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JC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Scrappy Thacker hopes to return to form for MC
By Oscar LeRoy, MRT.com/Midland Reporter-Telegram
Updated 8:02 pm CST, Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Bianca Thacker said Midland College women's basketball coach Ron Jones said she brings a "junkyard dog" mentality to the court.
Yes, that is a compliment as Thacker brings a certain toughness to the court and willingness to do whatever she can to help the team win.
The 5-foot-11 sophomore guard/small forward from Naime, Australia, said playing tough is just something she was taught to do while playing back home. She said because of a lack of big post players available, she said hustling for loose balls and getting rebounds was what she had to do.
"I bring a bit of aggressiveness in I do everything I guess," she said. "I try to be an all-around player and play anywhere from (shooting guard) to the (power forward), whevever coach needs me."
Thacker hopes to bring those qualities and help her team win today when the Lady Chaparrals (10-8, 3-2 in the Western Junior College Athletic Conference) host rival Howard College (12-10, 2-4) at 5:45 p.m. today at Chaparral Center.
The Lady Chaps are coming off a tough 65-60 victory at Western Texas College in which they not only snapped a two-game losing skid but also gave Jones his 600th win at MC.
Midland College's Bianca Thacker (3) defends against South Plains College on Nov. 29, 2017, at Chaparral Center. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
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"I'm happy for him and I'm happy I was able to be a part of it," Thacker said. "Especially after that Odessa loss, which I'm sure would have meant more to him, it was still a good accomplishment."
Monday's win was a highlight for a player who has had her share of adversity this season as a hand injury has limited her playing time to eight games. Thacker said he suffered torn ligaments and a hairline fracture but that has finally healed up to where she's close to being her old self again as a player. Despite that injury, Thacker is second on the team in scoring with 10.4 points per game and is tied for second in rebounding with 5.9 boards per contest.
"She's had a tough year with an injury to her left hand," Jones said. "I thought she was one of our better players in the fall and in scrimmages. Hopefully she can get back into that rhythm where she can be a leader and a sophomore that can really produce."
Added Thacker: "I was really excited for this coming year, especially being a sophomore and being more of a leader. But it happens and now I'm getting back on track."
Thacker was hoping for a fresh start after transferring from NCAA Division I Idaho State University where she started 13 games. Thacker was one of a few players to leave the program in the offseason.
"Some of us didn't really feel welcome as players," she said. "It was more a straight basketball mindset. I've enjoyed (Midland College) a lot better, especially basketball. It's a lot more family environment and I feel a lot more taken care of. It's not just about coach winning but how we do as a team."
Jones is certainly glad to have her and hopes that she can finish the season strong.
"She's just a tough, gritty player," he said. "She'll rebound better than she should, she'll knock down some big shots. She's one of the players who's getting healthier and I think she'll help our team quite a bit."
Thacker now hopes her team can build off of Monday's win and make a move in the WJCAC standings. The Lady Chaps currently sit in third place, two games back of first place New Mexico Junior College.
"It was good to get a conference win. I think now we need to get on a roll and start getting these wins on the board and making our way to the top," she said.
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HOWARD COLLEGE AT MIDLAND COLLEGE
When/where: 5:45 p.m., Chaparral Center
Records: Midland College 10-8, 3-2 in Western Junior College Athletic Conference; Howard College 12-10, 2-4
Last WJCAC game: Midland College 65, Western Texas College 60; Howard College 55, Odessa College 54 (Jan. 18)
Notes & quotes: Midland College snapped a two-game losing streak on Monday and the Lady Chaparrals overcame 30 turnovers to do so. MC coach Ron Jones, who picked up his 600th win at the program, said his team played with energy through most of the game and that helped. "I was happy with our attitude and liked our approach but we have to turn around and do it again," Jones said. "The teams that are most consistent are the ones that are going to survive 'cause there have been a lot of close games in this league. We expect another tight one (today) and we need to do things well and find a way to get through another week." Bethany Theodore led MC with 18 points, Alexandrea Washington had 13, Ella Tofaeono had 10 points and 11 rebounds and Matangiroa Flavell added nine points and 11 boards. … Jones said Tofaeono (ankle) might not play today. … Jones said the Hawks are always patient and disciplined and will look to slow things down." You can't speed up a team that refuses to be sped up," Jones said. "They do what they do well. We have to make sure we play full 30-second offensive possessions if that's what it takes." … Howard is led by freshman 5-foot-7 guard Kaki Simpson with 13.8 ppg, 5-9 freshman guard Corbyn Cunningham is averaging 12.7 ppg and 6-1 sophomore forward Kendall Alsup is averaging 10.6 ppg.
Next: New Mexico JC at Howard College, 5:45 p.m. Monday; Howard College at New Mexico JC, 6:45 p.m. (CST) Feb. 1
2017-18 WJCAC women's basketball standings
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Twitter-derived measures of sentiment towards minorities (2015-2016) and associations with low birth weight and preterm birth in the United States.
Comput Human Behav 2018 Dec 9;89:308-315. Epub 2018 Aug 9.
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, School of Public Health, United States.
Introduction: The objective of this study was to investigate the association between state-level publicly expressed sentiment towards racial and ethnic minorities and birth outcomes for mothers who gave birth in that state.
Comput Human Behav 2019 Jan 13;90:388-396. Epub 2018 Aug 13.
Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90007.
Comput Human Behav 2019 May 4;94:1-8. Epub 2019 Jan 4.
Dornsife Center for Self-Report Science, University of Southern California, 635 Downey WayLos Angeles, CA 90089, United States.
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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA.
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Comput Human Behav 2018 Jan 6;78:98-112. Epub 2017 Sep 6.
Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, School of Medicine University of Washington Box SLU-BIME 358047, 850 Republican St, Building C, Seattle, WA 98109-4714, USA.
Identity, Victimization, and Support: Facebook Experiences and Mental Health Among LGBTQ Youth.
Comput Human Behav 2017 Nov 24;76:237-244. Epub 2017 Jul 24.
Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 625 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL, 60614.
The concurrent and longitudinal relationships between adolescents' use of social network sites and their social self-esteem.
Department of Clinical Child and Family Studies, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 1, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Latent-level relations between PTSD symptom clusters and problematic smartphone use.
Comput Human Behav 2017 Jul 22;72:170-177. Epub 2017 Feb 22.
Department of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.
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Sending and Receiving Text Messages with Sexual Content: Relations with Early Sexual Activity and Borderline Personality Features in Late Adolescence.
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Self-disclosure on SNS: Do disclosure intimacy and narrativity influence interpersonal closeness and social attraction?
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Video Gaming in a Hyperconnected World: A Cross-sectional Study of Heavy Gaming, Problematic Gaming Symptoms, and Online Socializing in Adolescents.
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Drs. Michelle Colder Carras, Tamar Mendelson, and Rashelle Musci are with the Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Drs. Antonius Van Rooij and Dike Van de Mheen are with IVO Addiction Research Institute in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and Erasmus MC, University Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Dr. Van Rooij is also with iMinds-MICT-Ghent University, Department of Communication Sciences in Belgium and Dr. Van de Mheen is with Maastricht University, Department of Health Promotion in Maastricht, The Netherlands. Dr. Qian-Li Xue is with the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland and the Center on Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
Aims: Examining online social interactions along with patterns of video gaming behaviors and game addiction symptoms has the potential to enrich our understanding of disorders related to excessive video game play.
Digital media use in the 2 h before bedtime is associated with sleep variables in university students.
Comput Human Behav 2016 Feb 14;55(A):43-50. Epub 2015 Sep 14.
E.P. Bradley Hospital Sleep Research Laboratory, Providence, RI, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; Centre for Sleep Research, School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia.
How social media influence college students' smoking attitudes and intentions.
Comput Human Behav 2016 Nov 6;64:173-182. Epub 2016 Jul 6.
School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 5115 Vilas Communication Hall, 821 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Ambient awareness: From random noise to digital closeness in online social networks.
Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen, Germany; University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Longitudinal Associations between Anhedonia and Internet-Related Addictive Behaviors in Emerging Adults.
University of Southern California, Department of Preventive Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA; University of Southern California, Department of Psychology, Los Angeles, CA, USA; University of Southern California, School of Social Work, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
The emotional responses of browsing Facebook: Happiness, envy, and the role of tie strength.
Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (Knowledge Media Research Center), Tübingen, Germany.
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Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ ; Department of Veterans Affairs, Syracuse, NY.
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Psychology Department, Center for Visual and Cognitive Neuroscience, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102.
Understanding Empathy Training with Virtual Patients.
Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, University of Florida, PO Box 116120, Gainesville, Florida 32611-6120.
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School of Media and Communication, Bowling Green State University.
Bridging the Divide: Using UTAUT to predict multigenerational tablet adoption practices.
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California State University, Dominguez Hills, United States.
Technology addiction's contribution to mental wellbeing: The positive effect of online social capital.
Department of Communication, Rutgers University, United States.
Quantifying Engagement: Measuring Player Involvement in Human-Avatar Interactions.
Nicholson School of Communication, University of Central Florida, 12405 Aquarius Agora Dr., Orlando, FL 32816-1344.
Emergence and predictors of alcohol reference displays on Facebook during the first year of college.
Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, School of Medicine, University of WIsconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
The Media and Technology Usage and Attitudes Scale: An empirical investigation.
California State University, Dominguez Hills, CA 90747, United States.
Giving and Receiving Emotional Support Online: Communication Competence as a Moderator of Psychosocial Benefits for Women with Breast Cancer.
School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 5115 Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Video game training to improve selective visual attention in older adults.
School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Canada.
The Uncanny Valley Does Not Interfere with Level 1 Visual Perspective Taking.
Indiana University School of Informatics, 535 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA.
The effect of action video game experience on task-switching.
Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53717.
Older Adults Talk Technology: Technology Usage and Attitudes.
School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0170.
The Effects of Survey Administration on Disclosure Rates to Sensitive Items Among Men: A Comparison of an Internet Panel Sample with a RDD Telephone Sample.
Interactivity and Presence of Three eHealth Interventions.
Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1513 University Avenue, Madison, WI, 53706.
How Do Varied Populations Interact with Embodied Conversational Agents? Findings from Inner-city Adolescents and Prisoners.
Center for Distributed Learning, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC.
Too real for comfort? Uncanny responses to computer generated faces.
Indiana University School of Informatics, IT 487, 535 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
The role of spatial abilities and age in performance in an auditory computer navigation task.
Clemson University Department of Psychology.
Distributed interactive communication in simulated space-dwelling groups.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Behavioral Biology Research Center, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
A conceptual framework for designing micro-worlds for complex work domains: a case study of the Cabin Air Management System.
Institute of Psychology, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany.
Using Touch Screen Audio-CASI to Obtain Data on Sensitive Topics.
Research Triangle Institute Research Triangle Park, NC and Washington D.C.
Implementing Audio-CASI on Windows' Platforms.
Automating Telephone Surveys: Using T-ACASI to Obtain Data on Sensitive Topics.
Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC and Washington D.C.


St Pancras Station, London. Home to high speed national train connections, the Eurostar and now Europe's longest champagne bar, the station will serve as a major transport hub during the London 2012 Olympics.
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These photos are incredible! They really capture the bustling atmosphere and excitement of London…especially with the Olympics heading its way!
Oh, beautiful pics! I was in London for the month of July, and St. Pancras was my favorite station.
Great pictures. I miss London so much!
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There is some really nice photographs in this post.
A friend of mine lived in London for five years and she is totally in love with the city.
The London 2012 photo is really conveying the sense of a city in movement. I like the man and the girl sitting and involved in their own activities contrasting with the quick moving people behind them. And the girl with the trolley is so dynamic, wow I like that photo.
I love historic rail stations and you've taken some lovely photographs – great post!
beautiful! great shots. i need visit!
I'd read many times about St Pancras, but this is the first time I have ever seen any really good stills of it. Thanks for sharing your images with those of us who have only been there in our minds.
That's some great pictures of a really wonderful old station. It's huge!!
My favourite London station, I met the girl of my dreams for the first time under the big statue.
Sounds like that should be turned in to a song James! Thanks for passing by!
I was at St. Pancras about 3 years ago, to board the Eurostar train. It certainly is a beautiful station. You took great photos of it!
Hi, I just want to say that you do an amazing job with your blog! London is maybe the most fascinating city in the world, the pictures that you've captured from this lovely city is incredible =) Keep up the good work!
The new hotel outside of the station looks magnificent!
There is only one thing wrong with these images- it's not raining.
Almost every time I've been in London it's chucked it down- especially when I was there for the purposes of travel. My last and only experience of St Pancras consisted of panicked rushing through sheets of rain to get on my Eurostar and back from it to the hotel. It really is nice to look at these and think 'Wow, I really missed out'- a great reason to do it all over again!
ha! yes, in fact it is tipping down with rain as I write this. I will try and capture the London rain in a future shoot! Watch this space!
Great photos. London will be a wonderful host for the Olympics.
Your capture of movement is incredible! Congrats on being Freshly Pressed!
good work Ben. St. P's my favourite station. if i want to get out the office and work from 'home' i go to the british library and lunch in the station.
There is a chapel at St. Pancras station, and the pastor is an old friend of mine, Father Jonathan Barker. Stop by and say a prayer for all nations to wage peace!
Love the exterior architectural details visible in that first photo. It's a shame so much modern architecture is just big, shiny boxes with no personality.
Lovely photos of St. Pancras Station! Well done! Construction was still going on when we were living there and we still haven't seen it on more recent visits. Must make it back to have a glass of bubbly!
I love the pictures! My mother and I went to London, England, years ago and loved it so much that we came back 3 months later to stay there another week. It definitely was an experience I'd never forget and the tube system was pretty easy to figure out too.
St Pancras Station is beautiful.
wow,nice pictures,thanks for showing us such wonderful pics,hope to have the great chance there …….
Beautiful pictures of this lovely station. Every time I see St Pancras I'm reminded of the excitement of arriving for trips to Paris on the Eurostar, so your photos have happy associations for me.
he new hotel outside of the station looks magnificent!
only one word, so cool!! London has both of traditionalism and modernism at the same time, nice!
Yep I love st.P too. I like the bronze statue of the couple embracing too.
I met my (now) girlfriend underneath that statue. The first time she saw me, I was trying to take a photo looking up the bronzed girl's skirt!
Beautiful station with history!! Great!
Great pictures, I live and work in London and love seeing the commuters hussle and bussle. Congrats on being freshly pressed to!
I miss London, and it's only been a month since I've left!
Hope your photos will prompt other Brits to protect the beauty of England, not tear it down with riots!
Bravo for your work once again!
gorgeous!! thank you for sharing.
Great shots, congrats on being pressed.
great pictures!! btw am i the only one who thinks that is just a slightly unfortunate name for a train station?
Love your blog, Mr. Rowe. Added to my blogroll. Congrats on the well-deserved Freshly Pressed!
So happy to have stumbled into your blog. I'm going to London in a few weeks and taking the Eurostar from St. Pancras. Adds to the excitement to see your photos while preparing for the trip!
One of the best wordpress sites I have ever seen.
Thank you! Definately one of the best comments I have ever had!
Great pictures! There's something so romantic about train stations and travel.
Very nice information shared by you. I was just searching this type of information and luckily I got it from your blog. I like your blog also.
Wonderful Pictures. Thanks for sharing it with us!!!
Gorgeous photos. I mean, I think you go the point by the other hundred comments, but really, these are great!
I love Victorian buildings. I'm surprised it wasn't lost to development. I have seen it on the tv and would love to take a train from it. Thanks for the wonderful pics.


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Growth Engineering
New Bubble Blaster Learning Game
Windsor (UK), May 2016 - Growth Engineering, a multi-award winning learning-technologies company, has launched its brand-new learning game, Bubble Blaster. The game is available as a template on Genie, Growth Engineering's game-based content authoring tool.
Genie is designed to make the creation of learning games quick and simple. Content creators upload their assets and then slot them into one of many game templates to transform them into game-based learning.
In the Bubble Blaster game, learners must shoot different-coloured bubbles onto the board. If they're able to make a chain of three or more, those bubbles will pop, and any bubbles they're supporting will fall.
A number of bubbles will have a symbol on them, showing that they have slides of learning content locked inside them. When they pop or fall, the learner will be presented with that content and will need to complete it to continue playing.
Along the way, learners earn points and power-ups to help them complete the content, such as a 50/50 to remove some incorrect answers to a question.
The aim of the game is to clear the board and complete all of the content, earning the highest possible score in the process.
Juliette Denny, Managing Director of Growth Engineering, said, "I've already sunk more hours than I can count into this game!
"Bite-sized games like this are the perfect way to wrap up your training content, to make it more engaging, and to allow your learners to retain the information more effectively. Keep an eye out for many more of these games in the coming months!"
Try the Bubble Blaster game, and find more information about Genie - including a thirty-day trial.
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Q: Mapping from $F$ to $E$ where $F$ is a field and $E=F[x]/\langle p(x)\rangle$ Here is the question as given that I am having trouble with:
Let $F$ be a field and $p(x)$ an irreducible polynomial in $F[x]$. In this investigation we showed that $E=F[x]/\langle p(x)\rangle$ is a field, and we implied that $F$ is a subfield of $E$. Now we will examine what we mean by that statement.
(a) There is a natural mapping $\iota$ from $F$ to $E$. Identify this mapping ($\iota$ is called the inclusion mapping). Show that $\iota$ preserves the structure of $F$. Is $\iota$ an isomorphism? Explain.
(b) Explain how $E$ contains an isomorphic copy of $F$. (It is in this sense that we say $F$ is a subfield of $E$. This subfield of $E$ this is isomorphic to $F$ is called an embedding of $F$ in $E$.)
Keep in mind that I am really new to all of this so I am trying my best to make sense of a ton of new information. I think I understand the idea of quotients with polynomial rings and why $E=F[x]/\langle p(x)\rangle$ is a field, but I am unclear what part (a) is looking for in terms of the mapping. We have also talked about an isomorphism being a well-defined bijective function that preserves addition and multiplication. Is this what I would be checking to show that the mapping is an isomorphism then? For part (b), I'm not sure why exactly $E$ would contain an isomorphic copy of $F$.

A: From the definition of one-to-one mapping of a function, for part (a):
Let a₀=b₀,a₁=b₁,...,aₙ=bₙ ∈ F, then
ι(a₀,a₁,...,aₙ)
=  (a₀ + a₁x + ... + aₙxⁿ) + <p(x)>
and
ι(b₀,b₁,...,bₙ)
=  (b₀ + b₁x + ... + bₙxⁿ) + <p(x)>.
Thus, ι(a₀,a₁,...,aₙ) =  ι(b₀,b₁,...,bₙ).
Hence, ι is one-to-one.
(Note that F[x]/<p(x)> is the notation for a quotient ring, also known as factor ring, which is a set of cosets and whose elements are f(x) + <p(x)>, f(x) ∈ F[x].)
hopefully next post for part(b)

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HAHA, okay okay, I tried. Seriously though, this kid has the power and the speed. I woke up around 730a to a text from his Aunt Lindsay saying that Laura went into labor at around 4am. I told her to let me know when she was 6cm and she responded with "um, SHE IS!" I hopped in the shower and took the hubs to work and received an update that said "And now she is getting ready to push". UM WHAT?! Charlie Clark, got here in quite the hurry. Anyone who was waiting for his arrival didn't even have a chance to blink before he got here. When I got to Maynard Children's Hospital, the family was doing swell. I spent the entire afternoon with Laura and Justin and their wonderful (and hilarious) family members. Seeing this group bond with their new addition was just about the best thing ever. After this beautiful day, we planned for Charlie's Lifestyle Newborn session and it was pure magic! I hope you all enjoy and please leave some love for this new family in the comment section below!
The confirmation from Grandpa that Charlie does in fact, have the Huber Dimple!
How about a little down time while we wait for a bigger room to be cleaned up!
It was such an honor to spend the day with Charlie Clark, Justin, and Laura (and the whole gang!) Charlie is a lucky little guy!
About a week later, I headed out to the Huber household to snap some sweet New Born Portraits and this maybe one of my favorites of all time. Lets Go Cubbies!
Time for a costume change... Lets Go Cubbies!
Thank you to Charlie Clark, Laura, Justin and Albert for inviting me along on this wonderful journey! Please leave them so much love and well wishes in the comment section! Also, congrats to THE World Series Champions Chicago Cubs! If you would like to book me for your very own Lifestyle Session, click THIS LINK.
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Founder's Quote Daily
Today's Saint
Saint of the Day for June 11: St. Barnabas (c. 75)
How George Soros Controls the Human Rights Industry, by Martin Barillas
Daily Reading & Meditation: Thursday (June 11)
Image: Stained glass window of Saints Peter and Barnabas in the cathedral of Saint Corentin| photo by Thesupermat
By Franciscan Media
Saint Barnabas' Story – Barnabas, a Jew of Cyprus, comes as close as anyone outside the Twelve to being a full-fledged apostle. He was closely associated with Saint Paul—he introduced Paul to Peter and the other apostles—and served as a kind of mediator between the former persecutor and the still suspicious Jewish Christians.
When a Christian community developed at Antioch, Barnabas was sent as the official representative of the church of Jerusalem to incorporate them into the fold. He and Paul instructed in Antioch for a year, after which they took relief contributions to Jerusalem.
Later Paul and Barnabas, now clearly seen as charismatic leaders, were sent by Antioch officials to preach to the gentiles. Enormous success crowned their efforts. After a miracle at Lystra, the people wanted to offer sacrifice to them as gods—Barnabas being Zeus, and Paul, Hermes—but the two said, "We are of the same nature as you, human beings. We proclaim to you good news that you should turn from these idols to the living God" (see Acts 14:8-18).
But all was not peaceful. They were expelled from one town, they had to go to Jerusalem to clear up the ever-recurring controversy about circumcision, and even the best of friends can have differences. When Paul wanted to revisit the places they had evangelized, Barnabas wanted to take along his cousin John Mark, author of the Gospel, but Paul insisted that since Mark had deserted them once, he was not fit to take along now. The disagreement that followed was so sharp that Barnabas and Paul separated: Barnabas taking Mark to Cyprus, Paul taking Silas to Syria. Later they were reconciled—Paul, Barnabas and Mark.
When Paul stood up to Peter for not eating with gentiles for fear of his Jewish friends, we learn that "even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy" (see Galatians 2:1-13).
Barnabas is spoken of simply as one who dedicated his life to the Lord. He was a man "filled with the Holy Spirit and faith. Thereby, large numbers were added to the Lord." Even when he and Paul were expelled from Antioch in Pisidia—modern-day Turkey—they were "filled with joy and the Holy Spirit."
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Q: Spoiler in a table with CSS selector I'm trying to build a spoiler in my Table which I can open and close for sub information.
It works if .spoiler is a div, but with tr it is only hidden.
Here is my file, maybe someone find my mistake:
.spoiler {
    visibility:hidden;
}

.trigger.close {
    display: none;
}

.trigger.open:target {
    display: none;
}

.trigger.open:target + .trigger.close {
    display: inline;
}

.trigger.open:target + .spoiler {
  visibility: visible;
}

Open
Close

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A: I think you mixed up the targets:
> .spoiler{display:none} .spoiler:target {display:table-row}

Is this jsfiddle what you want?
http://jsfiddle.net/zjkg9w7b/


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UserFiles/Staubach_Case_Study.pdf
The Staubach Company Uses The Leadership Challenge to Improve Its Winning Ways
The Staubach Company has established itself as a market-leading real estate advisory firm with 1,200 people in 58 offices throughout the Americas, representing 2,200 clients and an overall value of $17.7 billion. To maintain its impressive industry standing, the company embarked on a path to further develop leadership among its employees, turning to the principles of The Leadership Challenge, by best-selling authors Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner.
In the competitive global real estate market where people make all the difference, The Staubach Company recognizes leadership among its five core values. "Behavior is the distinguishing characteristic of a Staubach employee in the marketplace," says Roger Staubach, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Staubach Company.
Craig Haptonstall, Vice President of Leadership Development for Staubach, designed a program based on The Leadership Challenge and The Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) and rolled it out to The Staubach Company in 2001. He began by asking the company's "Leadership Council," a membership group consisting of 40 regional presidents, to take the LPI, a 360-degree leadership assessment tool that measures leadership behaviors and identifies potential areas of improvement.
"These people were already high performers, so when they saw a metric that represented their leadership behavior in the eyes of others, they were immediately interested in the leadership program. By creating a picture, it generated a tremendous amount of positive energy and desire to improve," says Haptonstall. "We tapped into the intrinsic value and motivation within these individuals. They wanted to enhance their leadership abilities. That kind of interest builds tremendous momentum and energy."
Haptonstall then utilized The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership" model, detailed in The Leadership Challenge, to address and improve leadership skills among the participating Leadership Council members. Furthermore, each of the leaders was encouraged to take the lessons they learned back to their respective offices so they could develop other leaders within these offices.
Moving forward, Haptonstall introduced the LPI and The Leadership Challenge principals to various offices including Houston, Chicago, and throughout the Northeast region, which included Washington D.C., Virginia, Boston, and Philadelphia. He started with managers in each of the offices who soon began to see the value of elevating leadership at all organizational levels. The program was then rolled out to all employees within the region. "We realized that there's a tremendous ROI in tapping into the leadership potential of employees at every level," says Haptonstall.
Over the course of five years, Haptonstall conducted The Leadership Challenge program and administered the LPI for over 1,000 leaders at The Staubach Company. During that time he developed a statistical validation study that identified a positive statistical correlation between LPI scores and revenue production of real estate professionals.
Among the individual offices, Haptonstall documented elevated LPI leadership scores for greater than 60 percent of the leaders in the Dallas and Houston Staubach offices based on an LPI retest schedule of 18 months. In 2003, The Staubach Company achieved recognition as the best mid-sized business to work for in the Dallas/Fort Worth metro area—attributable in part to its ongoing leadership-development initiatives. And the Houston office experienced an average 15 percent annual revenue increase each year over the course of the LPI rollout. In the Chicago office, the original LPI data showed self scores ranked the highest and the direct report scores ranked the lowest.
A little more than two years later, after following Haptonstall's leadership program based on The Leadership Challenge, the direct report line moved to the highest ranking, resulting in 70 percent of the leaders within the office elevating their overall LPI scores. "It was an amazing transformation," says Haptonstall. "During the course of our leadership training we had people such as the number one Staubach Company salesperson undergoing a personal transformation from program cynic to program advocate. He truly saw the difference the training made in himself, and more importantly, his behavioral change was noted by those around him."


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use Symfony\Component\Cache\CacheItem;
use Symfony\Component\Cache\Exception\CacheException;

/**
 * @author Nicolas Grekas <p@tchwork.com>
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class ApcuAdapter extends AbstractAdapter
{
    public static function isSupported()
    {
        return function_exists('apcu_fetch') && ini_get('apc.enabled') && !('cli' === PHP_SAPI && !ini_get('apc.enable_cli'));
    }

    public function __construct($namespace = '', $defaultLifetime = 0, $version = null)
    {
        if (!static::isSupported()) {
            throw new CacheException('APCu is not enabled');
        }
        if ('cli' === PHP_SAPI) {
            ini_set('apc.use_request_time', 0);
        }
        parent::__construct($namespace, $defaultLifetime);

        if (null !== $version) {
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                $this->doClear($namespace);
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            }
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    }

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    protected function doFetch(array $ids)
    {
        try {
            return apcu_fetch($ids);
        } catch (\Error $e) {
            throw new \ErrorException($e->getMessage(), $e->getCode(), E_ERROR, $e->getFile(), $e->getLine());
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    protected function doHave($id)
    {
        return apcu_exists($id);
    }

    /**
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    protected function doClear($namespace)
    {
        return isset($namespace[0]) && class_exists('APCuIterator', false)
            ? apcu_delete(new \APCuIterator(sprintf('/^%s/', preg_quote($namespace, '/')), APC_ITER_KEY))
            : apcu_clear_cache();
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First off, I don't have a mailing daemon on my Gentoo box. I don't need one, don't want one. In the few cases that some daemon wants to mail, it gets routed to ~/dead.letter. Fine by me.
It seems one such "mail" is generated daily. But I can't figure out where it's coming from. It has to be some daemon. Logs don't indicate who sent it. The last mail was sent at 0900 this morning, and there are no cronjobs running at that time.
...does anything get printed to the console?
If ps doesn't report anything (i.e. not a pid), my next suggestion would be to use incron and watch the dead.letter file.
dead.letter gets written by ssmtp, which complains in syslog that no 'mail' command was found, and then redirects to dead.letter. The question is, what triggers ssmtp?
I can think of a few processes.
Near the top of the list is mdadm (raid), or any daemon that has ability to notify via email of a problem.
I would suggest to look for "root@" in the configure files. Find that configuration and you've found your offending daemon.
I'm still having this, couldn't figure it out yet.
It's not mdadm. No mdadm is running, and I have no RAID in the first place. Nor could I find any other daemon that's obviously set up to send mail.
Did you do incron and watch what hits the dead letter file?
You mean tracking who modifies dead.letter? Well, as I mentioned, ssmtp writes it. I see no option to make ssmtp write the source PID or something like that into the dead.letter file tho.
The only left is to find who is sending the email "root@".
Beyond doing a grep -r in /etc /usr and /var for this, I've got nothing.


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Posted by Unknown on Friday, July 23, 2010
Disney has immortalized Hans Christian Andersen forever with their version of The Little Mermaid. Most people do not realize that Hans did not write such "cute" stories. His stories were often dark and not the stuff of Disney. Perhaps his past plays some part in that though.
When he was a child Hans lived away from home, having part of his education paid for by King Frederick VI. No one knows why, although rumors of Han's parentage was up for some debate. Hans' father seemed to believe that they were related to royalty, although historians believe that the only link to the royal family was through service not blood. Hans was left to his own devices before he became a teenager though when his father died, forcing him to work as an apprentice for a weaver and later a tailor. At fourteen Hans moved to Copenhagen where he sought employment as an actor. He had an beautiful soprano voice, but the minute his voice changed he was told that perhaps he could consider being a poet or a writer instead. Hans felt ostracized as a child, with his unusual height and effeminate interests. He also had hysterical fits of cramps that the doctors misdiagnosed as epileptic fits. His mother was an alcoholic and his half-sister, who he had little contact with, was believed to be a prostitute.
A man named Jonas Collin, a director at the Royal Theatre where Hans worked, took great interest in Hans and sent him to grammar school, paying for all expenses. At this point Hans had published his first story, The Ghost at Palnatoke's Grave. Hans looked back on this period of his life bitterly. Not because he didn't appreciate the gift but because he lived with the headmaster who took to beating Hans in order to "improve his character". Hans felt like he had no friends since he was older than a lot of them and he felt he was unattractive, causing him to enter into depression.
Hans continued to write though, taking his new job seriously. He continued to write poetry and stories, getting a few published here and there, but his progress was slow. He receive
d a traveling grant from the King and took off around Europe. He traveled to Switzerland and Rome where he wrote two stories that were both being published. In 1935, at the age of thirty, Hans published the first installment of his immortal Fairy Tales, followed by two more volumes in the next two years. They did not sell well. His two novels that came out at the same time O.T. and Only a Fiddler fared much better.
After traveling around Europe, Hans became a huge nationalist, purposefully writing stories and poems about his native Denmark. His most well known was called Jeg er en Skandinav (I am a Scandinavian) A composer set the poem to music. It was popular for a few years but soon lost its appeal.
After traveling for over fifteen years, Hans published travelogues, twisting the travel narrative to fit his writing style. Some of his travelogues even contained fairy tales. Hans did try to return to the stage at 35, but it was a failure. However, the fame of his Fairy Tales had begun to grow. By 1845 Hans was being celebrated throughout Europe. although Denmark was still failing to see his genius.
Perhaps my favorite story is that of the not-so-awesome meeting with Charles Dickens. In June 1847, Hans visited England, where he was invited to parties to meet intellectuals. It was at one of these parties that he met Charles Dickens for the first time. A few years later Hans came to stay with Dickens, however he overextended his welcome, staying for almost six weeks rather than a few (polite) days.Dicken's daughter said of Hans, "He was a bony bore and stayed on and on. Dickens published David Copperfield, with Uriah Heep, who he said was modeled after Hans.
Hans dealt with more heartbreak in his later years for he had a bad habit of falling in love with unobtainable women. He fell for Jenny Lind, a Swedish Opera singer. Sadly, she did not return his affections. He had a number of love interests, but none shared his affections. Hans was also attracted to men, often speaking of the mystery of their friendships that were like those of a woman. He had a fascination with duke and a Danish dancer, but none of his romantic entreaties were ever fruitful.
IN 1872, Hans fell out of his bed and was severely hurt. He never fully recovered, but did live for three more years. At the time of his death, Hans was an internationally renowned and treasured writer. The Danish government referred to him as a "national treasure". His most famous works were Thumbelina, The Snow Queen, The Ugly Duckling, The Little Mermaid, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Princess and the Pea, and The Tin Soldier. In Copenhagen there is a statue of The Little Mermaid in the harbor.
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"Time machines" for various towns in Friesland (Leeuwarden, Sneek, Sloten, Balk, Joure) were added to HisGis. This geographical information system allows you to see who owned which properties through time.
Zelandia Illustrata, a collection of the Royal Zeeland Society of Science, has been digitized and published online. The collection contains maps, prints and drawings of Zeeland. The collection can be viewed in the image bank of the Zeeuws Archief.
The Zeeuws Archief digitized brewing reports of the "Volharding" brewery, which describe the ingredients and processes used to brew the beer. They are available via the finding aid.
The ship book of Johannes Hempenius, a secretary of Hindeloopen, was published. It covers the period 1715-1718 and describes the ships that came through Hindeloopen, including their origins, destinations, cargo, and owners. The scans and transcription can be downloaded from the Fryske Akademy website.
Abstracts of records from the city administration of Utrecht (1122-1577) and the provincial States of Utrecht (1323-1528) were added to the Utrechts Archief website.
The Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum published scans of the verdicts of the courts of 's-Hertogenbosch and Breda. The scans are linked from the index of criminal records.
An index of the orphan chamber records of Goes (1603-1811) was published on the Archiefman website (PDF).
Indexes and scans of death records of Amersfoort were added to the Personen index of the Utrechts Archief.
The Historisch Centrum Overijssel is digitizing the death duties files (1818-1927) of Overijssel. The first scans have now been put on their website.
7,000 letters from the correspondence of statesman Johan de Witt were published.
40,000 magazines were added to Delpher.
The foundation of Medieval Archives in Amsterdam launched a website to make the medieval records available to a wider audience. For now, the website only contains information about the work of the foundation, not actual records.
The Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum launched a website about Catholic boarding schools in Noord-Brabant.
Parts of the records of the Amsterdam City Archives will be moved to a different repository in August and September 2019. Scanning on demand won't be available during that period. Until August, the maximum number of requests per week for free scanning on demand will be 7 instead of the normal 5. Free scanning on demand is available from the finding aids.
The Noord-Hollands Archief started a free chat service on Monday afternoon and Wednesday and Friday evening, available from their website. You can chat with a reading room staff member to ask questions about your research.
The Utrechts Archief is looking for volunteers to index 30,000 notarial records from Utrecht from the period 1780-1811 at Vele Handen.
The West-Fries Archief is looking for volunteers to index family cards (1919-1939). They will use the index to determine which records may be published, and which have to remain closed to protect the privacy of living people. See the project announcement for the email address to sign up as volunteer.
The Netherlands Genealogical Society (NGV) and Open Archives will collaborate to share the NGV collections of prayer cards and family announcements. NGV members will get a 15% discount on an Open Archives lifetime subscription.
The Amsterdam City Archives is using Transkribus, a tool developed by the Innsbrück University, to teach a computer to read old handwriting. A promising test on records by notary Hendrik Schaef showed a low error rate of 5%. Volunteers can help at Vele Handen to correct the automatic transcriptions, which will be fed back to the computer for training and improvement.
My husband's family is from Zuid-Holland and his mother was born in Drachten, Friesland. They emigrated to Canada at different times.
We will be travelling to the Netherlands in late August and early September. I'd love to go to the archives in Drachten and Delft to research the families. How do I go about doing this? Do I make appointments?


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BILDERBERG 2012 THOUGHTS: The World Is A Simple Place
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger leaving the Chantilly Marriott, the site of Bilderberg 2012. Photo credit to Infowars.com
Such a simple world, but "they" present it as complicated.
Iran is an oil-exporting country and a member of OPEC.
OPEC as an organization agreed to only trade oil in U.S. dollars in the early 1970s. This happened at the same time President Richard Nixon and then-Federal Reserve chair Arthur Burns ended the proverbial "gold standard" for the U.S. dollar, and started the de-facto "oil standard."
The only thing that gives paper, fiat Federal Reserve notes value is the fact OPEC member countries all agreed (by force or otherwise) to trade oil in said dollars. When Saddam Hussein and Iraq (OPEC country) threatened to stop trading in dollars, the country was invaded and he was killed. "They" used 9/11 as the excuse to invade Iraq, even though they had absolutely nothing to do with it and 15 of the 19 alleged 9/11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia.
You can substitute the name Muammar Gaddafi in the previous scenario for the story of Libya (OPEC country).
Now Iran no longer wants the useless, government-manipulated U.S. dollar either; and now you hear war drums ("sanctions"). But just like U.S. government deems certain banks "too big to fail," certain countries, such as oil-producer Iran and big buyers in Russia and China, might be too big to invade to save the "petrodollar."
Bilderberg is winding down for this year. I suspect a lot of "action" is forthcoming around the world after "their" meeting today in Virginia.
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It is no lie that the automotive sector is an space by which technology strikes fast. New models of automobile roll off manufacturing traces around the globe, outfitted with technological upgrades virtually day by day. This creates a constant expertise hole between know-how and the Mechanics skill levels. 'Mechanic training' is key to narrowing this gap before the gap will get too great. Jeff Teague, an automotive designer and the son of the renowned industrial designer Richard A. Teague, has been round automotive designs his whole life. That can be attributed to his father, who grew to become the next-up in styling for Packard and Chrysler within the Fifties. Now, having designed for Volkswagen, Mitsubishi, and many others himself, Teague would not long for the autos of his father's days. In many ways, he can't even recognize them.
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Pawnee ISD in cooperation with BCFS will be servicing 3 and 4 year old Head start/Prekindergarten students. We are looking for a highly motivated educator with a passion for assisting teachers in our Head Start Prekindergarten Classrooms.
Completed or in progress CDA.
Must be able to serve and effectively communicate, to the extent feasible, with children and families with no or limited English proficiency.
Working knowledge of business English, spelling, punctuation, and arithmetic.
Ability to work effectively without extensive supervision.
Ability to function with diplomacy and tact.
Handle all children's information with utmost confidentiality.
Report suspected child abuse/neglect to immediate supervisor and appropriate agency.
Abide by all Prekindergarten/Head Start and BCFS policies and procedures.
Abide by OHS regulations and standards.
Teacher Aide is responsible for assisting teachers in the education and daily program of the classroom and in the implementation and coordination of all Prekindergarten/Head Start functions.
Advocate for young children and their families.
Identify, report and provide supportive services in child abuse/neglect cases, notifying immediate supervisor and appropriate agency.
Assist with each of the two home visits per child within the school term.
Assist in the implementation of lesson plans.
Maintain a cooperative attitude of working together with the teacher, volunteers, parents, and program specialists in planning and implementing activities.
Assist teacher to implement the developmental assessment for each child to determine the child's strengths and areas in which each child may need help.
Assist the teacher in a Head Start preschool setting, which provides a comprehensive program to meet educational, emotional, social, health, nutritional, and psychological needs of children.
Ensure all children receive individual attention.
Be in the classroom before children arrive each morning, unless designated by supervisor to another duty.
Assist the teacher in planning and maintaining a safe, clean, learning environment and in assuring the well-being and safety of the children in care.
Assist with child assessments and screenings.
Report illness or accidents to the Center Coordinator/Sr. Program Director.
Attend workshops, conferences and all in-service trainings. Participate in professional development activities. Maintain training hours and documentation as required.
Acquire and maintain up-to-date training/certification in CPR and First Aid.
Assist with transportation duties including staff/child ratio, discipline and safety, if transportation is provided.


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Nadi Group Company Profile
Emeka Nnadi
Principal | Chief Executive Officer
Emeka Nnadi narrating:
It really isn't about the destination. It's about the journey.
I started Nadi because I wanted to create a practice—I wanted to create a practice or a firm of my own that was built around notions of global human community building. I wanted to create a firm that had heart and had soul and that inspired through its projects and inspired people internally to the firm—and externally—to be their best selves.
Our design philosophy is really quite simple. We're committed to designing for a better world. Every time we take on a project, we look at it through the eyes of the client and through the eyes of the user, and we don't look at it through our own eyes or through our own perceptions or judgements. What we want to do is deliver a product that when we walk away from remains true to its source and to its clients and to its users.
Our company culture is collaborative, is playful, is creative and is passionate. I've been blessed to hire very talented and very engaged staff who are passionate about the industry. I'm also proud to have expanded the firm into multiple locations in North America.
I'm very excited about the future, very grateful for the past, but ultimately realizing that it's in the present that we make the magic.
Video created by HandCraft Creative.
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FIRE CALLS
Escalon Consolidated Fire Protection District responded to 22 calls for service during the period of Monday, May 23 through Sunday, May 29. Calls included:
3:08 a.m. – EMS call, 1000 block Irwin.
3:18 a.m. – EMS, 1000 block Baker.
6:07 p.m. – EMS, 2000 block Jackson.
7:51 a.m. – EMS call, 2000 block Matthew Lane.
2:56 p.m. – EMS, First and McHenry.
10:19 a.m. – Hazardous condition, 1500 block Daniels; power line down.
12:16 p.m. – Vehicle fire, McHenry and River.
2:13 p.m. – Mutual aid to Farmington on structure fire in the 20000 block of Carter Road.
7:09 p.m. – Service call on Escalon-Bellota, north of Mariposa; check on abandoned vehicle.
3:49 p.m. – EMS call, 2000 block Nathaniel.
8:20 a.m. – EMS call, 1100 block California.
10:23 a.m. – Vegetation fire, Escalon-Bellota and Mahon; half-acre fire.
2:28 p.m. – Public assist, 800 block First.
6:19 p.m. – Motor vehicle accident, River and McBride, two vehicles involved, one minor injury.
7:58 p.m. – EMS, 2000 block Coley.
5:03 a.m. – Dispatched to 1100 block California, cancelled prior to arrival.
7:10 p.m. – EMS call, 1100 block Escalon Avenue.
5:22 a.m. – Motor vehicle accident, River and Harold, motorcycle off the roadway.
2:31 p.m. – EMS call, 2300 block Selma Court.
3:01 p.m. – Motor vehicle accident, River and Brennan, single vehicle into tree, non-injury.
11:38 p.m. – Motor vehicle accident, Santa Fe and Henry; determined to be wires down, no vehicle found.


I absolutely love falafel, but since being unable to eat wheat, I've found it challenging to find out whether or not the falafel in restaurants is truly gluten-free. The fact that they are deep fried also makes them more of a rare meal for me. Fortunately, it is pretty easy to make your own! You can make them fried or baked, but I prefer to bake them. I was hoping to have kale with my falafel, but my grocery store rarely has kale. Instead, I made lentils and rice and caramelized onions.
Preheat oven to 375. In a food processor, blend onion, garlic and parsley until finely minced. Add the chickpeas, flour and salt and pepper and pulse until mixed. There should still be chunks of chickpeas left for texture. Role the mixture into balls (I used about 2T of falafel mix per ball). Flatten slightly and brush with olive oil. Bake at 350 until lightly browned on the outside, for about 20 minutes, flipping after 10 minutes.
To make the lentils and rice, I rinsed and drained 2 cups of rice and 2 cups of lentils and put them in a pot with 8 cups of water. I added some coriander and cinnamon, and prepared the mixture like I would normally do so for regular rice. I covered the pot, brought it to a boil, stirred it once, and then simmered it until the rice and lentils were soft. I then stirred in some minced parsley.
For the caramelized onions, I sliced four small onions and cooked them in a frying pan on medium heat until softened. I then turned the heat down, stirring them every few minutes and adding a bit of water to prevent them from drying out.
I wanted to make a tahini sauce, but tahini is another thing my grocery store rarely has. Instead, I made a lemon garlic sauce. In a blender, I blended a couple of cloves of garlic with a cup of lemon juice. I then added 2 cups of olive oil while the blender was running. It was an ok sauce, but I still wish it was tahini!
When Costco gives you avocados, make pie! The crust consisted mostly of some failed graham crackers, which I mentioned a couple of days ago. I saved them and ground them into crumbs, and mixed with a little Earth Balance and agave, they made a good crust. The filling was 3 avocados blended with some cocoa powder, agave and some baking spices (cinnamon, cloves, lemon, etc.).


As you read through the inspired (but somewhat depressing) Chapter 16, perhaps like me, you thought of two other "allegorical" type books — the Song of Solomon and the life & prophecy of Hosea.
Of course the Song of Solomon has an entirely different & uplifting theme — the love of the husband for his bride & the beauty and intimacy of their relationship.
But Hosea's time with Gomer and the words penned in his book are very similar to the words in Chapter 16. In both God expresses his love for his people. But in both Hosea and Chapter 16 he also holds the nation accountable for their actions.
A concept that crossed my mind as I read today's scriptures is one that we have discussed earlier — personal idols.
But what about the idol that is described in Ezekiel 14:2-3?
2 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 3 "Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I let them inquire of me at all?
These are the most insidious of idols. They are not physical but a part of our own personality and character. They are confronted only through prayer and maintaining ourselves in God's word and His fellowship of believers.
Second — Chapter 11 presents a word image that is one of my favorite scriptural promises.
17 "Therefore say: 'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will gather you from the nations and bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you back the land of Israel again.' 18 "They will return to it and remove all its vile images and detestable idols. 19 I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.
"Now, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber's razor to shave your head and your beard. Then take a set of scales and divide up the hair. 2 When the days of your siege come to an end, burn a third of the hair inside the city. Take a third and strike it with the sword all around the city. And scatter a third to the wind. For I will pursue them with drawn sword. 3 But take a few hairs and tuck them away in the folds of your garment. 4 Again, take a few of these and throw them into the fire and burn them up. A fire will spread from there to all Israel.
11 Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your vile images and detestable practices, I myself will shave you; I will not look on you with pity or spare you. 12 A third of your people will die of the plague or perish by famine inside you; a third will fall by the sword outside your walls; and a third I will scatter to the winds and pursue with drawn sword.
Ezekiel, together with King Jehoiachin, and many noble of the people of Judah had been brought to Babylon in the second deportation from Judah in 597 BC. Ezekiel originated from the priestly family of Aaron. Ezekiel was married; his wife passed away on the day Jerusalem was assaulted (chap. 24:1. 18). After he was taken captive he lived in his own house in Tell-Abib by the river Chebar and he was esteemed by the Jews who had been taken into captivity, for they went to see him more than once.
4 I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north—an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal, 5 and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures.
So, throughout the book we will Ezekiel continue to use human language to try to describe the indescribable.
And if these passages sound familiar they are the basis of a hymn we sing, "The Steadfast Love of the Lord" by Amy Bessire — a 1973 graduate of Abilene Christian College.
therefore I will hope in you.
Coffman adds insight into the construction of the book. I was not aware of these details & they make me reflect on the inspired talent of the author.
The Lamentations are written in poetry. The five chapters form five stanzas of one elegy over Zion's fall. – The two first stanzas (chapters) are composed of 22 verses each and the initial letter of each verse follows the alphabetical order.
– The third stanza (chapter) is constructed identically with the difference that each verse of the succeeding set of three begins with the same Hebrew letter. This is why chapter 3 contains 66 verses.
– The fourth stanza (chapter) is constructed as stanzas 1 and 2 with the difference that each verse contains of two instead of three lines.
– The fifth stanza (chapter) contains of 22 single lines, which however are not in alphabetical order.
he has exalted the horn of your foes.
Chapter 51 continues Jeremiah's prophecy of the eventual destruction of Babylon by an "army from the north." And we know that history records that Cyrus the Great and the Persians conquered Babylon in 539 BC. This is estimated to be 30-40 years after the death of Jeremiah.
And throughout the prophecies we see the Lord's salvation of His people from Babylon, fulfilling the prophecies proclaimed by Jeremiah.
Back in Chapter 50:19-20 we had read: 20 In those days, at that time, declares the Lord, "search will be made for Israel's guilt, but there will be none, and for the sins of Judah, but none will be found, for I will forgive the remnant I spare.
And in Chapter 51:5 — 5 For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken by their God, the Lord Almighty, though their land[d] is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah's prophecies regarding each country are pretty similar — they will be punished by the Lord. So, I thought we could take a look at each of the nations. I think we were all familiar with Egypt so I provide a bit of background on each of the other nations addresses by Jeremiah's prophecies.
Chapter 47: Philistia — Located to the west of Judah and located on the Mediterranean Sea. It was a very small country, from 25 to 30 miles in length and with an average width of about half the length, but it was fertile, being an extension of the plain of Sharon, except that along the coast high sand dunes encroached upon the cultivated tract. It contained many towns and villages, the most important being the five so often mentioned in Scripture: Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron. Today most of Philistia is part of Israel.
Chapter 48: Moab was located east of the Dead Sea. This means that it is east of and "across-the-Dead Sea" from Judah. Moab was in what is now the kingdom of Jordan.
Chapter 49: Edom is just south of Moab and southeast of Judah. Most of Edom is now Part of Israel or Jordan. And the Edomites are descended from Esau, the elder son of Isaac. Of course Esau sold his birthright to his brother Jacob.
Damascus was and still is a city in Syria. Syria is located well north of Judah.
Beginning here and through Jeremiah 51, we will read Jeremiah's prophecies against several Gentile nations, Egypt, Philistia, Moab, Ammon, Edom, Syria, Elam, and Babylon.
In Chapter 46 Jeremiah's prophecy contained several reminders for each of the nations and I think for our nation today.
But we then see the power and reality of the Lord as His will is fulfilled.
Jeremiah 46:10 But that day belongs to the Lord, the Lord Almighty — a day of vengeance, for vengeance on his foes.
Jeremiah 42:9-12 He said to them, "This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition, says: 10 'If you stay in this land, I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I have relented concerning the disaster I have inflicted on you. 11 Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear. Do not be afraid of him, declares the Lord, for I am with you and will save you and deliver you from his hands. 12 I will show you compassion so that he will have compassion on you and restore you to your land.
When I read these passages I thought "How much clearer could the Lord's instructions have been?" And I was reminded of a teaching from Dr. James Dobson on raising children. Children are to never be punished for a mistake — only corrected so they will have a "lesson learned." But should a child willfully and deliberately disobey a parent loving disciple will help them mature.
Jeremiah 44: 27 For I am watching over them for harm, not for good; the Jews in Egypt will perish by sword and famine until they are all destroyed. 28 Those who escape the sword and return to the land of Judah from Egypt will be very few. Then the whole remnant of Judah who came to live in Egypt will know whose word will stand—mine or theirs.
Habakkuk, the 8th of the Minor Prophets, occupies a special place. For he does not speak to men under God's commission as do the other prophets but he speaks about his people and their enemies, the Babylonians, to God.
Habakkuk 2:3 For the revelation awaits an appointed time … In my mind this relates to Romans 5:6 in that we are all on God's timetable and not ours. 6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
We continue with reading about Jeremiah's persecution and a description of the fall of Jerusalem. What impressed me during these descriptions is Jeremiah's continued courage and dedication.
In Chapter 38:4-6 we see the "officials" of Jerusalem lower Jeremiah into the deep mud in a cistern to starve for speaking the Lord's word. Yet in Chapter 38:15-18 we see that, even though he feared for his life, Jeremiah spoke God's word directly to the foremost powerful man in Judah, King Zedekiah.
And of course we see each of these prophesies fulfilled in Chapter 39. Jeremiah's courage challenges me — even though I would not suffer death or persecution do I have the courage to speak God's truth in our nation's environment?
While these chapters repeat the highlights of what we read in Jeremiah there was a passage that highlighted a fact about King Zedekiah & the remaining leaders in Jerusalem that helps provide a reason for their downfall.
12 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke the word of the Lord. 13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take an oath in God's name. He became stiff-necked and hardened his heart and would not turn to the Lord, the God of Israel. 14 Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful, following all the detestable practices of the nations and defiling the temple of the Lord, which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.
This reminds me a bit of Jerusalem in Christ's time. Some of the "common" people in the city believed but it was the leaders that failed to recognize God's will.
In these chapters we have another object lesson and then we have a bit of an interlude from Jeremiahs prophecies and, instead, read a bit of Jeremiah's biography.
As we read in Jeremiah 35, even when tested by Jeremiah's offering of wine the Recabites remained loyal to the instruction of the ancestor to refrain from wine and to follow other restrictions.
12 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying: 13 "This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, 'Will you not learn a lesson and obey my words?' declares the Lord. 14 'Jehonadab son of Rekab ordered his descendants not to drink wine and this command has been kept. To this day they do not drink wine, because they obey their forefather's command. But I have spoken to you again and again, yet you have not obeyed me.
"Buy low — sell high" is the mantra of many a stockbroker and real-estate agent. This precept actually helps me better understand the next object lesson the Lord instructs Jeremiah to perform. Keep in mind that Jeremiah's prophecy has consistently been that the nation and the city are about to fall to Babylon. From Jeremiah 32:6-10.
So, who would want to spend 17 shekels of solver (about 7 ounces) on a field that is about to be taken, controlled and nationalized by another power? Jeremiah will lose his land and his money!
Using business language Jeremiah's faith in God's word had just lead him to purchase an investment!
Aaah … Do the following prophetic words from Jeremiah sound familiar?
Jeremiah 29:11-13 — For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 23:1-4 "Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!" declares the Lord. 2 Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds who tend my people: "Because you have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil you have done," declares the Lord. 3 "I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and increase in number. 4 I will place shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or terrified, nor will any be missing," declares the Lord.
How could you begin this reading and not immediately think of the fulfillment of this promise as stated by the Messiah in John 10:11-15?
11 "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 14 "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep.
The object lesson of the potter's wheel that the Lord provides Jeremiah in Chapter 13:1-10 is familiar to most of us.
Just as the potter shapes a pot and may have to destroy and then re-mold it to it's planned design, so was the nation of Judah.
Thankfully, that grace is eternal and we fall beneath its wings.


Barry wonderfully done. Thank you for bringing Back to the Future to the present, so we can enjoy watching this triple set. This is a cult classic in the sense that it brings old memories back from the past to the future, that is, us the elder generation. The 1080p makes viewing even better...Cheers!