The other week our pastor, Luke Evans, preached about abortion. He challenged us to use all our power to pray, speak, work, and use any political, social, or cultural influence we have to bring the great evil of abortion to an end. And he was right to do this - it is exactly what God's Word commands us to do. But is that all there is to being pro-life?
Although American society and politics (both liberal and conservative) see being pro-life strictly in terms of abortion, the Bible and our Reformed tradition teach us otherwise.
The sixth commandment requires all lawful endeavors to preserve our own life, and the lives of others.
The sixth commandment forbids the taking away of our own life, or the life of our neighbor, unjustly, or whatsoever tends thereunto.
This means that anything we do to or fail to do that does not preserve our own lives and the lives of our neighbors is a violation of the sixth commandment. The Larger Catechism explains this can even include how we feed and care for ourselves, our exercise habits, and our attitudes (#135). Furthermore, "the neglecting or withdrawing the lawful and necessary means of preservation of life… and whatsoever else tends to the destruction of the life of any" is strictly forbidden (#136).
What are churches doing to preserve the lives not only of the unborn, but also of the poor, the orphan, the widow, the hungry, and the immigrant? Are we guilty of "neglecting or withdrawing lawful and necessary means of preservation of life" for some, while we advocate for the lives of the unborn? Our country needs vocal defenders of the unborn, but it also needs active Christians working against "whatsoever tends to the destruction of the life of" anyone.
This fall Christ Church will be doing several things with the purpose of preserving and enriching the lives of others who have suffered many things that tend to destroy life.
Operation Backpack - this is an ongoing initiative with Communities in Schools to provide food for families facing hunger.
Boysville Birthday Party - we will throw a birthday celebration for kids who have been placed at the Boysville Home for Boys and Girls.
Children's Hunger Fund Mobile Pak - we are fundraising to fill boxes of food called Food Paks, which we will get to fill at Children's Hunger Fund's warehouse in San Antonio. The Food Paks will be used by local churches to care for families in need in our region.
I hope these events illustrate a more robust, Biblical understanding of being pro-life - helping those who are hungry, caring for children who have lost or been removed from their families, ministering to those who are broken and are experiencing loss. And there are more things that need to be done. One of the greatest needs in our society is for families willing to foster and adopt children who have lost everything. Being pro-adoption is the Biblical, logical, and necessary consequence of being anti-abortion. At the very least, Christians should see adoption as the one other issue essential to being pro-life.
I pray that Christ Church will continue to proudly claim the title of "Pro-Life" - not only because we are against abortion, but also because we are thoroughly and consistently in favor of all things that promote, advance, and enrich the cause of life in San Antonio and beyond.


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Determine source language from a binary?
I responded to another question about developing for the iPhone in non-Objective-C languages, and I made the assertion that using, say, C# to write for the iPhone would strike an Apple reviewer wrong. I was speaking largely about UI elements differing between the ObjC and C# libraries in question, but a commenter made an interesting point, leading me to this question:
Is it possible to determine the language a program is written in, solely from its binary? If there are such methods, what are they?
Let's assume for the purposes of the question:
That from an interaction standpoint (console behavior, any GUI appearance, etc.) the two are identical.
That performance isn't a reliable indicator of language (no comparing, say, Java to C).
That you don't have an interpreter or something between you and the language - just raw executable binary.
Bonus points if you're language-agnostic as possible.
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TimTim
I'm not a compiler hacker (someday, I hope), but I figure that you may be able to find telltale signs in a binary file that would indicate what compiler generated it and some of the compiler options used, such as the level of optimization specified.
Strictly speaking, however, what you're asking is impossible. It could be that somebody sat down with a pen and paper and worked out the binary codes corresponding to the program that they wanted to write, and then typed that stuff out in a hex editor. Basically, they'd be programming in assembly without the assembler tool. Similarly, you may never be able to tell with certainty whether a native binary was written in straight assembler or in C with inline assembly.
As for virtual machine environments such as JVM and .NET, you should be able to identify the VM by the byte codes in the binary executable, I would expect. However you may not be able to tell what the source language was, such as C# versus Visual Basic, unless there are particular compiler quirks that tip you off.
ParappaParappa
It is possible. See stackoverflow.com/questions/1704202/… – Kelly S. French Nov 10 '09 at 0:43
It seems to me that in theory it is not possible, and in practice it is. :) – Parappa Nov 10 '09 at 22:10
If it was 100% assembly, you could tell that from examining the binary. Theoretically, someone could write a program in FORTRAN and then run it through a fortran-to-c app to obtain 'C' source code. When that gets compiled it is possible that was was no traces to indicate the original language was not 'C'. That begs the question of what exactly qualifies as the "language it was written in". Maybe the question could be more specific this way, "Can you tell what language was used to create this binary?" In other words, the language that was translated into binary. – Kelly S. French Mar 9 '11 at 16:40
Short answer: YES
If you look at a binary, you can find the names of the libraries that have been linked in. Opening cmd.exe in TextPad easily finds the following at hex offset 0x270: msvcrt.dll, KERNEL32.dll, NTDLL.DLL, USER32.dll, etc. msvcrt is the Microsoft 'C' runtime support functions. KERNEL32, NTDLL, and USER32.dll are OS specific libraries which tell you either the target platform, or the platform on which it was built, depending on how well the cross-platform development environment segregates the two.
Setting aside those clues, most any c/c++ compiler will have to insert the names of the functions into the binary, there is a list of all functions (or entrypoints) stored in a table. C++ 'mangles' the function names to encode the arguments and their types to support overloaded methods. It is possible to obfuscate the function names but they would still exist. The functions signatures would include the number and types of the arguments which can be used to trace into the system or internal calls used in the program. At offset 0x4190 is "SetThreadUILanguage" which can be searched for to find out a lot about the development environment. I found the entry-point table at offset 0x1ED8A. I could easily see names like printf, exit, and scanf; along with __p__fmode, __p__commode, and __initenv
Any executable for the x86 processor will have a data segment which will contain any static text that was included in the program. Back to cmd.exe (offset 0x42C8) is the text "S.o.f.t.w.a.r.e..P.o.l.i.c.i.e.s..M.i.c.r.o.s.o.f.t..W.i.n.d.o.w.s..S.y.s.t.e.m.". The string takes twice as many characters as is normally necessary because it was stored using double-wide characters, probably for internationalization. Error codes or messages are a prime source here.
At offset B1B0 is "p.u.s.h.d" followed by mkdir, rmdir, chdir, md, rd, and cd; I left out the unprintable characters for readability. Those are all command arguments to cmd.exe.
For other programs, I've sometimes been able to find the path from which a program was compiled.
So, yes, it is possible to determine the source language from the binary.
Kelly S. FrenchKelly S. French
This all relies on people linking libraries. What happens if that's done statically, or the functions or copy/pasted into the source? It's a great tip (+1 from me), but it's not always reliable. – Tim Nov 10 '09 at 0:44
Entry points exist even when an executable is statically linked. They are based on functions defined regardless of which object module they came from or how they were linked. Functions loaded at runtime don't have their names in the entrypoint table but would have to be mentioned in the data segment somewhere because it's needed by the run-time loader. You are right about the copy/pasted source to a degree. The only way around this would be if all the code were in main and no libraries were linked in. – Kelly S. French Nov 10 '09 at 2:04
I expect you could, if you disassemble the source, or at least you may know the compiler, as not all compilers will use the same code for printf for example, so Objective-C and gnu C should differ here.
You have excluded all byte-code languages so this issue is going to be less common than expected.
James BlackJames Black
First, run what on some binaries and look at the output. CVS (and SVN) identifiers are scattered throughout the binary image. And most of those are from libraries.
Also, there's often a "map" to the various library functions. That's a big hint, also.
When the libraries are linked into the executable, there is often a map that's included in the binary file with names and offsets. It's part of creating "position independent code". You can't simply "hard-link" the various object files together. You need a map and you have to do some lookups when loading the binary into memory.
Finally, the start-up module for C, C++ (and I imagine C#) is unique to that compiler's defaiult set of libraries.
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What if you statically link all the libraries that you can. – James Black Nov 9 '09 at 22:13
@James Black: Doesn't change a thing. The .o's are just concatenated into the executable along with some instructions to the loader for how to populate the material in memory. – S.Lott Nov 9 '09 at 22:15
what about these tools:
PE Detective
PEiD
both are PE Identifiers. ok, they're both for windows but that's what it was when i landed here
Christian CasuttChristian Casutt
Well, C is initially converted the ASM, so you could write all C code in ASM.
alternativealternative
Okay, its true that not all C compilers necessarily work this way, but you can generate asm code with gcc with -S so I don't think this warrants a downvote. – alternative Apr 22 '12 at 13:13
This is a comment, not an answer. But upvoted back to zero as it's a good comment. – Todd Main May 13 '15 at 2:20
@Todd Main Heavily disagree. My answer is "no" as I've provided a counterexample. In a general sense the answer is "usually you can tell" but in a strict sense you only need a single counterexample for the answer to be that it is impossible. – alternative May 23 '15 at 17:41
@alternative but to say that a single counterexample shows that it is impossible is not entirely helpful unless the question was, "can you always detect the source language from the binary." A somewhat more accurate answer is, 'usually but not always, there are cases where it might be impossible'. To say that it is impossible implies that it is never possible which is not true. Sorry, sometimes I get stuck on word choices,I don't really disagree absolutely just in degree. If you can't find evidence of source you can say it must be 100% assembly or that the author is obfuscating on purpose. – Kelly S. French Oct 19 '15 at 14:29
No, the bytecode is language agnostic. Different compilers could even take the same code source and generate different binaries. That's why you don't see general purpose decompilers that will work on binaries.
The command 'strings' could be used to get some hints as to what language was used (for instance, I just ran it on the stripped binary for a C application I wrote and the first entries it finds are the libraries linked by the executable).
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Police Tase 87-Year-Old Grandmother Cutting Flowers
By Gabriella Paiella@GMPaiella
Martha Al-Bishara. Photo: CNN
Police in Georgia are defending their use of force after tasing an 87-year-old grandmother who was cutting flowers.
Last week, elderly Syrian native Martha Al-Bishara was using a knife to slice dandelions — meant for use in a salad she often makes — in a wooded area near her house in Chatsworth, Georgia. Unbeknownst to her, it was property that belonged to the local Boys and Girls Club. Per CNN, a staff member called police to report "a lady walking on the bike trails, she has a knife and she won't leave, and she doesn't speak English."
Multiple police officers arrived to find the 5-foot-2-inch grandmother, who has dementia and doesn't speak much English. Police Chief Josh Etheridge says they pulled their guns out and that he threw his own knife on the ground in an attempt to communicate what they wanted her to do. When she didn't understand, officers tased, handcuffed, and arrested her. Al-Bishara — who immigrated to States two decades ago and became a citizen in 2001 — has also been charged with criminal trespass and obstruction of a police officer.
"She's seeing us, she hears what we're saying," Etheridge said. "She may not understand what we're saying but we're telling her to stop and there's a taser pointed at her." He elaborated to ABC News: "Lord help us if she had tried to stop the officer and held the knife in an aggressive manner, and then deadly force would have been used."
Al-Bishara's grandson, Timothy Douhne, told her story to ABC. "She told us she was smiling at them to tell them that she wasn't a threat," he explained. "She was trying to get closer to them to communicate with them, and that's when they tased her." Douhne also says police refused to allow family members to help interpret during the booking process.
"She's still feeling pretty shook up," he added. "Her body is still pretty tired. She has some symptoms, I think, of post-traumatic stress. She can't go outside and look at the spot where it happened. She's feeling really bad about the whole situation and really embarrassed, and has been crying on and off."
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'Jersey Shore Family Vacation' new season: Where was it filmed in New Jersey?
How Jersey will the upcoming season of "Jersey Shore Family Vacation" be?
Filming primarily took place in the Florida Keys for the upcoming Season 5, which debuts Thursday, Jan 6. But while there's no "Shore House" this time around, there are a few signs that the 495 Productions, the show's producers, have been busy filming in Jersey.
So, what exit did filming take place? The Butcher's Block restaurant in Long Branch hosted what appears to be two shoots. In October, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino and his wife, Lauren Sorrentino, visited the spot for "Mom & Dad flex" with the roomies with cameras in tow, according to Mike's social media. The majority of the cast and cameras were there again last week, again according to Mike's social media.
The roomies took a group shot during their most recent visit. Deena Cortese wasn't in the picture, but she pleaded for a photoshop.
"lol I wish we could have stayed longer but everything was absolutely beautiful," commented Deena on Mike's post.
Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, who's on hiatus from the show due to legal problems, and Angelina Pivarnick, who for some reason has a history of not joining the cast at the Butcher's Block, were not pictured. Pauly DelVecchio's girlfriend, Nikki Hall; Uncle Nino Giaimo, aka Vinny Guadagnino's uncle; Jenni "JWoww' Farley's fiancé, Zack Clayton; and Meilani Mathews, Jenni's daughter, were also pictured with the cast.
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The October cast pic at the Butcher's Block also didn't include Ronnie or Angelina.
"Jersey Shore" cast members have dined at the Butcher's Block in the past, although the show has never filmed there. However, "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" did film cast member Joey Gorga's birthday dinner there for the March 17, 2021 episode of the Bravo show.
Reps from the Butcher's Block, which is temporarily closed, declined to comment.
Filming has also appeared to take place at Mike's home in Holmdel. That's where the roomies formally met Mike and Lauren's new son, Romeo, and Cameron Theo Buckner, the second for Deena and husband Chris Buckner of Jackson, in October.
At least one "JSFV" cast member has had a Jersey address change since Season 4. Angelina moved from Matawan to Freehold Township in October. She posted a pic of her and the moving team making the move on Instagram. Husband Chris Larangeira was not in the picture, nor were film cameras.
The upcoming season also features "wild nights in L.A. with Vinny" and "DJ Pauly D's return to the clubs, this group continues to bring the non-stop party wherever they go," according to MTV.
Before then, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, who makes her "official return" in the upcoming season, Jenni and Mike will host "The 12 Days of Jerzmas," 8 p.m. ET Dec. 16 on MTV. They guys will look back on fond "JSFV" moments and look ahead to the new season, too.
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Psalm 24:7 is a scripture many of us have read before or possibly glanced over it. It says, "Lift up your heads, O gates, and be lifted up, ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in." The first time I read this scripture I thought to myself, "wow, what a pretty picture" even though I wasn't completely sure of the reference or meaning. As I continued to read, meditate, and pray for insight, I began to connect the dots.
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Mark and Dolores Stepp Murder: Where Is Francine Stepp Now?
Shraman Mitra
When the police received a report of a double murder on the morning of June 8, 1988, they arrived to find a crime of the most brutal nature. Mark and Dolores Stepp were stabbed and shot to death in their home in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Investigation Discovery's 'Where Murder Lies: Secrets Laid Bare' chronicles the heinous murder and charts out the ensuing police investigation that revealed a deadly yet terrifying secret. If you are intrigued to know the details of the case and curious about where the perpetrator is today, we have you covered.
How did Mark and Dolores Stepp Die?
Mark and Dolores Stepp were happily married and had everything a comfortable life would desire. They moved from Wisconsin to Stillwater, Oklahoma, in 1979 and even shared a daughter, Francine. Although Mark and Dolores had a military background, he worked as a powerplant technician in Stillwater while Dolores found employment as an accounting supervisor at Oklahoma State University. The Stepps were known for being extremely strict, especially when it came to parenting their daughter, yet, to the outside eyes, they seemed like a picture-perfect family.
On June 8, 1988, the Stillwater police received a report about a double murder at the Stepp's residence. On arriving, they found the daughter, Francine, in tears as she claimed that both her parents had been murdered. Inside the house, the police were met with a horrific scene as they discovered Mark and Dolores lying dead in the master bedroom. Authorities noted that while Dolores lay on the floor, Mark was placed on the bed. Moreover, both victims appeared to have been shot and stabbed with a knife, even jutting out from Dolores' ribcage.
A robbery was ruled out as the police did not find any sign of forced entry. However, that meant that the victims possibly knew the murderer. Moreover, officers determined that it was indeed a kitchen knife that was used to kill Dolores. Additionally, a few .22 caliber bullets were found embedded inside the bedroom wall. The police also found two sets of footprints on a rug which hinted at there being two perpetrators.
Who Killed Mark and Dolores Stepp?
When the police began questioning Francine, who claimed to have found her parents in the horrifying state, she told authorities that she stayed at her friend Cindy Sue Wynn's place overnight. Francine added that she returned early that morning to find her parents murdered. Cindy was Francine's neighbor, and even though the two had polar opposite personalities, they had a deep friendship. When officers questioned her, Cindy expressed a desire to lawyer up but ultimately backed Francine's alibi.
Through their investigation, the police also learned that Mark and Dolores were strict on their daughter. It seemed like Francine was feeling stifled by their parenting as she did not have much freedom even after becoming a teenager. This had led to her harboring years of discontent and hatred against her parents. With a clear motive for Francine to have committed the murder, the police started looking into her whereabouts and even questioned possible witnesses.
According to the show, one witness that the police questioned told them that she had seen Francine driving her car around midnight on the night of the murder. The witness statement made the police doubt Francine's alibi, and suspicions heightened. More issues came to light when authorities decided to question the girls' friends.
A friend even revealed that both girls were exasperated by their respective parents and expressed their desire to kill them. As per the show, the friend alleged that they had contacted a person called Jackie Phillip Myers and had even promised to give him a large amount of money if he could solve their problem for them. Although Phillip affirmed that the girls had approached him, he told authorities that he had not acted on it. Certain about the girls' involvement in the crime, the police decided to put Cindy under the scanner once again.
She was thoroughly questioned, and ultimately, the interrogation broke her down. Cindy told police how both girls wanted to kill their parents as their relations with their respective families had soured, and they were not allowed to meet each other. However, Cindy maintained that it was only Francine who was involved in the murder. From their investigation, the police remembered that they had spotted two sets of footprints and thus decided to make Francine tell the truth.
When questioned, Francine finally came clean to authorities and told them that both she and her best friend were involved in the crime. Moreover, Francine mentioned that although Cindy did not commit the murders herself, she did help in disposing of evidence and the murder weapon. With a confession on their hands, the police finally arrested Francine and Cindy for their role in the murder.
Where Is Francine Stepp Now?
When Francine Stepp was produced in court, she was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. She pleaded guilty to both counts. Based on her plea, the court sentenced Francine Stepp to life in prison in 1988. Since being sent to jail, Francine's name has come up for parole in 2003, 2006, and 2009, but she has been denied parole every single time. At present, Francine Stepp remains incarcerated in the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center in McLoud, Oklahoma.
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Cohn Fellowship Fosters Faculty Research
The Cohn Family Foundation provides grant funding every year to support junior faculty at Rush University who are mentees in the Rush Research Mentoring Program. The funding allows mentees to gather preliminary data for research proposals.
The following faculty were selected as 2021 Cohn Fellows after a competitive review process:
Vaskar Das, PhD, was recently promoted to assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at Rush Medical College and is participating in research with Asokumar Buvanendran, MD; Jeffrey Kroin, PhD; and Robert J. McCarthy, PharmD.
He is currently working on National Institutes of Health-funded pain research as a co-investigator. His research has focused on new non-opioid treatments for acute and chronic pain by following the key energy sensor AMPK (adenosine mono-phosphate activated kinase) and the pain-relieving effect of the ketamine metabolite (2R,6R)-hydroxynorketamine.
His Cohn research will expand to assess the pain-relieving efficiency and mechanisms of AMPK activators in peripheral tissue injury pain. One immediate outcome of this research will be much-needed pharmacological understanding of AMPK activators for low back pain and post-surgical pain.
Klodian Dhana, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Rush Medical College. He joined Rush University in July 2018 after completing his postdoctoral training at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
His research focuses on epidemiology and the prevention of chronic diseases. Particularly, he investigates the role of clinical and lifestyle risk factors on cognitive health and Alzheimer's disease. The Cohn Fellowship will allow him to develop a risk prediction model for identifying stroke patients at high risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer's dementia who can benefit from tailored preventive strategies.
Frank Ko, PhD, is an instructor in the Department of Cell and Molecular Medicine at Rush Medical College. His research interest is in the musculoskeletal system, with particular emphasis in determining the source and mechanisms of bone regeneration.
He uses the state-of-the-art imaging and genetic approaches to trace several anatomically distinct skeletal stem cells during bone healing. His Cohn research will further expand on this work, which he hopes will enhance our understanding of bone regeneration and lead to the development of novel therapies to improve orthopedic care, such as joint replacement or fracture healing.
Colleen Stiles-Shields, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Section of Community Behavioral Health and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Rush Medical College. Her research focuses on using digital mental health technology to improve mental and behavioral health for the pediatric population, particularly for those in underserved communities.
Her Cohn research will focus on determining the unmet mental and behavioral health needs of teenagers living on the West Side of Chicago and assessing their use of smartphones and mobile health tools. The results of this research will inform clinical recommendations and research efforts focusing on adolescents from underserved populations.
Lai Wang, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Division of Rheumatology in the Department of Internal Medicine at Rush Medical College. Her research interest focuses on combining genetic, biochemical, cell and molecular biology approaches to explore underlying mechanisms and innovative interventions in musculoskeletal disorders and injuries.
Her current research in the Laboratory for Translational Research in Osteoarthritis focuses on molecular pathways osteoarthritis pain, as well as the role of intra-articular sensory innervation in onset and progression of osteoarthritis. Her Cohn research project will investigate whether peripheral neuronal Notch signaling contributes to joint pain in a murine surgical model of osteoarthritis.
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Researchers at Rush University Medical Center now have found that malignant hyperthermia susceptibility also causes problems with glucose metabolism within muscle, leading to elevated blood sugar.
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OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the effectiveness of a program that includes routine opt-out prenatal HIV screening, combination antiretroviral therapy (ART), and a multidisciplinary team in preventing perinatal HIV transmission. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was performed on HIV-infected pregnant women in northern Alberta, Canada, who delivered between January 1, 1999, and February 28, 2006. RESULTS: Ninety-eight women had 113 deliveries. Forty-three percent were diagnosed with HIV infection through prenatal screening. Approximately 60% of HIV-infected pregnant women were Aboriginal, with 45% reporting alcohol use and 42% illicit drug use during pregnancy. The use of combination ART during pregnancy increased throughout the study period; 89% or more received combination ART from 2004 through 2006. Only 1 of the 111 infants (0.9%) was confirmed to be HIV infected, and that infant was born to a woman with no prenatal care. CONCLUSIONS: High rates of HIV testing using an opt-out approach, combined with efforts by a multidisciplinary team, resulted in a low rate of perinatal HIV transmission in our cohort. The added value of retesting high-risk women late in pregnancy or with rapid HIV tests at the time of delivery should be explored.
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Evolution of a nursing research program.
A thematic review of the spirituality literature within palliative care.
Research related to spirituality and health has developed from relative obscurity to a thriving field of study over the last 20 years both within palliative care and within health care in general. This paper provides a descriptive review of the literature related to spirituality and health, with a special focus on spirituality within palliative and end-of-life care. CINAHL and MEDLINE were searched under the keywords "spirituality" and "palliative." The review revealed five overarching themes in the general spirituality and health literature: (1) conceptual difficulties related to the term spirituality and proposed solutions; (2) the relationship between spirituality and religion; (3) the effects of spirituality on health; (4) the subjects enrolled in spirituality-related research; and (5) the provision of spiritual care. While the spirituality literature within palliative care shared these overarching characteristics of the broader spirituality and health literature, six specific thematic areas transpired: (1) general discussions of spirituality in palliative care; (2) the spiritual needs of palliative care patients; (3) the nature of hope in palliative care; (4) tools and therapies related to spirituality; (5) effects of religion in palliative care; and (6) spirituality and palliative care professionals. The literature as it relates to these themes is summarized in this review. Spirituality is emerging largely as a concept void of religion, an instrument to be utilized in improving or maintaining health and quality of life, and focussed predominantly on the "self" largely in the form of the patient. While representing an important beginning, the authors suggest that a more integral approach needs to be developed that elicits the experiential nature of spirituality that is shared by patients, family members, and health care professionals alike.
Mental health--the constant in nursing.
Recognizing the mental health nurse. Interview by Doug Hart.
Canadian air ambulance service answers widely scattered calls.


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La Loma del Prado es un yacimiento arqueológico de carácter urbano de época imperial romana, existente aproximadamente entre los siglos  y  d.C. Está situado en el término municipal de Fuentes Claras (Teruel, Aragón, España).

Historia
La ciudad estuvo en tres emplazamientos sucesivos, siendo La Loma del Prado el último de ellos y mostrando una continuidad de hábitat de carácter urbano ininterrumpido en la comarca del siglo  a.C. al menos hasta el siglo  d.C. Fue fundada como un asentamiento celtíbero en proceso de romanización donde hoy se encuentra el yacimiento de la Caridad (Caminreal) y hacia finales del siglo  a.C. se trasladó al vecino Cerro de San Esteban (El Poyo del Cid). Fue en la segunda mitad del siglo  a.C. cuando sus habitantes refundarían la ciudad en La Loma del Prado a mediados del siglo  d.C., a orillas del río Jiloca y a 1,1 km de distancia del cerro mencionado.

Se desconoce con seguridad el nombre de la ciudad. Cotejando diversas fuentes de la Antigüedad (Historia Natural, de Plinio el Viejo; la Geografía de Ptolomeo o el Anónimo de Rávena) podría tratarse de Leonica, nombre dado al ser habitada por los leonicenses, pueblo celtíbero que supuestamente habitaba la zona.

Los materiales exhumados hasta la fecha permiten estimar que la ciudad tuvo su apogeo durante el Alto Imperio Romano, hacia el siglo  d.C. Posiblemente desapareció hacia el siglo  d.C., pero se desconoce si fue de manera traumática o si se despobló a causa del gradual proceso de ruralización producido en todo el Imperio romano a partir del siglo  d.C.

La ciudad estaría ubicada dentro del trayecto de la antigua calzada romana que uniría las poblaciones de Saguntum (actual Sagunto) y Bilbilis (actual Calatayud). La calzada seguiría el margen izquierdo del curso del Jiloca a la altura de dicho yacimiento.

Descripción
El yacimiento ocupa una terraza sobre el margen izquierdo del Jiloca, en un punto equidistante de los dos emplazamientos que lo precedieron. Tiene unos ejes de 430 x 260 m, que arrojan una superficie total de nueve hectáreas. No conserva ninguna estructura constructiva y los hallazgos obtenidos han sido en superficie.

Fue dado a conocer por Purificación Atrián Jordán y empezó a ser estudiado en los años 70 por Francisco Burillo Mozota, dentro de sus trabajos de prospección arqueológica de los diversos asentamientos del territorio de la Celtiberia, dentro del cual se halla la Comarca del Jiloca.

Sin embargo es un yacimiento escasamente conocido y trabajado al no haber sido excavado de manera sistemática, lo cual impide precisar su importancia real a pesar de habérsele calculado unos tres siglos de existencia. Tampoco fue señalizado ni preservado, lo cual lo ha dejado a merced del expolio de buscadores de piezas clandestinos durante años. Actualmente no hay ninguna señal que lo ubique ni señale su existencia.

Restos conservados
Entre los restos materiales exhumados destacan un sillar de arenisca, descubierto por Purificación Atrián y en cuyo frente tiene grabado una cabeza de toro con hojas de acanto, conservado en el Museo de Teruel.

Más adelante, en 1978 Francisco Burillo dio a conocer el hallazgo de una tésera de hospitalidad, de bronce con forma de delfín, que en una de sus caras lleva la inscripción Quom·Metelli-neis·tessera, grabada en punteado y que menciona uno de los personajes del pacto de hospitalidad realizado. Dicha pieza se halla en manos de una colección particular.

También se hallaron otros restos como tégulas, sillares y objetos diversos.

Referencias

Bibliografía

Loma del Prado, La
Loma del Prado, La
Fuentes Claras
Yacimientos arqueológicos de la provincia de Teruel

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Should Masks be Manadated Again?
Britany Jones, Staff|January 28, 2022
Emory Trofholz
Murray, NEB- People have various opinions on whether masks help stop the spread of Covid-19 or if they are just uncomfortable and unnecessary. Masks are currently mandated in around nine states. These states consist of Washington, Hawaii, New Mexico, Nevada, California, Delaware, New York, Oregon and Illinois. People are required to wear a face covering in public spaces, whether they have or have not been vaccinated for Covid-19.
Since the pandemic began, there have been eight new Covid-19 variants to come about and there are definitely more to come. Every 14 out of 15 states which do not require masks in public areas have reportedly had a higher number of cases. Mask mandated states with at least 75 percent mask adherence had no reports of large outbreaks. In fact, the states which require masks have case reports little to none in some regions of the state. The CDC recommends that masks are worn to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 among peers. The increase of cases began again 12 weeks after mask mandates were lifted, while with mask mandates, the amount of cases reduced by over 50 percent.
Should masks be mandated again? When looking at statistics from the CDC, cases are much more likely to come to a stop if masks are worn. Although, masks will never be worn by everyone as the world has seen during the past mask mandates. The rise of Covid-19 cases is likely due to the lack of people who take precautions to protect themselves and others. Masks have been proven to decrease the severity of the Coronavirus outbreaks along with the vaccine that helps boost a person's immunity to the virus.
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Britany Jones is a sophomore at Conestoga Jr. Sr. High School. This is her first year on the journalism staff and she is excited to write for an audience....


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It seemed to them as if not many people were proud to be from Arizona.
They set out to create something that they hoped Arizonans would rally around. They wanted it to be something that sports fans and non-sports fans could get behind.
They created State Forty-Eight clothing. It has been in business for about 18 months.
Polando's younger brother, Nicholas, the third partner in the fledgling company, designed the State Forty-Eight logo. The design is simple yet eye catching: the words "State Forty-Eight" within an outline in the shape of the state of Arizona.
They had a few shirts printed and friends convinced them it was something they could sell.
"There are only so many times people could say, 'This is awesome, you should sell it,' before you decide they're right and you should do something about it," Stephen Polando said.
The Chandler High School graduates — Stephen Polando and Spangenberg graduated in 2004, Nicholas Polando graduated in 2007 — are selling their design on T-shirts, polo shirts, racer-backs and hats. The clothes are designed to be stylish and comfortable in the Valley climate.
"We're trying to make things that are comfortable to wear when it's 100 degrees out," Stephen said. "We have hoodies, but our hoodies are lightweight."
They hawk their shirts at festivals, art walks and events throughout the state. Their designs are available at Sibley's West gift shop in downtown Chandler; Here on the Corner, 714 S. College Ave. in Tempe; Clothes Minded, 4810 E. Ray Road in Ahwatukee, and at boutiques in Phoenix and Scottsdale.
Their line stands to gain additional exposure during Phoenix Fashion Week, Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 2-4. The trio have been chosen for the Emerging Designer Boot Camp, where novice designers learn more about the fashion business.
The boot camp experience has been an eye opener for them as they are the only men among the 12 design teams chosen.
"It's us and a lot of women making dresses and doing high fashion," Spangenberg said. "But we're learning a lot."
While they are surrounded by couture designers as the guys sell what they describe as street wear, State Forty-Eight is farther along than many fellow boot campers. Yet the guys say they are learning a lot from the experience.
"I was most hesitant to do this, but I love it," Stephen said. "They give you a lot of homework; they put a lot on your plate. But it is built to put you in a position to succeed."
State Forty-Eight is going to debut five new designs on the Phoenix Fashion Week runway at Talking Stick Resort.
"In addition to our regular logo, we're going to be offering up new designs that we think people will bite on just as hard," Nicholas said. "There isn't a better time to introduce new designs than this."
The three partners have learned a lot in the short time they've been in business. Among the biggest lessons has been playing to their individual strengths.
Nicholas had experience working in a machine shop so the production aspect of the business has come more naturally to him. Stephen and Spangenberg have a lot of customer-service experience (they both work in the hotel industry) and Spangenberg has had a long-running interest in fashion.
All three have "day jobs" but want to grow the company into a full-time endeavor. They were hesitant to take the plunge into starting a business initially, but now all three are fully committed.
"The best way to learn anything is to be thrown in the fire," Stephen said. "You have to figure it out and find a way. You're going to sink or swim, it's that simple."
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Unusual use of blue pigment found in ancient mummy portraits
Northwestern-Hearst Museum of Anthropology collaboration reveals hidden color
Mostly untouched for 100 years, 15 Roman-era Egyptian mummy portraits and panel paintings were literally dusted off by scientists and art conservators from Northwestern University and the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology as they set out to investigate the materials the painters used nearly 2,000 years ago.
What the researchers discovered surprised them, because it was hidden from the naked eye: the ancient artists used the pigment Egyptian blue as material for underdrawings and for modulating color—a finding never before documented. Because blue has to be manufactured, it typically is reserved for very prominent uses, not hidden under other colors.
"This defies our expectations for how Egyptian blue would be used," said Marc Walton, research associate professor of materials science and engineering at Northwestern and an expert on the color blue. "The discovery changes our understanding of how this particular pigment was used by artists in the second century A.D. I suspect we will start to find unusual uses of this colorant in a lot of different works of art, such as wall paintings and sculpture."
The best Roman-era painters tried to emulate Greek painters, who were considered the masters of the art form. Before the Greek period, Egyptian blue was used everywhere throughout the Mediterranean -- in frescoes, on temples, to depict the night sky, as decoration. But when the Greeks came along, their palette relied almost exclusively on yellow, white, black and red.
"When you look at the Tebtunis portraits we studied, that's all you see, those four colors," Walton said. "But when we started doing our analysis, all of a sudden we started to see strange occurrences of this blue pigment, which luminesces. We concluded that although the painters were trying hard not to show they were using this color, they were definitely using blue."
The study was published this month by Applied Physics A, a journal focused on materials science and processing. The research collaboration is part of the Northwestern University-Art Institute of Chicago Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts (NU-ACCESS), for which Walton is a senior scientist.
"Our findings confirm the distinction between the visual and physical natures of artifacts -- expect the unexpected when you begin to analyze an artwork," said Jane L. Williams, a conservator at the Hearst Museum and a co-author, along with Walton, of the study. "We see how these artists manipulated a small palette of pigments, including this unusual use of Egyptian blue, to create a much broader spectrum of hues."
The researchers studied 11 mummy portraits and four panel painting fragments. The 15 paintings were excavated between December 1899 and April 1900 at the site of Tebtunis (now Umm el-Breigat) in the Fayum region of Egypt. They now are housed in the collections of the Hearst Museum at the University of California, Berkeley.
The fragile mummy portraits are extremely lifelike paintings of specific deceased individuals. Each portrait would be incorporated into the mummy wrappings and placed directly over the person's face, Williams explained.
While working on the conservation treatment of these paintings, Williams had many unanswered questions about their materials and techniques, but without a conservation science division at the Hearst Museum, she had limited means to investigate. Working with NU-ACCESS made a comprehensive technical survey of the paintings possible, Williams said.
Walton and his Northwestern team brought expertise in scientific analysis of cultural heritage materials and some of the latest technology for the non-destructive analysis of artworks to the Hearst Museum. The study quickly revealed some surprises.
The researchers uncovered the unexpected uses of Egyptian blue -- the first man-made pigment, inspired by lapis lazuli, the true blue—using a routine battery of different analytical techniques, such as X-ray fluorescence and X-ray diffraction. Six of the 15 paintings have the unusual use of blue, the researchers found.
The skilled painters employed blue for underdrawings, to modulate clothes, the shading on clothing and in other not necessarily intuitive uses of Egyptian blue, a pigment used for millennia before these paintings were made.
"We are speculating that the blue has a shiny quality to it, that it glistens a little when the light hits the pigment in certain ways," Walton said. "The artists could be exploiting these other properties of the blue color that might not necessarily be intuitive to us at first glance."
Portrait of a Young Man (visible)
Portrait of a Young Man: This Roman-era Egyptian mummy portrait from the site of Tebtunis, Egypt (above and below) is shown in visible light. The pigment Egyptian blue is used in the painting, but the color cannot be seen by the naked eye. (Credit: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley)
Portrait of a Boy (visible)
Portrait of a Boy (Credit: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley)
Portrait of a Bearded Man (visible)
Portrait of a Bearded Man (Credit: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley)
Research on these paintings, which is ongoing, will contribute to the international collaborative study project Ancient Panel Paintings: Examination, Analysis and Research (APPEAR), initiated by the J. Paul Getty Museum. APPEAR aims to create an international digital database to compile historic, technical and scientific information on Roman Egyptian portraits.
"Our collaboration with NU-ACCESS makes it possible for the Hearst Museum to contribute to this project at the level of much larger museums, like the Getty or the British Museum, that have conservation science divisions," Williams said.
—Megan Fellman, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
The paper is titled "Investigating the use of Egyptian blue in Roman Egyptian portraits and panels from Tebtunis, Egypt." In addition to Walton and Williams, other authors of the paper are Monica Ganio (first author), Johanna Salvant and Oliver Cossairt, of Northwestern; and Lynn Lee, of the Getty Conservation Institute.
NU-ACCESS is based at Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science and is supported by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The center's mission is to provide scientific support for the investigation of art collections, as well as to develop new technology to look at art.
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