader's untimely death conveniently avoids the embarrassment of having to put him in front of a United Nations tribunal at the Hague.
Western powers have learned this lesson the hard way – allowing alleged war criminals to stand trial and voice their grievances routinely implicates parties that would much prefer such information be kept out of the spotlight.
Instead of capturing Saddam Hussein alive and allowing him to stand trial, US forces would have probably been better off killing him on the spot. During his court case, Hussein presented a 5,000 word treatise chastising the Bush administration for concocting lies about WMD and links with Al-Qaeda to launch the invasion of Iraq. Before Saddam was executed, there was also talk of him calling Donald Rumsfeld and Henry Kissinger, who in the late 70's forged alliances with Hussein, as defense witnesses.
Allowing another accused war criminal, Slobodan Milosevic, to stand trial, also proved to be a massive mistake for western interests.
In the case of Milosevic, his outbursts became so damaging that the UN decided it would be better to poison him to death rather than let him continue to expose the fact that western war crimes dwarfed anything he was accused of.
Milosevic had made several speeches in which he discussed how a group of shadowy internationalists had caused the chaos in the Balkans because it was the next step on the road to a "new world order."
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During his trial, Milosevic presented the Hague tribunal with FBI documents proving that the United States government and NATO provided financial and military support for Al-Qaeda to aid the Kosovo Liberation Army in its war against Serbia.
Before the trial concluded, Milosevic was found dead in his cell a day after he had wrote a letter stating, "They would like to poison me. I'm seriously concerned and worried."
Similarly, had Muammar Gaddafi been given the opportunity to defend himself in front of an international tribunal, his testimony would have been devastating on everything from the staged Lockerbie false flag attack, the US and NATO slaughtering his children, to his secret deals with former heads of state like Tony Blair, to his more recent meeting with President Barack Obama.
Specifically, he would have also have blown the whistle on the fact that the overthrow of Libya was accomplished with the aid of Al-Qaeda terrorists who killed U.S. and British troops in Iraq.
Gaddafi may also have pointed to the plight of black Libyans, who are being imprisoned and slaughtered by rebel forces hailed by the establishment media as freedom fighters.
Now that Gaddafi is dead, Libya will fall victim to political extremists and face the same fate as Egypt, which since the US-backed "Arab Spring" at the start of the year which displaced Mubarak, has turned into an even worse tyranny overseen by a military dictatorship.
But the mainstream networks will merely continue to broadcast scenes of cheering men firing guns into the air, selling another act of cynical neo-imperialism as a glorious liberation.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that he sympathized with the frustration of Occupy Wall Street protestors as U.S. jobs market weakness persists and the nation's unemployment rate remains elevated.
"I fully sympathize with the notion that the economy is not performing as we would like it to be," Bernanke said during a press conference immediately following the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) announcement that it will maintain its "Operation Twist" program in place and keep the target range for the fed funds rate at zero to 0.25% because economic conditions are likely to warrant "exceptionally low" interest rates at least through mid-2013.
Bernanke added, however, that protestors' concerns about action the Fed took during the 2008 financial crisis are "simplistic," and that the Fed's intent was not to preserve bankers' high salaries. "We were trying to stabilize the nation's financial system," he said. "Our motives are strictly in the interest of the broad public."
Also, Bernanke took a dig at Congress, saying he "wished other parts of the government" were more cooperative in helping to solve the economy's problems. In answer to a question about Republican dissatisfaction with the Fed's accommodative monetary policy, the chairman said: "Politics is politics and the committee tries to stay out of those debates. We try to keep free of those political pressures."
"To support a stronger economic recovery and to help ensure that inflation, over time, at levels consistent with the dual mandate, the committee decided today to continue its program to extend the average maturity of its holdings of securities as announced in September," the FOMC announced.
Because rates are already at zero, the FOMC is hoping to encourage growth by maintaining its Operation Twist policy of reinvesting principal payments from its U.S. debt holdings back into agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction.
In contrast to the surprisingly divided FOMC policy votes in September and August, Wednesday's announcement showed only one member voting against the action, the Chicago Fed's Charles Evans, who supported stronger action to encourage economic growth.
"The Fed left policy unchanged, reaffirming its commitment to Operation Twist," commented Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist with High Frequency Economics, Valhalla, N.Y., in an analyst note. "The three dissenters from the original Operation Twist vote did not dissent this time. But Chicago Fed president Evans did, because he wants more accommodation."
The FOMC's key language citing "significant downside risks" is identical to September's, but a slightly surprising acknowledgment of better recent data, Shepherdson added.
While the Fed sees household spending having increased at a somewhat faster pace in recent months, "the labor market is still weak, unemployment high and housing depressed," Shepherdson said. "Again no mention of the rise in core inflation; that is no concern right now. The usual promise to employ tools as needed depending on data but no QE3 hint; Fed is in Twist-and-wait-and-see mode."
The markets held up during the press conference and announcement, indicating that they had already priced in the Fed taking no new action for now.
Stocks were higher in midafternoon trading, with the Dow Jones industrial average up 162 points, 1.39% higher, at 11,831. The S&P 500 was up 17 points, 1.37% higher, at 1,235.
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If you're just getting acquainted with Caylee Hammack, then you'll definitely want to listen to her debut single "Family Tree" — the song introduces her through the stories of her own family.
"Family Tree" is inspired by Hammack's own family, growing up in a rural Georgia town, especially the very first line in the song: "Sister smoked all the Camels in the county last week/ She cleaned out the 7/11, sneaking in smelling like nicotine." The budding country star tells iHeartRadio of her first single:
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At the young age of 13 is when Caylee began to play music, but became "infatuated" with country music at just 11 — and it's all thanks to an infomercial for a compilation album featuring some of the genre's most iconic artists including Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard, and more.
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There is a lot more on the way from Caylee Hammack, as she has also shared a new single called "Just Friends." She's also working on an album. Hammack tells us, "Country Music is telling stories. It is the stories of our lives. It's the loves we've loved and lost. It's everything that makes us us and I am just so excited that this is my very first record. These are all of my brand new songs coming out, and these songs really tell my story. They tell the growing pains of growing up, figuring out who you are in a world that wants to tell you who you should be, and trying to find love, losing love, and trying to find yourself after that and the aftermath. This is a collection of stories for my life because this is my way of connecting to others, is telling stories and listening to theirs. So, here's mine."
In the mean time, fans can catch Caylee out on the road as she tours with Miranda Lambert on the country star's all-female "Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars" Tour, alongside Elle King, Pistol Annies and more.
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Leon County Booking Report: December 10, 2019
Published: Dec. 10, 2019 at 6:28 AM EST
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BOBBY REVISITS HIS PAST — As Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) race the clock on a high-stakes mission, Bobby (Jim Beaver) seeks the help of an unlikely old friend to solve one of the most personal cases of his life. Robert Singer directed the episode written by Sera Gamble (#710).
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