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Digpro recruits well-known innovator - assumes the role of Senior Business Consultant focusing on the telecom market
[Stockholm, Sweden, March 8, 2018.] The market-leading developer of network operating systems, Digpro, has recruited Jüri Loosme, the innovator of the X-Opto Network Information System, who has been working on Trimble as Product Manager in recent years.
Digpro, market-leading developer of network and geographic IT operating systems, has recruited the specialist and product innovator Jüri Loosme. Jüri will assume the role of Senior Business Consultant at Digpro, focusing on the telecom market.
Jüri has worked with product development near the city network for 25 years and has prioritized the user's experience as a signum. He comes from a position as Product Manager at Trimble where he has been employed in recent years. However, he is best known for developing the X-Opto network information system, purchased in 2008 by Tekla.
As a Senior Business Consultant, Jüri will be responsible for taking the next step in business consultancy at Digpro, while contributing as a resource that can place demands on product development.
"It will be exciting to work on Digpro with their customers and products. I see it as an opportunity to contribute my knowledge that I gathered over the years, while developing my business through a new perspective", said Jüri Loosme, new senior business consultant at Digpro.
"And of course we are very pleased that Jüri has started with us at Digpro. With his solid skills from the telecom industry and a strong focus on user friendliness, we hope to increase our presence even more in the Swedish market", said Jonas Jacobsson, MD of Digpro Solutions.
Digpro develops and delivers sustainable business systems and advice for network owners and public administration in the community infrastructure. Digpro's solutions create community benefits and provide users with increased control and efficient processes that improve the quality of service towards end customers.
Digpro is a major innovator of network and geographic IT operating systems. With its 30 years in the industry, Digpro is a market leader in Scandinavia. Digpro provides solutions for electricity, telecom, gas, district heating, water and state and municipalities - in fact, all organizations that build and maintain different types of networks. Digpro's products enable users to streamline, save time and money while improving the quality of their service.
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FISA, Budget Headline Busy Week
Deadlines are usually the best medicine for congressional lethargy, and it's standard practice for House and Senate leaders to load up the last week before a break with must-pass items. So with a recess looming and several key pieces of legislation awaiting action, this week in Congress is shaping up to be the busiest one of the year so far.
The House and Senate will leave town Friday for a two-week spring break. Before they go, both chambers will take up budget resolutions and will likely press forward on updating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, while the House is slated to try again to pass an ethics reform measure.
The ethics bill will lead off the legislative lineup, with the House scheduled to consider this afternoon a reform measure that would create a new Office of Congressional Ethics, run by a bipartisan board of six individuals who would screen allegations and potential complaints against members. Democrats have pulled the bill from the schedule twice in the last two weeks, but appear ready to finally move forward today after additional tweaks were made to the measure last night.
Then it's on to the fiscal 2009 budget, which sets spending levels for the entire federal government for the year. The Senate will begin considering its version of the bill today, with final passage likely either Thursday or Friday, while the House will take up its spending blueprint tomorrow. Budgets nearly always pass on strict party-line votes, and typically serve as the platform for each party to cater to its base while attacking the other side. Republicans are already excoriating Democrats for assuming in their budgets that President Bush's tax cuts will expire in 2010, while Democrats are accusing Bush and the GOP of wanting to underfund key programs.
The budgets will also be the vehicle for the latest debate over earmarks. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) will push an amendment to implement a one-year ban on earmarks, and all three of the chamber's remaining presidential contenders -- Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) -- have signed on as cosponsors.
While the presidential candidates have missed plenty of votes in the Senate this year, their presence will be crucial this week, as Democrats' 51-seat majority gives them almost no margin for error on a strict party-line vote. After weeks of pummeling on the issue from the GOP, House Democrats are also mulling an earmark moratorium.
Looming over everything is the FISA issue. The last version of the terrorist surveillance measure expired last month, and Democrats have been in a standoff against Bush and the Hill GOP ever since. No final decisions have been made, but the House now appears likely to pass a new surveillance bill that still doesn't contain the one element Bush has demanded -- immunity for telecommunications companies that have assisted the government in surveillance operations. The latest House bill stands almost no chance of getting the 60 votes necessary to move forward in the Senate, and would face a certain veto from Bush even if it did pass both chambers.
The upshot of this week's jam-packed calendar is that the two chambers are likely to go to recess still deadlocked on the FISA issue, and lawmakers will then spend the two-week break attacking each other over their parties' respective budget plans. Sounds a lot like campaign season already, and it's only March.
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March 11, 2008; 1:14 PM ET
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The Federal Reserve's (Fed) widely anticipated decision this week to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade has garnered plenty of attention, especially from those concerned over the possible negative economic impact of rate increases.
However, I think such concerns are largely misguided. In my view, the Fed made the right move for the economy and markets (even if it came a bit late). Here are five reasons why:
1. Rate Normalization Will Happen Slowly
As pointed out in a new BlackRock Bulletin on "The Fed's New Path," the Fed said it expects rates to stay subdued and the hiking cycle to be gradual. Indeed, I believe the Fed will raise rates in a slow manner that doesn't excessively unsettle the economy or markets, with the gradual nature of the tightening cycle allowing markets to absorb the increases with relative ease. In short, view the hike not so much as the Fed slamming on the brakes, but more as the Fed taking its foot off the gas pedal.
Plus, there are numerous factors beyond the Fed also keeping a lid on rates, including slow economic growth, an aging population and ongoing easy monetary policies elsewhere around the world. The reality is that, by historical standards, rates are extremely low and are likely to remain so for the foreseeable future.
2. The Uncertainty is Over
Both the economy and markets benefit from greater certainty and clarity over the path of interest rates, and uncertainty over that policy path in the past year has generated a considerable amount of market turmoil. In addition, amid persistently easy policy, company leaders had a difficult time gauging the true level of U.S. economic growth, and as a result, many corporations delayed committing capital until they had more clarity. Now that we have more certainty, we could see more investment.
3. The Rate Curve Will Start Looking Normal Again
I believe a modest movement higher in short-end rates should aid the functioning of the cash and collateral markets, and it should create a bit more normalcy across the rate curve, where savers have been subsidizing borrowers for far too long.
4. Financial Markets and the Economy Look Different Today Than in the Past
Financial markets have changed a great deal since the pre-crisis period, and while firms used to finance themselves heavily at the front end of the curve (for instance, through the commercial paper market), today the back end is much more important. Thus, I believe the Fed's articulation of a lower terminal policy rate in the longer run is much more important for the mortgage markets and for corporate capital expenditures financed through the debt markets than is a modest increase in short rates.
Additionally, the U.S. economy has dramatically changed over the past several years, with structural factors (largely the result of technological innovation and shifting demographic trends) influencing it in a manner that makes comparisons to past rate hiking cycles less relevant.
5. Excessively Low Rates Were the Bad News
Finally, many discussions of the potential negative consequences of a rate hike underplay the already existing negatives witnessed from keeping rates excessively low for too long, including delayed retirements and misallocated capital.
Above all, investors should view the rate hike for what it is: good news and a testament to a resilient U.S. economy. By many measures, the economic recovery hasn't been a robust one, but I believe the economy has actually been doing better than many headline numbers would imply. By raising rates, the Fed is signaling its faith that the recovery can continue, even if domestic growth may have already crested while the Fed waited.
As for the implications for investors, if rate normalization is handled in the cautious manner we at BlackRock anticipate, it shouldn't be a significant source of market volatility in the year ahead. However, further regional policy divergence, slow emerging markets growth and global liquidity risks are likely to keep market volatility higher, meaning effectively navigating a low-return world will remain a challenge.
About the Author: Rick Rieder, Managing Director, is BlackRock's Chief Investment Officer of Fundamental Fixed Income, Co-head of Americas Fixed Income, and is a regular contributor to The BlackRock Blog.
Disclaimer:This material is not intended to be relied upon as a forecast, research or investment advice, and is not a recommendation, offer or solicitation to buy or sell any securities or to adopt any investment strategy. The opinions expressed are as of December 2015 and may change as subsequent conditions vary. The information and opinions contained in this post are derived from proprietary and nonproprietary sources deemed by BlackRock to be reliable, are not necessarily all-inclusive and are not guaranteed as to accuracy. As such, no warranty of accuracy or reliability is given and no responsibility arising in any other way for errors and omissions (including responsibility to any person by reason of negligence) is accepted by BlackRock, its officers, employees or agents. This post may contain "forward-looking" information that is not purely historical in nature. Such information may include, among other things, projections and forecasts. There is no guarantee that any forecasts made will come to pass. Reliance upon information in this post is at the sole discretion of the reader. ©2015 BlackRock, Inc. All rights reserved. iSHARES and BLACKROCK are registered trademarks of BlackRock, Inc., or its subsidiaries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. iS-17423


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It's good to be in government
Nevada governments don't have a revenue problem. They have a payroll problem.
Nevada governments don't have a revenue problem. They have a payroll problem.
How big is the problem? Check TransparentNevada.com and see for yourself.
Today the website, run by the Nevada Policy Research Institute, makes available complete 2012 payroll data from 58 Nevada government entities. All this public information can be accessed through a searchable database by name, job title and jurisdiction — going back six years.
Nevada has some of the highest-paid government workers in America — recent studies by Applied Analysis for the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce have spelled out as much. And those salary surveys don't take into consideration the otherworldly retirement benefits afforded Nevada's public employees.
TransparentNevada breaks down what every public employee has received in base pay, overtime, other pay, benefits and, most importantly, total compensation. That's the total cost you, the taxpaying public, of each employee on government payrolls.
Businesses are struggling, state unemployment is the highest in the nation and private-sector wages are flat. Yet in 2012, more than 22,000 of Nevada's 132,000 public employees received at least $100,000 in total compensation. Five thousand received at least $150,000 in total compensation, and more than 1,200 received at least $200,000.
Highly paid employees can be found across all governments, but some payrolls, on a per-employee basis, are much higher than others. Southern Nevada police officers and firefighters dominate the list of highest-paid workers. Meanwhile, state of Nevada employees, on average, are paid significantly less than their local-government peers.
Two noteworthy trends in compensation data: NPRI President Andy Matthews said the number of Clark County firefighters earning more than $200,000 in total compensation dropped from 199 in 2010 to 92 in 2012. No doubt that's a result of increased scrutiny of department schedules in the aftermath of documented sick leave abuse by firefighters. And after declining last year, the number of city of Las Vegas firefighters earning more than $200,000 dramatically increased, from 79 in 2011 to 130 in 2012, Mr. Matthews said.
Providing taxpayers and elected officials with immediate access to this information is important in shaping state policies. Officials propose increasing taxes at every level of government, every year, primarily to meet and grow payroll. Yet our governments have little direct control over their largest single expense.
That's because most public employees, covered by collective bargaining agreements, are guaranteed annual salary increases for each year of service and, in many cases, raises for meeting minimum performance standards or completing additional training. Their pay raises can't be blocked unless their union supports it or an arbitrator orders it. Some unions, to their credit, have agreed to salary freezes in recent years. Others haven't. However, year-by-year negotiations do very little to change the underlying, unsustainable salary schedules and structures.
Demanding that employees of businesses take home even less so government employees can take home more is unfair. But the disconnect is much worse when the overall pay gap between Nevada's public and private sectors is taken into account.
Businesses and taxpayers are much less inclined to support tax increases of any kind when their existing taxes are spent in such an inefficient, inequitable fashion. Why must we have crowded middle school and high school classrooms so first responders can take home six figures? Why do we tolerate substandard mental health care so local government bureaucrats can earn more than judges, then retire in their 50s? Increasingly, the argument that separate tax streams fund separate governments with separate elected stewards doesn't fly.
The Legislature has long had the ability to make better use of our limited dollars. But lawmakers refuse to consider major government reforms, whether they address collective bargaining shortcomings, Nevada's overly generous, underfunded pension plan, or the flawed distribution of existing tax dollars. True "revenue reform" would put greater emphasis on the delivery of essential services and less emphasis on making thousands of public employees wealthy.
Go to TransparentNevada.com. Look at the salary data yourself. Then decide whether Nevada governments need more of your money.


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Mariners Insider Blog
Blake Beavan returns, Delabar sent to Tacoma
The Seattle Mariners reached into their minor league system for a young starting pitcher today, and came up with 23-year-old Blake Beavan, who will face the Kansas City Royals.
The right-hander was 4-0 with 2.61 earned run average in AAA Tacoma, pitching seven shutout innings in his last Pacific Coast League start. To make room for him on the 25-man roster, right-handed reliever Steve Delabar was optioned to the Rainiers.
The move fills out a rotation that now reads this way: Felix Hernandez, Jason Vargas, Hisashi Iwakuma, Kevin Millwood and Beavan. It also trimmed the Seattle bullpen back to seven.
No lineups have been posted yet.
Beavan, 23, returns to the Majors after making six starts with the Rainiers. He went 4-0 with a 2.61 ERA (11 ER, 38.0 IP), including 7.0 shutout innings in his last start July 13 vs. Colorado Springs (7.0,2,0,0,2,3). In 12 starts with the Mariners this season is 3-6 with a 5.92 ERA (41 ER, 62.1 IP). He was optioned to Tacoma on June 13.
Delabar, 28, has gone 2-1 with a 4.18 ERA (15 ER, 32.1 IP) in 30 appearances over three stints with the Mariners (March 28-May 30, June 13-16, June 29-July 16). He has recorded 44 strikeouts for a 12.25 K/9.0 IP ratio, while also allowing 8 home runs. With Tacoma this season he has gone 0-1 with a 3.75 ERA (5 ER, 12.0 IP) in 9 appearances.


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Important Monday news for you
Pitcher readies for life in AAA. Feierabend appears headed to Tacoma.
In the notebook, Beltre's got some kind of… approach thing. And Lowe's meeting with Yocum. He hopes to be cleared to start his rehab.
Geoff Baker thinks the Angels are going to win next year because:
– their 5th guy "has the stuff of an ace". So did Gil Meche, you can see where that got us.
– "pitching and defense win games". So does offense.
– they have a good bullpen
– also, the Angels weren't so hot defensively last year, Gary Matthews Jr isn't a good defensive center fielder by any metric, so that's not going to help. In fact, in Pinto's PMR, Mathews was a sliver above Chone Figgins, who got the most time out there for the Angels last year. Unless you're arguing that Figgins can now play third full-time, except that Izturis was better there than Figgins.
I continue to disagree that the Angels are anything special or that they should be considered favorites in the division.
Thiel on John McLaren's return as bench coach.
McLaren still chokes up when he talks of the legendary season that saved Major League Baseball in Seattle. Unfortunately, a part of the reason the story is legendary is because it happened a long time ago.
Hickey: Rhodes, Mariners hope for repeat.
When Arthur Rhodes was a Mariner, Seattle was at its best.
Rhodes is back with the Mariners, who could use some of that same mojo.
Then again, so could Rhodes.
The notebook's got more or less the same stuff as the Times.
Hey! You know what's worked really well for the Mariners in the past? Trying to recapture the magic of past teams.
Unimportant news:
Griffey's latest injury is from wrestling with his kids.
Other important but not Mariner-related news:
5″ new snow at base at Summit West in the last day, 6″ in the last 48 hours. Forecast is for 8-14 inches of new snow by sunset. Or, 8-14 inches of new snow by sunset.
I'm just pointing that out. For reference. I'm not suggesting you should call in sick and meet me up at Snoqualmie or anything.
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El Laberinto on
February 19th, 2007 1:00 pm
The Angels have a killer rotation, bullpen, and are frothing with talent in the infield. I'd say they are pretty primed to do well. The Rangers may do well in the West division also…The A's are a pretty solid team too, but they are not as good as last year, no? Does anyone else think they could slide the most from last year, maybe with the Tigers?
DMZ on
February 19th, 2007 1:02 pm
It's clear at this point I'm going to have to write up a longer post about why I think the Angels aren't going to be all that hot.
El Laberinto on
February 19th, 2007 1:07 pm
Billy Beane magic voodoo?
Adam S on
February 19th, 2007 1:21 pm
To me, the Angels are a favorite (if not, then who is?) but I agree they aren't the overwhelming favorite they're made out to be. Checking out consensus Vegas lines, the Angels are about a 58% chance to win the division, A's 30%, Rangers 16%, and Mariners 8%. That adds to a bit more than 100, since the bookmakers have to make some money by underpaying the true odds.
But they aren't any better than last year's team. The offense is bad. Their prospects haven't panned out. And Jered Weaver isn't nearly as good as his ERA. Yeh, if the starting pitchers all perform at their 75% PECOTA, this team will coast, but that's a 1 in 1000 chance.
I am curious to see DMZ longer post after skiing.
Edgar For Pres on
February 19th, 2007 1:24 pm
Since you are going to prove why the Angels are way overhyped, I'd be interested if you have any reason why I should care about Texas. I'm also a little unsure what to expect out of the A's. They look similar to the Angels because they have a pretty decent rotation and a pretty boring lineup.
JI on
February 19th, 2007 1:40 pm
I don't think the Angles are anything special, but I think they are the team most likely to win the division– mostly because this division is crap.
bakomariner on
February 19th, 2007 1:56 pm
i don't think any of the four is "anything special"…i think the division is wide open…the team that stays healthiest and gets the most consistent starting pitching will win…it's anyone's division to take…
David J. Corcoran I on
February 19th, 2007 1:57 pm
I love that weather, seeing as how I probably have to drive back to Idaho in the next few days.
msb on
February 19th, 2007 6:17 pm
Ichiro is in the house.
and I am so glad not to be driving anywhere in the weather.
D Truth on
February 19th, 2007 8:17 pm
How quickly Hickey forgets that it was Rhodes that also gave up the gopher balls to the Yankees in 2000 and 2001. What has Rhodes done since he left Seattle? Nothing! He's only older and one of the many question-marked moves from this off-season.
D Truth on
February 19th, 2007 8:19 pm
That's gopher balls to the Yankees in the 2000 and 2001 ALCS, to be more exact.
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Criminy, is it that time again already?
Apparently so. The dawn of a new month means that we've got the release of another issue bearing down on us, which in turn means that the Research Department has fallen behind on its appointed task yet again. But really: Can you blame me?
But don't worry, knowledge-seekers! Tonight, we head down to the archives with a copy of Laurenn J. Framingham's Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: The Laughing Corpse: Book One #2 in an effort to
heap mockery and scorn illuminate the mysteries of the printed page once again!
Grab your own copy and follow along!
0.0: A couple of recent comics ran this ad for Jim Butcher's Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle—now available in hardcover!–in which your humble annotator was quoted:
And yet, they misspelled my name, giving me the commonly mistaken double-M instead of the lean, single-M version I've been saddled with for the past 26 years. What's this got to do with Anita Blake? Well, besides functioning as a sort of control group by proving there's an urban fantasy comic out there that I actually like, it turns out that the ad was designed by Bill Tortolini, who letters the Anita Blake comics.
Could this slight against my name be retribution for the allegedly insulting tone of my annotations? Is it the start of a secret "dis war" between the creative team and me that could only be settled in a freestyle rap battle?!
Well, no. Bill's actually a really nice guy and a consummate professional, which I know because he keeps refusing to swap out Anita's dialogue for lyrics from Old Dirty Bastard's Return To The 36 Chambers. Oh well.
1.1: For those of you just joining us, here's a little something to catch you up:
A pretty accurate summary of the events thus far. Except that I'm not sure if we've seen Anita raise a zombie, although we have seen her refuse to do so for money (which would, in fact, be her job), and while she did kill some vampires in the last twelve-issue series, it took her about eleven issues to actually get around to it. Other than that, though, spot-on.
1.3: You know, I haven't said much about the coloring on this book since Anita finally recovered from her albinism sometime in the middle of the first series, but assuming that everything's supposed to look this way…
…I can only assume that everyone in the series thus far is either a) the victim of a severe head cold, b) extremely jolly, or c) on their fifth Rum & Coke of the morning.
Hey, Rum & Coke… that'd make this go a little fast–no! It's far too early for that kind of talk. Probably best to just move on.
2.3: Dolph says that he sometimes forgets Anita's "not one of the boys," which I imagine is a little harder now than it was before artist Ron Lim decided to slim down Anita's thighs by moving that extra weight up to her chest. Hot-cha!
2.1: In this scene, Anita examines another half-eaten body, and you know what? Forget about chasing down and fighting vampires and other evil creatures, getting into trouble and pulling off daring escapes with her burgeoning super-powers! What I really want to see is some Crime Scene Investigation, because there's just not enough of that in pop culture today! Bring on the six pages of wandering around somebody's house swapping quips with a monosyllabic cop–a scene continued from the last issue–because that is exactly what I'd like to see in a book with the words "Vampire Hunter" in the title.
4.1: See?
I told you it'd work better.
4.5: You know, when the characters in the book itself start standing around discussing the weather…
…then keeping the readers interested in the story might be a problem.
I don't know about you guys, but the phrase "voodoo priest for the entire midwest" just cracks me up. I mean first of all, what, is Baron Samedi appointing regional managers now? And second, really? The entire Midwest? Wow, that's impressive. I'm sure being the number one source of juju in Peoria, Illinois is a real accomplishment there, sport.
6.6: There's an old rule of editing that I'm sure comes in handy when you're trying to adapt something for comics that says if a piece doesn't advance the plot or reveal character, then cut it out. That said…
…I'm looking forward to seeing Anita defeat her enemies by using a hot steering wheel. Otherwise, there'd be no reason to devote both a caption and the art in the panel to referencing it, and that would just be crazy.
9.1: Hey everybody, it's Manny! Those of you who were with us for The First Death might recall that Manny Rodriguez, as well as being Anita's own personal Murtaugh, is also her mentor in the vampire-slaying biz. He is not, however, to be confused with Manny Santos, the often-misguided student of Degrassi Community School who was humiliated by Peter when he sent out a video of her drunken escapades at a party that one time.
10.3: Also of note about Manny?
13.1: At last, it is revealed: The most powerful voodoo priestess in the entire Midwest is, in fact…
Spider-Man's kindly Aunt May?!
Well, I guess that does make sense, sort of. She's had an unreasonably long life, and as we all learned from Empowered, the targets of deals with the devil can often end up with an great amount of power themselves. And with great power… well, you know where I'm going with this.
16.2: Wait, why is Aunt May making Anita play with chicken bones?
18.6: And why is she talking like Razor Ramon?
19.1 PROTIP: When you're going to call something "indescribable"…
…don't spend the paragraph before that describing it.
Just a thought.


text:
"When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with
his fist and the man does not die but keeps his bed, then if the man rises again and walks
abroad with his staff, he that struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for the loss
of his time, and shall have him thoroughly healed."
"When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with
his fist and the man does not die but keeps his bed, then if the man rises again and walks
abroad with his staff, he that struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for the loss
of his time, and shall have him thoroughly healed."
"And King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the
wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah."
"And King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the
wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah."
"If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God,
and do that which is right in His eyes, and give heed to His commandments and keep all His
statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon you which I put upon the Egyptians; for I
am the Lord, your healer."
"If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God,
and do that which is right in His eyes, and give heed to His commandments and keep all His
statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon you which I put upon the Egyptians; for I
am the Lord, your healer."
"You shall serve the Lord your God, and I will bless your bread
and your water, and I will take sickness away from the midst of you. None shall cast her
young or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days."
"You shall serve the Lord your God, and I will bless your bread
and your water, and I will take sickness away from the midst of you. None shall cast her
young or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days."
Physical life is intrinsically temporal.
Physical life is intrinsically temporal.
Spiritual life is the hope of the Christian.
Spiritual life is the hope of the Christian.
3. Healing is not an indicator of righteousness; nor is it a test of spirituality.
Even the most righteous and most spiritual eventually die of
something physical. Healing is an example of God's mercy, a product of God's wisdom. When
He chooses to intervene and heal, we should be grateful. When He does not, we should not
necessarily assume lack of faith, unrighteousness, and/or insufficient spirituality. And
when we die, "blessed are the dead who die in the Lord" (Rev. 14:13). Therefore,
neither healing nor the lack of it are an indication of one's level of faith or
spirituality. In Acts 3:1-8, God healed, through Peter and John, a man who had no idea
that he was about to be healed; he desired money, and was totally shocked at being healed.
Surely the healing of this man was not at all indicative of his righteousness or
God sometimes heals the new convert and the spiritually immature, while
he may withhold it from the mature Christian. And we shall all, no matter how spiritual,
eventually die of some physical state which God does not correct and heal. Another
situation where healing was not an indicator of righteousness or a test of spirituality
was the example of the apostle Paul mentioned earlier. If his thorn in the flesh was
physical, he was not healed of this serious affliction.
4. Faith is not the sole criterion for determining whether a person
shall be healed.
5. The relationship between healing and faith is complex,
necessitating an understanding of the whole Bible and current, practical experience.
6. The lack of faith is not sin, nor is the lack of healing a sin;
healing is rather a special benefit from God, which is neither commanded nor required.
7. Faith must not be confused with desires, fears or pressures.
A person's faith - even one's own faith - is difficult if not
impossible to assess. It is in no way "godly" or "spiritual" for a
person to overestimate his own faith, then make drastic decisions based upon this
misjudgment. "Hoping" or "wishing" to be healed is not the same thing
as having the special faith that God must give to really be healed. Neglect is not faith,
neither is fear of doctors and hospitals.
It is natural - although surely not wise - - for humans to
delay undergoing even a medical diagnosis to determine the cause, nature or extent of an
illness because of fear of what they might learn. Some even confuse this fear of
diagnosis - the unwillingness to face the reality of their condition - with faith.
Fear and faith are not equal; they are in fact opposites. For some it is a fear of the
unknown; for others it is a fear that if they find out something frightening they will not
have the faith to face it. But to act based on fear, and convince oneself that it is based
on faith, is brutal self-deception which can yield no good result either physically or
Similarly, it is strangely simple to confuse faith with stubbornness or
pride. Peer pressure can also loom as a powerful force, imposing itself as a surrogate for
faith, inhibiting the individual from doing what should be done. Likewise, for some to
suffer rather than seek relief can fulfill certain psychological needs. Having a
martyr-complex - enjoying watching others watching you languish - is far from the
simple faith of those Christ healed. Dying in stubbornness or pride, continuing to suffer
in order to uphold one's own self-righteousness or self-image is just another
manifestation of human nature. Thus, it is possible for a person to neglect medical help
because of subconscious factors or vanity, while convincing himself (and/or trying to
convince others) that it is because of faith and spirituality.
A Christian must walk in continual faith. This faith is demonstrated in
many ways. If God allows a person to die, this may be a demonstration of faith. But, if
one can live many long and useful years in God's service through an operation, rather than
be debilitated by disease or even die in agony, that cannot be condemned as a lack of
faith. To refuse the operation may be only fear, peer pressure, neglect or
ignorance - not faith.
It is likely that God would heal more people, if more
people had more faith to be healed. One of the biggest factors that blocks a
person from receiving more faith is his own erroneous belief that he already
has enough faith when he does not. As previously stated, it is not enough to
"think" or "hope" that one has the proper faith, or to wish" that he had it. One reason people are not healed is
because they do not have the appropriate faith. This does not mean they should pretend to
have this faith. That would be disastrous. For a person not to acknowledge his lack of
faith in this area would be folly indeed.
God will not heal a person because that person thinks he has faith if
he in reality does not. (God may heal him in spite of that fact.) For God to heal people
without faith - but who think they have it - would serve to perpetuate their
self-deception. Perhaps this is one reason why God does not heal more often. Since God
will not give someone something he does not want (i.e. the faith that the person thinks he
already has) each must appraise his own faith realistically. But a Christian who is
realistic enough to soberly assess his own faith and find it wanting is not a
"weak" Christian. He may in fact be quite a strong Christian, who is converted
enough to see himself as he really is; such an individual will not bow to stubbornness or
yield to pride when his need of external help highlights his physical debilities and
spiritual imperfections.
8. Healing and faith are totally private matters between a person and God.
Anointing for sickness is a solemn ceremony. It is an expression of
the faith of Jesus Christ and an affirmation of our faith in Him - the recognition of
God's sovereignty over our life and well being. It is thus a very personal thing between
the individual and God, similar to prayer, though the minister is an important part of the
No one should take upon himself the role of spiritual judge or
"second guesser" over another's actions in this regard. To do so is to usurp
that person's God-given right of free moral agency. Therefore, any reasonable request for
anointing should be honored, regardless of the nature of the illness or affliction and
regardless of whether the person is consulting a physician or of what treatment he may be
On the other hand, some people's requests for anointing border on
superstition. To anoint for every sniffle or mild ache makes a mockery of divine healing
and Christ's suffering. There is an extremely important caution here, however. A minister
cannot put himself in the position of a medical diagnostician and refuse to anoint because
he regards the persons illness as "minor" or "not life-threatening,"
What at first may appear to be the most insignificant symptoms can later turn out to have
been the early manifestations of a serious illness. More than one person has died of
pneumonia which started out as a cold, or of cancer of the colon which in its earlier
stages seemed only a minor digestive imbalance. Hence, although the minister himself
should preach publicly about the solemnity of anointing and about taking Christ's
sacrifice seriously, he should nonetheless respect the judgment of the sick person who
feels that he needs anointing.
9. It is neither possible nor profitable to determine why God has or
has not healed an individual.
10. It is entirely within biblical principles and common sense to
seek competent medical help and still rely on God for healing at the same time; healing
through faith in God and the modern health sciences is not a contradiction or a
combination of opposites; indeed, what God can do for man as a special blessing should
work together with what man can do technologically for himself.
11. Physical procedures cannot be evaluated based on spiritual
criteria; all routine maintenance, as well as special treatment for illness or injury
should be the most effective and finest available.
12. Christians must never judge one another, nor compare themselves
among themselves; Christians should rather encourage one another, mutually bearing their
God can and does heal in ways and manners and at times and for
reasons that He determines for Himself. As such, divine healing is totally beyond the
scope of medical science; therefore, doing what we can in seeking and utilizing the most
competent, professional assistance in times of illness or injury will not inhibit God from
healing us, but can contribute to the efficacious restoration of full health. Divine
healing is a miraculous intervention by the creator of the universe in our lives; it is a
special blessing from God given according to His mercy and our faith, and represents God's
power through Jesus Christ to forgive our sins, cleanse our minds and, ultimately,
establish the Kingdom of God on earth and resurrect our bodies from the dead.
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1] True or False: People have not
always been healed with the same regularity or for the same reason.
2] True or False: The Old
Testament records many healings.
3] True or False: Jesus'
miracles of healing helped establish His absolute credibility as one sent from God.
Healing also expressed Christ's power on earth.
4] True or False: It is quite evident
that God is not healing today in the same manner or to the same degree that He
did in early New Testament times.
5] True or False: The use of the
word "heal" in the Bible is rather narrow.
6] True or False: God heals inanimate
7] True or False: One can be healed of
faithlessness or backsliding.
8] True or False: Physicians and human
healers are condemned in the Bible.
9] True or False: Healing is limited to God.
10] True or False: "Healing"
can include the physical body's normal mechanisms of recuperation and repair as
part of its overall definition.
11] True or False: In the New
Testament there is a link between healing and spiritual salvation.
12] True or False: If one approaches the
scriptural references to healing without the full biblical context, and out of
the context of human experience, he may fix upon them a meaning not supported by
logic, common sense or proper biblical exegesis.
13] True or False: In
Deuteronomy 28 we read that blessings come only with obedience; curses
automatically follow transgression.
14] True or False:
Elisha's bones brought a man back to life yet Elisha
died of a sickness.
15] True or False: Healing is an
absolute and unconditional promise of God.
16] True or False: What God will actually do
in any given situation remains unknowably beyond our limited understanding.
17] True or False: James
5:14-20 states that God's promise to heal is absolute.
18] True or False: While
James in James 5 is primarily speaking of physical
healing upon anointing by the elders, he is also alluding to spiritual salvation
and the resurrection from the dead.
19] True or False: The Bible
condemns ancient practitioners who relied on pagan gods, amulets,
incantations or other forms of magic. This fact precludes a
firstfruit from using doctors and the medical professions of today.
20] True or False: Rather than relying on
medicines, the firstfruit should rely on God as his sole source of healing.
21] True or False: Jesus denigrates
physicians in the New Testaments.
22] True or False:
Medicines used to heal sickness are condemned in the Bible.
23] True or False: The
Bible gives basic principles of health which would
prevent many of the health problems plaguing modern man.
24] True or False: A
regular program of routine physical examinations by a qualified doctor is also
important in recognizing and solving any potential problems before they become
25] True or False: Maintaining a positive
mental outlook and a peaceful mental attitude is important to
good health.
26] True or False: Human beings so often
ignore the basic rudiments of health that imbalances occur, with sickness and
disease the natural result.
27] True or False: Most
of man's health problems are self-generated.
28] True or False: Human aid from medical
specialist can hinder God from intervening
29] True or False: The divine healing
process is apart from, and not in conflict with, anything a person can do to
help himself.
30] True or False: Not
being healed, is not a sin.
31] True or False: The
ill individual should look to man for whatever physical help he can receive but
should also look to God to do what man cannot do.
32] True or False: The basic instructions
followed by the Church are found in James 5:14.
33] True or False: The act of one having
hands laid upon him shows the person's desire to be set apart by God through His
Spirit for the special miracle of the divine healing of his body.
34] True or False: Sickness can
never be the direct result of personal sin.
35] True or False: When sin is involved, the sin
can be forgiven, as well as the sickness being healed.
36] True or False: In John 9 Jesus explains that
the cause for the blindness in the man was due to sin.
37] True or False: The Bible shows many examples of
physical sin.
38] True or False: Sickness that is self-generated
through ignorance, error or neglect should be called
"physical mistakes" rather than "physical sin."
39] True or False: If, the illness or injury
is directly or indirectly caused by the breaking of one of God's laws
then the cause of the problem is indeed sin in its true biblical meaning.
40] True or False: Whether sin is involved
or not, healing is a manifestation of God's mercy and an exemplification of
God's love.
41] True or False: Understanding the
significance of all the healings performed by Jesus is
essential to salvation.
42] True or False: Healing was one of the
foundational signs that God employed to demonstrate the power and to ratify the
office of His Son.
43] True or False: Jesus' primary object in
performing the numerous healings that he did throughout His ministry, was to
give an absolutely certain, physically verifiable demonstration of His spiritual
44] True or False: Of course it must be understood
that the healings of Jesus and the gospel are two separate issues.
45] True or False: Physical healing is the
restoring of the physical body to its original, pure and whole state. The
gospel message is about the restoring of the earth to its original, pure and
whole state. Thus healing and the gospel message are inseparable.
46] True or False: Healing
demonstrates Jesus' power over Satan and his demons.
47] True or False: Healing showed Jesus' authority
over the Sabbath day.
48] True or False: There does not seem to be any
relationship between physical healing and spiritual salvation.
49] True or False: Healing demonstrates the power
Jesus has to forgive sin and resurrect the dead.
50] True or False: The faith of the
one who is ill and the mercy of God
are intrinsic [inherent] to healing.
51] True or False: The faith of the one who is ill
and the mercy of God are intrinsic [inherent] to forgiveness of sin.
52] True or False: Rather than healing being
the forgiveness of sin, Jesus used His power to heal in order to prove that He
also had the power to forgive sin.
53] True or False: The power to forgive sin
is proved by the healing.
54] True or False: The ultimate miracle of healing
that Jesus performed was the cleansing of the lepers.
55] True or False: Just as Jesus instantly
changed sick bodies into healthy bodies, so shall Christ instantly change mortal
bodies into immortal bodies.
56] True or False: Healing is to resurrection to
eternal life as sickness is to the resurrection to eternal death. Healing
pictures resurrection to eternal life. Sickness pictures resurrection to
eternal death.
57] True or False: Healing
is the clearest physical counterpart of the
great spiritual event when human mortality shall be swallowed up by godly
immortality and when mankind shall be born into God's Family.
58] True or False: Faith is absolutely
essential to the cleansing of our sins and our resurrection
to eternal life.
59] True or False: A person's faith in Jesus
Christ, is a critical and necessary element - in healing, in the forgiveness of
sin, in conversion, and, ultimately, in the resurrection from the dead.
60] True or False: The healing of the
physical body, radically and miraculously altering it from a state of sickness
to a state of health, symbolizes what God can do through Christ to our minds,
hearts and spirits.
61] True or False: The cleansing of our minds is a
process that takes place over a period of time in the Salvation Process.
62] True or False: Jesus also healed people out of
compassion and love.
63] True or False: Jesus suffered the
penalty of our sins through His beating, crucifixion and death that we might be
relieved of all our infirmities, whether physical, mental or spiritual
64] True or False: A lack of understanding of the
Healing doctrine has resulted in many Church members remaining weak and
ill, with some even having died.
65] True or False: Physical ills do result
from spiritual problems.
66] True or False: At Passover, to avoid eating and
drinking unworthily, we must 1) Discern the bread and wine as the body and blood
of Jesus---discerning the body and 2) have profound appreciation of, and
personal identification with, the sufferings and sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
67] True or False: The profound appreciation
of, and personal identification with, the sufferings and sacrifice of Jesus
Christ, are vital elements of the healing Process.
68] True or False: During Jesus' ministry, He
encountered a number of individuals with the Holy Spirit in them.
69] True or False: With all the healings and
miracles Jesus performed, He rarely needed to discuss the subject of faith with
His disciples.
70] True or False: Thankfully the disciples did not
have to perform miracles in order to spread the gospel.
71] True or False: God's plan in the first century
was to grow a very large church.
72] True or False: The number of great healings and
miracles declined steadily after the first decades of the church.
73] True or False: We should be able to
study God's Word and develop real spiritual faith without depending on the
external crutch of physical evidence through miracles.
74] True or False: We surely know that God
is not pouring out His Spirit to empower His ministers to perform breathtaking
miracles as obviously and as supernaturally inspired as those that occurred in
the early New Testament Church.
75] True or False: There are biblical hints that we
will see astounding miracles and healings as we move closer to the return of
Jesus Christ.
76] True or False: We can know for sure that
the same Personality who healed the sick, cleansed the lepers and raised the
dead has promised, and has the power to forgive our sins, cleanse our bodies and
spirits, and eventually resurrect us from the dead.
77] True or False: To understand the
Practical application of healing today, several complex interrelationships (such
as between faith and healing, and faith and medical procedures) need to be
78] True or False: The human body was
designed to die.
79] True or False: God could,
if He so desired, preserve physical existence to
eternity. However He chooses not to do this.
80] True or False: Healing
pertains to this life alone and is a short-term, although important
81] True or False: One's ultimate reward in the
Kingdom will be based on whether he or she were ever healed in this physical
82] True or False: When we pray to be healed and
are not healed, we should necessarily assume a lack of faith,
unrighteousness, and/or insufficient spirituality on our
83] True or False: Neither healing nor the
lack of it are an indication of one's level of faith or spirituality.
84] True or False: God sometimes heals the
new convert and the spiritually immature, while he may withhold it from the
mature Christian.
85] True or False: Faith is not the sole
criterion for determining whether a person shall be healed.
86] True or False: Jesus once stated, "Blessed
are those who have not seen and yet believe."
87] True or False: God may heal to show
mercy, to express love, to encourage the spiritually weak, to reinforce faith
and/or as a witness of the gospel.
88] True or False: God may heal a person as a
witness for other people to see. In other words, God had those seeing the
healing more in mind that the one healed.
89] True or False: In the matter of healing,
it may be one's attitude as much as one's faith that may influence what God will
90] True or False: Anyone who seeks to be
healed to show others his righteousness or favor with God, will be sadly and
sorrowful, disappointed.
91] True or False: In the Church today, we
see no evidence of a gift healing having been bestowed
on any individual.
92] True or False: There is no way of
knowing in advance whether any person will be supernaturally healed.
93] True or False: The Church teaches that its ministry must not attempt to influence the person in any way regarding
what type of action he may wish to take for his health other than to recommend
that each person seek the most professionally competent specialists available
for consultation or procedure.
94] True or False: The relationship between
healing and faith is simple rather than complex.
95] True or False: In all the recorded healings of
the Bible, the person being healed demonstrated a faith that Jesus could and
would do it.
96] True or False: Christians must learn to work up
the faith required for healing.
97] True or False: Only God can supply the faith
needed for healing.
98] True or False: An actual healing or lack of
healing must never be viewed as a straightforward indication of an
individual's righteousness, spirituality or favor with God.
99] True or False: It is our responsibility
to yield to God and His Spirit so that we may grow in God-given faith.
100] True or False: The lack of faith is not
sin, nor is the lack of healing a sin.
101] True or False: The fact that one person
decides to seek anointing for the healing of a physical condition while another
suffering from the same condition, does not, can in no way be taken to mean that
the first person is necessarily righteous or that the second person is
necessarily unrighteous.
102] True or False: We all, in some manner,
lack faith. This is no more an indictment than to say that we are all human.
103] True or False: To
say that a person lacks faith is not necessarily to blame him in any way, since
faith comes from God.
104] True or False: Having a lack of faith is a
105] True or False: There is sometimes the
misconception that if something did not happen as hoped, it was due to lack of
faith. As a blanket assumption, this is very true.
106] True or False: Absolute belief in
something contrary to God's intention will not bring it about.
107] True or False: Healing
is not an absolute promise according to one's faith.
108] True or False: Paul, who was never healed of
the "thorn in his side" once said, "For the sake of Christ, then, I am
content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities; for
when I am weak, then I am strong."
109] True or False: Faith was definitely a factor
in Paul not being healed.
110] True or False: It is in no way "godly"
or "spiritual" for a person to overestimate his own faith.
111] True or False: A person's faith - even
one's own faith - is difficult if not impossible to assess.
112] True or False: "Hoping" or "wishing" to
be healed is the same thing as having the special faith that God must give to
really be healed.
113] True or False:
Faith must not be confused with desires, fears or pressures.
114] True or False: To act based on fear,
and convince oneself that it is based on faith, is brutal self-deception which
can yield no good result either physically or spiritually.
115] True or False: Pride, stubbornness,
peer-pressure or having a martyr complex can be confused with faith.
116] True or False: A Christian must walk in
continual faith.
117] True or False: One of the biggest
factors that blocks a person from receiving more faith is his own erroneous
belief that he already has enough faith when he does not.
118] True or False: One reason people are
not healed is because they do not have the appropriate faith.
119] True or False: For a person not to
acknowledge his lack of faith would be folly indeed.
120] True or False: A Christian who is
realistic enough to soberly assess his own faith and find it wanting is
a "weak" Christian.
121] True or False: Healing and faith are
totally private matters between a person and God.
122] True or False: To anoint for every
sniffle or mild ache makes a mockery of divine healing and Christ's suffering.
123] True or False: A minister is to respect
the judgment of the sick person who feels that he needs anointing.
124] True or False: It is rather easy for a true
Christian to ascertain why a person was healed or not healed.
125] True or False: Death may in some cases
be a greater sign of faith than life and healing.
126] True or False: One should not assume his
sickness is terminal and avoid seeking medical care.
127] True or False: If God's will is
for a person to die, it should be in spite of his best efforts to recover and
not because of his stubbornness in avoiding professional aid.
128] True or False: It is both offensive and
inaccurate to say that one who is not supernaturally healed (or who seeks
medical aid) is a "Weak" Christian.
129] True or False: It is entirely within
biblical principles and common sense to seek competent medical help and still
rely on God for healing at the same time.
130] True or False: Asking God to do for us what we
can do for ourselves is tempting God.
131] True or False: Both God and doctors can heal.
132] True or False: Going or not going to a
physician is not a test of righteousness.
133] True or False: One's use of medical
professions is a clear indicator of the level of faith he has in God.
134] True or False: Faith is fully
determined by the person's attitude in his private relationship with God.
135] True or False: The account in Luke 8 of the woman
having an issue of blood twelve years is a prime biblical
example of one lacking in faith.
136] True or False: Faith says that God can
heal; it is not a guarantee that God shall heal in every individual situation.
137] True or False: It is surely not a sign
of faith to neglect appropriate physical methods which can cure a disease, slow
an illness or relieve suffering.
138] True or False: It is also not a sign of
faith to seek obscure second-class treatment when competent first-class health
care is readily available.
139] True or False: Christians should thank God for
the positive advances in medical science.
140] True or False: Church members should look to
their ministry and church for the best advice in regarding treatments and
141] True or False: James wrote that "faith
without works is dead." This applies to all aspects of the Christian life
including health maintenance, health care, disease prevention, regular checkups
by a qualified doctor, and healing and/or medical procedures in times of illness
or injury.
142] True or False: Asking God to bless the
skill of the doctor in his diagnosis and treatment would be
taking our faithfulness too far.
143] True or False: No physical procedure is
intrinsically more righteous or spiritual than any other, though one may well be
more effective and have fewer side effects than another.
144] True or False: One physical method is
not more godly than another; one physical method is not necessarily more in
harmony with the Bible than another. Physical healing - of any and every sort - must
be distinguished from divine, miraculous, supernatural healing.
145] True or False: The efficacy of
different physical treatments is evaluated by their results, not by their degree
of spirituality.
146] True or False: Proper health care
should include periodic physical examinations for all Christians and their
families by a qualified medical doctor.
147] True or False: In seeking out medical
professionals, understand that one is about as good as another and therefore it
matters not who you use.
148] True or False: Christians must never
judge one another, nor compare themselves among themselves.
149] True or False: It is carnal, but
nonetheless common, for many individuals to consider their own particular
approach to physical health and healing as the best or the most spiritual.
150] True or False: While everyone
has the full freedom to make their own decisions in such deeply personal
matters as health, basic human decency and comity
[atmosphere of social harmony]
dictate that one should never try to impose his will on others.
151] True or False: The minister should
faithfully teach what the Bible says about health and healing, and he should
also encourage his people to seek the best professional advice available when
152] True or False: By virtue of
his ordination, a minister is
a medical or nutritional expert.
153] True or False: The minister must be
truly neutral on medical matters.
154] True or False: One of
the minister's more important duties is to be sure
that members of his church are not judging each other and are not comparing
themselves among themselves with respect to health procedures and healing.
155] True or False: Divine healing is a
miraculous intervention by the creator of the universe in our lives; it is a
special blessing from God given according to His mercy and our faith, and
represents God's power through Jesus Christ to forgive our sins, cleanse our
minds and, ultimately, establish the Kingdom of God on earth and resurrect our
bodies from the dead.
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Left handed crocheter
On Sunday, September 9, 2001 9:29:58 AM UTC-4, Robin wrote:
Could anyone or does anyone have a left handed crochet learning book ?
Could anyone teach a left hander how to crochet? I already know the basic
stitch but that's it.
Thanks in advance
Being lefty I was doing these patterns for Xmas and no matter how I tried I couldn't do the stitch. As in my art when you need to see a mistake but can't view it looking at it dead on, hold the pattern up to a mirror, because all left-handed crocheting is doing right-handed backwards. Finally I got out my pattern books and substituted it for another stitch.
My grandmother was right-handed and how I learn was to sit facing her and watching her do the stitches.
The Best library to have for lefty-handed people is the stitch books that show the picture of the stitches in them in case you need to hold it up to a mirror and read it that way....
The Big Book of Crochet Stitches: Fabulous Fans, Pretty Picots, Clever Clusters and a Whole Lot More Paperback - February 11, 2014 by Rita Weiss (Author), Jean Leinhauser (Author)
Crochet Stitch Dictionary: 200 Essential Stitches with Step-by-Step Photos Paperback - October 22, 2013 by Sarah Hazell (Author)
220 More Crochet Stitches: Volume 7 (The Harmony Guides) Paperback - January 1, 1999 by The Harmony Guides (Author)
300 Crochet Stitches (The Harmony Guides, V. 6) Paperback - January 1, 1999 by The Harmony Guides (Author)
The Harmony Guide To Crocheting: Techniques and Stitches Paperback - April 6, 1993 by Debra Mountford (Author)
Harmony Guides: Basic Crochet Stitches (The Harmony Guides) Paperback - April 1, 2008 by Erika Knight (Editor)
Harmony Guides: 101 Stitches to Crochet (The Harmony Guides) Cards - September 1, 2008 by Erika Knight (Author)
Crochet Edgings & Trims (The Harmony Guides) Paperback - November 1, 2009 by Kate Haxell (Editor)
Harmony Guides: Crochet Stitch Motifs (The Harmony Guides) Paperback - July 1, 2008 by Erika Knight (Editor)
Harmony Guides: Colorwork Stitches (The Harmony Guides) Paperback - June 1, 2009 by Sharon Brant (Editor)
Harmony Guide to Crochet Stitches Paperback - 1986 by James Walters (Compiler, Photographer), Sylvia Cosh (Compiler)
"Harmony" Guide to 100's More Crochet Stitches (Harmony guides) Paperback - July 16, 1992 by Beryl Kempner (Editor)
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Memory Monday will be an opportunity for me to revisit my photo files, jog my memory and share moments. A smidgen of knitting; a pinch of travel; a smattering of food (I seem to have an alarming number of food shots.... hmmm.... what could this mean?) all a wee bit wabi sabi....
In November I took a trip of a lifetime... 23 days from Bangkok, Thailand to Hanoi, Vietnam. I am aching to return!!! The 2o hour flight and the night-is-day- day-is-night body clock flip was pretty brutal.... but four months later it is a distant memory clouded by the amazing sights, sounds, tastes and smells of this intoxicating part of the world.
Day 1 : Bangkok, Thailand.
We arrived around noonish-- mid-night body clock time. Tired, dazed, confused and fighting off "the crankies" we began our adventure. Our plan was to stay up as late as we could and then crash. The wonderful hotel we had booked for our stay offered a free sunset cocktail cruise along the Chao Praya River. We thought, what a wonderful way to introduce ourselves to this world of the unknown and stave off The Sandman. It was!!
Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) is stunning and inspiring. Below is one of my first shots of the Wat. I feel this image fittingly captures the mysteries of the structure and my mental wonkies...
Day 2 : Bangkok, Thailand.
Far more in focus..... the gentle faces that surround Wat Arun.


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|"CHINA" PUPS WERE BORN ON JULY 23, 2003. We have 3 Male pups out of the "MAX" and "CHINA" breeding of 7/23/03 that are ready to go. THE PICK OF THE LITTER MALE White Tiger (SOLID WHITE) is now FOR SALE. HE IS 15 WEEKS AND 47LBS the other two. "White Tiger" is the pick male he is all white and we was going to keep this pup but decided to sell him. He has HUGE FEET and a nice size head and is sure to be 100 plus pounds.
|"NITRO" is 42 lbs and ALL WHITE RED NOSE WITH A LEFT BROWN EAR. HE IS A LAID BACK PUP THAT LOVES TO PLAY TUG OF WAR WITH THE ROPE. HERE YOU CAN SEE AND FEEL HIS STRENGTH AND DETERMINATION. HE WILL BE A BEAST IN TIME.
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Today we are sharing cookie recipes for Life as Mom's Ultimate Recipe Swap. I recently posted one of my favorite butter cookie recipes and you can read it here. This time I thought I would share another cookie that I have a hard time leaving alone! Even the batter from this recipe is delectable (not that I nibble while I'm baking, of course!)
Oatmeal Cookies
1 cup light brown sugar, packed
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup margarine/shortening
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
3 cups quick-cooking oats
Cream sugars with butter and shortening until light and fluffy. Thoroughly blend in eggs and vanilla extract. Combine salt and baking soda with flour. Mix into batter gradually. Quickly fold in oatmeal.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until golden around the edges.
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Two Jammu and Kashmir constables were arrested today for allegedly supplying ammunition to the Hizbul Mujahideen, busting an "unholy nexus" between the militant group and the police, a top official said.
Constables Shabir Ahmad Malik and Nazir Ahmed Najar had allegedly supplied nearly 40 rounds of ammunition for the AK series of rifles to overground workers of the Hizbul Mujahideen militant group in south and central Kashmir, police said.
They were arrested along with two others allegedly affiliated with the group.
Director General of Police S P Vaid complimented the police personnel responsible for busting an "unholy nexus" between policemen and militants.
"We have zero per cent tolerance for such acts and we will ensure stricter and a quick punishment for the guilty," Vaid said.
He added that "the internal in-house surveillance mechanism of the state police is strong and no such activity can escape the eyes of the law".
Giving details, police said one person identified as Adil Ahmad Negroo was a "close associate of active militant Waseem Wagay of Hizbul Mujahideen" and was arrested at Ramnagri in Shopian in south Kashmir.
Police recovered 20 rounds of AK ammunition from his possession.
During sustained interrogation, the accused named another accomplice, Mudasir Ahmad Mir, who was also picked up.
When questioned, the duo named constable Shabir Ahmed Malik, posted at Ganderbal, from whom they had brought 20 rounds of ammunition, a police official said.
Malik was immediately picked up and subjected to intense questioning after which he named another constable, Nazir Ahmad Najar, posted at district police lines of Shopian.
Malik claimed that Najar supplied him with 40 live rounds of ammunition for sale to militant groups, police said.


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Welcome back to your Mutation Station.
by Rich Feldenberg
Today we will examine the importance of the LP-mutation (Lactase Persistence-mutation), and its impact on human survival and global colonization. Creationist like to ask the tiresome question, "name a mutation that increases the information content of a gene". I don't think they really understand the question that they are asking, but today we will give one example of a simple mutation in human DNA that offered an advantage through natural selection to our species. There are other examples, and we'll address some of them in later blog entries.
Lactose is a carbohydrate found in mammalian milk. It is composed of two simple sugars bonded together. Humans and other mammals evolved to be dependent on mother's milk during infancy, but then to be weaned off milk once the animal was mature enough to begin finding food on its own. In order to digest lactose the enzyme lactase is required. Lactase is produced in the digestive tracts of the infants and young mammals, but after weaning is generally no longer produced. This is to conserve resources in the sense that it makes no sense to keep making an enzyme or other protein that is not being used.


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Undriving by Cab?
October 2, 2011 by julia
Filed under Blogroll, Undriving Community, Woulda-Missed-If-Driving
Today I was heading to the Greyhound Station, to catch a bus to Leavenworth where I'll be presenting and doing Undriver LIcensing™. Could I wrestle all my stuff to the Metro bus stop? Probably, but I opted for a cab instead. (Sometimes a cab is a useful part of an Undriving journey!) Cab rides can […]
Woulda missed this if driving:
August 29, 2011 by julia
Filed under Blogroll, Woulda-Missed-If-Driving
Was walking past my neighborhood park and this stencil caught my eye: Great inspiration to be found while Undriving!
Folding Bike: "It's My Wheelchair"
June 30, 2011 by julia
Filed under Blogroll, Woulda-Missed-If-Driving
I met this lively woman on the bus the other day, and admired her nifty Brompton folding bike. "Thanks," she replied, as she rang the bell for her stop: "It's my wheelchair." Huh? How so? "I have a bad foot, and it hurts me to walk," she explained. "But I can bike!" She was off […]
View from the Bus: Backwards Man
June 27, 2011 by julia
Filed under Blogroll, Woulda-Missed-If-Driving
Saw this guy while riding the bus on June 18 (Fremont Solstice Parade, anyone?). When he got off the bus, he started walking "backwards" – looking over his shoulder frequently! I just love all the sights I see while Undriving, that I would have missed if speeding along in a car. What are YOU spotting […]
Undriving to Undrive: Walk-Paddle-Walk
July 28, 2010 by julia
Filed under Blogroll, Woulda-Missed-If-Driving
Kayaks are big bulky things to move about – you need a car for that, right? Wrong! I was bicycling on the Burke-Gilman Trail near Fremont this week when I came upon this man out walking his kayak (with the help of a little trailer). Of course I stopped to talk with him. Jeremy enjoys […]
The Little Red School Bus
February 25, 2010 by admin
Filed under Blogroll, Woulda-Missed-If-Driving
This was a welcome sight in my neighborhood – a family bike-pooling to school, all on one bike! It's a trusty Workcycles Bakfiets cargo bike. "We call it the Little Red School Bus," the mom of three said. Rain or shine, this bus gets the kids to school and home again, carbon-free.
Bike Helmet as Wearable Art
February 25, 2010 by admin
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I met this man while walking home from the grocery store one day. When I commented on his highly visible helmet, he said his wife and kids each had one like it. "Why have just an ordinary helmet," he asked. Why indeed? -Julia Field


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Members of Fredericton's Therapeutic Riding Association have elected seven volunteer directors including John M. Bowles, a retired businessman and career volunteer, as president.
The association with its team of accredited instructors, organizes programs of therapeutic horseback riding for people with special needs, notably children. Improving balance, firming weak muscles, retaining memory and increasing self-confidence are just some of the program's benefits.
Silverwood Arabian Farm on Fredericton's Woodstock Road provides the specially trained horses, a covered arena and a member's viewing area for the programs that start in March.
The association relies heavily on volunteers and rider's parents or guardians to help run the programs and various fundraising events. Volunteers assist in many different ways including working with the instructors and preparing the riders for program participation.
Joining Bowles are Richard Low as vice-president, Trudy Pickering, secretary, Michael Walker, treasurer and directors Jason Wall, Sophie Jensen and Ron Rinehart. Leanne Fitch remains on the board as Immediate Past President.
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Day in the Life: Aloha Style – No Can Wear Shoes In House
Aloha, Lovecat,
Aloha Style is not just a state of mind and optimism and being nice… it's also a lifestyle, and one major component of that (other than "Just Cruise!") is that one does not wear shoes in the house.
{ Day in the Life: I Carry My Shoes For Pictures }
So you might be wondering why in the world do all my photos have me wearing shoes in the house? That's super not Aloha Style at all. So why wear shoes in the house? Well, I don't really WEAR THEM-WEAR THEM in the house. I always take my shoes off at the front door. For the purpose of photos, I carry my shoes to the spot where I will take the photos, put them on "on location" and then wear them only at that spot until I'm done shooting. Then I immediately take them off and put them back in the shoe rack near the front door.
Here you see me putting them on at the chair and I wore them only on that spot.
Why go through all the trouble of violating a pillar of Aloha Style… why not just shoot outside? Logistics. I live on a mountain where it is often whipped by the easterly trade winds. It's often cloudy along the mountain summits whereas it might be 8-10 degrees warmer and sunny down at sea-level just 800-1000 feet down. I work anywhere from between 40-50 hours a week, and, by the time I get home, the light is already so low, outdoor pictures are impossible. Basically, timing and weather. I always have to take my photos indoors or on a weekend, but who has time to play the outfit photographer on a weekend when you should be out in the great land of adventure and curiosity that is the paradise and explorer's playground otherwise known as our home? I mean, really. Would you bother spending hours taking outfit shots on a Saturday morning when you could be out at the beach?
I didn't think so. Me either, frankly.
But those are seriously my favorite shoes ever.
Hope your week is going FANTASTICALLY.
Rock on, Lover!
Me ke aloha ~ With love + aloha,
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by Lisa Ovens
Do I need another reason to become a Tampa Bay Lightning season ticket holder? The city of Tampa Bay is constructing an outdoor ice skating venue downtown. A ninety minute skate will cost you $10.00 and that includes skate rental!
Okay, with this installation I am officially campaigning for a job in Tampa Bay. There's NHL hockey there; unlike the Canucks, Lightning tickets are affordable, I wouldn't be far from Disney World and Cape Canaveral , and a good friend of mine lives just down the coast! (And yes, rocket launches are on my list of things to do)
That's it...I'm sharpening my skates and heading for the sunshine in Tampa to get my glide on!
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Ryan Nerney – Security Clearance Lawyer
Attorney Ryan Nerney is licensed to practice law in California and earned his Juris Doctorate degree from Arizona Summit Law School. While attending Arizona Summit Law School, Attorney Nerney served as an Executive member of the American Association for Justice Student Division, formerly known as the Trial Lawyers' Association.
Attorney Nerney earned his Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine. He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity and contributed to the community through various philanthropic activities.
At The Edmunds Law Firm, Attorney Nerney focuses on Family Law and Security Clearance matters. He is currently a member of the San Diego County Bar Association and the Orange County Bar Association.
Attorney Nerney gained valuable experience through his time volunteering at the Legal Aid Society of Orange County. This experience has expanded his compassion for his clients and his love of the law. He has been published multiple times in "The Notice", a weekly newspaper distributed by the Legal Aid Society of Orange County.
In his free time, he loves to play basketball, golf, and cook. He is an avid Los Angeles Lakers fan and loves spending time with his family and beagle, Alcmene.