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Enter Marla Singer, sporting wild, Medusa-like hair, bug-eye sunglasses, and loudly clacking high-heels. She walks boldly into the room, smoking a cigarette, and asks in a deep, raspy voice, "This is cancer, right?" without so much as a smile or greeting. Jack is immediately unnerved by her, as she obviously does not have testicular cancer. He sees her in his other support groups, and knows that she is, like himself, a tourist. This knowledge throws Jack off kilter: "Her lie reflected my lie. And suddenly, I felt nothing. I couldn't cry. So once again, I couldn't sleep" (Fight Club).
Jack confronts Marla and tells her he wants her to leave; Marla is completely unfazed and walks away. Jack runs after her and follows her out the door and down the street to a Laundromat, attempting to negotiate some kind of compromise. Marla still appears unaffected, but agrees to split up the support groups. She leaves the Laundromat and walks across the street without looking either way, bringing traffic to a halt; Jack, after stopping to make sure he won't be hit, follows her. The come to a final agreement on who will attend which support groups; Marla calls it a deal and sticks out her hand to be shaken, and walks out the door without a goodbye. Throughout this entire scene, Marla is the one who exhibits recklessness and confidence—traditionally male qualities—leaving Jack trailing fretfully in her wake.
Soon after this, Jack encounters Tyler Durden (Jack's alter-ego), who he moves in with after coming home to find his apartment complex on fire. Tyler's attitude towards life is the epitome of stereotypical masculinity—he is careless, destructive, violent, cocky, and slightly grimy-looking. He rubs off very noticeably on Jack, who begins to exhibit similar traits. By the time we see Marla again eight weeks have passed, during which time Jack morphs into somewhat of a replica of Tyler.
She calls to ask why Jack hasn't been attending his support groups and to calmly inform him that she has probably overdosed on Xanex. The camera shows her with her head resting on a dirty, case-less pillow: not a very "feminine" thing to do, and in direct contrast with Jack's spotless apartment in the beginning of the film. However, whereas throughout their first conversation when Jack was chasing after her trying to get her to listen, in this scene, Marla continues talking to Jack after he simply leaves the phone off the hook and walks away. This shows markedly how much Jack has changed since meeting Tyler.
The next morning, Jack find Marla in his kitchen and asks what she's doing there. She cusses at him and leaves (because Jack is Tyler), after which Tyler walks into the kitchen and tells Jack that he slept with her the night before, and Jack is immediately upset by her again. The screen flashes back to Tyler picking up the phone Jack left, going to get Marla from her apartment, and bringing her home. Throughout this scene, Marla is her standard obscene self—cussing, generally being a mess, and lacking completely anything that might be described as lady-like. Tyler and Marla continue sleeping together, which bothers Jack. A few scenes later, Marla calls Jack because she thinks she's found a lump in her breast. Jack is not sure how to deal with this, but he goes to her apartment anyway.
When he shows up, she offers him a stolen boxed lunch, saying she got it for him, and she asks concernedly about a burn on his hand—both motherly, feminine actions. This marks Marla's shift away from the more masculine traits in her character, which occurs only after she is forced to face the distinctly feminine threat of a lump in her breast. She continues on this very feminine cant by kissing Jack a thank-you after he examines her breast and fails to find a lump, and then by appearing frustrated and disappointed when Jack asks if they are done (because she and Jack have been sleeping together for some time, even though Jack is unaware of it).
By the time Jack realizes that he and Tyler are actually the same person, Marla has grown visibly fond of him, as well as visibly frustrated with the huge inconsistencies of his character. As Project Mayhem is about to set off a major act of terrorism, Jack is attempting to undo what he has done while being Tyler. He apologizes to a furious Marla, and jumps in front of a bus to stop it and try and make Marla board and get to safety. This particular act marks another huge change in Jack—who at the beginning of the film, looked both ways before crossing the street after Marla.
Additionally, Jack, previously a non-violent person, resorts to violence in order to try and prevent Project Mayhem's plan from succeeding, eventually shooting himself in the mouth in order to rid himself of Tyler. He takes responsibility for what he has done as Tyler, and takes charge of the situation, ordering the members of Project Mayhem to leave. In the final scene, Marla starts to berate Jack for everything he's cause her to go through, but she stops when she sees that he's been shot. She is genuinely upset by this and immediately starts "playing nurse" and trying to help him. When the buildings around them start exploding, Jack tells Marla that he is fine and that everything is going to be all right.
Both Marla and Jack go through tremendous changes in character throughout the movie. The violence they both experience transforms Jack into a stronger person—making him more self-aware and assertive—and Marla into a more sensitive person—making her softer and less callous. Whereas Jack displays the more feminine traits in the beginning of the film, and Marla the more masculine, now each has given up some of those opposing gender qualities and absorbed more of that of their own gender.
The impression we are left with at the end of Fight Club is that the rearrangement of Marla and Jack's masculine and feminine traits leads them to become better people. Marla, as a more feminine woman, is more tender towards Jack, and thus more appealing to him. Jack, as a more masculine man, is more confident towards Marla, and thus more appealing to her. This suggests that only through the proper alignment of masculine and feminine traits can one truly achieve good character and proper ethos. While feminists and supporters have worked vigorously in an attempt to blur the lines of gender constructs, this shows that despite the progress made, they are still very apparent in modern culture, and modern society.
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ADP: Col. Kevin Randle (Ret), PhD
144 Episodes 28 Ratings First Aired: Dec 2, 2016
Kevin Randle has, for more than forty-five years, studied the UFO phenomena in all its various incarnations. His training by the Army and the Air Force provides Randle with a keen insight into the operations and protocols of the military, their investigations into UFOs, and into a phenomenon that has puzzled people for more than a century. During his investigations, Randle has traveled the United States to interview hundreds of witnesses who were involved in everything from the Roswell, New Mexico crash of 1947, to the repeated radar sightings of UFOs over Washington, D.C. in 1952, to the latest of the abduction cases.
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Layni Lawton had a goal and an assist to lead the Sacred Heart Academy field hockey team to a 2-1 victory over Manual in Monday's semifinals of the state tournament at Christian Academy.
Lawton assisted on Embry Jane Imorde's goal to give the Valkyries a 1-0 lead and scored an unassisted goal for a 2-0 lead.
India Reed scored an unassisted goal for Manual (20-6-2).
Sacred Heart (24-1) – ranked No. 12 in the nation by MaxFieldHockey.com – will face Kentucky Country Day in Wednesday's 6 p.m. championship game at CAL.
Bella Kern's overtime goal gave KCD a 2-1 victory over Assumption in Monday's other semifinal.
Assumption (19-7-2) took a 1-0 lead on Ashton Gibson's goal off an assist from Zoe Snook. KCD tied it on Lucy Poindexter's goal off an assist from Emily Harrison.


Ace: I'm going to teach Zee to be the fieriest firefighter.
Me: Do you mean "fierce" firefighter?
Ace: Yes. He is going to be the mostest fierce firefighter ever.
Me: Oh yeah? What does that look like?
Ace: It means he is going to be the best.
Me: How are you going to teach him that?
Ace: Well, I haven't started the lessons yet, but I'm going to. Maybe when he's older. Like old enough to watch Star Wars or Sponge Bob.
Ace: Hmmmm... Well, I'll have to think about that then.
Ace: Can we have a dance party today?
Zee: Dance party! Dance party! Dance party!
Ace: Oh, oh, oh! The neighbors can come over and we can have a freeze dance party!
Zee: Freeze dance party! Freeze dance party! Freeze dance party!
Zee: Dance party! Dance party!
Ace: Zee, do you want some rocks?
Ace: If you promise to never take anything from me ever again, I'll give you all the rocks in this Easter egg.
Ace: Okay, have you decided to never take anything from me ever again?
Ace is flexing her manipulator skills with, "pretty please with broccoli and protein on top".
Ace, while watching me work in the yard and try to kill wasps with a toxic spray, exclaimed, "Our mommy is the best! This is GREAT television!"
Ace just called herself "Sir Burps-A-Lot". I've just achieved 80s (or 90s) momma-Nirvana!
Ace's new favorite phrase is "What the?!". At least she doesn't finish it. I'm calling that a win.
While reading a bedtime book about airplanes with Zee, he points at two planes consecutively and says, "This one is flying into sports history, and this one is going to the beach!" Everyone likes the beach :).
There is a HUGE rain storm here, so of course Ace closes all the blinds to "hide" and Zee runs to the windows without blinds to watch!
Ace: Mom, you should be on TV.
Ace: Like on a cooking show, for kids, so they would know how to make this!


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Captured Beauty
19 February 2022 - 18 June 2022
An Arts Council Collection National Partners Programme Exhibition.
Captured Beauty is curated by Abi Hutchinson, Artistic Director of Black Voices Cornwall. The exhibition features contemporary works of art drawn from the Arts Council Collection, with paintings by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Ryan Mosely, Mowbray Odonkor, and Caroline Walker. Vanley Burke, Tarik Chawdry, and Colin Jones present photographic portraits of Britain in the 70s and 80s, alongside other artists using photography including Sunil Gupta, Ifeoma Onyefulu, Horace Ove, Tetsuya Noda, and Veronica Ryan.
Black Voices Cornwall is an organisation that exists to enable Cornwall to become an actively anti-racist county. The ambition for Captured Beauty is for ethnically diverse visitors to feel seen through the works in this exhibition. It is also an opportunity for the white community to have an insight into how it feels to be a person of colour in the 21st century, and to come away from the exhibition with a determination to finally end racism.
Newlyn Art Gallery's exhibition page.
Venue: Newlyn Art Gallery


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PREVIEW: FIFA-Ranked No. 1 USA vs. No. 6 Australia Clash in Denver | April 4 | 7pm MT on FS1
U.S. Soccer April 2 2019
TheU.S. Women's National Team takes on growing rival Australia on April 4 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park (7pm MT on FS1). The match, which is likely to be a sell-out, will feature two countries that are widely considered to be among the favorites to win the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup this summer. The USA is 2-1-2 so far in 2019, all against World Cup-bound teams.
2019 Game Lineups || 2019 Statistics
U.S. WNT ROSTER BY POSITION: APRIL FRIENDLIES (CAPS/GOALS)
GOALKEEPERS (3): Adrianna Franch (Portland Thorns FC; 1/0), Ashlyn Harris (Orlando Pride; 20/0), Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars; 41/0)
DEFENDERS (7): Abby Dahlkemper (NC Courage; 35/0), Tierna Davidson (Chicago Red Stars; 17/1); Crystal Dunn (NC Courage; 80/24), 11- Ali Krieger (Orlando Pride; 98/1), 4- Becky Sauerbrunn (Utah Royals FC; 153/0), 14- Casey Short (Chicago Red Stars; 27/0), Emily Sonnett (Portland Thorns FC; 30/0)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Julie Ertz (Chicago Red Stars; 77/18), Lindsey Horan (Portland Thorns FC; 64/7), Rose Lavelle (Washington Spirit; 23/6), Allie Long (Reign FC; 40/6), Samantha Mewis (NC Courage; 45/8), Andi Sullivan (Washington Spirit; 11/0), McCall Zerboni (NC Courage; 8/0)
FORWARDS (7): Tobin Heath (Portland Thorns FC; 146/27); Carli Lloyd (Sky Blue FC; 269/105), Jessica McDonald (NC Courage; 6/1), Alex Morgan (Orlando Pride; 158/99), Christen Press (Utah Royals FC; 111/47), Mallory Pugh (Washington Spirit; 48/13), Megan Rapinoe (Seattle Reign FC; 149/43)
USA vs. Australia: The last three games between the USA and Australia have highly competitive affairs. They produced a 3-1 win for the USA in the opening game of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, a 1-0 loss for the USA at the 2017 Tournament of Nations and a 1-1 draw at the 2018 Tournament of Nations. In the most recent meeting between the teams, on July 29, 2018, the U.S. goal in the 1-1 tie came on a late equalizer by Lindsey Horan in a match that saw the USA out-shoot the Matildas 18-8. The tie kept the USA alive for the tournament title, which it won after defeating Brazil, 4-1, in its final match of the competition
The USA has a record of 25-1-3 against Australia dating back to 1987, and has outscored Australia 96-24, only allowing more than one goal against the Matildas on four occasions. Australia's lone win came at the 2017 Tournament of Nations. Before the last two meetings at the ToN, the most recent meeting between the teams came at the 2015 Women's World Cup in the opening game of the tournament for both teams. Megan Rapinoe scored early before Lisa De Vanna equalized in the 27th minute. Christen Press got the game-winner off an assist from Sydney Leroux in the 61st,before Rapinoe scored a dagger in the 78th to clinch the match.
Fifteen of the 16 players who played for the USA against Australia in last year's ToN match are back, including 10 starters. Australia brings back 14 of 15 players who played, including all 11 starters. The U.S. has played Australia six times since 2012 and scored 16 goals. Five different players named to this roster have scored in those games: Morgan (3), Press (2), Rapinoe (2), Lloyd (1) and Horan (1). Lloyd has one other goal against Australia, a dramatic stoppage time game-winner in a driving rain storm in Cary, N.C. on April 27, 2008.
100 Goals Watch: After scoring against Japan on Feb. 27 in Chester, Pa., Alex Morgan – the 2018 U.S. Soccer Player of the Year, now has 99 goals and at age 29 sits in sole possession of seventh place on the USA's all-time goal scoring list. She has scored 26 goals over her last 31 WNT matches through the end of 2017 and 2018 and into 2019. With her hat trick against Japan on July 26, 2018, the fourth of her career, Morgan is now tied with Michelle Akers in third place all-time in multi-goal games (26) behind Abby Wambach (45) and Mia Hamm (38). She has 22 career two-goal games. Morgan has scored against 28 different countries and in 11 different countries.
Countdown to the Cup: The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cupwill be the eighth consecutive World Cup appearance for the USA, which has appeared in each of the previous seven tournaments that have been contested and won in 1991, 1999 and 2015. The USA is one of six countries to qualify for all eight Women's World Cups along with Brazil, Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden and Nigeria. The tournament will be held from June 7-July 7 in nine cities in France. The USA's Draw and placement in Group F gave the USA venues that are all within a two-hour drive of each other, with the opening game taking place in Reims, followed by Paris and then Le Havre. The "Countdown to the Cup" will take the WNT to all four times zones in the continental United States, giving fans across the country a chance to cheer the team on to France.
COUNTDOWN TO THE CUP
Venue; City
7 p.m. MT
Dick's Sporting Goods Park; Commerce City, Colo.
6 p.m. PT
Banc of California Stadium; Los Angeles, Calif.
South Africa – Send-Off Series, Presented by Volpi Foods
1:30 p.m. PT
Levi's Stadium; Santa Clara, Calif.
New Zealand – Send-Off Series, Presented by Volpi Foods
7 p.m. CT
Busch Stadium; St. Louis, Mo.
Mexico – Send-Off Series, Presented by Volpi Foods
12 p.m. ET
Red Bull Arena; Harrison, N.J.
2019 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP
Thailand - 2019 WWC
3 p.m. ET
Auguste Delaune Stadium; Reims, France
Chile – 2019 WWC
Parc des Princes; Paris, France
Sweden – 2010 WWC
Stade Océane; Le Havre, France
New Rules Get Test Run: In preparation for the 2019 Women's World Cup in France, U.S. Soccer requested and received approval from the International Football Association Board (IFAB) to implement three changes to the Laws of the Game during the tournament. These changes, although not officially instituted until June, will be used for the USA's April friendly matches. At the 133rd AGM of The IFAB held in Aberdeen, Scotland on March 2, 2019 these changes (as well as additional changes) were approved to the Laws of the Game for 2019/20:
A player being substituted must leave the field of play at the nearest point on the boundary line.
Yellow and red cards for misconduct can be issued to team officials.
On a goal kick and a free kick for the defending team in their own penalty area, the ball is in play as soon as the kick is taken so a player – or opponent as long as they started outside the penalty or were not given the proper time to exit the penalty – can play the ball before it leaves the penalty area.
Follow all the #USWNT action on Twitter using @uswnt and on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat (ussoccer_wnt).
USWNT vs. Australia - 4/4/2019


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Lincoln's Statesmanship
March 24, 2014 by JMC
Lincoln's Statesmanship, Skidmore College
Abraham Lincoln as Statesman
Professor Taylor
This course will explore Lincoln's confrontation with the problem of slavery and the American regime. It will primarily consist of a close analysis of Lincoln's speeches and writings, with particular emphasis on the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858.
Lincoln's speeches and deeds have been said by some scholars to constitute a completion of the American founding or a second American revolution. We will explore the origins and nature of Lincoln's impact, trying to understand Lincoln's project from the perspective of Lincoln himself.
Lincoln reflected deeply on America's founding ideals as expressed in its public documents, as well as particular historical realities confronting the nation in the 1800s. Our course of study will therefore attempt to mimic these reflections.
Required Texts:
Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings, Roy P. Basler ed., Da Capo Press, 1990
The Complete Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858, Paul Angle ed., University of Chicago Press, 1991
Abraham Lincoln, Lord Charnwood, Dover Publishers, 1997
Packet of Readings
Students must also purchase a biography of Lincoln for their final paper. A list of options will be provided.
Course Requirements:
1 6-8 pg paper
2 in-class presentations
Introduction to course (9/6)
I. Prelude to Crisis (all readings in the section from packet; also read Charnwood, ch.2)
A. Slavery and the Founding, 1776-1789
1. "Slavery and the Moral Foundations of the American Republic," Herbert Storing (9/11)
"Slavery and the Constitutional Convention: Making a Covenant with Death," Paul Finkelman (9/11)
The Missouri Compromise, 1819-20
Congressional Debates, 1819: Taylor (NY), Fuller (MA), Barbour (VA) (9/13)
Congressional Debates, 1820: Reid (GA), Clagett (NH), Pinckney (MD)
James Madison to James Monroe, February 10 & 23, 1820; John Quincy Adams, diary selections, February and March 1820; Rufus King, selected letters (9/18)
C. Nullification and the Nature of Union, 1830-32
1. John C. Calhoun, Fort Hill Address, July 26, 1831 (9/20)
The Ordinance of Nullification, November 24, 1832 (9/20)
2. James Madison to Edward Everett, August 28, 1830 (9/20)
Andrew Jackson, Nullification Proclamation, December 10, 1832 (9/20)
II. Lincoln and the Crisis of the House Divided (Charnwood, chs. 4-5, Don Fehrenbacher, "Slavery in the Federal Territories" [packet])
A. The Political Philosophy of a Young Whig, 1838-1852
Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum, January 27, 1838 (9/25)
Temperance Address, February 22, 1842 (9/27)
Eulogy on Henry Clay, July 6, 1852, also discuss Fehrenbacher (10/4)
The Breakdown of Compromise, 1854-58
Fragments: On Slavery, [July 1, 1854] (10/9)
Speech at Peoria, October 16, 1854 (on the repeal of the MO Compromise)
To George Robertson, August 15, 1855
To Joshua Speed, August 24, 1855
Dred Scott, June 26, 1857 (10/11)
House Divided, June 16, 1858
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858
Ottawa, August 21, 1858 (10/16)
Freeport, August 27 (10/18)
Jonesboro, September 15 (10/23)
Galesburg, October 7 (in part: S.D. 290-94; A.L. 300-04, 307-11)
Quincy, October 13 (in part: A.L. 332-35; S.D. 343-47; A.L. 353-57)
MIDTERM EXAM 10/25
Principles Defended, 1858-60
1. Lecture on Discoveries and Inventions, February 11, 1859 (packet) (10/30)
Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, September 30, 1859
2. To Lyman Trumbull, December 11, 1858 (11/1)
To H.L. Pierce & Others, April 6, 1859
To Salmon P. Chase, June 20, 1859
3. Address at Cooper Institute, February 27, 1860 (11/1)
III. Lincoln and the Civil War
Preserving the Union, 1860-62 (Charnwood, chs. 6-9)
To William Kellog, December 11, 1860 (11/6)
To John A. Gilmer, December 15, 1860 (packet)
To James T. Hale, January 11, 1861 (packet)
First Inaugural, March 4, 1861 (11/6)
Message to Congress in Special Session, July 4, 1861
Toward Emancipation, 1862-63 (Charnwood, ch. 10)
Appeal to Border State Representatives, July 12, 1862 (packet) (11/8)
Address on Colonization to a Committee…, August 14, 1862 (packet)
To Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862
Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, September 22, 1862 (packet)
Final Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863 (11/13)
To John McClernand, January 8, 1863 (packet)
A New Birth of Freedom, 1863 (Charnwood, ch. 11)
1. To Erastus Corning & Others, June 12, 1863 (11/15)
To General N. P. Banks, August 5, 1863
To James C. Conkling, August 26, 1863
2. Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863 (11/20)
Toward Reconstruction, 1863-64 (Charnwood, ch. 12)
Proclamation of Amnesty & Reconstruction, December 8, 1863 (11/27)
To Albert G. Hodges, April 4, 1864 (packet) (11/27)
Sanitary Fair Address at Baltimore, April 18, 1864
To Henry W. Hoffman, October 10, 1864
Fragment: The Constitution and the Union, [1860?]
With Malice Toward None, 1864-65
Annual Message to Congress, December 6, 1864 (11/29)
Second Inaugural, March 4, 1865
Meditation on the Divine Will, September, 1862
Address to the 140th Indiana Regiment, March 17, 1865 (12/4)
Last Public Address, April 11, 1865
To Mrs. Bixby, November 21, 1864
IV. Assessments of Lincoln, Old and New
Frederick Douglass, Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln (packet) (12/6)
James Engell and Richard Weaver on Lincoln's Rhetoric (12/11)
TBA (12/13)


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 * Date: 2014-08-17
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Converting Promoter Loyalty into Dollars and Cents - HowLikely?
Find out what makes your loyal customers tick:If your company has a high Net Promoter Score, that means it has a large number of promoters - customers who love your business and talk it up to others. How much do you know about this valuable segment of your customer base? Most of the time, businesses focus on learning more about their dissatisfied customers; to stay ahead of the competition and fuel real growth, you also need to learn about your happiest customers. What delighted them about your company? If their enthusiasm centers on the quality of your product or service, find out specific details. If they were thrilled with the customer experience, ask them what made the process exceptional. Knowing how you earned the loyalty and enthusiasm of your promoters will help you make the same magic happen with other customers.
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Give your promoters great stories to tell:If you have loyal, enthusiastic promoters who are willing to sing your praises and recommend your company, you'll want to help them accomplish this in any way possible. What's the best way to help your promoters? Create "wow" moments whenever you can - provide the kind of quality and customer service that your promoters just can't wait to tell others about. Encourage your promoters to share their stories and experiences on social media, and provide platforms where they can share their stories with a targeted audience.
Customer loyalty is essential for long-term business growth. Loyal promoters save you the costs associated with customer acquisition, and they tend to increase their spending over time. Even more important, loyal customers are likely to bring in new customers by talking your business up to their family, friends and colleagues. Add these three tactics to your company's strategy, and you can make it even easier for your promoters to help your business grow and succeed.


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Live from FOSSHealth in Houston Texas
We are live from the FOSSHealth conference in Houston, schedule here. Bill Vass of Sun (still not Oracle yet he confirms) NHIN CONNECT Efforts is talking about the difference between FOSS and proprietary in which RSA was openly and rigorously examined by experts and remains quite secure except for brute force methods, while the the closed proprietary Clipper chip was not and was broken within 48 hours…competition for support occurs with FOSS licensing whereas proprietary vendors can sit back and say hmmm, how much to have an America's Cup entry this year?… More after the break.
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Houston Confirms VistA GUI-Scheduling Has Landed
Worldvista.org reports that after a long wait, Graphic User Interface scheduling works in VistA: "…"Yes, it's teeming with bugs, but it works!" Habiel from California wrote on the VistA Hardhats email list. Valdes, who lives in Houston, Texas responded: "Roger Sam, Houston confirms on a fresh install that GUI scheduling has landed." and posted a screenshot. Calling it a "very significant event. Not only does this add GUI-scheduling, it also enables .Net client programming." and "Many small steps for a software engineer, one giant leap for VistA." Valdes notes that this will greatly broaden the reach of VistA, facilitating its use in ambulatory care. "This community owes a debt of gratitude to Sam Habiel."
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Open Source for America
Open Source for America (OSA) is an effort to raise awareness in the U.S. Federal Government about the benefits of open source software. We hope to encourage the government's utilization of open source software participation in open source software projects, and incorporation of open source community dynamics to enable transparency. http://opensourceforamerica.org
A PC World article here states that: "Microsoft, which has been at odds with the Linux community over the years because of intellectual property issues, said on Monday it has released 20,000 lines of Linux code to the Linux kernel community…"
RedHat Joins the S&P 500
Redhat has joined the S&P 500, article here. "Standard and Poor's announced that Red Hat would join the S&P 500 as of the close of trading on Friday. Red Hat replaces lender CIT Group, which had a market capitalization below $275 million, ranking it 500th in the index…"
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OpenEMR HQ to hold monthly product walkthrough
OpenEMR HQ, a consulting company focused on the popular open source OpenEMR EMR application, will present the first of a series of monthly product walkthroughs on Friday, July 24th, 2009 at 6:00pm EDT. The company said, in a statement released yesterday, that it had been receiving a lot of questions about the product and those questions showed a good bit of confusion around the software
HDM: Lawsuit Filed Against Stimulus Act
Health Data Management reports that: "A registered nurse in Durham, N.H., has filed a civil suit against three officials of the Obama Administration alleging the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's health information technology provisions unconstitutionally violate the HIPAA privacy rule, Privacy Act and Federal Common Law…"
Musings on Mark Shuttleworth interview that may inform this community
This is an interview with Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth that talks about resource allocation in an open source environment. I am curious about how he handles and solves things because I have personally encountered similar problems and wondered about how others
solve the volunteer/anarchy vs. order/resources/damned if you do, damned if you don't problems attendant with Free/Open Source.
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Health 2.0 October 6-7, 2009 – San Francisco
It's officially summer and there's a lot happening behind the scenes at Health 2.0 as we prepare for our biggest event yet! Our annual San Francisco Fall Conference will be held on October 6th and 7th at the Concourse Exhibition Center. Just two years after its first conference, Health 2.0 has become the must-see showcase for consumers and providers' use of new web and mobile tools in health care, and the venue where new products are launched, new concepts are developed and new movements are built.
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Hospital Improves Patient Experience by Adding Email and Web Access in Patient Rooms With Virtual Linux Desktops
IBM (NYSE: IBM), NoMachine and Novell announce today that Glendale Adventist Medical Center (GAMC) in Glendale, California has improved the experience of its hospital patients by delivering email and Web access in patient rooms, while saving significant information technology (IT) maintenance and energy costs.
ARMONK, N.Y. – 01 Jul 2009: IBM (NYSE: IBM), NoMachine and Novell announce today that Glendale Adventist Medical Center (GAMC) in Glendale, California has improved the experience of its hospital patients by delivering email and Web access in patient rooms, while saving significant information technology (IT) maintenance and energy costs.


Dr. Teng is the newest member of the UBC Faculty of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She is originally from Taiwan, but her family has travelled extensively and now currently resides in Surrey, BC. She completed her Bachelor's Degree at McGill University, followed by a Master of Public Health at Yale University. She went on to obtain her Medical Degree and OB/GYN specialty training from the University of British Columbia. She earned the Dr. H.A. Henderson Memorial Medal for Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 2009 and was recently awarded the Robert M. Liston teaching award for medical student teaching.
She has a passion for research and has conducted clinical and health services research in cardiovascular health, infectious disease, and obstetrics and gynecology. In May of 2012, Dr. Teng conducted a qualitative study on the role of embarrassment in HPV self-collection in Uganda. She continues to be involved in global health and is dedicated to the health of women in Canada and around the world.
Dr. Teng is an enthusiastic and compassionate physician who strives to provide excellent and comprehensive care to her patients. She believes that education, prevention, and empowerment are the keys to health. Dr. Teng has an interest in minimally-invasive gynaecologic surgery, high-risk obstetrics, and family planning.
Dr. Teng provides family planning services at the CARE Program at BC Women's hospital. In addition, she provides maternity care and gynaecologic services at St. Paul's Hospital in downtown Vancouver. She welcomes both English and Mandarin-speaking patients.
• Teng F, Kalloger S, Brotto L, and McAlpine J. Determinants of Quality of Life in Ovarian Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Study. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Canada (In Submission).
• Teng F, Mitchell SM, Money DM, Sekikubo M, Biryabarema C, Byamugisha JJK, Steinberg M, Ogilvie GS, Understanding the role of embarrassment in gynecologic screening: A qualitative study from the ASPIRE cervical cancer screening project in Uganda, British Medical Journal Open, 2013 (In Submission).
• Teng F, Mitton C, Mackenzie J. Priority setting in the provincial health services authority: survey of key decision makers. BMC Health Services Research 2007, 7:84.
• Niccolai LM, Livingston KA, Teng FF, Pettigrew MM. Behavioral intentions in sexual partnerships following a diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis. Prev Med. 2008 Feb;46(2):170-6. Epub 2007 Sep 4.
• Eisenberg MJ, Teng FF, Chaudhry MR, Ortiz J, Sobkowski W, Ebrahim I, et. al. Impact of invasive versus non-invasive management on functional status and quality of life following non-Q-wave myocardial infarction: A pilot randomized clinical trial. Am Heart J 2005 May;149(5):813-9.
• Eisenberg MJ, Teng FF, Pilote L. Improved functional status and quality of life after invasive management of non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (Abstract). J Am Coll Cardiol 2003; 41:398A.
• Developing Residency Training in Global Health: A Guidebook. Reviewer and Editor.


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Reproductive Rights Are At Stake, Yet Again
In Texas, a bill that will ban abortions after six weeks, before women even know that they're pregnant.
Jenna Loveman, Opinion Editor|September 17, 2021
Yet again, the rights of women to have autonomy over our own bodies is being challenged. The Supreme Court refused to block a bill that would severely limit the access to abortion in Texas. The new law bans abortions after 6 weeks of pregnancy, well before many women even know that they're pregnant.
In 1973, Roe v. Wade decided that women should be able to have the option of abortion, without excessive restriction. This new law greatly challenges Roe v. Wade, as it allows excessive restrictions surrounding abortion. These excessive restrictions will have severe consequences, leaving more people without the option of safe and accessible abortions.
The law also allows private citizens to sue abortion providers, as well as other private citizens, who aid an individual in receiving an abortion after 6 weeks, "(including by paying for it) regardless of whether they know the abortion is prohibited under the Act, or even intends to engage in such conduct," states Justice Sotamayor, dissenting in Whole Women's Health v. Jackson. The law empowers citizens to become "vigilantes," to essentially take the place of the government in enforcing these restrictions, therefore strategically avoiding judicial review. It also makes no exceptions for cases of rape or incest, and only a very narrow exception in the case that the mother's life would be at stake.
Texas lawmakers, who have yet to allow the mandate of masks in schools, see it more fit to police people with uteruses, which includes not only women, but non-binary individuals and transgender men.
"Pro-life" lawmakers do not truly care about life, as they refuse to allow the enforcements of safety protocols that can help reduce exposure to COVID-19. If these lawmakers are truly "pro-life," shouldn't they care about the 648,000 Americans who have passed away due to COVID-19? Why don't they seem to care about the women who have died due to unsafe abortions? The truth of the matter is that placing more restrictions on abortions does not do what people think it will do. Restrictive laws and bans do not decrease the amount of abortions that occur, they just replace safe abortions, forcing many to seek less safe options, such as the methods women used before abortion was legalized. Women were forced to use fatal and dangerous methods of terminating a pregnancy such as using a coat hanger or throwing themselves down the stairs.
It's likely that other historically red states, like Ohio, will look to pass restrictive abortion bans, like Texas succeeded in doing. If laws similar to this one continue to be applied throughout the nation, people who may need an abortion will not have the right to make that difficult choice. I would not have that choice, nor would I be able to assist someone else who might need that choice. I may not be able to even assist them in making that choice, whether it be giving them a ride or helping them pay for the procedure, for fear of legal repercussions.
It has been 48 years since the historic decision of Roe v. Wade, yet we are still struggling to maintain autonomy over our own bodies. There's something truly jarring about the second largest state in the United States being able to restrict access to a medical procedure.
The bottom line is that, regardless of how people personally feel about abortion, people need access to safe abortions. Personal beliefs should not overpower the bodily autonomy that everyone deserves. Restating what has been chanted over and over for years: my body, my choice.
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Oooh you all, I've been SO excited and waiting in such anticipation to share this wedding with you ALL week and I finally get to! Genny and Tim started my wedding season off with one of the most perfect weddings ever! The weather was sunny and warm, the light in their venue was GLOWING, and they and their friends and family were fantastic and fun.
Genny and Tim were so much fun during their engagement session, Paul and I just knew that the wedding was definitely going to follow suit. Both their ceremony and reception were held at one of my favoritest places ever – The Cheney Place downtown Grand Rapids. If you've never been here, let me just tell you, I could probably shoot their for 40 hours and STILL have stuff that I haven't gotten yet. The mix of old warehouse with classic vintage furniture are to die for, and as I previously stated the large windows let in the most gorgeous diffused light. Genny and Tim's styling matched up perfectly with the whole feel of their space and their travel theme added another touch of vintage flair. It's not often we have a couple so laid back that they talk to each other in person before the first look (okay she was still in normal clothes, but still!!) and it set such a relaxed 'chill' tone for the whole day. I think I said how amazing everything was about one billion times plus one, but seriously, take a look for yourself!


Welcome to the Big Bend Cooperative Preschool and Parent Education Program!
Many wonderful opportunities for learning alongside your child await you!
By participating in our parent operated cooperative program, you will be actively giving the gift of time and energy to your child while sharing parenting ideas with your peers.
You will have opportunities to closely observe as well as assist your young child in exploring and learning through teacher directed activities. Based on a developmentally appropriate and proven educational model, this is a unique hands on experience for both you and your child.
Parents in our program work together with our teachers to provide hands on learning opportunities for our children. This helps us keep our tuition very reasonable, and gives us the opportunity to participate in the classroom with our children. Typically, parents are in the classroom once a week and attend a business/parent ed meeting once each month.
We would love to share our program with you! This site should give you a quick introduction. If you are looking for more information, please don't hesitate to contact us.
We are always enrolling. For an enrollment packet contact Alicia, Parent Coordinator at (509) 431-3182 or bbcoopreschool@gmail.com.


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The problem of evil is one of the most famous and enduring problems in the philosophy of religion. Simply stated: if God is all good and all powerful, how can He allow evil and suffering to exist in the world? God's allowance of evil and suffering does not seem to make sense in the light of human experience and human conceptions of goodness and justice. For many people this problem provides sufficient grounds for them to reject belief in God altogether, or at the very least to confess that while there may be a God, He is not really worth believing in. These conclusions, however, were not advocated by the eminent 18th century philosopher, David Hume.
However, it is crucial to understand what Hume is arguing. Hume is not arguing that God isn't all good and all powerful, but only that we cannot infer this from the common human way of thinking. Earlier he stated: "Nothing can shake the solidity of this reasoning… except we assert, that these subjects exceed all human capacity, and that our common measures of truth and falsehood are not applicable to them." In the dialogue, Philo is arguing against Cleanthes who insists that God's ways are commensurate to the ways of human beings. Cleanthes's reasoning is as follows: just as human beings are benevolent, so God is benevolent. Just as human beings are just, so God is just. By learning about benevolence, justice and mercy from human experience, we learn about God's benevolence, justice and mercy also. Philo reprimands Cleanthes's anthropomorphizing of God: "Is it possible, Cleanthes, that after all these reflections, and infinitely more, you can still persevere in your Anthropomorphism, and assert the moral attributes of the Deity, his justice, benevolence, mercy, and rectitude, to be of the same nature with these virtues in human creatures?" This is Hume's central point, and it is not an argument against the existence or worthiness of God. This is, rather, a challenge to consider that God's ways are not our ways, and that His thoughts are not our thoughts (cf. Is. 55:8).
The problem of evil provides no grounds for disbelief in God, nor grounds for dismissing God as unworthy of our trust. The evil and suffering that exist in the world may indeed demonstrate that God is not what human beings conceive as good and just, but this is no way rules out the possibility that God's goodness and justice are infinitely broader, longer, higher and deeper than anything human beings have become accustomed to—so much so that they have difficultly recognizing the resemblance. Humans may very well need to reevaluate their own conceptions of goodness and justice in the light of the revelation of God's goodness and justice.
According to the Bible, God's justice is in fact far more acute than human justice, in that eternal punishment is disclosed to be the just deserts for sins humans collectively deem insignificant. The sublime sacrifice of Christ is proclaimed to be the only way in which all of humanity's sins could be justly atoned for and God's vengeance against them propitiated, although human beings never themselves feel the necessity for such measures in their own relations. Furthermore, God's love toward mankind is demonstrated in a highly unusual manner, as the apostle Paul declared: "For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for a good man someone would dare even to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:7-8) Given the nature of God compared to that of man, it is highly inappropriate to think that God is unjust or unloving simply because He does not conform to human conceptions of goodness and justice. It is instead humans who need to confess their own deficient understanding and reevaluate their conceptions of goodness and justice in view of the revelation of the works of God.
When human beings fail to consider this last option, they only show that the problem is not really with God, but with them.
The following is an extract from Luther's Commentary on Galatians (from Edwin Sandys's 1575 translation), and it is rather outstanding.
Luther here argues that Christians ought to be assured of their salvation, and that to say otherwise is a wicked lie of the devil meant to rob you of this blessed right as a Christian. Most importantly, he argues that the sufficient evidence that we are possessors of the Holy Spirit is our faith in the word of God, our embracing of and desire for the truth of the Gospel, and our confession of Jesus Christ, the testimony of our lips. This is a most astute and Biblical observation that is generally missed by many. While Luther does give some assent to the idea that Christians will do good works, it is clear in this passage that he didn't put much weight upon that, and even objected to it by saying that "there is no great difference betwixt a Christian and a civil honest man." If that is the case, our good works cannot therefore be sufficient evidence of our salvation, even if they do provide some confirmation of it. Assurance of salvation ultimately derives from our faith, our new understanding of divine things, our embrace of the truth, and the fruit of our lips. This is precisely what the Bible teaches.
"The Holy Ghost is sent by the Word into the hearts of the believers, as here it is said, 'God sent the spirit of his Son,' etc. This sending is without any visible appearance; to wit, when by the hearing of the spoken Word, we receive an inward fervency and light, whereby we are changed and become new creatures; whereby also we receive a new judgment, new feelings and motions. This change and this new judgment is no work of reason, or of the power of man, but is the gift and the operation of the Holy Ghost, which cometh with the Word preached, which purifieth our hearts by faith, and bringeth forth in us spiritual motions. Therefore there is a great difference betwixt us and those which with force and subtlety persecute the doctrine of the Gospel. For we by the grace of God can certainly judge by the Word, of the will of God towards us; also of all laws and doctrines, of our own life and of the life of others. Contrariwise, the Papists and Sectaries cannot certainly judge of anything. For they corrupt, they persecute and blaspheme the Word. Now without the Word a man can give no certain judgment of anything.
And although it appear not before the world, that we be renewed in mind and have the Holy Ghost, yet notwithstanding our judgment, our speech, and our confession do declare sufficiently, that the Holy Ghost with his gifts is in us. For before we could judge rightly of nothing. We spake not as now we do. We confessed not that all our works were sin and damnable; that Christ was our only merit both before grace and after, as now we do in the true knowledge and light of the Gospel. Wherefore let this trouble us nothing at all, that the world (whose works we testify to be evil) judgeth us to be most pernicious heretics and seditious persons, destroyers of religion, and troublers of the common peace, possessed of the devil speaking in us and governing all our actions. Against this perverse [and wicked] judgment of the world, let this testimony of our conscience be sufficient, whereby we assuredly know, that it is the gift of God, that we do not only believe in Jesus Christ, but that we also preach and confess him openly before the world. As we believe with our heart, so do we speak with our mouth, according to that saying of the Psalmist: 'I believed, and therefore I have spoken etc.' (Psalm 115:10).
Moreover we exercise ourselves unto godliness and avoid sin as much as we may. If we sin, we sin not of purpose, but of ignorance, and we are sorry for it. We may slip, for the devil lieth in wait for us both day and night. Also the remnants of sin cleave yet fast in our flesh: therefore as touching the flesh we are sinners, yea, after that we have received the Holy Ghost. And there is no great difference betwixt a Christian and a civil honest man. For the works of a Christian in outward shew are but base and simple. He doth his duty according to his vocation, he governeth the commonwealth, he guideth his family, he tilleth the ground, he giveth counsel, he aideth and succoureth his neighbour. These works the carnal man doth not much esteem, but thinketh them to be common and nothing worth, being such as the laity, yea the heathen also do. For the world understandeth not the things which are of the Spirit of God, and therefore it judgeth perversely of the works of the godly. But the monstrous superstition of hypocrites and their will-works they have in great admiration. They count them holy works, and spare no charges in maintaining the same. Contrariwise, the works of the faithful (which although in outward appearance they seem to be but vile and nothing worth, yet are they good works indeed, and accepted of God, because they are done in faith, with a cheerful heart, and with obedience and thankfulness towards God), these works, I say, they do not only not acknowledge to be good works, but also they despise and condemn them as most ungodly and unrighteous. The world therefore believeth nothing less than that we have the Holy Ghost. Notwithstanding in the time of tribulation or of the cross, and of the confession of our faith (which is the proper and principal work of those that believe), when we must either forsake wife, children, goods and life, or else deny Christ, then it appeareth that we make confession of our faith, that we confess Christ and his Word, by the power of the Holy Ghost.
We ought not therefore to doubt whether the Holy Ghost dwelleth in us or not; but to be assuredly persuaded that we 'are the temple of the Holy Ghost,' as Paul saith (1 Corinthians 6:19). For if any man feel in himself a love towards the Word of God, and willingly heareth, talketh, writeth, and thinketh of Christ, let that man know that it is not the work of man's will or reason, but the gift of the Holy Ghost; for it is impossible that these things should be done without the Holy Ghost. Contrariwise, where hatred and contempt of the Word is, there the devil, the god of this world, reigneth, blinding men's hearts and holding them captive, that the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ should not shine upon them (2 Corinthians 4:4). Which thing we see at this day in the most part of the common people, which have no love to the Word, but condemn it as though it pertained nothing at all unto them. But whosoever do feel any love or desire to the Word, let them acknowledge with thankfulness, that this affection is poured into them by the Holy Ghost. For we bring not this affection and desire with us; neither can we be taught by any laws how we may obtain it: but this change is plainly and simply the work of the right hand of the Most High. Therefore, when we willingly and gladly hear the Word preached concerning Christ the Son of God, who for us was made man and became subject to the law, that he might redeem us: then God, by and with this preaching, assuredly sendeth the Holy Ghost into our hearts. Wherefore it is very expedient for the godly to know, that they, have the Holy Ghost.
Moreover, whatsoever a man doubting thinketh, speaketh, or doeth, it is sin; for whatsoever proceedeth not of faith, is sin. Wherefore, whether thou be a minister of God's Word, or a magistrate in the commonwealth, thou must assuredly think that thy office pleaseth God: but this thou canst never do, unless thou have the Holy Ghost. But thou wilt say: I doubt not but that my office pleaseth God, because it is God's ordinance; but I doubt of mine own person whether it please God or no. Here thou must resort to the Word of God, which especially seeketh to assure us, that not only the office of the person, but also the person itself pleaseth God. For the person is baptized, believeth in Christ, is purged in his blood from all sins, liveth in the communion and fellowship of his Church. Moreover, he doth not only love the pure doctrine of the Word, but also is glad and greatly rejoiceth when he seeth it advanced, and the number of the faithful increased. Contrariwise, he detesteth the Pope and all Sectaries with their wicked doctrine, according to that saying of the Psalm: 'I hate them that imagine evil things, but thy law do I love' (Psalm 119:113).
sin, vanquished death, and all evils. So long as he is at the right hand of God, making intercession for us, we cannot doubt of the grace [and favor] of God towards us.
Moreover, God hath also sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, as Paul here saith. But Christ is most certain in his spirit that he pleaseth God, etc.; therefore we also, having the same spirit of Christ, must be assured that we are under grace for his sake, who is most assured. This I have said concerning the inward testimony, whereby a [Christian man's] heart ought to be fully persuaded that he is under grace and hath the Holy Ghost. Now, the outward signs (as before I have said) are, gladly to hear of Christ, to preach and teach Christ, to render thanks unto him, to praise him, to confess him, yea, with the loss of goods and life: moreover, to do our duty according to our vocation as we are able, in faith, joy, etc.; not to delight in sins, nor to thrust ourselves into another man's vocation, but to attend upon our own, to help our needy brother, to comfort the heavy hearted, etc. By these signs as by certain effects and consequents we are fully assured and confirmed, that we are in God's favor. The wicked also imagine that they have the same signs, but they have nothing less. Hereby we may plainly perceive that the Pope with his doctrine doth nothing else, but trouble and torment men's consciences, and at length drive them into desperation. For he not only teacheth, but also commandeth men to doubt. Therefore as the Psalm saith: 'There is no [truth or] certainty in his mouth' (Psalm 5:9). And in another place: 'Under his tongue is iniquity and mischief' (Psalm 10:7).
Here we may see what great infirmity is yet in the faith of the godly. For if we could be fully persuaded that we are under grace, that our sins are forgiven, that we have the spirit of Christ, that we are the children of God; then doubtless we should be joyful and thankful to God for this inestimable gift. But because we feel contrary motions, that is to say, fear, doubtfulness, anguish and heaviness of heart, and such-like, therefore we cannot assure ourselves hereof; yea our conscience judgeth it a great presumption and pride to challenge this glory. Wherefore, if we will understand this thing rightly and as we should do, we must put it in practice; for without experience and practice it can never be learned.
Wherefore let every man so practice with himself, that his conscience may be fully assured that he is under grace, and that his person and his works do please God. And if he feel in himself any wavering or doubting, let him exercise his faith and wrestle against this doubting, and let him labor to attain more strength and assurance of faith, so that he may be able to say: I know that I am accepted, and that I have the Holy Ghost; not for mine own worthiness, my work, my merit, but for Christ's sake, who for our sakes made himself thrall and subject to the law, and took away the sins of the world. In him do I believe. If I be a sinner and err, he is righteous and cannot err. Moreover, I gladly hear, read, sing and write of him, and I desire nothing more than that his Gospel may be known to the whole world, and that many may be converted unto him.
These things do plainly witness that the Holy Ghost is present [with us and in us]. For such things are not wrought in the heart by man's strength, nor gotten by man's industry or travail, but are obtained by Christ alone, who first maketh us righteous by the knowledge of himself, and afterwards he createth a clean heart in us, bringeth forth new motions, and giveth unto us that assurance whereby we are persuaded that we please the Father for his sake. Also he giveth us a true judgment whereby we prove and try those things which before we knew not, or else altogether despised. It behoveth us therefore to wrestle against this doubting, that we may daily overcome more and more, and attain to a full persuasion and certainty of God's favor towards us, rooting out of our hearts this cursed opinion (that a man ought to doubt of the grace and favor of God), which hath infected the whole world. For if we be not sure that we are in grace, and that we please God for Christ's sake, then we deny that Christ hath redeemed us, we utterly deny all his benefits. Ye that are young, can easily lay hold on the doctrine of the Gospel and shun that pestilent opinion, wherewith ye have not yet been infected."


"The MRI imaging today was complete and utter torture. There's really no other way to describe it. I was lying on that awful, cold, hard, MRI table sweating profusely from the intensity of the pain, clinching my fists together and grinding my teeth…just trying my very best to be perfectly still so that they could get proper images of my back and then my right knee. At one point, when the machine was knocking in my ears, I could hear myself screaming from the inside. I just wanted it to be OVER. I just wanted to get back home to the walls that have imprisoned me since the beginning of this journey with RSD. Where I'm most comfortable these days. Where I'm not constantly being judged by others.
"I'd worked in law enforcement for nearly 14 years and I was out on medical leave, going in for my second spine surgery, but first fusion. They'd be going through my abdomen this time, they said I'd have a much quicker recovery time. Boy, were they ever wrong! When I came out of surgery, I knew something was terribly wrong. Both legs were swollen and felt like they were burning from the inside out. They were bright red and warm to the touch. It almost looked like I had fallen asleep while lying out in the sun and gotten an awful sunburn, unfortunately, that wasn't the case. I wasn't sure what was wrong, but I don't think I could have ever imagined the nightmare that was in store for me. I went for my first post op appointment and my neurosurgeon's PA was the first to utter the words, " it looks like you have RSD". I had no idea what that was. I'd never heard of it before in my life. I'd asked her, but other than verifying the symptoms that I'd had, all she could tell me about RSD was, "There's no cure". Oh, and she did tell me to go home and "Google it". Yeah, thanks. Fast forward through countless specialists and numerous tests later, I was formally diagnosed by my pain management Dr over a year later. Of course, they say, if caught early on…usually with in the first 6 months, it's your best possible chance of remission.
"My days now consist of laying in bed until I eventually force myself to get up and drive myself on my scooter to our living room, where I'll lay on the couch until bedtime. I'd rather lay on the couch all day and starve myself, than to risk causing myself more pain by moving. I know that must sound crazy, but when you live with intractable pain day in and day out, you'll pretty much do anything to get some kind of relief, even if it's just for a moment. Here's how I usually describe the burning pain of RSD. Imagine, all of the blood in your body has been replaced with lighter fluid and set ablaze and there's absolutely nothing that can put that fire out….NOTHING. You're just left to burn 24/7/365. Then, there are all of the other symptoms to go along with the fire. Dystonia, allodinya, swelling, muscle spasms, dry hair & skin, brittle nails, skin discoloration and thinning of skin, intense electric like jolts, insomnia… just to name a few. Then there's the brain fog and memory loss issues from taking copious amounts of pain and nerve medications, and even more meds to help with the side effects.


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Bob Oristaglio (April 6, 1924 – February 14, 1995) was an American football defensive end. He played for the Buffalo Bills in 1949, the Baltimore Colts in 1950, the Cleveland Browns in 1951 and for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1952.

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In Featured News, Legal, Victim Claims
From slip-and-fall accidents to billion-dollar toxic torts, courts wrestle with two big questions: Who is a legitimate victim, and what will it take to make that person whole?
The damages resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico might outstrip anything that came before. And from the moment BP CEO Tony Hayward pledged to pay "all legitimate claims" tied to the leak, the legal community—and the world—have wondered: What, exactly, is a legitimate claim? And how will those claims be satisfied? The short answer: No one really knows.
But a lot of lawyers are about to spend a large portion of their lives finding out.
"We're in uncharted waters," says attorney Burton LeBlanc, a shareholder in the Baton Rouge office of Baron & Budd. "There's nothing in the history of the legal system that can compare to this."
The most famous compensation in American history derived from the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989. Exxon paid about $1 billion in punitive damages and compensation after two decades of litigation, and experts agree the Deepwater Horizon spill is a far bigger deal in terms of the number of people affected.
Even guessing at the total cost of the disaster is futile. But whether a person counts the claims that eventually will be filed or the value of those claims, the total likely will be greater than suits from any other single incident of any kind.
"It's especially complex," LeBlanc says, "because in this case, more than any other case I've ever seen, where do you draw the line?"
Clearly, shrimpers, oystermen, boat captains and others along the Gulf Coast have legitimate claims. Coming up with a total will involve income comparisons from before and after the spill. But the recession will complicate that discussion. Does someone's income from last year accurately reflect what he or she would have made next year, especially if the economy improves? And how long will it take before an oil-tainted fishery returns to normal?
Those people don't keep detailed financial records. Some, while operating a cash business, don't even file tax returns, so they'll need tax experts and forensic accountants.
"When you work outside the system," says Michael Stag of New Orleans-based Smith Stag, "it's difficult to come back in the system and get the system to work for you."
The farther you get from the coast, the trickier the legal questions become, and the more influence the dueling experts on both sides will have. What is owed to Baton Rouge residents denied full use of their Grand Isle fishing camps? What about a bank that owns investment property on the Florida Panhandle? Is its lost value attributable to the oil spill, or to real estate factors that have nothing to do with the disaster? How about a seafood restaurant that has to spend a lot more money for its oysters this year, never mind next year?
Potential plaintiffs are asking about the $20 billion escrow fund that BP has set aside, although some of their questions will be difficult to answer until the exact policies and procedures are put in writing. But highly respected fund administrators Kenneth Feinberg and Michael Rozen have given some basic guidelines.
"We've encouraged everyone that calls us to go through the BP claims process," says Chase Tettleton, an associate with the Babcock Law Firm. "Our ultimate goal is to make these small businesses whole. If BP will do that, and they can be compensated for all their damages through that on a quick turnaround, then, by all means, that's what we recommend."
Several attorneys say claimants should have a professional help them through the process. Some victims will receive interim payments from the fund to get through the short term. But once claimants agree to a "final payment," they waive their right to sue BP, which operated the Deepwater Horizon. At some point, they will have to choose between a bird in the hand and a shot at the golden goose.
Lucky for them, there are plenty of other companies to sue. Anadarko Petroleum owns a 25% stake in the well. Cameron International built the failed blowout preventer. Transocean owned the Deepwater Horizon. Halliburton was responsible for the controversial well cementing job. The list goes on, and things could become interesting when those companies start suing each other.
"They're already pointing fingers at each other," LeBlanc says. "I've been to several status conferences in front of Judge [Carl] Barbier in New Orleans, and you can see the lines are being drawn."
BP would love to see all of the cases consolidated in Houston, where BP America is headquartered and where, presumably, juries would be more sympathetic. Plaintiffs' attorneys argue New Orleans is closer to the rig's location, and they say BP's lawyers and witnesses can travel to New Orleans more easily than a charter boat captain can to Houston.
Some firms are taking a wait-and-see approach, but others filed court documents days after the April 20 rig explosion. Some plaintiffs wanted to jump to the front of the line in case, at some point, the money runs out. Rumors are circulating that BP has hired bankruptcy attorneys in Houston; the company has repeatedly denied that bankruptcy is seriously under consideration.
Melissa Landry, executive director of Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch, says the quick suits raise a red flag. Any disaster creates the potential for frivolous claims; an unprecedented disaster also presents an unprecedented opportunity for suits that lack merit.
"Unfortunately, those cases clog up the system," she says. "If they make it through, they rob the real victims."


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Arts Prescott Cooperative Gallery, 134 S. Montezuma, 776-7717. Guest artist Glenn Hinz's traditional Sonoran and Southwest copper relief sculpture is on exhibit.
The Gallery at the Prescott Center for the Arts, 208 Marina St., 445-3286, www.pca-az.net. "The Company of Animals" runs until Aug. 17. This exhibit displays artists' interpretations of animals wild, domestic and imaginary. The exhibit presents 2-D and 3-D mediums, including photography, collage, oil and acrylics, and sculpture.
Jerome Artist Cooperative Gallery, 502 Main St., 928-639-4276.
Krieger-Marcusen Gallery, 110 S. Montezuma, Suite F, Hotel St. Michael's Alley, 778-4900. Featuring clay, paintings, jewelry, wood by local artists Heath Krieger, Cathy Krieger and Richard Marcusen. New works by Steve Smith (wood) and plein air oil paintings by Bill Anton.
Mountain Artists Guild & Gallery, 228 N. Alarcon St., 776-4009. Lynn Vanlandingham is the featured artist in the Spotlight Room Gallery, with his "90 Years of Bind Mills on My Mind" exhibit that runs until Aug. 16. "Prescott Masters Present," new works by local and nationally acclaimed artists, including Betty Carr, David Harlan, Pat Lambrecht-Hould, Douglas Miley, Doug Oliver, Dorothy Ray and G. Eric Slayton, runs through November. A new show in the main gallery, "Capture the Summer," features "Best of Show" artist Cynthia Gibson-Owens' "The Guardian" scratch art; First Place artist Barbara Darr's "Abstract I" mixed media; Second Place artist Michele Turney's "Pottery in Red" pastel; and Third Place artist Andress Brewster Designs "Burst of Spring" clay and steel. The show runs until Sept. 28. The guild's 63rd annual Fine Art and Crafts Festival takes place this Saturday and Sunday on the courthouse plaza. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. The event will feature original works of art to buy, a Kids' Zone Tent and food.
Mountain Spirit Co-op Gallery, 140 S. Montezuma St. 445-2886. Oil paintings, bronze sculpture and photography. New member Martin Sullivan has opened his Studio Gallery in room 104, just down the hall from the co-op's main entrance.
Phippen Museum of Western Art, 4701 Highway 89 North, 778-1385, www.phippenartmuseum.org. The 22nd annual "Trappings of the West" exhibit, sponsored by the Dry Creek Arts Fellowship, features the works of 80 contemporary artists.
Prescott Valley Art Guild, 3386 N. Windsong Drive, 775-4989. The guild's exhibit at the Good Samaritan Center, 3380 N. Windsong Drive, features artists Leland Morse, Marilyn Thompson, Yvonne Griffin and Dell Arnold, whose works include oils, watercolor and photography. This exhibit runs until mid-September. The guild is also displaying members' works until mid-September at Windsong Villas, 3386 N. Windsong Drive, and at the Prickly Pear Café, corner of Robert Road and Florentine.
Sharlot Hall Museum, 415 W. Gurley St., 445-3122, www.sharlot.org. "Wish You Were Here: Greetings from the Grand Canyon" features panels to illustrate postcards, stamps, post offices and people who made the Grand Canyon a major tourist attraction during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The exhibit runs through Sept. 2.
The Smoki Museum of American Indian Art and Culture, 147 N. Arizona Ave., 445-1230. "Seasons of the Yei Bicheii," featuring Diné painters Al Bahe and Virgil Nez, showing their striking and highly collectible art of traditional images, will be on exhibit until Aug. 31.
'Tis Art Center and Gallery, 105 S. Cortez St., 775-0223, www.tisartgallery.com. "Book 'n Illumanardi," featuring Judy Book's fiber and mixed media pieces and Linda Illumanardi's found art, runs until Aug. 12 in the mezzanine gallery. The main gallery features Arizona's finest artists of the S.W.A.A exhibit, "Burst of Color" until Aug. 19. "Steeling View," Lin Hall's metal works and Annette Olson's paintings, will be on exhibit from Aug. 15 until Sept. 13.
Van Gogh's Ear, 156 S. Montezuma St., 776-1080. The gallery features contemporary works of wall art, ceramics, glass, wood and more by more than 70 artists.
Yavapai College Art Gallery, 1100 E. Sheldon St., 776-2031.


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Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua (2005) 54 (3): 189-199.
Prechlorination of water upstream of an ultraviolet (UV) disinfection process may possibly influence the effectiveness of UV inactivation through the absorbance of UV radiation. Alternatively, UV may act to destroy chlorine, reducing the residual in water. Monochromatic UV light was more effective in degrading monochloramine whereas polychromatic UV light was more effective in degrading free chlorine. The extent of degradation varied with the type of chlorine species, water quality and type of UV irradiation (mono- or polychromatic). However, decay of chlorine and monochloramine at typical UV disinfection doses (<100 mJ/cm2) was negligible. The transmission of UV irradiation was affected slightly by the presence of chlorine and monochloramine, and these effects on inactivation of MS2 coliphage were modeled for LP− and MP-UV reactors. The presence of 1 mg/L free chlorine or monochloramine decreased the inactivation of MS2 coliphage by less than 0.1 log for a LP-UV reactor. For the MP-UV reactor, MS2 inactivation decreased by between 0.1 and 0.3 log.


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ARCHON encourages PhD and RMA students to attend and speak at conferences abroad. Therefore we annually award a limited number of conference subsidies to RMA and PhD students for presenting a paper or poster at an international conference.
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Nigeria May Devalue Naira By 2015
Nigeria's currency may be devalued in 2015 as forex reserves reduces and the naira feels the pressure following the US Federal Reserve's tapering policy, a recent research indicates.
The research by leading Emerging Markets & Frontiers investment bank, Renaissance Capital projects an $8 billion decline in Nigeria's forex reserves.
The report was released after the company's 5th Annual Pan-Africa Investor Conference in Lagos, Nigeria where the country's Central Bank governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi spoke on investors' concerns about the naira.
Sanusi said he believes Nigeria has nothing to gain from naira devaluation. But devaluation looks likely to happen in 2014 as the currency remains under pressure from US tapering and the Central Bank expected to get a new governor who would be desperate to stabilise the naira as Sanusi whose term ends in June is replaced.
According to the RenCap report, "forex reserves would have to drop significantly for the new CBN governor to devalue the naira". The investment firm noted that the last time naira was devalued was in 2011 following an $11 billion drop in foreign reserves.
RenCap forecasts an $8 billion drop in foreign reserves in 2014 to $35 billion, but believes it may not be enough decline for the CBN to devalue the naira. It noted however, that "if forex reserves fall to $30 billion, ceteris paribus, our naira econometric model forecasts a sharper depreciation to NGN168/$1 at YE 14…the new CBN governor may be compelled to adjust the naira exchange rate band to NGN160-170/$1".
Foreign exchange reserves is expected to decline further in 2014, with sub-par oil production, higher imports due to election-related spending coming ahead of the 2015 general elections in the country.
Oil revenues dropped in 2013 due to oil theft and illegal bunkering activities in the country. The decline in forex reserves had since continued following a post-global crisis peak of $49 billion in April 2013.
With a weak external position in 2013 and 2014, devaluation in 2015 becomes apparent. The devaluation is expected however after the 2015 elections as RenCap noted that "a devaluation before the elections would be unpopular for an import-dependent nation".
Although Nigeria's central bank governor believes devaluation would be bad for Nigeria, but wouldn't a weaker naira mean more naira from oil tax revenue which is paid in dollars?
However, while the government may get more from tax revenue, importation becomes more expensive and with the poor state of the country's oil refineries, it seems doomed to losing money via oil importation.
Despite Nigeria's insistence on lowering imports in certain sectors, local production remains inadequate to meet domestic consumption. With devaluation expected to increase importation costs, the country might struggle to maintain a healthy trade balance, which could lead to greater external borrowing and higher inflation.
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Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich is the debut studio album by American glam metal band Warrant, released in 1989.

The album was highly successful, spawning the hit singles "Heaven" (No. 2, 1989), "Down Boys" (No. 27, 1989) and "Sometimes She Cries" (No. 20, 1990). The album peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200.

The unique cover art features "Fugazi", known as "Cashly Guido Bucksley" in the "Big Talk" music video, an overpaid, amoral infrastructure manager and archetypal business psychopath. Artwork by Pop Surrealism artist, Mark Ryden.

The first four words of the album's title ("Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinkin'...!") were mentioned in the intro to the title track of their 1990 follow-up album Cherry Pie.

Musical style
The album's sound is typical of the Sunset Strip glam metal scene of the 1980s, featuring heavy guitars and melodic, catchy choruses.

Production and marketing
The album was released amidst some controversy. It was widely rumored that guitarists Erik Turner and Joey Allen had not played a note on the album and that all guitar work had been performed by ex-Streets guitarist and session musician Mike Slamer. While the rumor has never been verified, Slamer's wife confirmed in 1998 that her husband played guitar on the record. Mike Slamer has stated in interviews that he played guitar and the lead solos on the album.
Producer Beau Hill stated in a 2012 interview that Slamer did in fact play on the album. Beau had said to the band that the "songs are really great, but I think we're a little weak in the solo department and so I like to bring somebody in". Beau also stated that "everybody in the band signed off on it and everything was done above ground".

During the recording of the album, vocalist Jani Lane walked in on his best friend in bed with his girlfriend, leading to his nervous breakdown, and its release was delayed by several months while Lane recovered. These events would later be recounted in the single "I Saw Red" on the band's following album, Cherry Pie.

The record was produced and engineered by Beau Hill, who also contributed keyboards and backing vocals. It was recorded at The Enterprise in Burbank, California.

Songs
The album's themes, which include materialism ("32 Pennies", "D.R.F.S.R"), sex ("Down Boys", "So Damn Pretty", "Cold Sweat"), heartbreak ("Heaven") and loneliness ("Sometimes She Cries"), would be echoed on later Warrant releases.

The debut single from the band was "Down Boys", the song has been described as "one of the toughest, heaviest songs in [Warrant's] catalog, and certainly at the top of both categories in terms of their hit singles".

The second single was the smash hit "Heaven" which took Warrant's record company by surprise. Indeed, once the widespread appeal of the song became apparent, the band was instructed to re-record the track to lend it a "bigger radio sound". Beau Hill remixed the song for the single release. The first 250,000 copies of the record featured the original version while later pressings featured a new version.
"Heaven" had previously been recorded by Jani Lane and Steven Sweet's old band Plain Jane.

"Big Talk" was released as the third single followed by the popular "Sometimes She Cries" as the fourth single. All the singles featured music videos.

Reception

AllMusic gave Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich a rating of four out of five stars, saying that the album was "sleek and clean, built on processed guitars and cavernous drums" and that it "sounds exactly like that year [1989], both for better and worse." Dave Reynolds of Kerrang! considers the album "hardly outstanding", with only "a bunch of distinctly average songs matched to a brace of worthwhile moments".

Solo recording dispute
Much of the record's solos have been unofficially credited to Mike Slamer. Beau Hill felt Joey Allen and Erik Turner were not at the standard required to compete with similar bands at the time for the solos. It was Hill who put Slamer forward, in an interview with Full in Bloom   Hill claimed Slamer played all solos in all songs.

However, in September 2020, Erik Turner was interviewed on the  Chuck Shute podcast and stated everyone [Turner, Allen and Slamer] played on the tracks and Mike [Slamer] did some of the solos.
In June 2022, Allen was interviewed on the subject and stated each solo on each song and who played what. Some songs were entirely Slamer, while others were a mix of the three and some entirely Allen.

Allen states Hill wasn't particularly helpful with Turner and Allen, stating Hill required them to record "bone dry" [no effects] while allowing Slamer effects such as delay.  Allen confirms he did take lessons from Slamer even after the completion of the record.

Track listing

Personnel
Warrant
Jani Lane – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Joey Allen – rhythm and lead guitar
Erik Turner – rhythm guitar
Jerry Dixon – bass
Steven Sweet – drums

Additional personnel
Mike Slamer - guitar solos on some tracks
Beau Hill - keyboards, backing vocals
Bekka Bramlett - backing vocals

Production
Beau Hill - producer, engineer, mixing (5, 7, 10)
Joel Stoner - engineer
John Jansen - mixing (except 5, 7, 10)

Charts

Album

Singles

Certifications

Video Album

Warrant: Live - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich is the first Warrant video album released in 1990 on VHS and Laserdisc, featuring the band performing live in concert on the D.R.F.S.R tour in 1989. The video features the album cover character  (calling himself "Cashly Guido Bucksley") watching Warrant in concert.
The video was certified Platinum.

Track listing
"So Damn Pretty"
"Ridin' High"
"32 Pennies"
"Heaven" (music video)
"Down Boys"
"Cold Sweat"
"D.R.F.S.R."
"Sometimes She Cries"
"Big Talk" (music video)

Certifications

References

External links
 Warrant: What could have been ?

Warrant (American band) albums
1989 debut albums
1990 video albums
Columbia Records albums
Columbia Records video albums
Albums produced by Beau Hill
Albums with cover art by Mark Ryden


The tactile map for the permanent collection of Honkan at Tokyo National Museum. It was designed for the school program for the visually impaired school. Content of each exhibition room is described by visual and tactile information which let the sighted and the visually impaired acess information equally. It is placed at the education room and used by museum guide daily.


A conventional Greek Magiritsa recipe (Greek easter soup) just for the lovers of the genuine Greek delicacies! Magiritsa is a distinctive and controversial Greek soup constituted of lamb offal and romaine (cos) lettuce, garnished with recent herbs and completed of with a scrumptious egg lemon sauce (Avgolemono).
This conventional magiritsa recipe is the dinner ready and served in virtually each family in Greece on Holy Saturday, whereas the principle Easter meal served on Easter Sunday is spit roasted lamb. The genuine magiritsa recipe is designed to make use of the leftover components of the lamb in order that nothing went to waste. Magiritsa is served after the midnight church providers to interrupt the 40 day Nice Lent interval and is taken into account to be greatest meal after the fasting interval to step by step ease your digestive system again into its meat consuming habits.
One can discover many variations of this conventional Greek magiritsa recipe. Some regional variations additionally use rice, whereas the Peloponesian magiritsa recipe requires freshly grated tomatoes. In some components of Greece it's served as a Fricassee relatively than a soup, with quite a lot of greens whereas others want to organize it with lamb, veal, or solely with liver. These days, magiritsa can be generally served as a vegetarian soup, ready primarily with mushrooms and vegetable inventory together with rice, recent herbs and egg lemon sauce. Some magiritsa recipes additionally use the neck and head of the lamb to organize a inventory for the soup. Whereas making the inventory may be time consuming it offers a very distinctive flavour and style to the soup.
In a big pot add the organs and loads of water and produce to the boil. Blanch the organs within the sizzling water for about Three-5 minutes. Add the intestines and blanch for five extra minutes. Drain and put aside to chill down for some time. Chop in small items and take away the extreme fats.
Put together the egg lemon sauce for the magiritsa. Begin off by separating the egg whites from the egg yolks. In a bowl, whisk the egg yolks and add the lemon juice whist whisking till mixed. In one other bowl add the egg whites and whisk utilizing a hand mixer till the egg whites are foamy and thick. Whereas whisking slowly add the yolk combination within the egg whites. Proceed whisking for 1-2 minutes and step by step add 1-2 ladles of the new broth from the magiritsa, a litte bit at a time. Ensure you add the broth slowly or the egg whites will curdle! When completed, pour the combination again into the pot and add the chopped dill. Stir properly, place the lid on and go away apart for five minutes. (See additionally some tips to make the perfect Avgolemono).
Ladle the magiritsa (Greek Easter soup) whereas nonetheless heat into bowls and sprinkle with freshly floor pepper. Take pleasure in!