John Rolland had a great game in the last round for Freetown T. and that's him to receive a Interperformances Player of the Week award for round 9.
The had a double-double of 24 points and twenty rebounds, while his team crushed Rebels (#10, 1-9) with 21-point margin 91-70. Freetown T. is placed at 8th position in Antiguan ABBA. The season is still in it's early stage, so the team may have a chance to improve their current position in the standings. They lost 5 games and had just two victories. It was one of impressive evenings for Rolland as usually he does not deliver so high stats. John Rolland averages this season 8.0ppg and 5.6rpg.
The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was Sharife Sargeant of Flyers. Sargeant impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 22 points and 11 rebounds. Of course he led Flyers to another comfortable win 86-71 over the lower-ranked HS Outlaws (#9, 2-8) being unquestionably team leader. Flyers' 3rd position in the standings has not changed. His team's 7-2 record is not bad at all. Sargeant is a newcomer at Flyers and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders.
The third best performed player last round was American Brian Holmes (185-G-91) of Baldwin Braves (#4). Holmes showcased his all-around game by recording 23 points, nine rebounds and five assists in the last round. Despite Holmes' great performance Baldwin Braves lost 87-98 to #2 ranked Potters S.. But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates especially in such crucial game. The last thing Baldwin Braves needs is to lose another game like this one. They lose more and more distance to the top teams. Their record is 5 victories and 3 lost games. Holmes has a very solid season. In 7 games in Antigua he scored 21.1ppg. He also has 5.4rpg, 5.1apg and 2.6spg.


I need the medications they prescribe.
They still call what they do a "practice."
I wish they'd get it right.
I wish I didn't need them more.
When I'm asked a question, I give an answer. It's just the way I am. Good, bad or indifferent; you're going to get an answer. I didn't say you'd like it but, if asked, you will get my opinion. Why do doctors ask you a question and then totally blow off your answers and/or your concerns? I don't wish illness on anyone but, for just one day, I wish they could feel what I feel. I'll bet they wouldn't be so dismissive then.
I really dislike spending one hundred dollars for ten minutes time. I fill out a little form about the pain levels and then I'm shown into a little room. A few minutes later I'm answering a couple of questions and then given my prescriptions. I'm shown out the door until next month.
Where are the doctors that treat the whole person?
Where are the doctors that understand what pain does to the body and mind when pain occurs on a daily basis?
I have to investigate other avenues myself. The use of aromatherapy, essential oils is something that is totally beyond them despite evidence to the contrary. I do need medications; I understand that, but why not use them in conjunction with other alternative forms of medicine. Why not use Guided Imagery, forms of yoga and Tai Chi and meditation? What about light therapy and water therapy?
Trust doesn't come easy to me and my distrust of the medical profession is almost equal to that of attorney's.
It just doesn't make sense to me. Is it a time thing? They just want to cram us in like cattle. It seems like it is a whole lot easier to throw us some prescriptions rather than try to treat the whole person. They have no idea what they're prescribing and if there are any interactions with other medications or our diet.
For many of the people that suffer with an autoimmune disease or any disease that has chronic pain and fatigue as a marker, the day that an actual diagnosis is made, comes after years of disappointment and defeat. Most of us have had doctors who have made us feel like we're crazy or that our symptoms are just not that bad. Is it any wonder that there is a lack of trust in the medical community? Only a handful of doctors are even researching the causes of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue. I can only pray that one day a cure is found. It takes a lot of funds and even then it's tough. Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue are kind of "off the grid."
And it isn't real good.
But I need to keep my mouth shut because I need them.
I know what you mean, I've been there. Updating the records, waiting forever in the reception room, then again in a tiny treatment room. Then finally the doctor walks in, barely looking at you, flipping through your chart. He spends 5 minutes with you & just asks the questions with not seeming at all interested in the answer. Then he writes on his prescription pad, leaves the room & off you go to pay (if they didn't collect first) & you make your next appointment for 3 months later.
Like I said, I've been there but I'm not there anymore. I went from doctor to doctor & finally found one that treats "most" of me as a whole person. I feel she wants to know how I feel, how I answer her questions & I feel that maybe she really does care. She even takes my insurance so I'm not spending a $100.00 (plus) per appt.
She informs me about diet & exercise, tai chi & yoga & many other alternative ways in which to live my daily life, hoping that I will find a balance between medication & other alternative means/resources.
If you are not being treated & cared for, move on. You deserve better, I did. Linda. <3.
You said it better than I ever could. I think they are too overwhelmed and busy. It is so frustrating. And I have this gut feeling that we are moving away from the old days of doctors listening to patients to doctors telling patients what the will or won't do. Not good.


I still have Christmas presents to buy for almost everyone on my list.
My Christmas cards are sitting in a stack on my counter waiting patiently to be addressed, stamped and mailed.
I have the supplies for Christmas crafts and inside decorations gathered, but untouched and Clark would shudder at the lack of any sort of exterior illumination on the outside of our house.
Yeah, Christmas kinda snuck up on me this year. Can anyone else relate?
BUT – our Christmas tree is up and we finally got the hole in the ceiling from the pipe leak we experienced the day before Thanksgiving patched.
So with a renewed sense of hope, I woke up inspired the other morning after looking at the Kid's Kitchen section on Imperial Sugar's website. I decided to put all the other holiday "have-tos" on hold and get in the holiday spirit by making some sweet treats for my neighbors with Annie.
Not wanting to bite off more than I could chew or frustrate Annie who knows her way around the kitchen but is still just six…I picked an easy project that wouldn't require hot stoves or ovens.
We decided to decorate sugar cubes and wrap them up with some hot beverage mixes in a holiday mug to give to those in our neighborhood who we feel need a little holiday cheer.
All we needed to make them was cookie icing, Imperial Sugar Cubes and assorted holiday sprinkles. Easy-peasy!
Annie had to take a couple of "quality control" breaks and I'm happy to report, they passed the taste test!
The great thing about this project is that you can't mess it up…anything goes so it's perfect for kids to do and therapeutic for stressed-out adults! Look at the level of concentration going on!
After about 30 minutes playing with Annie in the kitchen I started to feel the stress melt away. We giggled a lot and had a contest to see who could get the most decorations on one sugar cube. (Annie won!) And when we were done, we had this plate of goodness.
These decorated cubes are perfect for your holiday tea or coffee and look great set out by the coffee pot at a holiday get together. We packaged them up along with some tea, coffee and cocoa mixes. And feeling like they needed a little something extra, I later made some homemade, corn-syrup free orange, mint and gingerbread marshmallows (soooo good!) which were also all on Imperial Sugar's website. How cute will these be to deliver to our neighbors this weekend?
For more ideas about edible projects you can make with your kids, check out Imperial's Kid's Kitchen.
Lesson learned. When you get cooking with your kids, you'll likely end up making more than something good to eat. Annie and I made some great memories. And those will last way longer than any twinkling lights or Christmas cards!
This post was sponsored by Imperial Sugar. All thoughts, experiences and opinions are my own.


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About the author: Richard Evans has been a journalist since the 1960s where he began his career writing for the Evening Standard. He has covered tennis for outlets including the Sunday Times, Fox Sports USA and Tennis Magazine, reporting on more than 196 Grand Slams over the course of his career. Evans was the play-by-play commentator for BBC Radio at Wimbledon for twenty years and was a commentator for the Tennis Channel at the French Open and AO Radio at the Australian Open. He is the author of 18 books, including biographies of tennis legends, the official history of the Davis Cup, and most recently co-authoring Pain, Set & Match. Follow him on Twitter.


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This new album marks the eighth that I've released as a leader and is perhaps the one I'm most proud of thus far. Throughout my career I've tried to find an even balance of using both improvisation and composition to maintain the legacy of jazz but also lead to something new. I'm confident that listeners will hear this on our new works and be drawn in by the unique voice and approach that we are attempting. Having some of Chicago's finest on the album also doesn't hurt. Local greats such as Dee Alexander, Chad McCullough, Corey Wilkes, Victor Garcia and Junius Paul (to name just a few) help me bring my ideas to life.
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You can pick from over 30 different flavors when you and a guest dine in. You're only limited to one slice per guest, so grab some friend and get all sorts of different cheesecake.
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Q: What happens to Marquis Changxin?
Chen Kiage (Farewell My Concubine) and Zhang Yimou (Red Sorghum, To Live) have been always considered two of the greatest director of modern China cinema history. This time Chen took three years after his previous film and came back with a movie about the first Chinese emperor Qin and his legendary story with a woman he loves, his adversary and an assassin in very ancient China of 221 BC. Assassin Jingke stab emperor Qin is a well know story that nearly every Chinese know it so well. Assassin Jingke was considered a biggest hero in the history for his great sacrifice spirit and the brave suicide assassination, although his action was failed. Zhang Fengyi is one of my favorite actor (I like his performance in Farewell my concubine), his assassin Jinke is silent and full of passion in the heart, that is convincing. Li Xuejian is honorable actor but just miscast here, His King Qin is always with tears in his eyes and feels miserable. I can not understand why Chen decides to make this most tyranny emperor in the Chinese history always crying. The most attractive role in the movie is Marquis Changxin, he married Qin's mother and most time he looks like idiot but actually he has his own ambitious plan. Marquis Changxin is convincingly played by Wang Zhiwen, I like him so much.
The movie do have some memorable moments, one is Jingke took a assignment to kill the whole family of ironsmith, but when he facing the angelic blind daughter of ironsmith, he cannot do his job. Late, the daughter killed herself. That event had a biggest influence for the rest of Jingke's life, also a big impact for the audience.
The movie has some most popular Chinese comedian (Pan Changjiang for prison officer and Zhao Benshan for Gao Jianli) for the friendly cameo, when they appears in the screen, audience shout and smiled. This would not happened when this movie is showed in country outside China.
I don't know if it is the biggest budget film in China, but it is surely one of them. They built Qin's palace especially for this movie and now becomes a tourist sight. It is near my city. I didn't go there but my father did. He said it is great building.
Overall, this is the excellent movie for the people like ancient Chinese costume and culture. The photography is very beautiful. Compared to the greatest "Farewell My Concubine", Chen does not make it reach that level. I give it *** for the rate from * to ****.


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This 2nd floor Sea view room is our largest room at Tui's Place Guest House. It is 55m² in size and feels spacious. This room has two separate beds; one king size bed and one standard/single size bed. This means up to three people can share the room and sleep well. The room is popular with guests who suffer from leg pain and/or have problems walking, because a couple of flights of stairs is the only obstacle to negotiate - to enjoy easy access to and from the beach and this room. A nice large room, clean décor, comfortable beds and strong, free high-speed (WiFi) Internet means this room has many return guests.
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Written by Warren Mass
Two archbishops from the Middle East have complained that the United States unfairly discriminates against Christians from their region when they apply for U.S. visas.
Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, Iraq, and Melkite Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart of Aleppo, Syria, aired their grievances at an August 4 press conference at the 2015 Knights of Columbus Convention in Philadelphia.
The archbishops cited federal data indicating that, since October 2014, 906 Muslim refugees from Syria were granted U.S. visas, while only 28 of Syria's estimated 700,000 Christian refugees were provided with visas. They said that even considering that Christians account for just 10 percent of the population of Syria, the number of visas granted to Christians seems widely disproportional.
Although the U.S. government does not track the religious affiliation of immigrants, Christianity Today nevertheless reported that the bishops gathered their information "from official U.S. government sources."
Archbishop Warda stated during the press conference:
Our people are asking these questions: how come we apply for the American visa and are denied?
This is a clear case of persecution.
They're being denied visas while others who have participated (in the violence) or at least were silent can go [to America].
The Catholic News Agency reported that Archbishops Warda and Jeanbart would like to see their flocks stay and help rebuild the Christian populations in the Middle East, where Christians have lived since the first decades after Jesus' death. However, they realize they cannot ask people to remain in places where they are endangered by the terrorism and violence.
"We would like our people to stay, we would like [that], but emigration is a personal decision; we cannot encourage [it], but we cannot stop it," Warda said.
The Catholic News Service report noted:
Iraq alone has seen a massive emigration of Christians. The Christian population has plummeted to 300,000, down from about 1.5 million before the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of the country.
The report reinforces what former Representative Ron Paul noted recently: "The reason so many are fleeing places like Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, and Iraq is that US and European interventionist foreign policy has left these countries destabilized with no hopes of economic recovery."
If the turmoil in Iraq and Syria aggravated by our interventionism were not so bad, the question of whom to grant or not grant immigration visas to would be a moot point. These Middle Eastern people of both Christian and Muslim beliefs would most likely prefer to remain in their homelands.
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This just in! Breaking News is a new expansion pack of Hero, Villain, and Quirk cards - fifty-four in all - that further amplifies the legendary qualities, invasive evil, and seat-of-your-pants thrills of Heroes Wanted by bringing more POW! to you powers with the pack's focus on actions and action types.
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Gisselle Morales' Boho Market features a variety of amazing products. These products range from wooden accessories for you and your home, to jewelry perfect for any outing. Above you can see the best sellers. Other shoppers like yourself have found themselves in awe over these products in particular. Although if you look around, you'll find so many amazing items.
As you can see, some of the best sellers are the mandala designed mats & mandala pillow covers. These are simply adorable along with being functional. The real benefit of the mandala inspired mats & covers is the calming imagery. Mandala's are known for reaching into the depth of your soul and soothing the hardships you might be facing on a daily basis.
Any of these designs are ideal for placement in your living space, as well as your bedroom. If you want to head over to the Mandala Pillows or Mandala Yoga Mats you can find a design that suits your aesthetic. There are dozens to choose from, so there's likely something for everyone, regardless of taste. Even if you're not entirely sure about the idea of mandala-inspired decor, you can always browse to make up your mind.
If you'd like to check out the wearable fashion, head over to the Thai Silver Jewelry, or the Boho & Hippie Jewelry. You'll find designs from the more simplistic to the more eccentric. All in different colors that are bound to add the right touch to any wardrobe.
By shopping the Gisselle Morales' Boho Market you are treating yourself to the possibilities. You are making the decision to lift up the energy of your living space.


Hello there! I hope you've all survived your first week of #GetGoodSummer... One down, eight to go!
Perhaps you've had a great start... Last weekend, you were feeling motivated, invigorated and excited about the goals you set yourself... One week in and the enthusiasm is lagging and reality is hitting "is this really realistic?". I know the feeling!
But that's what this linky is all about... Holding each other accountable, encouraging each other and sharing the tips and tricks that we have found keep us motivated!
So link up your posts below, red around what others are doing, leave them an encouraging comment and share the #GetGoodSummer love!
If your not a blogger, please leave a comment and let us know how you're getting on!
If your a newbie, just choose five goals you'd like to achieve this summer and join up!
Okay so my attempt has been pathetic this week. To be honest, most of my goals were for the summer holidays which don't start for another 10 days so I have a get out clause!
paragraph is really fruitful in support of me, keep up posting such content.


David Michael wows us all - by 2030, China will have almost 700 cities with over 250,000 middle class people.
Hear the dean of Harvard Business School share his thoughts on how companies in emerging markets can be successful.
Emerging economies have boomed over the past decade, but many have recently seen their currencies come under pressure. With a potential currency crisis looming, CFR's Steven Cook, Marcus Noland of the Petersen Institute for International Economics, and Mitchell Orenstein of Northeastern University take an in-depth look at three emerging market success stories in a conversation with Foreign Affairs editor Gideon Rose.
Learn about emerging market opportunities in 2014, presented by Credit Suisse.
Check out this key talk at the World Economic Forum Davos meeting in February 2014.
Hear news & analysis about the impact of emerging markets on European markets.


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This role is responsible for processing of all sales orders, purchasing equipment, licences and services to fulfill sales orders and internal purchasing requests.


These are my notes for our 5/13/2012 church meeting.
Let's consider the dangers of trying to keep one foot in the world, and one foot in God's kingdom. I look forward to our discussion.
Phil was out sick, so Raymond filled in. He asked us this additional question: "Am I focused on my purpose?"
Without question, the dangers of fence-riding or serving two masters are clearly explained by Jesus.
Therefore, the answer to the question at hand is, if I love the world and fail to commit to the Father, then I have "saved my life" here and therefore lost it in eternity.


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Bayern Might Have Got Away With It But For Them Pesky Kids
The Arsenal stepped up their pre-season preparations with a match against old foes Bayern Munich at the Dignity Health Sports Park.
Through these bleary eyes at 4am I thought the first-half an entertaining affair. Bernd Leno had the first save of any note to make when denying Thomas Muller, and a second followed from Ontuzans.
The Arsenal were not without threat, however, with Mesut Ozil not only standing out because of his hair colour. Indeed he was a whisker away from giving us the lead after a lung-bursting run from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to set him up.
Surprisingly goalless at the half, the match sprang into life four minutes after the break when Henrikh Mkhitaryan played Aubameyang in on the right and the striker's cross was deflected in at his near post by the Bayern left-back Poznanski.
The Arsenal 1-0 Bayern Munich
It was a goal that we needed as Bayern had unleashed their first choice strike trio for the second-half. Serge Gnabry, keen to show his old club what they were missing, shave the far post which appeared to be covered by substitute goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.
The tall shot-stopper then had to go full length at the feet of Gnabry to deny him once more. Third time lucky when Gnabry crossed and Lewandowski, unmarked eight yards out, picked his spot with a typical headed equaliser.
As the time ticked away we sent on a number of youngsters to give tiring older legs a rest. We awaited a penalty shoot-out but better lay in store when Tyreece John-Jules and Calum Chambers combined to tee up Eddie Nketiah for the clincher.
They were not the only Young Guns to catch the eye. Joe Willock started alongside Granit Xhaka at kick-off and gave a fine account of himself in a box to box role and has surely given Unai Emery food for thought as the Premier League season looms ever closer.
The head coach was full of praise for his young charges post-match.
"I am very happy with their work every day in the training sessions and also today in the match. We are going to play next Saturday against Fiorentina, also in another match (against Real Madrid!), and we are going to use young players. It's another chance for them to show us how they can respond, but today, for example, is very positive."
All in all that was well worth getting up at sparrowfart for an overseas supporters Arsenal experience. Well done lads.
Original article: https://goonerholic.com/2019/07/bayern-might-have-got-away-with-it-but-for-them-pesky-kids/
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Organising my elective took a lot of research, prayer and trusting in God.
I had started to sense the calling to the mission field that God had placed on my heart, but I had no idea where, when or how, especially since I had no experience in overseas mission. What I did know was that I had a love for ophthalmology and so I set about researching opportunities.
My application to the Good Shepherd Eye Clinic in Siteki, Swaziland was accepted and, having planned to stay for four weeks, I extended this to five weeks because of the amazing time I was having. I spent most of my time in the outpatient clinic at the main hospital in Siteki and at their sister clinic, St Theresa's in Manzini.
Patients presented with a wide range of needs, including cataracts and glaucoma – the two leading causes of blindness worldwide – and so I had lots of opportunities to master the slit lamp with lenses to view the back of the eye. In addition to the clinics, I was present in theatre and joined the 'Flight to Sight' mission outreach, which uses Mercy Air helicopters to reach rural communities without access to local ophthalmic care.
My elective was a great time academically, but also a wonderful time of personal and spiritual growth.
I lived on Mabuda Farm among a community of missionaries, living out the gospel day-to-day in this wonderful setting. In this resource-poor country, there is a lot of hardship experienced by patients and other staff members, and many patients with irreversible blindness. Whilst this is always heart-breaking, there was something special about being able to talk and pray with patients when all modern medicine options have been exhausted.
This elective has helped me understand to a greater level my calling to work overseas as a missionary in the future. God has put a desire on my heart to go back to Southern Africa and be part of the effort to improve international eye health, particularly with regards to African glaucoma, and I am planning to complete a PhD in this speciality. I'd like to thank everyone involved who made this elective possible for me and for so many others who benefit from the support of the student elective bursary.
EMMS International offers bursaries in support of medical, dental, nursing and therapy students who are looking to undertake an elective in a mission hospital. With the generous support of our partner, The Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem, and its charitable arm, the St. Lazarus Charitable Trust, the scheme has been running successfully now for over 3 years. If you would like to apply for a grant to help with the cost of your overseas elective, you can find out more about it and apply at www.emms.org/seb.


Psssst! We have a few secrets to share… Did you know that the towns dotted along the D'Entrecasteaux Channel offer some incredibly unique experiences? With rolling green hills right down to the water's edge, there are hidden coves to explore, specialty farms and restaurants to visit, an amazing raptor and wildlife refuge, picturesque forest walks, and many more gems to unearth. Read on for our picks of the precious jewels of the Channel.
Sip a glass of bubbles and sit back in comfort on Peppermint Bay II – a luxurious 23 metre catamaran. After departing from Hobart, take in the majestic views of the city, harbour and Derwent River through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows and atrium on the main deck, or from the exciting outer deck. Keep an eye out for wildlife as you slice your way along the stunning D'Entrecasteaux Channel towards the pristine waters of Peppermint Bay. On a recent cruise, the captain pointed out a majestic White-bellied Sea-Eagle perched in a tree on the waterfront (image below)! At the restaurant, enjoy bistro dining featuring local and regional produce, while taking in the spectacular views across the Channel and north to Mt Wellington. Explore the scenic village of Woodbridge before heading back to Hobart.
You'll have an udderly delightful time visiting Grandvewe Cheesery! Nestled among the rolling green hills of Birchs Bay, the restaurant (and paddocks) boast stunning water views. As Australia's only Certified Organic Sheep dairy, Grandvewe produce specialty hand crafted cheese, gelato and yoghurt as well as their Sheep Whey Vodka. Visitors are welcome to explore the farm, try the range of cheeses and local fare in the restaurant, and tour the distillery. You can even watch 'The Girls' in action, with milking demonstrations at 3.00pm each day between October and March. This gem is an immersive experience like no other – flock to it!
Stop in at this amazing Birchs Bay cafe to enjoy a scrumptious meal, made with produce from the farm's kitchen garden and locally sourced, seasonal ingredients. You can easily spend a few hours strolling through the kitchen garden or following the various walking tracks (art sculpture trail, anyone?) through the forest and surrounding farm land (responsible dog-walkers are welcome). You can even take a picnic pack to enjoy in a secluded, leafy spot. Don't forget to pick up a little something to take home – the farm produces a significant proportion of Australia's native pepper crop, which is grown, dried and packaged at the farm and sold under the Diemen Pepper label.
The passionate folk at the Raptor & Wildlife Refuge at Kettering work hard to rehabilitate injured, sick and orphaned raptors. As a working refuge (not a zoo or wildlife park), they offer a very special guided tour experience via appointment only. Small groups are welcome to book a private walk and talk tour, to get up close with these amazing creatures and learn about them firsthand. This is one experience that will sparkle in your memory for years to come!


Blurry vision, spots, glare at night, flashing lights -- these are common eye complaints. Each could be a harmless annoyance or an early sign of disease. It isn't always easy to tell the difference. Visit your eye doctor promptly if you notice any changes in your vision.
Which number do you see on the far left? If it's "3," you probably have normal color vision. If it's a "5," you may be color blind. The center panel shows a mild lack of color vision. Complete color blindness, which is rare, appears at right. No number is visible. Tinted glasses may help you see better.
Nearsightedness can make it harder to drive, play sports, or see a blackboard or TV. Symptoms include blurred vision, squinting, and fatigue. To correct it, you can wear glasses, contacts, or get surgery in some cases.
Most people are born with mild farsightedness and outgrow it in childhood. When it persists, you may see distant objects well, but books, knitting, and other close objects are a blur. This problem runs in families. Symptoms include trouble with reading, blurry vision at night, eyestrain, and headaches. To treat it, you may wear glasses or contacts. Some people get surgery for it.
Trouble reading fine print is a sign of aging. It's called presbyopia, which means "old eye" in Greek. Most people start to notice it in their 40s The eyes' lenses become less flexible and can't change shape to focus on objects at reading distance. The solution: Wear reading glasses or bifocals, which correct both near and distance vision. If you wear contacts, ask your eye doctor about contacts made for people with presbyopia.
The cause is usually an eyeball that's too long. Or it can result from an oddly-shaped cornea or lens. Light rays focus just in front of the retina, instead of directly on it. This sensitive membrane lines the back of the eye (seen in yellow) and sends signals to the brain through the optic nerve. Nearsightedness often develops in school-age children and teens, so they may need to change glasses or contacts frequently as they grow. It usually stabilizes by the early 20s.
This problem results from an eyeball that's too short or an oddly-shaped lens or cornea. Light rays focus behind your retina and close objects look blurry. Your distance vision might be fuzzy, too. Severely farsighted children often have crossed eyes (strabismus) or lazy eye (amblyopia) and may have trouble reading. That's one reason eye doctors recommend vision exams for young children.
If you have astigmatism in one or both eyes, your vision may be out of focus at any distance. It happens when the cornea, the clear "window" that covers the front of the eye, isn't shaped right. Light rays can't focus on a single point on your retina. Instead they scatter to many places. Glasses or contact lenses correct it. Surgery may be an option. Symptoms include blurred vision, headaches, fatigue, and eye strain.
Do you dream of seeing clearly without glasses? Surgery to reshape your cornea can correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism with a success rate of better than 90%. Surgery may not be right for you if you have severe dry eye, thin or oddly shaped corneas, or severe vision problems. Side effects include glare or sensitivity to light.
You can't feel it, but this disease damages your optic nerve. You may not have any symptoms until you lose your central vision. Your side vision will go first. That's why you need regular eye exams every 1 to 2 years, especially after you turn 40. Doctors can treat glaucoma with medications or surgery.
Your eye is filled with fluid. Sometimes too much of it builds up and raises pressure inside your eye. This can damage your optic nerve, a bundle of nerve fibers that carries information to your brain. Without treatment, glaucoma can cause total blindness.
The bright yellow circle shows an optic nerve head damaged by glaucoma. The dark central area is the macula, which controls your finely-detailed central vision.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) damages and then destroys your central vision, making it hard to read or drive. Symptoms can include a central blurry spot or straight lines that appear wavy. You're more likely to have it if you are older than 60, smoke, have high blood pressure, are obese, are female, or have a family history of the condition. See your eye doctor regularly to check for AMD. Prompt treatment can help slow vision loss.
Dry: Doctors often see yellow deposits called drusen in the macula. As it worsens, the macular tissue breaks down. That slows the delivery of images to your brain.
Wet: Abnormal blood vessels grow in your eye. They leak blood and fluid (shown here), which causes scars and further damages the macula.
Both types leave you with a central blind spot.
Cover one eye and stare at the center dot in this Amsler grid from a distance of 12 to 15 inches. (You can wear your reading glasses.) Do you see wavy, broken, or blurry lines? Are any areas warped or just plain gone? Repeat for your other eye. Although no self-test can take the place of an eye exam, this grid is used to help spot early symptoms of AMD.
Next: See how this grid looks with AMD.
As seen here, the Amsler grid can look quite distorted to if you have severe macular degeneration. It may include a central dark spot. Straight lines that appear wavy are also cause for concern, as they can be an early symptom of wet AMD, the more serious, fast-moving type. See your eye doctor right away for a thorough exam.
Type 1 and type 2 diabetes can cause partial vision loss (shown here) and lead to blindness. The damage involves tiny blood vessels in your retina. It can often be treated, but don't wait for symptoms. By the time you have them -- blurry vision, spots, shadows, or pain -- the disease may be severe. If you have diabetes, get an annual eye exams. The best prevention is to keep your blood sugar in check.
High blood sugar levels damage the tiny blood vessels that support your retina. They can swell, break, and leak fluid. Somtimes dozens of new, abnormal blood vessels grow. This is called proliferative retinopathy. They're fragile and break open easily. Over time all this can damage the retina and cause blurred vision, blind spots, or blindness.
By age 80, more than half of us will have had a cataract, or cloudy lens. Your vision slowly gets foggy and it gets hard to read, drive, and see at night. Diabetes, smoking, or too much time in the sun raise your chances. Surgery that replaces the clouded lens with an man-made one works well.
A healthy lens focuses light into a single spot on your retina. It captures the image like film in a camera. As you age, protein builds up in the lens. It gets cloudy and sends scattered rays of light to your retina. Instead of one sharp clear image you get blurred vision, changes in color vision, and glare, especially at night. Advanced cataracts are easy to see. It's the muddy-colored circle at the center of this picture.
You can inherit this disorder from your parents. It often begins with night vision problems. Next comes a slow loss of side vision. That becomes tunnel vision and finally, in some cases, blindness. High-dose vitamin A supplements can reduce vision loss and an implant that can restore some vision is in the works. But see your doctor before you take supplements. Too much vitamin A can be toxic.
The light-sensitive tissue of the retina slowly breaks down over many years. As that happens, it no longer sends signals to your brain, and you lose some vision. Eye exams show abnormal dark spots (pigments) sprinkled around the retina. Early cataracts can also happen, along with a swelling of the retina called macular edema (the central orange mass shown here).
They show up or multiply suddenly.
You also see flashes of light.
You see white or black spots all the time.
You notice a sudden shadow or loss of side vision.
When you're a child, if one eye doesn't see well, your brain may favor the other. This condition, called ambylopia, can happen if your eyes aren't aligned right (strabismus or crossed eyes) or one eye just doesn't work as well. The doctor will prescribe a patch or drops that blur vision in the "good" eye. This prompts your brain to use the other eye. If amblyopia isn't treated during childhood, it can cause permanent vision loss.
Because so many nerve endings lie just beneath the surface or your cornea, even a tiny speck can be painful. Don't rub your eye, or you could cause serious damage. Wash it it with lukewarm water. If it object doesn't move, call a doctor. He can remove it and give you antibiotic drops to prevent an infection.
This inflammation results from a virus, bacteria, irritant, or allergy. Your eye will get red, and itch or burn. You'll also notice a gunky discharge. If your eye itches an allergic is probably to blame. The type you catch from other people is usually viral, so you won't need antibiotics. If your pinkeye is caused by bacteria, the doctor will give you antibiotic eye drops. Pinkeye can be very contagious, so wash your hands often while you wait for it to clear up.
This painful red bump looks like a pimple on or near the edge of your eyelid. It's a type of infection of the eyelids (the doctor will call it blepharitis). Styes usually heal in a week. You can speed things up by putting a a warm, wet compress on it 3 to 6 times a day. Don't wear contacts or eye makeup until it heals.
They can cause itchy, watery eyes. Pollen, grass, dust, weeds, and pet dander are common triggers. An allergy doctor can tell you what's to blame for yours. Keep your windows shut at home and in your car. You can get special pillow and mattresses covers to keep allergens out. Clean your house thoroughly and use allergen filters in your furnace and air conditioner. Allergy eye drops, artificial tears, and antihistamines may help.
You need regular checkups all through your life, especially if eye problems run in your family or if you have other risk factors. An eye exam can also find other problems, like diabetes and high blood pressure, or even a stroke or brain tumor. Bulging eyes can signal thyroid disease. A yellow tint in the whites of your eyes might be sign of liver problems.
UV rays can harm your eyes. Exposure can cause you to get cataracts 8-10 years earlier than normal. Just one long session in the sun can cause very painful irritation of your corneas. So wear a hat and sunglasses that block UV rays. You can add a clear, protective UV-blocking film to your car's side windows, too. If you have light-colored eyes you may be more sensitive to light. If it suddenly starts to bother you more than usual, call your eye doctor.
Grease splatters from a pan, yard debris flies up from the lawn mower, cleaning solution splashes in a bucket. Some of the greatest eye hazards are in the home. Eye doctors suggest everyone keep a pair of protective eyewear at home. Look for one approved by the American National Standards Institute. Even if an eye injury seems minor, go to the emergency room right away to get it checked out.
Carrots really are good for your eyes. So are spinach, nuts, oranges, beef, fish, whole grains, many other things that make up a healthy diet. Look for foods with antioxidants like omega-3 fatty acids; vitamins C, E, and beta-carotene; as well as zinc, lutein, and zeaxanthin.
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The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles travel to Bud Walton Arena to play the Arkansas Razorbacks on Tuesday, December 19, 2017. The opening line for this game has Arkansas as 24 point favorites.
Oral Roberts heads into this matchup with a mark of 4-9. They currently have a point differential of -8.5 as they are averaging 69.5 points per contest while giving up 78.0 per game. Arkansas has an overall record of 8-2. They are averaging 88.1 points per game and surrendering 74.0, good for a point differential of 14.1.
Albert Owens averages 14 points per game while playing 27.8 minutes per night this season. He pulls down 4.8 rebounds per game and dishes out 0.6 assists per game as well. His field goal percentage is 48% while his free throw percentage is at 64%. Emmanuel Nzekwesi averages 11.6 points per game in 31.9 minutes per contest this season. He averages 2 assists per contest and 6.2 rebounds per game. His field goal percentage is 43% for the year while his free throw percentage is 63%.
Jaylen Barford averages 18.6 points per game while playing 30.7 minutes per contest this year. He grabs 4.4 rebounds per game and has 3.4 assists per contest on the year. His field goal percentage is 48% and his free throw percentage is at 67%. Daryl Macon averages 15.4 points per game this season and he sees the court an average of 29.1 minutes per contest. He also averages 2.1 rebounds per contest and 3.9 assists per game. His field goal percentage is 44% and his free throw percentage is 86%.
Oral Roberts averages 69.5 points per contest this season, which ranks them 287th in the nation. Their average scoring margin is -8.5 and their shooting percentage is 42% as a team, which has them ranked 280th. Behind the arc they shoot 34%, which is good for 227th in the country. They average 36.1 rebounds per game and 14.3 assists per game, which ranks them 188th and 158th in those offensive categories. In the turnover department they rank 173rd with 13.7 per game. The Golden Eagles allow 78.0 points per game to their opponents which ranks them 288th in Division 1. They also allow a 47% shooting percentage and a 34% average from behind the arc, ranking them 305th and 158th in those defensive categories. Opponents average 37.4 rebounds a game which ranks 271st and they give up 17.3 assists per contest, which puts them in 331st place in college basketball. They force 12.5 turnovers per game which ranks them 71st in the nation.
Arkansas is 16th in the country with 88.1 points per game this year. They are 29th in D-1 in shooting at 50%, while their average scoring margin is 14.1. They shoot 40% from 3-point range, which is good for 44th in college basketball. They are 196th in the nation in rebounding with 35.8 boards per game, and 48th in assists per contest with 16.6. The Razorbacks are 338th in turnovers per game with 10.7. The Razorbacks surrender 74.0 points per contest, which ranks them 220th in the country. Their defense allows a 42% shooting percentage and a 34% average from 3-point range, ranking them 106th and 152nd in those defensive statistics. They rank 125th with 12.4 assists allowed per contest and 197th with 35.4 rebounds surrendered per game. The Razorbacks are 246th in Division 1 in forcing turnovers with 15.1 per game this season.
The Golden Eagles are 278th in the nation in offensive rating with 98.9, and their defensive rating of 111.1 is ranked 318th. In terms of pace they are 291st in the country with 68.3 possessions per 40 minutes, and their effective field goal percentage of 48% is 300th. As a team they are 323rd in college basketball in true shooting percentage with 50% and they shoot 3-pointers on 30% of their shots, ranking 322nd in Division 1. Oral Roberts is 184th in turnovers, as they turn the ball over an average of 16.5 times per 100 possessions while forcing 15.3 on the defensive end. Their defensive effective field goal percentage for the season currently is 54%, which is 299th in the nation.
Arkansas is 341st in the country in turnovers, as they turn the ball over an average of 12.5 times per 100 possessions while forcing 17.6 on defense. Their defensive eFG% for the year currently is 48%, which is 122nd in Division 1. The Razorbacks are 133rd in the nation in defensive rating with 97.4, and their offensive rating of 115.9 is ranked 28th. They are 21st in D-1 in pace with 76 possessions per 40 minutes, and their eFG% of 56% is 42nd. As a unit they are 46th in college basketball in true shooting percentage with 59% and they shoot 3-pointers on 32% of their shot attempts, ranking 289th in the country.
Who will win tonight's Oral Roberts/Arkansas college basketball game against the spread?


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Professor Susanna Esposito is Director of the Pediatric Clinic, Department of Surgical and Biomedical Sciences, at the Università degli Studi di Perugia (Italy).
Former Director of the Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit at the Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico in Milan, Italy, she was also Chief of the outpatient clinic for travel medicine and head of the Lompardy Region's Lyme Disease Centre. Prof. Esposito was also Chief of one of the paediatric HIV clinics in the Regione Lombardia, coordinator of the Epidermolysis Bullosa Centre and an Associate Professor in Pediatrics at the Department of Maternal and Pediatric Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
In July 2014, Susanna Esposito founded WAidid and she is the President.
From 2011 to 2014 she was President of the Italian Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (SITIP); she is also a member of the Steering committee on vaccines of the Italian Society of Allergy and Immunology, President of the WHO Committee for measles and rubella eradication and Chair of the Vaccines Group of the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (EVASG).
She has been a member of the Steering Committee of the European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) (2004-2007) and a member of the Committees for Training and Research of ESPID (2007-2013).
She won several postgraduate awards; she has been International Editor of The Paediatric Infectious Disease Journal (since 2005), Associate Editor of BMC Infectious Diseases (since 2009), Associate Editor of Human Vaccines (since 2010), Associate Editor of Journal of Clinical Virology and Editorial Board Member of PLOS One (since 2013). Prof. Esposito's research has focused on respiratory tract infections, vaccines and preventive paediatrics, antibiotic therapy and emerging infections. Her research activities has led to the publication of more than 200 articles in international journals reported by PubMed with an h index of 36 and an impact factor >1,000.


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Muslims help to build a church in Burkina Faso
December 30, 2019 December 30, 2019 / JHubers	/ Leave a comment
Churches were first planted around Bobo-Dioulasso, and today worship takes place in three locations, the newest in Kodeni.
It began with Ousmane Hié, a teenager from Kodeni, who was forced to end his education due to lack of family resources. He worked for two years as an apprentice to an auto mechanic.
"My wife, Claire, and I saw much potential in Ousmane, and Claire helped him get back into school," said Siaka Traoré, who has retired from formal leadership positions with the Evangelical Mennonite Church of Burkina Faso.
Each Sunday, Ousmane and three of his siblings walked about three miles from Kodeni to attend the Mennonite church in Bobo. Claire Traoré helped them get their paperwork in order so they, too, could attend school. These four children were the beginning of the Mennonite church in their village.
Three evening meetings were held in Kodeni to celebrate World Day of Evangelism in 2016. Because of this outreach, more than 50 children gathered for worship and Sunday school in a classroom of a nearby public school. This church plant is led by Samuel Traoré, a Bible school student from the Bobo congregation.
Believing this new congregation would soon outgrow a classroom, a plot of land was sought. As soon as the land was purchased, people from the church visited those living in the neighborhood. All Muslims, they extended a warm welcome and began giving valuable building tips.
"Each time we visited our new plot of land, we first visited our neighbors, especially the family of the imam whose property adjoined our church plot," Traoré said. "God seemed to precede each encounter and soften their hearts so that they were friendly toward us, even though there is much distrust and persecution between Christians and Muslims in our country.
"Because of our good relationship with the imam's family, we asked if they would guard our construction materials — cement, boards, shovels and wheelbarrows — against theft.
"What is even more remarkable is that when our church members have work days, Muslim youth come and help us build our church."
FULL ARTICLE FROM MENNONITE WORLD REVIEW
At Christmas, Christians and Muslims take time to talk about loving Jesus, and each other
December 29, 2019 / JHubers	/ Leave a comment
(RNS) — In the immediate aftermath of the 2016 presidential elections, when we felt the country needed a message of unity and hope, the Rev. Andy Stoker, of First Methodist Church in Dallas, and I released a video on Facebook about our friendship called "An Imam, A Pastor, and A Dream," in hopes that it would inspire others.
It spread rapidly online, with millions of views within the first few days. Those who commented saw in that five-minute clip the type of connection they wished to see in their own communities.
Little did we know just how far it would reach. Shortly after its release, I got a phone call informing me that ISIS had made a video about our video. In theirs, they referred to me as "the Apostate Omar Suleiman" and called for their followers to assassinate me [dfw.cbslocal.com].
I was unnerved by the news, but I knew I had to tell Andy what had happened before he found out through some other source. When I called, he not only didn't shy away, he began the conversation that led to our next effort together. We decided in the wake of ISIS' threat that we weren't going to let any fools stop us from being brothers. Not here, and not thousands of miles away.
That spring of 2017, we began offering a month-long class about Jesus in Islam and Christianity. For four weeks, our Christian and Muslim communities came together to discuss Jesus in our respective faiths. The pews at First United Methodist were full, according to the Reverend Andy Stoker.
The tranquility and bonds formed over that month had captivated us all. At the end of our last session there wasn't a dry eye in the church.
Rev. Andy and I had started with the birth of Christ, then went on to his life, ending with our differences on the meaning of the crucifixion, then finally came to Jesus' second coming. In the first two weeks, we found little difference in how our two faiths viewed Jesus in birth and life.
Jesus is no ordinary figure to Muslims. He is one of the highest prophets and messengers of God, born of a virgin, chosen as the one to restore justice to this earth in its final days, and distinguished in the hereafter with a special place in paradise. He is mentioned in the Quran 25 times, with an entire chapter named after his honored mother, Mary.
Muhammad said about his relationship to him, "Both in this world and in the Hereafter, I am the nearest of all the people to Jesus, the son of Mary. The prophets are paternal brothers; their mothers are different, but their religion is one."
Jihad a misunderstood concept
December 28, 2019 / JHubers	/ 2 Comments
In the Islamic tradition, jihad has several different components, including personal struggles
By Sheikh Muhammad Ali Waiswa
As we conclude the year 2019, one out of many that we celebrate and applaud are the interfaith relations under the umbrella of the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU), which has culminated in many achievements, especially national dialogue process, which President Yoweri Museveni gave a blessing.
In order to enhance that spirit of peaceful co-existence, I wish to address one of the misconceptions in a bid to strengthen the appreciation of diversity.
Politicians and anti-Muslim activists frequently take to audiences and websites to criticise the term jihad as a form of Islamic supremacism, oppression and violence. Muslim extremists, on the other hand, argue that jihad refers to a "holy war" against non-Muslims. Viewing the term jihad through these frameworks alone, however, would be playing into the hands of extremists, who forego the other elements encompassed by the term jihad.
In the Islamic tradition, jihad has several different components, including personal struggles, such as the fight against an addiction; social struggles, such as the struggle to become tolerant of others; and occasionally a military struggle, if and when necessary, but only in self-defence.
When asked, "What is the major jihad?" Muhammad replied: "The jihad of the self (or the struggle against the personal self)." Contrary to the rhetoric and misinformation about jihad in anti-Islam networks, Muhammad did not say that the violent struggle was the most important form of jihad.
The hysteria in the western world and other non-Muslim countries over jihad has brought me to consider the term through a Christian perspective. In this article, I hope to explore how forms of jihad are presented in Islam and Christianity. This exercise can help to find common characteristics of jihad so that Muslims and Christians can build bridges of mutual understanding and tolerance.
FULL ARTICLE FROM NEW VISION (UGANDA)
Lutheran pastor, Muslim doctor discuss common ground in 'Love Thy Neighbor' conversation in Willmar, Minnesota
WILLMAR — While there are unarguably many differences between Christianity and Islam, the overarching message of the interfaith dialogue last week Willmar was there is more common ground than one might expect and the differences should not keep people apart.
"It is OK to be friends and neighbors with people that are different than you," said the Rev. Mandy France, pastor of Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Bird Island. "It is OK to be in a relationship with people who don't believe what you believe."
France and Dr. Ayaz Virji, of Dawson, conducted their 26th "Love Thy Neighbor" event Dec. 20 in front of a crowd of about 100 people at the Barn Theatre in Willmar. Virji and France have for a couple of years now been giving these talks, based on Virji's book "Love Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor's Struggle for Home in Rural America."
The duo started them following the 2016 election, when Virji and his family started to experience a significant rise in Islamophobia in their home of Dawson, where Virji is a family practice physician.
"After the election, things did change, for whatever reason," Virji said.
At the start of the Willmar presentation, they made sure to let people know they had no other agenda beyond starting a conversation.
"We are not here to argue or debate anyone. We are not hear to convert anyone," France said. "The religion or whatever you walked in with, you are going to walk out with."
During the two-hour presentation, France and Virji shared their stories about how they came together to give these presentations across the country. Virji shared information about Islam, and the two questioned each other about their respective religions. There was also a short question-and-answer segment with the audience toward the end.
Virji and his family had moved to Dawson in 2013, when Virji felt a calling to practice medicine in rural America, where there is a shortage of physicians. The treatment his family was receiving following the election made him start to rethink that mission. His family, including his young children, were called suicide bombers and terrorists to their faces, and Virji regularly receives hate mail.
"This is nonsense," Virji said and he was thinking of leaving it all behind. While he accepted a position with New York University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Virji continues to live and work in Dawson for part of the year.
France, who in 2016 was an intern pastor, talked Virji into giving a presentation about Islam in Dawson, to teach people and show them there is nothing to fear.
"The message of the Bible is love. It was really conflicting to me," France said of the treatment she witnessed Virji and his family receiving and the comments she heard from people who identify as Christian.
For Virji, Islam is a religion of peace and love and it's just as much about good deeds as belief.
"Faith is a verb, you have to do it," Virji said.
FULL ARTICLE FROM WEST CENTRAL TRIBUNE (MINNESOTA, USA)
Ayatollah Urges Christians, Muslims to Follow The Teachings of Jesus and Confront The Tyrants
Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has urged both Christians and Muslims to follow the teachings of Jesus by "confronting the Pharoahs and tyrants", state media reported.
In a Christmas Eve address, the Islamic Republic's Supreme Leader advised all followers of Jesus to adhere to his lessons in "their lives and deeds", according to Tasnim news agency.
Christians believe Jesus to be the son of God, with millions around the world celebrating his birth on Wednesday. Muslims also believe in Jesus and the virgin birth, but consider him to be a prophet rather than the child of God.
"The honor Muslims attribute to Jesus Christ [peace be upon him] is no less than his position and merit in the eyes of the Christian believers in Christianity," Khamenei said in a tweet accompanied by a photo showing him next to a small but festive Christmas tree decked out with Santa Claus and reindeer decorations and twinkle lights.
"Today, many who claim to follow Jesus Christ take a different path than that of him. The guidance of Jesus, the son of Mary (peace be upon our Prophet and her) is guidance towards worshiping God and confronting the Pharaohs and tyrants," he said.
Following Jesus instead requires "adherence to righteousness and abhorrence of anti-righteous powers", the ayatollah explained.
"It is hoped that Christians and Muslims in every part of the world will adhere to this great lesson from Jesus [peace be upon him] in their lives and deeds," he said.
FULL ARTICLE FROM ALBAWABA
Muslims love Jesus. So why does everyone think we hate Christmas?
While most British Muslims might be indifferent to the celebrations underway this season, perhaps we can play a small part in reviving the generosity, kindness and true Christmas spirit associated with the holiday
It's Christmas time and so it hasn't taken long for a national newspaper to run a feature implying British Muslims are poorly integrated for "refusing to celebrate a Christian holiday". The irony of this pernicious Islamophobia, feebly hiding behind the banner of defending the Judeo-Christian values of our country, is that it is bereft of any meaningful understanding of Islam.
You see, the thing is, Muslims love Jesus.
In fact, the Prophet Muhammad said: "The dearest person to me in friendship and in love, in this world and the next is Jesus, the son of Mary."
It may come as a surprise to many to learn that Jesus is mentioned in the Quran over 100 times, while the Prophet Muhammad, by contrast, is mentioned just five times. Described as the best woman ever to have set foot on earth, there is a whole chapter in the Quran named "Mary" and she is the only woman mentioned by name in the holy book.
It's not just that Muslims love Jesus – we believe him to be one of the greatest messengers of god. We believe in his miraculous birth. We believe that god gifted him with the ability to bring the dead back to life, heal the leper and bring sight back to the blind and, like Christians, we believe in his second coming back to this world.
FULL ARTICLE FROM THE INDEPENDENT (UK)
How to survive Christmas as a Muslim
I grew up trying to avoid the American Christmas celebrations all around me.
Celebrating Christmas wasn't allowed in my house. My family is Muslim, the kind that thought saying "Merry Christmas" meant accepting Jesus Christ as your lord and savior. So when we got together as a family during those precious days off from school and work, finding things to do that didn't involve that fat burglar with the beard was the mission.
My parents had both immigrated from Egypt in the 1970s, where, I should note, Christmas is very much a thing, except Egyptians celebrate it on Jan. 7, as Eastern Orthodox Christians do, with the big trees and everything. But in raising their American kids, they were deathly afraid that they would fail to pass down their own Muslim traditions. They went all out. They enrolled us in an Islamic school where we had days off for the Islamic holidays, too. They enrolled me in Islamic karate classes. And when Christmas time rolled around, they taught me to make the most of my days off by doing absolutely anything except celebrate the reason for them.
It turned into a kind of game. When we watched TV, we'd strategically change channels to avoid Christmas commercials. When we strung lights in the house, back when Ramadan and Eid were around Christmastime, we avoided the green and red combo. When Christmas carolers would show up to our front door … just kidding, there were never carolers in my tough Newark, N.J., neighborhood. But had there been, we'd have shut off the lights and pretended no one was home.
FULL ARTICLE FROM THE DALLAS NEWS


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Stingray City is a series of shallow sandbars found in the North Sound of Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. It is a tourist attraction, where southern stingrays are found in abundance and visitors can pet and interact with the animals.
Stingray City is in the shallow waters of the northwest corner of Grand Cayman's North Sound. It is just inside a natural channel that passes through the barrier reef and consists of a string of sandbars crossing the North Sound from Morgan Harbour to Rum Point.
It may be that stingrays began gathering in the area decades ago when fisherman returning from an excursion, navigated behind a reef into the sound, and cleaned their fish in the calm water of the shallows and sandbar area. The fish guts and squid were thrown overboard and the stingrays eventually congregated to feast there. Soon the stingrays associated the sound of a boat engine with food. As this practice turned into a tradition, divers realized that the stingrays could be fed by hand.
Today, tour and excursion boats, along with private watercraft, gather at Stingray City in large numbers. Passengers disembark and enter the chest-high water to interact with the stingrays. The boats' proprietors bring along with them pails of chunked-up squid meat, which they dispense by hand to the animals, thus attracting dozens of the creatures to the feeding spot. Visitors can visit Stingray City and pet stingrays, while standing in only 3 feet of water. There are however growing concerns about alterations in behaviour, feeding patterns and general ecology of these rays, when compared to rays not receiving supplemental nutrition.
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Q: add constraint ,modify and constriants Do PRIMARY KEY,FOREIGN KEY, NOT NULL, UNIQUE KEY and CHECK constraints are categorized.
I want to know when add constraint and modify are used.
ALTER TABLE dept MODIFY deptId int(3) PRIMARY KEY;

ALTER TABLE dept ADD CONSTRAINT deptId int(3) PRIMARY KEY;

which I have to use for different constraints.

A: Not sure what you are exactly trying to know but you use ALTER TABLE table_name ADD for adding new items (columns,constraints) to table schema/structure.
ALTER TABLE dept ADD CONSTRAINT deptId int(3) PRIMARY KEY;

You use ALTER TABLE table_name MODIFY to modify/change structure. That is to change a column data type, size, adding constraint to that column
ALTER TABLE dept MODIFY deptId int(3) PRIMARY KEY;

So, instead of making a PK, you can also make that column non-nullable (add NOT NULL constraint to that column) like below
ALTER TABLE dept MODIFY deptId int(3) NOT NULL;

Even change it's size like
ALTER TABLE dept MODIFY deptId int(6);


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Rules package still in spotlight as Cup Series hits Kansas
By DAVE SKRETTA - May. 10, 2019 06:52 PM EDT
Drivers Joey Logano (22) and Austin Dillon (3) practice for the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Friday, May 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. should know how to get around Kansas Speedway in a hurry.
He won both races at the 1 1/2-mile track just west of downtown Kansas City during his 2017 championship season. He has an astonishing eight top-five finishes, more than any other track, his run of success following him from Furniture Row Racing to his current team, Joe Gibbs Racing.
But after a pair of practice sessions ahead of Saturday night's NASCAR Cup Series race, the driver of the No. 19 Toyota was left just as confused as everybody else.
"There's so many approaches and options right now how you want your car to be," said Truex, who is coming off wins at Richmond and Dover in two of the past three races. "How fast do you want to be by yourself? How fast do you want to be in traffic without sacrificing speed? There are just a lot of options. Trying to find the right combination for us right now has been tricky."
That would be a diplomatic way to assess NASCAR's new rules package, which makes its Kansas debut this weekend. The more risque way came from Kyle Busch, who went on an expletive-laced tirade about the package following Monday's rain-postponed race at Dover.
The new package was supposed to increase side-by-side racing and manufacture competition, but the unintended consequence has been aerodynamics that make it nearly impossible to pass.
How that looks at Kansas: The cars in practice that were at the front and in clean air were fast and handled well, while car shuffled back in the pack were nearly impossible to drive.
In other words, good luck trying to work your way to the front.
"The package here has been intense," Kurt Busch said. "Out there by yourself, you're wide open. It almost gives you an indication your car is handling too good. Then jump into a pack and it's like pack-drafting at Talladega and your car is all over the place."
The frustration, the elder Busch said, lies in the fact that nobody knows what to expect. The rules packages are producing different results at every track, even though the mile-and-a-half tracks should theoretically be similar, and the packages themselves are constantly being tweaked.
Just this week, NASCAR announced that it would be adding aero ducts to the three remaining tracks where 500 horsepower engines will be run that did not originally require them: Pocono, Darlington and the season-ending race at Homestead.
"The continuity and the patterns and the consistency isn't here right now because each week we go to these tracks for the first time, the packages are all over the place," Kurt Busch said. "Right now a lot of people are just bouncing around like a pingpong ball in their setups."
Of course, few things get fan juices going like a robust discussion about rules — OK, that's not really true. Most fans just want to see a good race. And when there is little side-by-side racing, few passes and even fewer wrecks, it hardly helps a sport that has been fighting for relevance for years.
"It's definitely tough," Chase Elliott said. "We're not able to create that kind of racing and be comfortable all the time, pushing and shoving and things like that."
Now the question becomes: How do you fix it?
That's a far more complex question than it seems on the surface, and one not even Elliott can answer with any certainty. And while he does have ideas, he said that "I've tried to voice my opinions at different times in those meetings we're supposed to voice our opinions in."
"At the end of the day," he said, "I've come to the realization — and maybe this will change — but I don't think my opinion matters to the people that make those rules. And really and truly I don't know that it should. Why should owners and drivers and teams have a voice in some of that stuff? Make the rules and be happy with it. We're racing. You either like it or you don't,"
Yet there are numerous times that NASCAR has taken the advice of drivers when it comes to rule changes — the points system, unlimited green-white-checkered finishes, restart procedures.
"I do feel like they listen to us. But I also realize we are not the only players in this game," Joey Logano said. "There's plenty of other members that have a vested interest in what we do. Our fans for one, right? It has to be a good race. It has to look good, good passing.
"Do I feel like our drivers have a great view of what's happening? Yeah, probably better than anyone," Logano added. "There is nothing like real life, nothing like getting out there and actually feeling it. So I feel like drivers have a really great opinion of what's going on, but we also have to step back to a global view and see what's good for our sport."
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