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WESTFIELD, IND. – Getting positive results from its pitching and offensive attacks, Manchester University got its 2014 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference campaign off to a strong start Friday, March 21.
Senior starter Temujin Sery (Fort Wayne, Ind.) was superb in the weekend series' opener against Hanover College. He fired nine frames of nine-hit ball, being touched for just two earned runs and striking out nine as part of the 7-2 Spartans' win.
MU's offense gave its pitcher plenty to work with. Sophomore catcher Elliott Ford (Rome City, Ind.) and freshman first baseman Tailur Szarenski (Bluffton, Ind.) each drilled home runs. Szarenski's first collegiate round tripper was part of a sparkling two-for-three effort that included two runs scored and two RBIs. He was one of five Spartans to end the game with multiple-hit contests joining junior shortstop Trevor Kimm (Anderson, Ind.), junior outfielder Justin Miller (Yorktown, Ind.), junior third baseman Logan Hug (Indianapolis, Ind.) and sophomore outfielder Chad Gindelberger (South Bend, Ind.) who also produced two-hit efforts. Miller also added a multiple-RBI game, along with Szarenski, as he drove in two runs.
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NOTES: The Spartans have won 23 of their last 26 in conference play and against Hanover in the all-time standings … Senior designated hitter Dan Maringer (Fort Wayne, Ind.) stretched his on-base streak to 13 successive contests.


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When Manly and Theresa Chase crossed Raton Pass on the New Mexico-Colorado border just after the Civil War, they had brought with them everything they could carry by covered wagon. Along the way they rounded up a number of wild horses and upon reaching an area near what is now Cimarrón, New Mexico, they traded those horses for 1,000 acres and launched what would become a ranching dynasty.
Four generations later, the last living descendant of the Chase family, cattlewoman Gretchen Sammis, an inductee to the Cowgirl Hall of Fame, has made certain the famous Chase Ranch, which had grown to 1,100 acres through the years, continues its heritage by establishing a foundation to preserve the rich history it represents.
The Chase Ranch Foundation, owner of the historic Chase Ranch near Cimarrón since Sammis passed away in Aug. of 2012, and the adjacent and famous Philmont Scout Ranch, have announced the joint signing of a long-term lease and operating agreement that will help restore facilities at the ranch and open the ranch up to scouts and the general public in the years ahead.
"Gretchen Sammis was a model of community service and integrity, hard work and gracious hospitality, a stalwart protector of her ranch and her friends, a generous benefactor, a woman whose words and blue-eyed gaze were direct and discerning," Thelma Coker, one of the foundation's directors, said in a prepared statement last week.
"This is just an unbelievable opportunity to preserve, protect, and enhance the dream of one of the great women in New Mexico ranching history," John H. Green, the Boy Scouts of America's National Group Director for Outdoor Adventures, said at the signing ceremony.
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Upon her death, Sammis specified in her will that the ranch should be preserved and operated as a model historic operation, after her life partner and fellow Cowgirl Hall of Fame inductee Ruby Gobble lived out her years there. A little less than a year later, Gobble, 83, passed away, setting into motion the operating agreement between the ranch foundation and the Scout Ranch.
Gobble, a trick rider and world champion roper, was Sammis' companion for 49 years and also served as ranch manager down through the years. Noted for their veracity and community involvement, the two women have been heralded as meeting the criteria for induction into the Cowgirl Hall of Fame, namely, being "women who shaped the West and changed the world."
Sammis, who also taught in Cimarrón Public Schools for 26 years, took over operations at the ranch after her grandfather died in 1954. Gobble quickly joined her as ranch foreman and the two women are credited with performing the work of wranglers to keep the facility operating in good order.
"If a well went down, they fixed it on the spot. If the snow trapped the herd in a pass, they were the ones who rescued them. There is nothing they couldn't and didn't do on that ranch and they did it with old fashion determination and pride," said Clarence Wrigley, a ranch historian in Fort Worth.
Restoration and educational programs are planned
The original ranch house, constructed of adobe, was well maintained through the years with wood burning stoves in each room. Sammis' bedroom suite seemed a little out of place and out of time, but that was because it was brought across the Santa Fe Trail by her great-grandfather a century before.
"Born to be a ranch woman, she (Sammis) attended college, then taught school while managing the ranch until 1972," Coker said. "A community leader, Gretchen was the first woman to be president of the Northern New Mexico Livestock Association, first woman on the Cimarrón School Board and first woman chair of the Colfax County Soil and Water Conservation District," reads the Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame biography of Sammis.
About her fellow honoree and friend, Gobble, the Museum and Hall of Fame is just as generous.
"Ruby can be described in many terms: accomplished horsewoman, trick rider, roping champion, rodeo queen, movie actress, and ranch foreman. Raised on her family's Arizona ranch, she learned to ride at age three on burros and mastered roping shortly after. Beginning her rodeo career as a trick rider, Ruby switched to roping competitions, quickly winning several awards and championships. Always a capable ranch hand, Ruby made use of her versatile talents as foreman of the Chase Ranch," her bio reads.
Ed Pease, president of the Chase Ranch Foundation, noted that the Philmont Ranch, owned by the Boy Scouts of America, has the experience and resources to preserve the history of the ranch and the legacy of the women who made it successful in modern times.
"Philmont has decades of experience doing exactly the things she wanted done – preserving historic structures, managing high-quality museum collections, creating educational programs through living history presentations of New Mexico and American Southwest history," Pease said.
The agreement between the Philmont and the ranch foundation calls for no money exchange. In return for maintaining the facilities in good order, the scout ranch can utilize the land for scouting programs, establish a museum in the main ranch house, and will develop educational programs for both the scouts and the general public.
Officials say it is possible the ranch may be ready for its first public visitors next year.
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On the browser side, it seems to work best with Google Chrome. This is not a big shock. It doesn't seem as memory hungry with Google Chrome (63 MB vs 200 MB in Safari or Firefox on the first page), but it does seem to grow in size over time as I access waves (102 MB after accessing 10 waves). Another nice thing about Chrome is its model for tabs. Each runs in its own process, so killing a tab frees all of the memory associated with it. This means that when it starts eating too much memory, I can simply start a new Google Wave tab and close the old one instead of having to shutdown the whole application (which is what I have resorted to with Firefox and Safari). The downside is that Google Chrome has not been released for OS X. Luckily there is a developer version available for Linux and OS X (which is what I have been running).
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So to make a sweet and short, yes read the light novel if i were you. I think the translation will be coming out faster than the manga (Don't quote me on that)
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I hadn't realized the conversation here had resumed, and was just checking randomly.
Anyway, with regards to the LN translation, it proceeds in my spare time. I've got a job, home and family, so I typically only get an hour or two per day to work on this stuff. That's typically good for about five pages of the original book per week.
I am helping out the manga scanlators as well, though mostly by proofreading their translation. I didn't even know they were working on it until last week. Here is a summary of the chapters so far:
(1) Introduction, from Banri meeting Mitsuo through to the part where Linda throws Banri a kiss after rescuing him from the samba dancers. LN Volume 1, chapter 1.
(2) Banri finding Kouko in the hallway at school, isolated. This chapters proceeds to where the cultist drags the two of them off to a coffee shop. This chapter includes the conversation between Banri and Mitsuo about beautiful people and the advantages they have. LN Volume 1, chapter 2.
(3) Banri and Kouko meet up in front of the university, along with others, to go to the so-called training camp. Includes a flashback to how they were railroaded into coming. At the end, it is revealed they are trapped in the cultist's church. LN Volume 1, start of chapter 3.
(4) Further adventures in the cultist's church, culminating with their escape into the woods at night.
(5) Banri and Kouko in the mountain woods at night. This is mostly a long conversation.
(6) Still in the woods. At the end, Linda finds them out there and Banri realizes she was one who rescued him from the samba dancers. To the end of LN book 1, chapter 3.
(7) Enter Chinami. Kouko has a melt down seeing her and Mitsuo together. This will be the first chapter of the tankobon volume 2, and corresponds to the first part of the LN book 1, chapter 4.
(8) Linda takes Banri and Kouko out to lunch, and then to the Extras club practice session. Almost all of the rest of LN book 1, chapter 4.
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|2012-06-08, 14:18
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So been reading the manga for this and it's pretty interesting stuff.
I think it's fairly easy to guess or form an idea of where things could go but should be a fun ride and hope to see a few juicy twists and turns to come.
For the cast, let's see so far Kouko is the most interesting part of this story, with her obsession of Mitsuo to her kinda odd nature to her gorgeous looks(while the art isn't exactly oh wow, it's very good and does a great job of portraying Kouko's beauty).
I really quite like her alot, weird, abit stuck up and kinda clueless but as Banri puts it "I like pretty ones!"
Banri is quite amusing, he isn't some stand out guy but he ain't some nobody either. Nice balance of a normal simple guy I'd say.
Seems he has, like any other guy probably would have a natural attraction to Kouko which is a nice thing. It's not quite love(yet at least) but just simple attraction to what one could consider attractive.
Mitsuo's well he ain't had much screen time so he's just what he is, a nervous wreck when it comes to Kouko but seems like a decent guy since he's been putting up with such a girl for so long.
Looking forward to more of the manga and started reading the LN but only got through half of the ch1 atm.
Seems I find reading novels on a computer screen isn't to my liking as I do with an actual book in my hands>__<
|2012-06-08, 15:18
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From what I understand, there will be a short time in the fourth book where the two will be reunited for a while, but for now the present Banri fears the return of his memories, because he fears his present self will effectively die.
The first direct reference to Banri's accident will appear in the next manga chapter, but there are no strong references to Banri's Ghost in the manga until perhaps chapter seven, unlike in the LN, where Banri's Ghost introduces virtually every chapter and finishes out the book.
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|2012-06-08, 15:46
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As of the end of book 1, we know that Banri and Linda were BF/GF in high school, and were the captain and vice-captain respectively of the running club. The author tries to hide this fact in the prologue to the book, but she drops clues so you can figure it out later. We also know that a few days after graduation from high school, Banri had a nearly fatal accident, falling off the Horai bridge in Shizuoka, either into the river itself, or onto the rocks, or onto rocks just below the water surface. We haven't been told the details yet. In any case, he spent a number of months in the hospital recuperating, but had lost his memories. He didn't recognize anybody, not even his parents anymore. He didn't remember Linda, and for some reason Linda never revealed herself to him.
After Banri discovers that she had been his GF in high school (near the end of the last chapter of the first LN volume), he is totally mystified that she hasn't said anything to him.
In the manga chapters I've seen (six and seven), Linda is much, much more flirtatious towards Banri than in the book. In LN chapter four, manga chapter seven, she makes pointed remarks in his direction about remembering, but stops short of explaining herself.
In the prologue to the second book, we are told some of the events leading up to Banri's accident, and you get the impression that Linda is having some misgivings about committing to Banri. She appears to think he's not ready.
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She's a busy person. ...That's a compliment in Japan.
|2012-06-21, 08:24
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The English scanlation of the manga is progressing at a good pace, but if someone can't wait and wants to take a look at the next manga chapters, there is a Chinese scanlation and they recently made an update up to chapter 8:
At the top you will see this:
第01话 第02话 第03话 第04话 第05话 第06话 第07话 第08话
Click at the chapter you want to see.
For now it looks like the second tankōbon will probably contain chapters 7 to 12 of the manga and it will take us at the end of the first light novel volume. 2 tankōbons containing 6 chapters each for each light novel volume.
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Here are some pages from the Chinese scanlation I mention above where Banri is talking about the accident. We can see a scar at one of them.
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thanx but i recall in the LN that he has scars on all his body something ugly no?
l.kostas do you know the name of this manga?
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4 pages written 17 Nov 1863 by an unknown author in Napier City to Sir Donald McLean
From: Inward letters - Surnames, Don - Dou, Reference Number MS-Papers-0032-0247 (12 digitised items). Correspondents include:P McDonald, Auckland, 1845 (2 letters); W H Donald, Manaia (Wairarapa) (1 letter), 1870; Edward Dorset, Taranaki, 1856 (1 letter); Adair Douglas, Shore Bank, 1864 (1 letter); John Douglas, Wellington, 1876 (1 letter); W Douglas, Napier & Broughty, N.B., 1864-1873 (6 letters)
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"Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, 'Did God really say, ʿYou must not eat from any tree in the gardenʾ?' The woman said to the serpent, 'We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ʿYou must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.ʾ 'You will not surely die,' the serpent said to the woman. 'For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.' When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it." - Genesis 3:1-6 (NASB)
This act of disobedience was the first time that humans had sinned against God, and is therefore, called the original sin. Since Adam is said to have lived to be 930 years old, it is important to examine the nature of the death penalty exacted upon mankind. Eating of the forbidden fruit gave Adam and Eve the ability to judge their own actions as right or wrong, and they instantly recognized they had done something sinful and hid from God. After questioning them, God removed Adam and Eve from the garden, and placed a cherub with a flaming sword to guard the Tree of Life so they could not eat from it.
There remains some debate within the theological and creation science community regarding the nature of this immortality. It is important to note that the Hebrew in this passage is more literally translated as "dying thou shall die", which suggests a "progressive" death. A less literal translation is "for as soon as you eat of it, you shall be doomed to die". Nevertheless, because they did not die immediately after eating of the fruit, some Christians interpret this passage to mean that Adam and Eve died that day, but only spiritually. Alternatively, many people assume that Adam and Eve began physically immortal, and began to grow old for the first time on this day.
"Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned--13for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law." - Romans 5:12-13 (NASB)
"For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ." - Romans 5:17 (NASB)
"For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now." - Romans 8:19-22 (NASB)
God told Adam and Eve; "you may eat freely of every tree in the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die." However, after they ate the forbidden fruit, they did not immediately fall dead. Because of this seeming discrepancy, many Christian interpret this passage to mean that Adam died spiritually that day, or was originally immortal and became a mortal thereby beginning to die. The text would instead suggest that when they committed the original sin, God exacted an indirect penalty of death upon Adam and Eve. If the garden of Eden story is representative of history, humans were created to live forever in a physical body, but God removed their source of immortality on the day they sinned against Him. Overall, it is consistent that humans were doomed to mortality after the Fall.
Tree of Life
In addition to the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, God also placed a tree in the garden called the Tree of Life. The passage would seem to suggest that this tree was the source of physical immortality for humans, and although God had not forbidden Adam and Eve from eating its' fruit, they had not done so before they sinned. As soon as they ate of the tree of good and evil, God immediately removed Adam and Eve from the garden, and placed a flaming sword to guard the tree so they could not eat from it. In Genesis 3:22-23 , God is quoted as saying "and now, lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever" therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden", clearly indicating that Adam was removed from the garden before he would have the opportunity for to eat of the tree of life and become immortal.
From this story in Genesis 2-3 , we can conclude that on the day Adam and Eve ate of the "Tree of Knowledge" they experienced their immortal death because God removed their access to the "Tree of Life". This tree, which had been originally placed there for them, would apparently provide some essential factor without which any human would eventually die. It is assumed that the "Tree of Life" was able to transform the biological nature of human beings who were alone designed to eat from the tree and live in this way. However, because our ancestors disobeyed God, they brought death to all mankind through their punishment. Christianity teaches that it is now only by faith in the LORD Jesus Christ that our sins will be forgiven, and we can regain our place with God through eternity.
"And the LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground — trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil." - Genesis 2:9 (NASB)
"And the LORD God said, 'The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.' So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life." - Genesis 3:22-24 (NASB)
"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God." - Revelation 2:7 (NASB)
"Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations." - Revelation 22:1-2 (NASB)
"Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city." - Revelation 22:14 (NASB)
Physical Immortality
- Main Article: Immortality
It is important to note that physical immortality is theoretically possible for any lifeform, and the factors which cause organisms to begin to grow old and die remain largely hypothetical. Multicellular organisms are designed so that new cells replace older cells on a never-ending cycle. If a cell is provided all the metabolites and nutrients it needs to survive, its lineage should never die-out. But due to some unknown cause they simply cease.
Plants are actually or potentially immortal organisms that will live indefinitely provided their environmental requirements are met. In striking contrast to plants, humans and animals have a maximum life expectancy regardless of whether their needs are fulfilled. Although it is true that some plants grow as annuals, all plants are actually perennials by nature, and have adapted to a programmed life cycle in some instances to match growing seasons. Otherwise, plants only die because of biochemical starvation or disease. If their physical requirements are met, plants will grow indefinitely.
The most widely accepted theory to explain cellular mortality proposes that the ends of chromosomes (telomeres) degrade through time, and active genes eventually become affected by similar erosion. However, programmed cell death (apoptosis) is now known to occur, and clearly indicates a control mechanism is governing cellular mortality. Cells are responding to signals we do not yet recognize, and will essentially die on a preprogrammed schedule.
It is also now well established that plant and animal cell lines can be easily immortalized. Immortalized plant tissue can be obtained by simply isolating the plant's wound-response tissue called callus. When separated from the plant's signaling mechanism that tell the cells to die, callus will grow indefinitely in tissue culture.
Cancer cells are considered immortalized. They have become genetically unresponsive to the signals that would normally restrict cells from replicating their DNA and dividing. Unlike their host organism, immortalized cell lines will continue to grow and divide as long as their necessary elements are maintained.
Animal Immortality
Many creationists argue that both humans and the animals were immortal in the beginning, and no animals on Earth died prior to the fall of mankind. This view is based largely on the use of the phrase breath of life that is shared in common with animals (Genesis 7:22 ), and the word life as in Genesis 1:20 (Hebrew neshesh), which some believe refers to the soul - asserting that animals also have a soul like humans.[1]
In The Genesis Record, Henry Morris states:
|The word "life" occurs for the first time in this verse (Hebrew nephesh). Actually, this is the word also for "soul," and is frequently used to refer to both the soul of man and the life of animals.[2]
"[T]he LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." - Genesis 2:7 (NASB)
"I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish." - Genesis 6:17 (NASB)
"Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark." - Genesis 7:15 (NASB)
This perspective is most often voiced by young earth creationists to contest the evolutionary interpretation of the fossil record as being evidence of millions of years of death and decay prior to the presence of humans.[3]
In The Genesis Record, Henry Morris continues:
|Since death only "entered into the world" when sin came in through man (Romans 5:12), and since the whole creation was very good before man sinned, it is as obvious as anything could be that the fossil record now found in the sedimentary rocks of the earth's crust could only have been formed sometime after man sinned. The fossils could not have been deposited either before the six days of creation (as in the gap theory) or during the six days of creation (as according to the progressive creation, day-age type of theory).[3]
It is also noted by proponents of this view that both humans and animals were designed to eat plants at the time of their creation - Genesis 1:29-30 . Carnivorous behaviors probably began as a result of the curse upon the Earth.[4] Likewise, God's own description of the created world was in terms of "very good", which to many is contradictory to the suffering which frequents death.[3]
Although the possibility of immortal animals is immediately rejected by many on the grounds that accidental death occurs on a regular basis for many small organisms today (like stepping on bugs). Under examination, such distinctions between humans and other creatures do not hold up. Accidental deaths are as likely for humans as for almost any other organism. There may be no generalized scenario that would cause the death of another organism that could not also happen to humans. In fact, humans are one of the most environmentally fragile of all organisms on earth. But, in contrast, the exoskeleton possessed by the average insect can handle several hundred times its weight.
Nevertheless, this arguments overlooks the obvious purpose of the tree of life, to provide the immortality that God intended humans to have. The fall of man resulted in the removal of Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden to prevent their access to the tree of life and immortality.
Those that hold to animal immortality typically exclude animals on the grounds that they do not have the "breath of life", or blood, which is used to define plants as non "living" in the same sense as animals. (Genesis 9:4 - Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.)
In The Genesis Record, Henry Morris states:
|In the Biblical sense, plants do not have real life, or soul (or consciousness); but both animals and men do.[2]
It is also noted that animals and humans alike were designed to eat plants and frequently kill them upon harvest.
"And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it — I give every green plant for food. And it was so." - Genesis 1:30 (NASB)
Other Curses
In Addition to being removed from the Garden of Eden and being separated from the Tree of Life, there were other curses exacted upon the creation as a result of the sin of Adam and Eve.
Farm for food
Farming in mass quantities to obtain food seems to have only been a requirement after Adam was cursed for his sin. As plants were created to be food for humans and animals alike (See: Genesis 1:29-30 ), it is logical that we were both originally created with the ability to digest plant fiber (cellulose), and there was no need for us to grow crops in the beginning. This is further supported by the fact that humans have an appendix organ in the digestive system; it is vestigial today, but scientists agree that it was originally intended to digest plant fiber/cellulose.
Today, we must farm in order to obtain sufficient amounts of energy, which otherwise exists in abundance within cellulose. The entire plant is basically made of pure sugar, which is what virtually all organisms metabolize for energy, but most of the metabolites made by plants are indigestible by humans and animals. This conundrum is inexplicable from an intelligent design perspective aside from a cursed world.[5]
"To Adam he said, 'Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ʿYou must not eat of it,ʾ Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return." - Genesis 3:17-19 (NASB)
Increased pain during childbirth
"To the woman he said, 'I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.'" - Genesis 1:16 (NASB)
"So the LORD God said to the serpent, 'Because you have done this, Cursed are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.'" - Genesis 1:14-15 (NASB)
See Also
- ↑ Morris, Henry M., The Genesis Record. Grand Rapids MI: Baker Books, 1976. p.86.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Morris, Henry M., The Genesis Record. Grand Rapids MI: Baker Books, 1976. p.69.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Morris, Henry M., The Genesis Record. Grand Rapids MI: Baker Books, 1976. p.79.
- ↑ Morris, Henry M., The Genesis Record. Grand Rapids MI: Baker Books, 1976. p.78.
- ↑ "Designed to Eat Plants, Then Cursed to be Unable." Northwest Creation Network, n.d. Accessed October 24, 2008.
External Links
- Epigenetics Offers New Solution to Some Long-Standing Theological Problems: Inherited Sin, Christ's Sinlessness, and Generational Curses Can be Explained Copyright by Norman L. Geisler 2010
- Adam and Eve will Surely Die, Sudden Death?
- Death and Suffering Questions and Answers by Creation Ministries International


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Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis), an extinct hominid, lived throughout most of Europe and parts of Asia and northern Africa. At first, Neanderthals represented somewhat of an enigma for evolutionists and creationists alike. However, whilst the vast majority of creationists now agree that Neanderthals were simply genetically isolated humans, some evolutionary circles have been slow to abandon the misconception that Neanderthals were stooped "apemen." Nevertheless, since the mid 1950s, studies have revealed that Neanderthal features fell within the accepted range of human anatomy.
There has been disagreement about whether the Neanderthals should be considered a subspecies (i.e. homo sapiens neanderthalis) or their own species. The recent sequencing of Neanderthal mitochondrial DNA seems to point towards a separate species designation because of the substantial differences found compared to modern humans, and the apparent lack of breeding between sapiens and Neanderthals [1].
Yet, the 1998 discovery of a Neanderthal-human "hybrid" skeleton at Abrigo do Lagar Velho in Portugal indicates that humans were indeed capable of interbreeding with Neanderthals [2]. Moreover, critics of the Neanderthal mitochondrial DNA data have noted that the sample size of Neanderthals is extremely small, resulting in underrepresentation.
| Based on the comparison of modern human mt DNA and that taken from the Neanderthal, evolutionists have argued that the "Neanderthal line" diverged from the line of "hominids" leading to modern humans about 600,000 years B.P. without contributing mt DNA to modern Homo sapiens populations. This strongly implies that Neanderthals were a different species from modern humans.
However, the above noted interpretation is not scientifically justified. Lubenow (1998) has pointed out that the use of a statistical average of a large modern human sample (994 sequences from 1669 modern humans) compared with the mt DNA sequence from one Neanderthal is not appropriate. Furthermore, the mt DNA sequence differences among modern humans range from 1 to 24 substitutions, with an average of eight substitutions, whereas, the mt DNA sequence differences between modern man and the Neanderthal specimen range from 22 to 36 substitutions, placing Neanderthals, at worst, on the fringes of the modern range. (Neanderthals are Still Human! Dave Phillips, Impact Vol. 323, May 2000)
It is possible that Neanderthals contributed to modern human populations, but their mitochondrial DNA sequence disappeared as a result of the loss of genetic diversity. As Kahn and Gibbons write: "Living humans are strangely homogeneous genetically, presumably because ... their ancestors underwent a population bottleneck that wiped out many variations." [3] The mt DNA differences are at mutational hotspots where substantial mutational change can occur in short periods of time, resulting in rapid genetic shifts within a population. One Neanderthal mt DNA study concluded: "The separate phylogenetic position of Neanderthals is not supported when these factors are considered [i.e. the high substitution rate variation at these hotspots]." [4] Hence, recent mt DNA findings are not in conflict with the conclusion from the evidence of fossil hybrids and artifacts that Neanderthals were fully human.
Cuozzo's angle
Jack Cuozzo, who was the first to radiograph Neanderthal fossils in modern times, postulated that the unusual skeletal structures may actually be the result of extreme longevity. This conclusion was reached following his comparison between his Neanderthal skull radiographs and human growth patterns. A charge which might be brought to bear against this idea is the existence of Neanderthal children. Such individuals would not have had the time to show the characteristic traits of the adults. Cuozzo has stated that in his firsthand research with the Engis 2 child fossil there are lacking the pronounced brow ridges and elongated skull cited in evolutionist articles. In addition to long life, however, Cuozzo believes that the Neanderthals aged slower than modern humans, and secular studies have suggested that they were also superior in strength and dexterity. Moreover, Neanderthals had larger cranial capacities than modern humans, hinting at the possibility of greater intelligence. In all, the Neanderthals may be evidence for the biblical account of early people, such as Adam, Noah, and Methuselah, reaching great age. They were individuals closer to the Creation, and therefore possibly less degenerate from the effects of the Fall of Man.[Reference needed]
Dating Errors
In 2004, newspapers reported on the dating flaws of Professor Reiner Protsch von Zieten, the former director of the Institute of Anthropology and Human Genetics for Biology at Goethe University in Frankfurt[1], whose carbon dating results had been used to date such specimens such as Hahnhofersand Man and Binschof-Speyer Woman (actually a man).[2][3] The Hahnofersand specimen was estimated by von Zieten to be around 36,000 years old. Independent Oxford research found the specimen to be less than 7,500 years of age -- long after evolution says the neanderthals went extinct.[4] (The age is still outside the estimates of most young-earth creationists, but a drastic reduction nonetheless.) According to the Herne Anthropological Museum in Germany, the remains still exuded an odor when the skull was cut open for further review.[5] Binschof-Speyer was estimated at 21,300, but independent research dated it at around 3,000 years of age.[2]
|It appeared to be one of archaeology's most sensational finds. The skull fragment discovered in a peat bog near Hamburg was more than 36,000 years old - and was the vital missing link between modern humans and Neanderthals. This, at least, is what Professor Reiner Protsch von Zieten - a distinguished, cigar-smoking German anthropologist - told his scientific colleagues, to global acclaim, after being invited to date the extremely rare skull. However, the professor's 30-year-old academic career has now ended in disgrace after the revelation that he systematically falsified the dates on this and numerous other "stone age" relics... According to experts, his deceptions may mean an entire tranche of the history of man's development will have to be rewritten. "Anthropology is going to have to completely revise its picture of modern man between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago," said Thomas Terberger, the archaeologist who discovered the hoax. "Prof Protsch's work appeared to prove that anatomically modern humans and Neanderthals had co-existed, and perhaps even had children together. This now appears to be rubbish."[6]
Von Zieten was also accused of trying to sell a collection of chimpanzee skulls to an American collector. He was suspended in 2004, and forced to retire in early 2005.[5] 'Scant news coverage' of the subject drew frustration from Answers In Genesis.[7]
Neanderthal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)
Evolutionists are now claiming a 1997 study Neanderthal mtDNA shows they were not human. This claim is based on the degree of differences in Neanderthal and living human mtDNA. However, as is often the case, nothing destroys a good Evolutionary argument like the original paper. The bases for the claim is a comparison with Neanderthal mtNA positions 16,024 to 16,383 which is just 360 nucleotides.
|Average differences
|Range of differences
|Among living humans
|Between living humans and Neanderthals
25 of these differences are in 225 positions that also vary among living humans. 1 of the remaining two was in a position that varies among chimps which the paper claims makes it consistent with Evolution, however one such unique commonality based on chance alone is not statically unlikely at worst 1/27.
Now when they made a comparison of the difference with chimps they use only the 333 positions "in common among the human and chimpanzee sequences" to get:
|Average differences
|Range of differences
|Among living humans
|Between living humans and Neanderthals
|Between living humans and chimps
While it true that these results do put the Neanderthal average out side the range of living humans that does not mean that they were not human.
- The living humans and Neanderthal do overlap meaning that both are humans. There are living humans with more mtDNA differences than some Neanderthals. You can't say one is human and one is not just because one is living and one is not.
- The comparison was made between living humans and Neanderthals who died thousands of years ago.
- Clearly some human mtDNA lines have gone extinct, this means that living humans do not represent the full range of human mtDNA lines, thus Neanderthals could simply represent an extinct human mtDNA line. The paper's chart (Figure 7a) is only one possible way the data can be represented but it is consistent with this model idea.
- The Bible indicates that people before the Flood lived 900+years and the first few post Flood generations still lived 200-400 years. One theory is that Neanderthals were people who lived in the 300-400 year range. Now as we age our DNA accumulates more mutations, so the differences could be a result of extreme old age.
- Given the fact that even in a young Earth model Neanderthals lived more than 3000 years ago the differences could simply represent normal Human genetic drift over the last 3000+ years.
Neanderthal mtDNA data are consistent with Neanderthals being totally human, the evolutionists conclusion that it indicates they were not human is based more on their Evolutionary presuppositions rather than objective analysis of the data.
In 2006, news was released that scientists had found Neanderthal DNA to be as much as 99.9% identical to modern humans.[5] However, this does more than shorten the gap between Neanderthals and humans, since it is recognized by the mainstream scientific community that any two humans on earth have genes that are 99.9% identical to each other.[6] Such recognition of modern genetic divergence also serves to acknowledge Neanderthals as fully human genetically.
- Baffling 400,000-Year-Old Clue to Human Origins Scientists have found the oldest DNA evidence yet of humans' biological history adding new mysteries. The NY Times December 4, 2013.
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Neanderthal? Neanderthals were thought to be incapable of Paleolithic cave art, but new work coming from sophisticated dating techniques suggests otherwise: Neanderthals may have been artists. Archaeology, Volume 65 Number 5, September/October 2012.
- Neanderthals smarter than previously believed New dating method shows famous paintings were created at the time of the cavemen, not Homo sapiens. The Vancouver Sun, June 15, 2012.
- Neanderthal-Heidelberg Distinction Blurs "Heidelberg Man" fossils appear to overlap with Neanderthals. Creation Evolution Headlines, June 14, 2012.
- First Neanderthal cave paintings discovered in Spain Cave paintings in Malaga, Spain, could be the oldest yet found. New Scientist February 10, 2012.
- Neanderthals, Humans Interbred—First Solid DNA Evidence Most of us have some Neanderthal genes, study finds. National Geographic News, May 6, 2010.
- Where did they go? Debate rages over the fate of the Neanderthals. World Magazine, October 23, 2010.
- ↑ Science 27 August 2004: 1237. DOI:10.1126/science.305.5688.1237c.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Archaeological Institute of America (2005, May/June). "Look Before You Date." Archaeology. Insider. Vol. 58, No. 3.
- ↑ Nature 430, 958 (26 August 2004) | doi:10.1038/430958a; Published online 25 August 2004.
- ↑ Paterson, Tony (2004, August 22). "Neanderthal Man 'Never Walked in Northern Europe'." The Telegraph.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Murdock, Matthew (2005). "Scandalous First Dates for Neanderthals." www.Creation.com.
- ↑ Harding, Luke (2005, February 18). "History of Modern Man Unravels as German Scholar is Exposed as Fraud." The Guardian.
- ↑ Line, Peter (2005, April 13). "Upper Paleolithic Blues: Consequences of Recent Dating Fiasco on Human Evolutionary Prehistory." Answers in Genesis.
External Links
- Neanderthals are Still Human!
- Making monkeys out of man
- Recovery of Neandertal mtDNA: an evaluation
- Neanderthal DNA "Almost" Identical to Human's ..(Oops!)...
- Jack Cuozzo homepage


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11 comments:
- Lindsay M. B. said...
Aw! Wow! That's so sweet! And the color is HOT! :D
- December 23, 2010 at 7:41 AM
- Varnish Vixen said...
What a true friend! And I love this color on you!
- December 23, 2010 at 9:24 AM
- Silva said...
Gorgeous red. You have a great friend :)
- December 23, 2010 at 11:55 AM
- Sia said...
That is really sweet. I also really love this colour. Thanks for sharing, love Sia
- December 23, 2010 at 12:10 PM
- kittytokaren said...
@Lindsay - Thank you!! I think its pretty hot as well!
@Varnish Vixen - Thank you! And she is a great friend!
@Silva - Isn't it? And thanks.
@Sia - You're very welcome, it really touched me...
- December 23, 2010 at 3:58 PM
- Lucy said...
Wow that is such an awesome story, and a friend who gives you Chanel is a friend for life :)... the color is lovely by the way, it will be hard to resist next time I'm at the Chanel counter (that is if it's available... lol)
- December 23, 2010 at 4:33 PM
- Lucy said...
This is a lovely shade of red on you. We don't have to meet in person but can still be friends online. It's a wonderful thing to have, friendship across the miles. Very nice that you both do things for each other. I've met some wonderful and sweet people on Facebook and of course these blogs. Have a very Merry Christmas. (((hugs)))
- December 23, 2010 at 7:47 PM
- MELISENDE said...
Things like that touches me too. When we went by train to my parents we couldn't leave for almost two hours cause of power outage and the train didn't have a cafe. It was unsure when we would leave and we couldn't go and get something to eat in case they would go. So a girl that sat with us (we were a few who had our animals with us) called her bf and he came with sandwiches to us. That was super sweet! :)
Hope you have a very Merry Christmas! ((hugs))
- December 25, 2010 at 10:36 AM
- kittytokaren said...
@Lucy - Haha exactly! A friend who gives Chanel must be a real friend right?? As far as I know this colour is no longer available, but its been discontinued just recently so some counters may still have it. Good luck!
@Lucy - All the Lucys popping up!! You have a Merry Christmas too my friend - you are also a good friend for commenting so much on my posts!
@Melisende - That is super nice!! Sometimes these small things can be so meaningful!! *HUGS* Merry Christmas!!
- December 25, 2010 at 12:23 PM
- Alison said...
That post was so lovely and it is so lovely to have met someone so like-minded so far away. I really treasure our friendship and I too really hope we have the opportunity to meet someday.
Fire looks amazing on you and I'm so glad you love it so much!
*hugs* from across the pond and hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
- December 26, 2010 at 11:09 AM
- kittytokaren said...
@Alison - *GIANT HUG*
- December 27, 2010 at 7:12 PM


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The economy might be tough, but those travelers who do their research will still find plenty of affordable ways to take that well-deserved vacation. In fact, Europe, where the euro has lost ground to the dollar recently, has become a favored destination for bargain-hungry travelers.
The new, more affordable Europe caught the attention of Quentin Fottrell of SmartMoney, and he included a few of my tips in his article "Euro Woes a Boon for Travelers?" Hop over to read some ideas I shared on the smartest ways to travel and shop in Europe.
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VIDEO: Top 10 Plays from All-Star Saturday Night
LaVine, Gordon wow in Dunk Contest | Hack-A-Gone? | Splash Brother vs. Splash Brother | Horford embraces uncertain future
No. 1: LaVine, Gordon wow in Dunk Contest — For years, the Verizon Slam Dunk was All-Star Weekend's marquee event. The electricity surrounding the event may have waned in recent years. But last season, Timberwolves rookie Zach LaVine gave it a jolt of excitement, notching his first win. And Saturday night in Toronto, a couple of 20 year olds, LaVine and Magic forward Aaron Gordon, took turns making jaws drop, posting alternating perfect scores in the contest's final round until LaVine was ultimately able to grab the win in arguably the greatest dunk contest in All-Star Weekend history. And as Lang Whitaker writes, with the contest on the line, LaVine went to the free-throw line …
High expectations? No problem.
After bringing the Dunk Contest back to prominence one year ago with a series of electrifying dunks, Minnesota's Zach LaVine picked up where he left off, with help from Orlando's Aaron Gordon.
And with the Verizon Slam Dunk on the line, Zach LaVine went to the free throw line. Well, almost.
With a through-the-legs dunk from just inside the charity stripes, Zach LaVine earned his fifth score of 50 on the night, making him the 2016 NBA dunk champ. The 20-year-old LaVine became the first back-to-back winner since Nate Robinson in 2009 and 2010.
Going against Magic forward Aaron Gordon in the contest finals, LaVine and Gordon got locked into a heavyweight bout where they traded incredible body blows. After the contest, LaVine said, "We should share the trophy, because [Gordon] did some stuff I've never seen before."
To begin the final round, Gordon completed a dunk with an unbelievable degree of difficulty, snatching the ball from Orlando Magic mascot Stuff — who was spinning on a hoverboard — and throwing down a twisting dunk. This earned a 50. LaVine countered by throwing himself an alley-oop and floating through the air for a one-handed finish, earning another 50.
Gordon then again used Stuff, this time clearing the mascot with his rear end while passing the ball below for a lefty finish. That earned another 50, putting the pressure on LaVine.
LaVine responded coolly, with a windmill from just inside the free throw line, for another 50. This marked the first time in Dunk Contest history the final round saw four scores of 50.
They didn't stop. In the first dunk-off, Gordon enlisted teammate Elfrid Payton to throw an alley-oop off the side of the backboard. Gordon caught the ball and completed a reverse dunk while flying through the air. 50. LaVine responded by throwing an alley-oop to himself from the baseline, catching the ball and passing it through his legs for a reverse dunk. This earned another 50.
On the second dunk-off, Gordon ran along the baseline and did a two-handed double-pump reverse reminiscent of Dominique Wilkins. Gordon scored a 47. To win it, LaVine went back to the free throw line.
No. 2: Hack-A-Gone? — A Q&A with the Commissioner of the NBA has become a staple of All-Star Saturday Night, and last night Adam Silver faced the assembled media to address several topics. As Steve Aschburner writes, among the many topics addressed, one change Silver is clearly looking to implement is an end to the Hack-A- intentional fouling that has become en vogue around the NBA lately …
If the Hack-A-Whomever strategy currently raising such a ruckus in some NBA precincts is actually something you like, take solace: It's going to be with us, extending the real time of games, disrupting any sense of flow and showcasing a whole lot of bricked free throws, at least through the end of the 2016 playoffs.
If, though, you believe in the tactic as a coach's best friend — something to encourage bad foul shooters to improve, lest they look silly and cost their teams victories — those guys had better get in the gym soon and practice their form, release and follow-through fast.
Change almost certainly is coming, based on NBA commissioner Adam Silver's comments Saturday in the annual state-of-the-league All-Star news conference.
Silver, addressing and fielding questions from reporters before the skills, slam dunk and 3-point shooting contests at Air Canada Centre, reiterated what he has said on several recent occasion. "I'm beginning to feel that a change needs to be made," Silver said, citing conversations he has had with broadcast partners, sentiment expressed in fan data and feedback from players, GMs and owners.
As for coaches, Silver said "Clearly our coaches who are smart and using very complex analytics believe it is benefiting them."
But changing the rules wouldn't be pursued to make life tougher on the league's coaches, any more than it would be done to let the most frequent targets of the tactic — notoriously poor free-throw shooters such as DeAndre Jordan (.423 free-throw percentage), Andre Drummond (.351), Dwight Howard (.532) and a handful of others — off the hook. It would be a decision driven more by the NBA product as entertainment, not merely athletic competition.
Silver did share that, when the league's competition committee discussed the strategy last summer, it sought data from an additional season before making a recommendation. That data so far? "We're seeing the Hack-a-Shaq strategy used at roughly a five-and-a-half-times greater rate than it was used last season," the commissioner reported.
That's a lot of standing around, stoppages in play and, for folks viewing from the stands or on TV at home, a procession of finely tuned, multi-millionaire athletes failing at one of basketball's fundamental skills. That's not a good look for anyone involved.
Interestingly, Silver said that there is no consensus among the practice's critics what remedy should be pursued. Treat the entire game like the final two minutes, when fouls away from the play equal one free throw and retained possession? Come up with something more stringent to snuff even the temptation to hack a targeted player intentionally?
Silver said he would want to have a specific alternative to propose. And even then, that sort of change would need the approval of two-thirds of the league's members (20 of the 30 teams).
"So we're nowhere near that point where we're even starting to count heads," Silver said. This summer would be the soonest, he indicated.
No. 3: Splash Brother vs. Splash Brother — It was no big surprise last season in Brooklyn when Stephen Curry managed to win the Foot Locker Three-Point Contest; after all, he was midway through an MVP season and establishing himself as one of the greatest shooters in NBA history. Last night in Toronto, when it came time for Curry to defend his title, he posted a fine performance, making the final round, until his Splash Brother and Warriors backcourt 'mate Klay Thompson was able to get hot and edge Curry. As Sekou Smith writes, if there was any questions left about the league's best-shooting backcourt, those doubts were officially laid to rest night …
For the second straight year, one of the Golden State Warriors' Splash Brothers walked off the All-Star Saturday night stage as the champion of the Foot Locker Three-Point Contest.
But it wasn't defending champion and NBA three-point king Stephen Curry. This time it was teammate Klay Thompson taking home top honors in a competition that, by the final round, looked like something the Warriors might do at the end of every practice.
It marks the first time in Three-Point Contest history that different players from the same team have won it in consecutive seasons.
"Back-to-back years for Splash Brothers, it's pretty cool," Thompson said.
Thompson saved his best for last, finishing with 27 points in the final round to conquer one of the deepest fields in the history of the competition, a group that includes some of the best long-range shooters in the game today and perhaps ever.
"He definitely shot well tonight," Curry said. "I still think I can hold my own in the competition, but the way that he finished off that second round was amazing. So trust me, the pressure of knowing what number he had to hit and making five out of five was fun to watch."
Curry collected 23 points in his final round, but was on his feet cheering with the rest of the contestants as Thompson drained shot after shot on his final rack. Phoenix Suns rookie Devin Booker, the youngest player in the league, finished third after netting 16 points in the final round.
No. 4: Horford embraces uncertain future — All-Star Weekend is traditionally something of a swap shop for trade rumors, and with his contract expiring this summer, All-Star Atlanta Hawks center Al Horford hasn't been immune from hearing his name. But considering the trade rumors and that he was swimming in the Caribbean when he got the last-minute call to get to Toronto, stat, as Sam Amick writes, Horford says he's thrilled to be in Toronto and taking everything day by day …
It's no secret that the Hawks have been exploring trade options that include Horford, but that doesn't mean the four-time All-Star's days in Atlanta are necessarily done. The relationship between the player and the team that drafted him third overall in 2007 remains strong, with nine seasons of history between them and a dynamic between Horford and president of basketball operations/coach Mike Budenholzer that could still lead to him re-signing this summer. And yes, it should be noted, the Hawks are well aware that retaining a talent like Horford in today's NBA will come with an enormous price tag not only because of his talents but because the league's salary cap is about to spike from $70 million to $89 million next season (and $108 million in 2017-18). He would earn approximately $25 in his first season.
But the 31-24 Hawks, like any team that isn't playing to its anticipated level, must consider all options this time of year. They are also known to be engaging in trade discussions relating to point guard Jeff Teague, who is less of a flight risk than Horford because he has one year left on his contract ($8 million). The New York Knicks and Utah Jazz, to name a few, could be serious suitors for Teague in the coming days.
The Boston Celtics are widely believed to be a potential fit as a Horford trade partner, but the real level of interest from general manager Danny Ainge remains to be seen in the coming days. And while Horford continues to speak positively about the city and his situation, there's an inherent uncertainty to this process that always acts as the driving force.
"I'm very happy in Atlanta," Horford said when asked if the Hawks had reason to be concerned that he might leave. "I've said it repeatedly. I love the city. My family, we all live in Atlanta, we stay there in the offseason, so my focus is just to keep playing and taking it day by day and, right now, it's to enjoy this weekend. … Just taking it day by day. That's the only thing I can do. We really can't worry about three or four months from now."
Especially when a welcome All-Star berth comes your way.
While Horford wasn't selected to the team initially, he was given the nod on Friday when Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh unexpectedly pulled out because of a calf strain. Horford was vacationing with his family near Cancun, Mexico, when he got the call.
"I had my phone off (and) I was in the water," said Horford, who is averaging 15.3 points and 6.9 rebounds this season. "I was doing my morning swim out there, and I got the call (around 9:30 am).
"I'm so excited to be here, man. Words don't describe it. Being here in this city, in Toronto. I remember last year looking at it, and I was like, 'It's going to be in Toronto, I would love to be a part of that,' because, you know, the fans here are so lively and just being around these guys and it happens to be Kobe's last All-Star. It's kind of a big deal, and for me to be a part of this I'm very grateful."
SOME RANDOM HEADLINES: Carmelo Anthony says he's not getting traded … Karl-Anthony Towns struck a blow for bigs in the Skills Challenge … If you haven't heard, it's really, really cold in Toronto this weekend … The Indiana Pacers are eyeing a future All-Star Weekend bid … Jimmer Fredette was named MVP of the D-League All-Star Game … Kevin Hart tied Draymond Green in their own three-point shootout.


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In a few months time a book will be published; an anthology of prose and poetry on the experience of mental health issues. It will have my name on the cover and I will have written some of the pieces the book includes. It will be called 'Dandelions and Bad Hair Days', inspired by one of the posts written by writer Viv Tuffnell and all royalties will go to nominated mental health charities. The picture at the top of this post is the original artwork painted and donated as the cover by Ingrid Smejkal. However nervous I might feel, there is much to be proud of in bringing it to publication.
But as I do so, and especially as I have been drafting the acknowledgements, I have been thinking about how it all started. And it started with 'mummyblogging'.
In fact, this is a great moment to celebrate that fact. This post is written for Jo Middleton over at Slummysinglemummy, the funniest blog about the joys (or otherwise) of single parenting you are likely to find. I am lucky enough to count Jo as a friend and ex-work colleague and it was as we were procrastinating over some fundraising project or other that she explained to me about how her blog was gathering readers, and how it was helping hone her writing skills. I was intrigued. Newly redundant with a lifelong ambition to spend my time tapping away at a keyboard being creative, this seemed an avenue I needed to explore.
So nearly two years ago now I started Nowrigglingoutofwriting and quickly got into the parentblogging community. Although everyone was really welcoming, my kids were clearly older than those of most posting about toddlers, terrible twos and the first days of school so I felt a little sidelined. I had to find a niche that suited me and in which my life experiences could be valuable. So I posted 'Mental Health, motherhood & finding the real me', and it took off from there.
I nervously pressed the 'publish' button on my post – which included the following admission – the first time I had ever expressed it publicly:
As a mother I have struggled with how my illness manifests itself in front of my children. It must be frightening to see your mother raging at herself for her inability to cope with the simplest set backs. I have never thought it wrong to express your emotions in front of the family but there are limits and I must have exceeded them many times. As a mother I knew I was supposed to bring up my son and daughter to be confident, caring people with a proper sense of who they were and what their place in the world might be. I should give them all the opportunities I could to equip them for a future with choice and the ability to forge happy relationships with their peers. How was I supposed to do that when I had no sense of myself, no confidence that I had anything to offer anyone? My desperation to please, to make everyone happy, inevitably failed in the hurly burly of life with little ones, simply reinforcing my view of myself as a bad mother.
I waited for a response – or worse perhaps a total lack of interest. Then the comments and hits started coming. Who would have thought that in a community so often full of upbeat stories of toddler tantrums, afternoons cutting cookies or finger painting; one that paid tribute to grandparents, offered ideas for days out and gave a platform to new writing, there were so many parents out there – particularly mums – experiencing post-natal depression, long-term clinical depression and acute anxiety?
It became clear to me then that 'mummyblogging' was clearly a vehicle for many isolated women to find others in their situation who understood what it felt like to be disappointed with their 'Earth mother' skills and had similar feelings of inadequacy in the face of a squealing baby. I had so many comments and kind responses to my own admission of long-term clinical depression that I came to understand that this experience could provide my blog with a focus. So my monthly mental health guest post slot was born, and eventually the idea I had for a book became a reality. Thanks to 'mummyblogging' a writing career I could only have dreamed of a few months before was a real possibility
Since the first post 18 months ago I have featured many mums – and a couple of dads – who have either experienced mental ill-health themselves or who have cared for or come in to contact with others who struggle with it. The stories of life with post-natal depression (PND), post-traumatic stress, bipolar disorder, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety occasionally made difficult reading. Many were worried about the effect their mental health issues were having on their own children, an issue Jo addressed in her blog for me as she wrote of the impact of her mother's anxiety state on her upbringing.
Occasionally stories were of tragedy. One woman lost her daughter to an extreme form of OCD, a piece that served to highlight how important early, correct diagnosis and treatment is.
Most stories were, however, full of hope, inspiring others to seek out or persevere with treatment options; highlight the creative side of mental illness and show that there is that proverbial 'light at the end of the tunnel'. It may advance and recede but it is there and you can reach a position where you can manage your condition, and ensure your families have all the help they need as they support you.
Although I have taken my blog along a number of different paths since its beginnings in the world of parent blogging and have lost contact with many of the great bloggers I came across in those early months, I still keep up with a favourite few, especially those that had an input into the book. It is so important that we acknowledge that parenting is hard work; potentially isolating; fraught with anxiety, fear and disappointment. Staying mentally healthy is the best way to ensure your children grow into strong and confident young people and it is so easy, as a parent, to feel inadequate or that you are failing in some way.
So huge thanks to the British mummy blogging community for getting me staarted. I hope Dandelions and Bad Hair Days will offer support to those currently struggling. Parental self-esteem is a critical component in the building of a robust next generation so don't go on alone – you are part of a bigger community than you might think…


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Upholstery is the work of providing furniture, especially seats, with padding, springs, webbing, and fabric or leather covers. The word upholstery comes from the Middle English word upholder,which referred to a tradesman who held up his goods. The term is equally applicable to domestic, automobile, airplane and boat furniture, and can be applied to mattresses, particularly the upper layers, though these often differ significantly in design. Here are some trusted upholstery Stores in Los Angeles,California.
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D & R Upholstery
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Custom Upholstering Store
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George's Upholstery Shop
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Draperies by Walter
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For more Upholstery Stores in Los Angeles,click here: http://us.wowcity.com/losangeles/?what=Upholstery+Stores
It's important to bear in mind that your upholstered furniture is probably used more than any other item in your home or office, which is why you need to take special care of it when carrying out domestic cleaning! Take good care in it so it will be used much more longer.


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Chemistry and the Environment Collaboration Hans Dahlkvist | added on Dec 03, 2009 Come together and compare ecological essential or toxic inorganic and organic substances.
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Deloitte study finds top tech, media, and telecom firms to strengthen cyber resilience through strategic security initiatives
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Survey cites third party risks as top concern, yields confidence in cyber security despite threats in 2012
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New York, 8 January 2013 — Executives at the world's largest Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) companies have replaced compliance with implementing a 2013 security strategy and roadmap as the number one driver for improving information security, according to the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL) TMT Global Security Study released today. The study also reveals that companies are starting to recognize information security to be a fundamental business issue, with companies increasingly focused on cyber resilience, not just security.
The survey, which also identified lack of employee awareness and third party risks as top security vulnerabilities, suggests that TMT organizations should also invest in information security training and awareness for their employees to help mitigate risks from new technologies.
"The question is not if you will be attacked: the question is when and how you will respond," said Jacques Buith, DTTL Global TMT Security and Resilience Leader. "Effective management of information security risks requires a robust combination of prevention, early detection, and rapid response. Being cyber resilient is just as, or even more, important than being cyber secure alone."
Partnering for cyber resilience
Additionally, results of the study suggest overconfidence in protection against external threats, with 88 percent of executives not viewing their company as vulnerable. However, when pressed further, more than half of the executives acknowledged experiencing a security threat in the last year. Further, less than half of survey respondents reported having a response plan in place to address a security breach and only 30 percent believe third-parties are shouldering enough responsibility for cyber security. Also, 74 percent of the 121 executives surveyed rate security breaches at third parties as one of their top three threats followed by denial of service attacks and employee errors and omissions.
"Every organization is vulnerable and 100 percent prevention does not exist. To help prevent attacks, detection and response are necessary. Ultimately, the public and private sector need to engage in a deeper collaboration in 2013 across all TMT sectors to develop a more robust response effort," said Buith. "Organizations should not only work with their third-party business partners to understand and improve their security practices, they should also engage policymakers, regulators and enforcement agencies and be willing to share their sensitive information to help address the global issue of cyber risk."
Other major threats identified by respondents include advanced persistent threats (64 percent) and hacktivism (63 percent), new to this survey, which combines social or political activism with hacking. While more than half of those surveyed gather general intelligence information, only 39 percent gather information about targeted attacks specific to their organization, industry, brand or customers.
People, technology and mobile devices
According to the survey, innovations in technology and the people using these technologies also rank as one of the biggest threats, with 70 percent listing their employees' lack of security awareness as an "average" or "high" vulnerability. Employees without sufficient awareness of security issues may put an organization at risk by talking about work in public, responding to phishing emails, admitting unauthorized people into the organization's facilities.
Additionally, the study finds that new technologies exacerbate the problem. While they can provide powerful new capabilities that may benefit the business, they also introduce new security risks at a faster pace than many organizations can handle. Seventy-four percent of the executives ranked the mobile and bring-your-own-device technology trend as a continued concern but only half of the organizations surveyed indicated that they have specific policies for mobile devices in place.
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About the DTTL TMT Global Security Study
The goal of the DTTL TMT Global Security study is to provide TMT companies with insight into the security and privacy challenges and threats that they currently face or will face as an industry. The study is developed based on the results of interviews with security executives of 121 TMT organizations from 38 different countries representing every geographic region. The study surveyed participants from all three TMT sectors and with respondents spanning the full range of revenue categories.
About Deloitte
Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, a UK private company limited by guarantee, and its network of member firms, each of which is a legally separate and independent entity. Please see www.deloitte.com/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited and its member firms.
Deloitte provides audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services to public and private clients spanning multiple industries. With a globally connected network of member firms in more than 150 countries, Deloitte brings world-class capabilities and high-quality service to clients, delivering the insights they need to address their most complex business challenges. Deloitte has in the region of 200,000 professionals, all committed to becoming the standard of excellence.