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As I predicted in my last post, there is plenty of Monday-morning quarterbacking (for lack of a better term) going on in the wake of Mr. Dunn's death (notably by those who are in favor of TADA (the Texas Advance Directives Act) and otherwise uninvolved in helping the victims of this draconian law). A number of people have contacted me about what they are seeing, hearing, and reading and are quite concerned.
Let me set some things straight and provide information for those who truly want to understand what is at stake here. This post got a bit lengthy, but the implications are serious. If you are to work through this issues, it will take some time and effort on your part. Also feel free to read my other posts on TADA and go over to abyssum.org as there is a vast library of information there to help you along to understanding TADA as well as the bigger ethical and moral considerations related to it and the push to normalize (and mandate) euthanasia.
I know many are desperate for others to understand TADA, come to a pro-life view of it, and understand the larger end-of-life/denial-of-care issues. Information is the key to everything. You need solid information to make any decision in life. I have always sought to bring information and analysis to the topics I take up on this blog. Many others do the same. As always, some will be convinced by this. Some will take issue with it. Some will begin working through the issues only to arrive at an opinion later. Some will continue to miss the forest for the trees. Then there are some who believe they are "100% pro-life but..." have fallen victim to supporting a form of euthanasia apparently without realizing it. The latter ones are also seemingly unreachable. I am not sure how this happens, but I have seen it happen repeatedly.
As St. Bernadette said, "My job is to inform, not to convince." (That is a big reason I do not allow comments on this blog.) For my friends who are working hard to spread the pro-life message, keep this in mind. Do not become discouraged. The truth shall prevail. Just keep getting the information out there. And keep praying.
In my prior posts about Mr. Dunn, I provided links to plenty of sources from those who had firsthand knowledge of what was going on at the time. The first post about Mr. Dunn was here. The second post about him was here. The Monday-morning quarterbacks do not have firsthand knowledge and were not involved in helping Mr. Dunn, nor have they been involved in helping any victim of TADA to my knowledge. You can also go to Texas Right to Life's various posts about it on their website and pull the documents from the court's website if you wish. I have tried to distill this down as much as possible, but there is vastly more information out there that you can access about Mr. Dunn specifically and about these moral issues in general. In my posts about legislation, I have always encouraged you to read the source documents yourself, rather than the pro/con talking points that various sides will put out. Do your own analysis and homework beyond talking points provided by advocates. I can provide sources and analysis, but ultimately, this is really on you.
As a starting point, please note that among the biggest concerns about this law overall is the lack of due process for the patient and his or her family when TADA is invoked, and that TADA imposes a death sentence on a patient against their will and by means that are inhumane or in opposition to their faith. Do not lose sight of that. A patient has no right to have the underlying decision of the doctor or panel reviewed under this law. Once the medical professionals determine that care will be terminated for any reason, there is nothing more to do but to try to find another facility - and fast. Sometimes a judge will grant some additional time. But that is the only recourse to court a victim of TADA has, begging for more time. The underlying decision cannot be challenged. Also, there is total immunity for a facility and doctor as long as they operate under TADA. This is a problematic law. There is simply no question about that.
The particulars of this case or that case changes absolutely nothing about the lack of due process in this law. We give more due process rights to a convicted murderer than an ill person in the hospital. That is a fact.
Those supporting TADA will not discuss the denial of due process. In this instance, they focus on Mr. Dunn's alleged condition or prognosis as a justification for what the hospital wanted to do, that is, remove his life-sustaining treatment to hasten his death. They will focus on forcing a doctor to continue treatment against the doctor's conscience. They will make accusations against those trying to help Mr. Dunn. None of these justify this law, but it does avoid the real issues and muddies the water. If the real issue can be avoided, perhaps then, there will not be enough support to overturn the law or substantially reform it. I want you to be informed because I think if one is truly informed and truly pro-life, one cannot support TADA in any intellectually honest way. I will take each pro-TADA argument (whether related specifically to Chris Dunn's case or not) I've seen or heard in turn.
Next, you should be aware that proponents of what the hospital did to Chris Dunn and who support TADA are looking almost exclusively to the self-serving affidavit that the doctor at the hospital filed as part of the court records. That affidavit cites to no tests and references no exhibits or documentation. Please note that there was no independent medical examination conducted. What is being called a "diagnosis" was done without certain tests being performed. This was addressed in my prior posts about Mr. Dunn. Any doctor who has admitting privileges with the hospital is bound by the determination of the ethics panel. Mr. Dunn's mother requested an IME (independent medical examination), but that determination was not to be made until January 6, 2016, when the court would have heard the motion. The judge refused to hear the case in an expedited manner, although that was requested.
And what about when there is a dispute among the family and there are no documents providing for the patient's wishes?
We err, if we err at all, on the side of life. Always.
In addition, TADA proponents say that Mr. Dunn had "high quality health care" and that the hospital did everything it could to treat him the entire time he was there. This is absurd given that a proper diagnosis was never made, as discussed above, and the fact that the hospital would have withdrawn his life-sustaining care (his ventilator) if a court challenge had not been lodged.
Contrary to what pro-TADA people say, the hospital only agreed to continue providing care after legal proceedings were started and the media got involved. This was not entirely voluntary on the hospital's part. Had the hospital not been challenged, Mr. Dunn's life-sustaining care would have been removed a month ago. The hospital had to be sued to keep them from taking Mr. Dunn off of life-sustaining care. The hospital agreed to a TRO (temporary restraining order) which says that Mr. Dunn had a likelihood of success on the merits of his case in challenging the hospital in that it, the hospital, violated the statute because the hospital did not follow proper procedures for finding a transfer hospital.
Also, contrary to what is being disseminated by TADA proponents, the hospital did in fact seek custodial guardianship of Mr. Dunn. I covered this in the first blog post.
Note also, as I have written in the past, that the only legal proceedings one is entitled to under the Act is to beg for more time from a court to try to find another facility. In Mr. Dunn's case, a challenge was also made to the constitutionality of TADA itself, something that has never been done before. TADA was challenged under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, as being in violation of the due course of law provision of the Texas Constitution, and a Section 1983 (federal statute) claim under color of state law.
As Texas Right to Life noted in its announcement of Mr. Dunn's death: "Although the hospital refused to treat Chris’s illness based on a discriminatory 'quality of life' judgement, Evelyn and Chris’s family take solace in the fact that Houston Methodist continued life-sustaining treatment and cared for him in his final days." It should not be a legal fight for basic care to be administered. Decisions to deny treatment should not be based on "quality of life" determinations made by medical professionals who do not even bother to consult with the patient or family.
Again, TADA can be invoked whenever a doctor decides that further care, in his opinion, is futile. It is not only when the family disagrees, as TADA proponents are claiming. It can be invoked for basically any reason at all. We often see it invoked when the medical staff decides that there is no "quality of life" for the patient in their opinion, which is what was the case with Mr. Dunn. This is a nebulous, subjective reason that would differ for each person. But it is not for a doctor, nurse, or medical ethics panel to decide. It is not a moral reason to withdraw ordinary care either, certainly not against someone's will with no due process.
Some TADA proponents claim that it is only invoked when a doctor has an objection based on conscience that continuing care is harming the patient. Meanwhile, they also say it is only invoked when the family is in dispute. It cannot "only" be both of these and neither is true. I have been in attendance at a medical ethics panel hearing where an entire family - unanimously - wanted care to continue and had doctors tell that family no. I have never heard a doctor invoke his conscience. I have never heard of such a case where that was the basis for invoking TADA. In fact, the neurologist in the hearing I attended told the family that "Man was not meant to be sedentary this long; if he were an animal in the wild and had been still this long, he would have been eaten." That is the attitude and philosophy of too many that are in the position of making these life and death decisions. It is unfortunate; perhaps a result of the Hippocratic oath not being taken anymore.
But even assuming a doctor has a conscientious objection, it would be a simple matter to transfer care to another doctor. Doctors' consciences are differently formed. The most obvious example is that some perform abortions and many do not. We can expect the same difference in opinion on these matters. Why must it be either Dr. A treats or death in the event Dr. A's conscience tells him not to treat? That question has never been answered when I've raised it. It has always been ignored.
So I contend that conscience is not the reason invoked for TADA, and, in my experience even "a" reason. And it wasn't invoked as a reason for the hospital using TADA in Chris Dunn's case. Had it been, it would be a simple matter to address it.
Rather, it seems to me that a quieter, slightly subtler path to euthanasia is at issue in the matter of TADA and similar laws worldwide.
Now, some will say that money was a concern and such is a justification for the imposition of TADA, in this case and others. The hospital here used concern over resources as a justification. More troubling, some "pro-lifers" will say that anyone with an illness and no insurance should have the good grace to just die and not be a drain on the system. To that I respond simply: that is not a pro-life position. Money should not come before ethics and morality. That should go without saying. I'm pretty sure the Bible has something to say about that. And, there is a social safety net that can kick in, but it does take time to get approved for benefits.
Further, efforts were being (or would have been) made to transfer Mr. Dunn from the hospital. Thus, in the long term he would not have been a "drain" on their resources. He needed a procedure to help him be transferable. That was not done allegedly because his father objected. Rather, the hospital's focus was withdrawing his vent and administering medication. Recall what his mother said in a news report: "'They want to come in and unplug life support [the term the hospital used] and administer a comfort drug, or comfort care,' she says, 'And he will pass within 3 to 4 minutes.'" This is not addressed by the pro-TADA forces. But this is euthanasia. Administering a drug to purposely hasten death cannot logically be called anything else.
Now we get to some of the arguments flying around that seek to place blame for the situation not on TADA, but on those seeking to help victims of the law! Baffling, I know. Somehow, the pro-TADA pro-lifers will always eventually say that Texas Right to Life is: the reason we have TADA, "supported" it, will not work to reform it, and that Texas Right to Life is otherwise the real issue here, not TADA or its supporters. Somehow this will be used as a justification for what was done to Chris Dunn by those who think the law is just fine. Yes, it's illogical. Yes, it's a sort of red herring so as to avoid the real uncomfortable issues surrounding TADA (such as the denial of due process) and the manner in which TADA came to be. But it is where the arguments eventually all go and then TADA proponents can avoid addressing the real issues. Thus, I must set that straight as well, as I was once also ill-informed about the history of TADA.
One argument I saw just today - as a justification for what happened to Chris Dunn and the short amount of time one has under the statute to find another facility - is that other pro-life organizations have tried to get more time, but Texas Right to Life has refused more time because they want treatment until transfer or nothing at all. Texas Right to Life does want treatment until transfer, as do I. But the rest of this is false.
I do not and cannot speak for Texas Right to Life, but I feel pretty certain it would accept longer periods of time if such was part of a bill that was truly an incremental improvement. Why do I believe this? There are at least two pieces of such evidence: 1) the actions taken by Texas Right to Life when TADA was first enacted; and 2) that Texas Right to Life has accepted other incremental improvements to TADA.
We have 10 days to transfer now only because Texas Right to Life fought for that morsel when the first version of this bill was signed into law. That is the most they could get. Read more here. Not only does this indicate that but for the efforts of Texas Right to Life, there would be NO grace period, but that Texas Right to Life would have accepted a longer grace period short of treatment until transfer had that been on the table. It most assuredly was not.
I will also say that while I support Texas Right to Life on TADA, I am critical of George Bush's involvement in this, whereas it is not. In my opinion, he forced this to be done and in so doing, gave the medical establishment the greater bargaining power which was to the detriment of patient's rights and a truly pro-life law. This may have been an incremental improvement over what was going on prior to this law's enactment, but that is only an indictment of the practice in hospitals at that time, not proof that this was a huge pro-life victory.
You can also see by reading the words of Elizabeth Graham that Texas Right to Life did not fully support TADA. The existing situation was actually worse with no grace period, but the medical establishment would not budge on anything but a nominal grace period. Having seen this law in action, having seen the lobbyists do what they do, and proponents testify as they testify, I wholeheartedly believe this account of what happened during negotiations. But even if Texas Right to Life had supported TADA then (and there is no evidence that it did), how would that in any way diminish the efforts made to help families victimized by TADA now or efforts to repeal or make the law more pro-life? There is a reason that red herrings and straw men arguments are logical fallacies.
It is also untrue that but for Texas Right to Life the grace period would be longer, or that other organizations are trying to increase it but are stymied by Texas Right to Life. In 2013 when SB 303 was proposed and pushed by a certain pro-life organization, the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, and the Texas Medical Association, among others, it would have increased the grace period to 14 days. For a brief period of time, a substitute version increased it to 21 days (still not enough time to get a transfer completed, but better than 10), but the final substitute version took it back to 10 days. The rest of the bill was a due process disaster, as the current law is. It would not have been worth four more days, or even 11 more days, only to have the law be worse in implementation than it is now. No due process gains would have been experienced under that bill. It lost support and died in committee. Those that came to testify against it were legion, vastly outnumbering proponents of the bill, and were not merely lobbyists which was the case for most supporters of the bill. Many had been personally affected by the current law which would have been made worse by that proposal. Many traveled great distances to testify well into the wee hours of the morning.
The minor reform passed in 2015, HB 3074, avoided addressing many of the big problems with the law and end result has loopholes in it. (You can read my take on HB 3074 which became law here.) It also kept the 10 day grace period, (but at least it does not start until the medical records the patient or his family need to try to transfer are provided). Again, note that the 10 days was not touched, including by the groups proposing the bill. Note also that it was accepted by all groups ultimately, after the language was changed a good bit by the suggestion of Texas Right to Life. This also undermines the allegation that Texas Right to Life is somehow singularly responsible for the 10 day grace period and that but for Texas Right to Life's absurd (according to the pro-TADA crowd) insistence that there be treatment until transfer, Chris Dunn might have had more time. The evidence is no more supportive of this claim than any of the others.
Pro-TADA people will claim that it is almost never invoked. Only rarely, they'll say. This is not true. It is invoked very often. I know of four cases in addition to Mr. Dunn's that are ongoing right now. And this is not an unusual situation. Sometimes TADA is invoked when a patient actually can (and does) recover. Here is just one example. Let me be clear, I post this for the purpose of showing how often TADA is invoked when the circumstances do not warrant it. This patient was declared hopeless, futile, and yet he fully recovered. I post this to emphasize that arrangements were already being made to donate this man's organs even as the family was begging for his life. Sometimes people need more time to heal with proper treatment. Sometimes the body is not going to heal, but the person needs to be treated with the utmost care and undertaking actions to hasten the death against the person's will - removing a vent, withdrawing nutrition and hydration - is not moral, ethical, and should not be legal.
Finally, I see some accuse Texas Right to Life, myself, and others, of advocating that treatment go on forever even when the treatment is ineffective. We have been accused of not accepting that people do die and that some treatments do not work. This is another logical fallacy implemented. (Also beware of the appeal to authority fallacy. Several have MDs or PhDs and rely on that more than than facts or logic.) Call it a straw man argument or a red herring (both definitions fit), but do not call it anything but a fallacy. I am unaware of anyone that has ever advocated that.
There is a huge difference, however, between someone dying of a terminal disease even as they have artificially administered air, nutrition, and/or hydration as they die versus the patient who dies, not of the underlying illness, but of suffocation, starvation, and/or dehydration, because those treatments have been withdrawn.
The term "natural" death is often used. When I use it, I mean that nothing was done to hasten the person's death and that ordinary, basic care was continued. For example, in the case of one actually diagnosed with terminal cancer, perhaps a feeding tube would be used because they can no longer take in food by mouth, but chemotherapy (extraordinary care) is stopped because it is not helping anymore. The cancer is taking over the person's body and killing them. But they are not dying from starvation or dehydration.
If an otherwise ill person is denied food, water, and/or air, that denial of life's basic necessities will often kill the person faster than the underlying illness. Thus, this was not a natural death, but a hastened death through the denial of ordinary care. Hastening a death through administering medication to do so is also euthanasia and wrong. It is not allowed under Texas law at this time. So-called physician assisted suicide is allowed in some states and in some countries and is being expanded to where it is not so voluntary. Abyssum covers this a great deal.
We should in no way - especially under the guise of being pro-life - support a law that allows a doctor and hospital to decide to withdraw ordinary or basic care against a patient's or his family's wishes and certainly not without due process of law(!) and certainly not based on someone else's view of what that person's "quality of life" will or will not be.
We can NEVER support any sort of euthanasia (passive, active, doctor-assisted, etc.) in law or theory and call ourselves consistently or 100% pro-life.
I hope this helps you work through not only Mr. Dunn's situation, but the tremendous problems with TADA as well as end-of-life and denial-of-care issues in general. These are not issues that are going away. I have read that efforts are being made to model a federal law after Texas' law. Please work through this in a detailed, independent, and meaningful way. It has far-reaching implications.
*I am not a theologian, but I have had long conversations with those who are well-versed on these matters and I have done my own reading. It is my understanding that ventilators may be a bit of a gray area in Catholic bioethics. As one studies the issue more, one sees that the use of ventilators indicates that the process of breathing is partially working. Ventilators move air. But the body has to be functioning for respiration (the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide) to occur. When nutrition and hydration are artificially administered, the body still must be able to digest and assimilate the nutrients. It seems to me that ventilators might be considered ordinary care as artificially administered nutrition and hydration are. See, e.g., this post. Note also that Stephen Hawking has had breathing support for 30 years, including a ventilator. At one point in the 1980s (!), he was so ill the hospital wanted to turn off his ventilator to hasten his death. It would be hard to argue that he has had anything less than a full life (even if that were an appropriate metric to determine whether care is continued or not). He would not argue otherwise given that he said in that article: "For the last three years I have been on full-time ventilation but this has not prevented me from leading a full and active life." As I have said, if we are to err at all, we err on the side of life.
**Now, there are some that will talk about when artificially administered nutrition and hydration is actually more harmful than not for the patient. That is a rare occurrence. That was not an issue here. Proponents of TADA will claim this is the only reason why such care would be removed, that it happens more often than we realize, etc. They are wrong. In those rare instances when the body cannot assimilate nutrition and hydration, then, yes, I would not advocate for that. However, when the removal of such life-sustaining measures is just to hasten death for a patient the "experts" have determined is futile or the quality of life is not as the medical professional believes it should be to keep one alive, it is not moral or ethical, and should not be legal.

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In the face of historic opposition to a statewide sentencing commission, San Francisco County established a local sentencing commission January 2012 to address the county's sentencing policies and practices.
Twenty-two states across the U.S. have established sentencing commissions to assist in the development and administration of a fair justice system. Policy makers require strong data-analysis to inform the previous and future decisions centered on sentencing policies and practices. Data analysis can aid in forecasting the effects of a law's implementation on the prison population. Sentencing reform and a sentencing commission have long been supported by several distinguished panels, including the Little Hoover Commission. Such a commission has been the subject of 8 bills since 1984 and has established precedent for administering fair and equitable justice in 22 other states.
The San Francisco Sentencing Commission will be a significant resource for the county's criminal justice system. The advisory body reports directly to the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor's Office and is charged with producing recommendations that affect local and statewide sentencing practices. Comprised of a broad array of voices including practitioners, researchers, law enforcement representatives, and advocates, this body has the potential to lead the way for California. This is another demonstration of local innovation and dedication to creating an effective criminal justice system.
Perhaps even more uniquely, San Francisco's new Sentencing Commission was born out the local courageous leadership of San Francisco's District Attorney George Gascón. Through the demonstration of dedicated staff time and fiscal resources, the City's District Attorney is highlighting his office's commitment to sentencing reform in the era of Realignment.
California is now in its ninth month of adult corrections realignment under AB 109 and counties continue to show radically different sentencing practices statewide. Across its 58 counties, California has a system that can be described as justice by geography, whereby the location of arrest is a stronger indicator of criminal justice system involvement than the actual offense committed. Crime rates in California have been plummeting since the 1990's yet the state's inmate population has continued to escalate to our current state of mass incarceration. If it is clear that increasing crime rates were not the driver for the state's current system of mass incarceration, what can be attributed to the rise in the state's prison and jail populations? During the past three decades, over 1,000 sentencing laws have been added to the California Penal Code. These laws have exacerbated the prison and jail crisis resulting in a disparate system.
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On arrival, I was informed that there was a problem with the gazebo I was supposed to be borrowing to protect my wares from the elements. There were three gazebos in all but one had most of it's parts missing and was now being used as spares to build the other two gazebos that were also bereft of vital structural elements. Hence, no gazebo for me.
After a bit of a panic, Mike, a friend of ours, said that he would bring his tent down. I asked if it would be big enough to fit a table and me in the front of it without me having to kneel for the duration of the day. 'Oh yes, no problem, it's quite big' he replied noncholantly. He wasn't kidding! Spread out on the ground it must have been getting on for 30ft wide. Mike, very kindly helped me build the enormous structure, after seeing me look girlishly helpless at the mountain of mind boggling tent poles. As the two central poles went into place I realised the full enormity of this camper's palace. I really wanted to say 'please can we just forget about it' but 30 minutes and a whole lot of swearing in, I thought it would seem a bit churlish! As the tent rose like a blue millennium dome it dwarfed the lucky people's gazebo (which I had so coveted an hour earlier) to the right of me by about 5ft. 'My table was going to look utterly ridiculous' I gasped at Mike. 'It's ok' came his reply 'the origami bloke can use the other side'. Thank goodness for the origami bloke! Five kids chairs and a pile of A4 paper was going to make a world of difference. I even saw a woman walk up to the horse rescue tombola stall next to me and mouth to them (whilst pointing in horror) 'what's that doing there?'. Oh the shame!
Anyway, two hours later and with 20 minutes until the gates opened I could at last set my stall up. Despite our best efforts at protecting my little table, the wind blew mercilessly, for the remainder of the day. Half of my items had to be left in my bag because they kept falling over. The remaining items had to be regularly chased after and retrieved after each prevailing gust. I would like to say that, after all the effort, I made a killing. However, the only thing that came close to being killed was me after a small child tripped over a guy rope and brought the whole porch compartment crashing down on my head. Oh well, at least I had a good view of the bands! Ta ta for now.
As a fellow crafter, I can well sympathise. I too have had many similar experiences where the organisers were not very well prepared in these circumstances. I am now thinking of investing in my own gazebo with sides for such events as you can never outsmart the British weather ! At least you can laught about it now.
Too true Carol! I'm hoping not to have to do too many outdoor ones but you never know. Thanks for popping over to have a titter anyway!

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I came across a recipe for a ‘Chocolate Coconut Pound Cake’ in a ‘Bon Appétit’ magazine, one of many in my growing stack of food magazines. What caught my attention was the fact that apart from using the usual suspects, coconut flakes and cocoa powder, this recipe also includes the use of coconut oil. It’s been a really long time since I had anything with coconut oil in it, so off I went to the kitchen to try this out.
I used shredded coconut instead of the coconut flakes suggested in the recipe simply because I had a big jar of it in the cupboard. I also added a small amount of dark semi sweet chocolate to make it more decadent. Afterall, it is called a ‘chocolate’ cake, right?
This cake also uses buttermilk as an ingredient. Together with the coconut oil it lends a luscious texture that works perfectly with the chocolate flavour. I served it as dessert the day it was made along with a scoop of black cherry gelato and it went down very well. According to the magazine, you can also bake this upto 5 days ahead and store it tightly wrapped.
Preheat oven to 325F/165C. Grease and line a standard sized loaf tin. Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder and set aside. Using a stand mixer or handheld mixer, beat together the butter, oil and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating in between additions. Beat the mixture until it is light and doubled in volume. Add the vanilla extract followed by the melted chocolate if using. On a low speed, add the dry ingredients in 3 additions alternating with the buttermilk in 2 additions. This way, you start and end by adding the dry ingredients. Bring it all together taking care not to overmix. Transfer batter to the loaf tin. Sprinkle with coconut flakes or shredded coconut and the 1 tbsp sugar.
Place tin in the oven and bake for about 70-80 minutes until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Keep an eye on the coconut sprinked on top. Once it is toasted and dark brown in colour, cover the tin loosely with foil to prevent it from turning too dark.
Once done, remove the tin from the oven and let it cool for 15-20 minutes on a wire rack before turning the cake out.
The crunchy coconut topping adds another texture to the otherwise soft crumbly cake. Enjoy this with icecream for dessert as suggested before or just on its own with a good cup of tea or coffee. And let me know if you love coconut oil already or not.
I have read your blog and I think you have many high quality recipes. I would be very happy if you would join us at http://www.mytaste.com/ so that we could link to your recipes.

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text: Capacity and outage capacity characterize the maximum coding rate at which reliable communication is feasible when there are no constraints on the packet length. Evaluated for fading channels, they are important performance benchmarks for wireless communication systems. However, the latency of a communication system is proportional to the length of the packets it exchanges, so assuming that there are no constraints on the packet length may be overly optimistic for communication systems with stringent latency constraints. Recently, there has been great interest within the information theory community in characterizing the maximum coding rate for short packet lengths. Research on this topic is often concerned with asymptotic expansions of the coding rate with respect to the packet length, which then give rise to normal approximations. In this paper, we review existing normal approximations for single-antenna Rayleigh block-fading channels and compare them with the highSNR normal approximation we presented at the 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (Lancho, Koch, and Durisi, 2017). We further discuss how these normal approximations may help to assess the performance of communication protocols.

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We’re crawling out of the deep freeze and temperatures are on the rise, maybe only briefly, but I’ll take it for now! Working from home and homeschooling means we have the luxury of staying inside on the coldest of days, but after a few days in, the kids are climbing the walls and cabin fever is setting in. Getting outside and soaking up the Vitamin D is the best thing you can do when the winter blues start to take hold.
Here are four fun, family oriented ways to be more active this winter.
Skating and sledding are my family’s favorite winter activities. I’ve never been a skier but I hope to introduce snow boarding to the girls in the next few years (and get reintroduced myself). Edmonton is home to many city maintained skating surfaces, sledding hills and cross county ski trails, so be sure to check out the City of Edmonton website for a location nearest you as well as their Winter Chalets for warming up and bathroom breaks. Edmonton Ski Club, Snow Valley, and Rabbit Hill all provide downhill skiing and snowboarding in and around Edmonton, with skiing in the Rockies only a few hours away.
Have you always wanted to try snow shoeing or maybe even sledge hockey? Try a new winter activity this year and get inspiration from ParticipACTION and their 150 Paylist of activities. There’s even chances to win prizes if you register on their website.
Edmonton is the Festival City and the fun doesn’t stop just because the temperature drops. Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Festival (Jan. 14-15, 2017), Ice on Whyte (Jan. 26-29 and Feb 2-5, 2017). Flying Canoe Volant (Feb. 3-4, 2017), Silver Skate Festival (February 10-20, 2017), as well as numerous community winter celebrations and Edmonton Ice Castles (on daily till the ice melts) are fun, family friendly ways to experience the best of winter in Edmonton.
When the sun is shining and the air is crisp, bundle up and go for a walk on your favorite summer trail and see it in a different, glistening white, light. If you have kids, talk about the change of environment and how animals and plants adapt to the changes. Or take part in Winter Walk Day, February 1, 2017.

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Re-reading Chuck Conniry’s Soaring in the Spirit. Looking into the way of discovering Christ and the way of new creation and mystery.
Conniry sketches the disposition of the Protestant world after the Reformation and the ways different faith groups developed “plans” of growing in Christ. On the one hand, gaining knowledge was the way of growth (orthodoxy) and on the other, Pietism or (orthopraxy- right living, focused upon actions) was stressed. These two dispositions formed our faith culture and are still in action today. Go to 10 churches and we could find some churches that stress the idea of what we should think about Jesus (orthodoxy) and others on how we should live or feel about Jesus (orthopraxy).
Reflecting on my own spiritual life, I’ve tried to navigate between the two poles of intellect and conduct. I sense a ‘radical middle’ that is worth pursuing. Bumping into Christ in the commonness of life is a wonderful thought. Perhaps the role of the faithful community is to help ‘nudge’ (Len Sweet) one another to awaken another to His abiding presence that has always been here with us- even when we haven’t recognized it.


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From this semester I am very excited to start my technical series of PhD seminars at ETH Zurich, hosted at Chair for Computer Aided Design (CAAD).
The codes and the presentations can be viewed here and downloaded from this Github repository (being updated every week).
All the codes are in Python.
Toward this goal, in this series of technical seminars we introduce and discuss some of these mathematical concepts (as shown bellow) in four interlinked categories of Probability Theory and Statistics, Optimization Theories, Linear Algebra and Machine Learning Theories. All the concepts and techniques will be presented using Python programming language and sample data sets, while the objective is to attract architectural researchers to challenge these wild technologies from the perspective of design.

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(PRESS RELEASE) -- 888, one of the world's most popular gaming entertainment companies, has launched a groundbreaking "pokercam" option for 888 Poker, innovating to again provide players with something that they have not experienced before.
The poker cam tables, powered by ooVoo, a leading video communication service provider with a best-in-class mobile video chat solution, will be available from the main lobby and will allow players to see their opponents while playing a Texas Hold'em Cash game.
The option builds on the strong social aspects of the 888 poker rooms, which already lead their way in the use of personalised avatars providing an immersive social experience in which players can interact together.
The addition of the "Teams Tournament" feature adds a further dimension to 888's social play. This innovative type of tournament gives players the option of joining a virtual team in a regular tournament format. However, in addition to the traditional prize-pool, players score points for their team, and a portion of the prize is allocated to all of the players that belong to the winning team. Players can group together to face off as rival football teams or cities, adding an emotional level to the play, with links to major social networking sites letting people know when like-minded people have joined a tournament.
As well as these innovations in the game play, the "late registration" option means that there is always a tournament to join, even at off-peak times. An improved lobby also gives a better user experience, and allows quick and easy entry to tables.
The new offer builds on the enormously successful launch of Poker 6 in June 2010, which overhauled the Poker platform and provided an intuitive usability that targeted the casual player. The platform also allowed players to play Poker in 3D.
"Through the addition of video streams to our hugely successful Poker 6 we are offering an even more personal, inclusive, and social environment. On top of this, the chance to play as part of a team in the Team Tournaments, provides a competitive edge that allows players to meet and play with other like-minded people."
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You are basically excluding the 'DATE' and you are also checking if the month is 6 i.e. 'June'. And then you are fixing the value of the measure on 3 dimensions A, B and C.
You are excluding Shipping Date, and then checking if month of shipping date = 6 then you want to fix the value of the Sales based on Category, sub-category and Product dimensions.
You would do this if you have different levels of data in your report and want to ensure that it is not showing incorrect data.
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See Abhilash's answer it is corrent - I wuold add also that using Fixed will create permutations based on the combination of dimensions that preceed the colon(:) and perform the aggreggation on the formula that follow the colon - so by using Fixed on 3 dimensions A,B and C you have created results for all the combinations of those dimensions.
Thank you Jim for the acknowledgement.
@Anuj: Does that answer your query? Or is there anything that you still did not understand?
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Thanks for your explanation. However I am still having some questions.
1. In the above calculated field, if we do not put any dimensions after FIXED then what will happen?
Questions might sound stupid but I will appreciate it if you could explain me like a 5 year old.
These are referred to as "Level of Detail" or LOD expressions. It is a very complex topic to understand. So I suggest you put some time in understanding the concepts of LOD.

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Children’s lives are being stifled. No longer are they able to spend time with friends unsupervised, explore their community or hang around in groups without being viewed with suspicion.
Children in the UK drink more energy drinks than in any other country in Europe — and many parents are unaware of the health risks.
Two new Cochrane reviews reveal that some interventions to tackle overweight and obesity in children do work, but only in the short term.
The new psychoactive drug Spice is taking its toll on frontline policing.
Government is looking for a new ‘officer class’ to run privatised social services. John Giles / PA.
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The mezzuzah is an ancient symbol of the Jewish faith. Some scholars consider the mezzuzah a reminder that spirtual concerns should outweigh the worldly problems one might encounter upon leaving the home. Use of the mezzuzah dates back to the times when the Jewish people were slaves under the Pharaohs of Egypt. The name originally referred to the frame of a doorway of other entrance, according to biblical verse. In Deuteronomy 6:9 and 11:20, the Bible says, “… and ye shall write them [the words of God] upon the mezzuzot of thy house and in thy gates.” Initially, those words were inscribed directly into the door frames and gates, then written down on parchment that was then affixed to the doorways. Later, the parchment would be placed in hollow reeds or other more durable containers to be hung in the doorways. Over time, the term mezzuzah came to represent the words themselves and eventually the container of those words. This extraordinary mezzuzah is constructed entirely from polymer clay. Every one is unique, and each has a multitude of primary and secondary colors, some black and white accents and at least one row of multi-colored flowers. The base of the mezzuzah is black and the opening in the back has a silver keeper for the scroll that is rolled up and inserted within. The clarity of design and attention to detail makes this a distinctive gift for the wedding couple, the Bar or Bat Mitzvah or for someone moving into a new home. Each mezzuzah comes packaged in a box with double sided adhesive and directions for attaching it to the doorpost, a description of what a mezzuzah is and a translation of the enclosed scroll. The mezzuzah measures approximately 1 inch wide and 4 inches tall.
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For almost a century, Canmore was one of the most important coal mining centres in southern Alberta: our town grew to 3,000 hardy, pioneering miners and their families. When Canmore Mines Ltd. ceased coal production on July 13, 1979, Canmore was the last coal mining centre in the Bow Valley to permanently shut its doors, following closures decades earlier in nearby Georgetown, Anthracite and Bankhead.
Canmore’s name originates from its namesake town Ceannmore on the northwest shore of Scotland. It is a Celtic word meaning “Big Head” and was titled in honor of King Malcolm III of Canmore who, in 1057, killed Macbeth in a fight for the Scottish throne. Check out our namesake sculpture on Main Street that often is seen wearing funky seasonal` hats ‘n glasses.
Canmore was officially named in 1884 by Donald A. Smith, a Canadian Pacific Railway pioneer. At that time, it was only a whistle stop for the new railway, which was fast stretching westward through the Rockies to the Pacific.
Settlers, however, arrived fast. Coal prospecting was also happening at Anthracite, 20 kilometers west in what is now Banff National Park. There was a big copper rush further west at Silver City near the base of Castle Mountain. And in 1886, Queen Victoria granted a coal mining charter for the Canmore area. The No. 1 Mine was opened the following year. Here is a photo of some ruins of our No. 1 mine.
With the growing number of prosperity-seeking pioneers, law and order became a concern. By the early 1890s, a detachment of the North West Mounted Police built its first barracks: a mud, log and straw structure that was constructed at a cost of $450. The barracks was vacated in 1929 and became a private residence near the present location on Main Street for the next 60 years. In 1989, it was purchased by the town and restored as a historical site. A visit to the Barracks is a worthwhile endeavour and is usually open on weekends. It is staffed with local volunteers and RCMP officers who can relay our lively and colourful wild west past. Who can resist a photo-op with a handsome Royal Canadian Mountie!
Canmore’s importance as a community and coal mining centre in the Bow Valley grew in the early years of the 20th century when Anthracite’s mine closed in 1904. Many of the buildings, along with residents were moved to Canmore. Married workers were housed in cute, cozy one and two-bedroom cottages, equipped with electricity and cold-running water. There was a bunkhouse for single men, a combination community hall, a one-room school, mine offices, cookhouse and a fully stocked company store that also housed the town’s post office.
By 1915, Canmore had a well-developed sense of community, even boasting an opera house. During its heydey in the early 1900s, the Canmore Opera House hosted a variety of events including lavish dances, plays and concerts — and was the most popular place for entertainment in the nearby Canadian Rockies. Hollywood entertainers, Jack Benny and Ginger Rogers, drove from Banff to Canmore to see the world’s only log opera house. The original building was eventually moved in 1964 to Calgary’s Heritage Park and was recently renovated. It now hosts theatre productions and catered events and is located on the main street of the Historical Village in Calgary’s Heritage Park. A replica of our opera house has just been built in Canmore’s Spring Creek Mountain Village – worth a look! Or, host an event there!
Residents took advantage of our ideal setting for summer hikes and picnics and in winter, the slopes were great for sleigh riding, skiing and tobogganing. Today, only a few original homes still stand in the older sections of Canmore.
In 1965, Canmore was incorporated as a town and had 2,000 residents. By the 1970s, Canmore’s coal industry, relying too heavily on diminishing Japanese markets, was suffering. And on July 13, 1979, it was all over – Canmore Mines Ltd. ceased coal production, and 120 miners were out of work. It was an end of an era. Within a year, all structures except the lamp house and a few mine entrances were demolished because of provincial government safety and reclamation policies. What saved Canmore from totally succumbing to mountain ghost town status was the announcement in the early 1980s that the mountain village would be the site of Nordic events for the 1988 Winter Olympics. This breathed new economic life into our beleaguered community.
Since the Olympics, Canmore has more than tripled its permanent resident population of 3,000 from the coal mining days. The population of the Town of Canmore according to its 2011 municipal census is 12,317. The 2011 municipal census also reported a non-permanent population of 5,982 for a combined population of 18,299!
The old miner’s Union Hall still hosts many cultural events and activities and a visit to the Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre located right inside our Town Civic Centre is a great way to learn more about Canmore. Many valuable artifacts and historical photos are on display. In addition, check out the miner’s statue that was placed beside the old Canmore Hotel on Main Street and enjoy the Miners Day parade that takes place every summer in mid-July if you’re here.

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Must visit for matcha lovers.
LaRisata, the 2015 winner of TimeOut KL Best Italian Restaurant is 20 years old this year! Congratulations on the milestone, and more food, more laughters ahead!
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Mr. Chancellor, it is my honour to present to you the Right Honourable Jean Chrétien, Canada’s 20th prime minister.
There is perhaps no role so challenging and rewarding, requiring an uncommon strength of character and commitment to public service.
For over forty years, Mr. Chrétien has embodied these strengths and responded to numerous challenges. He has made outstanding contributions to public life in Canada, and plays a continuing role on behalf of Canada and around the world.
Né en 1934 à Shawinigan, M. Chrétien a étudié le droit à l’Université Laval avant d’être élu à la Chambre des communes en 1963 comme député de la circonscription de Saint-Maurice–Laflèche. Quatre ans plus tard, il a été nommé ministre d’État aux Finances par le premier ministre Lester B. Pearson. Puis il a occupé pendant 17 ans divers postes au sein du cabinet. Fort de cette riche expérience, il est devenu chef du Parti libéral en 1990. Trois ans après, il a été élu premier ministre du Canada.
His decade in office was marked by economic turbulence, much like the period we have just experienced. He was successful in restoring the fiscal health of the federal government (an excellent example for you, JMSB graduates), after which he launched a concerted effort to increase the country’s competitiveness as a knowledge-based society.
Pour réaliser cet objectif ambitieux, son gouvernement a mis en place un plan en cinq volets largement axé sur le rôle des universités. Des programmes ont ainsi été spécialement conçus pour étendre la capacité de recherche, améliorer l’infrastructure universitaire, garder les cerveaux les plus brillants et favoriser l’accès à l’éducation postsecondaire.
Implementation of the plan had started with the elimination of the federal deficit in 1997. The same year, the Canada Foundation for Innovation was founded with an initial budget of $1 billion to provide the infrastructure necessary to promote cutting-edge research and development.
The Canada Research Chairs program came next, to retain scholars, encourage Canadian scholars abroad to return to Canada, and recruit others internationally.
The remainder of Mr. Chrétien’s initiatives were implemented in quick succession over the next two years, and included the creation of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the restoration and expansion of funding for granting councils like Canada’s Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and the launch of the Trudeau Foundation Fellowships.
To improve access to education, the Chrétien government also implemented the landmark Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation, the Canada Graduate Scholarships, and the Canadian Education Savings Grant.
Concordia is doubly committed to quality and accessibility, and Mr. Chrétien’s contributions have had a direct impact on the entire institution. Between 1998 and 2007, Concordia was awarded $24 million from the CFI for 55 infrastructure projects. Some 17 000 Concordia students received more than $60 million in funding from the Millennium Scholarship Foundation. We have had 27 world class Canada Research Chairs at this university, and the program has inspired us to create the Concordia Research Chairs program to retain our own excellent faculty.
Toutes ces initiatives, réalisées sous l’impulsion d’un seul premier ministre, ont changé la nature et la portée de l’éducation supérieure au Canada d’une manière inégalée depuis la création du Conseil national de recherches en 1916 ou du Programme canadien de prêts aux étudiants en 1964.
In 2008, Mr. Chrétien was honoured with the David C. Smith Award for “his leadership and lifelong commitment to the advancement of research and higher learning.” Last year, he received the Order of Merit from Queen Elizabeth II.
Monsieur le chancelier, au nom du sénat et du conseil d’administration, j’ai l’honneur de vous demander de conférer à M. Jean Chrétien le grade de Docteur en droit honoris causa.


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Thanksgiving for the harvest – on the combine!
For many Canadians, when it comes to family dinners, Thanksgiving ranks in importance right after Christmas. The big question for western Canadian grain farm women is always: will there be a sit down Thanksgiving dinner with the family this year?
Last year we could gather with my family at my sister's place for Thanksgiving. The harvest was finished.
If they’re lucky, and the harvest is finished like it was for most in Westlock last year, their farmer will carve the turkey at the dining table and thank God the crop is in. Or, even if the harvest isn’t finished, it might be raining or even snowing, and they’ll still have pumpkin pie around the table. Some of those present may not feel as thankful as they could be, but the dinner will be saved.
Robert is helping Iman Koeman with the combining again, as in the last years. Like most farmers in Central Alberta, they had to wait through half of the beautiful September weather for the crops to mature sufficiently so they could start harvesting. They got a couple good weeks in with long hours. Then a week ago it started to rain, off and on, just enough to stop operations. From the reports I’ve heard most farmers in the area are about 60% done or better. That’s still a good amount of crop out, but mostly canola on the swath.
Despite what looked like a difficult year – a late start, then a prolonged dry period, then flood-like rains – the reports on yields are positive. Some fields are giving bumper crops, others average, some below average. It seems like a normal year. Prices are still good so farmers are happy. Now, if they can only get those last swaths in!

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We wish everyone a wonderful time with your family and friends. Wether you celebrate this holiday or not we hope that you’ll have a few peaceful days. Enjoy your time.
While bustling around I wish you and your partner in crime Cokie wonderful holidays!
Prayers for a healthy, happy and peaceful holiday and New Year. You made this year special by your dedication to bringing us your stories and reviews. I can’t even begin to imagine how difficult and time consuming that is. Thank you.
And a happy H50 Ho Ho Ho to all who post on this site and share their thoughts with the rest of us.
Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year to all of you too!
Happy holidays to you too! Thank you so much for the hours of entertainment you have shared . I am sure it took immeasurable amounts of time and energy to provide this entertainment for us. Know you make me smile!, and I appreciate your talent ! Again , thank you .
Merry Christmas and 2016, full of health, peace, love and joy to all. A special thank you for your hard work on this blog and the amazing stories that you and Cokie give us all year.
Happy New Year and Merry Christmas to you all! Wishing you all peace and health!


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The amazing Andaman, does not stop amazing its visitors, no matter how many times you visit it or how many aspects of the places you have explored. You can keep visiting it over and over again and yet be surprised by at least 2 more new places to visit and encompass. The Andaman archipelago comprises of too many Islands to be covered in just a single trip. One of these Islands, known as Diglipur or Diglipore, is a part of the North Andaman Islands and must be visited to discover the true beauty of nature nestled in the Andaman.
The town of Digilipur is located in the southern side of the Aerial Bay and is about 43 meters above sea level. The city is about 290 kilometers away from the capital city of Port Blair. This exclusive town has the river Kalpong passing through it, which happens to be the only river in the whole of Andaman along with the highest peak, known as the Saddle Peak, located about 10 kilometers to the south of the town. The entire county of Diglipur covers an area of about 884 square kilometers with a partially dense population of nearly 42,877 people.
Apart from these generic facts, the Diglipur count has a few unavoidable tourist attractions, which is what make it a great place to visit.
Being a part of the Andaman Archipelago, the first tourist destination, will most definitely be a beach. The Lamiya Bay Beach is a gorgeous beach at Diglipur which is blessed with exotic yet natural beauty. It is a wide and long beach with white sand lined by the beautiful blue sea. The beach is quite rocky and the waves splashing on them present a completely different experience for a sea and beach lover. You can also see many dead corals along the sea beach of the Lamiya Bay.
Diglipur, is the only place in the whole of Andaman which has Active Mud Volcanoes lining the interior or the beaches in the area. These volcanoes are a geo-thermal phenomena created by geo-exuded slur mixed with water and toxic gases. These are not igneous volcanoes as they are incapable of catching fire, partly because of water present in the eruptions. These are more of a continuous eruption of mud and gases and are not more than 1-2 meters in height, rendering them as merely wonders of nature rather than a potential natural threat to mankind.
The Alfred Caves, which are basically limestone caves, can easily pass to be the narrowest limestone caves to be found on the face of this Earth. These caves are situated close to the Ramnagar Beach of Diglipur and are about an hour’s trek from the beach, through thick forests keeping you cool in the midst of a hot shiny summer day. You must carry a bottle of water to avoid dehydration as it is a sufficiently ling trek and you must have a local guide with you to make sure that you are on the right way.
Diglipur has numerous beautiful beaches, one of which is the Pathi Level Beach which can be represented as a close copy of the famous Radhanagar Beach of the Havelock Island. This beach is covered with sprawling greenery, lined by coconut, palm and betel nut trees with the blue sea glistening in one corner of the beach. This is a great place to swim and bathe in the sea and have a great time in the lap of nature.
The Kalipur beach is another beach in Diglipur, which is quite a low populated zone and is closely monitored by the Forest Department of the Diglipur County. This is because it is among the key nesting grounds of the endangered sea turtles. The Government of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is very particular about protecting the fast deteriorating marine life and therefore ensures complete safety, security and privacy for sea turtles to lay their eggs and nest here on the Kalipur Beach.
Once the turtles lay their eggs and cover them with sand, the forest officials dig them out and bury them in a safer place where they can monitor them and protect them from natural predators like crocodiles. The sight of hatching turtles is to die for as the eggs crack open one by one exposing the soft and tiny heads of the olive green baby turtles.
To experience the best of Diglipur, you must visit the region during the nesting period of the turtles, which is after the monsoon season, which is the mating season. The time from August to December, is ideal for a trip to the Diglipur County of North Andaman. It is accessible comfortable via launches and ferries, as per your convenience.

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This is the Paris you never knew. From the Revolution to the present, Graham Robb has distilled a series of astonishing true narratives, all stranger than fiction. A young artillery lieutenant, strolling through the Palais-Royal, observes disapprovingly the courtesans plying their trade. A particular woman catches his eye; nature takes its course. Later that night, Napoleon Bonaparte writes a meticulous account of his first sexual encounter. An aristocratic woman, fleeing the Louvre, takes a wrong turn and loses her way in the nameless streets of the Left Bank. For want of a map-there were no reliable ones at the time-Marie-Antoinette will go to the guillotine. Baudelaire, Baron Haussmann, the real-life Mimi of La Boh me, Proust, Charles de Gaulle (who is suspected of having faked an assassination attempt on himself in Notre Dame)-these and many more make up Robb's cast of characters. The result is a resonant, intimate history with the power of a great novel.
Graham Robb is the award-winning author of "The Discovery of France" and "Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century."

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FRUITLAND - Time is narrowing for the Navajo Nation and Arizona Public Service Co. to agree on extending leases for the Four Corners Power Plant.
APS is approaching a self-imposed March 2011 deadline for tribal approval of a site lease and transmission lease that would ensure the power plant's future.
If leases are not completed, APS will begin looking to shut down the power plant, one of the nation's largest, and seek alternative sources of energy, said Mark Schiavoni, senior vice president of fossil operations for the Phoenix-based utility.
"We would not wait until the last minute," Schiavoni said. "By the end of March, we need to have more clarity around where these leases are going."
Hundreds of jobs, tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue and a major power source for the Southwest's electric grid hang in the balance.
The power plant's current leases end in 2016. If they are not extended soon, APS must begin a two-to-three-year process of decommissioning the plant and reclaiming the land, Schiavoni said.
The lease agreement fell short of a necessary super majority when it came to a vote in the Navajo Council on Jan. 7. The council has since been reorganized membership was cut from 88 to 24 councilors, and Ben Shelly was sworn in as president, succeeding Joe Shirley Jr.
The failed vote and governmental reorganization have thrown the lease into uncertainty.
"We are really at a loss for the reason for not approving that legislation, because of the lack of dialogue at that meeting," Schiavoni said.
A lease must be in place before APS spends hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade the plant to comply with federal regulations. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants the power plant to install pollution-control equipment that APS says could cost up to $1 billion.
APS plans to purchase a majority stake in two of the plant's five units for $249 million and shut down the three oldest units, which date to the 1960s. The plan must be approved by two state regulators, the Arizona Corporation Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission.
APS is one of the plant's six owners. The purchase of Southern California Edison's stake would increase APS' interest from 15 to 63 percent of units 4 and 5.
Southern California Edison was prompted to sell its share in units 4 and 5 to APS by a California law that discourages investments in aging coal-burning power plants.
If the purchase goes through, APS plans to continue operating Four Corners until 2041, a high-stakes gamble that coal will remain viable as pressure mounts to combat global warming.
"I think we've struck the right balance to be successful and to keep the plant running for the next 25 years," Schiavoni said.
The aging coal-fired plant has increasingly come under criticism from environmentalists as one of the nation's most polluting power plants, and federal regulators have targeted the plant for costly retrofits.
The EPA in October issued a proposed rule under the Clean Air Act that would cut the plant's nitrogen oxides emissions from 45,000 to 9,000 tons per year. Four Corners Power Plant is the nation's largest producer of nitrogen oxides, which contribute to haze and ozone.
The agency has extended the comment period on the proposed rule to March 18.
For the power plant, the rules are the result of long regulatory processes coming to fruition.
"These are not new issues," Schiavoni said.
Meanwhile, the power plant also faces regulatory challenges on the state level. In December, the Environmental Improvement Board approved new cap-and-trade rules that could further restrict emissions from power plants, including Four Corners.
A coalition of opponents, including the city of Farmington and the Farmington Electric Utility System, filed notices last week with the New Mexico Court of Appeals announcing their plans to appeal the rules.
Closing units 1, 2 and 3 as planned would cut the plant's capacity to generate electricity from 2,040 to 1,540 megawatts. APS would have to either purchase more electricity on the open market or find new sources of power.
Schiavoni said coal, which is plentiful and relatively cheap, must have a future in providing energy to America.
"I think there has to be," he said. "It's our most plentiful resource, and as such, we have to find a way to use it that is cleaner. I think the technology will be there."
The plant began operating in 1963, and it's showing its age. On Jan. 24, a tube leak shut down unit 3.
The mounting issues have Schiavoni wondering if the plant is worth continuing to operate.
"I go through that in my mind daily," he said.
For the Navajo Nation, Four Corners Power Plant is a major employer. The plant and the adjacent Navajo Mine that feeds it employ approximately 900, most of whom are Navajo.
The twin facilities provide high-paying jobs on the reservation, a rarity in a region where high unemployment persists.
"A lot of families are affected by this facility," said Larry Francis, Four Corners site manager.
APS plans to shed about 190 jobs at Four Corners Power Plant during the next two years as part of the partial shutdown. Employment at the power plant has already dropped from 549 in late fall to 523.
The Arizona utility vows to accomplish the job cuts through normal attrition.
"The most important thing we've done is committed to no layoffs," said Damon Gross, an APS spokesman.
The power plant is located on Navajo land and contributes approximately $60 million in annual tax revenue to tribal coffers.
The tribe is seeking to ease an expected drop in tax revenue from the plant when APS shuts down units 1, 2 and 3, said LoRenzo C. Bates, a member of the Navajo Council who has been involved in the lease debate.
"That's why we have a Navajo Nation negotiating team, to minimize that revenue loss that the nation would expect," Bates said.
Navajo leaders are also pushing to ensure the lease includes hiring preferences for Native Americans, and possibly specific preferences for Navajos, although the legality of a tribe-specific hiring preference is disputed.
The tribe appears to be growing more forceful in protecting its interests, said Lori Goodman, a spokeswoman for DinÂŽ Citizens Against Ruining our Environment, a Navajo environmental group.
"The nation is in a different era now that they've reduced the council," she said. "They're asking the right questions, anyway."
The unsettled governmental reorganization has delayed completing the leases, but the issue eventually will return to the council for another vote, Bates said. He said he was not able to give a more specific timeline.
There were some indications a vote could be nearing as this article went to press.
Schiavoni said he was confident the leases will win approval by the end of March.
"I think it'll get done," he said. "I'm optimistic."
The tribe would lose a major employer and source of tax revenue if a lease is not soon extended.
Bates expressed confidence that the lease will win approval.
He said simply, "It has to be."

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Breaking News: Telltale Studios, Creators Behind The Walking Dead Game Series, is Shutting Down (Updated)!
It’s a sad day for the gaming world, as Telltale Studios is reportedly shutting its doors for good. The news comes as a shock, as Telltale are a well-known and respected company in the video game industry. It has also been reported that none of the almost 250 laid-off employees will receive severance pay.
Update 3: Check out our newest article for an update on The Walking Dead’s completion and the situation regarding the employees and Netflix’s planned Stranger Things game.
Update 2: It has been reported that the entire ‘The Walking Dead’ team has been laid off, and the remaining ‘skeleton crew’ at Telltale will only be finishing Minecraft Story Mode for Netflix. Pretty much confirming the cancellation of The Walking Dead’s Final Season.
The statement, issued by CEO Pete Hawley, confirms that Telltale are going through a majority studio closure, and that a product portfolio will be released in the coming weeks. We will also soon see more details on the state of the currently releasing, ‘The Walking Dead’.
Telltale co-founder Kevin Bruner, has made a post on his personal blog on the closure. Bruner was let go as the CEO about a year and a half ago, but gave his thoughts on the situation: “Today, I’m mostly saddened for the people who are losing their jobs at a studio they love. And I’m also saddened at the loss of a studio that green-lit crazy ideas that no one else would consider. I’m comforted a bit knowing there are now so many new talented people and studios creating games in the evolving narrative genre. While I look forward to those games and new developments, and continuing to contribute, I will always find “A Telltale Game” to have been a unique offering.
The blog post implies that Telltale’s board of directors may have green lit projects that led to nowhere, forcing the company into the position it is in now.
Telltale are well known for some of gaming’s greatest story based series’, such as ‘The Walking Dead’, ‘Batman’, ‘The Wolf Among Us’, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ and ‘Tales from the Borderlands’.
It has also been reported that both the upcoming Stranger Things game and the long-awaited sequel to The Wolf Among Us have been cancelled, which will leave many fans upset over the news.
The Final Season of Telltale’s The Walking Dead is being released right now, but one sadly now-former writer, Emily Grace Buck, has implied that it is possible that the series will end its run without a proper conclusion.
Another of the former lead writers at Telltale, Jessica Krause, has commented on the entire situation (for the full story, visit her Twitter account). Krause also commented on the status of The Wolf Among Us 2, pretty much confirming its cancellation.
Many former employees from Telltale have made their way to Twitter, using #Telltalejobs in order to find new positions elsewhere, and bring awareness to the situation.
Everyone sharing #TelltaleJobs– first of all, thank you!!!!! I can’t tell you how much it means.
Also- if you can share on other social networks too, that helps! ~250 Telltale devs list their jobs today, and tons of them aren’t on Twitter!
Thank you for all your love and support today. I’m going to miss every single one of you at Telltale. And to any studios hiring out there: you won’t find anyone better than someone from TTG. They’re the absolute best in the business.
A few big names in the industry including Zenimax, PLAYERUNKNOWN, Cory Barlog of Sony Santa Monica, Gearbox Studios and many more, have posted job opportunities on Twitter due to the situation.
Even voice actor Troy Baker, known for his many roles within the gaming industry and many of Telltale’s games, has commented on the situation.
The heart that is breaking for the amazing talent under that roof is comforted only by the confidence they will all find a new nest in which to call home.
Employees and fans alike are rightfully distraught over the situation. We hope that the hard-working people from Telltale can find work again very soon. We hope more game companies out there will offer opportunities to those who find themselves without a job today. If you want to help, spread awareness using the #Telltalejobs to companies on Twitter, and other social media sites.
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Focus on developing Import business ex Europe / US, both of ocean and air.
Be responsible for actively developing new business and promote M+R brand to import clients as well as to our overseas partners, follow the company’s business strategy direction, explore and secure the business opportunities.
Achieve yearly sales targets and ensure sales deliverables is aligned with company’s target.
Develop and gain new business in the region as well as manage and maintain the existing accounts to ensure business growth and build up a pool of potential customer database. And secure sufficient client base and work closely with M+R offices and selected partners.
Thorough follow up of sales leads sent by overseas agents and tracking of same until closed.
Creation of high quality sales leads for assigned overseas agents.
Update of own sales leads in CRM-system.
Work collaboratively with operations team and keep up to date with industry and market knowledges.
Reach high customer satisfaction by working proactively and closely with internal business partners and solve customer’s issues.
Find and land sales leads of import commodities into China.
Promotion of all M+R related products with particular focus on import business to achieve the goal that “M+R is to be recognized by our customers and partners as an expert China import service provider”.
Observe the employee code of conduct.
Any other responsibilities as and when required by Superior Managers that are reasonably within the capabilities of the person and are aimed at achieving the company’s objectives and goals.
Bachelor Degree or above with emphasis on logistics, sales or marketing is preferable.
8 years or above in freight forwarding company for sales or business development related function working experience, with the experience of import business development is preferred.
Good communication and interpersonal skill to build and maintain good working relationships with colleagues.
Have good written and presentation skills of English.
Ability to work independently, but also a good team player, willing to work under pressure.
Basic knowledge on all Microsoft office software, especially Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Qualified foreigners already residing and working in the P.R. China are encouraged to apply also for this position. A good command in Mandarin is a “plus”.

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The definitive book on this topic is entitled, “Adrenal Fatigue”, by James L Wilson, PhD, a self-help guide for all of us chronically stressed out members of the “rat race” suffering from this new 21st century epidemic. (1) In his book, Wilson outlines how to diagnose and treat adrenal fatigue, a syndrome not yet recognized by mainstream medicine and it should be. I found Chapter 10 on physical signs of adrenal fatigue the most useful. This chapter describes the findings on physical examination such as the unstable pupil, blood pressure reduction upon standing, and Sergent’s white line test.
Chapter eleven of Wilson’s book covers the different cortisol testing methods available for cortisol in saliva, blood, and urine, as well as the ACTH stimulation test. Wilson favors the four sample salivary cortisol test as the easiest and most convenient method; with the added advantage that salivary testing can be done at home without a doctor’s prescription.
Adrenal fatigue is the net result of years of continuous high cortisol output by the adrenals caused by chronic stress from job, family, illness, injury, and poor diet and lifestyle associated with high-tech modern living. After years of chronic stress, the two small triangular supra-renal glands poop out, and we become another casualty of adrenal fatigue, the 21st century epidemic. Since mainstream doctors can’t seem to help, either ignoring the syndrome, or prescribing SSRI anti-depressants for it, this self-help book may be a life-saver.
Low cortisol level adrenal fatigue will induce a protective state in which the body’s metabolic rate is reduced in order to cope with low cortisol levels. The body compensates by reducing thyroid function by shunting thyroid hormone production into the reverse T3 pathway, the inactive form of thyroid hormone. This creates a functional low thyroid state which will show up on thyroid labs. Treating the patient with thyroid hormone under this scenario is a common error and a pitfall to be avoided. Giving thyroid hormone to a patient with low cortisol adrenal fatigue will only make the patient feel worse. The low adrenal function must be addressed first before attempting to raise thyroid levels. This is done with a salivary cortisol test and a nutritional supplement program over 6 weeks as described above. In the event the patient is already taking thyroid hormone medication which doesn’t seem to be working or is not tolerated, this is a red flag that most likely cause is low cortisol adrenal fatigue. Once this is addressed, the patient will do well with thyroid medication.
(15) http://www.drmyhill.co.uk/article.cfm?id=266 Common Hormonal Problems in CFS – Adrenal Underactive adrenal gland (DHEA and cortisol) If the pituitary gland is underfunctioning then the adrenal gland will also underfunction. However the gland itself may fail as a result of chronic stress.
(44) http://jeffreydach.com/files/80618-70584/JOURNAL_CFSF_6_(2).pdf Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis Dysfunction in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Fibromyalgia (FM) Kent Holtorf M.D. J of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, V 14:3. (pub) 2008.
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Having your cortisol levels tested seems to be just one way to get diagnosed with adrenal burnout. Thanks for sharing ways you can learn to control these symptoms.

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Is Your Spouse’s Medical Debt Considered Marital Debt in Tennessee?
In most instances under the law, debt is incurred in the capacity of the person(s) involved in the transaction only. Yet, there are several exceptions to this rule. State contract and family law apply to determine if one spouse may be liable for the debt of the other spouse. Tennessee law has provisions for garnishment, to levy bank accounts, to foreclose on property, and place a lien in certain circumstances.1 Additionally, if you sign a contract as a grantor for the medical care of a friend or family member and agree to contractual provisions that you will pay in the event that they fail to do so, you may be legally bound by that contract.
Thus, if you were married to your spouse at the time your spouse incurred medical bills, your spouse was provided medical services, the medical services were necessary, and your spouse never paid the debt, you may be considered liable under the common law necessaries doctrine.8 Objectively, this doctrine seems quite unfair. A spouse may legitimately have no notice that their spouse has sought medical treatment and incurred medical debt and may be quite surprised to be sued over the debt. Yet many medical debt holders may also choose to forgive the debts in such cases that seem exceptionally unfair even if not required to do so by law. As a public policy matter, Tennessee law should encourage people to seek treatment for serious medical conditions. This antiquated application of common-law could easily be overridden by statute if the Tennessee legislature desired to do so. Perhaps now is a good time for that action.
2 Outpatient Diagnostic Ctr. v. Christian, No. 01A01-9510-CV-00467, 1997 Tenn. App. LEXIS 305, at *7 (Ct. App. Apr. 30, 1997).
4 Id. at 7 (citing Simpson v. Drake, 150 Tenn. 84, 86, 262 S.W. 41, 41 (1924)).
6 Christian, *8 (citing cases from New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia in support).

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Hi! Thanks for stopping by! My name is Laura. I am a mom to 4 beautiful kids, wife to an Army soldier and an animal lover. I love nature, books, DIY and essential oils. I started on my oily journey 2 years ago in a quest to help keep my family healthy and rid my house of nasty chemicals and I haven't looked back. Young Living essential oils have been such a blessing to our family in so many ways. I would love to help you explore the ways that oils can help benefit you and your family too. Have a blessed day!
I really enjoy making my own beauty products as a way to cut down on the toxins that go in and on our bodies. I love lotions and wanted to make a face cream that could be tailored to my skin type and used natural ingredients that I could pronounce. They say you shouldn’t put anything on your skin that you wouldn’t eat. The skin is your largest organ and you need to take care of it! Did you know the body absorbs 60% of what is applied to it?! 1 The skin is so effective at absorbing what is put on it that many prescriptions are actually absorbed via rubbing a cream into the skin or on a patch. Do we really want to rub synthetic or toxic chemical ingredients into our skin? I sure don't! I used to love my fragrance filled bath and body lotions and sprays but now I cringe at how artificial they smell and honestly, I get a headache from smelling them now.
Skin care products made with natural ingredients are very effective at reducing wrinkles, tightening and smoothing the skin and keeping it soft and supple. Using essential oils you can customize your cream to your skin type and needs. I used Lavender and Frankincense in this batch. Rose, Geranium, Patchouli, Sandalwood and Lemon would be great options as well.
Whip the Shea butter, Avocado and Coconut Oils until light and fluffy.
Add in the essential oils and mix to combine.
Store in a glass jar and use daily.
Have you ever tried making your own skin care products? You can save a lot of money and cut out a lot of the chemicals that you find in most of your beauty products. If a store bought product has "fragrance" in the ingredients list this could mean hundreds of different chemicals alone, none of which are required to be on the label. On average, the American woman uses 12 products per day with a grand total of 168 different chemicals in them, so why add more to the mix with a lotion? The best part about making your own moisturizer is that it only takes a few minutes and a handful of ingredients to make. You can customize these lotion bars to your skin type by adding different essential oils and can make them in fun shapes using silicon molds or just cut them in regular bar shapes by putting the mix into a bar pan to set up.
Combine the first 5 ingredients in a double boiler or a glass bowl placed over a smaller pot with an inch of water in it.
Bring the water to a boil and stir slowly until all the ingredients melt and mix together.
Remove glass bowl from the heat and add in the essential oils and stir to mix them in.
Carefully pour into your molds and let them set up for an hour or 2.
Pop them out of your molds and enjoy!
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