I received your media package for the Art for Healing Foundation. Please allow me to congratulate you on your great work. Your action is admirable.
On behalf of all of us at the Queen Elizabeth Health Complex, I would like to thank you and your foundation for donating and installing the beautiful artwork displayed on the first floor of the complex.
From the moment the art was installed, we received a multitude of compliments from our patients. Clients are thrilled to see the transformation from a drab institution to a warm and visually stimulating environment. Who would have known how dramatic the impact would be! My only regret is that this wasn't done sooner. It has certainly made waiting for a medical appointment so much more pleasant and calming.
Thank you again for this very generous gesture. It is truly appreciated by all of us.
On behalf of the entire Cancer Care team I would like to thank you for the beautiful artwork you provided for our family room on 5 main. Patients and their families can now seek respite in the tranquil and soothing environment that they so truly deserve. The vivid landscapes invite the viewer into new worlds, and the lively jazz scene adds the perfect element of whimsy. What an incredible difference you have both made! It was a pleasure working with you and I commend your dedicated mission to channelling the healing power of art.
It has been a great pleasure to work with your foundation to recreate our acute care Child Psychiatry setting at the Jewish General Hospital. Your generous gift of artwork has brought a stimulating, warm and welcoming ambience that lifts the morale of our families, children and staff.
Our child clients have been inspired to work with art mediums, expanding both their understanding of art and curiosity about visual language in art making. Our staff have also been unanimously positive, commenting on the friendly calming impact of the works. They feel supported in using art as a facilitating process in therapy, as we have always promoted art making, music and drama on our units.
Thank you for this invaluable support to facilitate healing amongst fragile and distressed families. We very much appreciate your efforts to bring aesthetic solace in a milieu that struggles daily with distress of mental health work.
It is with great joy and appreciation that I write this letter to you for the tremendous work you have done for the Cedars Breast Center of the MUHC. The artwork that you so graciously agreed to install in the Breast Center has truly transformed it. As you know at times patients receive terrible news in the Breast Center while at other times they wait anxiously for test results. While they wait, they will now have the pleasure of looking at the artwork which will soothe their mood and hopefully help to alleviate their anxiety.
The work that you do is truly special since without it our workplaces would not be as rich and lively. You have helped to make the Breast Center a better place and for this I thank you and your Foundation sincerely from all of us at the Cedars Breast Center of the MUHC.
We would like to thank you for all your efforts and generosity of spirit on behalf of all our special children at Yaldei Developmental Center.
We are sure that a lot of love and energy went into each one of the paintings and we are very appreciative that you wish to share it with us. We hope that the viewing this month will increase awareness of all the amazing work that Yaldei does and the need and benefits of art therapy.
I wish to thank you personally, and on behalf of all our patients and families for the amazing transformation you have accomplished within our Nephrology Department. This generous gesture is very much appreciated.
Once again, thank you very much for your thoughtfulness!
I have just returned from a conference, to find our Day Hospital blessed with beautiful artwork, and our Outpatient Clinic waiting room looking somehow more serene and comforting than ever before.
Your very kind gesture helps create an environment that is a little more comforting to people who, as you know, come to our program to accomplish the very important, but often very challenging task of overcoming an eating disorder.
Rest assured that your gesture is (and will be) appreciated by many Eating Disorder Program patients, relatives and friends, and clinicians, who can now (and in the future) enjoy your beautiful artwork.
On behalf of Entraide Grands Brulés and Villa Médica Rehabilitation Centre, we would like to thank you for your donation, your interest and the time your foundation accorded us.
The generous contribution of the Art for Healing Foundation will contribute to both mental and physical healing through the arts. Beautifying the environment will also have a positive impact on families, friends and of course the staff of both establishments. Sincerely, your foundation and its mission make all the difference!
Again many thanks for your generosity.
Your project is a unique and valuable contribution to the quality of life here and reminds us every day that healing comes in so many ways, through so many people. Your interest and motivation are an inspiration to us all. Thank you again.
Your project is such a wonderful initiative and you are absolutely right that they change the environment for the patients, families and staff. Also, as I have visited other pediatric hospitals in the U.S. and Canada, the most memorable ones which left me with a warm and caring impression of the environment were those who incorporated art work in the facility. Many thanks. Diane.


The NFL has suspended Redskins injured outside linebacker Junior Galette two games for violating the league's personal conduct policy, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
NFL is suspending Washington's Junior Galette for 2 games for his role in a January incident, per source. Galette is hurt, out for season.
Galette will miss the entire season with a torn Achilles tendon, so it will definitely alter how teams view the free agent.


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According to new data released by Stats SA, poverty is on the rise in South Africa. The latest "Poverty Trends in South Africa" report shows that, despite the general decline in poverty between 2006 and 2011, poverty levels in South Africa rose in 2015. More than half of South Africans were poor in 2015, with the poverty headcount increasing to 55,5% from a series low of 53,2% in 2011. The figures are calculated using the upper-bound poverty line (UBPL) of R992 per person per month (pppm) in 2015 prices. This translates into over 30,4 million South Africans living in poverty in 2015.
With such growing poverty numbers, more and more NGO's are being established (94 000 in South Africa) . It important for you to know, that you are selecting a well-run NGO before donating. You want to know that the charity you are sponsoring, uses the bulk of their donations (85%) towards the beneficiaries intended. *(a 10% – 15% administration cost is a standard and acceptable overhead cost to run an organisation). You want to know from a birds eye view and a quick website check, that your chosen NGO is effective, efficient and a well-run organisation. You want to know that the money you are donating provides the best services.


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The New QEII hospital had its official opening on 6th November, by the Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP, the Minister of State for Community and Social care, as well as Chief Executive of NHS England, Simon Stevens.
The event was attended by various NHS staff and patients including 27-year-old Phil Nicholls, a member of local group for people with learning disabilities, the Purple All Stars. Phil, along with Welwyn Garden City resident, 10-year-old Evan Taylor, helped unveil the commemorative plaque alongside the Chief Executive.
New facilities include the Urgent Care Centre, which is open 24 hours a day; outpatient services; diagnosis and day treatments; out of hour GP services and different therapy services.
UniVerse were given a tour of the new facilities, the designs were reminiscent of something you would see in a gallery or museum. Each section was sleek, modern, but perhaps most importantly, colourful and attractive.
UniVerse came across Dagmar Louw, one of the Senior Sisters, who showed us the artwork on the walls. These can be seen throughout the hospital: wonderful, surrealist landscape paintings that really suit the new facilities.
What was also taken into consideration were the needs of young adults and children, for which a specific outpatient area was created on the second floor where they will also receive their occupational therapy or physiotherapy. While more suited to younger children, the interiors were bright and cheerful.
The new hospital's design was a result of a competition between architects. The winners, Penoyre & Presade, have also designed other health facilities, their design was chosen for its accessibility and inspirational design.
"It was more on their understanding of how the pathways would work, as an architect, and how the whole thing would actually work as a patient inside a building.
The Purple All Stars group also took part in the opening of the hospital, performing three of their musical numbers, one asking for those with learning difficulties to get what they need from health professionals, and another which corrects our presumptions about hand washing to ensure this is done correctly. They use the acronym T.E.A.C.H. to help present this: 'T' standing for timing, meaning more time should be given; 'E' for environment, for accessible settings; 'A' is for attitude, meaning the attitude towards those with a learning disability; 'C' referring to communication, and the different ways one may wish to do so; and 'H' for help, to ensure that ultimately, they are getting the help they need.
After the performances, UniVerse spoke to Kate Harding, a Creative Care Practitioner with the Health Liaison Team. Kate's role as a nurse is to support people with learning difficulties when they access health settings, to make sure reasonable adjustments are made.
The opening ceremony finished with a speech from the Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP who spoke of the New QEII's benefits for local residents, praised those behind the new facilities and finally declared the hospital to be "well and truly open". Senior Sister Dagmar Louw then presented him with a framed version of one of her paintings, as a gift from staff.
After the ceremony, UniVerse was able to catch up with former Councillor of Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield, who also influenced the New QEII's design.
More information including New QEII's opening times, what facilities it has, and what campaigns are currently running under the NHS to help improve your health can be found on its website at newqeii.info.


Agnes Baron - meherbabatravels jimdo page!
1929 - 1938 Works as foreign correspondent in the Balkans, Greece,Spain and Lisbon.
March 1938 Visits Sigmund Freud in Vienna.
1945 Moves to Los Angeles, California.
2 August '56 Meher Baba visits Ojai.
16 October '85 Fire destroys Meher Mount - no fire insurance, lost $200,00 in property, her possessions & memorabilia and the orchard. The rose garden survived.
13 July, 1989 Baron Trust, Meher Mount Corp. established.
The following sequences of images are from the video "Meher Baba, The Awakener"
Agnes Baron, whom Avatar Meher Baba called His "watchdog," was born 105 years ago today on January 17, 1907. Agnes Baron, along with Jean Adriel and Alexander Markey, were founders of Meher Mount.
AGNES BARON'S BUSINESS CARD when she was a journalist in the 1930s and early 1940s.
After college she travelled alone around Europe and the Middle East, working some of the time as a correspondent for the Herald Tribune.
Agnes was quite taken with the teachings and life of Sri Ramakrishna. She joined Isherwood and the swamis in a celebration inaugurating the new Temple in Montecito, near Santa Barbara.
Agnes asked the head swami if she could live the life of a Vedanta nun at the Santa Barbara Temple.
to Jean Adriel, Chairman of the New Life Foundation.
She recruited young Baba Lovers, including some from UCSB who had experience with psychedelic drugs, to act as "counselors" with whom the kids might identify.
The program was effective with a good number of the teenagers, and their families and Agnes continued to get County funding for it for several years.
Meher Baba's guidance also led Meher Mount founders Jean Adriel, Alexander Markey, and Agnes Baron to the heights of Sulphur Mountain in 1946.
They were on an outing in search of suitable property for a retreat dedicated to Meher Baba.
His directive was to find a location at least one to two hours away from the city.
As they motored along the Upper Ojai Valley from Santa Paula to Ojai that afternoon, the sunlight beaming through a crown of tall trees far atop the ridge of Sulphur Mountain caught the eye of Agnes Baron. She insisted they find their way there.
After winding up the long dirt road to the only residential property on the mountain at the time, Agnes jumped the fence to explore what would become Meher Mount.
There was no for sale sign, but they later located the owner, an heiress in the Ralph's grocery store family, and she was open to selling the property.
The New Life Foundation sold the Center in La Crescenta and closed escrow on the Meher Mount property on August 9, 1946.
Agnes Baron lived at Meher Mount from 1946 until she required care in a nursing home in Ojai shortly before she died in 1994.
From the beginning, she had thought of a large solitary coast live oak on the point of land overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the Channel Islands as "Baba's Tree" and by His actions.
He claimed it as His own when He came there on August 2, 1956.
Meher Baba first planned to first visit Meher Mount in June 1952 for a 10-day stay.
But during the cross-country drive from Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to Meher Mount in Ojai, California, Meher Baba was in an automobile accident near Prague, Oklahoma.
After the accident, he recuperated in Prague and then returned to Myrtle Beach, not visiting Meher Mount until 1956.
In 1956, Avatar Meher Baba visited Southern California for three days from July 31 through August 2.
The first two days were spent in Hollywood, and on the third day Meher Baba went to Meher Mount in Ojai.
If you have a story or information to share about Agnes Baron and/or Meher Mount, please contact Meher Mount. These memories are precious and will be of interest to future generations.
Also, all photographs are greatly appreciated and can help capture the feeling and essence of the time.
Please join us on Tuesday, January 31st for the open house in celebration of Meher Baba's Amartithi, the anniversary of the day He "dropped His body."
You are welcome to bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the views.
All stories, songs, poems and inspirational quotes are greatly appreciated. There will be time under Baba's Tree for sharing.
Click here for more information on the Amartithi Open House.
Saturday, January 14, Meher Mount conducted a Phonathon to raise funds for Meher Mount's Annual Fund campaign.
320 calls including, disconnected phone numbers, completed calls, and messages.
49 Pledges and/or donations (a 15% return) and six maybes.
Meher Mount is still $1,435 away from the goal.
To make a donation online, follow this link.
dedicated to Avatar Meher Baba.
for loving God through nature, and for service.


Dry hands and nails don't have to be a "winter thing." Avoid cracked cuticles and keep your fingertips looking fresh with our DIY cuticle rescue recipe. We love the way the Ylang Ylang and Orange play off of each other, the two are truly a match made in heaven. What a great way to use aromatherapy to get a pick-me-up during these cold, dark months AND keep your nails and cuticles moisturized! It's a two for one!
Ylang Ylang is an intoxicating floral scent used for generations as a perfume. It can help fight fatigue and get you motivated. Ylang Ylang also helps calm while bringing you to a meditative state…but we especially love the way it nourishes and softens dry skin, helping it to feel rejuvenated and new.
Orange is an all-time favorite EO that has been used for centuries for its ability to boost your mood while reducing anxiety. A bright top note widely known for its antiseptic and anti-inflammatory qualities, Orange has even been rumored to fight signs of aging making it the ideal addition to this recipe.
Carrot Seed is used extensively in natural skin care products because of its antioxidant properties. It can help moisturize the skin and improve elasticity, and can even help soothe minor aches caused by rheumatism and arthritis. And it does all this while easing stress and anxiety!
You will also need a double boiler and two small jars of choice.
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import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * A simple class to hold ELK configuration parameters. Each parameter should be
 * a static field annotated with @Parameter. You must specify its type and,
 * optionally, the default value. The type must be an Enum or a Java class with
 * a constructor that takes a String argument. When loading the property from
 * file, the framework will call that constructor to check that it can parse the
 * String value (to prevent passing incorrect values).
 *
 *
 * @author Pavel Klinov
 *
 *         pavel.klinov@uni-ulm.de
 */
public class BaseConfiguration {

	/**
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	private final Map<String, Validator> validators = new HashMap<String, Validator>();

	private final Map<String, String> paramMap = new HashMap<String, String>();

	public BaseConfiguration() {}

	protected BaseConfiguration(BaseConfiguration config) {
		this.paramMap.putAll(config.paramMap);
		this.validators.putAll(config.validators);
	}

	protected void initConfiguration() {
		Field[] allFields = getClass().getDeclaredFields();

		for (Field field : allFields) {
			if (field.isAnnotationPresent(Parameter.class)) {
				// create the parameter with its default value
				Parameter annotation = field.getAnnotation(Parameter.class);
				Class<?> paramClass = null;
				Validator validator = null;
				String paramValue = null;
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					paramName = field.get(null).toString();
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							.toString();

				} catch (Throwable e) {
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							"Perhaps incorrect declaration of the configuration parameter "
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				paramMap.put(paramName, paramValue);
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				validators.put(paramName, validator);
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		return paramMap.get(name);
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		return Integer.valueOf(paramMap.get(name));
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		return Boolean.valueOf(paramMap.get(name));
	}

	public BaseConfiguration setParameter(String name, String value) {
		if (!validate(name, value))
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		paramMap.put(name, value);

		return this;
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	private boolean validate(String name, String value) {
		Validator validator = validators.get(name);

		try {
			if (validator != null)
				validator.create(value);
		} catch (Throwable e) {
			return false;
		}

		return true;
	}

	public Set<String> getParameterNames() {
		return Collections.unmodifiableSet(paramMap.keySet());
	}

	/*
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	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
	@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
	public static @interface Parameter {
		String type();

		String value() default "";
	}
}

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 * Validates the string-based representation of each parameter by trying to
 * instantiate it
 *
 * @author Pavel Klinov
 *
 *         pavel.klinov@uni-ulm.de
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class Validator {

	final Class<?> clazz;
	final Constructor<?> constructor;
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	Validator(Class<?> clazz) throws Exception {
		this.clazz = clazz;

		if (clazz.isEnum()) {
			constructor = null;
			valueOf = clazz.getMethod("valueOf",
					new Class<?>[] { String.class });
		} else {
			constructor = clazz.getConstructor(new Class<?>[] { String.class });
			this.valueOf = null;
		}
	}

	Object create(String value) throws Exception {
		assert constructor != null || valueOf != null;

		if (constructor != null) {
			return constructor.newInstance(value);
		} else {
			return valueOf.invoke(null, value);
		}
	}
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Latest News - USA - Coronavirus Vaccine: Fujifilm's Favipiravir drug proved useful in Corona patients in China; shares of the company also increased
Coronavirus Vaccine: Fujifilm's Favipiravir drug proved useful in Corona patients in China; shares of the company also increased
Praneet Thakur
Coronavirus Vaccine: Due to the increasing outbreak of coronavirus worldwide, scientists all over the world are engaged in developing its medicine. The US has reached the testing stage after developing the drug
Meanwhile, a Chinese official has claimed that the Avigan anti-flu drug of the Japanese company Fujifilms is proving useful on patients with coronavirus. Following the Chinese official's statement on Wednesday, the company's stock closed up 15.4 percent at 5238 yen. Avigan is also known as Favipiravir.
Also Read : CORONAVIRUS UPDATE (LIVE): CASES AND DEATHS FROM COVID-19 VIRUS OUTBREAK
Japan approved the use of this medicine in 2014. Zhang Jinmin, an official of China's Ministry of Science and Technology, says that this drug has not only proved to be active on coronavirus but also no side effects have been seen so far.
According to the information, this drug was tested on 340 patients in Schengen and Wuhan. After some time, the test of the coronavirus of these patients came negative. All of them started giving this medicine four days after the coronavirus test positive.
After giving this medicine, the Xpress report of these patients also saw improvement in their lungs up to 91 percent. At the same time, in those who were given a second medicine instead, 61 percent of the patients' lungs were found better than before.
The most straightforward meaning to say is that this drug has proved to be more effective than other medicines on coronavirus patients. However, Japan has so far not made any claims on its part to succeed in this way.
The Guardian newspaper quoted Japanese health ministry sources as saying that the drug was also given to patients suffering from the coronavirus there, but it did not work well on patients there.
According to this, about 70-80 patients were given this medicine, but it did not appear to have any benefit on the patients.
According to this report, in 2016, the Japanese government supplied the Ebola virus as an emergency medicine in Guinea after it reached many countries of the world. Favipiravir had sought permission from the government to use the full scale on Covid-19 patients.
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What does it mean that almost half of America's babies and toddlers live in or near poverty? What effect does poverty have on their rapidly developing brains of babies and toddlers? ZERO TO THREE set out to answer these questions in a new infographic showing how young children in poverty, beginning at birth, begin to develop gaps in their growth and development when compared with their peers.


Last Saturday afternoon, I was watching the TV show Fringe on Netflix streaming. In the guest-cast credits of the third-season episode, "Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?," I saw the name "Marcus Giamatti." I'd never heard of him or seen the name, and wondered if he was related to Paul Giamatti, one of my favorite actors. So I looked him up on the IMDb and saw that they're brothers. "Cool," I thought, and that was that.
Later that same day I got on my treadmill for my daily run. I watch TV while I run, and this time I had a DVD from CSI Season 10, also provided by Netflix.
The next episode on this disc was "Lover's Lanes." The guest cast for this episode included, you guessed it: Marcus Giamatti.
Below are the extended notes provided by cognitive psychologist and statistician Barbara Drescher for use in Skepticality Episode 256. Take a look and leave your comments below. Also, please be sure to listen to the podcast for our own hilarious commentary. Also, visit Barbara's blog ICBS Everywhere, and Insight at Skeptics Society.
Once again it's not a reasonable task to calculate these odds, but it is an opportunity to discuss what questions we should ask ourselves before getting too excited about the coincidence.
A look at IMDB tells us that Marcus Giamatti has a pretty long resume, but since many of the entries are guest spots on episodes of short-lived TV shows, we shouldn't expect to see him when choosing something at random.
However, once we have paid attention to something, we are much more likely to notice the same thing or something similar or related afterward. This concept is called "priming".
How many times has the author seen this actor in something and did not take note? Would she have noticed him in the episode of CSI if she had not looked him up earlier in the day? Had she seen this episode before and was not interested enough in who the actor was to look him up?
Also, how many times has the author seen an actor in two roles on the same day without noticing?
Another interesting question to consider: how much time would need to be between these two sightings to make the coincidence uninteresting (not a coincidence)? A day? A week?
Attention is really important when it comes noticing crazy odds.


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Give the Gift of Revenge, Castle and Once Upon a Time for the Holidays
Following the success of a Lost limited edition photograph a few years back, ABC is releasing a series of limited edition numbered prints featuring the casts of Castle, Once Upon a Time and Revenge. ABC photographer Bob D'Amico helped conceptualize the shoots and personally photographed the Castle and Revenge actors.
The Revenge cast is grouped around a chest leaking blood. What's inside the chest "is up for us to guess," says D'Amico. "It was intended to make you think. Whatever your imagination takes you to."
Incredibly, the Revenge actors were each photographed by D'Amico separately in the all white set, though you would never know that from the composite end product. "There's a sense of elegance to the image, but also some mystery," says D'Amico. "We're left to wonder how they will all be connected to each other as the story progresses."
D'Amico did manage to get Castle co-stars Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic together in the same studio for their image, featuring Fillion in handcuffs. D'Amico says he was going for a more intimate feel to convey Castle and Beckett's romance.
"Nathan and Stana are amazing," says the shutterbug. "You give them something to do and they just go. They have some of the best chemistry of anyone I've ever photographed. They play with each other so well. You give them a set of handcuffs and so many fun things come out of it." We can imagine.
D'Amico was unable to shoot the Once Upon a Time cast in Vancouver, as he was on the set of Grey's Anatomy at the time. But he was involved in the concept - a Dustbowl-era barbecue scene intended to juxtapose the characters' parallel Storybrooke and Fairytale Land lives.
The images are available for purchase while supplies last at www.OfficialABCPrints.com.
View original Give the Gift of Revenge, Castle and Once Upon a Time for the Holidays at TVGuide.com
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As would be the case with most Indians 'Saare jahan se accha Hindustan hamara' is my all time favourite. And it is just not Iqbal's beautiful lyrics or the uplifting melody but its association with India's freedom struggle which makes it special. It has been used on many occasions and I was filled with pride when Rakesh Sharma said it from outer space. But my heart broke when Sartaj mouthed it recently, to affirm his loyalty to the country. That he felt the need to do this just days after his father,Akhlaq had been brutally lynched in Dadri showed that we had failed him as a nation. Somehow, I would have felt better had he quoted from my other favourite 'Jinhein naaz hai Hind par, woh kahan hain?' . He should have felt free and safe to express his anguish, his dissent. In a secular, democratic country no one should have to constantly prove his patriotism.
Sahir's critical analysis in this song from Kagaz ke Phool was a constant point of reference during my sceptical years of disillusionment as a young adult. I felt the song wasn't about brothels alone, but the general state of rot in the system. Loving the song doesn't make me less of an 'Indian' though, because patriotism is not about blind, chest thumping national pride alone. It is also about questioning and criticising, which leads to introspection and perhaps improvement.
I couldn't decide which of the two songs is ' nuanced and profound' enough to describe a country as diverse as India and my evolving feelings for it. I think I have the right to feel proud or ashamed, hopeful or disillusioned, grateful or disgruntled depending on the circumstances I find myself in. I shouldn't have to choose one song and one sentiment alone.


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Days like today are hard for my faith. I know and believe and have seen two things in my lifetime: 1) that God is in control and 2) that He is FULL of love and mercy. So it's hard to wrap my brain about the devastation that is happening in Haiti as I type this. Questions like "How could you God?" and "Where are you God?" often run through my mind. And the hard truth is that even though there are philosophical and theological answers and theories to pain and suffering in the world…I'm not sure we'll ever really understand His reasons or His presence in situations like this.
But I do know that in some crazy way, the answer to "Where are you God?" is that He is in His people. We talk about being the hands and feet of Christ…I'm praying and begging God that for the people of Haiti, He would manifest Himself through His people. There are a lot of ways that you can be His hands and feet today.
The Red Cross needs funds. They've made it easier than ever to give. Check out here how you can just text your money to Haiti.
We need to pray. Pray that God (through His people) would rescue those that are trapped, bind the wounds of the injured, comfort the mothers who have lost children, and raise up parents for the now fatherless.
If you've ever considered adoption or even contributing financially to others that are adopting, there will be an even greater need now in his impoverished country. Check out an interview from a woman who runs "God's Littlest Angels" on the Today show to hear about the immediate needs of the fatherless.
Be His hands and feet in whatever way you can today. And remember the orphan.
FYI … we have a friend who has been trying for the past 3+ years to adopt twin 4-year-old Haitian boys. She has been their legal guardian since they were just a few months old when they were abandond by their mother and father. It may be somewhat a matter of their particular situation, but she has found the adoption process in Haiti to be very complicated (and she lives just across the border in the Dominican Republic and has been able to make several trips over to deal with some of the red tape). Hopefully this incident, as horrifying as it is, will encourage the Haitian government to make foreign adoption easier.
praying alongside you…and believing for the miraculous hand of God through His people.
If I weren't pregnant already right now, I would adopt a Haitian baby. I cry every time I watch the news coverage. At least now they are hopefully getting some food and water, but to even think about them going thirsty or hungry for even a few hours breaks my heart. Especially when I think about how much juice Shelby drinks everyday.


Pawpaw fruit has a relatively short shelf life, limiting the time for its processing and marketing. Deactivating enzymes involved in maturation and eliminating microbial contamination have the potential to extend the fruit's shelf life. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of pretreatment with hot water and acidic electrolyzed water on the microbial load and quality characteristic of pawpaw fruits. Pawpaw fruits were harvested from the research orchard of Kentucky State University. Fruits were randomly assigned to receive no pretreatment, pretreatment with heating in water at 60 C for 5 min, rinsing with tap water or acidic electrolyzed water for 2 min. Three fruits from each group were analyzed for weight loss, hardness, pulp color and Brix value on day 1, 7, 10 and 14 after the pretreatment. The fruits were also inspected visually. Microbial load was relatively high at the beginning and became lower during the experiment. Pretreatment with acidic electrolyzed water reduced the microbial load but did not delay the deterioration of the fruit. The hardness of the fruits declined for all groups but was slightly less for the hot water treated group. As time increased, fruits tended to turn dark in skin color and number of sagging spots increased. However, appearance of the hot water treated group remained acceptable up to 14 days, indicating that hot water treatment delayed the maturation process and extended slightly the shelf life of pawpaw fruits.


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Magic Jump is happy to be apart of this years Dreamworks movie premier of Norbit featuring Eddie Murphy. This romantic comedy is about two friends growing up and finding themselves in separate relationships, even though deep down they want to be together. Only thing standing in their way is Rasputia, the obese and lazy woman married to Norbit.
During one of the scenes Rasputia chases some small children who have stolen her hat and entered the bounce house. The cast wanted to exaggerate Rasputia's size by having the children bounce and leap over the bounce house walls as she jumps. Magic Jump is proud to say that we were able to accomplish such a scene with a custom bounce house that was fitted for this scene. If you haven't already done so, make sure to watch the romantic comedy with your friend or loved one, it really is a funny movie worth watching.


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my daughter and her two bunnies are moving so she can attain her second degree at a new university so i thought she might need a sticky note holder for her new desk, along with some words of encouragement.
i die cut 8 bunnies to layer and watercoloured them with twinkling H2Os, along with the wood veneer apple. the letters were die cut with the impression obsession alphabet, coloured with distress inks and attached with a glue pen.
i'd also like to submit this to the kraft journal Challenge # 236 – Take Your Pick: i used four items from the board – red, apple, ribbon and die cut.
Adorable card! I love the coloring! Thanks for playing the Lawnscaping Challenge!
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The World Health Organization recently declared processed meats—such as pepperoni, hot dogs, bacon, sausage, and deli meats—"carcinogenic to humans." The organization has even classified processed meats in the same category as asbestos, tobacco products, and other carcinogens. The association of processed meat consumption and increased cancer risk is most notable for colorectal cancer.
The WHO report, published in Lancet Oncology is based on research from more than 800 studies looking at the cancer-causing properties of processed meats. The authors highlighted a meta-analysis that found each 50 gram portion of processed meat—approximately the size of a typical hot dog—eaten daily increases the risk of colorectal cancer by 18 percent. Despite the scientific consensus about the cancer risks associated with processed meats, they are still widely consumed in the United States, especially by children.
Therefore, during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, we are asking school food service directors to proactively plan for the removal of processed meats from their menus. There are many alternative menu items for schools to consider in lieu of processed meat.
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Extreme PCs and "Homebrewing": Rest in Peace
Will custom, home-brew systems go the way of the Dodo or the Duesenberg with the retreating economy?
By Jason Perlow for Tech Broiler | March 9, 2009 -- 08:36 GMT (01:36 PDT) | Topic: Hardware
Being a technology writer in times like these can be difficult.
In the glory days, everyone had lots of disposable income, and those of us who called ourselves "PC Enthusiasts" thought nothing of doing complete hardware refreshes every six months to keep up with the technology. A new motherboard and processor (or two) here, a new graphics card there, a double or quadruple RAM upgrade another month... Bigger.. better.. faster... you get the picture.
A $16,000 custom "Extreme PC" built by Puget Systems.
Those of us who were of the "Extreme" hobbyist or PC homebrewer persuasion -- those of us who weren't content to buy systems in a box from a major PC vendor would read websites and publications like Tom's Hardware, ExtremeTech, AnandTech and until recently the mighty PC Magazine, which in late 2008 folded its magazine publication after 26 years in print and retreated like the rest of us to the web.
Maximum PCappears to be one of the last print bastions of PC hobbyism, although it's been a while since I analyzed its content for true homebrew-goodness.
It's been a long time since I myself have "built" a system from the ground up using OEM parts. Like I do with 12-packs of chicken breasts and cases of toilet paper, I now buy my computers from COSTCO in barebones configurations.
If I need to tweak the hardware for better performance, I shop on the Internet for modest upgrades. While some of my friends are still hardcore system builders, I firmly believe that the build-your-own practice will become a lost art form, and that it will not survive the economy.
Oh, the white box Taiwanese OEMs will exist, such as ASUS, MSI and and TYAN, but they'll be making cheap consumer devices and netbooks, and acting as contract manufacturers for the big name PC manufacturers -- at least the big names that will still exist 2 or 3 years from now.
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I find it particularly obscene when PR agencies and independent systems vendors contact me about "Extreme" systems you can still buy. I'm not pointing fingers here, but one chap over at Puget Systems -- a respected custom systems builder -- wanted me to know about a $16,000 PC a private individual ordered from them and if it was something that would interest my readers.
I was not amused. I told this pleasant PR guy that "Extreme" PCs are no longer relevant. There's no market for them, and the "Extreme" publications that write about them are really no more useful or realistic than hardcore pornography.
The chances of your Average Paycheck Joe going out and buying a $5000 and up system is about as hopeful as a 400 pound dumpy-looking guy trying to find a date with a supermodel, or actually believing he can have relations with the women he sees pictures of in Hustler or Penthouse.
Now, don't get me wrong. I happen to think real pornography is healthy. This is something that addresses our base biological urges. "Extreme PC" publications? Not so much. And while I'm playing holier-than-thou, ZDNet is no exception -- our own Hardware 2.0 blogger's piece on a 1250 watt PC power supply struck me as equally retarded today. But I can't really blame Adrian, he has a hardware column to write about.
So where is this industry going? Just this week alone, two of my friends, both highly skilled systems integration professionals with large technology companies, as well as a close member of my family, a real estate attorney, lost their jobs.
I frequently wake up in the morning scratching my head wondering if anything I write about really matters when we have problems this huge affecting so many people. It almost seems that writing about technology at any level in this day in age that isn't related to how you can cut costs is no longer relevant. New processors? More cores? Faster graphics cards? Improved versions of Windows? Who gives a crap anymore.
So are the PC hobbyist sites dead? If they continue to publish the same fantasy porn and don't start putting out some practical advice, I think we'll soon be writing their epitaphs, just as we did for PC Magazine and other venerable print pubs for the PC industry that went before it.
The new "Extreme" will be "Miserly". What system gives you the best bang for the buck? What system components conserve the most amount of power? Who makes the cheapest and best netbook for the money? How can you best make do with what you have now? Where are the best places to dumpster dive? How do you get in on asset liquidations?
Extreme PCs and Homebrewing are dead. And with this proclamation, I really hope I'm wrong. Talk Back and Let Me Know.
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Viviparous insects use accessory glands to provide nourishment directly to developing offspring. Tsetse flies and sheep keds are dipterans that retain single larvae within their reproductive tracts and provide them with nourishment. They give birth to mature larvae ready to pupate. The gland that produces the nourishing secretion, rich in amino acids and lipids, is known as the milk gland. The Pacific beetle roach, Diploptera punctata, is also viviparous and provides its developing embryos with nourishment secreted by the brood sac, an expanded portion of oviduct.
Most insects start life in an egg stage. The act of egg laying is called oviposi-tion.The reproductive adult females of many species lay their eggs specifically in the area where the offspring will feed. For example, greenhouse whiteflies lay their eggs on the foliage where the immatures will feed, and fungus gnats oviposit on the surface of the soil or growing medium where the larvae will develop. Insects have specialized organs called ovipositors for depositing the eggs in the appropriate location (figure 3).Some ovipositors are internal except during oviposition (as with most flies) others are external and very obvious (as with crickets and ichneu-monid wasps). A few insects, such as aphids, give birth to live young.
Similarly, representatives of the families Histiostomatidae and Glycyphagidae (Astigmata) are known to disperse by heteromorphic deutonymphs and hypopus types. Mites of the genus Pelzneria (Acaridae, Astigmata) are found in large numbers under the elytra of Nicrophorus beetles and synchronise with the life cycle of their carrier. Due to the haplodiploid genetic system common to Histiostomidae, the specialised deutonymphs must be females and must disembark from the parent beetles. The newly developed females will give birth asexually to sons who will fertilise their mothers. The next generation of female phoronts need to be ready only at the moment of the emergence of the next generation of adult beetles.
The size of female insects often determines their fecundity, which may be manifested in giving birth to many small offspring or a smaller number of large ones. To be able to produce many large offspring, which may be adaptive for survival in a harsh environment, the female herself must be large. The importance of size for female fecundity can often be seen in the sexual dimorphism of insect species, in which males typically are much smaller than females.
Marsupials (that is mammals giving birth to immature young ones, which have to be kept in a special pocket on the belly of the mother for allowing them to develop further, constituting the Subclass Metatheria) are in Australia and South America. Their presence in Central America and south part of North America is due to their northward dispersal, just as ostriches extend their range into the Arabian countries. Survival of marsupials only in these two southern continents has been attributed to their long isolation from other land masses in geological history, and consequent absence of competition with higher and more successful forms in these continents.
Insects have been around for more than 400 million years. Dinosaurs (non-avian) only lasted 180 million. What determines how long families, genera, and species survive When biological and physical events impact a species so that the death rate continuously exceeds the birth rate, that life form has begun a downward spiral towards extinction. Ultimately a low population threshold is reached where recovery is impossible and the fate of the species is sealed. That loss has a ripple effect throughout the ecosystem, the severity of which depends on the importance of the species. Demise of a keystone species invokes the greatest aftermath the cessation of one with global distribution has worldwide consequences, producing a cascade effect throughout the species range. Depending on the organism's importance, the effect can be short or long term, but nothing disappears from the earth without producing some change.
When the gravid female is ready to give birth, she assumes a position known as stilting., in which she raises the anterior part of her body and forms a birth basket with her pedipalps and first two pairs of legs. While she maintains this posture, the young emerge one at a time from the genital aperture and drop into the birth basket. From there they clamber onto their mother's back. The birth time for an individual varies from 1 min up to about an hour, with the total birth process lasting from less than 12 hr to as long as 3 days.
Each female aphid reproduces for a period of 20-30 days, giving birth to 60-100 live nymphs.The nymphs look like the adults but are smaller.The nymphs mature and can produce offspring within a week at greenhouse temperatures.Winged females that can migrate are produced when the food supply becomes short or the area becomes overcrowded. Males and eggs are produced only in northern areas, in response to colder temperatures and shorter days. Aphids overwinter as eggs outdoors in northern areas, but in greenhouses will continue to develop year-round.
Female cockroaches give birth in different ways. They normally encapsulate their eggs in groups of few to many within a hard, darkly pigmented case (ootheca), which is deposited in the proper environment. Some retain the case in the birth canal where it often remains partly extruded until the young hatch. Others keep it entirely within the abdomen, and the nymphs hatch inside the mother, spending up to several days in a kind of uterus before being born alive.


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AUSTIN — With less than three weeks until Election Day, Beto O'Rourke is shifting his strategy and his advertising.
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But with attacks from the opposition mounting and new polls showing Cruz with a steady and sizable lead, the tone of O'Rourke's campaign and his new advertisements has shifted, becoming more confrontational and aggressive.
"You either allow him to line up one untrue attack after another as the entire state watches and then spend your limited time rebutting each of those individually, or you can try to communicate what you know to be true, which is that he is dishonest," O'Rourke said Thursday during an interview with the El Paso Times' editorial board.
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In September, when the candidates met for their first public debate, O'Rourke defended himself against Cruz's attacks and made a few jabs of his own. But voters saw a different side of the candidate during Tuesday's debate, likely the last of the race.
O'Rourke was aggressive from the onset, calling Cruz's credibility into question and attacking him for votes he has taken in the Senate and his role in the 2013 government shutdown.
The most striking moment was when O'Rourke resurrected the nickname for his Republican opponent popularized by President Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election: "Lyin' Ted."
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Cruz was on the attack as well, criticizing the Democrat for votes he took on abortion regulations and gas taxes.
For Cruz, the attacks were not out of character. The Republican incumbent, who has represented Texas in the Senate since 2013, has run several ads that target O'Rourke for past votes, and allied organizations also have aired TV spots that paint O'Rourke as "too radical for Texas."
The Republican also capitalized on the viral clip of O'Rourke discussing his support for NFL players who kneel in protest during the national anthem, releasing an advertisement showing former Marine Sgt. Tim Lee speaking at a campaign event.
"I gave two legs for this country," Lee says in the video. "I'm not able to stand, but I sure expect you to stand for me when the national anthem is being played."
"In November, where will you stand?" the narrator asks.
More:Beto O'Rourke admits 'take-a-knee' stance upset close friend on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show'
O'Rourke said his more aggressive tactics are a response to what he calls misinformation Cruz has shared, both during debates and in his advertisements. He said categorically denying each falsehood is no longer effective, so he feels compelled to go on the offensive.
"It's like accusing somebody of being a murderer and that person being forced to say, 'Well, I'm not a murderer,' " O'Rourke said during Thursday's interview. "Just by your defense, you are now inviting the listener to say, 'Well, he says he is and he says he isn't; who knows what's true.' "
Instead, O'Rourke said he wants to show the contrast between himself and Cruz.
"It's not negative; it's just the truth," O'Rourke said.
Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University, said it will be vital for O'Rourke to follow through on his intention to go on the offensive. He said the Democrat also should consider advertisements that "directly challenge Cruz's character."
"I don't care if you're trying to run a decent, nice campaign," he said. "You've still got to do that stuff; otherwise, you'll be left at the altar."
More:Cruz-Beto debate: Who won the final Texas debate between Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke?
One day after the debate, the Democrat released a series of three ads that highlight where both candidates stand on health care, education and immigration.
The videos feature O'Rourke speaking in front of a nondescript backdrop about Cruz's actions in the Senate and how they compare to his own policy proposals.
"My challenge is to remind you that that's a choice that you have," O'Rourke said in the interview with the Times. "I'll spend 15 seconds of a 30-second ad saying, 'This is what this guy wants to do' — which is clear; it's on the record — and 'here's what I want to do.' "
More:Ted Cruz vs. Beto O'Rourke: A campaign diary for Texas' Senate race
Cruz criticized O'Rourke for his new advertisements during a conversation with reporters Wednesday.
"This morning the O'Rourke campaign unleashed the dogs," Cruz said. "Their pollsters have told them they're in trouble, and so the decision they've made is attack and go ugly and nasty."
O'Rourke said he is isn't sure his campaign has struck the right balance yet in staying positive while also being critical of Cruz. But he noted that he has avoided any personal attacks against Cruz.
"I'm trying, to the best of my ability, to continue to pursue this in the most positive way, defining ourselves by ambitions, not by fears," O'Rourke said.
Madlin Mekelburg is a reporter with the USA Today Network Austin Bureau; she may be reached at 512-479-6606; mmekelburg@elpasotimes.com; @madlinbmek on Twitter.


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The War of 1812 Digital Collection, from Canadiana.org, is a great portal for finding primary sources from the War of 1812.
This virtual exhibit from the Archives of Ontario uses fascinating documents from their collection to tell the history around the War of 1812.
Brock University has a number of 1812-era maps available online and for download. Included in the collection are maps of Fort George, Fort Erie, and Queenston.
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I drove my new '96 318ti today, parked it, and later when I walked by I noticed it dripping water from the bottom rear of the front bumper. It was getting dark, so I can't see exactly what's leaking.
And, of course, this has to happen on a Saturday night, and Monday morning I'm moving...!
I know from reading here and elsewhere how important it is to not let the engine overheat, so I guess my question is this: would it be safe to just top it off with distilled water, so that I can drive it to the shop (less than a mile away)? Or does it have to be mixed 50/50 with coolant, even on a short-term/emergency basis? I don't even know what sort of coolant it uses, having just gotten the car and not yet found an owner's manual.
Stick your finger in the puddle and make sure its actually coolant. Other than that, its one of eight different spots. Either side of the main coolant hoses to the radiator, the line to the heatercore/main hose, waterpump, or thermostat housing. You can top if off with water, youll be fine.
Well, it's a shop I trust, and there's a little bit of difference between 1) the cost of one replacement part from eBay, and 2) having a mechanic figure out what the problem is, drain the coolant, install the new radiator, replace some clamps, refill it with new coolant, and make sure everything works.
Are you ripped off because the cost of two eggs, two pieces of bacon, and two pieces of bread at a supermarket is several times less than what a restaurant charges to bring it to you cooked on a plate?
. One thing1) You have a guarantee, 2)you have a local supplier for the radiator / warranty if it craps out, 3) and someone that would probably put it in for you if it does crap out in a reasonable amount of time.
I use 1-800-radiator. Never had one fail. But they have a lifetime guarantee.
Most mechanix I know will not use cheap parts, since they have to work with it and also guarantee it too.
I do most of my own work, being a retired bodyman but sometimes, I gotta take one of my cars in to "my trusted mechanic" who has the computer to diagonos stuff.
At least you were smart enough not to keep driving it with a leak.
Since the shop put new antifreeze in when it changed the radiator, distilled or even regular tap water would be o.k. for a short distance.
Love ALL Bimmers. Have to, or they would not be cost effective.
I'm not a mechanic, and a job as serious as finding and fixing a coolant leak would be beyond me. I might save a few hundred if I did it myself, but it would probably take me an entire day, and if I screwed up, would cost me more in the end.
Years ago I thought of changing the spark plugs in my TR-6, but chickened out and took it to the shop, and boy am I glad I did. One of the spark plugs off when they tried to remove it. It took them a great deal of effort to get all the pieces out, which they did at their expense, of course. If I'd broken that plug, it would have cost me more time and far more money than I might have saved.
If you want a website built or an article edited, I'm your guy. But it makes more sense for me to leave things like coolant leaks to experts.
PM me the next time you need something done on your car. I am 25 miles from S.Francisco in the East Bay. Might be able to save you some money.
I'm getting pretty good at finding parts at a discount (30 years as a body and fender repairman in El Cerrito and Shop manager for 10 years).
I am so picky about work being done on my cars, I usually do it myself.
I also only know one way to do things. The right way the first time, that way you don't have to do it twice.
Seems like a lot of the young mechanics I have dealt with are in such a hurry to beat flatrate, they don't have time to clean parts, reassemble correctly, or anything else. I HATE doing things twice.
I just changed the A/C condenser (which is probably the next thing that will go wrong with your car, it's typical on Bimmers) and spent less than $200 including the recharge and cost of new condenser. There's a place in Oakland where I get all my radiators and A/C condensers, cost me $142 for the condenser brand new with lifetime warrantee.
Thanks, Mopho, I'll keep that in mind. The only thing at the moment is the apparently common problem of a broken driver's side door panel. I've found some tutorials online, and it seems like the sort of repair I might tackle myself. But if you find a dark gray door panel for a '96, let me know!
Oh, and the California sunroof part identified here. BMW San Francisco still can't find one!
I would go to an upolstery shop on the top part you need. They will have resources the dealer won't have.
Door panel? does it just need the mounts for the push buttons re-attached?
I glued my plastic mounting brackets with epoxy, picked up new push pins (that snap into the door and are mounted on the door panel brackets that come loose).
Another way to fix the door panel if it is not cracked and falling apart, is to get some long upolstery type screws and put a few in to hold the door panel on. Kinda micky mouse, but works if you don't want to take the door panel off.
I gotta do my drivers side still, it's flopping around, already fixed passenger side when I changed the window regulator.
Well you definately made the right choice. I'm sorry for my remarks since if you did it yourself you might end up with thousands in damage.
BMW NA list price is $300. Hopefully they put on new hoses, too. And remember labor in the Bay area is likely to be $130/hour or more. I was quoted $800 just to replace the plastic water connector at the back of the cylinder head by an independent BMW shop in DC, and that was an $8 part. $500 for a radiator installed in San Francisco doesn't surprise me.
These are pretty economical cars...if you can work on them yourself.


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The Bride was attired in all her fine array. She arrived precisely on time. And I was not there to greet her. I was not there to greet the Sabbath Bride.
After a week of abdominal distress, PC went to the ER, where a contrast CT confirmed a ruptured appendix.
We attend Pajama Havdallah at the shul and after a injesting several slices of pizza, PC remarks that his tummy doesn't feel so terrific and perhaps the dairy is to blame.
Delicious pastrami and beer at the shul's annual poker tourney. PC remarks that his tummy is still bothering him…and perhaps the deli food is to blame.
PC has little appetite (which is out-of-character) and with no food to blame, calls the doctor. She's booked for the day but advises him to visit the Urgent Care clinic. Based solely on verbal history and brief physical exam, a diagnosis is reached; gas. Remedy? Gas-X.
Stomach cramps worsen. Decreased appetite.
2:45pm. On a FRIDAY afternoon. Terrific. As if Friday afternoons aren't crazy enough with Shabbat preparation. Realizing that I would not be on the pulpit later in the evening, I made arrangements for my pulpit partner to cover my sections of the service.
5:20pm I arrive at the ER and meet up with PC, who is still hanging out in the ER waiting room. He is feeling fine…and just a little embarassed about the whole thing.
6:15pm The ER doc does the intake and initally suspects IBS. Low-grade fever along with a loss of appetite are inconsistent with that suspicion. Pain starts up again and within moments of palpating the abdomen, a preliminary diagnosis of appendicitis is given.
7:20pm Blood test reveals elevated white blood cells. Indication that there is infection. The doctor is 80% certain that appendicitis is the cause. PC's pain worsens and pain medication is administered. It doesn't take long to realize that PC is allergic to the medication. As in — bad reaction within 10 seconds of hitting bloodstream.
10:15pm A contrast CT confirms a ruptured appendix. IV antibiotics are started to avert further infection. We will be spending Shabbat in the hospital.
I suppose that most people would say that they lost their Friday night or they lost their Saturday while hanging around the hospital. For me, on top of the stress of having my husband undergo surgery to remove the ruptured appendix, I lost my Shabbat this week. Gone. No chance to renew. To refresh. To guard or to observe.
My Shabbat was spent in prayer, but not of the sort typically reserved for Yom Shabbat.
The operation was on Saturday. The surgeon had hoped to perform the appendectomy via laparoscope. After making the initial incision below the navel, a peek inside revealed a lot of gunk. [That is actually what the surgeon called it. There is most likely a medical term but I don't know it.] So PC is now sporting a transverse incision in the lower right quandrant of his abdomen.
I thought that it was Tuesday all day today. Without Shabbat as my anchor, last week and this week blurred into one another. I hope to find my bearings soon.
Sweetie, I'm sorry, hope PC feels better soon!
Yikes! Hope PC feels better quick! Glad you guys got him there in time!
Just heard your interview on The Story on NPR. Thank you so much for sharing your story with all of us.
I am in the process of trying to get into Divinity school to seek my ordination as a United Church of Christ minister. It was really enlightening to hear your stories of the early portions of your ministry at your newest call. To be honest, as well as my father and I get along, I could never imagine working with him (you should see us try and get stuff done together around the house) not to mention serve the same congregation.
Happy New Year and Shalom!