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Luke 11:5-10
March 28, 2004
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Open your Bible to Luke chapter 11, we come back to Luke chapter 11 and again the inimitable and penetrating and wonderful teaching of the Lord Jesus Christ. Luke 11 verses 5 and following, a familiar and really unforgettable little story that Jesus tells here. It actually has a lot of humor in it and while Jesus didn't say things that are actually funny or that make us laugh, we certainly see a warmth of His humor in this story because it's so much like life.
The story begins in verse 5 of Luke 11. "And He said to them, suppose one of you should have a friend and shall go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves? For a friend of mine has come to me from a journey and I have nothing to set before him.' And from inside he shall answer and say, 'Do not bother me, the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.' I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs. And I say to you, ask and it shall be given to you, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you for everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds and to him who knocks it shall be opened. Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish, he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? Or if he has asked for an egg, you will not give him a scorpion, will he? If you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"
Boy, what starts out as a simple story, ends up pretty theological, doesn't it? It starts with the simple and ends up in the profound. A mature believer who has been shaped by Scripture and that's the only way to be mature, understands the nature of God. Your view of God is really the benchmark of your spiritual maturity. Understanding the nature of God is critical to spiritual maturity because in the end you rest in the reality of your God. Superficial knowledge of God, a shallow knowledge of God, a limited knowledge of God contributes to limited understanding and limited faith and limited trust.
And so, when we talk about spiritual maturity, we're really talking about understanding the nature of God. That is essential. That is to say you understand that God is eternal, that He is powerful, that He is holy, that He is unchangeable, that He is omniscient, that He is omnipresent, that He is purposeful, that He is sovereign, that He is in perfect control of everything He has created all the time. Do you understand that God is above and beyond and outside all of the contingencies that go on in the created universe? He is transcendent, He is high and lofty, majestic and lifted up and He is working to perfection His plan for the universe and for mankind. He has everything under control all the time and He's in perfect knowledge and bringing to pass the plan which He ordained from the very beginning.
In Job 42:2 we read these words, "I know that Thou canst do all things and that no purpose of Thine can be thwarted." Now there's a comment of a mature man. I know that You're in charge of everything and no purpose of Yours can ever be thwarted. Psalm 33:11 says, "The counsel of the Lord stands forever. That is to say what God says is fixed permanently. Nothing God says ever changes because there's never anymore information. There's never anything to be clarified and no circumstance and occur which God doesn't already know about and knew about when He made that declaration. That's why Psalm 33:11 also says, "The plans of His heart are fixed from one generation to another." From generation to generation the plans of the heart of God stand. Nothing changes because there's no further information, there's no exigency or contingency that God didn't know about, nothing changes. He inexorably and perfectly works His plan through to the end.
In Proverbs 19:21 we read, "Many are the plans of a man's heart, but the counsel of the Lord, it will stand." We change our plans all the time because we get more information, because circumstances change. God never changes anything. His counsel is fixed. In Isaiah 14:24, "The Lord of host has sword saying, 'Just as I have intended, so it has happened. Just as I have planned, so it will stand.'" All these statements about standing have to do with God fixing a purpose which never changes. I intended it and that's how it happens. I planned it and that's how it is and will be.
In Isaiah 46, a little bit more prolonged passage, all of this sort of comes together in very clear terms, Isaiah chapter 46 verse 8, "Remember this, be assured, recall to mind, you transgressors, remember the former things long passed for I am God and there is no other, I am God and there is no one like Me...and here's the distinction...declaring the end from the beginning." We can't do that. We don't know the end from the beginning. We can't affirm the end. We can't bring about the end from the beginning. Only God can. That's why He is God. There is no one like Him because there is no one who can tell how it's going to end before it even begins. "He declares the end from the beginning and from ancient times things which have not been done." And it's not just that He knows how they will happen, it says, "My purpose will be established, I will accomplish all My good pleasure." From the beginning God determined the end, He planned the end and He works to that end. Verse 11 says, "Truly I have spoken, truly I will bring it to pass." I have planned it, I will do it. God never alters His plan and the plan was established from the beginning and He works it to the very end.
Jesus in the first chapter of Acts said this in verse 7, "It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority." Times and epochs, what does that mean? Chronological time, clock time, calendar time and epochal time, events. All chronological history and all the events that occur within it are fixed in God's own authority. Everything is determined from the beginning to the end by the purposes of God.
In the fourth chapter of the book of Acts we read the testimony of those early believers, "For truly...verse 27...in this city there were gathered together against Thy holy servant Jesus, whom Thou didst anoint both Herod and Pontius Pilate along with the Gentiles and the people of Israel." Everybody got together to kill Jesus. But verse 28 says, "To do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined." What a statement. What a statement. Whatever it is that they did, it was predestined by God and predetermined by His purpose.
Now God is sovereign and God is omnipotent. He knows the plan and He has the power to work the plan. He has perfect knowledge so there's nothing to change the plan. He doesn't need us to give Him more information and He doesn't react to circumstances.
You say, "Why are you telling us all of this?" Because all these realities about God raise the question of how our prayers matter, don't they? Are you getting there? You started to say, "Well, you know, why would I bother to pray? All that seems to squelch my prayer life and my little requests." And, of course, that's one of the accusations that's been made by people who reject Reformed Theology that if you have a strong view of God, if you have the biblical view of God, it just takes all the heart out of your praying. I mean, I certainly don't want to bother God, I don't want to interrupt God. I mean, He knows where He's going, knows what He's doing, He doesn't need information from me about anything. And He's not about to change His ultimate plan and design. So if I am told to pray, maybe all I need to do is just kind of go in for a little brief thing and say, "You know, I'm really sorry to bother You, God, I'll just keep this to a minimum, I know You're really busy and I know You've got the deal worked out and You know where it's going but...so I won't be long."
People say that to me all the time to me, "I know you're really busy and I...you've got a lot of things on your mind, but if I could just have a minute..." If people think that that's some kind of intrusion into my life and I haven't got a clue what's coming in the future, you think about God, we would say to God, "Well, this is ridiculous for me to come and bring my little deal in front of You when You've got it all worked out from beginning to end. Even the fact that I was born, that I exist and that I would come to You with this request was known to You before the foundation of the world and it's all in the plan, what's the point? Well if I do come I'm going to make it quick and I'll be out." I mean, it's almost embarrassing, isn't it? "Sorry, God, it's me again and I know I interrupt You a lot with my little things."
But we have to remember that we are told to pray and we just went through that, didn't we? In verses 2 through 4 didn't we study the disciples prayer twelve weeks long, three months? And all of that was teaching us how to pray, how to pray. And that was repeated from a pattern Jesus originally established recorded in Matthew 6 when He was ministering in Galilee many months before this. This is reiterating that same teaching. But we're still left with this nagging sort of problem, this...this wonder of how our prayers fit in. And we say, if we have a mature view of God and a full view of God, and we understand the character of God and the nature of God, does it really have some kind of a squelching effect on our prayer life?
Well let me give you an illustration. Let's go back to the book of Nehemiah...Nehemiah chapter 1. Israel is in captivity, God knows that. And the land of Israel and the land of Judah, in particular the southern kingdom and the city of Jerusalem is in ruins, the remnant, verse 3, of chapter 1 are in great distress, reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, the gates are burned with fire. God knows all that. In fact, God made sure that happened because God brought, you remember, the Babylonians to be His executioner to bring judgment on Israel for idolatry. So God knows all of that.
But I want you to still see the response of Nehemiah, verse 4. "Now it came about when I heard these words," got a report back about the condition of Jerusalem, "I sat down and wept and mourned for days." It didn't change the heartbreak. Just because God knew all of this and Nehemiah knew God knew it didn't change how Nehemiah felt. "And I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven."
You say, "Well maybe he didn't have a very good idea...maybe he didn't really understand who God was and he was getting over-exercised and fasting and praying and weeping and mourning and he's really a highly emotional condition here, maybe he just doesn't kind of know that God is in charge. Maybe he's just really a loose Arminian floating around in the Old Testament." But look at his prayer in verse 5. "I said I beseech Thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God who preserves the covenant and loving kindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments." Yeah, he understood God. He understood God...that God was sovereign Lord. He understood His greatness, His awesomeness, all the attributes that fill up those terms. He understood that He had a covenant and that He was faithful to that covenant. He understood His grace and His loving kindness to those that love Him and keep His commandments. He understood all of that and still in verse 6, "Let Thine ear now be attentive and Thine eyes opened to hear the prayers of Thy servant which I am praying before Thee now, day and night on behalf of the sons of Israel." And not only did he say it once, he says, "I am praying before You day and night, fasting, weeping, mourning, praying before the God of heaven," whom He fully understands. He's really storming the gates, He's saying, "God, open Your ear and open Your eyes and look at the situation."
You know, we sort of go into God's presence. "You know, it's me again, Lord, oh I just...whatever is Your will, please let's get that out of the way at the beginning, that's where I am. You know, I know You've got other things to attend to so I'll understand if You can't be bothered with this little..." This isn't...that's not Nehemiah's approach. Look at Psalm 17 verse 1, "Hear a just cause, O Lord, give heed to my cry. Give ear to my prayer." Psalm 27 verse 7, these are illustrations, there are many more, Psalm 27:7, "Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice and be gracious to me...and look at this...answer me." Psalm 55 adds another component, "Give...verse 1...Give ear to my prayer, O God, and do not hide Yourself from my supplication. Give heed to me and answer me, I am restless in my complaint and I am surely distracted." I'm telling you, things aren't going right and You need to listen to me and don't you be going off and hiding somewhere.
Psalm 102 is another one, and again those are samples I'm giving you. "Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry for help come to Thee. Do not hide Thy face from me in the day of my distress, incline Your ear to me." Again it's that same sort of demanding, it's almost...it's almost rude. Psalm 143 adds one other component, "Hear my prayer, O Lord," Psalm 143:1, "Give ear to my supplication, answer me in Thy faithfulness, in Thy righteousness," and I love the next one, "and do not enter into judgment with Thy servant." Amazing, I'm shocked by some of this, the boldness of it, the brashness of it.
When I was growing up as a kid, my grandmother used to have this little saying, I don't hear it much anymore, my mom picked it up and carried it on. She said, "Well, Johnny, that took a lot of gall." Did you ever hear anybody say that? "That took a lot of gall." I don't know where that came from. You look up gall in the dictionary, I don't know how they connect, but...but my mom would say, "That took a lot of nerve." It's like you've stepped over the boundaries of rudeness, you've gone too far.
You say, "Well what is the point in talking to God like that? I mean, if you know God is sovereign and you know God is all wise and all powerful and all knowing and has purposed everything from the beginning to the end and all the way through the middle, what in the world is the point of praying?" And the answer is because God has not only ordained the end, He has ordained the means to the end. And I don't know about you but I'd rather be a part of God's means than anything else. I suppose I could be a spiritual couch potato and not care whether I participated as the means which God uses to reach His end. But I'd much rather be engaged and involved in being the means because the residual impact to me is wonderful, it is His goodness and blessing in this life and eternal reward in the life to come. It's not about changing God's mind. It's not about changing God's plans. It's not about giving Him information He doesn't have. It's not about a tweaking of the circumstances that He might not have anticipated. It's simply about being used by God.
The Old Testament, I'll give you an illustration, the Old Testament prophet said Jesus would be born in Bethlehem. Well, that's the end and it had to be, He couldn't be born anywhere else or the whole Old Testament would have been discredited. The prophet would have been wrong. How was Jesus born in Bethlehem? Because Caesar Augustus who didn't know anything about Malachi or Jesus determined a census to be taken in Israel and everybody had to go to his own original hometown to register for the census, Luke 2, and so Joseph and Mary had to go down to Bethlehem at exactly the time of the census which is exactly the time when she delivered the baby, the Messiah was born in Bethlehem. The end was in the plan of God from the very beginning as articulated by the prophet in the Old Testament. The means was an ignorant Caesar making a decree. God uses the means as well as determines the end. And in Acts chapter 2 where Peter's preaching on the day of Pentecost, he says, "You killed the Son of God by the predetermined, the determinative will and plan of God." The means of our salvation...God determined that Christ would be the sacrifice for our salvation. The means, Roman soldiers and all the things that went into it.
Like everything else...look, God determined your salvation from before the foundation of the world. The means is through your faith and repentance. You will not be saved without faith. You will not be sanctified without obedience. And you will not enjoy the goodness of God in this life without participating in prayer in the accomplishing of the divine purposes. I can't think of anything more wonderful than God allowing me to be a means to His ends. It's incredible. I don't want to change God. I...let me tell you right now, I don't want to change anything. I can't, it would be ridiculous to think of it. But that would be to assume that I had a better idea and that's absolute idiocy. But to think that God could use me, totally ignorant of the future, totally inept, to be a means by which He achieves His eternal ends and then not only bless me for that but reward me forever, beyond belief. That's why the Bible tells us to pray. Prayer is the means by which God's infinite wisdom, infinite power and perfect purpose are brought together to accomplish His will. You can't be saved without believing, you can't be sanctified without obeying, and you can't enjoy the goodness of God in this life without participating in His unfolding purpose through your prayers and through your service to Him.
That's what we're going to see in this story.
Drop down to verse 8, you notice in verse 8 the word "persistence," that's in the NAS, I don't know what other versions have. Some Bibles say "importunity," there's a word nobody ever uses, importunity. That's a good word. If you ever get a chance to look at it in the dictionary, this is what you'll find. Importunity is different than opportunity. We all use opportunity all the time because that kind of works for us in our every day language. Opportunity is a word the dictionary says it means a circumstance favorable to us. You see what appears to be a circumstance favorable to you and you take advantage of it. You move in to that circumstance to achieve in that...in that opportunity what it is that you think is available for you there, that's opportunity. Importunity is not that at all. It's something different. Opportunity simply means you move into a favorable circumstance. Importunity is far stronger. It is a word that has urgency and persistence in it, but it's bigger than the word persistence. Some dictionaries translate it this way, "Troublesomely urgent, overly persistent." It's a hyper word or even annoyingly relentless.
What happened here was this guy finally got out of bed and gave the man what he wanted because he was annoyingly persistent. He was overly persistent. He was troublesomely urgent. It's the word in the Greek anaideian, it's hapax legomina, that is, once said in the New Testament, the only place it ever appears. And really what it means and you might see this in your marginal reading in the NAS is shamelessness. Somebody who just sets aside all sense of shame. It's...one lexicon said, "overly bold." Another one said, "utter shamelessness," somebody who is just brash and bold, somebody who has a lot of nerve. Are we supposed to pray like that?
That's what Jesus is going to teach us here to pray like that and thus to participate in the means by which God achieves His ends. Let's start with the parable. Okay, we'll look at two points today and I was going to do the whole thing, but that never happens. So I'm living under an illusion in my old age. Luke 11 verse 5, Jesus just jumps right in, the subject is prayer. He just taught them how to pray, still on the same subject, probably in the same location at the same time. "And He said to them," because He knew this question would come up. If God has His Kingdom and God has His will and God has His purpose and all of this, what...you know, there's this nagging wonder about why do we pray? And maybe we just pray, you know, these little sort of tepid brief quick in and out prayers, not to interrupt God at all. So He tells the story. "Suppose one of you should have a friend and you go to him at midnight and you say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves.'"
Now the teaching on prayer raises the question, shouldn't we be reluctant or a little ashamed to bother God with our troubles since, you know, He's going to do what He's going to do. So here's the illustration. Jesus jumps back into daily life, very simple, unforgetable story. Suppose you have a philos, a friend, somebody that you have an affection for. It means a neighbor. Now in Israel, as in other parts of the world in ancient times and in third world countries today, people, you know, in places where they don't have a lot are dependent upon their neighbors, they're dependent on each other. They sort of survive together. You make enough bread for the day, you eat the bread that day and then it's gone. The next day you make bread again. You might have a supply of grain and you might have a supply of oil, like the widow in the Old Testament, but you don't have preservatives and you don't have a stockpile of food, you don't have an AM PM Store and you don't have food shops that are certainly open at night, and you don't have access to that, so, you know, it's the battle for bread every day. And that's the way it was.
So here's a man who has a neighbor and goes to him at midnight. This is the worst time for a visit. I hate when people come to see me at midnight, I don't care what they want. That's not a good time to come. And by the way, there was no TV in those days so there was no late night anything, you know. When darkness came, you basically stayed around a little bit with the light of a candle then you went to sleep because you had to start work at 6 A.M. in the morning, that's when the work day began. And so nobody's awake at midnight. And it says here this...this man goes to his friend at midnight and says to him...he comes to his house probably in a close little community and he starts yelling his name. "Hey, hey...hey, it's me." And he's waking him up, obviously. "Friend, friend," it's always good to say that when you've done that, just to rehearse...hopefully that you can make him feel some sense of well being that you consider him a friend. It's a sensible greeting if you've just arrived uninvited at midnight and becoming a nuisance in somebody's life. I'm still pretty convinced it would only slightly ease the irritation, if at all. "Lend me three loaves." Now he doesn't mean three great big bakery loaves, like we're used to. A loaf would be basically one piece of flat bread. He wants three pieces of flat bread, which would be a normal meal dipped in perhaps some kind of olive oil, or spread with some kind of fruit or whatever. This would be sufficient for an evening meal.
Now this is not an emergency. He isn't saying, "My wife is having a baby, my wife is dying, my kid broke his leg, we've got a robber in the house." He's in the middle of the night and he says, "I want these three loaves." And the guy is probably thinking, "What in the world...he is waking me up for a midnight snack. This is ridiculous." Actually it's a very generous and unselfish act on his part because he's been awakened himself because verse 6 says, "For a friend of mine has come." I'm just passing on the joy here. "Friend of mine has come to me from a journey and I have nothing to set before him." People often traveled at night in that hot part of the world and his friend came at midnight and he had to get up and host him. He arrived un-expectantly. Hospitality, by the way, was expected in the ancient world, very much expected among the Jewish people. They majored on hospitality, it was part of their social duty, more a part of their religious duty. Part of their duty to God to care for the stranger, right? I mean, that's Old Testament stuff. They knew what they had to do. And so this poor man who had this guest arrive at midnight at his house, he had sort of a difficult dilemma. I can be a poor host or a poor neighbor, right? Being a poor host was not an option because hospitality was at the high level of priorities in cultural considerations. And he knew his neighbor knew it as well. So both of then would really be doing what's right, even though it was a bit inconvenient for both of them. So he says it's really not for me, I don't want a midnight snack, it's a friend of mine that's come to me from a journey and I have nothing to set before him. He's obviously hungry, hasn't had anything to eat, no shops, restaurants, no stockpile of food, nothing. Very different, by the way, from our world, isn't it? When you just make it every day with the bread you have.
And there's a rather predictable response, verse 7, "And from inside he shall answer..." This conversation's going on through the wall here. "Do not bother me, the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything." Now this is exactly what you would expect. You know, it's hard for me...it would be hard for me to do what the man did. I don't know, I think I would...might end up being a poor host. Patricia would tell you, you know, that I don't like to bother people. You know, and if I was in this situation and she was saying, "Now you've got this guest, go to the neighbor and get some food." I'd say, "You go. I don't want to go." I don't know what it is but I don't like to bother people. She would say, "That's what I would expect you to say." But he went and the guy has a predictable response. "Don't bother me, stop causing me trouble. What are you doing?"
The door has already been shut. It wasn't a door like we have that you shut it easily. Sometimes doors actually dropped through rings, a combination of metal and iron and removing it was not just a simple thing to do and opening would make a lot of racket. And there was a whole family there. And he says, "My children and I are in bed." Usually the same bed. They had a big mat, one-room houses, right? One-room house...the kitchen in one corner, living space over here and bedroom in the same place, just roll out the mat and everybody goes down on the mat with some pillows or whatever. And the colder it got the closer they all got together. That's how they all kept themselves warm. So if he gets up, everybody's up, all the kids are up, everybody's up. And probably by now the people living close next door are up because they're listening to the conversation as well. The whole thing seems very presumptuous, very bothersome. It really isn't a big emergency. I mean, couldn't he...would he die if he waited till breakfast? Isn't he..aren't you a little bit overdoing this hospitality thing? Tell the guy to go to bed, you'll forget it when you fall asleep. You know, give him a speech, you've been on a long journey, you're probably tired, just lay down. You'll fall asleep and you'll forget. The man says, "I'm not going to get up and give you anything. This is too much trouble."
And then Jesus...skipping any prolonged narrative...jumps to the point of the story in verse 8. "I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, this importunity, his brashness, his boldness he will get up and give him as much as he needs." There's really no sense in not getting up because he's not going away. And you've already awakened me and you've already awaken the kids. I tell you, he's going to get what he asks for because of his shamelessness. That's the word, anaideion, because of his shamelessness, his brashness, his gall. The emphasis here is on his boldness. It isn't so much on persistence and much asking, it's just the boldness of asking at such an importune time, just took a lot of gall to do this. Well it's a perfect illustration. It's just a perfect illustration of us going to God and saying, "I know it's inappropriate to interrupt You because You're running a universe and You've got all these things going. But I just need You to sit down and listen to me and look at this and don't be distracted. I've got some things I need to...." That is just...that's over the top.
But it isn't. The picture here is of shameless nerve, boldness, importunity, things that seem almost ludicrous to us going into the presence of the God of the universe. But our Lord is teaching us how to be invasive, how to be bold in our prayers. This man responded not for friendship, but for irritation. He is in contrast to God who, by the way, the Old Testament says, "Never sleeps and never...what?...slumbers." So you're not waking Him up. And if this man would give this man what he wanted not for friendship, but just because of his shameless boldness, what will God who loves you perfectly give you when you come into His presence?
And so the parable leads to this incredible promise in verses 9 and 10, and this is over the top. Listen to this, "And I say to you," I love that, egois in the emphatic position, "And I say to you," this isn't somebody's opinion, folks, this is the incarnate God speaking, okay? "I say to you," this is the voice of absolute divine authority, "I say to you," I want to hear this, what are You saying? He doesn't say, "Don't you dare come and bang around in God's presence demanding things?" I would expect Him to say that. "You better back off, don't you be like that guy. Don't you come interrupting God. He knows your need, He knows what's going on, doesn't need information from you. He can read your heart, He can see your concern." He doesn't say that at all, He says the opposite. "Feel free...verse 9...I say to you, ask and it shall be given you, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you, for everyone who asks receives and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it shall be opened." That is unbelievable, isn't it?
Three...three imperative verbs, present imperative...keep on asking, keep on pursuing, keep on knocking. Don't hesitate at all to be bold. Don't be embarrassed. Ask...that's kind of the first level, "Psst, God, it's me." Seek, that's the second level, zeteo, it means to strive after or to demand. "God, I'm telling You, You've got to listen to me now. You've got to watch what's going on here, don't be distracted." Knock, now you're storming the gates of heaven. Don't be reluctant to ask and to get aggressive and to bang on heaven's door.
Did you ever think about prayer like that? Just drawn out of that little story? It's just amazing. James says you have not because...what?...you don't ask. Or you ask to consume it on your own lust, or you ask double minded, not really believing, or you ask out of a disobedient heart and you have forgotten that God hears the prayers of those who obey His commandments, or you say, "Wait a minute, isn't this a blank check, come on. You can't just ask, seek, knock and you'll receive."
Well, is this a blank check? No. It's already been qualified by verses 2 through 4, hasn't it? Here's how you pray. "Father, hallowed be...what?...Your name, Your Kingdom come," and then we add, of course, from Matthew 6, "Your will be done." So it's always according to God's name, according to God's Kingdom and according to God's will that we ask. It's not a blank check.
The generosity of the statement in verses 9 and 10 is absolutely amazing. And because verse 9 is so shocking, verse 10 repeats the same thing. It's not necessary to say the same thing twice, especially when you don't want to change anything. But he does because of the first verse, verse 9 just sort of leaves you stunned. "Come on," God says, "you can start whispering if you want through the wall and you can raise your voice and begin to make demands, and you can even bang on the door, if you want, and I'll tell you this, when you ask you'll receive and when you seek you'll find, and when you knock you will receive what you desire. I will open the door." What a great statement.
Jeremiah 29 and just verses 12 and 13, and we'll kind of close with those two. Jeremiah 29 verses 12 and 13, don't leave just because I said that. Jeremiah 29 verse 11, this is so good, "For I know the plans that I have for you." Isn't that good? That's sovereignty, isn't it? "I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans for welfare not calamity to give you a future and hope, I know what I have planned for you." There is an affirmation of God's perfect knowledge, perfect sovereignty, and working out His purpose. But verse 12 He then says, "Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me and I will listen to you and you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart." In a sense the two seem like they contradict. I know My plans, they're set, they're fixed, they're good. But I'm telling you, come and pray and I'll make you a part of the means of the fulfillment of those plans when you seek Me with all your heart.
And what comes out of this? I'll tell you what comes out of this, an experience of the goodness of God. An experience of communion with God. This is the richness of what we enjoy in this life and in the life to come, the eternal reward for being eager participants in the purposes of God. Next time you pray, be bold. Next time you pray, which should be at all times, praying without ceasing, be shameless. Next time you pray, go into the presence of God eager to pour out your heart. Next time you pray, ask God to listen and to see and not to turn away and to hear the cry of your heart. And as you pray and God unfolds His purpose, you will be enjoying the experience of having been a part of what He accomplishes and enjoy His goodness. This concept, this great truth, this great promise is built on a sort of axiom, an obvious principle and that is built on a divine foundation. And we'll see those two things next time. Join me in prayer.
Father, we thank You this day for such incredible generosity. What can we say? It is just beyond comprehension. We thank You that we can come into Your glorious presence, like Nehemiah, fully understanding who You are and yet praying, fasting, weeping, pleading that we might be a part of the means by which You achieve Your ends. What a privilege that we can enjoy such an experience and such blessing first hand, both now and forever. We thank You in the name of Christ.
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As with my great-grandmother's poems and the results of my first DNA test, I've carried the African Ancestry results around like a charm for days. This ancestry has been lost to my family for centuries. Now that I have found it, I want to keep it close.
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There's that old saw: "You can't know where you are going, if you don't know where you've been." Where black Americans have been is all muddled, isn't it? Everything about our past and present is filtered through the lens of a society where we (and the continent we came from) are marginalized. You have to dig to find our real histories, weed through the distortions and biases. It is easy to believe, if you let the mainstream tell it, that the African-American story begins in slavery and ends in failure and dysfunction. That's not true. The blood doesn't lie. There are real stories of triumph and survival and happiness and success cloaked in the leaves of our family trees. There are customs and rituals and beliefs that our ancestors were forced to forget, but we can remember them.
I am not Pollyanna about this. I don't romanticize the lives of my forebears or my "cousins" in Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone and Senegal. There are hard and ugly stories to be found on the family tree--rotted fruit. But we hear plenty about those things already, don't we? That it is why it is smart to keep good things in your pocket--a cheerful poem written by the mother of 10 kids on a farm in rural Alabama, or the knowledge that Balanta people resisted colonial rule by the Portuguese. These good things are part of who I am.
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- Alison: I love that it's cat-friendly. I own one orange tabby and foster two other cats (for Feline Friends Chicago), so they need to be able to exercise their natural instincts. I have a hollow ottoman that they sleep in while I can put my feet up, an awesome floor to ceiling solid wood cat tree, and special shelving in the kitchen that allows them to climb on top of the cabinets. Liz: My favorite space is the kitchen. It has a huge window and gets great light, especially in the morning. I like sitting at our high table and drinking coffee while looking out onto the courtyard below! I also love our chalkboard door in the kitchen. Its fun to change it up and to write messages to each other. I also love our collection of artwork in the apartment. Alison and I are both artists, so we have plenty of our own art and have a small collection from our artist friends. Nicole: My vintage Harry Potter blanket.
- Three of My Best Tips and Tricks for Creating a Successful Small Space:
- 1. The most important thing I've learned from living with two other people in a small apartment is how crucial well placed storage is. LOTS of storage. If we leave stuff out the space immediately feels small and cramped.
2. Trial and error. I re-arranged my bedroom about five times before I was happy with it. I can't even count how many times I've moved artwork around. I painted our kitchen bright aqua ("Mermaid's Tail") when we moved in. Experiment, live in it, and then change things accordingly. I am definitely a slow decorator.
3. Take advantage of vertical space. Chicago apartments tend to have high ceilings, so I fill them up with large scale artwork and shelves for MORE storage!
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evidently organized and eminently livable.
Love this! Great organizing, ladies! The peg board in the kitchen is fantastic.
I like this place a lot. Very well done but I cringe at the thought of kitty jumping from the window frame to the gas stove. I hope she landed on the counter.
What is the black and white checked piece over your stove? I love it.
Cat on a shelf above window! Yes!
how were those owl posters done? they look diy-able, like print outs or something?
"Vintage Harry Potter Blanket" ummm no. In order to technically be considered vintage, an item needs to be AT LEAST 50 years old.
Cute place.
I love the sewing-machine-as-shelf-art vignette! I've never thought of it, and have instead been stowing my machine in a case in the back of a closet.
But yeah, that open kitchen storage/peg board with three cats? I don't know how I feel about that.
I don't think there's a specific date on vintage, and I think number of years depends on the type of item. For example, something made of fabric may become "vintage" more quickly than something more sturdy, like a table. At any rate, Merriam-Webster doesn't give a specific number of years something has to exist to be "vintage."
love it! as someone who also shares with two roommates in a two bed, i must say you've totally used the space well! also loove that chalkboard wall/door!
Apartment Therapy actually has a writeup on this! http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/age-defining-an-130615
The consensus being that Vintage is a tricky term but that it should not be used for items less than 20 years old. And especially with textiles and clothing, vintage often refers to a specific era from the past. I don't think we can consider 2001 an era from the past quite yet.
Oy - can't get past the phrase "Vintage Harry Potter"
I love the gallery wall in the bathroom. What's the paint color?
Love the owls above the bed. Cat on a shelf above my head freaks me out. I would constantly be terrified it would pounce on me.
Very cute. Can I ask what the light grey wall colour is?
Sorry, forgot Apartment Therapy is the authority on denotations. The first HP book came out in the 90s, by the way.
Our wall are Behr's Anonymous, and the beautiful prints are by Debbie Carlos! The cats actually walk all the way around to the cabinets on the other side of the kitchen where they have a little bed set up. I love looking up at their cute sleepy faces!
The checkered piece above the stove is a removable backsplash I made by tiling a piece of particle board.
And no, our HP throw isn't really vintage-but it's pre-movie merchandise so in our eyes that's super old ;)
Oh, and I believe the light grey in the kitchen is Behr's French Grey.
((we're using vintage as a term meaning "it was made before the movies came out so it has the older illustrations instead of Dan Rad's face all over it" thanks for the link though!!))
Very nice :) Any chance you could show a picture of the cat tree? I'm contemplating making one for my 2 cats..!
Lol @ "vintage Harry Potter." Sorry, but no.
Loving this set up it looks so creative and homey.
I would LOVE to know more about the mermaid in the bathroom gallery!
I want to see more of the cat-accessible areas!
Thank you, Alison! ;)
love that three people share this space and the use of wall for storage. Home tour is in order. Dislike that there is no picture of the dining room.
I love the rooster in the kitchen, and the black and white, too.
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Being able to quickly plane boards flat, smooth and to the exact thickness you need all make the thickness planer one of the most important machines in any workshop's power tool arsenal. But a planer is only useful if it's kept in good running condition. Some of the regular maintenance tasks you need to do include cleaning and lubricating the planer's bed and running gear, keeping its knives sharp, and adjusting its extension tables, depth stop and cutting thickness scale.
While shop machine cleanliness is next to, well, you know, cleaning might be more important for thickness planers than for any other shop machine. The reason is that a planer with a dirty bed and sticky feed rollers may cause stock to not feed smoothly--or not to feed at all. An accumulation of fine sawdust can make it difficult to raise and lower the cutterhead, and chips trapped inside the planer can jam up the entire machine.
Start cleaning your planer by first unplugging it from power and then raising the head assembly all the way up. Use your shop vacuum to clean sawdust from the bed and every nook and cranny inside the body. A crevice tool (an accessory nozzle that comes standard with many shop vacuums) can be very handy for getting dust and chips that are stuck inside the planer. If the area around the cutterhead is packed with chips, remove the dust shroud and vacuum that area thoroughly.
Once all the loose dust is gone, do a quick visual inspection of the planer's bed and all components that serve to raise and lower the planer's head assembly (or, on stationary models, the bed). Clean dust and dirt that's accumulated on any gears, screwposts, chains, etc. by first spraying them with a cleaning solvent, then using a brush and rags to remove as much of the grime as possible. Spray the planer bed with solvent, too, if there's accumulated pitch or other deposits. Use a ScotchBrite™ pad to remove hardened deposits or corrosion (DO NOT use an abrasive pad if your planer's bed is covered with a thin chromed steel sheet; the abrasive will only scratch it and reduce its slickness). If you use a water-based cleaner, such as Simple Green, be sure to dry all surfaces with a few blasts of compressed air, to remove any remaining moisture that could trigger rust.
Next, inspect the planer's infeed and outfeed rollers, and clean off any stuck-on deposits using alcohol and a clean rag. You can also use a cleaner like Simple Green® and a ScotchBrite pad to remove stubborn deposits — just stay away from cleaning solvents, such as naptha or paint thinner, as these could harm rubber- or plastic-coated rollers. To access the entire roller, clean
one section, then briefly plug the planer back in and flip the on switch for just a second, until the rollers rotate around slightly. Then unplug the machine and continue cleaning. Be VERY careful to keep your fingers away from the cutterhead during cleaning; alternatively, you could clean the rollers with the planer's knives removed.
If the rollers are clean and you still notice stock slipping during planing, check to see if the rubberized surfaces of the rollers look shiny and glazed. You may be able to temporarily improve their grip by sanding their surfaces slightly. But eventually, such rollers will need to be replaced or recovered.
If you wish to lubricate any of your planer's internal parts, make sure to use ONLY a dry lubricant, such as Boeshield T-9®. Wet lubricants like oil or penetrating sprays such as WD-40 will attract dust and cause more problems than they solve. Before spraying, it's important to cover rubber feed rollers with paper or rags, as coating them with lubricant will cause them to slip and not feed stock effectively. Finally, don't try to lubricate your portable planer's cutterhead bearings; these are permanently sealed and lubricated. If they're making rumbling or grinding noises, they're likely worn out—oiling them won't help.
To keep stock sliding smoothly through a planer, it's most important to keep its bed and extension tables well lubricated, either by spraying them with dry lubricant such as TopCote®, or applying a coat of paste wax. If you choose waxing, apply only a light coat of wax, let it dry until it hazes over, then buff off the excess with a clean rag. I prefer liquid automotive waxes, as I find that they're easier to apply and last longer than traditional carnuba paste waxes. Cleaning and lubricating the bed/tables is a maintenance task that may need to be done quite often, especially if you often plane sappy woods such as pine.
The length of time it takes fresh, sharp planer knives to dull depends on a myriad of factors: the hardness of the steel the blades are made from (and how sharp they were to begin with), the hardness of the wood you're planing and how deep a cut you take, the planer's feed speed, and, naturally, how many board feet of wood have been run. There are several telltale signs that your planer's blades need changing.
If the blades have been nicked, you'll notice small ridges forming on the surface of planed boards (to deal with these, see the section "Changing the Knives" below). Somewhat dulled knives tend not to cut as cleanly, especially on figured woods. If you notice more tearout on such boards, it's likely your knives need freshening. Really dull planer knives will actually burnish the surface of plain-grained boards. If board surfaces look somewhat shiny after planing, check by putting some water on the board (use an open-pore, not-too-dense wood, like oak or mahogany, for this test — not hard, resinous woods like teak or rosewood).
If the water instantly forms small beads, it's likely the knives are really dull and have burnished the wood. This can be a real problem, as a burnished surface will actually repel water-based glues and finishes.
When your planer is no longer producing clean, flat planed surfaces (see the sidebar, above), it's time to refresh its knives. Fortunately, this process is very easy for modern benchtop planers, which use reversible, disposable knives that mount onto registration pins that automatically set each knives cutting depth. (If you own an older or stationary model planer which uses single-edged knives that require individual adjustment,
consult your machine's manual for removal and resetting procedures).
After making sure your machine is disconnected from power, remove the planer's dust collection shroud or chip chute, and any other body panels that cover or limit access
to the cutterhead. Once the cutterhead is fully exposed, rotate it until one of the knives is facing fully upwards.
If your planer has an automatic cutterhead lock, you'll have to depress it before turning the cutterhead. It will automatically engage when the knife is in the optimal position. Now, either using the wrench that came with your machine or one that fits, loosen all the bolts that secure the knife and its holder to the cutterhead.
What you do next depends on what shape your knives are in: If the knives are only nicked (see the sidebar, above), don't remove the knife, but simply remove the knife cover and slide the knife slightly to the left. Then clean the cover with a rag.
Refit the cover, then replace and carefully tighten all the bolts. Advance the cutterhead to the next knife. Loosen its retaining bolts, slide this knife slightly to the right, and re-secure the cover and bolts. If there's a third knife, leave it alone. Shifting the knives will offset the nicks and let you get a little more life out of the set before it needs to be reversed or replaced.
Dull knives must be changed. For this process, lift the knife out and either reverse it (if the opposite edge hasn't been used yet) or replace it with a fresh knife. Some planers come with special magnetic knife removal tools, which let you handle the knife out without risking slicing up your fingers. If yours doesn't have one, you can use a small horseshoe or bar magnet to do the job.
When refitting the knife onto the cutterhead, take care to make sure that the small slots in the knife slip onto the cutterhead's registration pins correctly. Before rebolting the knife, use a little solvent to clean the knife holder of any dirt or grime, and clean any bolts that are dirty as well.
If you've reversed your knives, use a felt-tipped pen to mark each knife's used edge, so you'll know not to reverse them next time. Reinstall the holder and tighten the bolts, and repeat the process with each knife.
TIP: If you really hate changing planer knives, one way to extend their life is to make sure that each board you run is clean of mud and dirt and free of staples, tacks or other metal fasteners.
Before buttoning your planer's covers back up, it's a good idea to check the condition of the motor's drive belt, if it's visible. If the belt shows excessive wear or is damaged in any way, replace it.
If your planer uses a chain-driven mechanism to raise and lower the cutterhead assembly, clean the chain and lubricate its links lightly with a drying lubricant. If the chain has an accessible tensioning mechanism, tighten the chain up if it's noticeably loose.
When you're done, replace the cutterhead cover, shroud, and/or dust chute.
One of the ways to combat planer "snipe" (where the ends of a board end up with a depression or are planed thinner than the rest of the board) is to make sure that your planer's extension tables are level and in line with the bed. Most portable planers have fold-down extensions that are adjustable via a pair of small bolts or screws under their outside edges. To check the level of your planer's tables, slide a long carpenter's level or straightedge into the planer so that it lies on edge across the bed and extension tables. Sight across each extension table, to see if there's a gap at any point between the table and straightedge. If necessary, tweak the table's adjustment bolts/screws until the straightedge sits in full contact with the bed and table.
If the outfeed table can be adjusted up and down, it's a good idea to set it just a fraction lower than the planer bed. This prevents the lower edge of a planed board from catching on the outfeed table. Once all table adjustments are made, be sure to tighten the locking nut at the base of each adjusting bolt.
Every planer has a scale and cursor to show just how thick a board will be after planing. But if the cursor setting is off, then you run the chance of ending up with stock that's planed too thick or thin. Many modern portable planers also have a depth stop feature that allows you to easily and accurately set the cut thickness to one of several common sizes: 1/2 in., 3/4 in., etc. To check the accuracy of the stop mechanism, set it to one of the middle settings, say 3/4 of an inch, and then plane a board. Use a dial caliper to check the board's thickness.
If it's greater or less than 3/4 in., readjust the stop's depth rod. Recheck the stop's accuracy as before, and tweak it as needed until it's dead-on.
Now, without changing the planer's depth of cut, reset the planer's cursor, to read the same thickness on the scale as your planed board (in this case, 3/4 in.). It's especially important to check and reset the cursor after changing knives, especially if your planer has older style knives that lack registration pins in the cutterhead.


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When Elan (NYSE: ELN) sold its stake in the blockbuster selling multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri to partner Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) in early February, many investors at both companies were left questioning the deal and the motive.
Dublin, Ireland based Elan pocketed $3.25 billion in the sale (on which it will pay little tax) and also inked a royalty payment plan for future sales of the dynamic drug. The hefty payout resulted in a credit downgrade for drug behemoth Biogen, despite the fact it gained sole control over the effective MS treatment. It's yet to be seen who the clear winner is in this arrangement but Biogen obviously sees big things for Tysabri, which brought in some $1.6 billion in sales in 2012 alone.
What Elan PLans to Do With the Payout
Analysts and investors have been clamoring for news regarding what Elan intends to do with the hefty takings and now they have some answers. In addition to the $1 billion share buyback announced Feb. 22, the company intends to engage in "a number a strategic transactions" with a share of the proceeds, according to a statement. It will also refinance its $600 million in debt.
Elan CEO Kelly Martin said in a statement, "Understandably, many market participants are looking forward to further clarity around how we intend to deploy the significant upfront payment we will be receiving. We have been making significant progress in this regard and are prepared to move expeditiously, upon close, on the redeployment of capital."
The share buyback may appease some investors who viewed the Tysabri deal with skepticism. So much so, they sent shares reeling the day the deal was announced it what was the stock's biggest slide in seven months. At the time Elan said it would share some proceeds with shareholders, but didn't go into detail.
London's Breenberg Bank analyst Adrian Howd told Bloomberg, "They've now put some numbers around that. And it looks as if the timing of the use of other proceeds, in term of investments in pipeline and new products, is more progressed than some had thought." Howd recommends buying Elan shares.
Shedding Assets
Elan has been cleaning house. The now stripped-down, streamlined company sold its Elan Drug Technologies unit to Alkermes in 2011. Last December, it spun off Prothena Corporation (NASDAQ: PRTA), its early stage drug research company. Elan surmises the two separated companies will each be worth more apart than conjoined.
Prothena is focused on the discovery and development of antibodies to treat myriad diseases. More specifically it researches disease causing proteins. Potential therapies can be used to treat ailments such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Multiple Sclerosis. The company's aim is to apply its extensive expertise in generating novel antibodies and then work with strategic partners to eventually bring their findings to clinical trails.
Prothena CEO Dale Schenk said after the spin-off, but before the Tysabri sale, that the promise of Prothena's drug pipeline "will be more visible to investors now that the company is out from under the umbrella of the Tysabri effort." Who knew the hit drug was such a drag?
Elan's Future and Fate
No doubt some investors believed Elan would use the proceeds from the Biogen and Alkermes sale to fund research on its Alzheimer's disease treatments. Elan is working with giants Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer on a drug for the dementia-like progressive ailment that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. In the U.S., the disease affects more than 5 million, or one in eight, a number that is expected to swell in the near future.
There were high hopes for the trio's collaboration, but those hopes were doused last year when the most advanced experimental stage treatment failed in trials. The setback was viewed by some as a chance for Biogen to takeover Elan, since it left the Irish pharmaceutical with just a single major money-making product--Tysabri. At the time, several analysts agreed Biogen would love to own 100% of Tysabri. Now it's clear Biogen's love affair is with Tysabri alone, not Elan plus Tysabri.
Elan continues to work on a drug to treat agitation and aggression in Alzheimer's patients, and for bipolar disorders. ELND005 is currently in clinical trials. The company is also working on treatments for Parkinson's, Crohn's and several other autoimmune diseases.
But the real benefit from Elan is quite simply its Irish homestead. An acquirer would gain advantage merely from Ireland's low corporate tax rate: 12.5%.
With M&A activity off to its strongest start in six years, someone with strategic plans and an affinity for Ireland's business friendly environment could come to court Elan.
And someone has.
Word just broke that Royal Pharma contacted Elan on Feb. 18 about buying the company outright in a $6.6 billion deal, or $11 a share. But, RP Management hasn't heard back from Elan and was reportedly taken aback after the share buyback was announced. RP questions Elan's plans to remain a stand alone company.
Elan shares traded up after the news to $11.40, a sure sign markets expect a higher bid or additional offers. Shareholders have little faith that Elan's CEO Kelly Martin will do the right thing. Activist investors are likley to push for a sale of the company.
The saga is still unfolding.
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Invega Sustenna Side Effects
Generic Name: paliperidone
Note: This page contains information about the side effects of paliperidone. Some of the dosage forms included on this document may not apply to the brand name Invega Sustenna.
Not all side effects for Invega Sustenna may be reported. You should always consult a doctor or healthcare professional for medical advice. Side effects can be reported to the FDA here.
For the Consumer
Applies to paliperidone: oral tablet extended release
Other dosage forms:
In addition to its needed effects, some unwanted effects may be caused by paliperidone (the active ingredient contained in Invega Sustenna). In the event that any of these side effects do occur, they may require medical attention.
You should check with your doctor immediately if any of these side effects occur when taking paliperidone:More common
- Difficulty with speaking
- drooling
- fast, pounding, or irregular heartbeat or pulse
- increase in body movements
- loss of balance control
- muscle trembling, jerking, or stiffness
- restlessness
- shuffling walk
- stiffness of the limbs
- twisting movements of the body
- uncontrolled movements, especially of the face, neck, and back
- Chest pain
- cold sweats
- confusion
- cough
- difficulty with swallowing
- dizziness
- excessive muscle tone
- fainting
- inability to move the eyes
- increased blinking or spasms of the eyelid
- increased blood pressure
- loss of balance control
- mask-like face
- muscle tension or tightness
- pain in the arms or legs
- slow heartbeat
- slowed movements
- slurred speech
- sticking out tongue when not meaning to
- tic-like (jerky) movements of the head, face, mouth, and neck
- trembling and shaking of the fingers and hands
- tremors
- trouble with breathing, speaking, or swallowing
- uncontrolled twisting movements of the neck, trunk, arms, or legs
- unusual facial expressions
- unusual tiredness or weakness
Some of the side effects that can occur with paliperidone may not need medical attention. As your body adjusts to the medicine during treatment these side effects may go away. Your health care professional may also be able to tell you about ways to reduce or prevent some of these side effects. If any of the following side effects continue, are bothersome or if you have any questions about them, check with your health care professional:More common
- Absent, missed, or irregular menstrual periods
- difficulty having a bowel movement (stool)
- fear or nervousness
- headache
- inability to sit still
- nausea
- need to keep moving
- sleepiness or unusual drowsiness
- stopping of menstrual bleeding
- vomiting
- weight gain
- Acid or sour stomach
- back pain
- belching
- blurred vision
- changes in appetite
- dizziness, faintness, or lightheadedness when getting up suddenly from a lying or sitting position
- dry mouth
- fever
- heartburn
- indigestion
- lack or loss of strength
- muscle aches
- sore throat
- stomach discomfort, upset, or pain
- stuffy or runny nose
- swelling of the breasts or breast soreness in both females and males
- swollen tongue
- unexpected or excess milk flow from breasts
- upper abdominal or stomach pain
For Healthcare Professionals
Applies to paliperidone: intramuscular suspension extended release, oral tablet extended release
Cardiovascular side effects including tachycardia (up to 14%), prolonged QTc interval (up to 5%), orthostatic hypotension (up to 4%), bundle branch block (up to 3%), first degree atrioventricular block (up to 2%), increased blood pressure (up to 2%), abnormal electrocardiogram T wave (up to 2%), sinus arrhythmia (up to 2%), and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome have been reported. Palpitations have been reported frequently. Bradycardia has been reported infrequently. Ischemia and venous thrombosis have been reported rarely. A case of atrial fibrillation has also been reported.
Nervous system
Nervous system side effects including headache (up to 15%), somnolence (up to 11%), akathisia (up to 10%), hyperkinesia (up to 9.9%), dyskinesia (up to 8.7%), Parkinsonism (up to 7.3%), extrapyramidal disorder (up to 7%), dizziness (up to 6%), dystonia (up to 5.3%), tremor (up to 4.5%), hypertonia (up to 4%), convulsion, dysarthria, lethargy, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, oromandibular dystonia, psychomotor hyperactivity, syncope, and vertigo have been reported. Abnormal coordination has been reported rarely. An apparent new onset grand mal seizure has also been reported.
The dyskinesia group included dyskinesia, extrapyramidal disorder, muscle twitching, and tardive dyskinesia. The dystonia group included dystonia, muscle spasms, oculogyration, and trismus. The hyperkinesia group included akathisia, and hyperkinesia. The Parkinsonism group included bradykinesia, cogwheel rigidity, drooling, hypertonia, hypokinesia, muscle rigidity, musculoskeletal stiffness, and Parkinsonism.
Psychiatric side effects including insomnia (up to 15%), agitation (up to 10%), anxiety (up to 9%), nightmares (up to 2%), suicidal ideation (up to 2%) and restlessness have been reported. A confusional state has been reported infrequently.
Gastrointestinal side effects including nausea (up to 6%), dyspepsia (up to 5%), vomiting (up to 5%), constipation (up to 5%), salivary hypersecretion (up to 4%) upper abdominal pain (up to 3%), diarrhea (up to 3%), toothache (up to 3%), dry mouth (up to 3%), and stomach discomfort have been reported. Abdominal pain has been reported frequently. Swollen tongue has been reported infrequently.
Respiratory side effects including nasopharyngitis (up to 4%), upper respiratory tract infection (up to 4%), and cough (up to 3%) have been reported. Dyspnea has been reported frequently. Pulmonary embolus has been reported rarely.
General side effects including asthenia (up to 2%), fatigue (up to 2%), and pyrexia (up to 2%) have been reported. Edema has been reported infrequently.
Metabolic side effects including increased blood insulin levels (up to 2%) and increased blood glucose levels have been reported.
Musculoskeletal side effects including back pain (up to 3%), pain in extremity (up to 3%), musculoskeletal stiffness (up to 2%), and myalgia (up to 2%) have been reported.
Ocular side effects including blurred vision (up to 2%), oculogyric crisis, and eye rolling have been reported.
Hematologic side effects including thrombocytopenia and increased blood cholesterol have been reported rarely.
Hypersensitivity side effects including anaphylactic reaction have been reported rarely.
Isolated reports of immediate hypersensitivity reactions including flushing, erythema, and dyspnea have occurred during infusion of fosaprepitant. These hypersensitivity reactions have generally responded to discontinuation of the infusion and administration of appropriate therapy. It is not recommended to reinitiate the infusion in patients who experience hypersensitivity reactions.
Endocrine side effects including increases in serum prolactin have been reported.
Other side effects have included weight gain as well as increased appetite and decreased appetite.
Oncologic side effects have included statistically significant increases in pituitary gland adenomas, endocrine pancreas adenomas, and mammary gland adenocarcinomas which have been reported in animal studies with risperidone (which is converted to paliperidone (the active ingredient contained in Invega Sustenna) .
Genitourinary side effects have included amenorrhea, galactorrhea, gynecomastia, irregular menstruation, sexual dysfunction, priapism, and erectile dysfunction.
Dermatologic side effects including skin laceration (up to 2%) and rash have been reported.
Local side effects with the use of the extended-release injectable suspension have included injection site reactions (up to 10%).
Hepatic side effects including increased alanine aminotransferase (up to 2%) has been reported.
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Enter Ad Age and its video feature "Three Minute Ad Age" which interviews BlogHer co-founder and COO Elisa Camahort Page on the eve of their 5th annual conference in Chicago. While many turn up their noses at the idea of 'mommy-bloggers' there is power in numbers whether it is real or perceived. Ask Motrin. BlogHer.com is a online community that gets 15 million unique visitors per month so there is nothing to sneeze at there from a pure quantity measure.
The focus of this interview is 'blogola' or the practice of being paid for a review of a specific product or service. Others like Chris Brogan have gone through some significant debates about the merits or demerits of this practice. BlogHer's Page is anticipating that the subject will be top of mind during the conference because many influential mommy-bloggers can help sell a lot of products for companies if they mention and / or review a product on their blog.
While everyone agrees that full disclosure is paramount, Page is seeing that the context of the review is critical as well. In other words, disclosure is not enough. To that end, the BlogHer community cordons off the reviews in separate review logs where there is no advertising sold. These 'sponsored conversations' are clearly defined as such because Page that not only disclosure but context matters when it comes to paid posts.
I agree for the most part. The only real crime to me in this type of environment is if there is literally no mention or a very weak mention of 'blogola (which by the way is a dumb name, anyone have anything better they would like to 'coin' here?). As long as the post is clearly marked as a paid discussion or whatever at the start and the conclusion of the post then there should be little trouble. Where you get into trouble is if the mention is brief and buried in the middle of the text or simply non-existent. Having a title that reads "You Have to Get Brand X!" may be all that someone reads so there needs to be the best shot of someone seeing that the post is paid for. Otherwise, we are in a gray area where a blogger can say they mentioned the nature of the post but didn't make it really obvious. Starts to sound like a sleazy sales practice at that point.
So Pilgrims, on this fine Monday, what is your take? Should bloggers ever take pay for posts? If they do how should it be handled? What are best / worst practices you have seen? What are the potential consequences? Not surprisingly, the government has chimed in through the FTC on the matter so we better pay attention (I guess).
A discussion amongst the type of readers that come here could beneficial to all so please let us know your thoughts.


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Get ready to gawk. These jewel-like designs from architect Zaha Hadid put your billionaire boat to shame.
Director Steven Spielberg says the new restored version of the film looks better than the movie people saw in theaters in 1975 -- and we agree.
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Young bodybuilders know they need to start someplace when it comes to supplementation, but it's often hard to figure out where—and how much to spend. The first two rules to help you get the most from your supplements are to make sure your training and nutrition are on target:
1) You should weight train no more than four times a week for no longer than 75 minutes a session as a beginner. More than this and you're overtraining, tearing your body down more (and faster) than it can recover between workouts.
2) For nutrition, you should consume several meals a day—up to six or seven, getting in plenty of protein (at least 20 grams) per meal, striving to eat a total of at least one gram of protein per pound of bodyweight every day—even on rest days.
Once you're following these basic rules, you're ready to make the most of beginning supplementation. Here's what we recommend, ranked in order:
1) Use a whey protein supplement before and after workouts.
Whey protein is one of the fastest-digesting protein sources. This means it's readily absorbed by your body so that it can get to work promoting recovery and muscle-building from your training and providing amino acids during workouts to support training and physiological processes that support muscle-building (such as delivering oxygen and nutrients to hard training muscles). The good news is that whey protein products can be found in different price ranges, and you can use them as your budget allows to supplement your whole-food protein intake.
What you should take: A whey protein shake before and after workouts. You can take in up to about ¼ gram of protein per pound of bodyweight at each meal. This means a 200-pounder can take in 50 grams of whey protein before and 50 grams after weight-training sessions. A 160-pounder should target up to 40 grams before and after workouts.
2) Consume fast-digesting carbs before and after workouts.
One mistake many beginners make is to overemphasize protein at the expense of carbs—either dietary or supplemental. But carbs are essential to fueling muscle growth because they help promote recovery, driving nutrients to your muscles. Fast-digesting carbs such as sugar should be consumed before and after workouts. You can also take supplemental forms of carbs such as Vitargo, or a hardgainer shake that has carbs in it. As far as the type of sugar you should consume: dextrose is the best option (it's a specific type of glucose), or sucrose, otherwise known as table sugar. Fructose, especially high-fructose corn syrup, is less desirable than other forms of sugar or carbs that are typically found in carb-based supplements.
What you should take: A good rule of thumb for beginners is to match the amount of protein and carbs you consume before and after workouts. That means getting in about 100 grams of carbs for a 200-pounder, split evenly before and after workouts. And don't shy away from whole-food carbs such as starches (whole-grain breads and pasta), and slow-digesting carbs (oatmeal, yams and brown rice) at other times of day. The only exception is to cut back on carbs before bedtime as they're more readily stored as body fat at this time of day.


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Scenes of the City: Dogpatch WineWorks
For this week's Scenes of the City we bring you to one of our favorite neighborhoods, the Dogpatch, to try some wine.
Dogpatch WineWorks is a 15,000 square-foot winery located right in the thick of the 'patch on 3rd Street. Want to design and have the hands-on experience of making your own wine? Want to taste wines and learn how to identify different flavors? Want to host an event in the beautiful space (recently they hosted a fashion show)? This is the winery to check out.
We stopped by recently and watched some of the regular wine making activities and even stayed for a wine tasting. Click through the slide show and definitely pay a visit to this great urban winery.
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The brunette beauty attended a promotional party for her new fragrance, True Reflection, at the London Hotel in West Hollywood and was posing for pictures when a woman threw white powder at her.
The flour covered her hair and back, and Kardashian was escorted to a private room to clean up.
The Los Angeles Fire Department was called to examine the powder, but they quickly determined it was just ordinary cooking flour, according to TMZ.com.
The woman was detained by police officers over the incident, although as WENN went to press, it was not known if she was charged with an offence.
Kardashian returned to the event after changing.
After hearing of the incident on Twitter.com, Kardashian's sister Kourtney wrote, ""Classy to flour bomb my sister at her charity event helping women. I wonder if they would have dared thrown the flour at my hormonal and pregnant self!""


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Participation in activities outside the classroom is an integral part of the college experience, which is why MCC offers a variety of clubs, a fitness center, the Student Government Association and governance committees, intramurals and recreation, and other opportunities through the Office of Student Activities (OSA). The Department of Student Life is also the place to get information about student IDs, bus service/passes, the Off-Campus Vendor Program, local housing and the Cougar Pride Discount Program.
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375 Barnett® Predator Crossbow Kit. 375 F.P.S.! Power-packed and deadly.
Everything about the Barnett® Predator Crossbows are built for power and speed. Shoot-through foot stirrup cuts overall length, contributing to an amazing 15" power stroke, and delivering 125 ft.-lbs. of energy at 375 F.P.S.!
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Really nice cross bow and accessories. shots great. A bit hard to cock for and old guy like me will have to buy crank cocking devise to make it easy.-An entire different class above Wildcat c5 which is great but weaker. would recommend it to anyone needing power and accuracy.
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Welcome to Cineca
Cineca participates to the 2nd OpenFOAM User Conference in Berlin - October 2014.
Eni turns on one of the largest and energy efficient High Performance Computing System for Industrial Oil and Gas activities. The system is managed by Cineca under the Eni-Cineca framework contract.
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Centre Kyle Turris will be a member of the Ottawa Senators for the foreseeable future.
On Wednesday, the club announced that the 23-year-old had signed a five-year, $17.5 million contract extension with the club.
The deal sees Turris signed through the 2017-18 season.
Turris established new career highs in goals (12), assists (17), points (29) last season.
He was the third overall pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the Phoenix Coyotes.