Another way is to rewrite the words of the previous Church leader so as to remove the conflict.
I begin with a recap of one of the most bizarre instances of rewriting history in modern Mormonism.
Elder Ronald E. Poelman of the Seventy gave a talk in the Sunday morning session of 1984 General Conference titled, "The Gospel and the Church." If you watch the opening moments of his address on the official LDS Church website, you will note that it begins with complete blackness behind Elder Poelman. This is different than the opening moments of all other speakers during the Sunday morning session who begin with the lights up so the viewer can see the women of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir arrayed in white behind the speaker before the background fades to darkness. The other speakers whose talks begin with the choir members in view are Gordon B. Hinckley, James E. Faust, Royden G. Derrick , and Boyd K. Packer .
Why is it that Elder Poelman's talk alone shows no choir members seated behind him at the beginning of his talk? The answer is that there was no choir there. Not only was there no choir, there was no audience sitting in the tabernacle, and no General Authorities sitting on the stand.
Not only is there a "cough track," there is a quick cutaway at the very end of Elder Poelman's talk to show him leaving the lectern. Lo and behold, the place is packed! Everybody is present. How can this be? Because the last quick cut is from the original talk Elder Poelman actually gave in General Conference.
But if Elder Poelman did in fact give a talk during Conference, why was a later talk retaped and edited to make it look like the original?
This brings us to the heart of the matter.
The reason is because Elder Poelman's original talk dealt with the subject of how the gospel is different from, and superior to, the Church, and sought to untether the individual practice of the gospel from Church leadership. This did not go over well with the powers that be who somehow managed to miss the objectionable material before it was delivered over live television by Elder Poelman.
Elder Poelman's talk was accordingly rewritten to make it acceptable to whatever anonymous entity pulls these particular strings, and Elder Poelman was sent back to the tabernacle with a camera crew to reshoot the revised talk which was edited in such a way as to make it appear to be the original address.
This story is familiar to many Latter-day Saints, though I confess to not being aware of it myself until only a few years ago.
But I told you that story to tell you this story, which may be less well known.
There are other instances in which General Conference addresses have been edited for subsequent publication. A classic instance of this is Elder James E. Faust's talk from the October 1976 session of General Conference. It is titled "A Personal Relationship with the Savior." The talk can be viewed on the official Church website here, and was published in the November 1976 issue of The Ensign.
For some reason, The Ensign decided to recycle Elder Faust's 1976 talk in the January 1999 issue. The question obviously came up as to what to do with Elder Faust advocating a personal relationship with the Savior in light of Elder McConkie's condemnation of the same.
So why was Elder Faust not asked to retape his 1976 Conference address on "A Personal Relationship with the Savior"? Because there was nothing wrong with it when he gave it. It was not until 1982 when Elder McConkie laid down the law that Elder Faust's 1976 talk became problematic.
Well, of course the The Ensign publishers could have let the matter alone and not revisited the 1976 talk by Elder Faust (excuse me, President Faust). I mean, there are plenty of old Conference talks that could be used to fill out the January 1999 issue. But somebody apparently thought it important to justify Elder McConkie's words that no apostle or member of the First Presidency would ever advocate a "personal relationship with Christ." And in the case of Elder Faust, we had him on record in 1976 advocating precisely that, and from the mouth of a man who had gone on to become an apostle and member of the First Presidency.
Something must be done to resolve the contradiction, it seems.
And so Elder Faust's 1976 talk was reprinted; only it was quietly amended in such a way as to remove any reference to having a personal relationship with the Savior.
This, of course, had to begin with changing the title of Elder Faust's talk. "A Personal Relationship with the Savior" had to go, as it was a sure indication President Faust had gone over the line beyond which Elder McConkie declared "true worshipers" would not step. In its place was substituted the less heretical title, "That We Might Know Thee." There, that took care of the title. But more changes were needed.
As might be expected, Elder Faust's 1976 Conference talk addressed the subject of its title throughout the text. Well, that could be changed, too. And it was. Without fanfare, and without comment. Below are the numerous changes made to the 1999 reprint of Elder Faust's 1976 Conference talk to bring it into line with Elder McConkie's 1982 speech.
1. Elder Faust (1976) told a personal story.
May I suggest five beginning, essential measures which will greatly clear the channel for a daily flow of "living water" from the very source of the spring, even the Redeemer Himself.
May I suggest five beginning, essential measures that will greatly clear the channel for a daily flow of "living water" from the very source of the spring (see John 4:7–15).
There is a great humility and timidity in my soul as I presume to speak about coming to a personal knowledge of Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of the world and the Son of God.
There is great humility and timidity in my soul as I presume to discuss coming to a personal knowledge of God, the Eternal Father, and Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of the world and the Son of God.
A fervent, sincere prayer is a two-way communication which will do much to bring His Spirit flowing like healing water to help with the trials, hardships, aches, and pains we all face. What is the quality of our secret prayers when only He listens? As we pray, we should think of Him as being close by, full of knowledge, understanding, love, and compassion, the essence of power, and as having great expectations of each of us.
A fervent, sincere prayer is a two-way communication that will do much to bring the Spirit flowing like healing water to help with the trials, hardships, aches, and pains we all face. What is the quality of our secret prayers? As we pray, we should think of our Heavenly Father as being close by; full of knowledge, understanding, love, and compassion; the essence of power; and having great expectations of each of us.
My witness is that we will be called upon to prove our spiritual stamina, for the days ahead will be filled with affliction and difficulty. But with the assuring comfort of a personal relationship with the Savior, we will be given a calming courage.
My witness is that we will be called upon to prove our spiritual stamina, for the days ahead will be filled with affliction and difficulty. But with the assuring comfort of a personal relationship with God, we will be given a calming courage.
A comparison of the two talks shows they are virtually identical. But nowhere does The Ensign reference that the reproduced 1999 talk is a reprint of the 1976 Conference address. This may be because the editor of the 1999 article did not want to promote side-by-side comparisons such as the above on the part of the reader. Such a lack of transparency is less than reassuring.
Mormons tend to put great authoritative weight on doctrinal statements by General Authorities, especially when those statements are made in General Conference and published in The Ensign.
In light of this, how should we answer the question of whether it is proper to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ? It was presumably doctrine in 1976 when spoken in General Conference by Elder Faust and published in The Ensign. But did it become against doctrine in 1982 when Elder McConkie gave his speech?
Elder McConkie was an apostle who outranked the Seventy status of Elder Faust, but do we factor in that Elder McConkie's speech was not given in General Conference but at a BYU devotional? Does that lessen the authoritative nature of Elder McConkie's pronouncement? And what do we do with the fact that as of the year Elder McConkie gave his speech (1982), Elder Faust had been an apostle for four years (1978)?
Perhaps of greater concern, was Elder Faust not a "true worshiper" (in Elder McConkie's words) when he gave his talk in 1976? If not, how do we get around this conclusion while taking Elder McConkie's words as authoritative? And would this not mean that the Church was inducting someone other than a "true worshiper" into the Quorum of the Seventy when Elder Faust was called in 1976?
And even worse, would it not also mean that Elder Faust was still an "untrue worshiper" two years later when he was called as an Apostle in 1978? Not to mention when he was called into the First Presidency in 1995?
Is this the Gordian Knot the 1999 Ensign article attempted to untie? And was it a sleeping dog better left alone?
This is especially sticky because it is a historic event being recounted. Whether Elder Faust or an anonymous editor did the tinkering, it was not Elder Faust's words being changed, but those of the missionary.
What the missionary said is a matter of history. The missionary actually said something, and used specific words in saying it. The 1999 amendment of the missionary's words suggests that even actual events are subject to subsequent modification in order to harmonize with doctrinal pronouncements by Church leaders.
This is troubling because it raises the specter of what other historical accounts may have been revised so as to conform to later authoritative statements.
Now, I do not mean to sound Pollyannaish about the subject. This sort of thing happens all the time in other religions, and similar instances have been identified in both the Old and New Testaments.
It is just that it would be comforting to think that the foundational stories we are told about the Restoration are what actually transpired, and not have the doubt niggling in the back of our mind that the stories themselves may have been tampered with in order to make them square with doctrinal pronouncements by subsequent Church leaders.
The two case-studies of Elders Poelman and Faust do little to relieve the niggling.
This just in! In breaking news, the rewriting of Mormon history continues unabated. In an episode that future generations will no doubt refer to as "Photo-Swap-Gate," the LDS Church has retroactively published the photos of women leaders in the November 2013 issue of The Ensign magazine.
March 6, 2014—The New York Times publishes an article linking to the Church's General Authorities chart, showing photos of the all-male gallery of General Authorities published in each and every Conference Report issue of the The Ensign.
May of 2014–Likely in response to The New York Times article, The Ensign magazine Conference Report is published which contains, for the first time in LDS history, the photos of the nine female General Officers of the Relief Society, Young Women and Primary in the Church's General Authorities chart.
May 3, 2014–Ordain Women publicly announces this historic first on social media.
?????, 2014–At some point in time not readily ascertainable, the LDS Church goes back and adds the nine female General Officers to the General Authorities chart for the November 2013 issue of The Ensign.
Why go to such lengths to rewrite history? And over such a seemingly minor issue? Here is one possibility.
Adding female authorities to the chart immediately after The New York Times article was published could make it look as if the Church did so in response to Ordain Women and their liberal friends in the secular media.
How to handle this problem? Through the miracle of the internet, the Church went back in time and added the nine female General Officers to the November 2013 chart.
Take that, New York Times! Take that, Ordain Women!
History will now show that the Church was ahead of the curve, and not caving into public pressure after all.
No unhallowed hand can stop the work of rewriting Mormon history.
1 Anderson, Lavina Fielding (1993), "The LDS Intellectual Community and Church Leadership: A Contemporary Chronology," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 26 (1):23.
Thank you for catching me up.
I was pretty sure the Poelman incident was more widely known, though probably only within a very small sampling of active LDS.
I think the Faustian episode is virtually unknown, though I think there must have been some awareness in the Church echelon of the conflict between Elder Faust (1976) and Elder McConkie (1982).
Else why go to all the trouble of revamping the Elder Faust talk in 1999?
There is usually some sort of impetus to engage in these hijinks.
Good post. It does make me wonder how aware Faust was of the Ensign article in 1999. I am sure he was aware of his conflict with McConkie.
It is pretty certain that Elder McConkie's 1982 speech was directed at George Pace.
I think Elder Faust was just collateral damage.
But you are right. I am sure it made for some interesting discussions during the Thursday temple meetings with the twelve.
At what point can we trust that whether by the lords voice or the voice of the servant that it is actually true? As a temple recommend holding member I was required to answer the question if I was honest in all my dealings with my fellow man. Sadly enough the leaders of the church and the church institution cannot answer yes to that question.
It cannot be denied the LDS Church tends to look a tad hypocritical on that issue, Garrett.
Corbin, I would be interested in your analysis of the Church's essays on controversial topics, including the one published to day on the Danites, the Mountain Meadows Massacre and other violent episodes in church history. Seems like there is a significant amount of re-writing going on there as well.
I haven't read the article yet, Porter, and am not an expert in late 19th century LDS History, either.
But am I safe in assuming there is no apology for the Mountain Meadows Massacre?
You're right, Corbin. There is no apology. Although they do mention the excellent book "Massacre at Mountain Meadows" and do a decent job telling more about the incident than any previous manual, lesson, or letter.
I had a chance to review the new essay over lunch. On the whole, I think it did a good job at giving a (relatively) balanced approach to the subject.
At all the usual junctures where apologists tend to obfuscate, the essay does not. It mentions the Missouri antagonisms went both ways; includes material on the Danites; talks about Mormon depredations on Indians; includes the teaching of blood atonement in reference to the 1857 Reformation; does not flinch from describing the Mountain Meadows Massacre with the gruesome adjectives it deserves.
Although it goes out of its way to always use the modifier "some" when talking about bad acts by Mormons (i.e., "some" Mormons did this bad thing; and "some" Mormons did that bad thing), and makes it a focus to clear Joseph Smith and Brigham Young from complicity in any violent acts, I think on the whole it is better than I would have expected given the content of earlier essays.
My father-in-law Clare W says hi. Says you were the best bishopric counselor. Hope you are enjoying the magic skagit sunshine this week!
That is very nice of Clare to say so.
The only time I have ever seen a "mantle" of leadership fall on somebody was when Clare was called as bishop.
Excellent post, Corbin. I was unaware of the Faustian whitewash. The thing about both the Poelman and Faust re-writes that I don't quite understand is this: both ham-fisted attempts to send things down the memory hole seem to have been motivated by a desire on the part of the correlating powers within the church to address apparent contradictions between statements made by general authorities. But such contradictions are nothing new or uncommon; just the opposite–contradictions among living general authorities and even more so among living and past general authorities are legion. So why the focus on these two? The Poelman one makes some sense, as his talk really did strike at the heart of the power structure of the church. But the Faust one just doesn't seem to pose the same threat. Was it just the result of a McConkie acolyte in the bowels of the COB trying to make sure that "Mormon Doctrine" was given the stamp of officialness that comes from publication in the Ensign?
Though I never expect to know the real reason for the publication of the edited version of Elder Faust's talk in 1999, it would seem apparent that it was perceived to be a problem by somebody in authority.
Usually these types of things are not spotted as problems until and unless there has been a sufficient agitation in the rank and file to warrant action of some sort.
That is why, even though I am speculating in the absence of any evidence to my knowledge, I expect this was creating a substantial problem of some sort among the laity.
Or maybe Elder Faust was just getting tired of the good-natured ribbing he was constantly receiving in the COB elevator on the way to work in the morning.
The worst rewriting of all is the official story of the first vision which destroys the whole foundation of the LDS church for me.
You do realize that Elder Faust was ALIVE in 1999, and a member of the First Presidency. If any editing was done to his talk, you can be pretty sure that he did it himself.
So why don't you let him speak for himself, rather than making him into some sort of a craven victim?
As for Elder Poelman, you ought to let him speak for himself, as well.
It appears that "speaking for himself" was the last thing Elder Poelman was allowed to do.
Because you bring up the fact that President Faust was alive in 1999, I will reproduce below a segment of the blog that was originally in it, but which I deleted because it was getting overlong.
But then, the 1999 article doesn't reference the fact this is a virtual reprint of a 1976 Conference address at all. This may because the editor of the 1999 article did not want to promote such side-by-side comparisons on the part of the reader.
And why would the editor of the 1999 article think they could get away with this? Likely because the internet was in its infancy in 1999 and the Church did not yet have an official webpage on which the 1999 article could be compared with the 1976 address.
It is an open question as to whether the editing was done by Elder Faust, or somebody else working on The Ensign staff. It would seem likely that Elder Faust would have to be involved in the process somewhere along the line, even if it were just to approve the revised version of his 1976 talk for the 1999 republication.
It is one thing for a General Authority to tinker with his own talk rather than having an anonymous editor tinker with the talk of a General Authority. But the lack of transparency is present, nonetheless.
I believe they did speak for themselves… the first time they gave their talks. The revisions were undoubtedly President Correlation Committee making sure we don't have any rogue GAs teaching things like the church is only a vehicle while the gospel is much greater.
Fascinating stuff, as usual, Corbin. I too was quite familiar with "The Elder Poelman Affair", as you put it, but totally unaware of the Faust edits. I was familiar, however, with the unfortunate "Our Relationship with the Lord" talk Elder McConkie gave at BYU.
I hear what you are saying about "bending over backward" to make sense of some things related to the Church.
After a long time of personally "bending over backward" to give the Church every possible benefit of the doubt, and then some, I got exhausted.
I felt I wasn't being honest with myself.
Then suddenly, everything became so much clearer . . .
Ah Corbin, you sum it all up so well. It is totally mentally and emotionally exhausting twisting my mind and heart into knots to try to tell myself that all is well.
It's only when you accept that all is *not* well that thinks actually make sense.
I was wondering whether the publication of the female general officers' photos in the 11/13 Ensign was a simple matter of linking to the same GA chart in the 5/14 Ensign.
In the photos of the First Quorum of the Seventy, two were added and one removed between the November 2013 issue and the May 2014 issue.
In the Second Quorum of the Seventy, two were added between the November 2013 issue and the May 2014 issue.
And the entire Sunday School Presidency was replaced by new photos of the new members.
So this wasn't a simple matter of linking to the same photo gallery as in the May 2014 issue.
A lot of work appears to have gone into the photo-swap.
I started noticing a lot of these contradictions during Hinkley's rein. Ironically I was mentored by his lawyer, Jay Mitton, who gave me a lawyer approach to the church and scriptures. I made notes of many such contradictions over the years, but circumstances have kept me from doing any neat articles like yours.
I'm glad you are around to post these things, because a lot of us see it happening on a constant basis, we just depend on people like you to prove we're not imagining things. Thank you.
Wow! I have no words! Thanks for this!!
Corbin, this was awesome! Thank you!
On LDS.ORG, Poelman's talk starts out with the choir in the background, but then cuts to a high left angle and that's where the new talk begins. His delivery and demeanor are noticeably different. When I first saw the choir in the background, I thought did they edit that in or did they get so much grief about changing the talk that they put the original back? But I compared the talks side by side and the "fixed" one is obviously the official one. Great blog.
Well, just think about it this way: The main purpose of the church it to lead people to the Mormon lifestyle and Christ. They are looking at the 'greater good' when things get manipulated. Also to avoid problems in the future when people look back at history. They are fixing things so that others don't fix it the wrong way and cause problems for future church members. If someone had edited the things that Brigham Young allegedly said, the church could have avoided a lot of problems. That's what they are doing.
What if a person has no interest in or cultural proclivity for the 'Mormon lifestyle', but only to be a _true_ and _authentic_ follower of Christ? I don't think Jesus the Christ lived a 'Mormon lifestyle'; do you think He did? I also don't think the 'Mormon lifestyle' is the only or quintessentially best and/or most effective lifestyle to adopt in order to 'come unto Christ'. I have been a member of the LDS church for close to sixty years and during this period of time I have had the privilege (or perhaps good fortune) to witness the effect the Internet has had on the LDS church for truth's sake as being similar to the effect of what the printing press had on the Roman Catholic church. And the 'truth' I speak of isn't really directed toward how an ecclesiastical organization such as the LDS church deals with on-going, progressively changing doctrine, but rather how it is establishing a membership expectation meme that I don't see as being cogent for the "the greater good". In fact, the notion of this "greater good" that you make some sort of reference to is actually offensive to me, because it flies in the face of what the Christ taught with regard to leaving the ninety and nine to rescue the one. If you think that the current local and general leadership attitudes reflects this most paramount teaching of the Savior, then there is someone who wants to sell you a magic rock and a top hat.
A prominent mormon Professor from a university on the east coast stated that religion is not factual. If that is the case, why bother rewriting or addressing issues that undermine mormonism. Remember, what will be will be.
Two decades ago, no one dare ask any troubling or troubsome question. Today, some of the hidden issues that mormonism can't address are on the net for the whole world to read. That has made things difficult for the men in the valley to address. If they had addressed these problems earlier, not rediculing members who asked these question, the issues would have been addressed.
What are you going to replace these problems with? You are going to replace problems with more problems. Rather, just come out and say SORRY.
Your children will understand, afterall you are men just like the men wrote these things.
The only corrective measure when dealing with lies is to say SORRY. Allow members to speak their minds. Trying to put few in members is causing you more problem.


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Q: Set Click event on value display in Html file and want to show there child Element When Clicked on it this is my xml file:-
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A: This should work. First you can define your XSLT like this:
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When it is run without any parameters, it produces a list of the top level items, with onclick handlers to call a JavaScript function with its own entity_id:
Asia

and when it is run with an entity_id as the value for the selected parameter, it returns a list of the children of the item with that entity id:
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Then, you can write your HTML page like this:
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Notice how the displayResult() function now has a parameter, and when this parameter has a value, it passes this value to the XSLT as an XSLT parameter.
That should do it!

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10. Line your juicer's pulp basket with a plastic bag for easy clean up.
11. Juice every day to build a healthy habit. When daily juicing is not possible, you can store juice in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
12. Juice vegetables that you do not normally eat. Every vegetable provides a different benefit to the body but everyone is different in terms of what vegetables they enjoy eating, and so they skip those they don't like due to either taste, smell or texture. Juicing these allows you to obtain benefits from vegetables that you would not ordinarily consume, and since you can mask their taste with fruit, lemons, ginger and other enhancers getting these nutrients becomes much less of a burden.
13. Consider sugar content of fruits when you juice, as some have so much sugar they should be consumed in moderation or avoided altogether, especially for those who need to avoid spikes in blood sugar levels (diabetics), those with weight issues, and definitely those who are juicing for weight loss.
14. Taste as you go and adjust accordingly, just as you would during cooking.
15. Consuming juices first thing in the morning or at any time when your stomach is empty will optimize the rate at which the vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and enzymes are absorbed and used by the body. It also gives you a great energy boost to kick-start your day with the drive you need. Additionally, consuming raw fruit and vegetables provides an intensive boost of vitamins and enzymes, which are directed straight to the blood stream.
This means that your digestive system does not need to process the fruit and vegetables as they would if you were to consume them whole.
16. Juice high water vegetables, like cucumbers and broccoli. People often struggle with reaching the recommended daily intake of water. With six to eight glasses being the goal, some find it difficult to reach this intake. Many juicing combinations incorporate an element of water as the basis for the recipe, and indeed many vegetables and fruits have a high water concentration, meaning that you are extracting water during the juicing process. Juicing provides a great strategy for increasing your water intake each day to hydrate your body.
17. Make sure to juice vegetables with fruit. If you only consume fruit based juices, your intake of sugar and calories will be unnecessarily high. By integrating vegetable juicing into your daily diet, you will be able to optimize the volume of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and enzymes being absorbed by your body.
18. Make sure that you follow the 80/20 rule when it comes to the ratio of vegetables to fruit. 80% vegetables that will give you the immunity, wellness, and energy boost you need and 20% fruit for more nutrients and taste. So, add an apple to give some sweetness or an orange if you crave some zesty citrus flavor.
19. Make sure that you include one or two root vegetables in your juicing combination. By adding in a carrot or beet into your recipe, you will be able to give the juice an intense boost of antioxidants, while also gaining a sweet but earthy flavor, which makes it more palatable when drinking.
20. To optimize the nutritional properties of your juice you need to ensure that you include a minimum of at least, one leafy green vegetable such as kale, broccoli, or chard, which will give you an enormous amount of unique nutrients.
21. High water content vegetables such as a cucumbers or celery will assist in diffusing the very (and sometimes overpowering) flavors of kale, broccoli, or chard, which help to ensure that the juice you prepare is easy to drink.
22. Add some kind of garnish to not only provide a concentrated and intensive vitamin boost but also to make the juice really tasty. Great options include, ginger, lemons, limes or mint.
23. Re-juice any still wet pulp to get the most bang for your juicing buck.
24. Juice to improve the aging process – as we age our ability to digest what we need can become impaired as our organs work less optimally. By preparing food in this liquid and raw form, it becomes "pre-digested" which means that the body can absorb the vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and enzymes quickly and most efficiently.
25. Juicing fruit alone greatly increases your sugar intake, which can lead to weight gain and erratic blood sugar spikes that actually stimulate hunger, negating the positive benefits that juicing offers.
26. Include lots of vegetables in your juicing to benefit from chlorophyll, which is a compound that acts as the life force within the plant. This compound also offers significant beneficial properties for humans. Consumed raw as part of a juicing regime, the chlorophyll is digested straight into your bloodstream meaning that you are getting all of the benefits that the vegetables have to offer. Wheatgrass has the highest amount of chlorophyll.
27. Drink more green juice. Green juice is juice made mostly from dark leafy greens, such as kale, broccoli, and spinach, but can also include celery, cabbage, broccoli, and apples. Green juice is your best choice in a highly nutrient rich and low sugar drink.
28. For some, the perception that green colored juice looks bad and therefore tastes bad can interfere with the healthy practice of juicing. You can get past your perceived dislike for the color of the juice by adding in some red berries or orange carrots that will improve the color and taste to get a boost of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and enzymes that you need to optimize your mental and physical health and wellbeing.
29. To help you become acclimated to the taste of vegetable juice, ease yourself into the taste of green vegetable-based juices so that you aren't immediately repelled and become turned off juicing forever. Start with mild-tasting vegetables such as celery and cucumbers. As you start to build your juicing palette, you can start to incorporate lettuce, kale, spinach, parsley, or cilantro.
30. To counteract that bitterness of vegetable and green juices, you can add in elements of lemon or lime, grapefruits, cranberries or ginger, each of which have excellent properties that are associated with health and wellbeing.
31. Continue to eat whole vegetables and fruits even while juicing as they produce important insoluble fiber that your body needs.
32. It is best to consume juice on an empty stomach. This will give your body an optimum energy boost and allow for optimal digestion of all of the vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and enzymes that you need to go about your day.
33. Engage the whole family in juicing, as this is a great way to increase vegetable intake in young kids who hate eating them to make sure they benefit from the regular consumption of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and enzymes.
34. Collect juicing recipes, but also create your own blends to find combinations that please your palate and allow you to remain positive about your new habit.
35. To improve the health and vitality of your skin try combining cucumbers and a small apple (for taste).
36. To fight aging, choose a juicing combination that includes water/milk/aloe-vera juice, blueberries, strawberries, kale, and beetroot.
37. To enhance your libido you can combine coconut water, celery, banana, ginger, basil, and figs.
38. To give yourself an energy boost juice a combination that includes cucumbers, celery, kale, spinach, parsley, lemon and ginger.
39. To satisfy your sweet tooth juice a combination that includes apples, celery, and stir in a little cinnamon.
40. To boost your immune system and prevent the cold and flu, juice blends that include beetroot, carrots, celery, broccoli, garlic, ginger, lemon, and cayenne pepper.
41. If you are overworked or feeling the effects of stress in your life, prepare a stress relief juice with spinach, broccoli, celery, and carrots.
42. If you want to improve your gut health and digestion, boost your intake of papain, which is an enzyme found in papaya that helps digest proteins. Try a juice that includes papaya, kale, cabbage, ginger, and lemon.
43. Juice organic produce – Use only organic vegetables to avoid toxins, and to increase the nutritional value of your produce and healthy enzyme intake.
44. Enhance your juices with ground nuts and seeds and protein powders. Adding protein powder to your juice makes for a great meal replacement juice.
45. Beware of long term juice cleanses, and make sure to ask your doctor before starting any sort of juice fast.
46. Engage your kids in the juicing process. Let them pick out their own ingredients to get them excited about fruits and vegetables.
47. Buy an airtight container so you can refrigerate your juice and also take it with you to work, the gym or while running errands.
48. If you have an adversity to the taste of vegetable juice, don't worry, for many it is an acquired taste. Once your body starts to feel the health benefits you'll be hooked.
49. Balance high yield produce like celery, tomatoes, apples, and cucumbers, with a low yield vegetable like kale to get more juice in your glass.


Opening Friday, May 16, 2014, 8 to 11 p.m.
Artist's talk Friday, May 16, 2014, 8 p.m.
The artist will employ multiple media in the exhibition, transforming the gallery into a temporary sinkhole museum complete with diagrams, wall texts, dioramas, videos and sculptural elements gathered in an exploration of both naturally occurring and man-made chasms. "These terrestrial features, while intimating an incremental, geological time, may also be sudden, cataclysmic events. On one hand plainly topographical, sinkholes approximate a kind of dream logic wherein at any moment one might drop into an alter-territory, as implicitly trusted surfaces give way," writes Stratman. "They are, precisely, events which 'take place.' They are, if we think in terms of cinema, like an edit in the landscape. In the exhibit, the metaphysical terror of an open hole whose bottom we can't fathom will coexist alongside a methodical cataloging of landforms."
A Chicago-based artist and filmmaker, Deborah Stratman is interested in landscapes and systems, and has previously worked in sculpture, photography, drawing, and audio in her pursuits and has exhibited widely at such venues as the Whitney Biennial, MoMA NY, the Pompidou, Hammer Museum, Witte de With, and Walker Art Center. Her critically acclaimed films have been featured at national and international festivals including Sundance, the Viennale, Full Frame, Ann Arbor, Oberhausen, Rotterdam, and the Robert Flaherty International Film Seminar. She is the recipient of Fulbright and Guggenheim fellowships, a 2012 Creative Capital award, and most recently the prestigious Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, 2014.
In addition to major project support for HARP from the National Endowment for the Arts, Deborah Stratman's presentation at Hallwalls was supported in part with a statewide Presentation Funds regrant from the Arts Council of the Southern Finger Lakes, with funds provided by the Electronic Media & Film (EMF) Program of NYSCA. SWALLOWS: Subsurface Voids is also partially supported by a grant to the artist from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.


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NHL COVID outbreak: Ottawa Senators' next 3 games vs. Devils, Predators, Rangers postponed
Unfortunately, the first NHL games this season have been postponed by COVID.
ByMatt SeveranceUpdated: Nov 15, 2021 7:35PM UTC . 3 min read
Perhaps no team was hit harder by COVID last NHL season than the Vancouver Canucks, who had to shift around several games and it essentially wrecked their season. Now the Ottawa Senators are dealing with a full-blown outbreak and the league has postponed the rest of their games this week: Tuesday at New Jersey, Thursday vs. Nashville and Saturday vs. the New York Rangers.
The Senators aren't a great team even at full strength, but they essentially had no chance Sunday in a 4-0 loss to Calgary with 10 players in COVID protocols as well as associate coach Jack Capuano. Forward Drake Batherson was the latest player added to protocols just hours before Sunday's game. The hope is the Sens can resume play next Monday at Colorado.
As of Sunday, the team has had seven straight days where someone has tested positive. Along with Batherson, Austin Watson, Nick Golden, Josh Brown, Connor Brown, Dylan Gambrell, Matt Murray, Nikita Zaitsev, Victor Mete and Alex Formenton are in protocols. Once a player is placed in COVID-19 protocol that person is isolated from the team for 10 days.
Murray is the team's No. 1 goaltender. Batherson leads the club with seven goals and nine assists.
"Mentally (it's tough) because players come in and they don't know if they're in or not in," coach D.J. Smith said after Sunday's loss. "It's a lot of distraction. It's hard enough to win in the NHL with no distractions and no noise, let alone all the distractions that go with the testing and the last-minute pull-outs. I'm not making excuses because it's the NHL and we've got to try to find ways to win."
To try and control the outbreak, the team dressing room has been cut in half, spaces between stalls doubled to allow distancing and players moved to other rooms to reduce numbers. Players are tested multiple times daily. Basically, the team has created its own bubble.
"You're almost crossing your fingers every single day hoping that you get through with a negative (test)," said veteran defenseman Michael Del Zotto.
The San Jose Sharks, Pittsburgh Penguins and St. Louis Blues also have had some COVID issues this season but have not postponed games.
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Charlie & Chloe's story
Nadiya's story
Fahima's story
Ravi's story
Julian's Story
Levi's Story
Reya's Story
As the youngest of four children, Ravi got away with a lot. The general chaos of home meant he could easily slip under the radar without being noticed, without facing the wrath of his parents. And this applied to homework as well, which Ravi regularly failed to complete or hand in. Time was in short supply for everyone and Ravi took full advantage. The games console was an obliging and wholly engrossing companion. Needless to say, Ravi was doing poorly at school and actually disliked the entire idea of learning – numeracy, reading, spelling, but especially reading. As Ravi recalls, "Reading was work. It meant figuring out letters and sounds. It was slow. It was boring and I hated doing it!"
Such was the state of play when Maya and Tom, Doorstep Library Home Reading Volunteers, entered Ravi's world. His mum was very receptive when they knocked on their door. Help was needed on all fronts and the volunteers offered such simple, basic assistance – reading to Ravi. The 6 year old's reaction was the antithesis of his mum's. He had no interest in books and made it quite clear. "Smiles were not plentiful when we first started with Ravi", says Maya. "His body language said it all – deep set brow, folded arms – he did not want us there. And so Tom and I knew we had to win him over one session at a time."
Tom adds, "We started with some of the more humorous books – Aliens Love Underpants, Farmer Duck, even a chapter from Horrid Henry. Giggles and laughs couldn't be helped and we knew the books were working their magic."
The Doorstep Library volunteers consistently visited Ravi in his home every week, bringing with them a rucksack full of books selected just for Ravi's enjoyment. Their focus was simple: put the joy back into reading so that in time, Ravi would embrace books and seek them out for himself. Ravi preferred for the volunteers to read to him, but they knew by his choice of books that his reading ability was improving.
After two years of weekly one-on-one reading sessions, Ravi moved on to a homework club after school. But the seed had been planted and nurtured by Maya and Tom. Six months following, Maya ran into Ravi locally and, with shoulders thrust back, head held high, he announced to her, "I am reading chapter books now!" "He's doing his homework as well now, and even getting it in on time," said his mother with great pride.


Terrible call. Richardson took out his legs. Dangerous play.
The Pistons went from not being able to miss a shot to not being able to make a shot.
The Pistons are going to have to outscore teams. If they can find a groove on offense, the defense might pick up a little bit.
Just play Blake at center with 4 wings. Maybe we can at least get some open threes.
Looking at a low draft pick, a first round sweep, and no cap space. NBA purgatory. So glad they decided not to take any risks and stand pat at the deadline.
Stopping running the offense thru Blake. Him going one and one does not work. 90% of the time it fails. It usually leads to bad shots and turnovers.
It's really hard to believe our offense could be this bad. It would help if we could get a stop and get out and run.
Get Andre back in. We are not going to comeback at this point without a run that starts now.
No field goals yet in the quarter with under 4 to go. Insane.
Also, Thon is just bad. Play Lueur.
And Reggie loses his ankle in garbage time down by 30 when starters shouldn't even be on the court.
Jackson hurts his ankle and it looks bad.
There goes the Pistons season.
Miami still playing hard every possession even up 30+. Shows you the difference in these two teams mindsets.
I don't know the final result, but the Pistons are still looking for a third-quarter point halfway into the stanza.
This team lacks mental fortitude. Teams are overplaying them and they have zero answer. This is how it's going to be in the playoffs and it's hard seeing the Pistons having any answers offensively when the opposition gives a damn and wants to play defense.
Compounding matters, this isn't a good defensive team. When the intensity elevates, your effort on defense must be elevated. We've seen that by our opponents twice this week. The Pistons are not interested in elevating their defense.
This team has no clue how to mentally elevate their play and it's shown the last two nights.
Wow, it's now a 30-point deficit.
57 points in three quarters in today's NBA. Maybe you can get away with that occasionally if defense is your calling card. That's not the Pistons. Two really important regular season games in three days and their opposition decides their defense is going to dictate what the Pistons are going to do offensively. The Pistons' defense is non-existent, forget elevating it's level of play.
For all who think you can't play defense in today's NBA, look at the last two games. If teams can snuff out the Pistons like this during a quick regular season game, it's going to be ugly when teams can focus on them for 4 to 7 games over seven to 14 days.
This is starting to look like those old street ball shows ESPN used to show on a regular basis. The defense is so bad just throw any lob a the hoop and you'll get your highlight play. The Pistons will oblige.
66 points halfway into the fourth and Andre just fouled out. Oh, wow, what just happened to Reggie? Time to read the thread.
Flipped it on at 72-49 and then flipped it off.
This team just is what it is. Stan Van Gundy successfully assembled the most average, inconsistent, mediocre team I have ever seen in my life. They are literally a completely different team minute to minute, quarter to quarter, game to game. It's crazy. They just went from lighting it up and scoring 120+ points to scoring 75. It's really remarkable.
How much is just a matter of when teams expose the Piston's limitations at PG, the Piston's O can't get off the ground?
It's not very often I decide to dedicate time to watching the Pistons, but with their successful run of late I figured I'd watch.


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Where politicians fear to tread
Farrell Scott
By Becca Costello
Photo By Larry Dalton
It's no secret that arts education is an endangered expense in state and federal budgets. Farrell Scott, a Sacramento native who studied performing arts through college, has watched this trend with growing alarm. "Because of what's happening in schools, the diminishing budgets and the arts programs being cut, cut, cut, we thought, 'There's got to be an answer somehow,'" she said. "That was the force behind the founding of Hemispheres Arts Academy."
Two years after its inception, Scott is now the executive director of an experiment in community-supported arts education. Hemispheres, located in a two-story stone building donated by the Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) at 1619 N Street, is home to a series of tuition-free arts classes for children and a monthly Second Saturday showing of student art. Run entirely by donations, the academy's offerings are growing as fast as its student body. Looks like art might be a priority after all.
What's the history of Hemispheres?
The founder, Robert Fong [current president of the SCUSD's Board of Education], and a group of volunteers got it started with a Second Saturday presentation two years ago. They opened the doors to the public and introduced the idea of Hemispheres. That summer, they held the first art workshops to test community response. It was decided this was something that was needed, but, if it was going to happen, they needed a staff person to organize it. I came on board in December 2001 and was given the concept.
It's a tuition-free arts program open to, well, originally it was seventh- through 12th-grade students. It was not only tuition-free, but the materials fees would also be waived. However, in our pilot programs, we discovered a completely free program was too loosey-goosey. Kids were thinking, "It's free. I don't really need to be there." Attendance wasn't good. We put a materials fee in place to give a sense of ownership. Those are really nominal. They vary according to class, but they're no more than $20.
The other part of the concept was that all the instructors would be, first and foremost, professional artists but would also have teaching experience. Also, the artists would be paid. We're not supporting the starving-artist theory. We recognize that the combination of art and teaching skills is not an easy one to find.
What kinds of classes are offered?
We're starting with a core visual and performing-art curriculum. We're working with painting, drawing, sculpture and photography. Musically, we've done some work with instruments but primarily with composition. Also, we have dance and acting. As we grow, we'd like to bring in cultural art forms—things like Taiko Dan drumming, Chinese brush painting, flamenco dancing. We'd especially like to represent the cultures we have here in Sacramento. That's how we got the name "Hemispheres." Art is a universal language that travels across cultures.
Do you have family classes?
We have Saturday workshops where kids can bring their families and do hands-on art together.
Who is eligible to attend Hemispheres?
Children in Sacramento County who are in private school, public school or home school—as long as they're in school. We are now serving fourth through 12th grade. We'd like to get [kindergarten] through 12th, but it depends on our funding. Right now, we're open-enrollment. Some of our kids have never taken an art class, and others have been fortunate enough to have been exposed to it. A lot of people ask if we directly target a certain income level or "at risk" kids. We've decided we're not going to do that. Every child is welcome because we want to bring a melting pot of students here. That's part of the experience—meeting kids they'd never otherwise meet because they're coming from all over the county.
Our start-up came from the Maloof family. We were granted their George J. Maloof Sr. Community Cup, which is an annual gift they give to community organizations. Because we are a nonprofit, we rely on donations and people who want to get involved by volunteering goods and services. Just recently, we received quite a few cameras from Cosumnes River College's photography department. Art Ellis is constantly donating canvases and other materials. Our real focus is getting people involved locally. Until we have a three-year track record, we're not eligible for state and federal funding.
What are some of the more memorable classes you've held here?
We offered a black-and-white photography class in the spring, but we don't have a darkroom. We made a closet into a light-safe room where kids could go and roll their film into tanks to be processed. We were able to get light-safe tanks, so the kids could come out of the darkness and develop the film. So, we held a film-developing lesson, even though we didn't have the facility yet.
As for memorable instructors, we've had three since the beginning—Patricia Wood and Daphne Burgess for fine arts and Harley White for music. They've been wonderful. I've got 10 instructors this summer. I've had many other artists contact us, to see how they can get involved, and I tell them, "As soon as we grow …"
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Audax67 wrote: Ditto most of the country villages round here on a Sunday.
Yes, but you have the BBC to compensate. We have German TV and radio.
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École Maternelle is comparable with nursery school or kindergarten in anglophone countries. While not compulsory it is considered essential in preparing a child for school. Maternelles are for ages two to six and provide optional education for children. Enrolment for the local école maternelle should be done at the Mairie. It is free of charge (aside from extras, including lunch). Children must have had their mandatory vaccinations. Children who are two at the rentrée - the start of the new school year in September - are accepted provided they are sufficiently mature and "socialised". (This is gauged by a doctor who will issue a certificate). If the child turns two before the end of the year, and the school has space the child may be admitted. If there is no Maternelle in an area, a child may start at the école élémentaire in the section enfantine from the age of 5 years.
If there are fewer places available than applicants, older children will be given preference.
It is not compulsory that a child attends the local, assigned école élémentaire, but if a "non-local" school is preferred, specific applications must be made through the Mairie. A dérogation must be requested to apply to a school outside the catchment area. Parents may approach schools directly for enrolment (in addition to the Mairie) and in some primary schools it is the director's discretion that allows entrance for a pupil from another catchment area.
The French Education Ministry has a Pdf in English explaining the different stages of school in France.


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Today I have used a selection of fresh low carb seasonal vegetables in a cheese sauce. Very quick, easy and only 6 net carbs per portion.
Wow, we are having a rather wonderful summer here in the UK (for a change); the last place I want to be is the kitchen! But last night we had a storm and today it is a little cooler, so I have cooked up a recipe to share with you.
This recipe has fresh, easy cook, full of flavour vegetables and ham (optional) in a creamy cheese sauce. Perfect for serving with a low carb pasta or Courgette Zoodles.
The vegetables can be adjusted to your own taste or stock, but I would definitely recommend using a start base as celery as the flavour lifts the ingredients.