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Early Pentecostals on Patriotism and Nationalism
Originally posted at PCPJ.
These days, love of God is often mixed up with love of country, patriotism and national pride. This was not the case with most early Pentecostals. In line with their pacifism, many influential Spirit-filled leaders criticized patriotism and nationalism. Here are some examples:
Charles Fox Parham (4 June 1873 – c. 29 January 1929) was an American preacher who was instrumental in the formation of Pentecostalism.
The past order of civilization was upheld by the power of nationalism, which in turn was upheld by the spirit of patriotism, which divided the peoples of the world by geographical boundaries, over which each fought the other until they turned the world into a shamble. The ruling power of this old order has always been the rich, who exploited the masses for profit or drove them en masse to war, to perpetuate their misrule.
The principle teachers of patriotism maintaining nationalism were the churches, who have lost their spiritual power and been forsaken of God. Thus, on the side of the old order in the coming struggle, will be arrayed the governments, the rich, and the churches, and whatever forces they can drive or patriotically inspire to fight for them. On the other hand the new order that rises out of the sea of humanity knows no national boundaries, believing in the universal brotherhood of mankind and the establishment of the teachings of Jesus Christ as a foundation for all laws, whether political or social.
Charles F. Parham, Everlasting Gospel, pp. 27-28. (more…)
Nine Common Beliefs about Pentecostals & Charismatics that are Totally False
Originally published at pcpj.org.
Ever since rev. Campbell Morgan called Pentecostalism "the last vomit of Satan" and the Los Angeles Times warned the public about the "new sect of fanatics [that] is breaking loose" from Azusa Street, Spirit-filled Christians have had a bad rap. Other Christians as well as non-Christians oftentimes find us weird, and sometimes a bit dangerous. A lot of those perceptions are based on myths and misconceptions. Here are nine common beliefs about Pentecostals and Charismatics that are totally wrong.
1. It's a small movement
Depending on where you're located, the Pentecostal and Charismatic (P&C) movement might seem pretty small. But when you look at it on a global level, it turns out that 600 million people are P&Cs. 200 million are Pentecostals, 100 million are charismatic Catholics, and 300 million are charismatics in a big variety of denominations and churches. Since the number of P&Cs amounted to around zero in the beginning of the 20th century, the P&C movement is commonly described as the fastest growing religious movement in the world.
2. It's a Cult
I've heard surprisingly many casually state "All of Pentecostalism is a cult", to which I like to respond "That's about as true as the statement 'The moon is a tomato'." Cult is not synonymous with "religion I don't like", it has an academic meaning of an isolated group with an authoritarian leader, and while there surely are several sad examples of charismatic churches that have developed into cults it is simply ridiculous to claim that we all would be part of some sort of Jonestown. At least that's what my Leader tells me and he's always infallible when he drinks goat blood.
Why Are Biblical Churches so Rare?
I've been arguing for years that churches today need to look like they did in New Testament times – Jesus-centred, fully charismatic, publicly evangelistic, home based, and practising community of goods. Now churches like this are very rare as you probably have noted yourself. Even among Pentecostals and charismatics it is rare that the church publicly evangelise, they usually have church buildings and they almost never have community of goods.
Isn't this a clear indication that I'm simply mistaken on what qualifies as a Biblical church? Not necessarily. Arguments for what a Biblical church should look like should always be based on the Bible, not popular opinion. If Christians who don't practice community can't defend their position biblically, it doesn't matter how many they are.
In fact, whatever one thinks that a Biblical church looks like one has to admit that there have been historical periods where very few have been part of such a church. The Catholic and Orthodox dominance for over a thousand years would be such a period for us protestants. And even modern Catholics rarely agree with previous Catholic opposition to freedom of religion and endorsement of torture and crusades. (more…)
Why Heidi Baker and Bill Johnson Love Azusa
My newest video on the HSA Youtube channel is about the Azusa Now event in Los Angeles last month and how the Lord put the Azusa Street revival on my heart six years ago. What the Lord did there is absolutely amazing. Just take a look at this testimony from the first issue of the Azusa magazine Apostolic Faith, published in September 1906:
A Mohammedan, a Soudanese by birth, a man who is an interpreter and speaks sixteen languages, came into the meetings at Azusa Street and the Lord gave him messages which non but himself could understand. he identified, interpreted and wrote in a number of the languages.
Not only were the miracles at Azusa astonishing but its still ongoing global impact is breathtaking. In the video I refer to my PCPJ interview with Jennifer Miskov who has written a book called Ignite Azusa together with Baker, Johnson and Lou Engle. She argues that a new revival greater than that of Azusa will birth a new Jesus Movement that combines miracles with community living and total reconciliation between people.
Amen to that!
Can Christians be possessed by demons?
The Assemblies of God (AoG), the biggest Pentecostal denomination in the US, has famously argued that it is impossible for Christians to be possessed; no one who has received the Holy Spirit, they say, can be overtaken by demonic forces. This differs from the view shared by many neo-Pentecostals, charismatics, Catholics as well as many Pentecostals in the majority world (Asia, Africa and Latin America), who all say that Christians might actually become demonized.
When John Wimber, the founder of the Vineyard movement, was asked if he believed that Christians could have demons, he provokingly replied "Well yeah, I've cast them out of pastors!" His wife Carol wrote in her biography about her husband something like: "When we encountered a demon, we simply cast it out – without checking baptismal records. What else could we do? Wait until they become Hindus and then cast them out?"
Now, AoG-folks and like-minded may object that such allegorical evidence does not mean much compared to arguments from Scripture. Which is generally true, although in this particular case the usual claim concerning extra-Biblical supernatural phenomena – it's a demonic deception! – is quite counterproductive. But the Bible is always important in theological matters, so let's have a look. (more…)
China's Early Pentecostals Practised Community of Goods
This is an excerpt from the first draft of my upcoming book on radical charismatic church history.
In the beginning of the 20th century, China was suffering from the Boxer uprising, where Mandarin nationalists revolted against European colonial influences, demanding that everything foreign, especially Christianity, should be thrown out. The Boxers were crushed by colonial forces but that didn't put an end to the social unrest, and China continued to suffer from looting, violence and xenophobia. And yet, Pentecostalism spread rapidly throughout China, much thanks to the Holy Spirit and a guy called Mok Lai Chi (1868-1926) in Hong Kong.
Mok went to the slums of Wan Chai, preaching the Gospel and healing the sick. In 1908 he started a paper called Wuxunjie Zhenlibao, Pentecostal Truths, which was spread not just in Hong kong but across the mainland. Mok explained in the paper: "Hong Kong Pentecostal Mission is a Jesus church founded by the Chinese themselves, not a branch of any foreign churches planted in my nation."
The Mission supported Bible classes and girl schools, as well as church planting. Mok Lai Chi both cared for people's salvation and the social problems they experience here and now; protesting against the British colonial government in 1921 for allowing the rents in the city to be too high. (more…)
Language Miracles
The Bible describes how the early Christians were able to speak new existing languages when the Holy Spirit baptized them. There are reports of this happening in modern times as well.
J.W. Hutchins was baptised by the Holy Spirit at the Asuza Street revival in Los Angeles in 1906, and when she spoke in tongues a man who had been a missionary to Uganda exclaimed that she spoke the Luganda language. She also heard the external, audible voice of God telling her to go to Africa, so she became a missionary.
My pastor Hans Sundberg experienced something similar when he was evangelizing on the streets of Uppsala, Sweden, in the 70's. He was debating with a man from Iran who believed in Bahá'í, when his friend Maria came and prayed for him silently. She prayed louder and louder, and Hans realized that she was praying in tongues. The Iranian man dropped his jaw and stared at Maria, understanding every word. She was speaking in Farsi about Jesus, although she didn't know farsi.
In 2011, Hans was visiting Nepal to teach at a Bible school run by Touching Asia. During a prayer session before class, a man at the front spoke loudly in tongues. Afterwards, another student came to him and asked him some questions, and everyone became really excited. hans asked them what was going on, and they explained that there are over 20 languages in Nepal, and when the man had spoken in tongues he had been unknowingly prophesying to the other man in his own language, that wasn't spoken by so many, about a coming revival to his village. (more…)
Baptized with Fire
To be baptized with water is awesome, but to be baptized with fire is even awesomer. John the Baptist, who really knew baptism, said: "I baptize you with water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire." (Lk 3:16)
Who could this be? Spoiler alert: It's Jesus. Before He levitated up to Heaven, He told His disciples:
Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit… you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses (Acts 1:4-5, 8)
And this happened ten days later:
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. (Acts 2:1-4)
Theology of Miracles in the History of the Church
I'm writing a minor thesis about belief in miracles, where I compare a charismatic, Lutheran and Catholic church leader (namely Surprise Sithole, Swedish Archbishop Emeritus KG Hammar, and Pope Francis). This is and extract from the theoretical background:
Theology of Miracles in Church History
The New Testament describes how both Jesus and his disciples experienced "wonders" (Greek: τέρας) and "works of power" (δύναμις), such as healings of blindness and deafness, casting out demons, hearing the audible voice of God and raising the dead. These were not new claims in the Jewish culture, since the Old Testament talks about "wonders" (Hebrew: פֶ֑לֶא) like parting the red sea, healing the sick and raising the dead (Ps 77:14, Ex 13:17ff., 1 Kings 17, 2 Kings 5). The apostle Paul wrote that the Holy Spirit bestows miraculous gifts to all believers (together with non-supernatural gifts like wisdom or faith), and encouraged his readers to seek such gifts together with love (1 Cor. 12:4-14:1).
Fathers in the early church believed that miracles were possible, and many argued that they or their church members had experienced them. Justin Martyr argued that the prophetical gift had remained with the church to his day, and that "numberless" persons plagued by demons had been healed by Christian exorcists (II Apol. 6, Tryph. 82). Origen made parallels between the miracles of the Bible and Christians of his day who "expel evil spirits, and perform many cures, and foresee certain events" (Cels. 1.46). Similar claims were made by many other church fathers.[1]
The great African theologian Augustine was the first to argue that one of the miraculous gifts had ceased, namely xenolalia – to be able to speak an existing language one has never studied like the early disciples did on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:4-12). Augustine did however argue that other Biblical miracles were still happening in his days, in his City of God he gives numerous examples of people being healed from blindness, breast cancer, paralysis, demonic possession and other torments, and he gives four examples of Christians in the area who were raised from the dead (City of God 22.8). Augustine argued that miracles are not contrary to nature, but what we know as nature – hence he did not want to differentiate between the natural and supernatural (City of God 21.8). (more…)
Francis – the Charismatic Hippie Pope
Who would have thought that a Jesus freak would become pope? The main focus of this blog has always been that signs and wonders need to be combined with peace and justice – charismatic Christians need to be activists and activist Christians need to be charismatic – since this is what Jesus taught to His disciples and Holy Spirit activism has the power to transform lives and bring hope in even greater ways that non-supernatural activism. Unfortunately, a lot of times charismatic and evangelical Christians are not huge fans of peace and justice – something that is painfully obvious when you see what many of them write about the Gaza war – and many Christian activists are not very charismatic or evangelical.
But there is, I believe, a growing movement within Christianity that realizes that a charismatic life in the Spirit should be combined with activism for a better world; a movement that crosses all denominations, places and cultures. And by God's grace we have a sympathizer among the leader of the biggest church in the world: pope Francis.
Few have missed that Francis is a passionate advocate for peace and justice: he has criticized capitalism for neglecting the poor, he lives simply and promotes economic equality, he has prayed for peace in the Middle East both at the Western wall and at the West Bank wall. But what not as many know is that Francis also is a charismatic pope, who believes in Spiritual gifts and who blesses both the Catholic charismatic renewal and Pentecostals.
European Anabaptism vs Global Pentecostalism #MennoNerdsOnRace
A few days ago, the Anabaptist blogging network MennoNerds, which this blog is a part of, arranged a webinar called Race, Mutuality and Anabaptist community. It was all recorded via Google Hangouts and can be watched in the video above. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to join the discussion live since time here was around 2 AM, but we MennoNerds now have a chance to contribute to the conversion via our blogs, which is what I'm doing right now.
Christianity is a Middle Eastern religion and for the first 300 years, most of the important theologians (the so called "church fathers") came from the Middle East, Northern Africa and what is now Turkey. The present churches in for example Egypt, Syria and Ethiopia have survived since the time of the apostles. But since the Western Catholic church distanced itself from and condemned the eastern and oriental churches, the experiences, stories and theology of non-white Christians became peripheral. To this very day, it is common among Western Christians to identify themselves with and be inspired by Christian streams from Western Europe: Catholicism, Anglicanism, Calvinism, Lutherism, Anabaptism, Quakerism, Methodism, Salvationism, Baptism, and so on.
It gets increasingly problematic when people of European descent expect other people to submit to these European interpretations of the teachings of Jesus when they are born again, i.e. asking them to become "Lutherans" or "Anabaptists". Don't get me wrong, I love Anabaptism and identify myself with the movement, and I think that people like Drew Hart does an excellent job in outlining "Anablacktivism" and interpreting the Anabaptist message about justice and peace from an African-American perspective. Truth is that all of the church streams I mentioned above are global today – Catholicism is biggest in Latin America which their Argentinian pope signifies, Anglicanism is bigger outside England and the biggest Lutheran denomination in the world is Mekane Yesus in Ethiopia.
These voices need to be recognized and influential within these church streams. Yet, we cannot get away from the fact that if you want to get to the roots of the movement, as A.O. Green likes to do, you'll have to read what a bunch of white, European men wrote. And that's a bit boring, isn't it?
The Merging of Neo-Pentecostalism and Roman Catholicism
Many were surprised a couple of weeks ago when pope Francis sent a message to a Word of Faith conference led by Kenneth Copeland, speaking about unity and asking them to bless and pray for him, as he blesses and prays for them. And Copeland got excited and blessed him back. It's surprising because Francis and Copeland are very distant theologically – besides the usual differences between Catholicism and Pentecostal Protestantism, Francis is a guy who is well-known for economic simplicity and an emphasis on redistribution to the poor, while Copeland is well-known for his capitalist prosperity preaching. He not only owns a mansion worth 6 million dollars and several private jet planes, but also his own freakin' airport, Kenneth Copeland Airport, where he stores his private jet planes close to his 6 million dollar-mansion!
However, this surprise doesn't come close to what Christians in Sweden experienced two days ago when it was revealed that Ulf Ekman, the leader of the Word of Faith movement in Scandinavia, converts to Roman Catholicism. Ulf Ekman is probably the most well-known Swedish Christian living today, his international ministry reaches millions and he is well-known among both Christians and non-Christians, mostly because he manages to be constantly controversial.
He brought the "name it claim it"-teaching from Kenneth Hagin and Oral Roberts to northern Europe, emphasizing health, wealth and success, and gathered prayer warriors wanted charismatic revival in Sweden and political domination for Israel in the middle east. And they despised Catholics, arguing that they represented a dead religion that quenched the Spirit and stood for countless heresies.
Kevin Daugherty: Beware the Wild Goose
My blog friend and fellow MennoNerd Kevin Daugherty wrote this excellent piece on his blog Koinonia Revolution the other day. It's so good I simply want to repost it all here:
I come from a charismatic stream of Christianity. Most of the churches I have attended or been a member of have openly believed in the active presence of the Holy Spirit (the "Wild Goose"), a very personal relationship with Christ, faith healing, and active worship. This background developed in me a deep respect for religious experience, but unlike a stereotypical charismatic, I was quiet and contemplative, which caused me to develop a deep respect for the monastics, mystics, and Quakers. For the longest time, I had no idea I was part of the Charismatic movement (I was not really aware of the theological labels), but my background continues to influence me.
The Charismatic movement is a product of the 20th century and has its roots in Pentecostalism, but I find that Spirit-filled Christianity puts one in a large family of Christian traditions. I think Eberhard Arnold described this tradition well:
The life of love that arises from faith has been witnessed to over the centuries, especially by the Jewish prophets and later by the first Christians. We acknowledge Christ, the historical Jesus, and with him his entire message as proclaimed by his apostles and practiced by his followers. Therefore we stand as brothers and sisters together with all those who have lived in community through the long course of history: the Christians of the first century; the Montanists in the second; the monastics and Arnold of Brescia; the Waldensians; the itinerant followers of Francis of Assisi; the Bohemians and Moravians and the Brothers of the Common Life; the Beguines and Beghards; the Anabaptists of the sixteenth century; the early Quakers; the Labadists of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; and many other denominations and movements down to the present day. (Eberhard Arnold: Writings Selected, pg. 158-159)
I wish I could add something more, but I really think Arnold says it perfectly. Spirit-filled faith is part of a long prophetic tradition going through many individuals and communities—the Hebrew prophets, early Christians, medieval mystics, "spiritualist" Anabaptists, Quakers, Pentecostals, and many others.


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For Kim Jong Nam, a sad ending to a lonely life
By ANNA FIFIELD | The Washington Post | Published: February 25, 2017
SEOUL — Kim Jong Nam led a life of loneliness and fear and seclusion, rejected by his father, orphaned by his mother, stuck in a shadowy exile where he had to constantly worry about spies and secret agents and reporters.
And it all came to a pitiful end, with Kim slumped in a chair in a Malaysian airport clinic, his belly protruding from his navy blue polo shirt, then dying in an ambulance en route to the hospital. He had been smeared with VX, a lethal nerve agent that is used as a chemical weapon.
"He's like a country and western song — it's sad, sad stuff," said Michael Madden, editor of the North Korea Leadership Watch website.
Kim Jong Nam's painful demise is a blow for the United States and South Korea, which have lost a potential source of intelligence on the world's most secretive regime. They have also lost a potential replacement for his half brother Kim Jong Un, the North Korean leader who has again thrown down the gauntlet to the outside world.
"Kim Jong Un is testing nukes and missiles like crazy," said Alexandre Mansourov, a North Korea leadership expert who once studied at Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang. "Now he feels confident enough to send his goons around the world to assassinate people he doesn't like."
Kim Jong Un feels this emboldened because he keeps challenging the outside world, especially the United States, and it does nothing to stop him, Mansourov said. "It's a sign of supreme confidence that he can get away with anything, that he can literally get away with murder."
The blame for the well-planned attack on Kim Jong Nam in a Kuala Lumpur airport terminal on Feb. 13 is, however, being directed squarely at the leader of North Korea.
Malaysia says that Kim Jong Nam died because of exposure to VX and has implicated eight North Koreans, including a diplomat and a scientist, in the attack.
South Korean intelligence officials have said that Kim Jong Un put out a "standing order" for his older half brother's assassination some years ago, but even so, analysts agree that he would have had to give the green light for this attack.
"The fact that so many North Korean agents were involved shows that the operation was planned well in advance and was done with Kim Jong Un's blessing," said Sue Mi Terry, a former North Korea analyst at the CIA.
It wouldn't be the first time Kim Jong Un has acted in such a ruthless way. The 33-year-old has ordered the purge or execution of several hundred officials during his five years at the helm. These included his uncle, Jang Song Thaek, who had been a mentor to Kim Jong Nam and was accused of amassing too much of his own power.
"This fits into the larger narrative of what Kim Jong Un wants to do," said Ken Gause, a North Korea leadership expert at CNA, a Virginia-based consulting firm. "He's getting rid of potential contenders to the throne."
Kim Jong Nam was the result of a secret relationship between North Korea's second generation leader Kim Jong Il and his consort, an actress named Sung Hye Rim.
He led a lonely childhood in Pyongyang, "without even one friend," Sung's sister wrote in her memoir.
When he was 8, he moved to Moscow with his aunt and grandmother, but hated it. He then moved on to Geneva. There, he seemed to fit in better, although he still lived in a cloud of half-truths.
"He introduced himself as the son of the North Korean ambassador," said Anthony Sahakian, a Swiss businessman who went to school with Kim Jong Nam, whom he knew as "Lee."
"North Korea, South Korea, we were 13 years old, we didn't know the difference."
But some things did make Kim Jong Nam different — he had, for instance, a driver's license that said he was older than he was.
"That was strange because he showed up in a Mercedes 600, driving it himself," Sahakian said, referring to the huge sedan that was a favorite among dictators. "At the time, all we wanted to do was drive, so we were very jealous. We'd skip class and go somewhere else during the day to drink coffee."
Kim Jong Nam was multilingual as a result of his international childhood. He spoke fluent English and French, and Sahakian said they conversed in Russian.
In 1988, when he was almost 18, Kim Jong Nam went back to Pyongyang and to a life of cloistered misery, the polar opposite from his freewheeling youth in Europe. To boot, he found that the affection his father had once showered upon him was now directed at a new family, which included a young boy called Jong Un.
Kim Jong Nam had talked about "life in the palace" being oppressive. "He had everything he could possibly desire, but he was in a black depression there," said a school friend who asked not to be named while discussing sensitive details.
So Kim Jong Il struck a deal with his son: If he got married and had a child, he could leave, the friend said.
Kim Jong Nam married and had a son in 1995, although it's not known exactly when he left North Korea.
Certainly, a turning point came in 2001, when the family was caught entering Japan on false Dominican Republic passports. Kim Jong Nam, whose passport name was Chinese for "Fat Bear," told the authorities that they wanted to go to Tokyo Disneyland.
After that, the family moved to Macau, where they were under Chinese protection and could live relatively freely, with Kim indulging his passion for gambling. He traveled to Beijing, where he was thought to have another family, and around southeast Asia, popping up in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Singapore.
He also traveled to Europe regularly, sometimes to see his oldest son, who had been studying in France, and sometimes on business, apparently buying wine or property for wealthy Asian clients.
He always kept his wits about him, said Sahakian, who had seen his old friend several times in Geneva in recent years. "He wasn't paranoid but he was worried," he said. "When he was out, he was careful and he avoided talking to Asians because he was worried they were spies. He was on his guard but it wouldn't stop him."
Although he had been mentioned as a potential leader in dynastic North Korea, friends say he did not have any interest in the prospect.
But he appears to have antagonized his younger brother just enough. In 2010, the day before Kim Jong Un was to make his first appearance as heir apparent in North Korea, Kim Jong Nam gave an interview to Japan's TV Asahi in which he said the choice was his father's and that there appeared to be internal reasons for hurrying the process along.
"Personally speaking, I am opposed to the third-generation succession," he said, a statement that might be considered anodyne elsewhere but was tantamount to treason in North Korea.
Madden, of North Korea Leadership Watch, said that there was always a chance of Kim Jong Nam's being thrust into the leadership. "Jong Nam still had a power base and there was always a remote possibility that he would take power," he said.
Terry, the former CIA analyst, agreed. "However improbable, there are always rumors that Kim Jong Nam could replace Kim Jong Un as the head of the regime at the behest of China or the U.S." she said.
There have been reports in South Korea that Kim Jong Nam had acted as a middleman between South Korean President Park Geun-hye and officials in North Korea. Just a couple of days before his death, a South Korean newspaper reported that Kim Jong Nam tried to defect to South Korea several years ago.
This would have given the regime ample reason to get rid of him, said Cheong Seong-chang, senior fellow at the Sejong Institute, a South Korean think tank.
Indeed, Kim Jong Nam's defection would have been much more catastrophic for the regime than that of Thae Yong-ho, the deputy North Korean ambassador in London who fled to South Korea last year, said one former official in the regime.
"Imagine how detrimental the impact would have been if Kim Jong Un's half brother were to speak out against Kim Jong Un," said the former official, asking not to be identified for his safety. "It would have a much bigger impact than Thae Yong-ho is having now in South Korea."
Thae has become an outspoken critic of the regime, calling for a flood of information into North Korea to encourage people there to flee or rise up.
The downside for the United States and South Korea is that they have lost the opportunity to recruit someone in the family to provide information. They have also lost someone who could be installed as a slightly friendlier leader in North Korea, while still maintaining the Kim family bloodline - an important factor in Korean culture.
"They wanted him alive, not dead," said Mansourov. "The only party interested in his premature departure was Pyongyang."


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For no other reason than it serves to get our Megan Fox link baiting numbers up.
"What's Jennifer's Body?", you ask.
Diablo Cody of Juno fame (and apparently some naughty dancing), whips up a tale of a cheerleader who's been possessed, and starts killing off her male classmates.
Oh, yeah. You can see the full poster (with all of that clicky-click for larger size action) after the jump.
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I was somewhat interested in this movie until I saw the trailer yesterday. For some reason, I thought it was a psychological horror tale…turns out it's looking like every other teenbop horror film ever made.
Yes, but … Megan Fox.
Hell Yes… indeed…
I'm not sure what to make of this poster. It looks sorta dumb. Unless it's a comedy/horror?
Not sure what to make of the poster. It's Megan Fox doing what she does best. Look good. What else do you need to know.
Some people make life far too complicated.
She just needs a hug.
I'll do it if nobody else wishes to.
Every time I see Megan in a movie still or a promo photo, it just reminds me of how unattractive her prison-style tattoos are.
….That's Megan Fox? Funny, I thought it looked like one of the other generic underfed Hollywood chicklets. My bad. ;) (Hey, you guys wanna link-bait? You're gonna find ~wynterfish~ on the hook. :D ) But seriously… Has anybody ever seen "Prom Night"? Sounds kinda familiarish, though different enough to avoid any problems. :)
Hell Yes indeed:)
Sometimes the binding is so pretty that you don't care what's in the book…
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T-Mobile USA has announced an April 25th release date for the new HTC One S smart phone, which is T-Mobile's first device to ship with the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) operating system and HTC Sense 4 user interface. This smartphone will run on T-Mobile's 4G (HSPA+ 42) Network, and the HTC One S phone is equipped with a 4.3-inch qHD Super AMOLED screen, an 8-megapixel back-side illuminated camera, a 1.5GHz, dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor by Qualcomm, and built-in Beats Audio technology.
The sleek HTC One S will be T-Mobile's thinnest smartphone at 7.95mm thin, and it comes in a gradient blue color design. Price: $199.99 after a $50 mail-in-rebate card with qualifying two-year agreement.
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If a family's income rose from $35,000 per year to $47,100 per year, the added income causes a 13 percent increase in taxes, due to Obamacare. The work disincentives will cause further erosion of the workforce.
I guess that some readers are getting ready to reply, "Fox News propaganda!" but the numbers come from the Congressional Budget Office. Read about it here.


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Hey! And good day to you ^ ^
Fancy a little something comforting yet classy all the same? How about this original take on lasagne? I was in a bit of a hurry when I had to make it, but was relieved to see that it required no baking, and so in about 20 minutes, I had this little number awaiting me. Fantasmic!
Deconstructed Tofu Lasagne
(Serves 1, easily peasily doubled, tripled or multiplied by as much as you want!)
120-150g firm tofu, drained, patted dry with kitchen towel and chopped into rectangles
1 tbsp finely grated parmesan
Salt and black pepper for seasoning
1 tbsp olive oil, divided
1 portobello mushrooms (same as breakfast mushrooms, I'm sure!), thickly sliced
50g cherry tomatoes (I used four), washed and kept whole
1 small/half a garlic clove, finely chopped
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar + a splash of water
A small handful fresh basil leaves
2-3 pasta sheets
- Start by preparing the tofu. Mix parmesan salt and pepper and have on a plate. Cut the tofu into rectangles (about 1-2cm), pat them dry with some kitchen towel. Heat 1/2 tbsp oil in a frying pan. Dip the pieces of tofu into the parmesan mixture and fry until golden. Set aside.
- In the meantime, cook up water for the lasagne sheets and cook according to the instructions on the packet, for about 7-10 minutes.
- Heat up the remaining oil in another pan, and add the mushrooms, garlic and cherry tomatoes. Cook until the mushrooms have started to release their juices and the cherry tomatoes are blistered.
- Once the lasagne sheets are cooked, strain, and pour in a little olive oil to keep them from sticking together.
- In the pan with the mushrooms, add the balsamic vinegar and a splash of water along with the basil and cool for a couple of minutes until it starts to bubble and thicken.
- Now, it's composing time! Plate up the vegetables, tofu and pasta sheets in layers, and spoon over the balsamic sauce, garnish with a little fresh basil, and enjoy!
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From Season to Season, p. 46
- Jules
Tuesday, 15 July 2014
Deconstructed Tofu Lasagne
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Labels: Main, Recipe, Vegetarian
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God morgen ! :)ReplyDelete
Så smart dette var da! Også ser det jo utrolig lekkert og fristende ut! Det er gøy når man kan lage et så fint nåltid på så kort tid.
Håper du får en fin dag!! KlemReplies
Morn' morn'!Delete
Det er sant, siden du ikke trenger og steke denne lasagnen i ovn sparer du mye tid! Også følte jeg meg nesten litt proff når jeg laget noe som var "dekonstruert" er jo sånt proffene tar seg til på TV, hihi :P Ha en goood dag du også :D x
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This course will focus on the cardiovascular function and its response to stress, exercise and gender. Initially we will discuss the body's ability to adjust and adapt to internal and external environmental challenges. We will examine when the body was first analyzed as a whole system; a system that interacts and maintains its functional integrity even when it is submitted to disturbances. We will consider the body view of the early 1900's as well our present day understanding and the remarkable contributions of eminent scientists. The cardiovascular system plays an important role in providing oxygen and nutrients for the human body (and mammals in general). Under physiological conditions, the heart beats without fatiguing throughout life. When there is a need, the heart speeds up accordingly to keep up with oxygen and nutrients body demands. However, during calm conditions the heart slows down to economize energy. Intricate physiological mechanisms underlie these conditions. We will consider the gender differences in the cardiovascular responses to exercise and stress. Physical and mental stressors induce both short- term adjustments and long- term body adaptations. The interrelation between exercising, relaxation and cardiovascular health will be examined. Finally, significant findings on the mindfulness meditation and its effects on the cardiovascular health and stress will be reviewed.
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The goal of this course is to develop the student's knowledge and understanding of how the heart and vasculature respond to stress and exercise. The students should understand the body as a whole integrative system. Students should be able to identify the physiological mechanisms of heart adjust (short-term) and adaptation (long-term). It is expected that the students understand the unique role of heart and vasculature in maintaining homeostasis under an increase environmental demand and/ or internal body inputs. It is expected that they will recognize and will acquire some understanding about the heart view in the past and now days. Recognize the gender differences in the cardiovascular physiology, exercise and stress responses. Students should comprehend the scientific basis of interventions (exercise, physical training, meditation) to improve cardiovascular health and stress reduction.
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Course grade will be based on classroom participation (20%), reading assignments 30%; oral presentation of student's project (20%), followed by a hand-written version of the presentation (20-25 pages; 30%). Total 100%.
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Lovallo, W.R. Stress and Health: Biological and Psychological Interactions, 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA:
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Digest has learned that Shelly Altman has been named co-Head Writer of GENERAL HOSPITAL, effective immediately. She will work alongside current Head Writer Garin Wolf. An Emmy winner herself, Altman has worked on ONE LIFE TO LIVE and ANOTHER WORLD, among other television projects. She's also been nominated for Best Writing by the Writer's Guild of America. Welcome aboard!
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Shelly Altman Named CoHead Writer To GH
She's been on OLTL and a breakdown writer on GH since this summer. SOD reports she's moving into "coheadwriter position" now. I'm not enthused. Color me cynical, but they are going to need something way bigger than this to fix the show.
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I LOVE you Karen...you say what I am thinking.
Does this mean we are going to get more of what we have been getting? No new fresh eyes??
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They need to get rid of Frons and JFP. There were rumors awhile back that JFP was on her way out but it didn't materialize.
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Good morning. I'm David Greene. An Ohio man was strolling through a thrift store when he saw a framed poster with Picasso scribbled on it. He bought it for $14.14. But the Columbus Dispatch reports the man noticed markings that made him think he had his hands on something special. He did. An auction house confirmed it was an original design carved by Picasso, making the poster worth 6,000 bucks, not $14. Now, that's bargain shopping. You're listening to MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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My sister just wrote me from Texas: Larry O'Dwyer passed away.
There are some reading this who knew Larry. When you heard the news, your mind went racing over the millions of memories he gave you over the years.
Most of you didn't know him. He wasn't famous. I imagine you will feel vaguely sad for the passing of a stranger and move on. All things must pass. That's life. That is also the theater. Its beauty is that it is temporary.
Larry O'Dwyer was a man of the theater. He was one of the first geniuses I ever saw with my own two eyes. I was 14. I saw him perform a dual role in the Italian comedy "The Venetian Twins" in an old garage in downtown Dallas. He changed my life that night.
I had never laughed so hard from a place so deep in my soul. Larry could do that. The entire city talked about it. "Have you seen Larry O'Dwyer? He's performing in a garage downtown. You have to go! You've never seen anything like it!"
Larry was more than a local celebrity. His performances captured the essence of all comedy, of all improvisation. One evening, an older woman fell asleep in the audience. Theatre Three was in the round, so the audience was part of the show. Larry was onstage and noticed the sleeping woman. He stopped midmonologue and shushed the audience. We could hardly contain ourselves. He demanded silence as he tiptoed into the audience and sat next to her. He looked at her lovingly. We were dying. Larry looked back at us and reprimanded, "Quiet! She's tired."
He picked up her hand gently and began to sing a lullaby. We exploded. Larry looked at us and just raised an eyebrow. The entire audience went silent—and then exploded in laughter again. Larry quieted us with a wave of his hand and said, "You came here to see the theater. You're seeing it. This is it."
Larry's performances over the years turned my mind upside down as to what theater and comedy were—and could be. Through high school, I pursued the theater like water in the desert, primarily because of the inspiration I felt watching Larry onstage. He was wise. He was truth. He was courage.
When I was in college, Theatre Three had moved from that downtown garage to the beautiful arena space where it remains today. It prospered from the determination and talents of its founders, Jac Alder and Norma Young, and the singular talent of Larry O'Dwyer.
I got my Equity card at Theatre Three. I got to act with Larry. Over the years, I have been on movie and television sets and a fellow actor will say to me: "Did you ever meet a guy named Larry O'Dwyer? He was amazing. Taught me everything I know."
And now my sister wrote that dear Larry is gone.
Why do we do all of this when it will be gone? Because it won't.
It is a mistake to think that once the curtain goes down, the play is over. It lives on in the hearts and minds of everyone who has seen it. It is passed on in the form of inspiration that moves silently through our souls without leaving a footprint. And we are changed.


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- v. Present participle of fruit.
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- adj. Pertaining to, or producing, fruit.
- n. The bearing of fruit.
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- n. The production of fruit.
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BTTR Ventures Co-Founder Nikhil Arora, Mr. Singh, and warehouse manager Osvaldo Casalongue looked through packages of mushrooms in the "fruiting" room, where the mushrooms grow to full size before they are harvested.
I do not know of a better conditioned list of prospects than the more than 150,000 _American Fruit Grower_ subscribers all over the continent, who are at least interested in some kind of fruiting trees or plants.
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This kind of flexible learning might enable individual bats to follow each other to food sources, such as fruiting trees.
These seeds are cherished varieties of flowers, herbs and fruiting plants that have been passed down for generations; isn't that a lovely thing to pass on to friends and family, instead of flimsy, mass-produced stuff that's destined for the dustbin?
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That cold will also have done wonders for our native trees and plants, which need a decent spell of freezing cold in winter to make their seeds germinate and spur on growth, flowering and fruiting.
So there in the conservatory, the dandelion has a place of honor among lupines and delphinium, lilies and tulips, ferns, hydrangeas and a fruiting grapevine.
Anticancer effects of fraction isolated from fruiting bodies of Chaga medicinal mushroom, Inonotusobliquus Pers.
When grown on dwarfing stock the fruiting twigs are trained along wires.
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Does Apple Own Podcasting?
As we have been seeing over the past few months, Apple has been making efforts to slowly get more control of the name podcast. This has got me thinking about Apple's timing for going after other companies using the word "Pod" and "Podcast" in their name.
It would seem on the surface that Apple benefits greatly by having a name that so strongly connects with the iPod running freely online, but step back and look at the marketplace, Apple is seeing take shape around it. You are seeing Microsoft launching the Zune device that still does not support podcasting in any direct way, but could in future software releases and the many other cool new devices coming out from iRiver, like the Clix and and soon many other competitive mobile phone platform devices with audio and hard drive storage. I can see a real competitive landscape shaping up for Apple.
One way that Apple can keep competitive is to make the term "Podcast" even more associated with the iPod. I believe that Apple wants Podcasting to keep its meaning associated with the iPod.
Apple may want to stop competitors like Microsoft and iRiver from adding a content category in all these new devices that uses the term "Podcast" and force them to just use the term "Audio" or some other term that clouds the marketplace association with on-demand content. This locks up the term "Podcast" to maintain its strong iPod association.
I know Melodeo and Microsoft are very resistant to the idea of using the term Podcast as a major way of referring to the content offered on any competitive platform for a variety of reasons.
One reason is that awareness of the term "Podcast" is very low generally and is I believe known the strongest amoung Apple iPod users.
The other reason is that using the word podcast does always promote the iPod platform and those that have competitive platforms do not want to do that.
You might think that not using the term Podcasting is short sighted, I would differ on that point as we are seeing a new distribution platform war brewing as more and more video publishers online are choosing to only provide links to iTunes as the only place to get their content and not making their RSS feeds freely available form their websites.
Like I said, in my below post we must keep RSS distribution platforms open or we will fall pray to closed networks like the iTunes and iPod platform and will be missing alternative choices in how we get the new cool online content on our phones or any other device we choose to buy.
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People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜) yesterday unveiled his education policies as part of his potential presidential campaign, proposing the government subsidize fees using an 8-6-4 system.
Under Soong's plan, NT$8,000 (US$264) would be given to all newborn children per month, NT$6,000 per month for children between one and two years old and NT$4,000 per month for children aged between three and four.
According to Soong, the Constitution mandates that the central and provincial governments should allot 15 percent and 25 percent respectively for education, but he said the administration under President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) was inflating the cost of the education budget.
Soong said that when he was Taiwan provincial governor, the education budget was between NT$60 billion and NT$100 billion a year, "but now the money's gone."
He said the central government's education budget should have more room to grow.
Though the education budget makes up 18 percent of next year's total budget, allotted funds for science and culture are taking up resources that could go on education, Soong said.
"The Ma administration has the money to set off fireworks, but wants students to catch fireflies [to act as lamps] for their studies," Soong said, referring to National Taichung First Senior High School not being willing to let students stay on campus at night to study because the school does not have enough money to pay the electricity bill.
To adapt to the smaller population of children, schools should implement a system of smaller classes and cap each class at 25 students starting from first grade, Soong said, adding that there should be bilingual public and private kindergartens established, with the government subsidizing child-care fees.
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Unwanted Email Generated with Folder Assistant & Modern Public Folders
This issue came to me via a forum I moderate.
This company has Exchange 2013 installed & are using Modern Public Folders. They have a business process where customers email a mail-enabled public folder & have setup a rule (using the Folder Assistant) to fire once the email has been received. This rule sends an email to the customer essentially saying "Thank you for your email, we will get back to you shortly".
Employees then use the message Categorization feature to assign a Category to the email so it can then be tracked accordingly. Unfortunately, once the message is marked with any category, the rule fires again & sends another email saying "Thank you for your email, we will get back to you shortly" to the customer. Say for instance the categorization is changed 3 times, then the customer would receive 3 additional emails (quite SPAMMY). Issue happens when using Outlook (tried both 2010 & 2013) as well as OWA.
This environment recently moved from Legacy Public Folders (03/07/10) where this issue did not occur with the same configuration. I was also able to reproduce this issue in my lab; I've detailed the process below:
Issue Reproduction
I duplicated the configuration in two different environments, one with Exchange 07/10/13 & Public Folders on Exchange 2007 (Legacy Public Folders) while the other environment was purely Exchange 2013 SP1 using Modern Public Folders. In either scenario the configuration was the same:
- Create a Public folder named "TestPF", Mail-Enable it, & grant an account Owner permissions for it.
- Open Outlook as the Owner account & navigate to the TestPF public folder.
- Right-Click>Properties on TestPF. Click "Folder Assistant" & then click "Add Rule."
- Click "Sent To" & choose the email address for your mail-enabled public folder (see image below).
- Select "Reply With" & then click "Template". Within the Outlook window that opens, compose the template you wish to send out & then click "Save & Close" (see image below).
- Click "Ok" twice.
- Now compose an example customer email to be sent to the public folder's address
- You should then receive an email from the public folder's SMTP address containing the text you placed into the template earlier.
- Now navigate to the TestPF public folder. On the newly received customer email, right-click, hover over Categorize, & select a Category (see image below).
10. Shortly after assigning a Category you (the customer in this case) should receive an identical template email which the Folder Assistant fired off again.
If you perform these same steps on a Legacy Public Folder, the issue should not occur (no duplicate emails after changing the Category).
I initially tried sending this to some internal Microsoft people via the Ranger & MVP DLs but never received a response. It seems like one of those odd corner cases that would be hard to get traction on. I suggested opening a MS Support case to attempt to get it classified as a bug. Unfortunately not everyone has a Premier Support contract & given there's no guarantee of MS agreeing something is a bug (thus refunding their money) the company was hesitant to create the case & invest the time. This decision was made after they determined that a workaround for this issue was to create a subfolder called "Received" (which did not have any Rules configured) & move the emails there before applying any message Categorization.
Note: An important concept to understand is that every bug that needs to be fixed is a business decision. It takes extensive development as well as testing/validation effort to make it happen. So knowing that, it is almost always necessary to write out not only the problem description but also a business case for why a certain behavior is negatively impacting your business. It may seem a bit tedious but this is the type of ammunition needed by Support to get traction on an issue with any development team at Microsoft.
This is certainly an odd issue but I wanted to put it out there in the event someone used a similar process & were either currently having issues or were planning the move to 2013 Modern Public Folders.


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CSV 1.2.2 released.
Christophe Troestler - 2011-04-18 22:34 - CSV → Github
Csv is a pure OCaml library to read and write CSV files, including all extensions used by Excel. This release uses OASIS.
Christophe Troestler - 2010-06-14 13:06 - CSV → Github
New version of the OCaml CSV library. This is a bugfix release (correcting all reported bugs).
CSV module 1.2.0 released
Christophe Troestler - 2009-11-26 15:02 - CSV → Github
A new version of the CSV module (which unsurprisingly allows to read and write files in the CSV format) has been released. It supersedes -- but is compatible with -- the CSV module <http://merjis.com/developers/csv>. Improvements include the possibility of reading CSV files record by record and to use input/output object channels. Enjoy !


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Today Nancy is coming to lunch. Nancy and Marcia have been friends for rather longer than either of them care to remember: they both married naval officers who elected to enter the submarine service. They are, in the parlance, old naval oppos.
One day – oh, three or four years ago, I suppose – Nancy (who is a member of the Royal Horticultural Society) took Marcia to Rosemoor, an RHS garden in mid-Devon near Great Torrington. This, as you can see from the photograph, is a really serious garden but the important thing is that is has a pottager. As always with a good novelist, nothing is wasted. During the writing of Postcards From the Past, Marcia remembered that visit and, as those of you who have already read the book will remember, Dom has one in his cottage garden.
|A really serious garden. (Photo from RHS webwsite)
Since moving here, I have created a couple of raised beds (save a lot of bending, keep things away from rabbits and means the soil can be carefully prepared for each season) but, unfortunately, really a bit late in the season. Anyway, in there are broad beans, nasturtiums, tomatoes, sweet peas and so on. An elevated pottager in miniature. We shall have to see how it progresses. By the way, the paperback of Postcards will be available from September 25.
To say that my life has been dominated in recent days by grey squirrels would be an exaggeration. But only just. If you are a long-term follower of this blog you will remember the fun and games we had with them when we were at The Hermitage. Adjoining our garden was a small broadleaf plantation which was perfect squirrel country and they would pop over the hedge to raid our bird feeders on an ongoing basis. We tried everything we could to stop them whilst at the same time keeping viable feeding stations for birds such as the Great Spotted Woodpecker.
|Three youngsters in the garden at The Hermitage
That is not at all easy. Woodpecker bodies and squirrel bodies are about the same size: food in a cage that would keep the squirrels out would keep the woodpeckers out as well. However, woodpeckers can fly which squirrels can't so we tried using unprotected nut feeders in places the squirrels couldn't reach. That turned out to be a big ask. No, that's wrong. That turned out to be an impossible ask. Squirrels are consummate athletes and extremely intelligent. The score when we left was in the order of four hundred and twenty-seven to the squirrel and three to me.
Then we arrived here. Yes, big trees but no sign of squirrels to begin with. It didn't take long before they discovered that once again the Willett's were providing free board (but NOT lodging) to any passing bird or mammal other than the meat eaters (including cats and sparrow hawks) who would have to rely on their usual hunting abilities which might or might not be helped by us upping the prey population. And they are proving just as bad as the ones we had at The Hermitage and, in one case, worse.
|A woodpecker and a nuthatch (I think, but it is not easy to be sure) arrive at a nut feeder at the same time.
Worse because one fellow is slim enough and bright enough to have got himself into one of our caged bird feeders. I took a video of this guy which you can see if you click on the link below.
|Male on a nut feeder.
So battle has commenced but I intend to stretch this chap and see what he is made of. New assault courses for him to overcome. New problems for him to solve. I will keep you posted.
To see the video of the squirrels, CLICK HERE.


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A Chicago man died late Monday night after losing control of his vehicle on Interstate Highway 55 near Downstate Elkhart, according to Illinois State Police.
Alcohol is suspected in the fatal crash, State Police Lt. Mike Zerbonia said.
At about 8:15 p.m., Mark Foch, of the 7100 block of North Bell Street in Chicago, was going south on I-55 in a Dodge pick-up truck when he drifted onto the east shoulder, Zerbonia said. He over-corrected and lost control of the vehicle as it entered the west exit off the expressway. The vehicle then left the road and went into a ditch before rolling over twice and landing upright on all four wheels.
Elkhart is about 30 minutes north of Springfield on I-55.
He was breathing but unresponsive when Logan County fire officials transported him to St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Zerbonia said. He died of blunt force trauma.
Zerbonia said he was wearing a seat belt. There were no other passengers and no one else was injured.
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Dr Who's David Tennant lends support to fight against cystic fibrosis
Scotland's favourite Time Lord David Tennant has sent a message of encouragement and support to a former Church of Scotland Moderator who lost his granddaughter to cystic fibrosis.
The message came from Tennant in support of the launch of the Very Reverend Dr James Simpson's new book, 'The Magic of Words', dedicated to his granddaughter Sally Russell, who died just days before it went to press.
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She was a popular and talented Glasgow University student, graduating with first class honours, and was visited in hospital by Tennant shortly before she passed away.
Dr Simpson has written over a dozen books, including the bestseller 'Holy Wit', and proceeds from 'The Magic of Words' will go towards research into cystic fibrosis.
Tennant sent a message of support to the launch of 'The Magic of Words' in an e-mail which said: "I gather that it is a great read and look forward to doing so as soon as possible. I remember with love and affection my meeting with Sally who has now sadly passed away after her courageous fight with C.F. I honour your huge financial contribution to Research into C.F. Have a great night, Love David."
Dr Simpson is a former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and Tennant is the son of another former Moderator, the Very Reverend Sandy McDonald.
Mr McDonald - now well accustomed to being referred to mainly as 'David Tennant's dad' - was one of the first to receive a copy of Dr Simpson's new book.
He praised it, saying: "It is a long time since I sat down and read a book from beginning to end in one sitting. I just had to start again and read it with more attention because it spoke to me about so much of life and because it was joyously funny too."
Dr Simpson was minister at Dornoch Cathedral for 21 years before moving south to Bankfoot, near Perth. He said his own favourite words are those which "make him laugh for five seconds and think for ten".
He also confesses to an addiction. "Whereas some people get tunes in the brain I get words and phrases in the brain."
He added: "The comic sense is I believe central to what it means to be human."
The Magic of Words is published by Savage Publishers and available from Waterstones priced £6.95.


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Sorry Koopaling defenders, Jack couldn't be here to pump up his forced catchphrase for this week's Nintendo-centric podcast. But we've got 60-plus minutes of derailed goodness nonetheless!
This week Craig Harris (that's me!) is joined by regulars Sam Claiborn and Scott Bromley, with Brian Altano and "the other Brian" Brian Miggles. We talk everything from NBA Jam to NHL Slapshot, Zelda's timeline, and reminisce about Babbage's and FuncoLand.
All emails (with fanart!) should be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com. Any cool packages of swag should be delivered C/O Craig Harris. Our San Francisco mailing address is on our corporate website. Or chat with other NVC fans on the Facebook group page.
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New Olympic Sport: Surviving Breach of EPPICard Data
The unreported story is, to no surprise, those breached accounts belonging to the desperately poor. Melissa, a frugal, responsible mom I met 10 years ago on my initial HEAR US journey, told me of the latest bump in her survivalist saga, "All the money we had was on that card. They took it all."
"The card" she referred to is a debit card, aka EPPICard, where her child support payments were plunked by the State of Florida. "They" who took it all are the creeps that stole data from Target. It's far worse for those in Melissa's income strata—those with no safety net, living paycheck to paycheck—or in Melissa's case, $300 child support payment to $300 biweekly child support payment.
Senate hearings and CEO apologies about the breach clutter the news. ABC News reports, "The finger-pointing is coming from two industries with considerable lobbying might. Their trade groups have been bombarding lawmakers with letters arguing why the other industry must do more — and spend more — to protect consumers." Too little, too late for folks like Melissa.
And the plain-speak EPPICard assurances,
"The State of Florida [and most states] has implemented a convenient 'electronic' payment option for receiving your child support payments using a prepaid Debit MasterCard® card - A better way to receive your child support payments. Simply spend your money by presenting your debit card; it is safe, convenient and secure. You have immediate access to your funds because your child support payments are electronically loaded to your debit MasterCard® card account,"
are pure BS.
Not far from returning to homelessness, Melissa's fragile financial circumstances give her no room for financial tomfoolery. Bureaucratic stupidity already whacked her household (a 9-year-old special-needs son, an 18-year-old daughter/single mom with a 3-year-old daughter) by the food stamp (SNAP) monster, going from $400 to $200. She's received no assurances about getting her FDIC-insured money back.
The debit card breach means the money to pay electricity and water/sewer bills for their FEMA-issue (read bedraggled) trailer, one she fought for in the post Hurricane Ivan days, is gone. But, according to Melissa, it's worse than utility shut-offs. "Not only did they take our money, they took our sense of security," she lamented. And it threatens to return her and her family to homelessness.
It's worth a look at a sidebar story. The EPPICard is how states transfer child support and unemployment payments to millions of folks. These "convenient" little plastic cards are designed to get money due into the hands of money-challenged households. I lack the space to report on the fraud, fees raked in, and deception that EPPICard users experience (Googling these topics overwhelmed me, but here's a website that will get you started digging through the slime.)
Let me just mention 3 red flags with EPPICards:
- Cardholders can access payday loans.
- Fraud/bamboozlement.
- Fees.
And these issues are not new. Insipid media coverage has pointed to EPPICard's problems since plastic became the way of the land, offering the suggestion that cardholders should just switch to banks, perhaps not realizing how impossible/impractical this is for many people.
Back to Melissa and the millions like her who got robbed in this breach…She rightfully points out that media attention is diverted from consumers' pain to the corporate screw-ups who feign sorrow. It's impossible to believe that the potential of fraud and other malfeasance was given adequate attention as these cards were being foisted on the economically vulnerable individuals and families. I'd suspect profit was the bigger concern. And I invite an investigative journalist to have at it.
Landlords don't wait for past due rent. They evict. Utilities get shut off. Cars get repossessed. Jobs are lost when employees lack money for bus tickets or gas. Medicine is inaccessible. Babysitters can't be paid. Tuition goes uncollected. Food costs money. Fending off homelessness is far more challenging, and gruesome, than skiing down a snowless slope, but too painful to watch.


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Posted on I just bought a new INCRA 1000SE miter so now I need to square my Unisaw
#1 posted 03-28-2013 02:49 PM
once the incra gets to you try this:
adjust the incra's miter bar to eliminate as much slop as possible. square the miter gauge to the blade. adjust table until .000" @ front of blade is .000" with the same blade tooth rotated to the rear of the throat plate. a $10 dial gauge form harbor freight and a bolt with a couple of nuts are all that's needed in conjunction with your incra 1000 (which is the same miter gauge i use occasionally). redirect the money that would be wasted on the align-it to useful accessories, like good blades. just my $.02.
BTW, that first pic is the front of the thoat plate. here's the same blade tooth rotated to the rear of the throat plate (on a 40YO emerson electric built c-man contractor saw with the dreaded table mounted trunions):
perfect alignment is really pretty simple and can be accomplished without additional expense.
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When the dog days of summer are upon us, many of us will be planning a few days at the beach. So, get ready for sun, surf, seagulls and.... safety! Yes, the beach has its own hazards to watch out for, so keep your mutts safe with the following tips:
It's a misconception that all dogs can doggy-paddle and stay afloat. In fact I've known several water-dogs and retrievers that couldn't (or possibly, wouldn't?) swim at all. Certain dog breeds, especially those with a relatively broad chest and short legs (e.g. Bulldogs, Corgis, Pugs) aren't really built for swimming, so additional care should be taken that they don't exhaust themselves in the water.
Even if your dog enjoys the water and can swim, never leave him unattended. Just like people, a dog can be pulled under by strong tides and undercurrents. You may even want to consider a pet life jacket, especially if your dog will be swimming in the ocean. Finally, don't let your dog go out too far or let him become overly tired in the water.
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