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Participants in MICA's intensive, four-week program earn three college credits for completion of a core class and a workshop. Students choose from 11 core classes and 12 workshops in such disciplines as figure painting, graphic design, sculpture, black and white photography, digital photography, 3-D gaming and animation, illustration, fiber, architecture and video. Enrollment in a class entitled critical methods of studying art completed the academic experience. Field trips to Washington, DC, and New York City to explore contemporary art and noteworthy historical pieces at galleries and museums enrich the program.
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|Architecture, Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Studio Art
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This is a beautiful little treat that I was sent by my lovely mother-in-law.
Micah in particular just loves it. He sits on the bed in the morning while I bring it up on the computer screen.
This is a desktop Advent Calendar.
The scene is a gorgeous little snowy town that fills your computer screen. Each day, you are able to click on the appropriate number, and it opens a little animated scene – a toy shop, a train filled with presents, or decorating the village tree – all to quaint Christmas music. After the little animation is finished- you're brought back to the main village screen but its just that little more twinkly and colourful with a new image "alive".
It's absolutely darling. The artwork and animation is beautiful. I love sitting down with Mikey to watch it. Here's a little idea of what it's like
When you're finished, you just shrink the village and it becomes a glowing little snow globe in the corner of your computer screen until you next want to bring it up.
It's such a fun way to count down to Christmas and fairly cheap – only $3 US . The link for a demo is here – if you're interested!
Would love to hear how you guys are celebrating the count down to Christmas! Any other wonderful Advent ideas?
**note: I have not been asked to promote this product, nor received anything for doing so. It's simply something lovely I was given, and wanted to share.

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Each piece of jewelry combines in harmony the love for minimalism with the craftsmanship of our silversmiths. Studio Felix Doll offers genderless, unique pieces of minimalistic jewelry, reflecting a passionate love for clarity while following the principles of fair trade values.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post7187920927818640946..comments2019-12-08T13:32:19.194-05:00Comments on Today's Inspiration: Female Illustrators You Should Knowleifpenghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-57136572832002116602012-02-07T15:45:37.891-05:002012-02-07T15:45:37.891-05:00Thank you all for your enthusiastic comments! I t...Thank you all for your enthusiastic comments! I think its safe to say, there's a lot of appreciation for these fabulous ladies and their remarkable accomplishments.

Jaleen, your expertise and perspective is always greatly appreciated. I hadn't considered that Lucia might be being isolated for some ulterior purpose. I never got that when Will Nelson, her coworker, related to me that she was the only artist at SBD to have her own private space. I think from his perspective, it was a status symbol... much like Will Davies was the only artist at TDF to have his own office. Until you were so highly prized that the 'suits' didn't want to risk losing you, you worked in the bullpen. But perhaps you're right... I wish there was some way to know for sure.Leif Penghttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-86324071549523578912012-02-07T02:45:07.014-05:002012-02-07T02:45:07.014-05:00Thanks so much for this post! I was fortunate enou...Thanks so much for this post! I was fortunate enough to study with Barbara Bradley's protégés at the Academy and actually used her book! I learned so much I cannot even put it into words. I was also lucky enough to stumble upon one of her workshops on drawing children... priceless. She was a gem. Priceless. Love.JenKellerArthttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-87038796355030627732012-02-07T00:05:35.370-05:002012-02-07T00:05:35.370-05:00One of my favourites Mary Blair who did some stuff...One of my favourites Mary Blair who did some stuff on the Little Golden Books series..and also Walt Disney's color stylist.

Alice Provensen is also for me one of the best in children's illustration

Nice post Leif!LLOYDhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-36540470751433694442012-02-06T18:57:36.900-05:002012-02-06T18:57:36.900-05:00What about Joyce Ballantyne? I love her pin-up il...What about Joyce Ballantyne? I love her pin-up illustrations!Meg Smithhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-19322004294471966862012-02-06T13:24:51.963-05:002012-02-06T13:24:51.963-05:00I hope you include Lorainne Fox and Mary Blair in ...I hope you include Lorainne Fox and Mary Blair in there somewhere- two of my favorites.Greg Newboldhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-18800927306284556892012-02-06T10:30:22.865-05:002012-02-06T10:30:22.865-05:00Footnote to Lucia having her own office when other...Footnote to Lucia having her own office when others did not: in studies of women who worked for newspapers and other media companies, women were often given a segregated space. Rather than an honour (although it may have been presented in the guise of such chivalry), this served to isolate a lone woman (or in newspapers, the whole "women's page" staff, usually about three women) from the all-male workforce - and made it easier for the men not to feel like they had to act differently because a lady was present, ie, carry on business as usual in all its stag glory. The effect of course was to remove the woman from the daily office culture, leave her out of all the informal decision making, and never really include her in anything social or important. I don't know if this was Lucia's experience - but a lot of the other facts you put in your original post on her hint at just such an isolation dressed up as "honouring". I have been corresponding with a female art director who is now 83. She stayed with newspapers, corporations and magazines, because she couldn't stand how awful men in advertising were - she told me this when I asked what she thought about Mad Men.Jaleen Grovehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-88377968158967599062012-02-06T10:21:12.478-05:002012-02-06T10:21:12.478-05:00As a "female illustrator" I think this t...As a "female illustrator" I think this tribute to some of the women who paved the way is great. Thanks.Alison K Hertzhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-27591725943501129952012-02-06T10:00:35.302-05:002012-02-06T10:00:35.302-05:00Thanks Jil; I'm very glad to read that you en...Thanks Jil; I'm very glad to read that you enjoyed this post - another to follow tomorrow! Thanks also for taking a look at Sheilah's Fb page. I really encourage you and everyone to comment to Sheilah on her Fb page so she'll know how much you like her work. :^)

And I agree - husband and wife creative teams are wonderful. There are a few more I'm aware of from that era... I get the feeling its much more common today.Leif Penghttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-35331536606459027182012-02-06T08:57:39.323-05:002012-02-06T08:57:39.323-05:00Thanks for this lovely post! I viewed all of Sheil...Thanks for this lovely post! I viewed all of Sheilah Beckett's work on facebook. How satisfying it must be for her to look back at all the marvelous work she has done. Evaline Ness is one of my favorite female illustrators. I like reading about husband and wife teams too, what a special relationship those people had to share their creative lives.Jil Caseyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-327298313790019092012-02-06T08:22:16.826-05:002012-02-06T08:22:16.826-05:00That's great Heather - she truly is an inspira...That's great Heather - she truly is an inspiration to us all :^)

Btw, readers can go directly to Sheilah's Fb page by clicking her name at the top of today's post.Leif Penghttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-68077992433416543672012-02-06T07:45:40.657-05:002012-02-06T07:45:40.657-05:00Sheilah Beckett has a fan page on facebook with a ...Sheilah Beckett has a fan page on facebook with a lot of her marvelous artwork. When I commented on one I was delighted to see that she responded! I hope I can still be drawing & learning at age 99.Heather Dixonhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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When freelance computer tech Jake Landon comes to Sabrina Monroe's rescue her first day on the job, the two develop a sudden attraction that neither can ignore. While Jake sets out to win her over, Sabrina is having a hard time forgetting the humiliating outcome of her last office "romance" and wants nothing more than to focus on her budding, new career—not the attractive "IT guy." Or so she keeps telling herself.
Yet, as the seductive pull of Jake's charm draws her unwittingly closer, causing tension and frustration to flare brightly between them, Sabrina is determined not to break her firm rule: never again date someone she works with. Ever. But the "rules of attraction" cannot be ignored, and Sabrina must decide if she is willing to release her inhibitions and give love a chance.
*This story is a prequel to the novella Because You Love Me. Originally published December 2014 in the Love in Black & White anthology.


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Meh. Bits and bobs from whenever I get a chance/effort to post stuf from my timey-wimey life adventures!
Sooo... having browsed the Open University site for a while, I've registered to study with them, starting October. That is, once they sort out an issue with my details matching several entries in their database, apparently O_o.
If there aren't any major issues, I think it will be fun. Essentially, it's the same course I planned to study here at DMU (one of the reasons I moved). Only DMU messed me about, since I'm a 'mature student' having been out of education for a few years, and
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What the smeg was that? Having finally found my TARDIS, and used it, all I did was set the home coordinates (space and time), and the console started going all explodey and flashy and stuff. And things.
After a somewhat rough landing, and a lot of time sorting stuff out, it appears my base space/time locale has moved somewhat. A brief jaunt (or rather, many.. many jaunts) reveals the new home of the Pirate Timelord to be 28 Sweetbriar Road in Leicester. Sadly it seems me housemate
What to do.. what to do...?
Passing time until work closes and we head to the other Leicester cafe in about 15 mins for our Phoenix training. Projections indicate commencement at 4pm, with termination at 7pm, allowing transportation between 7.30 and 8.30ish.
Totally not trying to glamourise what will be basically a repeat of what I did this time next year... errr last year. (Time travel - the timey wimey stuff gets confusing when you try to straighten out the wibbly
So, in a u-turn of emotions at the moment, I've gone from depressed to furious.
My room here, as far as I know is the only bedroom without a lock. And someone decided it would be 'fun' to go through all my CD's and games, and switch the discs and sleeves between them all.
After an hour sorting it, several are missing, a couple scratched. Amongst the missing are a couple games that are hard to come by, since they were part of the limited run sold out software does
Yeah. So Natwest declined my loan app, without telling me.
Reason? The stuff they told me to provide that would be acceptable, is not acceptable. I have to have had work pay into my account for last three months. I have had for two years with the same company. ��
When I applied I fully explained the situ, thus gave the tailored documentation they said was needed. Was also told I was low risk for rejection, so given the situ it was advisable for me to proceed.


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Some alluring perennials
Annuals that shine
Superlative shrubs
There are many other plants I could recommend here, of course. It was tough coming up with just a few to share with you. I hope these recommendations expand your plant choices this spring and bring even more beauty to your garden. I'd love to hear how about how they perform in your garden as well.


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While most people assume that the grill should be the main star of the barbecue, there's plenty of flavor and style that a slow cooker can bring too. Whether you want to cook a whole chicken, some amazing side dishes, or authentic Texas pulled pork, there's a recipe for every BBQ event.
The best part of using your slow cooker for a barbecue, is you've got another space for creating delicious meals while cooking on the grill too. These meals are the ultimate time-savers and let you get on with entertaining while the slow cooker does the hard work.
Who knew that cooking BBQ chicken could be easy? With your slow cooker, you can take the hassle out of this once arduous task and create a chicken that's bursting with moistness and flavor.
Place some chicken breast into your crockpot and add a mix of BBQ sauce, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, and Italian dressing. Cook on high for roughly four hours to allow the flavors to soak in. Once done, shred the chicken up and serve on fresh buns for an amazing BBQ burger.
With flavors straight from the south, this Texas Pulled Pork is bound to be the star of your next BBQ or dinner party. Serve the shredded pork on fresh buns or alongside a salad and some grilled corn for the authentic BBQ taste.
Add a pork roast to your slow cooker and top with a range of flavor enhancing condiments such as apple cider vinegar, chicken broth, and BBQ sauce. Allow it cook all day on high heat for five to six hours, or low heat for ten hours if a more tender finish is desired. Once done, shred the pork up with two forks and scoop out to your guests on buttered hamburger buns.
No BBQ would be complete without a hearty serving of corn and potato, but this recipe comes with a twist. Put your slow cooker to use with this scrumptious side dish of creamed corn, loaded with potato and bacon for extra decadence.
Combine creamed corn with half-and-half in a blender then add to your crockpot. Place butter, onion, parmesan, sugar, salt, and pepper and let it cook for four hours on a low heat.
In a separate bowl, mix tomato, parsley, vinegar, and sugar to set aside. Once your corn is cooked, sprinkle cheese and bacon bits over the corn and dress with your salad. This recipe goes well with just about any barbecued meat, or as a great standalone dish.
These meals are ideal for those without a BBQ who don't want to miss out on that authentic flavor, or for a great accompaniment to your next cookout. Why not use this traditional cooking method to add a twist to the recipes served at your next party?


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Can you afford life insurance (term, whole, variable or universal) and disability insurance?
Financially squeezed families oftentimes cannot budget for both, yet each is key to a secure financial future. How should you allocate your limited insurance money for the greatest peace of mind?
If, despite your best efforts, you just can't afford both policies, which should you sacrifice?
"It's a very tough decision," says Barry Katz, a fee-only Certified Financial Planner and president of Caratel Financial Services in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Long-term disability defined as 90 days or longer.
"If you're 40 years old, absent a family history of early death, statistically you are more likely to become disabled than you are to die," Katz says. "And if someone passes relatively young — say, 37 to 40 — the surviving spouse, after a period of mourning, will adjust their lifestyle and get back to work or take a different job.
"Given that, I always allocate more dollars to disability insurance than to life insurance, within the confines of their financial goals, objective and how much money they have to spend."
But Katz cautions cash-strapped consumers not to jettison any insurance policy capriciously.
"The problem with dropping life insurance or disability is there is the risk that you may not be able to get it again in the future," Katz says.
Depending on your circumstances, these five tactics can help you decide how to allocate your limited insurance funds:
1. Spend less and meet your premiums. If you already have disability and life insurance, don't cancel the policy if times get tough. Instead, cut back on discretionary spending such as dining out and vacations in order to keep both policies active.
It can be more costly in the long run to reapply for coverage later, and you would risk a worst-case scenario in the meantime. Remember: Your income may fluctuate, but your need to insure against these risks is unlikely to change.
2. Buy with an eye toward flexibility. If you have not yet purchased life insurance, you may make this tough choice easier in the future by purchasing several smaller term life policies rather than one large policy.
It will likely cost more in upfront fees, but should your income wane, you can drop a couple of the smaller policies and still have some coverage until you can afford to replace them.
"When you're dealing with insurance, it's very difficult to say, 'I'm going to reduce my life insurance cost by $50 a month; just give me that much less,' because you've contracted for a certain level of insurance at a certain premium," Katz says.
"But if you have $200,000 in term life insurance that happens to be made up of four $50,000 policies, then you might drop one of those policies, whereas if you have a single $200,000 policy and you want to replace it with a $100,000 policy, you may have to reapply and requalify."
3. Scale back your policy. You also can cut costs on a new disability policy by opting for a longer waiting period before benefits begin (industry average is currently 90 days) or choosing to receive benefits for a shorter period of time (such as five years) instead of insuring until you are 65.
The main benefit of this approach is that you'll have some coverage you can afford now rather than having to go without. However, there is a downside — you may not be able to shorten the waiting period or lengthen the benefit period later should your financial circumstances change.
Ask your insurance company about such issues before you decide on a policy, as some policies are more flexible than others.
4. Look for help from riders. Rather than choose between disability and life insurance, check first to see if either policy offers a rider — an addendum that insurers use to expand your coverage — usually for an additional fee.
"The best bet would be a life insurance policy with a disability rider or a disability policy with a life insurance component," Katz says. "You may be able to do a balancing act where the premium would be less but you do still have both disability and life."
Also, be sure to check with your home insurer to see if it offers a disability rider with your homeowner's policy.
You're not likely to get the same coverage or terms with a rider as you would with a stand-alone term life or disability policy, but it may be a cost-effective alternative to dropping one over the other.
5. Don't overbuy. It may be tempting to buy a lot of coverage — but it also may be a mistake.
"People think they need a lot more life insurance than they do because they are using (insurance company) calculators that are geared to oversell," says Laurence Kotlikoff, a William Fairfield Warren professor of economics at Boston University who developed the ESPlanner financial planning software.
"Saying that you need 78 (percent) to 85 (percent) or even 100 percent income replacement is completely nuts."


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This is an official call for nominations for the CABC Executive for the 2017 Season. The CABC Executive positions that we are seeking candidates for are: Secretary, Clothing director, Mountain Bike Director, Road Director, Treasurer, Membership Director, and Youth Coordinator.If you are interested or would like to nominate yourself or someone else for one of these positions we would like to hear from you before the Annual General Meeting. Nominations can be sent to Ken Kahanyshyn by email at: email@example.com. Elections for positions will be held at the AGM on Tuesday, February 7th at the Clearview Community Centre starting at 6:00 pm.
As many of you will know, I have held the position of President for the past two years. It has been a pleasure to serve in the role of President of the CABC. Thank you all for the opportunity to support the growth and development of the CABC and the sport of cycling in our community. As it was decided at the previous AGM I will be stepping down from my role as President this year as per the Vice President —> President —> Past President rotation. Therefore, in 2017 Peter Lawson will carry on as Vice President, Ken Kahanyshyn will move into the role of President and I will act in an advisory role as Past President.
As our new CABC President, Ken brings several years of experience as an avid cyclist as well as a member of the CABC Executive in both V.P. and Clothing Director roles. With Ken's thoughtful leadership I am confident that we will continue to see further growth of the club in the 2017 season. Please join me in welcoming Ken into his new role.
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With 20 outpatient cancer treatment centers across Colorado, we provide convenient, cost-effective, comprehensive cancer care close to home. Our state-of-the-art facilities have everything you need to fight cancer.
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Our history is rich in forward thinking and best practice development. We were formed in 1992 when a group of independent medical oncology practices joined together to become a network of community-based clinic sites. This practice model has stood the test of time and continues to have proven clinical and economic benefit for patients, employers and payers today.
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About our Flower Design
Floral V Designs, a decorated, award-winning flower design company, has quickly become a rising star in the luxury floral industry, without the luxury price tag. We specialize in wedding flower design in Dayton, Ohio, galas, special events, corporate flowers and floral preservation. Floral V Designs serves Dayton, Ohio, and the surrounding tristate area in Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, Columbus, and Indiana.
Owner, Cady Vance, and her floral and creative design team are Dayton's favorite, bringing floral inspiration and event trends from all over the world to charming Bellbrook, Ohio. We are passionate about the experience, personal design, and service that we offer our clients.
Unique Flower Design Styles
Our wedding floral services range from deluxe and all-encompassing wedding to a more intimate event. Small or grand, rustic or luxe, minimalist or lavish, our approach to events takes a cue from the beauty of your story, the season, your venue and your unique style.
Floral V Designs is the premiere wedding and event florist serving Dayton, Ohio, and the surrounding tri-state area including Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, Columbus, and Indiana. We are passionate about your wedding experience, including the design, and the services we offer when personally designing your wedding reflect that dedication to you.
We offer all our clients an informal, no obligation meeting to design your dream wedding.
Fresh Flower Designs
We only work with the best growers that provide the most beautiful flowers. We don't compromise on the quality of the work we provide and our customer service and design teams are unmatched in the industry and in the tri-state area.
Whether you are a bride that would like us to take the lead or you are a bride that is more hands-on, we make all your dreams possible. We do this by working with you on your budget and ideas. We offer unique designs and floral creativity in all of our flower arrangements.
Our floral design team has been serving couples in Dayton, Cincinnati and Columbus areas for over a decade. Floral V Designs also delivers beautiful, fresh, and innovative floral designs to your special someone. We offer unique designs and floral creativity in all of our flower arrangements.
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Floral V Designs makes designing your next corporate event easy and ensures that it will also be beautiful. We design everything from spectacular corporate dinners, to refined business meetings to memorable grand openings and personalized holiday events, your vision will come to life through the creative expertise of our staff.
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We provide a full menu of office beautification service including delivery of floral and non-floral environments that create a statement, reflect your branding, and brighten and reflect your workspace. We supply florals and decor to offices, hotels, retail shops, restaurants, and many offices across Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio.
We offer a weekly delivery service for corporate clients, which takes into consideration seasonality, longevity, and design that are in keeping with your company's brand and vision.
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Make your next charitable event memorable for all the right reasons. We work with you to create a festive atmosphere that captures the attention and imagination of every guest. We love a challenge and are more than happy to work with any theme and any budget. For a personal consultation, please call our event specialist.
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Pairing our creative skills with your vision, we strive to create floral installations for any special event that transports your guests to another place. From bar and bat mitzvahs, birthday bashes, product launches, and everything else in between, we will help you design, plan, and execute a remarkable event.
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We offer several year-round gift giving programs for employees or corporate clients. Whether it's a gift for regular or new clients, an employee retirement, a birthday or employee recognition program, we can provide flowers and gifts that are customized to the recipient. We can include your company branding as well. Simply put, our creative team does what we do best, so you can do what you do best.


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Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FPPS), KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.
|Dr . rer. nat. David Darko Obiri is a Pharmacist by profession. He g raduated B achelor of P harmacy, BPharm (Hons) and M aster of P harmacy (M.Pharm) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. In 2007, he registered as a PhD student in the lab of Prof. Dr. A.C.B. Cato in the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK) now the campus Nord of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology ( KIT ) , Germany . He received his Dr. rer. nat. in 2010 from the Uni versity of Heidelberg, Germany and then worked as a Post - Doctoral Fellow in the KIT til l 2011. Currently , he is a Senior l ecturer in Pharmacology with responsibility of teaching pharmacology at the undergraduate and graduate levels . He is the Country Coordinator, Western Africa Network of N atural P roducts Research Scientists (WANNPRESS) His research interests include mast cell signalling and the pharmacology of plants and natural products with anti - inflammatory acti on
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Over a 100 sunrises and sunsets. The Moon shone more than 100 times. Days turned into nights and nights turned into a new day. Birds chirped as usual. But there is nothing usual about my days. Life seems to have come to a standstill. My laughs are laboured, smile forced. My heart keeps melting into a stream of tears and they seem to have become my steady companion - on early mornings, through several times in the day, into the pillow in the still of the night.
We tend to put blocks of stone on a pedestal and worship them as God. But you have been my guardian angel in flesh and blood. With a beating heart, a thinking mind and a divine presence that only brought joy and infused my life with unadulterated happiness.
God shows his presence in remarkable ways. He brought you into our lives and an extraordinary soul that you were, you made all that difference to how we saw life and lived our lives.
Time will lessen the sorrow and replace intense pain with stoic numbness, still, that place in my heart will remain vacant, longing to once again share my life with you.
But you have a bigger role to play. You are already adding your special magic to new lives.
It was a blessing to have spent 15 years of my life with you, Princess Cinderella! May you always remain that shining star with a magical heart.


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A Moral Philosophy For Progressives
November 29, 2005
By Ernest Partridge, The
Crisis Papers
before he was elected Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
gave a homily at mass, in which he warned against Marxism, liberalism,
atheism, agnosticism and relativism. "Having a clear faith,
based on the creed of the church, is often labeled today as a fundamentalism,"
he said, "whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed
and swept along by every wind of teachings, looks like the only
attitude acceptable to today's standards."
The Pope's condemnation of relativism strikes a responsive note
among the conservative Protestants of the religious right. For example,
Jerry Falwell writes:
Our nation's schools have replaced God with moral relativism
and situational ethics... (Our) children learn that there are
no absolute truths, no moral authorities, no governing principles
to guide their behavior.
Our nation's schools have replaced God with moral relativism
and situational ethics... (Our) children learn that there are
no absolute truths, no moral authorities, no governing principles
to guide their behavior.
Ryan Dobson puts it much more directly. "Moral relativism,"
he writes, is "the notion that there's no right or wrong."
If you enter the words "moral relativism" and "religious
right" in Google, you will get almost 29,000 hits. Having examined
a few dozen articles so listed, I can report that there is one sentiment
that clearly unites all religious right opinions of moral relativism
that I encountered: they are against it. But while the religious
right is quick to apply moral relativism as an epithet to all kinds
of evils of modernism, secularism, and liberalism, the right is
apparently reluctant to define it. Accordingly, the defender of
moral relativism faces an obstacle similar to that of the defender
of liberalism: one must begin by casting off the burden of slander
that has been attached to the concept, and then proceed to define
it correctly.
The moral relativism that I will present affirms and defends ethical
standards and moral conduct. It does not, as the Pope accuses, "[let]
oneself be tossed and swept along by every wind of teaching." And
it most emphatically does not assert that "there's no right or wrong."
The relativism that I will defend denies that there are simple,
inviolable, absolute rules of conduct.
The moral relativist is quite prepared to recognize virtuous and
wicked behavior. But the relativist insists that living a moral
life is not a simple matter. Such a life is complicated, not by
an absence of moral rules, but rather by the abundance of such rules
and the resulting conflict amongst them. A virtuous life is distinguished
by choices of good over evil, which display the individual's moral
will. But it is also marked by preferable choices among conflicting
and mutually exclusive goods, or among necessary and unavoidable
evils, and to wisely resolve these conflicts, moral will does not
suffice. In addition, one must have moral intelligence.
Following are three interpretations of moral relativism that are
not only plausible; they are, I submit, unavoidable.
Relativism of Application
Morality (i.e. actual conduct, "practice") is by definition
particular. It is manifested in specific acts and circumstances.
To use a term detested by the fundamentalists, morality is "situational."
As Garrett Hardin puts it, "the morality of an act is a function
of the state of the system at the time it is performed." In
contrast, moral commandments, said by the fundamentalists to be
"absolute," are by nature abstract. Thus, by the fundamentalists'
account, the moral life consists of absolute obedience (with no
exceptions) to divine commandments in the day to day conduct of
one's personal life. The paradigm example of these absolute rules
are the Ten Commandments, found in Exodus, Chapter 20.
How is the devout individual to know if he is in full compliance
with these Divine Commandments?
In some cases, obedience to a commandment is simple and straightforward.
For example, grabbing someone's car keys and driving off with his
vehicle is a clear violation of the eighth commandment. ("Thou
shalt not steal.") But other cases may or may not fall under
this commandment a consideration to which we will return.
Consider the Fourth Commandment: "Remember the Sabbath day,
to keep it holy." This commandment takes up four verses, though
the relevant elaboration is: "...n it thou shalt not do any
work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, they manservant, not
thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within
thy gates." Reading this, how is the believer, with the purest
of motives, to know if he is obedient to this commandment during
each and every Sabbath day? Attempts to answer this question take
up several volumes of the Talmud, and, in the Christian literature,
still more volumes.
Does the commandment forbid driving a car to Sabbath services,
as the Orthodox Jews proclaim? (Exodus is silent about the permitted
use of automobiles.) If an orthodox doctor, while walking to the
synagogue, encounters an accident, is he allowed to come to the
aid of the injured (i.e. "work?") If they hold sufficient
political power, should those who adhere to this commandment enforce
it upon others, through the enactment and enforcement of laws? And
by the way, who decreed that the "holy day" is to be Sunday
(the first day), and not Saturday (the seventh, or "Sabbath?")
It's not in the Bible.
Next, the Second Commandment: "Thou shalt not make unto thee
any graven image, or any likeness of any thing..." The Moslems
take this very seriously. Visit a mosque and you will never find
a statue or an image of a person or object. You will find instead
exquisite geometrical patterns. The Catholic church chooses to disregard
this commandment. I was personally very gratified that they did
on the day I visited St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and gazed upon
Michelangelo's "Pieta."
And so on, with the other Commandments. The variety of particular
morally significant circumstances that all believers will encounter
in the course of their lives is virtually infinite, while each of
these Ten Commandment is brief, singular and abstract. When do these
Commandments "command," and when are they inapplicable?
It depends. In other words, morality the particular application
of abstract rules - is "situational," "contextual,"
"a function of the state of the system." Which is to say,
Relativism of Meaning
As promised, we return now to the Eighth Commandment: "Thou
shalt not steal." And again, some cases clearly and unequivocally
fall under this commandment: e.g., carjacking, burglary, embezzlement.
Unfortunately, meaning of the verb "to steal" is not entirely
clear and unambiguous. (I will set aside the huge problem of the
translation of the original ancient Hebrew word. See my "Through
a Glass Darkly.") Consider two interpretations of "stealing"
from opposite poles of political philosophy.
Which of these applications fall under the prohibition against
stealing? The Marxist's? The Libertarian's? Both? Neither? It depends
it depends on what one means by "stealing." In other
words, it's relative.
Relativism of meaning is conspicuous in the Roman Catholic faith,
wherein there are many absolute prohibitions which, while easy enough
to articulate, can appear to be morally repugnant when applied to
extreme particular circumstances.
Consider the absolute prohibition against divorce: "What
God hath joined, let no man put asunder." But what if an abusive
and deranged husband is a threat to the life of the wife and children?
Permanent separation is one solution. But this will deprive the
wife of the support and the children of a stable home that may result
from a new marriage. Too bad: no divorce allowed. So why not decide,
instead, that a valid marriage never happened in the first place?
This may require a meticulous review and examination of the circumstances
of the putative "marriage," along with an extension of
the list of conditions that would invalidate the marriage. Voila!
Annulment the non-divorce divorce. Accomplished through a re-definition
of "valid marriage."
Next: the absolute prohibition against abortion. But what to do
with ectopic pregnancies the implantation of the fertilized egg
(conceptus) in the woman's fallopian tube? The fetus will not survive,
and the woman's life is seriously threatened. Abortion? Absolutely
not! It's murder! The doctrine of double-effect to the rescue -
it is "licit" to remove the ectopic fetus in order to
save the life of the woman. But this is not abortion, since the
primary intent is to preserve the life of the mother. Terminating
the life of the fetus is not the intention of the operation - it
was a regrettable, albeit inevitable, side-effect. A non-abortion
In short, if an absolute commandment proves, in its applications,
to be intolerable, don't abandon the commandment, just redefine
its component terms so as to exclude the problematic applications.
Thus it turns out that some absolute commandments are more absolute
than others.
Finally, moral absolutism rests upon an assumption of perfect
semantic clarity: what Whitehead called "the fallacy of the
perfect dictionary." Natural languages are not like that. Instead,
they are inherently vague and ambiguous. First of all, definitions
contain words, which require definition, which contain more words,
etc. forever. Second, the world contains an infinitude of separately
nameable entities, while languages have finite vocabularies (still
less, individual speakers of the language). Third, words acquire
separate meanings in various contexts, leading some analytic philosophers
to claim that the fundamental unit of language is not the word,
it is the sentence. Fourth, natural languages, and their component
meanings, are constantly changing. (There's more, but let this much
It follows that moral absolutism is impossible, simply because
it is impossible to articulate moral commandments with absolute
clarity. Moral commandments are inexorably tied to the imperfect
languages that express them. Hence, moral relativism.
Relativism of Conflict
Once one accepts a plurality of ethical principles, moral absolutism
is done for. Exodus Chapter 20 lists Ten Commandments. And there
are numerous additional commandments throughout the Bible, as well
as the body of criminal and civil law. With a plurality of ethical
rules, it is certain that some will come in conflict with others,
and then one must choose one in favor of another. Which one? It
depends upon the particular situation, and the moral judgment of
the individual. And that, dear friends, means moral relativism.
It won't do to live according to one single principle, disregarding
all the rest. Such an individual is not a moralist; that person
is a fanatic. Moliere's play The Misanthrope portrays an
individual who obeys absolutely just one commandment: never to tell
a lie. The consequences, as one might imagine, are disastrous.
The relativism of conflict was vividly displayed during one of
Phil Donahue's TV shows, several years ago. A lawyer associated
with a fundamentalist "right to life" group, emphatically
proclaimed that God absolutely forbids lying.
"You mean," Donahue asked," that there is no conceivable
instance in which lying is permitted?"
He replied, "I can't think of one, can you?"
"Of course! It's 1944 and I am in Amsterdam, standing in
front of the house that is hiding Anne Frank and her family. A Gestapo
officer asks me if there are any Jews hiding in that house. Surely
I should lie to him."
The lawyer pondered for a moment, then said, "I'd refuse
to answer."
Of course, that evasion can be easily blocked by stipulating that
silence would result in a Gestapo raid.
The example I use in class is that of an aggressive District Attorney
ducking behind a dumpster, followed soon thereafter by a Mafia hit
man, gun in hand. You are asked, "Did you see someone go in
that alley, or did he run ahead up the street?" Tell the truth,
and you will be guilty of the crime of Accessory to Murder. Of course
you lie - it is a moral imperative. Hence "do not lie"
is not an absolute commandment.
Last month I was visited by two Mormon missionaries, who read
to me the Twelfth Article of Faith of their religion: "We believe
in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates,
in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law."
I asked, "what do you do if the President that you are subject
to violates the law, or still worse orders you to violate the law?
Which do you obey, the President or the Law?"
He replied: "I'd pray on it, and ask the Lord for guidance."
Touching, but not very helpful.
And so on, with the other commandments. You can readily imagine
conflicts in which violation of one or another rule is unavoidable.
Here's another challenge: state an ethical rule for which it is
impossible to imagine some particular emergency that would morally
require you violate it. If you can't, then you are a moral relativist.
Are There No Moral Absolutes?
As a steadfast skeptic and relativist, I am inclined to never
say never! So let's look for some exceptionless moral commandments.
The Sixth Commandment, "Thou shalt not kill," won't
do, since the Bible itself specifies exceptions such as self-defense,
just war, and just punishment. In fact, the Bible prescribes capital
punishment for such offenses as working on the Sabbath, a child's
disobedience, and premarital sex (by women only, of course). For
those who do not accept the Bible as a moral authority, self-defense
and just war remain as reasonable exceptions. The death penalty,
however, is a highly controversial issue.
Then how about "Thou shalt not murder," which, I am
told, is the correct translation of the original Hebrew word, "ratsach?"
To be sure, there is no conceivable exception to this commandment.
But that is because it is not, logically speaking, an authentic
commandment. It is a tautology a "truth by definition."
This is why: we are asked to take the "Thou Shalt Nots"
of the Ten Commandments to be statements of (allegedly) God's commandments
as to what conduct is, or is not, morally justifiable in The Lord's
eyes. Thus "Thou Shalt Not..." means "it is forbidden"
or "it is not justifiable."
Now "murder" is surely defined as "unjustified
killing" i.e., not in self-defense, or in a just war, or
by God's command.
Hence "Thou Shalt Not Murder" parses out as: "Unjustified
Killing is Unjustified." Begin to spell out the meaning of
"justification," and you are returning to the realm of
moral guidance.
If there are universal ("absolute") ethical precepts,
they are more likely to be found, not in commandments of the form
"thou shalt" and "thou shalt not" but rather
in the psychological and logical foundations of ethics what moral
philosophers call "meta-ethics."
Fundamental to the moral life is a disposition to think and act
morally. This disposition issues from what David Hume and Adam Smith
called "the moral sentiments" of empathy and benevolence.
By empathy is meant the ability to recognize in others the felt
experience of pleasures and pains of which one is familiar in one's
own life. By benevolence is meant a personal desire for the well-being
of others, and a motivation to mitigate the misfortune of others.
Empathy and benevolence give rise to an acknowledgment that others
have rights and duties equal to one's own, and thus are entitled
to equal respect. This acknowledgment provides the basis of "the
Golden Rule" a moral precept found in all the great world
religions. When we see ourselves as equals in a community of equals,
with basic rights no greater or less than those of the others, we
are able to assume the perspective of a benevolent but unbiased
observer of that community what philosophers call "the moral
point of view." From this perspective, moral quandaries may
be readily resolved the same quandaries that are insoluble from
the egocentric point of view preferred by regressives and celebrated
by Ayn Rand and her disciples. (For an extended argument in support
of these dogmatic assertions, see Chapters 5 and 6 of "Conscience
of a Progressive.")
I hasten to add that moral intelligence is not confined to moral
philosophers. One need not "know what and why" in order
to "know how." Profound moral wisdom and exceptional virtue
can be found within individuals who have never heard of, much less
read, Aristotle, Kant or Mill. Just as someone can acquire a correct
"grammatical sense" by using one's native language without
being able to cite a single grammatical rule, one can have a finely-tuned
"moral sense" without being able to produce the kind of
elaborately structured argument that delights philosophy teachers.
This "naive wisdom," as I call it, is acquired by individuals
who are endowed with the requisite moral sentiments of empathy,
benevolence and respect, who adopt a moral point of view, and who
encounter, in a varied and abundant life, a myriad of moral puzzles
and conflicts. As they face and deal with these issues, their moral
intelligence increases in scope, coherence, subtlety and sophistication.
They improve their "cognitive adequacy," to borrow a term
from the late moral psychologist, Lawrence Kohlberg. And as they
do so, they learn that morality is systemic and that the virtues
are inter-related impoverished in isolation and when separated
from the context of practical application. In other words, morality
and virtue are relative.
And so, the answer to Socrates' enduring question, "can virtue
be taught," is a qualified "yes" assuming that
fortunate individual is provided with a culture, a family upbringing,
and an immediate community that is conducive to a moral life. Thus
moral education must be approached at both an individual and a community
level. It takes a village to raise a child.
To sum up: the Good Lord has not given us clear, simple, unambiguous
and absolute rules to live by. Instead, we are called upon to develop
both the moral stamina to choose good over evil, and the moral intelligence
to choose wisely when confronted with competing goods, or with competing
unavoidable evils. This is an enterprise that requires virtues that
are more ennobling than simple, blind obedience - virtues such as
courage, wisdom, and benevolence. Following the teaching and example
of Jesus of Nazareth, and in our time, of Mohandas Gandhi and Martin
Luther King, this concept of morality supplants the ancient legalisms
of the Old Testament with an ethic of love, available and appealing
to men and women of good will everywhere, of whatever religious
tradition - or of no religious tradition.
Dr. Ernest Partridge is a consultant, writer and lecturer in
the field of Environmental Ethics and Public Policy. He publishes
the website, The
Online Gadfly and co-edits the progressive website, The
Crisis Papers. He is at work on a book, Conscience of a
Progressive, which can be seen in-progress here.
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The Panel of Eminent Experts on Ethics in Food and Agriculture shall advise the Director-General on ethical issues in food and agriculture, including forestry and fisheries. The eminent experts shall be appointed by the Director-General under the terms of Article VI.4 of the FAO Constitution and Rule XXXV of the General Rules of the Organization and the guidance provided by the Conference.
The Panel shall consist of eight Eminent Experts designated in their personal capacity by the Director-General, in accordance with established procedures and practices for a period of four years. The eminent experts shall be of high moral authority and public standing. The Panel shall represent different scientific and other disciplines, and varied geographic, cultural and religious backgrounds.
Terms of Reference
1. The Panel of Eminent Experts shall reflect on and promote reflection on ethical issues arising from food production and consumption practices and on agricultural development, including forestry and fisheries, in the context of food security and sustainable rural development and in an environment of rapid global change.
2. The Panel shall, in particular, consider ethical issues relating to the interests of present and future generations regarding the sustainable use of natural resources, the safeguarding of biodiversity and a balanced mix of traditional and modern technologies to increase food security and sustainable agriculture.
3. Based on the above considerations, the Panel shall:
a) promote an overall sense of international responsibility with regard to the development of necessary policies and instruments aimed at maximizing global benefits, while minimizing the risks, arising from the application of modern technologies to food and agriculture;
b) seek to increase the awareness of states, intergovernmental organizations, NGOs, civil society and public opinion worldwide with regard to ethical issues in food and agriculture in order to promote international understanding and appropriate action on such issues, bearing in mind that different communities have different cultural values;
c) advise on possible international, regional or national action or the preparation of instruments, as appropriate, to respond best to ethical issues arising from food and agricultural practices, with due regard to interdependence among generations, among countries and between food security and other community needs;
d) encourage the exchange of information on all issues of an ethical nature arising from food and agriculture.
4. The Panel may consider any other issue related to the above.
5. In its consideration of the above, the Panel shall advise the Director-General on the possible role and policies of FAO. ·
Born in 1934 in Madrid, Spain. A citizen of the United States since 1971. Professor of Biological Sciences and of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine (United States). Former President and Chair of the Board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology. Author of more than 700 articles and 15 books. Mr Ayala's scientific research focuses on population and evolutionary genetics, including the origin of species, genetic diversity of populations, the origin of malaria, the population structure of parasitic protozoa, and the molecular clock of evolution. He also writes about the interface between religion and science and on philosophical issues concerning epistemology, ethics and the philosophy of biology.
Born in 1925. Founding President of the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine from 1983 to 1992. Continues to serve as a Professor of Nutrition and Senior Advisor to the Academy. Currently Chair of the National Expert Committee on AIDS Prevention and Control and Vice Chair of the National Consultation Committee on Food and Nutrition. A member of the World Health Organization Expert Advisory Panel on Nutrition since 1979. Chair of the Committee for Ethics of the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine and a member of the Ethics Committee of Biomedical Research in Asia. Awarded the FAO Certificate of Achievement in Nutrition in 1992. Ms Chen has focused on population nutrition and nutrition policy studies since 1982. She designed the current National Nutrition Surveillance System in China and is the key supervisor of the system. She is an expert on the nutrition status of children and the general population, and on the food consumption behaviour of Chinese people during economic development.
Born in 1933. Former Director and now Senior Fellow of the Norwegian Institute of Human Rights, attached to the University of Oslo. Former Secretary-General of the International Peace Research Association. Member and former Chair of the United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, and former Special Rapporteur of the Sub-Commission on the Right to Food as a Human Right. Mr Eide is currently Chair of the United Nations Working Group on Minorities. He has published extensively on human rights issues and is Doctor Juris of the Lund University.
Born in 1948. Jurist, Member of the French Constitutional Court (first woman to be appointed to this court). President of the European Group on Ethics of the European Union. Former President of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's International Bioethics Committee. Member of the Consultative Forum for Dialogue between Europe and the United States on Biotechnology. Ms Lenoir is an Associate Professor at the Law School of University of Paris II on Bioethics and Human Rights.
Born in 1940. Forester and former Director-General of the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia. Former President of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations and former Chair of the Asia Pacific Association of Forest Research Institutions. Former member of the Technical Advisory Committee for the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research and for the Scientific Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environment Facility. Mr Salleh is currently a member of the Malaysian Human Rights Commission, President of the Malaysian Nature Society and Secretary-General of the Academy of Sciences, Malaysia. He manages a research company on biotechnology and a forestry consultancy company.
Born in 1952. M.Sc. in Quantitative Sciences and Fisheries Management, University of Washington, Seattle, United States. Former Director of the Moroccan Fisheries Research Institute, Casablanca (1986-1992). Former Director of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Ministry of Fisheries, Rabat (1992-1998). Mr Rami is currently Adviser to the Prime Minister of Morocco on External Economic Affairs and Fisheries Policies.
Born in 1947. Doctor in Medicine and Director-General of the National Center of Animal and Plant Health and Professor of Microbiology at the Havana Agricultural University. Until 1998, a member of the State Council and National Assembly in Cuba. Ms Tablada Romero is an emerit member of the Cuban Academy of Science.
Born in 1936. Geneticist and former Director of Plant Genetic Resources Centre of Ethiopia. Former Chair of the African Committee for Plant Genetic Resources. Vice-Chair, and later Chair, of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Mr Worede was the recipient of the Right Livelihood Award (also referred to as the Alternative Nobel Prize) in 1989, Stockholm, Sweden, for achievements in genetic resource work. ·
Rome, 26-28 September 2000
Tuesday, 26 September
9.30-10.15 Opening and welcome statements
10.30-12.30 Adoption of the agenda and organization of the work
14.30-17.30 Topic 1: Ethical issues in food and agriculture
Wednesday, 27 September
09.30-12.30 Topic 2: Genetically modified organisms, the consumer, food safety and the environment
14.30-16.15 Proposed procedures for future sessions of the Panel
16.30-17.30 Other business
Thursday, 28 September
09.30-11.30 Adoption of the Report of the Panel
11.45-12.30 Closing session
Thursday, 28 September
14:30-17:30 Press conference


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NASSAU, Bahamas -- Tiger Woods has yet to swing a golf club since twice undergoing procedures on his troublesome back this fall, and at this point he is unable to commit to playing golf next year.
At a news conference Tuesday in advance of the Hero World Challenge, Woods spoke pessimistically about his immediate future in the game, saying he has yet to begin rehabilitation and doesn't know when he will resume golf activities.
"I have no answer for that, and neither does my surgeon," Woods said at Albany Golf Club, where he will be a spectator for the annual tournament that benefits his foundation. "There is no timetable, so that's the hardest part for me. There's really nothing I can look forward to, nothing I can build towards.
"Where is the light at the end of the tunnel?"
Asked what he can do, Woods said, "I walk. And I walk and I walk some more.
"It's just taking it literally day by day and week by week and time by time. It's different from any of the other surgeries and procedures that I've had in the past, where, OK, you blow out your ACL, which I did, and I had ACL reconstruction, and OK, you're back in nine months. That's the timetable.
"For nerves, there are really no timetables, and therein lies the tricky part because you can come back earlier or you can come back later, it just depends on how the nerve heals and how it settles."
Woods, who will turn 40 on Dec. 30, appears to have confronted the possibility that his career could end. He declined to specifically say that on Tuesday, saying instead that his hope is to resume his career and "get after it with these guys." But he also acknowledged that any good golf from now on "is gravy" on top of a nearly 20-year career that includes 14 majors and 79 PGA Tour wins and saw him ranked No. 1 in the world for 683 weeks. He is now at No. 400 and will continue to drop as long as he is not playing.
After a tie for 10th at the Wyndham Championship in August, Woods was positive that his game and his swing had taken a turn for the better after his worst year as a pro saw him miss three cuts in major championship. But just three weeks later, Woods had second microdiscectomy surgery to alleviate pressure on a disk in his lower back. Woods said that surgery came as a surprise because he visited his surgeon, Dr. Charles Rich, as a matter of routine and to ask about hip pain -- which he had complained about following the last round at the Greensboro event.
Woods' first microdiscectomy was in March 2014, and he missed three months after that surgery.
Woods had a third procedure Oct. 28 to the same area because of discomfort. He didn't say whether he has had three microdiscectomy surgeries, just that he's had three procedures on the same area of his back.
Asked whether he'd be surprised if he was not playing golf a year from now, Woods said, "I really don't know.
"There is no timetable for this, and that's been the hardest mindset adjustment, is that I don't know. So where is the light at the end of the tunnel? I don't know, so that's been hard. But I also had to reset the clock each and every day, and OK, here we go, this is a new day and take it for what it is. I listen to my surgeon, I listen to my physios, and we just take it day by day.
"Hopefully the day by day adds up to something positive here soon."
Woods said his decision to become a vice captain for Davis Love III on the 2016 U.S. Ryder Cup team is not related to any feelings he has about the rest of his playing career.
"When I was asked to be part of the task force and I committed to that ... all the guys on the conference call all know what my feelings were about the Ryder Cup and how I wanted to be a part of it," Woods said, referring to the task force that was formed after the 2014 Ryder Cup loss to Europe.
Woods is now part of a Ryder Cup committee that includes Love, Phil Mickelson and three PGA of America officials.
"I told Davis, whatever you want me to do, I'll do."
As for his career, Woods said, "I'm hoping that I can get back out here and compete against these guys. I really do miss it. I miss being out here with the boys and mixing it up with them and see who can win the event."


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Blue Chip Joint RLF is the first product of its kind which uses the most effective natural ingredients for joint comfort and health. The powerful properties of rosehip have been known for decades. Joints are dynamic structures their health and maintenance ensure horses remain in work. It will ensure a more natural trouble free flexible future for your horse.
Add Joint RLF to your horse's feed to promote:
- Inflamation (reduce)
- Mobility
- Soundness
- Overall Performance
1 bottle lasts approximately 40 days.
Rosehip extract (Rosa canina)
Extract of Rosa canina, which contains a special glycoside, has shown in published scientific studies to be a powerful natural supplement for joint comfort and mobility both in humans and in horses. Rosa canina is widely acknowledged as a major breakthrough in drug-free support and maintenance of healthy, mobile joints.
Hyaluronic acid (HLA)
Hyaluronic acid is a major component of synovial fluid and is necessary to maintain the viscosity of the fluid. Synovial fluid keeps the cartilage that cushions the bone ends soft and slippery so that the bones don't grind against each other. For maximum benefit hyaluronic acid should be given in conjunction with glucosamine to help absorption.
Glucosamine HCL
Glucosamine is the an important and effective agent in helping to support healthy joints. Glucosamine is vital for cartilage metabolism and for the renewal of connective tissue in and around the joints. It is required for the formation of synovial fluid, the joints' natural lubricant, and provides the building blocks needed to repair damage caused by wear and tear and the natural ageing process.
Organic MSM (Methyl-sulphonyl-methane)
Joint RLF takes advantage of the powerful synergy between glucosamine and MSM. Our organic, bio-available MSM provides the building blocks for protein, vital for tendon and ligament repair. Proteins are a key component in cartilage formation and can aid muscle recovery and promote circulation.
Yucca (Yucca schidigera)
A rich source of saponins, which help to nourish joints. Yucca has been used for decades by Native Americans to look after their horses' joints. The yucca used in Dynamic is specially grown from a sustainable source.
Organic manganese chelate
This is essential for the formation of cartilage and helps with bone strength. Joint RLF uses the protected form of organic manganese for maximum absorption.
Vitamin C
This important antioxidant helps to neutralise free radicals, vital for maintaining joint health and flexibility.
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We decided that we were going to have a PJ day during the half term and generally just chill out. There wouldn't be any housework, there wouldn't be any guilt if we spent all day on the consoles, or watching Netflix. All I had to do was remind the children to drink plenty of water and having made up some packed lunches and suitable snacks, they were able to feed themselves as and when they wanted to.
The children were playing a console game together and they were being rather loud, so I had taken myself back upstairs to my room to watch Netflix and actually be able to hear what I was watching!
So all was going well. I had my really scruffy PJ's on, with the really baggy top and I hadn't brushed my hair and my horrid rash was being horrid and bright red and cruddy looking. All I was missing was a face pack and rollers in my hair to finish off the "I don't care" look.
That was until I heard the parcel delivery postman knocking on next doors front door. Nothing to worry about there right? Well, yeah but I had heard them go out in their car first thing in the morning and I hadn't heard it come back so I knew they were out.
Now, this wouldn't be a problem if it was my "normal" postman. My "normal" postman loves me. He is the sort of chap that you want to be your postman, always quick with a joke, kind, and thoughtful. However, this was the parcel postman.
I don't think that the parcel postman approves of me.
I'm not sure if it's because of that time I answered the door in my PJ's and was a little cold (you know what I mean right?) and the poor chap didn't know where to look, or if he's read my blog and is annoyed that I've not mentioned him enough, or if it's because he is often forced to walk down my drive with heavy parcels, or if he just doesn't think I'm funny! The point is, I can see the look of disapproval on his face.
I had to act fast.
I had to get dressed because I knew that the postman would hop over the little wall between mine and my neighbour's house and would knock on my front door, to ask me to sign for the parcel on my neighbour's behalf.
But I'd promised myself a no housework day and so my bedroom floor was covered in the clothes I'd been wearing the day before but hadn't put in the wash box. I wasn't showered, I wasn't at all decent looking but there was only one course of action. I had to get dressed and the clothes from the day before were my only option.
I got dressed *just* in time to answer the door and sure enough, there stood the parcel postman. He didn't give me a look over, but he gave me his normal polite microsecond smile and I could tell I still hadn't got his approval. Not that I want it or anything!
I signed for the parcel and said goodbye and only then looked at myself in the mirror behind the door, where I found myself with my top on inside out and not only that but back to front as well! To top it all off I had a pair of socks hanging out of the bottom of my trousers and my hair was standing up all over the place!
I'm pretty sure I know why I'm never going to meet the parcel postman's approval.


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Salad Lovers Special Garden LayoutGrow flavorful greens, tomatoes, cukes and more to fill your salad bowl all summer, with herbs and edible flowers for zing and fun.
NOTES: Plants will need vertical support to be spaced this closely. Allow cucumbers to spill over edge of raised bed or provide a trellis; use stakes or cages for tomatoes and peppers. Plant tomatoes & peppers in an alternating pattern at 24" spacing. Starred crops (*) may be harvested and replanted in same row for an extra crop. After first lettuce is harvested, sow a heat-resistant variety like 'Summercrisp' for second crop.
Arboretum's chosen varieties for 2010Pepper 'Fat N Sassy'Tomato 'Big Beef'Tomato 'Sun Gold'Herbs - pineapple mint, marjoram, basilCucumber 'Little Leaf'Cucumber 'Bush Champion' OreganoNasturtium 'Peach Melba Superior'Onion 'Ailsa Craig'Lettuce 'Simpson Elite'Many varieties of these vegetables are available locally and will perform well in this region. Varieties chosen by Arboretum gardeners for 2010 Veggies by the Yard garden plantings at the Arboretum are available from Johnny's Seed Company or Territorial Seed Company.


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Live Demonstrations featured at 2018 show
ODCCA once again is offering a weekend full of live demonstrations for all ages and skill levels. This is a great opportunity to become familiar with wildlife art, and how it is made by hand, one at-a-time. Inspired artists will find the supplies they need to get started. Patterns, cut-outs, tools, wood, painting supplies and reference materials are available for purchase at the show. And there are plenty of friendly people willing to give advice.
All of this is included with your $5 admission!
Willy McDonald - all weekend
Throughout Saturday and Sunday in the Ballroom, Willy McDonald, artist, craftsman and instructor will be demonstrating carving, painting and airbrushing techniques. He will gladly answer your questions and provide friendly advice. Visit his website at www.theduckblind.com for more information.
Friday Morning Painting Seminar by Al Jordan
March 9, 2018, 9 a.m., Cypress Room
Award winning artist and gifted teacher, Al Jordan will present a seminar on air brushing. His intimate knowledge of bird anatomy enables him to focus on both art and nature. This seminar will focus on everything airbrushing, from basic to advanced techniques.$35 fee, class size is limited, advanced registration required.
Contact Dwane Ong firstname.lastname@example.com, pay at door.
Click here for more information.
Sunday Morning Painting Seminar by Pat Godin
March 11, 2018, 8:30 a.m., Cypress Room
Pat Godin, champion caver, painter and artist, will demonstrate how he "Paints Iridescence" on decoys. Seating is limited, Cypress Room, email firstname.lastname@example.com to register.
Click here for more information.
Sunday Morning
Shorebird Carve-At-Home & Paint-At-Show Contest,
March 11, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Call Dave Forrest at (216)-559-0323 to request a shorebird blank.
How much detail can you paint on a shorebird within four hours? On Sunday, March 11, 2018 contestants will bring their pre-carved shorebird and paint supplies to compete against the clock, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Ballroom.
The pattern this year is a Sanderling designed by Gary Joe Bryan. There is no entry fee. Each carver will request a blank that will be sent to the carver. There are no rules for carving so you may go all out. You must bring the carving to the contest on Sunday. There will be a limit of 10 blanks sent.
For more information, click here to view the 2018 Competition Rules and to request your blank.
Decoy Paint-At-Show Contest
March 11, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Questions? Email Duane Ganser, firstname.lastname@example.com
Contestants will be provided a half-size Tundra Swan blank to paint at the show. Contact Duane Ganser to reserve a blank.
See 2018 Competition Rules
Willy and Di McDonald, long-time sponsors of ODCCA, and owners of www.theduckblind.com
carving and painting supplies.
Al Jordan will present a Friday morning seminar on "Everything Airbrushing".
"Painting Iridescence" is the subject of the Sunday morning Seminar by Pat Godin.


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Tijuana B.C.- RSI México es una compañía tijuanense pionera en tecnologías de identificación de productos…
Mexicali, B.C.- According to the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) for every thousand habitants the state offers 8.3 jobs making the State of Baja California a leader in job creation for the month of April 2017.
IMSS reported the creation of 3,357 jobs that accumulate to 29,645 for 2017 thus far. The positive employment rates are a result of current Governor Francisco Vega de Lamadrid administration's actions applied to different sectors in the State. Secretary of Economic Development (SEDECO), Carlo Bonfante Olache, stated the national average is of 3.3 jobs for every thousand, ranking Baja California fourth in employment creation in the Country.
He mentioned these amounts allows us to see that the labor market continues to show solid performance compared to 2016; by this time last year Baja California generated 24,146 jobs.
"Since the State Administration began, there have been 157,350 formal jobs offered and employment generated between 2014 and 2017 exceeds the accumulated in the last 14 years by 32 %" SEDECO official commented.
The results of positive performance explain growth during 29 months and 11.3 % during 2017 according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI). It drives creation of jobs and consumption and benefits commerce. In February commercial sector grew 6 % marking a positive average of 10.5 % during current State Administration.
Furthermore, the unemployment rate is at 2008 levels, 2.9 % the lowest in northern border. Without a doubt growth rate in salaries and inflation stabilization are important challenges but State Government continues to implement assistance programs available to business community through various entities and creating strategic infrastructure projects to ensure competitiveness and economic development at a medium and long term.
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Juggling music, acting and writing, Carl Barat had an eclectic career after the Libertines first disbanded in 2004. Though he signed to Vertigo as a solo artist in 2005, he soon formed Dirty Pretty Things, who released the number three U.K. album Waterloo to Anywhere a year later. Romance at Short Notice followed in 2008; that December, the band played its final gig. 2010 was a busy year for Barat: Not only did he release his self-titled solo debut album and the book Threepenny Memoir: The Lives of a Libertine, but the Libertines reunited for a series of well-received shows including gigs at that year's Reading and Leeds Festivals. That year, he also began his acting career in earnest, making his theatrical debut in Sam Shepard's Fool for Love at Hammersmith's Riverside Studios.
A few years later, Barat began working on another solo album but realized he wanted the collaborative spirit of a band, so he posted an ad on Facebook seeking potential members. After getting thousands of applications, he settled on the lineup of guitarist Billy Tessio, bassist Adam Claxton and drummer Jay Bone. Dubbed the Jackals, Barat and the band went into the studio with the Bronx's Joby J. Ford producing. The results, Let it Reign, arrived in 2015. Meanwhile, the Libertines reunited again in 2014, playing sold-out shows at London's Hyde Park and Alexandra Palace, leading the band to work on a new album that was due in 2015. That year, Barat also appeared in and wrote the score for Paule Muret's film For This Is My Body, the story of a relationship between a groupie and a rock star who is also a vampire.


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Maybe you could try experimenting with the FIXNBR paprameter on the compile options :-
FIXNBR(*ZONED) or FIXNBR(*INPUTPACKED)
It's possible that someone changed the command defaults on your previous OS release so that you didn't need to specify this every time you compile.
Hope this helps,
Martin Gilbert.
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How the Story Begins
by Nathan Brown
Our story always begins with Jesus. Before our first word, He is the Word: "In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1). Only in discovering Jesus do we truly discover the rest of the story, or the rest of our faith.
Orthodox theologian David Bentley Hart puts it like this: "That ours is a fallen world is not, of course, a truth demonstrable to those who do not believe: it is not a first principle of faith, but rather something revealed to us only by what we know of Christ, in the light cast back from His saving action in history upon the whole of time."
That God would intervene so dramatically and enter so fully into the suffering and injustice of human history raises profound questions. These include why this was necessary? What were human beings saved from and for? How does this intervention and sacrifice "work"? And what is the larger narrative into which God's acts in Jesus might fit, including questions of the origin of evil and its eventual end or resolution?
Our salvation story—or any other evangelistic endeavor—rings painfully hollow if it does not begin, end, and find its center in Jesus. Too often, we seem to have the idea that we must preach bad news before we share good news. We begin with fallenness—"You are a sinner . . . Repent!"—which either further condemns those who already feel their brokenness or does not engage with those who see themselves as "doing OK." Neither category benefits from our first-up attempts to illicit an acknowledgment of an individual guilt somehow inherited from something that happened a long time ago. Rather, both need to see Jesus, whose gracious and abounding mercy simultaneously lifts up the broken and breaks down the self-sufficient.
When we begin with the story of Jesus, we begin with something remarkable, historically, personally, and intrinsically. His is a story that is attractive and engaging in itself, even without explanation or embellishment. He is a Person who will draw all people in some way, if and when He is lifted up (see John 12:32). Then, from this incredible true story, questions inevitably arise as to why Jesus did what He did, and what it means for who we are and what we are "saved" from.
When we tell, share, and live the story in this way, these same questions come back to us as people who have known the story. We are reminded of our place in the story, the grace that has been offered to us, the big story of our world, and our call to worship Him who creates, loves, and redeems (see Rev. 14:6, 7).
This also has practical significance. In telling and living out the story in this way—always beginning with and centered in Jesus, always starting at the Cross—we never encounter sin, except that we have already encountered its forgiveness. We never address brokenness—which we must—except that we have already known its redemption. We never confront death, except that we have already seen resurrection. We never experience pain, except that we have been offered its healing. We never face darkness, except that we have recognized the Light. We never work against injustice, except that we have already seen its exposure and overthrow. We never endure oppression, except that we have already seen our liberation. We never talk about disappointment, sorrow, or tragedy, except that we have already been offered hope.
Our story always begins with Jesus. This does not mean that brokenness, fallenness, sin, and death are not real. In the experience of Jesus, we see and acknowledge how horrifically real they are. They are not yet diminished, but they are now defeated.
Which gets us back to Hart's argument, that it is primarily the enormity of Christ's sacrifice that illuminates our desperate fallenness, how Creation has gone wrong, and how God is working to redeem, restore, and re-create. As the "visible image of the invisible God," it remains His creation and "He holds all creation together" (Col. 1:15, 17). We are invited to be part of this story within this creation, so let's ensure that our stories—those that we tell and those that we live—always begin with Him.
Nathan Brown is book editor at Signs Publishing in Warburton, Victoria, Australia, and a Manifest co-convenor.


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The Photography: New Documentary Forms exhibition looks at five artists and how they use photography as a documentary medium.
I really enjoyed the work of Boris Mikhailov. His works show everyday life in the Ukraine before and after the fall of the Soviet Union. The images, themed by colour, give a real insight into the lives of the Ukrainian people. I guess there was such a mystery surrounding the whole Soviet Union that I'm still fascinated by it. And part of me thinks that in some corners of the Ukraine, life goes on as portrayed in Boris Mikhailov's images.
Each artist has a different technique (which I guess is why they are exhibited together). And it works.
In Akram Zaatari's studio, Lebanese people are recorded for posterity or souvenirs. They are transformed for a few minutes… imagining a different life, acting out their fantasies.
Guy Tillim's work, Congo Democratic, follows election campaigns and candidates and is more sobering.
Photography: New Documentary Forms is on at Tate Modern until 31 March 2012. Admission free.