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Our kidneys play a vital role in regulating our body’s fluid levels and removing waste and toxins from our blood. Due to their function, kidneys are susceptible to many types of disease and infection. In the duty of protecting our bodies from toxins, kidneys themselves may become damaged, leading to common problems like urinary tract infections (UTIs), kidney stones, and kidney disease.
Did you know:
- Kidney disease is the 9th leading cause of death in the United States, and the majority of people don’t even know they have it.
- 1 in 5 women will have a UTI in their lifetime, and millions of women suffer recurring UTIs. Younger men have a low rate of UTIs, but men over 50 have a higher susceptibility.
- Between both genders, 1 in 10 people will develop kidney stones in their lifetime.
Those are some eye-opening facts that make us wonder if the lack of communication about kidney problems may lead to their prevalence. In this article I’ll be discussing the three most common kidney problems and their natural treatments.
Urinary Tract Infections
Women suffer more commonly from UTIs than men, but anyone can get them. They’re caused when bacteria infect the urethra and make their way to the bladder. From there the infection may spread to the ureter, then the kidneys. Once it has left the bladder and moved to the kidneys the infection is called pyelonephritis and is a serious medical condition.
Treating a UTI is a two-point plan which should be employed as soon as you detect symptoms.
Your urinary tract system is very well designed to eliminate intruders, so the first step is to help your body do its job by providing it with plenty of fluids. Water is good, but you can do better by adding diuretics like ginger to make a delicious, anti-inflammatory tea. Diuretics assist your body in producing urine, which will in turn flush out the harmful microbes in your urinary tract system. Drink at least 3 full glasses of diuretic-infused water (like ginger tea) a day until symptoms disappear.
Once your fluids are under control, you can help by eating nutritious foods and herbs that boost your immunity. Horseradish and garlic are strongly anti-microbial, while citruses are high in vitamin C and alter your urinary tract’s pH to be less habitable to infections. You need zinc to absorb vitamin C, so also consider foods like yogurt and grilled chicken. This combination of nutrition and diuretic is a one-two punch to light or mild UTIs.
Kidney stones come in a variety, but the most common are calcium stones which grow naturally over time. Risk factors include a family history, certain diets, obesity, and dehydration. If you’ve had kidney stones in the past, you have a increased chance to develop more.
I’ve said for a long time that apple cider vinegar is a miracle solution, and it can even help with kidney stones. If you’re trying to rid small stones yourself, mixing 2 tablespoons of ACV with a glass of water 3 times throughout the day will not only break stones down but increase your overall urinary tract health. If you can stomach it, add a few tablespoons of fresh lemon juice to the concoction for maximum potential.
Kidney bean and their broth are widely regarded for their treatment in kidney stones. Much like ACV, the broth helps break the stones into smaller particles to be passed naturally, while the beans help maintain urinary tract health. Cook the beans in plain boiling water until they’re soft enough to eat, straining twice to get the broth. Avoid unhealthy additives like salt to alter taste.
A person experiencing poor kidney health for longer than 3 months is considered to have chronic kidney disease or CKD. It is a dangerous disease because the symptoms may go unnoticed until irreparable damage has already occurred. Click here to see a list of symptoms and if you should see your doctor about potential kidney disease.
Acupuncture has had promising results in both improving the quality of life for patients with CKD by relieving pain, while also improving immunity. It has the ability to increase your urine and can even delay dialysis. When used alongside a healthy diet and medication, acupuncture can help ease and eliminate some symptoms of CKD.
You may be surprised cranberries didn’t get a mention for UTIs, but the truth is cranberries do a much better job maintaining and nourishing kidneys when used over the long term and aren’t very beneficial as a one time treatment. If you suffer CKD, regular ingestion of cranberries or concentrated cranberry juice gives your body the nutrition it needs to fight the symptoms. Full of vitamin C for immunity, cranberries also boast healthy amounts of potassium, phosphorous and sodium to support kidney function. Additionally, cranberries are anti-inflammatory and help maintain a healthy blood pressure.
If you or someone you love is suffering from kidney problems, choose natural solutions before heading to extremes. You’d be surprised how well your body is designed to heal itself when given the proper tools.

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Now the dust has settled on a general election that confounded pollsters and politicians alike, it's time to get to work. Wednesday saw the first Conservative-only Queen's Speech in almost two decades - and it's already clear that our new Government will be providing plenty to keep those concerned with civil liberties busy during the next legislative year... When Liberty was established in the 1930s, founding member E.M. Forster described our work as "the fight that is never done". He was right. In 2015 the fight to defend our rights and freedoms will be a tough one, but with the support of our members it's one we can win.
It is not just teachers who are bearing the brunt of a system led by league tables and Ofsted results. The same pressures are felt by pupils. We now have a generation of young people who are anxious, stressed and disaffected... We are testing children within an inch of their lives and the vibrancy and love of learning that should be at the centre of the curriculum is all but lost.
We do not want the Government to be unable to carry out reasonable surveillance to protect the state and all those resident in the UK. We have written this letter to ensure proper Parliamentary scrutiny of any such provision and to ensure the Rule of Law is followed.
We are now in the death throes of Sepp Blatter's ailing and failing Fifa regime. No dictatorship willingly gives up its power, but the only question that really remains is how and when it will finally fall.... It is the members of the Fifa Congress, the football associations who represent every playing nation on the planet, who have the power to bring down the Blatter regime, and pressure from the sponsors makes such a revolution more likely. This crisis will eventually bring down Sepp Blatter, and if it continues much longer could wreck Fifa forever.
Well here we are again! A new Government - albeit one that has the remnants of the previous - but nothing new in the UK's drug policy, at least in terms of what can be deemed progress by any rational measure. No, instead we have full blown regression, encompassed now in "New legislation [that] will ... ban the new generation of psychoactive drugs," it was announced Wednesday in the Queen's speech.
What more do we know now the Queen has sat down that we didn't know last week? We know there will be a housing bill and that extending Right to Buy will be part of it, but that's about it. Quite how much of the detail has been worked out behind the scenes and how much is still up for grabs remains to be seen.
The big corporate papers are encouraging the idea that the result of the general election means the end of the Leveson process. Although this claim is hardly surprising given their wild-eyed desperation to avoid any form of meaningful accountability, it is wrong. Here are five reasons to be confident that independent, effective press self-regulation along the lines recommended by the Leveson Inquiry is on its way.
In his first speech following the election, the Prime Minister said that the Conservatives would govern 'as a party of one nation, one United Kingdom'. But just how far across the UK does his government actually stretch?
For too long Union leaders have been able to mobilise a militant few to do their bidding, calling strikes on shamefully low levels of support. Now at least the economy will be safe from this kind of manipulation.
The next five years will show the Tories at their worst, without the leash of the Liberal Democrats to hold them back. Risking our membership of the EU, snooping on our online browsing histories, demonising the poor and vulnerable - today's Queen's Speech was just the beginning.
Britain is under attack. The Government is waging war on those who need support, taking out our hard won workplace rights and removing our right to privacy. But, in the face of such an assault, it's vital we fight back. Progressives both inside and outside of parliament must work together to defeat these latest proposals and, crucially, start our own radical democratic offensive. I have no doubt that MPs from across the political spectrum share my commitment to building a fairer greener future - it's time we put our differences aside and work together to that end.
The Queen's Speech was supposed to position the Conservatives as the party of working people. If so, they've got a strange way of going about it. A list of priorities that includes curbing trade union rights, chipping away at workplace protections through EU negotiations, freezing in-work benefits, cutting jobs and freezing pay in the public sector doesn't read like a workers' wishlist.
For justice to be fair it must be swift. We will never get back the two and a half years we spent awake at night worrying about whether she would be jailed and the affect that would have on our children aged three and one. But this change in the law will mean that other innocent people do not suffer the same fate.
In his book "Descartes' Error", Antonio Damasio describes a patient whose neurological defect meant that he was unable to feel any emotion. He was perfectly rational. He could compute, calculate, discuss logically and rationally. The net result of his lack of emotion was that he was unable to take even the simplest of decisions.
The Queen confirmed proposals to remove housing benefit from many young people and reduce the overall benefit cap by £58 a week. Shelter has long campaigned against the removal of housing benefit from young people unable to live with their families, as this would inevitably drive more people into homelessness.
So the Prime Minister faces a conundrum. Most right-thinking people want him to get the referendum over with, if we have to have one at all. But moving too fast risks exacerbating, not removing, the uncertainty. Time for David Cameron to take the advice of the Stereophonics: hurry up and wait.

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The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is the 'first among equals' and has the constitutional authority to decide allocation of cases and setting up of benches to hear them, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud dismissed a PIL seeking framing of guidelines for rational and transparent allocation of cases and constitution of benches to hear them.
Justice Chandrachud, writing the judgment for the bench, referred to constitutional schemes and said "the Chief Justice of India is first among equals and has the authority to decide allocation of cases and setting up of benches".
Since the CJI is a high constitutional functionary, there cannot be "any distrust about the responsibilities he discharges" to ensure that the Supreme Court to carries out the work required under the Constitution, the order stated.
The PIL was filed in the backdrop of the January 12 press conference held by senior-most apex court judges including Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph, an unprecedented event.
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North Korea fired 46 short-range rockets into the skies over the East Sea for two consecutive days on Saturday and Sunday. The North has fired a total of 88 missiles, rockets and multiple rockets since Friday.
According to South Koreas Joint Chiefs of Staff, the North fired into skies 30 short-range rockets on three rounds in the Galma Peninsula area in its east coast from 4:00 a.m. to 6:10 a.m. on Saturday. It also fired 16 short-range rockets on two rounds in the same area at 0:52 a.m. to 2:21 a.m. on Sunday. The rockets fired by the North flew some 60 kilometers before falling into international waters. A source at the Joint Chiefs of Staff said, As was the case in the March 16 launch, the rockets fired this time are believed to be FROG-group surface-to-surface rockets that were introduced from Russia in the 1960s.
The North reportedly has yet to withdraw more than 10 transporter erector launchers (TEL) and ammunition vehicles around the Galma Peninsula even after the latest firing. The South Korean military beefed up its surveillance over the North to prepare for Pyongyang`s possible additional launch. Since it is unusual that the North has launched rockets in large quantity in such a short period of time, the South Korean military is on high alert. The military is viewing the firing as the Norths military demonstration against the South Korea-U.S. Foal Eagle military drill that will continue through mid-April. Notably, analysts say that the North might be targeting a massive scale joint landing drill scheduled at the end March at waters off Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, which will involve more than 10,000-strong marines from South Korea and the U.S.
Since late last month, the North has demonstrated that it is capable of launching a surprise attack into areas south of the Seoul metropolitan region within 10 minutes by mobilizing hundreds of short-range missiles, rockets and latest models of multiple rockets in its possession en masse. However, the South Korean military has few viable countermeasures at its disposal. The Patriot missiles (PAC-2) in South Korean militarys possession are not capable of intercepting ballistic missiles from the North, and while the project to introduce new Patriot missiles (PAC-3) will only be completed in 2016. As the number of PAC-3 missiles to be introduced only amounts to some 100, many analysts raise concern that the volume cannot adequately counter more than 1,000 ballistic missiles in the Norths possession.


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Pedder wins Rally Tasmania
- 28th February 2010, 3:36pm
Scott Pedder and Jon Mortimer have taken the honours in round one of the 2010 Australian Rally Championship, Rally Tasmania, in their Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX,. The pair finished well clear of reigning champion, Simon Evans, in a Subaru Impreza WRX.
Pedder wasn't expected to win the event, but his tyres lasted better than some of his rivals and he was able to celebrate a 49.9 second win.
Three-time champion, Simon Evans, was fast and consistent over all of the rally's 19 stages and picked up a good points haul in his Subaru.
In third place was another Victorian team, Justin Dowel and Matt Lee, giving them their first ever podium finish at a national level. Scott Pedder’s brother, Mark, was fourth in another Lancer, while Queenslander Ryan Smart took fifth in his Toyota Corolla.
Final (Provisional) Results Rally Tasmania - Australian Rally Championship round one:
1. Scott Pedder / Jon Mortimer, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX, 1h43m56.1s
2. Simon Evans / Sue Evans, Subaru Impreza WRX, +49.9s
3. Justin Dowel / Matt Lee, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX, +3m03.0s
4. Mark Pedder / Catherine Smallbone, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX, +4m23.5s
5. Ryan Smart / Rebecca Smart, Toyota Corolla Sportivo, +5m29.2s
ARC pointscore after Round 1 (provisional)
1. Scott Pedder 81
2. Simon Evans 64
3. Justin Dowel 52
4. Eli Evans 50
5. Mark Pedder 45
6. Ryan Smart 40
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Here's one exciting consumer gadget at CES 2013 that isn't a television: The PaperTab, which looks and feels just like a sheet of paper, may one today overtake today's tablets.
Developed by researchers at the Human Media Lab at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, the PaperTab features a flexible, high-resolution 10.7-inch plastic touchscreen display built by Plastic Logic, the company borne from Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory, and relies on a second-generation Intel Core i5 processor to turn what looks like a sheet of white paper into a living, interactive display.
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Mother’s Day Books | Mother’s Day Gifts | Barnes & Noble® | Barnes & Noble®Whether your mom has only a few precious minutes a week to read may we suggest an Audible subscription for her commute then? Regardless of what book you choose, being a mom is a lot of hard work. Treat her to some uninterrupted me-time to put up her feet and dive into a new read. Poetry collections make great gifts for moms—and especially those who might feel like they haven't had time to read. We love this small, gorgeously illustrated collection of 30 poems from the likes of the late Mary Oliver and poet laureate Tracy K.
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Every product is independently selected by obsessive editors. Perhaps no one captures a certain contemporary feminine psyche quite like Pulitzer Prize—winning Elizabeth Strout; here, an adult Lucy Barton of the best-selling My Name Is Lucy Barton returns home after decades to grapple with the indelible stain of family.
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For the mom who fancies herself a decorator. Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout. Promising review: "The book is a roller-coaster ride of emotions, but it's never too daunting or too difficult to read. I can only suggest you get yourself a copy and gift it to people also, share the wise words with mothers and fathers.
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A lovely warm and joyful squeeze of a read. Start Slideshow. A Separation by Katie Kitamura. Making its way to the top of this list of memoirs that explore what it means to be a mother, and the perspective it brings is Gift from the Sea.
A tight group of Brooklyn moms meet up twice a week, with newborns in tow, to bond over the joys and struggles of being new moms.
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The midfielder was one of 11 senior players at Ibrox to be released after the club failed to win promotion to the SPFL Premiership.
Black, not always a popular figure among Rangers supporters, was a regular fixture in the side during his first two seasons at the club.
In total, the former Hearts midfielder, 30, made 99 appearances for Rangers and scored a total of eight goals.
He said: “Touch wood, I’ve been injury-free and I’ve not had any operations or bad injuries so that’s a benefit.
“I’ve got a few options down south and I think I’m going to go there. It’s just a case of weighing them up, picking one and hitting the ground running with the challenge.”
Black is the latest freed Rangers player to voice his displeasure at the acrimonious way they left the club.
Kris Boyd, Jon Daly and Richard Foster have all reacted negatively to criticism, with the latter claiming on Wednesday nobody had officially told the group they were no longer required.
Black added: “We had to read in the papers we had all been released, which was obviously disappointing.
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Perseids meteor shower to peak Monday night with stunning FIREBALL displays
12 August, 2019, 16:27 | Author: Darnell Taylor
It is the annual Perseids meteor shower. These start around late July and will peak on August 12 night to August 13. That will interfere with viewing the meteors.
The meteors are caused by debris left behind by the Comet Swift-Tuttle. The very rare meteors that do not burn up hit the surface of the plant as meteorites.
In particularly good years, which do not include 2019, as many as 200 Perseids are visible per hour. Because of the size of the dust stream, Perseids can be seen from 17 July to 24 August. Even with the light of the moon, viewers should still be able to witness about 15 to 20 meteors per hour.
Fireballs from the Perseids will also add to the drama, of what NASA calls "best meteor shower of the year". These are said to create the largest number of meteors every year but not all of these are visible.
Hur secures Ladies Scottish Open title
This afternoon at Gleneagles Matthew will name her four wildcards for the matches against the USA. We are getting married in Scotland next summer. "I'm well aware of his dad's footballing career".
If you can resist the temptation to check your phone for between 30 and 60 minutes, you're likely to see some phenomenal cosmic firecrackers streaking across the sky from about 10pm until just before sunrise in your local time zone. These are more popular among sky-watchers than other meteor showers like Leonoids or Geminids as they occur in the mid-summer. According to the NASA website, the space agency plans to have a live broadcast from a camera in Huntsville, Alambama.
Perseids are named after the son of Perseus from the Greek mythology as they hail from the constellation of Perseus.
Better yet, the Bay Area is filled with area's that boost low light pollution and elevated vantage points to watch (and Instagram) the shower.
The Sun says an East European gang has stepped in after North London thugs tried to steal the aces' watches in a moped raid. The 27-year-olds were arrested on Thursday and charged on Friday after an incident outside the home of Mesut Ozil.
"We got half-time out of the way, relaxed a few nerves, settled down and played well in the second half". While Martial started in the No 9 position he occupied in pre-season, Rashford was asked to play wider.
North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles Tuesday morning, just hours before Ju's statement. He added that the new missile seemed to be one that disperses its submunitions from the warhead.
The couple have been accused of using the two-month-old baby as a "prop" - but the infant's uncle has defended the USA president. The solar rose within the east this morning, which implies President Donald Trump's fingers had been busy tweeting .
The cheeky 4-year-old was passing by a window with her mother, Kate Middleton , when she stopped to look out at the crowd. A prize of a wooden spoon was handed to Kate and her crew for coming in last place overall.
He has shared a video of his rehab on Saturday evening, accompanied by the caption "Gonna rebuild with patience and equanimity". Check out the clip of Mike recovering in hospital (below). "I'm trying to remember how to walk", he tells a hospital staffer.
The motion comes after Thursday's quotes from Salvini that the ruling majority no longer exists and called for early elections. He said it was not up to the interior minister to convene parliament and said Salvini relied on "slogans" to gain support.
Shweta told the cops that her husband was often under the influence of alcohol when the said thing happened. A report has been filed against him and he is accused of using filthy language to Shweta's daughter.
So, if the user happens to wear glasses the liveness detection scan for the eyes shifts a little and becomes less accurate. When the eyeglasses were placed on the passed out victim they were able to get into the phone and transfer money.
Bill Maher roots for recession so Trump loses in 2020
Scaramucci's tweet was in response to tweets from Trump calling him "incapable of handling" his position at the White House. Again. "Long planned fix up of W.H., stay here rather than cause big disruption by going to Manhattan".
Jeffrey Epstein Wasn't 'Closely Monitored' Before Death
Saturday that Epstein was in cardiac arrest, and he was pronounced dead at New York Presbyterian-Lower Manhattan Hospital. "Mr. Barr has ordered the inspector general to open an investigation into Epstein's death, while the FBI is also investigating.
Vikings trade for Ravens kicker Kaare Vedvik
So it's possible that Minnesota might have actually acquired Vedvik to be their new punter this year and not their new kicker. Zimmer has tried different holders in the field-goal operation after Wile handled the job past year .
Steelers WR coach Drake dies at 62
His passing is an unexpected tragedy, and one that will not soon be easy for family members, players, and coaches to overcome. The Pittsburgh Steelers canceled practice Sunday after the death of 62-year-old wide receivers coach Darryl Drake .
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Gov Dan Patrick , a fellow Republican, who pointed the finger at a "video game industry that teaches young people to kill". Studies cited by California 'do not prove that violent video games cause minors to act aggressively, ' the Court held.


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Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. John xx. 20.
The apostles, who behold Christ after his crucifixion and burial, were satisfied, on the evidence of their senses, that he had risen from the dead. The certainty which they enjoyed of his resurrection was not go properly the result of faith as of knowledge. What we see, we know to be true: what we are assured of on sufficient testimony, we believe to be true. The evidence, therefore, which, arises from testimony, though a sufficient foundation for faith, regulating our conduct in the most important events of life, aixl producing on the mind full conviction, is still not so striking nor so strong as that which rs produced" by our senses, and which leads to knowledge.
Let us then seriously consider the nature of that faith to which is annexed the promise of salvation, in reference to the exercises of the understanding, to the dispositions of the heart, to its moral effects, and to the divine agency by which it is produced.
Those of the apostles, therefore, who saw our blessed Lord, enjoyed the greatest possible certainty of his resurrection. But Thomas was not present when Christ appeared unto the rest of the [346/347] apostles; he refused, therefore, to believe, on their testimony, that Christ had risen, and required the evidence of his senses. "Except," says he, "I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe." Jesus afterwards appeared unto the apostles when Thomas was present, and called to him: "Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing." Convinced by this irresistible evidence, Thomas exclaimed, in the ecstacy of adoration, "My Lord and my God."
Thomas was convinced of the resurrection of Jiis Master on the evidence of sense. But belief founded on the evidence of testimony, on the statements of credible witnesses, is a law of our nature. To reject as false, every thing which we do not know from the evidence of our senses to be true, would so'far abridge human knowledge, and diminish human activity, that the business of life would be arrested, and the human mind, now so complex and powerful in its operations, and extensive in its range, would sink into the mere instinct that guides the brutes to the preservation of animal existence. Confidence in the testimony of those who could not be deceived, who had no motive to deceive, or who are too honest to deceive, even if interest urged them to the attempt, is one of those laws incorporated with our nature by its Almighty Maker, on which all men act, which is essential in the daily intercourse of life, in the improvement of their minds, and in the enlargement of their knowledge; and without the agency of which, the beneficial and exalted operations of civil society could not proceed in guarding, [347/348] strengthening, and completing the happiness and prosperity of the human race.
The testimony, therefore, of the disciples, his companions, who had seen the Lord, ought to have satisfied the incredulous Thomas; and for his unbelief he was therefore gently reproved by our blessed Lord: "Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed:" adding, in commendation of that faith which is founded, not on the evidence of sense, but of testimony: "blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."
Brethren, in this declaration of our blessed Lord we are deeply concerned. We do not possess the evidence of our Lord's resurrection, and of the divinity of his mission, which the apostles enjoyed: they repeatedly saw and conversed with that same Jesus whom they had beheld crucified and committed to the tomb. On the evidence of their senses, therefore, they were satisfied that Jesus had risen from the dead, and they adored him as their Lord and their God. The truth of his resurrection, of the consequent divinity of his mission, and of the doctrines which by him, or by his authority, were promulgated, we receive on the testimony of the apostles. We therefore are of the number of those who have not seen, and yet have believed: and if our faith be sincere and holy in its operations on our hearts and lives, we shall be entitled to that commendation of our Lord: "Blessed are they who have not seen, and yet have believed."
The text, therefore, leads us to consider the excellence of faith, and the blessedness of it.
The excellence of faith consists--
 I. In its rational character, as the assent of the understanding founded on sufficient evidence;
II. In the exalted dispositions which are connected with it;
III. In the moral effects which it produces;
IV. And in its divine origin, as excited and called into exercise by the agency of the Holy Spirit of God.
I. The excellence of faith consists in its rational character, as the assent of the understanding on sufficient evidence.
The object of Christian faith is the revelation which God has made of his will by Jesus Christ. In order to command the assent of the understanding to the truth of this revelation, it must appear that a revelation is possible, that it was necessary, that this revelation has been made.
Revelation is possible. The Being who made and who rules all things, is the infinite source of truth and of wisdom; and therefore he can devise, that system which will convey moral truth and wisdom to his intelligent creatures; and almighty and irresistable in power, he can make known to them his will. And it was necessary and expedient that the Governor of the universe should proclaim to man, by a special revelation, a system of religious truth and duty. For human reason had proved an incompetent guide in those interesting subjects connected with the spiritual and immortal interests of man. On points in which it was essential that he should arrive at certainty, reason could only offer conjecture and hope. Prompted by the general view of God's mercy, she might indulge the hope that he would extend [349/350] pardon to the penitent sinner; but no effort of reason could determine the mode in which the Ruler of the world, consistently with his holiness and justice, could exercise the attribute of mercy. This holiness and justice, violated by man's sin, seemed to require a propitiation; but where was this propitiation to fee found? Of what avail was the sacrifice of thousands of rams? to what purpose flowed rivers of oil? worse than in vain, the offering of the fruit of the body for the sin of the soul. On the subject of human guilt it still remained a painful mystery, "how God, just as well as merciful, could be just, and yet justify the sinner." The light which human reason shed on the attributes and will of the Maker of the universe, and on the obligations and rules of virtue, was obscured by the prejudices and passions of a corrupt heart and imagination. On the scenes of man's future existence there rested clouds which reason could not dispel. A revelation, therefore, that should cast certainty on these infinitely interesting topics, was the most invaluable gift that man could receive from his Maker.
But what was to be the evidence of the divine origin of this revelation I Having respect to the divine nature and counsels, it must necessarily contain doctrines transcending the comprehension of human reason. Its internal excellence, therefore, could not be a complete evidence of its divine origin. This must be established by those miraculous works which divine power alone could effect. These miraculous works were performed in attestation of the life, the death, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. For all these events we have the testimony of eye-witnessed, sealed by their blood, [350/351] confirmed also by their own miracles, and handed down in records scrupulously scrutinized and guarded from age to age. The apostles testified to facts with which they were intimately acquainted. No delusion of the imagination could have made them believe that their Master, who was crucified, was risen again: no sinister motive of interest or ambition could have supported them under the unparalleled sufferings which they sustained in attestation of this fact: no power, but the power of the Most High, could have enabled them, in a short period, to subvert the Jewish temple and the Pagan altar, and on their ruins to erect the cross of a despised Nazarene. The Gospel of Christ was to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness; and yet a few illiterate fishermen converted to the belief of this contemned Gospel myriads of Jews and Greeks. The Jews forsook their temple and flocked to the standard of him whom their fathers slew. The schools, long the boast of the Gentile philosophers, were deserted: human wisdom and human passions rendered homage to the cross. By what power was this wonderful conversion of the world effected? Surely only by the power of God. "Jesus Christ was a man approved of God among them by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which God wrought in the midst of them, as they themselves also knew." Christian faith stands not in the wisdom, of man, but in the power of God.
The intrinsic excellence of the Gospel, in its provision for all our spiritual necessities, is calculated to confirm our faith in it. For our release from the guilt of sin it provides a Saviour, who, as the Son of God, is mighty to save; and yet, bearing [351/352] our sins and carrying our sorrows, is touched with a feeling for our infirmities. For our deliverance from the dominion of sin, it affords the most ample means in those precepts which enlighten and direct us, and in that Holy Spirit which sanctifies and governs us. It displays, as our Deliverer from the grave, and our Guide to the mansions of immortality, Him who has vanquished death, and opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers. The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation. Our faith in it is then a rational assent to its truths; for this faith is founded on the highest moral evidence--human, confirmed by divine testimony--and the intrinsic excellence of the system thus externally established.
II, The excellence of Christian faith further consists in the exalted dispositions which are connected with the exercise of it.
As an assent to revealed truth on sufficient evidence, faith, in its most strict signification, is an act of the understanding; but when sincere and genuine, it implies, and calls into exercise, the most exalted virtues of the heart.
1. It implies an humble desire to know and to do the will of God.
A proud confidence in the power of human reason, and a disposition to reject every fact or doctrine, however attested or excellent, which transcends its comprehension, is not justified by the frail and dependent character of man; and is most hostile both to the discovery and to the reception of truth. Opposed to this arrogant spirit, is that humility which is a principal constituent of faith; a profound sense of his weakness and dependence, [352/353] and an unreserved acknowledgment of the claims of his Maker and Judge to his homage and obedience; an earnest desire to know and to do the will of him whose will constitutes the happiness and perfection of all intelligent creation--these are the exercises of that intellectual humility which is an essential constituent of Christian faith, and which is so suitable to the character of man, as a creature dependent, in all his powers, in all his acts, in all his principles and hopes, on the Being who made him, and which enhance the excellence of that Christian faith of which they are principal constituents.
2. Faith also calls us to exercise another moral virtue--trust.
Under a sense of his weakness and guilt, man is prompted to rely on the wisdom, the power, and the mercy of his Maker, his Redeemer, and his Judge. In this trust consists the practical exercise and the consoling efficacy of faith. The Christian, in the exercise of faith, beholding the Saviour revealed in the Gospel, Jesus Christ the Son of God making atonement through his blood, and by his obedience and sufferings vindicating the justice and holiness of God, and relying on the merits of this Saviour for pardon and acceptance, enjoys the peace of a conscience reconciled to God. In the exercise of faith, the Christian confides in the divine strength which the Saviour offers him, diligently applies it, and enjoys the assurance of release from unholy passions, and of succour under all temptations. In the exercise of faith, the Christian relies on the compassion of that gracious Saviour who is touched with a feeling for his infirmities, and he is no longer depressed or intimidated [353/354] by the evils of the world In the exercise of the Christian relies on that Redeemer who rose from the grave and ascended to heaven, and is invested with almighty power, assuring victory to his followers; and he triumphs in the hope that he shall be conducted through the grave and gate of death to a joyful resurrection. In this reliance, then, the Christian finds fulness of consolation under all the weaknesses, the sorrows, find I he sins of our corrupt and mortal nature. How exalted and valuable is that faith which leads to this consolatory and exalted reliance!
3. Faith also implies the exercise of love in its purest fervours and on the highest objects.
Love, occupying all the powers of the mind and the affections of the heart, to that God who so loved the world as to give his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but should have everlasting life--love to that blessed Redeemer who gave himself to suffering and death for our salvation, who still liveth to make intercession for us, to guide and to succour us, and who is preparing for us mansions of rest and glory in his Father's house. Love exercised on objects thus exalted, purifies and elevates the soul, and enhances the excellence of that faith which calls it forth.
III. But the excellence of Christian faith will also appear from the moral effects which it produces.
What is it which brings down the high imaginations of man, which prostrates his elevated ideas of his own virtue mid strength, and leads him, as a redeemed sinner, to receive salvation at the [354/355] foot of the cross?--That faith which believes that Jesus is the Son of God; that this Saviour, rejected of men, "is the brightness of the Father's glory," "God over all," "mighty to save."
What is it which subdues the corrupt propensities of the heart, and places God in the soul as its rightful Sovereign, and enlists all its affections in his service?--That faith "which worketh by love."
What is it which quells passion, tames inordinate desire, effects what no human laws can effect, disarms revenge, and from being proud, sensual, corrupt, the slave of sin and Satan, makes man humble, holy, undefiled, the child of God?--That "faith which purifieth the heart."
What is it which has inspired the Christian, when they would seduce or intimidate him from the service of his God, to despise the blandishments of pleasure, the threats of power, the terrors of persecution--what is it which has quenched the fires of the stake, and calmed the agonies of the rack?--That faith which "overcometh the world."
Yes--What is it which gains a victory infinitely greater than those which have obtained glory for the conquerors of nations, victory over the world, its sins, its temptations, its pleasures, its sorrows? What is it which enables the Christian, when surrounded by every enjoyment alluring to the imagination and gratifying to the passions, to remember that he is the citizen of a better country; which excites him, when distress, poverty, and tribulation encompass him, to rejoice, knowing that they are working out for him an eternal weight of glory? What is it which even brightens the valley of the shadow of death, and leads the Christian triumphantly through this dread region, looking forward [355/356] to the glory which awaits him in the celestial realms beyond it?--That faith which is "the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." In the words of an eloquent Christian Father, eulogizing the triumphs of faith--"Give me a man who is wrathful, reproachful, ungovernable, and with a few words of God I will render him as placid as a lamb. Give me a man covetous and niggardly, and an avaricious man, and I will return him to thee liberal, and distributing his money with a bountiful hand. Give me one that is timorous of grief and death; he shall despise all manner of torment. Give me one that is lustful, adulterous, and intemperate; you shall presently see him sober, chaste, and continent. Give me one that is cruel and thirsty of blood; his fury shall be immediately converted to piety and clemency. Give me one that is unjust, foolish, and criminal; and he shall presently be rendered just, prudent, and innocent."
These are the triumphs of Christian faith--triumphs which natural religion never knew, which unassisted reason never could attain.
IV. For it is of importance that we should remember that true saving faith is rendered an operating principle by divine power--by the Holy Spirit of God.
Not only do the sacred writings ascribe all those miraculous powers which are the foundation of Christian faith to the agency of the Holy Spirit, but they represent the same Holy Spirit as opening the eyes of the understanding to discern, and the heart to receive, the wondrous things of God's law, the great mysteries of redemption. The agency [356/357] of the Holy Spirit on our minds and hearts is incomprehensible; but it is not, therefore, less a reality. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and we hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth. So are the operations of the Spirit. In its influence on the understanding and the heart, the Holy Spirit is not overpowering; for then it would destroy man's free agency, and subvert faith as a moral virtue. Its agency is moral and persuasive, aiding the operations of the understanding and the heart in discerning and receiving the great truths of redemption. The excellence then of your faith, Christians, is completed, by its being excited, cherished, strengthened, defended, and made the principle of active obedience by the co-operating power of the Holy Spirit of God. The influences of the Holy Spirit, conveyed to all men so far as is necessary to enable them to know and to do the will of their Maker, are secured to Christians by the instrumentality of the ministrations, sacraments, and ordinances of the church to which they must be united. For, my brethren, it is of importance that we should consider that the faith by which we are saved must be exercised in union with the church, the mystical body of Christ. Our Lord himself declares--"He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved." By baptism we must be admitted into the church; and thus united, in the exercise of faith, to Christ, its divine head, must derive from him spiritual nourishment, consolation, and strength, and with this his mystical body finally be exalted to that triumphant state on which our divine Head hath already entered. How fallacious, then, the opinion that faith alone, independently of our union with [357/358] the church, by the participation of its sacraments and ordinances from its authorized ministry, will be effectual to our salvation! "He that believeth and is baptized," said our blessed Lord, "shall be saved;" and the language of his apostles uniformly proclaims, that through his body the church we are united to him, and in holy communion with this body shall finally enjoy the triumphs and glories of its divine Head.
The faith, then, by which we are saved, brethren, is such an assent of the understanding to the facts and truths of the Gospel as, through the influences of the Divine Spirit, calls forth the exercise of holy affections, and produces holy submission to the ordinances and commandments of God.
They whose faith thus worketh by love, and brings forth the fruits of holiness, have assured to them the pardon of their sins, (through the merits of that Saviour in whom they trust,) and the enjoyment of the favour of God; for, "justified by faith," they have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. They are enriched with the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit; for, in the language of the apostle, Christ by his Spirit dwells in their hearts, enriching them with divine wisdom and knowledge, purifying and sanctifying their souls, and leading them in the ways of God's law, and in the works of his commandments. They obtain succour under temptation, so that theirs is the victory which overcometh the world--even their faith. They enjoy comfort under sorrow; for, amidst all the changes and chances of this mortal life, their hearts are fixed on that Saviour whom, not having seen, they love; they rejoice in the unfailing assurances of their divine Lord--"None shall hurt [358/359] you, or make you afraid. All things shall work together for your good." And lastly, they who partake of true Christian faith are assured of victory over death, and everlasting life. "He that believeth in me," said Jesus, who is the resurrection and the life, "shall never die;" and in firm reliance on this gracious assurance, it may be the triumphant rejoicing of every true believer, in his last tremendous conflict, when nature, and all that nature can supply, fails him for ever--"O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" "Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of glory." Blessed are they who are not seized, and yet have believed.
But what is the awful denunciation against misbelief? "He that believeth not," said Christ himself, "shall be damned"--"shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of God, and from the glory of his power." Just sentence; for he wilfully rejects the counsel of God for his salvation.
Professing Christians, let me beseech you to remember that, this condemnation awaits not only those who reject Jesus Christ as their Saviour, but those who hold the faith in unrighteousness, those whose faith, not bringing forth good works, is dead. Examine then yourselves, whether you have that faith which worketh by love, which purifieth the heart, which overcometh the temptations of a sinful world, and which leads you to observe and keep the ordinances and commandments of God.
If you are Christians in deed and in truth, as well as in name and profession, be it your object to increase in that faith which is the source of all your virtues, and all your spiritual consolations and [359/360] joys. Be it your increasing prayer and endeavour that your faith may abound more and more in all its holy fruits--love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, meekness, temperance. Let your faith, vigorous and lively, ascending to that heaven where your Saviour Christ hath gone before, raise you above the world--not above its duties, not above its pure enjoyments, the gifts of a gracious Providence--but above its sins, above an inordinate love of even its lawful pursuits and pleasures, above its temptations and its sorrows. Let your faith be the substance of things hoped for, and you shall enjoy on earth a foretaste of those glories prepared for you in your heavenly home. Let your faith be the evidence of things not seen, and you shall rejoice in that Saviour whom you see by the eye of faith, with joy unspeakable and full of glory.
Especially let this faith, thus purifying, ennobling, and consolatory, be in lively exercise when you approach the table of your Lord. There are exhibited the agony and bloody sweat, the cross and passion of him who died for you, and dying, redeemed you; and there are pledged to you the merits of him who rose again, and ever liveth to intercede for you. Realize, then, the infinite compassion and the mighty power of your Redeemer, the Lord of hosts; and when you receive the pledges of his grace and mercy, you may rejoice in the assurance that you are heirs, through hope, of his everlasting kingdom.

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We humans are social beings; we share mirror neurons that allow us to match each other’s emotions unconsciously and immediately. We leak emotions to each other. We anticipate and mirror each other’s movements when we’re in sympathy or agreement with one another—when we’re on the same side. And we can mirror each other’s brain activity when we’re engaged in storytelling and listening – both halves of the communication conundrum.
This view of the human state is directly contrary to the way most people think about communications. The old model has a sender, a message, a receiver, feedback and noise. It’s far too mechanistic and simple to describe adequately what’s really going on. It leaves out the communal nature of communications.
We want to achieve this state of human communion; it’s a mistake to think that most humans prefer the solitary life that so much of modern life imposes on us. We are most comfortable when we’re connected, sharing strong emotions and stories, and led by a strong, charismatic leader who is keeping us safe and together.
Of course, that can have a dark side. When the leader is unprincipled or lacks integrity, bad things can happen. But that’s hardly news. A quick review of any period of human history will demonstrate that sad truth.
If you want to lead groups of people to achieve – on the positive side of the equation – more than any individual can achieve alone, this is how you do it. You develop a sense of how you inhabit space and modify that to fulfill the role you want to inhabit. You focus and control your emotions for key conversations, meetings, negotiations, and presentations. You harness the power of your unconscious mind to read other people reliably and quickly. You develop the leadership power of your voice, and you strengthen the nonverbal leadership signals you send out in important moments and situations. And you tap into the power of your unconscious mind to create a positive sense of what’s possible for you, tuning yourself up to be ready to lead.
All of that work prepares you to put your vision across to people in powerful, persuasive ways. Then, finally, you learn how to be a storyteller who taps into the deep stories of human history and mythology to bring your message into being.
You can control the human interaction if you’re intentional about your communications in this way. You think about what you want to say. You think about the emotions you want to project. And you bridge the undeniable differences among humans by the clarity of your story and the depth and focus of your emotions. That’s what holds your listener. If you show up half-present, conflicted, nervous, distracted, or with something else on your mind, you won’t hold the attention of your listener.
But if you know what you’re doing, you can take charge of your listener’s brain and get it to match yours. That’s how the magic of persuasion works. Our brains commune. We jump the human divide. We share the same emotions and the same message.
And there’s a final irony. If you, as the leader, are not willing to listen to your listeners, you will eventually drive them away. Communication can’t just flow in one direction. It is always two way.


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The show starts off with the guys talking about the new movies “Non-Stop” and “300 – Rise Of An Empire” in theaters now. How do you underutilize Nupita Nyong’o? Don’t blink when you watch “Non-Stop” or you may miss this Oscar winner in a tiny part.
With the Jewish holiday of Purim approaching, Jesse explains the drunken fun of this Jewish festival. We discover that as part of his religious conversion process, Jesse had to appear naked in front of a panel of three rabbis, and he explains the thought he had in his mind to not feel uncomfortable during that moment.
Our good friend Arthur Wooten rejoins us as we talk with another great novelist, Gregory G. Allen. Greg’s works include “The Cool Side of the Pillow”, “Well with my soul”, and… “Chicken Boy”. Greg discusses how “Chicken Boy” has allowed him to speak with school students about children with Autism, and how he’s honored to speak at schools across the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. If you’re interested in learning more about Greg’s books, or to have him speak at your school, check out http://www.gregory-g-allen.com/


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Do you live a hurried and busy life?
Life can be so busy if we allow it to. Running, racing, and somehow trying to keep your head above water to maintain some level of “balance”.
Why is it that many of us get so lost?
How do we lose focus?
We slip into a state of being where “we believe we know what is best for ourselves”.
What do we really “need” to do or accomplish?
The prioritization of want vs. need is what it comes down to. Can you identify with this? I think we all can. It is easy to get caught up in the race.
Society has “evolved” to a state where we rush from point A to B, where much of our day is filled with a slogan word many of us are familiar with – “multitasking”. The more we can do the more efficient we are.
But are we more efficient?
One of the definitions for multitasking is: “requires for staff to take on a wider range of tasks, usually involving on-the-job training.” (webdefinition) On the job training – what a concept! This implies that we are training ourselves to multitask.
Perhaps we should be training ourselves in a different way? Where should our priorities be? Where should we slow down and concentrate our efforts?
We all have times in our lives when we get glimpses of what life is supposed to be like. Our focus shifts, and we realize we should be investing our time where it really matters.
In the big picture “who” we focus our efforts on is the most important.
I have lost focus many times in my life then something that almost takes my breath away brings me back to where I need to be. But I sometimes wonder – why does it take these instances or wake up calls to bring us back to a place of balance? I need to trust that God has my best interests at heart, and that he does not want me to be immersed in the “things” of this world. He wants me to love, and to enjoy every day as it was my last. He wants me to come to Him during the day, in times when I am happy, in the moments that take my breath away, in times when I am sad, in times where I feel like I cannot take it anymore. He has given me grace so many times when I have come to him in fear. He has constantly reassured me when I have come to Him in weakness. He smiles when down on me when I am at the moments that bring me my greatest joys.
“And they refused to listen, And did not remember Thy wondrous deeds which Thou hadst performed among them; So they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But Thou art a God of forgiveness, Gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness; And Thou didst not forsake them” (Nehemiah 9:17).
I have asked for His grace many times when I have lost focus.
Ask for grace….
We are all human, we have emotions but the key is not to let them take us over.
We are pulled in many directions, but the key is to prioritize and not lose focus amidst the chaos. The key is to slow down the schedules, the accumulation, the attainment for more, and the chaos.
To prioritize one’s life in those areas that make sense and result in benefits for the family unit and community. This honors God, and this is what He wants for us.
Where do you priorities start?
Take time to reflect, pause and renew – take time for prayer, time for God, and time to rest. Renew your spirit. It is times where we feel zapped because we have overextended ourselves that cause us the most discontent. Make this a number one priority in your day, take the time.
Eliminate unneeded stress in your life – have boundaries, don’t take on what you can not handle. If you feel overloaded, make a list of all the tasks you are taking on, and number them in order of priority. Ask yourself what you could get rid of.
Don’t overschedule yourself – each day, come into the day with a blank slate approach. For me, I ask the Lord to lead the day for me. Sometimes I try to control the day, and that is when I start feeling overwhelmed.
Make your family your first priority – Make them #1, don’t leave them til last after you have given of yourself to everyone else in your life (I am sure we all have issues with this one)
Don’t wait to start, do this now – no one can do this for you, so take the first step in prioritizing and you will feel so much better.
We all have one life to live; the key is living it in a way that honors God. The blessings will follow. Take the time to slow down and smell the flowers. Slow down.
Every day that we are here on earth is a “gift” that is why it is called the present.


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The Rye Youth Council is proud to announce that three local couples will be honored at the organization’s 24th Annual Gala Saturday, January 25 at Westchester Country Club.
The Rye Youth Council is proud to announce that three local couples will be honored at the organization’s 24th Annual Gala Saturday, January 25 at Westchester Country Club. The 2014 MVPs are: Kendall and Ken Egan, Paulette and Eric Mann, and Jean and Pat Romano.
The Egans moved to Rye 18 years ago and have volunteered in the community while raising their four children here. For the past eleven years, Ken has been involved in Resurrection CYO Basketball. Kendall served as PTO president at Milton School during its reconstruction planning and subsequently won a seat on the Board of Education, where she served as a trustee for six years.
Since moving to Rye in 1993, the Manns have been involved in many community activities with their three children. Eric is instrumental in organizing and sponsoring the annual golf outing for The Southeast Consortium for Special Services. Paulette is an active community volunteer, including as a charter member and president of SEPTA, Rye’s Special Education PTA. She volunteers for Meals on Wheels, The Southeast Consortium for Special Children, and The Rye Youth Council Players.
The Romanos were both born and raised in Rye, where they chose to raise their two daughters. In addition to careers teaching elementary school children, they have coached and volunteered for a number of local sports teams and run the sports programs for local clubs. Jean was named RCSD Teacher of the Year in 2012 and is an active volunteer for Rye Presbyterian Church.
RYC Executive Director Judy Secon observed, “It is a tribute to this community that after so many years of recognizing deserving individuals, we continue to find exceptional people who have gone above and beyond serving the children and families of Rye.”
Diana Williams, award-winning reporter and anchor for WABC-TV, will serve as the emcee for this year’s Gala Awards dinner. The host of Channel 7’s weekly political roundtable, “Up Close with Diana Williams,” she is actively involved with charitable groups in Westchester County, where she and her family live.
Lisa Hogan Luthringer is chairing this year’s gala, the Youth Council’s major fundraiser. Board co-Presidents Shari Balaish and Kristin Jautz note, “A successful gala is increasingly important as more than 85 percent of our funding now comes from private donations, almost exclusively within the 10580 area. We receive some money from the City and the School District, but those funds have been cut severely over the past few years.”
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This creamy pasta dish looks and tastes like it’s meant for festive occasions but only takes 20 minutes to make. As Cassie says, “People love this entree's flavor and think it’s complicated, but jarred sauces make it so fast.” Cassie Conrad - Prescott Valley, AZ
- 2 cups uncooked penne pasta
- 1 pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1-1/2 cups spaghetti sauce
- 1 carton (10 ounces) refrigerated Alfredo sauce
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute the shrimp, garlic and pepper flakes in oil until shrimp turn pink. Stir in the spaghetti sauce, Alfredo sauce, butter, salt and pepper; heat through.
- Drain pasta; serve with shrimp mixture. Sprinkle with parsley. Yield: 4 servings.
Originally published as Creamy Tomato Shrimp with Penne in Simple & Delicious November/December 2009, p23
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Israel has borders with territory governed by Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, the Hamas-dominated Gaza Strip and the area controlled by the Palestinian Authority. All are hostile; all are seriously troubled.
It's become fashionable to heap scorn on the way Israelis, ranging from the government at its highest levels through to the most ordinary and powerless of citizens, relate the political and military decisions of our tiny country to this thing called the 'security situation' - in Hebrew, the matzav.
Today, Thursday, we thought it might be illuminating to a certain degree if we published here the briefest of snapshots of the matzav: in simple terms, what news is emanating today, Thursday, from each of the political entities on the far side of Israel's borders.
Clashes flare up in north Lebanon, death toll rises
Source: The Daily Star, December 6, 2012Syria
BEIRUT: Clashes between supporters and detractors of Syrian President Bashar Assad flared up once more Wednesday in Tripoli, as the death toll in the north Lebanese port city rose to six. Security sources said Khodr Hanoun, Mehdi Khodr and Ali Hadabah were identified as the latest fatalities of the fighting between the neighborhoods of Jabal Mohsen, which strongly supports Assad, and Bab al-Tabbaneh, where residents oppose the embattled Syrian leader. Hanoun, according to the sources, died from wounds in a local hospital at dawn. Khodr, 18, was killed by sniper fire, the sources added. The sources said the number of wounded from the fighting also rose to 56. Schools were closed Wednesday but some shops opened despite the frequent sound of sniping from the tense neighborhoods, where intermittent sniper fire could still be heard.
Source: NBC News, december 6, 2012Jim Miklaszewski and M. Alex JohnsonThe Syrian military is prepared to use chemical weapons against its own people and is awaiting final orders from President Bashar Assad, U.S. officials told NBC News on Wednesday. The military has loaded the precursor chemicals for sarin, a deadly nerve gas, into aerial bombs that could be dropped onto the Syrian people from dozens of fighter-bombers, the officials said.
Source: France24A Jordanian policeman died on Thursday from a gunshot wound suffered during riots over fuel price hikes last month, in the second such death in a week, the police force said... "Second lieutenant Faisal Ahmad Soeidat, 36, died today at the King Hussein Medical Centre, after he was shot by unknown gunmen on November 15 in the southern city of Karak during the riots," police spokesman Ahmad Abu Hammad told AFP. Police said earlier that corporal Ahmad Ali Hamdan died on Saturday after assailants armed with automatic weapons attacked his station on November 14 in Shafa Badran, near Amman, hitting him directly in one of his eyes. More than 50 policeman and 17 civilians were hurt in violent protests against a government decision to raise fuel prices by up to 53 percent, according to police.
Source: Wall Street Journal, December 6, 2012Charles Levinson and Matt BradleyTens of thousands of supporters and opponents of Egypt's president clashed Wednesday, hurling rocks and Molotov cocktails and brawling in Cairo's streets, in the largest violent battle between Islamists and their foes since the country's revolution. The confrontation started after Islamist protesters marching in support of President Morsi moved to break up a demonstration by the president's non-Islamist opponents outside the presidential palace. A report by state television quoted the Health Ministry as saying five people were killed and 446 people were injured.
Pulling it all together, if you were a news channel, and you had to sum up the state of tension, violence, danger in the region, where would you place the emphasis on your news reporting?
In fact, media attention is riveted on an Israeli decision to establish new communities in the undeveloped space between Jerusalem and Maale Adumim. So riveted that all the drama and violence in the states and would-be-states bordering Israel (exemplified by the reports above) recede into the distance. If there's an obstacle to peace in the region, the editorial consensus is that it's on our side of the border.
How correct is that consensus? A Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs paper, published yesterday, offers a basis to suggest it's not correct at all.
From the start of the peace-process negotiations, it was agreed between the parties, and accepted by the international community in witnessing and endorsing the Oslo Accords, that the issue of settlements would be one of several issues to be negotiated in the permanent status negotiations. None of the agreements signed between the parties contain any limitation on building by the parties in the areas under their respective jurisdiction. The attempt by the Palestinian leadership to isolate the settlements issue and to turn it into a precondition for further negotiation, as well as threats to initiate action regarding settlements in the International Criminal Court, undermine and prejudice any chance of a return to viable negotiations. [More]Today is almost over as we write this. From Jerusalem, where we sit, the robust back-and-forth discussions about what can, what should, what must, be done to make peace happen are active and energetically underway as they always are. By contrast, on the far side of the fences, the view seems to be dominated by chaos, vituperation, killing, and conflict. To us, the JCPA's conclusion seems pretty close to the target:
"Any solution to the Middle East issues, including the achievement of Palestinian statehood, cannot be imposed by UN General Assembly resolutions, whatever majority they may command and however many times they may be repeated... Only genuine and bona fide negotiations will produce the sought-after solution and permanent settlement, including opening the route to Palestinian statehood."Did this day bring us closer to that? In a word: no.


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FG bans importation of fish
The federal government of Nigeria has stopped importation of fish into the country since October 31 this year, reports reveal.
A concessionaire of a leading fish terminal in Apapa Port in an exclusive interview said that the terminal and other terminals have stopped receiving fish product cargoes, which Bill of Laden were dated later than October 31, as they have been directed to do so by the federal government.
The General Manager, Port Operations, ENL Consortium, Mr Mark Walsh, said the new fish policy had now added to such others as the ban on cement and rice, which had seen the terminal losing up to 800,000 tons of rice in about 10 months.
'The government banned fish importation since October 31 this year. Before we were doing 20,000 tons of fish every month, but now, that is gone. Any bill of laden after that date cannot be brought to Nigeria. What we have coming in now are those imports with earlier bills of laden dated before October 31.
'I talked to a lot of the fish association and they have said that by the end of December, there will not be fish in the cold rooms. So it is a serious situation because it will affect everybody in the country.'
Figures provided by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development reveals that between 2010 and 2012 Nigeria imported an average of 780,000 metric tonnes of frozen fish annually from Europe, Latin America and Eastern countries, worth about N100 billion.
With annual fish demand estimated at 2.66 million metric tons (MMT), Nigeria currently produces about 0.78MMT leaving a demand-supply gap of about 1.8MMT.
Regrettably, the shortfall of fish supply in the country had led to a low annual per capita fish consumption rate of only 7.5 kilogrammes as against 15 kilogrammes per annum recommended by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
But most Nigerians are of the opinion that the steps are good ones taken before the right time
The Chairman of Nigeria Ship Owners Association (NISA), Dr Isaac Jolopamo said the new fish policy would help save a large chunk of about N2 trillion which the country loses in freight as capital flight to other countries from where Nigeria import fish.
It is expected that increase in national fish production would not only diversify the country's resources base, but also complement efforts aimed at achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).


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Why Aren't Presidential Candidates Discussing the Environment?, Asks Prof. Bruce Stinebrickner
January 30, 2008
January 30, 2008, Greencastle, Ind. - "What has happened to global warming as an issue in the presidential nomination process?," asks Bruce Stinebricker, professor of political science, in today's Indianapolis Star. In an op-ed, he writes of debate questions and the media's "extensive commentary about campaigns, strategies and candidates' policy positions on such issues as the economy, the Iraq war, terrorism, immigration, health care, taxation, energy independence and the like. But what has happened to global warming? It has all but disappeared from the campaign agenda."
Dr. Stinebrickner asserts, "The United States stands alone as the only industrial nation in the world that has not ratified the Kyoto Protocol of 1997, an international effort to slow the rate of carbon emissions before global warming becomes irreversible. In November, Australian voters ranked global warming as one of their top concerns and unseated longtime incumbent Prime Minister John Howard. Howard's replacement, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, fulfilled his campaign promise and moved quickly to ratify the Kyoto Protocol."
Yet despite the Academy Award and Nobel Prize that greeted Al Gore's 2006 film, An Inconvenient Truth, discussion of environmental issues by this year's presidential candidates has been minimal, argues the professor.
"According to the League of Conservation Voters, in 140 debates and interviews since early 2007, five top TV interviewers (Tim Russert, Chris Wallace, George Stephanopoulos, Bob Schieffer and Wolf Blitzer) have asked 2,484 questions of presidential candidates, and they have mentioned global warming only three times and asked only 24 questions related to the issue," notes Stinebrickner, who holds a University Professorship at DePauw. What's equally worrisome: the candidates themselves aren't bringing up environmental issues, he states.
"Global warming is among the most daunting challenges facing the United States and the world and perhaps the most important issue of all," asserts the political scientist. "Some people no doubt disagree. But should issues and policies related to global warming simply be ignored as Americans select the next president?" He concludes, "In a campaign in which candidates have been asked their views about evolution, gay marriage, UFOs, and, in one case, whether diamonds or pearls were preferred (yes, a debate moderator posed this question to Hillary Clinton in a nationally televised debate!), global warming and climate change deserve far more attention than they are getting." (at left: Prof. Stinebrickner moderating a student forum with 2004 Ubben Lecturer L. Paul Bremer III)
Read the complete essay at IndyStar.com.
Bruce Stinebrickner recently wrote another newspaper op-ed about his first-hand observations of the Iowa caucuses. You can access the column via this previous story.
Source: Indianapolis StarBack


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In this book, author Jonathan White takes readers across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides. In the Arctic, White shimmies under the ice with an Inuit elder to hunt for mussels at low tide; in Chile and Scotland, he investigates the growth of tidal power generation; in Panama and Venice, he delves into how the threat of sea level rise is changing human culture—the very old and very new; and so much more.
Tides combines lyrical prose, colorful adventure travel, and provocative scientific inquiry. Photographs, scientific figures, line drawings, and sixteen color photos dramatically illustrate this engaging, expert tour of the tides.Author: Jonathan White
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Publishing Date: June 15th, 2018
# of Pages: 360


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Foghat began its career in 1971 as a bunch of rather unpretentious young Brits with an affection for American blues and ’50s rock 'n' roll. By the middle of the decade, they had evolved into a major touring and recording act, playing a pumped-up brand of boogie-rock to arena-size audiences. The band’s looks grew flashier; its sound fattened and filled out, yet the roots-rock core of Foghat remained ever-present under the surface.
After ’70s hits like "Slow Ride," "Drivin' Wheel" and "Stone Blue," the band continued to record traditional blues and R&B material throughout the years together. In fact, Foghat's final albums reaffirmed its love for unadulterated, primal American music.
Spanning three decades, Blue Öyster Cult has a long and interesting history. The band got its start in the late ’60s on Long Island, New York, as the Soft White Underbelly, before ending up in the "right place at the right time" to create the beginnings of Blue Öyster Cult.
At a time when heavy metal was starting to seem tired, Blue Öyster Cult released records that combined powerful music and intelligent and funny lyrics. A steady flow of albums with great songs, like "Burnin' for You," "Godzilla," "The Red And The Black," "This Ain't The Summer of Love," "Astronomy," "Black Blade," "Flaming Telepaths" and the beloved "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" have made Blue Öyster Cult unforgettable.


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TEHRAN — An international award-winning film director and a top actress who are both supporters of the opposition have been prevented from leaving Iran, news agencies reported on Friday.
“On Wednesday evening I wanted to fly to France, but my passport was confiscated at Khomeini Airport and I was unable to leave,” the semi-official ILNA news agency quoted director Jafar Panahi as saying.
“A security agent showed me a document that said I was not authorised to leave, and that I had to present myself to the authorities,” he added.
On July 30, Panahi and members of his family were arrested in a Tehran cemetery at an opposition protest in memory of demonstrators killed in street violence after the June 12 presidential election, which the opposition said was rigged.
They were released shortly afterwards.
Panahi told ILNA that from France he had been due to fly on to India where he was to have been on the jury of two film festivals.
The celebrated new wave director in Iran is a past winner of the top prizes at the Venice and Berlin film festivals, but despite international success Panahi’s work has been generally censored inside his native country.
The ISNA news agency also reported that celebrated actress Fatemeh Motamed-Aria was prevented from leaving the country on October 8.
The star of more than 40 films, many of them themed on social issues, is known to favour reform in Iranian … >>>


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When many people think of Thanksgiving, the first thing they think of is eating a lot of food and usually there is turkey involved. There are also a number of associations with the holiday, such as getting sleepy after the meal. I remember hearing lots of people talk about how eating turkey makes you sleepy, but is this really true?
This belief comes from the fact that turkey contains an ingredient called tryptophan, which can make you sleepy. However, that is far from the whole story. Tryptophan is a naturally occurring amino acid, which are the building blocks of protein and tryptophan is just one of the many amino acids that are contained in turkey. It actually makes up only about 2% of the amino acid content in turkey. For comparison, this is similar to the amount found in many other foods, including eggs, lentils, peanuts, and pork.
Additionally, amino acids have to compete for binding sites within the body, so when there are many amino acids present, it becomes more difficult for any one amino acid to fill all the sites, especially one that only makes up about 2% of the total. Tryptophan is most effective for making you sleepy when it is taken as individually, without other amino acids (protein) being absorbed at the same time. This doesn’t happen when eating turkey.
The science is pretty clear that getting sleepy from the tryptophan in turkey is not very likely to happen, so why do so many people associate turkey with sleepiness. This has much more to do with the Thanksgiving meal itself than it does with the turkey. The main reason for getting tired after eating a Thanksgiving meal is simply the large amount of food many people eat during the meal.
It is not uncommon for people to eat more calories during a Thanksgiving meal than their body needs in one or two whole days. The body is not designed to handle that many calories at one time and it takes a lot of work for your body to process all that food. All the unnecessary extra calories have to be converted and stored as fat.
For these calories to be stored as fat, your body has to release a lot of insulin into your system. Your insulin level will increase drastically at first, but when your insulin level returns to normal, your energy level crashes and you get tired. If fewer calories are consumed during the Thanksgiving meal, less insulin will be released into your system, and you will not be nearly as sleepy after the meal.
Personally, I encourage people to enjoy Thanksgiving and eat what they want, without judging themselves. However, if you are worried about your weight, there are a couple things you can do to have Thanksgiving take less of a toll on your body. For one, spread out your calories throughout the day, instead of having so many of them during one meal. This will ease the digestive burden, decrease fat storage, and make you less tired.
Even if you don’t change your Thanksgiving eating habits at all, it’s still not that big of a deal in the long run. It’s only one day and you can absolutely recover from it, usually within a week. The more important thing is to not continue excessive overeating throughout the rest of the year. If you give yourself a pass to eat whatever your want, make a commitment to yourself to get back to your regular healthy eating habits the next day.
It’s your daily habits more than anything that create your long-term success, so enjoy the holiday and all the wonderful food this Thanksgiving. Just don’t make it a new habit, because it takes significantly more time and effort to recover from that.


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Writing about the Flavors of our Identity
Ambassadors gathered around the discussion table staring at the assorted foods presented before them. This week's session focused on the beauty of "food writing" and how it straddles so many other genres, giving the author a huge area to explore.
A good writer can make just about any subject interesting. But you don't need to be a food expert to write about food. As we turn our attention to the notion of culture and identity, food becomes much more than something we eat. We can learn about people and culture through the foods they prepare; the recipes which have been passed down and shared over time; and the meaning behind the meal.
One Earth Writing Ambassadors started the session with a food tasting to engage the senses. They were asked to describe without embellishing to the point of redundancy to describe what the dish looked, smelled, and tasted like. They were pushed to go beyond the visual and beyond a description of taste, evoking the surroundings that go into the experience of the food itself. Next, they were asked to identify with a meal of their choosing and write about the experience and meaning behind it. Why is it your favorite meal? How do you feel when you eat it? What personal interaction or relationships were involved when you prepare and consume it?

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See SZD-54-2 Perkoz during Junior World Gliding Championships in Leszno (Poland) on July 26 - August 11, 2013.
In addition to demonstration flights, our glider will be used as the "weather test-ship" before the competition. This responsible and important taks allows to assess weather conditions in the airfield area and schedule tasks for the contestants.
If we have enough time, SZD-54-2 Perkoz will take part in some tasks to see in practice how it is suited for long cross-country flights.
We invite all gliding fans to visit the Leszno airport.

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National Science Week is an opportunity to reflect on the role that science plays in agriculture.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that the gross value of Australian agriculture increased by $3.1 billion to $56 billion in 2015-2016.
Science is present throughout the production of our food and fibre. From the plant breeders responsible for new crop varieties to soil scientists, agronomists, veterinarians, engineers and hydrologists developing new practices.
Australian farmers are regarded as some of the most efficient, adaptable and innovative in the world and scientific research is at the heart of that. For example, research by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has shown that despite difficult seasonal conditions wheat yields have improved significantly in the last decade. ABARES has reported that climate adjusted wheat yields increased from 1.8 tonnes per hectare in 2005-2006 to 2.2 tonnes per hectare in 2014-2015 saying that technological progress is offsetting the impact of deteriorating seasonal conditions.
The Australian agricultural sector is facing some challenges though, among them climate variability, increased input costs and competition in global markets. There are broader issues too, it’s estimated that the global population will double by 2100 requiring a 70 per cent increase in food production. Australia has a big role to play in producing food but also in sharing our knowledge and expertise to help less developed counties build their agricultural capacity.
Innovation that’s driven by sound science and built upon producer and industry engagement is the key to meeting those local and global challenges. Graham Centre scientists are working to improve grain storage and processing, and to develop functional foods with benefits for human health.
So as you sit down to a meal this National Science Week consider how science has contributed to making that product and how research, development and innovation can deliver further benefits to our agricultural producers, consumers and our community.
- Dr Marta Hernandez-Jover is the actiing director of the Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation based in Wagga in southern NSW.


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Tara Projects has been making a meaningful impact for Artisans in India since the 1970s. Tara was founded with the aim of creating avenues of economic growth for economically disadvantaged Artisans in Delhi and its surrounding areas. Today, the organization has extended its community-changing activities to neighboring states, too. Since its inception, Tara has actively worked to provide needed support services to Artisans based on the principles of fair trade. They also focus on advocating for the dignity of all people through human rights work and education opportunities. Tara is a powerful force for good in India, working toward eradicating poverty by fighting against worker exploitation and illiteracy. “Make Trade Fair” is the motto Tara lives by, and they continue to lead the way in this beautiful endeavor.
In 2023, India surpassed China to become the most populous country in the world, with 1.4 billion people. Its people represent incredible cultural, linguistic, and religious diversity, as do the country’s 28 states. India has made great contributions to higher math, is the home of chess, and boasts the world's largest film industry (Bollywood). The country has a rich history of handcrafts dating back to 5000 BC, including techniques like weaving, pottery, jewelry-making, and metalworking.
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During the COVID pandemic, grants from Noonday helped Tara distribute over 2,500 food kits and 2,300 health kits each month for Artisans, their families, and fellow community members.
In addition, consistent orders from Noonday during this time helped Tara’s Artisans be able to continue working from home while financially supporting their families.
“We do not have words to thank you all enough,” Moon (Tara CEO) says. “The orders and emergency support helped us to continue to work, retain the staff, and support the Artisans.”
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SunitaSunita is a true entrepreneur — but after being married at just 14 to a husband who abused her, she believed she had little to offer. She only knew she didn’t want her daughter Vandana to face the same challenges she had. When Sunita began working at Tara, her talents began to shine. Today, she is a workshop leader who provides dignified work to women like her. What’s more, her work has ensured that Vandana received the education she never had — and today Vandana is following in her mother’s footsteps as a bold advocate for health and education!
SofiyaSofiya always dreamt of an independent life. When she was 18, she begged her father to let her work at Tara projects. Although he initially opposed the idea, eventually Sofiya’s persistence convinced him. At the workshop, Sofiya learned about her rights – and grew into a capable and independent woman. When her father tragically passed away, Sofiya was proud to be able to provide for her family in his place. She has continued to succeed in her work, and is now one of the workshop’s star Artisans.