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Voices all around us are tempting us to give up our integrity, especially when others are not looking. Satan tempted Jesus to give in when no one else was around, but He resisted the lie that He would not be ...Read More
The Battle Within
Only the person who has been given a new heart by the Holy Spirit can long for His precepts (Ps. 119:40); therefore, only the regenerate person has a real struggle within when he fails to obey. If you trust Christ ...Read More
The Slavery of the Flesh
Martin Luther writes, "Whoever then seeketh righteousness by the law, imagining that God being angry and threatening must be pacified with works, can never find so many good works as are able to quiet his conscience, but still desires more." ...Read More
The Unforgiveable Sin
Because the blasphemy of the Spirit is a willful suppression of the truth about Christ, theologians agree that Christians who worry if they have committed the sin have likely not done so. Those who willfully deny the truth would have ...Read More
A Call to Self-Examination
Take some time this day to perform some self-assessment. Do you think that you are more deserving of God's favor than other people? Repent if you have so thought. Also, if you have believed the Lord cannot use you, then ...Read More
Recalling Our Purpose
We may not often think about it, but when we do good to others we are doing more than just obeying the Lord's command. Since God is the one who pours out His common grace upon all creation, every good ...Read More
The Flesh
Learning to love the things God loves is essential to the mortification of our flesh. Aside from studying Scripture by ourselves, small-group Bible studies and accountability relationships between members of the same sex are powerful weapons in our spiritual warfare. ...Read More
The World
God calls believers not to escape the world but to live according to His will within the world (John 17) as a witness to fallen cultures and societies, manifesting that He is Lord of all. Consider this day some of ...Read More
Playing for Keeps
Part of the discipline needed for spiritual growth is regular participation in the local church. Worship on Sunday wherein we hear the Word preached and see it made visible in the sacraments is vital to our long-term spiritual health. But ...Read More
The Works of the Flesh
Take the time today to do a "spiritual inventory" and consider whether any of the works of the flesh in Galatians 5:19–21 are characteristic of your life. If you have a trusted, Christian friend, ask him if any of these ...Read More
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The presence of red-legged frogs is particularly noteworthy. This species was at one time common in the Willamette Valley but is now quite rare. It is listed as a species of concern by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Although reasons for the decline are unknown, predation by bullfrogs, loss of habitat, and water pollution have been proposed as contributing factors. Since the Aumsville Site for Environmental Studies is isolated from other suitable habitats by agricultural lands, this may well be an isolated population. At least 14 egg masses and 10 juvenile red-legged frogs were seen in mid-March.
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Beth Engelbrecht passed away at the age of 84 on March 5, 2014. Our mother Beth was born and raised in Oakland, Calif., where she attended grammar school, high school, vocational and college studies and then married Joseph Kenneth Engelbrecht at the age of 21.
Beth was very proud of their children, Dena McKitrick, of Sacramento, Calif., Laura Whitelaw, of Tahoe Vista, Calif., Kenneth Fred Engelbrecht (deceased) and Margaret Eileen Hill, of Harrison Township, Mich.; 12 grandchildren, Rebecca, Jake, Bradley, Sarah, Janna, Tessa, Andy, David, Shawn, Julie, Brad and Trevor; and nine great-grandchildren.
Beth lived and worked primarily in the Susanville area, employed in the health care industry in radiology and administration. She moved to Sacramento for a few years after her husband Joe passed away, then to Reno in 2003, and eventually in 2012 to North Lake Tahoe to live with her daughter, Laura, and son-in-law, Duane Whitelaw. She will be missed in each of those communities.
She loved working puzzles, family get-togethers, shopping and going to lunch with friends and family. Beth loved trips to the Bay Area to visit her sister, Jeanne Jones, and other family members. She was also a collector of more than 600 cookbooks.
Beth moved to the Tahoe Forest Hospital Extended Care Center in February 2013 where she shared her love of artwork, singing and telling a good joke with residents and staff.
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[QUOTE=TheWalrus;1064447889]Everyone heard it. Only the credulous believed it.
I guess thats the big difference. Hope, with one who has shown experience and success in dealing with the business world, compared with outright failure from one who has been cluesless, unable and unwilling to negotiate compromises and a World policy of leading from behind, which has terrorists movement shaking in their shoes, along with Irans nut jobs schooling us in BS while they build their bomb.....and putting a ending date on Afgan. War another mental gem.........
I can also relate to Homer J. Simpson and say with an economy totally in the crapper, 23 million unemployed, 16 trillion and counting deficet, Mid east about to explode, and a president who can't find the time to meet with our most important Ally during this critical period but finds time to go to Vegas campaigning, hobnob with celebrities, Letterman, and be on the View as self expressed " Eye Candy ", Oh ya and misses 47% of his daily Intelligence briefings, and this works for you.........WHY ?.........no I don't need to hear it............
I guess I'd rather be credulous than just out right blind and stupid to agree to give such exposed clueless ineptitude a shot at another 4 years.....Christ even Biden could do better than his boss, and Biden politically is about as smart as a rock.............
[QUOTE=irish fin fan;1064448280]
its like a football team hiring a new coach( and no im not saying a new coach is just as important as the leader of the most powerful country on earth). when a team does poorly after so many years, they fire the leader ( the head coach) and replace him with a new one. now does that mean that the new leader( head coach) is going to come in and automatically take that poor team and turn them into a powerhouse? no, he can also fail, but at least u tried something new to see if things can get turned around.
nothing has improved under obama in this country, the unemployment rate is exactly where it was at when he took office now after almost 4 years in office, and until now has been above 8 percent.
of course though i am expecting nothing more from your response as to '' this is such a pathetic post, i wont even both reading it''.
if this is the type of guy u like leading your country, then god bless u
Interesting the way I'm listed as saying " And a rock has more intelligence than that displayed in that post. Go and elect Romney, experience an economic sugar high for a couple of years, and them watch the country go into a Great Depression. " Which I didn't say....
I said " Biden has the political intelligence of a rock "
Some other pebble came up with the the Great Depression crap......funny he's see's Romney leading us into a great depression by creating jobs and tightening the spending belt...........While the economy has gotten pathetic and worse the last 4 years....People that think this are beyond trying to explain basic logic too.....
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And a rock has more intelligence than that displayed in that post. Go and elect Romney, experience an economic sugar high for a couple of years, and them watch the country go into a Great Depression.[/QUOTE]
YOU Probably want Sparano back .........& Beck, seems like they set the standards your looking for.....lol
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Perhaps best known for its brain drain and the related success of its diaspora, Ghana also has an important role in West African migration patterns, past and present. Micah Bump of Georgetown's Institute for the Study of International Migration takes a detailed look at a country in transition.
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This report traces the evolution of the link between international study and skilled migration, outlines policy methods that OECD countries are using to recruit and retain international students, identifies policy challenges through a close examination of existing policies and trends, and predicts how the economic recession will affect future international student flows.
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One of Oglethorpe's greatest attributes is our small campus and intimate feel; we have an impressive faculty to student ratio, walk-ability, and students are part of the "Oglefamily," rather than just a name on a list. But, we also have something many small liberal arts colleges do not: Atlanta!
Oglethorpe offers the best of both worlds: a quiet enclosed campus with the benefits of one of the major business and social hubs of the southeast right outside our gates. Oglethorpe takes advantage of its location by extending classroom learning out into the "real world." One way that's done is through OUr Atlanta program, funded and facilitated by the Center for Civic Engagement. Students take trips throughout the city to places like the CDC, the Atlanta Botanical Garden, the Coca-Cola headquarters, CNN, Atlanta History Center, and the High Museum of Art.
The program is primarily designed for the First Year Seminars (FYS) at Oglethorpe, which are one credit-hour classes that combine academic and curricular interests of students such as "Live Theater" and "Biology, Medicine and You". Each class has a "field study" during the seminar that ties in with the classroom material, such as BODIES: The Exhibition or a Center for Puppetry Arts exhibit.
Heather Staniszewski '02, assistant director of the CCE, says these trips are valuable because "students are able to see new parts of their community, meet classmates from different disciplines, learn more about a topic or organization serving community needs, explore future volunteer or internship opportunities, and when accessible, learn more about the MARTA system." Taking these first-year students into the city not only enhances their experience in their FYS seminar, but also opens their eyes to the opportunities in Atlanta.
Other classes outside of the FYS program also take advantage of OUr Atlanta trips. As part of his "Inquiring into Science" course, Dr. Dan Schadler , professor of biology, takes his students on an OUr Atlanta trip to the Atlanta Botanical Garden every year. The course is part of the Master of Arts in Teaching program, designed for graduate students who are switching to a career in early childhood education.
In the course, the graduate students learn how to teach science to children using constructivism, which is a style of teaching focused on hands-on activities and application of the curriculum. The Atlanta Botanical Garden houses two exhibits that are ideal for teaching science using this style: the Peter Rabbit Garden, which allows children to read and literally follow along with Beatrix Potter's popular children's story, and an outstanding carnivorous plants collection, which are always an intriguing botany subject to elementary science students. This year, the tour was headed by garden docent Sally Crowe who was an elementary, middle and high school teacher over the course of her career. She showed the Oglethorpe students how to use the exhibits to expand upon lessons they would teach in the classroom.
This link between a small school and a big city has created unique opportunities for Oglethorpe students that many other liberal arts schools could not provide. And in the end, the juxtaposition of the intimate learning environment of Oglethorpe and the scores of educational exhibits and businesses of Atlanta creates a more well-rounded student.


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The area has experienced a resurgence since its hardscrabble days of the 1980s and is now home to both business and residential life. On the Hill itself, and just off of commercial Pennsylvania Avenue, lie charming treelined blocks with brick sidewalks and stately row houses (home to many lawmakers). At the Eastern Market, Hillies gather for Sunday brunch, pick through local produce and crafts, and exchange a bit of hot political gossip. But after dark, Capitol Hill can feel virtually empty.
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Saturday, April 16, 2005
The Saint and The Hits Parade: Dodgers 4, Padres 0
IntroductionThe day opens with a nightmare of old friends about to vanish. Jolted to wakefulness, the psychic toll of a history unhappened receding, I recall the events of last night, its joys and tragedies.
My friend who has the magic tickets told me his father decided to move his seats to the new sections just built in the former foul ground of Dodger stadium. The new seats have no pitch, he tells me, and so his mother sees heads, so they have moved elsewhere. This is not unusual, apparently; for some folks, the cost is the issue, as it was for some people who found out the price increase -- $120,000 a year, up from $5,000 -- too rich.
I say all this in hopes of explaining that I knew I wanted to be in the stadium last night when they rehonored Jackie Robinson. As much as I wanted to be present for a Dodger victory, more, I wanted to attend to see what the Dodgers would do on the anniversary of his callup. Last year, I leeched tickets off innumerable people (for which, thank you, thank you, thank you), but there are times you just want to be there, and this was one of those times.
We bought our tickets through the new online service at dodgers.com, which we found to be a most comfortable and pleasant way of getting tickets. Buy the tickets, and in a few moments, you have a PDF which you can print out, scannable at the stadium for entry, and if you so desire, parking as well. I highly recommend it.
The Temple Of St. Jackie
Did you see Jackie Robinson hit that ball?Bill James wrote, "Hero worship for Jackie Robinson is virtually an industry". He's broadly right, but there's more to it than mere commerce; the charged rivers of emotion surrounding him bring it nearly to the level of a priestly order, fueled in part by baseball's need for a saint among its all-too-clayfooted modern practitioners. Every few years, when baseball reaches back to recollect something good about the game, when it needs a Field of Dreams to atone for the less-than-heroics on the field, it rattles through the dusty attic of its own memory and pulls out Robinson.
It went zoom in cross the left field wall.
Yeah boy, yes, yes. Jackie hit that ball.
And when he swung his bat,
the crowd went wild,
because he knocked that ball a solid mile.
Yeah boy, yes, yes. Jackie hit that ball.
-- Woodrow Johnson
Do not cast me into the cynics' camp. Knowing what he accomplished, the strides he made by putting cleats, sweat, and deeds into the words "all men are created equal", it's hard, at times, to avoid breaking into tears. Robinson was bigger than baseball, and Branch Rickey knew it. The platform Jackie had and the herculean self-restraint it required of him (can anyone imagine, say, a Gary Sheffield under those same circumstances?) led to his transformation into a kind of Ghandi figure, a cross between Washington and St. Francis, a man whose moral dimensions leap to the mythic. When Douglas Adams wrote that the ultimate answer to the ultimate question was 42 (Robinson's now-retired Dodgers number), he was closer to truth than he knew.
Rachel Robinson & Milton Bradley
To Robinson's many accomplishments on and off the field, we may now add faith healing. It was no coincidence Rachel Robinson was escorted by notorious bad boy Milton Bradley, a fellow who could certainly use some of Jackie's legendary self-restraint. Tempting as moralizing about Bradley's tantrums might be, his evolution into one of the game's more interesting characters proceeds in full force. Lest anyone take his recent contrition as a mere PR ploy, I remind the reading audience of the life of St. Augustine -- hardly a straight line to beatification. Justification through acts is a Catholic notion*, and the plain symbology of Bradley's appearance in last night's pregame ceremonies was lost on no one.
Yet for all its high moments and the concerted effort to remind everyone of history and the Dodgers' place in it, the video montage on Dodgervision was an inexcusable disappointment. Sure, a few stills and a couple bits of old Jackie footage came on the screen, but... does anybody think Jackie made it possible for Cal Ripken to make it in the majors? Pictures of almost everyone, anyone besides Jack Roosevelt Robinson flashed on the display. During the ceremonies, they mentioned an exciting play Jackie made coming to home plate, barely missing Yogi Berra's tag; surely they had some archival footage of that? But no, it was one big general baseball-fest, with plenty of modern players -- not a few of them white -- mixed in with old stills of Jackie. Why not, at least, focus on the Dodgers, and in particular, African-American Dodgers? Jim Gilliam, Johnny Roseboro, Don Newcombe, Tommy Davis, Maury Wills... there's a good start right there. All those guys were All-Stars in their day; it's flabbergasting that the Dodgers didn't create something better than that flabby, slapdash presentation. What could have been a highlight reel moment instead turned as bland as a MasterCard ad.
I Understand They Play Baseball Here, NowThe game itself had, at first, an oddly anticlimactic feel to it; having visited the shrine of the immortals, we descended to the grounds where ordinary men merely pitch, hit, strike out, ground out, and belly flop stealing second. Too, we were reminded of what it's like in the upper deck cheap seats, where we frequently (though not always) go when we're the ones paying. A shrill fat girl wearing a Padres' Greene jersey about six seats away in the section opposite us made enough noise to wake Jackie Robinson himself. Four rows beneath us, a burly fellow roared hell back at her, giving avian hand signs and the like; several times he got the whole section in a roar back at her with chants of "Padres Suck", an expression the adorable little eight-year-old girl sitting next to me adopted with gusto. (I showed her how to score a game, which she also followed with great enthusiasm, and I might even have convinced her father to learn how.)
Whatever holy waters flowed at Dodger Stadium last night, Milton Bradley played like he'd had a full draft or two before the game, going 2-3 with a walk and a towering solo shot off a shaky Woody Williams that, according to some sources, actually left the stadium altogether. Bradley even said he thought Jackie's ghost paid a visit last night:
"It was definitely a special night," Bradley said. "I'm not really a big believer in ghosts and things like that, but I believe his spirit was out there with me a little bit tonight."Kent, who preceded him in the batting order, also slugged one to left, but ignominiously grounded out in all his other three at bats, including one inning-ending double play in the seventh. The San Francisco version of Ricky Ledee appeared last night (another 0-4 effort), but the guy the fans really let have it was Hee Seop Choi, who had yet another 0-fer term at the plate. Choi only reached base once, in the first, on a fielder's choice that erased Izturis. It's early yet, but DePodesta's faith in the big Korean slugger is starting to tax the fans' patience.
But it was the Lowe Show from beginning to end. Completely mastering a somewhat hobbled Padres lineup, he induced groundout after groundout while ringing up six strikeouts, giving up only three hits and no runs. If Jackie watched the game last night, his ghost smiled upon the Dodgers, though it seems petty to say it; his actual playing days long gone, ascribing the trivia of a division victory to him is unseemly. Besides, real saints have marble statues; baseball contents itself with made-in-China plasticene action figures.
I'll take it, and smile.
The Hits ParadeWaiting at a red light at an intersection in Burbank after the game, I watched as a teal blue blur whizzed past me, and before another second had passed, another black shape came flying past me on my left, smashing the silver Toyota next to me back twenty feet or more, and bouncing into my left front quarter panel, jarring to a stop after a solid thump. A BMW M5 and a Saturn got into it in the intersection in front of us; the BMW was so close to my left side I couldn't open the door safely, so I backed up a foot or so and got out. A long-haired, skinny, fortyish man emerged from the Beamer.
"Where did you hit me?"
I gaped back at him in bug-eyed silence.
He was clearly disoriented.
Uh... dude, you were in the intersection, you tell me what happened. His two-year-old car was totalled, and he wanted to know where we hit him?
But I didn't say it. My passengers, my wife and our friend Becky, got out on their side.
I called 911 on my cellphone. Four minutes later, they answered, but by that time a Burbank PD black-and-white showed up. (Hint: if it's a life-threatening emergency, use a landline.) The officer, a diminutive woman, started asking everyone questions.
While she talked to the other parties, I exchanged the usual information with the unfortunate fellow in the Toyota next to us, a nice guy about my age with a slight New York accent who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. He kept reiterating how he wasn't at fault; maybe he'd been in too many accidents before, or maybe, not enough. But he was very calm, very easygoing about it
Not so the little 20-year-olds in the Saturn. Obviously dressed for a night on the town, the impact rattled the two girls pretty badly; the driver got a nasty whack on her wrist, which could have been a broken bone. They were so rattled, in fact, that the driver decided she didn't have to give me her driver's license number, something that may come as a shock to the solons in Sacramento. I was near to slapping them (figuratively, of course); I looked at Mr. Toyota with rolled eyes upon hearing the news that a sufficiently hot wardrobe is a free pass. (I'll bet she's a charter member of the Tearduct School of Avoiding Speeding Tickets, too. "Oh, officer snif, my dad will just kill me if I get one! I don't know what to do..." Grrrr...)
Mr. BMW insisted the girls hit him, which, according to my wife who had a better view of things and pieced it together by looking at the damage on the two cars, was total BS. What was more likely was that he was speeding through the intersection against a red light and plowed into the Saturn, sending it spinning into the parking lot. (Whether Mr. BMW was coherent prior to the collision is a subject of some debate around these parts, but we're betting that he might make a fine poster boy for DARE.)
So finally we drove off, the two incapacitated cars and their drivers left behind to wait for tow trucks. Insurance will no doubt sort it out, but it was a hell of a way to follow up a ballgame.
* Update: The original of this read "Though salvation through acts is a notion peculiar to the Protestants...", which merely proves I don't know my theology nearly well enough. Not even Catholics believe in salvation through acts, but rather justification; through God's grace are we all saved, but only the righteous are justified. Calvinist doctrine is in fact even worse; salvation is available, not to those who perform good acts or sincerely repent or accept God's grace, but only to God's elect, known only to Him; all others will perish. Pretty harsh stuff, yet it forms the theological backbone of most modern Protestant Christian denominations, a fact that some of them try to hide.
And people wonder why I'm an antinomian.
Update 2: Thanks to Jay Jaffe and Jon for the links back.
Update 3, 4/21: And finally, thanks to Studes at Hardball Times for linking here.
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I too noticed the inappropriate video "tribute"
It was really a commercial for MLB. I bet they played it in all the stadiums. Is there nothing MLB won't whore out nowadays?
Lowe was amazing, Choi is a statue: Slow swing, slow runner, slow reflexes on defense. Rember the ball that ricoched off Lowe, Lowe throws to choi right on time and choi juggled the ball? That was one of the three hits Lowe allowed. Inexcusible defense on the corners for the dodgers.
I counted 33 pieces of advertising I could see from my seat. Two years ago, it was 12. At Anaheim 2 years ago, I counted 85. I think dodger stadium will be up to 80 in two more years. Its really quite sad.
I thought Nancy Bea was going to play more, but all I heard was the same dreadful music from last year.
I did enjoy the jackie figurine. It was pretty cool I thought.
I'm glad you made the correction Rob. When I read the original, I first said to myself "What the ...?"
I was brought up Catholics, but I was able to appreciate what the Calvinists were getting at. It's not like Calvinists (in modern day parlance, Presbyterians) are going off and living the good life because they know they have a "Get out of Hell Free" card. They still try to act like good moral upstanding people. However, they do it because it is the right to do in their opinion and not just to save themselves from eternal damnation.
Or becoming a fan of the Devil Rays.
Bob -- the Devil Rays have fans?
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At least two Montgomery County elected officials said they are considering running next year to replace County Councilwoman Valerie Ervin, following her announcement Tuesday that she'll leave her seat in January.
Both Del. Tom Hucker (D-Dist. 20) of Silver Spring and Board of Education member Christopher S. Barclay confirmed that they are interested.
Meanwhile, the rest of the council is considering whether to fill Ervin's seat for the next year with someone who would not run for election after that.
Ervin (D-Dist. 5) of Silver Spring will resign Jan. 3 to become executive director of the New York-based Center for Working Families, a nonprofit advocacy organization.
The County Council will have 30 days from Ervin's resignation to choose someone to fill the seat for the rest of her four-year term, which expires Dec. 1, 2014.
Ervin said Thursday she has a person in mind who she'd like to see serve the rest of her term, but will hold off on announcing who it is until some details can be worked out.
Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee Chairman Gabriel Albornoz said he expects the race to fill the seat for a full term next year to attract plenty of interest.
Ervin's announcement comes early enough for people to organize a credible campaign for the June 24, 2014, Democratic primary, Albornoz said.
Hucker said Thursday he's considering running for the seat, which would mean leaving his seat in the House of Delegates.
Hucker said he loves being in the House, but the chance to serve on the council is an important opportunity.
"I'm trying to give it the consideration it deserves," Hucker said.
He filed in October to seek re-election as delegate.
Barclay said he's "definitely interested" in taking Ervin's spot on the council.
"I have a few more decisions to make, but we'll see in the near future," he said.
Barclay said that if he joined the County Council, he would want to continue his work for children and families and surround families with the county government resources they need.
A move from the school board to the County Council would not stop his commitment to education, he said.
Barclay said he is close friends with Ervin and will keep in touch with her as she moves on to her new position.
Barclay served one year as president of the school board. On Thursday, the board selected Phil Kaufman as its new president.
The Board of Education has been a springboard for political candidates in the past, including Ervin and Councilwoman Nancy Navarro (D-Dist. 4) of Silver Spring, Sen. Nancy King (D-Dist. 39) of Montgomery Village and Del. Ana Sol Gutierrez (D-Dist. 18) of Chevy Chase. Former council members Marilyn Praisner and Blair Ewing also served on the school board first.
Evan Glass, chairman of the Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board, announced in November that he planned to run for Ervin's seat.
Some of the discussion since Ervin's announcement has centered on who the council would choose to serve out the remainder of her term.
Council President Craig Rice (D-Dist. 2) of Germantown said in a press release Wednesday that the council intends to appoint someone who does not intend to run for election to a full term in 2014.
According to the county charter, the appointee must be of the same political party as Ervin and live in the same district.
Rice said Thursday that the council hadn't decided on the process for appointing Ervin's successor, but it probably will ask for a resume and cover letter, then interview the final candidates.
Council Vice President George Leventhal (D-At Large) of Takoma Park said he would be fine with appointing someone who agreed not to seek a full term, but he wouldn't have required it to avoid potentially limiting the pool of appointees.
Ervin said Thursday she's thought long and hard about who she'd like to replace her and has someone in mind, but feels it would be premature to announce who it is because that person hasn't resolved the issue with their employer yet.
Rice said he hopes the appointee would be able to take the same committee assignments as Ervin, who chaired the council's Education Committee and served on the Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee. The appointee would likely become a member of the Education Committee, while he or Councilman Phil Andrews (D-Dist. 3) of Gaithersburg would become chairman, Rice said.
Leventhal lives in District 5, along with fellow at-large Councilmen Hans Riemer (D) and Marc Elrich (D).
All three said Thursday they haven't given any consideration to running for the district seat rather than an at-large council seat.
"I like having the broad view of what's going on around the county," Elrich said.
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"Too busy to cook? A slow cooker and a can of beef broth gets you started on this recipe. 'Low and slow' cooking gives you a roast that shreds with a fork. As an added bonus you get great stock for beef gravy as a by-product! Serve with your favorite BBQ sauce and plenty of coleslaw."
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1 (5 pound)
pork butt roast
salt and pepper to taste
1 (14 ounce) can
beef broth
1/4 cup
brewed coffee
Excellent, but this recipe can be made even easier. (For other reviewers who are browning the meat - there's really no need. Since it's shredded, browning the meat doesn't add much to the flavor or color.) I just put the pork in, even without salting it sometimes, then pour about 2/3 to a full bottle of BBQ sauce on top and cook on low for 6-8 hrs. or high for 4-5 hrs. Adding the beef broth just makes it soupy and the pork gives off a lot of juice while cooking anyway. BBQ sauce alone can tenderize the pork perfectly. And I tried with and without coffee and it made no difference in flavor or tenderness - so don't bother. When pork is done, I shred the pork, add the remaining BBQ sauce or how ever much you want and let it sit in the crock pot on high for another 30-1hr to heat through. I like Stubbs Original BBQ sauce (a little spicy) or Stubbs Mesquite BBQ sauce (thick & sweet) or mix 1/2 and 1/2 of each. Eat with warm Kaiser buns and you're in heaven. So easy to make but taste like a lot of work. Awesome dish! Finish off with a slice of Coconut Sour Cream Cake (from this website) and you're transported to Southern Heaven.
I was so excited to try this after all the great reviews. It was definitely tender, but the flavor was very bland. I even added some pork bbq spice. If I decide to make it again, I will need to step up the flavor profile 10 fold. If you are a big bbq fan - you will probably be disappointed.
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This pork turned out soo tender and moist! I used a 9 pound bone-in pork shoulder and trimmed it down to fit into my crock pot. I added a can of beef broth (left out the coffee b/c the roast will give off a lot of natural juices) and some salt and pepper and put the lid on it and let it do its thing in the pot for 8 hours. The next morning my apartment smelled awesome and I shredded it and had the pulled pork all ready for Sunday dinner! Come sunday, I put the meat back in the crock pot with a bottle of Baby's Ray's and let my guests dish out their own sandwiches. My advice to someone who wants to do Pulled pork, use the shoulder or butt portion roast. I wouldn't waste a cut like tenderloin on some thing like this. The long, slow cooking toughens a cut like tenderloin, whereas a cut like the shoulder has lots of connective tissue and fat thatt softens as its cooked. Save the tenderloin for shorter cooking times. This is a really easy recipe to follow and turns out really well.
I made this tonight and my husband just about died - he loved this so much! He says it is the best pulled pork sandwich he has ever had! He also said this was the best thing I ever cooked (and I am a fairly good cook). I agree - it is really good! We usually drive 40 minutes to a restaurant in Maine so he can get a pulled pork sandwich. We are going to save money and a lot on gas now! I made a smaller roast because my crock pot is small, so I cut the recipe in half. (Our 2.5 lb. roast made about 5 good-sized sandwiches.) I used Hunt's BBQ "Hickory" sauce and it was perfect (not too sweet and slightly smokey). I added a small amount to the shredded pork and then we added extra on our sandwiches as needed. I served the shredded pork on toasted kaiser rolls. Really good!
Outstanding, Sarge!!! I was leary because I've never made pulled pork before, but this was soooooo easy to complete and the flavor was just incredible with my homemade BBQ sauce. I made a small tweak by adding 1 teaspoon of liquid smoke to the broth. Started it at midnight in a slow cooker on Low and went to bed.
I wasn't sure what to do with all that broth the next morning, but reading the various reviews I went ahead and removed the shoulder from my cooker (about 11am) then poured the broth out into a large gravy separator. Pulled the pork apart on a tray with forks (being careful not to overdo it and make it too fine) then returned it to the cooker. Added 1 ladle of the broth back in ... along with 3 cups of my BBQ sauce. Cooked it one more hour then served on kaiser rolls with side dishes. Oh Wow!!! None of us could believe how great this turned out. Everyone was commenting on it and nobody could stop with just one sandwich.
I can't see eating the pork without a BBQ sauce or gravy as some reviewers commented, but with the right sauce - this is a definite HOME RUN !!! Thanks, Sarge. I'm making this again when family comes to town in two weeks. They'll love it.
Great..but! I've combined this and another recipe I've read somewhere and have experimented with an effort to get the most taste with the least work. I've used the following about ten times and guarantee you, it's impossible to miss. Pepper then brown the pork (shoulder or butt, the cheap cuts), stick it in the slow cooker, pour 1/2-3/4 bottle of your favorite bbq sauce on it, wait 8-10 hours, debone and remove any leftover chunks of fat, shred the meat, put it back in the cooker on high, mix well with the balance of the bbq sauce, wait 1/2 to 1 hour, serve on buns (with good beer).
Oh wow! Absolutely scrumptious! I read most of the reviews and took some of those suggestions when making this. I added three minced cloves of garlic and some onion flakes. I sprinkled the roast with salt & pepper and then seared it before putting it in the slow cooker. It cooked all day and smelled delicious when we got home. After six hours it really did fall apart easily. I took about a third of the meat and placed it in a pot on the stove. I added the season broth and BBQ sauce. Sweet! The plain meat itself appeared dry at first but then we put the "au ju" as my hubby called the seasoned broth, on the shredded pork and placed it back in the slow cooker. Delicious! My hubby was very impressed and had two of each sandwich...plain and BBQ. That was his birthday dinner and he loved it! Thank you! It's a sure bet I'll be making this again in the future!
I have tried a lot of pulled pork recipes with a ton of ingredients and steps. But not one of them compares to this. It is fantastic. And it is so easy! I never use any other recipe. I add 3 cloves of cracked garlic to the liquids.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Serving Size: 1/10 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 10
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 270
Calories from Fat: 169
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This pulled pork is so easy to make in your slow cooker.
Turn pork shoulder into delicious shredded BBQ pork for sandwiches.
Slow-roasted pork is shredded, combined with sauce, and topped with slaw.


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- Not to be confused with the GameBoy Color video game of the same name.
TCG (Trading Card Game) (Japanese: ポケモンカードゲーム Pokemon Kādo Gēmu, literally meaning; Pokémon Card Game) is a collectible card game that is based on the Pokémon series. It was first published by Media Factory in October 1996 in Japan and has been published by Wizards of the Coast since December 1998. Nintendo took over the publishing of the card games since June 2003.
The playing card game became internationally popular and is holding tournaments around the world where fans can battle against different challengers from different countries. Also, they can play against each other online and even a video game has been based on the playing card game series.
Each player has a deck that contains 60 cards. First shuffle your deck and draw 7 cards at the top of your deck. Look to see if you have a basic Pokémon in your hand, if you're not then you must shuffle your deck again and draw 7 cards. Then you must place one Pokémon card as an active one face-down at the zone: "Active Pokémon" and then you must place 5 more active Pokémon on your bench. Place 6 cards that are being to be prize cards. Prize cards are picked up randomly and must be placed face-down at their respective zone. To start the battle, flip a coin with your opponent to decide who will start first. Then reveal your face-down active Pokémon card and begin the battle.
Three Ways WinEdit
- If the player can't draw a card from the start of their turn.
- If you win all of your six prize cards.
- If you knock all of your opponents active Pokémon.
Pokémon Arena ZonesEdit
As both players are dueling with each other, they must place the card in zones. There are 5 different kind of zones containing: Deck – where you must place your deck, as already stated there must be one 60 cards in the deck, Active Pokémon – the Pokémon you are using against your opponent, Bench – A zone where you can place 5 cards that can be your back-up, Discard Pile – Where you place cards that are out of play which can be Pokémons, Energy or Trainer cards and Prize Cards – 6 random cards player by both challengers.
- Deck
- Both players deck exist out of 60 cards, not less or more. The deck must be placed upside down at the left on the field. The opponent or you cannot look at each others cards and can predict their movements. You must shuffle your deck first before you start drawing your cards.
- Active Pokémon
- Each player must start with one active Pokémon. If you draw only trainer or energy cards, then you must shuffle your deck and redraw again. You and you opponent must always have one active Pokémon as in the field and in the bench. If you opponent doesn't have no Pokémon in play anymore, then you will win the game.
- Bench
- At the bottom of the zone: "Active Pokémon" there is a zone named: "Bench" which each player may have up to 5 Pokémon, Trainer, Energy cards after each turn. If your active Pokémon has lost the battle, then you can pick up another active Pokémon that you have on the bench. Same counts for Active Pokémon, if you have no Pokémon in play then your opponent will win the game, same counts backwards.
- Discard Pile
- Each player has their own discard pile. The discard pile is meant for cards that are out of play which means if a Pokémon is knock out they are out of play and they are being placed in the discard pile which also includes energy cards that where attached to the Pokémon. This can also be undone if there is a card that keeps preventing the Pokémon to get fainted.
- Prize Cards
- Prize Cards are 6 face down cards that got set by both parties which they take them from their deck at the start of the game. Each player has their own prize cards and has been chosen randomly which both players doesn't know which card they have placed there. Prize Cards are more countdown to a battle. Each time when you knocked out a Pokémon then you can take one prize card and place it to your hand which you also can play it on the field. If you take the final prize card you win the challenge.
Types of CardsEdit
There are three types of cards: "Pokémon", "Trainer", and "Energy" cards. These three are used in the Pokémon Trading Card Game to trade or to challenge your opponent.
Pokémon CardsEdit
Pokémon cards are the important cards of the game, but are useless to attack if there are no energy cards attacked. You start with basic Pokémon cards and there are cards containing: "Stage 1" and "Stage 2" which means a certain Pokémon can evolve. There are important parts at a Pokémon card, such as: HP or Ability.
Pokémon TypeEdit
It contains the type of the Pokémon which can be one of the 10 energy cards. The eleven types are: Grass, Fire, Water, Lightning, Psychic, Fighting, Darkness, Metal Colorless, Dragon and Fairy.
Heal Points (HP)Edit
Those are the Pokémon energy of battling. If they are attack with the points of the Pokémon attack, they will lose some Heal Points. If they got attacked and lost all of their Heal Points then the Pokémon is knock-out and must be removed from play.
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Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder characterized by overwhelming daytime drowsiness and sudden attacks of sleep. People with narcolepsy often find it difficult to stay awake for long periods of time, regardless of the circumstances. Narcolepsy can cause serious disruptions in your daily routine.
Contrary to what some people believe, narcolepsy isn't related to depression, seizure disorders, fainting, simple lack of sleep or other conditions that may cause abnormal sleep patterns.
Narcolepsy is a chronic condition for which there's no cure. However, medications and lifestyle changes can help you manage the symptoms. Support from others — family, friends, employer, teachers — can help you cope with narcolepsy.
The symptoms of narcolepsy most commonly begin between the ages of 10 and 25. They may worsen for the first few years, and then continue for life. They include:
Excessive daytime sleepiness. People with narcolepsy fall asleep without warning, anywhere, anytime. For example, you may suddenly nod off while working or talking with friends. You may sleep for a few minutes or up to a half-hour before awakening and feeling refreshed, but eventually you fall asleep again.
You also may experience decreased alertness throughout the day. Excessive daytime sleepiness usually is the first symptom to appear and is often the most troublesome, making it difficult for you to concentrate and fully function.
Sudden loss of muscle tone. This condition, called cataplexy (KAT-uh-plek-see), can cause a number of physical changes, from slurred speech to complete weakness of most muscles, and may last for a few seconds to a few minutes.
Cataplexy is uncontrollable and is triggered by intense emotions, usually positive ones such as laughter or excitement, but sometimes fear, surprise or anger. For example, your head may droop uncontrollably or your knees may suddenly buckle when you laugh.
Some people with narcolepsy experience only one or two episodes of cataplexy a year, while others have numerous episodes daily. Not everyone with narcolepsy experiences cataplexy.
Sleep paralysis. People with narcolepsy often experience a temporary inability to move or speak while falling asleep or upon waking. These episodes are usually brief — lasting one or two minutes — but can be frightening. You may be aware of the condition and have no difficulty recalling it afterward, even if you had no control over what was happening to you.
This sleep paralysis mimics the type of temporary paralysis that normally occurs during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, the period of sleep during which most dreaming occurs. This temporary immobility during REM sleep may prevent your body from acting out dream activity.
Not everyone with sleep paralysis has narcolepsy, however. Many people without narcolepsy experience some episodes of sleep paralysis, especially in young adulthood.
People with narcolepsy may have other sleep disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea, a condition in which breathing starts and stops throughout the night, restless legs syndrome and even insomnia. People with narcolepsy may also act out their dreams at night by flailing their arms or kicking and screaming.
Some episodes of sleep attacks are brief, lasting seconds. Some people with narcolepsy experience automatic behavior during these brief episodes. For example, you may fall asleep while performing a task you normally perform, such as writing, typing or driving, and you continue to function while asleep. When you awaken, you can't remember what you did, and you probably didn't do it well.
See your doctor if you experience excessive daytime sleepiness that disrupts your personal or professional life.
The exact cause of narcolepsy isn't known. Genetics may play a role. Other factors, such as infection, may contribute to the development of narcolepsy.
The normal process of falling asleep begins with a phase called non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. During this phase, your brain waves slow considerably. After an hour or so of NREM sleep, your brain activity changes, and REM sleep begins. Most dreaming occurs during REM sleep.
In narcolepsy, however, you may suddenly enter into REM sleep without first experiencing NREM sleep, both at night and during the day. Some of the characteristics of REM sleep, such as sudden lack of muscle tone, sleep paralysis and vivid dreams, occur during other sleep stages in people with narcolepsy.
Hypocretin (hi-po-KREE-tin) is an important chemical in your brain that helps regulate wakefulness and REM sleep. People with narcolepsy have low levels of this neurochemical in their spinal fluid. It's particularly low in those who experience cataplexy. Exactly what causes the loss of hypocretin-producing cells in the brain isn't known, but experts suspect it's due to an autoimmune reaction.
Narcolepsy may cause serious problems for you professionally and personally. Others might see you as lazy, lethargic or rude. Your performance may suffer at school or work.
Extreme sleepiness may cause low sex drive or impotence, and people with narcolepsy may even fall asleep while having sex. The problems caused by sexual dysfunction can be further complicated by emotional difficulties. Intense feelings, such as anger or joy, can trigger some signs of narcolepsy such as cataplexy, causing affected people to withdraw from emotional interactions.
Sleep attacks may result in physical harm to people with narcolepsy. You're at increased risk of a car accident if you have an attack while driving. Your risk of cuts and burns is greater if you fall asleep while preparing food.
People with narcolepsy are twice as likely to be overweight. The weight gain may be related to inactivity, binge eating, hypocretin deficiency or a combination of factors.
You're likely to start by seeing your family doctor or a general practitioner. However, in some cases when you call to set up an appointment, you may be referred to a sleep specialist.
Here's some information to help you prepare for your appointment.
Preparing a list of questions for your doctor will help you make the most of your time together. List your questions from most important to least important. For narcolepsy, some basic questions to ask your doctor include:
Don't hesitate to ask other questions anytime during your appointment.
Your doctor is likely to ask you a number of questions, including:
Your doctor may make a preliminary diagnosis of narcolepsy based on your excessive daytime sleepiness and sudden loss of muscle tone (cataplexy). After an initial diagnosis, your doctor may refer you to a sleep specialist for more evaluation.
Formal diagnosis may require staying overnight at a sleep center, where you undergo an in-depth analysis of your sleep by a team of specialists. Methods of diagnosing narcolepsy and determining its severity include:
These tests can also help doctors rule out other possible causes of your signs and symptoms. Other sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea, can cause excessive daytime sleepiness.
There is no cure for narcolepsy, but medications and lifestyle modifications can help you manage the symptoms.
Medications for narcolepsy include:
Stimulants. Drugs that stimulate the central nervous system are the primary treatment to help people with narcolepsy stay awake during the day. Doctors often try modafinil (Provigil) or armodafinil (Nuvigil) first for narcolepsy because it isn't as addictive as older stimulants and doesn't produce the highs and lows often associated with older stimulants. Side effects of modafinil are uncommon, but they may include headache, nausea or dry mouth.
Some people need treatment with methylphenidate (Concerta, Ritalin, others) or various amphetamines. These medications are very effective but may sometimes cause side effects such as nervousness and heart palpitations and can be addictive.
If you have other health problems, such as high blood pressure or diabetes, ask your doctor how the medications you take for your other conditions may interact with those taken for narcolepsy.
Certain over-the-counter drugs, such as allergy and cold medications, can cause drowsiness. If you have narcolepsy, your doctor will likely recommend that you avoid taking these medications.
Emerging treatments being investigated for narcolepsy include hypocretin replacement, hypocretin gene therapy, stem cell transplant, skin temperature manipulation and immunotherapy, but further research is needed to confirm their effectiveness.
Lifestyle modifications are important in managing the symptoms of narcolepsy. You may benefit from these steps:
Dealing with narcolepsy can be challenging. Making adjustments in your daily schedule may help. Consider these tips:
Support groups and counseling can help you and your loved ones cope with narcolepsy. Ask your doctor to help you locate a group or qualified counselor in your area.
Original article: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcolepsy/basics/preparing-for-your-appointment/con-20027429
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