Starting treatments: When will WPI start seeing patients and will they take medicare?
I want to start being seen by a doctor who knows more than I do about CFS! I want to start treatments! So does anyone know, when will WPI start seeing patients and will they take medicare?
From accounts I've seen, they haven't even quite hired their doctors yet.
I imagine they will have the mother of all waiting lists for their clinic.
Lol Absolutely. The mother of all waiting lists.


Ramadan is a holy month for the whole Muslims. This month is spring of good deeds, which is welcomed with full faith, respect and love. Women who are domestic or related to any work. She wants to spend time in worship. But, at the same time they are also conscious to prepare a delicious Iftar. So. everyone can break the fast in a healthy way. Now the Holy Month is in summer and we all need some healthy and Refreshing Drink Recipes for Ramadan to quench thee thirst.
I got request from many people to share new Ramadan Drink Recipes so they can add them in their menu. So, I out reached other bloggers to collect recipes at one place. Hope you all love these tangy drinks.
All these Drink Recipes are tried and tested. You will defiantly love the taste.


Community living has been an "issue" for my entire religious life. Entering an active apostolic congregation in 1982 at age 25, I had no idea that it would be such a hot topic. I was naive to think that almost anyone could live together. I also was not aware of the painful experiences many Sisters had, living in large institutions or experimental small houses as the renewal of religious life went forward after Vatican II. I also had an expectation that living together in community, whatever it entailed, was as much a priority as ministry. During my own initial formation I came to understand the challenges and the joys of building community. It was not always easy, but in my experiences I realized how essential life in community was for my own transformation and conversion. I came to believe, more than ever, that the witness of a life in common, with all its struggles and demands, was just as important as any ministry in which I engaged.
For the past twenty years in our congregation, the majority of Sisters in active ministry have chosen to live alone or with one other person. We have very few community living situations with more than three members, except for the Mother-house and other retirement facilities. Over the years, especially through my involvement with vocation promotion and formation, I have participated in and planned various congregational processes and programs to try to spark interest in developing new local communities. There has not been a significant positive response, even when Sisters were presented with data that women who feel called to religious life today indicate that community living- under one roof- is a priority. Conversations around this issue raise defenses that continue to be obstacles for us even today. And so we have simply stopped talking about it.
The way forward, I believe, is to accept the reality that for many religious women, community living is not where they choose to put their energies. Sandra Schneiders, IHM has suggested that for ministerial religious, the life-form may have evolved to a point where living under one roof is not necessary and should not be the norm. The expectation that it should be hearkens back to a monastic tradition that does not and should not apply to this new expression of religious life. While I appreciate Schneiders' effort to articulate the evolution of the life-form I have lived as an active religious for the past thirty years, I am uncomfortable with her conclusion. In my opinion she is trying to justify a situation with which many Sisters of her generation have grown comfortable.
So I have accepted the fact that there are few Sisters older than myself who will choose to create small local communities that are a new way of being together. At this point many have lived alone or with an established partner for so long that it would be very difficult, for them and for those with whom they would try to build community. They are not up for it and they should not be coerced. Still, I believe that a renewed version of life in common is essential for the future of religious life. A new wine-skin is needed. Where will it be found? I believe that the women called to our congregations today have the capacity to create it. And the few of us who have continued to strive to build healthy local communities over the past thirty years might have enough of a foundation for the next generation to build on. We need to advocate for them with congregational leaders, formators and the community at large. We need to ask them what they see as they look into the future. We need to let them experiment and give them the resources they need. They may need to seek companions to create community in federations of a common charism, across congregational lines, or with lay folk who desire intentional community living. I hope we will give them our support in every way we can. And I hope to be invited to help create the new along with them.
--Thanks for some great insights into life, vocation and discernment. I've certainly had those moments and it's a blessing to find those breakthrough moments when we can let go and relax with God.
In Occupy Religion: Theology of the Multitude, authors Kwok Pui-lan and Joerg Rieger seek to convey the "subversive and transforming power of the God incarnate" at work in the midst of 21st-century income inequality. Think of it as liberation theology 2.0.
Since that day of course I've professed perpetual vows and sought to live out this call each day to seek justice, to love tenderly, and to walk in the way of peace. I feel very very blessed and grateful to my loving God for managing to break through all the noise and help me find the way I am best able to be the me God created me to be.
Thanks Susan for this reminder of your reminder of the journey we're on.
This is a delightful window into the religious life today. A shout out to all these women and to some many hundreds of others who have joined this amazing movement that is religious life.
Thanks Juliet for sharing your story. Your articulation of vocation and religious life resonates with my own experience, and what I hear from others.
It's also a rich experience to connect with religious women from various communities here in St. Louis as we engage the challenges of living and sharing the Gospel in the 21st century.
This book explores the movements in religious life today and the currents that are emerging among the smaller cohorts of younger religious in mainstream communities of religious women. Hereford traces the history of religious life, including the impact of Vatican II and examines some of the theological sources for the reinvention of religious life today. She explores the current situation of religious, re-imagines the meaning of vows, community, and mission, and examines how the emerging forms of religious life will fit into an emerging church.
I'm looking forward to expanding the conversation about religious life and the hopeful movements that are emerging among us.
It's been over a month since Pope Francis' wide ranging interview appeared in American magazine and in other publications world-wide. The published interview there is a paragraph about religious life where he focuses on the prophetic dimension of the life itself.
Religious men and women are prophets.... In the church, the religious are called to be prophets in particular by demonstrating how Jesus lived on this earth, and to proclaim how the kingdom of God will be in its perfection.
We prophecy, not by foretelling events in the misty reaches of the future, but by living the Gospel here and now. Francis named this as the essence of the life. Yes, the vows give it shape, but it is the prophetic mission that is at is core.
The prophetic function and the hierarchical structure do not coincide.
He is not proposing an oppositional role, yet he acknowledges that religious and the hierarchy play different roles among the people of God. In the best of times, this allows us to walk together and work together for the common cause of the Gospel. However, it also means that there are times when it will be a challenge to strike this balance that allows both to remain faithful to their call.
Yes, then, so let's get out there and live the Gospel - and make a mess. I can definitely see that statement being lived out by Pope Francis. He is making noise, an uproar, a mess. Yet goodness and authenticity are a part of this mess.
Prophecy announces the spirit of the Gospel.
The vocation to prophecy invites us to live the Gospel, announce the Gospel with our hands and with our hearts and with our lives.
I'm reading Sandra Schneiders' new book, a sweeping testimony about where religious life has been in the last half century, and occasional glimpses of growing edges.
She writes about the alternate economy that we create with our vow of poverty. Forsaking an independent economic existence, we hold all things in common. That's all things! We sink or swim together. What one has, we all have; what one lacks, we all lack. We try to live that early Christian community proclaimed by Jesus and witnessed in the Acts of the Apostles.
It strikes me that we try to live 'off the grid'.
People in the sustainability movement try to live radically off the power grid - disconnected from electric power. They do this as a witness to the un-sustainability of modern life, and as a challenge to develop a more sustainable life.
By committing to evangelical poverty, we choose to live off the economic grid. Well, to be honest, most of us are only somewhat successful at this off-grid project. We still participate in the over-all economy. Nevertheless, we come together to experiment in Gospel living, in Gospel economics. We forsake an independent economic existence and choose to hold all things in common.
This commitment is much like a married couple who come together to build a life together. Any family can live in interdependence and hold all things in common. In this, religious life is like a large extended family. May we be a blessing to one another as we commit to Gospel economics.
Thanks Jenny! I think that it's great that we are positive in our dealings with one another. I believe that life has its challenges and I've made a deliberate choice to see things as half-full, though I often have to remind myself when I get into a half-empty mindset.
For me, prayer is spending time in "God-space." Spending time in space where God is God and I try to let God's perspective pervade my own. I think that God space helps me to re-focus and re-commit to that half-full mentality.
Today in religious life, we are at a crossroads.
There are lots of shifts. There are lots of challenges, There is lots of letting go.
There are also lots of jobs well done. There are lots of opportunities for wider involvement. There are lots of openings and new possibilities.
Thanks for the reminder that life is a mixture of ups and downs. The good-old-days had the same mix of opportunities and challenges, riches and poverty.
As we move toward the anniversary of the March on Washington, these words of Martin Luther King come to mind. They seem capture my thoughts as many sisters come away from our chapters and assemblies.
For those not in religious communities, "chapters and assemblies" is nun-speak community meetings in which sisters gather from all parts of the congregation to celebrate unity in charity, to discuss important issues in the life and mission of the community and to elect leadership. They are organized to encourage and facilitate the broadest possible participation.
And in the light of this moment, I hear the words of Martin Luther King. And I take on the challenge of living the Gospel today - this day - right now.
We have big issues facing us. The next 10 to 15 years of religious life will be a time of continuing to mourn the passing of the largest groups to enter our congregations and serve the people of God for generations.
At the same time, there is a new energy emerging. I see it, I hear it, I feel a rising hope. This is a hope that rebels against despair. It is a hope that does not wait for change to roll in on the wheels of inevitability. It is a hope that accepts the challenge of continuous struggle. This is the hope that has been the mainstay of religious life through the ages, and the keystone of Gospel living for everyone.
For me this means choosing joy, when life is not giving rainbows... choosing joy because of the God who is joy and love even in the midst of challenge and pain. This keeps me saying yes to God and choosing life, choosing green, choosing community.
Sitting in the garden, in the quiet of the morning, the short poem of Emily Dickinson came to mind. How lovely and gentle the dynamism of the morning! The energetic, creative bee. The whimsical butterfly, symbol of resurrection. The breeze that blows where it will. We hear the sound it makes, but do not know where it comes from, nor where it goes. All of this brings to my wakening mind and heart the image of the Trinity: energetic and creative, whimsical and re-creative, and the inviting, surprising spirit that brings gifts and energy as a new day dawns.
Here I work in the soil and labor to heal the space and here God works in the soil of my life and labors to heal my own space, plant seeds and bring new life. And Emily's prayer seems to speak of that cycle of life and blessing.
Religious life in the US today is at an important place within the life of the church and within the life cycles of many institutes. For many women's communities, the median age is approaching 80 years of age, nearly the life expectancy of women in this country; men's communities are generally a little better off. Given this reality, some communities are coming to realize that they likely have, at most, one or two more cycles of leadership (usually 4-6 year terms) before the matter becomes critical. Then there will be neither time nor a critical mass of members able to make decisions, get the affairs of the community in order, and ensure the dignity of their final years and legacy. While some communities will continue , many communities are approaching their historical completion as institutions, they are likely writing the last chapter of their life-story, whether they realize it or not. This will require some realistic and careful planning to prepare for this phase of the life journey and to fulfill it with dignity.
This is the work of the large dominant cohort, work which will ensure that the last chapter of their community's history is as compelling and grace-filled as was the first chapter and every chapter in between. It is immensely important work, and it is necessary to ensure the legacy of the community, allowing members the ability to make their own choices in this regard, and to live this phase in a way that does honor to their heritage.
If this is not the final generation of the community, for many, it is nevertheless a time when the majority of community members will have moved from active ministry to the ministry of elderhood which is more focused on prayer and presence than on carrying the responsibilities of active ministry. This too will require careful though and transition.
This task is the focus of the Covenant Project workshops which are being held both online and on-ground as well as other similar programs.
There remains another task of religious life today, often the task of the minority of younger members in our congregations. From the midst of the current communities, members wish to remain in relationships with their sisters and are ready to support them in their work and bless them on their journey. However, this group has another task: to imagine the future of religious life in the next fifty years. We are committed to doing honor to our heritage, and to making choices to adapt the life to the new reality in which we find ourselves.
As we move forward with the transformation of religious life, we need to examine those elements of structure that will assist us in our journey, and those elements that are holding us back. How might we imagine a way to free the emerging energy in religious life to explore new paths? How are we creating spaces for this in our midst today?
Enter Religious Life NOW? Aren't you worried about the future?" NO, I'm not worried, my God is FAITHFUL!!! In reflecting on the questions and the theme, the image that came to me was pruning the rose bushes. This year, I was delayed, it was late February and new growth had begun to appear. I still knew they needed to be pruned. Pruning can be painful, cutting back and removing, but we do it so that new life can come, today this same task is needed for Dominican Life. I'm going to begin by looking at the Future of Dominican Apostolic Life in North America, move on to the expectations of young people, continue with our missioning challenges and close with what I think Dominican Life will look like in 10 years.
Our Future through the eyes of realism, daring, and hope is a sobering picture. We have been institutional for many years; with the sisters forming the work force. There are now fewer of us. This fact worries some sisters. How will we keep the institutions going? How will we encourage more women to enter? How will we care for our elderly? These are the wrong questions. Instead we need to ask, "What is the Spirit calling us to TODAY?" The image of Dominic with the Gospel in one hand and the newspaper in the other can be our guide. What is our newspaper or web info telling us today? Before you write me off as naïve, let me explain, "How will we care for our elders?" is the wrong question because it is the wrong focus. Of course we will care for our elders, but we will do it differently.
Our future calls us to great change. I believe we need a paradigm shift. Some sisters in North America think that the answer is merging together. This simply makes us bigger. Merging to create totally new congregations means that a great deal of time and energy will need to be spent looking inward. I believe we can collaborate in many areas without creating whole new congregations. Paradigm shift does not mean just turning and looking in a different direction, it means questioning the entire perspective from which we view and the assumptions that we make. It is being totally open to what the "new" has to say, open to things never imagined before. As with pruning when we look at a bush recently pruned we can't help but wonder, have I cut off to much? But this does not stop us; we know it must be done, so too with the shifting of our life.
Looking with realism, means using all that the Spirit sends: the gifts of our sisters and the lay people who collaborate with us. Realism is not ignoring the facts because we don't like what they say or becoming overwhelmed. Realism is facing the facts, naming them and then choosing a path right through them, together. Jim Wallis, an evangelical minster and a leading social activist in the US, describes "hope" as "believing despite the evidence and watching the evidence change." So realism forms the foundation. Or what we are dealing with is fantasy, not hope.
The daring and pruning require real soul searching discernment, both individually and congregationally. To prune one needs to know what to look for, and where to cut. In North America many of us have Mission Statements, Ours focuses on "the young, the poor and the vulnerable," so this needs to be our guide for pruning. With fewer sisters, there will be no room for the new growth if pruning does not happen. We have to clear the path. We have to choose. Not choosing is also a choice.
The wisdom of the four pillars: preaching is but one. Contemplari et contemplata aliis tradere. Pruning allows the dormant time of being.
What young people expect of religious? Authenticity. They look to see, "Is there simplicity to their life style?" What we need is the courage and wisdom of Dominic, who sent the entourage home for his preaching to be more believable. Young people see justice as key and many have spent a year or two after college working for justice. They expect us to be working on behalf of the poor. They care about our planet, more that anything, young people want religious to be authentic spiritual mentors and guides. Open to the gifts the Holy Spirit is bringing in them. They see the incongruence in the Church and some put us in this same category.
Considering the realities of our globalized world the most significant missioning challenges are the shifts from institutional to marginalized, from many to fewer, from entourage to counter cultural.
As we hear the call to minister to the poor there is a tug in us. We need to let institutions transition to unconsecrated lay leadership. There are a few layers of implications here: letting go of control, but also losing the steadiness of the income and finally our corporate identity. Earlier I mentioned the pruning: This means cutting off some healthy branches and stalks to give energy and nutrients to those that fit with our specific charism. That does not negate the value of these other ministries.
There is the obvious challenge of numbers. This challenge shrinks if we let go of the mindset of staffing institutions. We need to recognize gifts we don't have and support those who have these gifts. If we are truly partners that means EQUAL.
Naming the huge challenge to be "counter cultural," Jon Sobrino, liberation theologian, asks "Will you choose to live with less, when you could have more?" Once again not choosing is also a choice.
All of this leads to how I envision Dominican Apostolic Life in 2020 … I believe Congregations in North America that are vibrant, alive and growing will be ones that: embraced a multicultural environment; partner with lay colleagues; and live authentically and "counter culturally." The global Dominican family will be technologically interconnected, living simply, communally and collaboratively with members from different congregations under the same roof.
"Realism, Daring, Hope." Yesterday we heard a great deal of realism and when we go home we need enough hope to "believe despite the evidence and watch the evidence change." But this won't just happen. First we must have the conversations. We need to dare enough to cut and keep cutting the dead branches then cut deeper some of the healthy branches, so that there is sufficient energy and nourishment to focus where the Spirit is calling us TODAY !
Here are some notes from the national conference of younger women religious held in California in early July.
Some of Sister Chero Chuma's friends back in Kenya think she wasted her visa to the United States – becoming a religious and joining an order of mostly elderly nuns in the Seattle area.
"It is amazing when you feel a call and you respond to a call. It is not that you choose to do that," said the Sister of St. Joseph of Peace who recently enrolled in the nursing program at Seattle University.
I listened to On Being recently. A transgender individual was discussing her experience of identity and expression of that identity.
Feeling an inner truth about herself and her identity, she was nevertheless required by her physical maleness to live another identity. When she transitioned, she was more comfortable with her identity. Yet those around her, accustomed to the previous identity felt less comfortable, and various people 'preferred' one identity or the other.
It was a touching story of a person's journey into self discovery and inner truth.
The account brought me to reflect on the notion of identity and the various expressions of that identity in my own life and my own circles. Identity is a tricky thing since each of us is many things at the same time. Some of our identities and expressions are superficial, and can be taken up and left off at will. E.g. I'm a Cardinals fan, but that's not a core identity.
What is my core identity and how do I express that identity to those among whom I live and work, and in the circles in which I move?
In God-space I am most wholly who I am, created by God, who is Love. Created by Love for Love. God is Love. God is a verb not a noun. God creates by Loving. God Loves by creating. God creates in the divine image, so I am an image of God-Love.
I express this identity in many ways, as a person, neighbor, christian, friend, sister and Sister.
I've had several conversations lately that lament the siloed nature of much of life. We live in so many insulated groups and communities. Working to do great things to be sure, but also working to preserve the group and it's distinction from all the other folks out there doing great things. Here I'm thinking of religious communities, do-gooder communities, ministries, service organizations. We became mega-communities, self-contained, and doing great work, chugging along without much connection to those around us who are on the same road.
I'm grateful that all around I see the growing interesting networks. We connect with others who are living spiritually meaningful lives, doing good, or building community or working for social justice, for peace and for sustainability. I find that by connecting with others, by building relationships, I am strengthened personally and I have more energy for building up my own group.
I don't see this as breaking down to individualism, where each person is on their own. I definitely find that connecting in meaningful communities and groups is important. And when these communities and groups can network into communities of communities, then there is an amazing synergy that can develop. This can happen on-ground and online. It can happen formally and informally through conversation, celebration and common projects.
I see us moving from a world of larger and larger siloed mega-groups into smaller, agile, autonomous groups that are networked in meaningful relationships with other groups on a variety of fronts. I see in this a mirror of the way God made our natural world. Plants, trees, animals all live together in mutually beneficial relationships. And God saw that it was good.
The western liturgical tradition celebrates Trinity Sunday this weekend. In a well known image, The Holy Trinity by St. Andrei Rublev, uses the theme of the "Hospitality of Abraham." The three angels symbolize the Trinity, which is rarely depicted directly in Orthodox art.
The Trinity is central to the early development of Christian belief in God as Creator, Redeemer, Unifier. In the early Christian centuries, the community of faith struggled to understand how God was one, yet manifold. The formula of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit came to be understood as central to the Christian faith, being discussed at church councils that gathered mystics and prophets, who were lay and ordained theologians.
human presence on this planet.
ATD describes and promotes a movement that is made up of hundreds of thousands of individuals and groups that are each working in their own neighborhoods, in their own circles. Each of these individuals and groups subscribe to this trinity of values, while focusing its attention on one or the other of them in a more particular way.
There are communities that gather to live and promote environmental sustainability, both for themselves, and for the broader human community as well as for the broader community of creation.
There are communities that gather around spiritual values, for example those that gather to live the gospel deliberately and radically.
There are communities that work for justice in so many different ways in society.
It seems this triad of communities is an in-breaking of the Trinity of Love into our world. May this Trinity Sunday be an impetus to re-commit to living these Trinitarian values and weaving them into the fabric of our lives and communities.
How do organizations grow, expand, mature, decline and re-emerge? There are probably as many ways of unfolding of this pattern as there are organizations in which it unfolds. However, there are some interesting theories advanced by organizational studies and business writers, as well as by those reflecting on emerging consciousness.
One such theory really speaks to me as I continue to explore the emerging reality in religious life today. It starts with a simple life-cycle curve based on the biological life cycle. Individuals are born, grow, mature and decline. This cycle is repeated in every species and it is the basis of evolution as organisms pass on their genetic code to succeeding generations and those organisms adapt to changes in their environment and habitat. Izaac Adizes writes extensively on the application of the biological life-cycle to organizations and the characteristics of organizations at the various stages. Lawrence Cada applies the notion to religious life.
Deborah Frieze takes the concept one step further, asking how it is that organizations can be re-born, re-founded or transformed. She calls it the two-loop model. The origin, growth, maturity, decline life-cycle remains in place. If the organization is to be transformed, some of its members - usually just a few pioneers have an insight into the essential nature of the organization and into why it is declining and how it might better adapt to the evolving reality. They take the kernel of the organization's life and step apart to incarnate this in a new way. Gradually, they are able to articulate the emerging reality and gain a few collaborators. Slowly they grow and begin to emerge as a distinct expression. At this point, members of the original organization may bridge over and join the emerging reality. The diagram below is based on Deborah's work and helpful to me in visualizing this movement.
Where to you see this dynamic played out? Where are we in giving birth to an emerging reality in our various organizations, movements, configurations? What do we need to support and sustain this emerging and transformational energy? Where is the Spirit moving among us this Pentecost?
RFC has been running a program on transforming religious life. It has run for three years, and each year it was offered in several cities. The program is an invitation to religious to come into conversation about renewing / transforming their communities.
I didn't attend the first year of the program, but I attended the second and third (this year). I was there last weekend, and found the conversations and networking to be very enriching. I guess whenever you get 100 people in the same room all oriented toward something they love, it's going to be enriching and energizing.
The program invited us to explore contemplation as the basis of our lives, and contemplation moves us into a space of personal and shared discernment.
From there, we were invited to explore mission, community and solidarity with the poor. These elements, contemplation and discernment, and mission, community and solidarity with the poor were places of common spirit among us. We definitely saw the special uniqueness or flavor of each community, and the tremendous wealth that we share in common.
One question that echoed through the room on several occasions was: how do we bring this back to our home communities, how do we get everyone moving in the direction of transformation?
While I'm all for that, I wonder if the question is rather: How do we get all of us who are ready for transformation moving in the same direction and sharing energies and gifts?
I think if we wait to get everyone on board and moving, we may miss the moment of transformation. What if we come together - there is so much good energy flowing! Be a blessing right where you are and join in widening circles of blessing where all is gift.
"Growing your own food is like printing money."
I have a back-yard garden for the first time in... a long time.
I can say a whole-hearted YES to Ron's ideas.
Grow food for recreation! Grow to make yourself happy! Growing anything can be very rewarding, calming, therapeutic and an excellent hobby. You wanna grow the biggest celery or the rarest vegetable? Do it! We grow when we grow!
trucked for hundreds of miles.
Deep in the heart of the religious vocation is a spirituality that roots and grounds it. This the ever deepening source of life, community, vows and ministry. This article explores the deep contemplative space that can reach out to the God space in other religions and culture, and across the differences in community and church. It weaves together deep moments of the Catholic tradition, showing their openness to others.
This week I would like to share two touching tributes to the golden age of religious life in the US. The first is a video created by USF students highlighting their conversations with Women Religious.
What a witness to the life and work of generations of women who have lived the gospel, who have served the poor, have walked with the people of God, who have tried to go out and meet the needs of the weak and lonely.
As we move forward imagining the emerging future of this life, we gratefully receive the blessing of these women who have gone before us. It is their witness of courage and faith that encourages us to go forward.
God Calling on Line One.... Great reflection on the call to religious life today.
For some time now, I have sensed the urgency to commit to the future of religious life as it is emerging today. I have been longing for a community where we share our radical commitment to living the Gospel personally, communally and in ministry. I have been involved in many conversation circles that explore the new energy stirring among us, circles where we expressed a desire to continue the contemplative process and conversation, moving into action.
In this spirit, I am joining with others in starting an intentional community of younger women religious where we can explore this emerging future in a practical manner. Two of us are currently looking for housing, in St. Louis, probably a rental house with 4-5 bedrooms where we can begin community together. Others are interested in the project, and as the group grows, we hope to find nearby houses. Following a village model will provide some flexibility as we grow into our new reality.
This community will be the chance to move forward concretely with plans for vibrant community, simple gospel living, and commitment to spirituality and to sustainability. If this sounds like what you are looking for, let me know.
Over the past several months, in addition to networking with sisters from various congregations, I've been networking with intentional communities in the area. We have various foci: sustainability, community, spirituality, peace and justice. We also know that by sharing our journeys and networking with one another, we can all bring our dreams closer to a reality.


WARSAW, Poland – Catholic leaders joined in commemorations of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, where 1.2 million mostly Jewish prisoners were killed by the Nazis during World War II.
"When we ask how God was present in the hell of Auschwitz, we must remember God's last word is one of peace," said Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow, Poland.
The cardinal preached at a Jan. 27 Mass in Auschwitz's church-run ecumenical Center for Dialogue and Prayer. The Mass was concelebrated by the Vatican's nuncio to Poland, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, and attended by Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski and around 150 former camp inmates.
Cardinal Dziwisz said questions still needed to be asked about human responsibility for Auschwitz atrocities, but added that the camp's liberation was also a reminder that peace could be achieved by human effort.
Besides Jewish inmates, who made up 90 percent of victims, approximately 100,000 mostly Catholic Poles were killed by German occupiers in Auschwitz's gas chambers and execution sites. The Nazis also killed Roma, Russian POWs and prisoners of other nationalities at the camp, located in Oswiecim, Poland.


im gonna talk about a marvel superhero i heard of when i first got the video game, "ultimate marvel vs capcom 3"
its this heavily-armed space critter called "rocket raccoon"
rocket raccoon was created by bill mantlo and keith giffen and consciously inspired by the classic beatles song "rocky raccoon" which included a reference to "gideons bible"
his very first appearance was in "marvel preview #7" (summer 1976) in the back-up feature "the sword in the star"
and he subsequently appeared in "the incredible hulk #271"
he also appeared in 2008 as a member of a superhero team called "the guardians of the galaxy"
as for on TV, raccoon appeared in "the avengers: earths mightiest heroes" in the episode "michael korvac"
in fact, in the game, one of his dialogues before a fight starts is "lets see how cute i am after i strangle you with your own intestines"
with wesker, he says "so whats this i hear about a place called raccoon city?"
with nemesis, he says "you sort of remind me of the hulk, only stupider"
with chris, he says "thats what you get for letting them mess up raccoon city, you wanker!"
with nemesis, he says "man, you ugly!"
its something about eating shuma-gorath because he looks like a squid, and he says "yum"
Wasn't there a raccoon detective?
So the PS Vita is only like a year old so you drew those pictures within the last year? How old are you?
Anyway, there are real raccoons living in my back yard. There has been an explosion of them were I live, they even ate some of my neighbors chickens(don't ask why my neighbors have chickens, I live in a city). They keep me up all night going through trash and knocking things over. Really cute though, I have a motion light on my garage and when it comes on form them being behind my house I watch them dart for the darkness. I have no idea why the heck I just wrote all that, oh well.
I approve of this only because you included a top 5 raccoon list. That is a good article in my opinion.
I have that first issue of Rocket Raccoon, though I can't recall a single thing from it. I also saw the episode of Avengers that you're talking about. I was very surprised to see him, even as part of a group.
And, also, I like your Happy Tree Friends interpretation. Funny!
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Date/Time: Saturday 9th February 2019 (Kick-off 4:00 PM CET).
There is going to be a contrast of styles on display in this League game on Saturday with Nottingham Forest perhaps a little more cautious with their football compared with Brentford who love to get forward and score goals.
When Brentford are at their best they are very enjoyable to watch and in the last month they have begun to show why they were considered a potential top six club earlier this season.
A poor run after Dean Smith left to manage Aston Villa has probably cost them any chance of that now, but Brentford are flying in the FA Cup and they head to a part of the East Midlands they have enjoyed in recent years. The Bees have come away with the three points in 4 consecutive visits to Nottingham Forest and they are a team creating a lot of chances.
However Brentford are still vulnerable at the back and they have conceded at least twice in their last couple of away games. Now they visit Nottingham Forest under the new management of Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane and a team who have won 2 of their last 3 at home and scored plenty of goals in those wins.
The way Brentford approach things should give Nottingham Forest their chances in this one too, especially being at home, and I do think the teams can combine for three or more goals on Saturday. Potential windy conditions are a concern in Nottingham this weekend, but Brentford can play their part in another high-scoring fixture and I will back at least three goals to be shared out.


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by Philippe Lanctot
YTM defines the return on bonds; IRR defines a return on cash flow.
Many investments, such as bonds and capital infusions, are designed to return a certain cash flow over time. To measure the success of an investment and compare it to others, use an interest rate calculation that determines the return on your investment.
Yield to Maturity, or YTM, is a measure used to determine the annual return generated by a bond's interest payments, or coupons. A $1,000 bond, for example, with a bond rate of 6 percent and semi-annual coupons, pays interest of $30 every six months. You're earning 3 percent every six months, making the YTM in this example equal to 1.03^2 - 1 = 6.09 percent. Your annual yield to maturity is higher than the bond rate because you receive your coupon payments every 6 months rather than once a year.
Bond Price
To purchase that same bond with an 8 percent yield to maturity, calculate the market price with the formula: C * [1-(1/(1+i)^n] / i + MV / (1+i)^n, where C is the coupon amount, n is the number of coupons remaining, PV is the bond's maturity value and i equals (1+YTM)^(1/f) - 1, where f is the frequency of the coupons (2 for semi-annual, 4 for quarterly, 12 for monthly). The market price of the bond is the present value of the cash flows, or coupons, plus the present value of the bond's maturity value, using a discount factor equal to your desired yield to maturity. The price of a $1,000 bond with $30 semi-annual coupons payable for another 10 years at a desired YTM of 8 percent would be: $30 * [1-(1/1.0392)^20] / 0.0392 + $1,000 / 1.0392^20 = $410.50 + $463.19 = $873.69. You pay less than the $1,000 par value of the bond because you wish to earn a higher YTM than the bond's 6.09 percent original YTM.
The Internal Rate of Return -- IRR -- measures the interest rate a capital infusion must earn to break even based on projected cash flows. With an investment of $C in a business and expected cash flows of CF(1), CF(2), CF(3) and CF(4) at the end of the next four years, the IRR would be the value of i solved in the following: C = CF(1)/(1+i) + CF(2)/(1+i)^2 + CF(3)/(1+i)^3 + CF(4)/(1+i)^4.
Calculating IRR
The IRR is the interest rate at which the present value of the future expected cash flows equals your current capital infusion. A number of IRR calculators are available online that allow for quick calculation of an IRR. Suppose you wanted to know the IRR for an investment of $1,000 with projected cash flows of $300 in each of the next four years. The interest rate at which the present value of the expected cash flows equal $1,000 is 7.72 percent.
Accounting Explained: Yield to Maturity (YTM)
Engineering Toolbox: Internal Rate of Return - IRR
Engineering Toolbox: Calculate IRR
Philippe Lanctot started writing for business trade publications in 1990. He has contributed copy for the "Canadian Insurance Journal" and has been the co-author of text for life insurance company marketing guides. He holds a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from the University of Montreal with a minor in English.
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How to Calculate Cash Values of Annuities
How to Calculate the Effective Interest Rate for Discounted Bonds
Bond Yield to Maturity Calculation
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How to Determine the Cost Basis of Municipal Bonds
How to Calculate the Yield to Maturity on a U.S. Treasury ...
How Does a Capital Appreciation Bond Work?
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The time of cathedrals has come. Finally. Again!
This a story that takes place, in fair Paris in the year of our lord 1482. A tale of love and a tale of esire.
We the artists of stature unknown in sculpture and verse will attempt to transcribethis story for you and posperity.
I have to say that all the new cast is pretty amazing. And Heron Borelli's Febo was stunning, he's hot, more hot that the "original" Febo and he has a better voice!
For Quasimodo... the guy was very very good but he was not Giò Di Tonno, I'm rly sorry but Giò is Giò. (Dance, my Esmeralda 3.45. rly listen RLY! Btw here the lyrics in english, so give it a try c'mon) could really someone be better than him?
And Esmeralda was (physically) the copy of Cristina D'Avena LOL.
But, at the end: Foundling and Caged wings and wild eyes (they will never fly again) continue to break my heart in so many pieces.
After the musical I met Erik by accident so we talked and I saw him later tonight and I'm beginnig to think that maybe we're dating... I'm not sure yet... I mean, I like him, I do, but I don't think that I wanna be in a relationship right now... and he's kinda in love with me so I feel guilty cos it's not the same for me! I rly don't know wath to do exactly.
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Does Low-Dose Radiation Cause Leukemia?
By Robert Peter Gale MD, PhD, DSc(hc), FACP, FRSM, and F. Owen Hoffman, PhD
Robert Peter Gale MD, PhD, DSc(hc), FACP, FRSM
F. Owen Hoffman, PhD
It is more likely than not that low doses of ionizing radiation increase the risk of leukemia. Hematologists and oncologists need to ensure the benefit of any radiologic procedure they order—no matter how small the dose—outweighs the associated increased risk of developing leukemia (and other cancers).
—Robert Peter Gale, MD, PhD, DSc(hc), FACP, FRSM, and F. Owen Hoffman, PhD
Data from A-bomb survivors, persons with ankylosing spondylitis and neoplasms treated with radiation therapy, and many other sources show a strong association between exposure to ionizing radiation (particles or electromagnetic waves with sufficient energy to cause an ionization such as photons and gamma rays) and an increase in the risk of developing leukemia.
In A-bomb survivors, the relative risks of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL; relative risk [RR] = 2.7), acute myeloid leukemia (AML; RR = 2.1), and chronic myeloid leukemia (CML; RR = 2.8) were markedly increased. [These relative risks are based on assuming exposure to 1 Gy at age 30 and diagnosis at age 70 and averaging risks between males and females. However, it should be noted that younger age at exposure and male gender are associated with the highest relative risks.]
Curiously, past studies reported neither an increased risk of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in A-bomb survivors nor in many other radiation-related settings. Based on these data, CLL was assumed to be a nonradiogenic leukemia. However, some recent data have challenged this notion.1-3
Increased risks of ALL, AML, and CML in A-bomb survivors were strongly correlated with dose. For example, at estimated doses less than 500 mSv, fewer than 10% of the cases of AML that developed were attributed to radiation exposure. This finding contrasts with data in persons estimated to be exposed to more than 500 mSv, in whom 80% of cases of AML are attributed to radiation. At very low estimated doses (less than 5 mSv), fewer than 0.1% of cases of AML are thought to be caused by radiation exposure.
Relevance to Hematologists and Oncologists
Why is any of this of interest to hematologists and oncologists? These data are important for several reasons. For example, one-half of the current exposure to ionizing radiation of the U.S. population comes from medicine-related radiologic procedures, namely computed tomography (CT), positron-emission tomography (PET), and radionuclide scans. In 2012, there were 80 million CT/PET diagnostic imaging and 20 million nuclear medicine studies. That's nearly one study for every three Americans!
Radiation exposure of A-bomb survivors and most of the situations used to define the association between radiation exposures and leukemia come from unique settings, unlike the types of exposures for which hematologists and oncologists are responsible. For example, the cohort of A-bomb survivors studied for estimation of radiogenic cancer risks received one acute but rather moderate radiation exposure of between < 0.05 and 4 Gy. [In the context of A-bomb survivors, doses in Gy and Sv can be considered equivalent for most purposes.]
By comparison, many persons with cancer receive very high doses of radiation, most of which are high-dose–rate exposures given over several weeks. These data leave us with a dilemma. Does exposure to much lower doses of ionizing radiation, say less than 30 mSv (average dose of a CT/PET scan), received multiple times over several months or even years rather than instantaneously also increase the risk of developing leukemia?
Closing in on an Answer
This question has troubled many scientists, including radiobiologists, health physicists, and epidemiologists, for several decades. Now an answer seems close. Three recent studies have provided data to address this question.
The first is a study by Leuraud and co-workers of about 300,000 nuclear workers exposed to ionizing radiation over many years.4 Average exposures were very low—a mean of 1.1 mSv per year—with mean cumulative doses of 16 mSv, a dose equivalent to the cumulative background radiation dose of living 4 years in Denver, Colorado. The authors found a significant, dose-dependent increased risk of dying of leukemia, especially CML, at these low doses.
In the second study, Kendall and co-workers reported an association between the background level of terrestrial gamma radiation in the United Kingdom and the risk of developing ALL in children.5 An increased risk was detected at doses of about 5 mSv.
In the third study, Pearce and co-workers reported a linear correlation between estimated bone marrow dose from a head CT scan in children and the risk of developing ALL.6
There are, of course, limitations to each of these studies. A slight increase in leukemia risk imparted by a low dose of ionizing radiation requires data from huge populations to be statistically significant. It is also reasonably certain persons living in high areas of background radiations such as Goa, India (30 mSv/yr); Guarapari, Brazil (175 mSv/yr); and Ramsar, Iran (200 mSv/yr) do not have a detectable increased risk of developing leukemia.
However, the weight of the epidemiologic data and prevailing radiobiologic concepts and data support the notion of a linear no-threshold relationship between radiation dose and leukemia risk. It is also worth recalling that the failure to detect an increased risk at a high level of statistical confidence is not proof that the risk is zero.
What are the implications of this conclusion for the readers of The ASCO Post? Simple. We should assume every excess radiation exposure—no matter how small—increases the risk of leukemia. In other words, we need to think carefully before ordering diagnostic radiologic procedures such as CT, PET, and radionuclide scans, especially in young persons.
Large numbers of these radiologic procedures are sometimes required by health authorities and drug companies in an effort to determine precisely the time of cancer progression, especially when progression-free survival is used as a surrogate for survival for drug registration. However, considerable data indicate that latency between progression detected by a predefined radiologic assessment and progression triggered by an abnormal clinical or laboratory finding is only about 1 month. More important, there are substantial data indicating earlier detection of cancer progression, and presumably starting anticancer therapy sooner, does not improve survival.
Our conclusions? First, it is more likely than not that low doses of ionizing radiation increase the risk of leukemia. Second, hematologists and oncologists need to ensure the benefit of any radiologic procedure they order—no matter how small the dose—outweighs the associated increased risk of developing leukemia (and other cancers). ■
Disclosure: Drs. Gale and Hoffman reported no potential conflicts of interest.
1. Trabalka JR, Apostoaei AI: Development of a risk model for chronic lymphocytic leukemia for NIOSH-IREP. January 5, 2010. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket/archive/pdfs/NIOSH-209/0209-010510-CLLRiskModelFinal.pdf. Accessed August 28, 2015.
2. Hsu WL, Preston DL, Soda M, et al: The incidence of leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma among atomic bomb survivors: 1950-2001. Radiat Res 179:361-382, 2013.
3. Zablotska LB, Bazyka D, Lubin JH, et al: Radiation and the risk of chronic lymphocytic and other leukemias among Chornobyl [sic] cleanup workers. Environ Health Perspect 121:59-65, 2013.
4. Leuraud K, Richardson DB, Cardis E, et al: Ionising radiation and risk of death from leukaemia and lymphoma in radiation-monitored workers (INWORKS): An international cohort study. Lancet Haematol 2:e276-e281, 2015.
5. Kendall GM, Little MP, Wakeford R, et al: A record-based case-control study of natural background radiation and the incidence of childhood leukaemia and other cancers in Great Britain during 1980-2006. Leukemia 27:3-9, 2013.
6. Pearce MS, Salotti JA, Little MP, et al: Radiation exposure from CT scans in childhood and subsequent risk of leukaemia and brain tumours: A retrospective cohort study. Lancet 380:499-505, 2012.
Dr. Gale is Visiting Professor of Haematology, Haematology Research Centre, Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom; and Dr. Hoffman is President and Director, Oak Ridge Center for Risk Analysis, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Disclaimer: This commentary represents the views of the author and may not necessarily reflect the views of ASCO.


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The problem with the onslaught of these images is not just a problem for girls, though. These images also teach boys that a girl who is not all these things is not worth anything. It's sad, very sad.


GitHub for Windows was released recently and it's a huge advancement in usability of Git SCM in Windows. Until not so far existent tooling has been giving you the command line integration and hopefully some (crappy) basic UI . Git Extensions has made lately great progress but I still preferred the command line for routine tasks.
This lack of good tooling around Git was the reason why I've promoted Mercurial in my company when we've migrated some of our projects to DVCS. TortoiseHg is great for working with Mercurial repositories and is evolving steadily adding new features & improving stability.
So, with a couple of keystrokes I can launch (almost any) dialog for a Mercurial repository in current folder, do quickly the job and close it away to be back to my lovely Console. That's a true time saver and integrates very well in my workflow.
This is the feature I miss in GitHub for Windows: launch it from command line, accept command line parameters and show me the screen I've asked for. Isn't it a great idea?


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House Intel Committee subpoenas Michael Flynn, Rick Gates
"The American people, and the Congress, deserve to hear directly from these two critical witnesses," Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said.
Michael Flynn leaves Federal Court on Dec. 1, 2017 in Washington.Brendan Smialowski / AFP - Getty Images file
June 13, 2019, 1:26 PM UTC
By Adam Edelman
The House Intelligence Committee on Thursday issued subpoenas to former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn and former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates, as part of the panel's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The subpoenas are for both testimony and documents, the committee's chairman, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said in a statement. Flynn and Gates both cooperated with then-special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference and President Donald Trump.
"As part of our oversight work, the House Intelligence Committee is continuing to examine the deep counterintelligence concerns raised in Special Counsel Mueller's report, and that requires speaking directly with the fact witnesses. Both Michael Flynn and Rick Gates were critical witnesses for Special Counsel Mueller's investigation, but so far have refused to cooperate fully with Congress," Schiff said. "That's simply unacceptable. The American people, and the Congress, deserve to hear directly from these two critical witnesses."
House Intel plans hearings into Trump counterintel findings
Schiff said earlier this week that he wanted his committee to look into crucial questions that Mueller's report failed to address about Trump's relationship with Russia.
NBC News reported last month that Flynn told investigators that people linked to the Trump administration and Congress reached out to him in an effort to interfere in the Russia probe. Flynn pleaded guilty in December 2017 to a charge of lying to the FBI about his conversations with then-Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak in the weeks before Trump took office. He faces up to six months in prison. A judge has yet to set a sentencing date.
Rick Gates departs federal court in Washington on Dec. 11, 2017.Susan Walsh / AP file
Gates, who served as Trump's deputy campaign chairman and deputy chairman of the Trump inaugural committee, agreed to cooperate with Mueller's prosecutors after pleading guilty to hiding money he earned from lobbying work on behalf of pro-Russian groups in Ukraine.
Gates, who is facing up to six years in prison under the terms of his cooperation deal, was the star witness in the financial fraud trial of his longtime partner Paul Manafort.
During Manafort's trial in federal court in Virginia, Gates admitted to tax fraud, extramarital affairs and embezzling money from his former boss and mentor. Gates is still cooperating in "several ongoing investigations," defense lawyers and federal prosecutors said in March.
Adam Edelman
Adam Edelman is a political reporter for NBC News.
Alex Moe contributed.


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We got up at 4:30 Friday morning so we could beat the rush. Thursday morning we had gotten up at 5:00 AM and ran out of hot water in the KOA showers. Also, we had observed heavy laundry usage all day Thursday and wanted to avoid problems in the laundry room Friday. Good thing we got showers and laundry done by 7:00 AM as Friday turned into an even bigger madhouse once everyone got up and moving.
We have noticed a trend. Since Christmas, everyday the KOA has been getting busier and busier. Nearly all the sites are taken each night even though the daily site turnover is 30 to 50%. Crazy. This must be the season to visit South Padre Island for short stays.
After 8:00 Friday morning, Linda called Carlos' Royal Mobile Service Wash and Wax. This is one of the two wash your RV at your site services constantly driving through each island RV park every day trolling for business. Even though there were two of Carlos' trucks driving around aimlessly through the KOA, Linda was told they wouldn't be able to get started on cleaning our rig for another two hours.
I felt better about the wait after seeing one of the crews working on a travel trailer 1/2 hour later.
A crew showed up at our rig around 10:30. Not speaking Spanish, my communication was limited to just conveying that we wanted our rig washed. The team of two men immediately started hand washing the truck and camper. Carlos appeared fifteen minutes later. I added cleaning the Jeep (outside only) to our work order. Carlos talked to his crew and then left.
The two men did a wonderful job cleaning truck, camper and Jeep. They were meticulous, taking pride in ensuring that everything they were supposed to clean was completely clean. With a nit picky eye, I went around the rig after they left and found only two tiny missed spots.
While the workers were cleaning, I sat outside and read a book mostly, looking up occasionally to admire their work. Just before they moved on to their next client, one of them told me, as best he could, they were done. I wanted to give each guy a $20 tip. Once he understood that this was a tip, he was happy to take the money. Getting his partner to take $20 was easier.
Carlos showed up 1/2 hour later. $70 for the whole deal. Not a bad price. While they can take credit cards, plan to pay in cash. When I offered to pay using a Visa, Carlos didn't have his credit card reader with him, a common way for people to say they really don't like to be paid with a credit card.
Mid afternoon, we started making another big holiday meal. This is the same menu we put together on Christmas Day: meatloaf, scalloped potatoes and green bean casserole. Since we had more baking pans than would fit into the oven at the same time, we left 1/2 of the unbaked meatloaf in a pan on the counter. When it came time to take the scalloped potatoes out of the oven and put the second meatloaf into the oven, Linda found 1/4 of the meatloaf missing. Picasso!
Despite the meatloaf piracy, the meal was a success.
Cutting down on the butter and bacon in the scalloped potatoes made that much better this time.
Saturday morning started mild, in the low seventies. We went to the grocery store at 7:00 in the morning to beat the crowds. Hardly anyone was in the Port Isabel HEB.
At 10:00, the wind started up with a vengeance. Temperatures plummeted into the low sixties as a cold front fought its way into the area. By 10:30, sideways rain was pelting the camper. When leaving for lunch at 11:00, it was still raining. We drove Padre Boulevard north to Tom & Jerry's Beach Club Bar & Grill.
Tom & Jerry's is a sports bar with a decent food menu. We ate here five years ago at the same time of year. It hasn't changed a bit. Love the atmosphere and the food. I had the Patty Melt. It was more than I expected. Two beef patties and two slices of cheese. Pepper jack cheese for one slice and Swiss cheese for the other. Instead of fries, onion rings.
Despite being full from the patty melt, desert was ordered: key lime pie. After all, this is an island in the tropics.
Mid afternoon, during a lull in the rain, it was time to put up all the outside furniture. The temperature had continued to drop, going into the fifties. Wearing my rain shell, gloves and a stocking hat, I loaded up the Jeep.
After dinner and after the dishes were done, water and sewer were disconnected.
After dark, the temperature continued to drop to the low fifties. The blowing wind continued to rattle palm leaves sounding like rain beating down on a distant roof. Rattling the leaves.
Sunday morning, all there was to do was unplug from shore power, disconnect cable and stow the cords. Then north to San Antonio where the expected Sunday high was 45 degrees with rain. Winter return had returned.


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Building a new Tower of Babel - the view from the top
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How many species of birds are there on the planet? When I was growing up, there were around 8,500 or so. That's a big number, but it was not out of the realms of possibility for someone to see, if not every species, then at least most of them. However, at the time of writing, there are more. Many more. Depending on which authority you rely on, the list is currently around 16,000 and most of the people involved in the counting of bird species believe that this will grow up to 30,000 or so before we have finished.
What is going on here? It is not as if, in the last few decades, 10,000 or 20,000 species of birds never before seen by people have been discovered. What has changed has nothing to do with the birds themselves: the difference is that our knowledge of birds has improved.
A species is a group of organisms which, left to their own devices in the wild, only breed with each other. Once I went to a patch of forest in the South American jungle and saw a bird. We called it a Patchwing. There were lots of them, all with the same size and shape and nesting habit and eating preferences, all living happily together. All was well. Until one day someone noticed that, in fact, the only Patchwings which nested together were those with the same songs. Turned out that, in this group of Patchwings, there were five different song groups, so five different species, who could only be distinguished by voice.
To be a serious ornithologist these days, your ears are just as important as your eyes, because birds are "lingualists": they discriminate on the basis of language.
So do people, of course. There are many countries which will not accept you as a citizen unless you can speak the local language. Though, like Patchwings, we all come from common stock, from an Adam and Eve, somewhere in the passage of time. And we, like Patchwings, can actually interbreed across linguistic barriers, and increasingly do so.
When it comes to defining bird species, there are fierce debates held between the so-called lumpers and splitters. As the names imply, lumpers argue for big groupings of birds while the splitters head in the other direction and subdivide groupings.
I have two sets of friends who are lumpers. In both cases, one partner is of Asian descent, and the other Caucasian, and they have "lumped" their stock together in their children. All of them, the parents and children, were born in Australia, and so all of them belong to the one lumped group, Australian.
It seems to me that when it comes to ornithology we are heading in the direction of splitting, but that when it comes to people we are going in the other direction, and increasingly becoming lumpers. Extrapolate current trends and one day those groupings of people we call "races", like white, black, Hispanic, Indian, Arabic, and so on, will for all intents and purposes disappear. Race, as a principle of lumping, was always a poor one, and the sooner it becomes entirely redundant the better.
However, we still have language groups, and counting languages is a way of counting how many groups we fall into. Counting languages produces the same kinds of problems that ornithologists have when counting species. For example, when is something a language or merely a dialect? The linguist Max Weinreich suggested, "A language is a dialect with an army and a navy". I recently saw a TV documentary about Jamaica and, although the Jamaicans were speaking English, without the sub-titles SBS kindly provided it might as well have been Greek to me.
Nevertheless, we count languages as we do everything else, and by one estimate, there are almost 7,000 languages used today. Of these, 809 are spoken by the 3.9 million people living in Papua New Guinea, which is an average of 4,500 speakers per language. Within the lifetime of my children, for good and ill, the number of effective languages - those which are more than museum pieces - will be reduced by at least half.
All languages are falling to the power of English today, with the Internet perhaps having provided the coup de grace to the prospects of other languages becoming dominant. It is far too early to know this with any certainty, of course, with fully a quarter of the world's population speaking Chinese, but the direction towards, if not a mono-lingual world, but at least one with a universal lingua franca does seem to be inevitable.
This was the dream L.L. Zamenhof, who designed Esperanto in 1887 as an easy-to-learn universal second language. His vision was that by lumping everyone into a common language group the world would be a better place. English, in all its dialectical forms around the world, seems now to be succeeding where the Esperanto project failed.
David E. James is based in Brisbane, Australia and is currently writing I Just Want My Children to be Happy as a father of three young people. It is due for publication in 2006.
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The Illustrated Congressmen
By John Stanton
Posted May 8, 2012 at 3:13pm
What do Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., soccer legend David Beckham and conservative godfather Barry Goldwater have in common?
All three men have, on more than one occasion, subjected themselves to the exquisite pain of an artist putting ink to skin.
Beckham has more tattoos than most rock stars, Goldwater had Native American tribal work done on his hand and, as for Chicagoland Democrat Jackson? He has two half-sleeves nearly done, complete with portraits of his family and boyhood hero Bruce Lee.
"I believe in body art," Jackson said, explaining that he tries "to get a new tattoo every year." On tap for Jackson this year is a collage celebrating the centennial of his fraternity, Omega Psi Phi.
Tattoos are everywhere on Capitol Hill these days. Capitol Police officers have them. Reporters — including this one — do. Lula Davis, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's former right-hand floor aide, sported tattoos in the Capitol for years.
A 2003 Harris Interactive poll found that 16 percent of adults admit to having tattoos these days. And while Democrats had a slight edge on Republicans in the area of body art, the poll did reveal that some tea party sympathizers might be simpatico with body art: According to the poll, 57 percent of those without tattoos see body art as a sign of rebelliousness.
So if, as lawmakers are so fond of saying, Congress is indeed a reflection of America, it would follow that some 60 Members of the House and 16 Senators have found themselves at least once under the gun, so to speak.
And yet, even an informal poll of lawmakers turns up relatively few who are willing to admit being in the Tattoo Caucus.
There's Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), who's had numerous sessions with tattoo artists.
Hunter, like Jackson, has most of two half-sleeves complete. A Marine, he says he started getting tattooed at the beginning of each deployment, a practice he's carried on with his brother.
"Every deployment I'd gotten a tat, so when he deployed, I got my last one," Hunter said, noting that his wife — who has had her own work done — has encouraged him to get more, including one on his forearm.
Anecdotal evidence suggests there are plenty of Members with ink. Hunter noted he's "seen a lot of guys with little ankle tattoos and stuff" in the gym and other settings where Members may be baring more flesh than on the floor of the House.
Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.) — the only known female member of the caucus — went to a tattoo shop shortly after the 9/11 attacks to get "a tattoo of a cross, which is a reflection of her strong faith," spokesman Ken Johnson said.
Rep. Dan Boren (D-Okla.) has a Kappa Sigma tattoo in honor of his fraternity — but wouldn't necessarily want to see his children follow in his inky footsteps.
"I am still proud to have it but won't be encouraging my kids to get one," Boren said.
Del. Eni Faleomavaega (D-American Samoa), is the granddaddy of the Tattoo Caucus and the only Member of Congress to sport a tatua, the traditional form of Polynesian tattooing that is performed when a boy enters manhood.
While Western tattooing isn't exactly a walk in the park — it involves, after all, the repeated insertion of dozens of needles into the skin — the art of tatua is not for the faint of heart.
The process can take weeks to complete and traditional artists, known as tufuga ta tatau, use tools made of bone, wood and seashell to perform the tattoos, which can cover much of a person's body.
Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), a Marine like Hunter, also has military tattoos. In a 2008 interview with Esquire, Webb revealed he and his son have matching tattoos celebrating their Irish and Scottish ancestry.
A Glorious Past
Tattooing has something of a history in politics. Goldwater's infamous hand tattoo — made up of four small stars and a half moon — was part of his participation in the Smoki People, a group of largely white, Native American culture enthusiasts in the Southwest. The late Arizona Senator was long celebrated for his role in cultural appreciation of Southwestern tribal art and customs.
President Theodore Roosevelt purportedly had his family crest tattooed on his chest, while Winston Churchill — whose mother had a snake tattooed on her leg — famously had an anchor tattooed on his right forearm.
But despite that history and the rising popularity of the art form, it's still difficult to find Members who have them — and in some cases even more difficult to get them to talk about their work.
Yes, one of man's oldest art forms — and an ostensibly outward expression of one's life or self — flusters even the most quote-ready Member of Congress.
"Oh come on, man, who told you that?" Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) said when asked recently about his work. West, a former Army officer who has an eagle tattoo and airborne wings on his arms, among other work, was remarkably shy when discussing the tattoos he's gotten.
Still, he did offer that, "I don't have to worry about looking at it all saggy or with some chick's name on there" — referring to two tattoo rookie mistakes.
That reluctance to be tagged isn't abnormal. For instance, Del. Gregorio Sablan (D-
Northern Mariana Islands), who has a prominent tattoo on his hand, declined to comment on its origins or meaning.
Matt Knopp, owner of Adams Morgan's Tattoo Paradise, argued the reluctance of some Members to discuss their tattoos isn't surprising.
"If they're coming in here, they're sure as hell not telling me who they are!" Knopp joked, though he said he gets the occasional Capitol Hill staffer in for ink.
But the stigma, regardless of how unwarranted it may be, is likely to keep most Members or their staffers either out of an artist's chair or at the very least on the down low.
"They're the kid in eighth grade who was already trying to figure out what college they were getting into," Knopp quips.
'The Key Is to Plan It'
The list of Members without tattoos — even those with demographic proclivities toward them — is also notable. Republican Reps. Ben Quayle (Ariz.), Martha Roby (Ala.) and Cory Gardner (Colo.) — leaders of the GOP's youth movement who all came of age at the start of the latest tattoo renaissance — have never been inked.
"Oh no, I valued my hide too much because my parents would have kicked me out," Gardner said in explaining his lack of ink.
Likewise, former NFL players Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) and Jon Runyan (R-N.J.) have yet to be tattooed.
Even the House's first Member to rock a mic, Rep. André Carson (D-Ind.), has never been tattooed despite the prevalence of body art in the hip-hop community. As a teenager, Carson performed under the name Juggernaut.
And stereotypes notwithstanding, a number of Members who have served in the Marine Corps or Navy aren't inked either.
"No, I definitely don't have a tattoo," said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who was a Marine Corps reservist.
And neither does Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who served in the Navy and thus far has resisted the urge to get a tasteful set of golf clubs or bottle of merlot tattooed on his person.
So what should a lawmaker looking to get his first tattoo look for in an artist?
"The key is to plan it. You don't want to look like a smorgasbord of thought," Jackson counsels.
"You want to look at their portfolios, see a nice, clean solid tattoo," Knopp said, warning against going for a cheaper option when getting work done.
"Tattoos aren't cheap. If you've been told a price for a tattoo and a guy is offering to do it for half, you've got to ask why," he added.
And for any fence-sitting Members out there worried about the potential stigma of getting a tattoo, Knopp says that's largely gone the way of bipartisanship.
"They're not just for bikers or street thugs anymore," he explained. "Your kid's second-grade teacher has 'em, the soccer mom has 'em, the guy who owns the oil company has 'em and the punk rocker has 'em. And the funny thing is, they could all have the same tattoo."


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"""Contains embedding layers."""

from typing import Callable, Dict

import flax.linen as nn
import jax
import jax.numpy as jnp

from language.mentionmemory.utils import default_values
from language.mentionmemory.utils.custom_types import Array, Dtype, PRNGKey, Shape  # pylint: disable=g-multiple-import

class Embed(nn.Module):
  """Embedding layer.

  Attributes:
    num_embeddings: number of embeddings.
    embedding_dim: dimensionality of embeddings.
    dtype: precision of the layer output.
    embedding_init: embedding initializer.
  """
  num_embeddings: int
  embedding_dim: int
  dtype: Dtype = jnp.float32
  embedding_init: Callable[[PRNGKey, Shape, Dtype],
                           Array] = default_values.kernel_init

  def setup(self):
    self.embedding = self.param('embedding', self.embedding_init,
                                (self.num_embeddings, self.embedding_dim),
                                jnp.float32)

  def __call__(self, embedding_input: Array):
    """Embeds the inputs along the last dimension.

    Args:
      embedding_input: [..., embedding_dim] integer array of embedding indices.

    Returns:
      Embedded inputs, with embedding dimension appended and cast to dtype.
    """
    return jnp.asarray(self.embedding[embedding_input], dtype=self.dtype)

class DictEmbed(nn.Module):
  """Adds up embeddings from dictionary of embedding tables.

  Attributes:
    embedders: dictionary of embedding tables.
  """
  embedders: Dict[str, Embed]

  def __call__(self, inputs: Dict[str, Array]) -> Array:
    embeddings = {}
    for key, embedding_input in inputs.items():
      embeddings[key] = self.embedders[key](embedding_input)
    return jax.tree_util.tree_reduce(
        lambda value, embedding: value + embedding, tree=embeddings)

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Tonight we enjoyed a yummy Japanese curry,  with pork and potatoes, accompanied by a "Christmas" macaroni salad. It had red and green pasta in it, hence the name.
We all love curry year-round, but it's especially great in the Winter. I can't wait another cold-weather favorite: Oden. I know it's coming soon!


Well eventually we have moved house!!! were now living in Fulham and how lovely it is. ella and i have moved into a shoebox and easilly made it look lived in.
Now there are always good and bad aspects of new homes.
* we have a door in our room that leads to a back garden that has a lawn and barbecue and allows us to enter our room without going through the house.
* the shop closes at 8pm everynight. why??
* the door doesnt open, no matter how hard we try.
i am learning so much over here. the main thing i have realised is; No matter how hard you try somethings are just not meant to be perfet. keeps our lives interesting though.


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The piano accompaniment demands a skilled player with tempo and meter changes, accidentals, and technical sections including arpeggios, large leaps, and dramatic rhythmic segments. The choral parts are similar in range.
Performance options include varying the solo assignments to fit the vocal resources of your choir. This anthem may be sung as a call to communion, during the serving of the elements, or as a stand alone anthem.


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Q: tornado framework doesn't push data from server to client I've tried to modify an example from "Building the Realtime User Expereince" by Ted Roden to send live twitter data to a client pushed by a server.
My app has a class that makes a call to the Twitter Streaming API via tweepy and filters the results by a keyword which the user enters in his browser. The aim is it for then the twitter stream to be sent back to the client as per filtered results.
The problem I keep on having is that I am  unable to display a real-time data to the client, in the future I wanted to modify this so that I could send any type of data to the client in real time.
I'm very new to this and I am really struggling with this.....as I thought making a few changes to the example code would have worked. Here is my code:
The Executor module:
import tornado.httpserver
import tornado.ioloop
import tornado.options
import tornado.web
from tornado.options import define, options
import os.path, logging
from Tweeter import StreamerRt
import Queue
import threading
import simplejson as json
import uuid

queue = Queue.Queue(0)

define("port", default=8000, help='run on the given port', type=int)

class IndexHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
    def get(self):
        self.render('templates/index.html')

class Tweet(object):
    waiters = []
    cache = []
    cache_size = 200
    def wait_for_messages(self, callback, cursor=None):
        cls = Tweet
        if cursor:
            index = 0
            for i in xrange(len(cls.cache)):
                index = len(cls.cache) - i - 1
                if cls.cache[index]["id"] == cursor: break
            recent = cls.cache[index + 1:]
            logging.info("%r recent tweets", len(recent))
            if recent:
                    callback(recent)
                    return
        cls.waiters.append(callback)

    def new_tweets(self, messages):
        cls = Tweet
        for callback in cls.waiters:
            try:
                callback(messages)
            except:
                logging.error("Error in waiter callback", exc_info=True)
        cls.waiters = []
        cls.cache.extend(messages)
        if len(cls.cache) > self.cache_size:
            cls.cache = cls.cache[-self.cache_size:]

class TweetsEventsHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler, Tweet):
    @tornado.web.asynchronous
    def post(self):
        cursor = self.get_argument("cursor", None)
        self.wait_for_messages(self.async_callback(self.on_new_tweets),
                           cursor=cursor)
        self.render('templates/results.html')

    def on_new_tweets(self, tweets):
        if not self.request.connection.stream.closed():
            self.finish(dict(tweets=tweets))

class TweetExtractor(threading.Thread):
    def run(self):

        while True:
            tweet = queue.get()
            if tweet:

                try:
                    message = {
                        "id": str(uuid.uuid4()),
                        "tweet": tweet
                        }
                    message["html"] = "
" + ['author']['author_id'] + ": " + ['source'] + "
"
                    Tweet().new_tweets([message])

                except Exception, e:
                    pass

class TweetFinder(threading.Thread):
    def run(self):
        results = StreamerRt().filter(track=[self.get_argument('event')])
        for tweets in results:
            if len(tweets)>2:
                queue.put(tweets)

local_static_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "static")

app = tornado.web.Application([
            (r"/", IndexHandler),
            (r"/results", TweetsEventsHandler),
    ],
    static_path=local_static_path)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print 'Listening on http://localhost:8000'
    tornado.options.parse_command_line()

    # setup the twitter threads
    threads = []
    threads.append(TweetExtractor())
    threads.append(TweetFinder())

    # for each thread, set daemon mode to true and start them up
    for t in threads:
        t.daemon = True
        t.start()

    http_server=tornado.httpserver.HTTPServer(app)
    http_server.listen(options.port)
    tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.instance().start()

The js file is as this:
// -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
google.load("jquery", "1");

google.setOnLoadCallback(
    function() {
        $(document).ready(function() { T.init(); T.poll(); });
    }
);

var T = {
    cursor: false,
    types: ['hashtags', 'retweets', 'ats', 'links']
};

T.init = function() {
    $('input[type=checkbox]').click(T.click);
};

T.click = function(ev) {
    if(ev.target.id == 'all') {
        for(i in T.types)
            $('#' + T.types[i]).attr('checked', $('#all').attr('checked'));
        }
        else
            $('#all').attr('checked', false);
};

T.poll = function () {
    var args = {};
    if(T.cursor) args.cursor = T.cursor;
    $.ajax({
               url: "/results.html",
               type: "POST",
               dataType: "json",
               data: $.param(args),
               success: T.new_tweets
           });
};

T.new_tweets = function(response) {
    if(!T.cursor)
         $('#waiting').remove();

    T.cursor = response.tweets[response.tweets.length - 1].id;

    for(var i = 0; i < response.tweets.length; ++i) {
        if(T.should_show_tweet(response.tweets[i])) {
            var html = response.tweets[i].html;
            var regexp = /(http\:\/\/[^\ |\<]+)/g;
            if((result = regexp.exec(html))) {
                console.log(result);
                for (var n = 1; n < result.length; ++n)
                    html = html.replace(result[n], '' + result[n] + '');

            }

            var d = $(html);
            d.css('display', 'none');
            $('#content').prepend(d);
            d.slideDown();
        }
    }

    // clean up the DOM
    var limit = 100;
    var messages = $('.message');
    for(var x = messages.length-1; x > limit; --x)
        $(messages[x]).remove();

    T.poll();
};

T.should_show_tweet = function(tweet) {
    show_tweet = false;

    $('#all-count').text(parseInt($('#all-count').text())+1);

     for(x in T.types) {
        var type = T.types[x];

        // does the tweet have the specified type?
        if(tweet.stats[type].length) {
            var count_div = $('#' + type + '-count');
            count_div.text(parseInt(count_div.text())+1);

            // does the user want to see it?
            if($("#" + type).attr('checked'))
                show_tweet = true;
        }
    }
    return show_tweet;
};

T.click = function(ev) {
    if(ev.target.id == 'all') {
        for(i in T.types)
            $('#' + T.types[i]).attr('checked', $('#all').attr('checked'));
    }
    else
        $('#all').attr('checked', false);
};

I am a complete newbie to js.
Thanks

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Ada High student shows his support for the recycling program and throws his trash away properly.
As a child, you do a lot of learning. At school, you're taught to stop drop and roll, criss cross applesauce, and to reduce, reuse, recycle. They tell you from the time you're young how essential cleanliness is and why plastic bottles go in different bins than cans do. The real question is, did we ever learn the true importance of recycling?
Recently at Ada High, a new recycling movement has been reinstalled, providing the school with six recycling bins that can be found throughout the Student Center. Additionally, one can also find eleven trash cans throughout the main areas of the school if ever in need of a secondary place to dispose of their garbage.
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Students can be seen leaving the Student Center in shambles with bags of chips and crumbs adorning the carpet. After 10-minute break, many seem more concerned with getting their snack and getting to class instead of picking up after themselves.
The previous recycling plan issued in years past was quickly terminated after students failed to dispose of their trash in the proper waste baskets. Even now, you can still find paper in the plastic containers and so on which creates an inconvenient job for the school custodians.
Cody Carter, one of Ada High's custodians, has his work ahead of him every day, cleaning the messes the students leave in their wake.
Environmentally speaking, recycling reduces energy consumption and makes for lower production costs. Thus, by lowering the need to create new materials, the environment is cleaner and greenhouse gas emissions are lessened, which ultimately assists in helping to tackle climate change.
Outside of school, the importance of separating your recyclable materials is intended to assist recycling plants in order to quickly move the materials for reuse. It's a small job for a big cause. The least we can do is be a part in the process.
Take care of your school and take care of your environment, it will take care of you.
If you don't recycle you need to at least throw your trash away to keep the custodians from having to pick up all the extra trash around the school. You should recycle though because it is good for the environment.


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