Sunday Sermonette: More Groundhog Day
The story of Chapter 24 -- the repairs to the Temple and the apostasy of Joash after the death of Jehoiada-- is also told in 2 Kings. It ' s basically the same plot but the text is different in many details, which I assume is just the usual result of repeated copying by hand -- every scribe is also an editor. Jehoiada living to 130 appears to be a regression to the absurd lifepans of the patriarchs in Genesis, but it ' s likely a copying error. Ancient Hebrew had no numerals, letters were used to represent numbers. The letter representing 100, quof, looks like this: ק The letter for 70, ayin, looks like this: ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - March 5, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
190 Tuesday Quotes to Give You Motivation and Plenty of Positive Energy
It’s Tuesday.
Maybe you’re tired after Monday. And you're ready to restart your week.
Or you might want something to help you to keep up the momentum after an energetic and focused start yesterday.
In today’s post I’d like to help you out no matter what headspace you're in right now. This is 190 of the best, most motivational and powerful Tuesday quotes.
I hope you’ll find something here to help you make this into a fun, fulfilling and excellent week.
And if you want even more uplifting inspiration for the week then check out this post with quotes on Wednesday motivation and this one filled with helpful Thursday...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - March 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Inspirational Quotes Personal Development Source Type: blogs
Fighting with perfection
Note: I originally wrote this many years ago for another site. It is not available anymore, so I am republishing it.
Diabetes is a thing surrounded by numbers. Everything is a number or is used in a calculation. We have blood sugars, units of insulin, and grams of carbohydrates. Then we take those numbers and stick them into more numbers. There is the insulin-to-carb ratio, the duration of insulin action, our correction factor, and more.
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Source: Scott's Diabetes Blog - March 3, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Scott K. Johnson Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Wednesday Bible Study; The restoration
Sorry I haven ' t been keeping up my regular blogging lately, it almost seems there is too much to write about. What I plan to do now is post material adapted from the book, although it ' s hard to pull out short enough posts. On another matter, I ' m happy to post comments that take issue with me, but they have to be reasonably coherent and logically respectable. Also, as I have said many times, some people are banned, for good reason. Now, as for today ' s chapter, what happens is that the Levite priests restore the rightful king to power. That is the point of this story, that the legitimacy of the kingdom derives f...
Source: Stayin' Alive - March 1, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Ray Bradbury and Roald Dahl
David BoazLast week it wasreported that the publishers of Roald Dahl ’s books have been quietly editing to make them presumably more acceptable to modern readers — or at least more acceptable to modern activists.To wit:In “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” for instance, Augustus Gloop is no longer “fat”; he’s “enormous.” And the Oompa Loompas aren’t “small men”; they’re “small people.” While Matilda once went to India with Rudyard Kipling, now she travels to California with John Steinbeck. In “Fantastic Mr. Fox, ” even the chickens’ feelings have been spared; they’re no longer called...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 27, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
The Ohio Train Derailment, Safety Regulation, and the Historical Improvement in Rail Safety
David Kemp andPeter Van DorenEarlier this month, a Norfolk Southern freight trainderailed in East Palestine, Ohio, causing a large fire, releasing hazardous materials, and prompting emergency crews to conduct a controlled release and burn of toxic vinyl chloride. Fortunately, no lives were lost, but up to two thousand nearby residents were evacuated from their homes for nearly a week, and there are still concerns about pollution. Sober analysis is rarely welcomed after an accident like this. We believe it is worthwhile, however, to illuminate some journalistic errors and place the derailment in the context of increasing fr...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 27, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: David Kemp, Peter Van Doren Source Type: blogs
poem
RookAfter demonstrating a few basic openings I asked my son: what ' syourgambit going to be?What will you give up up nowTo gain an advantage later?He said he ’d give up the KingBecause he was pretty much done Hanging out with dad and ready for someScheduled online gaming with friends Of course this meant I was the KingWho succumbs to an early regicideOn the other hand it meant that I washisKingSuch is the timeless quandary of our dynamicAfter he left I sat for a while with the boardRealizing I ought to answer my own questionFor it ' s never too late to take a few chances I ’ll let you have the...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - February 26, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
poem
RoundsWhen I ’m on rounds I barge into your roomGet up close and personalInvade your spaceAsk you a bunch of intimate questionsLift up your gownPalpate and prodDoes it hurt hereHow about thisHave you shit yetDoes it burn when you peeWhat’s that on your legHas it always been thereHas it changedWhat about your faceThis mark hereThis subtle asymmetryWho’s that in the pictureDid a child draw this dinosaur thing with a human head on this cardDid you take your medicineAre you happy with my careWhat do you fear the mostDo you believe this all gets betterDo you hear the tiptoes of deathDid I do a good jobDid I let you ...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - February 26, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
Maintaining Your Well-Being While Changing the World
Many people have gotten more involved in social activism and community work, recently. Seeing the divides in political positions, opportunities, and lived experiences, many of us have declared that we cannot, in good conscience, passively wait for others to make the world a better place. While this work can be rewarding, it can also be hard. Sometimes it’s anxiety-provoking, and sometimes you might feel discouraged about the progress you are (or aren’t) seeing, or about the state of the world in general. There can be feelings of overwhelm, about all that needs doing, and hopelessness about how things are going. You mig...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - February 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Falconer Tags: depression featured happiness health and fitness psychology self-improvement emotional wellbeing wellness Source Type: blogs
There Is Something About Trains, Indeed
BY KIM BELLARD
Like many of you, when I heard about the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine (OH) on February 3, my heart went out to the people in that community. The train was carrying some hazardous materials, and no one was quite sure what was vented, especially when officials did a “controlled burn.” Still, though, I didn’t think much about it; although I live in Ohio, I’m about as far away as one can be within the state.
Yesterday my local water company shut off access to water from the Ohio River. “We are taking this preventative step to ensure the health, safety, and confidence ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Non-Health infrastructure demands Kim Bellard Palestine Trains Source Type: blogs
105 Betrayal Quotes to Help You Deal With the Pain and Move On
Betrayal.
It can break your heart. Drag you down into a depressed state of mind. Make you cold and bitter.
In today's post I’d like to share timeless wisdom to help you deal with that. 105 of the best and most powerful betrayal quotes.
To help you process what's happened in a relationship of yours and to move on from that tough situation.
And if you want even more timeless and helpful inspiration then check out this post with quotes on dealing with broken trust and this one filled with quotes on regret (and letting go of it).
Relatable Betrayal Quotes
“To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You s...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - February 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Inspirational Quotes Personal Development Source Type: blogs
poem
Courage is a Dead CurrencyIn this country courage is a dead currencyNo longer a legal tenderAccepted in any reputable storesIts coins and banknotes are counterfeit Try slipping a Canadian quarter In the vending machineAnd nothing happens. No guttural rumbleNo churning of inner gearsNothing falls. The slot remains emptyNo matter how hard you pound the red fa çadeThere ’s nothing we can do to stop itSo many of us have exhausted ourselvesSuffering the years to accumulateNow worthless little mounds of green billsLittle nest eggs to draw onWhen the time came to be brave Some hold on to it, hoping it come...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - February 19, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
3D Bioengineered Skin Grafts Fit Complex Anatomy
Researchers at Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center have developed a method to create three-dimensional bioengineered skin grafts. To date, bioengineered skin is typically created in flat sheets. However, these are difficult to fit to complex anatomy, such as the hand, and so these researchers have designed a more sophisticated technique that combines laser scanning, 3D printing, and cell culture to create seamless three dimensional skin grafts. For instance, the researchers have already created a skin “glove” that could be useful in replacing skin on the hands by simply slipping it over the hand (just lik...
Source: Medgadget - February 13, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Materials Plastic Surgery columbia columbiauniversity skin graft Source Type: blogs
Smile Digital Health Closes $30 Million in Series B Funding to Progress Innovation as World-Leading Health Data Fabric
The increasing need for interoperability in healthcare has driven significant growth and demand for the company’s data fabric platform and continued innovation in this area.
Smile CDR Inc. (doing business as Smile Digital Health (Smile)), a leading FHIR® health data fabric (HDF) and exchange solutions provider, announced the closing of approximately $30 million in Series B growth capital led by existing investors including UPMC Enterprises.
Smile’s HDF platform uses industry-leading HDF architecture and ONC-compliant, event-driven FHIR APIs to allow healthcare providers, payers and IT vendors to build secure, ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 10, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT AI Artificial Intelligence Astrata Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Duncan Weatherston FHIR FHIR API George Rizk HDF Health Data Fabric Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investmen Source Type: blogs
