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Friday, May 28, 2010

Fibromyalgia Symptoms Checklist

Fibromyalgia Symptoms Checklist

You've probably read about fibromyalgia symptoms such as pain, fatigue and fibro fog, but the list of possible signs and symptoms of fibromyalgia are far-reaching and body-wide. The following "monster list" of fibromyalgia symptoms is adapted from one put together by leading fibromyalgia expert Devin Starlanyl.
Many of these fibromyalgia symptoms also can be caused by other ailments and this list isn't intended as a diagnostic tool. Knowing the full range of symptoms, however, can help you track them either to help your doctor diagnose you properly or to help you identify triggers.
Some of the following are noted as overlapping conditions, which means they commonly occur with fibromyalgia but actually are conditions that need to be diagnosed and treated separately.
People with fibromyalgia can have any combination of the following symptoms, and to varying degrees of severity.

General Fibromyalgia Symptoms

  • Delayed reactions to physical exertion or stressful events
  • Other family members with fibromyalgia (genetic predisposition)
  • Sweats
  • Unexplained weight gain or loss
  • Cravings for carbohydrate and chocolate
  • Headaches & migraines
  • Vision changes, including rapidly worsening vision

Muscle & Tissue-Related Fibromyalgia Symptoms

Sinus & Allergy-Related Fibromyalgia Symptoms

Sleep-Related Fibromyalgia Symptoms

  • Light and/or broken sleep pattern with unrefreshing sleep
  • Fatigue
  • Sleep starts (falling sensations)
  • Twitchy muscles at night
  • Teeth grinding (bruxism)

Reproductive Fibromyalgia Symptoms

  • Menstrual problems
  • PMS (as an overlapping condition)
  • Loss of libido
  • Impotence

Abdominal & Digestive Fibromyalgia Symptoms

  • Bloating & nausea
  • Abdominal cramps
  • Pelvic pain
  • Irritable bowel syndrome (as an overlapping condition)
  • Urinary frequency

Cognitive/Neurological Fibromyalgia Symptoms

  • Difficulty speaking known words, other language impairments (dysphasia)
  • Directional disorientation
  • Poor balance and coordination
  • Paresthesias in the upper limbs (tingling or burning sensations)
  • Loss of ability to distinguish some shades of colors
  • Short-term memory impairment
  • Confusion
  • Trouble concentrating
  • Staring into space before brain "kicks in"
  • Inability to recognize familiar surroundings

Sensory Fibromyalgia Symptoms

  • Sensitivity to odors
  • Sensitivity to pressure changes, temperature & humidity
  • Sensitivity to light
  • Sensitivity to noise
  • Night driving difficulty
  • Sensory overload

Emotional Fibromyalgia Symptoms

  • Panic attacks
  • Depression (as an overlapping condition)
  • Tendency to cry easily
  • Free-floating anxiety (not associated with situation or object)
  • Mood swings
  • Unaccountable irritability

Heart-Related Fibromyalgia Symptoms

  • Mitral valve prolapse (as an overlapping condition)
  • Rapid, fluttery, irregular heartbeat
  • Pain that mimics heart attack, frequently from costochondritis (as an overlapping condition)

Skin, Hair & Nail-Related Fibromyalgia Symptoms

  • Pronounced nail ridges
  • Nails that curve under
  • Mottled skin
  • Bruising or scaring easily
  • Hair loss (temporary)
  • Tissue overgrowth (non-cancerous tumors called lipomas, ingrown hairs, heavy and splitting cuticles, adhesions)

Miscellaneous Fibromyalgia Symptoms

  • Hemorrhoids
  • Nose bleeds
2004 Devin J. Starlanyl. All rights reserved. "Fibromyalgia (FMS) and Chronic Myofascial Pain (CMP) For Doctors and Other Health Care Providers."

New Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia

New Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia!

By Adrienne Dellwo, Guide to Fibromyalgia & CFS

Tender-point exams are no longer the only way to diagnose fibromyalgia -- the American College of Rheumatology has provisionally accepted alternate criteria for diagnosing the condition and gauging the severity of symptoms.
The diagnostic criteria doctors have been using were established in 1990.  Once other possible causes of symptoms were eliminated, diagnosis was based purely upon pain.  It had to be on both sides of the body, both above and below the waist, along the axial skeleton (head, throat, chest, spine), and also in at least 11 of 18 specific spots on the body that are called tender points.  Symptoms have to have been present for at least 3 months.
The tender-point exam has always been controversial for several reasons.  First, it was originally intended as a qualifier for clinical studies, not as a diagnostic tool.  Second, it's subjective because it relies on a patient's self-reported pain.  Third, because symptoms fluctuate so much, the number of tender points may vary greatly from one exam to another.
Until we have a diagnostic test that's based on blood markers or imaging, we probably won't have a perfect diagnostic test.  (This is true of many diseases, especially neurological ones.)  Still, researchers believe they've come up with something that works better -- they say when the looked at a group of previously diagnosed fibromyalgia patients, the tender-point exam was about 75% accurate, while their criteria caught it 88% of the time.
New Diagnostic Criteria
The new criteria keep the requirements that other causes be ruled out and that symptoms have to have persisted for at least 3 months.  They also includes 2 new methods of assessment, the widespread pain index (WPI) and the symptom severity (SS) scale score.
The WPI lists 19 areas of the body and you say where you've had pain in the last week.  You get 1 point for each area, so the score is 0-19.
For the SS scale score, the patient ranks specific symptoms on a scale of 0-3.  These symptoms include:
  • Fatigue
  • Waking unrefreshed
  • Cognitive symptoms
  • Somatic (physical) symptoms in general (such as headache, weakness, bowel problems, nausea, dizziness, numbness/tingling, hair loss)
The numbers assigned to each are added up, for a total of 0-12.
This next part is really interesting to me.  Instead of looking for a hard score on each, there's some flexibility built in, which recognizes the fact that fibromyalgia impacts us all differently, and that symptoms can fluctuate.
For a diagnosis you need EITHER:
  1. WPI of at least 7 and SS scale score of at least 5, OR
  2. WPI of 3-6 and SS scale score of at least 9.
What this does is allow for people with fewer painful areas but more severe symptoms to be diagnosed.
Something else I really like about this is that it finally includes cognitive symptoms!  For many of us, "fibro fog" is as debilitating or even more debilitating than pain, yet the old criteria didn't even mention it.  It also recognizes the difference between "fatigue" and "waking unrefreshed," which I believe is an under-recognized distinction in the medical community.
A quick note about "somatic symptoms": strictly speaking, somatic means physical.  The term has gotten a bad rap in the fibromyalgia community because it's been used to suggest our symptoms are the result of somatization, which means "physical manifestations of a psychological illness."  On its own, however, the word somatic does not imply a psychological basis.
The full article on the new criteria isn't yet available for free online, but a PDF of an appendix including these criteria is.  It has the list of painful areas for the WPI and a long list of somatic symptoms that could be considered.  It's here:
If you're undiagnosed or tentatively diagnosed, you may want to take that to your doctor.  Be sure to let him/her know that it's from the American College of Rheumatology and was published in Arthritis Care & Research.
What do you think of the new criteria?  Will they help clear up controversy and confusion?  Do you like the built-in flexibility?  Leave your comments below!

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Saturday, May 22, 2010

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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Fibromyalgia Awareness Blogs - Awareness Day Event May 12th

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Quick Fact Sheet:

Fibromyalgia Fact Sheet

Fibromyalgia (pronounced fy-bro-my-AL-ja) is a complex chronic pain disorder that affects an estimated 10 million Americans. While it occurs most often in women, it strikes men and children, and all ethnic backgrounds. For those with severe symptoms, fibromyalgia (FM) can be extremely debilitating and interfere with basic daily activities.

  • The FM diagnostic criteria, established by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) in 1990, includes a history of widespread pain in all four quadrants of the body for a minimum duration of three months, and pain in at least 11 of the 18 designated tender points when a specified amount of pressure is applied.
  • Since people with FM tend to look healthy and conventional tests are typically normal, a physician knowledgeable about the disorder is necessary to make a diagnosis.
  • Physicians should rule out other causes of the symptoms before making a diagnosis of fibromyalgia.
  • Although chronic, widespread body pain is the primary symptom of fibromyalgia, a variety of other symptoms are common in FM patients. Symptoms include: moderate to severe fatigue, sleep disorders, problems with cognitive functioning, IBS, headaches and migraines, anxiety and depression, and environmental sensitivities.
  • Research has documented neuroendocrine physiological abnormalities that may contribute to the symptoms.
  • Recent research has suggested a genetic component. The disorder is often seen in families, among siblings or mothers and their children.
  • Fibromyalgia often occurs following a physical trauma, such as an acute illness or injury, which may act as a “trigger” in the development of the disorder.
  • Increasing attention is being devoted to the central nervous system as the underlying mechanism of FM. Recent studies have suggested that FM patients have generalized disturbance in pain processing and an amplified response to stimuli that would not ordinarily be painful in healthy individuals.
  • Since there is no known cure for FM, treatment focuses on relieving symptoms and improving function.
  • A variety of prescription medications are often used to reduce pain levels and improve sleep. On June 21, 2007, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Lyrica (pregabalin) as the first drug to treat fibromyalgia. Cymbalta (duloxetine HCl) was approved in June 2008; and Savella (milnacipran HCl) was approved in January 2009.
  • Alternative therapies, such as massage, myofasical release, acupuncture, chiropractic, herbal supplements and yoga, can be effective tools in managing FM symptoms.
  • Increasing rest, pacing activities, reducing stress, practicing relaxation and improving nutrition can help minimize symptoms and improve quality of life.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

...With No Crib For His Bed

"Jack Sprat could eat no fat and his wife could eat no lean,
between the two of them they licked the platter clean."

Remember the kind of pictures they had to that nursery rhyme? Mr. Sprat was always this real thin guy and his wife this enormous mama like you'd expect to come out of a Ryan Steak House.

As a kid I always thought that was wrong. I figured that the reason that Lady Sprat had to eat the fat was that she a skinny boni macaroni would waste away if she ate the lean.

Likewise, Mr. Sprat: he was as fat as Mr. Creosote and would simply explode if he ate anything but the leanest meanest lean.

Now, what about the picture we have to the "Away in a manger..."?

I think it's a bunch of crap about the poor little baby Jesus having to sleep in the hay with no crib for his bed because the mean old innkeeper wouldn't give his poor dad and mom a room for the night and sneeringly told them to take their ass over to the barn and sleep with it there.

First of all, the manger was probably not all that bad place at all for the baby to be born -- the inn was full of noise and carrying on and people stumbling drunkenly off to their rooms for the night, going in the wrong door and all that sort of thing.

The manger was quiet, the light was dim, it was warm with body heat of the animals and the soft smell of cow farts. A perfect ambiance in which to birth a perfect baby.

Finally, the baby's father was not a poor man -- he was a skilled and respected artisan -- by the way, the word for "carpenter" in the tongue of his people also means "magician" -- because the master carpenter could do wonders with wood?

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Saturday, December 5, 2015

Closing GITMO: Obama's Preachments vs. the Truth...

Our Community Organizer POTUS is extremely fond of lecturing us on virtually everything, but especially on why it would be a very good idea to close GITMO.  And for those who've been living in a dumpster behind the local Wal-Mart, GITMO stands for the Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba. But to commie pinko dumbass liberal weenies, GITMO stands for "Chimpy McBushhitler's Guantanamo Prison where really nice Muslim folks who have done not a thing at all to us are kept for years against their will."

Obama tells us that we can't keep it open because it "costs too much."  Whoa!  Is this the very first time in American history when a Democrat worried about what something cost?  This, the guy who's spent more than $40 Million of our hard-earned tax money on teeny little vacations to Hawaii and Martha's Vineyard?  Costs too much?  Really!

He also tells us whenever he thinks we might be listening that GITMO also offers up a strong inducement for would-be terrorists across our fruited plain to join the cause and start beheading mommies and daddies everywhere.  Hmmm...

Well children, let me, The Chuckmeister, provide you with the truth on each of these two issues.  I can.  POTUS won't. So what else is new?  Here goes:

GITMO sits on the far easternmost tip of Cuba, some 400 miles south of Miami.  We won it as a consequence of the Spanish-American War in 1903.  You'll recall Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders charging up San Juan Hill? No?  I guess we really don't teach history in our schools any more.

Anyway, we took it as the spoils of war and put a nice neat Naval base upon its 45 square miles.  It is our oldest overseas Naval base.  It hosts nearly 9,500 Navy and Army personnel, and hundreds more Department of the Navy Civilians and other civilian contractors.  It also employs more than 6,000 Cubans who show up every morning to clean toilets and sweep the floors on the more than 650 buildings located there.  I guess the Castros enjoy collecting all that filthy lucre from us capitalists via the sweat of the brow of their poor countrymen.  They're just a bit "more equal," don't you know.

Oh yeah, it also features a nice, clean, neat jail.  But it offers much more than a jail. More on that later.

Like other military installations GITMO offers many conveniences to those stationed there.  It has a bowling alley, an outdoor movie theater and several chain fast food joints, including a Burger King, a KFC, a Subway, a McDonalds, a Dairy Queen and a Baskin-Robbins.  In short, GITMO is an important forward operating base we need to monitor activities throughout the Caribbean Sea.  It was essential during Dubya Dubya Deux to keep track of enemy subs, and still is.

Oh yeah, that jail thing.  All of a sudden 9/11 happened.  The Muslim terrorist jihadist murdering thugs flew a couple of hijacked commercial jets into our Twin Towers and killed 3,000 of our people.  We started collecting bad guys on the battlefields of the Middle East.  We needed someplace to put them that wasn't on U.S. soil.  Were they to set foot here, my friends, they would automatically earn the rights and privileges of our Constitution...the same Constitution they abhor.  That same "wet foot, dry foot" thing that the Cubans are endowed with when they set sail on rickety little boats and try to make their way to Miami.  They would get the Bill of Rights to beat us up with.

So our guys put a nice, new, shiny jail on GITMO.  One, it appears, that's equipped with prayer rugs, arrows pointing toward Mecca so they can pray to their little jihist hearts' content, halal grub, not a pig in sight and plenty of lawyers and interpreters and soccer fields and Korans so they can stay entertained.  All-in-all, I'd say it's a major improvement over wherever they came from.  Except, our liberal minions are shocked that we would actually consider them terrorists and prisoners instead of simply lawbreakers. They want these goat-lovers accorded Constitutional privileges and given trials in downtown Manhattan.  I'm not a big fan of Islamic terrorists.  I'm also not a big fan of commie liberal fools.

Back to GITMO.

So we build this prison.  In 2002.  A full year after 9/11.  So tell me, liberal weenies, how did a prison in GITMO built a full year after 9/11, provide the impetus for 9/11?  It didn't.  Case closed.

And now to the cost of our nice, shiny, clean jail on GITMO. Our Golfer-in-Chief tells us that each of the prisoners on GITMO costs us more than $One Million Dollars a year to maintain.  He arrives at this figure by simply dividing the total amount it costs to run GITMO - the entire Naval base - by the number of prisoners we keep behind bars there.  So, the more prisoners, the less cost per prisoner. And the fewer the number of prisoners, the more they each cost!  So, the more prisoners Barry ships out on a Friday evening, under cover of darkness, while nobody's looking, after the evening papers have hit the newsstands, to some toilet of a Middle Eastern country, the more each remaining GITMO prisoner costs us!  You see how that works?

Let's net this out:  It costs just over $600,000,000 (Six Hundred Million) a year to operate GITMO.  Time was we had more than 700 murdering thugs at GITMO, including the guy who planned 9/11 and Bin Ladin's driver.  Using Barry's accounting, that would have meant just under a Mil apiece. We're down to just over 100 prisoners. Does that mean it costs $6 Million a Year for each to keep imprisoned? To Barry, it does.  To the people who watch MSPMS, it does. To the nincompoops who read the NY Slimes, it does.

Imagine when he gets us down to one miserable lying murdering jihadist killer; that means that blemish on the butt of humanity will cost us Six Hundred Million Dollars! Will that be costly enough for the Lap Dog Media to demand that GITMO be closed? Me thinks it will...

So, my friends, and you are my friends, stop watching MSPMS and reading the NY Slimes and start researching THE TRUTH for a change, and learn what's actually happening.  Don't believe the bile that spewing from the sniveling lips of the liberal Lap Dog Media.  They'll mislead you just like they've misled so many once-loyal Americans.

There.  That should do it!  Now on to some other Earth-shattering problem to solve...

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Hood River is a city and county seat of Hood River County, Oregon, and a river port on the Columbia River located 62 miles east of Portland, Oregon on Interstate 84. The town was named foNewr the nearby stream, the Hood River. The town was incorporated in 1881 and currently has an estimated population of 7,200. Long renowned for its magnificent setting in the Columbia River Gorge and its scenic drives through the picturesque fruit orchards of the Hood River Valley, Hood River is the gateway to world-class wind surfing in the Columbia River Gorge and the home for the employee-owned Full Sail Brewing Company, a major Oregon microbrewery.

The city is bordered on the north by the Columbia River which is the dividing line between the states of Oregon and Washington. Along the river and the city runs the Union Pacific Railroad, one of the leading transporters of lumber, chemicals, food and autos. The rail that runs thru the city is the key leg of the rail that connects the eastern states to the western coast. The National Scenic Area and State Forest Lands border the city on the eastern and the western sides. These forest lands are thick and lush with numerous indigenous species of trees, plant life and wild life. The County of Hood River borders the city to the south.

The city has three very distinct districts within its boundaries. The first is the downtown business district. This is the busieBellst of the three, where all the county and city political buildings are located. City Hall, County Administration, County 911 Center, U.S. Post Office, County Sheriff’s Office, City Police Department, Hood River County School District Office and the Port of Hood River are all located in the downtown business district. Downtown Hood River also boasts a collection of historical buildings dating back to the late 1800’s to early 1900’s. These historic buildings are inhabited by mostly upscale shops that cater to the tourists and many eateries. The second district is called “The Heights” business district located in the southern portion of the city. Businesses such as grocery and retail stores, restaurants, and hardware supplies all oriented toward the year round residents are located in “The Heights”. The third district is the residential area, housing a year round population of 7,200 residents.

Hood River has two public elementary schools, a middle school and a high school, along with several private schools. Providence Hood River Hospital is located in the center of the City of Hood River and is the only hospital in the county. Additionally there are seven assisted living care facilities, accommodating a combined total of approximately 560 elderly residents located within the city. The city has the Hood River running through its southeastern boundary draining into the Columbia River. The entire eastern and part of the southern portion of the city is considered urban-wild land interface.

The Port of Hood River is located within city limits and is the key access point to the Columbia River for boaters and windsurfers. This location has been declared as the windsurfing capitol of the world. The port docks approximately 150 pleasure boats on an annual basis and has a guest docking slip that can hold additional guest pleasure boats. The port is also home to most of the commercial and industrial facilities for the county. In recent years the city has grown both within its boundaries and by expanding into the urban growth boundary. The city is experiencing phenomenal growth in the areas of medium density housing, along with commercial and retail space.

The call load for fire has increased by 20% over the last year and demands continue to grow. The City of Hood River provides fire protection to approximately 7,200 year round residents, and approximately 10,000 visitors during tourist season. This fire protection includes both structural and wild land.

The Hood River Fire Department is the only combination Fire Department in Hood River County. We have paid staff on duty 24 hours a day and we are relied upon by our automatic and mutual aid partners both in Hood River County and outside of the county.Currently we have automatic aid agreements with the two volunteer rural fire districts that border our city. We also have mutual aid agreements with four other volunteer rural fire districts in Hood River County. These volunteer RFD’s rely on our response to supplement their crews on the scene of their emergencies. Hood River Fire/EMS is also the only 24 hour staffed advanced life support provider in Hood River County.

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Our ISO rating is currently a class 4.

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Monday, November 2, 2009

Mourning Ribbons, Performing Cats and More

What -- these don't go together in your mind?? :)

*Mourning ribbons hold a fascination for me -- partly because they've been around for hundreds of years, partly because they are such a strong signal of that person's importance to their world. Presidential ribbons are a special favorite -- and I just scored a 1994 Richard Nixon one off Ebay! Whoo hoo!
Here's a Benjamin Franklin ribbon I can only aspire to. (Maybe you can afford its $3000-plus price.)
I wonder if there's a Michael Jackson mourning ribbon?

*And the kitties, for fellow cat-lovers on this blog...

Here's the best compilation of singing and talking kitties I know of. Our cat Sheba used to do a scritchy ditty similar to this little guy. Also, a 'mouser' and a kitty who goes nuts when his string is taken away. Best of all: the Moscow Cat Theatre. (I don't make this stuff up -- I just chronicle it!)

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Yours Truly was mistaken in some of her fussing. (sigh) My new book, Quilts of the Golden West, has been doing wonderfully. (That was no mistake.) BUT I got the newest royalty statement, and it's clear I misunderstood the Kansas City Star accountant. The book sold $5100 worth in September -- not 5100 books.
I know it's done great in October, so I'm not too embarrassed. But please stand by as Yours Truly mops her red face with a handkerchief, and says "Oops. Sorry."

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World's Greatest Grand Dad

Hi everyone,
Today, I have a project using some of the goodies that I bought from the Expo, vinyl stickers and glitter paper to make a cute card for my son to give his grandfather for Father's day.
The microfine glitter allows you to color on top using copics.  I love how it came out. Thanks for visiting today.
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Keynote Speakers

Bebo White

Speaker: Prof. Bebo White

Title: The Intersection of Big Data, Data Science, and the Internet of Things

We are presently on the verge of an exciting new chapter in the Information Age. This chapter will be characterized by three disruptive technologies influencing how data is generated, distributed, and analyzed and by a struggle over how these technologies can be effectively managed and used. The technologies involved in this revolution are Big Data, Data Science, and the “Internet of Things (IOT).” Individually these fields have stirred great interest, but together they promise to change forever the ways we communicate, live our lives, conduct business, and acquire knowledge. This talk will explore both the potential and the pitfalls that need to be addressed in preparation for this convergence.

Brief biography:
Bebo White is a Departmental Associate (Emeritus) at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the U.S. national laboratory for high-energy physics and basic energy science at Stanford University. Working as a computational physicist, he first became involved with the emerging Web technology while on sabbatical at CERN in 1989.

Upon his return he was part of the team that established the first non-European Web site at SLAC (the fifth site in the world). Ever since, his academic research interests have evolved in parallel with Web technology and he has become internationally recognized as a WWW pioneer and visionary. He is often considered to be the "first American Webmaster" and one of the founders of the discipline of Web Engineering. In addition to his work at SLAC, Prof. White also holds faculty appointments at several other institutions, advisory positions on a variety of academic, government, and commercial committees, and is a member of the organizing committees of several major conferences series. He frequently lectures and speaks internationally to academic and commercial audiences. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has selected him to be a part of their Distinguished Speaker Program. Prof. White is the author (or co-author) of nine books, and over 100 papers and journal articles.

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Geoff Holmes

Speaker: Prof. Geoff Holmes

Title: Big Data and Stream Analytics

This talk is in two parts of unequal size. The first part covers the Big Data debate in terms of issues and challenges. The second, larger part, covers stream analytics. It provides an overview of the field with a focus on a University of Waikato open source project called MOA (Massive Online Analysis), this project is to stream mining what Weka is to non-stream mining. All theoretical work covered in the talk will have a corresponding implementation in MOA. In particular, I will present two recent results that indicate a need for caution and a statement of what constitutes state-of-the-art in data stream classification for practitioners. Finally, I will present the idea of experiment databases, a framework for data mining experimentation that saves effort and offers opportunities for meta learning and hypothesis generation. An example streaming application using MOA within the experiment database framework will be presented.

Brief biography:
Professor Geoff Holmes is currently Dean of the Faculty of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He has been head of the machine learning group and has been involved in several open source projects over the last 20 years. He has made contributions in machine learning across several branches of the subject and has been active in finding ways to reward researchers for their efforts to produce open source software. In this regard he acts as an action editor for the branch of JMLR dedicated to open source software. He was part of the team that in 2005 won the SIGKDD Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Service Award for Weka and regularly serves on senior PCs for KDD, ECMLPKDD and Discovery Science. Since 2006 he has been working on the MOA project (Massive Online Analysis) making contributions to Big Data Analytics.

He obtained BSc and PhD degrees in Mathematics from Southampton University, UK in 1986. After time as a research assistant in Cambridge University he joined Waikato in 1987, after moving up the ranks, he was promoted to Professor in 2008.

Timos Sellis

Speaker: Prof. Timos Sellis

Data ecosystems involve the coexistence of one or more data collections, typically databases, and their surrounding applications for data entry and retrieval. For decades, both data and ecosystem management have failed to address significant, costly and labor-consuming challenges which involve (a) the departure from databases focusing on alphanumeric data only, (b) their inability to be integrated and provide transparent access and composition facilities for heterogeneous data, (c) their static querying nature, which is deprived of personal, context-aware or interactive characteristics, (d) the enforcement of DBMS operation over monolithic servers, and, (e) the complete indifference to problems of evolution and adaptation over time.

In this talk we address issues around the methodologies, the theoretical and modeling foundations as well as the algorithmic techniques and the necessary software architectures that will facilitate the personalization, integration, and evolution management facilities for data ecosystems that operate over a decentralized infrastructure for a large variety of data types.

Brief biography:

Timos Sellis received his diploma degree in Electrical Engineering in 1982 from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece. In 1983 he received the M.Sc. degree from Harvard University and in 1986 the Ph.D. degree from the University of California at Berkeley, both in Computer Science. In 1986, he joined the Department of Computer Science of the University of Maryland, College Park as an Assistant Professor, and became an Associate Professor in 1992. Between 1992 and 1996 he was an Associate Professor at NTUA, where he served as a Professor till January 2013. He is currently a Professor at the School of Computer Science and Information Technology of RMIT University in Australia. Prof. Sellis was also the Director of a new research institute he founded in Greece, the Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMIS) of the "Athena" Research Center ( between 2007 and 2012.

His research interests include big data, data streams, personalization, data integration, and spatio- temporal database systems. He has published over 200 articles in refereed journals and international conferences in the above areas, has over 10.000 citations to his work and has been invited speaker in major international events. He has also participated and co-ordinated several national and european research projects. Prof. Sellis is a recipient of the prestigious Presidential Young Investigator (PYI) award given by the President of USA to the most talented new researchers (1990), and of the VLDB 1997 10 Year Paper Award in 1997 (awarded to the paper published in the proceedings of the VLDB 1987 conference that had the biggest impact in the field of database systems in the decade 1987-97). He was the president of the National Council for Research and Technology of Greece (2001-2003). In November 2009, he was awarded the status of IEEE Fellow, for his contributions to database query optimization, and spatial data management, and in November 2013 the status of ACM Fellow, for his contributions to database query optimization, spatial data management, and data warehousing.

Invited Speakers

Ku Ruhana Ku Mahamud

Speaker: Prof. Ku Ruhana Ku Mahamud

Title: Hybrid ACS and Flower Pollination Algorithm for optimization

Nature is one of the best sources for inspiration to solve proble ms and several nature inspired algorithms have been proposed. One of these algorithms is the ant colony system which is based on the behaviour of real ant colony. The colony system algorithm is one of the best variants of the ant colony optimization algorithm. However, the exploration mechanism in ant colony system is not efficient specifically when the problem instance increases. A new hybrid algorithm between ant colony system and flower pollination algorithm for optimization problems is proposed. Two approaches which are based on the level of hybridization namely low level hybridization and high level hybridization are used in developing the hybrid algorithms.

Brief biography:
Prof. Dr. Ku Ruhana holds a Bachelor in Mathematical Sciences and a Masters degree in Computing, both from Bradford University, United Kingdom in 1983 and 1986 respectively. Her PhD in Computer Science was obtained from Universiti Pertanian Malaysia in 1994. Prof Dr. Ku Ruhana's academic career began with her appointment as a teacher after receiving her Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in April 1984. She was later appointed as a Universiti Utara Malaysia tutor in August 1984. In addition to teaching, Dr. Ku Ruhana has held several UUM administrative posts. In 1994, she was appointed the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology, and later as Director of the Centre for Innovations in Education in 1997. From 1998 until 2000, Dr. Ku Ruhana was at the helm of UUM's Center for Professional and Continuing Education. In 2003, she was appointed as Dean for the Faculty of Information Technology, as Dean of the Center for Graduate Studies in 2005 and as Dean for Academic Development in 2008. She is currently a professor in the Department of Computer Science, School of Computing, College of Arts and Sciences, UUM.

As an academic, her research interests include computer systems performance modeling, ant colony optimization and intelligent agent. These and other works have been published in international and national journals, proceedings of national and international conferences and other publications. Her book on 'C Programming' has won her the best publication award in the academic book category in 1999 and in 2002, she published another academic book on 'Mathematics for Business'. She is also chief editor of the Journal of Information and Communication Technology and associate editors to several other refereed journals in Malaysia.

Noordin Ahmad

Speaker: Dr. Noordin Ahmad (ANGKASA)

Title: The challenges of Geospatial analytics in the era of Big Data

The volume of geospatial data has grown exponentially with the advent of geospatial technology such as imageries, Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), sensor networks, radar and LiDAR. The key to Big Data is the need to look at all data in outfits specific to applications. Since Big Data also includes data-intensive computing, middleware, analytics and scientific/social applications, the key to Big Data is analytics. This paper intend to provide an overview of the challenges expected and experienced in applying Geospatial analytics. These include scalable analysis, visualization, spatiotemporal data mining and many more.

Brief biography:
Dr. Noordin Ahmad is one of the pioneers of Geospatial campaigner in Malaysia. 30 years of experience in the areas of Space Applications and Geospatial (GIS, remote sensing and GNSS). Completing his PhD in 1988 he has initiated many efforts towards the development of Geospatial industry through courses, committees and advisory while he was a lecturer at UiTM. Since setting GeoInfo Services Sdn Bhd in 1995 he has worked in many Geospatial related projects, involved in Geospatial NGOs and also provided consultancy to many government agencies as well as oversea countries. He is currently the Director General of the National Space Agency (ANGKASA), Malaysia .

He has received several recognition and awards such as British High Commissioner Award, UiTM Exemplary Research Award,Gold Award for Research in Geneva Switzerland, and in Nuremburg Germany Asia Geospatial Excellence Award 2014 , and few more. He loves the academic world, appointed as associate researcher at Advanced Technology Institute, external evaluator to Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and, teaching and supervising postgraduate students at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) since 1989.

Goh Su Gim

Speaker: Mr. Goh Su Gim (F-Secure)

Title: The State of the Net: Threat Landscape and Digital Freedom

A retrospect of the Malaysian PC and Mobile Threat Landscape in 2014 on the latest attacks. Based on this, Goh will review how the Internet of Things (IoT) will be affected as they gain more popularity. More critically, as more users become mobile and reliant on data, be it paid or public hotspots, users are exposing themselves and their data to digital attacks, sniffing and phishing techniques. Using past and current actual social experiments, Goh will show the audience how easy it is for their mobile devices to be a source of threat and vulnerability, especially when people knowingly or unknowingly connect to public Wi-Fi, regardless of the provider's intention, and its dangers.

Brief biography:
Mr. Goh Su Gim is a Security Advisor who represents F-Secure in the Asia Pacific region, where he is actively involved in activities that raise public awareness of the IT threat landscape. He can be found giving talks in conferences, and acting as a liaison between the public and the local F-Secure office in Kuala Lumpur. He stays on top of the latest IT security related news, blogs about the latest threats and attacks or interesting findings from the F-Secure Labs, and provides advisories to the general public and media should there be any virus outbreak.

Prior to the advisory role, Su Gim was the Manager of the Threat Insight team at the F-Secure Response Labs in Kuala Lumpur. He led the team, which handles file reputation, vulnerability, web reputation and anti-phishing services, to focus on proactive response in approaching upcoming issues in the threat landscape. The team employs preventive measure in ensuring that users’ are constantly protected; its routine tasks include hunting for threats, maintaining clean file collection, responding to vulnerability issues, and conducting research on exploits.

Su Gim’s past 12 years of IT security experience includes working for several companies in the USA in the area of IT system integration, IT security consulting (network and systems design), penetration testing and assessment, and working at a 24/7 security operations center. Prior to returning to Malaysia, he lived in Hawaii, USA, for 12 years. During his free time, he enjoys playing badminton, jungle trekking, camping and photography.


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Church Family Meeting

Sunday, October 22, 2017, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

If you are committed to City Church or if you are interested in being a part of City Church and its future, please make every effort necessary to attend this meeting.  We want to share our hearts with you, pray together as a church family, and provide an open forum for discussion. Pizza and childcare will be provided.

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Mission Statement

The mission of the Markham Municipal Court is to impartially adjudicate ordinance violation cases such that legal rights of individuals are safeguarded and public interest is protected.

In order to achieve this mission, the Municipal Court has set forth a number of strategic objectives, and annually develops an action plan. The action plan focuses the court’s actions toward achieving these objectives.

WHAT WE DO – What is a municipal court?
A municipal court is a trial court that deals exclusively with cases involving city ordinance violations. Offenses brought before a municipal court are those that occur within the limits of the municipality. Examples of violations handled in municipal court are: traffic, disorderly conduct, vandalism, loitering, theft, building code, health code, and public drunkenness. Characteristics of a municipal court include the following:

A sentence to pay monetary forfeitures to the City is the primary sentence imposed on a guilty/liable defendant. In addition, a municipal judge/hearing officer may require a defendant’s participation in one of several community service or educational programs. If a defendant does not pay the forfeiture, a judge/hearing officer may suspend the defendant’s driving privileges thru the State or file against the individuals credit report or depending on severity and case seek warrant for arrest.

Municipal court records are public records. This means that with the exception of juvenile cases, the records of all municipal court proceedings are accessible to everyone.

All actions of the municipal court are appealable. Both the defendant and the City Attorney/City Rep. have the right to appeal the decision of the judge. Appeals are heard at the Circuit Court.
What makes the Markham Municipal Court unique?

The Markham Municipal Court, established in 2002 has been a great
addition to the Ordinance enforcement, the Markham Municipal Court handles a reasonable volume of cases, which are filed and adjudicated each year.
In terms of quality of service, the court undertakes innovative steps to make itself understandable to the general public, to reach out to defendants who fear courts, and to vigorously enforce its judgments. It uses interpersonal help and technological systems to guide nervous newcomers through the legal process.

To maintain this level of performance, the Markham Municipal Court has a strategic plan for its mission.

How is the Markham Municipal Court Organized?

There are two branches of the Markham Municipal Court, Code & Traffic. All branches hear the same types of cases, but can have different schedules. The Municipal Court’s two branches hear cases from 9:00 a.m. Saturdays.

The Code Court Administrator Roger A. Agpawa is responsible for establishing policy and guidelines. He does this in consultation with the municipal judge/hearing officer Michelle Broughton Fountain and the Court Clerks Tiara Williams and Toyia Dean.
A dedicated staff assists the court in its duty of administering justice at the municipal level. The Code Court Administrator manages the staff, makes sure that the court has adequate resources, and that court resources are used in accordance with court mission and strategic objectives.

What happens to the money paid as fines?
Revenues generated from the collection of fines are not directly used for the Municipal Court. Instead, this money is placed into the general fund of the City. The general fund is then disbursed by the Mayor and the City Council to City Departments and agencies through the annual budget process.
In addition to determining the guilt or innocence of a defendant, and to imposing fines on the guilty ones, the Municipal Court judges are also interested in encouraging lawful behavior and discouraging repeat violations by the same defendants.

What does the court do to prevent repeat violations?
Judges regularly refer defendants to supervised community service at various non-profit agencies and to various educational programs. Educational programs include those aimed at improving behavior, increasing awareness of the consequences of unlawful behavior, and preventing offenses such as assaultive behavior.

Who We Are

Roger A. Agpawa was appointed Code Court Administrator since the courts inception in 2002 and has worked for the City of Markham since November of 1976.

He has primarily worked for the City’s Fire Department and through many years as well has worked as a City Assistant, handling the affairs of the Mayors Office, running the Ordinance Inspection Bureau, coordinating the 911 Emergency Communications.

Some of his other duties where city-wide phone efforts and computer networking. Currently with some of those responsibilities still in tack he still functions as Deputy Fire Chief for the departments Operations/Emergencies

Tiara Williams also appointed as Court Computer Coordinator /Clerk

Toyia Dean, joined the Court as processing assistant to Clerk also, shortly after the Court started running.

Independent Judge /Hearing Officer
Michelle Broughton-Fountain was appointed Hearing Officer of the Municipal Court, and has worked in Municipal government for many years, with Markham and various other City’s and Departments. She is licensed as a practicing attorney as well as serving as Independent Judge.

Main Information Lines

Court Clerk Tiara (708) 331-4905 ext. 324
Installment Payments
E-Mail Address:twilliams@cityofmarkham.net


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Austin Meek: Exit here for great hoops

From Octogon to Dungeon to Phog's home, a day to remember
Wichita Heights' Perry Ellis (right) drives around Wichita East's Larry Dennis during Saturday night's sub-state championship game at Topeka High. Ellis scored 22 in Heights' 60-56 win.

Interstate-70 is no Tobacco Road.

The stretch of blacktop separating Lawrence and Manhattan won’t appear in the guidebooks as a great sports pilgrimage. The drive itself is unremarkable; pleasant, in a minimalist sort of way, but not visually arresting. If you were on a cross-country car trip, you’d probably sleep through it.

This time of year, though, I-70 can be a great drive for a basketball fan. We all are partial to what we know, but I’m not sure anybody does March better than we do. Other places do it as well. Some places do it differently. But if you want to see what makes March special, Topeka isn’t a bad place to start.

All you need is an understanding spouse, a full tank of gas and 12 hours on a Saturday.

Jamar Samuels talks about his mom all the time. This is one thing people always notice. He talks about her cooking, the hamburgers with the chunks of cheese in the middle, and the way she chides him for missing free throws. When Ernestine Samuels was diagnosed with breast cancer, he talked about how hard it was to be away from home.

So imagine what was running through his mind when, 15 minutes before Kansas State’s senior day ceremonies, Samuels found out his mom had gotten stuck at the airport.

“It was like an ‘ahhhh’ type moment,” Samuels said, exhaling a deep sigh.

Ernestine caught the 6 a.m. flight out of Washington, D.C., on Saturday morning. She thought about leaving a day earlier, but this was the only way her sister could come.

It was snowing when they landed in Detroit and, on top of that, the plane that would take them to Kansas City was delayed because of a mechanical issue.

“It was a nightmare,” she said.

Then, after they made it to Kansas City, Ernestine and her sister took a wrong turn on I-70. (Editor’s note: I could have offered directions.) Realizing Ernestine wouldn’t make it in time for tip-off, coach Frank Martin arranged for his wife, Anya, to fill in during the pregame ceremonies.

Victor Ojeleye, K-State’s other senior, cried during the introductions, his mother wiping away the tears with two thumbs.

Samuels stayed composed, which won him a bet with his girlfriend, Washburn point guard Ebonie Williams.

“One tear,” he said. “It was right there, but it went back up.”

After the game, a 77-58 win against Oklahoma State, Ernestine didn’t even wait for her son to leave the court. She met him in the middle of the floor, arms wide open.

“He’s a wonderful child, and I’m just so proud,” she said. “He was out here by himself. Everybody out here took care of him and made him welcome.

“He’s a special child, and I love him so much.”

Joe Auer found an empty stairwell deep inside the Dungeon, Topeka High’s cavernous gym, and finally exhaled.

As the coach at Wichita Heights, Auer has presided over one of the state’s great prep dynasties. The Falcons have won the past three state titles in Class 6A, constructing a winning streak that spanned 62 games, the longest active streak in the country at the time.

Then a funny thing happened: The Falcons lost, 57-51 to Wichita East.

Then they lost again, this time to Wichita North. A team that had known nothing but winning suddenly had to relearn everything, and the Falcons had to do it in time to face East again in Saturday’s sub-state final.

“I can’t even explain to you how hard this season has been for us,” Auer said.

For everything Heights has accomplished, this team risked being remembered as one that inexplicably lost it at the end. The pressure to win was immense, especially for Perry Ellis, the Kansas-bound forward who ranks among the most decorated players in state history.

The pressure was apparent early, as Ellis committed four quick turnovers and the Falcons fell behind 23-20 at half.

“Perry got off to a really poor start tonight, fumbling the ball, not in rhythm,” Auer said.

In the second half, though, Auer saw it, proof his team still knows how to win. Heights clamped down on East’s top scorer, and Ellis made his final eight free throws to finish with 22 points. The Falcons won 60-56, and they advance to the state tournament having learned a profound lesson.

“I think (losing a game) really made us better,” Ellis said. “You can’t win forever.”

Tyshawn Taylor said — jokingly, we think — that he wanted to deliver his senior day speech via social media.

There is irony to this, because Taylor has history with the social medium. He once used Facebook to post about a fight with the football team, which caused a bit of a stir. Earlier this year, he bristled at fans who were needling him on Twitter.

For these and other reasons, Taylor has been a polarizing player during his time at KU. It’s only now, as Taylor plays his final games, that the two sides of him are beginning to reconcile: the kid who couldn’t get out of his own way, and the point guard who is playing like an All-American.

How do you explain all of this in a speech, though? Taylor is insightful and articulate in interview settings — he has been known for this throughout his career — but he admitted the idea of speaking in front of 16,300 fans made him nervous. He found himself thinking about it during the game, even while he was scoring 22 points in a 73-63 win against Texas.

Taylor was third in line to speak. Jordan Juenemann and Conner Teahan gave their addresses, followed by an intermission so everyone could stretch their legs, and then Taylor took the mic.

“I can’t even say enough about these last four years,” he said. “They came and went. I’ve been through a lot here. I’ve grown up as a man in front of God’s eyes.

“You’ve seen me at my worst. You’ve seen me at my best. I appreciate y’all sticking with me.”

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Mark Hughes: Raikkonen knew what he was doing

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Tuesday, 1 June 2010

We're all going on a summer holiday

A v quick post inbetween my hols. Woolacombe was muchos fun and i'm now frantically packing for France, ferry is in 7 1/2 hours, eek.

Here are a few pics from the weekend, i'll do a full post when I get back in a couple of weeks.
Devonshire cream tea, oo arrrrrrrrrrr

ok, so it may not be original, but it's still fun to do!

Bot and I just before Coasteering, narly (so much fun btw!)

Bon voyage lovlies, the weather looks like it's hotting up in England too so perhaps they'll be some time for al fresco lunching in the parky for you lot!

mwa xx

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  1. Aw, what a fun blog you have! As for your comment on mine (sorry I've been such a slacker on commenting back!) you asked if ModCloth ships overseas! They do! But it's expensive I've heard.. :/

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02/26/09 3:25 PM EST

DeRosa denies report of Piniella feud

Indians infielder says he got along well with Cubs manager

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- A Chicago Sun-Times story suggested a rift between Mark DeRosa and Lou Piniella might have pushed the Cubs to trade the infielder to the Indians this winter.

If there was a rift, that would be news to DeRosa.

"I don't understand that," DeRosa said Thursday. "Whoever wrote that article is wrong. I had a great relationship with Lou. I respect what he did as a player, and I respect what he does as a manager. I enjoyed playing for him. He lit a fire under my butt. That guy [the writer] has it wrong."

In the writer's words, DeRosa "never seemed to hit it off" with Piniella, but Piniella also said that wasn't the case.

"I have nothing but respect for Mark," Piniella said. "He played exceedingly well, I used him all over. I think he had his best season playing for me.

DeRosa had a career year for the Cubs in 2008, batting .285 with 21 homers and 87 RBIs. He was dealt to the Indians for three Minor League pitchers -- Jeff Stevens, Chris Archer and John Gaub.

"I hope Lou didn't feel I gave that writer any reason to think we didn't have a good relationship, because it couldn't be further from the truth," said DeRosa.

In a lighter moment, Piniella told reporters he had a bet with DeRosa last year that if DeRosa hit 20 homers in 2008, he wouldn't have to make the long trek to Tucson for Spring Training road games. Piniella said he tried to pass along the message to Eric Wedge to honor that bet, but DeRosa's impending departure for the World Baseball Classic makes it moot.

Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Sunday, December 06, 2009

More Than A Candle--a sermon for Advent 2C

Rev. Teri Peterson
more than a candle
Malachi 3.1-6
6 December 2009, Advent 2C

See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight—indeed, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears?
For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap; he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the Lord in righteousness. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.
Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, have not perished.

I always think Advent is both the most wonderful and the most jarring season of the year. Outside, there are twinkle lights and blow-up Santas in the yard, while in here we have deep purple and a few candles. Out there are peppy songs about reindeer and snowmen and presents, and in here are songs in minor keys, songs about waiting, darkness, and promise. The commercials encourage us to buy more things, and the scriptures encourage us to shed things we don’t need and to make room for the One who is coming. Out there everything is saturated with forced Christmas cheer, and in here we have Malachi.

In spite of our consumer culture’s desperate attempt to make Christmas into a season that lasts from sometime in October until December 25, our faith tradition says we first must go through Advent—that waiting time, that preparation period, that reflection in the darkness. The Christmas of the Christian tradition begins when our consumer Christmas ends, and lasts 12 days. And so, just as we wouldn’t sing “Jesus Christ is Risen Today” during Holy Week, during Advent we wait for our favorite carols, we practice God’s presence in the darkness rather than rushing into the light, we hope for a day that has not yet arrived.

There are lots of ways to get ready for that day, of course. Some get ready by decorating the house, wrapping presents, baking cookies. Others get ready by reading Advent e-votionals, serving the hungry in our neighborhood, shopping from the Heifer Project catalog. However we prepare, I think what the prophet Malachi wants us to consider is that we have absolutely no idea what we are doing.

I know, we all say we’re getting ready to welcome the Christ-child, to see what new thing God will do among us. And there are time-honored ways of preparing and welcoming and looking. But, Malachi says, we seem to have forgotten something important. Our whitewashed version of what God among us would be like is really a fantasy. It’s not going to be Christmas-card perfection, it’s not going to be the beauty of one small candle burning in the dark—this is way more than a candle. This is the light of the world we’re talking about. This is a fire that burns so hot that injustice can’t stand it. This is messy and sometimes difficult. Our Christmas cards and nativity scenes and Macy’s windows don’t even begin to get at the reality of God-with-us. And, in spite of our best intentions, we can’t possibly begin to prepare for something like this.

There is a sort of motto of the Presbyterian church—Reformata, Semper Reformanda. It’s often translated “Reformed, and always reforming.” But the more accurate translation is actually “Reformed and always BEING reformed”—being re-formed, re-created, by the Spirit of God who is continually at work. I wonder if that motto might also apply to our advent season. We prepare the best we can, but what’s really important is that we are BEING prepared—God’s messenger is coming, the messenger who prepares us to be the living Temple so that God can enter and be brought to life again and again, right here among us and within us.

The preparation isn’t easy—it’s hard and painful and sometimes we might wonder if it’s worth it after all. The refining fire is not a pleasant place to sit, and I’d be willing to bet that none of us want to consider what it is within us—as individuals or as a community—that needs to be burned away. But we all have something—something that keeps us from housing the living God within us. And whatever that something is, when we are the ones being prepared for the coming of God-with-us, it will have to go, painful though it may be.

This wasn’t quite what any of us had in mind when we thought of preparing for Christmas, I’m sure. We like to be in control, to make the preparations ourselves. And we like for Christmas to be neat and tidy and full of good feelings and children singing Away in a Manger. But that’s not what God gave us. Instead, God gave us something we really needed—God’s own self among us, God’s image restored to wholeness right here, in the body of Christ and in the faces of those sitting in the pews with us today.

A few years ago, a group of women in a bible study were looking at this same verse we just read from Malachi, “He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver” (Malachi 3:3), and they wondered what on earth it could mean. One of them decided to find out about the process of refining and purifying silver, and promised to report back at their next meeting.

That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn’t mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining silver.

As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities…

She asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined. The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire. If the silver was left a moment too long in the flames, it would be destroyed. The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith, “How do you know when the silver is fully refined?” He smiled at her and answered, “Oh, that’s easy—when I see my image in it.”
Look around you. Go ahead—look into the faces of the people around you—they’re next to you, in front of you, behind you—take a moment and look at them. You may not know their stories—you may not even know their names—but you do know something very important. Right now, as you look at these people, you are seeing the image of God, the glory of God revealed. You are seeing someone who is called by God to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly together with the community of God’s people. You are seeing a reflection of love so deep it would come to live within us and sit inside the refiner’s fire with us, who will never let us go.

May we continue to be prepared by God’s spirit in the coming days.

  1. WAY more than a candle. This is one of your best offerings, Teri. Thanks.

  2. great and pithy. like it more than mine (it's shorter, too)


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The NCAA Division II power Tritons beat CMS 177-111 in the men's contest and 175-112 in the women's meet.  Athena sophomore Michele Kee pulled out CMS's lone victory of the day, out-touching the field in the 100 yard freestyle with at time of 53.78.

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The Scottish connection to the CPR was also reflected in the place-names of western Canada: a number of towns and geographical features were named after the Scottish directors of the company, or after places in their native land. Donald is a small place in British Columbia, near the town of Golden. It was named for Donald Smith. Not too far away is Mount Sir Donald, a challenging peak for climbers. This photograph shows a train leaving the community and heading west in 1885, the year the railway was completed. The men on the boxcar are probably brakemen, the workers who were in charge of operating the brakes, which are not driven from the engine.

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University of Maryland students gather and protest Trump's win

“Make sure this never happens again.”

That was one of many statements from University of Maryland students who demonstrated in front of McKeldin Library Wednesday. “UMD United After the Election” was a gathering where students from all backgrounds came together to share their thoughts about Donald Trump being elected president.

Senior government and politics major Meredith Lightstone wanted to give students a “space to express their feelings” and “listen to others’ experiences,” so she laid out plans to hold a gathering the day after the election results came in.

“Once it became clear to me that a Donald Trump presidency was very possible, I immediately wanted to do something to make sure people in our community knew they are loved and supported,” Lightstone said.

As many students held back tears, raised signs and carried upside-down flags, they listened to their classmates as some took to a megaphone and made their voices heard.

“I woke up this morning feeling nauseous, just in complete disbelief in what this country is. It feels like we are in some sort of a dystopian movie.”

– Elizabeth Kim, junior government and politics major

Upon arriving, students were silent. One of the most diverse and populated college campuses in the country turned quiet.

University of Maryland students speak out against Trump's presidential nomination. Photo by Sammi Silber for USA TODAY College.

University of Maryland students share their thoughts against Trump’s presidential nomination in front of McKeldin Library. (Sammi Silber for USA TODAY College)

Numerous students asked to comment declined, but seeing their peers raise their voices and express their beliefs seemed to help some students gather the courage to speak.

Senior education major Tim Chen was encouraged to speak on behalf of the Asian-American community, which he believes has not had a major voice so far.

“Not a single East Asian American stood up to talk, and as a whole, I feel the Asian American populace is too silent on a lot of issues,” Chen said. “No one’s speaking, and I felt like someone needed to speak up.”

Chen also expressed concerns over Trump’s impending presidency, and this fear is what drove him to have his voice heard.

“I don’t like it. I’m scared,” Chen said. “I’m scared for my friends. I’m scared for a lot of people who aren’t my friends who are fearing for their livelihood. But what’s done is done, so I’m trying to hope for the best.”

Students gathered at McKeldin Library to protest and speak out against Trump’s nomination. Photo by Sammi Silber for USA TODAY College.

Wednesday’s gathering helped students get a lot off their chest, and helped others gather the courage to speak their mind. Many strangers on a college campus came together, and that empowered other students and helped them feel less alone.

“I thought it was a really great event,” junior economics major Caroline Duffy said. “It was amazing seeing people from all different kinds of backgrounds come together and express their love, sadness or anger. It was also really great to see all of these people who you pass every day, but never speak to, open up and express themselves.”

An upside-down American flag stands at the UMD United post-election gathering. Sammi Silber/USA TODAY College.

An upside-down American flag stands at the UMD United post-election gathering. (Sammi Silber for USA TODAY College)

Though the event was mostly a peaceful protest, there was one altercation: Two male students, soon joined by others, arrived and grabbed a protester’s upside-down flag, saying that it should never be disrespected in such a manner. After that, some students grabbed each other and fought for possession of the flag. Two of the men stayed and argued with others for a while until auxiliary police asked them to leave.

Duffy, who was involved in the altercation, was angered that these students decided to display violence at a rather peaceful protest.

“Here are these people who are really affected by this election,” Duffy said. “Some of them are worried about their friends and family members being deported. Some are people of color who already deal with racism every day — only now it’s become acceptable for the president to be endorsed by the KKK. Some are LGBTQ+ who are scared to express their love. These are marginalized people who literally said tonight that they feel unsafe every day, and these guys come in just to be threatening.”

A variety of students gathered to voice their opinions regarding Donald Trump. Photo by Sammi Silber for USA TODAY College.

A variety of students gathered to voice their opinions regarding Donald Trump. (Sammi Silber for USA TODAY College)

Overall, many different people got to speak their minds and share their thoughts. A variety of students from all different backgrounds got to speak, including African-Americans, immigrants, Muslims, LGBTQ+ community members and Caucasians.

Senior Chinese major John Terzi said he decided to speak because he was surprised to see his fellow students gathering and uniting for an important cause, and didn’t “want anyone to be fearful of speaking up.”

“The people are going to band together,” Terzi said. “Their voices are going to be heard. We’re going to get our points across. This is just a bump in the road.”

In the end, Lightstone hopes that UMD United brought the campus community together and helped students feel comforted and safe.

“Maryland is a relatively diverse school,” Lightstone said. “I hope movements like these help to bridge gaps and make people feel more welcome in our community.”

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DreamWorks Plans STARBUCK Remake with Writer/Director Ken Scott

     April 23, 2012

DreamWorks is making moves on the feature film Starbuck.  Sadly, this isn’t a Battlestar Galactica spinoff starring the very kick-ass Katee Sackhoff, as the studio is instead planning a remake of the 2011 French-Canadian film of the same name.  The comedy centers on a middle-aged man who finds out that he fathered 533 children via sperm donation.  His life is turned upside down when a few hundred of the donor babies “express an irrepressible need to meet their father.”  In a strange decision, DreamWorks has set the original co-writer and director Ken Scott to write and direct the remake.  Hit the jump for more, including the trailer for the original film.

Per Variety, DreamWorks CEO Stacey Snider remarked that the studio was charmed by Scott’s original film and “saw the potential for a commercial remake with universal appeal.”  They’ve put the film on the fast track towards a production start date later this year, and casting is apparently already underway.  I would think it’d be strange to remake your own film (especially a comedy) barely a year after the original came out, but it seems like Scott is up to the task.  Hit the jump to watch the trailer for the original.

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