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Chicken Tikka Masala is a wondrous dish that he would occasionally make for her. It was a favorite for both of them since they went through an Indian food phase Sophomore year of college. This recipe just tended to stick with them. The only downside was that it took 3 or more hours to make it, meaning they didn't have it very often. He made a deal with her that if she made it instead of him, they could have it for dinner. She happily took on the challenge, her taste buds already watered with anticipation.
Getting together the ingredients was easy until she tried figuring out how to use his food processor. He saw her struggling and decided to lend a helping hand. He gave her the task of cubing the chicken. This was a feat all on its own as she cut it cautiously, remembering when she had cut open her thumb a month prior making apple pie. He stood next to her blending the marinade in the processor for the chicken. The aroma of all the spices made them prematurely anticipate devouring the meal, but this was only the beginning.
"Since I did the main part, you have to make the na'an." He said, happy to not have to do his least favorite part. This was the type of bread served with dish. Na'an was the staple of the meal and without it, the dinner would just feel incomplete.
"Of course I'll make it. Easy." She got out the basic ingredients, mixing the yeast in luke warm water. Once it got to the point where she had to knead the bread, he hovered over her shoulder, his breath against her neck. He reached his arms around her, holding the bowl in place as she melded the dough inside itself. He helped her add more flour, offering to mold the sticky pile into a ball and wrap it up for her. It was then ready to be placed in a warm area for 3-4 hours while the chicken sat marinating in the fridge. He placed the rising dough in the vacant oven, leaving it off but knowing it would be warmer than room temperature inside its cavern.
He napped on the couch with their cat as she sat on the floor attempting to learn how to knit by watching YouTube videos. She got a cute picture of him and Kitty. Their two year old cat had cuddled towards his chest with her paw around his neck. She almost couldn't stand how cute it was, snapping a few more photos with her IPhone.
A few hours later, he woke, asking her to begin the second process of making the sauce for the chicken. She scooped up the homemade recipe book she had artfully crafted for him years prior. The page for this particular recipe had the remnants of Tikka Masala dinner's past. He refused to let her replace it, saying that it gave it character. What it really gave it was a slight odor, but then again he was the one who used it most.
The next step in the recipe was to preheat the oven to 400 degrees in order to cook the chicken. She did so as he cleaned out the litter box. Retrieving the ingredients from the fridge, including the marinated chicken, she set up the final step. When he finished his task and washed his hands, he took over, knowing that if she tried to finish it they may be out of a dinner. He let her chop the onion as he simmered olive oil in a deep pan on the stove. Once she was finished chopping, he pureed the onions and dumped them into the sizzling pan. "That doesn't smell very good." She said, crinkling her nose.
She could see his nostrils flare as he inhaled the scent. "That does smell weird. I don't know what that is." Their conversations went on for several minutes as they wondered about the odd yet familiar smell wafting through the apartment.
All of the sudden, he stopped mid-conversation, his eyes overly expressive with the realization of what the smell was.
"Babe… Did you turn on the oven?"
"Yeah, why? It said to in the…"
"Babe! The dough was in the oven!" He frantically ripped open the oven to see a large mound of risen bread as melted plastic dripped down over the oven rack. Sheer panic ran through her, expecting him to explode with rage over what she'd done.
"I am so sorry…I should have realized it was in there." Disappointment was wrapped up in her words. The familiar smell had been melting plastic and she felt she should have known. A frown creased her face, knowing she ruined an important piece of their favorite meal and quite possibly his oven. The plastic bowl had cemented itself to the prongs of the rack and would need to be removed with pliers.
He looked up from disposing the mess she had made to see her face drenched in sorrow and responded gently with, "Babe, shit happens. Its okay. I love you." She looked up, surprised at his reaction. They exchanged smiles and went out to buy some na'an from a local Indian restaurant.


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Neil Steinberg, a Sun-Times columnist, ponders whether there is a "prayer for diversity."
This enormous bounty — the dream of so many oppressed faiths for centuries — is not good enough for some. Believing their faiths to be drops of Truth from the lips of God, they want — no, they insist — that everybody else practice their religion too, compelled by law if need be. That society is steadily marching in the opposite direction — toward a tapestry of varying beliefs, all given equal respect — doesn't even register.
I don't go to church, so I can't speak to whether this is a point of discussion among the faithful. It should be — there should be a diversity prayer, thanking God for making us in so many varieties (that is God's handiwork, right? Or did He make just you, and the others are unfortunate mistakes?)
My guess is there is no such prayer.
Ah, but there is. No way to catalog them all, but they're easily found by Google. Here's one:
Prayer for Tolerance
By: Education for Justice
Dear Lord, we who are
prejudiced at times
inclined to misunderstanding
Make us instead
open to learning
understanding and forgiving
May your Spirit be present in us as you are in all peoples.
Neil, I meant to post this as a comment on your Sun-Times web site, but there didn't seem to be a place for comments.
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Americans have no patience for complexities. Americans hate taxes, not so much because they think they're paying too much (though they do–and they aren't, compared to citizens of industrialized nations), but because they hate the 1040 long form and the Schedule C and the other auxiliary forms, and were even sufficiently unhappy with the 1040 X (short form) to force IRS to come out with the postcard-sized 1040 EZ.
Lately, several of the people I correspond with on various computer bulletin boards have been asking things like "Why should we have to file returns at all? Why don't they just take out the withholding all year, calculated so that everybody comes out exactly even?" In point of fact, that is the whole idea behind the withholding system–to make everything come out exactly even. The need for filing a return–and its accompanying complexities–arise out of two different problems. One, which has always been us, is that we have decided we want to make certain kinds of expenses deductible, either for the sake of fairness (like medical expenses or casualty losses) or to encourage certain kinds of behavior we have decided are desirable (like buying homes, contributing to charity, and saving for retirement.) Since not everybody has these expenses or engages in these activities, or spends equal amounts on doing so, people have to file returns to claim those deductions. It's easy to simplify the system, if we tax all income, including medical expenses, casualty losses, home mortgage interest, etc., at the same rate. But the average taxpayer might lose money in the process, at least in a bad year.
And the other side of the problem is that an increasing number of taxpayers are getting some or all of their income, not from a single employer who regularly withholds taxes and sends them on to Uncle, but from a multitude of private clients, as independent contractors or consultants. That trend is likely to get a lot worse before it gets any better. It may never get better, if corporate employers have their way. In another ten years, we may all be independent contractors. Trying to require every one of the contractor's private clients–anyone who pays the kid next door to mow the lawn or babysit, anybody who gets his house painted or his car repaired–to deduct taxes and do the paperwork necessary to send them to Uncle on the contractor's behalf–would merely shift the complexity from the employee to the employer, while turning virtually everybody into an employer.
If the complexophobes have their way, presumably the next federal income tax return form (the 1040 BS, for "Bumper Sticker", which is what it will be printed on) will be entirely blank. The IRS will fill it in with the figures they consider appropriate. Letting the guy with the biggest gun have things his way is the simplest system there is, but rarely is that simplicity enough to compensate us for what he will then be free to take away.
Bureaucratic complexity, in short, is almost always the result of two opposing forces–the demand of some powerful entity for money or power over the individual, and the individual's wish to have that power exerted fairly and/or at minimal cost to the individual. The complexities of the tax code mostly have to do with reasons we think people should not have to pay taxes on income earned or expended in certain ways–charitable contributions, for instance, or child care. A simple tax code would just take 20% (or whatever) of everything, including the change in the beggar's cup. We have decided, as a society, that fairness is more important than simplicity. Now, for some reason, we have lost sight of the reason why. Let's just let the guy with the biggest gun take what he wants, so long as we don't have to do any simple arithmetic.
But, says the local chapter of the Timothy McVeigh Fan Club, who says the government has to be the guy with the biggest gun? Who says government should get a gun–or our taxes–at all? They don't have to, of course. But if we get rid of them, there are plenty of other people, with far bigger guns than we have, anyway, out there, equally eager to take our money and a lot less interested than the government in providing any kind of goods or services in return. And they'll be the first to say, as thugs have said for thousands of years, "Don't make things complicated. Just give me everything I want." No deductions, no exemptions. Just 100% taxation.
(Remember the old story about the man who threw his buddy into the lake, after a disagreement over the rules of poker? The buddy came up, gasping for air, and his pal hit him on the head with a board. The buddy sank, came up, got hit again, sank, and so on for about five or six go-arounds before he finally drowned. His pal told the police later "He shore was a fool to keep coming up.")
(Remember the sexist dictionary that defines the difference between seduction and rape as depending on how much effort the woman is willing to expend to postpone the inevitable?)
Everybody's proposing alternatives to the income tax. Dick Armey is proposing a flat tax, by which he means a simple flat percentage of income, applied to all income from all taxpayers, with no deductions. Bill Archer (R. Tx) is talking about eliminating income taxes altogether and catching us at the other end, with a consumption tax.
Americans hate all taxes. After all, the only reason we are the U.S. of A. is that we rebelled against taxation without representation. We have since discovered we don't much like taxation with representation either. According to the Lutheran Brotherhood Insurance Company's recent study, Americans actually hate sales and real estate taxes even more than federal income taxes–but we're not too fond of any of them.
Rep. Archer's consumption tax is a fancy name for a sales tax. (The taxes in honor of which the American Revolution was fought were consumption taxes and what we now call user fees.) It is also, by the way, the main revenue-raising method used by the government of the USSR–remember them? The very model of a successful economy every American would love to imitate?
Personally, I think all those guys are barking up the wrong tree. The simplest, fairest kind of tax we could possibly have isn't a flat percentage tax–after all, most Americans these days can't do percentages any more. It's a flat amount tax. The first $6,000 (or whatever) of every American's gross income from any source. No deductions, no percentages. Most of us still know how to subtract. The same six grand from the ex-steelworker on the corner selling papers, and from his billionaire ex-boss in the suburbs. What could be fairer?
Oh, yeah. You want to know what happens to people who don't make six grand a year, or make just barely that much. And what about children who aren't old enough to make any money? Don't bother me with that stuff. Those are complexities. Ignore them and they'll go away–that's the spirit that made this country great.
Or let's try another simple solution. The Gingrichites seem to be taking the position that the way to end poverty is to end all government programs that make poverty endurable. Why not take this position one step further, and pass a law that, after a stated date, anybody with an income too low to pay the flat amount tax will be taken out and shot? Now we've not only simplified the tax system, we've turned it into a screening system to get rid of the deadwood. That should be a great incentive to get poor people on their feet. Oh, yeah. What about amputees and other people who don't have any feet? Are you suggesting some sort of complex exemptions for people with disabilities? You mean they have to fill out a form that says "I have [1, 2, 0] feet."? Yeccccch. No way.
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It's hard to beleive that Kirk Gibson was never an All Star. He was voted MVP in 1988 while on the Dodgers and recieved MVP votes in 1981, 1984 and 1985 while on the Tigers. He also has 2 World Series rings. One from the 1984 Tigers and the other in 1988 when he hit that memorable homerun off Dennis Eckersley in Los Angeles. Gibson was a September call-up in 1979 but wouldn't appear on cardboard until 1981.


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Yoon Ha Lee wrote, quoting M.S. Soderquist and respectively herself:
> > > <nod> Is it silly to pray for people after they're deceased...?
> >
> > Also, of course, if you believe that the deceased may be trapped in
> > purgatory, you can always pray to speed up their release to the better
> > parts of the afterlife. :)
> Alas, or not--no. I've never understood purgatory. I seem to pray for
As a protestant, I have to say I believe there's no such thing. The
reason, in a nutshell, is that purgatory seems to make a mockery of
That statement could lead down either of two tracks:
(1) My beliefs about the afterlife. The whole point of my faith is that
given personal committment, God will transform us into perfect beings
incapable of sin. That is what Heaven is all about. As for Hell, I
believe it to be the place where souls are destroyed if they refuse
to accept the only God who can possibly bring them fulfilment.
Since I believe that souls are literally destroyed in Hell, I do not
believe that Hell is eternal.
(2) My beliefs about forgiveness and punishment. For one thing, I believe
that the idea of 'deserving' punishment is a human invention and not
a divine one. Punishment viewed as an ethical necessity in its own
right places a second principle in competition with God's will - and
surely Christianity has to teach that ethical desirability depends on
God's will alone. How can anything be desirable unless it makes the
world a better place and brings God's fulfilment closer to fruition?
> people who are now deceased mainly out of habit...and there are a
> couple who, unfortunately, I don't know if they're alive or dead.
> (Whoops...attempted an anaphora? that doesn't work in English, but
> hopefully the meaning is clear.) I suspect it doesn't *hurt,* though.
I think it makes sense to pray, "Lord, I trust that they are in your
hands". Apart from that, I don't think it makes a lot of sense. How do
you pray for someone who is already perfect, and experiencing God in a
way beyond earthly experience?
That said, M. Soderquist is right about God and Time. If you believe you
can pray for something that has already happened, then you might well do
so. But I can't think of any occasion when I have prayed in that way.
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I have tried mounting a speaker on my bike, but it never quite seems to work. The closest I came to success was to tie the JawBone Jambox to my handlebar with a pair of toe-straps, but the Bluetooth connection is rather flaky and the tiny speaker's sound isn't up to the noise of city streets.
I am tempted by Foxl's new Bike Kit Bundle, a bar-mount for the Foxl Hi-Fi speaker. We last saw this speaker – which claims audiophile status thanks to its "twofer" speakers that combine mid-range and tweeter into one unit, and its "bass battery," which uses the rechargeable li-ion battery as the mass for the subwoofer – back in February.
Now, for an extra $50, you can buy a bar-bracket to put your music front and center in your bike's "cockpit." The Foxl-specific mount is supplied with the third-party GN032-AMPS handlebar clamp from Arkon. The product page suggests that the speaker can then be used for phone calls as well as music, although this seems like a terrible idea in terms of safety.
I'm still not sure if in-bike music makes me cool, or a complete dork. What I do know, though, is that I don't really want yet another piece of plastic bolted to my bike, and neither do I want to wear headphones in city traffic. I guess the hunt will continue.
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Put David Sedaris and Glenn O'Brien in a blender and add a dash of New York and Hollywood gossip, and you wind up with Alan Cumming. In "You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: And Other Stories," Alan Cumming takes the reader on a wild journey of pithy and cheeky fun, presenting his real-life stories of debauchery during late night Hollywood parties, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, and hilarious yet poignant memories of his life, family, and friends.
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Fertility and Pregnancy Issues-Tips for Enhancing Your Chances of Getting Pregnant
In most cases, when a couple have so made a decision to have another baby, the case has always been for the women to be caught in such an excited frenzy to see this come through, making all efforts to ensure that they catch the pregnancy in their next cycle. The fact that many seem to be oblivious of is the fact that getting pregnant can actually take them some time. It has even been established that for a healthy 30 year old woman, the odds of conception in a month are as low as being at 20% chance. This is actually said to be even the longer for some, it taking months on end for the conception to come through and as such you shouldn't be surprised when such a thing happens. In case you just cannot wait for the long haul to come and the chances fall for the conception to come through, then take a look at some of the following ideas given for you to get to increase your chances at conception.
From what we may have learnt in school and from other places, one may be excused for thinking that conceiving is such a simple thing which naturally follows a sexual intercourse. You must appreciate the fact that this is actually a bit complex. From the basic understanding of the whole issue, what we understand is the fact that in each and every month there is a series of hormonal changes that occur in a woman's body that cause an egg in the ovary to grow and mature. And as a matter of fact, this cycle is not any uniform in all ladies but differs. This is a process that oftentimes takes a period of two weeks on average and it is often signaled by the onset of the woman's menstrual period. When the egg shall have so matured, it will then be released from the ovary in a process known as ovulation and gets to the fallopian tube as it is transported to the uterus finally. After the egg has been released from the ovary, the egg will only stay viable for a period of 24 hours. In case the egg is fertilized by a sperm cell within such a time span, then it will keep travelling down to the uterus and then get attached to the uterine lining.
The key many need to know of in so far as getting pregnant goes is to have intercourse within the days before and during the ovulation phase. This as such allows for the upper chances of fertilization as there will be sperm cells in the fallopian tube for the fertilization of the eggs whenever they will be released from the ovaries.


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Residents reach to infinity and beyond at this year's Higgins Day
Toronto, May 23, 2014
By Kaylea Forde
(l to r) Awards winners Nathan Stall, Ashish Patel, Pamela Tsao and Baruch Jakobovic with Brian and Kevin Higgins.
St. Michael's Department of Medicine celebrated the 26th annual Higgins Day on May 21. This year's theme was To infinity and beyond: Taking big ideas global through social innovation and entrepreneurship. Dr. Kamran Khan, an infectious disease physician and scientist at St. Michael's Hospital, was the keynote speaker.
The Higgins Day resident research presentations are intended to inspire creative thinking and research among the Internal Medicine residents at St. Michael's Hospital. The annual H. Patrick Higgins Memorial Scholarship Award of Merit was initiated in 2010 to recognize the resident with the best research presentation. It has since expanded to include second and third-place prizes, as well as a Best Poster award. This year, a total of 30 abstracts were shown. Here are the award winners:
- First place annual H. Patrick Higgins Memorial Scholarship Award of Merit: Nathan Stall, for his abstract, Unintentional discontinuation of chronic medications for seniors in nursing homes: Evaluation of a medication reconciliation accreditation requirement
- Second place award: Ashish Patel for his presentation, Risk stratification and stroke prevention therapy care gaps in Canadian atrial fibrillation patients: Insights from the co-ordinated national network to engage physicians in the care and treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation (CONNECT AF)
- Third place award: Baruch Jakobovic for Necrolytic acral erythema in a young patient with recurrent encephalopathy
- Best Poster: Pamela Tsao for Comics to the rescue: Reminding medical students about empathy using animated comics on diabetes
Higgins Day is a testimony to the late Dr. H. Patrick Higgins and his efforts toward residency training in medicine during his tenure as physician-in-chief at St. Michael's Hospital from 1979 to 1989. Two of Dr. Higgins' children, Dr. Brian Higgins and Dr. Kevin Higgins, were in attendance helping to choose award winners.
About St. Michael's Hospital
St. Michael's Hospital provides compassionate care to all who enter its doors. The hospital also provides outstanding medical education to future health care professionals in 27 academic disciplines. Critical care and trauma, heart disease, neurosurgery, diabetes, cancer care, care of the homeless and global health are among the hospital's recognized areas of expertise. Through the Keenan Research Centre and the Li Ka Shing International Healthcare Education Centre, which make up the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, research and education at St. Michael's Hospital are recognized and make an impact around the world. Founded in 1892, the hospital is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto.


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DeltaWing Racer Begins European Testing in the Rain
The DeltaWing, an experimental racing prototype began a round of European testing this week in preparation for competition in the Le Mans 24 Hours race in June. The tests are critical because they will give the racing team an idea of how the unusual car will perform in typical European track conditions.
The car completed track sessions at Snetterton, England, where the weather was mostly rainy. This was ideal in part because the team, with tire supplier Michelin, has to develop wet-weather competition tires for the DeltaWing.


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Today's politicians forget they were elected to do the will of the people. Some are getting an early lesson.
Edward H. Crane writes in the Investor's Business Daily, May 13, 2010:
"One of the classic examples of the failure of politicians to communicate with the citizenry is found in a video of Romanian tyrant Nicolae Ceauşescu, giving what turned out to be his last speech to the teeming masses gathered in a square in Bucharest.
Oblivious to the mood of the people, Ceauşescu is at his bombastic, self-important best until he realizes that the chants from the crowd below are not praise, but something rather to the contrary.
The look on his face: priceless."
Like all dictators, Ceauşescu lost touch….Here's what Wiki has to say:
Nicolae Ceauşescu (Romanian pronunciation: [nikoˈla.e tʃa.uˈʃesku]; 26 January 1918 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian politician who was the Secretary General of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, President of the Council of State from 1967, and President of Romania from 1974 to 1989.
Ceauşescu's second decade was characterized by an increasingly erratic personality cult, nationalism and a deterioration in foreign relations with the Western powers as well as the Soviet Union. Ceauşescu's government was overthrown in a December 1989 military coup, and he and his wife were executed following a televised two-hour session by a kangaroo court.
Crane continues:
"You could say that Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, and Rep. Alan Mollohan, D-W.V., have just experienced their Ceauşescu moments. Both longtime incumbents were booted from office by their constituents Tuesday in a fashion that, while not quite as bloody as Ceauşescu's departure, was still pretty gory in political terms.
America is a Democratic Republic, complete with an excellent Constitution that politicians still feel compelled to acknowledge, if not take seriously. So the growing communications gap between voters in places like Utah and West Virginia and the politicians who have been "representing" them, while worrisome, is not irreparable. Solving it should be a high priority for all involved.
The communication problem involves the accelerating realization on the part of many Americans that the essence of America, namely, a respect for the dignity of the individual, which inherently involves the government leaving the individual alone, has been pretty much forgotten by politicians in Washington, D.C., the state capitals and city councils around the nation.
Which explains why public employees now make on average 30% more than their private sector counterparts — and 70% more in benefits.
The political class seems to believe they have carte blanche to do as they please. While they have been turning a deaf ear to increasingly vocal expressions of frustration by the American people, if the trend in primary voting continues, our Washington elite may just be jarred awake."
To read the rest of Crane's essay, CLICK HERE.
All our politicians should be required to watch and learn from the life and especially death of Romania's erstwhile dictator Nicky C.!


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by Claudia Rey
You know, said the handsome man
I thought that our friendship could develop
that we could become more than friends
but something just doesn't fit.
Don't know what it is
maybe you're too much for me
too clever, too sophisticated
too well learned, too…
Too old? said the woman.
Come on, man, say it,
stop coating the pill.
I'm too old, that's your problem.
What a pity.
You couldn't see past the façade
so you don't pass the test.
She twisted a shell on her bracelet
and stood transformed.
Taller, slimmer, tanned,
smooth oval face,
shining golden eyes.
A stunning beauty.
A bluish cloud surrounded her as she went away
hips swaying, long skirt flowing like water.
Amigo, said the waiter
bringing him a glass of mezcal,
lo siento para ti. She was Naya, the sea goddess,
but you didn't recognize her.
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Sometimes it seems that appearances count for everything—especially in Hollywood. But just recently, Lonnie Chaviz, the 10-year-old actor who plays young Randall on the hit TV show This Is Us, delivered a powerful message about accepting differences in body image. And the whole issue was triggered by negative social media comments about his smile.
Lonnie has a noticeable diastema—that is, a gap between his two front teeth; this condition is commonly seen in children, but is less common in adults. There are plenty of celebrities who aren't bothered by the excess space between their front teeth, such as Michael Strahan, Lauren Hutton and Vanessa Paradis. However, there are also many people who choose to close the gap for cosmetic or functional reasons.
Unfortunately, Lonnie had been on the receiving end of unkind comments about the appearance of his smile. But instead of getting angry, the young actor posted a thoughtful reply via Instagram video, in which he said: "I could get my gap fixed. Braces can fix this, but like, can you fix your heart, though?"
Lonnie is raising an important point: Making fun of how someone looks shows a terrible lack of compassion. Besides, each person's smile is uniquely their own, and getting it "fixed" is a matter of personal choice. It's true that in most circumstances, if the gap between the front teeth doesn't shrink as you age and you decide you want to close it, orthodontic appliances like braces can do the job. Sometimes, a too-big gap can make it more difficult to eat and to pronounce some words. In other situations, it's simply a question of aesthetics—some like it; others would prefer to live without it.
There's a flip side to this issue as well. When teeth need to be replaced, many people opt to have their smile restored just the way it was, rather than in some "ideal" manner. That could mean that their dentures are specially fabricated with a space between the front teeth, or the crowns of their dental implants are spaced farther apart than they normally would be. For these folks, the "imperfection" is so much a part of their unique identity that changing it just seems wrong.
So if you're satisfied with the way your smile looks, all you need to do is keep up with daily brushing and flossing, and come in for regular checkups and cleanings to keep it healthy and bright. If you're unsatisfied, ask us how we could help make it better. And if you need tooth replacement, be sure to talk to us about all of your options—teeth that are regular and "Hollywood white;" teeth that are natural-looking, with minor variations in color and spacing; and teeth that look just like the smile you've always had.
Because when it comes to your smile, we couldn't agree more with what Lonnie Chaviz said at the end of his video: "Be who you want to be. Do what you want to do. Do you. Be you. Believe in yourself."
If you have questions about cosmetic dentistry, please contact our office or schedule a consultation. You can read more in the Dear Doctor magazine articles "Beautiful Smiles by Design" and "The Magic of Orthodontics."
If you're currently undergoing orthodontic treatment, you're no doubt looking forward to the day your braces come off. But that won't end your treatment just yet — you'll need to wear a retainer.
Teeth are held secure in the bone of the jaw by an elastic tissue known as the periodontal ligament. As the braces "pull" the teeth to their new position, the ligament stretches and the bone remodels around the teeth. But the ligament also has a tendency to rebound as the tension eases when the braces are removed. The teeth could then return to their original position, especially during the first few months.
To prevent this patients wear an orthodontic appliance known as a retainer. It maintains some of the tension once supplied by the braces to help keep or "retain" the teeth in their new position. Depending on your age and other factors, you'll have to wear one for at least eighteen months; some patients, especially adults, may have to wear one indefinitely.
You may be familiar with a removable retainer, one you can take in and out of your mouth. But there's another type called a bonded retainer that's fixed to the teeth and can only be removed by a dentist. With this retainer a dentist bonds a thin piece of wire to the back of the teeth where it can't be seen. You can feel it, though, with the tongue: an unusual sensation at first, but one easily grown accustomed to.
Unlike their removable counterparts, bonded retainers aren't noticeable, either to others or the wearer. They're especially appropriate for patients who may not be as diligent in wearing a removable retainer.
It does, though, have some disadvantages. The position of the wire running horizontally across several teeth can make flossing difficult. And as with any retainer, removing it could increase the risk of the teeth moving out of alignment.
There are a number of factors to discuss with your orthodontist about which type of retainer is best for your situation. If you do choose a bonded retainer, be sure you work with the dental hygienist on how best to floss the affected teeth. And if you do have it removed, have a removable retainer prepared so you can preserve that smile you've invested so much into obtaining.
If you would like more information on bonded retainers following braces, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation.
It's something you think about often—especially when you look in a mirror or at a photo of yourself. You wish something could have been done about it a long time ago. But now you think you're too old to correct your misaligned teeth—your "crooked" smile.
Actually, you can transform your smile through orthodontics, whatever your age. Millions of your peers have done just that—currently, an estimated one in five orthodontic patients is an adult.
If orthodontics isn't right for you it won't be because of age, but most likely the condition of your gums and underlying bone or your overall health. That first factor is extremely important: if you've lost a significant amount of bone due to periodontal (gum) disease, there may not be enough to support the force of moving the teeth during orthodontics.
Health conditions like severe heart-valve disease, uncontrolled diabetes or drugs to treat arthritis or osteoporosis can also make tooth movement difficult. And, if you have restricted saliva flow (dry mouth), wearing orthodontic devices could be uncomfortable and increase your risk of tooth decay.
If, however, your mouth and body are reasonably healthy (and you don't have a difficult bite problem to correct), there's no reason why you can't undergo orthodontic treatment. The only other thing that might hold you back is concern over your appearance during treatment. Many adults balk at the possible embarrassment of wearing metal braces "at their age."
If this is a concern, you may have an alternative: clear aligners. These are a series of computer-generated clear plastic trays that conform to the individual contours of your teeth. Each tray is slightly different—you wear one for a short period of time (usually two weeks) before moving on to the next tray to successively and gradually move your teeth. They're nearly invisible to others and, unlike fixed metal braces, you can take them out for a rare special occasion.
The only way you'll know whether correcting your misaligned teeth is a viable option is to undergo a full orthodontic evaluation. From there we can help you decide if and how you want to gain a straighter, more attractive smile.
If you would like more information on adult orthodontics, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Orthodontics for the Older Adult."
How Invisalign from Salem, New Hampshire, can enhance your smile
If you are thinking about straightening your smile, you may envision a mouth full of metal brackets and wires. It's time to think differently about orthodontic treatment. You need to discover Invisalign, the discreet way to straighten your smile. Your dentists at Stiles Family Dentistry in Salem, New Hampshire, want to introduce you to the revolutionary orthodontic treatment known as Invisalign.
Invisalign doesn't use conventional brackets and wires; instead, the Invisalign system consists of clear, smooth plastic appliances called aligners.
Your treatment begins with the first set of aligners, which you wear for about one to two weeks. You then switch to a new set of aligners which you wear for another one to two weeks. This process is repeated over a course of approximately nine to fifteen months.
Invisalign treatment is virtually invisible to those around you because the appliances are completely clear, allowing you to discreetly straighten your smile. The discreet nature of Invisalign isn't the only benefit. When you choose Invisalign you can count on:
- A comfortable experience because the appliance has no sharp metal parts to irritate your soft tissue
- A convenient experience because you can remove the aligners to eat the foods you love
- A healthy experience because you can remove the appliance to brush and floss normally
Invisalign is delicate and beautiful, but it is also strong and can correct the same issues as conventional brackets and wires. You can count on Invisalign to fix:
- Overlapping and unevenly spaced teeth
- Overbite and underbite
- Crossbite and open bite
Why settle for conventional brackets and wires which require uncomfortable, lengthy treatment? Now there is a new way to straighten your smile discreetly and comfortably, thanks to Invisalign. To find out more information about Invisalign and what treatment can do for you, call your dentists at Stiles Family Dentistry in Salem, New Hampshire. Don't wait to improve your smile, call today!
There are an assortment of techniques and treatments in an orthodontist's toolkit, braces being the most common and best known. Of course, there wouldn't be any tools at all if teeth couldn't move naturally.
Teeth aren't directly connected to the jawbone. An elastic tissue called the periodontal ligament lies between each one, with tiny fibers attaching to the tooth on one side and to the bone on the other. The ligament's elasticity and other qualities allow micro-movements of the teeth as we bite.
The ligament can also adapt to changes in the mouth and teeth by allowing the teeth to move to different positions. That's the basic concept behind braces: we thread a thin wire through brackets attached to the teeth, which we then attach to anchor points (usually back teeth not intended to move) and apply tension to it. Gradually over time, the target teeth move.
But what if your malocclusion (poor bite) is more complicated or the back teeth can't supply enough anchorage for moving the intended teeth? That's where we take advantage of other sources of anchorage.
One such source is the patient's skull, which we can make use of through special headgear worn a few hours a day. The device consists of a strap under tension that runs around the back of the head or neck to a wire housing attached to brackets on the target teeth. If you want to "pull" the teeth forward, the strap would come over the chin, forehead or a combination of both.
We may sometimes want to isolate some teeth to move without moving nearby teeth, such as moving front teeth backward to close a space without affecting teeth further to the rear. We can create a separate anchor point in the jaw with a TAD or temporary anchorage device.
TADs are tiny screws made of stainless steel inserted temporarily into the bone. We loop an elastic band over the TAD on one end and to a bracket or tension wire attached to the target teeth on the other. When we've achieved the teeth's new position we can easily remove the TAD from the bone.
These various tools make it possible to correct difficult or complex malocclusions. They may not always look attractive, but they'll help ensure the final result is.
If you would like more information on available orthodontic treatments, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Orthodontic Headgear & Other Anchorage Appliances."


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This StayPut Anti-Slip Wet Room Matting can be used to cover a large floor area in a shower or wet room.
It provides a secure, non-slip surface that helps to reduce slips and falls.
This makes the StayPut Anti-Slip Wet Room Matting ideal for people who are at greater risk of falls, such as the elderly or disabled.
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INK2019 brings to you curated experiences in spaces that will awaken and inspire you like never before. For the first time, INK goes outside the ballroom, to outdoor settings in the boutique hotel, Suryagarh, as well as in unexplored spaces scattered across the golden desert. Spaces that narrate the story of human enterprise and skill, and of the indomitable spirit of its people in turning the otherwise inhospitable Thar fertile.
Imagine the world we could build together with conversations in settings that push you to go beyond. Journey with us as we share a glimpse of the venues at INK2019.


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One morning this spring, I drove past the quiet municipal airport in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. I couldn't stop myself from slowing down and smiling as I looked out on the place where, nearly 30 years ago, I first got airborne as a pilot.
I remember strapping my 16-year-old self into the small aircraft, which seemed so tinny and even improvised — qualities that suggested lightness but that also reminded me of my Swedish uncle's terrifying, Soviet-era Lada car. I was struck, too, by the heat in the plane's greenhouselike cockpit, and by the jarring noise of its engine as it caught, which too closely resembled that of the unreliable lawnmower I'd spent recent summers pushing. Soon we were accelerating down the runway. Reaching the correct speed, I carefully moved the control column backward as the instructor had taught me to. The resulting leap transformed the hometown I thought I knew into an almost unbroken surface of undulating treetops. It was magnificent.
Now, my take-offs are from places far from Pittsfield in every sense: London, Tokyo, Hyderabad, Chennai, Jeddah and others. But when I walk out of a glittering terminal into the different air of one of these vast cities, I often think back to the times, long before my first flying lesson, when my mum or dad would drive me up to the chain-link fence around Pittsfield's airport. We'd sit inside the car in winter, or on top of a picnic table in summer, and eat doughnuts while we watched the planes come and go. And here's the thing: I never thought about landing back then. Take-off was all I wanted.
It's not surprising that the desire for take-off comes first, whether to a kid or to civilisation itself. Many of the loveliest descriptions of take-off date from aviation's early days. Or they look back to when flight was only a dream. The poet Anne Sexton asked us to Consider Icarus, pasting those sticky wings on, testing that strange little tug at his shoulder blade, / and think of that first flawless moment. Our knowledge of later moments, Sexton suggests, shouldn't detract from a fine beginning.
On my final trip as a 747 pilot, the captain offered me the choice of flying the outbound leg from London to Cape Town, including the landing there, or the leg home...I didn't hesitate to opt for the landing there instead. An arrival was somehow the perfect farewell.
Then there's Isak Dinesen, one of my favourite writers on flying. Born in 1885, her generation was among the last to grow up in a world without aeroplanes. Dinesen described her early experiences of flight in the book that was later adapted into the film Out of Africa. Of take-offs, she wrote: "Every time that I have gone up in an airplane and looking down have realised that I was free of the ground, I have had the consciousness of a great new discovery. 'I see'; I have thought, 'This was the idea.'" No one, I think, has said it better.
Every air traveller will have a perspective on take-offs and landings. And which do most prefer? To find out, I recently put together an admittedly unscientific poll on Twitter. More than 900 travellers responded, of whom a majority, 59 per cent, preferred take-offs. Many added comments that surely would have pleased Dinesen. It's "the anticipation and getting a first look at the world from above," wrote one respondent. Others described take-off as "a promise"; "the start of something"; and a "joyful leaving-behind." (And what, I'd like to know, would the aristocratic Dinesen have made of this comment: "My guilty pleasure is listening to Danger Zone as the pilot hits the throttle.")
In contrast, 41 per cent of respondents preferred landings. Several cited their (accurate) impression that pilots descend through the last few thousand feet of air more slowly than we climb up through it after take-off. One preferred landings because of the "gradual" pace of descent, as the "destination slowly comes into view and things get bigger and bigger." The measured pace of descent, wrote another traveller, "lets me get a good look at the region. Especially if it's a place I know well, I love seeing it from above."
If those who prefer landings are a minority, it's one that likely includes most pilots. I recently consulted more than a dozen professional pilots. All strongly preferred landings, including Mark Feuerstein, a retired test pilot who captained the first flights of two recent versions of the 747. "Oh, landings win out," Feuerstein told me. They're "more challenging. There's a lot going on in a short period of time." (His wife, an airline pilot, agrees that landings get "top billing.")
Why do landings typically ask more of a pilot? One simplified way to put it is that the sky is big and a runway is less so. Imagine a narrow space in a parking lot and how much easier it is to drive out of it, especially in one continuous manoeuvre, than it is to navigate in. Or — while it's not the complete picture, either — you might think of landings as a progressive application of constraints, as we move from three dimensions of motion in the open sky, to the confines of more or less one permitted dimension as we roll down the runway's centreline after touchdown.
Feuerstein added that "pilots tend to remember landings, in general, longer than take-offs." The challenges, and the professional satisfaction of safely completing a flight, are among the main reasons. But there are other factors, too. Many pilots enjoy exploring as much as any traveller might, and take-offs, of course, are inevitably from a city to which we've already been. And while take-offs offer a particularly pure sense of beginning, a landing is a beginning, too — one that can be full of anticipation for the new world we'll soon be walking through.
I recently flew to Islamabad, the surprisingly verdant capital of Pakistan. It was my first touchdown in the country after many years of regularly overflying it. The experience of watching an impressionistic landscape, one that I'd previously seen only tens of thousands of feet below me, steadily resolve into the fine detail of towers, lakes, buses on wide highways and so many Pakistani trees — into the "world that still stands as / the trundling tyres keep shaking and shaking the heart," as the Nobel laureate Derek Walcott put it — remains the greatest wonder of my job.
Strangely, perhaps, landings even take precedence for me when it's time to say goodbye to a city. Last year, on my final trip as a 747 pilot, the captain offered me the choice of flying the outbound leg from London to Cape Town, including the landing there, or the leg home, a few days later, which would start with take-off from Cape Town. But, while a take-off from Cape Town would have made for the more obvious goodbye to that beloved metropolis, I didn't hesitate to opt for the landing there instead. An arrival was somehow the perfect farewell.
The old pilot joke about take-offs and landings — that you want the same number of each — hints at another reason landings have become more meaningful to me. One of the less appreciated pleasures of the pilot's job is its neatness (for lack of a better term). Unlike in the business world I worked in previously, there are no long meetings, tabled proposals or months-long roll-outs. Each flight is a discreet task, one that will always be circumscribed by flight-time regulations, the capacity of fuel tanks or — ultimately — the size of the earth.
One consequence of this way in which a pilot's work is so neatly contained is that each flight starts to echo everything else that has an obvious beginning, middle and end. And as I fly through middle age, that's an increasingly lovely thing. I want to tell my family and friends about it all: how the trees, and much else, were suddenly below me, and how that sight reminded me of the years when that was all I wanted.
But the difference between the 16-year-old who got airborne from Pittsfield and the 45-year-old who touched down in Islamabad is that somewhere along the way I've acquired an unexpected love of wholeness. And it's landings, even the ones in the farthest-off cities, that again and again complete a simple story: I went up and away, and it was marvellous, and then it was time to come home.
Mark Vanhoenacker is a British Airways pilot, a columnist for The Financial Times and the author of How to Land a Plane and Skyfaring.


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Archive for July 5th, 2018
The Democrats, ICE and now a Supreme Court confirmation fight
We will look at the Supreme Court and the politics of confirmation….The Democrats and a left wing totally out of control…….1946 and the bikini……….and others stories……….
Source: The Democrats, ICE and now a Supreme Court confirmation fight 07/05 by Silvio Canto Jr | News Podcasts
Thursday's video: The Democrats a bit out of control
The Democrats a bit out of control: https://t.co/R0nqSoGAb8 via @YouTube
— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) July 5, 2018
If you're going to San Francisco….
51 years ago, or what they used to call "the summer of love", Scott McKenzie had a song in the music charts about San Francisco. It was a tune about love and flowers. It became a "hippie" hymn or so I heard in a History or Rockn' Roll show.
If you're going to San Francisco these days , please see this headline because you won't be greeted anymore by gentle people with flowers in their hair: "Major Medical Convention Abandons San Francisco Citing Street Safety".
This is from from the article:
Tourism is big business in San Francisco, bringing in $9 billion dollars a year to the city's businesses.
Now, a major medical convention expected to bring in 15,000 visitors and drop $40 million in less than a week has decided it will stop bringing its members to the City by the Bay because they don't feel safe walking the streets.
The decline of San Francisco is another exhibit in the decline of liberalism, or better put a philosophy where "anything goes" and everybody is a victim of something.
Like the black on black shootings in Chicago, the problems of San Francisco are largely ignored by the media. I guess that it's not convenient to talk about blacks killing each or drug addicts on the streets when the Democrats run a city.
It makes sense that conventions are looking for another city. Why would you want to visit an unsafe city? My guess is other cancellations will follow.
P.S. You can listen to my show (Canto Talk) and follow me on Twitter.


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The annual of the American Institute of Graphic Arts 1992-93 season including award winning work from the years five AIGA exhibitions:- The T-Shirt Show, One Colour/Two Color II, A decade of Entertainment Graphics 1982-1992, Communication Graphics and The Fifty Books of 1992. A very good clean hardback in dustwrapper which shows signs of wear and tear and which has been repaired internally with tape. 361 pages including index. Prompt dispatch.
Title: Graphic Design USA : 14
Categories: Art,
Edition: First Edition
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(CP Jn 3:16, 36; 5:24; 10:27-29). Eternal life is a present possession but it is not unforfeitable - it only becomes an unforfeitable possession for those sowing to the spirit at the end of their earthly life (CP 1Cor 1:18). Until then it is our hope (CP 1Ti 1:1; Tit 3:7). The promise of eternal life is conditional upon remaining in Christ (CP Jn 6:27; 15:1-6; 1 Jn 5:11-13). This clearly refutes the teaching by some in the church that once saved, means always saved (see also comments on Jn 10:27-29, 1Cor 1:18, 10:1-5, Php 2:12-13, He 6:4-6, 10:26-31, 2Pe 2:20-22).
Titus was a Gentile convert of Paul who we first hear of when he accompanied Paul and Barnabas to Jerusalem from the church at Antioch to get a ruling by the apostles and the elders in the Jerusalem church on Gentile circumcision (CP Ac 15:1-6 with Ga 2:1-5). Titus was involved with Paul in the church in Corinth - Paul mentioned him nine times in 2 Corinthians (CP 2:13; 7:6, 13, 14; 8:6, 16, 23; 12:18). At the time of writing this epistle Titus was in Crete where Paul had left him to consolidate the work they had begun there earlier (CP V5).
In his office of apostle and co-founder with Paul of the Cretan church, Titus had to correct the doctrinal error being taught there and appoint elders who would faithfully teach God's word and not their own, as was happening (CP 1:10 - 2:1, 15; 3:1-3). The elders Titus had to appoint were the ruling body of elders - bishops - to whom God has committed the oversight of the New Testament church (CP Ac 14:23 with 20:17-21, 28 and Eph 4:11-16; 1Ti 3:1-7). For more detailed studies on elders see comments on Ac 11:27, 13:1-4, 20:17, Eph 4:11-12, 1Ti 3:1-7 and 1Pe 5:1-3.
Sober here means be discreet, temperate, to curb one's desires and passions (CP 2:5; 1Ti 3:2, 11). In Tit 2:2 sober means to be self-controlled, especially in respect to wine (CP Tit 2:2; 1Th 5:6; 1Ti 3:2, 11). In Tit 2:4 sober means to encourage self-control, self-discipline (CP Tit 2:4). In Tit 2:6 sober means to be in one's right mind, of sound mind, sane (CP Tit 2:6; Mk 5:15; 2Cor 5:13; 2Ti 1:7). Sober is also used in scripture metaphorically, meaning vigilant, watchful, circumspect (CP 1Th 5:8; 2Ti 4:5; 1Pe 1:13; 4:7; 5:8). See also comments on Ro 12:3, 1Pe 4:7-11, 5:8.
Most bible commentators believe that Paul is referring to the ritual purity of Jewish food laws here. But food is not in view as the context clearly shows (CP V10-16). Paul is referring in V15 to moral character, inward purity and outward righteousness, as V 16 teaches (CP Mt 12:34-35; 15:10-20; Mk 7:14-23). What Paul means in Tit 1:15 is that if one's moral condition is pure, then that one thinks no evil (CP 1Cor 13:5; 6:9-14; Php 2:3-4).
Paul is bidding the older women in the church to teach the young wives the rudiments of marriage and homemaking. The older women must be reverent in their demeanor, not slanderers, nor addicted to wine, but teachers of that which is good, in order that they may train the young wives to love their husbands and children; to curb their desires and passions and not go to extremes; to be faithful to their husbands and avoid impure thoughts, words or actions. The older women are to teach them to be good homemakers, kindhearted and submitted to their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited. The underlying teaching here is that keeping a Godly home with excellence for one's husband and children is the God-ordained Christian wife's non-negotiable responsibility (CP Gen 1:27-28; 2:18; 3:16; Pr 31:10-12, 27-28, 30-31; 1Cor 11:7-9; Eph 5:22-24; Col 3:18; 1Ti 5:14). In God's eternal purpose, from the order of creation, God ordained women to marry, raise a family, be good homemakers, and faithful and submissive wives and mothers (see also comments on 1Cor 11:3-16, 14:34-35, Eph 5:22-24, 1Ti 2:8-15).
We learn from this that those in public ministry in the church should never engage in flippancy or jocularity when preaching God's word (CP 2Ti 4:1-2). Preaching should be free from side-issues, doctrinal novelties, fads, crudities, levity and jokes. Preaching should be free from anything to which exception might be taken. The occasion to preach must be treated with the utmost respect and reverence. See also comments on 2Ti 4:1-2.
No, all men here refers to humanity in general, not every individual (CP 3:4; Ro 5:15; 2Cor 5:19). God's saving grace, through the atoning sacrificial death of Jesus Christ His Son, has made salvation available to the whole of humanity. But it only becomes effective to those who avail themselves of it (CP Jn 1:12; 3:16-18, 36; 5:24; 6:40; 10:9; Ro 10:8-10).
That blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ are two expressions referring to the same event. Paul is admonishing Christians here to look for the coming again of Jesus when He will take all the saints of God, both living and dead, Old Testament and New Testament alike, back to heaven with Him at the first resurrection (CP 1Cor 1:6-8; Php 3:20-21; Col 3:4; 1Th 1:10; 2:19-20; 3:13 with Jn 5:28-29; 14:1-3; 1Cor 15:51-58; 1Th 4:13-18; 2Th 2:7). The great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ is also not referring to both God and Jesus, but to Jesus alone. According to Kenneth Wuest's word studies in the Greek New Testament Tit 2:13 should read, "looking for the blessed hope, even the appearing of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ". (See also comments on Jn 5:28-29, 14:1-3, 1Cor 15:51-58, 1Th 4:13-18, 2Th 2:7; Rev 1:19, 3:7-13).
Paul is referring here to the new birth - being born again. Being born again means literally being born from above. It expresses the changes wrought in the life of a repentant sinner by the Holy Spirit after being converted to Christ (CP Jn 3:3-8; Ro 1:16; 1Cor 15:1-2; Eph 5:25-26). Jesus uses the word water in Jn 3:5 figuratively in the context of salvation by the word of God (CP Jn 15:3; Ro 10:17; 1Cor 4:15; Jas 1:18, 21; 1Pe 1:22-25). Being born of water and of the spirit means being born again by the word of God and being spiritually renewed by the Holy Spirit. The washing of water by the word in Eph 5:26 is a symbol of the cleansing of the soul by the word, as water cleanses our bodies (CP Psa 119:9). God's word is the water of life (CP Jn 4:13-14; Rev 21:5-6; 22:17). Jesus promises in Rev 21:5-6 and 22:17 that whoever thirsts for knowledge of Him, He will give them to drink of the water of life, and in Jn 4:13-14 He
promises that whoever drinks of that water will never
thirst again (CP Isa 12:3; 55:1-7). All who hunger and thirst for Christ will be saved. The need for having to be born again is one of the fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith: the doctrine of regeneration or the new birth. Being born again involves a complete transformation of our moral nature - a complete change of heart that expresses the change from the person we were, to the person we become in Christ (CP Ro 6:17-18, 22; 2Cor 5:17; Eph 2:1-13; Col 3:1-7). See also comments on Jn 3:3, 3:5; He 10:22.
A heretic (KJV) is one who has departed from sound doctrine and argues from his own self-willed opinions. He is schismatic, factious, causing division in the church, and is to be avoided, shunned, rejected. This is not to say that he has to be disfellowshipped - one can hold different views and remain in the same body
of believers (CP 1Cor 11:17-19; 1 Ti 4:7; 2 Ti 2:23-26). But if he continually argues his own point of view contrary to the true teaching of scripture, then he is in sin, and cuts himself off from the spiritual protection of the church and its privileges and blessings of Christian fellowship (CP Tit 3:11). The word subverted here means in effect that the heretic has turned out of the way in which he could have been saved (CP Ga 5:19-21). We see in V20 here that because of their ungodly behaviour heretics bring judgement upon themselves.
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I never have been on a holiday before…until lately. My family and I went to Disneyland Paris. Yes!! I am a big kid at heart and somehow think I always will be. You had seen my pre-holiday packing for 'BOB'. Being that organised meant that I had no bother whatsoever on my travels. At security checks I showed my travel certificate with my case with all my stoma and medication in it and just walked on through with no problem, if you haven't got a travel security certificate you can get your hands on one from your stoma Nurse or stoma manufacture companies.
Once I got to Disneyland I had a ball, I went on rollercoasters that did loops and some scary enough ones. I always like trying new things and I tried all different kinds of foods over there. Yes it was a risk as I didn't know if it would agree with me but I was making sure that I had the best experience ever, and that I did. I would go back tomorrow if I could!!
I brought bikini's with me and wasn't entirely sure about wearing any of them, I was hesitating and then I just said 'go for it', there was a pool indoor and outdoor and since the sun was shining I decided to go outside with my family, it was actually the first time for a few of my family to actually see my bag, but they just acted normal and it was great.
Yes people were looking at me but I was just so proud of myself that I did it, because my stoma is still new to me and I still have things to learn. I just walked out and by the time I was getting out of the pool I forgot I had one. I would put my hands up and if I see something different I would look, we all would.
So after a positive experience flight and holiday wise I will definitely be on more holidays, now that I am able to with no real health issues anymore.
'You shouldn't be controlled by your stoma on how you live your life, live it to the full with no regrets'. That's what I am trying to do, and going on the holiday was just the start of it.


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Endosulfan ban should not be lifted
It shouldn't take an environmentalist to state something so obvious, but I'll say it — the comprehensive ban on Endosulfan by the Supreme Court should not be lifted. Bharati Chaturvedi reports.india Updated: Jul 11, 2011 00:04 IST
It shouldn't take an environmentalist to state something so obvious, but I'll say it — the comprehensive ban on Endosulfan by the Supreme Court should not be lifted.
We already know that the global community has enough evidence to phase out this toxic pesticide through the Stockholm Convention, which bans and phases out a class of chemicals called Persistent Organic Pollutants.
The convention has a tough protocol in place. The court used the precautionary principle for the temporary ban. Now, global precedence urges a complete and permanent ban. We need to keep our children and the environment, safe.
Bangladesh fights
It is surprising how little we know about our neighbouring countries. For example Bangladesh, which I recently visited. From local to national, Bangladeshi civil society is fighting away for control and fair distribution of natural resources. In Dhaka, environmental groups and citizens last week protested against the water privatisation.
And just a week ago, Dhaka witnessed a Hartal against the exploration for oil and gas by an American firm.
Bangladesh is one of those countries where you can smell cigarette smoke at the airport and many hotel rooms allow guests to smoke. Usually, this would be treated as a health crisis, but the tobacco industry portrays the tracts as a green activity.
Environmental groups rubbished this claim through a brilliant pictorial testimony. While most shrubs are green, they have used "before" pictures to show how marginal populations were previously able to grow food and vegetables, resulting in their food security.
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There are many websites out there that have a splash page when you arrive on the site. For those who don't know what a splash page is, a splash page is a landing / intro page – the first page on a website that visitors see.
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A splash page usually has very little information on it. In many cases, splash pages have a flash movie or something animated. Other items that may be displayed on the page are the company logo, options to accessing the site e.g. some times offer a flash and an HTML option, information required to access the site e.g. browser requirements, technical requirements, language options, contact information, etc.
Splash pages have become very popular and they can be a great way for a website company to show off their skills with something fancy, with a flash movie or 3D animation.
Pros of a Splash Page
- It provides the user with the option of viewing the site in different formats. HTML can be faster than flash sites. Some people's browsers don't support flash or some people just don't like flash as many flash sites can be associated with slowing load time, so giving the visitor the option can be really useful.
- As mentioned above, splash pages can be a show off of one's work. It's guaranteed to be seen, so if you want the visitor to see something fancy when they arrive on the site, splash page is the way to go.
- If your site contains sensitive content, a disclaimer or warning cannot be missed if clearly displayed on the splash page. This can also protect and warn visitors.
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On Friday I had a huge urge to make calzones which was probably due to reading Danni's post earlier this week. I knew exactly what I wanted to put inside them and settled upon one of the few pizza base recipes I rotate between. Tofu bacon was to be an ingredient and the recipe I normally use was nowhere to be found, so I had a look and found this one which had a few extra ingredients like ketchup, sugar and nutritional yeast.
The pizza base is a recipe my mother-in-law passed on to me which is a Stefano De Pieri one. It makes 2 large pizzas, or 3-4 decent sized calzones. The beauty of the recipe is that you don't have to allow 1 hour for the dough to double in size, it only requires 10 minutes of resting after the initial knead. When used as a pizza base it turns out quite thin and crispy.
The calzones were filled with a layer of tomato pizza sauce (store bought) mixed with basil pesto and a combination of onion, chopped tofu bacon, spinach, mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, olives and cheezly. The tofu bacon was perfect in the calzones, it gave them a wonderful smoky flavour and everyone thoroughly enjoyed them which can be a rarity. I will definitely be making them this way again!
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500g flour (I use pizza flour)
20g salt
10g dried yeast
350ml lukewarm water
2 tablespoons olive oil (I forgot to add it this time!)
Mix all ingredients for the dough in a bowl and knead for 7 to 10 minutes. Rest for 10 minutes then roll out to the desired size.


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Colloquium: Bilingual & Multilingual Education in our Globalized World: New Theoretical Foundations, Current Policies & Practices, and Future Prospe...
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Colloquium: Bilingual and Multilingual Education in our Globalized World: New Theoretical Foundations, Current Policies and Practices, and Future Prospects
This colloquium presents bilingual/multilingual education as a current cutting-edge field, review of the current status of the field, analyze current policies and practices around the world, and move the field forward by rethinking older constructs and introducing fresh ideas that better address the reality of our multilingual world.
CAL staff presentations include:
Language Policy and Planning in Bilingual and Multilingual Education
This paper considers the political contexts of bilingual and multilingual education programs through the framework of language policy and planning, and argues that teachers must be aware of the negative consequences of harmful language policies, and also become familiar with positive examples of culturally and linguistically responsive teaching and learning.
Presenter: Terrence G. Wiley, PhD
Parent and Community Involvement in Bilingual and Multilingual Education
This paper describes the need for a two-way dialogue between educators and parents, and argues that the expectations and values parents of bilingual and multilingual students bring around schooling need to be recognized and incorporated into successful school outreach to families and communities.
Presenter: M. Beatriz Arias, PhD


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