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My current processor is a 110W AMD X2 4600+. For fun, I was looking at a 35W Core i3 2100T. Looking around I couldn't find a direct performance comparison anywhere between the two, but it looks like the i3 would actually bring a (very) small performance bump vs the 4600+. The upgrade would also involve a move from 2GB DD2 to 8GB DDR3, so as long as I don't lose too much this will be a win, performance-wise. The price (cpu,mb,and ram) would come to about $310.
I really don't have any budget for upgrades right now, but I was curious: if I were to go ahead and get this, how long would it take for the energy savings to pay for the upgrade? Could I justify the purchase this year on energy savings alone?
I suspect not, and I know it depends on usage and local rates. But I'm hoping to be able to put a ballpark figure together for how much I could save in a year. As a reference, local rates are $.0933/kWhr
I'll start with a basic calculation that uses a few bad assumptions, and we'll see if we can refine it any:
Assuming both systems are running full-capacity, that means I save 75W/hr. I also have to dissipate that energy, so I really save 150W/hr, or .15kWhrs. .15 * .0933 = $.013995 save per hour I run the new system. .013995 * 24hrs/day * 7days/wk * 52wks/year results in $122.26 saved per year. So I'd need to run this for about 2 1/2 years to pay back the investment. And again, that's assuming 100% run all the time and an additional 100% cost for heat, neither of which are very good. Can we get even more accurate numbers?

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The 'Ring Of Fire': A Spectacular Solar Eclipse Is Coming This Sunday
You lucky West Coast folks! A stunning solar eclipse will occur late Sunday afternoon, and people in the western U.S. will get the best views. Live on the East Coast? It's already going to be dark, so the only way we'll get to experience this is via webcam.
The event starts about 5:30 PM Pacific time and the maximum effect will occur about 6:30 PM, according to NASA.
This is an annular solar eclipse, not the total blackout we imagine when the moon passes in front of the sun. NASA says as the moon travels, there will be an 'annulus of sunlight' that peeps all around the moon's shape - that's the ring of fire effect. The sun, hidden behind the moon, will look like it's a big black hole.
This bears repeating: during the eclipse, don't look at the sun. And don't use your home telescope to peer directly at the eclipse; you should have special solar filters fitted for it. Here's NASA webpage on eye safety during eclipses.
In the U.S., the eclipse's shadow will travel from the Pacific Coast in Oregon and cut toward the southeast. The shadow will move over northern California, swing directly over Reno, Nevada, cover quite a bit of Utah, edge northern Arizona and slide directly over most of New Mexico. The Texas panhandle will see it, too. (Tokyo will also have a great view.) NASA says the ring effect may last up to four and a half minutes.
If you can't bear to miss it, check out Panasonic's website. The Japanese electronics company is sending a video team up Mt. Fuji to capture the event, notes AFP. There's a cool map that will mark the team's ascent to the top and a link to the eclipse video stream. If you'd rather see the eclipse in person, check out Reno. The Las Vegas Sun reports the city's hotels are offering discounts for the event and the local planetarium is staging a festival.
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Definition of descendant
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descendentplay \di-ˈsen-dənt\
Origin and Etymology of descendant
Middle English dessendaunte, from Anglo-French descendant, from Latin descendent-, descendens, present participle of descendere
First Known Use: circa 1555
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Simple Definition of descendant
: someone who is related to a person or group of people who lived in the past
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Recent evidence supports the theory that birds are the modern descendants of dinosaurs.
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French & Latin; French descendant, from Late Latin descendent-, descendens, from Latin
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Alopecia areata
What is alopecia areata?
The term alopecia means hair loss. In alopecia areata, one or more round bald patches appear suddenly, most often on the scalp. Alopecia areata is also called autoimmune alopecia.
Who gets alopecia areata?
Alopecia areata can affect males and females at any age. It starts in childhood in about 50%, and before the age of 40 years in 80%. Lifetime risk is 1–2% and is independent of ethnicity.
- A family history of alopecia areata and/or of other autoimmune conditions is present in 10–25% of patients.
- At least 8 susceptibility genes have been detected.
- Patients with alopecia areata have higher than expected rates of thyroid disease, vitiligo and atopic eczema.
- There is increased prevalence in patients with chromosomal disorders such as Down syndrome.
- It's possibly drug-induced when arising in patients on biologic medicines
What causes alopecia areata?
Alopecia areata is classified as an autoimmune disorder. It is histologically characterised by T lymphocytes around the hair follicles. These CD8(+)NK group 2D-positive (NKG2D(+)) T cells release pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines that reject the hair. The exact mechanism is not yet understood.
The onset or recurrence of hair loss is sometimes triggered by:
- Viral infection
- Trauma
- Hormonal change
- Emotional/physical stressors
What are the clinical features of alopecia areata?
Several clinical patterns are described. More severe disease is associated with young age, concurrent atopic eczema, and chromosomal abnormalities.
Most patients have no symptoms, and a bald patch or thinning hair is noted incidentally, often discovered by a hairdresser. Other patients describe a burning, prickly discomfort in the affected areas—this is known as trichodynia.
Patchy alopecia areata
Patch alopecia areata can affect any hair-bearing area, most often the scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes and beard.
Patchy alopecia areata has three stages.
- Sudden loss of hair
- Enlargement of bald patch or patches
- Regrowth of hair
The bald areas may have a smooth surface, completely devoid of hair or with scattered "exclamation mark" hairs.
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- Exclamation mark hairs are 2- to 3-mm in length, broken or tapered, with a club-shaped root. Microscopy shows a thin proximal shaft and normal caliber distal shaft.
- Regrowing hairs are often initially coloured white or grey; they may be curly when previously straight.
- It may take months and sometimes years to regrow all the hair.
- One patch can be falling out while another is regrowing.
Alopecia totalis
- Affects up to 5% of patients with autoimmune hair loss
- All or nearly all scalp hair is lost
Alopecia universalis
- Affects less than 1% of cases
- All hair or nearly all hair on the entire body is lost
- Pattern of alopecia areata affecting occipital and lateral scalp
- Bald area can encircle scalp
Diffuse alopecia areata
- Sometimes called alopecia areata incognita
- Presents with sudden diffuse thinning of scalp hair
- Persisting hair tends to grey, thus descriptions of "turning white overnight"
- Positive hair pull test
- May be confused with telogen effluvium or hair loss due to medications
Alopecia areata of the nails
- Nail disease affects 10–50% of those with alopecia areata
- Regular pitting and ridging are the most common findings
- May also cause koilonychia, trachyonychia, Beau lines, onychorrhexis, onychomadesis, onycholysis and red spots on the lunula
Complications of alopecia areata
Alopecia areata patients are at risk for psychosocial consequences of their disease, such as depression and anxiety.
They should be assessed for atopy, vitiligo, thyroid disease, and other autoimmune conditions.
How is alopecia areata diagnosed?
Alopecia areata is diagnosed clinically. Although usually straightforward, additional tests are sometimes needed to confirm the diagnosis.
- Trichoscopy (use of a dermatoscope to examine hair and scalp)
- Skin biopsy (histopathology)
What is the treatment for alopecia areata?
There is not yet any reliable cure for alopecia areata and other forms of autoimmune hair loss. Because spontaneous regrowth is common in alopecia areata, and research has often been of poor quality, the effectiveness of reported treatments is mostly unknown.
Topical treatments
Several topical treatments used for alopecia areata are reported to result in temporary improvement in some people. The hair falls out when they are stopped. These include:
- Potent or ultrapotent topical steroids
- Minoxidil solution or foam
- Dithranol (anthralin) ointment
Intralesional corticosteroid injections
Injections of triamcinolone acetonide 2.5–10 mg/ml into patchy scalp, beard or eyebrow alopecia areata may speed up regrowth of hair. Its effect is temporary. If bald patches reappear, they can be reinjected.
Systemic corticosteroids
Oral and pulse intravenous steroids in high dose can lead to temporary regrowth of hair. Most physicians agree that long-term systemic steroid treatment is not justified because of potential and actual adverse effects.
The sensitizing agents diphenylcyclopropenone (diphencyprone) and dinitrochlorobenzene provoke contact allergic dermatitis in treated areas. These sensitisers can be reapplied once weekly to bald areas on the scalp. The resultant dermatitis is irritating and may be unsightly. It is often accompanied by a swollen lymph gland.
Other treatments
A combination of the lipid lowering agents simvastatin and ezetimibe (which have immunomodulating effects) has been reported to be effective.
There is no convincing data to support the use of methotrexate, sulfasalazine, azathioprine, ciclosporin or phototherapy.
JAK inhibitors
Several patients with severe alopecia areata have had improvement when treated with oral tofacitinib or oral ruxolitinib, which are Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors. It is thought they may act by blocking interleukin (IL)-15 signalling. Watch out for the results of clinical trials of these biologic medicines.
What else should be considered for alopecia areata?
Some people with alopecia areata seek and benefit from professional counselling to come to terms with the disorder and regain self-confidence.
Camouflaging hair loss
A hairpiece is often the best solution to disguise the presence of hair loss. These cover the whole scalp or only a portion of the scalp, using human or synthetic fibres tied or woven to a fabric base.
- A full wig is a cap that fits over the whole head.
- A partial wig must be clipped or glued to existing hair.
- A hair integration system is a custom-made hair net that provides artificial hair where required, normal hair being pulled through the net.
- Hair additions are fibres glued to existing hair and removed after 8 weeks
Styling products include gels, mousses and sprays to keep hair in place and add volume. They are reapplied after washing or styling the hair.
Artificial eyelashes come as singlets, demilashes and complete sets. They can be trimmed if necessary. The lashes can irritate the eye and eyelids. They are stuck on with methacrylate glue, which can also irritate and sometimes causes contact allergic dermatitis.
Eyeliner tattooing is permanent and should be undertaken by a professional cosmetic tattooist. The colour eventually fades and may move slightly from the original site. It is extremely difficult to remove the pigment, should the result turn out to be unsatisfactory.
Artificial eyebrows are manufactured from synthetic or natural human hair on a net that is glued in place.
Eyebrow pencil can be obtained in a variety of colours made from inorganic pigments.
Tattooing can also be undertaken to disguise the loss of eyebrows, but tends to look rather unnatural because of the shine of hairless skin.
How can alopecia areata be prevented?
We do not yet know how to prevent the onset of alopecia areata.
What is the outlook for alopecia areata?
In 80% of patients with a single bald patch, spontaneous regrowth occurs within a year. Even in the most severe cases of alopecia totalis and alopecia universalis, recovery may occur at some future date.
Poor prognostic factors include:
- Extensive disease
- Bald patches persisting for more than 1 year
- Ophiasis pattern of hair loss
- Alopecia areata of the nails
- Onset of alopecia areata before puberty
- Family members with alopecia areata
- Personal or family history of other autoimmune diseases
- Down syndrome
New monoclonal antibody biologic agents targeting cytokine pathways offer promise for future treatment of alopecia areata.
Related information
- Lattouf C, Jimenez JJ, Tosti A, Miteva M, Wikramanayake TC, Kittles C, Herskovitz I, Handler MZ, Fabbrocini G, Schachner LA. Treatment of alopecia areata with simvastatin/ezetimibe. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2015 Feb;72(2):359-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.11.006. PubMed PMID: 25592347.
- Craiglow BG, King BA. Killing two birds with one stone: oral tofacitinib reverses alopecia universalis in a patient with plaque psoriasis. J Invest Dermatol. 2014 Dec;134(12):2988-90. doi: 10.1038/jid.2014.260. Epub 2014 Jun 18. PubMed PMID: 24940651.
- Xing L, Dai Z, Jabbari A, Cerise JE, Higgins CA, Gong W, de Jong A, Harel S, DeStefano GM, Rothman L, Singh P, Petukhova L, Mackay-Wiggan J, Christiano AM, Clynes R. Alopecia areata is driven by cytotoxic T lymphocytes and is reversed by JAK inhibition. Nat Med. 2014 Sep;20(9):1043-9. doi: 10.1038/nm.3645. Epub 2014 Aug 17. PubMed PMID: 25129481; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4362521.
- Waldmann TA. The biology of IL-15: implications for cancer therapy and the treatment of autoimmune disorders. J Investig Dermatol Symp Proc. 2013 Dec;16(1):S28-30. doi: 10.1038/jidsymp.2013.8. Review. PubMed PMID: 24326545.
- Draelos ZD. Camouflage technique for alopecia areata: what is a patient to do? Dermatologic Therapy 2011; 24:305-310
- Guidelines for the management of Alopecia Areata (SP MacDonald Hull, ML Wood, PE Hutchinson, M Sladden and AG Messenger) BJD, Vol. 149, No.4, October 2003 (p692) – British Association of Dermatologists
On DermNet NZ:
Other websites:
- The National Alopecia Areata Foundation, PO Box 150760, San Rafael, Ca 94915-0760, USA.
- Alopecia New Zealand
- Australia Alopecia Areata Foundation
- Children's Alopecia Project
- Alopecia areata – Medscape Reference
- Alopecia areata – British Association of Dermatologists
- British Association of Dermatologists' guidelines for the management of alopecia areata 2012. AG Messenger, J McKillop, P Farrant, AJ McDonagh and M Sladden, BJD, Vol. 166, No. 5, May 2012 (p916-926) PDF file
- Patient information: Alopecia areata (Beyond the Basics) – UpToDate (for subscribers)
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Marvel Assembles an Official Title for Third "Avengers" Movie
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Simon Furman discusses what it's like to end the "Transformers" saga he began at Marvel for a second time with IDW's "Regeneration One" #100.
Larry Hama discusses his landmark 200th issue of "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero," his ultimate Joe dream team and more, with exclusive art!
Paul Crilley and Ed Brisson discuss the Lone Gunmen meeting Transformers and TMNT, and which issue is an unofficial sequel to a classic "X-Files" episode.
Steve Niles discusses "Monster & Madman," why he's obsessed with the hulking creature and teases a new DC Comics project.
Duane Swierczynski lays down the law about "Judge Dredd," the IDW debut of Death, nine new Dark Judges and the exclusive reveal of Judge Choke!
Novelist Frank Bill makes his comic book debut at IDW with "The Crow: Pestilence" and spoke to CBR about a Mexican wrestler becoming the spirit's new host.
Joe Harris discusses the first story-arc to advance "X-Files'" alien mythology, the return of the black oil and why he refuses to use ret-cons.
Walt Simonson discusses "Star Slammers Remastered" #1, taking a break from mainstream comics and his hopes for Bryan Singer's "X-Men: Apocalypse."
Roger Langridge & Mark Evanier discuss IDW's "Rocky and Bullwinkle," revealing why the moose and squirrel are all worked up and how "Dudley Do-Right" fits in.
"Ghostbusters" scribe Erik Burnham discusses "Mass Hysteria" & "X-Files: Conspiracy: Ghostbusters" and the future of Peter, Ray, Egon and Winston.
Writer/artist Derek Charm tells CBR about "Monster Day," his two-issue "Powerpuff Girls" arc, revealing which fan-favorite monsters will turn up to wreak havoc.
Guy Adams tells CBR about the reasons he's reviving "Ulysses Sweet: Maniac for Hire," one of Grant Morrison's little-known "2000 AD" creations.
Writer Brian Ruckley discusses "Rogue Trooper," a re-imagined US version of Gerry-Finley Day and Dave Gibbons' classic "2000 AD" character.
"Matchstick Men" writer Eric Garcia discusses setting his Big Brother-esque "City" in San Francisco & its NSA parallels. Plus, exclusive art.
Writer Douglas Wolk and artist Ulises Farinas discuss "Judge Dredd: Mega-City Two," building a new California and Dredd's 'true' face.
Writer Alex de Campi tells CBR about her plans for the first issue of IDW's new ongoing two-pony team-up series "My Little Pony: Friends Forever."
Novelist Paul Crilley helms the cross-property "X-Files: Conspiracy" event starring the Lone Gunmen and IDW's multiple licensed characters.
Benjamin Legrand & Jean-Marc Rochette discuss Titan Comics' English translation of "Snowpiercer," now a major motion picture starring Chris Evans.
2000 AD Publisher Rebellion shared exclusively their plans to reprint Grant Morrison's controversial '80s opus "Zenith" in four hardcover collections.
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Peter Cook 'Privately, Secretly' Masturbated on the Internet
Still more niceties from the Brinkley-Cook divorce trial.
We're still peering through our fingers at the details trickling out of the Brinkley-Cook divorce trial, the tawdry first round of which was completed yesterday and was characterized by exchanges such as this one:
"Is it correct, sir, that you have masturbated in front of a Web cam?" his lawyer, Mark Winkler, asked.
(Yes, of course, he has to be called Winkler)
Red-faced, Cook replied: "Yes, I have, privately, secretly."
Only on the Internet, Your Honor. Everyone knows you don't get more private than that.
It also came out that Cook met Diana Bianchi, his 18-year-old — 18½-year-old — assistant with whom he had an affair, when she was only 15. And, um, working at a toy store. He hired her three years later at his architecture firm, despite the fact that she didn't have any experience.
Bianchi couldn't recall what she did, exactly, or how much she was compensated.…Bianchi said she was paid "anywhere from $20 to $50 an hour, depending on how much I got done."
Oh, the humantity. Cook's "fitness model" ex, Carri Lyn Ciamarra, as well as, reportedly, other women with whom he's had flings, are also due to testify this month, so there's even more where that came from. Will our souls survive?
Teen Lover Cooks Cad Peter [NYP]
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In February 2016, the REACH Committee supported the adoption of the proposal from the European Commission to re-classify BPA, following the 2014 RAC opinion. As a consequence it is expected that BPA will be re-classified as reprotoxic 1B. This Q&A provides further information about the background of this re-classification, the next steps and addresses questions regarding the consequences.
Today, the highest constitutional authority in France, the French Constitutional Council, stated that the French law of 24 December 2012 suspending the use of Bisphenol A (BPA) unjustifiably restricts trade. The Council ruled that it was unconstitutional that France banned the manufacture and export of BPA-based food contact materials out of France. Consequently, the part of the current law concerning production and export of these products has been abrogated with immediate effect.
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Today, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published its final scientific opinion on the safety of
Bisphenol A (BPA). It combines the authority´s assessment of both exposure and health aspects and
considers comments received from national authorities and stakeholders following extensive engagement
and consultation. The new assessment covers exposure from food sources along with exposure from a
range of other potential sources, and considers all age groups of the population.
French ban on the use of Bisphenol A (BPA) in food contact: In conflict with European
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U of S says it will pay alarm fees
SCRANTON - The University of Scranton plans to pay the city overdue false-alarm fees Monday, a spokesman said Friday.
The payment would presumably satisfy a requirement adopted by the city council Thursday. The council said the school should not get a permit to start demolishing Leahy Hall until $17,000 in false-alarm fees are paid. The fees are imposed when the Fire Department is called and there is no fire.
The university plans to demolish Leahy Hall at Jefferson Avenue and Linden Street to make way for a $47.5 million, 111,500-square-foot center to house its departments of exercise science and physical and occupational therapy.


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The 'No More Solyndras Act' Charade
Last week, the House passed the "No More Solyndras Act" on a mostly party-line vote. However, instead of terminating the Department of Energy loan guarantee program that subsidized Solyndra and other boondoggles, the bill allows applicants who filed before the first of this year to still receive handouts.
Washington Post Zings "Green" Auto Subsidies
Even the Washington Post's editorial board can see that the Obama administration's "green" automobile subsidies have been a failure:
'The President's Utility'
According to a recent article in the New York Times, that's what a lobbyist for Exelon Corp. "proudly" called the Illinois-based energy company. It appears to be an appropriate label.
No More Solyndras? Not Quite
Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the "No More Solyndras Act." As Taxpayers for Common Sense notes, however, the bill should probably be called the "More Solyndras Act" because it would still allow the Department of Energy to approve loan guarantee applications that were submitted by Dec. 31, 2011.
Another Subsidized Solar Company Goes Dark
Solyndra received some company late last week when Abound Solar filed for bankruptcy and announced that it was shutting down operations. Abound, which received $70 million from taxpayers, is the third company backed by a Department of Energy loan program to go belly up.
Political Support for Energy's Loan Guarantees
Several weeks ago, 127 House Republicans joined 155 Democrats to defeat an amendment introduced by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) that would have shut down the Department of Energy's Title 17 loan guarantee program. That's the program that gave birth to Solyndra, which has come to symbolize the failure of the Obama administration's crony capitalist policies.
Republicans Join Democrats to Save Corporate Welfare (Again)
Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) introduced three amendments to the recently passed Energy & Water appropriations bill that would have eliminated a slew of business subsidies at the Department of Energy. Unfortunately, House Republicans once again teamed up with their Democratic colleagues to keep the corporate welfare spigot flowing.
White House Cronyism Is Disturbing, But Not New
The Obama campaign is trying to hang so-called "vulture" capitalism around Mitt Romney's neck, but as two excellent opinion pieces explain, it's the administration's crony capitalism that's the really disturbing story.
Corporate Welfare: A Bipartisan Love Story
I have previously discussed how multiple levels of government work together to provide businesses with taxpayer money (see here and here). And while Republican policymakers have enjoyed making political hay out of the Obama's administration's Solyndra problem, the truth is that both parties are willing partners in the corporate welfare racket.


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Patient Comments: Hip Bursitis - Symptoms
What symptoms did you experience with hip bursitis?
Comment from: ZARA, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: January 31
I have suffered with bursitis for just over a year I have had 4 cortisone injections so far, and no relief. The injections caused worse pain for about 3 days after getting injections. I can't sleep I can't walk far and my back is very painful as well. I also feel the pain going across the other hip. I have to take a couple of days off work when I get the injections which I am not happy with. The doctor at the hospital just keeps saying the injections should work and they don't .So what can I do about this as I am so tired and starting to feel really run down and depressed as I cant workout and I feel I am putting on a lot of weight which is making me more depressed.
Comment from: MS, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: January 28
I'm a 53-year old (soon to be 54) female. My doctor thinks I may have bursitis in my left hip but I have not had an MRI done. My left hip has been acting up for over a year now and I also have the occasional sciatica acting up on the right side. I work out 2 hours a day, 6 days a week (1 hour of cardio and 1 hour of weight training). I also take a boxing fitness classes on Sundays. I have had to lighten up on my lower body strength training as that seems to aggravate my bursitis and had to stop running. The elliptical doesn't seem to aggravate it as much. I occasionally take Tylenol (only when the pain is unbearable) and have trouble sleeping on my left side at times. It really hurts when I stand from a sitting position and of course, I have a desk job. I refuse to stop exercising and I really don't want cortisone shots or steroids. My doc had put me on a 2-week steroid RX and it helped temporarily but I'm pretty anti meds unless it's absolutely necessary. I finally went to an acupuncturist last Wednesday and it seemed to help after one treatment. I am continuing with twice weekly for a month, then once a month and a maintenance program. I'm looking forward to my second treatment on Saturday. The day before I went to see the acupuncturist, my hip was extremely painful. For those of you who may have tried other conventional methods, without success, you may want to consider acupuncture. It seems to have helped greatly.
Comment from: Lin W, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: January 26
I am a 51 year old female who had an MRI last week and was just diagnosed today with bursitis in the hip. I agree that it is the worst pain I have ever had! After sitting for a long period of time, I go to get up and am in excruciating pain, barely able to walk for quite a few minutes. Today I received a cortisone injection and am hopeful this helps do the trick, although I am concerned that this may be a chronic condition.
Comment from: rheller1, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: December 01
I have a 6.5 mm kidney stone and was told by doctor I also have gallstones. Something came out of me in my urine just now and it is crystalline, looks like brown sugar, sort of solid but can be broken apart with a fingernail.
Comment from: sato72, 55-64 Male (Patient) Published: October 21
I heard a popping noise at the right side of my hip. After that, I feel pain that won't go away.
Comment from: Tiger, 55-64 Female (Patient) Published: March 07
I have had lower back problems for years but 6 months ago I started to have a serious problem with my left hip. An x-ray showed that I had issues with my lower back and my right hip but showed my left hip as pretty okay. My doctor at the time told me there was nothing more she could do and that it would clear up in 6 weeks! I was not happy with her attitude and after a discussion I was sent to see a consultant who sent me for an MRI and found the bursitis. Two months later I have had 2 sessions of acupuncture and have another 2 to go, but I have been told this has not been the success they had hoped for and that I will most probably have to have the steroid injection. I have to go at least another 6 weeks before I can have this injection and to be quite honest I am so sick of being in pain I would prefer to stop the acupuncture and see what effect the injection has. I have accepted this is going to be a way of life for me until I am old enough and my hip is seriously bad enough for them to give me a new hip.
Comment from: KathieA0714, 55-64 Female (Patient) Published: December 06
Out of nowhere my hip began to hurt because of the bursitis, I also developed a bit of a bump. I received a cortisone injection and the pain is manageable, but I'm looking for exercised that will help alleviate the pain.
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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter really outdid itself with this amazing shot of the Earth over the rocky limb of the Moon. While complicated to capture, we think it was worth every moment.
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter really outdid itself with this amazing shot of the Earth over the rocky limb of the Moon. While complicated to capture, we think it was worth every moment.
Using data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA has created the highest-resolution, most accurate map of the surface of the moon ever. Great. Now let's pick a spot to park our spaceships and let's get back there pronto.
NASA showed images of the lunar landing sites in 2009, punching all moronic conspiracy theorists a new stupid face, Buzz Aldrin style. Now they have released new higher resolution shots taken again by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
It may not be a Double Rainbow, but it's a Lunar Rainbow! How could this be possible? it doesn't rain there. The Moon doesn't even have an atmosphere...so how could the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's camera capture this phenomenal phenomenon?
As part of Saturday's International Observe the Moon Night, NASA fired a ton of lasers at the moon. They weren't declaring war on alien life form, or trying to melt the cheese, but instead tracking the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
This is the hidden face of the moon like you've never seen if before, as captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's LOLA instruments. Despite its appearance, the picture wasn't processed by NASA scientists taking LSD while listening to Pink Floyd.
It's blurrier than old MySpace snapshots, but it's there as expected. The Apollo Lunar Modules and the US flag left behind at the Apollo 17 landing site has been caught in a close-up image by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Right now, data is arriving across 238,800 miles at 100MBps (as in megabytes per second, not megabits), dwarfing every home internet connections out there. That's a total of 461GB of data transmitted per day, thanks to this device.
Suck it up, conspiracy theorists, because soon your cuckoo stories about the US simulating the Moon landings will be over forever. NASA has confirmed to Gizmodo that the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will take photos of all the Apollo landing sites:
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Pledging at Rush Week? Here Are Five Things You Need to Know.
TCU started its rush week on August 10 and many other Texas universities are about to follow suit. If you're a GDI (goddamm independent) wondering what it takes to make it into the sacred sisterhood we've rounded up a few things you need to know.
For best results, start preparing at birth Many girls are born and bred for collegiate sisterhood, and at top schools pedigree matters. M, a senior at SMU who spoke on the condition of anonymity, was lucky. "My mom and sisters are very into Greek life, and ever since I was little my mom had been telling me how to behave for rush week." If you have a sister or mother in a sorority, you are a legacy and almost guaranteed a bid into that house. If you lack a helpful female lineage, not to worry, you can always hire a consultant.
You will be vetted. High school reputations are inescapable, and sororities are like the mafia. At Texas Christian, PNMs (possible new members) must fill out an application online detailing basic info. Most sororities then catalog this information into binders, similar to Mitt Romney. To be fair, not all sororities have binders. Some have slide shows. The sorority collectively deconstructs the PNM on screen; they discuss things like her physical appearance, socioeconomic status and high school reputation. Inevitably someone in that sorority either went to high school with you or knows someone who did and that time you vomited at prom is now common knowledge. An AXO at SMU, who dropped her sorority junior year, further explained "everyone shouts out horrible shit about each girl if they don't like them."
Style matters. Each day of rush involves a different and increasingly elaborate outfit. Sorority sisters are already prepared with matching outfits and similar style dresses for each day. PNMs have the difficult task of wearing whatever "snappy casual" is. Sisters defined it as something in between church clothes and cocktail dress. Flats are not strictly forbidden but highly discouraged. David Yurman accessories, designer purses and Michael Kors' watches are essential. Careful attention must be paid because, as a recent SMU sorority graduate disclosed, "If you wear the wrong makeup, you're out. If they don't like your shoes, you're out."
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I want to setup an origin pull from s3, meaning, my media files will go to s3 for permanent storage, and then from there I'd like my files to be pulled by cloudfront and served. How can I do that with this plugin or with a combination of plugins...
it seems that w3total cache can either push to S3 exclusively, or pull from cloudfront, without a combination of the two.
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Does television destroy imagination?
Film and television are sometimes criticised as requiring less imagination than reading. If we can already see exactly what the characters look like, if the actors and designers and directors have already captured so much detail on screen, what's left for us to imagine?
On the other hand, there are people who see this as a good thing. Some people like being able to watch television because it appears completely real - and so they get very angry if a set wobbles, or some make-up or special effect is less than entirely convincing. If anything is left to the imagination, the makers haven't finished their job properly.
But people who can't see past unrealistic sets or not-quite-convincing effects to enjoy a story is that they've forgotten that all art is representational. It's like complaining that actors who die on stage get up alive at the end of the scene and walk offstage. It's missing the point - all art is symbolic. Style and beauty are sometimes more important than realism.
In some ways, the ability to make ever-more realistic special effects distracts us from the representational nature of art. Going back further, the photographic revolution, the ability to create photorealistic images, both still and moving, has helped create the illusion that we can achieve full realisation, and given us the delusion that film and television should aim for this. The obsession with visual realism is to the detriment of our imaginations.
But to come back to the original question, I'd argue that books and television sometimes leave
things to the imagination, but that doesn't mean that one or other requires
imagination than the other.
To be compelling, all forms of storytelling need us to participate, to fill things in with our imaginations, to place ourselves in those situations and events, in order for us to really experience and enjoy them. All art is a collaboration between artist and audience. That goes for television just as much as a novel or theatrical production - it's just that different media leave different parts of the experience to our imagination.
For example, a novel leaves the
to our imagination. There might be a picture on the cover, or some accompanying illustrations, but we have to turn the blobs of ink on the page into images in our head using our imaginations. Television, on the other hand, is very visual, and so we don't need to imagine what things look like most of the time, unless deliberately kept unseen for effect. Often the scariest monsters onscreen are those we see least of, because that leaves the most room for our imaginations to work.
But while television shows us the visual, there are lots of things it can't show, and must be left to the imagination. It can't show us directly what someone is thinking, what is going on inside someone's head, whereas a novel can do this very easily. We have to work out the characters' interior thoughts and emotions and so on from what we can see and hear looking on as observers.
This depends on the writer, actors, director and so on, leaving enough clues for our imagination to work on. What's left implicit is as important as what's made explicit, because it's the implicit that sets our imaginations alight. A well-written book can engage than imagination deeply, whereas a badly written book might leave very little that stimulates the imagination, and the same with television. Any medium can be used well or used badly, used to inspire the imagination or flatten it.


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Critical Responses to Emma Watson speech to the UN
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Critical Responses to Emma Watson speech to the UN.
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A Camden man facing murder charges testified Tuesday that he took out a gun and "just pulled the trigger" to save himself from several Bloods gang members who were beating him in a Camden park in June 2011.
"I was trying to get them away from me," Laurie Wint, 26, said in Superior Court in Camden. "I was scared I was going to die."
Wint is accused of shooting and killing Kevin Miller, 19, during a dispute over the victim's 14-year-old girlfriend. Authorities said Wint fled across the Delaware River after the killing and, weeks later, stabbed Tyrone Newman, 33, to death in Warminster.


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I'm trying to be as conservative as possible with my posts in a new wordpress site and let custom meta generate content across the site.
One of my custom meta tags is "video", in it I place a link to a youtube video that relates to the article.
The articles can be in one of three categories. Some don't have video so I query that up front.
As a result I can generate a category called "video", this page just lists any post with the "video" custom meta:
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Clicking on the resulting link here will take a user to the post containing the video, so far so good. The post will be displayed in it's relevant category template.
However what I'd like to achieve is that when the link is clicked, the user is taken to an entirely new single-post template that displays the video meta data & title, but in it's own post format regardless of the category the post is in (not the category template).
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A resident access programme for inner city Christchurch has been given the green light.
The programme, which was successfully trialled last week, has been adapted from the business access programme .
The business programme allowed 831 businesses limited, controlled access into the Red Zone, and 704 businesses into cordoned areas outside the Red Zone.
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority Interim Manager Transition and Deconstruction, Warwick Isaacs, one of the main challenges for the programme is reaching people.
Residents and tenants who have registered on the Earthquake Recovery News and Information (ERNI) service will be contacted shortly. People need to register early to be eligible.
Mr. Isaacs says the new programme involves detailed planning.
"How long someone can enter a building is thoroughly reviewed by structural engineers who carry out a careful assessment of hazards. Within a building everything from the number of floors, the stability of a stairway or whether there are safe refuge points, is taken into account. As a result some people are given 15 minutes, others two hours."
Mr Isaacs says people need to take responsibility for their safety and plan their time in the Red Zone carefully.
"Bring a head torch and a high visibility vest, wear sturdy enclosed shoes, and make a list of your 'must haves'. Helmets will be provided.
"Planning around safety is very complex, so once we have everything sorted we are able to give people 48 hours notice. If you're waiting to hear from the resident access programme use that time to plan."
Mr. Isaacs says it is important to remember the programmes might be the best and only chance for access to the Red Zone.
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Great Moments in American Counterterrorism
How about that time we sent a drug dealer to Pakistan, and instead of helping us he plotted a massive terrorist attack in India?
Right now, President Obama is in India, showing solidarity with the world's largest democracy and doing presidential things like going to Mumbai and sleeping over at the location of the November 26, 2008 terrorist attacks. It's widely acknowledged that Islamic militants from Pakistan were responsible for the bombings, and that one of the plotters in that attack was an American small-time drug dealer named David Headley. He arrived in Pakistan in late 2001. How did he get there?
The Times explains that he was sent shortly after 9/11 to help with some cases, and they ignored signs that he was sympathetic to radical groups:
The October 2001 warning was dismissed, the authorities said, as the ire of a jilted girlfriend and for lack of proof. Less than a month later, those concerns did not come up when a federal court in New York granted Mr. Headley an early release from probation so that he could be sent to work for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration in Pakistan. It is unclear what Mr. Headley was supposed to do in Pakistan for the Americans.
He spent the next few years training with Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistani group behind the attacks.


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Military Towns Weather Downturn
The U.S. economy shed more than 2 million jobs last year. But many military towns are weathering the recession just fine.
Communities often have a love-hate relationship with their military neighbors. In these times, though, they're happy to have the business.
Peter Biello reports for member station WHQR.
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This is a waterfall off the beaten path called Fossahola. I haven't been able to find any other photos or information online about it. This was one of the nicer things about having a tour guide who is familiar with the area and was able to come up with places nearby when the lighting was just right.
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A group of anonymous buyers, Boston-based Escom LLC, said in a statement it had acquired the Web address Sex.com from Gary Kremen, chief executive of Grant Media LLC and the founder of Match.com. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Sex.com is seen as one of the most recognizable and therefore financially most promising Web domain names but does not currently have much content.
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Good value, all but one employee very considerate. Woman who checked us out was very non-communicative, just wanted to get her job done like she hated what she was doing.
The customer service was horrible. I have used this service many times, but never flying United. When I called to verify I was in the right spot waiting the lady said yes. After 20 minustes I called back, and she confirmed I was in the right spot. But when I called again in 10 minutes I was asked to hold and left on hold for 5 minutes. I was furious. When I callled again another girl answered and apologized and informed me I was in the wrong location. I wasted 45 minutes overall with bad information. When I got to the office I was not apoligized to from the person who gave me bad information, rather she glared at me. The other person was great. What terrible service. Or at least say, I made a mistake, I am sorry. I could accept that. Please work on your training of staff.
They were great taking me there. Very prompt and friendly. However, on my arrival home, I tried calling the number to arrange my pick up at the airport and no one answered the phone. The shuttle did arrive (although I was unable to get ahold of anyone). Upon arrival to the location, all doors were locked with a notice that the city had closed the building saying that it could not be occupied. My car was pulled up front, left unlocked, and no one was around nor were there any signs stating were to go to get my key. Turns out they were running the business from a shuttle bus on the other end of the property. Once I figured out what was going on, I was able to get my key and leave. Not quite the experience I was hoping for.
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Kevin Feige has every fanboyâs dream job: President of Production for Marvel Studios. Over the past decade, Marvel Studios has co-produced some of the most successful superhero films the genre has seen, beginning with the âBladeâ and âX-Menâ series and continuing with the âSpider-Manâ and âFantastic Fourâ film franchises. But in 2005, Marvel Studios struck out on its own, finalizing a deal with Paramount Pictures to produce its own movies based on the classic Marvel Comics characters. The first result of Feigeâs efforts was last summerâs hugely successful âIron Man.â
Marvel quickly followed that up with âThe Incredible Hulk,â which featured a cameo by Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark, linking the two films together. Additionally, Samuel L. Jackson made an appearance in âIron Manâ as Nick Fury. After the success of the two films, Marvel announced an ambitious production schedule which includes âIron Man 2â next summer, âThorâ and âThe First Avenger: Captain Americaâ in 2011, and âThe Avengersâ in 2012. Not to mention the films they have in development which include âAnt-Man,â âNick Fury,â âRunawaysâ and âSub-Mariner.â All things considered, itâs safe to say that Marvel Studios is setting up a film universe that will reflect the one from the comics that fans have grown up reading for generations.
CBR News had the opportunity to speak with Kevin Feige recently at Comic-Con International in San Diego. The Studio head spoke freely about the slate of films Marvel has in production, casting âThor,â building towards âThe Avengers,â and what fans can expect from next summerâs âIron Man 2.â
CBR: After the success of the first Marvel Studios film, âIron Man,â how excited were you to begin working on the sequel and what decisions were made to make âIron Man 2â better than the original?
KEVIN FEIGE: Well, thankfully, the first film was big enough of a success that nobody was reticent. Certainly the studio was like, âMake another one, make another one!â The fear always is to make it good and to improve upon what you did last time. It was well received but there are certainly things we thought we could improve. Thatâs always the best part of the sequel.
Well, actually itâs two things. One, you get the chance to do it again and maybe improve upon elements that you were disappointed with, even if the audience wasnât. We were disappointed on a few tiny, tiny things that we looked forward to redoing. Two, weâve got fifty years of comic book stories to tell, so we have all sorts of stories that we havenât gotten to yet.
|Scene from "Iron Man 2"
You know, an origin story is great and itâs kind of pre-packaged if you do it right. Itâs the sequel that frees you up. We committed ourselves to a direction when we had Tony out himself as Iron Man in the last frame of the first movie. We were sort of like, âShould we do this? Are we locking ourselves into something?â But we said, âYes, letâs do it.â Itâs locked us into something, which has opened up the whole franchise. Thatâs kind of what the whole movie is like. Everyone knows who he is now and he has to deal with that.
Was it a difficult decision to recast Rhodey with Don Cheadle, instead of working things out with Terrance Howard and brining him back?
You know what, ultimately we thought that we had a chance to improve the movie with Don Cheadle, for the story that we wanted to tell. Terrence did a great job for us in the first movie. Iâm glad that he was in that one. The story that we wanted to tell, that [director] Jon [Favreau] and I started working on, was going to be much more Jim Rhodes-centric. As you now know, the War Machine story. So we thought Don was a better way to go. And heâs been great about it, by the way.
What are some of things you want to improve on from the first film?
Little things. Really little things. I donât know, I think our end battle this time will be slightly more epic in scale. Itâs that balance of delivering the character. All we really care about in these movies are the characters. But also, delivering a spectacle. On the highway and the rooftop in the last movie was great and the connection between Jeff [Bridges] and Robert was great but we wanted to give it a little more spectacle this time around for the finale.
Is there a lot of pressure on you to deliver a movie that is going to be as commercially successful, if not more so, than the first one?
There was a tremendous amount of pressure. You just have to work hard. Thatâs all that we do is work very, very hard on the movie. I think we maybe stopped working for four weeks after the release of the first âIron Manâ and then jumped right back into it. And that continues for me through âThor,â âCaptain America,â and âThe Avengers.â
|Scene from "Iron Man 2"
Whatâs it like working on three films - âIron Man 2,â âThorâ and âCaptain Americaâ -- while developing âThe Avengersâ movie?
Itâs great. I mean, weâre learning as we go. Itâs a new thing. Jon clearly is enthusiastic about it. [âThorâ director] Kenneth Branagh is enthusiastic about it. [Director] Joe Johnston is just getting into the mix now on âCaptain America.â Itâs actually fun having the screenwriters have conference calls amongst themselves in terms of what weâre doing, and sometimes weâll change something. Weâre not going to lock ourselves into something because it pays off in three movies. You know, âItâs not great for this one but you kind of have to do it for three movies.â No, if it doesnât work for the movie weâre making, we shuffle it.
Would any of those ideas you mentioned potentially be saved and used for âThe Avengers?â
Yeah, itâs a big dialogue back and forth. You know, itâs the bullpen. Weâre not re-inventing the wheel here. Itâs just on a much different scale.
Black Widow is being introduced in âIron Man 2â and is played by Scarlett Johansson. Will her character be a part of âThe Avengersâ movie or possibly be spun-off into her own feature film?
Sheâs signed on for all of those should we be lucky enough to have an audience that wants to see them.
How large will Nick Furyâs role be in âIron Man 2,â âThor,â and âCaptain America?â
|Scene from "Iron Man 2"
You know, that remains to be seen. I think [Sam Jacksonâs] gone on the record as saying that he hasnât busted into badass action mode yet. At the end of the first one, for the people who were patient enough to wait through the end credits, they met this guy named Nick Fury. They or Tony had no idea who he was. In this movie, he opens that door a little bit more for Tony and invites him to walk through it. Tony may or may not do that in this movie. But Nick Fury is the conduit through which all the characters will connect.
In that case, how important was it for you to sign Sam Jackson for all of those films?
We wanted to do it. We wanted to do it for the continuity and clearly he had inspired the Ultimate Comics incarnation of Nick Fury of the past ten years. So we were very happy when we got him involved in all of the movies.
Will the Hulk factor into âThe Avengersâ film at all?
I think so. In the comics, he has.
Would âThe Incredible Hulkâ star Edward Norton return for the Avengers movie?
I donât know? We should ask him.
How is âFirst Avenger: Captain Americaâ shaping up?
âCaptainâ is going to start prep in October. We already have some concept artists working on it. Joe Johnston is finishing up âWolfmanâ now. Weâre deep into the script and he was in the office with us recently. We open the offices officially in October.
How close are you to actually announcing the âCaptain Americaâ cast?
I think it will be a few months.
|Scene from "Iron Man 2"
How is âThorâ coming along and when does it start shooting?
Kenneth Branagh is great and weâve got Tom Hiddleston and Chris Hemsworth and I canât wait till next year when we bring all of those guys to Comic-Con. Natalie Portman is onboard, which weâve mentioned. We are about halfway through prep and we start shooting in January.
Finally, what sold you on Chris Hemsworth as Thor? What made you say, âThis is the God of Thunder?â
Itâs one of those rare things that doesnât happen often but people like me always say it so it probably sounds cliché. But we auditioned a lot of people. We did a lot of screen tests. We put a lot of people on video. One guy just kept popping out, it was Chris and you realized, regardless of what heâs saying or how heâs saying it, youâre engaged with him. Itâs that movie star quality which I think he has. And, thankfully, he looks like Thor, which is a good combination.
âIron Man 2â blasts into theatres in 2010.


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Episcopal Church isn't the only mainline Protestant group shaken by open conflict between theological liberals and conservatives.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is facing similar trials, with traditionalist congregations planning to bolt and a conservative denomination preparing to take them in.
About 30 of the nearly 11,000 Presbyterian congregations have voted to leave the national church since the denomination's national assembly session in 2006, according to The Layman, a conservative Presbyterian publication that has been tracking the breakaways. Denominational leaders say they could lose an additional 20 congregations as a result of this latest rupture.
The Evangelical Presbyterian Church, a conservative group separate from PCUSA, has voted to accept any of the departing congregations. Presbyterian conservatives are meanwhile organizing themselves through groups such as the Presbyterian Global Fellowship and the New Wineskins Association of Churches.
Presbyterian leaders emphasize that only a fraction of their congregations are leaving. But any litigation over church property could hurt the church's reputation and its bottom line. And the departures come after years of dwindling congregational membership and recent budget woes.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is the country's ninth-largest Christian group, but its membership has shrunk from about 3 million in 1986 to 2.27 million at the end of 2006. The denomination last year eliminated 75 jobs at its headquarters amid budget cutbacks.
"It is not a split down the middle of the life of the church, but it's serious," said the Rev. Clifton Kirkpatrick, chief executive at denominational headquarters in Louisville. "It's always painful. And it takes a huge amount of time, energy and emotional pressure."
Kirkpatrick, who has been a target of criticism from Presbyterian conservatives, is stepping down next year after more than a decade in office. He said he was leaving because it had become too difficult to juggle two time-consuming roles, as the Presbyterian stated clerk and president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches.
The split could also cost the denomination some of its oldest and most vibrant churches. In Baton Rouge, La., the 180-year-old First Presbyterian Church plans to vote Oct. 28 whether they should split off. At least three more of the 66 congregations in the Presbytery of South Louisiana could move toward leaving in the coming months, said the Rev. Alan Cutter, the general presbyter. In the Midwest, Gashland Presbyterian Church in Kansas City, Mo., recently voted in favor of leaving, but needs the approval of the regional Heartland Presbytery.
Like other mainline Protestant groups, Presbyterians have been debating for decades how they should interpret Scripture on salvation, truth, sexuality and other issues.
But tensions erupted after a June 2006 meeting, when delegates granted new leeway in some cases for congregations and regional presbyteries to sidestep a church requirement that clergy and lay officers limit sex to man-woman marriage.
Delegates at the national assembly also voted to let church officials propose experimental liturgies with alternative phrasings for the divine Trinity - "Father, Son and Holy Spirit." Among the possibilities: "Mother, Child and Womb" or "Rock, Redeemer, Friend."
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