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Nuclear Flashback: When Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell Sang Different Tunes
(WASHINGTON) -- Nearly a decade ago, the nuclear tables were turned in the Senate when the two leaders at the center of this month's squabble over the so-called "nuclear option" sang entirely different tunes on the filibuster.
In 2005, then Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., threatened to invoke the "nuclear option" against Democrats filibustering President George W. Bush's judicial nominees.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, who was then a part of the majority leadership, was one of the Republicans hoping to stop the minority's use of the filibuster over judicial nominees. Then Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, defended his party's tactics and fought to prevent Republicans from changing the rules.
Democrats and Republicans eventually worked out a deal, saving the Senate from complete nuclear meltdown for the time being, but eight years later, the two leaders have reversed their positions on the nuclear option.
So this time around, as Reid readies the nukes in the Senate and McConnell is arming his own troops for retaliation, here is a comparison of each leader's statements on the nuclear option between the fight in 2005 and now. Times may change, but in Washington, it seems that hypocrisy is forever.
Harry Reid Then
"If there were ever an example of an abuse of power, this is it… The filibuster is the last check we have against the abuse of power in Washington." – Harry Reid 2005
"Republicans are in power today, Democrats tomorrow. A simple majority can change anything. Mr. President, this is the way it should be. You should not be able to come in here and change willy-nilly a rule of the Senate." – Harry Reid on Senate floor, May 23, 2005
"I just couldn't believe that Bill Frist was going to do this. The storm had been gathering all year, and word from conservative columnists and in conservative circles was that Senator Frist of Tennessee, who was the Majority Leader, had decided to pursue a rules change that would kill the filibuster for judicial nominations. And once you opened that Pandora's box, it was just a matter of time before a Senate leader who couldn't get his way on something moved to eliminate the filibuster for regular business as well. And that, simply put, would be the end of the United States Senate." – Harry Reid in his 2008 book The Good Fight
"As long as I am the leader, the answer's no. I think we should just forget that. That is a black chapter in the history of the Senate. I hope we never ever get to that again because I really do believe it will ruin our country." – Harry Reid on nuclear option, C-SPAN interview, Sept. 12, 2008
Harry Reid Now
"I'm going to go to the floor on Tuesday and do what I need to do so this doesn't happen anymore." – Harry Reid in news conference on Capitol Hill, July 11, 2013
"A consistent and unprecedented obstruction by this Republican Congress has turned advise and consent into deny and obstruct. Republicanism obstruction is to deny President Obama the ability to choose a team. Whether you're a Democrat or Republican or independent, we should all be able to agree that presidents deserve the team members they want, and their nomination be subject to simple up-or-down votes." – Harry Reid on Senate floor, July 11, 2013
"The American people know this dysfunction we have here. And all we're asking is, let the president have his team. We're not talking about changing the filibuster rules that relates to nominations or judges. We're saying we shouldn't be held up — we have 15 nominees who have been held up for an average of nine months. Does the place need to be changed? Yes." – Harry Reid on Senate floor, July 11, 2013
Mitch McConnell Then
"The majority in the Senate is prepared to restore the Senate's traditions and precedence to ensure that regardless of party, any president's judicial nominees, after full and fair debate, receive a simple up-or-down vote on the Senate floor. It's time to move away from … advise and obstruct and get back to advise and consent." – Mitch McConnell on Senate floor, May 19, 2005
"This is not the first time a minority of senators has upset a Senate tradition or practice, and the current Senate majority intends to do what the majority in the Senate has often done–use its constitutional authority under article I, section 5, to reform Senate procedure by a simple majority vote. Despite the incredulous protestations of our Democratic colleagues, the Senate has repeatedly adjusted its rules as circumstances dictate." – Mitch McConnell on Senate floor, May 23, 2005
"The time has come to change the rules. I want to change them in an orderly fashion. I want a time agreement. But, barring that, if I have to be forced into a corner to try for majority vote I will do it because I am going to do my duty as I see my duty, whether I win or lose…. If we can only change an abominable rule by majority vote, that is in the interests of the Senate and in the interests of the nation that the majority must work its will. And it will work its will." – Mitch McConnell on Senate floor, May 23, 2005
Mitch McConnell Now
"It would be naive to assume that you could break the rules of the Senate in order to change the rules for the Senate only for nominations, that there would be a widespread clamor across our conference, were we to be in the majority, to take that precedent and apply it to everything else…. As Harry Reid, as Lamar pointed out in his book in 2007, using the nuclear option is the end of the Senate — I repeat, the end of the Senate. It turns the Senate into the House." – Mitch McConnell in news conference on Capitol Hill, June 18, 2013
"This is about trying to come up with excuses to break our commitments. What this is about is manufacturing a pretext for a power grab." – Mitch McConnell on Senate floor, July 11, 2013
"They're willing to irreparably damage the Senate to ensure that they get their way." – Mitch McConnell on Senate floor, July 11, 2013
"That would violate every protection of minority rights that have defined the United States Senate for as long as anyone can remember. Let me assure you, this Pandora's box, once opened, will be utilized again and again by future majorities. And it will make the meaningful consensus-building that has served our nation so well a relic — a relic of the past." – Mitch McConnell on Senate floor, July 11, 2013
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The Body recently interviewed Daniel Wolfe, author of Gay Men's Health Crisis' new comprehensive guide to gay men's sexual, physical and emotional well-being. Men Like Us is packed with 630 pages of information specifically geared toward gay men. Not only can you easily spend hours browsing through this book, but you will also find that it is an invaluable reference tool with lots of recommendations for further reading and resources around the world.
B.K. Goldman at The Body: Your book is amazingly comprehensive! There are probably tons of things that you didn't know anything about before you wrote this. What were some of the most surprising things that you learned?
Daniel Wolfe: A few things -- one is how little discussion there has been, in spite of all the information out there on AIDS and condoms, on gay male sexual pleasure. For example, who knew about the Kegel exercise -- designed originally to help women keep bladder control after giving birth, but which also helps put more bounce in your erection, speeds recovery from prostate surgery? Best of all, you can do the exercise while faxing, or sitting in traffic, or in a boring meeting . . . all you do is imagine yourself peeing, and then tense the muscle that would stop the muscle flow. You hold it for ten seconds or so, and sex therapists and Tantric practitioners say that when coupled with practice and breathing exercises, it'll hold the key to the multiple male orgasm without ejaculation. Now that's what I call a gay health movement!
I was also struck by how much men had to say, once you asked them, about spirituality in all its forms. There's a chapter in the book on "waking up inside," but there could easily have been another book, on how men choose to feel themselves connected to something greater than their bodies or selves -- whether that's through organized religion, or different less formal kinds of practices like meditation.
B.K. Goldman: I know that you have been working in the AIDS epidemic for years. Writing about it today, can you describe some of the greatest improvements you've seen and what you see coming down the pipeline in the future.
Daniel Wolfe: The biggest improvement -- treatment that works to keep people healthier longer -- is probably obvious to everyone. It's not that AIDS is over, or that health care access isn't still a problem, but it is true that deaths and opportunistic infections are down, across the board. And the fact of better treatments has opened up a range of discussions about gay health that wouldn't have been possible ten years ago, when we were all struggling to keep ourselves or our friends out of hospital beds or to shout the cure out of a test tube.
B.K. Goldman: In terms of the law, what do you think the greatest strides have been in the last few years regarding discrimination against people living with HIV.
Daniel Wolfe: Honestly, I don't think this has been a great few years in that arena. I suppose the Vermont civil union effort, and all the smaller versions of domestic partnership privileges in towns and cities and companies across the country is probably the most important positive development. Health insurance and how to get it and keep it remains the single biggest question for thousands of people with HIV and other Americans. But I think that there's been a nasty backlash to the good news about AIDS treatments, which is a wave of paranoia -- and discriminatory legislation trying to force HIV disclosure in sex, even if condoms are involved -- about the idea that people with HIV are sexual. Frail people with AIDS in hospital beds are familiar to "mainstream" society. Sexual people with AIDS who are living their lives are a little frightening, and it shows in the law.
B.K. Goldman: I know this may be controversial, but after doing all your research, when do you think people living with HIV should begin therapy? Do you think the whole idea of starting early is dead?
Daniel Wolfe: It was very obvious to me -- and we talked to literally hundreds of men for the book -- that there is no one way to do HIV treatment, or even one definitive source of information. People are capable of -- and should be respected for -- amazingly nuanced decisions about when or whether to start treatment, and why. Certainly, the idea that cocktail therapies are the infallible cure -- all is dead. On the other hand, whether to start depends a lot on when you find out you're positive, how long you think you've been that way (a lot of doctors who are ambivalent about starting early would still recommend immediate treatment for so called "recent seroconverters"), what your situation is at home, and how much support you have. There are a bunch of studies -- and more scheduled for the International AIDS conference in Durban -- that talk about what makes people able, or unable, to stay on their HIV medications, and we talked a lot about strategies for thinking that through in the book.
B.K. Goldman: Why do you think so many young gay men are having unprotected sex? Do you think they haven't gotten the prevention message? Or do you think that with the new meds they think they don't have to worry as much.
Daniel Wolfe: Hmmm. As with treatments, I don't think there's a single answer. Some men aren't using condoms because their relationship with their sexual partner -- whether that's a relationship that's lasting fifteen minutes or five years -- doesn't seem to them to be able to include that. It's too much talking, or negotiating, or it makes them lose their hardons. Some men aren't using condoms -- and most studies don't break out who's positive or negative and what the status of men's partners are -- because they're positive and their partner is and they don't really feel like they need to worry about HIV since they already have it. Some men aren't using condoms because they don't think, if they do get infected, it's as serious as it once was. I don't think, though, that it's as simple as "Oh, new medications, I don't have to worry." Sex really is a dynamic, that takes place with more than just you, and so often it's about not thinking, or thinking about the relationship more than the facts, that goes into that kind of decision.
B.K. Goldman: Do you think the U.S. is doing a good job trying to prevent HIV transmission?
Daniel Wolfe: I don't think most of the prevention efforts in this country realized until about three or four years ago, if they realized at all, that prevention long-term needed to look different than the crisis, condom-every-time model. It's like people living in Sarajevo or Beirut -- even if there's danger, men want to go back to their lives, and so need more complicated discussions of risk and pleasure. Those have been happening, though -- at GMHC, for example, there's been a lot of attention to finding ways of helping gay men talk about sex more broadly, in all its complications, and folding HIV prevention into that. There was recently a four-session workshop, for example, on anal health and pleasure that the Latino group at GMHC, Proyecto Papi, held. I think that's a great model, and one that you're seeing in different places across the country. More generally, are we doing a good job? Of course we are not. Compare the U.S. to Europe, where they have government-sponsored condom ads in subways, where teenagers are allowed and expected to talk about sex, where, in some countries, clean needles are available through nationally funded programs -- and then look at us, the epicenter of the epidemic in the industrialized world, and what a lousy national discussion we have about sex.
B.K. Goldman: You have an interesting section in the book on HIV transmission. You wrote about something called "Q,Q,E," i.e., that the most important thing in HIV transmission is the quantity, quality and route of entry. Can you discuss this?
Daniel Wolfe: Basically, some doctors and researchers help people think about the likelihood of getting HIV by considering those three elements:
Quantity -- in other words, the amount of HIV you get inside you (that doesn't just mean how much someone ejaculates -- people have more virus in their blood or semen at different times).
Quality -- how strong the HIV is and what fluid it's in (some strains of HIV seem to be more infectious, and unless you have an STD in your penis, blood usually carries higher concentrations of HIV than semen).
Route of entry -- the membranes of the rectum, say, pass the virus into the bloodstream more easily than the membranes of the mouth.
I should point out, though, that only the last -- how HIV gets into your body, or whether it does, is under your control as an individual, so that's really where to focus. Especially because the other two -- such as the effect on transmission of having a low viral load -- are still pretty poorly understood.
B.K. Goldman: A lot of HIV-positive people don't worry about reinfection, they have unsafe sex all the time with other positive people because they say reinfection is a theory not a fact. What did you find out?
Daniel Wolfe: This is another area where research is still developing, with more and more reports of people getting infected with other strains of virus and doctors still wondering what the real-life effects of this are on people. However, and this is a big however, you don't have to look farther than the recent outbreaks of syphilis among gay men -- particularly positive gay men -- in Seattle, LA, Cleveland, Chicago -- to see that HIV reinfection is really not the only thing positive people have to worry about when having unprotected sex. Syphilis is not a case of crabs -- it's a serious infection, particularly in people with HIV. But again, these decisions are personal -- one of the lessons of the "old" HIV prevention is that it's not necessarily meaningful to make these absolute declarations about risk. Me, I'm afraid to go skiing. You may not be.
B.K. Goldman: Your section on dealing with HIV is fabulous. You write about six legal documents that every person living with HIV should have. Can you talk a little about this?
Daniel Wolfe: Actually, those documents are useful for anybody facing any kind of health issue, or even people more generally. A few are health care specific:
A DNR, or do-not-resuscitate order, for example, which specifies whether you want them to revive you artificially if your heart or lungs fail,
a living will which talks more generally about what you want to have happen if you are in a terminal state or unable to communicate,
and a health care agent or proxy, which designates someone to make your medical decisions for you if you can no longer do it yourself.
Some 85% of Americans, including lots of people with HIV, don't have these, because we don't want to think about these painful possibilities, but it won't get easier if you're seriously ill or in physical pain. Other documents are especially important for those of us who aren't in a traditional married relationship, like joint tenancy agreements so one of you can keep the apartment if the other dies, or a will and a general power of attorney that lets one person sign checks and access personal information for another.
B.K. Goldman: What's your biggest tip for reading between the lines of news reports and medical studies about HIV/AIDS?
Daniel Wolfe: The book talks about a bunch. I guess my two biggest would be to remember that every new drug usually comes with a pharmaceutical company and a PR team behind it that's pushing the story forward, so look very carefully at how the news is released. Presentations at conferences, for example, or the more generic "researchers in Argentina announced . . ." usually mean that other researchers haven't had the opportunity to look over the data or see if they can reproduce the results. Which is why you so often see a page one report about a promising new treatment and a page 37 article months later issuing a retraction or qualification.
B.K. Goldman: You also discuss new or alternative HIV treatments. Did you find any interesting treatments that seem to work but which no one knows about?
Daniel Wolfe: Everything in here was something someone knew about, since I'm no researcher and this drew on the wisdom of doctors and alternative healers and "ordinary" men all over the country. But I don't think we "know" fully, as a nation, how unalternative "alternative" treatments really are. The truth is that Americans are going to huge lengths, and spending huge amounts of dollars, on non-Western methods of medicine -- herbs, acupuncture, massage -- and that there is a huge amount of information out there. I can't say I knew a lot about bitter melon extract enemas before I started the book, or even the importance of something like alphalipoic acid for liver problems related to hepatitis or drug toxicities, but plenty of people do. That's why, for all HIV-related treatments, we made sure to provide some guidelines for evaluating alternative and "standard" treatments, and lots of resources for more information. Including you guys (i.e., The Body), of course.
B.K. Goldman: Finally, what a great book you put together! I know you've spoken all over the place. What's been the reaction?
Daniel Wolfe: Very positive, and very different depending on where you're talking. In smaller cities, some men's questions are really personal -- "I've just been diagnosed with HIV, and feel like my friends don't want me to have sex anymore." At the gay and lesbian center in L.A. (and this goes against the stereotype, I guess), one audience member asked about how the book dealt with the role of the unconscious in anonymous sexual encounters. Actually, though, I haven't spoken in that many places yet, and would be happy to go wherever they'll have me. My hope is that this book becomes something like the gay "Our Bodies, Ourselves," the classic women's health book -- a place that helps people recognize the importance of their own knowledge and experience of sexual pleasure, and where that gay part of you can speak to someone else across the pages.
We are pleased to feature two excerpts from Daniel Wolfe's new book, Men Like Us:


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Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Transalpine Run Stages 3, 4 and 5
Sadly, but not suprisingly, we had to drop out of the official race yesterday because of problems with my left knee and left ankle. I could run uphill, but downhill and hopping side to side were too painful. This means that we can keep racing each stage, but we do not get an official overall time or a finisher's t-shirt.
This race is NOT a bunch of ultramarathons in a row. It is mountain running. And parts of it are dangerous. Many people are out because of injury. We visited a friend today from Norway who is in the hospital. Neither of us know if hospitalization was really necessary in her case, but I just think the readers of this blog should know how challenging this race is. And another man broke a leg. And another friend of from Denmark is also too injured to continue. We definitely have had fun, but the people here who are doing well are experienced mountain runners.
We are planning to take tomorrow off (which is another near-marathon length mountain crossing) and hopefully participate in the last two stages.
If we could prepare for this again, we would do a lot more steep, rocky downhill running.
I'm sorry I still have no pictures. We are in the town of Sent, Switzerland now and it is absolutely gorgeous. They speak Rumantsch in this area, a beautiful combination of French and Italian with a little bit of German. Just an interesting tidbit for you all.
3 comments:
- olga said...
I checked out the race today to see how you guys are doing. Bummer on the ankle, but if you still can enjoy it for the left days, then more power to you. I always said - if you have toi DNF, do it gracefully, have fun with it and never regret. Steep downhills are some beast that requires practice for sure. It is a free falling, basically, with no braking allowed, but good eye-foot coordination. It can't be trained for on regular paths. I hope it's an awesome experience for both of you! And wow on a language mix, interesting for sure.
- 9 September 2009 at 20:40
- Danni said...
You guys are welcome to come practice your mountain running here :-) I still have trouble on downhills though, I'm not sure I'll ever get good no matter how much I practice!
- 9 September 2009 at 20:49
- SteveQ said...
Steep rocky downhills - sounds like the Zumbro and Superior Sawtooth 100's are in your future.
Wish I could've been there to help; if there's one thing I know, it's how to finish trail runs when injured.
Now, where is my Danish/Rumantsch dictionary?
- 10 September 2009 at 17:17


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SANFORD, Fla. – The Brandeis University baseball team got a combined six-hitter from senior lefty Mike Swerdloff (Scarsdale, N.Y./Ardsley) and sophomore righty Elio Fernandez (Bronx, N.Y./Fordham Prep) and the Judges used a four-run fourth inning to defeat the University of Rochester Yellowjackets, 5-3, in a University Athletic Association (UAA) contest at Historic Sanford Stadium today. With the win, Brandeis improves to 3-5, 1-1 in the UAA, while UR falls to 1-2 overall and in conference.
The Judges jumped on Rochester starter Jeremy Diller for a run in the first inning. Rookie CF Liam O'Connor (Avon, Conn./Avon) singled to left to lead off the game. Diller retired the next two batters, but sophomore 1B Kyle Brenner (Brookfield, Mass./St. Peter Marian) bounced one through the right side and classmate 2B Tom McCarthy (Yonkers, N.Y./Fieldston School) went to left to drive in O'Connor from second.
Rochester got the run back in the fourth inning without benefit of a hit. Swerdloff plunked Rochester RF Josh Ludwig with a 1-1 pitch to start the frame. Ludwig was bunted to second, and one out later, LF Matt Todd drew a four-pitch walk. The two then went for a double-steal, and when Brandeis threw down to third to try to catch Ludwig, the ball went into left field. That allowed Ludwick to score an unearned run, but junior LF Brian Ing (Sandwich, Mass./Sandwich) cut down Todd as he tried to reach third, ending the inning.
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Rochester would add another unearned run in the fifth, when 1B Nick Carlson reached on a lead-off error. He was bunted to second and scored two batters later on a single from 2B Ethan Sander. Swerdloff avoided any further trouble by inducing a 6-4-3 double play to get out of the inning. The Yellowjackets' third run came in the seventh and also came home without a hit, as a walk, a hit batter, a bunt and a grounder to second cut the lead to 5-3, but Swerdloff struck out the last batter he faced to end the inning.
Fernandez came on in the eighth and tossed an effective two innings. UR catcher Nolan Schultz doubled on Fernandez's first offering of the game, but the sophomore got his revenge by picking Schultz off second. Fernandez then retired the final five batters on 17 pitches for his first collegiate save.
Swerdloff earned his first win of the season with seven innings of five-hit ball, allowing three runs, but only one earned. He struck out four and walked two, but did hit three batters. Fernandez allowed just the one hit in two innings of work.
Offensively, Brandeis knocked 13 hits, with five players getting multiple hits. Trenk had a team-high three hits (3-4, R). O'Connor (2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, HBP) continued his hot hitting, raising his batting average to .367. Over the last three games he is 8-13 with six runs scored, four RBI, and two doubles. In today's game, McCarthy had Brandeis's only extra-base hit, a double to lead off the seventh inning.
For Rochester, Sander and Ritchie each had two hits, accounting for two-third of the 'Jackets offense. Diller suffered the loss with 11 hits and five runs (four earned) allowed in six innings of work. Stephen Cool allowed two hits in two scoreless innings of relief.
The Judges continue UAA play tomorrow at 11 a.m. against Case Western Reserve.


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Thanks, same goes with Jemma, reminds me of my grandma's cat when I was a kid.
Thanks, same goes with Jemma, reminds me of my grandma's cat when I was a kid.
Sometimes I think I'd like a pet, but then one of the kids comes to stay and I think again
Kirki and I foster ex-racing greyhounds, this one is KC and she is very pretty (and blindingly fast). A couple of pics from her Derp and Awe campaign.
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Think I remember putting five each way on it at Angle Park a year or so back.
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Top_cat wins the thread.
Tbh I expected you to have something more..feline.
Have two cats as well, for the record. Kirki's fat ginger is ****ing ugly so I'll post pics of my stunning little blue/grey soon.
In general they're pretty lazy, will often take up a couch or patch of floor for 23.9 hours of the day then flip the racing switch in their tiny brains and you can watch a magnificent athlete fly around the yard for 2 minutes before they collapse and sleep again. Really are terrifyingly quick too, been known to get above 80 k's.
We've had a few by now and they're generally pretty happy, sometimes s bit sooky/clingy and, because they're so big, you can give them a big cuddle. They leave you alone most of the time so good around kids, etc. but not really suitable for someone looking for an active dog who plays a lot. They're so awkward and uncoordinated, like a swan with the physique of Wile E Coyote, it's hilarious to watch them when they get all rambunctious. Only had one aggressive dog, he took a chunk out of my cat but he was good around kids and other dogs so they're rarely truly aggressive. Do have to be careful and not let them off the lead because apparently they can see clearly for 1000m and if they take off, you've got no hope and if they see a small cat, could get ugly.
They really are the perfect dogs for very lazy pet owners. 20 mins walking a day is all they have in them most of the time.
Heh cool story top ****. I've got a cat, dude ftr. Would love a rotty but I'm not home enough
Going to be hilarious.
pics when it gets there
Greyhounds be greyhounding. The hound we sent to Japan, Ty, asleep in a fairly typical pretzel pose.
By popular demand, here's pics of both cats, Ash and Monty (Ash is the good one).
Monty (special in his own right, thank you) as a kitteh
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At least a dozen tornadoes have been reported cutting through the nation's midsection. Apparent tornadoes destroyed houses, sent people to hospitals and tore up the roof of a maximum security prison in northern Alabama as bad weather threatened more twisters across the region Friday, two days after storms killed 13 people in the Midwest and South.
There are reports that Clark County Indiana was hit by a large tornado, and that the high school in Henryville, Ind., was struck. The school was closed. There are no reports yet on the scale of damage or injuries in Clark County.
The National Weather Service has issued severe weather and tornado warnings from Georgia to southern Ohio across a wide swath where forecasters said strong storms are sweeping across the nation's mid-section. Thousands of schoolchildren in several states were sent home as a precaution. Meanwhile, residents in parts of Illinois hit hard by the twisters earlier in the week were salvaging what they could from splintered homes.
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Tornado warnings are currently up for counties in northeast Georgia, South Carolina, and parts of Indiana and Ohio.
The weather service says that a tornado watch will remain in effect until 10 pm CST Friday for southwest North Carolina, central Tennessee, and southwest Virginia.
Storm damage was reported Friday in several states including Alabama, Indiana, and Tennessee.
In the Huntsville area, five people were taken to hospitals, and several houses were leveled by what authorities believed were tornadoes Friday morning. The extent of the people's injuries wasn't immediately known, and emergency crews were continuing to survey damage. No deaths were reported.
At least 10 homes were damaged in a subdivision in Athens. Homeowner Bill Adams watched as two men ripped shingles off the roof of a house he rents out, and he fretted about predictions that more storms would pass through.
"Hopefully they can at least get a tarp on it before it starts again," he said.
Not far away, the damage was much worse for retired high school band director Stanley Nelson. Winds peeled off his garage door and about a third of his roof, making rafters and boxes in his attic visible from the street.
"It's like it just exploded," he said.
An apparent tornado also damaged a state maximum security prison about 10 miles from Huntsville, but none of the facility's approximately 2,100 inmates escaped. Alabama Department of Corrections spokesman Brian Corbett said there were no reports of injuries, but the roof was damaged on two large prison dormitories that each hold about 250 men. Part of the perimeter fence was knocked down, but the prison was secure.
"It was reported you could see the sky through the roof of one of them," Corbett said.
Authorities are confident that storms that hit Limestone and Madison counties were tornadoes, but it will be up to the National Weather Service to confirm the twisters, said Alabama State Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Yasamie August.
"We're still getting reports of damage pretty much as we speak," she said at midday.
For residents and emergency officials across the state, tornado precautions and cleanup are part of a sadly familiar routine. A tornado outbreak last April killed about 250 people around the state, with the worst damage in Tuscaloosa to the south.
Forecasters warned of severe thunderstorms with the threat of tornadoes crossing a region from southern Ohio through much of Kentucky and Tennessee. By early Friday afternoon, tornado watches covered parts of those states along with Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
In Norman, Okla., forecasters at the Storm Prediction Center said they were bracing for what could be a potent tornado outbreak.
"Maybe five times a year we issue what is kind of the highest risk level for us at the Storm Prediction Center," forecaster Corey Mead said. "This is one of those days."
Mead said a powerful storm system was interacting with humid, unstable air that was streaming north from the Gulf of Mexico.
"The environment just becomes more unstable and provides the fuel for the thunderstorms," Mead said.
Schools sent students home early or cancelled classes entirely in states including Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky and Indiana. In Alabama alone, more than 20 school systems dismissed classes early Friday. The University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville and several other colleges in the state also canceled classes.
Residents were picking through debris in parts of Illinois that were devastated by the previous round of severe weather. The 9,000-resident town of Harrisburg was sacked by a twister about 5 a.m. Wednesday that killed six people. Forecasters weren't expecting the area to be hit hard by the newest storms, though.
That forecast didn't much matter to Amanda Patrick, who lost her home Wednesday in the same twister that killed neighbors.
"I don't know what to tell you other than I take it one moment, one day at a time," Patrick, 31, said a day after riding out the storm in the bathtub she barely was able to crawl into for shelter before the twister hit.
She considers herself blessed, having thought the sirens that wailed as the tornado barreled down on her neighborhood was actually part of her dream. She awakened just minutes before the tornado hit and hours later couldn't stop sobbing over the neighbors she lost.
"I'm not crying as much now. I'm here right now, standing," she said Thursday. "Now, I will get up every time I hear a siren."
Associated Press writers Jim Suhr in Harrisburg, Ill., and Jeff Martin in Atlanta contributed to this report.


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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Small mercies - Doc still rocks
And that's in his spring tune-up starts. He's not even really trying yet.
Meanwhile, C.C. Sabathia gives up five runs in an inning and two-thirds yesterday.
Any chance we could get Halladay to pitch every third day? A 30-win season would look awfully good on Doc's Hall of Fame resumé.
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- The Ack said...
If there was a t-shirt that said "I heart Halladay", I would totally buy one. And wear it like a motherfucker.
- March 12, 2009 at 1:27 PM
- the expos said...
That would be a great business idea.
- March 12, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Halliday is great, there's no doubt about it, but the Jays need another proven inning eater, as it seems hard to believe that their pitching staff can duplicate its performance from last year. Matt Clement may prove capable of filling A.J.'s shoes, but the Jays need an established back of the rotation starter. A pitcher akin to Al Nipper (84-87) would complement the good doc nicely.
- March 12, 2009 at 2:11 PM
- matthias @ mopupduty.com said...
The jays should stop messing around and just retire Halladay's number all ready. Stud!
- March 12, 2009 at 2:15 PM
- mathesond said...
IF the Jays gave Doc the CC Sabathia treatment in his walk year, the Yankees just might not sign him
- March 12, 2009 at 3:35 PM
I don't think Doc would sign with the Yankees. Red Sox maybe, or a national league contender, but I can't picture him being a Yankee.
- March 12, 2009 at 7:39 PM
- hello said...
I wish every day was a Halladay.
- March 12, 2009 at 11:04 PM
I'm a little disappointed about the two walks given up. I think he should be down around 1.7.
- March 12, 2009 at 11:27 PM
I'm pretty sure Halladay just felt like working from the stretch a bit and decided to walk a couple of guys. Just for practice.
- March 25, 2009 at 4:17 PM


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There has been some discussion going around about the character of physics heavyweight Richard Feynman, and whether we should really be treating him as an idol when he has such a well-documented history of terrible behavior towards women. Matthew Francis has an excellent post on Galileo's Pendulum dealing with the implications of this kind of hero-worship, as does Janet Stemwedel of Doing Good Science.
In Stemwedel's article, she makes a point that really resonates with me:
"You may be intending to convey the message that this was an interesting guy who made some important contributions to science, but the message that people may take away is that great scientific achievement totally outweighs sexism, racism, and other petty problems.
But people aren't actually resultant vectors. If you're a target of the racism, sexism, and other petty problems, you may not feel like they should be overlooked or forgiven on the strength of the scientific achievement."
I am one of these people.
Early in my undergraduate studies, I was hired by a member of my university's faculty to do a video editing job for a set fee. when I got the material I was supposed to be working with, it was in such poor condition that I realized I could not do what I was hired to do in the time frame allotted, and so I told him I needed more time (and thus more money). He flew into a rage and refused to pay me for the work I had already done, demanding to know my home address so that he could "come over right now and get his equipment back" - this demand was made at 11:30pm. I told him that I would instead meet him the next day at a coffee shop, and when I did, he leaned in and screamed in my face - yelling about how I was "unprofessional" and (I remember this most vividly) calling me a "stupid little girl". At the top of his lungs, in a popular cafe near campus. I remember that mixed in amongst the shock, fear, and embarrassment that I felt upon being treated this way, was relief that I had not told him where I lived the night before. I ended up taking a leave of absence from school due to the stress of dealing with him (and the money issues resulting from not getting paid for my work.) He now runs a research lab.
A few years later, I worked at a major tech company where a customer threatened me physically and threatened my job (he was a lawyer, he was friends with my boss, he was important and I was expendable, etc.) I was a top ranked employee with a relatively long work history, and there were witnesses. I was told by management that I'd have to continue working with him. Fun times. I ended up leaving that job, too.
I have had men in academia disparage me to others, and dismiss both my interests and accomplishments as trivial. I regularly deal with comments like "PRO TIP: Mute the video, sit back, and admire the cute girl" regarding my outreach work. I have had jobs (multiple) where I was harassed and propositioned by my own boss. I have been on dates (again, multiple) with men in both tech and academia that resemble this account. (Trigger warning) I have had men on Twitter and Facebook threaten to rape me, kidnap me, and tell me they hoped I would die, all because I'm a woman who talks about math (and is really not into nerd wish-fulfillment).
And there is a whole lot more that I don't feel safe sharing. Think about that for a minute.
So why am I even sharing this much? Because this is where I'm coming from. Today, in 2014.
Because every time I hear someone in my department or in one of my classes go on about how Feynman was so awesome I mean he was kind of a jerk to women but whatever, I file him (and it is almost always a him) away as someone who would have sided against me in every single one of the situations I've mentioned. Every time I see a joking tweet or post about how Feynman's second wife divorced him because she didn't like that he was always doing calculus in his head, while totally ignoring the fact that the divorce papers indicate that he would fly into a rage, attack her, and break furniture whenever she interrupted said mental calculus, my world gets a little bit smaller.
Now, that may not be totally fair to every Feynman fan out there, but let me tell you, life as a woman in phenomenally male-dominated fields is pretty damned unfair. I put people into boxes about stuff like this - not because I think all of the people who hero-worship Feynman (and countless other mathematicians/scientists with similar track records) approve of how he treated women, but because there are actually some that do. As in, there are people today who think that lying to women and treating them like prizes to be won is totally fine. And some of them are researchers, professors, PhD candidates. And I know from personal experience that if I found myself once again in a situation where a prominent man was abusing his power, there would be people who would bend over backwards to protect his reputation, to the detriment of mine. That is the ugly side of hero worship. People like me get the message that great scientific achievement will totally outweigh reprehensible and hurtful behavior towards, well, people like me.
Feynman did amazing work, it's true. Talking openly about the uglier aspects of his life doesn't diminish that. But glossing over his reprehensible behavior towards women, or trying to explain it away, alienates those of us who have had to struggle with that same behavior from our own friends and colleagues.
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I delivered a webcast for the PASS DBA Virtual Chapter yesterday. It was called Tips & Tricks for Writing Better Queries. I really appreciated everyone who made the time to attend. I hope you found it to be time well spent.
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We're bigger, and we're on top. If this were prison, you'd be our bitch.
Toxic wrote:Dear North Korea,
Please don't blow us up.
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Dragonkingdoms wrote:Ahaugen wrote:Dear America,
We're bigger, and we're on top. If this were prison, you'd be our bitch.
Dear Canada,
Yes, you are bigger and on top, but most of you is empty. Many of your citizens are huddled close to our border for warmth. Perhaps Global Warming wouldn't be such a bad thing for you, because you could then grow crops almost to the Arctic Circle instead of barely above the Great Lakes. Also note how the continent is called North America and not North Canada.
Love, America.
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I broke a bone the other day. I got it fixed free of charge without bankrupting myself.
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Dear North Korea,
We have somewhere around 1000-1200 nuclear weapons, each of which is significantly more powerful than yours. We are under obligation to reduce our stores of nuclear weapons to make the world a safer place. Some of us wonder if sending them to you, under their own power, wouldn't kill two birds with one stone. Just saying, bitch.
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Mike Blair confirms Brive switch
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Mike Blair has ended his 10 year association with Edinburgh © PA Photos
Scotland scrum-half Mike Blair has confirmed that he will join French PRO D2 club Brive next season.
Blair announced that he was leaving Edinburgh after 10 years with the club back in April and was originally linked with a switch to Perpignan. But despite Brive's relegation from the Top 14, Blair will journey to France next season to link up with his new side.
With 81 caps to his name for Scotland, Blair will bring a wealth of experience to their half-back ranks and for him, the move is something he has always had his eye on.
"I've never made a secret of my desire to play in France at some stage during my career and I'm delighted that it will be with Brive," Blair said. "It's a lovely place with an incredible support and I'm really looking forward to meeting up with them after the Scotland tour."
In other Edinburgh news, Jim Thompson will link up with Phil Godman at London Scottish next term.
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The fishermen were attacked again today,
As everyday on the Gazan sea.
Not once in recent memory
have they been left in peace.
The gunboats show no mercy
As they loom over the hasakas
They shoot randomly and with glee,
As the fishermen flee.
F-16's crisscross the sky,
As everyday in the Gazan sky.
The sonic booms shake me as
i sit on my balcony
watching the crescent moon
as it falls to the sea.
i walk inside to refill my tea,
the windows rattle ferociously.
i return to my seat
tea in hand
the moon has vanished from the sky.
Damn, i shout, come quick,
the Isareli's have martyred
the moon.
I scan the sea to the north
i see a rope around the moon
a Israeli gunboat laboring far below.
They are towing the moon to Ashdod.
It's not allowed in the sky
over Gaza.
I wonder who decides?
As the world pretends to hide?


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HAMPTON — Touring the sand-covered landscape along Ocean Boulevard Tuesday afternoon, Gov. John Lynch met with authorities and beachgoers eager to view what Hurricane Sandy had left behind.
Having participated in a conference call with other governors from New England before arriving at Hampton Beach, Lynch considered the Granite State fairly lucky to not have seen destruction from the storm on a larger scale.
"We're very fortunate compared to what these states had to endure," he said.
Still, thousands in the Granite State remained without power Tuesday and many roadways on the Seacoast were closed due to downed wires, trees and debris.
The aftermath of the storm locally was not the same devastation seen in many mid-Atlantic states, but debris cluttered every roadway Foster's traveled and flooded roads remained an issue for some Seacoast motorists. While water was still visible on many side streets, it was sand that washed over and remained along Ocean Boulevard Tuesday afternoon, making the roadway look like part of the beach itself.
Jude David, facility and events manager for the Seacoast Region of the state Department of Parks and Recreation, said the first thing crews were doing Tuesday, a mild day at the beach compared to just 24 hours earlier, was assessing any damage.
"We're putting together a game plan with all our mechanical resources," she said.
David said authorities were monitoring and evaluating conditions and the storm's aftermath all night long as the hurricane subsided. She said it would take equipment like a front-loader and other apparatus available to the department to clean up the piles of sand caked onto the sidewalks and street.
"It's just a matter of time," she said.
The newly constructed seashell stage fared well during the storm and was not flooded, even at the water's highest point.
"We're in good shape considering yesterday at high tide," David said, and added they had been very fortunate that the seashell complex was not damaged.
"For what was predicted, we fared very well," Hampton Police Chief Jamie Sullivan, who walked alongside Lynch through the sand, said.
Sullivan said clean up of debris and sand would be under way soon and reported that there were still many residents without power.
The areas at the beach which flooded normally were the same ones that became flooded from Hurricane Sandy, he said.
"We were very lucky compared to a lot of our neighbors to the south," he said.
Along Route 1 in Rye, where dozens gathered in rain gear to watch Sandy's arrival on Monday, fewer spectators roamed, but those who did shed their heavy jackets and traded winter hats for sunglasses to watch the waves and a some surfers.
Many local schools were closed Tuesday, giving children an extra "beach day" for 2012.
Patrick and Sean Glennon, 12- and 11-years old, of Salem, were wandering through the sand checking out the beach with their day off from school. The boys and stepmother Sharon Mathieu were greeted by Lynch as he toured.
"We told him we came to check out the waves while our power is out," Patrick said.
Mathieu said they used candles and flashlights Monday evening during a power outage and used Tuesday to "get the kids out of the house."
"It's a good escape," she said.
As large waves continued to crash and the sun peeked out during a far less windy afternoon, the telltale sign of the hurricane visit was still everywhere.
"'Sandy' could not have been a better name for the storm. It brought a lot of it," she said.
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HAMPTON — Touring the sand-covered landscape along Ocean Boulevard Tuesday afternoon, Gov. John Lynch met with authorities and beachgoers eager to view what Hurricane Sandy had left behind.


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urrounded today by all the bustle of a metropolitan area, Rancho Los Alamitos (Ranch of the Little Cottonwoods) began as an outpost shelter for vaqueros (cowhands) away from the main ranch property. The rudimentary structure was situated on a small hill overlooking thousands of acres of open space. The land, with its natural spring, was once part of the Indian village area of Puvungna. Later, Californios, Spanish settlers in what is now the state of California, erected several small adobe dwellings in the midst of their cattle ranges. Successive owners made changes to one of these adobes until it was transformed into an elegant 18-room ranch house. Today, Rancho Los Alamitos provides a tangible example of the physical and cultural change that took place in the region from the Spanish colonial days through the Mexican territorial era to the modern American period.
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Noise is high on the public agenda, more specifically for communities living close to airports. This is why we take it seriously, noise management is a key element covered in our Sustainable Development strategy.
Noise disturbance is generated by two main aviation activities - flight operations and ground operations. However, the industry has been working to reduce noise for decades and substantial progress has been made.
On average, aircraft are already 50% quieter today than they were 10 years ago, according to Boeing and Airbus. Research initiatives target a further 50% reduction by 2020. Similarly and due to better planning, the number of people exposed to aircraft noise worldwide has gone down - by about 35% between 1998 and 2004.
At Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon, we follow the "Balanced Approach to Aircraft Noise Management" recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
The ICAO approach revolved around the following principles:
More specifically, we focus our efforts on two areas: developing more efficient operating procedures and investing in new technology.
At Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon, we are continuously working to improve our performance through better planning and by deploying the most suitable aircraft to certain routes at certain times where possible. For example, in 2010, we made arrangements to increase the use of quieter Boeing 777-300ER aircraft instead of the Boeing 747-400s on more of the Hong Kong to London flights to alleviate noise impacts around London Heathrow airport during landing and take-off.
In addition, our pilots adhere to any additional airport-specific noise abatement procedures (like noise abatement zones, engine run up restrictions and preferred runways or flight paths) that may be required.
Manufacturers' new technologies - be it new aircraft or new equipment - have produced significant noise reductions.
As part of our fleet renewal programme, Cathay Pacific acquired quieter aircraft. For example, our new Airbus A350-900s are designed to reduce aircraft noise and are equipped with automatic Noise Abatement Departure Procedures (NADP) which optimize flight path to mitigate noise over densely populated areas.
All Cathay Pacific aircraft meet or exceed ICAO's aircraft noise standards and we have been working with the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department CAD for several years on noise mitigation.
Our Progress So Far
To learn more about our progress in managing noise, please read our annual Sustainable Development Reports.
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Holly Spencer necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 32 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
Our company is looking for a new landing page that will entice viewers to complete a free evaluation form. IM Solutions, LLC provides internet marketing services specifically to the legal industry. We have been in business since 1999. We are proud to provide a steady and reliable source of ad responses to our clients that help them build their legal practices and assist the public with their legal needs.
The primary target audience is comprised of individuals (often between the ages of 50-65) that are disabled in some way and unable to work because of the disability. They are reaching our site mainly through PPC advertising. They are looking for legal advice or to speak with an attorney or advocate about whether their disability would entitle them to receive Social Security Disability financial benefits.
Please use the content and files attached for this project.
We do not currently have a site name for this project. However, we would like you to create a professional looking logo that uses the words "Social Security Disability."
I have provided specific content in the attached document for you to use. I have attached an image of our form (snapshot of ssd form) and Better Business Bureau logo that must be used. Do not use the form shown in the sample website. I have attached a few comp. photo choices, but you are not required to use one of these...we welcome your recommendation for a photo for the target market. I will purchase the photo once we select a design.
I have also attached an image of site that appeals to us. We would like you to use this as a reference/guideline. Your design should be similar in the characteristics of font size and color, the placement of the form and images etc. and similar color scheme. The testimonials do not need to be in the "bubbles".
Please contact me if you have any questions. I look forward to seeing your designs!


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- 1 cup all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups reduced-fat (2 percent) milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon melted unsalted butter plus more for skillet
- 3 bananas peeled and sliced
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 2 ounces semisweet chocolate melted
- In a bowl, whisk together flour, granulated sugar, and salt. Make a well in the center. Add milk, eggs, and 1 tablespoon butter; whisk to combine. Cover, and refrigerate 1 hour (or up to 1 day
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees; place a baking sheet in oven. Heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium high. Lightly coat skillet with butter. Pour 1/3 cup batter into skillet, and quickly swirl skillet so batter evenly coats bottom. Cook crepe until edges are dry, 1 to 2 minutes. Loosen with a wide spatula, and using both hands, grip edges with fingertips and quickly turn over. Cook 1 minute more. Slide onto sheet to keep warm. Repeat with remaining batter (you should have 12 crepes)
- Heat 1 teaspoon butter in skillet over medium. Add bananas and brown sugar; cook, stirring occasionally, until bananas are lightly browned on one side, about 3 minutes. Fold crepes into quarters; top with bananas and chocolate.


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Denarau Golf & Racquet Club, is the home of the South Pacific's premier golf course, which is a beautiful 18-hole golf course designed by Eiichi Motobashi and features brilliant views, resort style play and professional instruction.Located on Denarau Island guests of Sheraton & Westin Resorts enjoy privileges at the Denarau Golf & Racquet Club and room charge back applicable.
GOLFThe Denarau Island golf course incorporates a unique Pacific theme with bunkers in the shape of marine creatures. With a par of 72, the 7,150-yard course offers tee positions for all levels of golfers, including four water carry par-threes, four challenging par-fives, and 10 par-fours. The longest hole is 570 yards, and the shortest is 170 yards.
Hole by Hole description.
This facility offers international standard golf lessons and clinics and golfers can practice on putting and chipping greens, as well as on a driving range dotted with target greens.
Carts are included with green fees, and rental clubs and shoes are available.
TENNISBrush up on your backhand with a private lesson or sign up for a clinic to work on your serve (organized both for adults and juniors). Doubles tournaments and socials dot the Denarau tennis calendar, and the avid player can easily find partners, trainers or ball machines for practice. Amenities include our tennis pro shop and equipment rentals
Denarau Golf & Racquet Club Fact Sheet


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Most of life's sentences are blissfully mundane. I can't find my keys. Take out the garbage. Please feed the dog. I can't find my keys. ADD readers will relate to that string of comments. But sometimes a single sentence will change your life. My bride of nearly thirty years dropped one of those sentences on me earlier this week.
"My spot was cancerous."
After an optimistic initial briefing from the surgeon days earlier we were not prepared for the harsh reality of the pathology report. The breast cancer is still small but aggressive. The prognosis still optimistic but the journey will be hard. Yesterday I quoted that noted scholar and philosopher Mike Tyson who said, "Everyone has a game plan until they get hit in the mouth." That was how I felt after talking and crying with my wife. We are looking at a year of treatment and trials. But God is good and His grace is truly sufficient. How can you explain how forty eight hours later we can have such confidence and peace?
Many of you read these ramblings at Crosswalk and I have become a regular peruser of that site. Just last week pastor and author John Piper wrote an amazing article at Crosswalk called "Don't Waste Your Cancer." Piper wrote the article on the eve of his own prostate surgery so he has a little "street cred" on the topic. I was blown away at his godly response to this fearsome foe. I never dreamed that I would be sharing that article with my wife just days later. Joni and I have adopted John's spiritual battle plan right alongside our doctor's medical strategy as we proceed to fight this giant. Here is just some of John Piper's wisdom from that article.
You will waste your cancer if you do not believe it is designed for you by God.
It will not do to say that God only uses our cancer but does not design it. What God permits, he permits for a reason. And that reason is his design. If God foresees molecular developments becoming cancer, he can stop it or not. If he does not, he has a purpose. Since he is infinitely wise, it is right to call this purpose a design. Satan is real and causes many pleasures and pains. But he is not ultimate. So when he strikes Job with boils (Job 2:7), Job attributes it ultimately to God (2:10) and the inspired writer agrees: "They . . . comforted him for all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him" (Job 42:11). If you don't believe your cancer is designed for you by God, you will waste it.
You will waste your cancer if you believe it is a curse and not a gift.
"There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Romans 8:1). "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us" (Galatians 3:13). "There is no enchantment against Jacob, no divination against Israel" (Numbers 23:23). "The LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly" (Psalm 84:11).
You will waste your cancer if you seek comfort from your odds rather than from God.
The design of God in your cancer is not to train you in the rationalistic, human calculation of odds. The world gets comfort from their odds. Not Christians. Some count their chariots (percentages of survival) and some count their horses (side effects of treatment), but we trust in the name of the LORD our God (Psalm 20:7). God's design is clear from 2 Corinthians 1:9, "We felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead." The aim of God in your cancer (among a thousand other good things) is to knock props out from under our hearts so that we rely utterly on him.
You will waste your cancer if you let it drive you into solitude instead of deepen your relationships with manifest affection.
When Epaphroditus brought the gifts to Paul sent by the Philippian church he became ill and almost died. Paul tells the Philippians, "He has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill" (Philippians 2:26-27). What an amazing response! It does not say they were distressed that he was ill, but that he was distressed because they heard he was ill. That is the kind of heart God is aiming to create with cancer: a deeply affectionate, caring heart for people. Don't waste your cancer by retreating into yourself.
You will waste your cancer if you fail to use it as a means of witness to the truth and glory of Christ.
Christians are never anywhere by divine accident. There are reasons for why we wind up where we do. Consider what Jesus said about painful, unplanned circumstances: "They will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. This will be your opportunity to bear witness" (Luke 21:12 -13). So it is with cancer. This will be an opportunity to bear witness. Christ is infinitely worthy. Here is a golden opportunity to show that he is worth more than life. Don't waste it.
Joni and I do not intend to waste this experience. When we prayed about her upcoming surgery my amazing wife dropped another sentence on me that was a life changer.
"Dear God…I am not and I will not question you."
How can you not want to go into battle with a woman like that? Yesterday I told her that I wished I was going through this and not her. She said that she was glad it was her and not me. The miracle of the two becoming one is that we both meant what we said. Just about thirty years ago I proclaimed another life changing statement without really realizing the magnitude of the vow that I was making.
I take you Joni to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health…
So it is my turn to step up to the plate and back up that vow. What a privilege to be there for her as she would be there for me. We value your prayers. For anyone who might stumble on this blog I would suggest one more life changing statement. This is a statement that I have experienced and can highly recommend for both the mountains and valleys of this journey.
Jesus…I want to know you personally.


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It was a dull Monday, this past one. Until they arrived. None of us even saw them coming, until there they were, in an unassuming priority mail box from somewhere in Texas.
We opened the box, and there they were: the cookies of our dreams.
We were first drawn to these cookies via the seller's Etsy store, where the photo kind of made them look like a cross between a slab of cookie dough and a scoop of ice cream. Intriguing. A bag cost $12.99 for 8 cookies, and came to about $20 after shipping charges. Were they really worth it?
Resoundingly, yes. These cookies were somewhere between cookie dough and cookie, a wonderfully moist and dense cookie that had a wonderful "toothfeel": not so sweet as to make your teeth hurt, and with a gorgeously yielding texture. The cherry and chocolate chips were subtle but identifiable, and one of our spies actually closed their eyes while eating; they were that good.
The one downfall? When we emailed to inquire about featuring a photo from their Etsy site, we were told that they did not like to have their photos put up on blogs. Fair enough, we reasoned--so we took our own photo. But we wouldn't be so brash as to tell you that all you'd need to do to buy these cookies is go to a web site that has letters contained in the phrase Full Jasper but with no space, followed by etsy.com.
Because that would be giving away the forbidden secret.
Black Forest cherry cookies are available somewhere on the internet.


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Four more people have been arrested in connection with the case against an Egyptian-American human rights activist, bringing to 10 the number held in the affair, the prosecutor's office said Tuesday.
Four people who work for the Ibn Khaldun Center, which focuses on human rights and democracy issues, were arrested Monday evening after four of their colleagues were arrested earlier in the day, it said.
The center's prominent director, Saad Eddin Ibrahim, was arrested late Friday and charged with receiving funds from abroad to undermine Egypt's stability.
The Ibn Khaldun Center's accountant was also being held without charge for two weeks.
The eight detained on Monday were being questioned about their "involvement in the case of fraudulent electoral cards found on the center's premises," the prosecutor's office said.
Ibrahim faces 15 years in prison if found guilty of the charges, which include drafting reports on the internal situation in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and other Arab countries in exchange for money from abroad.
On Monday, the prosecutor's office specifically accused Ibrahim of having instructed researchers at the center to register fictitious names of voters on the cards and paid each one 300 Egyptian pounds (around 90 dollars).
Ibrahim then "received a sum of around 50,000 pounds (14,300 dollars) from the European Union" as part of an EU-sponsored program to educate citizens about their civic rights, the office said.
His family said the charges are groundless.
Friends of the family said they were all the more shocked at Ibrahim's arrest because they described him as a man who tried to bring gradual changes through working from inside the system rather than as a radical from outside.
They added he is an advisor to three ministers.
A US consular official was satisfied with a visit made Monday to Ibrahim, an Egyptian-born US citizen who is being held in a Cairo prison - CAIRO (AFP)
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Battle of the bands
***Which band do you prefer?
Labels: Battle of the bands, Pantera, Prong
Labels: Battle of the bands, Pantera, Prong
Panfuckingtera of course
Well, let's see. Prong was interesting and innovative and Pantera was boring and contrived. I think I'll go with Prong.
defintiely Pantera
Easily Prong. Probably my favorite metal band of the 90's.
Pantera (pre-Cowboys era).
the popular vote is Pantera and I enjoyed watching them on the Cowboys from Hell tour when I lost my glasses in the mosh pit... HOWEVER, Prong gets my vote hands-down
Not a big fan of either but will go with Prong. I liked their Beg To Differ tape way more than anything by Tampontera.
I saw a great band called Damage at CBGB once or twice, some of those guys wound up in Prong.
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The criticism, the pressure, the big stage — the Edmonton Oil Kings netminder has experienced it all.
And, Monday, he's bracing himself to go through it all over again in a bid to start in net for Team Canada at the 2013 IIHF world junior championships in Russia.
Thirty-six players, including Brossoit, arrive in Calgary Monday for the 2013 national junior team selection camp which starts Tuesday at WinSport.
"I'm so excited," he bubbled. "It was a dream come true to be invited. I just have to make sure I can show what I can do to make the team."
As luck would have it this year, mathematics are on his side. Because the tournament is in Ufa, Russia, Hockey Canada has said it is taking three netminders overseas for emergency purposes.
Brossoit is one of four at this week's camp along with Owen Sound Attack goalie Jordan Binnington, Jake Paterson of the Saginaw Spirit, and Malcolm Subban of the Belleville Bulls. Brossoit is the lowest drafted goalie out of the group (sixth round, 164th to the Calgary Flames), but his resume is deep.
Earning the approval of Edmonton's Rexall Place — which adopted the still-ongoing chant 'L.B.' — Brossoit played lights-out to lead his team to a 2012 WHL championship last season and Memorial Cup appearance, the club's first in their modern day history.
However, at the national tournament, fatigue started to set in and his performance dipped as the Oil Kings bowed out. Following the Canadian world junior goalie camp and the Flames development camp this summer, he went to the Canada-Russia Challenge in August.
That, admittedly, wasn't his finest hour. Questions were also raised early this year about his ability to come through in prominent games.
He battled through.
"To go in the summer and deal with that kind of struggle kind of helped me realize what I needed to do to get to the next level," said Brossoit who played one game and let in five goals against the Russians but posted a 1-0 shootout win for Team WHL in November's Subway Super Series. "I'm glad I went through those struggles and am going through struggles because it's gotten me to where I am today."
Which, given Canada's recent issues in that area, adds all the more intrigue to this year's junior camp.
"You have to know that," he said. "There's going to be even more pressure (at the world juniors) going into it because of the lockout and the last two years the goaltending hasn't been too strong.
"I'm kind of looking forward to it. I feel like I strive in pressure situations."
Consider this week the first of a month's worth of pressure situations. Team Canada's camp is short and sweet — one practice and an intersquad game Tuesday, the first round of cuts Wednesday, and the team is likely to be named on Thursday.
Last year, it was favoured Medicine Hat Tigers netminder Tyler Bunz cracking under pressure, which paved the way for Plymouth Whalers goalie Scott Wedgewood to make the team along with returning netminder Mark Visentin.
"The biggest thing for a goaltender in a situation like that is to not change a thing," Brossoit said. "A lot of goaltenders go in there and try to up their intensity because they think the game is faster. You just have to do what made you successful and got you there."
Airdrie native Ty Rattie has been through the drill before, cut as an 18-year-old and a victim of the numbers game last year.
Also, with the NHL generously loaning Anaheim's Devante Smith-Pelly and Tampa Bay's Brett Connelly, the Portland Winterhawks forward fell from the depth chart.
This year, his role is clearly laid out for him — a top-six forward that can score.
"So, I have to prove to them in camp that I can be that guy," he said.
He proved a lot during the series against the Russians over the summer, finding open ice and helping pace Canada in scoring with three goals and two assists in four games. He and his linemates, Barrie Colts native Mark Scheifele and Saint John Sea Dogs forward Jonathan Huberdeau, combined for a total 14 points.
A year has passed since last year's Hockey Canada camp and he's 19 now, almost ready to wrap up his junior career. But Rattie still remembers the disappointment of getting Hockey Canada's bad news phone call during the 2012 selection camp.
"Oh yeah, it hurt," said the 32nd overall draft choice of the St. Louis Blues in 2011. "It hurt for a while, especially it being in Calgary and the chance to play in front of my friends and family. It stung for a bit, but it's OK now.
"This time last year I was about 10 pounds lighter, but I also think I'm a smarter player and a better player. It makes a huge difference, what a year can do. I'm going to go in there and try to prove it."
There are plenty of storylines at this year's camp and, of course, no bigger than the NHL lockout.
If the labour impasse continues, Canada's team is going to be bolstered because of it.
"They (the NHL) are kind of at a struggling point right now but it's exciting for the junior level," Rattie said. "I think that's going to give Team Canada better players and a better chance to win.
"It sucks there's no NHL but kind of a good thing for Team Canada."
The last NHL lockout produced gold medals for Canada in 2005 (at Grand Forks, N.D.) and 1995 (at Red Deer, Alta.) ... Kelowna Rockets forward Colton Sissons was scratched from Team Canada's selection roster with an upper body injury he suffered against the Moose Jaw Warriors on Nov. 30. His spot at camp won't be filled ... Other locals representing this week at camp include Calgarians Hunter Shinkaruk, the Medicine Hat Tigers captain who is considered a high pick in the 2013 NHL entry draft, and Mathew Dumba, an 18-year-old defenceman for the Red Deer Rebels ... Also, Flames draft pick and shutdown Portland Winterhawks defenceman Tyler Wotherspoon will be one to watch.
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Phillies staying active with Deadline looming
DETROIT -- Phillies manager Charlie Manuel got a message on his phone Saturday from general manager Ruben Amaro Jr.
It came from Amaro's iPad. His phone had broken.View Full Game Coverage
DETROIT -- Phillies manager Charlie Manuel got a message on his phone Saturday from general manager Ruben Amaro Jr.
It came from Amaro's iPad. His phone had broken.View Full Game Coverage
But the Phillies remain busy, regardless of their phone situation. A source told MLB.com on Friday they had agreed with Cuban right-hander Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez on a six-year, $48 million contract, which includes an $11 million option for 2019. The team also is trying to sign second baseman Chase Utley to an extension.
"I'm not going to discuss that," assistant general manager Scott Proefrock said about Gonzalez.
There could be many reasons for that, one of them being they want Gonzalez to pass a physical first. He has had bone spurs removed from his right elbow.
The Phillies entered Saturday's game against the Tigers at Comerica Park riding a six-game losing streak, five games under .500, nine games behind the Braves in the National League East and 9 1/2 games behind the Reds for the second NL Wild Card. There seems to be little reason to buy before Wednesday's 4 p.m. ET non-waiver Trade Deadline, considering the current state of the team and injuries to Ryan Howard, Ben Revere, Domonic Brown, Roy Halladay and others.
Asked how one could make a case for the Phillies to buy, Proefrock said:
"Smart as I am, I read today that the Mets think they have a chance. They're right where we are. Again, you get on a run like they have, they've played better of late and you can find yourself right back in it. We've got a tremendous amount of games at home still. We've played better at home. We go back and all the things we've said in the past ... we play better at home and we play better in the second half of the year. Now, obviously, we don't have Ryan. Domonic's out now. Ben's out now. We have some significant issues offensively. But so does everybody else. We played these guys [the Tigers] last night and they didn't have [Miguel] Cabrera or [Omar] Infante or [Torii] Hunter in the lineup. Everybody's going through kind of the same things. It's a matter of hopefully getting on a roll and who knows what can happen?"
While Proefrock would not touch the contract agreement with Gonzalez with a 10-foot pole, he said the team's discussions leading to the Trade Deadline have centered on the team remaining competitive beyond this season.
So even if Philadelphia sells, it will not be going into a complete rebuilding mode. The agreement with Gonzalez and the possible extension with Utley seem to indicate that.
"I think our plan is to be competitive and in the mix on an annual basis," Proefrock said. "I think all the different options that we've considered or talked about internally that I've been a part of have been geared toward just that, remaining competitive and being in the mix continually. We owe that to our fans and we certainly have the wherewithal to be in the mix to do that.
"I think it's going to get busier as we get closer [to the Deadline]. We're going to get together in Philly early in the week and review things and, as Ruben said yesterday, we're going to listen. I don't think it's a decision that's been made whether we're necessarily buyers or sellers yet. I think we'll consider all things that are proposed or we propose."
Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com.


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