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Saturday, February 21, 2009
Hawks @ Blazers - 2/21/09
Blazers 108, Hawks 98
It's almost criminal to have me watch Brandon Roy play the game of basketball and think - it could be a Roy/Johnson backcourt. Kinda how I feel when I see Deron or Chris...it's sickening! There are several revelations that I need to share today...
1. I don't believe there is one Hawk outside of Mike Bibby and Marvin Williams that are playing at or near what I expect of them right now.
2. The Mike D'Antoni-Terry Porter-Alvin Gentry coaching fiasco in Phoenix has proved that having a coach AND a philosophy matters. The Suns have given every Woodson apologist a reason to re-think their 'But they're winning more than before arguments'. Having a coach and a style that works for that personnel matters. I am thoroughly convinced that our current style will allow us to defeat every poor basketball team in the league (yes, there are many), but will prevent us from consistently defeating any above average team. So, Atlanta Spirit - here's a precedent for firing a winning coach who isn't getting the best out of the team's personnel. Take heed.
3. What is the style we NEED to play to make a difference - run, run, run (which means playing Acie to spell Bibby, which would play to his strength in attacking the basket)...use our athleticism, play from inside out, so that Joe, Mike, Flip, Marvin and Mo can catch and shoot off screens vs. trying the off the dribble stuff that no one other than Flip and Acie are even decent at.
4. Is anyone with me now regarding Al Horford? Did he just put up 4 and 6? Did Josh just put up 11 and 3? I'll say it again..Potential - Yes! Current Production - No! I couldn't help watching 10 players playing for the Blazers and shed a tear at watching a bench develop and come in to provide a boost and change in pace vs. our bench's (sans Flip and Zaza - who thought I'd say that early in the season) use to just fill space until the starters are ready to come back in. Yes, Maurice - you are starting to fall into this category.
5. Again, I ask GM Sund - there were no players we could use. The mix we have is how good, how perfect, nothing is worth shaking up, no leadership is needed....
6. NOW, you finally determined that Gardner should play in the D-League. Really...you really thought he needed to sit on the bench all year. What about Mario West or Randolph Morris? Wouldn't it make sense to send them as well - playing time builds confidence (apologies to Acie and Solo for saying this in your 'presence').
7 comments:
- Bret LaGree said...
I've got to disagree about Horford last night. He got the Horford treatment again last night but he did fairly well with his extremely limited touches (3 assists and unlike Smith he didn't take any bad shots), and, though I don't have the time or stomach to watch the game again, I don't believe many of Portland's offensive rebounds were his fault. Realistically he can only box out one opponent at a time. A shot will go up and Smith won't even be in the frame as the other team swarms the Hawks' defensive glass. Yet he plays 39 minutes last night.
- February 21, 2009 at 1:08 PM
- ATL_Hawk_Luv said...
Here's the one thing I know that I know about the NBA. Supreme talents can not be hidden. I keep saying - I believe Al can be a good NBA player, but what I'm having significant problems with is that EVEN poor coaching and scheme doesn't result in the average to below average production we get from Al in 30+ minutes each and every game. Everyone seems to believe that Al is a significant cog for the Hawks - that he is critical.
So, I'm saying - how many games has he been the difference. I can count 2 in 54 games. That doesn't say much to me about his future here. Now, I admit that it could be coaching, but I'm of the mindset that if that's the case, then why does Josh tantalize so much. It's because we see his brilliance through his awful decision making. We believe that the right coaching would eliminate his mistakes in large part. Al doesn't make those mental mistakes and yet his game doesn't say anything other than a good PJ Brown or something of that sort and that's 4th option kinda good.
We need dominant PF/C production out of Al Horford. People keep saying he's a great player for us - well, I'm saying...I depend on Bibby, Johnson, Smoove to spur us to victory before I think about Al right now. I'm even of the belief that Marvin or Flip would win a game for us before Al would...and that's my problem right now. So, I understand your defense of his total game and whether it's his fault or that Josh has his own problems, but I'm saying - I want to see the glimpses of dominance that no coach can suppress. Right now, I've seen it twice. I've seen 2 times when I could be convinced that Acie is our PG of the future in extremely limited instances thanks to our Hall of Fame coach, so what does that say?
I mean LeBron put up about 7 bad shots last night, but he scored 55. So, taking bad shots and getting up assists and not being the cause of offensive rebounds isn't really a good defense in my eyes...
- February 21, 2009 at 1:48 PM
- Bret LaGree said...
I agree with you in general, I just disagree about last night. I don't think the best way to attack Portland's defense is by frequently posting up Horford against Aldridge or Przybilla and transition opportunities aren't going to be there when you force turnovers on less than 10% of the other team's possessions and give up almost 40% of possible offensive rebounds.
Bibby (and Flip to a lesser extent) showed how weak Portland's perimeter defense is. Joe struggled to make shots but he took few bad shots. I would have liked to see Marvin get the ball in a position to attack the basket and get to the line more often but I suspect I'll keep on being disappointed on that score.
- February 21, 2009 at 2:41 PM
- ATL_Hawk_Luv said...
ok, i can agree with your analysis of that particular game. Maybe I should have been clearer in just saying that - I'm now evaluating Al (and the Hawks in general) based on their body of collective work and how it will translate into the playoffs. So, we can win and I'll be disappointed. We can lose and I can be encouraged.
Last year, I just wanted us to make the playoffs. So, every win was valuable. Every playoff win was icing. This year, I'm not taking the same approach. This year, we're making the playoffs. Now, I'm wondering if we're playing well enough to actually make noise in the playoffs. Right now, that's a big fat no. For those who say we've won 6 of 9, I say - we had ONE solid victory and that was against the Pistons on the road. All other victories were against weak teams and even our losses weren't competitive.
That's the problem I'm trying to find answers for right now. Let's hope it gets solved....
- February 21, 2009 at 2:55 PM
- CoCo said...
I think you really underestimate just how bad of a caoch Mike Woodson is and that's saying a lot considering you've acknowledged how horrible of a coach he is. LOL I agree with Bret I think Al being ineffective is due to many many things, a lot of which are beyond his control. He can't help it if Joe won't pass him the ball when he's in the post but he'll pass it to him well out of his range. You've seen this offense and you've seen how there's no rhyme or reason to it. Last night for example when Bibby was clearly the best player on our team they weren't even going out of their way to get him looks. I mean come on, when someone has it going the way he had it going (before Woody sat him for waaaaay too many minutes to start the 4th)you have to look for him. They did not! There were several mismatches they created but couldn't or didn't bother to exploit. There were a number of times I saw lil B Roy guarding Josh Smith and the guards didn't even look his way. We can debate all day long whether or not Josh deserved to be in the game at that point, but he was out there so you might as well attempt to get something out of him when the opportunity presents itself.
I really think you have to look at Josh and Al in the same way. I don't believe Josh has gotten better under Woodson. I think any improvements he's had are just a natural occurance of playing in the league for almost 5 years. Al is only in his second year, I'm not ready to call him a PJ Brown just yet. I honestly think he has what it takes to be a really good post presence. Unfortunately this is a jumpshooting team so his opportunites are going to be very limited.
- February 21, 2009 at 2:56 PM
- ATL_Hawk_Luv said...
First, you guys need to get lives. I wouldn't even be responding if it weren't for the fact that I couldn't get out on a plane to New York for a party. Have some fun this weekend... :)
Ok, that said...Coco, you know that it's painful how bad our coaching has been for the past 3-4 years. I completely agree that Al (and I've said it repeatedly) can be a good player in this league. What I'm saying more specifically is that - sometimes it doesn't matter who is coaching. I've seen Ricky Davis look like an All Star, I've seen Isaiah Rider play balls to the wall, I've seen Zach Randolph, and Jerome James and Erik Curry all look like All World players for 10-20 game stretches.
With bad coaching...with bad personnel...all I'm saying here is - Al isn't showing me the glimpses that make me think he's worth paying more than the mid-level exception. He's making me think about whether it's Marvin or him that deserves to get the next re-up and who might be worth trading. I don't WANT to believe that to be the case - I'd prefer to get rid of Woody, have Bibby, Johnson, Evans, Josh, and Horford start...have Marvin, Zaza, Flip, Solo, and Acie come off the bench consistently and see us win just as many games, but look as deep and talented as the Blazers looked last night (they played 10 guys and none of them were named Oden). That's what i'd like, but until then - I want Horford to look like he's a star. In some way, shape, form or fashion. Is Woodson keeping him from getting 15 boards a night? Is he keeping him from shooting every time he touches it? Anyway, I digress - we are on the same side here. I'm just saying the colossal F U job that Woody has done doesn't explain all of Al's lack of production. That's all.
- February 21, 2009 at 3:08 PM
- CoCo said...
Hahah. The only reason I"m responding is because I actually have nothing better to do at this time! No missed flight or anything, just nothing to do. But this will be my last post.
One thing was evident last night, the Blazers are just better than the Hawks because they know who and what they are. The game actually could've gotten out of hand way before it did had the Blazers recognized that no one on the Hawks team could do anything with Aldridge. I digress. Oh, and its hard, but I'm going to keep my rose colored glasses on. Thanks!
- February 21, 2009 at 3:15 PM


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- 1 drop lavender essential oil
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Firstly I rightfully do not endorse Christians trying to make money of the gospel, asking for money or any of the supposedly Christian adds, for the Bibles, books, tapes listed here for sale too.. Jesus said as you freely received so freely give. Greedy Hirelings do not do this. http://groups.msn.com/AFOLLOWEROFCHRIST/advrt.msnw
(2 Tim 2:15 KJV) Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.(2 Tim 3:16 KJV) All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
Index1: Bible verse for the week(Prov 8:34 KJV) Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.2: Bible study for the week(Luke 18:1 KJV) And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;"Subject: Prayer needed: I just wanted to let you know that my son was able to get a court appointed lawyer when he went to court on the 20 th. There was no hearing that day but they will notify him soon about a court date. Please pray that this lawyer is a good one and can help to figure out this mess. Also, I would appreciate it if you would pray for me as I am having some teeth pulled . The last time I had teeth pulled I had a bad reaction; I have multiple allergies and extreme drug reactions to almost any medications I have ever taken. Please pray that all goes well and that I do not have any bad reactions this time. I now have high blood pressure and asthma so this also complicates the situation. I appreciate your prayers and in faith I believe all will go well. God bless you, :"As I was thinking about this particular prayer request I was as clearly reminded of my own past personal experiences in life and the lessons also that I had also learned about praying and so should we all including now these truths-When a personal problem perseveres I also do next do ask rightfully even the whole church to pray for it.. that the answers might bring even the glory to God before the whole churchI was also reminded who I had learned not to be guilty of the sins of presumption, taking our health, or doctors, dentists for granted.. how we do need still beforehand too to pray for this as you rightfully have.. for I too have too often been disappointed by doctors, nurses, lawyers, professionals, civil and public servants, judges for I was still looking for, expecting help from mere man and not rather firstly from God.and I too talk to God about everything in prayer.. otherwise we are committing a sin TOO .. really.. even the sin of presumption.. THE PEOPLE WHO TEND NOT TO BOTHER GOD ABOUT THE SMALL STUFF are still even sadly and wrongfully thinking to highly of themselves while living a self centered life.. they wrongfully really are not living a God centered life.. you can tell try to tell them that. is what is what they are really doing in love .. (Luke 19:17 KJV) And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.I am often like you am personally confronted by people who have great personal problems, some people who tried to get rich quickly too, and I have nothing to help them in? and some of them in particularly are still wrongfully none believers too. But God reminds me that God in Jesus Christ hears my prayers, even on behalf of the non Christians, and I can and I should personally pray for their good health, good well being as well here one earth next..(James 5:16 KJV) Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit."Heavenly father I do pray for the good health now also in Jesus name for my sister. do pray that you would heal her of her asthma, high blood pressures and her allergies now as well. also do pray in Jesus name that you help her to have a good visit to the dentist next as well, with no problems or complications. pray all of this for God's glory as well. ""I do humbly ask you to grant the prayer request of my Sister. God touch our sister, anoint her with Your Holy Spirit I pray and grant her all the freedom from the satanic attacks. In precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ I ask you Amen."(Rom 1:21 KJV) Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools... 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;In reality:"1. Obeying God means we will encounter hardships and difficulties, but these experiences are opportunities to grow in faith.(Rom 8:17 KJV) And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
2. When we face crises, we should look IN PRAYER to the Lord for guidance to meet our needs and the needs of others and no matter how small or large now they can be as well. We should not look towards others to help us.(Luke 18:1 KJV) And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;(Isa 40:31 KJV) But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.(Phil 4:6 KJV) Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
3. Grumbling also is never appropriate for a Christian.It reveals a lack of faith in God and also personal laziness, a wrong still unwilligness to follow God's way and will.(1 Th 5:18 KJV) In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.(Heb 13:15 KJV) By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.(2 Th 1:11 KJV) Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: 12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.4. As God's people, we must and can trust Him to supply all the time, daily each and all of our physical needs as we respond to Him in obedience, faihtfulness.(Psa 37:3 KJV) Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.(Phil 4:19 KJV) But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.5. Our personally Depending on God to provide for our physical needs helps us grow in our personal relationship with Him."(Phil 4:20 KJV) Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.(1 Pet 2:2 KJV) As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:(2 Pet 3:18 KJV) But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.(Eph 4:15 KJV) But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:6: The same people who are not walking by faith in God are walking in reality by faith in self, thus still in sin..(Heb 10:38 KJV) Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.(1 Pet 4:11 KJV) If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.(2 Th 3:1 KJV) Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:3: Tips on praying for the week.Recently I was praying to God for his help in preparing these notes on prayer.. One of the first things he did was to get me up in the middle of the night to pray for others..(James 5:16 KJV) Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.We tend to know but we also tend to forget that nothing good happens on earth without prayer, not even for our own family.. or others(Job 1:5 KJV) And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.It is true that Job prayed for his family, all of his children every day.. and that seems to be our FIRST, main concerns too AND NEXT WE PRAY FOR God's children.. God HAS TOLD ME MORE THAN ONCE that as I would look after the good welfare of His children, he God would next look after my family, my children, my concerns,(Psa 37:4 KJV) Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.(Psa 37:7 KJV) Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.(Psa 128:1 KJV) A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. 2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. 4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. 6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.(Isa 54:13 KJV) And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children. 14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. 16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.When we pray for the needs of others.. it is not always when it is convenient for us, at our own schedule too.Speaking of our schedule and sleep.. we humans like to keep a schedule.. and we tend to be very inflexible but God has his own timing.. often I have felt really tired in the middle of the day and when I prayed about it God would tell me to go and fall asleep for a while.. and that very same evening I would next have an unexpected visitor who would need my help and thus they would keep me up late, or I would have to talk to someone on the computer late at night.. or write someone a special devotional message late a night and send it to someone.. I would even have to get up to read an email and pray for it even at 12, 1, 3, 4, 5 am.. .... and next I still would have no difficultly in going to sleep again, and my getting up in the middle of the night it would have no negative side effects on me too.. I would not feel sick, nauseated cause my sleep was broken.. God does take clearly care of his own, those who faithfully serve him.All this to me really started to happen about 20 years ago when I had agreed with God to have daily my morning Bible devotions everyday with Him,God and subsequently I became his servant and God would control all of my life.. me included.. my prayer life too."You are so right, God has his time clock. I have asked him to wake me up at certain times and he always has. God used to wake me up at 3 am when it was quiet often when my husband and kids lived a home. This was a quiet time I could spend with God because my days were so busy."(Mat 14:23 KJV) And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.Each one of us we still do need to be led by god in our prayers even what to pray for specifically for each persons we are led to pray for.. I too would rather you pray as God leads you.. sometimes you of course may be generally led to cover them now with love and a blanket of forgiveness and let god next deal fully with them as he God wants in his will and his time.. that is the way I do it..4: Christian testimony for the week
"I had my extractions done yesterday. As I sat in the waiting room, I glanced out the window and the sky was filled with fluffy white clouds. Watching the clouds was soothing. I whispered to God, that I knew He was going to watch over me. Almost immediately, I felt so much peace, and then I experienced warmth around my shoulders as though someone was embracing me. At first I thought it was my imagination, but without question as it continued, I knew it was a touch from God to reassure me. A couple of minutes later they called my name.
I was calm as I sat down in the dentist chair. When the Dentist came in he asked the nurse why the laughing gas wasnt in the room, I thought, someone wasnt paying attention to my chart. The nurse told him that it was her understanding that Tara was allergic to laughing gas, and I told him she was right.
Then without even telling me he was going to do it, he put some gel-like substance liberally on my gums and on the inside and outside of my lips. My mouth and lips felt like they were on fire and the taste was horrible. He started to put the needle in my gums, and I asked him to give me a minute, because my heart was starting to race. I took a deep breath hoping that would help, but it didnt and I knew my blood pressure was going up too high. I asked him what he had put in my mouth and he said it was some kind of anesthetic agent to numb the area before he put the novocaine in my gums. It was on my chart that they were not to use anything on me except the novocaine. Mistakes like this one is why my confidence is in God not man. I told him that my heart was pounding and that I thought we should wait a few minutes before using the novocaine. But my heart continued to pound and I starting coughing and getting sick, and I knew by experience it was a bad reaction.
All I knew was that I did not want to die in the dentist chair from an allergic reaction. At that point, I did not care what the dentist or the nurse would think about what I was going to say. All I knew was that I had to stop the devil's attempt to kill me. I said: "In the Holy name of Jesus, I bind and cast away from me, the spirits of heart attack, aneurysm, stroke, high blood pressure and rapid pulse. I will not accept your evil deeds Satan, so get out of this office right now! In the Name that is above all names, I command you to leave immediately!" Within seconds, my heart rate went back to normal and the burning in my mouth was also gone. It seemed like there was silence in the entire building for several seconds. Neither the dentist, nor the nurse said anything for a couple of minutes. Then he turned to me and asked if I was okay now. I said, yes, go ahead it will be okay now. He only gave me half of the amount of numbing, as he should; I think he was still afraid I would have another reaction this time to the novacaine. He had difficulty getting two of the three teeth out, and unfortunately I could feel the pain of both of those extractions. I didn't scream but I felt like it, instead I prayed for God to see me through, and of course our never-failing God of gods, helped me. I was in a great deal of pain yesterday, as I cannot take any medications for pain, not even Tylenol or aspirin, and also my lips and the gums had been burnt by the gel stuff. But Jesus helped me through the pain and today I doing much better. Thank you so much for your prayers in this matter, believe me they were appreciated and answered. Our God, the only real God, is so awesome and I never cease to marvel at His ways. God bless each of you. My Christian love to all of you, Tara"5: Recommended Christian computer software or internet siteKids need Him6: Difficult Bible Question answered for the week.It is unbelievable how many many persons still do have a wrong definition of what it means to be a Christian, many many Christians , Pastors now included too.
(Gal 5:22 KJV) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
(Mat 11:8 KJV) But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
(John 8:23 KJV) And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.(John 18:36 KJV) Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world:(Heb 11:13 KJV) These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
(Mat 19:30 KJV) But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
"I can of my own self do nothing," Jesus even said this (Jn. 5:30; 5:19). Jesus "emptied himself" of personal pride and lived as God's servant. "He humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross" (Phil. 2:5-8) Even Apostle Paul rightfully practised "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me" (Gal. 2:20) but this is not how many of God's supposed servants wrongfully live like today and now why?
We also do seem to have these days too many imposters, pretentious Christians, they claim to be Christians, and some of them they appear to Christians on the outside but are not so on the inside.. they wrongfully are still not kind, loving towards others or, humble persons. These still Worldly persons are wrongfully still impressed by the outward appearances, by the big salaries, the big homes, the big and rich churches.. my own dad included.. he cleanly thinks as he also just said to me that good pastors are found in the rich, big churches cause they can afford to hire the best pastors .. or the best "hirelings" still.. and this is not God's kingdom or God's legitimate value system as well.
(Mat 11:9 KJV) But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. 10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Some people foolishly think that God has a dual standard system too.. and rich people are more blessed by God than the poor persons.. not at all.. generally the riches are a curse..
(Mat 19:21 KJV) Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Many wrongfully still do think they now are like Jesus merely by trying. Not at all can anyone succeed to be like Christ even daily on their own. WE ALWAYS DO STILL NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT TO DO THIS. We were not only born in sin and shapen in iniquity, but we tend to still walking the sin and in the flesh without the direct help, influence of the Holy Spirit.
(Gal 5:22 KJV) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Everyone has to be personally faithful in al things too and if you want to please God then you also daily do have to live your life so as to please only Him, and not yourself. God has the same value system for all his children, he God expects us all to be humble, kind to the poor, loving persons now as well.. God actively looks for faithfulness in His servants IN ALL THINGS TOO. (Mat 25:21 KJV) His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
(James 1:9 KJV) Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: 10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
(Mat 19:29 KJV) And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
(Mat 23:11 KJV) But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
(Mat 23:13 KJV) But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. 15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. 16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! 17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? 18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. 19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. 27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, 30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? 34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
(Mark 12:41 KJV) And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. 42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. 43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: 44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
(Luke 16:9 KJV) And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
(Luke 16:10 KJV) He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
(Luke 16:11 KJV) If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
(Luke 16:13 KJV) No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
(Luke 16:14 KJV) And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
(Luke 16:15 KJV) And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
(Luke 16:18 KJV) Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
(Luke 16:19 KJV) There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. 27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: 28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. 31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. 17:1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
(Luke 17:2 KJV) It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
(Luke 17:3 KJV) Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
(1 Sam 2:35 KJV) And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
You personally claimed that Jesus is Lord of your life than show it daily now as well to all. (Eccl 5:1 KJV) Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. 2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. 3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words. 4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? 7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
We all need to be daily crucified with Christ and to humbly lay aside our pride and acknowledge that we are ever in debt to Him alone for all that we have, are too.. not any mere man or women now too.
(Rom 8:11 KJV) But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
(Psa 97:12 KJV) Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
(1 Th 5:14 KJV) Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly,
(Rom 1:32 KJV) Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. 2:1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. 2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. 3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long suffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: 11 For there is no respect of persons with God. 12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; 13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. 14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15 Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. 17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, 18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? 22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? 23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? 24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
We all still do need to routinely behave fully, in all things, always as God would behave. Not because we choose still to do so, we prefer to, because we should do so. If you really do want to please God then you must live your life so as to please Him, and not yourself and really walk in the Holy Spirit rather than still in the flesh. God's faithfulness reaches unto the clouds and so should ours now too. (Psa 36:5 KJV) Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. 7 How excellent is thy loving kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
Some persons seem to wrongfully make their own faithfulness a hallmark of their human relationships, but the faithfulness that matters most is the faithfulness we show towards God and not how we try to appear towards others. We do seem to have these days too many imposters, pretentious Christians, they appear to Christians on the outside but are not so on the inside.. they wrongfully, unacceptably too are still not kind, loving towards others or humble persons
"Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?" --Prov. 20:6
(Rom 1:21 KJV) Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools... 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness..God has also many times PERSONALLY told me that his true prophet(s) often wore rags, were poor, and they are not the rich pastors found today in the rich temples collecting prayers.. for they were generally still very poor persons pointing out specific sins and asking all of the people to repent and is this not so?Note it is still not man that works in our lives but God, the Holy Spirit.. we need to worship the spirit and not mere men. and at all times too.. worshiping any man is still false and sinful.(1 Chr 16:41 KJV) And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;(Psa 118:8 KJV) It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.(Psa 118:9 KJV) It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.(Prov 3:26 KJV) For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.(Prov 14:26 KJV) In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.(Jer 17:5 KJV) Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Some persons still wrongfully seem to want to impress me as to how spiritual they are by sending me chain prayer letters.. they rightfully still do not impress me.. Before we pray we do still need to find out first what is God's will.. not our wills.. and pray God's will. not our wills.. Massive mailed out prayer requests also are still not from God but are mainly another sign of personal false self exaltations and even a real lack of unacceptable personal faith in God.
(Heb 10:38 KJV) Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
(Heb 10:39 KJV) But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
(Heb 11:1 KJV) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
(Isa 1:18 KJV) Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
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Rushing to reduce referrals is dangerous
Letter from Dr Kamal Sidhu, Blackhall, County Durham
These are desperate times for the NHS so the CCGs are trying to 'live within their means' which essentially means some service cuts or redesigns. Another pressure is to reduce activity i.e. referrals and admissions from primary care into secondary care.
Primary care clinicians are stuck between a rock and a hard place
Referrals are an important yet complex role of GPs and are made for a variety of reasons including help with diagnosis or management as well as for reassurance of patients and clinicians alike. There is little argument that use of skill mix and community pathways etc must be encouraged but if they have adequate capacity. There is also benefit in shared decision making and managing patient expectations where necessary but there are pitfalls and potential for harm especially when the referrals are micromanaged or there are targets set to achieve blanket reduction in total number of referrals. Rightly, the BMA has historically opposed the target approach but it is all too common now that the commissioners are having to set referral reduction targets and worse still, the practices are incentivised to cut down on the referrals.
On the other hand, GPs are often derided for delaying referrals for conditions varying from cancers to endometriosis to dementia and mental health. The public is also given conflicting messages resulting in raised expectations about referrals. Guidelines such as from NICE push us towards increased referrals failing to take into account the resource crunch.
Primary care clinicians are stuck between a rock and a hard place. If they are asked to reduce referrals, they take on a lot more uncertainty. This potentially means missed or delayed opportunities for diagnosis and care. This also means additional stress and risk of burnout for an already overstretched workforce. There is also a small number of referrals made to 'share the burden of management' and frankly speaking, we do not have the capacity to absorb any of the additional burden.
I worry that such restrictions can result in reduced referrals around nonspecific or undifferentiated symptoms, some of which often evolve into a significant or even serious diagnosis especially given multimorbidity and poor predictive value of many investigations in primary care. We cannot ignore the fact that a significant majority of cancers are diagnosed outside the two week/suspected cancer diagnosis pathways, sometimes based on so called 'inappropriate' referrals.
Simplifying referrals to numbers unfortunately fails to take into account the patient, doctor relationship as well as many subtle but vital factors such as atypical presentations and nonverbal cues. The local context can not be ignored.
In the end, none of our commissioning colleagues will come to our defence in case of a delayed or missed referral.
The problem with incentives
Whilst we know that incentives do have a role in improving quality of referrals and in encouraging compliance with the process and pathway, it is indefensible to link a resource to a set target reduction. This has the potential for a highly detrimental impact on decision making in general practice.
It is also indefensible in the eyes of the public. We risk becoming scapegoats in the run to achieve financial balance in a system based on newer models of care with little or no evidence behind them.
What is the way forward?
Increased consultation time will help relax the pressure and may take away some of the 'soft' referrals by allowing us to spend more quality time with the patient.
We also need resource in form of funding, workforce and time that allows us to engage in better use of skill-mix within the practices or in the federated set-ups.
We also need the guideline development bodies such as NICE to recognise the existing pressures and really talk to Whitehall before churning out gold standards of care without any resource.
Better use of technology such as shared records across the system along with easy access and advice from our secondary care colleagues is needed. Such advisory services should also be negotiated in the contracts with secondary care.
There is also need for more debate on effectiveness of some interventions as well as overdiagnosis and overtreatment.
But, there really is no alternative to an increased resource for the system and by trying to live within the means, we are colluding to developing a system which is less fit or unfit for purpose. We must tread carefully and always be mindful of whose side we are on.
Readers' comments (8)
We should never ever ever give into pressure to not refer if we feel it is appropriate. There is no safety net from the CCGs/NHS when things go wrong. Just ignore all the pressure to not refer and go with what you feel is appropriate clinically. If someone disagrees with the decision to refer that's fine but then they must take over full clinical responsibility
I agree with Kamal Sidhu about the dangers of caving in to the demands to reduce our referrals to secondary care.
We must not lose sight of our duty to the patient, and we must maintain our integrity as trained, experienced senior clinicians. And that means living up to our own professional and personal ethics and standards. If we lose sight of that, then our professionalism will be worthless, and we will be no better than puppets to a bad system, not worthy of the respect and trust of the patients who rely on us.
Our permissiveness and subservience will eat at any self-respect and self-confidence we may still have as individuals, and we will lose any negotiating and service development influence that we still cling to. The beginning of the end, my friends...unless we stand up for what is right. That is the nature of the compassion that we all seek- honesty with ourselves and others, integrity, and the courage to stand up and fight for what we feel is right.
More and more areas (mine included) are now subject to a Referral Management System where various noctors filter all our referrals and bounce back those deemed inappropriate. This is done to both "improve quality" and (naturally) save money to help lower CCG debt.
As a result there is increasing chaos as patients who were expecting to see (for example) an orthopod re their possible hip replacement are bounced back to a bewildered GP told by RMS to "consider physio" or some other meaningless diversion designed to keep the patient away from expensive secondary care.
The spiral into madness continues......
Re Peter Clayton 9.46pm
If it was just the morbidly obese being bounced you might have a point, but up & down the land hip & knee replacement requests are increasingly deemed PLCP and referrals are sent back to GPs with facile pseudo-reasons ("have you tried analgesia?"/"too young"/"too old" etc)
I have no objection to Consultants returning what they decide are inappropriate referrals, but increasingly we have teams of various "clinicians" who have not seen the patient bouncing referrals back to experienced GPs who have. This is dangerous and just wrong.
"And that's not to deny that those pressures may lead to less safe practice than has otherwise been the case.
Workload pressure would not be a defence against clinical negligence, barrister warnshttp://careers.bmj.com/careers/advice/Workload_pressure_would_not_be_a_defence_against_clinical_negligence%2C_barrister_warns


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The Keep Australia Beautiful National Litter Index is Australia's only national, annual, quantitative measure of what litter occurs where and in what volume. Over 950 sites are visited twice per year to create an annual report on litter in each State and Territory that can be compared against the national average.
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welp, it's officially freezing here, so i thought i'd share the last round of pictures from my trip{s} to florida. some are from when i went with my family, while some are from when i went with my team.
^^ i had a little bit of fun with the app fisheye pro for my iPhone. kind of obsessed.
happy weekend! what are your plans? tomorrow my team has a big meet and then on sunday a lot of my friends are coming back to school. classes start monday, so i have to start preparing for that!
have a great one. xo
update: i'm hosting a giveaway for a print of TWO of my photographs from my travels over on daydream frenzy!! head over there to enter :)


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Title: DumpBusters Crew Member
Position: Part-time crew member (10-20 hrs/week) for the DumpBusters program; occasional evening and significant weekend work expected
Direct Supervisor: Al Chernov, DumpBusters Crew Leader
Mission/Description of Organization:
Allegheny CleanWays is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 2000 to "engage and empower people to eliminate illegal dumping and littering in Allegheny County."
The Tireless Project is a collaboration of local organizations and businesses committed to the stewardship of Pittsburgh's waterways. Since its start in 2003, 4,873 volunteers have boarded our 28' pontoon boat, the Rachel Carson, and removed 644,464 pounds of debris, including 3,728 tires and 25,293 pounds of metal and other recyclables, from our riverbanks and streams.
Pittsburgh's WTAE Channel 4 has just aired a very nice article on Allegheny CleanWays' rapid response team, the DumpBusters. The crew of volunteers has been cleaning up dumpsites around the City of Pittsburgh for over six months now.
Citizens in the California-Kirkbride neighborhood and Allegheny CleanWays DumpBusters have just completed a cleanup on Morrison Street hilltop that extended down the hillside almost to Brighton Road. The multi-day cleanup took place on Monday, November 8th, 15th and 22nd 2010.
The steep wooded hillside that starts at the top of Morrison St. and continues down to Brighton Rd., has over the years been a dumping ground for tires (many with rims), seats out of vehicles, windshields, radios and various car/truck parts. (Maybe from a garage?).
We would like to thank Altria (Philip MorrisUSA) for making Allegheny CleanWays recent Tireless project a big success. On Thursday, August 6th Altria District Manager Eric Spivack brought 23 of his co-workers to the new marina/park in Sharpsburg for a day of river bank cleanup. A total of nearly 3 tons of trash and 10 tires were removed from the Allegheny River bank. A great day!
Allegheny County Conservation District, American Eagle Outfitters Foundation, The Buhl Foundation, Colcom Foundation, Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Community Development Block Grant, Department of Environmental Protection, EQT Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, Individual Donations, Laurel Foundation, Richard King Mellon Foundation, Rivers Casino, Rockwell Collins,
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Pushy waiters and know-it-all sommeliers, step aside. Your days may be numbered.
Tablet computers are starting to take over.
In the last few months, restaurants scattered around the country have installed iPads and other technologies on which customers can place orders and perform additional tasks usually handled by staff.
At Stacked in Torrance, which opened in May, iPads mounted on 60 tables enable patrons to flip through a touch screen to view pizza, burger and salad offerings. Diners can choose entrees and sides, pick out toppings, send their orders to the kitchen and divvy up the bill, all without talking to a staff person.
To pay, customers swipe credit cards through slots built into the iPad holders.
The co-founder of the restaurant, Paul Motenko, said he spent more than a year and $1 million developing the digital ordering regimen. It allowed him to open with a smaller-than-average staff, but he maintained that the hands-on system made customers feel more involved in the process.


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I used to just buy frozen garlic bread. It was, perhaps, a tad on the pricey side, but it was good. Well, I made my grandmother's homemade spaghetti sauce recipe recently, and I NEEDED garlic bread. Since I did not have time to run to the store, I decided to just make some. How hard could it be? My first attempt, was bland. DH said to not be so cheap next time and just buy some. But I wasn't convinced. Surely it couldn't be THAT hard. After some more tweaking, I cam up with the following recipe, and it is DIVINE, if I do say so myself :o)
1 cup butter, softened (no substitutions)
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese (fresh, not in a can)
3-4 cloves of minced garlic
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground paprika
In a small bowl, combine softened butter, minced garlic and Parmesan cheese. Season with garlic salt, Italian seasoning, pepper and paprika. Mix until smooth.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
Carved pencil leads
These carved pencil leads are amazing!
See more of Dalton Ghetti's work here:
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Customer Spotlight: Shannon
Constantine is Shannon's son and such a lucky kid! When she decided on a Knight theme for his birthday, she went all out!
See the photos she so kindly shared with me of the fabulous medieval party in the park she put together. Constantine's costume, cupcake toppers, bouncy castle... everything for a perfect party! Shannon made the felt swords and shields, tiaras, wands and painted the little wooden knights -- amazing!
My Knight invitations had been sent out before the party, setting the tone for the event:
And, afterward, guests received a personalized thank you note:
Thanks for sharing your photos, Shannon!
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Coot Species Photos
Coots are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family Rallidae. They are close relatives of the moorhen.
The greatest species variety is in South America. They are common in Europe and North America.
The American Coots have reached Great Britain and Ireland on rare occasions. The migratory species travel at night.
A flock of coots is known in the US as a cover
Coots have a predominantly black plumage with a prominent frontal shields or other decoration on the forehead, and colored bills, and many, but not all, have white on the under tail.
Like other rails, they have lobed toes.
They tend to have short, rounded wings and are weak fliers, although northern species are nevertheless capable of covering long distances.
Coots have strong legs and can walk and run vigorously. Their long toes are well adapted to soft, uneven surfaces.
Diet / Feeding
These birds are omnivorous, taking mainly plant material, but also small animals and eggs.
Species in taxonomic order
- Fulica cristata Gmelin, 1789 - Red-knobbed Coot (Africa)
- Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 - Eurasian Coot or Common Coot
- Fulica alai Peale, 1848 - Hawaiian Coot or ʻAlae keʻokeʻo
- Fulica americana Gmelin, 1789 - American Coot
- Fulica caribaea Ridgway, 1884 - Caribbean Coot
- Fulica leucoptera Vieillot, 1817 - White-winged Coot (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Falkland Islands, Paraguay, Uruguay)
- Fulica ardesiaca Tschudi, 1843 - Slate-colored Coot (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
- Fulica armillata Vieillot, 1817 - Red-gartered Coot (Argentina, southern Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay)
- Fulica rufifrons Philppi and Landbeck, 1861 - Red-fronted Coot (Argentina, southern Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, southern Peru, Uruguay)
- Fulica gigantea Eydoux and Souleyet, 1841 - Giant Coot (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru)
- Fulica cornuta Bonaparte, 1853 - Horned Coot (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile)
- Fulica newtoni Milne-Edwards, 1867 - Mascarene Coot (extinct, c.1700)
- Fulica chathamensis - Chatham Island Coot (prehistoric)
- Fulica prisca Hamilton, 1893 - New Zealand Coot (prehistoric)
- Fulica infelix Brodkorb, 1961 (fossil: Early Pliocene of Juntura, Malheur County, Oregon, USA)
- Fulica shufeldti (fossil: Pleistocene of North America) - possibly a subspecies of Fulica americana; formerly F. minor
Species Research by Sibylle Johnson
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What matters most is it's YOUR voice. Scream until it's fucking gone. -- Dave Grohl
Friday, March 21, 2014
Even Cowboys Get the Blues Interlude, Or: You Gotta Be Kidding Me
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Every second country music song has alcohol in it. I don't really buy the distinction between alcohol, marijuana, and other drugs. They're all drugs; they all carry the risk of addiction; they can all cause permanent physical or emotional damage. For cultural reasons, we make some arbitrarily legal and laugh at the use of some while others are illegal and the source of horror.ReplyDeleteReplies
Exactly. It's the stupid arbitrary lines that are drawn around how we get inebriated that are meant to keep some people "the other"Delete
that just...I mean, really? When Johnny Cash burned down a national forest and nearly drove Condors into extinction he was drunk, not high, and that wasn't badass, it was asshole.
(or caffeine and nicotine, for that matter)ReplyDelete
What? No moron designation for him? Ha!ReplyDelete
I'm not that knowledgeable about country music and its themes. I guess the artists sing about what they know and experience--whether it involves relationships, addictions, work/money/life issues, etc.
There are certain songs or artists that I like--whatever the genre. And for country, I like The Dixie Chicks (*ducking*) and their songs, like Wide Open Spaces, etc.--and other artists with good voices and good songs. But I started a new bookmark in my music video folder for Country with your video entry here. So maybe I will discover more artists that I like.
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Lol...it's not a stupid legal non-issue so no, no moron designation for him. No need to duck about the Dixie Chicks here, I love them, too. Don't even get me started on Country radio's decades long ban on k.d. lang, who I love. And I will happily feed you Country songs. :)Delete
Even Poles get the Blues ;) Hope you're feeling better, Jazzy.ReplyDelete


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Infolab Hadoop Cluster
The anatomy of the cluster
- Name node: ilhadoop1
- Yarn Resource Manager: ilhadoop1
- Data nodes:
- ilh01 - ilh40
- 320 TB total capacity
- Yarn Nodes:
- ilh01 - ilh40
- 320 total cores
You will need a CSID to use the Hadoop cluster.
You can submit your Hadoop jobs from the following nodes:
madmax madmax2 madmax3 madmax4 madmax5
Hadoop clusters are usually running their own file system called Hadoop Distributed Filesystem (HDFS). If you run a map/reduce job on the data that you have stored in the HDFS the Yarn Resource Manager will make sure that your job runs on the nodes that have your data stored locally in order to minimize network traffic.
Your HDFS home
Ask your admin to create an HDFS home directory for you. Your HDFS home is going to be:
Let's try and list the contents of that directory:
hadoop fs -ls /user/tommy
Our home directory is empty (even though it was used as a staging area in the example above) so there is no output from the command. Let's try listing all the user homes just to see who is using the HDFS:
tommy@madmax5: ~$ hadoop fs -ls /user/ Found 3 items drwx------ - hdfs hadoop 0 2015-10-12 18:54 /user/hdfs drwxr-xr-x - tommy users 0 2015-06-12 15:20 /user/tommy drwxr-xr-x - west1 users 0 2015-10-12 22:05 /user/west1
Getting data into HDFS
We have a local directory that contains some XML data that we want to run a mapred job on. Let's create a subdirectory under our HDFS home that will hold those files:
hadoop fs -mkdir xmldata
Please note that the xmldata directory will be created as a subdirectory of /user/your_csid as we have not specified an absolute path. Let's list the content of our home directory to verify it was created.
~/$ fs -ls /user/tommy Found 1 items drwxr-xr-x - tommy users 0 2012-10-17 14:21 /user/tommy/xmldata
If the XML files are in the ~/xmldata directory on the local harddisk, we copy them to the HDFS with the following command:
hadoop fs -put ~/xmldata/* /user/snap/xmldata
You already know how to list the contents of a HDFS directory so we'll leave checking on the files to you.
Getting data out of HDFS
If we want to copy a file from the HDFS back to our "regular" filesystem, we need to run the following command:
hadoop fs -get hdfs_source_filename local_destination_filename
So if we have a file called result.txt in our HDFS home directory, we can copy it to our current directory with the following command:
hadoop fs -get results.txt ./
Please note that whenever we use a HDFS path that does not start with a forward slash / the HDFS command automatically add a prefix /user/your_csid.
Deleting a file
If you want to delete a file from the HDFS you can use the following command:
hadoop fs -rm filename
If we want to delete a directory we can use the following command:
hadoop fs -rm -r directory
HDFS commands
By now you have probably noticed that HDFS command are very similar to the commands that we use on our "regular" file systems. We just have to start every command with the prefix hadoop fs then type in a dash - and the name of the command we use for "regular" files. So instead of chmod 777 somefile we type in hadoop fs -chown 777 somefile. We can get a list of available commands by typing hadoop fs.
Here are a few example map/reduce jobs that you can try running.
A life of Pi
hadoop jar /usr/share/hadoop/hadoop-examples-1.0.3.jar pi 10 1000000
The above example should output something that ends like this:
Job Finished in 33.276 seconds Estimated value of Pi is 3.14158440000000000000
If running the example above throws an AccessControlException (see below), please let Andrej know about it by e-mail (don't forget to include a full copy of the output).
Number of Maps = 10 Samples per Map = 1000000 org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException: org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException: Permission denied: user=snap, access=WRITE, inode="user":hdfs:supergroup:rwxr-xr-x at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException.instantiateException(RemoteException.java:95) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException.unwrapRemoteException(RemoteException.java:57) ...
At this point, congratulations are in order. If you have not used Hadoop before, you just successfully ran your first Hadoop job.
Some XML extraction
This example expects that there are some XML configuration files on the HDFS and creates come output files. It's here just to get you going with the HDFS...
The XML files are already in the HDFS, but let's copy them to our HDFS home directory first (please replace snap with your CSID):
hadoop fs -cp /tmp/xmldata /user/snap/tmpdata
Now we can run the example:
hadoop jar /usr/share/hadoop/hadoop-examples-1.0.3.jar grep xmldata output 'dfs[a-z.]+'
Again note that since we are not using absolute paths, Hadoop TaskTrackers add /user/snap/ as a path prefix to both xmldata and output in the command above. Perhaps the command itself needs some explanation. We are telling hadoop to use the jar file hadoop-examples. Further more it should use the example called grep from the jar. The example code should find the source files (some XML ocnfiguration files) in the directory xmldata and it should output the results to the directory called output. The last part is a regular expression that grep should search for.
Now that the map/reduce task has finished, we need to copy the files from the output directory in HDFS to a local output directory:
hadoop fs -get output/* ~/output/
Our job prints out all the strings starting with dfs sorted by how often they appeared in the files:
~/ $ cat ~/output/part-00000 2 dfs.audit.logger 1 dfs.data.dir 1 dfs.name.dir 1 dfs.replication 1 dfs.server.namenode. 1 dfsadmin
Apache Pig is a platform running on top of Hadoop that consists of a high-level language for expressing data analysis programs and the infrastructure that runs such programs.
The following example will extract user ids from a standard *nix password file.
First we need to copy the password file to the HDFS (you can use any other file that has a similar structure). You can use the one that is already in the HDFS at /tmp/passwd.
hadoop fs -put passwd /tmp/passwd
The second step is to create a Pig script. Pig scripts are written in a language called Pig Latin. Let's create a file extractid.pig and put the following code into it:
The first line loads our passwd file. The second line extract the user ids and the third line writes the results to the directory called id.out.
We can run the Pig script that we have just written by running the following:
pig -x mapreduce extractid.pig
The job should create a file called id.out in our home directory. The listing below shows how to check for the file, transfer it to the local filsystem and display the result:
~/ $ hadoop fs -ls Found 1 item drwxrwxrwx - snap supergroup 0 2012-10-17 17:14 /user/snap/id.out ~/ $ hadoop fs -ls id.out/ Found 2 items -rw-r--r-- 3 snap supergroup 0 2012-10-17 17:14 /user/snap/id.out/_SUCCESS -rw-r--r-- 3 snap supergroup 242 2012-10-17 17:14 /user/snap/id.out/part-m-00000 ~/ $ hadoop fs -get id.out ./ ~/ $ cat id.out/part-m-00000 root bin daemon ...
Slow execution
If you tried out the examples above you may be thinking but why would I want to use the cluster that takes half a minute for a job awk can do in less than a second on my local computer. Well, the examples are provided only to see if some simple things can run on the cluster and it really does not make any sense to run them on a cluster as the cluster imposes too much overhead for such small tasks. The overhead should however become irrelevant for larger jobs that actually compute something useful.


text: My husband is a saint, when he sees a freebie project he still brings them home to me. He came home one day with this nice old toboggan and what a prize it was. I ended up cutting it down a bit because it was way too long and the end was broken off a little. No worry me and my trusty saw took care of that in no time. I wanted to make a nice coffee type table out of it. I could just picture it in a cabin house all cozy where someone would put their hot chocolate and knitting on top of it. So I rummaged around my stash and found this nice old coffin stand I bought several years ago. What a match, they fit perfectly. I stained the base with some black MinWax water base stain and then stained right over the toboggan as well. I love how it aged it to perfection. It is a solid little piece that I hope ends up in some rustic cabin or even on a front porch. I never get sick of vintage, second chance art is so rewarding!


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So I've been waiting...for weeks...and more weeks...and then some when it comes to By Terry's newest products: Hydra-Powder loose powder, as well as the Hydra-Primer.
I can't give a full review on this yet due to testing it with different foundations and different methods of application.
First impressions:
The Powder: it's so finely milled it seriously feels like a cream, and when it touches your skin it becomes very slightly watery in consistency. It glides against your skin, making lines on your skin almost invisible and it covers your pores. On the skin it has a slight white cast, then it disappears. I haven't tried it over foundation to see how it looks just yet. I'll report back.
Primer: Where do I even begin? It glides on like water, and disappears onto the skin (no white cast). What's really interesting is that it has a cooling effect, and you feel an intense feeling of hydration on your skin. It's definitely matte in finish, but it's not drying at all. It's really the best thing I've seen in terms of formula and the texture. The texture doesn't accentuate lines, pores, and doesn't accentuate bumps under the skin.
Price: Both items are $59
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Drug Smuggling, Rape and Torture: These 5 Saudi Royals All Did Things Commoners Would be Executed For
By David Ferguson
The recent arrests of two Saudi Arabian princes — one for smuggling literal tons of illegal drugs in his private plane and one for a series of sexually abusive incidents involving his employees — call attention to a long and august tradition of fabulously wealthy people from the highly religious Islamic monarchy acting in absolutely horrible ways.
On Monday, Saudi prince Abdel Mohsen Bin Walid Bin Abdulaziz and four associates were caught at the Beirut airport attempting to carry "two tons of Captagon pills" into Saudi Arabia as well as a quantity of cocaine.
Captagon is the brand name for fenethylline, a combination of the stimulants amphetamine and theophylline. Sources in the Middle East say Captagon is fueling fighters on both sides of Syria's bloody civil war.
The Guardian said that the drug was first synthesized in the 1960s to treat "hyperactivity, narcolepsy and depression," but was ultimately banned as too addictive. It remains wildly popular in the Middle East, but virtually unheard-of anywhere else.
Last week, in Los Angeles, 29-year-old Majed Abdulaziz Al-Saud was arrested on suspicion of "forced oral copulation" of an adult and other charges.
Al-Saud is accused by three anonymous female employees of going on a violent, debauched rampage in which he attacked male and female aides and house workers, forcing them to strip on command and perform sex acts against their will.
Last week neighbors spotted a naked, bleeding woman frantically trying to scale the 8-foot fence around Al-Saud's Beverly Hills compound. They helped the woman escape and called police.
By Thursday Al-Saud — who is the son of Saudi Arabia's late King Abdullah — was free on $300,000 bail.
The arrests echo other instances of wealthy Saudis running afoul of the law, including the case of 27-year-old Monsour Alshammari. Alshammari was apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border attempting to flee the country to escape prosecution on rape charges in Utah.
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Alshammari is related to Saudi royalty and U.S. authorities say that if he is allowed to return to that country, they will lose the ability to extradite and try him.
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Yacht brokerage firm Yachting Partners International (YPI) has teamed up with British studio H2 Yacht Design on a new 105m concept.
Project Raptor was first unveiled at last month's Monaco Yacht Show and is said to be open to customisation. Buyers are able to alter her entire profile above the main deck without compromising the hull, and are also able to extend her by up to 15m in length.
Jonny Horsfield, the owner and creative director of H2 Yacht Design commented, "The combination of commercial-based engineering and construction with superyacht design is an attractive one – offering both time and cost savings."
Standout features on board Project Raptor include her "imposing and graceful" large fixed balconies, as well as a Jacuzzi and helipad on the bow. Her superstructure then offers 270-degree views out to sea from the top four decks.
At Monaco Yacht Show, VR goggles allowed visitors to take a virtual tour on board Project Raptor to alter the lighting, swap the artwork on the walls, and get a closer look at the dimensions of the yacht.
Mark Duncan, commercial and marketing director at YPI, believes that the technology is highly useful in attracting new clients, commenting, "This is not a gimmick. This is using today's technology to take the uncertainty out of building your own yacht."
For more information, visit Yachting Partners International.


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American protestors against China's one-child policy have been arrested and detained in Beijing. Mr Michael McMonagle, national director of Generation Life, Boise, Idaho, Rev Pat Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition, Washington DC, and Ms Brandi Swindell, also of Generation Life, were kneeling outside the Mao Zedong mausoleum yesterday when police pulled them across a road and took them into custody. They may be being held until they are due to leave China. The three were also questioned by police on Wednesday. [LifeNews, 7 August] Young people have been protesting against the one-child policy at the Chinese embassy in London. Members of SPUC's youth and student division are silently holding a banner drawing attention to forced abortions. Fiorella Nash, event coordinator, said: "As a mother, it is incredible to me that any government regards itself as having a right to prevent women from having children. Western nations are complicit in this policy because they fund UN agencies which work alongside Chinese population controllers." [SPUC, 8 August] President Bush mentioned imprisoned human rights activists in China on his way to the Olympic games there. Our source points out that Mr Chen Guangcheng is detained for his opposition to forced abortion. [LifeNews, 7 August]
Abortion can raise the risk of subsequent maternal depression according to Norwegian research on nearly 5,800 women. The authors of the report in the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health recommend post-abortion counselling. A recently-published survey of women buying abortion drugs online found that 30% had negative feelings. A 2005 New Zealand study also suggested that abortion made depression more likely. [LifeNews, 7 August] Post-abortion counselling is provided in Britain by British Victims of Abortion.
The potential benefits of embryo research outweigh ethical objections, a scientist was due to say yesterday in a lecture at Cardiff University, Wales. Dr Arwyn Jones is quoted as saying: "Some people believe a fertilised egg is the beginning of life and should not be tampered with in any shape or form. That is very much the view from Rome and from the White House. The majority of scientists working in the field would totally disagree." There had to be strict rules on embryo and stem cell research. An SPUC spokesman was quoted as saying: "The potential for stem cell research is quite amazing and research on ethically obtained stem cells is already showing results. But with embryonic stem cells the more serious issue is the destruction of human life. You can no more justify it than you can any other abuse of a human being." [Red Orbit, 7 August]