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Joseph #14 “My Shepherd”
Genesis 47:28-31; 48:1-22 December 12, 2004
INTRO: Know you have heard phrase: “Greatest thing since sliced bread”?
But, when was bread first sliced? July 7, 1928. Iowan Otto Rohwedder invented.
Bakers scoffed—sliced will dry out. Convinced baker friend in Chillicothe, MO
On day mentioned, first sold. Great thing, customers loved, rest is history.
Aren’t you glad you know that? Hope it improves your life this week.
I know you have heard the phrase: “The Lord is my shepherd.”
What is the first place in the Bible where God is called “my shepherd”?
You’re right, it’s here in Genesis 48.
Jacob is telling Joseph about his life.
About how God has been faithful to him throughout his life.
As Jacob blesses Joseph and Joseph’s two sons, he blesses them in the name
of “the God who has been my shepherd all my life”
If you are reading the KJV it says, the God who fed me all my life.
But this root word is one that means to pasture, tend, or graze.
NIV more accurate in translating shepherd.
Very same word in Psalm 23:1 where David writes: The Lord is my shepherd.
Speaking of 23rd Psalm—it’s the best known, most loved chapter in Bible isn’t it?
23rd Psalm has been a comfort to millions of believers through the ages.
It is the psalm we want to hear in times of grief and pain.
Even people who barely know the Bible,
who have had the most shallow upbringing in the church,
know 23rd Psalm and are comforted by it in hospital or at funeral.
The whole psalm brings comfort but the most comforting part is certainly
those opening words: “The Lord is my shepherd . . .”
What an amazing statement—“The Lord is my shepherd.”
The Lord God, who has no beginning and no end—
Who needs no one to worship Him and serve Him.
Who needs no one to complete Him.
Who has all power, knowledge, happiness contained in His being—that God—
Has willingly taken on the lowly, hard, constant work of being my shepherd.
But David wasn’t the first believer to say that—Jacob was. Seed from his faith.
And you can trace this wonderful image of God as the shepherd of His people
throughout the Bible—psalms, prophets.
Finally the fullness of the Lord my shepherd comes in Jesus Christ.
Jesus is the good shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep.
And New Testament also says that one day the Chief Shepherd will appear.
So Jacob’s faith in God his shepherd looked far beyond his life, to new creation.
As I read and re-read this passage this week,
I was stuck again and again by Jacob’s vivid sense that his whole life was lived
in the constant presence of God. That God was always with him, to bless him,
to guide him along the path, to lead him to pasture, to guard his life.
Jacob, you may remember, had been a shepherd himself for years.
As an elderly man, nearing the end of his life,
he looks back over his life and expresses with unshakable assurance that
God is his shepherd.
Let me tell you how this passage spoke to me this week.
I believe that the Lord is my shepherd. I believe Jesus is the good shepherd.
I believe he is watching over and guiding my life.
I believe it because the Bible says so.
But my heart is so cold toward this wonderful truth that it rarely grips me.
It doesn’t come to me naturally.
I barely think about the Lord’s presence and care.
I go through my daily life and things happen, and I mostly chalk them up to
circumstance, natural causes, or just the way things are.
What was it about this man that gave him such assurance of the presence of God?
Can I learn anything from him?
Can the Holy Spirit take these things and push them down into my heart,
so they become a part of who I am and I am changed? I hope so.
I want to speak this morning to those of you, who, like me, are so often cold
to the Lord’s shepherding presence in your life. Who aren’t aware of him enough.
Three things that Jacob practiced, with God’s help—I want to do too.
MP#1 Know, repeat, and claim the promises of God.
Jacob’s life was dominated by a promise.
He related every event in his life to the fulfillment of this promise.
He judged the value of every decision in relation to this promise.
What was this promise? In verse 3.
Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there he blessed me and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and will increase your numbers. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’”
Jacob was a young man when God gave him this promise.
Running away from brother Esau who he had cheated out of birthright.
God came in a vision, reaffirmed to Jacob, promise given to Abraham.
Jacob no longer a young man, 147 and about to die.
But he is still talking about this promise, basing his life on it.
Says that Jacob lived in Egypt 17 years.
How many times in 17 years do you think he told Joseph about this promise?
Elderly people tell same stories over and over, especially ones important to them.
Tell them like have never told you before,
because it seems like some of these things happened yesterday.
Jacob had told this story about God appearing to him in Bethel countless times.
Told it again to Joseph and sons.
Because this was the story and the promise that defined his life.
That is why Jacob was so insistent that Joseph promise to bury in Promised Land.
Wanted, even in his burial, to repeat and claim promise that this land would be
given to his descendants by the Lord as an everlasting possession.
That is why Jacob so determined to bless Joseph’s sons.
Old and tired rallied his strength to sit up on the bed.
These sons of Joseph were in 20s. Jacob calls them boys—but not children.
Manasseh and Ephraim had never seen the Promised Land.
Born in Egypt, Egyptian mother, educated in Egypt, spoke Egyptian.
Jacob wanted them to know the promise. Not set hearts, loyalties on Egypt.
Jacob knew, repeated and claimed God’s promises because in those promises
he heard the voice of his shepherd. Had vivid awareness of God’s presence.
You have to do the same. I have to do the same.
Let me explain how I think this works. Let’s just take some promises in Bible.
“And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.”
As you know, repeat, and claim this promise, more aware the Lord your shepherd.
Because you start to see all you have as coming from God through Christ.
So you start to see your shepherd’s hand in everything you have.
That makes every meal a sacrament.
God gives you the bread and cup of Christ on Sunday.
God gives you the hamburger you eat on Monday.
Vivid awareness of life in God’s presence.
If you don’t know, repeat, and claim Philippians 4:19 or other promises like it—
you start to look at what you have as just the way things are.
It’s just the way life is that you go into kitchen in morning get something to eat,
open closet and get something to wear.
You miss seeing that the Lord your shepherd is supplying your every need.
Romans 8:18 “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.”
As you know, repeat, and claim this promise,
you become more aware that the Lord is your shepherd.
You are suffering physical, mental, emotional pain.
His promise puts into a bigger perspective.
Shepherd is saying, look up. Have wonderful plans.
Still suffering, a glimpse of what Christ has done and is going to do for you.
If you don’t know, repeat, claim Romans 8:18, promises like it—
suffering begins to define the horizons of your life, rather than God’s presence.
Said this summer, when studied promises of God this summer in 2 Peter—
as a pastor, see Christians face crises in two different ways.
Some don’t know any promises. Overwhelmed. Collapse.
I find some. Read, hope they will hear shepherd’s voice in them.
Others, many of you—Pastor, I’m hurting, but this is what Lord has told me. Verse
When that happens, I just shut my mouth, let the Shepherd of church speak.
And I’m always jealous. I want that same vivid sense of Lord’s presence.
In order to say the Lord is my shepherd, you must know, repeat, claim promises.
MP#2 Talk about the gifts of God.
Jacob talked about the good things in his life as gifts from God.
I think this was his common practice.
One of the things that gave him a vivid sense of the Lord as his shepherd.
Just one example in this passage is in verse 11.
Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your children too.”
Like father like son—this was Joseph’s common way of talking as well.
vs. 9 says about sons, “They are the sons God has given me.”
That doesn’t surprise us because Joseph talks like this throughout his life—
always mentioning God as the giver of good things.
This may seem like a small thing—but I’m convinced it’s not.
“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly
lights.” Also “Thanks to be God for his indescribable gift (Jesus Christ).”
Every good thing is a gift, all gifts come from God, all gifts point to Christ.
We receive them and enjoy them in Christ.
I have become more and more convince in my own life the need to say more often:
“God gave me this.”
“The Lord allowed me to do that”
“Thank God for this.”
“Isn’t God good.”
I have to literally say things like.
“God gave me a good day today.”
“The Lord helped me get some things accomplished.”
“Look at this meal, isn’t God good.”
“These are the children God has given me.”
And on and on, those are just examples.
I realize that for different reasons, much easier for some Christians than others.
Some Christians speak so freely of the good things God has given them.
It comes right out of their hearts, sincerely, without self-consciousness.
Has a lot to do with the work of the Holy Spirit in lives—
but also things like personality, upbringing, early spiritual experiences.
For other Christians, it is more difficult.
Can talk about the gifts of God in more formal setting—prayer at meal,
conversation in a Covenant Group when others are talking about God’s goodness.
But in ordinary conversation, much harder.
Not just more self-conscious about it,
often times don’t even think to mention God’s generosity.
I’m in the latter group. But, as I said, growing sense of the inadequacy of this.
Because if I don’t say, “God has given me this, God has helped me do that—
what happens is my sense of Lord’s presence, his shepherding starts to fade.
Ann Tyler novel called “Ladder of Years.” I haven’t read, read synopsis.
Main character woman named Delia Grinstead.
lovely, loveable, utterly giving wife and mother, does best for household.
But as her children grow up, they become ungrateful, ignore her, flinch her hugs.
Expect that their favorite foods in pantry, never thank.
Delia's husband so wrapped up in medical practice, he brushes by day after day.
Never noticing clean house, laundry, the warm food.
Delia slowly wilts, until one day meets someone who thanks for little something.
Stranger’s gratitude like a few precious drops of water on parched land.
Sees how dry and cracked and barren her soul has become.
Finally the day comes when Delia just walks away from her family.
She’s taking a stroll on a beach and just keeps on going.
Once her family realizes she is missing,
they have a strangely difficult time describing Delia to the police.
They can’t seem to recall the color of her eyes, her height or weight, what wearing.
Because they haven’t really seen her for years—blinded by ingratitude.
If we don’t talk about God’s gifts, to friends, to family, afraid over time,
We’re going to have a difficult time describing Lord in convincing way.
I know Lord is my shepherd (Bible says)
But if I have not talked about his shepherding, specifically good gifts,
then my sense of his presence in my life is going to fade.
And for a Christian I am going to have a strangely difficult time describing
what life is really like as one of his sheep.
In order to say the Lord is my shepherd, have to talk about the gifts of God.
MP#3 Bow before and rest in the sovereignty of God.
There is a little drama at the end of this visit.
Joseph put his sons in front of Jacob for his blessing.
Put oldest son Manasseh in front of Jacob’s right hand, Ephraim, left hand.
So that, in accordance with the universal custom of human race—oldest son
would receive the greater blessing.
Well, what did the old man do? Crossed his hands.
Joseph was displeased, tried to move Jacob’s hands. This is firstborn.
Jacob refused, “I know my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become
great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will
become a group of nations.”
Jacob was saying to Joseph—not a mistake, not quirkiness of old man,
not because I like Ephraim more—being true to spirit of prophecy.
I am revealing God’s sovereign plan for the future.
God’s sovereign plan is, Ephraim will be greater than Manasseh.
Jacob was right—Ephraim was the greater son.
Tribe of Ephraim so large and powerful, in later OT will find nation of Israel,
particularly northern 10 tribes simply called Ephraim.
Such a vivid reminder that the Lord doesn’t treat us all the same.
He gives some great advantages, talents, and opportunities,
and He burdens other with great disadvantages.
Also, in a strange way, the Lord often pours out special grace on those people
who are the lowest—he chooses the weak, raises the humble.
One way Bible shows this over and over is just the way you see it in this chapter,
by passing over the firstborn, and pouring out special grace on younger sons.
Lord sovereignly chose Ephraim over Manasseh—
Just as he chose Jacob over Esau, Judah and Joseph over Reuben and Simeon,
and David before all of his brothers.
You can be jealous of the talents, opportunities, resources, abilities, looks
God has given other people.
Can even be jealous of the greater grace, spiritual sensitivity, success in
Christian life He gives other believers. And He does.
Some Christians find spiritual growth, fruit of Spirit relatively easy—
Others fight and struggle to advance one inch.
You can be like Joseph trying to move Jacob’s hands—
But he was really trying to move God’s hands.
And that was impossible. Because Lord had decided for his own sovereign reasons
to make Ephraim greater than Manasseh.
Because the Lord had bigger plans than just these young men, kingdom, salvation.
It’s obvious that Joseph understood that and accepted it quickly—
after all, Joseph himself was the 11th of 12 sons—
and God had decided to pour out many advantages on Joseph,
that he didn’t give to his brothers.
You can be jealous, angry, discouraged—or you can say—the Lord is my shepherd.
And I will not only bow before his sovereign leading, I will rest in it.
When I see others advancing in whatever area of life—myself struggling,
I still know that the Lord is my shepherd.
He will guide me in the way He has chosen and I will be blessed.
Because even though all sheep look alike to people on the outside—
to the shepherd, every one is different, and he knows what each one needs.
And I will not just accept that, I will rest in it.
Few years ago some Christ Covenant women went to a conference in Atlanta.
Allison told me about hearing Joni Erickson Tada speak.
If you don’t know her story—as a teenage girl, paralyzed from neck down
in diving accident.
She said—Of course I want to get up and walk and have a normal life.
But not if it would mean that I wouldn’t have the closeness to Christ
that I have come to on this path.
Went on to say that couldn’t wait until resurrection—when would get rid
of wheelchair forever—but also hoped that her wheelchair would be in heaven,
as a reminder of how Lord brought her close to himself.
She recognized his sovereign path as one she would never have chosen—
but she bowed to it and rested in it.
In order to know the Lord is your shepherd, you have to bow before and rest in
the sovereign plan of God. That plan is so big—nothing less than
restoration of all things.
The King of love my shepherd is,
His goodness faileth never.
I nothing lack if I am His,
And He is mine forever.
Can you say as Jacob did, and David, and so many others—
“the Lord is my shepherd”?
Not only as a truth revealed in Scripture—
but as a comforting truth pressed home to your soul?
If you are cold to the shepherd’s voice.
If you do not have a lively sense of living in the presence of God—
Then ask for his grace and Spirit to change you—He alone can.
And do all you can to make yourself open and ready for his


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There were a lot of ways to make money from the B.C. Gold rushes which started in the mid 1850s. One of these was to publish a guide book to help prospecters enter the Gold Fields from starting points at The Dalles on the lower Columbia River or at Fort Langley, east of present-day Vancouver. Few were better prepared to write such a guide book (price: $1.50) than Alexander Caulfield Anderson, who had at least a decade of experience surveying for accessible routes into the interior of BC, especially Brigade Trails along which horse trains could pass.
The Gold Rush was, of course, one the of the main spearheads of colonialism and instigated or continued a lot of painful dispossession of Interior First Nations. Anderson’s guide, available online (lower resolution 20 meg PDF direct download) can be read in many ways, but it is a valuable document of a slice of time (it is dated May 3rd, 1858, a watershed year in the history of B.C.), just as the middle Fraser Gold Rush was gaining steam but before the Cariboo Rush of the 1860s. It’s a pragmatic guide that gives landmarks, travel times, names of First Nations’ villages, where to catch sturgeon, how to hire a canoe, and other practical information and, of course, it includes an interesting map on the last pages, showing overland routes into and around the Interior.
The guide contains a lot of practical information for which it helps to have an idea of the basic layout of the BC interior. A number of the place names have changed through time of course – French to English, First Nations’ place names have changed orthography, and some very confusing changes made from the perspective of now – as in the naming of Shuswap Lake at Kamloops noted above (present day Shuswap Lake is much further to the east).
In the map detail above, you can see a not-entirely accurate rendition of the Manning Pass area. Of interest is the point in right centre marked as “Anderson’s Tree 1846.” While no doubt at least 5 of my 7 readers knows what this is already, I had to look for it. It turns out Anderson held something of a parlay at this spot in 1846, at which point a kind of “Maypole” was made by limbing a tree to near the top. Even more interestingly, Alex Anderson’s great-grandaughter Nancy has a history blog (!!) and a post on this very tree(!!!). Some of her readers have located a likely candidate fallen tree in a location that fits with Anderson’s field journal – so it seems entirely possible this tree still exists. Now, some of my better informed readers can tell me if a culturally modified tree from 1846 is automatically a protected archaeological site – certainly “pre-1846” is the language one uses but what about the year 1846 itself? You don’t see many, if any, automatically-protected, settler-origin, culturally-modified trees in B.C.
This section of the map is a good opportunity to make note of a very nice article and accompanying maps in the journal B.C. Studies. The article is “Fraser River Gold Mines and their Place Names by Andrew Nelson and Michael Kennedy (2012), and is open access, as are the two maps (four panels from Langley to Quesnel) at the same link. Below you can see a detail of the same general area around Boston Bar from their map, and gain an impression of the intensity of mining activity, which lingered for decades after the initial rush was over. These two maps are well constructed and absolutely full of detail. At the link above, I believe you can order print copies for around 5$.
There a lot of titbits of interest in the guide itself, like the note above that there were formerly bridges over the Anderson River — today there is a very fragile seeming and high bridge at this point. Perhaps these former bridges were like the ones I talked about here, in a different life. Also, as noted above, there is a section of Chinook Jargon (a widely spoken creole trade language in the Northwest) vocabulary and phrases, for example the very useful selection below.
The version of the guide book which UBC has digitized contains the frantic disclaimer below, in which Anderson denies any connection to what he clearly thinks is a bogus addition at the printing house. For more on non-“flaming” Chinook Jargon, there’s an active blog here. In any case, it’s an interesting book which, like I say, contains dark overtones if you consider it in its full historical context.
(By the way, there are some interesting archaeological studies of the late period and early historic period on the middle Fraser which I will get into in a post sometime soon – Brian Pegg 2012, Jesse Morin et al 2012, and others.)
OK, so you’ve roused the former bureaucrat that I have been trying to wash away for the past 4 years to consider your “pre-1846” question. I expect bureaucrats and lawyers would argue that pre-1846 means 1845 or earlier. However, since 1846 is a lawyer’s date related to when the Crown asserted sovereignty over what is now BC, perhaps some would argue that 1846 really means “June 15, 1846”. That is the date the Oregon Treaty was signed, and sovereignty was formally asserted. Nancy Anderson mentions AC Anderson being in the area in early June, but doesn’t give a precise date. If the tree was made June 14 or earlier, then perhaps it could be successfully argued that it is deserving of automatic protection under s.13.2.d of the Heritage Conservation Act. Probably it is the only site in BC where such a fine grained distinction would be possible unless there are other campsites with existing features or evidence of this trip and any others that took place with recorded dates in 1846.
And this link below suggests the Treaty, while passed by the US Senate on June 15th, was not ratified by both parties until July 17, 1846, which arguable puts Anderson’s Tree on the clear pre-Treaty side of the divide. (There must be bark stripped trees dated to 1846 so maybe this is settled policy — though if prime stripping is in the Springtime then the same argument might apply.)
And that is about as much research as I am prepared to do on the Oregon Treaty as cool as it would be to have this dead tree recorded as an archaeological site. Imagine though the confusion between the Maypole Site and the Marpole Site? Students at my day job would gnash their teeth and mournfully howl.
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Nice to see the Fraser placer mining maps project getting some notice!

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Meet France's great garden acrobat
With its bright yellow and blue plumage, the Eurasian blue tit is easy to spot in the garden.
Petit lapin, coup du lapin: 6 commonly used French rabbit expressions
A potential new penalty for missing a doctor’s appointment has also been nicknamed la taxe lapin - we explain why
Full tour of Carcassone’s medieval ramparts to open for the first time
Visitors will be allowed to walk all three kilometres of its historic walls from September
SEE: Old French skis turned into colourful tables and benches
A cooperative is selling the recycled pieces to mountain businesses or members of the public
Old skis are being recycled into modern pieces of furniture by a cooperative dismayed by the amount of snow sports equipment thrown away.
Government figures estimate that 500,000 individual skis are taken to tips in France every year. Most are made of composite materials that will never biodegrade, and they end up in landfill or incinerators.
“Around 75% of the skis come from professionals – hire shops mainly, which only keep a pair of skis for three or four years before throwing them away,” said Emilie Vuillequez, who runs the SkiTec cooperative.
“The company’s founders are all from Chambéry in Savoie. When they became aware of the problem, they decided to do something about it by designing a number of pieces of furniture.”
They began selling them in 2021 but, despite a promising start, the firm ran into difficulties. After a period under administration, it reformed as the cooperative it is today.
It has around 40 members and four full-time staff. “We took the decision to focus on the more expensive end of the furniture market, and it seems to have paid off,” said Ms Vuillequez.
“Most of our customers are businesses in the mountains, wanting furniture to reflect the area’s love of skiing. However, we do also sell directly to the public.” Examples of products include clothes hooks, coffee tables, chairs and stools, and all pieces are bespoke.
“We do not have a stock, so when people go to our website, it is for an estimate for an individual piece of furniture,” added Ms Vuillequez.
“We get in touch with them and find out what they like and what sort of skis they want used – they are highly coloured and often have graphic designs on them, so that is important.”
The cooperative delivers to customers in Savoie or offers a self-collection from its workshop.
Prices start at €130 for clothes hooks, through to €1,500 for a bench.
Old skis are provided free thanks to a system of eco-taxes on producers who, since 2022, have a legal obligation to arrange ‘end of life’ solutions for their products.
As well as furniture, SkiTec makes bicycle sheds, bus shelters, balcony and interior screens, and supports for solar panels from old skis.
It is not the only organisation that is recycling winter – or other –sports equipment. Another mountain-based firm is transforming snowboards into skateboards.
In 2006, a local government syndicate called Tri-Vallées was set up in Savoie and Isère to stop skis ending up in landfills.
It developed a system where they were reduced to powder, which could be burnt as fuel in cement factories.
Also, the French tennis federation collects old balls to resurface roads and tennis courts.

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Prayer for the day
My mouth shall recount your mighty acts and saving deeds all day long; though I cannot know the number of them.
Scripture for the day
If life on planet Earth has taught us anything, it’s that no one, no matter how great we think they are, is really good. The scriptures tell us that no one is righteous. No one is morally upright, upstanding or truly and fully and wholly godly.
How then are we supposed to follow the Psalmist’s injunction to commit our ways to God? We know that committing our ways to God is virtually impossible. Our commitment to God constantly wavers. We can’t keep up with our devotion, we can’t avoid our sin, we constantly seek evil even when we know the good. We, in so many ways, are hopeless. Even when we think we’re doing right, we do wrong.
Paul learned the hard way about wanting to do right but doing wrong instead. He persecuted the very Lord he claimed to serve through his ignorance of the Way and his persecution thereof. He claimed to love his God, but he was persecuting that God and the ones who followed him.
David knew what it meant to lie. All of those who wrote Psalms knew what it meant to not be good. Everyone who wrote scripture, everyone who lived during that time, and everyone now knew (and knows) what it means to be a sinner. We know what it means to fall short.
Yet David’s recommendation stands. David and the Psalmists as well as Paul knew that regardless of our sin, it is still our responsibility to commit our ways to God. There is no guarantee we will be “safe” but the God we follow will protect our ways as we seek to commit ourselves to Him.
Commitment. Our desire to know God needs to be matched by our desire to be known by God and to give ourselves fully to His work.

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Here’s a recent interview I did for NPR on the SkeptVet Blog and the need for skeptical, evidence-based medicine for our animal companions.
Why does the world need skeptical veterinarians?
Pet owners need to know the pros and cons of health care options for their pets to make good decisions. “Skeptic” doesn’t mean someone who automatically rejects new or unfamiliar ideas. It’s someone who refrains from judging a claim until they have examined the evidence dispassionately — someone who gives preference to scientific evidence over personal experience, anecdote, tradition or history.

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CNN has an interesting new poll out in which they test the GOP's disingenuous (but Frank Luntz approved) "repeal and replace" slogan against the alternatives of "leaving the bill as it is" and making "additional changes to increase the government's involvement in the nation's health care system."That's not all. When asked whether or not their families would be better under the plan, 22% said they would be better. 39% said worse. But a full 37% said it would make no difference. In short, 59% of Americans have no particular reason to be opposed to the bill. That's no mandate for drastic change in the form of the repeal.
The results? 50% believe support leaving the bill as it is (23%) or expanding it (27%) while 47% support "repeal and replace."
Keep in mind that CNN didn't just test repeal -- they tested the GOP's preferred formulation, "repeal and replace." Nonetheless, the Republican argument falls short: more people support the Democratic approach (maintain and/or expand) than the GOP's path (repeal and replace).
I'd be willing to wager that 47% will be at or close to the high-water mark for the GOP position. As we move forward and people become more familiar with the law, anyone serious about efforts to improve the new reform legislation will be offering ideas for incremental expansion or change, not full-scale overhaul.
Think about it this way: if we were talking about Social Security or Medicare, how do you think "repeal and replace" would poll? It would poll terribly, because it sounds like a bunch of nonsense. That's the same challenge Republicans will begin to face. They are starting out from behind with a strategy that is destined to fail. It's not an enviable position to be in.
Similarly, when asked if they approved of the bill, 15% did so without reservations, while 27% approved but thought it "didn't go far enough." That is, among the 42% who approve, a majority would like to see a more progressive bill. 25% oppose the bill in its entirety. But then there is a large block, 31%, that disapproves of the bill but would like to retain some of its provisions. That's 56% disapproval, yes, but it's also 73% approval of portions of the bill.
This electorate is volatile, but the good news is that well over 40% of the electorate favors the bill, and 50% opposes repeal. That isn't a landslide in the making. If the President stays in happy warrior mode between now and November (and don't forget, there is likely to be a pitched Supreme Court nomination battle this summer) Democrats should be as motivated as the teabaggers. The waning of the enthusiasm gap is the worst news of the year over at GOP central command. Unless they are too distracted by the lesbian dominatrices to notice.


A former candidate to be the Trump administration’s ambassador to South Korea has issued a direct challenge to the White House over its consideration of a pre-emptive strike against North Korea.
The long rumored candidate to be US ambassador to South Korea, Victor Cha, will no longer be nominated, according to a senior administration official and a person familiar with the situation. The reversal, sources tell CNN, was driven by a disagreement over a “bloody nose” strike against Pyongyang.
Cha, a widely respected academic and former Bush administration official, said in a Washington Post op-ed Monday that the answer to the “real and unprecedented threats” North Korea presents is not, “as some Trump administration officials have suggested, a preventive military strike.”
Instead, Cha laid out what he called “a forceful military option available that can address the threat without escalating into a war that would likely kill tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of Americans.”
The prospect of a “bloody nose” strike against North Korea has split the Trump administration’s most senior national security staff, sources tell CNN, with military leaders – including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. John Dunford, Defense Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson – expressing concern about the prospect.
Sources tell CNN that Cha’s op-ed was meant as a direct message to advocates of a possible strike inside the National Security Council, including national security adviser H.R. McMaster.
One person familiar with the tug of war over Cha’s candidacy told CNN that the decision to pull his name from contention was partly an effort to avoid Cha becoming a pawn in the spat between the White House, State Department and Pentagon about the wisdom of a “bloody nose” strike.
Multiple White House officials did not respond to requests for comment. The Washington Post was first to report that Cha’s nomination was no longer expected.
The policy difference over a pre-emptive strike drove the White House decision not to formally nominate Cha to be ambassador to South Korea, sources tell CNN, leaving the position unfilled even as tensions between the Trump administration and Pyongyang have raised fears of a nuclear confrontation.
Speaking during his first State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday, President Donald Trump highlighted the dangers Pyongyang poses.
“North Korea’s reckless pursuit of nuclear missiles could soon threaten our homeland,” Trump warned. He added that “past experience has taught us that complacency and concessions only invite aggression and provocation. I will not repeat the mistakes of past administrations that got us into this dangerous position.”
‘The nuclear threat it could pose’
“We need only look at the depraved character of the North Korean regime to understand the nature of the nuclear threat it could pose to America and our allies,” Trump added.
At a time of mounting worries about a possible nuclear confrontation with North Korea, the delay in filling the crucial post of a US ambassador to Seoul is confounding, observers say. It is also potentially damaging to US security interests at a time when understanding nuances on the Korean Peninsula – home to more than 28,000 US troops – is critical.
CNN previously reported that the administration had sent Cha’s name to Seoul in December, where he received swift approval, two sources familiar with the matter said.
That process – almost always a quick, rubber-stamp affair – happens only after candidates have received full security clearance and gotten signoff from the White House.
Cha had even been escorted through the West Wing several months ago to meet people, including senior staff, according to an official and a source familiar with the matter.
Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois said the failure to put an ambassador in South Korea sent a terrible message to US allies in the region, and made the jobs of US diplomats and troops in Seoul much harder.
“I’ve been ringing the alarm bells about Donald Trump recklessly pushing us toward war with North Korea for months, and this is yet another reason for every American to worry,” Duckworth told CNN. “If this report is true and we’ve truly reached a point where opposing unprovoked armed conflict is a disqualifier from serving as ambassador – a role literally intended to prevent war – in one of the most tenuous regions of the world, then this represents a troubling development and a setback for diplomacy.”
Professional diplomats stress that an ambassador provides insight and intelligence that is much harder to glean from Washington.
“South Korea is important – you really need somebody monitoring it closely – and nobody will have the access an ambassador has,” said Ronald E. Neumann, president of the American Academy of Diplomacy and a former ambassador to Algeria, Bahrain and Afghanistan. “You can’t just keep tabs on where that’s going and how it affects policy from Washington.”
Cha was asked by the White House whether, as ambassador, he could help support the diplomatic efforts that would surround a pre-emptive strike. He expressed reservations about such a move, a source familiar with the matter said.
After he voiced those concerns, the White House went mostly silent, even as the South Koreans were in the process of approving his nomination in the process known as agrément.
The White House finally informed Cha over the weekend that his nomination wasn’t moving forward, but provided no explanation why.
What’s not clear is whether the White House can find a viable candidate who would check all its required boxes, including support for a pre-emptive strike, backing a harsher trade policy and having expertise in the Korean Peninsula.
Cha, a highly regarded former National Security Council adviser, scholar and prize winning author on Asian affairs, served as director for Asian affairs on President George W. Bush’s National Security Council.
As deputy head of the US delegation to multinational talks with North Korea that started in 2003, he has firsthand experience navigating the shoals of negotiations with Pyongyang.
Cha now teaches at Georgetown University, runs the Asian studies program within its school of foreign service and is a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
CNN’s Zachary Cohen contributed to this report.


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The flow of relief supplies into southern Asia is speeding up despite logistical difficulties, but concern for the condition of survivors of last week's earthquake and tsunami is growing.
United Nations officials call the global response to the disaster that has killed some 150,000 people "phenomenal." Pledges of aid from governments and individuals have passed two billion dollars.
The World Health Organization has warned that some five million people in the region face the threat of cholera and other diseases unless they get clean drinking water, medicine and other supplies. With an estimated 500,000 people needing medical treatment for their injuries, the agency called relief efforts a "race against time."
Helicopters have become the major lifeline for survivors needing supplies of food and water, as well as transportation to hospitals for treatment.
Indonesia's foreign minister Hassan Wirajuda, who accompanied U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on a brief aerial survey of hard hit Aceh province, praised the crucial role of U.S. armed forces helicopters in providing assistance to victims and survivors in remote and isolated areas.
Relief efforts have been slowed by heavy rains in eastern Sri Lanka and a lack of functional airstrips in Aceh.
Information for this report is provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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The most obvious selling point, the great offering of the Four Corners area, where New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah meet, is landscape. The red sandstone totems and gargoyle shapes of places like Monument Valley and Valley of the Gods have become cliches of old John Wayne movies. And sightseeing families, on thier way cross-country to the Grand Canyon or the West Coast, stop here to record with cameras the silent places where time seems frozen.
The lack of distraction is the draw here.
The skeleton of the earth is laid bare; an untrained eye can easily follow the geologic progression from mesa to butte to standing tower, and the erosion of great volcanic necks like Windwow Rock and Ship and Ship Rock, with their rubbled skirts of alluvium. The stillness is deceptive though; the whole Four Corners area is seen in a microsecond of geologic time, and if you could hold a time-lapse camera long enough on, say, the Six Shooter Peaks, you could see wind and water busy at crumbling the towers to small piles of stones on the desert floor.
Untill 25 years ago weather was the only big developer in this country. Even now there are few signs of man's busyness near the main roads: the occasional Navajo sheepherder, straggling groups of range cattle, the huge coal-fired electric plants near Page, Arizona, and Ship Rock, New Mexico. It is these power plants that give a clue to what is happening off the back roads of the Four Corners. And most of what is happening is energy.
Energy recovery is pervasive here and also relatively low-profile. Accidents like the catastrophic Church Rock uranium-tailings spill last summer are almost nonevents -- except for the people who live in the Four Corners.
Although the land around Church Rock, New Mexico, is a confusing checkerboard of private, tribal, and government land, not much is made of these nuclear mishaps because there aren't many people around to complain. Until companies like Peabody Coal, Kerr-McGee, and United Nuclear began scouting the possibilities, nobody took the land at more than face value. Most of the land belongs to the Navajos, and sheepherding and tourism formed the economic base.
Over the last few decades, through, energy developers have discovered that the land is rich in more than scenic beauty: all the big energy sources -- oil, coal, hydroelectric and uranium -- are represented in some degree.
At first it was easy to mine the land. The Navajo tribe was naive; tonnage royalties and leasing arrangements for surface and mineral rights all favored the prospecting companies. But that situation is changing. Under the leadership of Tribal Chairman Peter McDonald, the energy politics of the Navajo trive and the 25,000 square acres it represents are fast approaching Anglo toughness. Though Mr. McDonald wears silver and turquoise jewelry, his political savvy is akin to that of a street-smart Chicago ward boss.
Bargaining for the leasing of surface rights between the tribe and mining interests is becoming more and more a matter of power politics, and some Navajos think that Mr. McDonald has learned the white man's ways all to well. The flat fees obtained from land leasing go into a general pool, and Mr. McDonald and the council distribute the money as they see fit. Eastern tribal chapters in New Mexico's checkerboard area feel they should get a direct percentage of the leasing fees for their land. While energy income is fattening the tribal coffers, the mining operations are chewing up the land; and radical/traditional Navajos want some quality control here.
The flashpoint for this complex situation occurred last summer on July 16, when the uranium-tailings dam at Church Rock collapsed, and 95 million gallons of radioactive water doubly tainted with sulfuric acid poured down an arroyo into the Rio Puerco.
Because of its location in a high-population area, the events at Three Mile Island brought attention to the threat of nuclear accidents. But what happened at Church Rock has to be classed as the largest nuclear accident in our history. The effects of the spill are still being monitored: according to Gerald Stewart of the New Mexico Environmental Division (EID), the Rio Puerco usually runs no farther than Gallup, 10 miles away, during the dry summer months. Five months after the spill the river, flooded with the "hot" water, was still running. It had reached Sanders, Arizona, 40 miles downstream, and was making its way toward Holbrook, another 35 miles, and the confluence with the Little Colorado River. The river's radiation count was initially monitored at 7,000 times the amount regarded safe for drinking. Now the EID and the Navajo Environmental Protection Committee (EPC) say that the radiation is diluted, but contamination is still detectable all along the river.
When the flow reaches the Little Colorado -- and it is likely to with the spring runoff -- the contaminated water will be carried into the whole lower Colorado River system. The radioactive water will be further diluted by the millions of acre-feet of water that flow out of the Grand Canyon and into the Little Colorado. But really no one can calculate what the long-term effects of low-level radiation might be. The problems are multiplied for the residents of northwestern New Mexico: the Navajo EPC figures that a percentage of the dam-spill water will percolate into the ground, and when it hits the Mancos Shale it will be redirected northward into the aquifer system. And there it will remain for a few thousand years.
The company responsible for this overflow of water and tailings sludge is the United Nuclear Corporation, which runs one of the biggest uranium mining and milling operations in the area. Though the company has provided more than 800, 000 gallons of drinking and stock water, Peter McDonald complained at a hearing chaired by Senator Morris Udall that the clean-up of tailings waste wasn't completed until late September, almost 2 1/2 months after the spill.
The Church Rock tailings dam was only two years old when settling of the clay core caused fissures that led to the break. As long as there are built-in vagaries in dam construction, the placement of these dams along watersheds in ill-advised at best. So far, the only preventative measure taken to avoid a similar catastrophe is the EID's assurance that it will monitor any future dam construction and placement.
Though the Church Rock spill was a rallying point for antinuclear and Indian organizations, uranium milling operations are only half of the picture. The men who mine the yellow cake might as well be working in a giant X-ray machine with the switch turned on. And a 1975 EPA report cited that tailings from old uranium mines were being used, unwittingly, by Navajos to build their homes. The Navajo EPC is looking to get new homes built for these people or at least compensation for tearing down the old houses. But the residents of places like Cane Valley, Arizona, are still waiting.
It is unlikely that the uranium mines and mills will shut down: the politics of the Middle East are too tenuous and the US energy addiction too great to close down any options. Most of that mining will take place in the Southwest (right now New Mexico provides 46 percent of the US uranium supply, and the majority of that is mined on Navajo lands).
It is also unlikely that Peter McDonald and the tribal council would try to jettison a valuable income and a powerful negotiating tool by outlawing mining -- even if they could. (There has been talk, from time to time, of making parts of the Southwest a national sacrifice area for energy recovery.)
The best that can be hoped for is that the EPA, other environmental committees, and the energy companies themselves will adopt safe and sane ways of reaping the earth. If for no other reason, they owe it to the residents of the Four Corners, who never raised their hands to volunteer as guinea pigs.


Cargolux Airlines International and SkyCell have teamed up in a global container rental partnership to offer pharma customers an enhanced service with SkyCell’s temperature controlled containers.
The transport containers can safely transport pharma products in the 2-8C and 15-25C ranges in outside temperatures between -35C and +65C over multiple days.
The containers boost Cargolux’s cool chain transport services that also offer personal attention, detailed tracking and temperature monitoring for its customers.
Cargolux manager global product, Stavros Evangelakakis says: “The hybrid function of the SkyCell containers compensate for issues we encounter at destinations where the facilities cannot accommodate pharma shipments that require stringent temperature segregations.”
He adds: “The SkyCell containers’ lower weight and higher net volume also ensure that we effectively reduce our CO2 emissions while its 100% recyclable components contribute to our lean philosophy and underline our sense of responsibility for the environment, all while heightening our service quality.”
Cargolux operates a fleet of Boeing 747 Freighters from its base at Luxembourg Airport, and features a modern pharma and healthcare shipment centre, operated by partner LuxairCargo.
It says the 747 fleet ensures safe, fast and efficient transport of high-value, temperature-sensitive shipments across its global network, and adding SkyCell’s containers to its portfolio gives Cargolux an additional effective tool that benefits its customers’ specialised requirements.


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Our family's second visit was as good as the first and if and when we return, we wouldnt stay anywhere else. Beautiful property and beach, spacious room and terrace, convinient location, great service, good breakfast - all around wonderful.
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Philemon is great with pets and treats each and every one of them like royalty. He is very thorough and makes sure his clients are satisfied with the care and service they receive. I would highly recommend Philemon. He is very responsible, courteous, and pleasant to work with. He is someone I trust with my pets and my home and that says a lot. You will have peace of mind knowing your furry loved ones ...
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Although the lighthouse is the dominant feature seen by visitors approaching by boat, the island is home to Fort Dade, built at the time of the Spanish American war. There were five gun batteries, and all of the facilities needed to support the several hundred troops who manned the island.
It was abandoned in 1920, and until the late 1980s little was done to preserve the history or protect the nature. In 1989 it became a state park.
The original lighthouse tower went into operation in the late spring of 1848. It was the only lighthouse between Key West and St. Marks, up in the Florida panhandle. But in September of the same year it was built, it was seriously damaged by a hurricane. Repairs were attempted, but subsequent storms only made things worse. Finally, in 1858, a new lighthouse went into operation, twice as tall, further inland, and able to withstand storms. It operates to this day!
Millions of people visit Fort De Soto each year, and very few realize that the fort they see is only one part of the naval defences that were created to protect Tampa bay at the time of the Spanish American war. On nearby Egmont Key, Fort Dade, with five batteries, was built. The guns of Fort De Soto and Fort Dade jointly controlled the shipping channel between them. In addition, Fort Dade controlled the channel on the other side of Egmont Key as well.
Anyone who finds Fort De Soto interesting should make a point of visiting Fort Dade too. It's a MUST SEE! The military base was actually bigger than Fort De Soto. The small town included even a bowling alley. Wander along the red brick streets, still in good condition!
For nature-lovers, you'll find that Egmont Key is a paradise for gopher tortoises. They are everywhere; they live in burrows which they sometimes share with snakes. If you see sand flying into the air someplace, that's just a tortoise adding an extension to the home.
If you like to snorkel, you can swim over some of the Fort Dade ruins that have been reclaimed by the sea.
Here is some important info:
Phone to make sure the ferry is running. Don't assume that the ferry is running just because it's a nice sunny day. They do charters, and they might not run in some winter months. (727) 867-6569
Take your sun block, hat, sunglasses, COLD DRINKS, LUNCH--because there's not much available on the island.
The ride on the ferry is very short and pleasant. The friendly and experienced crew will gladly answer your questions. The ferry does have a "head", and also sells drinks.


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Very robust and reliable as complete product is designed and made in India
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Data Driven Detroit provided and interpreted data for the study of “The New Macomb County,” a Kresge Foundation-funded project of the Macomb Community College and the Macomb County Executive. The data collection and analysis began early in 2012. The final report was released on December 12, 2012.
This project is a follow-up to the College’s studies of the 1990 and 2000 Censuses, documenting the demographic and socioeconomic changes in Macomb County. These changes accelerated between 2000 and 2010, driven by the economic downturn, elevated unemployment, and increased foreclosure. Changes include a rapidly increasing population of color, driven by both migration out of Detroit and immigration from Iraq, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe.

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More than half of drug addicts are now abusing prescription drugs, according to a new survey by a drug treatment group.
The Ana Liffey Drug Project found 56% of a sample had used prescription drugs within the past week.
And prescription drugs were found to be present in two-thirds of the 348 overdose deaths in 2015 the last night year for which statistics are available.
The drugs involved are benzodiazepines which are prescribed as tranquilisers, z-drugs used as sleeping tablets and pregabalin a painkilling and anti anxiety drug used to treat a number of medical conditions including epilepsy.
Pregabalin-related deaths have increased from 26 in 2014 to 44 in 2015.
CEO of the Ana Liffey Drug Project Tony Duffin said the drugs are obtained through prescriptions, imported through the internet from India and China, but are also increasingly counterfeit tablets made by criminal gangs.
He said he has seen bars of drugs marked Xanax which have been pressed in Dublin and Limerick.
Ana Liffey has launched a leaflet campaign aimed at drug users in Dublin's north inner-city titled 'Do you use street drugs?' with advice on how to avoid fatal overdoses.
"I know it will be shocking to think that some people in Dublin's north inner-city are taking whole trays of tablets in one go".
"This has implications for their health and their behaviour, we must do more to respond to this".
In particular the leaflet warns people not to suddenly stop taking the drugs as this can cause convulsions known as 'benzo fits'.


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When a tooth ends up being contaminated, it becomes susceptible to fracture and tooth extraction. Consequently, the possibilities of obtaining a root fracture as a result of dental implant use can be reduced by making use of excellent oral health. Likewise, you must ensure that you do not smoke as it can likewise cause an issue due to the erosion of the gum tissue.
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Should I most likely to an endodontist for a root canal? Well, the response is that it depends. Every person has to compose their own mind. The treatment can be painful, however fortunately, there are methods to make the procedure as pain-free as feasible. It’s also great to recognize that each individual has a various reason for having a root canal.
Most of the times, a root canal is called for if the teeth have actually decomposed or damaged and the gums aren’t strong sufficient to take the stress. If this holds true, then you have two alternatives. You can see our office as well as obtain your teeth dealt with, or you can do it on your own. However, if you have a tooth that needs to be drawn, after that it’s ideal to see to it that you have the appropriate tools, as well as that the tooth is of the right age. You might intend to see a dental hygienist initially, however if the trouble isn’t significant, then it’s normally not essential. But if it is severe, or if you are worried about the condition of your teeth, then it’s ideal to look for the help of a dentist in Myrtle Beach SC by calling from your home.
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The University Heights Collaborative functions as an umbrella organization bringing together the neighborhood’s many block clubs around common goals and providing a forum for information sharing and advocacy work. The UHC draws its strength from the diverse perspectives and work of its block club leaders.
There are many active block clubs in the neighborhood and more continue to form as residents see the positive effects of being engaged and organized, including the recent creations of the University Park and Lisbon Avenue Block Clubs in 2016. Block clubs have been instrumental in the renergeration of Minnesota Avenue’s median as well as cleaning up and advocating for capital improvements to Linear Park.
Block clubs in the University Heights:
- Custer/West Northrup Block Club
- Heath Street Block Club
- Highgate Avenue Block Club
- Lisbon Avenue Block Club
- Merrimac Street Block Club
- Minnesota Avenue Block Club
- Montrose Avenue Block Club
- University Park Block Club
- Winspear-Northrup Block Club
If you have a block in the area that you would like to be listed please let us know! Also, if you’re seeking space to host meetings check out the CoLab who is offering their space for free to any city block club!


Charter Weight Loss Center tries to keep our readers, visitors and clients informed about the latest news regarding diet, exercise, and weight management.
ADVANTAGES OF LOSING WEIGHT TOGETHER AS A COUPLE
1. You’ll have an in-house support system. Countless studies have shown that support from others is an important part of weight-loss success, which is why having a built-in support network is one of the biggest perks of losing weight as a couple. Just ask Jen Aiello, a 34-year-old woman from Gloucester, Mass., who lost 100 pounds alongside her fiancé, Joe Wilson, 40, who dropped about 75 pounds. “When one of us doesn’t feel like working out, we are always pushing each other harder and remind each other that we will regret it if we don’t,” she says. “Whenever we go out to dinner, we help each other to make the right, healthy choices.”
2. Your relationship will become a priority again. When you and your spouse are working together to accomplish something, you’re essentially bonding — maybe in a way you haven’t before. That was true for the Carters, Leann and Joe, from Riverside, Rhode Island. A pregnant Leann encouraged Joe to slim down so that he’d be a healthier dad for their soon-to-be-bigger brood; she joined him in the mission a month after the baby was born. “With four kids, we were not focusing on us as a couple at all,” remembers Leann. She has lost 44 pounds and he has lost 88 pounds. “Now we cook together, eat together, and work out together. It’s definitely brought us closer. We also argue less, and have become a happier couple.”
3. You’ll create new healthy habits together. The Ugliettas, from Peabody, Mass. who have lost more than 300 pounds together, now have more time and energy for activities. “When Chuck was very heavy, he was always tired and never wanted to leave the bed except for work,” Uglietta says of her husband. “Now he can’t sit still so we’re always out and about, or taking turns giving each other free time to exercise. Before, we would just be sitting at home.” For the Carters, Sunday is grocery shopping and food-prep day, a routine that has been crucial to their success. “A new habit for us now is that we never skip breakfast! We take turns making each other breakfast,” says Leann Carter.
4. Someone will lose weight faster. Men tend to lose weight faster than women, and for heterosexual couples trying to lose weight together, uneven progress can lead to frustration. Adding to the resentment can be comments from outsiders who make unfair comparisons, say hurtful things, or even point out the difference in results. “Before [I joined my husband in his weight-loss effort], people would ask him if he was concerned he would change. I took this to mean would he leave me because he was this new skinny person and thought he could do better,” remembers Uglietta.
5. Losing weight could get competitive — and that’s a good thing. “There are plenty of days we both want to say no to doing anything — we’re tired and sore. Those hard days when I know Jen is working out, it makes me get off my butt,” says Wilson. “I almost feel bad if she’s putting in the work and I’m not.”
6. It might be easier than you think. Think you’ll be at each other’s throats if you try to take on such a challenge as a duo? Reality may prove to be not so bad. “What has surprised me the most through this journey is how well we actually worked together,” says Joe Carter. “I thought it was going to be difficult. But right from the start, we were really there for each other. The bond between us has also grown; there is just something about a husband and wife going through a test every day. I wouldn’t trade a second of that time,” he adds.
7. Your entire family will reap the benefits. When family and friends start noticing your results, the positive influence can spread. “Everyone is so proud of us and is always asking us for tips and tricks,” says Aiello. “Most of our friends and family are now on the same journey of becoming healthier after seeing how much better we feel, and knowing that you can do it and still live a real life.”
8. The changes to your health can have life-altering effects. For the Ugliettas, losing weight not only meant they both saw their health improve — it also allowed them to face their fertility challenges head-on. “We were having trouble getting pregnant and went to see a fertility specialist, who told me I had to lose 30 pounds before he would even consider doing anything to help us,” says Uglietta. “So through taking barre classes, diet, and walking, I lost the weight.” With the help of an IUI, the couple got pregnant and now has a son. “Dominic will be 1 next week,” she says.
If these couples can do it, so can you! Check out other weight-loss success stories for more tips on how to get started.
This article originally appeared on EverydayHealth.com: 8 Real-Life Truths About Losing Weight As A Couple
Daily sugar drinks may lead to fatty liver disease
A daily sugar-sweetened beverage habit may increase the risk for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HRNCA) at Tufts University report in June 2015 in the Journal of Hepatology.
The researchers analyzed 2,634 self-reported dietary questionnaires from mostly Caucasian middle-aged men and women enrolled in the National Heart Lunch and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Framingham Heart Study's Offspring and Third Generation cohorts. The sugar-sweetened beverages on the questionnaires included caffeinated- and caffeine-free colas, other carbonated beverages with sugar, fruit punches, lemonade or other non-carbonated fruit drinks. The participants underwent a computed tomography (CT) scan to measure the amount of fat in the liver and the authors of the current study used a previously defined cut-point to identify NAFLD. They saw a higher prevalence of NAFLD among people who reported drinking more than one sugar-sweetened beverage per day compared to people who said they drank no sugar-sweetened beverages.
The relationships between sugar-sweetened beverages and NAFLD persisted after the authors accounted for age, sex, body mass index (BMI), and dietary and lifestyle factors such as calorie intake, alcohol, and smoking. In contrast, after accounting for these factors the authors found no association between diet cola and NAFLD.
"Our study adds to a growing body of research suggesting that sugar-sweetened beverages may be linked to NAFLD and other chronic diseases including diabetes and cardiovascular disease," said first author Jiantao Ma, Ph.D., a former doctoral student in the Nutrition Epidemiology Program at the USDA HNRCA and a graduate of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.
NAFLD is characterized by an accumulation of fat in the liver cells that is unrelated to alcohol consumption. NAFLD is diagnosed by ultrasounds, CT, MRI, or biopsy, and many of the approximately 25% of Americans with the disease don't experience any symptoms. Being obese or overweight increases the risk for NAFLD and people with NAFLD are at greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.
Sugar-sweetened beverages are a major dietary source of fructose, the sugar that is suspected of increasing risk of NAFLD because of how our bodies process it. "Few observational studies, to date, have examined the relationship between sugar-sweetened beverages and NAFLD," Ma said. "Long-term prospective studies are needed to help ascertain the potential role of sugar-sweetened beverages in the development of NAFLD."
Reference: Ma, J; Fox, CS; Jacques, PF; Speliotes, EK; Hoffmann, U; Smith, CE; Saltzman, E; and McKeown, NM. "Sugar-Sweetened Beverage, Diet Soda, and Fatty Liver Disease in the Framingham Study Cohorts." Journal of Hepatology. June 5, 2015.


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Tottenham Hotspur are likely to remain very busy on the final day of the summer transfer window, with both incoming and outgoing transfers expected.
Dan Kilpatrick of The Evening Standard has claimed that Spurs are looking to offload Serge Aurier and Tanguy Ndombele before tonight’s deadline.
#thfc As widely reported, Spurs have agreed a €30m fee with Barca for Emerson Royal and are expecting that deal to go through today. Club is also trying to move on Aurier and Ndombele before the deadline.
— Dan Kilpatrick (@Dan_KP) August 31, 2021
Spanish outlet AS have reported that Real Betis have opened talks to sign Aurier, with Spurs ready to cover a large part of the costs to offload the right-back.
Betis are also close to signing Hector Bellerin from Arsenal.
It will be interesting to see if Spurs can shift Ndombele before tonight’s deadline.
The French midfielder, who is on £200k-per-week wages, has not impressed Nuno Espirito Santo since he took over as manager.
His attitude has been questioned time and again, but there has not been any formal offer for him as yet.
According to The Atheltic, Spurs have secured a deal for Emerson Royal from Barcelona by paying £25.8 million to sign the right-back.
The fee includes add-ons of around £4.3m and is subject to the defender completing a medical. Personal terms have been agreed.
Unless there’s a major hiccup, he will become Spurs’ fifth summer signing after Bryan Gil, Cristian Romero, Pape Matar Sarr and Pierluigi Gollini.
Meanwhile, Spurs are still looking to sign a midfielder and have earmarked Ruben Neves as a potential option on deadline day.


The Shelton City Commission Monday took the first step to reduce building fees by reducing the Frontage Improvement Charge from all residential projects by making the “Base Fee” $0.00. According to Steve Goins, Director of the City’s Department of Community and Economic Development, that is a reduction from $50.00.
This reduction goes into effect in 30 days and is effective on April 2nd. The reduction is the first in a series of changes in what is being called “the Fee Reduction Plan” which Commissioner Kathy McDowell and Mayor Gary Cronce hope will kick start development in the City:
Commissioner Tracy Moore voted against this reduction:
City staff is expected to bring additional fee reduction items to the Commission for approval next Monday. These items include reducing all plan review and building permit fees by 30%; eliminating all water and sewer application fees; eliminating water connection charges; reducing water and sewer general facility charges (GFC) by 55% and reducing Traffic Impact Fees (TIF) by 28%.


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London (ANI): Ellen DeGeneres recently discovered that she and pop star Madonna are distant cousins but was too busy to delve into her ancestry. But now Lisa Kudrow has done the work for her.
The former 'Friends star" has appeared on 'Who Do You Think You Are?' – the reality show that traces the ancestry of popular celebrities, reports the Daily Express. So she put her family tree expertise to good use during a recent appearance on Degeneres' U.S. talk show - by researching the host's ties to the 'Material Girl" hitmaker.
Appearing on the comedienne"s daytime show, Kudrow revealed, "You're 11th cousins (with Madonna). What you share is your 10th great grandfather, his name was Martin Aucoin, from France... He had two daughters, Jean... That's your side. And another daughter, Michelle, and that gave rise to Madonna's side, and they moved to Canada. Then your fifth great grandfather... he's the one who moved the family to Louisiana in the late 1700s."
DeGeneres said: "That's pretty far back, that's pretty amazing."

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The scene of many Lincoln speeches in the years leading up to the Civil War, the Old State Capitol, was the center of Illinois political life in the 1800's. Visitors can take a guided tour or view the historic building on their own.
Where Obama announced his candidacy and where Abraham Lincoln delivered his "House Divided" speech in 1858.

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He composed approximately 100 musical works such as piano concertos, sonatas and character pieces, as well as symphonies, operas, choral music, solo vocal music, instrumental pieces and chamber music. Rachmaninoff composed Vocalise in 1912 (he later revised it in 1915), and it is the fourteenth song in his 14 Songs Op. 34.
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Yevgeny Kissin · Rachmaninoff* · Ozawa* · Boston Symphony Orchestra – Piano Concerto No. 3 Label: RCA Victor Red Seal – 09026 61548 2, BMG Classics – 09026 61548 2 Sergei Rachmaninoff wrote his Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 in 1909. It is considered a very demanding piece, which inspires respect between piano virtuosos (the dedicatee, Josef Hofmann, never played it, and pianist Gary Graffman was quoted saying that he should have learned it while he was young and didn't know what fear was). Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3 (1st Movement Theme) , arranged for Piano Solo. Available from Boosey & Hawkes Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No.3 (1st Movement Theme): Sheet Music Download Print and download Excerpts From Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 30 sheet music composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff arranged for Piano. Instrumental Solo in F Major. SKU: MN0040240

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Original by Allan George, North Wales Pioneer - https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/17555802.welsh-government-spen…
AN ASTRONOMICAL amount on money has been spent by the Welsh Government on barristers according to Aberconwy AM.
More than £1.4 million has been spend in the last three financial years: in 2016/17 the expenditure was £480,684, in 2017/18 it was £534,809 and in 2018/19 it came to £428,800.
Janet Finch-Saunders AM said: “While I appreciate legal counsel will inevitably have to be sought by the Welsh Government from time to time, the Counsel General, the Welsh Government’s chief legal adviser, has acknowledged the legal services department is responsible for the delivery of all legal services to the Welsh Government, and the team does have a vast amount of expertise.
“When considering the tax payer funded team’s capability, I am surprised around £1.5million has been spent on outside barristers during the last three financial years.
“Frustratingly, despite the Counsel General giving me assurances that judgment on when to instruct counsel is very carefully taken, it is extremely difficult to be sure that this astronomical expenditure represents value for money. This is because details of instructions are protected by legal professional privilege.”
She added: “Certainly, I am not opposed to the Welsh Government seeking advice from barristers on complex legal matters, but the fact millions of tax payers’ pounds are being spent on a service we are restricted from knowing much about, really does rub salt into a serious wound. This is one that has recently come to the fore as part of cases which have seen communities and elected members take matters to the planning inspectorate, and found that there was no Welsh Government support to help with the cost of legal representation.
“Going forward, I will continue to scrutinise the Counsel General so to ensure that there is no further increase in the average annual expenditure of £481,000 on barristers”.


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Castle’s Stana Katic on the Next Step in Her Career: “I Really Love Doing Period Pieces”
Stana Katic has honed her acting chops as Detective Kate Beckett for almost four years on ABC's hit show Castle, and while she's not ready to turn in her badge quite yet, she is excited for future opportunities outside the walls of the 12th precinct.
"I really love doing period pieces," she told Female First UK. "I don’t feel I’ve gotten a chance yet in my career to explore it as much as I’d like to."
Hot off the heels of her upcoming movie CBGB, Stana admits that she has caught the nostalgia bug. The film takes place in the late '70s and early '80s, when the punk rock music scene was at its height in New York City. Stana plays the part of Genya Ravan, the lead singer of an all-female rock band called Goldie & the Gingerbreads.
So what throwback role is next for the brunette beauty? If she had it her way, she'd travel back in time on the set of HBO's Game of Thrones.
"I actually met the author of the books," she said, "and I obviously didn’t make the right impression yet but I’m doing my damnedest!"
With Stana's impressive archery and horseback riding skills, we could easily see her suiting up for battle against the White Walkers. But we'd gladly settle for a Medieval Times-themed episode of Castle… are you reading this, Andrew Marlowe?


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Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6
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- Release Date: 5/12/2015
The recently released second volume of the Carl Nielsen symphony cycle from the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and Sakari Oramo has already met with acclaim similar to that for the first disc: 'an ideal blend of fieriness and loving care' (Norddeutscher Rundfunk), and 'an impressive second volume from what's turning into a must-hear Nielsen cycle.' (BBC Radio 3 CD Review) The last installment of the cycle opens with the composer's Symphony No.2, 'The Four Temperaments', dating from 1901-02, it's origins an allegorical picture Nielsen came across in a country inn, illustrating the four temperaments of man as defined in Greco-Roman medicine: anger, apathy, melancholy and carefree abandon. Twenty-three years later the composer completed his sixth and final symphony, giving it the subtitle Sinfonia semplice (Simple Symphony). Nielsen had envisaged a work 'quite idyllic in character' - but by the time he arrived at the last movement, Theme and variations, the work had taken a different course, and as Nielsen later told a friend, the ninth and last variation, scored for tuba and percussion, represents 'death knocking at the door'.
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- An angled garage and bay window in the eating nook set this Ranch home apart from others.
- Watch your favorite movies in the big theater room or hang out in the quiet library that shares a fireplace with the great room.
- The kitchen has an island with an eating bar plus a large walk-in pantry.
- Split bedrooms separate the ' suite from the second bedroom.
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- The bonus room is included in the 2,997 square feet of finished living space.
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In an online poll by the Shore News Network with 770 readers, 86.9% of our readers said they approve of the performance of Toms River Mayor Tom Kelaher and the township council’s cease and desist order against residential soliciting by real estate agents in the North Dover section of town.
11.3% of those polled said the council’s decision did not change their views of the mayor and council in any way, but just 1.9% disagreed with the action and expressed disapproval in the poll.
Toms River residents have been pressuring the township council since late 2015 to take action against what they feel are overly aggressive real estate tactics, mostly in the North Dover section.
Last Tuesday, the council voted unanimously to ban real estate soliciting in portions of North Dover, bordering Lakewood Township.
A few days later, Toms River police reported they had charged a man for trespassing in an abandoned and foreclosed home. The man entered the house illegally, but claimed he was a potential buyer and was acting upon the guidance of a realtor in Lakewood.
Toms River police, unable to corroborate the man’s story, issued Israel Feldbrand, of Lakewood a summons for trespassing.
Mayor Thomas F. Kelaher stated, “The arrest of Mr. Feldbrand is further proof of the type of conduct taking place in Toms River by unscrupulous individuals and realtors. This type of behavior will not be tolerated and is added justification for the cease and desist ordinance unanimously approved by the Township Council.”
“This is the kind of behavior our residents have repeatedly complained about which is the reason the cease and desist ordinance was enacted,” council president Brian Kubiel said. “Residents should remain vigilant about the safety and security of their residences and report any suspicious activity to the Police.”
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text: Whether your vacation to the Bahamas is aboard Norwegian Cruise Line for three, four or seven nights, one port of call is typically to Great Stirrup Cay. Experienced cruisers may roll their eyes when they learn the ship anchors off shore. They imagine waiting in long lines for a crowed tender. But your experience on NCL’s private island is wonderful before you even arrive. Lines are minimal before 10:00 a.m. Transportation to shore takes about ten minutes aboard one of several comfortable, double-decker ferries. Grab a top level seat for the best photos of the island and the ship. Then feel the anticipation mount as you enter a sheltered harbor and dock at the marina.


(Politico: Louis Nelson) — Amid talk that he is softening his stance on illegal immigration, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reassured his supporters Wednesday night that there will be “no amnesty” for those in the United States illegally.
But Trump added that he has grown increasingly sympathetic on the campaign trail to the plight of individuals who have spent years and sometimes decades in the U.S. illegally but have lived otherwise upstanding lives.
Trump was asked by Fox News host Sean Hannity in an interview scheduled to air Wednesday night if he would amend his previous pledge to remove all illegal immigrants from the U.S. to include an exception for undocumented immigrants who have not committed other crimes.
“No citizenship,” Trump responded. “Let me go a step further — they’ll pay back-taxes, they have to pay taxes, there’s no amnesty, as such, there’s no amnesty, but we work with them.”


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Every Player Ejected in a Texas High School Football Fight
Two high school football teams in North Texas are being investigated by the UIL after a fight broke out on Thursday, September 12th. The two teams were Fort Worth ISD's Eastern Hills High School and Dallas Roosevelt on Thursday night. According to a report by fox4news, Eastern Hills led Roosevelt 35-12 in the fourth quarter when a fight broke out among the players for several minutes. At one point, the fighting appeared to stop, only to pick back up again. The officials eventually called the game.
In the video, you can hear the public address announcer tell fans and parents to stay off of the field, many did not listen. Eventually, coaches and police personnel were able to stop the fight. All Roosevelt varsity players will face a half-game suspension for their role in the brawl. None of the players are expected to face criminal charges. What do you think the punishment should be? Let us know in the Facebook comments of this status.
Fort Worth ISD released a statement to FOX 4 about the fighting.
"Our inquiry into the incident at the Thursday night Football game between Eastern Hills High School and Dallas Roosevelt High School remains active. No decision has been finalized regarding the District’s response. Student safety is and will remain a priority to FWISD," it said.
Earlier this year, 21 Football Players were Suspended in Hazing Incident in Alamo Heights School District. The incident occurred in San Antonio in the Alamo Heights School District! After an internal investigation, nearly the entire Alamo Heights High School varsity squad was suspended for 2 games and also will have to serve an in-house suspension, and serve and 10 hours of community service for hazing. Read more.