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Grant Helps OSF Tackle Breast Cancer Screening & Treatment Disparities
PEORIA, Ill., Sept. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — OSF HealthCare is leveraging what it has learned during the COVID-19 pandemic to improve…
PEORIA, Ill., Sept. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — OSF HealthCare is leveraging what it has learned during the COVID-19 pandemic to improve breast cancer screening among minority and low-income patients. The Health Equity Action Lab (HEAL) and Saint Gabriel Digital Health (SGDH) at the Jump Trading Simulation & Education Center will train digitally enabled community health workers to engage with patients in new ways.
They'll use digital tools including text messaging, videos, and two-way messaging to help educate and empower patients to engage more in their own health. In turn, that should help improve mammogram rates and lower breast cancer mortality.
Dr. Sarah Stewart deRamirez, Vice President-Chief Medical Officer for OSF Innovation, says efforts will be funded by a $75,000, one-year grant from the Illinois Health and Hospital Association and Blue Cross-Blue Shield Insurance.
«We decided we wanted to take on the disparities we see between rural and urban, between race and ethnicity amongst our patients and really try to reduce those disparities and bring up the level of both screening mammograms and ultimately life expectancy around individuals diagnosed with breast cancer.» -Dr. Sarah Stewart deRamirez
Of the households that OSF HealthCare (OSF) serves, nearly half are low-income and almost a quarter are below the poverty line. Dr. Stewart deRamirez, who is also an Emergency Medicine physician, says nationwide 40% of the population gets a yearly mammogram but for low-income women over 39, it's closer to 20%.
According to Dr. Stewart deRamirez, «So depending on how much money you make and the insurance you get, that ultimately determines the rate at which people are able to access mammograms as well as access treatment and ultimately survive or die from breast cancer.»
The main goal of the grant is to pilot a hybrid digital health worker (remote) and community health worker (in-person) model to see the impact on improving breast cancer screening for Peoria and 5 surrounding rural counties (Fulton, Henry, Knox, Tazewell and Warren). Stewart deRamirez says there is little understanding about the impact of using communication and education tools patients can access on a smartphone, pad or computer. The results of the research, in collaboration with the Harvard School of Public Health, could also provide insights about prevention approaches for other types of cancer and chronic diseases.
Abby Lotz, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer for OSF Saint Gabriel Digital Health, agrees it's important to collect evidence about what works to improve mammogram rates and early treatment for breast cancer.
«Do people want to stand and talk to someone at a health fair? Do they want to connect with their digital health worker in their community one-on-one? Do they want to connect passively through the health applications or messaging functions and we'll make sure we're using all of those approaches to meet them where they are.»
OSF Saint Gabriel Digital Health deployed pandemic health workers to digitally support COVID care for individuals at home. Leaders were pleasantly surprised about people's willingness to use smartphones or tablets to stay connected with health care providers.
«I think that we don't give each generation enough credit. I think technology is so widely adopted but we need to support that. We need to continually upscale our communities to help them with that adoption and we want to be the trusted partner to help them do that,» according to Lotz.
The grant will also support efforts to screen all at risk patients within the OSF HealthCare system for social determinants of health such as housing and food insecurity or transportation challenges that contribute to lack of access and care. Those who screen positive will be connected to community social service agencies that can provide support and reduce those barriers.
Dr. Stewart deRamirez believes technology can be a great equalizer in providing health equity but key to making an impact is understanding more about the extent people want to connect digitally and the kind of support needed to allow them to do that easily.
OSF HealthCare is an integrated health system owned and operated by The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, Peoria, Illinois. OSF HealthCare employs more than 23,600 Mission Partners in 147 locations, including 14 hospitals – 10 acute care, four critical access – with 2,097 licensed beds, and 2 colleges of nursing throughout Illinois and Michigan. The OSF HealthCare physician network employs more than 1,500 primary care, specialists and advanced practice providers, who are part of the OSF Medical Group . OSF HealthCare, through OSF Home Care Services, operates an extensive network of home health and hospice services. It also owns Pointcore Inc., comprised of health care-related businesses; OSF HealthCare Foundation, the philanthropic arm for the organization; and OSF Ventures, which provides investment capital for promising health care innovation startups.
Jump Simulation, a part of OSF Innovation, is a collaboration between University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria and OSF HealthCare. The Jump center replicates a variety of patient care settings to ensure novice and seasoned clinicians can practice handling medical situations in a life-like environment. Boasting six floors and 168,000 square feet, the center is one of the largest of its kind and provides space for conferences, anatomic training, virtual reality and innovation. For more information, visit www.jumpsimulation.org.
Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHHA) is dedicated to advocating for Illinois' more than 200 hospitals and early 40 health systems as they serve patients and communities throughout the state. Our mission is to be the trusted voice and resource for members as they care for their communities. More information is available at www.team-iha.org.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) is committed to expanding access to quality, cost-effective health to as many people as possible in Illinois. BCBSIL is dedicated to innovation and exploring, nurturing and activating future possibilities to make the health care system work better for our members and our communities. BCBSIL is a division of Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company and an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Learn more at www.bcbsil.com
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The Entire world is moving quickly in the direction of the modernization of new skills. Likewise is the situation with the automobiles. A majority of day, you find out a new vehicle launch. With this speed of cars manufacturing, the time are not so much when the numbers of cars defeat the inhabitants. There are different types of cars with magnificent on models, shapes, and engines basis. Some are within the collection of buying as well as some will also be high-priced to handle. But all at once, when the vehicle is too costly, it also has the features which the others don't have. Like interior, engine specs, speed, infotainment, gadgets, all are superior. That's why, we have chosen the 10 most expensive cars of the year 2016. These are really stunning machines, and we would love to count down our favorites for you in this infographic. Having amazing engine power, lightning fast speed and extraordinary features, these are taking over the world.


Biosoakers were perfect for our vacation.
I have been using these for three years when we got on trips and I know I won't have a washer availability to wash my diapers. If the diaper shell gets soiled, I just hand wash them and let them air dry then re use so I'm not having to pack as many things. Make sure to pull these off slowly or they can lease a little bit of the adhesive on your shell (really no big deal in my opinion since it comes off easily), but they do soak easier than my usual prefolds.
This was my first time purchasing BioSoakers. I needed someone with fast and free shipping! Sweet bottoms did not fail me! They shipped fast and got to me the next day! These BioSoakers are so great for my toddler and I can't believe I waited this long to try! I can't wait to buy more!
These do the job if you're not going to be able to wash cloth inserts within a couple days of use. I definitely wouldn't use them on a regular basis only because of the cost.
These seem to work really well at keeping messes in the insert and away from the shell. I like them a lot better than the Flip disposable inserts because of the shape and the waterproof backing, it really makes a difference during a quick change in the go!


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A HULKing Lack of Inspiration
Hey kids, it's me, Uncle Cam, returning from my schoolwork-imposed exile! While I've been toiling away on scintillating essays on Chaucer, Shakespeare and Virgil, mucho movie stuff has been going on, uncommented on by yours truly. Why, we've seen the release of the brilliant Iron Man, Indiana Jones and Dark Knight trailers, as well as the release of The Hottie and the Nottie! Well, no more shall these important global events go unrecognized, which is why I feel compelled to escape my studies to comment on the newest bit of studio-produced hype: the trailer for The Incredible Hulk!!!
Now, I have made some disparaging comments about this little indie film in the past. I expressed my lack of confidence in the choice of Transporter director Louis Leterrier. As well, I ruminated on the necessity of making a follow-up/reimagining to/of a film that was mostly disliked by comic-fans and hated by the general public. Sure there are exceptions, but for the most part the Ang Lee directed Hulk is viewed as a boring misinterpretation of a classic character with cheesy effects and an unnecessary obsession with Freudian subtext. Oh, and stupid mutant dogs.
This overwhelming annoyance with the "franchise" made a follow-up a risky notion. So, I have to congratulate Marvel and Universal for having the guts to sign on for a 130-million dollar reinvention. That said, one has to wonder about the decision to keep this movie so quiet t hat no one outside of the fanatical has any idea it'll be dropping into theatres this summer. While The Dark Knight, Iron Man and Hellboy 2 have been raising awareness throughout the year, building ravenous anticipation, The Incredible Hulk has just been plodding along, seemingly oblivious of the necessity to raise any sense of excitement or awareness. Well, good on them! Sure they put out a bunch of glossy and semi-nifty screen shots, but let's face it, no one really noticed (or cared). But that time is over, and the marketing brainiacs have stewed up a colossal, bloated CG-crammed monstrosity of a trailer to plug the collective film-going arteries.
View it here:
So, how does it go down?
You know how McDonalds always has photos of magnificent looking hamburgers on their menu wall that when you get them, they look like they were acting as seat cushions for the Grimace? That's The Incred ible Hulk trailer in a nutshell. When viewed in screenshots this thing looked promising, but when actually delivered it makes you want to give up solids. Well, almost.
Let's start from the opening, cuz it's a doozy. We are introduced to the tormented Dr. Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) as he sits in a darkened room, facing a male friend... in front of a roaring fireplace, talking about his "personality problems". Now, I don't know about you, but the duo's locked eye contact and the setting, taken from one of those "Romantic Hits of the 60's" infomercials, gives off a seriously unintentional (?) homo-erotic vibe. I mean, come on! How many guys invite friends over to sit in front of the fire, with all the hou se's lights turned off??? Stylistic decisions aside, it's never good when a movie trailer like this starts off with bad, ironic laughs.
Anyhoo, what happens next? Well, if I didn't have an understanding of the movie's storyline I wouldn't be able to tell you. Edward Norton appears to be in trouble with the army... And running a lot... And talking in a bland monotone... Oh, and Tim Roth and Liv Tyler keep showing up and not saying anything... What the? Why is Norton jumping out of a helicopter??? Why is Mr. Orange getting stabbed with needles??? What the hell is that??? Wait, what the?... Bah, I'm tired. I'm gonna go watch Everybody Loves Raymond.
But seriously, there is no narrative logic, or true storyline (beyond a vaguely rudimentary sketch) in the content of the trailer. I'll fill you in, though. Liv Tyler is taking over for Jennifer Connelly, playing Banner's love interest Betty Ross, who is also daughter to General "Thunderbolt" Ross (William Hurt - Laughing his way to the bank! - Pictured left). The General wants Banner's DNA secrets for the military. Old Tim Roth, on the other hand, is Emil Bronsky, a Russian spy, who gets injected with Hulk-errific serum and becomes the poorly realized CG-menace, Abomination, shown arbitrarily at the end of the trailer. Banner then must deal with his inner-Hulkness and man up and go save the day. While this is a potentially compelling story, there's no dramatic interest from any of these people here (Other than Norton), and indeed no dialogue from anyone other than the star, save for a single Hurt-driven expositional utterance in the trailer! So, since there is not a single human emotion on display, let's focus on the Abomination and Hulk himself.
Now, I realize this movie is still over three months from release, but boy do these two CG creations look crappy. Abomination (Pictured right), which interestingly bears zero re semblance to Tim Roth, is borderline embarrassing. His design is okay, in that it is basically just a more organic and solid looking Spidey 3 Sandman copycat, but he has all the weight and charisma of a screensaver. The same goes for the Hulk, who looks half-decent... Until he moves. Then, he becomes a glowing, pixe llated cartoon. Both characters have zero screen presence, thus packing all the dramatic power of a PS3 cut scene. Their dramatic clash at the end is so underwhelming that it will likely inspire collective indifference from the masses. It's really sad when the whole selling point of your superhero movie looks about as convincing as Shrek the Third. As well, I have dire suspicions that the specific reason the filmmakers chose to film this whole epic clash of the polygons in pitch darkness was as a desperate attempt to obscure their obviously shaky efforts. Call it Godzilla '98 syndrome.
So, now that I've bitched on this long about a two minute trailer, am I still going to slap down my ten bucks on June 13th? Well, I paid to see Elektra and Ghost Rider, didn't I? Despite my unhinged ranting, I'm actually an optimistic person. A bad trailer does not necessari ly equate a bad movie, and vice versa. Heck, I loved the Transformers trailer and look at how that turned out! I hope Norton and crew pull it off and impress the hell out of me. I'll give them a glowing review on here and go door-to-door raising awareness of Hulk! But, on the basis of this supremely lame effort I now have to place The Incredible Hulk in the "Potential Flops" category for summer '08. Oh well, at least Speed Racer and The Love Guru can keep it company.
Wow, that was exhaustive! And soon to be redundant... Oh well, come on back soon, I'll have a review of the upcoming Rhona Mitra post-apocalyptic trashfest (Potentially in a good way!) Doomsday by Wednesday. As well, my now pointless "Best of '07" List.
See ya then.
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Sport Horses, Dressage Horses and Eventers are extraordinary athletes and can perform physical abilities (running and jumping) that exceed most other animals of a similar size. The superior athletic ability of the horse is attributed to the horse's high aerobic capacity, large intramuscular stores of energy, an ability to increase the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood, the efficiency of their gate and their ability to thermo- regulate and keep themselves cool when exercising. This article describes how metabolism and energy storage are achieved in the horse.
Following Horse feeding the rise in blood sugar initiates insulin release from the pancreas. Insulin allows glucose to leave the bloodstream and enter muscle or adipose (fat) tissue (among other body tissues), thereby returning blood glucose concentrations to baseline. Fibre (e.g., forages such as hay and pasture) are fermented by the good bacteria in the large intestine to produce volatile fatty acids (VFAs), namely acetate, propionate, and butyrate. Once absorbed, propionate is converted to glucose in the liver, while butyrate is converted to acetate. Acetate can then be metabolized to ATP by a variety of tissues or can be incorporated into fat synthesis.
Once inside cells the glucose can either be broken down, which results in the creation of ATP. ATP is the energy or "battery" of the body and enables muscles to contract. When at rest, excess levels of glucose are stored as glycogen (chains containing many thousand glucose molecules) for use during exercise. Ninety percent of the body's glycogen stores are in muscle and 10% are in the liver. When glycogen stores have run out the body then starts to metabolise fat to create energy and when fat reserves have been used up the body starts to metabolise protein to create energy.
Two types of fatigue have been recognised. The first, muscle fatigue occurs when muscles run out of energy sources and can no longer create the ATP that is required for them to contract. The second is central fatigue whereby an increase in serotonin levels in the brain contribute to fatigue. Muscles rely on glycogen as a source of energy, and glycogen reserves can be spared by increasing the fat content of muscle so that the fat metabolism spares the glycogen reserves thus enabling muscles to work for longer before fatiguing.
BCAA PASTE contains the three essential BCAAs, leucine, isoleucine and valine to support muscle recovery following exercise. Supplementation with BCAA has been demonstrated to increase the levels of these amino acids in muscle following strenuous exercise. The administration of leucine has been shown to reduce the concentration of amino acids in the blood following exercise, indicating a beneficial reduction in protein breakdown. Additionally, BCAA also contains rosemary a powerful antioxidant to protect muscle cells against oxidative damage and seaweed which acts as a pre-biotic to support intestinal health. Leucine also has a powerful insulin like effect and promotes the uptake of glucose into cells. Several studies have demonstrated that during endurance events horses metabolise a large amount of BCAA to produce energy. BCAA and another amino acid called tryptophan use the same transport system for entering the brain and it has been suggested that as blood and muscle levels of BCAA fall, more tryptophan can enter the brain. Tryptophan is converted to serotonin and increasing levels of brain serotonin may contribute to central fatigue.
POWER E contains vitamins E & C and selenium that helps to protect cells against oxidative damage that occurs when fats in cell walls become oxidised (lipid peroxidation) and cells walls then become leaky or rupture. POWER E also contains methionine, which helps to support the liver in metabolism and lysine which is an essential amino acid required for muscle repair.
RACING E is a power for long term use in horses in training and POWER E is a paste which as well as containing vitamin E also contains rosemary another powerful antioxidant. POWER E oral paste can be used in the immediate period following strenuous exercise where antioxidant damage is likely to be especially high.
LACTESE PLUS is a paste which contains lipoic acid which is involved in energy metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates and fats. Lipoic acid has physiological functions in blood glucose utilisation and can scavenge several free radicals. Lipoic acid which has been demonstrated to decrease post-exercise lactic acid concentrations in horse and lipoic acid plays a central role in antioxidant production which helps to protect muscles against oxidative damage. Lipoic acid is an important co-enzyme of pyruvate dehydrogenase and facilitates the removal of lactic acid from the muscle and circulation to the liver. In the liver the lactic acid is then turned into glucose via the lactic acid cycle and the glucose is returned to the cells to be used as a source of energy.
GASTROFEN offers a non-pharmaceutical solution to assist horses with gastric ulcers. GASTROFEN contains a seaweed extract pre-biotic to encourage the growth of good intestinal bacteria, a probiotic containing beneficial intestinal bacteria, threonine to assist with mucous production and the protection of the intestinal wall and vitamin E which acts as an anti-oxidant for damaged intestinal cells. We would also recommend that you feed PRO-BIO FORTE powder as a long term preventative.
Intestinal dysbiosis refers to an imbalance between good bacteria and bad bacteria in the intestine of the horse. A healthy population of good bacteria (called microflora) are required for the efficient digestion of food and the manufacture of short chain fatty acids such as propionate, acetate and butyrate that are converted to energy in the liver. A healthy intestinal microflora also synthesis many of the vitamins required for generating energy from carbohydrates, fats and proteins. A balanced and healthy microflora also stimulates the gastrointestinal immune system and prevents the adhesion of bad pathogenic bacteria to the intestinal wall. Sudden changes in diet from feeding grass to feeding of rapidly fermentable, high carbohydrate diets are common practices in the horse industry and have been associated with digestive and metabolic disorders that can impair the performance of horses. Abrupt changes in diet don't allow sufficient time for the microflora to adapt to the high carbohydrate diet and thus undigested carbohydrates can enter the large intestine in large quantities leading to hind gut acidosis and predisposing horses to the development of acute or subacute laminitis or colitis. Dysbiosis also leads to suboptimal digestion of carbohydrates and thus reduced energy derived from food. Travelling can also cause intestinal dysbiosis in horses, which has been reported after just two hours of transport. Horses that are exercised for prolonged periods of time or in high ambient temperatures and humidity are prone to overheating and one of the first organs damaged by hyperthermia is the intestinal tract. Diarrhoea and loss of integrity of the intestinal mucosae are frequently seen in cases of hyperthermia.
PRO-BIO EQUINE (paste) and PRO-BIO FORTE (powder) contain a live probiotic yeast called Saccharomyces and in horses fed high-starch (grain) diets, live yeast supplementation appears to limit the extent of undesirable changes in the intestinal microbial population. Yeast probiotic has also been shown to benefit the intestinal microbial population after just two hours of travelling. Saccharomyces has also been demonstrated to improve the digestibility of food in horses.
The B vitamins included in PRO-BIO EQUINE and PRO-BIO FORTE support the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and proteins to produce energy and vitamins E and C are potent antioxidants which help to protect the intestinal wall from damage caused by bad bacteria in cases of intestinal dysbiosis. Many horses go off their feed or have interrupted feeding patterns while travelling or performing the B vitamins in PRO-BIO EQUINE and PRO-BIO FORTE help to stimulate appetite so that good tissue levels of carbohydrates, fats and proteins are maintained prior to performing. PRO-BIO EQUINE and PRO-BIO FORTE contains threonine which is the main component of the mucous lining the intestinal tract and protecting the intestinal cells from damage from bad bacteria or toxins.
EQUIBOOST is the number one foundation supplement in the World. It is a powder containing 26 different vitamins and minerals as well as a prebiotic, omega 3 oil and amino acids. Fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) are prebiotics which essentially provide a nutrient source for the good bacterial microflora in the intestine and help to maintain a healthy intestinal microflora. EQUIBOOST contains flax oil which is rich in α -linoleic acid, ALA (an omega 3 fatty acid). ALA is found in large amounts in fresh grass and has been shown to positively influence the immune response in horses. Horses with limited access to fresh grass may benefit from flax seed supplementation. ALA is converted to docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in the body which is then incorporated into muscle and other tissues and has been demonstrated to improve inflammatory status and reduce pain and inflammation in humans.
Racehorses are at a greater risk of developing respiratory diseases. In addition to infectious diseases, the management of racehorses is such that normal airway mucous clearance is impaired because horses aren't grazing with their heads down for prolonged periods. Furthermore, long periods of transport to and from race tracks subject horses to increased levels of ammonia in the environment and a raised head position when tied. Horses are also in close contact in a confined space when travelling which increases the risk of infectious disease. Respiratory tract infection is more likely to occur on longer journeys than short. Upper respiratory tract infection that cause a watery discharge from the nose are less common than lower respiratory tract infections that result in increased mucous and inflammatory cells in the trachea (windpipe). The incidence of inflammatory lower airway disease (IAD) is high in race training yards and especially in young horses. One study reported a mean monthly prevalence of around 12% and an incidence of around 10 cases/100 horses/month. The mean duration of each incident is around 8 weeks, and the disease is often recurrent in individuals. The monthly prevalence and incidence of signs of upper respiratory disease are around 5% and 5 cases/100 horses/month indicating that it is less common. While vaccination is a requirement to enter race track facilities many of the bacteria isolated from cases of IAD are not included in the "flu" vaccination therefore vaccination does not protect the horses against these infections. Bacterial and mycoplasma infections are usually more common in younger horses, but a degree of immunity is established as horses get older. Furthermore, vaccination does not prevent exposure to bacteria and viruses, but it does reduce the incidence and severity of the disease, consequently many horses that have been exposed may not show overt signs of respiratory disease but may be showing signs of poor performance.
Exercise induced pulmonary haemorrhage (EIPH) occurs because of stress failure of the pulmonary capillaries resulting from excessive pressures across the wall of the capillary. This could be because of increased positive pressure in the capillary or decreased pressure in the lung alveoli. The incidence and severity of EIPH tends to increase with age. One of the consequences of EIPH is inflammation and increased mucous in the lung because of the presence of blood and severe EIPH can significantly reduce performance. HEMOFORTE contains bioflavonoids (citrus sinensis) which help to increase the strength of the capillary wall. Bioflavonoids also enhance or potentiate the antioxidant effect of vitamin C. Rosemary is included in HEMOFORTE and is also an important antioxidant in limiting the damage or inflammation in the lung caused by the haemorrhage. HEMOFORTE contains vitamin K3 (menadione) which plays a role in blood clotting. Although impaired blood clotting is not the reason for EIPH to occur, in situations where there may be reduced levels of vitamin K3 (some moulds counteract the effects of vitamin K3), supplementation may be beneficial.
CHALLENGE: Increased electrolyte and amino acid losses in sweat.
Horses exhibit the greatest sweating rates of any animal. Sweat production is the primary mechanism of controlling and cooling body temperature in horses. Evaporation of sweat results in cooling of the horse. Roughly 80–70% of expended energy is transformed into heat and the majority (40–60%) of this energy needs to be removed from the body via evaporation, with the remainder eliminated through the respiratory tract. It has been estimated that horses that have been exercised very hard and are demonstrating sweat dripping from above the eyes and under the abdomen had lost 12-18L of fluid representing a not insignificant 2-3% of their body weight. The primary components of horse sweat are electrolytes (sodium, Na; Chlorine, Cl; Potassium, K; and to a lesser extent, calcium, Ca and magnesium, Mg). These three electrolytes are important in many bodily functions not least control of heart rate as well as nerve and muscle function. Calcium is responsible for muscle contraction and magnesium is responsible for muscle relaxation. Insufficient amounts of magnesium can lead to prolonged muscle contraction and tying up. The greater the energy metabolism, the greater the sweat production and large amounts of electrolytes can be lost in a short period of time (e.g. 25% of the total body Cl can be lost in two hours of intense exercise. Sweat production is also greatly influenced by ambient temperature and humidity. High humidity especially, impairs evaporation of sweat. Excessive losses of electrolytes lead to dehydration, fatigue, prolonged recovery and poor performance.
Sweat production and evaporation relies on blood vessels close to the skin. However, as increasing amounts of sweat are lost the horse becomes progressively more dehydrated and the blood flow to the superficial blood vessels in the skin decrease to preserve the blood flow to vital organs such as the heart, the brain and muscles and cooling is compromised. Consequently, in horses which intensively exercised for long periods of time, there is a very real risk of hyperthermia (overheating) which results in severe organ damage and can be fatal.
In horses undertaking prolonged exercise with large amounts of sweat production there is a significant loss of amino acids in sweat as well as electrolytes. Loss of amino acids which have arisen from protein (muscle) breakdown to create energy, means that these amino acids are no longer available for reuptake into tissues and recovery may be prolonged. Consequently, dietary supplementation with amino acids may support recovery.
RECOBOOST paste contains the key electrolytes, Na, Cl, K, Ca and Mg. It also contains branch chain amino acids (BCAA) to help to replace those lost in sweat and a range of B vitamins needed to support efficient metabolism and energy production from carbohydrates, fats and amino acids. RECOBOOST also contains the antioxidant vitamins C and E.


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White Out Rose
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Roses have a reputation for being a little difficult, but the White Out Rose breaks that rule into a thousand pieces. This wonderful variety is more like shrub than a delicate rose, with perfect white cup-shaped flowers carried over a new feature for roses – deep, dark-red foliage that is almost black. Imagine that stunning color contrast on a bush that just never knows when to stop and will bloom in every month of the year at the warmer end of its range.
Constant blooming with large white blossoms
Special feature of beautiful dark-red foliage
Excellent garden shrub for every location
Easily grown and drought-resistant too
Perfect choice for hot regions
This big, bold plant can grow over four feet tall and wide and give you endless bright blooms while shrugging off drought, heat and most common pests and diseases. This is the ultimate flowering shrub for every garden, especially in warm areas where roses traditionally do not do so well.
Plant Hardiness Zones 5-10
Today's gardener has no shortage of choices when it comes to flowering shrubs, with thousands of varieties available in every shape, form and color imaginable. Despite this mass of options, however, some old favorites continue to enjoy a huge share of the market, and the undisputed leader among these is the rose. Traditional, beautiful and ubiquitous, the rose is the flowering bush all others strive to match.
Depending on the variety you opt for, roses can give your garden a restful traditional look or a radical multicolored makeover. With the right rose you can beautify your home's foundations, create spectacular accents, lay out a classic rose garden or even create a hedge that's as stunning as it is impenetrable. In the gardener's arsenal roses are the heavy artillery.
All cultivated roses have been selectively bred from the various species of wild rose, which are found throughout the northern hemisphere. Wild roses are often large, straggling plants that hug the ground and tend to form impenetrable thickets, and their flowers are sparse. Ornamental cultivars focus on a tidier shape as well as more profuse, more elaborate blooms. White Out is one of the increasingly popular varieties that retains the simple flower of the wild rose but combines it with a well-formed, medium size plant that gives a prolific display of blossoms.
Growing White Out Roses
White Out is a counterpart to the popular Knockout range of colored roses but, as the name implies, it produces a beautiful fresh white flower. It's an old-fashioned single bloom, giving it a more delicate and simpler look than the heavy, interlaced petals of more fancy varieties, and this makes it even more versatile than you'd imagine. It's ideal as an accent, a border or as a hedge; whatever you do with it the effect is almost guaranteed to be impressive.
Today most people are familiar with the elaborate appearance of fancy roses, but White Out has a much more simple appearance. The bush itself has generally straight stems and small dark green leaves. To create a magnificent contrast with these the flowers, which have a single layer of usually five petals, are a brilliant snow white with sunny yellow stamens at the center. Expect each stem to grow between three and ten flowers; on a mature plant that's had time to thicken the display can be truly spectacular.
A particularly hardy rose, White Out will thrive in USDA plant hardiness zones 5 to 10; it can stand winter temperatures down to -20° F – so it will survive almost anywhere except the coldest parts of New England and the Midwest – and it's heat tolerant enough for anywhere in the USA. Towards the northern edges of its range it will benefit from some winter protection but in general the weather shouldn't trouble it much.
Soil Conditions and Sun Exposure
This rose grows best in moist, well-drained soil but it has good drought tolerance; while it's best to water it weekly during dry spells it will come through much better than most shrubs. It's also not fussy about the type of soil; as long as it's not waterlogged the White Out will settle in fine. You do need to make sure it gets adequate sunlight though. If at all possible plant it where it will be in the sun all day – ideally a minimum of six hours. If necessary it can tolerate morning sun and afternoon shade, but it will be at its best in your garden's brightest spot.
Unlike some other roses, White Out is quite low maintenance. Its fairly small mature size means it shouldn't spread anywhere it's not supposed to, and little pruning will be necessary through the summer months. If you want to use it as a foundation plant it will generally reach its maximum size quite happily without blocking the view from your windows. It does benefit from a hard prune once a year though; in late winter or early spring, before new growth starts to appear, cut it back to about 18 inches from the ground; this will encourage it to spring forth with a dense show of new growth and, a few weeks later, a rich floral display.
Little other maintenance is required beyond removing dead or unproductive stems, but you may want to fertilize occasionally. Like most roses White Out loves extra nitrogen, so some feeding during the growing season will help maintain it in top condition. It isn't susceptible to most of the common rose pests but an occasional check for aphids or thrips is always a good idea.
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Le Makona fc de  Guéckédou est un club de football guinéen basé à Guéckédou.

Historique
Le club du Makona FC porte le nom du fleuve Makona, qui prend le nom de Moa en entrant en Sierra Leone. La création du club remonte à la déclaration d'indépendance de la Guinée au mois d'.

Au temps du premier gouvernement du Président Sékou Touré, le gouverneur de la région de Guéckédou, Monsieur Toumany Sangaré, a pris en charge le destin de l'équipe du Makona FC. Durant ces toutes premières années, le Makona FC participait exclusivement à des rencontres fédérales organisées au niveau de la préfecture de Guinée Forestière, car il n'existait pas encore de championnat national.

1964 : La coupe nationale a été organisée pour la première fois par la Fédération guinéenne de football. Cette coupe nationale, qu'on appelait coupe "PDG" (Parti démocratique de Guinée), se jouait entre les clubs de la ville de Guéckédou. Si le Makona FC a tout de suite réussi à se hisser au plus haut niveau, il n'a jouer à cette date aucune finale de cette compétition.

1973 : Le Makona FC se distingua à chaque compétition en obtenant de bons résultats.

1975-1976 : Le Makona FC se classe 5e du championnat national de . En coupe nationale, le club est éliminé en 16e de finale.

1980-1981: Le Makona FC se classe 4e du championnat national de . En coupe nationale, le club est éliminé en 1/4 de finale.

1982-1983: Le Makona FC se classe 4e du championnat national de . En coupe nationale, le club est éliminé en 1/4 de finale.

1984-1985: Le Makona FC se classe 5e du championnat national de . En coupe nationale, le club est éliminé en 1/2 finale.

1986-1987: Le Makona FC se classe 3e du championnat national de . En coupe nationale, le club est finaliste malheureux contre le club des militaires de l'ASFAG. Le Makona FC participe pour la première fois de son histoire à la coupe d'Afrique des clubs champions.

1987-1988: Le Makona FC se classe 3e du championnat national de . En coupe nationale, le club est éliminé en 8e de finale.

1988-1989: Le Makona FC se classe 3e du championnat national de . En coupe nationale, le club est demi finaliste de la coupe nationale devant le club phare de la capitale, le Horoya FC. Le club joue la coupe d'Afrique des clubs champions mais est éliminé au  devant l'AS Sotrade de Côte d'Ivoire.

1990-1991: Le Makona FC est relégué en . Vainqueur de la coupe nationale.

1995-1996: Le Makona FC sort vainqueur du championnat de la forêt et remporte le trophée "Fasso Rene", du nom de l'ancien Secrétaire général de la Présidence.

1996-1997: Après des matchs de barrage, le Makona FC retrouve l'élite avec la  du championnat.

1998-1999: En coupe nationale, le Makona FC est éliminé en 1/4 de finale.

2000-2001: Classer dernier en championnat de , le club est relégué .

2001-2011: Le Makona FC reste pendant cette période sans jouer aucune compétition de  et est donc relégué en , faute de moyens financiers.

2011-2012: Privatisation du Makona FC par l'AS Makona FC. Participation au championnat de la forêt.

Palmarès
 Coupe de Guinée (1)
 Vainqueur : 1990

Notes et références

Club de football en Guinée

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Бурабайски район () е съставна част на Акмолинска област, Казахстан.

Има обща площ 5942 км2 и население 74 963 души. Мнозинството от населението са руснаци (47,3 %), следвани от казахите (39,0 %), украинците (3,7 %), германците (3,3 %) и други националности (6,7 %).

Административен център е град Шчучинск.

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Райони в Акмолинска област


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The 2020 U.S. Census
Nicole Bailey, Partnership Specialist with the New York Regional Census Center, spoke about the upcoming, 2020 U.S. Census at our regular meeting on Wednesday, July 24th.
Nicole's responsibility is to reach out to community organizations such as ours, impress on everyone the importance of an accurate count for the 2020 census, and to encourage all to pass the word.
The U.S. Constitution requires the government to enumerate the number of people living in the United States every 10 years, and to use that data to apportion the seats in Congress among the states. Implications of the census, and of the importance of an accurate count, have far-reaching consequences, not obvious to most people.
Lawmakers use census data to draw congressional district boundaries within states, an often-controversial process that can help decide partisan control of the House of Representatives. Census data also underpin state legislative districts and local boundaries like City Councils and school boards.
The federal government bases a large amount of its spending decisions, such as how federal dollars are distributed among cities, towns and communities for schools, hospitals, infrastructure, and a myriad of other essential facilities and services. Last year, this funding amounted to about $675 billion. Census data are also used to forecast Social Security payouts, a major portion of the federal budget that affects millions throughout the country.
The government also constructs many other data products from census data. Some of those products are heavily used by businesses when determining where to open new stores and expand operations, or even what items to put on their shelves.
Nicole mentioned that they are now seeking temporary employees to help with the census count that must be completed by the end of next year. She stressed the importance of an accurate count, and the difficulty of doing the job in certain communities, noting that in 2010 there was a significant undercount on Long Island, depriving millions of dollars from communities that can least afford to lose the funds.
Increasing cultural and linguistic diversity, privacy concerns, and government distrust are making it more difficult to conduct the census. The Census Bureau is now making it easier for people to respond through mail, phone and Internet, and is relying on civic and other community groups to reach everyone and communicate the importance of responding to the 2020 census request.
Nicole is shown above with Babylon Rotary President Jim Kanzler.


by Dave from The Longest Way Home ~ November 17th, 2015. Updated on October 28th, 2016. Published in: Travel blog » Nepal.
Day two of the week long Tihar festival in Nepal and it's much more colorful than the previous days crow festival. It's the celebration of "man's best friend" the dog.
Known as Kukur Tihar (Nepalese) or Khichā Pujā (Newar) it's celebrated all over the country by both Hindus, Newars and tourists alike.
Humankind's close relationship with their loyal canine friends has a long history. Devotion, love and work companions are celebrated in Nepal just as everywhere else in the world. There is some history too.
Lord Yamaraj, the god of death, is believed to use dogs as his messengers. So every year dogs are given thanks to in Nepal.
Dogs also barked before the 2015 earthquake and before the aftershocks thereby giving warnings to people. Dogs were also extremely helpful in locating human survivors in the collapsed buildings.
The day starts like any other. The sun shines and the sleepy dogs stretch out on footpaths, roads and open spaces to soak up the sun.
Their naps don't last long though as people come by and give a tika (red dye) to the forehead of the dog.
More festive people have small colorful garlands made and place them around the dogs neck.
Others simply pat the dog with some thankful words.
Family pets are often treated to some tasty bones or extra food on the day.
This applies to all dogs. From family pets to those loud ever barking street dogs that drive many a tourist mad at 2am.
Wherever there is a dog! Thamel is not the best place in Kathmandu. The old city between Durbar Square and Thamel where people live with family pets is a good place to go. As is Durbar Square (if you are lucky).
In Pokhara head to lakeside or the back of lakeside where their are family dogs. Likewise in most other big cities in Nepal.
You can buy special dog sized garlands for dogs from many vendors.
Just a word of caution though. Dogs in Nepal are not that disciplined. Do take care when approaching any. It's much better to approach the owner of a well groomed dog and ask permission before approaching a dog!
Tomorrow is day three of Tihar and it gets even more colorful as people celebrate the cow and turn street lights on.
Here's a full list of festivals in Nepal.
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Yesterday I wrote up some comments about doubt and faith. I am quite happy with it as it stands, but a question was emailed to me from an acquaintance that led me to wonder if I had not been sufficiently clear about one thing, so I wanted to publicly clarify a related question.
It was followed by a question about whether there is a difference between religious faith and the belief in things that you simply don't know for sure or don't have evidence for (yet, due to lack of sufficient information, etc).
I have heard that comment about faith, and I don't buy it. I think that the fact that you don't know [some specific fact] and faith in supernatural things, or at least things for which there is no evidence, are very different questions.
I make a distinction between a reasonable expectation and faith. Based upon your limited experience with me, your understanding of human behavior, etc you can assign some rough probability to my potential actions. You have empirical information upon which to make a guess, even if your certainty about it is shaky. But if you have a belief in a thing that you truly cannot prove, or at least that you do not have evidence to support or rational reason to accept, that is a qualitatively different question epistemologically.
Also, I would be cautious in using the word "prove" or "proof." In questions of empiricism, such as science, we don't ever prove things. We gather information, create a hypothesis to explain the information we have, and if that hypothesis stands up to scrutiny then we call it a "theory" which is further tested and stands or falls upon that further testing. But we cannot deductively prove such things because that is only applicable to purely logical/mathematical questions; things that only exist in the abstract. Questions such as what will happen in the real world are not subject to formal logic, and so cannot be proved. There is always room for doubt, even if it is very small.
So, to accept something like "there is a god" or "a soul exists" despite the lack of supporting empirical evidence is faith because faith is the belief in something despite the lack of evidence (or in the face of conflicting evidence). To believe something that has not yet been given support (in this case because it is a proposition about the future) is a probabilistic process; you can assign probabilities based upon experience with similar situations. But since we have no evidence which supports certain types of claims (like a soul, for example), we cannot assign any probabilities because we have no supporting data to work with. A probability assigned in such a situation would be purely fictional and arbitrary.
In short, they are not the same thing.
Fear is not the opposite of faith because it is possible to be in a position of believing something that you have no evidence for because of fear or at least while experiencing fear. Not that it must be the case, but that it is not logically incoherent. Therefore, they cannot be logically opposed. While doubt (the state of recognizing uncertainty about some question) is not the opposite of faith, is not easily consistent with it. My claim is not that doubt and faith are always incompatible or opposed, only that faith often does not long survive in the presence of doubt.
To truly doubt something means that the belief becomes mitigated. To be a skeptic (which includes doubt but is more than that) is the opposite of faith. Skeptics only believe a thing based upon evidence or reason. I am a skeptic first, and that leads necessarily to atheism and the lack of belief in many other spiritual or religious things (because of the lack of supporting evidence). Until supporting evidence is presented, this is the only rational conclusion for a skeptic. Someone who does not care about evidence to support their belief is not concerned with rational conclusions, so asking what would be rational in that case would be irrelevant.
I care what is true, and want to have as many true beliefs as possible. As a reuslt of this, I doubt things for which there is spurious or no evidence (often to the point of lacking belief in them). I still may believe untrue things, and am open to being shown that this is the case. I have not found this attitude to be true for many religious or spiritual people, although there are obviously many other exceptions to this observation.
I hope that clarifies my views on this.
I have been told by many people, over many years, that doubt is part of faith. The idea is that a person who does not challenge their faith has a weak form of faith. I sort of appreciate the sentiment here, but I wonder how genuine this is. I wonder how deep this lauding of doubt goes. I wonder if it is real, skeptical, doubt.
Skepticism is about doubt. A skeptic is a person who demands substantial evidence in order to accept something as true. Yes, a person may not be ideally skeptical about everything, and therefore may accept as true beliefs which would not stand up to even their own scrutiny if they were to apply it. But I think this is simply the nature of our cognitive limitations. In other words, we are all credulous to certain dumb beliefs, but we're just human.
It take a certain amount of courage to dig deep into your own beliefs. To be an archaeologist of the soul, as Nietzsche put it, is a hard task. And not everyone will be up for it, nor would most know how if they tried; we sometimes need a little help from our friends, I suppose. And so when I meet a religious person who has the courage to at least make a surface or moderate attempt to doubt, to dig beneath the surface of their convictions, I find myself bestowing respect upon them, at least provisionally.
The provisional nature of this reverence is necessary, I have learned, because the institutions of religion, the insistence of doctrine, and the fragility of faith's foundations are such that such ego-archaeological excavations often lead to one falling into holes, and thus clutching onto the ground of such landscapes in order not to feel the true exhilaration of freethought. To fall into oneself, underneath the facades of our social selves padded with commitments to supernatural hopes, is a terrifying prospect in the face of oblivious alternatives. The human condition of being, in the end, alone and finite (it's alright) is a reality which doubts lead to, and which is less often the object of faith.
How often have you met a person committed to a faith that they will cease to exist upon death, and that there is no god that loves them? These ideas are conclusions reached upon careful thought and skepticism, not hope and desires. The claim that these ideas are equally based upon faith are absurd, and are an attempt to level the playing field. It is a rhetorical trick with no substance. Faith seems to almost exclusively own subjects which we seem to prefer (like Heaven), or at least fear as an alternate to what we prefer (Hell).
So, does this imply that faith and doubt are truly at odds? The snark-laiden answer is to point out that if people had evidence (the answer to doubt), then they would not need faith. And while I think that this snark contains an important insight into the nature of the question of faith and doubt, I think that we can go elsewhere to address this issue. The skeptical methods, science and reason, are a means to figure out what is likely to be true given our best tools for determining such things. Doubt, in other words, is the seed of science and all of our (limited) mastery of the natural world. Faith seems to be opposed to this progressive methodology, both philosophically and practically. Anyone who has a long conversation with a true believer will ultimately hear the faith card played; all of our questions, doubts, and debunking of theological apologetics runs into this wall at some point.
If the kind of questioning "theology" that [Richard] Holloway now indulges in were to become the norm, the churches would simply fly apart from the centrifugal forces of doubt and questioning. And that is why religion will remain dogmatic at its core, and why openness to changing one's mind is simply not accessible to the religions. It may happen one by one, as religious believers are leached away from religion by the corrosive forces of science and reason, but a religion whose leaders were open to changing their minds in the way that [Julian] Baggini suggests is necessary in order to avoid fundamentalism would spell the end of religion, because religions have no foundation. They are built on air, and openness to revision would quickly expose this.
That is, even where doubt, or questioning in general, is encouraged (whether by accommodating atheists or moderate or liberal theologians), it is a recipe for the excavation of holes in the landscape of religion and the faith which binds people to it. Doubt may be considered a part of being a faithful person, but the religion that survives this process is not the same as the religion that was handed to us from pre-scientific ages. This religion is moderated by compromise, non-literalism, etc and away from fundamentalism. Eventually, it erodes away into postmodernism, metaphors, and empty vessels with sentimental import.
And this is precisely what religious academics, such as the Bishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and King's College president Dinesh D'Souza have been doing for some time; we "new atheists" are addressing a straw man, they say, and religion is full of doubt, questions, and nuance which are ignored by comments like Eric MacDonald above. For such people of faith, doubt is part of their lives and to imply that faith is somehow antithetical to doubt is to be unfair and biased in a way that does no justice to sophisticated theology. But it all falls apart, at some point. Eventually, in the corrosive environment of doubt, religion becomes a shade in tattered robes that haunts our ivory towers and sanctuaries, largely unseen by the masses whom insist upon feeding on the corpse of literal truth, real historical promises, and miracles.
Well, Eric MacDonald (who is no stranger to sophisticated theology), Jerry Coyne, and others have said a lot about this very subject, and I shall not try and sum up their thoughts on such things here, as this would quickly turn into a small ebook if I were to do so. So what I want to do is pose some questions which I intend to follow up on in the future. They are questions about faith which I have some perspective on already, especially in conversation with former Christians (almost exclusively) about the role of questions and doubts in religious communities. Having known people who would pose tough questions, voice doubts occasionally, etc within their religious communities, I have seen how some moderate religious communities (like Tenth Presbyterian in Philadelphia, where I visited a couple of years ago) respond to such things. Doubt and questions are not met with curiosity or answers, they are often met with ostracism and loss of friends, as I have had it explained to me. Also, in my experience, outsider's questions and doubts are treated with initial interest and then silence, in the vast majority of cases.
Are questions, doubts, and criticism welcome?
(if so) are doubts about any and all doctrines acceptable?
Have you seen or heard of people being socially sanctioned for having questions, doubts, or criticisms?
(if so) do you condemn such sanctions?
Is doubt more likely to be lauded or demonized?
Would the answer to the above change depending on the severity of the doubt?
As I said above, I have some experience with exposing religious ideas to doubt. In the extremely vast majority of cases (I have not maintained a running count, but there are few exceptions) even when questions, responses, or criticisms are proposed, they almost always fizzle into nothing. It is almost as if the leaders of these communities, whether they are priests, pastors, or whatever are so glad to hear some commentary, feedback, etc that they don't notice at first that you have some serious objections to the message they are conveying, and then once that sinks in, they simply close off. They are not interested any longer. I suppose I am not surprised, nor should I be.
Because that seems, on the surface, to be in philosophical opposition to skepticism, and therefore to doubt. Perhaps some other religious tradition has a use of the word faith which differs from this. I don't remember much about what the Quran says about faith (there is this, for starters), but I doubt that it says much that is friendly to skepticism. And insofar as many religious people do have and maintain doubts, how far do they push those questions, are their questions they would refuse to apply doubt to, and would they truly be open to changing their mind?
I have long said that I want to know the truth. If there is a god (or gods) I want to know. I am open to being convinced of things which I do not currently believe. Do believers share this quality? And if so, how many and to what degree?
And why aren't more people doubting?
Perhaps faith is considered a strength because it survives without food, water, or atmosphere to breathe. It lives with nothing but itself to feed it.
A weed like that will survive many a drought of evidence.
All too often I will hear from theists (but not exclusively), that there is plenty of evidence for what they believe. And sometimes there is. In that case, well bravo! Now we have something to talk about. But inevitably, somewhere along in many discussions, the dialog comes down to their faith. That is, when the evidence that they demonstrate either has not convinced someone else or they are shown why the evidence is insufficient, they pull out the faith card.
But what is faith? It is the believe in things despite the lack of evidence. It actually may be, in some cases, the belief in something despite contradictory evidence. Creationism is a prime example. Despite the overwhelming evidence for evolution by natural selection, some people still think that magic man done it.
And, of course, creationists don't have any evidence of their own, just lame apologetics. But the same goes for gods in general. What's worse is that the evidence pointed to, even if reasonable, points to some vague higher power rather than their very specific deity with all of its personality. But they believe anyway.
There is a very short and quick response to such faith and the attempt to show such evidence.
If you had evidence, you would not need faith.
That's right, folks, faith is what is pulled out because you have insufficient evidence. The whole idea of faith is that one believes something despite the lack of evidence. So if one actually did have evidence (as theists, creationists, birthers, etc do not) then their belief would never have to appeal to faith because they would have something demonstrable to point to and then we could all take a look at their evidence and deal with it.
Pulling out faith is akin to admitting that one has no rational reason to believe in what they believe. They have admitted that they have no evidence to bring. Sure, they will trot out apologetics, but these are only brought out either in some ironic sense (they are putting us on, perhaps?) or or because they don't see the extreme irony of being people of faith trying to provide evidence. It's almost like saying that one does not need evidence (faith, after all, is better in many of their minds) but insisting that they show evidence anyway because they know, deep down, that evidence is how the rest of the world (including themselves for every other belief they hold) is how the world makes decisions. It's a beautiful little display of compartmentalization and irony, unfortunately not intended to be funny.
It's quite adorable to watch. It's almost as adorable as watching a small child pour tea for their imaginary friends while introducing you to them. It is play, so you say hello and drink some pretend tea (perhaps its supernatural or transcendent tea–what is the difference between the transcendent and the non-existent anyway?).
Except they are adults, which makes it a little weird.
So, the next time someone tell you that they have faith AND evidence, perhaps you could stifle your laughter at the joke, because they might not get the irony.
The hand of God or gas?
The mind is creative. We can take a pile of clay and make bowls, find junk and make art, and we can organize complex instruments into symphonies. We can make patterns out of chaos, see images in clouds, and religious images on various foods and walls.
This ability is a wonderful part of our species. It has allowed us to be artists of various kinds and it gives richness and meaning to our lives. But sometimes this skill can be problematic. It can be problematic because it can sometimes create the illusion that we have found something important or true in places where there was little of significance. In other cases it can make us see more than there is in things because our preconceived notions will not allow us to see something plain.
Theology. The study of god(s) right? I'm not so sure. I think that this is more likely finding patterns in human experience and making ideologies out of them. It seems like people reading scriptures and finding ways to reconcile contradictions into mysteries, nonsense into ultimate meaning, and atrocities into justice.
Because there are many things within the written history of humankind that are interesting, obscure, and opaque. There are periods of history unfamiliar to us when history, philosophy, and mythology were indistinguishable. But much of it is now looked at as true. And some of these true things come across to me as, well, disgusting.
Take, for example, this story from the book of Judges.
11:29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
11:31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
11:32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.
11:33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
11:34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
11:35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
11:36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
11:37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.
11:38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
11:40 That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
What has happened here? It seems quite clear to me. But in a recent conversation with a Christian (a 'real' Christian, as he said), I found that what happened here is that Jephthah had offered an animal sacrifice because burnt offerings were always animals. He could not see what the story said because he had a preconceived notion that the God of the Bible and what he would do. If Jephthah killed his daughter and this was the literal truth of God's word, then that god is a monster.
What about the Trinity? How did that come about? There is no concept of the Trinity in the New Testament. It is a concept derived from a need during the early church and became orthodoxy in the third century for many churches (but not all). If Jesus was God, then the message is important. If Jesus is just another prophet, then so what?
Mystery. That is the key. Where there are things not understood, the mind reels in the mystery. It looks for understanding, a seeking of sorts, and finds something in the seeking whether something is there or not. And the further the mystery travels from the sense we employ to the rest of our experience, the more important and meaningful it is. It is sort of like what happens with gambling; sometimes a few dollars come back in small snippets and it keeps the mind attended, even though most of the time it is draining you dry. Mystery is an addiction.
It is sort of like homeopathy; the less actual presence of the ingredient, the more potent it is. That is, the more mysterious, distant, and unknowable God is, the more it sticks to the mind and suffuses everything.
It will skew interpretations, create the presence of divinity in clouds of woo-woo emotional feelings, and it will create a strong sense of divinity in the stillness of calmness and tranquility. It is the smallest, simplest of assumptions that has the power to make the world look mystical, magical, and miraculous.
Yes, our creativity, sparked by the mystery of the divine, brings the divine into everything. It becomes the explanation of everything. God did it. Godidit. It becomes the placebo that supplies meaning and structure to our lives, when it actually does nothing at all.
In the history of human culture our understanding of nature has pushed the concept of gods back to the corners of the universe. We understand enough to know that the concept of miracle is not necessary, so God gets shuffled to the corners of morality, purpose, and gets attributed to the woo-woo feelings we get when we feel spiritual. And it works because we want it to work; because our powers of creativity allow us to see it working when it very clearly does not. But with the faith blinders on, it is difficult to see what is plain and simple.
Jephthah killed his virgin daughter. God is unnecessary to explain anything. Santa does not exist. Sorry, kids.


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Zeevo Group Leadership Undergoes Changes, Company Remains Laser-Focused on Future Growth
Company Continues to Innovate, Adding New Capabilities to Advance the Next Stage of Development
January 09, 2020 01:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zeevo Group LLC ("Zeevo"), a business, finance, and information technology consulting services firm, today announced changes to its executive leadership, reiterating its commitment to long-term growth strategy. Principals Joey Johnsen and John McCartney will take the lead in furthering the evolution of the company's business, while Karen Curtis has elected to depart from the company to focus on personal matters.
"Zeevo has grown exponentially since our founding four years ago, and now is the right time to evolve our executive leadership to match our ambitious growth plans and bolster our operating model to support our long-term growth strategy," said Zeevo Group Principal John McCartney.
Karen Curtis, who co-founded Zeevo and following her departure plans to remain in an advisory capacity to support the firm's next phase of development, commented that "the past few years have given me the opportunity to contribute to the remarkable rise of Zeevo and the consolidation of its leading position among aviation technology, finance, and operations advisory firms. I look forward to seeing Zeevo grow well into the future as Joey and John lead the team to reach new heights."
McCartney further denoted that "together, we have built a deep pool of best-in-breed industry talent and have accelerated our business model to deliver the most innovative solutions and the unmatched level of customer support in the aviation industry and beyond. We are grateful to Karen for what she has accomplished and the solid foundation she leaves behind."
Concurrent with leadership changes, Zeevo has announced the addition of a new service offering focused on navigating the fund marketplace by streamlining the investment process and maintaining full oversight and control of a global investment portfolio.
Joey Johnsen, Zeevo Group Principal, commented on the new capability by emphasizing that the "key to Zeevo's long-term growth is our continued drive to innovate and deliver increased support to our stakeholders. This new service offering will enhance our ability to execute against long-term strategies, while providing additional scope for members of our team to support clients' finance efficiency efforts."
"Companies across industries are seeking platforms that seamlessly integrate into their treasury operations, providing them with expanded capabilities to automate treasury workflows," added Paul W McDowell, a member of Zeevo's Advisory Board and Vice President and Treasurer of GoDaddy.
Johnsen concluded: "Through this new offering, our treasury team will be able to assist clients in achieving a significant reduction in their expense ratios, the optimization of their capital structures, and the reduction in their financing costs."
To learn more about Zeevo's treasury-focused advisory services, visit www.zeevogroup.com/treasury.
About Zeevo Group LLC
Zeevo Group LLC ("Zeevo") provides business, finance and information technology consulting services and products to a broad range of clients representing such key industries as aircraft leasing, technology and consumer products. www.zeevogroup.com
Emily Rybak
contactus@zeevogroup.com
Release Summary
Zeevo Group announced changes to its leadership, remaining laser-focused on future growth and innovation to advance its next phase of development.
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What happens within game mechanics that they can't chain barrier to ur needle? Or any card for that matter?
cause they have a card in hand ?
Shows my inexp with that deck. Thanks!
So I have a regionald on the 24th, I'm playing 4 - Axis my mind is made up. I'm trying to decide between 2 different builds they've both been testing fantastically but I want to choose the one with more edge over my opponents.
Why wouldnt you main iron walls in a book/dragon format?
Ban list comes out tonight/tomorrow so it'll be the new format no?
3x Spirit, 3x Leopard, 2x Bear, 1x Rooster, 1x Raven, 1x Hawk, 2x Veiler and 2x Maxx C for Monsters.
2 Tenki, 2 Tensu, 2 Rekindling, 2 Gyokkou (maybe going to 1 Gyokkou and +1 Rekindling), 2 Yoko, 2 Lance, 1 Reborn, 1 Dark Hole, 1 Foolish Burial for Spells.
2 Breakthrough Skill, 2 Tensen, 1 Tenken, 2 Compuls, 2 Bottomless and 1 Warning for Traps.
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What do you guys think about this? Obviously a few changes to make if the OCG banlist is different for rooster and tenki as they haven't had their proper playtime yet and Konami would just be doing themselves out of money.
The easier you make your list to read and the more you explain why you're using "x" card for "y" reason then the more likely you'll get help.
Nevermind. Banlist is out. Spirit is now at 1, they ruined 3-axis so, I'm going to have to get up a 4-axis deck list now.
This deck looks amazing under this list.
I'm pretty ticked Spirit's at one. I'd rather have Rooster to one instead.
Going to 4 Axis for now though.
Just something i put together quickly but will later change a lot of it. Just going for a stun feel for the deck, Gorz is just a filler but its putting in some work but i'm switching between him and the 3rd Duality.
Side is being changed around and it's too diverse right now to have anything set in stone. The deck is running very smoothly, and there is a lot of synergy with the formation traps, dragon, and rooster.
At first glance it may seem like the lvl 3s won't work well, but that's just not the case. Its easy to set up your spirit-->horse prince-->rooster play and it only really needs to go off once anyways. Not only that but going into lion emperor sometimes is a great play to help set up future cardinal plays or simply getting back a bear to apply more pressure. The only thing I can say so far that I'm not sure on is tenken. It's one in handy a few times, but it's main use seems to be fodder for rooster or dragons send eff.
This actually looks really neat.
What all have you playtested against?


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