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Scapholunate instability
Scapholunate instability is the most common carpal instability. It may occur after a traumatic extension injury to the wrist or result from repetitive stress, as in chronic crutch walking [65]. Weakness and pain about the dorsal radial aspect of the wrist are frequent complaints. On clinical examination, a positive scaphoid shift test may be found [66]. This result consists of a click elicited when bringing the wrist from ulnar to radial deviation while the scaphoid tuberosity is stabilized by the examiner's thumb.
The diagnostic work-up of scapholunate instability includes conventional postero-anterior (PA) and lateral radiographs of the wrist. Radiographic signs of scapholunate instability may be seen in advanced stages when the scapholu-nate and radioscaphoid ligaments are fully torn. These include (1) scapholunate interval widening of more than 3 mm on the PA view; (2) cortical ring sign, in which the scaphoid tuberosity is seen in profile; and (3) disruption of the proximal carpal arc with a step-off in the contour of the scapholunate interval. On the lateral view, a scapholunate angle of more than 70° is consistent
with scapholunate dissociation. Progressive instability will lead to a dorsal intercalated segment instability pattern of the wrist and, ultimately, to degenerative arthritis [65,67]. The instability is considered static if the abnormalities are noted on static radiographs of the wrist. In some cases, the instability will only become apparent on dynamic radiographic evaluation with clenched-fist PA view or cineradiography.
On MRI, direct visualization of a scapholunate ligament tear may be achieved. Complete tears are characterized by a distinct area of discontinuity within the ligament, outlined by fluid-like T2 hyperintensity, or by complete absence of the ligament (Fig. 12). Fluid signal at the attachment sites of the ligament can also be seen. On MR arthrography, complete tears are outlined by contrast material extravasating through a full-thickness defect. Widening of the scapholunate interval is seen when more than two portions of the ligament are involved. It is believed that injury and tearing of the dorsal portion of the scapholunate ligament must be present for instability to occur [68,69]. Ancillary signs include associated tears of the volar extrinsic radiocarpal ligaments, scaphoid or lunate chondromalacia, bone marrow contusions or fractures (see Fig. 12A), ganglion cysts (usually dorsal), and secondary osteoarthritis. Partial tears are characterized by focal thinning or irregularity in a portion of the ligament (Fig. 13). Partial tears more commonly affect the weaker volar ligamentous attachment [18].
MR arthrography appears to have greater sensitivity in the evaluation of partial tears than routine MRI or conventional arthrography [13,70-72]. MR ar-thrographic findings include contrast leak or imbibition into a portion of the
Fig. 12. Scapholunate ligament tear. (A, B) Coronal fat-suppressed T2-weighted images demonstrate full-thickness disruption of the scapholunate ligament at its scaphoid insertion (arrow), resulting in widening of the scapholunate interval. Associated bone marrow contusions of the lunate, capitate, scaphoid, and radial styloid are present. Also noted are radial avulsion of the triangular fibrocartilage (arrowhead) and partial-thickness rupture of the dorsal intercarpal ligament (asterisk). c, capitate; l, lunate; rs, radial styloid; s, scaphoid.
Fig. 12. Scapholunate ligament tear. (A, B) Coronal fat-suppressed T2-weighted images demonstrate full-thickness disruption of the scapholunate ligament at its scaphoid insertion (arrow), resulting in widening of the scapholunate interval. Associated bone marrow contusions of the lunate, capitate, scaphoid, and radial styloid are present. Also noted are radial avulsion of the triangular fibrocartilage (arrowhead) and partial-thickness rupture of the dorsal intercarpal ligament (asterisk). c, capitate; l, lunate; rs, radial styloid; s, scaphoid.
injured scapholunate ligament. Ligamentous stretching and elongation without tear can also be seen on MR images.
Disruption of the lunotriquetral ligament can be seen as a result of perilunate instability or ulnocarpal abutment. Concurrent static or dynamic patterns of midcarpal instability or volar intercalated segmental instability may also be found. The instability develops secondary to volar tilt of the lunate, along with the scaphoid, secondary to disruption of the lunate attachment to the triquetrum. MR detection of lunotriquetral ligament tears is more difficult, given the smaller size of this structure; therefore, lower sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy have been found as compared with arthroscopy and surgery [13,73].
Tears of the TFCC manifest clinically with ulnar-sided wrist pain and tenderness. On physical examination, an audible click or pain may be elicited with rotation of the forearm. Palmer and Werner [15] divided TFCC tears into traumatic and degenerative types. Traumatic tears include central perforation, ul-nar avulsion with or without distal ulnar fracture, distal avulsion, and radial avulsion with or without sigmoid notch fracture [15]. Central perforations typically occur 2 to 3 mm medial to the radial insertion site of the TFCC. Unstable ulnar avulsions may be associated with fractures of the ulnar styloid (Fig. 14). Distal avulsion of the TFCC at the insertion into the lunate or triquetrum is indicative of a tear of the ulnolunate or ulnotriquetral ligament or both. Radial avulsion of the TFCC occurs at the distal aspect of the sigmoid notch and may be associated with a radial fracture (Fig. 15). Degenerative tears of the TFCC are part of the spectrum of ulnocarpal abutment syndrome.
On MRI, partial tears of the TFCC can be depicted as fluid-signal intensity on T2-weighted images extending only to one articular surface, more frequently to the proximal articulating surface with the DRUf [13]. Full-thickness
Fig. 14. Ulnar avulsion of the triangular fibrocartilage. (A) Axial fat-suppressed T2-weighted image demonstrates complete avulsion of the volar radioulnar ligament (arrowhead) outlined by fluid (asterisk) in this patient with distal radial fracture. (B) Sagittal Tl-weighted image shows dorsal subluxation of the distal ulna. R, radius; tfc, triangular fibrocartilage; U, ulna.
defects can be outlined either by joint fluid or intra-articular contrast material. No specific MR signs help to differentiate traumatic from degenerative tears. The age of the patient, location of the tear, and presence of associated lesions such as bruises or fractures may help in this regard. The location of the injury should always be reported. Tears located in the periphery have better blood supply and may be treated with primary repair. By contrast, central lesions are avascular and are treated with debridement.
Fig. 15. Radial avulsion of the triangular fibrocartilage. Coronal gradient echo T2*-weighted image shows complete avulsion of the triangular fibrocartilage (asterisk) from its attachment to the radius at the distal aspect of the sigmoid notch (arrow). Fluid outlines loss of cartilage along the articulating surfaces of the lunate and distal radius (white arrowheads) in keeping with secondary osteoarthritis and probable abutment. Scapholunate ligament indicated by black arrowhead.
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City of Seattle launches digital privacy initiative
The City of Seattle has announced "a citywide privacy initiative, aimed at providing greater transparency into the City's data collection and use practices."
"In the course of doing business with the public, the City is collecting and exchanging increasing amounts of data," said [Mayor Ed Murray (D)]. "As we continue to make innovative technology investments, we need to implement practices that support public trust in the security and privacy of personal information." […]
The collection of data occurs in every day City processes, such as paying a utility bill, renewing a pet license, browsing a web page, or signing up for an email list. Police, fire and emergency services collect different forms of video and electronic data. The increasing complexity of emerging technologies, business systems and laws mean the City must take appropriate steps to facilitate the collection, use, and disposal of data in a manner that balances the needs of the City to conduct its business with individual privacy, in a manner that builds public trust.
As part of this initiative, the City has convened a group of stakeholders from across City departments including Police, Fire, City Light, Transportation, Information Technology, Law, and Seattle Public Library. This team will create a set of principles that govern how the City approaches privacy-impacting decisions and a privacy statement that communicates the City's privacy practices to the public. In addition, the group will propose an approach to educating City departments on privacy practices and assess compliance.

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Honestly, when I graduated college many years ago, I didn't think I'd go back to school later in life and wind up doing metalsmithing and making jewelry. As a history major, I had several friends who were interested in art history, and one of them pursued graduate studies in the ancient Korean art. I still remember her saying how ancient artifacts, they were mostly created in metal, made her feel wonderful just by looking at them.
According to scholars, ancient Koreans knew how to cast bronze into weapons as early as the 10th century BC. I was blessed enough to grow up in a culture where metalwork was accessible in everyday life. My family owned brass bowls and silver utensils with enameled decoration until they were replaced with stainless steel material for convenience. As a custom, a new-born baby on her/his first birthday receives pure gold rings with prints individually weighed about 0.12 troy ounce from relatives and family friends. Field trip to a museum full of the ancient metal artifacts was a yearly routine for kids while in school.
Looking back, as I am now working in metal, I realize how great the influence was. I desire to know where my metalsmithing DNA originates from.


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People walk up to N (Namsan) Seoul Tower and there are Namsan Sunhwan shuttle bus, Seoul city tour bus (we took this) and cable car. General cars are not allowed into Namsan Mountain where the tower is and parking is nearby (not really nearby as you have to walk up). Refer: N Seoul Tower – getting here
There are performances at the entrance, some restaurants & coffee places and only entrance to the Observatory is chargeable – refer http://www.nseoultower.co.kr/eng/
When the drummers move around, the hat string moves in circular motion non-stop.
Fighting performance – a mix of comedy and action:
Hanbok Culture Experience Center (indoor) in this tower is chargeable for entry. This one at the deck, just outside of the experience center. Beautiful traditional gowns inside (not pictured coz I didn't pay):
Close up on one of the gowns:
There is free hanbok to try – not sure for how long and you must return it. These ladies are admiring the skirt. Sporting ahjumma:
No more cherry blossom, except on the ground:
You know why couples love to come here?
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Time: September 1, 2009 at 7pm to September 13, 2009 at 6pm
Location: Ouchi Gallery
Street: 170 Tillary Street Suite 507
City/Town: Brooklyn, NY 11202
Website or Map: http://www.min-gei.com
Event Type: solo, exhibition
Organized By: Ouchi Gallery
Latest Activity: Aug 25, 2009
Opening Reception: Sept. 1 (Tues) 7~10pm
Exhibition: Sept. 2 (Wed) ~ 13 (Sun) 12~6pm (appointment by email only)
Ryoko Goto was born in Tokyo in 1977.
She studied art, mainly oil painting, at Musashino Art Junior College. After she finished school, she had many solo exhibitions and performed live paintings in Tokyo, which she continues today. Her favorite artists include Saburo Aso, Jackson Pollock, Isamu Noguchi.
She tries not to have only one theme in her paintings, because she thinks that "humans are versatile." She prefers watercolor and mixed media watercolor over oil color, because of the feel and impression that one gets from the motifs. For her more conventional media works, she has used hemp, Japanese paper, glia, colors for Japanese traditional paintings, and paper clay, etc.
She placed 3rd among 940 applicants in the popularity vote of "GEISAI," an art event sponsored by Takashi Murakami. She was also selected for the competition, "Tokyo Wonder Wall."
At this "EN" exhibition, audiences can not only enjoy looking at Goto's art but can also create their own with HAGALEX paint, which is magical eco-paint made of rubber.
"Let's play with paint like a kid with
me at my show!"
Original T-shirts designed by Ryoko Goto will be sold at the exhibition. Profit will be donated to International Social Service Japan (ISSJ), an organization that focuses on the social welfare issues of children. ISSJ provides assistance beyond nationalities, religions and customs, based on the idea, "All Men are Equal", to the people suffering from the problems of welfare and the human right when there are two or more countries involved.
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[QUOTE=Driven;101407]Sounds enticing! I'd love to go out just to run the track, but would need to rent something.
So this is probably one of the safest tracks you can run. In general there is considerable run out in most areas. Yes, there are some guardrails but mostly in areas where there aren't any issues (like front straight). It is a *very* technical track and a little slower than some of the faster tracks. The fastest I typically run is 120 max going into the 'kink'. The good news is: if you can carry speed through the turns it is a pretty competitive track for miatas, etc. Yes, the higher powered cars will pass on the straights but it can definitely be fun for slower cars and you can actually catch some of the faster cars in the turns if you drive it well. I literally took my wifes Ford Edge sport one year as I got a flat in the Rossion on the way there and couldn't get a tire short notice. I still had a lot of fun!
There are several good videos online on how to drive line, etc and it's worth reviewing multiple times before you get there so you don't spend the first hour or so just learning the track. NASA has a good video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzJWWI6SwEg
Here is me playing around with a friend in an S2000 showing him the line from last weekend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6COkkHjQQK4


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It could be a dumb question, and tried to search for it and found nothing.
I been using mysql for years(not that to long) but i never had tried mysql transactions. Now my question is, what would happen if i issue an insert or delete statement from multiple clients using transactions? does it would lock the table and prevent other client to perform there query? what would happen if other client issue a transaction query while the other client still have unfinished transaction?
I appreciate for any help will come.
P.S. most likely i will use insert using a file or csv it could be a big chunk of data or just a small one.


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Imagine this: You're in the middle of a hot and heavy make out session with your girlfriend or boyfriend. All of a sudden, you realize that this is it — you're about to have sex. You both lean over and reach for a condom at the same time, but wait... here's where the dream sequence gets fuzzy. Exactly what kind of condom is it?
Following are some of the benefits of buying condoms on-line
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Popular varieties of condoms:
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fellow Christians, and welcome to yet another edition of Christian Game
Reviews: The hottest place to find godly reviews of all your favorite
animated games! This time around I'm taking a look at Splinter
Cell: Conviction,
a fighting action game for the Xbox, Playstation, and Nintendo Wii, and
Gameboy videogame systems. As is typical for an obscenely violent game
full of sex with minors, homosexuality, and gambling, Splinter
Cell: The Conviction has been garnering rave reviews from the
secular press.
But while this may be good enough cause for John Q. Parent to run right
out and purchase this game for Little Billy, those who live by the law
of The Lord would do well to think twice before plunking down their
hard-earned Christian dollars on this little jaunt through Sodom and
The main character, Sam "The Fish" Fishler, is an escaped convict with
a bone to pick with the man. Having recently been charged with robbery
and sexual assault, he is on the run from the law after raping and
murdering a guard and escaping from the federal penitentiary. His
mission: To avenge the death of his daughter Tracy at the hands of evil
men. As you can probably tell already, this is not a game which is
suitable for children or women.
Throughout the game, Fishler will be called upon to perform "torture
executions" on key characters, for which the player will be rewarded
points and fresh guns. These executions are gruesome beyond compare,
and encourage the player (meaning children) to perform the following
actions on an enemy he is torturing:
- Smash his head through a sink
- Burn his face on a griddle
- Put him in a locker
- Shove his head through a brick wall
- Put his head in the toilet
- Cuss at him and hit him with your gun
- Put him in a clothes dryer
Some might try to defend these actions by claiming that the enemies you
use these attacks against are "bad guys" but this is no excuse. God
loves all his children equally aside from homosexuals and women of low
moral character. As I saw no evidence that either of these traits were
held by the enemies in this game (most of them appeared to be good
Christian white men), and as such, this reviewer finds the violence
against them to be offensive at a molecular level.
God did not create molecules a few hundred years ago so that humans
could squander them on the manufacture of CDs which could then be utilized for this sort of satanic
filth. Such things lead only to damnation.
The most egregious offense comes in the form of recorded dialogue.
Occasionally enemies will cry out while engaged in battle with Fishler.
Most of the time these exclamations are what you would expect from a
game of this sort ("Die!" "You're going down!" etc) but from time to
time they devolve into the sexually obscene.
For example, towards the beginning of the game, certain enemies will
shout things similar to "Sam I f***ed your daughter's face, and it was
good!" to which Sam will respond, "You bastard, I'll f*** your eyes out
and s*** in your throat!" While I understand this is a realistic way
for criminals to talk, I really did not need it in my living room. My
four young children (ages four through ten) were watching me play the
game, and call me old fashioned, but I don't feel like this kind of
language should ever be heard by small children.
More to this point, my eight-year-old recently threw a toy hammer
through our sliding door and threatened to "S*** f*** my face" if I
wouldn't let him watch cartoons. I was so shocked I nearly forgot to
slap him. Could a videogame really hold so much power over a child? The
answer, of course, is a resounding yes.
I think we all know where to lay the blame: Right at the feet of Tom
Clancy, the creator of this game. Shame on you Mr. Clancy. Shame on you.
Thankfully, Splinter Cell: The Conviction contains little in
way of witchcraft or witchery. However, this does not mean it is wholly
free of darkly accoutrements. The entire basis of the game revolves
skulking in the shadows, a practice favored by practitioners of the
unclean arts. You did not see godly characters such as John The
Baptist, Baby Moses, or the Good King Solomon slithering around in the
darkness like serpents, nor should you have. As the good book says: "A
man who is virtuous and true shall carry a torch with him wherever he
shall go. In doing so, he brings the light of The Lord to all things.
In addition to the sexual cursing detailed above (which apparently
wasn't enough), this game contains a number of other horrific cusses.
Just off the top of my head, I can point to frequent usages of the
S-Word, the F-Word, the MF-Word, the C-Word, The D-Word, and the
R-Word. Peripheral characters are often referred to as D-Bags, D-Holes,
and C-Bags, and innocent bystanders are frequently told to "Get F-ing
down" or "J yourself off" or "get the hell out of the F-ing way" in as
rude of a manner as possible. Would it kill you, Mr. Fishler, to say
"Please" or "Thank You" once and a while? Apparently it would.
It pains me to admit it, but at it's heart, Splinter Cell:
does indeed contain a proper Christian message. Throughout the game, I
found myself wondering "if my daughter was murdered by terrorists,
wouldn't I do the very same things (murder, rape, sodomy, etc) to get
vengeance for her?" The answer of of course, is a resounding yes. It is
the right --nay, the duty-- of the good and righteous man to
wreak his own brand of godly justice upon those who have wronged his
family. It is the one and only time in which it is appropriate to
commit horrible acts of sin. In other words "If you mess with my
family, Katy, bar the door, because all bets are off."
But through I might agree with the message at the game's core, I still
cannot bring myself to approve of it's existence. The bottom line is
that those who wish to live vicariously through a tale of bloody
vengeance need only look so far as the pages of their Gideon Bible, to
the story of Christ Himself, who was murdered by godless heathens,
subsequently rose from the dead, and proceeded to rain fiery vengeance
down upon those who would oppose his will.


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UNSC seems indifferent to Kashmir issue: AJK president
Islamabad, November 08, 2019 (PPI-OT): Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan said on Thursday that UN Security Council (UNSC) President Karen Pierce had removed the Kashmir issue from this month's agenda, lamenting that the international body did not seem to be concerned over the grave human rights situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK).
The IOK has been on a knife-edge since August 5 when the Indian government moved to strip the region of its autonomy, imposed a lock down, cut telecommunications and detained thousands. "The Security Council appears waiting for complete annihilation of the Kashmiri people," he told a 16-member high-level visiting delegation of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The AJK president said Kashmiris had great expectations with ASEAN member states, particularly the Malaysian parliament.
He expressed hope that ASEAN would play its role to help the oppressed people of IOK. Led by the head of Malaysian Consultative Council for Islamic Organization Azeemi Abdul Hameed, the delegation included MPs from Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, Thailand, Kampuchea, Singapore and Myanmar.
Expressing disappointment with UNSC, the AJK president regretted that the world body had failed to raise voice against genocide and trampling of human rights of Kashmiris. He maintained that though the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) had supported the Kashmiris' right to self-determination, it did not make any significant impact on an international level.
Khan thanked Malaysia, China, Turkey and Iran for adopting a clear stance in support of the people of occupied Kashmir, and hoped that other regional countries would also adopt a similar stand, and extend moral and political support to the people of the occupied valley.
The delegates said it was the second delegation from ASEAN which was visiting Pakistan and AJK to review the ground situation. They said that they were conscious of the agonies of Kashmiris, and the aim of their visit was to express solidarity with them, adding that ASEAN states will play their role in seeking justice for Kashmiris.
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~A Letter To The Other Side~
Dear family, friends and foes,
I write this letter to those of you who have passed on to another plane of existence. I wish to express my gratitude and respect on behalf of the thousands of paranormal investigators and ghost hunters around the world. After many years of research, we still don't really know why we can see and hear you sometimes and not at others.
I ask that you forgive our errors in learning about your existence. Whether you are earthbound or have moved on to the great beyond, please remember the limitations of physical existence. There are many of us here truly trying to understand and communicate with you. We are letting others know what we are finding out so that they don't have to be afraid of you.
I want everyone here on the earth plane to remember and understand that you are human beings, have been and always will be. Our perceptions are limited, again by physical laws and when you seemingly pop out of nowhere, we are startled. But if we were not afraid of you when you were in body, why should we be afraid of you now? I suppose if you were violent in body, you are probably not someone I want hanging out in my basement, attic, bedroom, etc.
But I know you wouldn't be making the effort to communicate with us if you didn't want us to understand that our soul or consciousness lives on after physical death. You wouldn't communicate unless you wanted us to know what happened to you and to maybe help you with our, still as yet, limited resources.
I wish to apologize for those who try to provoke you into making your presence known by insulting you and invading your personal belongings. It is just that they want to capture evidence of your existence and since we have to deal with time issues, angering or upsetting you seems to work at times. It is not a good excuse but it is the only one we have.
I want to express my sadness for those of you who seem to remain stuck here on the earthly plane, unwilling or unable to move on. There is greater spiritual development waiting for you and you need not remain here, stuck in the past. Go home now and find your family and friends who passed before and after you. Find peace.
In closing, I again want to extend the utmost respect to you from all the investigators who are serious about finding out how it all works. Although we may appear to be nuts, (stumbling around in the dark, talking to the walls, etc.) to others and maybe even to you, we persevere in our quest for greater understanding.
If there is anything we can do or should be doing to make the communications easier, please try to let us know in the best way you can. I, for one, will continue my research and will be watching and listening closely for any sign of your presence.
~©Jazzi Ryan Ranes~
Paranomalous Events
I had several unusual, possibly paranormal events occur in my home last month. I can go for weeks or even months and never experience anything anomalous or even slightly strange in my house, and then things will happen in waves. Early January, as I was standing at the sink doing dishes, I dropped a piece of food on the floor and automatically looked down to my left to see if my dog, Ounce, had snatched the bit up. She had but the thing is, she has been dead for 18 years and had been my constant companion for the almost 16 years she had on this earth. I haven't heard her toenails on the hardwood floors or her unique voice in many years but that day, as present as she ever was in life, waiting for a handout, she stood for a brief second. It was as awesome and beautiful as it was sad to the point of heart wrenching.
Around this time there were also some unusual noises that would take place in the kitchen behind me on and off as I worked at the sink. I could find no sign of anything that could have created those noises, those sounds of dishware being slid around. So…about a week after the visit from my beloved deceased pet yet another incident. As I was standing in the living room looking out the window, a presence whooshed by me with enough force that I felt the energy and saw it as a vaguely human shaped blur a few inches shorter than me. It made me take a step back and go WTF was that! No fear, just surprise. There have been the occasional disembodied voices, which I can never quite make out what is being said even though some are quite loud. Now before I tell you the rest I have to tell you that we collect antiques, rustic and prehistoric items well as have a cabinet full of crystals and stones and such. So hey…any damn thing could be here or passing through.
In the photos below, you can see where three weeks ago these circles or signs appeared on my shamefully dirty windows. You can only see them in a certain light and they are very difficult to photograph.
Last month sometime I read a piece with a photo of a similar image only it was much more detailed than my circles. I was as baffled as the authors were and thought it may have been a magnetic anomaly of some kind or an electrostatic charge. I was floored to find these on my very own windows!! Does anyone out there know what is going on? They appeared on my windows about two weeks after I read that article. Here is a link to that article.
That is another point to consider. I spend all of my free time (and I do mean all) researching all things paranomalous, all things universal and all things betwixt and between. It is a deeply ingrained part of who I am and that will never change. Does that then too…make me another source of energy for these already energetic entities? Moving on.
One morning between 5:30 to 7:30 am, three distinctly different things happened in a row. Firstly, from where I was sitting on the couch I could see out the kitchen sliding glass door. This tall black figure appeared outside the door and gone several times…always at least as tall as the door but thin. The wall phone shown here is not hooked up and I have not heard these bells in months. This morning they would randomly gently ding as if it was trying to ring.
I was ready to dismiss one as imagination and the other as odd but not paranormal and then one last incident startled me. As I moved to open a sliding door where I feed the birds every morning, the rocker recliner a couple feet away turned away from me by around 3 inches. I just shook my head because that chair has never moved by itself and had no apparent reason to do so this time. The floor is stable and the chair itself takes some force to move. I couldn't recreate it or explain it. This doesn't even include the sprinkling of "out of the corner of the eye" type sightings.
So why am I even telling you about all of it? I guess just because it was a very active January at my place and I'm the only one who experiences these things in my home. And I just felt like telling somebody, which is rare because I don't usually say much…even on social media…I just post the stories and let people come to their own conclusions mostly. I'm more of an archivist than a conversationalist. So this post is a bit more personal than I usually get but I had to get it out, so there you go. Just to be clear, I am not saying all of these incidents were paranormal in nature. I am saying that I believe most of them were until I can prove otherwise. Since these are all personal experiences except the window dust circles (what the heck are they?!?), there is no way to prove they happened or not.
So far February has been uneventful paranormalogistically and that could go on for weeks. Or I could find out today that I misplaced my current book, hand lotion, oven mitt…only to find it later exactly where I left it.


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The East End osprey population has been flourishing, with the number of active nesting sites increasing more than 50 percent in the region since 2014, according to this year's osprey survey conducted by the Group for the East End in conjunction with other organizations.
There were 301 active nests counted between July 1 and late August in the towns of Southampton, Southold, Riverhead, East Hampton and Shelter Island, not including privately-owned Gardiner's Island, which was not surveyed, according to the Group's vice president Aaron Virgin, who oversees the survey work.
That compares with 198 active nests counted in 2014, when the Group began conducting the annual survey with help from The Nature Conservancy, the Eastern Long Island Audubon Society, North Fork Audubon and staff from various town agencies.
Mr. Virgin attributes the bird's population increase to plentiful stocks of menhaden. He said an osprey can bring up to 20 menhaden, also known as bunker, to its chicks every day. Mr. Virgin attributes the rise in menhaden stocks to tighter limits on industrialized fishing in the region.
Five-year averages for the number of nesting sites in each of the five East End towns are 196 in Southold; 106 in Southampton; 64 on Shelter Island; 28 in East Hampton, and 12 in Riverhead.
The densest population of breeding ospreys is on the North Fork, Mr. Virgin reported, including Fishers, Plum and Robins Islands, which alone account for 60 nesting sites. About half of the East End's active nesting sites are in Southold Town, which Mr. Virgin attributed to the "myriad creeks, coves and small bays adjacent to Peconic Bay and Gardiners Bay."
Shelter Island had the highest occupancy rate, with 80 percent of known nesting sites in use this year, Mr. Virgin reported. Its five-year average is 69 percent. Riverhead had the fewest nests with 19, only about half of which were occupied. "This is due to the town's large shoreline frontage on the Long Island Sound," Mr. Virgin wrote, "where there are only roughly one dozen osprey sites due to strong winds and surf during storm events, and minimal habitat along the Peconic Bay."
He found that East Hampton Town's nests were the highest locally in terms of successful breeding, with a five-year average of 1.58 chicks for each nest. Scientists consider any average of one or more the sign of a stable population as each chick matures and reproduces within the lifespans of its parents.
"Without question," Mr. Virgin wrote, "East Hampton appears to be showing the fastest growth, particularly in the Accabonac Harbor area, where more than a dozen nests could be observed from a single spot" this summer.
Southampton, the largest of the East End's towns in terms of geography and human population, "has had a very steady population during the past 20 years," Mr. Virgin wrote, which he called a testament to the Group's earlier days in osprey conservation.
Formerly known as the Group for the South Fork, when it was based in Bridgehampton, the Group in past decades set up osprey nesting poles around the town. "Perennial areas along Dune Road, Shinnecock Bay, Mecox Bay, along with newer sites on Scallop Pond, Long Beach and North Haven have kept the osprey population not only stable but modestly increasing, particularly in the backcountry areas of Water Mill and Bridgehampton," Mr. Virgin wrote. The Group now has offices in Southold.
Interestingly, Mr. Virgin predicts that the osprey population on the East End will stabilize as the bald eagle's numbers continue to rise here. During this year's survey, bald eagles were encountered at multiple sites, including Scallop Pond in North Sea, Hubbard Creek in Flanders and Kellis Pond in Bridgehampton, he said; bald eagles were already in residence on Shelter Island. "I have heard of other bald eagle sightings on the North Fork, Plum Island and points west," Mr. Virgin said.
Because they compete with ospreys for food — and are known to attack nests and kill chicks — it is expected that bald eagles will put a lid on the osprey population. "It's going to be very interesting very quickly once a critical mass of bald eagles is breeding on the East End," Mr. Virgin wrote, "It may not happen next year or within the next five years, but it's coming."
The population of both birds plummeted from the 1950s into the 1970s because of the pesticide DDT, which was used in many regions to fight mosquitos. The chemical thinned their egg shells, which were crushed under the weight of adult birds. Both eagle and osprey populations began a slow rebound after DDT was banned in 1972.


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"I believe that one of the most deeply human, and humane, of [the human] faculties is the power of the imagination: so that it is our pleasant duty, as librarians, or teachers, or parents, or writers, or simply as grownups, to encourage that faculty of imagination in our children, to encourage it to grow freely, to flourish like the green bay tree, by giving it the best, absolutely the best and purest, nourishment that it can absorb. And never, under any circumstances, to squelch it, or sneer at it, or imply that it is childish, or unmanly, or untrue."
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What can be a more perfect way to spend a lazy Sunday than to wake up late before heading to a quaint cafe for a savory brunch? To spend the rest of the day idling & people-watching at the cafe before ending it with a sinful indulgence in something sweet would simply be the icing on the cake! In other words, it's the perfect recipe to either end the busy work week or kick start the beginning of the new week!
Considering how much Singaporeans love to have a hearty breakfast, it's no wonder that the dining concept of an all-day brunch is becoming extremely popular amongst diners from all walks of life. Good for us who love to have our breakfast at anytime of the day! 1-Caramel, the dessert boutique of 1 Rochester Group, has recently launched an all-day breakfast menu, much to the delight of its regulars. Eggs. French Toast. Crunchy Granola. Bacon. Waffles & Pancakes. 1-Caramel serves all the traditional delights and more as it introduces a dash of fine dining to breakfast – Look out for its Posh Platter that serves caviar!
Housed in a beautiful colonial bungalow set amidst the lush greenery of 1 Rochester Park, 1-Caramel seems like the ideal cafe if you're ever up for an orgasmic gastronomic experience as it also serves an extensive dessert and sweet treats menu, on top of its daily brunch sets. Now, I'm not gonna lie to anyone … I confess that I have a sweet tooth, and my love for chocolate has become quite an unhealthy addiction. If I must die, let it be death by chocolate. The 1-Caramel Assiette, petite-sized desserts served on a sharing platter, is a new addition to its menu and personally, I think a dessert platter is a brilliant idea so that dessert lovers like yours truly can sample a bit of everything. A smorgasbord of desserts. Plus, it's an excuse for us not to feel too guilty about over-indulgence!
Dining at 1-Caramel is simply more than just a simple affair of eating out. Instead, it is all about the experience of indulging in sweet treats as you catch the pastry chefs whipping up each dessert with precision and care. This open dining concept gives the patisserie character as it encourages the friendly interaction between the staff and the diners, thus bringing the service standard to a higher level. 1 Caramel – The place for all day breakfast & sweet treats.
* The food tasting at 1-Caramel wouldn't be possible if not for OMY Singapore and 1 Rochester Group. Thank you so much for inviting me to this exclusive bloggers' event! 🙂
Traditional Eggs Benedict
Poached eggs on toasted English muffin with hollandaise sauce and smoked salmon
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Raspberry Chocolate Lollipop
1-Caramel Assiette
Death by chocolate, 1-Caramel Baked Alaska, Earl Grey Creme Brulee, Raspberry Lychee Rose Panacotta & Lychee Lemon Compote, Midori Macaroon and Tropical Vodka Trifle.
Death By Chocolate
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To read about 1-Caramel from a food blogger's point of view, do check my new friend, Justin's blog at Gourmet Estorie! A brilliantly written piece 🙂
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Movie Rentals
Current Dvd RentalWritten by Kevin Tavolaro
DVD current releases are usually by far the most popular video rentals, as is evidenced by the entire walls featuring multiple copies of one title that can be seen at most major video stores. Although there are some films that manage to maintain a respectable level of rental popularity over time, the demand for the most current DVD releases is overwhelming.
Movies that were successful at the box office can usually be expected to duplicate that success when released to the DVD rental market. However, many films that were overlooked in their theatrical release go on to become popular as rentals. Word-of-mouth can be surprisingly effective in enhancing the popularity of new video releases. Many films that, due to weak marketing or a poorly chosen theatrical release date, were not given public attention manage to find their audience after being released on DVD. Combined with the demand for movies that were box office hits, this makes the most current rental also the most likely to fly off the shelves.
Current DVD Rental Choices
Currently, the top movie DVD in America encompass a wide variety of genres, from animation, to documentary, to comedy, to horror. "The Spongebob Squarepants Movie," based on the immensely popular Nickelodeon cartoon series, has consistently been a top rental since its recent release on DVD. "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events," another new release, is currently the top DVD rental in the country. The film is based on a best-selling series of children's books, and is a macabre fantasy-adventure about two newly orphaned siblings trying to outwit their twisted guardian (played by Jim Carrey), as he schemes to steal their inheritance.
The action film "Elektra" is another top rental among the new DVD releases. This movie is not so much a sequel as a spin-off from 2003's "Daredevil" film, and features one of that movie's main characters. Jennifer Gardner reprises her role as Elektra, Marvel Comics' elite ninja assassin. Elektra finds herself protecting a young girl and her widowed father from an evil organization known as "The Hand." This film is a good example of a movie that's found a second life on DVD.


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It's another edition of DFS DegeNation Podcast with Kevin Steele (@FantasyWrath13), Ryan Williams (@RyanAlexander_W), and Matt Dickason (@Matty_D_30)! We are back this week to talk playoffs? playoffs? Yeah, Week 1 preseason is here. Join us as we go through each position and who our top plays are of the week.
For those new to the pod, the approach we take every week is simple – favorite plays by position. This is not your typical game-by-game breakdown like other podcasts in the industry. The DegeNation Podcast is an open conversation for the guys to discuss their research findings, who they're targeting in Cash vs. GPP games (yes, Kevin Steele will actually play Cash games this year), and, let's be honest, to talk smack on each other. If you enjoy the DegeNation Pod, don't forget to subscribe, rate and review on iTunes, Stitcher or your podcasting software of choice. You can also follow the podcast on Twitter @DegeNationPod – see you there!
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Hi Nanoprobe.
My PowerCooler R9 270s are so far running stable @ 1175/1550 (core/mem on stock volts) and are about 35% faster over a single task at stock settings. I am running 4 task on each card using the below config and am limiting CPU task to 6 so that the GPU task has two full CPU cores to support them (they don't need much but one isn't enough). The Asus cards I am still playing with and haven't yet put POAM on them but with video testing they won't run over 1140/1550 (stock). I may flash them and see if I can get them up to 1200. I was able to run @1200 for awhile on the Powercoolers and they returned 39% but it wasn't stable and it may not be worth the extra power/heat anyway so I may just stick to stock.
I have tried running between 2-6 tasks and 4 is definitely the sweet spot for the R9 270s. POEM task like higher memory and core speeds. They also eat video memory and will use 250-550MB though usually staying in the 350 range for each task. If you don't have enough it will swap to RAM but that of course slows them down. Running 5 or 6 tasks was slower than just running one but I've heard faster cards like 6 (probably 3+GB cards---mine are only 2GB).
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The Missouri Model is helping change the juvenile justice system by providing students with the ability to transition into the community at a cheaper cost to the state. According to a recent study by the Annie B. Casey Foundation, the model shows 75% of the kids that go through the Missouri juvenile justice system advance through school as if they were never detained in the first place. At the time of discharge from the system, 85.3% are already engaged in school or have found a job.
The Missouri system accomplishes this by using the following core strategies:
- Placing kids into smaller facilities near their homes.
- Kids are supervised in small groups but get individualized attention.
- Emphasis is on a positive atmosphere that is safe physically and emotionally.
- Kids develop academic, pre-vocational, and communication skills to help them acknowledge and solve personal problems.
- Family members are treated as resources to help kids, rather the source of problems.
- The system provides extended support and monitoring when kids go home.
The financial aspect of the Missouri juvenile justice system is also appealing. The Casey Foundation reports that Missouri spends $87 million a year on detention youth services. In contrast, according to the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice annual fiscal budget in 2008, Georgia spent almost $322,000,000 on it's juvenile justice system.


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1. Opening prayer
Father, send your Holy Spirit that the fruitless night of our life may be transformed into the radiant dawn that enables us to know your Son Jesus present among us. Let your Spirit breathe on the waters of our sea, as he did at the moment of creation,
to open our hearts to the invitation of the Lord's love and that we may share in the banquet of his Body and his Word. May your Spirit burn within us, Father, that we may become witnesses of Jesus, like Peter and John and the other disciples, and that we too may go out every day to become fishermen and women for your kingdom. Amen.
2. The word of the Lord for today
a) A reading of the passage:
1 Later on, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples. It was by the Sea of Tiberias, and it happened like this: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee and two more of his disciples were together. 3 Simon Peter said, 'I'm going fishing.' They replied, 'We'll come with you.' They went out and got into the boat but caught nothing that night.
4 When it was already light, there stood Jesus on the shore, though the disciples did not realise that it was Jesus. 5 Jesus called out, 'Haven't you caught anything, friends?' And when they answered, 'No,' 6 he said, 'Throw the net out to starboard and you'll find something.' So they threw the net out and could not haul it in because of the quantity of fish. 7 The disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, 'It is the Lord.' At these words, 'It is the Lord,' Simon Peter tied his outer garment round him (for he had nothing on) and John 21: 1-19jumped into the water. 8 The other disciples came on in the boat, towing the net with the fish; they were only about a hundred yards from land.
9 As soon as they came ashore they saw that there was some bread there and a charcoal fire with fish cooking on it. 10 Jesus said, 'Bring some of the fish you have just caught.' 11 Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net ashore, full of big fish, one hundred and fifty-three of them; and in spite of there being so many the net was not broken. 12 Jesus said to them, 'Come and have breakfast.' None of the disciples was bold enough to ask, 'Who are you?'. They knew quite well it was the Lord. 13 Jesus then stepped forward, took the bread and gave it to them, and the same with the fish. 14 This was the third time that Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after rising from the dead.
15 When they had eaten, Jesus said to Simon Peter, 'Simon son of John, do you love me more than these others do?' He answered, 'Yes, Lord, you know I love you.' Jesus said to him, 'Feed my lambs.' 16 A second time he said to him, 'Simon son of John, do you love me?' He replied, 'Yes, Lord, you know I love you.' Jesus said to him, 'Look after my sheep.' 17 Then he said to him a third time, 'Simon son of John, do you love me?' Peter was hurt that he asked him a third time, 'Do you love me?' and said, 'Lord, you know everything; you know I love you.' Jesus said to him, 'Feed my sheep. 18 In all truth I tell you, when you were young you put on your own belt and walked where you liked; but when you grow old you will stretch out your hands, and somebody else will put a belt round you and take you where you would rather not go.' 19 In these words he indicated the kind of death by which Peter would give glory to God. After this he said, 'Follow me.'
b) The context of the passage:
After this first contact with the passage, I now feel the need to better understand its context. I pick up the Bible and do not allow superficial first impressions influence me. I try to search and listen. I open chapter 21 of John's Gospel, practically at the end of the Gospel. The end of anything usually contains all that went before it, everything that was built up bit by bit. This catch on the lake of Tiberias reminds me strongly and clearly of the beginning of the Gospel where Jesus calls the first disciples, the same ones who are now present with him: Peter, James, John and Nathanael. The meal with Jesus, bread and fish, reminds me of chapter 6 where the great multiplication of the loaves took place, the revelation of the Bread of Life. The intimate and personal conversation between Jesus and Peter, his triple question: "Do you love me?" reminds again of the Easter vigil when Peter had denied the Lord three times.
Then, if I turn back just a little the pages of the Gospel, I find the wonderful passage concerning the resurrection: the haste by night of Mary Magdalene and the other women to the sepulchre, the discovery of the empty tomb, Peter and John's race, their looking into the sepulchre, their contemplation, their faith; I still find the eleven behind locked doors in the cenacle and then the risen Jesus comes in, the gift of the Spirit, the absence and unbelief of Thomas, a belief regained with the second coming in of Jesus; I hear that wonderful proclamation of the beatitude, which is for all of us today, called to believe without having seen.
Then I too go to the waters of that sea, on a night with no catch, empty handed. But it is here and now that I am visited, embraced by the manifestation, the revelation of the Lord Jesus. I too am here, then, to recognize him, to throw myself into the sea and go towards him to share in the banquet, to let him dig deep into my heart with his questions, his words, so that once more He may repeat to me: "Follow me!" and I, at last, may say to him "Here I am!", fuller, truer and stronger and for ever.
c) A subdivision of the text:
v.1: With the verb 'revealed', John immediately draws our attention to a great event about to take place. The power of Jesus' resurrection has not yet ceased to invade the lives of the disciples and thus of the Church. It is just a matter of being prepared to accept the light, the salvation offered by Christ. As he reveals himself in this text now, so also he will go on revealing himself in the lives of believers, also in our lives.
vv. 2- 3: Peter and the other six disciples go out from the locked cenacle and go to the sea to fish, but after a whole night of labour, they catch nothing. It is the dark, the solitude, the inability of human endeavours.
vv. 4-8: Finally the dawn comes, light returns and Jesus appears standing on the shore of the sea. But the disciples do not recognize him yet; they need to embark on a very deep interior journey. The initiative comes from the Lord who, by his words, helps them to see their need, their situation: they have nothing to eat. Then he invites them to cast the net again. Obedience to his Word works the miracle and the catch is abundant. John, the disciple of love, recognizes the Lord and shouts his faith to the other disciples. Peter believes and immediately throws himself into the sea to go as quickly as possible to the Lord and Master. The others, however, follow dragging the boat and the net.
vv. 9-14: The scene now changes on land, where Jesus had been waiting for the disciples. Here a banquet takes place: Jesus' bread is joined to the disciples' fish, his life and his gift become one with their life and gift. It is the power of the Word made flesh, made existence.
vv. 15-18: Now Jesus addresses Peter directly heart to heart; it is a very powerful moment of love from which I cannot separate myself, because those same words of the Lord are written and repeated also for me, today. It is a mutual declaration of love repeated three times, capable of overcoming all infidelities and weaknesses. From now on a new life begins for Peter and for me, if I so desire.
v. 19: This last verse of the text is rather unusual because it is a comment of the Evangelist followed immediately by Jesus' very powerful and definitive word to Peter: "Follow me!", to which there is no other reply than life itself.
3. A moment of prayerful silence
Here I pause a while and gather in my heart the words I have read and heard. I try to do what Mary did, who listened to the words of the Lord and examined them, weighed them and allowed them to speak for themselves without interpreting, changing, diminishing or adding anything to them. In silence I pause on this text and go over it in my heart.
4. Some questions
a) "They went out and got into the boat" (v. 3). Am I also ready to embark on this journey of conversion? Will I let myself be reawakened by Jesus' invitation? Or do I prefer to go on hiding behind my closed doors for fear like the disciples in the cenacle? Do I want to go out, to go out after Jesus, to allow him to lead me? There is a boat ready for me, there is a vocation of love given to me by the Lord; when will I make up my mind to truly respond?
b) "…But caught nothing that night" (ibid). Do I have the courage to hear the Lord say to me that there is emptiness in me, that it is night, that I am empty handed? Do I have the courage to admit that I need him, his presence? Do I want to open my heart to him, my innermost self, that which I constantly try to deny, to hide? He knows everything, he knows my innermost self; he sees that I have nothing to eat, but it is I who have to realize this about myself, that must eventually come to him empty handed, even weeping, with a heart full of sadness and anguish. If I do not take this step, the true light, the dawn of my day will never shine.
c) "Throw the net out to starboard" (v. 6). The Lord speaks clearly to me too in moments when, thanks to a person or a prayer gathering or a Word spoken, I understand clearly what I have to do. The command is very clear; I only need to listen and obey. "Throw out to starboard", the Lord says to me. Do I at last have the courage to trust him, or do I wish to go on my own way, in my own way? Do I wish to cast my net for him?
d) "Simon Peter … jumped into the water" (v. 7). I am not sure that there is a more beautiful verse than this. Peter jumped in, like the widow at the temple who cast all she had, like the man possessed who was healed (Mk 5: 6), like Jairus, like the woman with the haemorrhage, like the leper, all of whom threw themselves at Jesus' feet, surrendering their lives to him. Or like Jesus himself who threw himself on the ground and prayed to his Father (Mk 14: 35). Now is my time. Do I also want to throw myself into the sea of mercy, of the Father's love, do I wish to surrender to him my whole life, my whole being, my sufferings, my hopes, my wishes, my sins, my desire to start again? His arms are ready to welcome me, rather, I am certain that it will be he who will throw his arms around my neck, as it is written … "While he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with pity. He ran to the boy, clasped him in his arms and kissed him".
e) "Bring some of the fish you have just caught" (v. 10). The Lord asks me to join my food with his, my life with his. While the Evangelist is speaking of fish, it is as if he were speaking of people, those whom the Lord himself wishes to save through my efforts at fishing. That is why he sends me. At his table, at his feast, he expects me and expects all those brothers and sisters whom in his love he has placed in my life. I cannot go to Jesus alone. This Word, then, asks whether I am prepared to go to the Lord, to sit at his table, to celebrate Eucharist with him and whether I am ready to spend my life and my energies to bring to him with me many of my brothers and sisters. I must look within my heart sincerely and see my resistance, my closure to him and to others.
f) "Do you love me?" (v. 15). How can I answer this question? How can I proclaim my love for God when all my infidelities and my denials come to the surface? What happened to Peter is also part of my story. But I do not want this fear to prevent me and make me retreat; no! I want to go to Jesus, I want to stay with him, I want to approach him and say that I love him. I borrow Peter's words and make them mine, I write them on my heart, I repeat them, I give them breath and life in my life and then I gather courage and say to Jesus: "Lord, you know everything; you know I love you". Just as I am, I love him. Thank you, Lord, that you ask me to love and that you expect me, you want me; thank you because you rejoice in my poor love.
g) "Feed my sheep… Follow me" (vv. 15. 19). That is how the text ends. It is an open-ended ending and still goes on speaking to me. This is the Word that the Lord entrusts to me so that I may put it into practice in my life from this day on. I want to accept the mission that the Lord entrusts to me; I want to answer his call and to follow him wherever he may lead me, every day and in every small matter.
5. A key to the reading
Peter is the first to take the initiative and proclaim to his brothers his decision to go fishing. Peter goes out to the sea, that is, the world, he goes to his brothers and sisters because he knows that he is a fisher of people (Lk 5, 10); just like Jesus, who went out of the Father to come and pitch his tent in our midst. Peter is also the first to react to the words of John who recognizes Jesus on the shore. He ties his garment and throws himself into the sea. These seem to me to be strong allusions to baptism. It is as if Peter wishes to bury completely his past in those waters, just like a catechumen who enters the baptismal font. Peter commits himself to these purifying waters, he allows himself to be healed: he throws himself into the waters, taking with him his self conceits, his faults, the weight of his denial, his tears, so as to rise again a new man to meet his Lord. Before he throws himself, Peter ties his garment, just like Jesus did, before him, when he tied a garment to wash the feet of his disciples at the last supper. It is the garment of a servant, of one who gives him/herself to his/her brothers and sisters, and it is this garment that covers his nakedness. It is the garment of the Lord himself, who wraps him in his love and his forgiveness. Thanks to this love, Peter will be able to come up again from the sea and start all over again. It is also said of Jesus that he came up out of the water after his baptism; Master and disciple share the same verb, the same experience. Peter is now a new man! That is why he will be able to affirm three times that he loves the Lord. Even though his triple denial remains an open wound, it is not his last word. It is here that Peter experiences the forgiveness of the Lord and realizes the weakness that reveals itself to him as the place of a greater love. Peter receives love, a love that goes well beyond his treachery, his fall, a surfeit of love that enables him to serve his brothers and sisters, to lead them to the green pastures of the Lord Jesus. Not only this, but in this service of love, Peter will become the good Shepherd, like Jesus himself. Indeed, he too will give his life for his sheep, he will stretch his arms in crucifixion, as we know from history. He was crucified head down, he will be turned upside down, but in the mystery of love he will thus be truly straightened up and fulfil that baptism that began at the moment he threw himself into the sea with a garment tied around him. Peter then becomes the lamb who follows the Shepherd to martyrdom.
6. A time of prayer
Psalm 22
My soul thirsts for you, Lord.
Yahweh is my shepherd,
I lack nothing.
In grassy meadows he lets me lie.
By tranquil streams he leads me
to restore my spirit.
He guides me in paths of saving justice as befits his name.
Even were I to walk in a ravine as dark as death
I should fear no danger,
for you are at my side.
Your staff and your crook are there to soothe me.
You prepare a table for me under the eyes of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup brims over.
Kindness and faithful love pursue me every day of my life.
I make my home in the house of Yahweh for all time to come.
7. Final Prayer
Lord Jesus, we thank for the word that has enabled us to understand better the will of the Father. May your Spirit enlighten our actions and grant us the strength to practice that which your Word has revealed to us. May we, like Mary, your mother, not only listen to but also practice the Word. You who live and reign with the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.


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Joy erupted as war ended 100 years ago
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the armistice between the Allied Powers and Germany came into effect, signed hours before aboard a train car in the Compiegne Forest in France.
By 8:30 a.m. New York time, the Adirondack Enterprise was shipping bulletins around town — single sheets carrying wire stories from the New York Herald: the war was over. A second bulletin followed at 9:45 carrying more news: the terms of the armistice, Allied prisoners freed, a revolution sweeping through Germany.
This was just over 100 years ago. Copies of these bulletins are still available for viewing in the Saranac Lake Free Library's archives. Why a bulletin instead of a paper? The Enterprise was not a daily at the time, printed only on Tuesdays and Fridays.
In 1918, the local daily was an evening paper called The Daily Item. When it rolled off the presses at 4:30 p.m. that day, a thunderous bold headline stated: "WAR IS OVER."
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"THE KAISER HAS BEAT IT! But we are Re-treading Just The Same! WASHER'S TIRE HOSPITAL Opposite Town Hall"
Running under centerpiece wire copy from the Associated Press, the next story of note covered the spontaneous celebrations erupting in Tri-Lakes villages, "AUTOMOBILE PARADE STARTS PEACE CELEBRATION HERE: Au'os Take Crowd to Lake Placid This Afternoon — Kaiser Meets His Fate Tonight."
At 2:30 that afternoon, more than 100 vehicles set out in a winding caravan from Saranac Lake to Lake Placid. Heading this "peace celebration" was a hearse with a effigy of Kaiser Wilhelm II in the back, "with the intention of getting as many Placidians as possible to return with them for a big demonstration here tonight," the Item wrote, "the central feature of which will be the burning of the Kaiser in effigy."
If 100 vehicles on 1918-era roads sounds dangerous to you, well, it was. A car driven by Miss Pauline Hastings, carrying other members of the local Women's Motor Corps, rear-ended another vehicle, reportedly driving without its lights on. No one was injured.
The weather was written to be "fair tonight and Tuesday. Cooler."
Elsewhere in the village, celebrations of a different kind occurred. Saranac Lake schools canceled classes soon after the news broke and students and teachers paraded down Main Street. According to Enterprise coverage the following day, the superintendent "was seen walking up Main Street shortly after the parade with a bunch of American flags in one hand and a toy horn in the other — and he didn't hesitate to blow the horn, either!"
In Bloomingdale, over a bonfire set on the village green, the Enterprise reported that "His Lowness, the Kaiser, was burned in effigy along with the German books of the school."
That evening in Saranac Lake, the caravan returned with scores of Lake Placid residents. A gallows was constructed beside the Riverside Inn. The kaiser effigy was tarred, hanged and burned before a jubilant crowd of 3,000. The Enterprise reported that music by local bands was drowned out by the cheering.
November 11, which would come to be celebrated as Armistice Day before becoming Veterans Day in 1954, celebrated the formal end of World War I. The war claimed 17 million lives. Of those, 116,000 were American servicemen and 13,956 were New Yorkers.
New York devoted more soldiers to the war effort than any other state, with 500,000 serving. One of those servicemen, a Saranac Lake resident by the name of Dorchester Everett, wrote to his family prolifically from his post aboard the USS DeKalb. His letters are compiled and available for viewing in the library archives. He traversed the Atlantic more than half a dozen times between 1918 and 1919. Between his descriptions of daily life aboard the ship and fretting about Christmas shopping in the French port city of Brest, Everett does not make much mention of the wider war.
He only alludes to the war's end, writing on Nov. 9 that "I'm going to be in a parade in New York Monday (Nov. 11) — I don't know what it's about, but they picked a bunch to go in it."
Everett does write of his ship's primary mission ferrying American casualties back home.
"We got a load of wounded aboard," Everett wrote on Nov. 30 to his father in Saranac Lake. "Some of them are pitiful sights with their arms in cases like, others are wounded in the legs, and some are minus an eye. They are all cheerful but are very quiet acting. This comes from long suffering. Some of them have lost legs or feet, and they all have the look of having suffered a great deal. The Red Cross nurses that tended to them on the barge that brought them out to the ship threw candy to us — I got one piece."
According to a Historic Saranac Lake exhibit on localwiki.org/hsl, around 300 villagers served some role in the war.
Edward C. Rider, Franklin County's historian in the early 20th century, spent more than a decade collecting information on local World War I veterans. He completed the project in 1931. Rider's record lists the details of Franklin County servicemen on the bulk of tome's time-yellowed pages and devotes space at the end to the local war effort. Rider admits in his foreword that there are some veterans he could find no substantial information on, and others, like Benjamin C. Churco, of which he has substantial details.
Churco, of Tupper Lake, was already a member of the U.S. Army when war broke out. He'd first enlisted in 1913 as infantry but was transferred to the cavalry and stationed on the Mexican border. He was posted on the border until March 1915, when he was injured in a regimental horse race.
After staying in Yellowstone Park for a time, Churco returned to Tupper Lake in January 1916, only to be shipped back out to Mexico with Gen. John Pershing's Expedition during the fall and winter of 1916 as a private 1-C.
By 1917, when the United States formally entered into the war, Churco's four-year term had concluded, but he re-enlisted with the Intelligence Services Bureau, arriving in France in August 1917.
Churco died on Aug. 18, 1918, just south of Soissons, France. "A group of four had been sent out to locate Bridge Headquarters, and were caught in a traffic tie-up," Rider wrote. "A shell from the enemy did its work. Listed under unknown dead as a grave could not be located."
Tucked away in the annals of Rider's project is a name of local renown: Dr. Francis B. Trudeau, youngest son of Dr. E.L. Trudeau, founder of the tuberculosis sanitarium for which Saranac Lake would become famous. Francis had taken over his father's medical practice in Saranac Lake after his father died in 1915. As a captain at U.S. General Hospital No. 16 in Newhaven, Connecticut, he served as a tuberculosis examiner and instructor in the Lung Schools for Medical Officers.
According to Rider's record, Trudeau examined approximately 17,000 chests in the two years he served. He was discharged on May 1, 1919.
Saranac Lake's designation as a Home Sanatorium by the Public Health Service resulted in more than 250 ex-servicemen from across the country traveling to the village for treatment after the war's end. Many of them did not have the funds to support themselves but stayed regardless. Rider wrote that the local chapter of the Red Cross spent more than $3,000 to care for these veterans. Adjusted for inflation, that's $50,000 in today's currency.
"The magnitude of this work became too great for the Chapter, so the National Organization undertook to carry on the work," Rider wrote.
The White Plague, as it was known, is estimated to have killed more than 100,000 people in the U.S. in 1918 alone. The U.S. Army estimates that due to inadequate screening, more than 10,000 American servicemen with tuberculosis were drafted into World War I. Five thousand were diagnosed with TB during the war.
The end of "the greatest war in history," as the AP reported, brought with it the conclusion of wartime practices on the home front. Among those was the Franklin County Vigilance Committee, organized at the Malone courthouse in January 1918.
Rider lists one of the committee's notable exploits as stopping a regular gathering of people of German ancestry in Gabriels, who were allegedly "in the habit of meeting at a certain house for the purpose of rejoicing over allied reverses." The committee, with assistance from the county sheriff delivered an "impressive warning" that the practice was to be stopped. "The mistress of the place," identified as a Mrs. Calluix by a May 3, 1918, story in the Malone Telegram, "was made to take a picture of the Kaiser from the wall and cast it into the fire."
Another threat to the American war effort was a "sort of minister of the gospel" who preached too heavily "the idea of pacifism" in the town of Bangor. He was also given a warning by the committee and law enforcement to lay off all the peace talk.
Franklin County Sheriff A. A. Edwards — mentioned above as making women toss pictures into fireplaces — declared in 1918 that pursuant to a proclamation by New York Gov. Charles F. Whitman concerning Chapter 625 of the Laws of 1918, local men had to work.
"During the pendancy of the present war with Germany and its allies every ablebodied male person between the ages of 18 and 50 years shall be habitually and regularly employed," Rider recorded of the sheriff's declaration, for at least 36 hours per week. To do otherwise, a man would be "guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine not exceeding $100, or imprisonment for not more than three months." Adjusted for inflation, that's $1,660 today.
Despite mentioning there was no widespread evidence of "slackerism" in Franklin County, Rider does not record whether any men were convicted of criminal idleness.
In early April 1919, the majority of Saranac Lake servicemen who had been serving in Company I, 2nd NY Infantry were discharged and allowed to return home. On April 10, villagers celebrated their homecoming.
"It was a great event, and one that will be remembered for many years to come," Rider wrote. "A parade was one of the principal features of the day and elaborate preparations were made to dress the village in gala attire … following a touching tribute to those that would never return, a new 'Welcome Home' banner was unfurled to the breeze as cheers from the assemblage filled the air."


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