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"Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me."
A perennial question that is asked of LDS relates to passages such as above, especially in Isaiah, which affirm the unity of God; and they ask how can LDS believe in the plurality of gods, and in the deification of man, when the Bible is so emphatically monotheistic? The answer to this question is a bit subtle, and requires some insight into the Old Testament teachings and theology. The doctrine of the unity of God is a recurrent theme in the Old Testament. It is perhaps the most recurring theme. It not only forms the first, and the most important of the Ten Commandments; it is repeated again and again throughout the historical, legislative, poetic, and prophetic portions of the Old Testament. If we wanted to quote and discuss all of them, it would turn into a sizeable volume. If we examine these passages in their proper context, however, it will become clear that they all occur in the context of the idolatrous practices of the ancients. In other words, they all occur in the context of trying to discourage the Israelites form worshipping the idols of their Gentile neighbours (which they had a propensity to do), and of worshiping the one true God. The following examples will make that clear:
Exodus 20:
2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
The connection of this commandment to idolatry is too obvious to require detailed comment. Notice that it says, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." It doesn't just say that "there are no other gods". There is a difference between the two. A similar quote from Deuteronomy affirms this doctrine:
Deuteronomy 6:
4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
The connection of this quote with idolatry is not as immediately obvious here. We have to jump to verses 12–14 to make the connection:
12 Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the
13 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;
From Deuteronomy onwards the history of
5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to
6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took
7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
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9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the Lord carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger:
12 For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
13 Yet the Lord testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God.
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16 And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
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18 Therefore the Lord was very angry with
The Israelites never returned from this exile. They became known as the "Lost Ten Tribes".
The OT passages in which the unity of God is emphasized (in one form or another, in contrast to the plurality of idols) are quite numerous. The interesting question is, why do LDS critics always stick to those few quotes from Isaiah, and ignore all the others? The reason is that in the other quotes, the connection with idolatry is too obvious to be overlooked, which renders them of little use to criticise LDS doctrine with. In the few quotes from Isaiah, the connection with idolatry is not always so obvious, which serves their purposes better. But there is a reason for that. The reason is that Isaiah's writings are highly poetic; and like all great poetry, their meaning are not always so easily understandable. For the rest of this post I am going to focus entirely on chapters 40 to 48 of the book of Isaiah, from which all the quotes by LDS critics are usually given, because the whole of these chapters constitute the context in which these verses should be understood. I begin with chapter 40:
18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
Then we jump to verse 25, where the prophet reverts back to the theme of verse 18:
25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
The context makes abundantly clear that the unity of God is taught in contrast to the idolatrous practices of the ancients, and as a warning to
4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.
5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
6 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
Verses 6–7 are a reference to the manufacturing of idols, i.e. the idolatrous practices of the ancients are being condemned, against which
21 Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
In verses 22–24 the reference is again to the idolatrous practices of the heathen. The prophet is (poetically) mocking the idols by taunting them to foretell the future, or either do good or do evil, to prove they are real gods! They are "nothing," and he that chooses them is an "abomination"! Note again the highly charged and poetic style of the language. Next we move to on to chapter 42, verses 8, 9, and 17:
8 I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. [i.e. proving His superiority to idols, who cannot foretell the future, nor do "good or evil".]
17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
There is no need to repeat the same commentary. It is a recurring theme throughout. Now we move on to chapter 43, where a frequently quoted passage comes from, i.e. verses 10–11; except that they often conveniently ignore the next two verses, 12–13. I am going to quote the whole lot, from 10 to 13:
10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after
11 I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour.
12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.
13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let [i.e. hinder] it?
I quite agree that beside the true God of heaven, there is no "Saviour" whom we should put our trust in, none who can "deliver" us, as Isaiah says; and that beside the supreme Deity of heaven, there is no other God who should be the object of our worship. ("... before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me." is Isaiah's poetic style of saying the same thing.) The LDS doctrine of the deification of man, and the plurality of gods, has absolutely no relevance to what Isaiah is talking about here. The LDS doctrine simply defines a degree of exaltation in the
6 Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
Verses 11 to 20 are a poetic (and mocking) reference to the manufacture of idols, which we have encountered before. Again, I quite agree that "They that make a graven image are all of them vanity . . . ," and that there is no other God who should be the object of our worship than the one true God. "I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God" is Isaiah's poetic style of saying just that. Well, so what! That has nothing to do with LDS doctrine of the plurality of gods. Next we move on to chapter 45, verses 5–7 and 16, which provides the necessary context:
5 I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.
7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things. . . .
16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.
And then in verses 18–22, the prophet again encapsulates the same theme so clearly that no comment is required:
18 For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.
19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside
22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Is there any need for further comment? I quite agree that there is no other god that can save us, than the one true and living God. Well, so what? What has that got to do with LDS doctrine? LDS doctrine never teaches that there is more than one God who can save us, or whom we should worship. Next we move on to chapter 46, where another oft quoted passage, verses 5 and 9, occurs. To obtain the context here, we will have to start quoting from verse 1, and continue on to verse 9:
1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
2 They stoop, they bow down together, they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of
4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
5 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.
9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
Bel and Nebo were the idols of
3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
5 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
Again, the Lord declares His sovereignty and superiority over idols, by declaring things to come before they take place, which the idols cannot do.
The bottom line is that in Isaiah, as in the rest of the Old Testament, the doctrine of the unity of God is taught in the context of the idolatrous practices of the ancients, which the Israelites were so prone to adopt; and they are designed to guard against, discourage, and warn against those abominable practices. They are NOT meant to be understood in the absolute logical sense in which some fundamentalist theologians and LDS critics have tried to understand them. In LDS theology, the doctrine of the plurality of gods, and deification of man, does NOT have the same significance as the idolatry of the ancients, which these passages of Isaiah tries to condemn. In idolatry, you worship a false god in place of the true God. In LDS doctrine, we do not worship anything in place of anything. Deification simply defines a degree of glory, salvation, or exaltation in the
Another thing that is overlooked is the poetic nature of the prophecies of Isaiah. In poetry, much emotive, (logically) inaccurate, symbolic, and exaggerated language is used with poetic license in order to appeal to the heart rather than the mind, which renders the text unsuitable for too accurate a logical, theological, or juridical interpretation. Consider the oft-quoted passage: ". . . before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me." (Isaiah 43:10.) If you took that statement too literally, you would have to conclude that the one true God was formed!, which would go contrary to the entire peremise that LDS critics try to establish.


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The Crucible
October 4 through October 21
Steppenwolf for Young Adults (SYA) is pleased to announce its 2017/18 season: The Crucible. A masterful and chilling portrayal of the historic Salem Witch Trials and an allegory for the rise of McCarthyism in the late 1940s, has rightfully become an American classic serving as both a cautionary tale and provocation that compels each generation to reflect upon the harrowing world it portrays. Reserve your tickets here or call 312.335.1650
Location: Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 1650 N. Halsted Street.
Five Year Bash 12-hour marathon program
October 7, 11:30 a.m. through 11:30 p.m.
The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts will launch a year-long celebration of the Center's five-year anniversary with a festive 12-hour Logan Five Year Bash. The event will feature continuous free programming for all ages, including art-making activities, exhibitions, performances, a BBQ and more throughout the 11-story building and its outside courtyard. This year's festivities will highlight the institution's impact on the lives of students, artists and arts organizations, and community members.
Location: Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th Street. 773.702.2787
Logan Center Bluesfest
October 13 through 15
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, a multi-disciplinary home for the arts at the University of Chicago, this Fall will launch a new year-round blues music initiative with the first Logan Center Bluesfest, an annual public celebration created to honor the South Side roots of the blues' tradition. The Logan Center Bluesfest will feature local and national musicians and artists in spaces throughout the Logan Center. Then, throughout the year, will be a series of performances by musicians and artists that reflect the diverse history of the blues tradition; a major archiving program to capture the stories of local and national blues artists; and workshops and educational programming to inspire the next generation of blues musicians and aficionados. RSVP to email@example.com by Tuesday, October 10 at noon.
Location: University of Chicago, 915 E. 60th Street.
Dinner Like No Other 2017: Our Benefit for Family Farms
October 15, 6:00 p.m. through 9:00 p.m.
"Dinner Like No Other," the unforgettable fundraising party for the Frontera Farmer Foundation. This year's theme? "A Night at the Circus." Prepare to be dazzled with a never-before-seen five-course themed menu (hint: expect lots of color), super-smooth margaritas and expertly curated wine pairings from our longtime sommelier Jill Gubesch. Of course, Rick will be there working the room and cajoling guests to raise a little more money. It's a blast. Purchase tickets here for the event.
Location: Frontera Grill and Topolobampo, 445 N. Clark Street. 312.66.1434
October 18 through 29
The Joffrey Ballet launches its 2017-18 season with the Chicago Premiere of Lola de Ávila's visionary adaption of Giselle, one of the greatest and most beloved Romantic era ballets. When a young peasant girl discovers her lover is betrothed to another, she dies of grief, only to be enlisted by the vengeful Wilis, a ghostly army of maidens who haunt the forests, dancing to death any male mortal who crosses their path. When her beloved wanders into their grasp, Giselle carries out the ultimate act of love to free him from his fate. An ethereal descent into madness, desire, and sublime beauty that will leave you breathless. Purchase tickets here for Giselle or call 312.386.8905.
Location: Auditorium Theater, 50 E. Congress Parkway
Own Your Glow with Latham Thomas
October 25, 7:00 through 9:00 p.m.
Join for an inspirational and wildly enriching evening soiree and discussion with celebrity doula, wellness and lifestyle guru Latham Thomas (from Oprah's Soul 100). Thomas's new book, Own Your Glow combines spiritual, psychological and self-reflective tools that offers an antidote to the hustle-hard, make-it-happen mainstream culture; fostering intentional rest and slowing down as a pathway to self-care and self-empowerment. Purchase tickets here for event and book.
Location: Blanc Chicago Art Gallery, 4445 S. King Drive. 773.373.4320

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Chris joined the PC3 staff as the Director of Student Ministries. He came to us after nineteen years in a similar role in a church in Raleigh where he developed a passion for working with students, parents, and leaders.
Chris was born and raised in Raleigh and has always been close to family. He was the youngest of three and was always a part of a sport or a game somewhere. After watching his older brother and sister play sports all their life, Chris followed in their footsteps. After high school he followed his brother and sister to UNC Chapel Hill (can we all say "Go Heels!) where he really began to develop his faith in Christ. He was surrounded by an amazing group of people in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and he began to understand what it meant to be a Christian leader.
After college Chris got the job as the Youth Director at a local YMCA directing a few day camps. He quickly learned that his passion was really leading the high school and college kids who worked for him. After a year at the "Y", a local church was looking for a one-year intern to lead their youth group. Chris instantly knew this was where God was leading him. That one year turned into two, two into ten, and ten into nineteen.
As the ministry grew, one of Chris' best decisions was to hire a young lady named Karin to lead the middle school ministry. After several years of working together, Chris and Karin realized that God had brought them together for another reason. They have been happily married since 2002. Their son CJ was born in 2004 and their daughter Kylie was born in 2006 and this family of four loves to spend time together.
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Friday's session kicked off the smorgasbord of Japanese food, shopping, music and entertainment that visitors have come to expect from a HYPER JAPAN events!
The Eat-Japan Sake Cocktail Awards 2015 saw its first day of mixing magic with three talented mixologists. At the counter were Enrique Gomez of Sticks'N'Sushi, James Hawkins of Matsuri St. James's, and Salvatore Maggio of The Westbury Hotel. Their sake cocktail creations dazzled visitors with their innovative combinations and ingredients. With such a strong showing on just the first of the three Sake Cocktail sessions, it'll be interesting to see what Saturday and Sunday will produce.
The Ukiyo-e Heros & Mokuhankan Woodblock Print Workshop presented a rare opportunity for fans of Japan to learn about the ancient art of woodblock printing. Workshop participants not only learned about ukiyo-e but hand-printed their own woodblock prints. Speaking of workshops, the Creative Studio workshops also gave visitors crash-courses in origami gift-wrapping, hakata-style tonkotsu ramen, and decorative macarons.
This time around our vendors have pulled out all the stops in assembling a plethora of shopping experiences, including but most definitely not limited to the traditional selection of the MIYABI gallery and the clearly non-traditional (but really cute) alpaca and hamster plushies. With both extremes of the gift spectrum covered, and with dozens more vendors filling in the gaps in between… those looking to pick up that perfect Japanese gift for the holidays, come prepared and ready to hit the ground running!
We just can't wait to see what tomorrow has to bring! Speaking of Saturday, Saturday First session tickets are still available as of this writing; We don't want to have to turn people away at the door, so get them while they last! We don't want to have to turn anybody away when many of our great guests will be returning, and all the same delicious food, amazing shopping and more will be there for your enjoyment.


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Name: Noah Jon Poupore
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At the age of sixteen, I was studying and training to take my firefighter one course, so I could become a member of the department. I am proud to say I am now a volunteer fire fighter for the Nadeau Township Fire Department in Carney, MI. Being on the fire department is how I grew up. My dad and uncle have been on the department for twenty plus years and my dad is currently the fire chief.
For fire fighter one and two courses, I have devoted two hundred seventy hours. Now that I am on the department we train about three hours a month and do monthly truck inspections. Because I have my pager clipped to my pants twenty-four – seven, I guess you can say I volunteer all my time to the community.
My biggest challenge as a cadet was the first time the pager went off at 1 AM for a structure fire and trying to wake up and function quickly and smartly. There is some kind of good tingling rush feeling I get when I hear the noise of the pager. But this call was different than all the rest. This call was someone's home that was almost gone when we were called to the seen. With weather temperatures at twenty below and still very early in the morning, we completed the mission. But there is still a lot to do. Now the fire trucks need to be inspected and tanks filled to be ready for the next call. Even though all of this was very hard work, the biggest challenge to this call was finding out that someone was in the fire and we didn't save him. My heart was broken and I didn't know how to handle this. I had nightmares for days, but I had to believe that this was only one call. There are so many other calls that are positive and calls that the community needs me to be there.
The day that I got the most satisfaction was last week when I was at the local hair salon. I was waiting to get my hair cut and the older lady, getting her hair cut, found out that I was a volunteer fire fighter. When she was done, she said to me, "Young man…can I give you a hug?" and I said "sure". She said, "thank you young man". The warm feeling in my heart is exactly why I do what I do. The smile on her face says it all. This made me realize I do make a difference by volunteering my time.
I wouldn't have it any other way, I love being a part of the fire department family. In the future I wish to graduate from a nearby college and continue my roots at this wonderful small community. Being a volunteer fire fighter gives me so much pride and glory. I hope to maybe someday following in my dad's footsteps and maybe even become the fire chief or maybe even save someone's life.


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I really love Halloween. I'm not just saying that because it's suddenly cool to be obsessed with all things Fall. I have always loved it and never really grew out of it! I keep our living room area sort of Victorian Gothic, with spiderwebs, black and white photos (some that have hologram skeletons in them when you look at them from a certain angle…), lots of candles and pumpkins. Then I have fun with the rest of the house, putting up ghost garland and halloween-themed wreaths. People never really know how to react when they come over in October!
I don't limit Halloween to the home decor though. I serve food off a Jack Skellington platter, use jack-o'lantern dishes and have pumpkin napkins too. So it's only logical that I serve my October cocktails with appropriately-themed Halloween swizzle sticks! These little ghosts are so cute that I actually regret using paper straws to make them. I wish I had used wooden skewers instead, so I could reuse them. Those straws just don't hold up very well, but I couldn't resist the fun colors and patterns! And with wooden skewers, you could also use these as cake or cupcake toppers. Or add them to a floral display. Or stick them into your jack-o'lantern. Brb, going to go make about a dozen more of these little guys.
What you'll need:
Small styrofoam balls
Paper straws or wooden skewers
Hot glue gun
Black sequins
What to do:
- Attach the balls to the skewers or straws. If using straws, you can use the hot glue to attach the two. If using skewers, just stab the ball with the pointy end of the skewer.
- Cut 4-6 layers of cheesecloth into roughly 5 inch squares. They don't have to be perfect!
- Apply a generous amount of hot glue to the base of the ball, where it meets the stick. While it's still hot, wrap the cheesecloth around the ball and press firmly against the glue to give it a loose ghost shape.
- Take 2 or 3 loose black sequins. Apply a tiny dot of hot glue for eyes and a mouth (if you want) and quickly affix the sequins.
- A few optional steps: I didn't like the holes in the center of the sequins, so I used a black permanent marker to color them in. I also trimmed the bottoms of the ghosts to make them more even and a little shorter (we don't want them getting wet in the drink!)
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There has been a steady increase in heart disease cases in Singapore since 2011 and the main culprit is our poor eating habits. It was found that 15 people die from cardiovascular diseases in Singapore every day, accounting for one out of every three deaths. Due to the busy and hectic life of most people in Singapore, many find it a chore to cook their own meals.
To address this problem and to promote a healthy heart in conjunction to World Heart Day taking place on 29 September 2015, Chef John See, Bosch's culinary ambassador, recommended a set of three healthy recipes for a salad, main and dessert. The recipes are healthy and easy to prepare. The cooking time is less than 20 minutes, and the ingredients can be easily found in any supermarket.
With the latest and recently-launched Bosch Series 8 Ovens however, healthy cooking methods are now just a 'feel' away. Its modern sensor technology takes care of the whole cooking process without any monitoring needed. Also, its grill function requires no oil or butter in the cooking process and consumers can be ensured that nutrients are retained in the food. That's not all, with its one-of-a-kind steam function, consumers can continue to snack on their favourite dumplings, buns, eggs, seafood and vegetables without being guilt-ridden. To find out more about Bosch Series 8 Ovens, please click HERE.
Sea Cucumber and White Fungi Salad with Citrus Salsa
Photo Credit: Bosch Singapore
The Key Ingredients
Sea Cucumber:
0 Calories, rich in collagen that is beneficial for the skin, rich in protein to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease
White Fungi:
Beneficial for the lungs
Red Apples:
Contains a natural anti-inflammatory agent to prevent blood clots.
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Sea Cucumber Mix:
200gm Small and soft sea cucumber (lightly blanched with salt water, thinly sliced)
50gm White fungi (lightly blanched with salt water), thinly sliced
1 no Japanese cucumber (thinly sliced)
1 no De-seeded red apple (thinly sliced and lightly soaked in salt water)
55gm Arugula
Citrus Salsa:
3tbsp White onion (thinly diced)
1 no Grapefruit (cut into wedges and juiced)
1 no Orange (cut into wedges and juiced)
pinch Freshly cracked rock salt and black pepper
4tbsp Toasted almond flakes
2tbsp Pomegranate seed
1tbsp Pomegranate molasses reduction
- Combine ingredients for the sea cucumber mix together in a big bowl.
- Combine all the ingredients for the citrus salsa together and mix well before tossing it together with the sea cucumber mix.
- Top it with the garnish and serve.
Photo Credit: Bosch Singapore
The Key Ingredients
Rich in omega-3 fatty acids to protect the heart, reduce inflammation and blood clots
Beancurd and Soy Milk:
Rich in soy protein to prevent heart attack and a protein substitute
Rich in vitamins to reduce risk of heart disease
Olive Oil:
Reduces risk of heart disease and lowers cholesterol mark.
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 15-20 minutes
4nos Deboned and skinned salmon fillet
2tbsp Olive oil
1pinch Freshly cracked salt and black pepper
8slices Lemon slices
2nos Cooked beetroot (peeled, cut and diced)
1tbsp Honey
Flaxseed and Walnut Crust:
3tbsp Toasted flaxseed
½cup Toasted walnut
2slices Toasted wholemeal fibre bread (cut into cubes)
Tomato Jam:
3cups Quartered fresh tomatoes
2tbsp Apple cider vinegar
4tbsp Brown sugar
½nos Diced white onion
Kale in Soya Milk :
1tbsp Olive oil
2nos Smashed whole garlic
pinch Freshly cracked salt and pepper
300gm Fresh kale leaf (cut to strips)
1nos Bean curd (cut to strips)
½cup Soya milk
- Heat up a pot over a Bosch stove and add all the ingredients for the tomato jam. Allow it to simmer to a boil, keeping it at a low heat while stirring occasionally for 15 minutes.
- Pour the tomato jam into a Bosch hand blender to create a fine puree and add in the cooked beetroot cubes. Set aside.
- Combine the flaxseed mix ingredients into a Bosch Mighty Mix Blender. After blending, add in the honey and then set it as a crust for the salmon.
- Place the 4 pieces of salmon on a tray. Season with salt, pepper, lemon and olive oil.
- Place into the Bosch series 8 steam oven for 5 to 6 minutes. Remove the salmon and dip it in the flaxseed and walnut crust.
- Lightly sauté the garlic to golden brown and add in the kale and bean curd. Fry for 2 min, before adding in the soya milk to soak the kale for 3 minutes.
- Serve with beetroot-tomato jam.
Photo Credit: Bosch Singapore
Chilled Melon Soup with Avocado and Assorted Berries
The Key Ingredients
Rich in fatty acids, vitamins and antioxidants to protect the heart
Anti-inflammatory properties to reduce risk of heart disease
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 15 minutes
2no. Halved white dragon-fruit
4no. Halved ripe avocado
4no. Gooseberries
1cup Blueberries
1cup Blackberries
1cup Halved strawberries
Melon Mix:
1no. Rock melon (peeled and cubed)
2cup Ice cubes
1cup Fresh raspberries
- Combine the melon mix ingredients together in a Bosch blender, until the ice and melon become a fine puree. Place in the fridge.
- Scoop out a bit of the insides of the dragon-fruit and place it on a soup plate.
- Use a melon scoop on the avocado and place the fruit ball and berries in the dragon-fruit.
- Stir the chilled melon soup and pour it onto the soup plate. Serve.
Cooking your own meals can be fast, easy and most importantly it is healthy with the right ingredients, equipments and cooking methods, start taking care of your heart for yourself and your family from today! Bon appetit!


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Dear Senators:
Welcome to Harvard Model Congress Dubai 2018! My name is Dustin Chiang and I look forward to chairing the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations this year.
Originally from Fremont, California, I am a junior at Harvard College studying Government with a secondary in Economics. I'm very passionate about civic engagement, teaching civics at local public schools in Cambridge and serving as the Communications Director for the Harvard Institute of Politics. I've spent time working on campaigns and in legislative offices, including in the actual Senate this past summer. In my free time I enjoy watching a variety of TV, trying delicious foods, and cheering on the Oakland Athletics.
As United States Senators, you will be tasked with representing the American public and making important decisions on their behalf. One of our briefings will focus on immigration and refugee policies that the United States has set and whether they should be reconsidered. The other will be about the United State's involvement in Libya. As a senator, you will need to balance the interests of your state with the interests of the entire country at large.
Before the conference, make sure to fully read and understand the briefings as well as your representative's district and opinions so that we can have more informed, productive conversations in committee. I encourage you to expand your research beyond the scope of our briefings to gain broader perspective on these issues. Please feel free to reach out before the conference to ask any questions you might have, or even just to introduce yourself. Get excited for an awesome conference!
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This is ambiguous. Certainly, there are people (dragons and giants, respectively) who believe that Io and Annam created the multiverse. In the timeline in the Hellbound: The Blood War boxed set, fiends don't even learn that gods exist for a long time (long before what later editions would call the Dawn War, but still, a long time). The timeline refers to the "powers—godlike beings that've been around for what seems like forever."Zeromaru X wrote:There are canon gods that existed way before their mortal worshipers (like Moradin or Corellon, that created their followers; or beings such as Ao, Io and Annam, that are credited with helping with creation of the multiverse).
On Hallowed Ground leaves it uncertain whether Moradin created the dwarves or vice versa. From page 76: "The dark of it's that the dwarven pantheon sprang from the soil itself, though whether the powers created the dwarves or the people created the gods is still up in the air."
On the subject of the elven pantheon (page 92) the text tries to have it both ways: "Long, long ago, as the multiverse spun and tumbled its way into being, the elvish powers arose from the beauty of the land, their aspects taking on all that was pure in creation. Some of them grew out of the beliefs and emotions of the elves, while others seem to have existed before the elves ever drew breath."
Note all the hedging. The elven gods seem to have existed before the elves first breathed. But maybe they didn't! Maybe the gods created the dwarves, maybe it was the other way around. The gods seem to have been around forever, but who knows? And even if the gods did create mortal races in their image, they might have been born from the beliefs of still older races.
On Hallowed Ground presents both theories as possibilities. The theory it gives the most time to is that gods began their existence as spirits (as detailed in the 2e sourcebook Shaman), and slowly gained power as mortals began to worship them, eventually growing powerful enough to declare themselves gods. The book also suggests, almost as an aside, an alternate theory: that the powers created mortals. "Whether this is true or not, most folks dismiss the idea as propaganda from the powers themselves."
As with issues of morality and ethics, I think it's best to allow for some ambiguity. I don't much care if the gods created the multiverse or not; it's much more interesting that characters within the game will disagree over it, and conflict thereby ensues.
The Forgotten Realms setting tends to put a lot of stock into the myth that Realmspace was created by the sisters Selune and Shar, but this is just the Netherese creation myth and there were other pantheons in the age of Netheril with stories of their own. Maybe after the Dawn Cataclysm, when the Faerunian pantheons merged, the Netherese creation myth retroactively became the "true" one, but there are still other pantheons on Toril—the Maztican pantheon, the Zakharan pantheon, the pantheon of the Shou—with stories that have nothing to do with the gods of Faerun. So I'm skeptical that the origin of Toril is as simple as "Together with her sister Shar, Selûne created Abeir-Toril from the cosmic ether and assisted Chauntea as she blessed the twin worlds with life." What, then, of the gods Maztica and Kukul? Or the Lords of Creation worshiped in Malatra? Or the Celestial Emperor of the Celestial Bureaucracy?
We do know that the first elves to arrive on Toril, the green elves, didn't worship Corellon Larethian, or even know who he was. Instead, they worshiped the fey gods of the Seelie Court. Grand History of the Realms says (page 8) "These primitive green elves worship the Faerie gods (not the Seldarine, which were unknown at this time)." If Corellon created them, why didn't they know he existed until later? Perhaps they forgot for some reason, or Corellon didn't decide to reveal himself to his people until later, but I'm skeptical.
It's not, you're correct. What I said was "this has to be at least potentially true." There's a faction in Planescape called the Athar whose fundamental belief is that the powers are frauds, falsely claiming to be gods when they're actually nothing of the sort. Sure, they can just be wrong, but what fun is that? Even if they're wrong, they might not have always been wrong: perhaps the gods were originally frauds but they made themselves true gods retroactively, rewriting history so that they were the creators of everything. And the beliefs of the Athar might rewrite history again, making gods into frauds once again. Belief is power.I do not believe that statement that "gods were formed from mortal beliefs" is set in stone
Based on some conversations I had on the old Wizards of the Coast message boards, I like to distinguish between gods, who were created from belief, and the protogenoi, entities who personify basic components of existence. Maybe the difference is just semantics, maybe not.


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The summer holidays are almost over. The kids go back to school on Monday and I will have the house to myself again. It's been lovely having them around but we've floated rather aimlessly through the holidays, not doing anything very much, and it's time we all got back into a routine. There hasn't been much in the way of either crafting or housework, so I have loads to catch up on! I'm hoping that, by writing it all down here, that will spur me on and I will actually get stuff done. So, here is my list of priorities for the next few weeks.
* Get back on track with the housework! Never my strong point, but I have recently signed up to emails from Habithacker, in the hope of finally getting myself into some kind of routine. It always feels rather futile trying to do housework when the kids are around, so I really need to have a bit of a blitz.
* Planning for my Quilt Along with Rhonda. I actually have managed to do some preparation for this, but there is more to be done. We are going to kick it off on the 21st Sept (and Rhonda has interviewed me for her podcast - eek!) Watch out for more details in the next couple of weeks... Here's a little sneaky peak though.
* Re-stock my etsy shop. It has been sadly neglected over the last few months but I'd really like to try and make a go of it and try and make a little extra money. (Especially with "you know what" approaching...)
* Start doing some exercise. Ahem. Let's just say that I am not a particularly active person and I enjoy my sweeties a little too much! So I need to take some action - I am well prepared with a stepper machine, wii fit and various games/dvds so, hopefully, I will make it a regular habit. Please feel free to quiz/pester me on this - it's probably the only way I will actually stick to anything!
* I also want to make a start on my "heathers" quilt.
I've collected all my fabrics and have actually started cutting out 7.5" squares, but it'll be a little while before any sewing commences!
I hope it won't be too long before I can start crossing things off. Watch this space...
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Today I am going to be engorging myself with lots and lots of food. Ya know what they say about turkey? It makes you sleepy. Today I will probably be eating myself into a coma, but wanted to tell everyone
Happy Thanksgiving...
Happy Thanksgiving...
Hoping everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving and that you are spending the day with family and friends! I have so many things to be thankful for this year. Of course the obvious of Family and friends and many, many Thanks to those of you who stop by to read this blog! This year I am adding to my list of the many things to be thankful for, I am also thankful that Prince Charles is not going to publicly pose in a Speedo Can I get an Amen!
Happy Turkey Day to All!
C'est La Vie ©Gossip_Grl
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Firing the Rare and Interesting British 1918 Farquhar-Hill Rifle [VIDEO]
The British 1918 Farquhar-Hill is quite an interesting early semi-automatic military rifle.
While too late for World War One use, the Farquhar-Hill was a stepping stone for future firearm designs.
Watch this rare old rifle examined and fired.
The British World War One-era 1918 Farquhar-Hill rifle is one smooth shooter. It is an early semi-automatic design that fires from a truly unique 19 round detachable drum magazine. Chambered in the .303 British caliber, it had a lot of firepower for the day.
It was fielded too late to really be used in World War One other than an aircraft observer's weapon.
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Georgia heavy metallers Baroness have premiered their song "March To The Sea," which is the second song off their upcoming album Yellow & Green. The new album is set to be released on July 17th via Relapse Records.
Click here to check out the new song.
The band will be performing at the Orion Music & More Festival on June 23rd in Atlantic City, NJ. After that they will be embarking on a seven week European tour and then coming back to the United States to perform at the Hopscotch Music Festival in Durham, NC on September 6th. Click here to see the complete list of tour dates, cities and venues.
June 23 Atlantic City, NJ Orion Music & More
July 1 Helsinki, Finland Tuska Open Air
July 3 Gothenburg, Sweden Sticky Fingers
July 4 Stockholm, Sweden Debasser Slussen
July 6 Roskilde, Denmark Roskilde Festival
July 8 Amneville, France Sonisphere
July 9 Birmingham, UK Academy 3
July 10 Glasgow, UK Stereo
July 11 Manchester, UK Moho Live
July 12 London, UK Barfly, Camden SOLD OUT
July 14 Nijimegen, Netherlands Nijimegen De Affaire Festival
July 15 Dour, Belgium Dour Festival
July 17 Beaumont, France Le Tremplin
July 19 Bilbao, Spain Kafe Antzokia
July 20 Barcelos, Portugal Milhoes de Festa
July 21 Madrid, Spain El Sol
July 22 Barcelona, Spain Apolo 2
July 23 Toulouse, France La Dynamo
July 25 Wiesbaden, Germany Raucherkammer
July 26 Basel, Switzerland Sommercasino
July 27 Zurich, Switzerland Dynamo
July 28 Florence, Italy Viper Theatre
July 30 Milan, Italy Civic Arena
July 31 Vienna, Austria Chelsea
August 1 Munich, Germany 59to1
August 3 Prague, Czech Republic 007
August 4 Katowice, Poland Off Festival
August 5 Berlin, Germany Magnet
August 6 Hamburg, Germany Logo
August 7 Copenhagen, Denmark Beta
August 9 Oslo, Norway Oya Festival
August 12 Tunbridge Wells, UK Forum
August 13 Sheffield, UK Corporation
August 14 Bristol, UK The Fleece
August 15 Southampton, UK Talking Heads
August 17 Hasselt, Belgium Pukkelpop
August 18 Leipzig, Germany Highfield Festival
August 19 Ludinghausen, Germany Area4 Festival
September 6 Raleigh, NC Hopscotch Music Festival
October 27 Gainesville, FL The Fest 11


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Workplace Sickness by Numbers
Workplace absence is a concern for a whole manner of businesses. After all, lost work days can have the potential to delay projects and upset deadlines. But before employers start putting strategies in place to try and reduce absences, we need to take a more detailed look at their triggers.
Recently at Benenden, we surveyed 2,500 employees about their sick days, trying to pinpoint the most prolific workplace ailments and the ways employers could try to guard against them.
When is it acceptable to call in sick?
When respondents were asked when they thought it was acceptable to call in sick, these ten ailments were mentioned most frequently:
- Vomiting
- Diarrhoea
- Flu
- Sickness bugs
- Migraines
- Stress
- Mental health problems
- Hospitalisation
- A head cold
- A headache
This top ten could suggest that physical health is very much the sickness-norm, while mental health is still approached with a degree of stigma.
Tipping the balance
When you take a look at the more detailed figures, the gulf between physical and mental illness is even clearer. 73 percent, 71 percent and 59 percent of those surveyed thought that vomiting, diarrhoea and flu were, respectively, the most acceptable reasons for calling in sick.
In contrast, just 19 percent of employees thought that stress was an acceptable reason for taking time off, while 17 percent thought that broader mental health issues warranted a period of absence. Not only that: 42 percent of the employees we surveyed consider their workplace to view stress as a sign of weakness. This is despite stress being the source of most UK absences.
A lack of understanding
It'd be unfair to assume that this is all down to deliberate stigma. A lot of the time, it's simply due to a lack of understanding.
Stress doesn't just involve feeling the pressure, it comes with a host of physical symptoms that can make working next to impossible. Nausea, headaches, stomach upsets, heart palpitations, dizziness and aches and pains can all stem from stress; disrupting concentration and, sometimes, leading to more serious mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety.
We also found evidence that employers could be neglecting employee wellbeing in other ways, too. 28 percent of employees reported being forced to use a full day of their holiday allowance in order to attend a doctor's appointment. 48 percent of survey respondents even said that they didn't feel like their employers care about their physical and mental wellbeing at all.
What can we do?
76 percent of employees say they perform at their best when they feel good about their health. This suggests that an investment in health and wellbeing could prove much less costly to businesses in the long-run (when compared to working days lost to sickness).
Currently, 82 percent of employers don't contribute to healthcare, while 91 percent of employees told us that their employers don't contribute to things like gym memberships and other activities. This is despite the NHS reporting that exercise can improve both our physical and mental health.
With working days lost to absence numbering 27.3 million in 2014/2015, it appears as though an investment in employee health could not only benefit employees themselves but businesses as a whole.
This article was first published on 26th November 2015.


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WinterisComing.net featured the Game of Thrones Win the Map Sweepstakes in an article last week. In celebration of Season 3, you can enter for a chance to win Robb Stark's Westeros Map and House Sigil Markers that appear in Seasons 2 and 3. "If you aren't the grand prize winner, you still have a shot at winning a very cool runner-up package. The second place winner will receive a commemorative Game of Thrones™ gift package set." Head over to the Sweepstakes page to enter for your chance to take something home from the set!
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Didn't get enough of our original five theme park survival tips? Here are five more Traveling Mom bloggers with great ideas to help your family make the most of your theme park vacation. And don't forget to join us on April 2 at 9pm ET for our #TMOM Twitter party where we'll share even more tips and ideas for theme park fun!
Disabled TravelingMom Connie Roberts
Expect to make changes in your plans. Visiting Universal with the thought of being flexible will make you a lot happier than expecting to be a theme park commando when you're disabled. If you feel tired or unwell, it's time to take a break. Sit in the shade, get something to drink, people watch.
Disney TravelingMom Andi Sims
Hold your plans loosely for when you're actually in the park; if the youngest wants to stop and watch a parade that's not on the schedule or Grandma gets caught up in an impromptu street performance, savor the moment.
Family Fun TravelingMom Desiree Miller
For teens, we make sure they have cell phones charged and with them, just in case we end up separated. We like to get in the park the minute it opens and go straight to the attraction we most want to see. Backpacks are a must and should be packed with rain gear since it seems to rain every afternoon in Florida. We also buy the drink that comes with the attraction cup that can be refilled for less later. We're still using our Butterbeer mugs at home–and they're great mementos of our fun.
Idaho TravelingMom Elizabeth Rodgers
When we enter a crowded amusement park or other venue, we march straight to the back. People tend to linger up front, leaving the back areas uncrowded. Then we work our way back and are right by the exit when we're ready to leave.
If your kids can't memorize your cell number, write it down and put it in their pocket. Also, never tell them that if they get lost, you will meet them at the car–you don't want them leaving the park with anyone.
Luxury TravelingMom Kim-Marie Evans
Go left. We learned from a VIP tour guide at Disney that, when you go in to any park, you should go left; everyone's natural tendency is to go right.
Want more theme park survival tips? See tips from 5 more Traveling Mom bloggers here!


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Healthy Family Meals for Fall
Annette Doody
Savory Bistro Owner and Wellness Coach
Dear Annette:
Fall is in full swing. With busy schedules, it seems impossible to have healthy meals ready for my family. Help! before I go through the drive-thru again!
Dear Reader:
First, let me congratulate you for not wanting to go through any drive-thru. Children's brains are still developing and there are now thousands of studies that clearly show that trans fats, processed sugars, and food additives affect how our brains develop and function. That means that fast foods are negatively affecting the brain and the body. So, what is the answer?
To be healthy we need to be using our kitchens or have access to healthy "to go' meals such as the meals we have at Savory Bistro. One dish meals were always popular because they were fast and easy to make and full of good nutrients if made from scratch. This time of year, think of soups and one dish meals that are fast and easy. Most can be frozen and keep for up to 3 months for those nights when there is no time to cook. Yes, this takes a little time and coordination but the rewards are huge. Plan one day a week to make a large pot of soup. Let it cool and then divide it to freeze for another night. Soups are yummy and highly nutritious. Kids love soup especially if they have helped to make it!
Think also about sauces. One or two sauces can transform a simple baked chicken breast or some plain pasta into a gourmet meal in minutes. Things like tomato sauce, pesto sauce, or a balsamic vinegar sauce bring a simple baked chicken breast to life.
Another option is what I call the "picky" dinner. I like to use boards and put out all sorts of fun ingredients. Some items might include olives, cheese, nitrate free cold cuts, pickles, nuts, fruit, hummus, vegetables cut small, a little bread, and you have a great dinner that requires no cooking and is fast and easy.
Breakfast for dinner is also a perfect solution. Simple scrambled eggs with onions, mushrooms, peppers, cheese and spinach is a high protein, high fiber dinner. It's also fun to let the kids decide what they want to put into their eggs.
Take a little time to search for recipes with ingredients that appeal to you and take less than 20 minutes to make.
Here is one of my favorites:
Easy Pesto Sauce
5 minutes • COOK TIME: 0
1 cup tightly packed fresh basil leaves
1/2 cup shelled raw pistachios
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon freshly squeeze lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon water (optional)
Put the basil, pistachios, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a food processor and process until well blended. For a thinner pesto, add the water and briefly process again. Taste; you may want to add a squeeze of lemon juice or a pinch of salt.
Reprinted with permission from The Longevity Kitchen: Satisfying Big-Flavor Recipes Featuring the Top 16 Age-Busting Power Foods Copyright © 2013 by Rebecca Katz with Mat Edelson, Ten Speed Press, a division of the Crown Publishing Group, Berkeley, CA.
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Connectivity, security, data are pillars of digital transformation: VC Gopalratnam, SVP-IT and CIO – International, Cisco
Digita transformation is not something which effects one part of the organisation. It effects the organisation from top to bottom. The approach that the private sector is taking and the one public sector is taking are quite different. While government organisations are focusing on delivering citizen services in the most effective way possible, the private firms are looking to automate their process. VC Gopalratnam, SVP-IT and CIO – International, Cisco, in an exclusive conversation with Mohd Ujaley, shares his views on digital transformation and how both government and private companies can move towards digital.
The word digital transformation has become a buzz word. Both government agencies and enterprises are trying to become digital. What is your views? Are they on right track?
If you think about digital transformation. It is not something which effects one part of the organisation. It effects the organisation from top to bottom. Clearly the approach that the private sector is taking and that one public sector taking are quite different. If you think about what the public sector is doing, everything that the government is trying to do around Digital India and creation of Smart Cities and smart enterprises, it's all about delivering citizen services in the most effective way possible. By effective we mean, the most economical, flexible, secure and the most affordable. Citizen services are what the public sector is focused on in driving digital transformation.
Citizen services can be in any industry vertical, like education, healthcare, security, transportation and that is how the public sector is driving digital transformation. If you switch to the private sector while the digital transformation is all about the delivery of better service to three types of stakeholders – the customer, the ecosystem that you are part of (including partners) and employees. All the services cater to these set of stakeholders are automation, collaboration, networking services etc. to give better experience.
Over the past few years, lot of technology intervention has gone into modernising digital Infrastructure but one of the most critical components – networking – is still legacy based. Virtualisation and SDN have not been able to make substantial in-road. Why there is delay?
I don't think there is necessarily a delay. If you look at what has happened to data centre over the years, everybody had a lot of data centres in the past and then the world moved to a place where optimisation and rationalisation, consolidation and centralisation of data centre was happening. But then the world recognised that by having everything centralised you lose ability to deliver services to customers who were asking for data centre type of services at the edge of the network close to where consumption was happening which is actually leading to more and more decentralisation again of data centres and network.
The reason why it takes time as you have to do in at scale at secured way and abstract the complexity of what you are doing from the end user. In order to do that, it takes time and one organisation cannot do this and that's why you need to work with an ecosystem.
What new innovation do you foresee in networking?
The world is moving towards autonomic systems. The feature of is the ability to self diagnose, self heal and self operate and you have intelligence build in order to make that happen and it becomes self learning. That's the way the world is moving. To me that is the next evolution of machine learning and deep learning that will lead to autonomic learning and tomorrow's network will also focus on all these.
What would be the three key technologies that government and enterprises need to focus on?
As far as government is concerned, first one is connectivity and making sure it is pervasive and reliable as without connectivity nothing else will work. The first job of any government plan should be to ensure that they drive connectivity in every corner of the country. Once you have the connectivity in place, then through common network you can deliver all kinds of services. The second part that they need to focus on is security aspect as people will not consume services that they do not believe or are not secure. The third capability that the government should focus on is how to protect data and make the right data available to the right people at right time so that they can consume it better. All these three needs to be monitored and managed at such at a large scale that it needs to be reliable set of services that governments need to deliver.
The first three that was mentioned before are applicable to all the enterprises as well. However, there are few other things that will enable all of this. First one is around AI and deep learning as you mentioned. The second one is around automation of infrastructure but automation of application, workflow. The third one is of collaboration that includes voice, data, video, messaging etc.
Government is generating huge amount of personal data but unfortunately we don't have privacy law in place. So, would you as a CIO vouch for strengthening the privacy law in the country?
You need security to not only address the data but also the data that moves. Data will move from one cloud to another cloud, from one system to another system, from one country to another and all. Especially with new data sovereignty rules coming in, we need to have capabilities to hold data in one country. Our privacy laws really need to be stepped up significantly.
Over the past couple of years there have been innovation in GTM strategy, sale models, technology, partnership but we still see Cisco as a hardware giant. Is there some innovation happening at organisation level?
What you are talking about is completely universal. You no longer compete with companies you would have competed 10 years ago. The whole notion of competition has changed as everyone is doing everything. For Cisco, while we were a hardware company, we do more software than other companies around the world. We are actually more of software than hardware company. We are now in the middle of a transition from being called a hardware company to more of a solutions company where we are bundling hardware, software services together as a solution that you as a customer can consume in a flexible way. So that is the shift that is happening.
We are making the shift ourselves. We are designing digital products i.e. our products that we traditionally have to be successful in digital paradigm. That is how you fight competition i.e. how do you deliver this capability to customer and give them what they want in a flexible way.
How long will this process take?
This will take 18 – 24 months. This is a significant shift as we have to change out GTM market. By doing that we not only have to change our backend, all the business processes have to be reengineered and such process takes time.
If you think about digital transformation, Cisco is in the middle of huge digital transformation. The 5 focus areas for us are simplification automation, security, analytics and continuous innovation and this the foundation on which digital transformation is happening.
We are aware that world is changing and competitive landscape is changing. We are completely reengineering model and GTM. We know this is a transition will take time but we are getting positive feedback from analysts and customer that we are making the right investments. Our relevance has never been higher than right now.
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The Protestation was an attempt to avert the English Civil War. In July 1641 Parliament passed a bill authored on 3 May,[1] requiring those over the age of 18 to sign the Protestation, an oath of allegiance to King Charles I and the Church of England. No one could hold a Church or state office without signing.
The speaker of the House of Commons sent a letter to sheriffs of each county. They and the Justices of the Peace had to take the Protestation. From there, each parish incumbent was to read the Protestation in church to his parishioners and have each one sign. This took place during February and March 1642, after which the returns were sent to Parliament. Those among the population who could not write marked a cross against their names. Those who did not wish to have their names used in support were also listed in the Protestation.
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Nicole Roberts Jones was the mistress of ceremonies at Boston's 43rd annual Martin Luther King Day Breakfast. As the old adage goes, behind every great man is an even greater woman. Coretta Scott King played a vital role as Dr. King's wife and organizing partner. There were many other women who had participated in the civil rights movement, but unlike Mrs. King, Betty Shabazz and Rosa Parks, their accomplishments have been given little attention.
Ella Baker, Septima Poinsette Clark, Fannie Lou Hamer and Vivian Malone Jones are all unsung heroines from that era. Baker was a longtime organizer for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) who worked behind the scenes. Because she was neither a man nor a minister, she was not seriously considered to become the head of the organization. Clark, better known as the "queen mother" of the civil rights movement, was an educator who played a role in a legal victory that would allow blacks to become principals in public schools in Charleston, South Carolina. Hamer was a Mississippi sharecropper, who was beaten and jailed in 1962 for trying to register to vote. She co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and spoke at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Jones defied Gov. George Wallace by becoming one of the first black students to enroll at the University of Alabama in 1963.
And there were countless other women, who are unknown, but worked tirelessly cooking meals and cleaning up after rallies. These women should be the main role models for today's black women, not stars on reality shows.
While no woman gave a speech at the 1963 March on Washington, it seems like their accomplishments are now being recognized. Myrlie Evers-Williams delivered the invocation at President Obama's inauguration – the first ever done by a woman and layperson.
"There's a Chinese saying, 'Women hold up half the world," said former NAACP chairman Julian Bond. "In the case of the civil rights movement it's probably three-quarters of the world."
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Joseph Phan, Mercer University College of Pharmacy
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, C. difficile – was estimated to cause almost half a million infections in the United States in 2011, and 29,000 died within 30 days of the initial diagnosis. [1] The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) guidelines for the treatment of C. difficile states that the disruption of indigenous fecal flora is likely a major risk for C. difficile infection, and that instillation of stool from a healthy donor has been used with a high degree of success in several uncontrolled case series. [2]
A recently published noninferiority study sought to compare the effectiveness of transplantation of frozen versus fresh fecal micobiota in achieving clinical resolution of C. difficile associated diarrhea. [3]
|Title: Frozen vs Fresh Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) and Clinical Resolution of Diarrhea in Patients With Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI)
A Randomized Clinical Trial
|Randomized, double-blind, noninferiority trial; N= 219
|To determine whether frozen-and-thawed (frozen, experimental) FMT is noninferior to fresh (standard) FMT in terms of clinical efficacy among patients with recurrent or refractory CDI and to assess the safety of both types of FMT
|Study Groups
|Patients were randomly allocated to receive frozen (n= 114) or fresh (n= 118) FMT via enema.
|Patients are randomly assigned to frozen or fresh FMT. All patients received suppressive antibiotics for their most recent episode of CDI, which was discontinued 24 to 48 hours prior to FMT. On day one, patients received 50 mL of frozen or fresh FMT by enema. Patients who showed no improvement of CDI symptoms by day four received an additional FMT with the same donor and allocation as the original FMT between days five and eight. Patients not responding to two FMTs were offered repeat FMT or antibiotic therapy.
Fresh stool samples from healthy donors were transported to the processing laboratories within 5 hours of collection and stored at 5°C until frozen or used for FMT. Approximately 100 g of stool sample was diluted with 300 mL of commercially bottled water and emulsified using a sterile wooden spatula. Gauze was placed on top of an empty container to strain the solids, and the suspension in the container was aspirated into 60 mL syringes, which were also used to administer the enemas. Patients randomized to receive fresh FMT received the suspension within 24 hours of collection; those randomized to receive the frozen FMT received the suspension within 24 hours of thawing. Frozen suspensions were kept at −20°C for a maximum of 30 days and thawed overnight at 25°C; anaerobic bacteria counts have been found to remain stable for at least 30 days when stored at −20°C.
|July 2012 and September 2014
|Primary Outcome Measure
|Clinical resolution of diarrhea without relapse at 13 weeks and adverse events. Noninferiority margin was set at 15%.
|Baseline Characteristics
|Patients in the modified intention-to-treat (mITT) arm who received frozen FMT were on average 73 years old, those that received fresh FMT were on average 72.5 years old.
|A total of 219 patients (n = 108 in the frozen FMT group and n = 111 in the fresh FMT group) were included in the modified intention-to-treat (mITT) population and 178 (frozen FMT: n = 91, fresh FMT: n = 87) in the per-protocol population. In the per-protocol population, the proportion of patients with clinical resolution was 83.5% for the frozen FMT group and 85.1% for the fresh FMT group (difference, −1.6% [95% CI, –10.5% to ∞]; p = .01 for noninferiority). In the mITT population the clinical resolution was 75.0% for the frozen FMT group and 70.3% for the fresh FMT group (difference, 4.7% [95% CI, –5.2% to ∞]; p< .001 for noninferiority). There were no differences in the proportion of adverse or serious adverse events between the treatment groups.
|Adverse Events
|Common Adverse Events: transient diarrhea (70%), abdominal cramps (10%), or nausea (<5%) during the 24 hours following an FMT and constipation (20%) and excess flatulence (25%) during the follow-up period
|Serious Adverse Events: Twelve patients (eight in the frozen FMT group and 4 in the fresh FMT group) required hospitalization because of illnesses unrelated to FMT following clinical resolution of CDI after FMT. A total of 19 patients (six in the frozen FMT group and 13 in the fresh FMT group) died during the 13-week study period. Four patients (two in the frozen FMT group and two in the fresh FMT group) died with unresolved CDI: of these, one had received three FMTs, two had received two FMTs, and the other had received a single FMT.
|Percentage that Discontinued due to Adverse Events: N/A
|Study Author Conclusions
|Among adults with recurrent or refractory CDI, the use of frozen compared with fresh FMT did not result in worse proportion of clinical resolution of diarrhea. Given the potential advantages of providing frozen FMT, its use is a reasonable option in this setting.
The results of this randomized double-blind trial shows that frozen fecal microbiota is not inferior to treatment with fresh fecal micobiota thus allowing for numerous advantages in preparation and safety. The protocol used in this study utilizes disposable equipment and does not necessitate specialized, costly equipment. Furthermore, administration by enema is less invasive than colonoscopy or nasogastric administration. Finally, frozen FMT reduces the number and frequency of donor screenings compared with fresh FMT. Together, all of these advantages may potentially reduce cost with similar outcomes. [3]
- Lessa FC, Mu Y, Bamberg WM, et al. Burden of Clostridium difficile infection in the United States. N Engl J Med. 2015;372(9):825-34.
- Cohen, SH, et al. Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults: 2010 Update by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA). Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2010;31(5):431-455.
- Lee CH, Steiner T, Petrof EO, et al. Frozen vs Fresh Fecal Microbiota Transplantation and Clinical Resolution of Diarrhea in Patients With Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2016;315(2):142-149. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.18098.


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Thanks to Geno Prussakov, I happened upon the IBM CoreMetrics study on Black Friday Sales Results for 2011.
If you're an online small business owner, I think there's a few things worth noting in it.
Mobile Online Shopping is Way Up
If you look at the Mobile Summary Metrics, you'll see that not only was there a 209% increase in the percentage of e-commerce transactions compared to Black Friday 2010, but that there was a 32% increase in Conversion Rate. That's a huge jump, and it may show that more consumers have confidence/trust in mobile security.
Social Media Failed to Grow on Black Friday
Across platforms (wireless, PC, etc), Social Media had less of an impact in actual conversions. While there was a modest increase in Social as a percentage of total web traffic (up 4.6%), it actually figured in a smaller percentage of actual sales by order number ( down almost 4%).
As a small business, I think we need to be paying more attention to Mobile. And generally, mobile is closely related to local. Ignore those two segments at your own peril.
For e-commerce sites and consumer goods brick and mortars, Social is still an important venue. It's interesting that it played less of a role in actual hard dollars.
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There are numerous reasons why people choose to invest in a franchise instead of opening their own business from scratch. Often, people lack the proper experience for the field they are interested in. Just because you lack job history in a certain field doesn't mean you can never own a business in that market. There is a lot to learn in the operation and management of any new business. However, if you buy a franchise, the head of your franchise chain will establish much of the procedures and protocols for you - that's the whole point of a franchise in that the foundations have already been built for you.
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The restaurant business can be very lucrative, or it can conversely be harsh. Instead of risking your time and money on a restaurant that may or may not succeed, consider restaurant franchises instead. Franchises are individual units of a larger chain, which are for sale to individuals. Instead of the restaurant being owned and operated corporately or privately, individuals can purchase and operate their own locations.
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