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Glucose and Insulin Measurements from the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test and Mortality Prediction
OBJECTIVE—To verify what information from oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTTs) independently predicts mortality.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—A total of 1,401 initially nondiabetic participants from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging aged 17–95 years underwent one or more OGTTs (median 2, range 1–8), with insulin and glucose measurements taken every 20 min over the course of 2 h included in this study. Proportional hazards using the longitudinally collected data and Bayesian model averaging were used to examine the association of OGTT measurements individually and grouped with mortality, adjusting for covariates.
RESULTS—Participants were followed for a median 20.3 years (range 0.5–40). The first-hour OGTT glucose and insulin levels increased only modestly with age, whereas levels during the second hour increased 4% per decade. Individually, 100- and 120-min glucose measures and fasting and 100-min insulin levels were all independent predictors of mortality. When all measures were considered together, only higher 120-min glucose was a significant independent risk factor for mortality.
CONCLUSION—The steeper rise with age of the OGTT 2-h glucose values and the prognostic primacy of the 120-min glucose value for mortality is consistent with previous reports and suggests the value of using the OGTT in clinical practice.
- BLSA, Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
- BMA, Bayesian model averaging
- HOMA, homeostatis model assessment
- OGTT, oral glucose tolerance test
Many but not all studies have found a nearly linear association between fasting plasma glucose levels >100 mg/dl and mortality (1). Plasma glucose 2 h after an oral glucose load is also a strong predictor of mortality regardless of fasting plasma glucose level (2,3) and may actually be a better predictor of mortality than the fasting level (4).
It has been proposed that in early stages of glucose metabolism dysregulation, fasting and 2-h plasma glucose measures during an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) may be normal or slightly elevated, but the amount of insulin necessary to maintain this equilibrium is supra-physiological (5). This state of "insulin resistance" may have detrimental consequences on health. However, there is little evidence that hyperinsulinemia—either fasting or with a glucose challenge—is a risk factor for mortality (6). Thus, the clinical usefulness of measuring insulin remains uncertain.
Using data from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA), we examined longitudinal change in glucose and insulin in response to OGTT and the association of different glucose and insulin measurements on mortality.
BLSA participants are community-dwelling volunteers with above-average education, income, and access to medical care (7). Participants underwent extensive evaluations biannually. Participants who were nondiabetic at the initial OGTT evaluation and with at least one OGTT with both glucose and insulin measurements were included in this study. The research protocol was approved by the institutional review board at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and all participants provided written informed consent.
Analysis was restricted to OGTTs performed before 1995 (when laboratory procedures were modified). Overall, 1,510 BLSA participants (aged 17–95 years) were eligible, of whom 109 had diabetes at the time of their initial OGTT (defined as fasting glucose ≥7.0 mmol/l [126 mg/dl], 2-h OGTT glucose measurement ≥11.1 mmol/l [200 mg/dl], history of diabetes, or current use of oral hypoglycemic agents or insulin), leaving 1,401 participants with 3,727 observations (424 subjects with one observation, 343 with two observations, 262 with three observations, and 372 with four or more observations).
OGTT assessments began in 1959 using a 1.75 g glucose/kg body wt glucose challenge, which was changed to 40 g/m2 body surface area in 1977 following recommended guidelines. Consistent with previous research (2,3), to convert OGTT results across methods we regressed glucose and insulin levels at each OGTT time point on a fourth-order polynomial of the glucose load, which was centered at 75 g. Adjusted measurements no longer depended on glucose load.
Participants were observed overnight in the research ward; they began fasting at 8:00 p.m. and received the OGTT between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m. Blood samples were drawn at 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, and 120 min. Glucose levels were measured using the ferricyanide reduction method (Technico autoanalyzer) before 1977 and the glucose oxidase method from 1977 to present with a Beckman glucose analyzer (1977–1983), the Abbott Laboratories ABA 200 ATC Series II Biochromatic Analyzer (1983–1992), and the Abbott Spectrum CCX (1992 to present). Plasma insulin was measured using radioimmunoassay (8). The lower limit of detection for this assay is 15 pmol/ml and the inter- and intra-assay coefficients of variation are 11.5% and 6%, respectively (9).
Height, weight, and seated blood pressure were measured by standard methods. BMI was calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters. Waist circumference (centimeters) was measured as the smallest circumference between the umbilicus and lower ribs. Smoking history was assessed using a standard questionnaire.
Deaths were ascertained by telephone follow-up of inactive participants, correspondence from relatives, and search of the National Death Index. Cause of death was determined by the consensus of three physicians reviewing available information.
Statistical analyses
Data are summarized as means ± SD unless otherwise stated. Differences in baseline characteristics (Table 1) between survivors and decedents were tested by age- and sex-adjusted ANCOVA or logistic regressions, as appropriate.
From the 3,727 observations, 2.0% of the OGTT glucose and insulin measurements and 0.6% of covariate data were missing. Missing data were imputed using the multivariate imputation by chained equations (MICE) program (10) with five replicated datasets. Survival models were based on the first imputation while all other analyses used the average of the five imputations. The remaining four imputed datasets produced the same conclusions.
Basal insulin resistance was estimated by the homeostatis model assessment (HOMA), calculated using fasting glucose and insulin levels as an assessment of basal insulin resistance (11). Integration of the glucose and insulin OGTT curves was calculated by the standard trapezoid method.
Proportional hazards models using all longitudinally collected OGTT data were used to examine the relationship between glucose and insulin levels at each OGTT time point and time to death with three hierarchical models that adjusted for date and sex, added age, and added other covariates. The survival model used all longitudinally collected OGTT data with a time-dependent approach based on the Anderson-Gill formulation of a counting process using the survival functions developed by Therneau and Grambsch(12).
To examine which OGTT measurements independently predicted mortality, we used a standard backward elimination to obtain a parsimonious model with all variables showing P < 0.10. Additionally, we fitted a Bayesian model averaging (BMA) (13) to identify the best set of predictors for mortality across all feasible models. Because BMA used the initial evaluation, the effects of diabetes on mortality would be underestimated due to the exclusion of those who were diabetic at initial evaluation. Therefore, we repeated the BMA analysis including diabetic participants.
A two-tailed P value < 0.05 was used to indicate statistical significance. All analyses and graphs were completed using R version 2.4.1 (R Project for Statistical Computing, http://www.r-project.org).
There were 470 deaths and 931 surviving participants as of January 2006. Baseline characteristics are presented in Table 1. Those who died were older initially, had shorter follow-up time, tended to have higher BMI and systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and were less likely to smoke than those who survived.
At the initial evaluation, average glucose values during the OGTT were higher in those who died than in those who survived (Table 1). After adjusting for age and sex, glucose levels at 40, 100, and 120 min were higher in those who died than in survivors, while insulin levels did not differ at any time point. In adjusted analyses, HOMA, integrated glucose, and integrated insulin were not statistically different according to survivorship (Table 1).
In analyses that considered longitudinal trends, all OGTT glucose levels increased with follow-up time (P < 0.0001), but the rate of change was lowest for the fasting state (0.07 mmol · l−1 · 10 years−1) and increased progressively for subsequent OGTT time points (e.g., rate at 60 min was 0.37 and at 120 min was 0.42 mmol · l−1 · 10 years−1). Corresponding rates for insulin were 1.32 for fasting, 12.90 for 60 min, and 128.92 pmol · l−1 · 10 years−1 for 120 min.
Proportional hazards models using all longitudinally collected data evaluated the individual relative risk of mortality for each OGTT measure (Table 2). Adjusting for age, date, and sex, 100- and 120-min glucose, fasting insulin, 100-min insulin, and HOMA were associated with all-cause mortality. These associations persisted after further adjustments for BMI, waist circumference, diastolic and systolic blood pressure, lipids, and smoking. Of the 326 deaths, 134 were considered cardiovascular deaths. In adjusted analyses, only 120-min glucose and integrated glucose were significant predictors of mortality (Table 2, model 4).
For each OGTT measure, Fig. 1A presents risk ratios with 95% CI comparing risk of mortality associated with being at the 75th percentile versus the 25th percentile adjusted for age, date, and sex. The greatest discernable risk was found with the 100- and 120-min glucose measurements. Figure 1B shows a similar result for cardiovascular mortality.
From the longitudinal survival model including all glucose and insulin measures, we removed variables not independently associated with mortality. In the final parsimonious model, 100-min insulin (risk ratio 1.11, 95% CI 1.05–1.17 per 100 pmol/ml increase), 120-min insulin (0.90, 0.85–0.92 per 100 pmol/ml increase), 40-min glucose (0.92, 0.87–0.97 per mmol/l increase), 120-min glucose (1.10, 1.05–1.16 per mmol/l increase), and HOMA (1.07, 1.00–1.13) were independently associated with greater mortality. Because the selection of variables with this method may be strongly influenced by collinearity, we performed a confirmatory analysis using BMA, which assesses uncertainty by exploring multiple models and providing weighted probabilities that coefficients are not equal to zero. Using data from the first evaluation, 120-min glucose was the only variable in the BMA model with a probability >10% (16.4%) that the regression coefficient was not zero (i.e., no association with mortality). When the 109 participants classified as diabetic at baseline were included in the BMA, the probability that the 120-min glucose regression coefficient was not zero was 93.4%, while that for fasting insulin was only 15.5%. Fasting glucose was not an independent predictor of mortality in these models.
In a large population of men and women aged 17–95 years at initial OGTT, higher 120-min glucose level was the only OGTT measure consistently and independently associated with mortality.
Independent of age and sex, fasting glucose, 120-min glucose, fasting insulin, and 100-min insulin were associated with higher mortality. When considering all glucose and insulin measurements together, only the 120-min glucose remained prognostic for mortality, independent of age, date, and sex. Although 100- and 120-min insulin, 40-min glucose, and HOMA were statistically independent predictors of mortality in the parsimonious model, the prognostic information contributed by the other four variables was almost negligible. This observation is consistent with the study by Sorkin et al. (3), who found that the 120-min glucose measurement improved mortality prediction using fasting glucose alone. However, these authors did not consider the predictive value of the 120-min measure alone.
Why might 120-min glucose be the most robust predictor of mortality? It is possible that as long as β-cells secrete enough insulin to maintain euglycemia, consequences of elevated blood glucose are avoided, regardless of the amount of insulin necessary to maintain glucose homeostasis (14). Although this interpretation contrasts, at least in part, with the study by Sorkin et al. (3), which focused on categorical characterizations (i.e., normal, impaired, and diabetic), we suggest that a more refined risk assessment can be obtained by examining the continuous-range 120-min glucose values.
Alternatively, 120-min glucose could be a marker of poor health. Deteriorating health may cause a progressive inability to respond to a glucose challenge, possibly due to a loss of resiliency in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis resulting in prolonged secretion of glucocorticoids following challenge (15).
Our findings do not imply that insulin resistance is not critical in the development of glucose impairment and diabetes. HOMA of insulin resistance was associated with mortality independent of the covariates, although its predictive value substantially diminished after adjusting for 120-min glucose. Since calculating HOMA of insulin resistance does not require an OGTT, its clinical usefulness remains high. Interestingly, in preliminary analyses, fasting insulin was a significant, independent predictor of mortality. The ratio between fasting insulin and glucose during the OGTT is a marker of prompt homeostatic response, whereas fasting insulin depends on long-term response, which has 8–10 h to reach a steady state and is also influenced by change in hormonal level characteristic of the morning awakening (e.g., cortisol, catecholamines). The insulin level required to reach steady state over a long time period may be a better indicator of overall homeostatic capability. In addition, the insulin assay used in this study detects the proinsulin des (64–65) and proinsulin split (65–66), which may partially mask the effect of insulin on mortality.
The BLSA population is well-educated and tends to be health-seeking, which may limit generalizability of these findings to similar populations. However, previous reports from the BLSA involving glucose (2,3,16) and other systems (6,17,18) have been consistent with observations from more general populations. In conclusion, consistent with the study by Sorkin et al. (3), we find that the OGTT is an important tool for assessing glucose homeostasis. Information provided by fasting glucose can be usefully complemented by evaluating 120-min glucose. Although investigators have proposed that the shape of the OGTT response curve (19) and OGTT indexes of insulin release and sensitivity may be informative (20,21,22), we found no evidence in support of these hypotheses.
This research was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health National Institute on Aging.
Published ahead of print at http://care.diabetesjournals.org on 11 February 2008. DOI: 10.2337/dc07-2102.
The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.
- Accepted February 4, 2008.
- Received November 1, 2007.


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I've been milling around ideas of how to use my wonky stars I made here. Early Saturday morning, like at 2 a.m.,(does this happen to anyone else?) the idea came to me. My stars will finish at four. Maybe because at the Quilty Hug sew in I was cutting scraps into various pieces that would make 4" blocks this idea has been forming unbeknownst to me. Whatever the reason I'm pleased with the result.Here is what I have so far.
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四大原则是指并列句的四种并列关系 ――联合、转折、选择和因果关系。 并列句是由并列连词 and,but,or,for,so 等把两个或两个以上独
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1.联合并列句 联合并列句常由并列连词(短语)and,not only ...but also ...等连接。其中 and 可表示平行、顺接、评注、条件等。 (2015・ 湖南高考)Since then, maths has become one of my favorite subjects, and I have also made rapid progress in maths. 从那时起,数学成为我特别喜爱的学科之一,而且我在数学上进步很快。
2.转折并列句 转折并列句常由并列连词 but,while,yet,nevertheless 等连接。其中 while 表示的是对比关系,意为"而"。 (2015・ 浙江高考)Most of my classmates wanted to go to a park while I had an idea of going to a nicer place. 我的大部分同学都想去公园,而我想去一个更好的地方。 As far as I am concerned, I love wealth, but I value health more. 就我而言,我喜欢财富,但更看重健康。
3.选择并列句 选择并列句常由并列连词(短语)or,or else,otherwise,either ...or ...等连接。 其中 or,or else 表示"或者,不然的话"。 Wear your coat or else you will catch a cold. 穿上外套,否则就会感冒。 You can contact me either by phone or by email if you want to know more about our university. 如果你想更多地了解我们的大学,你可以通过电话或电子邮件联系我。
4.因果并列句 因果并列句常由并列连词 so,for,therefore 等连接。其中 for 解释说明性质 的理由。 (2015・ 天津高考)All the classmates are friendly and kind, so you don't need to worry about the difficulty. 所有的同学都非常友好和善良,因此你没必要担心有什么困难。 I'm sorry for I won't be able to pay a visit to Beijing next weekend with you. 很抱歉因为我下周末不能和你一块去北京参观。
【名师点津】 (1)在"祈使句+and/or+陈述句"结构中,当前后为顺承关系时,用 and; 当前后为转折关系时,用 or,or else 或 otherwise。 Work hard and believe in yourself and you'll succeed one day. 努力学习、相信你自己, 总有一天你会成功的。 Stop smoking now or your health will be ruined. 别再抽烟了, 否则你会毁了自己的健康。
(2)not only ...but also ...连接的并列句,当 not only 置于句首时,其后的句子 用部分倒装。 Not only can students improve their writing ability in this way but also they can strengthen their selfconfidence. 学生们不仅可以以这种方式提高写作技能,而且还可以增强他们的自信心。 (3)在 sb.was doing sth.when ...,sb.was about to do sth.when ...或 sb.had just
done sth.when ...中,when 为并列连词,意为"就在那时"。 (2014・ 福建高考)I was about to give up when my best friend encouraged me to go on. 我正要放弃,这时我最好的朋友鼓励我坚持下去。
(4)并列句有时可不用并列连词连接,而用标点符号分号(;)连接。 There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world; you must work hard. 世上没有免费的午餐;你必须刻苦学习。
Ⅰ.用适当的并列连词填空 1. Start out right away, 2. First, my English is very good I'm getting along well with everyone. 3. I worked hard at English and devoted all my spare time to practicing English, I failed to pass the midterm examination. 4. Half of the girls choose film and TV stars as their idols, the boys favor sports stars. 48% of you'll miss the first train. I'm openminded and warmhearted,
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【答案】 We must start early for it will take two hours to drive to the airport. 2. We were about to set off.
It suddenly began to rain.
【答案】 We were about to set off when it suddenly began to rain.
3. He likes pop music. I am fond of folk music.
【答案】 He likes pop music while I am fond of folk music.
4. Jane said she was ill. I saw her in the street just now.
【答案】 Jane said she was ill but/yet I saw her in the street just now.
5. Their car broke down halfway. They had to stay in a small hotel for the night.
【答案】 hotel for the night.
Their car broke down halfway and/so they had to stay in a small
【答案】 It was my birthday yesterday, and/so many classmates gave me presents. 2. 他不仅说得更正确,而且更轻松。
【答案】 Not only did he speak more correctly, but also he spoke more easily.
3. 我喜欢阅读,而我的弟弟喜欢看足球比赛。
【答案】 I like reading while my brother enjoys watching football matches.
4. 上周一,我正在街上散步,这时突然看到一位老人从自行车上摔了下来。 【答案】 Last Monday, I was walking in the street when I suddenly saw an old man fall off his bicycle. 5. 努力学习,你就会考上重点大学。
【答案】 Work hard, and you will be admitted to a key university.
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The Project Team of the joint ELI and ENCJ project 'The Principled Relationship of Formal and Informal Justice through the Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution' has prepared a consultation paper that is being disseminated to various stakeholders. The consultation paper considers the relationship between formal and informal justice and considers the risks posed by the increasing prevalence of many different forms of ADR. The paper also proposes three possible outcomes for the project:
(i) the preparation of a statement of European best practice in relation to the approach that courts and judges should adopt in interacting with all types of ADR processes;
(ii) the preparation of a statement of European best practice in relation to the approach that those responsible for all types of ADR processes should adopt in interacting with courts and judges, and
(iii) making recommendations as to the best European models that can be developed and applied for coherent access to dispute resolution processes in respect of different types of dispute, and towards which Member States may wish to progress.
The ELI would greatly appreciate all responses to the consultation and all comments that our members and others feel could contribute to the project. If you are interested in learning more about the project, more information will be soon available on the project's website. Kindly send all responses to the consultation to email@example.com by Monday 13 March 2017.


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Holburn, DM and Smith, KCA (1982) Topographical analysis in the SEM using an automatic focusing technique. Journal of Microscopy, 127. pp. 93-103. ISSN 0022-2720
Full text not available from this repository.Abstract
A novel technique for automated topographical analysis in the SEM has been investigated. It utilizes a 16‐bit minicomputer arranged to act as an automatic focusing unit. The computer is coupled to the objective lens of the microscope, by means of a digital to analogue converter, and may regulate the excitation of the lens under program control. Further digital‐to‐analogue converters allow the computer to act as a programmable scan generator by applying ramp waveforms to the scan amplifiers, permitting the beam to be swept over a small sub‐region of the field of interest. The video signal is sampled and applied to an analogue‐to‐digital converter; the resultant binary numbers are stored in computer memory as an array of values representing relative image intensities within a subregion. A differencing algorithm applied to the collected data allows the level of objective lens excitation to be found at which the sharpness of the image is optimized, and the excitation may be related to the working distance for that subregion through a previous calibration experiment. The sensitivity of the method for detecting small height changes is theoretically of the order of 1 μm. 1982 Blackwell Science Ltd
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Established 1981
Dodge, Fargo, DeSoto, Chrysler, Imperial, Maxwell, Chalmers, Jeep and Eagle and related Automobiles - All MoPar - all Years - all Models |
Veteran autombile tester Tom McCahill tested new cars for many years for Mechanix Illustrated Magazine. Tom has long since passed away, but his humorous and interesting quotes will forever live on. "Uncle" Tom tested all makes and models in his career, but his favourite cars by far were Chrysler products. I have included here a few quotes from several copies of old Mechanix Illustrated magazines from the 50s and 60s. We all know our beloved Mopars are the best, and Uncle Tom thought so too.
Here are a couple of You Tube Video uploaded where Tom tests the 1958 cars. The Chrysler Products are clearly the winners over ALL the competition by Ford and GM. The video on left is part ONE and the video on the right is part TWO.
on and enjoy these quotes by Tom :
On the 1960
"When equipped
with the power pack, they are the hottest cars in the world for under
my vote as the best buy of the three new compacts, and the one
most like to own. "
On the 1962 Plymouth:
" It was raining
like tears in a onion cannery when I did my test.......I don't know of
a car in its class that can top Plymouth. It offers the best
in its class, and this, tied up with good brakes makes it just about
safest. .........the slightly teutonic looks of the Valiant,
(on the 62 Plymouth) stand out like a hip flask in a bikini."
early 30's
Classic Imperials:
"These long-hooded
brutes had more sex-appeal than a boatload of starlets anchored off
On the 1960
Dodge Dart Phoenix:
"When equipped
with the optional D-500 engine, displacing 383 cubic inches with
four barrel carburetors, it should be able to chew around a race course
with enough stuff to turn the humidity into steam.......... (and) make
a helluva ridge-runner for the moonshine boys."
On the 1959
"The front end
is as new as next February's cold."
On the 1959
"Plymouth for
1959 is the best car of the low priced three in our bald-headed
and we've tested all of them."
On the 1959
"This doll was
as loaded as an opium peddler during a tong war........Swivel seats
it as easy to get into as a floating crap game with fresh
the 31 degree banked turns the big Imp hung in there like oil
through a hose......The finest car built in America, and I've been
cars for a long time."
On Chrysler's
famed torsion bar front suspension:
"Chrysler's torsion
bar suspension is SO far superior to anything else being made in this
that the contest isn't even close."
On Chrysler's
re-designed torqueflite transmission for 1962:
"features an oil
filter to comb out the rocks and dog hair."
On the 1966
Dodge Coronet Hemi:
"With no exception,
the blockbuster Hemi 426 is the hairiest full size stock production car
ever tested for these pages..... This family sized rig has all
belt of a 2 mile swim in a whiskey vat...... When you put your foot
the firewall make sure your teeth are well anchored.......It is as
as a mink farm and as snarly as a bengal tiger in a butcher shop."
On the 1956
Chrysler Windsor:
"The most car
for the dough - for looks, performance, comfort and price."
On the 1957
"The most
looking new car to date..... will get down the pike like a
arrow, and with no more effort than skipping off a cliff."
On the 1962
Chrysler 300:
"I had the car
for over a month, and had as many adventures with it as a Siberian
would have in Miami Beach. ......The new 300 is the old Windsor, sexed
up and poured into a sport suit.....When you slide behind the
you get the feeling that this is a big compact, and not an oversized
as awkward to handle as wearing moose antlers in a telephone booth.....
A functional car that gives top performance with lots of room for
stuff, which might include wine, weazels or women...... In summing up,
the (1962) Chrysler 300 is the best value in the medium priced
that I have driven in several years."
Below are two video of Bob Rodger, Chrysler engineer and father of the 300, talking about and showing us the new 1962 Chrysler 300-H and some general history of the Chrysler 300s.
Uncle Tom Also had a few things to say about Ford and GM....
On the 1959
"It went over
like a keg of brandy in a prison camp.....(but)......rolls like the
Mary in a full gale."
On the 1959
Chevy Impala:
rear deck
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<< the hymn and history >>
She wrote. Words were set down and she wrote.
Katherine Hankey was thirty when she became ill. The doctors during that time sent her to bed for a full year. Her life had been full of activity up to this point. She organized and taught a bible study for girls, traveled to Africa to help her sick brother home, and devoted her proceeds from her writing to missionary work. And then she became ill and was told to remain in bed for a year.
"To occupy her time, Kate wrote a poem of one hundred stanzas entitled 'The Old, Old Story.'" Parts of this poem have been quoted in sermons, and turned into hymns. Both "The Old, Old Story" and "I Love to Tell the Story" came from this poem.
<< the hymn and me >>
I had no idea these two hymns were connected in such a way. It amazes me, because I can't imagine writing such a piece. It is inspirational in so many ways. From her heart, to when she wrote it, to how it was used.
I remember singing this hymn in church when I was a young girl. Always a story lover this song was close to my heart. I must admit to knowing it with the chorus as the video plays it. I couldn't find a video that played all four verses straight.
<< the hymn >>
I love to tell the story of unseen things above,
Of Jesus and His glory, of Jesus and His love.
I love to tell the story because I know 'tis true,
It satisfies my longings as nothing else can do.
I love to tell the story, more wonderful it seems
thank all the golden fancies of all our golden dreams.
I love to tell the story, it did so much for me;
And that is just the reason I tell it now to thee.
I love to tell the story, 'tis pleasant to repeat
What seems, each time I tell it, more wonderfully sweet.
I love to tell the story, for some have never heard
the message of salvation from God's own holy Word.
I love to tell the story, for those who know it best
Seem hungering and thirsting to hear it like the rest.
And when in scenes of glory I sing the new, new song
'Twill be the old, old story that I have loved so long.
Words: A Katherine Hankey, Music: William G. Fischer


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"I love restrictor plate racing. It reminds me of going to the go-kart track with your buddy's and just running wide open. But this year has not been much fun. We have had a top-five car at both Daytona and Talladega. We have stayed up front and put ourselves around good cars. It has been very frustrating to be honest. Hopefully we can avoid the wreck this Sunday. I know the (fabrication) shop feels the same way."
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Nice first comment jackass.
thanks asshole.
Unfortunately you need to be physically attractive for this not to seem creepy.
^exactley. that's the thing. If you're attractive, those women could care less about being "sexually harassed". but if you're nnot attractive, then God forgive you complement someone.
God forbid* not God forgive.
@35, it's only creepy if you don't really know your female co-workers. I'm super ugly but I tease most of the women I work with all the time, and they all like it, especially the older ones >_>. But if I'm working with someone I barely know, I'm not gonna be like "Hey, I'm Shepard, can I massage your feet?" THAT is creepy. To me, it sounds like the OP didn't really know the chicks, hence he came off as a creep.
^ thats true. I actually just had to watch a sexual harassment vid cause I started volunteering somewhere and they said the same thing.
If your not close to them leave them alone
Unless you know the girls well and they flirt with you on a regular basis, do not use the words pretty and massage in the same sentence. Well even massage itself may seem creepy if there isn't a certain amount of intimacy as well...
"and do the creep! rah! and do the creep! rah!" well, you seem to be doin a pretty good job of being a creeper! 0.o
From a girl perspective very true. I joke with my male coworkers all the time, but we've known each other for years and are very much like a family. If someone we didn't know very well started offering me massages and continually calling me flattering things the other guys would be the first people I'd run to with 'this guy is creepily coming on to me' stories. And once a girl is a bit creeped out it only gets worse, never better.
Actually, now that I think about it, if one of my coworker 'brothers' offered me a foot rub I'd be all wtf??! My response to them would be something along the lines of eww, you want to touch my feet?! Weirdo. Then we'd forget about it.
I'd be a bit weirded out if my actual brothers offered that. Back rubs yes, but foot rubs are a bit more intimate. And one of my real brothers is actually a remedial masseuse.
Sorry OP, but you are a bit creepy.
@40: ain't s*** but h*s and tricks?
what a creep! I bet you're the kind of person who would sneak up on them and rub their shoulders too. tsk tsk.
Perhaps it's just the conservative religionist in me, but...
even though I'm a fellow male, I have to agree that this would be harassment unless they're close friends. I would not jokingly offer my coworkers the opportunity to let me squeeze their feet, nor would I say they are attractive. It seems far too much like you are hitting on them.
Looks like my previous comment was deleted (or there's a glitch not showing it now), but regardless: I'd like to amend my previous post.
While I still think it's harassment, I didn't notice that you were fired (I misunderstood and thought it said you were told not to harass them). That was overkill.
Its the way you say it. OP.
And seems like you say it with a wink ;)
The amount of people that said 'you deserved' is really sad and pathetic. Grow up losers.
@193 I disagree. Seeing that your coworker is depressed and saying something like "I love your new haircut" or "Those shoes look really nice on you" or even "You look extra pretty today" is okay. And when someone complains about their feet hurting there's nothing wrong with jokingly offering them a foot massage. People make jokes like that all the time. If it bothers you when he offers, stop complaining about your feet around him, problem solved! Or just tell him it bothers you.
I've had two of my male friends had jobs were older women pinched their butts and called them cutie. One of them it happened to almost daily, and the other only once or twice. That is sexual harrassment, not "You look nice today".
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This is ops point of view however, which is incredibly motivated by being...well, for being op. In reality he may be licking their toes and groping them whenever he sees a woman. Probably not, but I'm just saying you shouldn't take one guy's point of view on something like this. So YDI/FYL.
I am a girl and i wont like this type of offer from another employee... but still i wont accuse him with- "sexual harassment".. i mean unless he sounded creepy!
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Not really, im just acting like a normal person..i dont see the need of others massaging my feets
Accusing someone of harassment is a pretty big thing. I'd have to be really really creeped out to even mention something like that to my boss, but like I've mentioned in a previous post, once initially creeped out a girl isn't easily un-creeped. If OP scared one of them and then didn't read the 'back off' signals and kept behaving in a creepy way then she might have been concerned enough to make an official complaint. The company probably has a zero tolerance policy, although op should have known about this and been a bit more careful. I guess he's just not great at reading people.
He's probly one of those guys no one likes and everyone thinks is creepy... Haha and this was their way of getting rid of him
Depends... Did you do that creepy eye brow lift and lick your lips while saying these things?
Umm.... Notice he said they were attractive when they were being "felt" down.....
"sarcasm for any idiot who thought I was serious"
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^^^ Speaking from experience??:p
So that was you? interesting...
there's a 9 year old kid in New York who got suspended for saying a teacher was cute. people need to suck it the fuck up and relax.
Cool story bro
Well then...don't worry about it! I bet other people would appreciate you being nice
How are there more YDIs than FMLs? People are retarded.
op you completely deserved it, that sounds a little creeperish.
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This guy is likely fat or ugly or both.
You know what they say "it's not sexual harassment if you're good looking!", sorry OP.
Haha, if youre sexy looking and do it, then girls are like "I think he might just like me! :)" whether they know him much or not.
If there's an ugly guy who does it then girls are like "ewww! he's creeping on me and I want him to stop! D:" unless you're pretty close to them.
So pretty much as long as you're hot you should be good to go- heck, you could probably get away with nearly anything as long as you're hot!
It has less to do with looks than you think. I had a manager that could get away with saying the dirtiest things to all the women in the office and we all adored him. Trust me when I say that he wasn't much to look at. He is one of those guys that could say what he wanted, when he wanted and no one felt uncomfortable. Unless you have that ability(and not many people do), rather don't risk it.
My boss is like that. He's not good-looking at all, but he gets away with the most sexually explicit comments ever. The key is that he always sounds at ease and has never actually touched any of us, so there's no thinking he might actually mean those things.
Perhaps the male employees felt left out. Maybe at your next job, you should compliment their looks and offer them foot rubs, too. Think of this as a learning experience.
Man, I'm sorry. That's the worst way you could get a feedback... I assume you didn't look like their prince charming, otherwise they wouldn't do that... cheer up, maybe you can meet with nicer collegues!
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dammit im gay!
How is that relevant?
Then y is ur username steve? Just wondering......:/
#294 There's male strippers too
I understand completely OP. I am an openly gay guy and got fired from my last for supposedly flirting with 16 year old girls...? Yeah. No thanks.
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Thumbs up just for your picture.
I love your name and picture!!! They go with your comment perfectly! :)
That's how it pretty much ended up in breaking dawn... just a different type of "screw"
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You live in Fridley?? I live in Coon Rapids!!! And don't listen to all these nasty people.. You're beautiful the way you are!! We should hang out some time. =)
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