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Shall We Continue in Sin?
Grace never gives a margin to sin. There are some who go so far as to use "salvation by Grace" as an excuse for laxity in their morals; they vainly imagine that the saved may live as they list.
The great question that confronts us today is asked in the opening verse of our Scripture lesson (Romans 6:1 ): "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that Grace may abound?"
Romans 5:1-21 has demonstrated the power of superabounding Grace. The early chapters of Romans proved all under sin; the 5th chapter proved that Grace abounded over sin; and that justification, through faith, came upon all who believe.
The Holy Spirit goes on to discuss a most vital matter. If one is saved by the Grace of God, made possible by the Blood of Christ; then, may the saved continue to sin with impunity, still expecting the same grace to operate? Should a believer run to excess in sin, in order to make "grace" the more glorious?
That God has provided in Christ for the possible sins of believers, we do not doubt; that God has promised forgiveness, through Christ's cleansing Blood we surely know: however, such facts do not and cannot lend license to Christians to sin.
The doctrine of security in Christ, likewise, affords no license to sin. The fact that the saved are safe in Christ, and that Jesus promised security to His followers should not encourage God's people to be careless and indifferent.
Shall we continue in sin, because grace has abounded?
Shall we continue in sin, because we are secure in Christ Jesus?
We are going to deal with these most vital queries. Step by step we will develop the Holy Spirit's answer.
Before we begin we wish to say that God has called us unto holiness and not unto nnholiness. Christians may sin, but they should not, and they need not sin. A believer who is overtaken in a fault, may be restored, and "if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness"; but when Christians continue in sin in any ruthless and willful sense, they will find that "Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth."
It never pays to sin every act of sin on the part of Christians will bring its full weight of sorrow and chastening.
I. THE MATTER STATED (Romans 6:1-2 )
The question of the first verse, is the subject of this study: "Shall we continue in sin, that Grace may abound?" The reply to the query is stated in two short, but meaningful words: "GOD FORBID!"
The words "God forbid," almost suggest the thrill of horror that such a question brings to the heart.
The words also suggest that God's reply is a prompt, unequivocal, and unargueable response impossible.
The words likewise suggest the inexpressible shame that surrounds even the asking of so horrible a question God seems to say, "For very shame that such a thought could ever have found place in a believer's mind."
In all the Word of God there is no leeway given to sinning.
In all the Grace of God toward sinners, there is no condoning of sin, either in the believer or the unbeliever.
In all the purposes of God, there is no permit to continue in sin.
The fuller answer of the Spirit to the question, "Shall we continue in sin?" is given in Romans 6:2 , "How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?"
If one asks, "Shall we continue in sin, that Grace may abound?" he possesses no proper appreciation of our union with Christ in His death.
We are dead to sin because when Christ died, we died: our sins were carried away by Him.
The Cross of Christ stands for our death to our old life. Paul wrote, "I am crucified with Christ." He also wrote: "God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world."
When we see ourselves dead with Christ on the Cross, we will be ready to concede that we dare not live any longer in sin.
Howard A. Banks says, "The Christian in putrid Colosse or in putrid America but joined to the omnipotent, risen Christ can give to absolute death the tyrant of his once conquering sensual lusts. But he is to carry his victory also into the details of life, and put to death temper, malice, and every other sin. "The Christian character is an unsinnmg character," says the great Anglican churchman, Bishop Motile. "This is by no means to say that the man who is a Christian is an unsinning person (1 John 1:8 ). But when he sins he should remember he is out of character as a Christian."
II. THE DOCTRINE SYMBOLIZED (Romans 6:3-5 )
Baptism not only symbolizes the death of our Lord Jesus Christ, but it symbolizes our death, to sin; and our resurrection to walk in newness of life.
How can we who have been buried and raised with Christ in baptism live any longer in sin?
We have plainly professed that our old life is gone we once walked as the Gentiles walked in all uncleanness, but now we are risen with Christ to walk in newness of life: now we seek the things which are above, and not the things which are upon the earth.
Christians should put off their old man, which is corrupt according to deceitful lusts; and put on the new man, which, after God, is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him who created him.
It may be all right, humanly speaking, for unregenerate men and women to fulfill the lusts of their flesh, and of their mind; but it is all wrong for those who have put on Christ in baptism. God has called us unto holiness, and we need to walk worthy of the vocation wherewith we are called. If we have been quickened together with Christ, and raised up together, and made to sit together in the Heavenly places in Christ Jesus, we dare not longer walk as the Gentiles walked.
When we came from the baptismal waters we came on the Canaan side of life. Egypt and its flesh pots were left far behind us. The will of God is our sanctification, and that we should abstain from fornication, and know how to possess our vessel in sanctification and honor.
We dare not drag the "signet" of our confession down into the mud and the mire of the swineherd. Remember the words: "Our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin; * * Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God, through Christ Jesus."
III. THE DOCTRINE SUSTAINED (Romans 6:10-13 )
Because Christ died unto sin once, and because He liveth unto God, we are told to "reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin," and "alive unto God, through Jesus Christ our Lord."
We are taught, that sin should not reign in our mortal body. We are not to obey sin in the lusts thereof. We are not to yield our members as "instruments of unrighteousness unto sin," for God has said, "Sin shall not have dominion over you."
God expects each believer to walk in victory over all sin. We are to reckon ourselves dead unto sin; that is, we are to live without so much as recognizing our old man. We are to act as though he was dead, even though he be alive. We are to give one great big "No" to our old man.
The Lord would not tell us that sin should not reign in our mortal bodies, if it were impossible for us to be victors over sin. God is abundantly able to give us dominion over sin's sway.
We need not yield our members as "instruments of unrighteousness unto sin." God has given us an impregnable armor, and no dart of the wicked one can touch the one fully clad.
This idea that Christians must, of necessity, be "up" sometimes, and "down" sometimes is all wrong. Our constant place should be that of an "overcomer."
IV. THE FAILURE OF THE FLESH (Romans 7:14-21 )
As one reads of the conflicts in this Scripture, and of the seeming defeat, he begins to feel that the message of Romans 6:1-23 , is impossible. How many are unhappily swayed by sin's seductive power!
Truly the flesh can, in itself, never reach the place of dominion over sin.
No matter how sincere the desire, or how ardent the longings to live "dead unto sin," it cannot be done in the strength of the natural self-life. Self spells failure. Self speaks on this wise: "What I would do, I do not"; and, "What I would not, that I do."
One man vainly said, "When I put my foot down, it stays put." He meant when he made up his mind to live right, he did so. Alas, alas, how miserably he failed.
Another man said, "Unless any one can conquer himself, he is not a real man." Yet, how, signally he, himself, failed.
He that trusts in his own flesh to overcome sins of the flesh, will meet ignominious failure.
The world is too alluring; the devil is too subtle and strong; and the flesh is too corrupt to be overcome by human nature.
We ask, Is failure necessary? Is defeat the norm of the Christian? We quote some striking sentences:
"It is reasonable to expect victory over every sin, because in this way only is a Christian life of true strength and greatness and joy possible. A Christian man is in absolute need of victory. Without it there can be no peace. This is true of nations as it is true in our conflict with evil, for compromise never gives peace. 'If we are to wage a triumphant warfare, we must have no untaken forts in the rear.' A life of defeat means the stunting of spiritual growth, ineffectiveness of intercession, fruitlessness in service, deadness in the study of the Scriptures, and joylessness in our daily Christian experience. With unconquered sin in the heart, there must result a numbing of the spiritual faculties, an increasing inability to hear the will of God accurately, and the weight of a spirit of sadness and fear constantly oppressing the soul in its aspirations. Can anything be imagined more awful than for one to catch glimpses of moral or spiritual greatness and power, to see visions of possible purity, and yet to remain in the valley of despondency below, seemingly unable to ascend?
The Word of God cannot fail to give the vision. We never open it but the glory of life in Christ comes overwhelmingly before us. It needs no argument, every Christian will agree, that for peace and power and joy the life of victory is a necessity. Let us quickly recognize the complementary truth, then, that what God has made necessary in the life of His redeemed children He has also abundantly provided. If victory is necessary (and this whole problem will never be satisfactorily settled until it becomes just that for each of us), then victory is possible. My God shall supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19 ). God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work (2 Corinthians 9:8 ). For every need, for every day, against every evil power, His 'grace is sufficient' (2 Corinthians 12:9 ). His purpose for us which makes victory necessary is not less than His power to make it possible."
V. THE SEQUENCE OF SELF-FAILURE (Romans 7:24-25 )
How weird is this cry of one who has tried and failed! Could words be more pathetic: "O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" The believer overcome by sin, feels that he is waging a losing battle; feels that he is dragging around a dead body; a body tied to him, and from which he cannot be loosed. No wonder he is wretched!
Have you ever said that you would not become angry? You broke your promise. You tried, but you were overcome.
Have you ever purposed, in all earnestness, that you would be happy, and cheerful and throw your gloom and spells of despondency to the winds? You thought you would succeed; yet, you found, to your sorrow, that you were defeated.
Have you ever made up your mind to be loving, and gentle, and good, and patient? Yet, although you tried, and tried hard, you were overwhelmed with defeat.
You discovered that when you would do good, evil was present with you. You knew that God had said, "Sin shall not have dominion over you," and yet sin did have dominion. You meant to please God; you intended to follow after righteousness and holiness; but you found another law ruling in your members, and bringing you into captivity to the law of sin, which was in your members. Then, you too, cried, "O wretched man that I am!"
Did you also cry, "Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" Did you see your own failure and despair? Or, did you seek for victory in the Lord Jesus Christ?
Wilber M. Smith has well said:
"In the hours of defeat, of repeated and tragic failure, in the agony of shameful subjection to some sin, there must come to the mind of every child of God the great question: After all, is this matter of victory a dream of men, a fine but unattainable ideal, or is it the undoubted teaching of the Word of God? Is a daily life of glorious victory possible for me? I long for it, but can I really have it?"
VI. THE SECRET OF SURE VICTORY (Romans 7:25 ; Romans 8:1 )
After the wail of woe, described in Romans 7:24 , "O wretched man that I am"; we find the inquiry, "Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" Then, there follows these words; "I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Thus we turn from defeat to victory all because we have found the Victor, even the Lord Jesus Christ.
When Gabriel made his announcement to Joseph, he said, "Thou shalt call His Name Jesus: for He shall save His people from their sins." He saves not in, but from their sins: not from the penalty of sin alone, but from sin's power in the daily life.
Concerning the raised Lazarus, Christ said, "Loose him and let him go"; can we feel other than that he wants us to be loosed from our sins?
Christ is the One stronger than Satan, who came to open the prison to them who were bound. He came to set the captive free; He came to deliver us from evil; He came to lead us in the train of His triumph, and to make us more than conquerors through Him.
Christ prayed to the Father saying, "Keep through Thine own Name those whom Thou hast given Me." He also prayed, "Keep them from the evil," or "from the evil one" (A. S. V.).
We now approach Romans 8:2 of Romans 8:1-39 : "The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death." Christ not only can set us free, but He has "delivered us out of the power of darkness" (A. S. V.).
Jesus Christ met Satan and vanquished Him; He is now set down at the Father's right hand, far above all principality and powers; and we, thank God, are set down with Him. His victory is ours.
VII. THE SPIRIT THE SECRET OF THE OVERCOMING LIFE (Romans 8:3-4 )
It will do us good to mark the words "What the Law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh." We have already seen that defeat comes to those who walk after the flesh.
It will thrill us to note what God wrought by sending Jesus Christ in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin. First, He condemned sin in the flesh, because Christ died for sinners; and then, He died that sin should not have dominion over us.
It will lead us on to full victory if we observe what God says about the way that righteousness may be obtained in our walk. Here is His statement: "That the righteousness of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit."
What is it to walk after the Spirit?
There is a verse where Ruth said to Naomi, "Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God."
Are we willing to say to the Spirit what Ruth said to Naomi? Will we follow after the Spirit, as the hart follows after the water-brook? When we walk in the Spirit, we do not fill up the lusts of the flesh.
It is through walking in the Spirit that we will be able to mortify the deeds of the flesh.
How happy we should be, and how secure we are against Satan's attempts! We are made victors, not by any power that we ourselves possess. First, Christ dwelleth in us; secondly, the Father has come and taken up His abode in us; and, thirdly, the Holy Spirit dwells in us therefore, we are thrice fortified, and no power can be our undoing. Are we not strengthened with His all-power? Hear God speak, "Ye * * have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world."
"THAT IS WHAT I WANT"
The pastor of a certain church in Manchester, England, was fairly besieged by a certain woman with requests to pray for her husband. They would nearly succeed in winning the husband, when this woman would fly into a violent temper and upset everything, Her husband would say, "Well, Mary, if that is religion, I don't want it." Finally the pastor told her that the fault was hers; that she must overcome her temper, and the Lord would give her grace to do it. In her shame and despair she took the matter to the Lord, and He gave her the victory. The time for spring cleaning came. She had just gotten a new lamp hung in the hall and a new carpet laid when John came home, carrying something on his shoulder, not knowing about the new lamp, and there was a clattering and a breaking up of things. He expected a row, but instead a quiet woman looked over the stairs and said, "Never mind, husband; it's all right; we can get a new lamp." And he said, "Mary, what's the matter?" "Oh, my dear," she said, "I have trusted the Lord Jesus to cure me of my temper." He said, "Well, if He has cured you, come right down and pray for me, for that is what I want" And the pastor says he was converted that day. From the King's Business.
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Aug 28, 2012 10:07 PM by Andy Koen
Look for some new faces and new wrinkles in the Air Force Falcons offense this Saturday as they kick off the 2012 Season hosting Idaho State.
The ground game that relied heavily on tailback Asher Clark in 2012 will start the season with what players are calling a 3-headed monster. The trio is made up of seniors Wes Cobb, (a converted fullback) and Cody Gentz and sophomore Jon Lee.
Cobb was part of a tandem at full back in 2011 with Mike Dewitt and says he likes the idea of surprising opposing defenses.
"Last year it was me and Mike at fullback being a two headed monster, you know, it could possibly be a three headed monster at tailback with all three of us, especially the way this offense rolls," Cobb said.
The 2012 season will also be Connor Dietz first full season as starting quarterback. Coach Troy Calhoun says Dietz has grown a lot since last year.
"Probably down after down, seeing a little more consistency," Calhoun said. "I think a good chunk of that probably is having a little more age, and just getting more first team reps."
The Falcons come into the game having won 14 straight home openers against unranked teams dating back 1994. Their only opening game losses in the past decade came in Tennessee in 2004 and at home against Cal in 2004.
Kick-off is set for noon Saturday at Falcon Stadium.

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Being an orthodontist means I can change lives. Seeing a crowded mouth, an underbite, an overbite transform into a beautiful, healthy smile is extremely rewarding. Even more rewarding though, is seeing how treatment can completely transform the person who owns the smile. Watching a person gain confidence, seeing how they develop stronger a self-image, and how proud they are at the end – that is when I’m happiest!
I appreciate that my profession allows me to meet and get to know such wonderful people. Whether I’m providing early treatment for a child, changing a teen’s smile and confidence, or helping an adult achieve a smile they have wanted for years, I have time to get to know the person. It’s enjoyable to chat about someone’s daily life, learn about their interests and dreams, and hear of their plans for the future.
These conversations constantly remind me that I am doing more than providing clinical treatment: I am undertaking a process that has the potential to make a lasting, positive improvement in the life of a friend!
Education and Experience
Originally from Havana, Cuba, I was drawn to the dental field as a way of having a direct impact on people’s health and wellbeing. Choosing the orthodontic specialty was a natural decision, as it comes with the opportunity to build relationships while providing a service that transforms a person’s health, appearance, and confidence!
I attended Florida International University for my undergraduate studies and then completed my Doctorate of Dental Surgery (DDS) at Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine. My specialty orthodontic residency was through Montefiore Medical Center, Department of Dentistry.
I’ve now practiced for over ten years and have no doubt this is the ideal profession. In what other field would I spend my days with dynamic, interesting people, getting to know them while helping each achieve their dream smile?
Continuing Education and Professional Affiliations
Like all areas of healthcare, dentistry, and the orthodontic specialty, is constantly improving. Research leads to new methodologies, a better understanding of the science, and innovations in technology and materials. Staying current on the latest developments is critical to providing patients with the best orthodontic experience and results.
Continuing education, through study groups, orthodontic meetings, seminars, and lectures, allows me to learn from leading practitioners and my peers. I am an active member of the American Association of Orthodontists and am a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics.
In order to become board certified, I voluntarily underwent the rigorous clinical and written examinations through the American Board of Orthodontics. This designation shows my dedication to my profession and to each of my patients.
Beyond the Practice
If not in the office, you’ll find me with my family, including my husband and our three young sons: Lucas, Santiago, and Mateo. We also have a much-loved dog, Jean Claude. I love spending time with my children and husband. Most anything is fun and pleasant if they are with me; they bring me the most happiness!
We love traveling: Spain, Italy, and the Dominican Republic are our favorite places to visit. I also love to run, from the NYC Marathon to the Lisbon half marathon. You can find me running with my fellow NYRR members in most races in Central Park, too.
I love giving back and supporting the community, as well. I participate in a lot of fundraising activities with my children’s school PTA. I am also a volunteer member of the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine Admissions Community. And I am involved in fundraising for the Smile Train, a charity that provides corrective surgery for children with cleft lips and palates all over the world.

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- State as clearly as possible in a positive manner what it is that you want to create in your life. Examples:
- I want to help others
- I want to use the gifts God has given me
- I want to feel confident and fully express who I am and feel good about it
- I want to love myself and others
- I want to have a meaningful understanding and relationship with God
- Want to feel connected and accepted by others as I am
- I want to feel great the way I am without having to be perfect or live up to an expectation
- I want to be loved by a companion and share your life with him/her
- I want to create community- a closer network of people, who otherwise would feel isolated like me. Reaching out to those who are lonely
- I want to have a self-help support team.
- Be clear why you want this and how your life will be different once you achieve this goal.
- Helping others will leave me feeling satisfied, like I’m making a difference in the world
- It will in turn make me feel better about myself.
- Understand what you have going for you to help you achieve this goal. (make a list of your positive qualities)
- Understand the challenges that exist (identify them, be aware, but don’t worry)
- Be especially aware of the negative self-talk that sabotages and undermines your attempts to succeed.
- Be clear about what you need to achieve this goal in terms of skills, resources, support systems, etc.
- List the 3-5 major actions that you need to take to start moving toward this goal.
- Think of ways to care for yourself as you work to achieve your goal.
- Stay focused on what you want to create, not on the difficulties you might be having.
- Be easy on yourself! Have fun! Enjoy the journey!
How Do Celebrities Cope Up With Anxiety Disorder?
Every year almost 40 million Americans are affected by anxiety disorders like OCD, phobias, social anxiety, among others. Celebrities are just as likely of candidates for such disorders, as well. Below are some biographical details about some famous celebrities who have been inflicted with the anxiety disorders over time and how they coped with it. The purpose of sharing this public information is to demonstrate to the millions of others coping with anxiety that people can live successful, meaningful lives with anxiety disorder and it should not stop anyone from pursuing their dreams.
Bipolar disorder has been called the creative curse and many celebrities and public officials with this condition live productive, meaningful lives, while contributing to society in significant ways. We are also starting to recognize its symptoms amongst many artistic geniuses from the past, such as Vincent Van Gogh, Virginia Woolf and Marilyn Monroe. Formerly known as manic depression, bipolar disorder is characterized by violent mood swings between a high-energy manic phase and a low-energy, lethargic depressed state. A portion of sufferers of general depression tend to have the bipolar component as well.
First of all, you can’t eat your way out of feeling bad. To approach depression with that mindset would only make it worse, as it can begin an eating problem- eating for comfort, rather than for nutrition. Plus it avoids the real root of the depression problem- which is likely some unexpressed emotions that need to be processed. It can also be hurt from feeling unloved or disconnected, or feeling a lack of direction or purpose in life. This may only be solved through a process of self-discovery, discussion with others, ideally, someone you feel close to, or a counselor/mentor you find. If this describes you, take comfort, because simply acknowledging it is the start of recovery. Many people are not that far and continue to deny it and deny themselves.
Depression is a commonly diagnosed mood disorder, and affects people worldwide, regardless of location, culture, income, race, gender, or age. The feelings of depression are very common and transcends all demographics. Depression in the United States alone affects 17.6 million Americans each year or 1 in 6 people. Depression is expected to become the second leading cause of disability worldwide in the next twenty years.
Recovering from Depression: Plan for Freedom, Peace, and Joy
Step 1 – Awareness
- Down moods can distort reality; we can tell ourselves things that seem true at the time, but actually are not true. Our self talk is convincing and believable, but needs to be examined carefully.
- Tools for reducing negative talk:
- Keep a small notepad with you and write down when you have negative thoughts, fully documenting what they are, and what triggered it. After doing this, it will become apparent that there’s not an unlimited amount of negative thoughts, but they tend to be the same ones just packaged differently each time. It can trim it down from seeming overwhelming to a few manageable issues.
- Go through each thought/issue on your list and cross-examine that thought/belief:

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Alice 'Doreen' wrote, throughout her life; here is a collection of her writing from the period 1990 - 2007.
To John, my husband
Daily, hourly we say the Mantra
The Mantra that is needed to fill the yawning gap
The physically felt gap within the breast
Like a hole in a Henry Moore sculpture
I love you; never said enough
Never too often
I love you, I love you, I love you
Over all our years
More years than we have to come
Said daily, said hourly,
Binding us ever tightly my love,
Till that final terrible day
When even then
Hourly and by the minute
We will still love; you and I
Do you believe in ‘Later’?
No ‘Later’ never comes
Now is the only time
Now is the only time, tomorrow is the future
Yesterday has gone.
‘Later’ is the let out for leaving work undone
‘Later’ makes no garden and leaves the dishes dirty,
Friends without a call and old folk unvisited.
‘Later’ is a never time
The only time is now.
I’ll finish 'Later' - more 'Later'.
She lifted the pebble, warm from the sun, smoothed by the sea.
She loved its shape almost snuggling in her palm like a small bird.
Artists she’d read about – Henry Moore – Barbara Hepworth would collect those stones that spoke to their inner conscience and use the shapes to inspire their sculptures.
She looked and was aware of the ages of time that rested in her grip – ‘dinner time children’ called and she threw the stone into the sea.
Time never runs out, with the rain dripping on the roof. Move out of the way, splash, splash. Never mind the music keeps going and children’s voices.
How much time have we got?
Who knows, here today, gone tomorrow, ephemeral, we are all just on a journey, a bee has six weeks, we are luckier than that, well mostly.
Stones are wonderful keepers of time millions of years, lift one, hold a million years in your palm and know that you are just a blip on the world’s calendar.
Whilst at Leisure
Whilst at leisure, she did lie upon the cliff
Her form elongated, her eyes surveying
The kingdom far below.
Inland the white clouds changed to grey,
Sun combined with shadow, warm with cool.
Above the gulls explored the airy sky,
Circling in drafts of air to higher altitude
Before speed diving to impact
On a shoal of silvery fish.
At seven I don’t remember much,
Oh yes, playing in the fields and waiting,
As yet another Nazi flying bomb, stopped
Its thunderous roar above our heads,
And we suddenly held our breathes listening for the bang,
Before our play carried on again.
At seventeen, when youthful beauty had been bestowed
And the grateful knowledge of what a smile could do
A flutter of eyelids – oh yes flirting,
So delightful. Ah!
At twenty-seven – thirty-seven – forty-seven
With the joys, sorrows and frustrations of a family growing
It seemed endless, endless, while being lived
And now, but a blink of an eye.
What about seventy? – No never, never seventy!
Yes now – small aches, small pains, stiffness in joints
The need to take things easy
The joy of friendships long held
The joy of an old and loving husband and family, my dear family.
The old women sliced the lemon and forced it down on the old glass squeezer before pouring the juice into her jug of water. The smell, nothing else quite like the smell of lemons, changed the air of the tiny scullery, that and the steam from the kettle boiling away on the gas ring. ‘Lots of sugar little girl’, she said. Cooling the drink enough for the shivering child to sip. Colds are nasty things, but lovely lemonade will make you feel much better’.
'Yes’, said the little girl, ‘it does Nana’.
The smell fills the nose. In the mouth the acid juice almost stings cleaning the pallet as it lingers.
Zest squirts in the air as the peel is pressed.
Petrol – Gas thickens the air, vapour effects the breath. Horrid wish it wasn’t there.
The Smokey fumes from an old car that needs attention. Noise now, strain, clanking gears. Man taking over all the beauty. Making roads, noise, danger.
There are good things too, help at hand. A personal flying carpet, a willing stead that carry’s you to wonderful places.
Tells you temperature, hardness – softness, things so tiny you can hardly see them, a prick from a thorn or cactus in the skin, a grain of sand, many grains, cool and silky ebbing through fingers, catching your nails.
Bath water – how warm, just right for me, too hot for baby – depth just right for baby – not enough for mum.
Slippery, shivery silk, soft warm thick wool, velvet for luxury against your skin. Texture of cloth damp for washing the floor, coarse in your hands, appropriate to wipe up the mess.
Wood freshly sawn, splintery - smell, smell its resin, sanded now in old furniture, stroke it with a gentle hand and embraced by it in return.
Gravel in the hurt knee. Tension, tension against the coming injection, ‘go soft dear and it won’t hurt near so much’. Feel the relaxation, feel the deep slow breath in your lungs, feel it raise your abdomen. The breath, up by your shoulders, fast through running, taste the blood in your throat, tension, tension let it go, slow, slow.
Feel the caress of love and go soft, feel the grip in your heart and stomach when you say good bye and may never meet again. ‘What if? Oh, dear God, no’.
Feel the lash of the wind, a branch hitting you across the face, the briar scratching a bare leg.
How can she manage? She can’t see any longer and now the sense of touch has almost gone too. How do you find a tablet or squeeze the bottle of eye drops when your fingers no longer impart the information?
‘Ping the bowl, does it ring sweetly? No? But I can barely see any crack’. ‘Feel just there – oh yes, a tiny roughness’.
‘I need a coat, I’m goose flesh all over, I feel the cold, I’m shivering, I’m shivering’.
Ringing in the ears, shushing, constant tick of a clock, counting the time.
Tick of the radiators metal expanding with heat – contracting as it cools. Plastic does too.
Tick, tick, tick. Laughter of children sounds of playground sweetly raucous, whistles then quiet. The constant throb of engines – cars, trucks, motorcycles, even deep in the country away from roads an aeroplane buzzes or a tractor masks the sweet song of birds. When I was little, I loved the sound of silence, it’s rare now that All the mechanical sounds are absent.
Beat out the rhythm on the drum, rhythms that vibrate to ancient deep ancestral memories.
Dance to the beginning song of the Foxtrot. Relax to Mozart. Cover your ears to some many decibel dirge and hope your hearing will recover.
Precious hearing when its depleted you are an outsider to the jokes and information – ‘sorry say it again, look at me don’t shout, not all my hearing has gone, just certain wave lengths, so they say’.
Sounds can make you feel happy relaxed, joyful, sad, ill, pained. Sound incorporates you into the group. Deaf people are excluded. If you are blind, you are cut off from distance, but you would be able to hear the gentle voice of someone you love. If you’re deaf you must feel as if you are in a bubble – where even your loved one has to speak loudly – I love you, shouted, does not have the same feeling, the subtly of warmth, the gentleness. So, must sound angry.
‘Not thinking Aloud’
We are, a reflection of the way we are perceived.
I am loved by John and my family and I know friends like me. That gives me a warm glow of comfort and delight and I hope that I also give to others love and warmth.
Is that very pleasure, that feeling of importance of position in the world that reason why people who rise to eminence in one field or another, go a bit mad?
This reflected love admiration – whether it be for being good at kicking a ball, singing, making money or in politics, ‘goes to the head’ and makes them dazzled and sometimes quite mad.
Sleeper - Painting
I made the ‘Sleeper’ picture in the 1900s – 93, I think.
At the time I was painting everyday and never finished one picture before the next was well started.
The germ of this painting was my concern about my Mother who was 90 years old and who had dementia, she was a child.
I think at that time I was aware that it was easy to sleep away one’s life and wake into a world of the very old.
The chair symbolises the presence of my father whom I never knew. He died when I was eighteen months old. Mother used to say about an old blue kitchen seat, ‘your daddy painted that’.
The way I painted then was to expand a thought or a feeling by drawing constantly – reams of old computer paper that came from my husband's business, were what I used, and because I could not paint once the light became dim – artificial light was no good unless the picture had been started in that light, the colour changed so much, in the changed light, when I drew at night.
My pictures often were painted in series; looking at the idea that was concerning me, in differing ways and my work was nearly always involving issues that worried me, or memories of my childhood.
For some reason I can’t remember now, I just stopped the work and several years passed before with the help of a great book called ‘The Artist’s Way’ by Julia Cameron, and the encouragement of mainly Edna Coatsworth and always the support of my family, I was able to do some work again.
Edna was the one with the whip – ‘you must do it, you must start again, you can do it’.
But anyway, I haven’t gone back to my old way, which if I’m honest, I think produced the work I most enjoyed doing, and I enjoyed using my paint in that way, which I suppose looks to many, quite laboured, because it is.
The flags picture was the first one I did when I began painting again; I find it joyous and again my friend was quite instrumental in its production.
Now I spend most of my time writing and E’s class is keeping the door open for when the painter takes over from the writer.
Poem for Thursday
The sea is milling again
Creaming at the edge and far out
Billowing, the wind growls and stills
The curling waves crash, pounding the shore
And crows, tossed in the boisterous air
Like rags from a witch’s gown.
France – Holidays
Memories and warmth
Colour, markets, baskets
Open country, wine and food
Sun and sea – fish for supper
Too much motoring
Smart women in Paris
Paintings in the Louvre
Trying to communicate
Not being understood
Laughing at mistakes
Always greeting politely
Bon jour Madame, Bon jour Monsieur
Grapes and smells
Sketching in the rain
Swimming in the sea
Buying lots of fruit
Forgetting what I’ve learnt
Reflexions in the Pool
In the still rock pool
Hypnotised by sky and floating cloud
Shells I see shaped long and thin, broken
Mirrored sea shells resembling blue belles
Trailing sea weed wafts the deep
Urchins and anemones crabs and snails
Shards of by gone days
Reflexions of another day
Of memories and dreams
In the deep rock pool, I see
I'm not there!
I'm not there
I speak and no one hears
I question and no one answers
Their voices dart around me
Avoiding the void
Do, you not see me, notice, observe?
No, you're not there
Here I am.
Am I not wise?
Am I not intersting?
Have I no longer any worth?
Transparent with age
I'm not there.
Alice Doreen - Writing in 1991
Painting is OK.
Writing is difficult -why?
Doing anything without question cuts out the need to think through what you are about –
Is that the difference between the intelligent and the simple mind? Or is it also the difference between the active and the lazy?
I know I’m lazy.
Why do I paint?
What do I like about other’s paintings?
How can I paint without bothering too much about other folk, say or think of your results?
This applies mainly to the uninformed – “I don’t know anything about art, but I know what I like” type of person. In reality I don’t worry too much about them. Yet I do need to be encouraged somehow – I had a faze during this year (1991), when I felt so depressed by my work, I couldn’t do anything for abut three weeks. Thank goodness I knew I had to get something ready to show – I might still have been in the doldrums.
My pictures often stem from my sketches, based on memories or whatever. It’s as if I recognise someone or I’m intrigued by some action. It’s useful to me to have the sketches on single sheets – not in a book. I can then sift through them or pin them up, put one next to another – I have masses of them - and just don’t wish to part with them – my summer pictures are in them.
Alice Doreen was always concerned that like her Mother and two of her Aunts, she would suffer from dementia in later life. This poem reflects her thoughts on this subject. Alice Doreen passed away, unexpectedly, in her sleep on the 1st January 2019. She is buried in the Silverwood Woodland cemetery, on the Isle of Wight.
A Calm Peaceful End
Do not prevent me from my sweet rest
When time has smoothed my mind
So that I am lost in a fog of forgetfulness.
And husband, children, family, friends
Are distant or completely gone.
I’ve seen the bewilderment of those
Whom I have known and loved, when
They’re made to stumble on frightened, angry.
Do not give me magic pills and potions
Against the rest that nature does intend.
When disease and pain crack at my old bones
And strength has ebbed away leaving me at
The mercy of the kindness of others.
However much they love or think they owe,
I’m owed nothing but a calm peaceful end.
Alice Doreen Louise McIntosh (1934 - 2019)

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COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) -- State officials are wrapping up a five-year project to improve the health of a northern Idaho aquifer by planting trees.
Idaho Department of Lands program planning specialist Mary Fritz told The Spokesman-Review (http://bit.ly/17ikl5V ) that the program, funded through a $300,000 federal grant and matching funds, was a unique opportunity for the region to improve the Spokane-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer. The department completed an analysis of the tree canopy in Kootenai County and found that trees cover just 14 percent of Coeur d'Alene, and around 7 percent of other nearby cities. Spokane, Wash., by contrast, is nearly 22 percent covered by trees.
New trees have now been planted and a blueprint was created for future planting. Officials say the trees will filter out water and air pollutants and reduce runoff and erosion.


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Golden fry the onions and then saute ginger garlic paste for a minute.
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Stir well for 3-4 minutes and remove from heat.
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This course is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME)
Once course is completed you will be awarded with 20 ECMEC´s credits
Specialists in Reproductive Medicine and Nurses
Infertility affects the emotional balance in a couple’s relationship. Treatments usually take a long time so emotional support is essential as part of the organization of multidisciplinary circuits of care that make possible comprehensive patient care.
-To know the theoretical and practical aspects regarding the communication with patients.
-To acquire communication strategies and skills that improve interpersonal relationships.
-To understand patients at an emotional level at the critical moments of infertility treatments.
-To provide psychological support in order to reduce the physical and emotional cost.
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1. Identify the theoretical and practical aspects regarding the communication with patients.
2. Acquire communication strategies and skills that improve interpersonal relationships.
3. Understand patients at an emotional level at the critical moments of infertility treatments.
4. Provide psychological support to reduce the physical and emotional cost.
Module 1. Emotional processes in infertile patients submitted to Assisted Reproduction Treatments (ART)
• Emotional processes and possible complications
• Different kinds of patients
• An analysis of the phases within an assisted reproduction treatment
• Is stress a cause of infertility?
Module 2. Detection of patients at risk: Oocyte donation, recurrent miscarriage, mono parental families
• Functions of the nursing collective
Physical care, Psychological support
• Different kinds of disorders
Adjustment disorder, Others
• Patients at risk
Psychological stress, Relationship problems,
Recurrent miscarriage, Failed treatments,
Psychopathological background, Embryonic reduction,
Genetic counseling, Oncological treatments
Module 3. Basic psychological assessment
• Psychological assessment protocol
Gamete and Embryo donors and recipients,
Different kinds of couples
• Psychological intervention
Advice and other functions, Intervention needs,
Risk Factors: personal, social and treatment-related,
Objectives, Basic elements of the therapeutic relationship
• Cognitive therapy
Objectives, How are they accomplished?
Module 4. Multidisciplinary counseling: Therapeutic alliance, therapeutic skills of the team
• Communication with patients
What do patients expect? How to give them what they expect?
• Effective comunication and the use of silence
• Basic elements of the therapeutic relationship
Acceptance, Empathy, Authenticity, Assertiveness
• Verbal and non-verbal language
Module 5. Psychological intervention: Positive psychology
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So in the wild, Pacific Chorus Frogs will eat small spiders and insects. At the moment, I only feed them gut loaded crickets. Funny frog, it appears that your frog is also a PCF! A great reference to learn about Pacific Chorus Frogs comes from Oregon State University.


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Ji Chang Wook seems like so busy following his discharged from military last April. It can be seen in his back to back appearance on some Korean TV shows.
Let’s take a look of his recent activities:
1. He is invited to appear on Korean variety show “The Fisherman and The City”. Which will show off his skills in fishing.
2. He is a part of Marie Claire magazine’s June 2019 issue. The photoshoot already took place in Okinawa. This is Ji’s first ever pictorial after his comeback.
3. He was interviewed in SBS A Night of Real Entertainment. Wherein he revealed that he gain additional weight while in the military.
(Photo credit to m.entertainment.naver.com)
4. His first ever Kdrama comeback is already confirmed titled Let Me Melt. It is set to premiere on the second half of 2019. No official poster yet.
5. He held a successful fan meeting was held last May 19, 2019 in South Korea. Late Spring. Early Night.
(Photo was posted on Ji’s official instagram account)
It’s just been almost a month since he came back but he has already received a lot of projects. He is indeed blessed!
While waiting or his new K-drama, you can binge-watch some his previous works!
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St. Louis Cardinals: Finding It Cheap
Another rebuilding group, one particular that notoriously likes to make trades, could offer you a coveted catcher this offseason. Sean Murphy proved dependable for a struggling Oakland Athletics offense this season, hitting .250 with 18 property runs and 66 RBIs. He also took fourth location in rookie of the year voting in 2020, won a Gold Glove in 2021 and has enhanced his innings count considerably in every single of the final 3 seasons. Could a longtime for join the other side of the Cardinals-Cubs rivalry? Contreras, a three-time All Star, just wrapped up his seventh season with the Cubs.
Mike Claiborne returns for his 16th year as component of the radio team to help with broadcasts whilst Tom Ackerman, Kevin Wheeler and Joe Pott will serve as pre- and postgame hosts on KMOX. This is a group that is constructed to get to the postseason. It is a group that will demand some items to come together in unexpected methods for them to do extremely well when it gets there.
Containing Cardinals’ Stars – Arizona’s season naturally hasn’t gone as anticipated, as the group has sunk to four-ten with six losses in its final seven games immediately after a 2021 playoff season built expectations for 2022. The recent injury to Kyler Murray certainly will not assist the Cardinals, who have officially been eliminated from playoff content, finish out the season on a strong note. Nonetheless, like every other team in the NFL, the Cardinals can not be taken lightly, especially not by a visiting group that is on a losing streak of its own. [newline]In distinct, the Buccaneers will need to be concerned with limiting the effect of 1 star player on each side of the ball, wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins and defensive end J.J. Considering the fact that his return from suspension in Week Seven, Hopkins has accounted for 44.three% of the Cardinals group air yards, according to NFL Next Gen Stats. The only player in the NFL who has been targeted in the finish zone more usually than Hopkins due to the fact 2016 is the Bucs’ Mike Evans. As for Watt, his 3-sack game final weekend lifted his season total to 9.5, putting him on the verge of his sixth double-digit sack season and his initial because 2018.
Oakland Athletics catcher Sean Murphy is the ideal catcher offered this off-season, and the Cardinals appeared to have zeroed in on Murphy as their guy, per each Derrick Goold and national media. McLaughlin, a St. Louis native, has been behind the microphone calling large moments for the Cardinals for the previous 24 years. He started though working alongside and later replacing Hall of Fame announcer Jack Buck, and he has mentioned repeatedly that calling Cardinals games was the job he generally dreamed of landing. McLaughlin’s exit was described as a mutual decision in prepared statements distributed by the Cardinals, Bally Sports and McLaughlin on Thursday.
Matz walked 3 and struck out 3 in 1 1/three innings for Class AA Springfield, flashing velocity and ease of movement. “Didn’t lose as well substantially ground in those six weeks.” … Removed this past week from the Cardinals’ 40-man roster, correct-handed reliever Junior Fernandez did not final long on waivers. Teams with the worst record have very first dibs, and Fernandez was claimed by last-spot Pittsburgh, which optioned him to Class AAA. He joins former Cardinal Johan Oviedo on the Bucs’ pitching employees.
When they are playing the Rockies from Tuesday-Thursday, the Mets will be playing a three-game series against the Dodgers. These matchups could allow Atlanta to acquire ground in the division standings. Minter permitted a pair of residence runs through the decisive eighth inning of a 6-3 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday evening at Busch Stadium. The Braves reliever then completely summed up the wave of feelings felt over the final four innings of this action-packed contest. “I feel like a brother passed away,” stated Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Kaat, Sutter’s teammate on the 1982 champion Cardinals. “I knew Bruce deeper than just about any other teammate. We spent a lot of time collectively, and as takes place when your careers finish, you go your separate ways. But we stayed in touch and regarded each other fantastic close friends.”
Jacob thrives on funk from a complicated sidearm angle that assists him place nasty sink on his fastball, excellent spin on his slider and some fade on his changeup. Although he lacks anything resembling massive-time velocity, Jacob can throw off enough hitters’ timing to discover a Big League role shortly. Graceffo was ranked as MLB Pipeline’s No. 204 Draft prospect in 2021 and went 151st overall to St. Louis that summer time. Just more than a year later, he was in our Prime 100 ranks on the strength of added fastball velocity in the mid-90s, a very good 4-pitch mix and strong manage.
Bader was selected by St. Louis in the third round of the 2015 Draft and debuted a small more than two years later. He received NL Rookie of the Year votes in 2018 and recorded 52 homers, 55 steals and a 99 OPS+ across six seasons with the Cardinals. On Wednesday, the center fielder released a thank-you letter and video message to Cardinals fans by way of The Players’ Tribune. Harrison Baderis now playing considerably closer to home following last week’s trade to the Yankees.
The site has projected the group to finish either or depending on which way you want to round a half win and a half loss. I nonetheless assume this is too low, but at least they project a winning record. Canada COVID restrictions bar athletes who haven’t been vaccinated from entering country. The two will miss games on Tuesday and Wednesday. Ahead of they play the series finale on Sunday, the Cardinals have won only 3 of their previous 12 series finales. With Ryan Helsley striking out the side in the ninth for his ninth save of the season, the Cardinals won the second game of a trip for the seventh consecutive time.
He crushes the ball just as every person knew he would, but he also draws walks and tends to make frequent good get in touch with. Such a efficiency at such a young age tends to earn admirers. Back in August, for instance, Keith Law of The Athletic rated Walker as the seventh-greatest understanding prospect in the game. The Cardinals, even though, appear to have identified the exception. Two years ago, they drafted lengthy and lanky high school slugger Jordan Walker with their initially-round pick, No. 21 overall. At the time, Walker was highly regarded, if viewed as a bit of a project.
Mikolas missed out on the 11th no-hitter in Cardinals history and the 1st in practically two-plus decades. An impressive 129-pitch outing, but the legend of Bud Smith (last St. Louis no-no in 2001) nonetheless lives on. 2022 became 1 of the most storied seasons for one of the most storied franchises in MLB history, though fate called for a rapid and abrupt postseason exit. The Cardinals won the National League Central Division behind a record, a campaign abundant with accolades, personal milestones, and some emotional goodbyes. ST. LOUIS – What better way to commit a frigid Friday than to bear in mind the sights and sounds of a St. Louis summer time, specifically Cardinals baseball. In a recent interview with Frank Cusumano, President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak was asked about DeJong’s chances to be the Cardinals shortstop in 2023.
His great performance is the principal cause why the Cardinals now have an 8.5-game lead in the NL Central division. St. Louis Cardinals slugger Paul Goldschmidt is getting the very best season of his career, at 34 years old. Kodi Whitley (two-) got the final out in the top rated of the seventh to choose up the win. ST. LOUIS — — St. Louis catcher Andrew Knizner had to take a peak at the scoreboard. Bot 3, 1 out – V. Bruján hit into fielder’s choice off J.


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Thank Adam Smith for our prosperity — and hope progs don't destroy itJune 2, 2023 | 8:09pm
Monday, June 5, marks the 300th birthday of a Scottish philosopher considered the father of free-enterprise capitalism and our prosperity.
Another sign of looming recession: Costco shoppers are buying more of thisJune 1, 2023 | 12:39pm
It's a bad sign of the times.
The Taylor Swift ticket snafu shows you can't stop markets from workingMay 29, 2023 | 7:50pm
Taylor Swift wanted to keep ticket prices to her Eras tour out of the hands of scalpers — and thus affordable to fans. Instead, tickets broke records, some going for...
The Fed continues to ignore basic economics — and it's we who will pay the priceFebruary 16, 2023 | 10:22pm
The bank should be displaying more humility about its inflation-forecasting ability and not be dismissing these warnings out of hand. Maybe then the Fed will pause to reflect on whether...
Whopping 93% of subway stations have fewer riders than before the pandemicJanuary 28, 2023 | 10:57am
Among the most impacted stations was the Canarsie-Rockaway station in Brooklyn on the L line where ridership last month was a mere 14.6% of what it was in 2019.
The price tag for COVID school closures that led to historic learning losses for kids could top $28 trillionJanuary 1, 2023 | 4:18pm
It’s more ugly evidence that on education — as on every other social issue — kids come dead last for US progressives.
Why 60 years of feminism has not made women any happierOctober 29, 2022 | 8:56am
When the American Family Survey recently asked: “All things considered, has feminism benefited American families?”, only 58.6% of respondents said yes. And the people who said yes also tend to...
Economy sinks Truss but not Xi — which bodes ill for the global economyOctober 20, 2022 | 7:28pm
We have to regret that the cleaning of the economic stables has taken place in London rather than in Beijing, given China’s greater importance to the world economy.
America has paid dearly for Nobel winner Ben Bernanke's many mistakesOctober 11, 2022 | 7:54pm
While at the central bank, first on the Fed board and then as Fed chair, Ben Bernanke made serious policy mistakes for which the country has paid dearly.
3 US-based economists given Nobel Prize for work on banksOctober 10, 2022 | 6:26am
Nobel prizes carry a cash award of 10 million Swedish kronor.
How New Yorkers make up to $1K a day by collecting cans off the streetsSeptember 17, 2022 | 11:01am
How three New Yorkers make a living by collecting cans off the streets.
Huge rent hikes may finally be 'coming to an end,' economist saysAugust 22, 2022 | 12:32am
In July, the median asking rent nationwide rose 14% year over year, reaching $2,032, according to Redfin. That's down from May and June when rent growth was 16% and 15%.
Russian economy collapsing amid crippling sanctions, study saysJuly 29, 2022 | 7:01pm
"From our analysis, it becomes clear: business retreats and sanctions are catastrophically crippling the Russian economy," the authors write.
Recession another victim of Democrats' rewriting of the English languageJuly 28, 2022 | 7:34pm
The Biden administration is refusing to admit that the economy is currently in a recession despite the data showing a decline in GDP for two consecutive quarters.
Biden plays Orwell, tries to redefine what 'recession' meansJuly 25, 2022 | 5:26pm
President Joe Biden’s Council of Economic Advisors launched a preemptive strike against bad news with a blog post on the theme: “What is a recession?”
How 'free' government money actually harms its recipientsJuly 24, 2022 | 8:16pm
We have fresh evidence of the harmful, unintended consequences of welfare programs giving handouts to poorer households. That “free money” comes at a cost.
Karine Jean-Pierre slammed for claiming US ‘stronger economically’ than everJuly 8, 2022 | 11:31am
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was ripped by critics after she claimed Thursday that the US is "stronger economically than we have been in history."
My dad bought a bar and turned it into our American dreamJune 18, 2022 | 3:35pm
After being fired, one writer's dad bought a bar and turned it into their American dream.
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“If you let markets work, there would be no need for a performative baby formula airlift orchestrated by the White House.”


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This is What’s in the Box? In this video series, we regularly unbox new games and things, so let us know if there’s something you want us to check out!
What is going on Niche Gaming enthusiasts, Michael Jordan here with a brand new unboxing. Grinding Gear Games sent us 10 Mystery Boxes after I received questions about their contents and the rate at which you will get items.
Please forgive my capture, my PC can run the game perfectly when I run the game by itself, but is sadly to old to steam or record at the same time.
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Earlier, Eater reported that Lenoir chefs and co-owners Todd Duplechan and Jessica Maher are developing the restaurant and bar of the forthcoming boutique hotel Arrive East Austin on 1813 East 6th Street. Now the chefs are revealing further details about their new projects, aiming to open in May.
First, Arrive’s restaurant Vixen’s Wedding will be inspired by Goa and Portugal, which means an emphasis on spices, seafood, and pork dishes (The Indian state of Goa was a former colony of the European country.) “We think of it as an extension of the ‘sea’ portion of the menu at Lenoir,” Maher explained to Eater. Drinks will include natural wines and cocktails.
Arrive’s bar is called Lefty’s Brick Bar because Duplechan is left-handed. It will have both indoor and outdoor space. The casual spot will serve in the mornings through late evenings. For food, there will be sandwiches, as well as rotisserie meats and the “bahn-boy” (banh mi and po’ boy mash-up), according to the hotel’s job listing for director of restaurants.
Vixen’s space will be designed by McCray & Co’s Chris McCray. As for the restaurant and bar, Duplechan and Maher are developing everything from the menus to the drinks, as well as training the staff. They’re looking for a chef de cuisine who has experience cooking Southern Indian, Thai, Filipino, Vietnamese, and/or Cajun food.
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Keeping poultry flocks safe from a disease outbreak requires use of proper biosecurity measures, such as those promoted through USDA programs. Rod Bain reports.
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Now our handicap showers and walk in tubs can have the option of temperature control valves.
New York, NY (PRWEB) August 06, 2013
A leading supplier of specialty elderly bathing products, Aging Safely Baths announces temperature control devices for wheelchair access showers and hydrotherapy walk in tubs. Both the handicap shower system and the step in bathtubs offered by the company can come with the option of this special safety feature. Bathers can predetermine the desired water temperature. This contraption makes it easier to predict the temperature of the water entering the appliance before someone gets burned.
The device is quite simple actually. It mixes the hot and cold water to the desired temperature. The potential downsides to a thermal mixing valve are that the flow of water can be decreased and it can adversely affect the walk in tub fill time. Although in situations where bathers have poor motor skills and lack of sensation in extremities, the potential benefits may outweigh the costs.
According to the company, there are several innovative features that may help minimize having a dangerous fall in the bathtub. Several of the products come standard with built in safety grab bars, textured flooring and a handheld shower wand. Their premium shower line offers several ADA complaint products, multi-piece showers and one piece shower units.
Adding a walk in or roll in appliance might be the right alternative for someone who is considering aging in place options or for a handicapped bather. The low step in entries allow for bathers to enter the shower or tub without having to deal with the obstruction of a tall wall to get over. The company provides a large variety of low threshold showers and tubs that can be utilized for commercial or residential applications. The wheelchair access showers can be installed flush with the bathroom flooring, or have a several inch threshold. Likewise the step in bathing appliances have removable kick plates that make it possible to have a step in of only a few inches. In some applications contractors may be able to install the walk in tub below the sub floor making the step in height negligible.
Installing safety features in the bathroom may be one of the more important things to consider when updating for aging in place or making a home handicap accessible. Safety grab bars are commonly installed in areas that may be difficult to maneuver or in places where additional stability is required. In some instances grab bars can be installed directly into the studs surrounding the bathing appliance and near the entry.
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Berhan Bank SC purchases 5 million Birr bond for Grand Renaissance Dam
Berhan Bank Axin Association has purchased 5 million birr bond for the Grand Renaissance Dam.
President of Berhan Bank, Abraham Alaro, on his part said the bank has purchased 5 million birr bonds.
He also promised to provide the necessary support until the construction is completed.
Dr. Aregawi Berhe, Director General of the Office of the National Council for the Coordination of Public Participation, who received the 5 million birr bond, said the construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam has reached 79 percent. He said that all those who support the construction are leaving their mark.
He said the dam is a symbol of sovereignty and unity for Ethiopians.
In the last six months alone, it has collected over 1 billion 672 million birr for the Renaissance Dam.

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GALVESTON — A Galveston woman is suing a local restaurant, alleging she was injured after falling on the defendant's property.
Irma Serrata filed a complaint May 3 in the Galveston County District Court against Mario's Ristorante Inc., doing business as Mario's Ristorante, alleging liability and negligence.
According to the complaint, Serrata was a guest Mario's on 61st Street in Galveston on Feb. 20, 2015. The suit says Serrata fell on a greasy substance by the restroom, resulting in her suffering physical injuries including a fractured foot, pain, disfigurement and anxiety.
The plaintiff alleges Mario's failed to clean the greasy spot and failed to give fair warnings about the danger.
Serrata seeks damages between $200,000 and $1 million, exemplary damages, court costs and all other equitable relief. She is represented by attorney Matthew Quiroz of the Law Offices of Kelly T. Curran in Houston.
Galveston County District Court case number 19-CV-0863

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Acts 11.1-18; Psalm 148; Revelation 21.1-6; John 13.31-35
And it was night. And it was night.
We are still in the season of Easter but we are taken back this morning by our gospel reading from John to the night before Jesus dies – to the Last Supper. Here Jesus gives the disciples the new commandment, “Love one another as I have loved you.” Jesus is at supper, like so often before; a feast to foreshadow the heavenly banquet. But whereas his earlier meals had so often included those others wished to leave out, and that had got Jesus into trouble, here some one has left the meal, the building, the fellowship.
We heard it in the first words of our reading, “When Judas had gone out…” Judas has left to betray Jesus. The sentence before our Gospel reading begins, is that most redolent of comments on Judas’ departure: and it was night.
I wonder whether, at this last supper, upon hearing Jesus’ new commandment that the disciples should love one another, any one of those disciples went out into the night looking for Judas in order to extend that love to him? Did anyone fear for him, miss him, or try, even after he brought soldiers to Gethsemane, to bring Judas back, to talk him out of his shame, his anger, his rapidly deepening hell?
We don’t know. But to ask the question and imagine what that might mean, is to ask how far that love we are asked to inhabit extends: “love one another as I have loved you.” It’s a question and challenge that has haunted and shaped Christianity ever since.
Our reading from Acts describes the first disagreement, argument, in the rapid expansion of the early church. The Church in Jerusalem summons Peter to give an account of himself. For Peter (before Paul will argue so eloquently and forcefully for it) has recognized the work of the Holy Spirit in bringing to baptism those who are not circumcised, those beyond the boundary of those previously counted as part of God’s people. Peter describes how he felt asked to partake in something beyond the pale; a fundamental taboo, something that goes to the heart of his identity, is put aside – in the name of God. He describes his confusion; and yet his overriding sense that the Spirit was at work where he thought it could not be: ‘The Spirit told me to go with them and not to make a distinction between them and us.’ Peter’s confusion only begins to be clarified when sees the workings of the Holy Spirit on someone who should not be part of things.
Today is the start of Christian Aid Week. Through its more than 50 years of existence, Christian Aid has constantly challenged the churches with that question of how far our love extends, where do we imagine the Holy Spirit is at work? It does that by focusing on particular people, bringing their struggles and joys and humanity to our attention, and getting us to recognise the Holy Spirit there. If you go to Christian Aids website this year you will encounter Jessica and Janet, women from Zimbabwe. Janet Zirugo, who is now 70, describes what makes her smile: it’s seeing her grandchildren’s faces light up, she says, as she hugs them tight. For Janet has a big heart. Many of the children in her family are orphans, and she is their sole provider. ‘In my family, children look up to me and I must give them food. I am more than glad to share what I have,’ she says. In her village in Zimbabwe, Janet has seen how drought pushed her family into desperate hunger. ‘One year, there was so little food. Rains had not fallen. We ate things which we wouldn’t eat in normal times. My heart was so painful thinking that my family would die. By God’s grace we did not die. We soldiered on.’ With faith, hope and love, Janet brought her family through this painful time. Christian Aid has now provided her with drought-resistant seeds that can grow in this harsh climate, so that farm is now bursting with life: . She proudly shows us the food she has grown – bowls full of groundnuts, wild fruit, golden corn; a rainbow of colour is proudly displayed. She has built a storeroom to keep her harvest safe and secure, to help her bounce back in future droughts. As she reflects on how her life has changed, Janet sings with joy, and we are invited by Christian Aid to do so too. We rejoice with her. For night has turned to day.
‘Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.’ The gift of the Risen Christ is that love. The Christian story always places a question mark against drawing the circle of that love too tight. Peter has the grace to discern the Spirit where he thought the Spirit was not. For the Spirit is the bond of love, that which places someone inside the circle rather than outside. And we should be constantly surprised by the Spirit.
In Revelation 21, on the very final pages of the Bible, in that great vision of the consummation of all things, we hear how some day, one day, when the New Jerusalem comes down out of heaven decked out like a bride approaching her breathless husband, God will set out a great marriage feast. God will throw the party to end all parties at which God will wipe away every tear. Then will all mourning come to an end – no more tears, no more pain.
Will Judas be present at that great feast, along with Jessica and Janet, and you and I? Dare we hope that? I suspect we can. He will sit amongst all the rest of us who bear the scars of our own betrayals beneath our white robes. For so long as Judas remains out there in the night, wandering alone or swinging lifeless in the breeze, there will be tears and aching in the community where his place is still set at the table, but where he does not sit. When he has been found, then I know that I, too, shall have been found, and forgiven, and loved.
A foretaste of that heavenly banquet is set before us today. We will shortly remember once more that night of the new commandment, as we also look ahead to the day of its fulfilment. And we gather with Janet, singing for joy; we celebrate our reconciliation one with another, and we live in hope while we wait for the day when every place at our table will be filled. Amen.

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Finding Betterhelp Startups Nyc…
The doctor app Babylon offers treatment to 150,000 active users, while PlusGuidance, an online counselling service, has 10,000 users. Talkspace, another online treatment platform, reports it has 500,000 signed up users worldwide, with most in the United States.
Online training advises therapists on whatever from utilizing emojis to preventing misinterpretations. They also need to safeguard clients’ individual data– a problem that has triggered controversy in the US, where big online therapy platforms have come under the spotlight.
Buckley stated patients need to check services’ personal privacy policies prior to registering. “Not all online counselling sites use professionally trained therapists or stick to an ethics policy, so ask your GP for a suggestion in the first circumstances. As with all sort of services and assistance, what works for someone may not work for somebody else,” he said.
Marc Bush, chief policy consultant at Young Minds, stated that while online counselling services are important, “they shouldn’t change in person therapy with a qualified professional. If a young person is struggling, we would motivate them to talk to their GP in the very first circumstances, or to contact a recognized service like The Mix, Childline or the Samaritans.”.
For Rackham, who has actually generalised stress and anxiety disorder, online counselling wasn’t the ideal fit. “I felt it was near impossible for the therapist to truly get a sense of the problems I was handling, as all they had to go from was my typed-out words. I think I understood after that online session how crucial interpersonal interaction was.
” I’m a big fan of using innovation in all areas of my life as a solution to daily issues. I have apps for whatever, but when it concerns mental health, you have to pick how innovation plays a role in your recovery really carefully.”. Betterhelp Startups Nyc
Rather, the app prides itself on having actually accredited therapists and psychological health experts available to assist people via text, phone call or video chat. That’s what many YouTubers who have actually accepted sponsorships from the business often say in their own videos, where they speak on the tensions in their individual lives and feelings verging on stress and anxiety or depression. Bobby Burns, Elle Mills, Philip DeFranco, Heath Hussar, Boogie2988, Shane Dawson and ChandlerNWilson are all developers who have actually Betterhelp Startups Nyc sponsors now.
Many of these developers have actually discussed psychological health concerns in the past, but as burnout becomes a larger topic within the neighborhood– and mainstream world– sponsorships including BetterHelp have increased, in spite of the app not being precisely what the creators are promoting.


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A flurry of moves yesterday put the remaining pieces of the Spirit puzzle in place for at least the start of the season.
The club signed veteran defender Mike Stankovic, then sold Jeff Rogers back to the Kansas City Attack. With what vice president Drew Forrester called the "five figure" proceeds from the Rogers sale, the Spirit signed defender David Vaudreuil, a free agent who spent the past three years with the Milwaukee Wave.
The Spirit will open its fourth National Professional Soccer League season two weeks from tonight against the Harrisburg Heat.
The Spirit also offered contracts to rookie midfielder Pete Schnieders and goalie Jim McCombs, who have been in training camp.
They are expected to sign by Monday.


When it comes to crafting a quality customer experience, customer service call centers are a must. Whether your business is focused on outbound sales calls or is looking to use an inbound call center for marketing purposes, the results speak for themselves: an estimated $1 trillion in consumer spending is influenced by calls placed to businesses.
Although customer call centers will almost certainly continue to play a major role in the customer experience, times are changing; as companies strive to compete with a new wave of startups and small businesses, artificial intelligence is finding its way into a vast number of fields and industries– including call centers. Let’s see just how artificial intelligence can change the game.
- Capture consumer data: Without data, all business’s inbound marketing campaigns are simply shooting in the dark, hoping to hit a target that they’re not even sure exists. Chatbots and voice AT agents are able to mine an incredible amount of data from customer interactions; they can then feed this data into analytics software that can be used to understand what’s working in their inbound marketing campaigns, and what isn’t.
- Accurately predict consumer behavior: Understanding how your consumers behave is extremely important to your business’s success. If your customers are no longer interested in a certain type of product, for example, knowing ahead of time will save you time and money in the long run. AI can predict new market trends using the same tools that capture customer interactions; customer service managers can then get ahead of expectations to anticipate their needs, which improves the customer experience.
- Improve efficiency: Call centers often deal with a large number of routine user requests and trivial problems. AI is equipped to handle these customers’ issues much faster; this gets the customer on with their day quicker, boosting customer satisfaction. At the same time, AI can be put to work routing calls, ensuring that the right call finds its way to the right person.
If you’re looking to add a competitive edge to your business and improve the quality of your consumers’ shopping experience, AI offers a surefire way to do both.


Defense lawyer accuses Supreme Court judge of 'violating fundamental rights'
Cuixart's representative condemned the judge's alleged inconsistency
A clash between Supreme Court magistrate Manuel Marchena and Jordi Cuixart's defense counsel, Benet Salellas, took center stage in the Catalan trial on Tuesday morning.
On the penultimate day of witness hearings, Judge Marchena suggested he would be glad if Salellas remained quiet during the cross-examination of academic Marina Garcés.
Garcés was repeatedly interrupted during her testimony for expressing what the judge dismissed as "subjective remarks" such as when she called the October 1 referendum "amazing".
"Your personal opinions are of no interest, even though you would love to keep talking about them," Marchena interjected as the witness discussed her experience of voting day.
However, lawyer Salellas protested his assessment, noting that the court had been receptive to "the perceptions of witnesses of the referendum when they were police officers".
Salellas protested and denounced a "continued violation of fundamental rights" and said he would not be asking further questions as a result of the decision. "Much better," Marchena responded.


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England boss Gareth Southgate gives his reaction after Declan Rice issues apology over old social media messages
England manager Gareth Southgate has accepted an apology from Declan Rice after the West Ham youngster was caught up in a storm of controversy as old tweets emerged that appeared to show his support for the IRA.
Rice issued a statement on Thursday after the tweets emerged that included references to 'Up the Ra', with his presence in the England training camp ahead of their Euro 2020 qualifiers making his position all the more uncomfortable.
Southgate and his employers at The Football Association have spoken out against England fans chanting anti-IRA songs in recent months, with this incident certain to be a source of embarrassment after Rice's first call-up to the England squad this month.
The West Ham midfielder played three senior internationals for the Republic of Ireland before switching his allegiances to England, with the tweets from 2015 drawing this response from Southgate.
"Hes apologised. It's not representative of what he believes and what he feels," Southgate told a media conference. "Outside of that it was when he was 15 or 16 and engaged in conversation with friends.
"We've probably said things, written things that would look different several years later."
Southgate was then asked how England fans would react to the Rice tweets, as he suggested the FA's stance against anti-IRA chants from supporters remains firms.
"Our messaging doesn't change. Declan's statement is consistent with that," he added. "We are against any of our supporters taking up that stance. I don't think anything changes form an England or FA point of view.
"I think people understand. Most people will have children of those kind of ages. They are still maturing. You can get giddy or say things you don't know much about. Our fans or our public will understand that fact."
Rice was quick to issue a statement on his Instagram account after details of the tweets were republished as he stated: "I am aware that a poorly-expressed comment I made when I was a junior player has been circulated on social media," he wrote, commenting on posts he made when he was 15-year-old.
"I recognise now that my attempt to show support for my team-mates at the time could be negatively interpreted.
"While my naive words were not meant to be a political opinion and do not represent who I am, I sincerely apologise for any offence caused."
The English FA have confirmed that they will not punish Rice for the messages, but have written to him to warn him of his future conduct.


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Today, different data exchange formats that support the product development process are developed and maintained in the working groups of the VDA and the prostep ivip Association. These data formats cover dedicated use cases for domain-specific data exchange. The exchange of the links between the artifacts contained in the individual data exchange formats is not currently supported, which in turn means that insufficient support is provided for cross-domain collaboration and data exchange.
The aim of this project is therefore to develop a data exchange format that supports the collaborative, model-based development of products/systems, which makes possible the cross-enterprise and cross-domain exchange of product data and gives due consideration to end-to-end configuration management. The availability of such a data format, called a "digital data package" (DDP), makes it possible for companies to create a minimal digital thread based on linked data exchange standards and thus enabling them to link and exchange the technical data of a digital twin.
At the start of the project, an analysis and assessment of the current status was carried out. This involved conducting interviews with the project participants. They were asked which standards and IT systems are currently used to support the collaborative, model-based development of products and systems at their company. They were also asked which application scenarios and use cases are of importance in the context of a DDP.
Existing standardized data exchange formats in the product development process were analyzed in parallel to the interviews, and a reference process was developed based on the results of the analysis and the interviews conducted. The latter were used to add appropriate epics and user stories. An initial functional specification for implementing DDPs was developed and subsequently validated using a first technical demonstrator.
The objective for 2020 is to define the functional specification developed in 2019 in greater detail, create a detailed technical concept and expand the first technical demonstrator using real product data provided by the participating companies. These are intended to provide the basis for issuing implementation guidelines for the vendors and system integrators' IT tools and providing user tutorials.
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