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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

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It's Daring Bakers time again! I missed the boat last month - too much going on to participate. But this month I was ahead of the deadline when I made the challenge recipe (even though I'm a day behind in actually posting it to my blog!).

The April 2009 challenge is hosted by Jenny from Jenny Bakes. She has chosen Abbey's Infamous Cheesecake as the challenge.

Abbey's Infamous Cheesecake:
2 cups / 180 g graham cracker crumbs
1 stick / 4 oz butter, melted
2 tbsp. / 24 g sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract

3 sticks of cream cheese, 8 oz each (total of 24 oz) room temperature
1 cup / 383 g sugar
3 large eggs
1 cup / 8 oz heavy cream
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tbsp. vanilla extract (or the innards of a vanilla bean)
1 tbsp liqueur, optional, but choose what will work well with your cheesecake

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (Gas Mark 4 = 180C = Moderate heat). Begin to boil a large pot of water for the water bath.
2. Mix together the crust ingredients and press into your preferred pan. You can press the crust just into the bottom, or up the sides of the pan too - baker's choice. Set crust aside.

3. Combine cream cheese and sugar in the bowl of a stand-mixer (or in a large bowl if using a hand-mixer) and cream together until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, fully incorporating each before adding the next. Make sure to scrape down the bowl in between each egg. Add heavy cream, vanilla, lemon juice, and alcohol and blend until smooth and creamy.

4. Pour batter into prepared crust and tap the pan on the counter a few times to bring all air bubbles to the surface. Place pan into a larger pan and pour boiling water into the larger pan until halfway up the side of the cheesecake pan. If cheesecake pan is not airtight, cover bottom securely with foil before adding water.

5. Bake 45 to 55 minutes, until it is almost done - this can be hard to judge, but you're looking for the cake to hold together, but still have a lot of jiggle to it in the center. You don't want it to be completely firm at this stage. Close the oven door, turn the heat off, and let rest in the cooling oven for one hour. This lets the cake finish cooking and cool down gently enough so that it won't crack on the top. After one hour, remove cheesecake from oven and lift carefully out of water bath. Let it finish cooling on the counter, and then cover and put in the fridge to chill. Once fully chilled, it is ready to serve.

Pan note: The creator of this recipe used to use a springform pan, but no matter how well she wrapped the thing in tin foil, water would always seep in and make the crust soggy. Now she uses one of those 1-use foil "casserole" shaped pans from the grocery store. They're 8 or 9 inches wide and really deep, and best of all, water-tight. When it comes time to serve, just cut the foil away.

Since we were given free rein with flavorings and variations of this recipe, I made what was on hand. I created a Berry Swirl Cheesecake with a Gingersnap crust.

I substituted the graham crackers with gingersnap cookies, and only used 1/2 stick of butter in the crust.

For the filling, I made it as written above, then separated half of the filling and mixed it with about 1/2 - 3/4 cup of coarsly pureed mixed berries (blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries), then tried to pour the cheesecake in layers. It didn't stay layered, so I improvised and made it a pretty swirl instead!

I decorated it with lightly sweetened whipped cream and fresh cut berries.

I thought it was soooo good. It was the best cheesecake I've ever made (my previous attempts were a long time ago so don't hold them against me!). I didn't have any cracks in the top, the crust wasn't soggy from the water bath, and it was creamy, tangy, and berry-licious! (I'm nerdy, I know!)

Please check out the Daring Bakers Blogroll to see all the other creative variations of cheesecakes from our talented bakers.

Thanks Jenny for a great challenge this month! I'll be making some more cheesecakes next week for a Teacher Appreciation Dinner at my daughter's preschool.

Jenny Tan said...

That looks beautiful! :)

nicole said...

Oh, it looks so good!

Sara said...

This looks terrific! Yum. :)

Elizabeth said...

Yum. Nice looking too.

ice tea: sugar high said...

The swirls looked soo pretty. Well done! I love your berries decoration on top too.

Lauren said...

Mmm, your cheesecake looks amazing!! Awesome job on this challenge =D.

lisamichele said...

Beautiful cheesecake - from top to bottom, and I love the berry swirl!

Jenny said...

It looks beautiful with the berry swirls, and I'm so glad you could call this one a success!

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Realizing Multiple Autonomous Agents through Scheduling of Shared Devices

Sebastian Sardina, Giuseppe De Giacomo

Imagine a collection of available devices, such as a camera, a vacuum cleaner, or robotic arm, each of which is able to act (that is, perform actions) according to a given behavior specification, expressed as a finite transition system. Imagine next a set of virtual independent and autonomous agents, such as a surveillance agent or a cleaning agent, which are meant to operate concurrently, each within a given specification of its capabilities, again expressed as a finite transition system. The question then is: can we guarantee the realization of every agent by intelligently scheduling the available devices while fully preserving the agents' autonomy? In this paper, we define the problem formally, and propose a technique to actually generate a solution by appealing to recent results in LTL-based synthesis of reactive systems. We also show that the proposed technique is optimal with respect to computational complexity.

Subjects: 7.1 Multi-Agent Systems; 11. Knowledge Representation

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• Monday, November 14, 2016

    Caste System in India

    In India, the caste system is a social stratification system and in these days the basis of the job reservations and educational in India. The caste system in India consists of two various concepts which are Jati and Varna which possibly will be regarded as various analysis levels of this system. Varna possibly will be defined as a class and consists of the four classes which in the Vedic society existed are Shudras, Vaishyas, Kshatriyas, and Brahmins. Particular groups that are now called Dalits were excluded from the system of the Varna. In India, it is considered about the Dalits that they are untouchables.
    Jati may be defined as caste, and the Jatis name is normally organized from occupations. For the caste system’s origins, there are two perspectives in medieval and ancient India which emphasis on socio-economic and ideological factors. The Vedic texts neither mention the thoughts of untouchable people nor any practice of untouchability. Social stratification is originated between the Indian Christians based on class and by their location and denomination. In India, the system of the caste has been detected among Muslims. Muslims practice hypergamy occupations, endogamy, stratified and avoid social mixing. While the Sikh Gurus assessed the caste system’s hierarchy, one does be existent in Sikh community.
    In India recently protests for the reason of the caste. Many people were killed and injured during the protests. It is clear like a Sunny day that in Hindu gives much importance to caste systems. Hindu did not hire in the job to Dalits for the reason that they think that Dalits are untouchables. They also hate Dalits too much and many other types of the violence happing due to the caste system in India. Many girls of Christians and Muslims are raped due to the caste system in India. Hindu thinks that castes that are not Hindu are second class citizens in India such as Dalits, Christians, Muslims and Sikhs.


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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Happy Pumpkins

While the weather was still nice last week the kids and I sat in the front yard and painted our pumpkins.  I don't know why I'm not a carver.  Probably because it will end up being me doing most of the work?!  For whatever reason, I have always just had the kids paint pumpkins.  They seem to love it and we will do that until they decide they want them carved!

 Pumpkins. Paint.  Old Newspapers. Brushes.  We were ready to go...

 Brody whipped through three pumpkins like nobody's business, but Jenna only did one.  She was very meticulous with her pumpkin. :)

 Bright, happy colors!
 In her defense, Jenna's pumpkin was ginormous!
 And yes, I even painted a few pumpkins too.  This one was my favorite.  Go Hawks!  Go Trojans!
 Jenna's finished product
 When we painted the pumpkins we were in our shorts.  I shot this picture of the kids about a week later.  Four little pumpkins!
Oh!  And I had these all nice and arranged, but a certain four-year old who shall remain nameless took it upon himself to liven things up a little bit.  Here is his creation:
 It was darn cute and creative I couldn't bear to put it back to the way it was! :)

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PTI Launches Bid to Change Opposition Leader

PTI Launches Bid to Change Opposition Leader

Islamabad (September 14, 2017):  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has launched a bid to dethrone incumbent Opposition leader in the National Assembly Khurshid Shah and bring in its own nominee as leader of the opposition.

As Opposition Leader has important role in appointment of Chairman National Accountability Bureau and caretaker set-up to hold general elections, the PTI has started efforts to change the PPP’s Opposition Leader and bring in a new one.

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For the purpose, it has stated contacting other opposition parties especially MQM which is the fourth largest party in the National Assembly and has 25 members.

PTI wants its Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi to replace Shah so that it has a say in key decision making process before the general elections scheduled for 2018.Sources said that PTI had constituted a two-member committee to materialize the plan. They claimed that PTI leaders had met MQM leadership in recent past.

They added that MQM had rejected Sheikh Rashid name for Opposition leader. They said that MQM was ready to support Shah Mahmood for the covet post.They added that if negotiations with the MQM succeeded, Qureshi would be next opposition leader.

The caretaker government is set up in consultation between the opposition and present government.

According to sources, the PTI has also established back door contact with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan.PTI officials said if all the opposition parties unite against the Pakistan People’s Party then a new opposition leader can emerge in the Lower House of Parliament.

Sources said the PTI has started approaching different political parties in this regard.

It is pertinent to mention that in the National Assembly, MQM-P has 22 seats while the PTI holds 27 seats. The PPP has 47 seats in the house.

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December 29, 2015

Embracing God's Design

Image credit: Johanna Kautt

Recently I watched an ad by Google®.  It was a very well made advertisement (not surprising, they’re Google®, right?).  It presented a “man” who was born and grew up as a female, but had always felt like a male.  So, after several years of struggling with who she was and who she felt she was, she decided to have gender reassignment surgery.  Breast removal and then lots of hormones injected to deepen her voice and cause facial hair to grow, and all that.

This sickened me and sadden me.  And, yet, I felt like I could relate.  Because I’ve always felt more masculine, and was a definite tomboy as a younger person growing up, and even thought I’d be a boy when I grew up (that was when I was a lot younger).   And I still struggle with how my body looks, and the lack of femininity, at least as to how I view it.

But, then I really think about it, and wonder how God feels.  He made me, and this woman, how we are: as women.  Female.  We may not have the biggest chest, skinniest bodies, or the prettiest faces, but He made us uniquely, distinctly, female.

And so I thought: If I’m not okay with that, then I’m not okay with who God made me.  If I change the way I look with multiple surgeries, trying to change into something I’m not – then I’m essentially slapping God in the face and saying, You didn’t know what You were doing when You designed me as a female.  So, I’m going to fix Your mistake.  What a thing to say to the God who created the universe with the very words of His mouth, and designed the intricate human cells and DNA!  To think that He isn’t smart enough to “get it right,” and that I, a fallible and mistake-prone human, am somehow more brilliant and wise!

No!  He knit me, and that lady – and every other woman (and man) – together in our mother’s womb just the way He wanted us to be.  (Granted, sin does come in and mess things up a lot, but that’s a different topic altogether.)
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And I can choose to either embrace that – and thank God for how He made me – or, I can reject it, and slap God right up side the face, and try to change who I truly am.

No removal of body parts or injections of hormones is going to change the design of my DNA and chromosomes.  My DNA tells me I’m a woman.  My fallen, sinful mind, and the deceived world, is the one telling me I’m something other than a woman.  They’re telling me I am who I feel I am at any given moment.

I’ve chosen not to listen to what the world is saying, but, rather, to embrace my womanhood.  To enhance my femininity.  To allow God to mold me into the woman He designed and destined me to be.

The only kind of changing I’m going to do to myself is to adorn who God has already made me to be.

“Let your adornment… be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit: which is very precious in the sight of God.”  1 Peter 3:3-4

People look on the outside.  God looks at the heart.

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December 9, 2015

Singleness, Invisibility, and Perspective

Singleness really does equal invisibility sometimes. When your well-meaning friends say things which only make you feel worse, and ask again "why not me God?" That irrational fear you experience because you don't know how else to be faithful, or to do God's will. And what am I doing wrong to still be here?
So, next time you talk with your single friends, keep in mind that they too have dreams and aspirations and fears and hurts, and make sure your words are wise and considerate.

December 7, 2015

Out + About

A few times this Autumn, my sister Jo and I have taken some time to get photos from our small town, and each time we have returned with a treasure trove of great shots.  Saturday was no exception.  I will share just a few of the several I took, at a local cemetery, and around town.

December 2, 2015

Let Truth Ring Out

I wrote this short article back in June of last year.  But, I thought I'd share it, seeing that it is just as relevant today today as it was then.

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Talking, in today’s culture, is over-rated.  Everyone does it.  There seemingly are talk shows about every subject imaginable.  In the midst of all this clamorous chatter, though, how much truth is being proclaimed?  While politically correct verbiage seems to be like Walgreens®: on every corner – truth and truth-preachers are few and far between.  Sadly, Christians, who have been commanded to speak the truth, all too often have been dolefully silent.  Paul, as the Holy Spirit inspired writer of the Book of Ephesians, wrote in chapter four, that “we should [speak] the truth in love.”  Because of this, and numerous similar Scripture passages, Christians must speak out the truth.  But, in order to do so, we need to know why we must speak, how we should go about speaking, and what may keep us from speaking.

To understand the importance of declaring truth, we must first understand what truth is.  Jesus, speaking to His Father, said, “Sanctify them by Your truth.  Your word is truth.”  But why is it imperative for Christians to speak the truth?  Speaking the truth needs to occur because, while lies are being promoted left and right, truth is not being spoken.  Truth frees, but lies enslave.  Consequently, our society has become one full of slaves, as if ‘comfortable slavery’ is more desirable than God’s freedom.  Speaking the truth is important because it combats lies, and may keep people from being led astray into the lies of Satan.  And just because others are not speaking the truth, doesn’t take away our responsibility.  Dietrich Bonhoeffer said, “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil; God will not hold us guiltless.  Not to speak is to speak.  Not to act is to act.”  Using God’s truth, the Bible, we must speak truth and light into a society of lies and darkness, even if we must do so in the very face of evil.

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But simply blaring out the truth is not good enough.  The motivation driving us to speak the truth must be correct.  To speak motivated by the need to always be right is ungodly.  While you may get your point across, the hearer will likely disregard the truth of your message because of your detrimental motivation.  Coupling correct motivation with a gentle, loving manner of speech is a much more effective and God-honoring method.  Paul the apostle wrote later in Ephesians chapter four, “Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that is may impart grace to the hearers.”  Speak the truth in love.  Graciously present the truth to someone who is in error will keep them from stumbling over the messenger or the way the messenger presents the message.  Our manner of speech should draw the listener to us, like two magnets are drawn to each other.  But if we just carelessly blurt out truth, we will repel people, precisely like two magnets are repelled when you turn one around.

Into this picture enters a complicated problem: you and me.  We are the problem when we allow things like fear to drive us, and to hamstring us from boldly declaring the truth.  The voice of the fear of man says to us, “People are going to think you’re crazy,” or “You’re going to offend someone.”  Although that may be true, we must learn to fear God, who sees the heart, more than we fear man.

Another fear we tend to cave in to is the fear of persecution.  Speaking the truth may not be politically correct, and in turn you may get kicked off your own T.V. show.  Or, your business might go bankrupt because you insist on proclaiming the “offensive” truth.  This is real persecution.  But, like the early Christians facing torture and gruesome death for preaching the truth, we must choose to obey God rather than man, and leave the results up to God.

Sometimes we think that what we do or say has to be big, and if it isn’t then it’s ineffective.  The truth is, though, that change will occur when each of us “speaks truth with our neighbor,” and when we consistently, with our words and our actions, are salt and light to those around us on an everyday basis.  Oddly enough then, the very same thing that is too often the roadblock to solving the problem can be a part of the solution.

You and I, when we understand the importance of speaking the truth in love, and decide to not be hindered by our fears, become part of the enlightening and preserving medicine for this illness of wicked, dark and artificial chatter.  Even amongst a culture full of clamorous babbling, truth will ring out loud and clear when it is courageously spoken.


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More than 30,000 children are on the waiting list for the state's Healthy Families Insurance Program and now with budget cuts, it's likely families already enrolled, will lose their coverage.

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Monique Kolster is living in uncertainty. Like a million other needy California kids, her own two are insured through a state-funded program called Healthy Families, but budget cuts may force them out through what's called "disenrollment."

"Yeah, I find it very scary. It's very scary for me and my family, terribly scary for those other million kids that might be denied health care now," said Healthy Families mother Monique Kolster

When the Governor signed the budget revision earlier this week, it included nearly $200 million in cuts to the program, and California consequently lost almost double that in matching federal funding.

"All of those are very, very tough decisions. That's why I call them ugly, not bad, but ugly. Those are very ugly cuts," said Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger R-California on Tuesday.

"Our Healthy Families Program will be short $552.4 million," said Janette Lopez from the California Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board.

Now, the state board that administers Healthy Families is scrambling to either find other money or cut costs to prevent the disenrollment of more than half a million kids.

Ideas from the hearing include eliminating or reducing such services for kids as vision, biofeedback, acupuncture and chiropractic.

The board is also considering raising co-pays, some of which are currently zero.

Monique welcomes those ideas -- anything that prevents losing health insurance.

"My husband has one more year in grad school. And we're just praying we can be on the program one more year," said Kolster

Another state program called First Five said it will contribute some money but will unlikely be the entire amount needed. The Board will decide August 13th how many kids will have to be disenrolled and who goes first.

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Monday, January 23, 2012

The Flare!

(Sadie says it all!)
We all have them. The dreaded flare! It comes on in so many different ways for so many different people that for this post I am going to focus on how mine tend to come on.

Lately, I know one is heading my way because first I tend to get exhausted. Then comes the shivers or feeling of being cold. Cold to the point I put on extra layers of clothing, turn up the heat, and burrow deep down under the covers. And need I not forget...the dreaded pain of it all. Yes, mine also come with that PAIN! You know what I am talking about if you have ra.
(Sleep...blissful sleep)

The pain really only depends on where you have ra and what medications you can take to staff off that pain. Mine has been ratcheting it up a bit and hitting me square up and down my spine and in my ribcage. I am not going to venture out on a limb here as we all know (snicker snicker) that ra doesn't hit the spine. Bull! Yup, bull. It does, it has, and chances are it will hit you at some point in your spine if you have a formidable case of ra. No, we are not imagining this doctors out there! RA does hit our spines!

For me I am able to rest when I need so for this flare from the deep down depths of the dark (I hate to use cuss words on my blog), I took to sleep. I also took one additional tramadol and additional pregnisone and no....I did not call my ra doc as you know I am currently trying to figure out how to get a new one. That doc would have not so kindly told me that I probably deserved this flare as I am not on the heavy duty ra meds he has recommended. Of course if you have been reading my blog you know why I don't want to try anymore heavy duty ra meds. I am worried about triggering cancer as I have had two types of thyroid cancers already and have a high history of breast cancer in my family. I will take the flare instead.

I slept for over 14 hours straight. Sometimes we just gotta do what we gotta do to get through these beastly things. I made it through and hoping that after I close this post and go back to bed, the morning sunlight will bring me a better day tomorrow.
(Sadie says maybe tomorrow will be a play date)

We can hope...can't we?

What do you do to overcome a flare? Can you tell when one is coming on? If you work, how do you cope when a flare hits at work?
I love my pj's too Sadie!

Further Reading:
The ABC's of Pain Management: Let The Games Begin
The Pressure Cooker: ABC's of RA and barometric pressure
A Perplexing Problem: The Girls

adrienne said...

How come I have never seen Sadie before? She is SO cute! Love those pjs. I am so sorry you are flaring. Take it easy and stay in bed and hopefully you will feel better real soon. Take care.

Joan said...

Sadie is adorable! I hope you're up to walking her and playing with her soon.

I had to go research flares because I'm just not sure if what I have is a flares or just active disease between treatments. I dunno...

I just know I hurt, have hurt since November, and I"m tired of it. I baby myself and take it easy. But sometimes it seems my husband forgets I'm sick. Actually, I'm not sure he even realizes I am sick. Sorry... Didn't mean to whine on your blog!!! ;)

Wren said...

Awww Deb, I'm so sorry you're having such an awful flare. Staying warm and resting is probably the best you can do for it (and maybe the only thing, too). It must be frustrating not only to be wary of taking those toxic RA drugs for fear of cancer, but to also have your doc be unsympathetic to your suffering and even imply that you're to blame for it. That just makes me growl.

The flare of RA and the bursitis pain I'm coping with right now actually gave me some warning of their imminence last week as the barometer began dropping. I could feel pressure in my joints that normally isn't there. But usually, my RA hits without any warning. The flares just strike suddenly and for no reason I can figure out.

I cope by slowing down, resting the affected joint (not that I have much choice in that when the joint is so painful moving it takes more courage than I can muster), and applying heat for the RA, ice for the bursitis. And I wait until it goes away. These days that can take anywhere from four to 48 hours. And of course, since life can't slow down or stop with me, I do whatever I can manage in the meantime.

I hope the flare in your spine (ow ow ow ow!) eases soon. Sending warmth, comfort and peace your way.

Theresa said...

I sure hope morning brings a better day for you, my dear. If not...just keep caring for yourself the best you can. And know there are so many of us out here thinking of you, sending love across the world wide web and straight into your heart.
Rest well, my friend.

Deb aka AbcsOfra said...

Adrienne...Sadie is Moomee and Mango's cousin :-) My nephew's pup. She is the sweetest thing. I grabbed these photos over the holidays thus the candycane pj's. I love Sadie like she is my own.

Joan...sometimes the ones closest to us seem to dissapoint us the most with chronic illness. I am not sure if they just don't get it or maybe they don't want to get it. I can only imagine that our chronic illness can be overwhelming for them at times but just so it is at times and not all the time. If it is an all the time thing, maybe you guys could consider counseling but be sure the counselor understands chronic illness and just how it can impact relationships. My heart goes out to you.

Wren...I read on your blog about the current problems you are experiencing. I am confident it is the monster of pain that is attacking us all here. Take out the swords, call in the marines! We need to put this one away for good! I hope you start to feel better also. (((HUGS)))

Theresa...Well the morning brought sunshine and that is a good thing. And although this flare isn't gone yet, I can finally get out of bed and make it to the kitchen and maybe outside for a short shuffle walk today. I am hoping the sun will revive my drained batteries. I am solar charged...did you know that :-)

Tonya said...

Oh Deb....I am so sorry that you are in such pain right now. I hope you get relief soon and can play with cute little Sadie!

Deb aka AbcsOfra said...

Tonya...well bless your heart for such well wishes! Sadie has such funny antics, she would make anyone pain or not. When I was visiting them she hated the cleaning lady that came to their house. Not the lady herself but plastic garbage bags, brooms and the vacuum. I won't even get into the vacuum. Definatly at dog with some OCD issues but funny as all get out!

Candee said...

Hi Deb, you're on my mind and in my prayers for endurance. I hope you are feeling a little better today. I tried posting twice yesterday but it didn't take.

gentle hugs your way sis.

Deb aka AbcsOfra said...

Candee...thank you so much for the well wishes. The weather here is more like spring and that seems to have helped this flare a bit. Still weird stuff going on in my back/neck/rib area but oh least the weather is picture perfect. Something to smile

tharr said...

Sadie rocks! Bottom line ... flares suck, I don't care if they are mild or extreme. I've been there, sleeping 12-14 hours straight. I usually just work and sleep while in the midst of one, trying to avoid using the joints most affected as much as possible. I can sometimes tell if a bad one is coming on. Hope this one passes soon.

Corry said...

I am sorry you are going through a flare up. I used to rest as much as I could, but since I started taking Humira, which is years ago, I haven't had one at all. It is worth looking into and in case your health insurance doesn't cover it, Humira has a plan that helps out a lot financially and makes it affordable.

You are in my prayers!

God's Grace.

Deb aka AbcsOfra said...

Tharr...I read your blog with amazement often as I know you are still working. You have the right, if we can rest the worst flare joints it is better. Mmmmmm....then that means I shouldn't be breathing much then :-) And Sadie told me she was happy to be featured on my blog in her uptown pj's. She approves.

Corry...I did try Humira right after it was approved. I was highly allergic to it. I have done several of the injectables but stopped them either from bad allergies or later with Enbrel because of my thyroid cancers. But you are right that alot of the companies have assistance programs.

Candee said...

I really need sadie today deb!!!

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Gardensongs said...
So sorry to hear you are flaring, Deb. Your upbeat attitude helps so many of us.

I have an excellent warnings system. Fist my daughter gets a migraine, a few hours later my son starts noticing his ankles and knees, and a few hours after that, my feet and hands start talking. The exhaustion is the worst. We actually all get really pale, too. We've had a month of constantly changing weather, so have had lots of data points, and think we could get a job as a weather team!

The sauna at the gym is my first line of defense, if the timing is right, which is seldom. I may have to think about a home sauna.

Living with two others who suffer from this dratted disease is a mixed blessing. It helps to be surrounded by my understanding family, but as their mother it also breaks my heart to see them suffer.

I hope you are through the worst, and that the weather holds for a few days so you can get out into the sun and charge your batteries!


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Saturday, March 15, 2008

Stop Playing Around In School...

Now we know that all work and no play makes Jack or Jill dull. So here's a little something to keep you entertained while you are uploading your 12 page philosophy papers up in the school computer lab!

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Sunday, September 20, 2009

Trader Joes

I just discovered that St. Paul, MN is home to a Trader Joes - yes!! Lance and I are going up to the Twin Citites with my parents the first weekend of October. Lance and my dad will go to a Twins game and my mom and I will go shopping. In my mind, this is a perfect tradeoff. The last time I went to a Twins game with Lance I brought a book. I don't remember who the Twins played or if they won their game, but I do remember what book I was reading! I'm not a baseball person, I think games should be over in 7 innings. But Trader Joes is definitely worth the trip in my mind. Any thoughts about what I should get?

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You must try the chocolate-covered edamame--one of my favorite snacks ever!


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Friday, September 7, 2012

I love my father very much.

When I was 18, I sliced my right index finger open while cleaning the meat slicer at my dad's restaurant, the Madison Diner, the best restaurant this side of the Pacific.
My first thought was, "Will I ever be able to play guitar the same again?"
My dad half-led/half-dragged me to the van, put my seat-belt on because my hands were busy holding a rag on my finger, and drove me to Jewish hospital. He kept telling me to put pressure on it the whole ride, but didn't hesitate to remind me, "You'll never do that again."
While in the hospital, I was still distressed over the possible loss of my ability to play guitar. But my dad reminded me, "We've all done it. I've done it, your Gido's done it, your uncles have done'll heal."

This June, I celebrated the first-year anniversary since the incident. It's been a crazy year since then.
I enrolled in a seminary (not just any seminar, Bishop Simon Brute College Seminary) around that time, and left for that seminary in the fall. I left behind many people that I loved.
While there, I began to discern whether priesthood or marriage was God's call for me in life. However, I also suffered from what I believed to be major homesickness.
It wasn't.
I had left behind every one that I loved. I left my friends, my family, my way of life. I didn't even play guitar very often any more. Something in me was changing. I was growing more and more afraid. Of failing. Of dying. Of growing old and having nothing to show for it.

And then it happened.
I came home for Christmas break, and I began to believe that I would not be going back to seminary. What ensued was a series of talks between my father and I about my life decisions and my choice to live. I told him that I didn't think I physically had the strength to go back and endure another semester. I told him I didn't think I could make it that long.
He told me I didn't have to. I just had to make it the next day.

When mountain climbers become so exhausted and tired that they feel like they can't make it to the top, they find a rock or a crevase and they tell themselves, "I can make it to that rock." Then, when they reach that rock, they tell themselves, "I can make it to that next rock." And rock by rock, they make it to the top.

After telling me this, my dad pointed to the signs on the highway where we were driving. "See, you can just say, 'I'll make it to that next exit sign.' And then when you reach it, you can point to the next sign and say, 'I'll make it to that next sign.' Then when you reach where you were trying to go, you'll know that you made it."

See, that's what manhood's about. It's not about climbing mountains. It's about reaching the next rock.

Since leaving the seminary in January, I have had many trials. I had to experience life working full-time in the very same restaurant that nearly took my finger. I had to endure the loss of some of the people closest to me. I've had to watch as my friends left for college, while I stayed behind. But God blessed me with a friend who has become even more than that to me now. A friend I had once hurt. But this friend forgave me, and with that forgiveness came great love.
This friend I believe to be a lifelong companion, some one to have and hold and forgive and care for in the same way that she has loved, forgiven, and cared for me.
And this spring, I wrote that girl a song. On my guitar. With all ten fingers.
I have healed from my wounds. And I'll never do that again.

I do not know if this is God's path for me now. I do not know if this is the end I will meet. I do not know if I can reach the mountain top.

But I do know that I can make it to that rock.
I do know that I can play guitar with my right index finger. (I'm typing with it now.)
I do know that I can be a man like my father is.
And I want to be.
I believe God is calling me to this life.

I love my father very much.

I love my girlfriend very much.

And I love my life very, very much.

Friday, April 6, 2012

Glories of Easter: Part II

The second thing I would like to discuss is one that I was taught in Freshman year of highschool.

In the Gospel of Matthew, it is written: "About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" (which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?") (Matthew 27:46)

Is Jesus Christ, the Son of God and God Himself, the mighty Prince of Peace and King of Heaven and Earth, really just a man? Just a man who is crying out in pain to His Father in frustration and agony?

That's honestly what I used to think. And then I saw this:

1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from my cries of anguish?
2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by night, but I find no rest.[b]

It is the beginning of the 22nd Psalm. Jesus is not just crying out to His Father, but to His people. He is reminding the Jewish people of the passage with which they are all, as good and faithful Jews, familiar. Within the Psalm, this is also said:

3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;
you are the one Israel praises.[c]
4 In you our ancestors put their trust;
they trusted and you delivered them.
5 To you they cried out and were saved;
in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

Christ is telling His people that their prayers have been answered, and that He is their salvation.

6 But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
7 All who see me mock me;
they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
8 “He trusts in the LORD,” they say,
“let the LORD rescue him.
Let him deliver him,
since he delights in him.”

It is obvious that they have mocked and despised the Christ. But remember specifically the words of the chief priests, the teachers of the law, and the elders:

“He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” (Matthew 27:42-43)

Their words are prophesied by David in the psalm.

The psalm goes on to describe many great evils. One of these sections talks about dryness of mouth which, when seen in the light of Jesus’ words from the cross “I’m thirsty,” is revealed to be, in no way, coincidental. As we continue to read the psalm, we arrive at this point:

16 Dogs surround me,
a pack of villains encircles me;
they pierce[e] my hands and my feet.
17 All my bones are on display;
people stare and gloat over me.
18 They divide my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment.

Recall the scene in Matthew:

When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots. (Matthew 27:35)

Again, the psalm is prophetic of Christ’s crucifixion.

Matthew, who wrote his Gospel with the Jewish people as his audience, knew to highlight the elements of the prophetic psalm that were fulfilled in Christ’s crucifixion. There are no coincidences in the Scriptures.

The psalm is a truly beautiful one, and I encourage you to read the entire thing. But here is just a snippet of the ending:

23 You who fear the LORD, praise him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!
Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
24 For he has not despised or scorned
the suffering of the afflicted one;
he has not hidden his face from him
but has listened to his cry for help.

25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;
before those who fear you[f] I will fulfill my vows.
26 The poor will eat and be satisfied;
those who seek the LORD will praise him—
may your hearts live forever!

27 All the ends of the earth
will remember and turn to the LORD,
and all the families of the nations
will bow down before him,
28 for dominion belongs to the LORD
and he rules over the nations.

29 All the rich of the earth will feast and worship;
all who go down to the dust will kneel before him—
those who cannot keep themselves alive.
30 Posterity will serve him;
future generations will be told about the Lord.
31 They will proclaim his righteousness,
declaring to a people yet unborn:
He has done it!

Finally, I would just like to end with an interesting tidbit of information that is unique to this year and something I found on my very own.

In Catholic tradition, the number 8 is symbolic of resurrection and renewal.

Easter falls this year on April 8.

God Bless you all this Holy Week!

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Glories of Easter: Part I

This blog post will discuss some of the more fascinating aspects of Holy Week that are not commonly known.

Something that I recently fell upon while reading Pope Benedict XVI's book, "Jesus of Nazareth: Volume 1" is the historical value of the Biblical figure Barabbas. In all of the Gospels, Barabbas appears during the trial of Jesus Christ when Pontius Pilate allows the Jewish crowd to select one prisoner to set free. They choose Barabbas, and Christ is sent to be crucified. What most people don't realize is that Barabbas was not just some common thief or troublemaker.
The very name "Barabbas" comes from the Hebrew "bar-Abbas" meaning "son of the Father." This "son of the Father" was believed to be the Messiah, declaring war against the Roman occupation of Jerusalem and leading the Jewish militant against Rome. The Jews had traditionally believed for years that the Messiah would be a militant warrior, a rebel, overthrowing the oppression of foreign rule and creating a new political kingdom. When Jesus came and preached His message of faith, hope, and love, as well as a new Kingdom of God that did not reside in the strength of men, many Jews were disappointed to hear it. So, they turned to Barabbas as their leader, believing him to be the true Messiah. It is an interesting contrast from the true Messiah who stood directly beside Barabbas and willingly accepted His death, necessary to found the true Kingdom of Jerusalem.
An interesting thought. But more to come.

Friday, March 30, 2012

I Am A Catholic: Ridicule Me

Washington D.C. played the host of last week's "Reason Rally" on March 24, 2012. The Rally gathered atheists and agnostics from around the nation. Its sole purpose: to mock religion and its beliefs.
Headlining the rally was Richard Dawkins, a renowned British anti-religious advocate. The following paragraph is a part of his speech to a reported 20,000 people on the National Mall (significantly around 180,000
people less than are present for the March for Life, a significantly less publicized national event.)

“Religion makes specific claims about the universe which need to be substantiated, and need to be challenged – and if necessary, need to be ridiculed with contempt.”

Later, he told the crowd to ask a religious person to express their faith, saying:

“For example, if they say they're Catholic: Do you really believe, that when a priest blesses a wafer, it turns into the body of Christ? Are you seriously telling me you believe that? Are you seriously saying that wine turns into blood?”

“Mock them,” he told the crowd. “Ridicule them! In public!”

The crowd cheered uproariously.
This is sad.
How can any one say that a person should be mocked and ridiculed simply because of their religious beliefs? How can people cheer for that?
When Mel Gibson publicly made comments that mocked and ridiculed the Jewish people, the media scolded him.
When troops in the United States army burned copies of the Qu'ran, President Barack Obama himself apologized to the Muslim religion.
When Richard Dawkins singles out the Catholic belief (no other religion is specifically mentioned throughout his speech) and calls for the American people to mock and ridicule the Catholic belief in the Eucharist and says it all on the National Mall, the very site where Dr. Martin Luther King called for equal treatment of all men, people cheered.
It reminds me of another famous speech in which a man called for the subhuman treatment of Jews in Germany. Many rallies were held on the site of this speech, and later, laws would be written in order to repress the Jewish people and would be named for the site. The Nuremberg Laws gave a legal definition of what a Jewish person was and then redefined rights for a Jewish person, who was considered a subhuman second-class citizen.
As many of you know, the Obama Administration has recently passed the Health and Human Services Mandate requiring all organizations, regardless of religious beliefs, to supply their employees with contraceptives. To the Catholic Church, this is a crucial blow to one of its beliefs. And although President Obama himself gave a speech promising to accommodate the beliefs of religion, the law has not been changed. I know; I have read the entire thing. The only change states that the insurance company will supply the contraceptives. However, this accommodation is flawed because the Catholic Church will still be paying for the insurance companies to provide contraceptives. It is a sneaky, bureaucratic method that breaks the second amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America and suspends the rights of Catholics across the nation.
The law will begin to be enforced in August of 2013. If, by that time, the law is not changed, then I will become a second-class citizen of the United States of America, suspended of my right to religious liberty; a right that is upheld by the same Constitution as an inalienable human right.
Reason can affirm this: The suspension of my inalienable human rights makes me subhuman.
I am a human.
I am an American.
I am a Catholic.
But for how much longer?

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Round 3

I'm sure some of you were wondering about my post yesterday and how this had to do with anything that Above the Norm stands for, besides the obvious laugh or two. Even God enjoys a good laugh. And that's something I realized.
As I sat in the back, holding a gauze pad soaked in some dosage of chemicals to my head, I couldn't help but laugh. Here's why.
I love scars. I think they're cool. I have several noticeable ones.
The first one, chronologically, came when I was eight or nine years old and fell off a cliff I was climbing in a creek. Given, I was only about twelve feet off the ground, but I feel directly on my knee, splitting the skin in two places on a jagged rock.
The second one is actually less visible. When I was eleven, a frisbee hit me in the mouth and cracked a front tooth in half. The other half was replaced with plastic, and so the scar is more like an odd shading in the lower left half of my front tooth.
The third one is my right index finger which was sliced 9 centimeters deep by a meat slicer, and, due to a poor stitching job, remains quite disfigured.
And now, the fourth, being my head wound.
In between them lie many burn scars from flat-top grills, ovens, and frying oil, several cut scars from kitchen knives, and four small points in my left arm that are, ironically, match the position of four fork prongs...which, again ironically, was the weapon that inflicted them. (One of my best friends and one of the best drummers I know is somewhere laughing about a simple accident that has since become legendary.)
But what is my point?
We all have our scars. Some physical, some mental, some emotional. Some even spiritual. Most of us have some in all of these areas.
But that's only all the more reason to help each other heal from these scars, some of them still fresh enough to be called wounds. I know that whenever I've had wounds, my family and friends have been there to support me. And I've seen my family and friends support many others. I've seen my father support many of his friends who come into his restaurant, and they in turn support us. My father once told me that a man's character can never be replaced by money, which is why no man is ever forced into poverty, and that a man's character is always worth more than money, which is what makes a man rich. (Or, at least, something along those lines.)
I've seen some of the richest men in the world, and I have experienced their support, kindness, and ability to super-glue a man's head together. And I know my father is one of the richest men I've ever known because of this.
I laughed in that back room because I realized that while I was hurt, I was no longer hurting. Not really.
Christ had his scars. Many of them in his head, pierced not by window panes, but thorns. I have one piercing in my head; he had dozens. I have a cut in one finger; he had two holes in both hands. I think we often underestimate just how much the Son of God was scarred by our sins. But also underestimate His power to bestow upon all mankind the grace that is needed to support one another in both healing wounds of the past and protecting from wounds in the future.
May God bless and heal all of our scars, and may He grant us the grace to aid one another.


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Sunday, March 8, 2009

I just spilled some red wine

So I was siting with my dear friend Susan today and has some good thoughts and conversation (Thanks Susan, and I am so glad that you are back home). I told here about my hunting trip with my dad, and it got me thinking.

The trip was great. We went for ten days out in the Frank Church Wilderness. This particular wilderness is in Idaho near the Montana border. We went out with horses during that day and would ride for a few hours, then tie them up and walk for most of the day. we didn't talk much because we wanted to be as quiet as possible. This was good to just be with someone all day but never say a word to them for the most part. Needless to say I had a lot of time to think.

I had never done anything like that with my father. When I was a kid his alcoholism got in the way of us ever spending time with each other. So it was great to spend "Sunrise... Sunset..." with him. Sleeping, waking and eating with him. There was something so redemptive in just spending time together. There may have been things that we needed to say to each other, but there were things that didn't need any words at all. We may never have conversations about the past, but I am not sure that we need to. This is drastically abridged, but the story is as simple as this: Father and son hunting trip, all things will be redeemed in Christ.

Listening to ~
Maylene & the Sons of Disaster - Just Wanted to Make Mother Proud
Tim Fite - Away from the Snakes
The Dear Hunter - Red Hands
Forgive Durden - Life is Looking Up

Bryan Rupp said...

Dood, I hadn't checked your blog for a while Abe, because I was used to you not posting very often, so I was pleasantly surprised (to use formal terms) to read through your posts this afternoon. It's cool to hear about you and your dad's hunting trip, and of course redemption. I know our fathers have a lot in common and I hope for the same type of redemption that you have had and are having.

Ben said...

I read this weeks ago. Before I neglect it, I want to make a point of saying I enjoyed your thoughts and have tremendous respect for where your heart and mind are at. Well done.

Jeremy and Jamie said...

I'm glad you put a picture up from your hunting trip. I really enjoyed hearing about it when you were in Policka with Kyle. You guys have a very simular beard, which is awesome. By the way, Jeremy still talks about how amazing he thinks you beard is...just so you know.

Margi Marie said...

I stumbled upon your blog today, its been so long since I've checked it and you've posted much new. This is so good Abe and I am so pleased with the healing that is taking place between you and your father. I've loved watching you grow, you are a dear friend.

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Sunday, March 06, 2005

Well, here I am

I'm hoping this will be a nice way to log things that go on... like the girls losing their teeth, to my views on things and others (don't worry, I'm not very political!)....
Well, now it's time to put the girls to sleep, in a few minutes, and the dishes are calling.
I'll be back soon (I wonder how I can add pictures to this thing!)

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