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from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import
from django.db.models import Model
from django.utils.encoding import force_text
from django.utils.six import python_2_unicode_compatible
from templateselector.fields import TemplateField

@python_2_unicode_compatible
class MyModel(Model):
    f = TemplateField(match="^admin/.+\.html$", verbose_name="test 'f'")

    def __str__(self):
        return force_text(self.pk)

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Abstract : We propose a framework called audio inpainting for the general problem of estimating missing samples in audio. It extends the problem of the interpolation and extrapolation of signals to the cases where possibly-large blocks of consecutive samples must be estimated from the remaining, known samples. We relate this framework to a number of applications including declicking, declipping and audio packet loss in voice over IP. By considering audio inpainting as an inverse problem, we show that sparse representations are an appropriate scheme to develop new approaches for the audio inpainting problem. We will present some experiments, with a particular focus on restoration of clipped speech or music signals.


In this interactive game by the BBC, you will find an interactive pastime divided into three different levels.
Through this gripping story you can learn and improve your Spanish. Intrigue and mystery are two of your daily companions along this fun interactive and Spanish language learning method.


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Arkansas, Kerbala Unis in Cooperation Agreement
By Editor on 19th November 2014 in Iraq Education and Training News
The University of Arkansas in the United States, and the University of Kerbala in Kerbala, Iraq, have established a formal agreement of cooperation that is intended to further the academic objectives of each institution.
Moneer Habeeb Tolehphih, chancellor at the University of Kerbala, signed the agreement during a visit to the University of Arkansas and was accompanied by Zuhair Mangoushi, vice chancellor for scientific affairs, Ayyed Almohammed, dean of the veterinary school and professor Tahani Alsandook, cultural attaché for the Iraqi Cultural Office in Washington, D.C.
Under the agreement, the universities will work to develop programs for exchanging academic, research or other educational materials. The agreement also calls for the development of programs for the University of Kerbala to send students to the U of A. Collaborative programs, seminars and research activities will be encouraged and supported under the agreement as well.
Additionally, the universities will explore opportunities for their respective faculty members, visiting student researchers and administrators to be in residence at the other institution for the purposes of lecturing, conducting research and developing their academic or administrative skills.
A total of 31 students from Iraq are enrolled at the U of A for the fall 2014 semester, including 30 on the graduate level who are sponsored by one of three scholarships awarded by the Iraqi government. In addition, there are 17 students enrolled at the Spring International Language Center who will begin their academic program at the U of A once they complete the required English proficiency level. Spring International partners with the university to provide intensive English and cross-cultural education to foreign students.
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A Wellington woman Geraldine Mason, 93, has sent the Oamaru Mail this article she has written about a former Oamaru man, Les Whitaker, who she would probably have married had he not been killed in World War 2. She met Les through Les' sister Isabel with whom she worked in Wellington. "I hoped for a few years after the war he would turn up but he didn't. She married in 1952.
Les Whitaker, at 15, was the youngest pilot in New Zealand. Like his uncle Richard he loved flying.
When his father, Tom Whitaker, was directed to an essential WWII job in Lower Hutt, the family left Oamaru in 1940. A year later Les, by now in the RNZAF, left for overseas. He served in many missions in the Mediterranean and elsewhere and finally in Italy.
On August 21/22 1944, Les, the pilot, aged 28, with a crew of four went missing behind enemy lines while dropping ammunition and supplies to Tito's men (partisans fighting in the vicinity of Trieste).
His sister Isabel, also in our Air Force worked in records and learned that there was heavy flak that night. The Dakota had probably gone down in the Adriatic Sea. Later, that was the original report received by his parents.
Through the years we all held out hopes that Les would turn up. Mrs Whitaker wrote periodically for further news and always made him a birthday cake on December 13.
At Easter time last year (2013) an amazing turn of events happened. An old friend and wartime colleague I had rung to tell her of another's death, asked me if I could bear more.
She told me of a letter in the Hutt News from a man in the U.K seeking information on Flying Officer Leslie T. Whitaker, of Lower Hutt. My friend, Jenny Forsyth, would be the only person in Lower Hutt who would recognise that name. I used to read his letters to her as she had a brother flying in Europe. Neither of those young men came back.
In due course I emailed the enquirer (Geoff Elliott) and learned that his uncle had been one of Les's crew.
He had spent years of research trying to find out what had happened to the Dakota. In 2010, on the internet, he found information from an Italian mountain guide (Tiziano) who had been finding various pieces of a plane on Mt. Sernio.
While climbing up a different, dangerous route he had found the tailpiece bearing the number KG752. He was able to find out the names of the crew and where they came from.
This was a breakthrough for Geoff Elliott, himself a retired RAF man. When I contacted him and was able to give him all the details of the pilot Les Whitaker, he was "over the moon" as he had drawn blanks over the others except of course his uncle.
On August 21, 2013, he travelled to Udine, Italy, hoping to climb Mt Serino along with Tiziano and other guides, to where Tiziano had placed a plaque at the crash scene (at his own expense) bearing the names of the crew.
While up the mountain Geoff Elliott was able to play the Last Post from his cell phone. Later there was a ceremony at the English cemetery where the remains of the crew had been interred in unknown graves.
Their names had been placed officially at Malta among other missing airmen with no known graves. The ceremony at Tavagnacco was attended by the mayor and other officials. The write-up in local papers included photos of Les which I had supplied at Geoff Elliott's request and one of myself which had been returned with Les' personal effects.
This year on August 21, seventy years after the event and after one year of trying to get permission to have the names put on the graves at Tavagnacco, the ceremony took place much to the satisfaction of Geoff Elliott and Tiziano Scarsini who had put in so much physical and mental effort.
This story will be of interest to not only any Whitaker relations still living in Oamaru but also for the district's archives.
PHOTO: SUPPLIED – The photo of Flying officer Leslie Whitaker which he sent to his girlfriend Geraldine Falconbridge.


Amy, a Simply CVS reader, emailed to let us know that she received a $4/$20 CVS coupon. Nothing in my email, but check yours and your spam folder to see if you got one. It expires 7/8. Thanks, Amy.
I had a $3 off $15. Screen says it would be valid through 7/8 but when printed states valid through 7/10.
@Susan, sometimes that means available to print through 7/8. That's what mine said...I got a $5/$30.
i got a 10% off all beauty purchases from CVS this morning.
I haven't gotten one of those in a while but did it today!
I got a $4/$20 today !
$4/$20 - $20 is the price after applying coupons or before coupons/sale prices?
The $20 is your sub-total before you start to pay with coupons or extra bucks.


El Dorado National Forest, located in northern California near the iconic Lake Tahoe, is a large and beautiful national forest that has drawn visitors from near and far for generations. With a wonderful combination of abundant natural beauty and plenty of outdoor activities to choose from, El Dorado National Forest is an excellent place to visit for those that love to get outside and be active in nature. Whether you are skiing at one of the many resorts in the Lake Tahoe area, hiking through the forest during the summer, or river rafting on the popular American River, you and your loved ones are sure to find yourselves having a good time. Check out these camping cabins nearby and start planning your getaway today!


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Q: Errors in Zend framework navigation , can someone help? http://site2.example.com/
Error=>
Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /var/www/site/application/layouts/scripts/layout.phtml on line 19 Call Stack: 0.0003 335220
1. {main}() /var/www/site/public/index.php:0 0.0710 4242640
2. Zend_Application->run() /var/www/site/public/index.php:26 0.0710 4242640
3. Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap->run() /var/www/site/library/Zend/Application.php:366 0.0711 4242712
4. Zend_Controller_Front->dispatch() /var/www/site/library/Zend/Application/Bootstrap/Bootstrap.php:97 0.1046 5601136
5. Zend_Controller_Plugin_Broker->postDispatch() /var/www/site/library/Zend/Controller/Front.php:965 0.1046 5601136
6. Zend_Layout_Controller_Plugin_Layout->postDispatch() /var/www/site/library/Zend/Controller/Plugin/Broker.php:331 0.1048 5601500
7. Zend_Layout->render() /var/www/site/library/Zend/Layout/Controller/Plugin/Layout.php:143 0.1056 5605568
8. Zend_View_Abstract->render() /var/www/site/library/Zend/Layout.php:796 0.1057 5646952
9. Zend_View->_run() /var/www/site/library/Zend/View/Abstract.php:880 0.1060 5662656
10. include('/var/www/site/application/layouts/scripts/layout.phtml') /var/www/site/library/Zend/View.php:108

This is the code =>

<?php echo $this->headScript()->appendFile($this->baseUrl() . '/js/jwplayer.js'); ?>
<?php echo $this->headScript()->appendFile($this->baseUrl() . '/js/swfobject.js'); ?>
<?php echo $this->headLink()->prependStylesheet($this->baseUrl().'/css/topmenu.css'); ?>

<?php
    $flXml=new Zend_Config_Xml(APPLICATION_PATH.'/configs/navigation.xml','nav');
    $container = new Zend_Navigation($flXml);
    Zend_Registry::set('Zend_Navigation', $container);
?>

    <?php
        $obj_menuacl=new Model_MenuAcl();

        $_auth=Zend_Auth::getInstance();

        echo $this->navigation()->menu()->setAcl($obj_menuacl)->setRole($_auth->getStorage()->read()->uid);
        echo $this->loggedInAs();
        echo '

';
        echo 'You are in: ' . $this->navigation()->breadcrumbs()->setLinkLast(false)->setMinDepth(0)->render();
    ?>

<?php echo $this->layout()->content; ?>

What should i do ?
Where is the error ?
This is the line number 19 =>
echo $this->navigation()->menu()->setAcl($obj_menuacl)->setRole($_auth->getStorage()->read()->uid);

If i try to print it=> echo $_auth->getStorage(); <=it results that error message.

A: If I had to guess, I'd say it was this
$_auth->getStorage()->read()->uid

as this is the only attempt to get a class property on that line (everything else is a method).
It seems that whatever is returned by Zend_Auth_Storage_Interface::read() is not an object. As this is something you set in your own code, I cannot offer any further advice other than to debug the return value of read().
Update
I'd attempt to fix it like this but without knowing more about your application, I'm only guessing.
$_auth = Zend_Auth::getInstance();

$uid = $_auth->hasIdentity() ? $_auth->getIdentity()->uid : null;

echo $this->navigation()->menu()->setAcl($obj_menuacl)->setRole($uid);

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2014 is rapidly becoming a year of milestones here at the JCU. From record attendance at my talk shows at All-Con and the release of Your First Year Here - You Are Here Volume 1 to the launch just this week of The Rantcor Pit Live, there have been some amazing things happening. And now my esteemed Hey Kids, Comics! co-host has hauled off and launched a project of his own along with his good friend Britny.
Check out this amazing Star Wars podcast right here!


The region of Epirus in northwest Greece has its own special beauty and cultural identity. It extends from the peaks of the Pindus mountains to the shores of the Ionian Sea and is separated into four administrative districts: loannina, Thesprotia, Preveza and Arta.
As for geography, Epirus is Greece 's most mountainous region. The Pindus range forms its natural northeastern border, while dozens of other mountains, big and small, are scatered throughout the area, separated by only a few valleys.
The Vikos - Aoos National Forest - a part of the Vallia - Kalda National Forest is of great ecological value, containing as it does such a variety of ecosystems. Amidst these superb mountains and forests live the last of the Greek bears, wolves, mountain lions, wild boars and otters. Wild goats and deer still browse on its precipitous cliffs, where eagles and vultures nest. To the west the Ionian stretches, its coast a diverse blend of modern resorts, lagoons and river deltas, of which the latter two form an important system of wetlands.
The first indications of human presence in the area, harking back to 40.000 B.C., were discovered in the Asprohaliko cave of Haradra on the Louros River.
Important finds were also unearthed from caves in the Vikos Gorge, proving that life continued without a break up to the Mesolithic era (6000 B.C.), This is confirmed by finds from the prehistoric settlement of Kastritsa, which also date to the Middle - Neolithic (5000 B.C.), while other artifacts, mainly stone axes with a hole on one side and pottery, belong to the Bronze Age or Early Helladic period (2500 B.C.).
With the start of the Middle Helladic period (1.900 - 1.550 B.C.) the first Greek tribe, the Thesproti, settled in Epirus, followed by the Molossi and the Chaones. In 800 B.C. the Corinthians founded colonies in the area, such as Amvrakia, Apollonia, Epidamnos and others. These colonies initiated contact between the Epirots and the Greek culture of southern Greece. In the 5th century, Tharypas, the King of the Molossians, united the various clans into a federation and endeavoured to introduce his people to culture by inviting scholars and artists from southern Greece to his court. At the end of the 4th century B.C., Arybbas came to the throne and gave his niece Olympias in marriage to Philip II of Macedonia. Their son was Alexander the Great.
After a period of unrest, Pyrrhus ascended to the throne of Epirus. In 280 B.C. he decided to mount a campaign against the Romans, but following some impressive but exhausting victories he was defeated by the more powerful state and returned to Epirus, from where he continued his attacks.
With the subjection of Epirus by the Romans, the Roman Senate ordered the destruction of seventy Epirot towns. Later, most of the region 's inhabitants were forced to settle at Nikopolis, built by Octavian (Augustus) to celebrate his victory at Actium (31 B.C.) over the fleets of Antony and Cleopatra.
In 369 A.D., the Goths led by Alaric attacked and conquered the region. In 550 great number of Slavs invaded the region, resulting in the establishment of Slavic tribes on Epirot soil. In 1108 the Normans raided the area with Bohemond at their head.
In April 1204, the Crusaders occupied Constantinople and dismembered the Byzantine Empire. Michael Komninos Doukas then founded the Despotate of Epirus with Arta as its capital.
Later, with the resurgence of Byzantine power, Ioanina became an independent Byzantine province, thus entering into a period of prosperity for the whole region. But in 1430 the Ottoman occupation which was to last almost 500 years, began.
As we have seen life in Epirus had its origins well before the dawn of history. The region witnessed all the ups and downs of Ancient Greece, Rome, Byzantium and the modern era, gaining a uniquely individual sense of history and culture.


While on one hand, scientists are experimenting to see if underground lava rocks could be used as a storage depot for carbon dioxide created by humans, on the other Canadian oilfield have successfully stored five million tons of carbon dioxide, a gas linked to global warming! And this occurred while doubling the field's crude oil recovery rate, the US Energy Department said. The technology seems promising. It is the multi-national project that could be used to capture and store carbon dioxide in geologic formations, U.S. officials said. Injecting carbon dioxide into the Weyburn oilfield in Saskatchewan, the project increases underground pressure to boost crude oil production by 10,000 barrels per day. Enhanced oil recovery, as the technique is called, is used by many oil companies to keep aging fields productive. But most oil companies typically uses more costly carbon dioxide from naturally occurring reservoirs.


In keeping with my tradition of buying new albums six months after their release, I picked this David Murray album up today, along with last year's Clap Your Hands Say Yeah album. Of all the band with high-pitched, somewhat whiney singers - Arcade Fire, Shins - I think CYHS ranks pretty high. Well at least I liked their sophomore effort more than the Arcade Fire's album last year, which were pretty strong but not exactly Woh my god, this is amazing (the Shins do that to me sometimes). CYHS's Some Loud Thunder reminds me of Neutral Milk Hotel and Olivia Tremor Control at times, which in my book really takes the cake.
They were playing bad nu country at work yesterday. Things really reached the bottom of the moonshine bucket when they played a twang version of the reggae classic "The Harder They Come." Whose stupid idea was that? Yeah, they thought, it fits the sentiment of a country singer's style, so just strip away what makes it unique and give it backbeat that appeals to people who drink too much. Wham. I can see the numbers adding up.
I was also inspired to come up with a country parody for the next time my friend John and I have a session with our made up band the Wayback Machine: "I Like Music When I Don't Have To think." None of the songs I heard have one iota of creativity behind them, a buttload of annoying melodies and they probably won't be remembered 9 months from now.
Re: that song title: it'll probably require some tweaking to get the thought to be concise. But you get the idea, right?
I haven't heard the song "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" in at least 30 years. (I had it on a record of '70s hits by some no-name cover band, which was a birthday present at age 7.) I've heard the original version - by soft rocker Lobo - about three times in the past month.
Thanks WJAS. You're going down the drain.
Yesterday, I finally remembered to check youtube to see if there was a posting of the classic '70s commercial for Kawasaki with the "Let the Good Times Roll" jingle in it.
I can't get that song out of my head. It was written by Bob Thompson, a guy who one of the cheesier of the cheesy lounge music bandleaders in the '50s. He did have one classic album cover, though, with a broad reclining in a giant martini glass.
I spent about 10 minutes trying to find out his name before writing this posting, which took about 2 minutes.
Hope you're impressed. Hope you let the good times roll.
This past Sunday, my son Donovan went to his first live music performance. It was a unique one to be sure, at a unique venue. He and I went to the National Aviary to see Anthony Braxton perform with a local group called the Syrinx Ensemble. And the birds were part of the performance too, as their songs and squacks and sounds shaped the music. It's crazy being at a gig/show where everyone sound becomes part of said performance and shapes the direction of it. That's a rather John Cage way of thinking of it, but nobody probably thinks about shows that way anymore.
I was worried that things might get too shrill for Donovan's 13-month old ears, but Ben Opie (who was a catalyst in the slew of Braxton Plays Pittsburgh Plays Braxton events for the weekend) assured me otherwise. He was right. About 30 minutes in, Ben and Braxton were building up a low drone on their contrabass clarinets. As the sound started bubbling I looked at Baby D to see what he thought.
I don't think that's a bad thing at all. From someone who falls asleep to music each night, that's probably a compliment.


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Eighth Blackbird Comes Home for 2019 Performances in Chicago
Four-time Grammy Award winner Eighth Blackbird, which aims to move music forward with innovative chamber music performance, comes home to Chicago in 2019 with a series of concerts showcasing the ensemble members together and in smaller configurations, performing new works from its international touring program.
Rather than engaging Chicagoans from a single location, as the ensemble did in 2016 with a yearlong MCA residency, this spring Eighth Blackbird brings programs to a variety of venues and neighborhoods on a range of days and times. Between March and October, the ensemble collaborates on a series of events with private and public cultural partners. The trajectory leading to the 2021–22 season, the group's 25th anniversary, is anchored by Chicago partnerships, old and new, including three projects with Cedille Records.
"We have a deep commitment to bringing new, groundbreaking work to audiences in our hometown," said ensemble member Nathalie Joachim. "Eighth Blackbird aims to change the circumstances in which concerts occur by removing barriers for new listeners to experience some extraordinary 21st century work and some very special collaborators we're bringing to the city. The wider the ensemble's international reach, the greater the opportunity, and obligation, for Eighth Blackbird to bring it all home."
Spring performances
Eighth Blackbird's first major appearance is ice 'n' SPICE, an eclectic acoustic concert that features the sextet performing together. The concert, which takes its title from a work on the program written by LA-based composer and Blackbird Creative Lab alumna Nina Shekhar, also includes Electric Aroma by Lab alumnus Viet Cuong and Eroding by Iceland-born Lab alumna Fjóla Evans, three of 12 new works commissioned by Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting for the Blackbird Creative Lab in 2017 and 2018. The Clarity of Cold Air by Jon Holland, Lobster Tales and Turtle Soup by Holly Harrison (which won Eighth Blackbird the Performance of the Year award at Australia's Art Music Awards in 2017), and Stay On It by Julius Eastman round out the evening. ice 'n' SPICE takes place Monday, March 25 at 7 p.m. at City Winery, 1200 W. Randolph Street, Chicago. Tickets are $22–32 and available at citywinery.com/chicago/eighth-blackbird-7pm-3-25-19.html.
Eighth Blackbird joins the lineup of Steppenwolf's LookOut Series with DISSOLVE, an evening featuring the six ensemble members performing in their signature full-group form, as well as in smaller subsets showcasing their playful, intimate, and spirited versatility. The program includes works by Chicago Symphony Orchestra Mead Composer-in-Residence Missy Mazzoli, Blackbird Creative Lab alumnus Viet Cuong, Puerto Rican-born Angélica Negrón, 2018–19 Rome Prize winner Jessie Marino, and more. DISSOLVE takes place Friday and Saturday, May 17 and 18 at 8 p.m. at Steppenwolf's 1700 Theatre, 1700 N. Halsted Street, Chicago. Tickets are $35 general admission, $15 for students, available through Steppenwolf's box office later this spring. Ensemble members will join audience members in Front Bar for conversation after the performance.
Other spring activities
Among its priorities, Eighth Blackbird has long been committed to the development of the next generation of performers and composers through commissions, presentations, mentorship, and educational programs including its Blackbird Creative Lab, a professional training program and artistic community for emerging music and interdisciplinary artists. After two summer intensives in California, in 2019 Eighth Blackbird is focusing on the Lab's long-term artistic and career development goals for its first 60 alumni with activities including regional showcases for Lab alumni and a reunion in Chicago featuring performances at such intimate venues as Elastic Arts (March 15) and the ACE Hotel (March 17) and an appearance on "Live from WFMT" on 98.7FM (March 18). More information is available at blackbirdcreativelab.org/about/lab/. Lab alumni will also be showcased in June in Chicago and at the Great Lakes Festival in Michigan alongside the sextet.
This week the National Endowment for the Arts recommended Eighth Blackbird for a $20,000 grant to renew its major support for the Blackbird Creative Lab in 2019. The Paul M. Angell Foundation is supporting the weekend of Chicago reunion events, including the free public concert March 17 at the Ace Hotel and the "Live from WFMT" broadcast the following night.
Other spring performances to date include the ensemble's debut on the Rush Hour Concerts series in a free after-work performance Tuesday, June 18 at St. James Cathedral; New Music Chicago Presents, featuring Lab alumni in a free noon performance Thursday, June 20 at the Chicago Cultural Center; and other June events in collaboration with Chicago civic and cultural institutions to be announced later this spring.
Eighth Blackbird
Eighth Blackbird, founded when its members were Oberlin Conservatory students in 1996, has continually pushed at the edges of what it means to be a contemporary chamber ensemble, presenting distinct programs in Chicago, nationally, and internationally, reaching audiences totaling tens of thousands. The sextet has commissioned and premiered hundreds of works by established and emerging composers and perpetuated the creation of music with profound impact, such as Steve Reich's Double Sextet, which went on to win the 2009 Pulitzer Prize. The ensemble's extensive recording history, primarily with Chicago's Cedille Records, has produced more than a dozen acclaimed albums and four Grammy Awards for Best Small Ensemble/Chamber Music Performance, most recently in 2016 for Filament. Eighth Blackbird won the 1998 Concert Artists Guild Competition, received Chamber Music America's inaugural Visionary Award, and was named Musical America's 2017 Ensemble of the Year. Eighth Blackbird's mission—moving music forward through innovative performance, advocating for new music by living composers, and creating a legacy of guiding an emerging generation of musicians—extends beyond recording and touring to curation and education.
Eighth Blackbird's musicians are Nathalie Joachim, flutes; Michael J. Maccaferri, clarinets; Yvonne Lam, violin and viola; Nick Photinos, cello; Matthew Duvall, percussion; and Lisa Kaplan, piano.
For information, visit eighthblackbird.org.
All photos of Eighth Blackbird by Saverio Truglia.


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New Fibromyalgia Remedy: Reviews
Consumer Connection
The New Fibromyalgia Remedy: Stop Your Pain Now with an Antiviral Drug Regimen.
Dantini, Daniel C.
Addicus Books, 2008.
138p. index. ISBN 978-886039-84-1. $19.95.
Dr. Dantini is an otolaryngologist who has fibromyalgia. He defines Fibromyalgia as "a condition with migratory pain without any medical evidence of disease–there are no lab tests or X-rays that can be used to make a diagnosis". Consequently, physicians are treating symptoms rather than the underlying cause. His theory is that viral infections, such as Epstein-Barr, Cytomeglovirus, Herpesvirus 6, and Parvovirus, which can lie dormant in the body for years are possible triggers for fibromyalgia pain. In the book he recommends a four step diagnosis process to eliminate illnesses that have symptoms similar to those associated with fibromyalgia. Dr. Dantini finds that more than 80 percent of the patients he tests have Epstein Barr; 70 percent parvovirus; 40 percent Herpesvirus 6 or Parvovirus.
Dr. Dantini's antiviral protocol is currently being evaluated in a clinical trial. Although he has had success with it in his practice I would not buy this book for information on his theory until the results of the clinical trial are available. Almost all of Dr. Dantini's patients have had relapses after the initial treatment and need to do additional courses of antiviral drugs. However, the book does contain a lot of useful information about fibromyalgia and the many other conditions that cause similar symptoms. The book contains a glossary, resource list, index, and in the appendices a patient data sample and blood testing information for doctors.
Rene L. Brown, M.L.S.
Planetree Health Resource Center Library
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center
U.S News & World Report
The New Fibromyalgia Remedy
By January W. Payne
Fibromyalgia, an often misunderstood condition involving widespread muscle pain and fatigue, is characterized by a set of syndromes, but no definitive test exists to "prove" that a person has it. Some researchers suspect that viral illness could be a trigger, for both fibromyalgia and a similar condition called chronic fatigue syndrome. Research has shown that a subset of people who get Lyme disease, parvovirus, or Epstein-Barr virus—which causes mononucleosis—may later go on to develop one or the other. "What we think is that viruses are one type of biological stress" that may act similarly to physical trauma, a known trigger for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, says Daniel Clauw, a rheumatologist and professor of medicine at the University of Michigan. "There's a lot of different biological stresses, including psychological stress, that seem to be capable of triggering these illnesses." As many as 1 in 50 Americans has fibromyalgia, most of them women, according to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
A recent book, The New Fibromyalgia Remedy: Stop Your Pain Now with an Anti-Viral Drug Regimen, delves more deeply into the connection and suggests that antiviral medicine and food allergy treatment can be quite effective. Author Daniel C. Dantini, a Florida otolaryngologist who himself has fibromyalgia, says he believes that fibromyalgia is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, herpesvirus 6, or parvovirus. He says antiviral medications work in 70 to 75 percent of his patients, along with massage and other therapies. Using Dantini's treatment method, most patients see their symptoms improve by "about 20 to 50 percent during the first four weeks," the book says. By six weeks, most chronic symptoms are totally resolved. Most people take the antiviral medications for 10 to 14 weeks, while others need the drugs for up to six months, the book says.
In an interview with U.S. News, Dantini discussed his thoughts on fibromyalgia and how best to treat it. Excerpts:
Do you think other viruses are a concern as well?
Other viruses like hepatitis and Lyme disease can do this too. Any chronic infection can tend to give these sorts of symptoms.
What treatments do you propose?
The treatments are twofold because this is a complex disease. Control the viruses using the antiviral drugs famciclovir (brand name Famvir) or valacyclovir (Valtrex). What we find in these people who have active disease is they start developing inhalant allergies. They also develop allergies to things they eat. Treatment through diet and, if a person has severe inhalant allergies perhaps using allergy shots, controls the immune system and allows it to calm down. Then most of the symptoms go away.
Since antiviral medications aren't specifically approved for this purpose by the Food and Drug Administration, would people face obstacles with insurance coverage?
Most insurance plans will cover the medicine. Viral testing is usually covered, and food allergy testing is mostly covered.
Your book discusses the role of multivitamins in treating fibromyalgia. How might they be useful?
I don't think a vitamin alone will make you better. These are chronic diseases. I never tell anyone that vitamins will make you better, but hey might keep you better.
Would the treatments you describe in the book be used in conjunction with other therapies, like yoga, exercise, and other types of medications? How so?
I tend to tell people to use massage and stretching exercises but that exercise during a flare-up makes the pain worse, so I don't think that's the prudent thing to do. Most of them are addicted to narcotics—all of which I think are the wrong way to go about treating this disease.
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Trail Log #2: Hendrick Camp Trail
Observations on the Campaign Trail: "Deer & Debates, Debt & Donations, Death & Taxes"
Backyard Farming Q&A: Bees in the Backyard
Jess Arbogast
South Elkins Was Its Own Town At Turn of Century
By David Armstrong
At the beginning of the present century what is now the town of Elkins was two separate towns, each complete with a charter, mayor, council and police force.
South Elkins had been incorporated as a separate town in 1899, but it's history begins earlier, with the subdivision of the farm on which it was built.
Levi Dyre Ward, son of Jacob Ward, was given a considerable portion of what is now South Elkins by his father in 1849. This tract included everything between Ward Avenue and the river east of Davis Avenue, and everything between Posten Place and the river west of Davis Avenue. Levi D. Ward's farmhouse stood near or at the east end of 16th Street. His father's first home in the area had been near there, and perhaps it was this structure that according to testimony Levi D. Ward bought for 20 bushels of oats and moved onto his property. At any rate the house was a frame and weather boarded structure, and there was a stable of logs on the place.
Approximate present day location of the Levi D. Ward Farmhouse. Photo by Andrew Carroll.
Yankee forces under Col. Harris made it a routine policy to harass Confederate sympathizers in the area, and the summer of 1863 Levi D. Ward was captured by the Yankees and taken to Fort Delaware as a prisoner. Ward's wife, Rebecca, entered into a contract with Jesse F. Phares under which Phares went to Fort Delaware and bought Ward back alive for $30. Levi D. Ward died on October 5th, 1863. One of his children also died and they were buried in coffins of walnut made by Jesse W. Goddin. Rebecca Ward paid $3.50 for her child's coffin and $9 for Levi's.
The passing of Levi D. Ward left his family destitute, and they began selling off the their livestock and renting their farmland. J.D Hedrick alter testified he bought eight head of cattle from Rebecca ward for $25-30 per head and that he paid her in "Eastern Virginia (Confederate) money, not U.S., Wheeling, Greenback money." Perry Hart Wees rented part of the Ward farmland, that portion on either side of what is now 11th Street at the east end, and paid $35 rent for one crop.
In 1876 the Levi D. Ward farm was subdivided among his heirs and after some squabbling and leg action it was decided that Rebecca Ward would remain in possession of the five acres surrounding the house and orchards, that James A. Ward and Andrew B. Ward would have, everything else south of what is now 10th Street., and their sister Mary, wife of Johnson W. Phares would have everything north of present day Tenth Street. Mary Phares sold her portion to Barbara Shiflett, who in turn sold it to Creed Earle. Andrew and James Ward sold their portions to Perry Hart Wees.
In April of 1890, seeing the prosperity of the new town across the river, Creed Earle entered into a contract with H.F Dowell to subdivide the Phares tract into lots, and develop it. The sales began with portions of what is now Earle and Dowell Streets in South Elkins.
Present Day corner Earle Street and Baxter Street. The initial push to develop South Elkins was centered in this area. Photo by Andrew Carroll.
The corner of Chestnut Street and Dowell Street. The initial push to develop South Elkins was centered in this area. Photo by Andrew Carroll.
Meanwhile, however, H.G Davis and the Valley Improvement Company had acquired Perry Hart Wees' portion of the Ward farm from him, and they set their sites on the Earle tract. Through several translations they acquired nearly all of it, and began the development of the Valley Improvement Company Addition to the town of Elkins.
The present day south end of the Davis Avenue Bridge. Photo by Andrew Carroll.
Davis' original intention was for the town of Elkins to be a "dry" town, and he forbade the sale of liquor in it. So a cluster of saloons were build across the river at the south end of what is now the Davis Avenue Bridge. Possibly as an effort to prevent Davis from incorporating that area into the dry town of Elkins, or possibly in response to efforts of the temperance interest to forbid the sale of alcoholic beverages outside of incorporated towns.
On February 2nd, 1899 several citizens of the south side of the river petitioned for incorporation as the town of South Elkins. William P. Smith was the first mayor of South Elkins, W.H Powers the first recorder, and C.H Scott, John McCue, Creed Wolf, Hiram Calkins, and Jacob Poling comprised the first council.
In January of 1900 an election was held for the town of South Elkins, and Lew S. Keim defeated Cyris Hall Scott for mayor. In March, the town purchased a lot of Davis Avenue between Tenth and Elevnth Streets, near the Harold Building, from Deborah Miller. This was lot 721 in block 70 of the Valley Improvement Company Addition. Here they built their offices and jail, and held there first council meeting in the new council chamber in May.
Davis Avenue between Tenth and Eleventh Streets. The approximate location of the South Elkins City Offices and Jail. Photo by Andrew Carroll.
The South Elkins city election for 1901 saw Lew S. Keim as the candidate for mayor on the "Citizen's Ticket" and L.C. Wolf as mayoral candidate on the independent ticket. The results matter little, however, as the town of South Elkins was incorporated into Elkins proper in February of that year.
The Elkins officials used the jail of South Elkins for several years. It was was the jail the Wilford Davis shot and killed Police Chief Page Marstiller in April of 1902. By 1904 the condition of the building had apparently deteriorated somewhat and the council took action towards selling the property. They retained the doors and fixtures of the South Elkins jail, however, and when it was sold in 1904 the irons were used in the new jail: built adjoining the fire department.
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Brad Ward December 13, 2016
Does anyone know if Jacob Ward was married to a Elizabeth Dyer. They had a son Levi Dyer Ward (Dyer spelled differently than this article). I have look up my family history a while back and did not know they were in South Elkins. I'm from Crystal Springs. Also, I have Levi married to a Rebecca Wamsley born 1847 in Randolph County. Also we have many family members that married the Phares. Does anyone have more information on the Ward family from the 1800s. My email is bradw@hydrograsstech.com
Sue Bohan Riggleman January 24, 2016
This very interesting to learn. I didn't know S. Elkins was a town in it's self. Thank you for the History lesson.
John Kerr December 14, 2015
I didn't know this part of Elkins history. Thanks for sharing this.
terri joseph stalnaker December 13, 2015
The residents of South Elkins later became known as the South Elkins River Rats because of the Tygart River that separated S, Elkins from uptown Elkins. Proud to be a South Elkins River Rat
carol williams December 13, 2015
I use to live on Dowell St. My grandfather was Ceil J. Armstrong, . My great grandfather was Clarence
Carrie Kline December 12, 2015
Very interesting, David. Thank you.


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George L. Williams, a longtime teacher and historian in Port Washington, died July 15. Credit: Adelia Lubitz
By Jesse Coburn jesse.coburn@newsday.com Updated July 28, 2018 4:37 PM
George L. Williams taught generations of Port Washington children, then devoted himself in retirement to preserving the landmarks and documenting the history of his North Shore neighborhood.
The longtime teacher, local historian and tireless intellect died of natural causes in his home there on July 15. He was 87.
"I hope that people remember him as a contributing member of society," said his daughter Adelia Lubitz, of Ridgefield, Connecticut. "He was not a materialistic person. He saw value in ideas and not things."
While Williams served as an adjunct professor at Adelphi, Hofstra and other universities, his primary occupation was teaching seventh, eighth and ninth grades at Port Washington's Weber Junior High School, now called Carrie Palmer Weber Middle School. He worked there for 37 years.
Bob Bracken, a fellow teacher at the school, said Williams instilled in his students an appreciation for the craft of writing.
"George convinced them they had something to say," said Bracken, of Port Washington.
Williams was born in New York City in June 1931, the eldest of four children, Lubitz said. His father was a NYPD officer, and his mother a homemaker. When Williams was a teenager, the family moved to upstate Tupper Lake, where he excelled as a student in and out of the classroom.
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"He was very studious," said Lubitz, who recalled that one of her father's childhood hobbies was tracing the genealogy of royal European families.
Williams received a bachelor's degree in 1953 and a master's in 1955 from Queens College, then a PhD in education from New York University in 1966.
Williams met Adelia Musa, whom he would marry in 1958, in an Italian language class for district faculty. Musa, of Milan, Italy, was the teacher.
"He was not a very good student," Lubitz said of her father in that class. "He kept mispronouncing the word for 'wife' in Italian, of all words."
Williams later became proficient in the language. The couple had three daughters. Musa, who took Williams' name, died in 2011.
Williams retired from teaching in 1990 and went on to become active in historical preservation, joining efforts to restore notable structures and cemeteries, leading a campaign to erect a monument to local laborers and publishing works on Port Washington's history and other subjects. The Dodge Homestead in Port Washington and Roslyn's clock tower are among the structures he sought to restore.
Chris Bain, president of the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society, a position Williams previously held, said his predecessor's local walking guides sparked his own interest in the area's past. Williams also served as chairman of the Town of North Hempstead's Historic Landmark Preservation Commission.
"He left behind a legacy that people will be referring to for the rest of time," said Bain, of Garden City.
Williams is survived by his siblings, Alfred Williams of Massapequa, Joseph Williams of Levittown and Kathryn Fay of Levittown; his daughters, Lubitz, Marina Delaney of upstate Trumansburg and Gilda Ruggi of London; and six grandchildren.
His wake was July 20 at Austin F. Knowles Funeral Home in Port Washington. Burial was at Nassau Knolls Cemetery in Port Washington.
By Jesse Coburn jesse.coburn@newsday.com
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Glen Island Park is a 105-acre (0.42 km2) park, located on an island in Long Island Sound. The park is owned and operated by Westchester County and shares Glen Island with a privately operated but county-owned entertainment facility, the Glen Island Harbour Club. (formerly the Glen Island Casino).
In 1879 former U.S. Congressman John H. Starin bought Glen Island and four nearby islands. He gave Glen Island its name and converted the islands into a summer resort for city dwellers that has been called "the first theme park." The islands were connected by causeways and piers and each island featured a different international theme.Steamships transported visitors from New York City to the park. The park, which opened in 1881, attracted thousands of people daily, included among its attractions a bathing beach, a natural history museum, a zoo, A German beer garden and castle, musical entertainment, and a Chinese pagoda.
In 1923 Westchester County acquired the site, which is now a public recreational park.


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NHL rumor roundup: Wild interested in Luke Schenn, Bruins hone in on Bo Horvat
Some substantial names could be moved ahead of the March 3 trade deadline.
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Canucks defenceman Luke Schenn could be on the move ahead of the NHL trade deadline. (Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports)
The March 3 NHL trade deadline is drawing ever closer and some big names are already being floated as potential trade chips as teams look to pave the way to their rebuild or tweak their rosters with a Stanley Cup run in mind.
Here are the latest rumors, rumblings and reports from around the league.
Wild interested in Schenn
During Wednesday's loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, Vancouver Canucks fans openly chanted for their team to tank. The fan base is expecting the Canucks to be sellers at the deadline and that's probably the best course of action given they are 12 points back of a playoff spot.
Veteran defenseman Luke Schenn would be a logical piece to move, as the 33-year-old is a pending unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. The Minnesota Wild, who are firmly entrenched in the Western Conference playoff race, are showing "significant interest," according to The Athletic's Michael Russo, as are a number of other teams. Russo also pegs the Lightning as a team to watch in the sweepstakes. Schenn won two Stanley Cups with Tampa Bay in 2020 and '21.
Schenn has two goals and 12 assists through 40 games with Vancouver this season. He also leads the NHL in hits with 209.
Bruins honing in on Horvat
Canucks captain Bo Horvat is a hot commodity ahead of the trade deadline, and it's easy to understand why. The 27-year-old has 30 goals and 48 points through 43 games this season and is on pace to shatter his previous career highs in those departments.
Horvat is in the final season of a six-year contract that carries a $5.5 million AAV. With contract talks between him and the Canucks reportedly stalled, contending teams looking for a boost to their top six are licking their chops.
The Boston Bruins are at the forefront of those trade discussions, according to Boston Hockey Now's Jimmy Murphy, as the club is "picking up" talks with Vancouver. Murphy says the Colorado Avalanche, Detroit Red Wings, Carolina Hurricanes, and Seattle Kraken also have their eye on the Canucks forward.
Boston would cement its status as Stanley Cup favorites were it to add Horvat, as the Bruins currently own the NHL's best record and sit clear of the second-place team by 10 points. David Pastrnak, Patrice Bergeron, and David Krejci are all pending unrestricted free agents this summer, so the time is now for the Bruins to go all in.
Oilers, Senators expressing interest in Matt Dumba
The Wild blueliner's name seems to surface in trade rumors almost every year, and this one is no different, with TSN hockey insider Darren Dreger reporting that both Edmonton and Ottawa, among others, have expressed interest in acquiring Matt Dumba from Minnesota.
"When I think of a team that may have a defenseman available, I think of Matt Dumba and the Minnesota Wild. There's no question that the Edmonton Oilers and Ottawa Senators have reached out and do have interest in Dumba," Dreger said on Tuesday's edition of "Insider Trading" on TSN.
"Why wouldn't you? He's 28 years old, he's a right-shot defenseman and he's a pending unrestricted free agent."
Dumba, of course, is an integral part of the Wild's defense corps, playing heavy minutes on a nightly basis alongside Jonas Brodin on Minnesota's second pair. As Dreger noted, Minnesota's recent surge could complicate things a bit.
"The problem from the Wild's standpoint is they need him. They're playing pretty well right now. They're not sure just yet they are ready to move on from Matt Dumba, even though you look into the future and you see the cap issue of the Minnesota Wild … But the price would be high and then the Wild would have to hit the market potentially to find someone to replace Matt Dumba."
In the final season of a five-year deal worth a cap hit of $6 million, Dumba has four goals and 11 points in 40 games this season after posting seven goals and 27 points in 57 games in 2021-22.
Teams calling on Erik Karlsson despite massive cap hit
Currently sitting seventh in the NHL points race with 55 (13 goals and 42 assists), Karlsson also sits nine points ahead of Josh Morrissey for the lead among defensemen.
His out-of-nowhere resurgence as a top-flight offensive blueliner reportedly has some teams trying to figure out how they can swing a deal despite the 32-year-old boasting the fourth-highest cap hit in the NHL this season.
"Karlsson has continued to have a torrid season and what's happened subsequently – we can confirm that teams have engaged with the San Jose Sharks about what a trade could look like," TSN's Pierre LeBrun said on Tuesday.
"I still think it's more likely this waits until the offseason, if at all. Karlsson has a full no-move… but the noteworthy aspect here is that teams have called and have talked to San Jose about Erik Karlsson."
Karlsson carries a cap hit of $11.5 million through the 2026-27 season. The Sharks, meanwhile, are likely to miss the postseason for the fourth straight year, sitting second-last in the Pacific Division with a record of 13-21-8 as of this writing.
Canucks will try to re-sign Andrei Kuzmenko as trade interest grows
The Vancouver Canucks will attempt to re-sign surging forward Andrei Kuzmenko before trading him amid interest from teams across the league, LeBrun reported on Tuesday.
The team is "expected to open contract talks soon with Kuzmenko," according to LeBrun, adding the 26-year-old could be staring down a bridge contract worth north of $6 million per season.
"There haven't been any contract negotiations, although the expectation is that should happen within the month here. But what's interesting, of course, is that teams are calling," LeBrun said Tuesday on TSN's "Insider Trading."
"Why wouldn't they be? He's got a cheap cap hit. Teams that are going for it, that are a contender, have almost no cap room – he would fit the bill both in terms of what he can do offensively and the fact he doesn't take up a lot of room on the cap.
"But for now, the Canucks aren't even sure they want to move him. They want to try and see if they can sign him. I think the price starts at at least $6 million per year on a bridge deal for Kuzmenko to stay in Vancouver, where, by all accounts, he is quite happy."
Kuzmenko, who joined the Canucks last summer after eight campaigns in the KHL, boasts a cap hit of only $950K for the remainder of 2022-23 and sits tied for third on the team in scoring this season with 17 goals and 35 points in 39 games.
The Canucks dropped to 17-20-3 on the season — eight points back of a playoff spot — after Tuesday's loss to the Penguins.
Jets could make a play for Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov
On a recent episode of the "32 Thoughts" Podcast, Sportsnet insider Elliotte Friedman said he believes Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov will be moved ahead of the deadline, adding that he believes there's been a conversation between player and team about both sides moving on.
Co-host Jeff Marek and Friedman floated the Vegas Golden Knights as a possible suitor for Provorov because of GM Kelly McCrimmon's history with the Russian blueliner, but Vegas's cap situation would make that a tough fit.
Marek and Friedman also threw the Winnipeg Jets' name into the ring, noting that head coach Rick Bowness played a part in developing star defensemen Victor Hedman, Miro Heiskanen and Josh Morrissey.
Provorov is signed at $6.75 million per season through 2024-25.
Oilers GM Ken Holland feeling the heat ahead of deadline
With the Oilers trudging through a lengthy stretch of underwhelming play while barely hanging on to the final wild-card spot in the West, the Oilers are at risk of wasting arguably the best season of Connor McDavid's career if things don't turn around quickly.
Edmonton's biggest issues (among many) have been on defense, so the Oilers are, unsurprisingly, making calls to see what can be done to shore up that blue line.
"I don't think Ken Holland is ready to panic, but our understanding of the situation is that Ken Holland has been on the phone a little more of late than usual and he is fully investigating what's out there on the defenseman trade market," LeBrun said on Tuesday.
"I think Ken Holland is willing to be patient, doesn't want to make a panic move. The other thing is they aren't one trade away from fixing everything in Edmonton. I think the message internally is: 'We need to play better.' There's no question that's been heard," LeBrun added
The Oilers are currently fifth in the Pacific with a 21-18-3 record as of this writing, while McDavid is the clear front runner for the Hart Trophy despite his team's struggles.
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India's Top 10 most Valuable Brands 2019
by Saurav Bhagat
Tata Group has maintained the top position in India's 100 most valuable brands for the second successive year, with its product valuation rising 37 percent to $19.6 billion, followed by Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) and Infosys, according to the UK-based Brand Finance's recent India 100 2019 brand survey.
The country's largest insurer, the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), valued at $7.2 billion, moved up two spaces and grabbed the second spot on the 2019 list.
This is the first time the Group has passed the $18 billion mark in seven years. Comparisons with prior accounts from Brand Finance indicate that since 2013 the brand has remained within the range of $13-$14 billion.
Let's have a look at the top 10 list one by one:
Tata Group — $19.6 billion
"Tata Group is once again India's most precious brand. The Group's dominance is evident with its product value of more than second-placed LICs (up 23% to $7.3 billion) and third-placed Infosys product numbers (up 8% to $6.5 billion) coupled," Brand Finance said Tuesday in its Brand Value Report. In 2018, the brand Tata group was worth $14.23 billion.
Headquartered in Mumbai, the Tatas are one of the biggest business conglomerates in India and operating in 100 countries around the world.
Life Insurance Corporation — $7.3 billion
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After shifting up by four locations at $7.3 billion, LIC took second place, opposed to $5.9 billion in 2018.
LIC is the largest insurance company in India headquartered in Mumbai. It is owned by the Indian Government and has been operational for over six decades now. It also has global partnership operations in Nepal, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and Fiji.
Infosys- 6.5 billion
Infosys is the third most valued brand in India and, like TCS, it's also an IT service provider. The company has maintained its third position in the list of most valued brands in India.
The company registered a 7.7% year-on-year growth.
State Bank Of India- 5.97 billion
The public sector lender State Bank of India's brand value increased 34.4% to $5.97 billion. It has also been ranked at number 216 in the Fortune 500 list of the biggest companies of the world that employs over 300,000 people across 14,000 branches. It additionally has a network of 200 offices set up in 35 countries globally.
Mahindra Group- 5.3 billion
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Mahindra group entered the top 5 list for the first time as the 5th most valued Indian brand. Its brand value has grown 35% to 5.3 billion. The group has recently been trying to grow its business in the U.S.
HDFC Bank- 4.8 billion
HDFC is one of the two banks that has been placed in the top 10 list after SBI. Its brand value has risen 19% to hit the 4.8 billion mark.
It currently has 5,103 branches and is looking to expand further.
Bharti Airtel- 4.8 billion
Bharti Airtel has seen a shocking jump from 2nd position last year to 7th place this year in the list of most valued Indian brands; thanks to the ongoing price war in the Indian telecom industry and the wrath of Jio.
It brand value has seen a decline of 28.1% to fall to 4.8 billion.
HCL Technologies- 4.6 billion
HCL saw a decline in its brand value from 5th position last year to 8th position this year. It's operating globally in 44 countries and made a revenue of 8.6 billion during the last financial year.
Reliance Industries– 4.6 billion
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Mukesh Ambani's company has maintained its 9th position from last year. Reliance Jio, Reliance Retail, Ajio, foreign brands, like the recently acquired Hamleys, etc fall in the umbrella term of Reliance Jio.
Wipro- 4 billion
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Wipro made a comeback from 13th position last year to enter the top 10 most valuable Indian Brands' list. It's also the 3rd fastest growing global IT services brand in 2019 with a 25% increase in its brand value and an AA+ brand rating.
In addition to measuring overall brand value, Brand Finance also evaluates the relative strength of brands, based on factors such as marketing investment, familiarity, loyalty, staff satisfaction, and corporate reputation.
According to these criteria, telecom brand Jio is India's strongest brand, at a brand value $3.6 billion, with a brand strength index (BSI) score of 87.01 out of 100 and a corresponding AAA brand strength rating.
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Saurav Bhagat is an experienced digital marketer and SEO Trainer from New Delhi, India. Saurav is inclined towards brands and brand story-telling from the past half a decade. His interest in startups has made him an immense member of the NBB Family from its very early days. Saurav loves Chai and writes his day to day experiences on Quora and Yuvagasm Media too. He believes in the power of storytelling for a Brand and also in general. He often says- "Stories are powerful enough to build and erase empires and generations!"
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Stranger at the Gate is likely to provoke useful dialogue among mainstream Christians and to offer unsentimental hope and...
STRANGER AT THE GATE
ONE MAN'S STRUGGLE WITH HOMOPHOBIA AND THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT
by Mel White ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 14, 1994
White, an evangelical minister and former ghostwriter for Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and other prominent leaders of the religious right, here describes his half-century-long struggle to accept himself as a gay Christian.
Deeply angered by the recent gay-bashing tactics of his former clients, White says he could stand to "be a ghost no longer''; after years in the closet, writing for others, he finally had to tell his own story. He leads us though his shame-ridden adolescence, his anguishing attempts to make his marriage work, his high-speed career as a Christian writer and minister, and, perhaps most painfully, his attempts to "cure'' himself of homosexuality through prayer, electric-shock therapy, and guilt. White's is the story of a "man of God'' enduring nearly unbearable suffering before finding the strength to preach the good news. It is also a coming-out story. White's style suffers, at points, from the pitfalls of cliche and polemical simplification. Yet his ability to reconcile his divergent identities, as preacher and gay man, gives his voice a unique, impassioned confidence. His tale is inspired, and strengthened, by a commitment to two warring communities. He seeks acceptance and civil rights for other gay men and lesbians yet also wants to deliver his fellow Christians from their own hatred. Readers will be moved by White's search for an accepting community, which he finally finds in the Metropolitan Community Church, a gay and lesbian nondenominational Christian congregation.
Stranger at the Gate is likely to provoke useful dialogue among mainstream Christians and to offer unsentimental hope and comfort to many who are struggling to reconcile homosexual desires with hostile, yet deeply valued, religious traditions.
Categories: GENERAL CURRENT EVENTS & SOCIAL ISSUES | CURRENT EVENTS & SOCIAL ISSUES | LGBTQ | BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR
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RELIGION GONE BAD
by Mel White
Not an easy read but an essential one.
HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST
by Ibram X. Kendi ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 13, 2019
Title notwithstanding, this latest from the National Book Award–winning author is no guidebook to getting woke.
In fact, the word "woke" appears nowhere within its pages. Rather, it is a combination memoir and extension of Atlantic columnist Kendi's towering Stamped From the Beginning (2016) that leads readers through a taxonomy of racist thought to anti-racist action. Never wavering from the thesis introduced in his previous book, that "racism is a powerful collection of racist policies that lead to racial inequity and are substantiated by racist ideas," the author posits a seemingly simple binary: "Antiracism is a powerful collection of antiracist policies that lead to racial equity and are substantiated by antiracist ideas." The author, founding director of American University's Antiracist Research and Policy Center, chronicles how he grew from a childhood steeped in black liberation Christianity to his doctoral studies, identifying and dispelling the layers of racist thought under which he had operated. "Internalized racism," he writes, "is the real Black on Black Crime." Kendi methodically examines racism through numerous lenses: power, biology, ethnicity, body, culture, and so forth, all the way to the intersectional constructs of gender racism and queer racism (the only section of the book that feels rushed). Each chapter examines one facet of racism, the authorial camera alternately zooming in on an episode from Kendi's life that exemplifies it—e.g., as a teen, he wore light-colored contact lenses, wanting "to be Black but…not…to look Black"—and then panning to the history that informs it (the antebellum hierarchy that valued light skin over dark). The author then reframes those received ideas with inexorable logic: "Either racist policy or Black inferiority explains why White people are wealthier, healthier, and more powerful than Black people today." If Kendi is justifiably hard on America, he's just as hard on himself. When he began college, "anti-Black racist ideas covered my freshman eyes like my orange contacts." This unsparing honesty helps readers, both white and people of color, navigate this difficult intellectual territory.
Publisher: One World/Random House
Review Posted Online: April 28, 2019
Categories: GENERAL CURRENT EVENTS & SOCIAL ISSUES | CURRENT EVENTS & SOCIAL ISSUES | POLITICS | ETHNICITY & RACE
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ANTIRACIST BABY
by Ibram X. Kendi ; illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky
by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi
STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING
Helping Kids Grow Up Without Bias
Books About Racism Sell Out at Amazon, B&N
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A clear and candid contribution to an essential conversation.
SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE
by Ijeoma Oluo ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 16, 2018
Straight talk to blacks and whites about the realities of racism.
In her feisty debut book, Oluo, essayist, blogger, and editor at large at the Establishment magazine, writes from the perspective of a black, queer, middle-class, college-educated woman living in a "white supremacist country." The daughter of a white single mother, brought up in largely white Seattle, she sees race as "one of the most defining forces" in her life. Throughout the book, Oluo responds to questions that she has often been asked, and others that she wishes were asked, about racism "in our workplace, our government, our homes, and ourselves." "Is it really about race?" she is asked by whites who insist that class is a greater source of oppression. "Is police brutality really about race?" "What is cultural appropriation?" and "What is the model minority myth?" Her sharp, no-nonsense answers include talking points for both blacks and whites. She explains, for example, "when somebody asks you to 'check your privilege' they are asking you to pause and consider how the advantages you've had in life are contributing to your opinions and actions, and how the lack of disadvantages in certain areas is keeping you from fully understanding the struggles others are facing." She unpacks the complicated term "intersectionality": the idea that social justice must consider "a myriad of identities—our gender, class, race, sexuality, and so much more—that inform our experiences in life." She asks whites to realize that when people of color talk about systemic racism, "they are opening up all of that pain and fear and anger to you" and are asking that they be heard. After devoting most of the book to talking, Oluo finishes with a chapter on action and its urgency. Action includes pressing for reform in schools, unions, and local governments; boycotting businesses that exploit people of color; contributing money to social justice organizations; and, most of all, voting for candidates who make "diversity, inclusion and racial justice a priority."
Publisher: Seal Press
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 2017
Categories: GENERAL CURRENT EVENTS & SOCIAL ISSUES | CURRENT EVENTS & SOCIAL ISSUES | ETHNICITY & RACE
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Some People Won't Listen – Pt. 2
Fate is funny. I feel like someone read my previous post and set out on a mission to reinact the situation. Listen to how similar these two stories are.
Mrs. Tamura isn't the half-crazy xenophobe that Michio is, but she does, like anyone, have some pre-conceived notions about other cultures. Hey, we're all human, we all have our mistaken assumptions and we all believe a few things that aren't quite true. But even she couldn't let go of something in the face of contradictory evidence.
We were talking about coffee, and Mrs. Tamura asked my favorite kind. I replied that I don't have a favorite kind, because I don't drink coffee. She was stunned. "I think all Americans love coffee," she said. "It's hard to find anything that 'all' Americans love," I said with a laugh. How true is that? You can't get a roomful of us to agree on anything. Nothing wrong with that, just an observation.
We talked about the popularity of Starbucks. I said yes, it's extremely popular, and pointed out the famous intersections where there's a Starbucks right across from a Starbucks. The place has a very loyal, very BIG following worldwide, there's no denying that. But to say that "All Americans love coffee" is a different statement entirely. Mrs. Tamura couldn't see the difference.
She asked if my father drinks coffee. I said no. My mom does, I volunteered. I have at least one brother and a couple of sisters who do. But I have a sister who doesn't. I also have friends who don't drink coffee, or at the very least, don't "love coffee" or even like it. We all know a guy or two who generally only drinks coffee when he needs a shload of caffeine and needs it right now. You probably also know the opposite character, who drinks a pot or two a day and "can't function without my morning coffee." The latter, it should be noted, tends to be a lot more noticeable, which may have been at play in Mrs. Tamura's perception.
The point, however, was not to deny the existence of coffee love. The point was not everyone "loves coffee."
Mrs. Tamura asked, "What's the most popular coffee shop in America?"
I answered, "Starbucks."
Mrs. Tamura concluded, "See? So all Americans love coffee."
But that reasoning doesn't make any sense. She should have asked about the most popular places in general, or the most popular place to go with a friend, or whatever, but to ask specifically about the most popular coffee shop negates the whole point.
There wasn't any mistranslation going on here, this was actually her reasoning. Mrs. Tamura and I communicate in a mix of English and Japanese; we're very proficient in each other's languages, and we can avoid misunderstandings with a little bit of doubling up.
If I open up a punch in the face shop — let's call it Heath's Free Facepunches — and you could say that my facepunch store is the most popular store selling punches to the face in all of Japan. Does that mean that everyone in Japan loves getting punched in the face? No. That line of reasoning is broken.
But it gets even crazier than Mrs. Tamura's weird attempt at logical thinking. As if doing her best Michio impression, at the end of the discussion, she looked at me as if a liar, and said "I think you love coffee."
So again, realize this: no matter what you do, there are some people out there whom you simply cannot reach. They often mean well, and in many ways, they are as normal as you and me. But man, get ready to be frustrated in some conversations.
Nod politely and move on.
By Heath • Life Lessons •
Hospitalized	"I'll take a rain check"


Lots of us have it. Clutter. It's part of normal, everyday life.
But when does clutter move from a small annoyance to a problem like hoarding? That was the topic of a seminar last week sponsored by Skagit Valley College.
Local hoarding expert Tammi Moses spoke to a small crowd at the Oak Harbor Sno-Isle Library meeting room, where she gave a brief overview of hoarding.
According to Moses, approximately two to five million people across the United States have a hoarding disorder.
Simply put, hoarding is defined as a persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions because of a perceived need to save them. But a hoarding disorder is anything but simple.
While the problem may be obvious to someone from the outside looking in, it can be very difficult for a hoarder who is at the center of the problem. They don't necessarily see the mess and clutter. They see prized possessions that have a significant value to them. Parting with those things can be extremely painful. That's why it can be difficult to approach someone who has a hoarding problem.
"As a community, we tend to run away from it because people don't understand it. Hoarding has nothing to do with being lazy," said Moses. "It has everything to do with trauma and emotional attachment and how difficult it is to release that.
"The most important way to approach someone is to look at them as a person, as a human being just like you who has an issue to be resolved," she continued. Moses said she recommends starting the conversation with a softer approach, rather than announcing to someone you're going to help them clean it up.
Moses is the owner of Homes Are for Living, which provides mitigation, prevention and education about the issue of hoarding. She is also the child of a hoarder. She said she was able to survive it because she had her own room and controlled what came into her space.
Today Moses hopes to shine a light on the issue of hoarding and hopes to do more presentations through SVC and other outlets across Whidbey Island.
More information is available online at www.homesareforliving.com.


Here's another polish from Color Club's fall collection! This one is called Snakeskin. It's a dark frost, metallic grey-green with gold shimmer bits. It's interesting and unique but I didn't find it flattering on my fingers. The consistency is nice, as it the application- just one of those polishes that isn't "me". I admit, I mainly purchased it because of the name- I have an eyeshadow from Rock & Republic also called 'Snakeskin' and I loved it so much, I automatically assumed I'd like this totally unrelated nail lacquer as well. Silly me.
Item featured was purchased by me, for my own use.


Hand readers in the news!
Fingerprint analyst Helen Evans is this week featured in a 'The Times of India' article, titled: Just your hands can say a lot about you!
"A hand and fingerprint analyst decodes what your palm says about you."
Re: Hand readers in the news!
NYC, NY – Master palmist Mark Seltman and his life partner Joanna Brotman reveal how Mark's passion for palmistry has affected their marriage and family life. The two and one-half minute video received over one million views within hours of being posted on AOL Huffington Post's "You've Got" series.


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Women's Tennis Wins Fifth Straight in 5-4 Win Over Arcadia, Mentzer Sets Program Record
STEVENSON, Md. - The Stevenson women's tennis team picked up its fifth-straight win in a 5-4 triumph over visiting Arcadia.
Juniors Kelsi Mentzer and Jenna Skove kicked off the match with a solid 8-6 win in No. 1 doubles, giving the duo their fourth-straight victory and eighth overall. The win gives Mentzer a program record 32 doubles wins for her career.
Senior Kirstyn Davidson and sophomore Megan Waskiewicz cruised to an 8-2 decision in No. 2, improving their record to 8-5. Junior Nina Bretz and freshman Jacquelyn Nesbeth dropped to 1-1 on the year after falling in No. 3 by an 8-4 margin.
Skove picked up her sixth win in No. 1 singles by taking down her opponent in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4.
Mentzer and Bretz were clutch in their match-deciding victories. Mentzer won the first set of her No. 4 match by a 6-2 score, but had to battle for the victory in a 7-6 (7-1) final set. Bretz's No. 5 match was knotted up at one set apiece before she went on put the match away in dominating fashion for a 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 win. Bretz's win moves her singles record to .500 at 7-7.
Davidson, Waskiewicz and Endy dropped each of their respective matches in straight sets.
The Mustangs will head to the Eastern Shore for a non-conference match at Salisbury on Sunday, April 14. The match is set to begin at 10:30 a.m.
Sat, 04/28 | Women's Tennis at Arcadia L, 6-3 (Final) RC | R
Sat, 04/21 | Women's Tennis vs. Lebanon Valley L, 7-2 (Final) RC | R
Thu, 04/19 | Women's Tennis vs. St. Mary's (Md.) L, 8-1 (Final) RC | R | PH
Tue, 04/17 | Women's Tennis vs. Hood W, 7-2 (Final) RC | R | PH
Sun, 04/15 | Women's Tennis at Shenandoah W, 7-2 (Final) RC | R
Sat, 04/14 | Women's Tennis at Lycoming W, 5-4 (Final) RC | R
Wed, 04/11 | Women's Tennis at Messiah L, 7-2 (Final) RC | R
Sat, 04/07 | Women's Tennis vs. Albright W, 9-0 (Final)
Thu, 04/05 | Women's Tennis at Alvernia W, 7-2 (Final) RC | R
Fri, 03/16 | Women's Tennis vs. Montreat College W, 5-4 (Final) RC | R


Grandma Flower Garden Hand Quilted Quilt Wall Hanging 27 x 36 is a classic and delightful style, that will bring the color of a blooming garden into your home. The forest green background with a lot of hand quilting on it, is the setting for blooms and leaves in a variety of patterns and colors. This Grandma Flower Garden Hand Quilted Quilt Wall Hanging measures approximately 27 x 36 inches, and is from South Central Pennsylvania. >> Please NOTE: You will need to sew a sleeve or tabs on the back for easy hanging.


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Berlin Diary: Full Metal Flower
xhiller | Tuesday, der 7. December 2010
Warschauer Brücke shortly after sunrise. My hand darts out of its glove just long enough to press the shutter. I stare at the ice floes on the Spree. This photograph is trying to tell me something. A sunflower cast in iron. Wearing a lock around its neck. In the background, the river, cold and dark, flowing, yet full of frozen water. Full frontal flash blast, full metal jacket … a flower cast in iron, a lock on its stem.
Something about this picture reminds me of Kim Longinotto's film work.
Longinotto's themes: women, girls, pain, breaking free, women assisting women – by any means necessary. There is something of Kim Longinotto in this picture. The realization that the flowering of many girls and women has been effectively locked down. But there is still beauty in this suspended state. The river behind this cast iron flower is flowing… albeit full of ice. Berlin in the winter. Lockdown.
Divorce Iranian Style, Sister in Law,The Day I Will Never Forget, Runaway
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Berlin Bridge connecting Kreuzberg to Friedrichshain Kim Longinotto The Bridge Across the Spree Warschauer Brücke Winter in Berlin women women's rights xhiller


Lyrica, a blockbuster drug widely prescribed to treat chronic pain in adults, works no better than a placebo in treating juveniles with fibromyalgia, according to the results of a new study released by Pfizer (PFE). Lyrica is Pfizer's top selling drug with annual worldwide sales of over $5 billion.
The double-blind Phase IV trial was conducted to fulfill a post-marketing study required by the Food and Drug Administration after Lyrica was approved for the management of fibromyalgia in adults in 2007. The generic name of Lyrica is pregabalin, which was originally developed as an anti-epileptic drug.
"The primary endpoint of the study was not achieved as there was not a statistically significant difference between pregabalin and placebo in mean pain score," Pfizer said in a statement.
A total of 107 adolescents (ages 12-17 years) were enrolled in the 15-week study at multiple centers across the U.S., Europe and Asia. It was the first large study on the efficacy and safety of Lyrica in juveniles with fibromyalgia.
The National Institutes of Health estimates that about 5 million Americans suffer from fibromyalgia, a poorly understood disorder characterized by deep tissue pain, fatigue, headaches, mood swings and insomnia.
In the study, Lyrica was administered twice daily, starting at 75 mg/day and then increasing to up to 450 mg/day, depending on the tolerability and response of the patient. The most common side effects in the study were dizziness, nausea, headache, increased weight and fatigue. Many other patients who take Lyrica complain of similar symptoms.
"Pfizer is committed to better understanding the full clinical profile of our approved medicines in pediatric and adolescent patients. This study advances the understanding of this patient population," said Steve Romano, MD, senior vice president of Global Medicines Development for Pfizer. "These results do not change the established benefit of Lyrica for its approved indications, including fibromyalgia in adults."
In addition to fibromyalgia, Lyrica is approved by the FDA to treat chronic pain associated with epilepsy, shingles, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and spinal cord injury. The drug is also prescribed "off label" to treat lumbar spinal stenosis, the most common type of lower back pain in older adults.


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Pattaya is a ghost town, but a handful entrepreneurs persevere
Photo from Trip with dolls page
It was often said that Thailand's world famous seaside resort town of Pattaya never sleeps. That was broadly true, until late last month, when the country's second wave of COVID-19 struck. It began in nearby Rayong province and quickly spread to three other coastal provinces, including Chon Buri.
All four coastal provinces in the eastern region, and Samut Sakhon, have now been declared maximum-security Red Zones, including Pattaya in Chon Buri.
Although many tourism-related businesses in Pattaya were affected by the first wave of the infections early last year, forcing some to close, there was no complete lockdown, as is the case today, and the situation gradually improved through the second half of the year, offering renewed hope to many entrepreneurs, albeit without Chinese tourists.
Many placed their hope on the recent long New Year holiday, which would normally have given them some short-term relief with the arrival of Thai visitors. Sadly though, their hopes were dashed.
The formerly vibrant resort is now a ghost town. The famous walking street is eerily quiet as all the bars and shops remain shuttered. It is pitch black at night, as all the decorative lights and sign boards are off, although the street lights still illuminate the empty roads.
Haunting "Annabelle" dolls have been placed anonymously at the entrance to the walking street, and on beach road, as if to drive home the message that Pattaya has become a ghost town.
Despite the despair and desperation of many entrepreneurs, some have not lost all hope and remain determined to overcome the town's worst crisis ever.
The Center Point Prime Hotel, on the Sukhumvit Road in Bang Lamung district, is an example of the fighting spirit. The hotel recently erected an illuminated sign in Thai, which reads "Soo Soo" or "Fight Fight", to offer moral support to the other beleaguered businesses.
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Myanmar cancels Thai investment in controversial mega-port January 19, 2021


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Test bench | Aston Martin DBX 707 Competition
In the race for the world's most powerful and fastest SUVs, sport utility vehicles from Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche rev up their engines on the starting line alongside Aston Martin's DBX 707.
Ferrari Purosangue
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The title of most powerful SUV in the world will have been short-lived for the DBX 707. The Purosangue, the first utility vehicle developed by Ferrari, claims 715 hp using its 6.5 L V12 engine. this more imposing cavalry, the Ferrari will not be faster than the Aston Martin when the lights turn green. English enjoys more torque. On the other hand, these two rivals have one thing in common: they were born from a blank page in terms of the chassis. Where they differ though: the price. Ferrari is not counting on the Purosangue to double its production and intends to make it a highly exclusive product. The first deliveries of the Purosangue will start from the third quarter of 2023.
Price: from $270,311
PHOTO PROVIDED BY LAMBORGHINI
The escalation continues at Lamborghini, which recently presented a Performante version (read Italian-style performance), but it cannot claim the title of the most powerful SUV in the world. With 657 hp under its right foot, it takes a few tenths more than the Aston Martin to reach 100 km/h after a standing start. But this variation should not be judged primarily on pure performance. Let us rather welcome the slimming cure that it has imposed on itself (47 kg less) and the more advanced sophistication of its ground connections to guarantee it better motor skills, even off the beaten track.
Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT
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The Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT
Compared to the aforementioned models, the Porsche Cayenne GT Turbo represents a real bargain. As fast as the Aston Martin, offering better connectivity (with the exception of Android Auto users) and a less scattered dealer network, the Porsche does not only have qualities. Its catalog of options is as voluminous and expensive as that of Aston Martin, its suspension collects the deformations of the road more harshly and the German, let's face it, does not have the same exclusive cachet as the English.
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Last spring, my editor asked if I had time to work on an article with a quick deadline.
I didn't. After all, I was surrounded by friends I see only every two years, smack-dab in the middle of my favorite conference: the Festival of Faith and Writing.
But, the article sounded fun. And easy enough. My editor simply wanted a round-up of beautiful Bible names for baby girls, along with their meanings. So, I said yes. And began flipping through the pages of the Bible to my favorite stories of some of my favorite women of the Bible. Then I turned to stories of other women I'd long forgotten. Some of them did indeed have beautiful Bible names, others, not so much.
But, what each of these women did have was a powerful story. By the time I'd completed my long list of names, I was weepy. It's hard not to be when you realize the amazing role women and girls have in the pages of Scripture, in the love story of God and his people. And when you realize the amazing roles women and girls have today–and have had throughout history.
However, we tend to overlook these women. We forget that they weren't bit players or members of the chorus. These women were chosen by God to have mighty, leading roles in his story. And we tend to forget that these mighty women of the Bible operated in a world where they had no rights, no say, no value. Well, except to God.
He's always seen his daughters rightful, valuable, wise heirs–right along with his sons.
All to say, when I was done with my article and done with my weepiness, I asked my friend Carla–a children's book editor who attended the conference with me–what she thought about a book that looked at these women. Not as fairy tale princesses as they're often presented, but as the fierce and brave women and girls they were. And what if, we read their stories through their eyes. She liked it. And one thing lead to another (getting a book published is never easy! I don't mean to make it sound like magic), and I signed a contract with SparkHouse Family to write Grit and Grace: Heroic Women of the Bible.
It was a wild proposition, since it required re-imagining the stories. The Bible doesn't always give lots of details, but God does also give us minds and imaginations and emotions and history books to help us understand what their lives must've been like.
The book was one of the hardest–and greatest–projects I've ever worked on. I came away admiring these women–and adoring the God who empowered them–like never before.
In the coming weeks, I'll share selections from the book and a bit more on the behind-the-scenes moments. It's available August 15, but you can pre-order now!