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Karen Cass delivers an impeccable performance of the nonfiction audiobook The Economist Guide to Decision Making by academic Helga Drummond, an expert in the field of decision sciences. Her calm voice is clear and steady, perfect for interpreting this dense material. Drummond examines why public and private organizations make systematic errors and how this leads to bad decisions that affect society. She guides the listener to learn to make good decisions, offering advice on how to handle the myriad psychological and social factors that can effect judgment.
An invaluable guide to arrive at better business decisions. We make decisions, and these decisions make us and our organisations. And in theory, decision-making should be easy: a problem is identified, the decision-makers generate solutions, and choose the optimal one - and powerful mathematical tools are available to facilitate the task. Yet if it is all so simple why do organisations, both private and public sector, keep making mistakes - the results of which are borne by shareholders, employees, taxpayers, and ultimately society at large?
This guide to decision making, by leading decision science academic Helga Drummond, aims to improve decision-making in organisations. It explores how and why decisions go awry in the first place - and offers practical advice on what decision-makers can do to counter the psychological, social, and other forces that can undermine individual judgment and pull organisations off course. Full of examples of good and bad decision-making from around the world, it will make listeners think more clearly about decisions big and small.
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I would subtitle this, "a free-ranging compendium of aphorisms and rules of thumb about decisionmaking, mixed wilth plenty of little capsule stories of decisionmaking gone awry, wilth tons of 'wisdom' of hindsight, hindsight, hindsight, but without much really actionable." Much of the lore of recent headlines is here in abbreviated form, which is alright as a light listen. All this never coheres into some disciplined way to get traction. It seems to be repeating iln various ways, "you don't really know anything," "hidden risks lurk everywhere," "your methods often prove unreliable." Yes, there are irreducible risks, and any big project can, in a short time, turn out to be a fiasco. And some do, and I don't mind hearing about it. And isn't hindsight wonderful for enabling an author to convey a knowing sort of tone and post hoc interpretation. But in a world where resources ARE risked and committed as part and parcel of the game, I want traction: some rational way to discern the signal from the noise, the little blip from the catastrophe. That's what I'm paying for here, and to an extent, being promised. And (alongside the entertainment and the nice narration job), that is what I keep struggling to find here. Some of the precautions are useful, and should be on anyone's checklist. So there is some merit to this work. But I don't think it really lives up to its billing.
If the book would have given some insights into how good decisions are made. Instead, the author writes a list of critiques on various decisions made in the past. The list should at least be organized into general themes. Instead the author rambles on from one critique with the next and I am left wondering: "What is the point?" This is the ultimate Monday Morning Quarterback book of decision making.
Organize. Organize your thoughts and make some coherent points. Use historical examples to illustrate main ideas and then move on to give the reader something positive; something actionable for their decision making process.
The narrator sounded angry and often spoke with contempt for the illustrated decision makers, some of whom were great leaders and successful decision makers in general. The tone of disrespect and derision simply magnified the poor writing of the author.
As editor I would have never allowed this book to go to print.
I don't normally write reviews. I have always found value in in any event, play, book, or essay I have ever read or listened to. Some are better and some are worse but I always respect the author for their art and effort. This book is different. Although the author is clearly intelligent as can be seen in her word craft, the book is incoherent and absolutely painful. I have never listened to anything so painful. It is a list of contemptuous criticisms of poor decisions that some very good people have made. The book is aloof and elitist. Worse yet, it offers no method or suggestions as to how to make good decisions. Don't waste your time or money on this book.
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Rockhampton ready for helicopter rescue hangar expansion
06 December 2016
- Construction begins on new RACQ rescue helicopter two bay hangar.
- Hangar will include modern engineering and sleeping accommodation facilities to support 24/7 services.
- The Coalition Government committed $2.34 million under the National Stronger Regions Fund.
The first sod was turned today on the construction of a new two bay hangar for the RACQ Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service in Rockhampton.
Minister for Regional Development, Fiona Nash, said this wonderful facility will provide better access to critical medical and search and rescue assistance for regional and remote communities.
“The RACQ Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service is the sole aeromedical and search and rescue service in the region, covering an area of 180,000km2 with more than 220,000 residents and this investment will support these services,” Minister Nash said.
Federal Member for Capricornia, Michelle Landry, was in Rockhampton today at the sod turning ceremony and said the new facility will house both the services primary and backup rescue helicopters with additional room for future expansion.
“The pilots, crew, ambulance paramedics and doctors are on call 24/7 365 days-a-year and its imperative that they have access to state-of-the-art modern facilities and equipment,” Ms Landry said.
Member for Rockhampton, Bill Byrne, said: “Every time the helicopter gets airborne it is potentially saving a life.
“It is vitally important the service is available whenever it is needed and the new facilities will ensure it operates at maximum capacity.”
Executive Director of RACQ Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service said local company Hutchinson Builders had been awarded the contract for the construction of the new hangar.
“The new facility replaces the existing 18-year-old hangar that we outgrew a few years ago and will go a long way to ensuring the service will always be available to the people who need us,” Mr Fewtrell said.
The project is jointly funded by the Coalition Government ($2.34 million), the Queensland Government ($1.4 million) with the remaining $1 million being provided by the RACQ Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service with the assistance of sponsors and the community.
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- The Lead: On Friday afternoon at the Nelson Recreation Center, the No. 22 MIT women's tennis team fell by a 9-0 final to No. 3 Middlebury in non-conference action. Middlebury marks the ninth straight nationally-ranked opponent for the Engineers, including six in the top 10. In addition, the Engineers are currently the No. 9 ranked team in the region, while the Panthers hold down the top spot regionally.
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- In doubles play, the Panthers took a 3-0 lead with 8-1 wins in the top two spots and an 8-2 victory at No. 3 over the MIT duo of junior Rena Liu (Oak Hill, Va.) and freshman Effie Jia (San Ramon, Calif.).
- Middlebury took each singles match in straight sets, including freshman Sharlene Song (Arcadia, Calif.) battling Molly Paradies in the No. 5 spot in a 6-4, 6-2 final. The Panthers boasted two nationally-ranked singles players in No. 17 Alexandra Fields and No. 41 Christina Puccinelli as the pair won at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively.
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Immigration in Ireland – 2012 in Review
Minister Shatter outlines priorities for 2013
The Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Alan Shatter, TD, today published key figures on immigration related activity in Ireland in 2012. The Minster also reported on 2012’s key achievements and outlined his broad plans for further reform of the immigration system in 2013.
Minister Shatter said that there was very significant progress in 2012 on delivering the major programme of initiatives and reforms in the immigration area which he has put in place.
The Minister said, "I am prioritising initiatives to reform the immigration system to contribute to investment in the State and to assist in economic development. Although my Department does not have an overt economic remit, it is playing a full part in restoring our country to economic health."
"2012 saw very positive developments on that front, most notably, the launch of the Immigrant Investor and the Start-up Entrepreneur Programmes and the extension of the Irish Visa Waiver Programme for a further four years to October 2016."
"These measures, which are proving very successful, are designed to stimulate investment and enterprise in Ireland and to encourage increased tourism and business visitors from key target markets to Ireland."
The Immigrant Investor Programme and the Start-up Entrepreneur Programme were approved by Government at the start of 2012 with applications being accepted since April. The Minister said that he was "very pleased to report that fourteen applications had been approved so far representing a total investment in Ireland of over €10.4 million. This investment is projected to protect over 80 existing jobs and create 190 jobs in new enterprises over the next 3 years which underlines the job creation potential of the initiative."
Minister Shatter also referred to other developments in 2012, such as the innovative pilot project to civilianise certain port of entry functions at Dublin Airport and the continuing success of the citizenship ceremonies, which are bringing fundamental change to the way immigration services are delivered. Citizenship continues to be a major success story; 25,000 cases were decided last year which is over three times more than in 2010. In the 3 years between 2008 and 2010 less than 17,000 cases were decided. Minister Shatter said that the story of citizenship in Ireland in the past two years is a truly remarkable one which is without parallel in our entire history.
The Minister said, "With fewer resources, it is more important than ever that public services are provided in the most cost effective and resource efficient way while also continuing to meet the need for services and improve service delivery."
"The civilianisation of immigration officer functions at Dublin airport to free up Gardaí resources for other operational duties is an excellent example of the Immigration Service being at the vanguard of public sector reform."
As a further example of the commitment to innovation and achieving results, Minister Shatter pointed to the success of his Department in winning the Taoiseach’s Public Service Excellence Award in 2012 for the introduction of citizenship ceremonies and successfully tackling the citizenship application backlog.
Key Figures for 2012
Overall in 2012, approximately 165,700 new applications (i.e. visa, residence, protection and citizenship) were received by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS); decisions were issued in almost 175,000 cases (a proportion of decisions issued relate to applications submitted in previous years); and over 96,700 new or renewed registrations of permission to remain in the State were issued by the Garda National Immigration Bureau.
All Non-EEA nationals remaining in the State for longer than 90 days are required to register with the Garda National Immigration Bureau.
The provisional 2012 year end estimate of non-EEA nationals with permission to remain in the State is approximately 115,000. This compares with 128,200 at the end of 2011 and 133,200 in 2010. The drop in permissions to remain in the state in 2012 is primarily as a direct result of INIS’s continuing efforts to reduce the backlog of citizenship cases. In effect, the success of the citizenship project has impacted very significantly on the number of people who are required to have permission to remain in the State. The majority of persons with permission to remain in the State are here for work or study purposes.
The current top 6 registered nationalities which account for over 50% of all persons registered are India (11%), Brazil (10%), Nigeria (9%), China (8%), USA (8%) and Philippines (7%).
The most recent census shows that overall Ireland’s non-national population accounts for 12% of the national population or some 544,000 people. The breakdown of non-nationals in the State according to Census 2011 shows that the majority are from EU countries.
Provisional figures indicate that approximately 88,000 entry visa applications were received in 2012, an increase of 6% on 2011. The approval rate for entry visa applications was 91%. The top 5 nationalities applying for visas in 2012 were India (16%), Russia (14%), China (11%), Nigeria (8%) and Turkey (5%).
The major reforms introduced by the Minister to the processing of citizenship applications aimed at tackling the backlog of applications have resulted in a significant increase in the number of cases decided. Over 25,000 applications were decided in 2012 compared to 16,000 in 2011 and fewer than 8,000 in 2010.
Minister Shatter introduced citizenship ceremonies for the first time in the State in 2011; 38 such events were held in 2012. These ceremonies, which underscore the importance of the granting of citizenship and ensure that it is marked by a sense of occasion for our new citizens, have been universally welcomed.
The number of non-EEA national students registered to study in the State is approximately 31,400 or 25% of the total number of non-EEA nationals with permission to remain in the State.
Broken down by education sector, 38% of students are pursuing Higher Education (Degree Programme) study, 26 % are engaged in further education (non Degree) courses, 28% are taking language courses and 9% other (e.g. secondary school).
International Protection and Asylum
The provisional figures for 2012 indicate that 950 applications for asylum were submitted. The equivalent figure for 2011 was 1,290. The comparative figure in 2002, when the volume of asylum applications was at a peak, was 11,600. Provisional figures for end 2012 indicate that there were approximately 4,750 persons seeking international protection accommodated in direct provision centres in the State, some 650 fewer than at the end of 2011.
Almost 2,700 persons were deported/removed from the State in 2011.
This number comprises of some 2,260 persons who were refused entry into the State at ports of entry and were returned to the place from where they had come.
In addition, 298 failed asylum seekers and illegal migrants were deported from the State in 2012. The top 5 nationalities deported were from Nigeria, Pakistan, Georgia, Tanzania (these persons had claimed asylum as Somali but were shown to be Tanzanian through cooperation with UK) and South Africa. A total of 111 persons were deported on charter flights and 187 on scheduled commercial aircraft. In 2012, Ireland participated in 9 chartered deportation flights, 7 of which were organised in conjunction with EU agency FRONTEX which coordinates removals throughout the EU and 2 were joint operations with the UK.
A further 68 asylum seekers were transferred to the EU member state in which they first applied for asylum under the Dublin Regulation. In addition, a further 55 EU nationals were returned to their countries of origin on foot of an EU Removal Order.
Rather than be issued with a deportation order, a total of 467 persons chose to return home voluntarily in 2012. Of that number, 383 were assisted to return by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The top 5 nationalities of returnees were Brazil, Moldova, China, Mauritius and Georgia. This is a hugely cost effective programme and every effort is made to increase its usage among migrants who wish to return home.
Immigration data sharing with the UK
The exchange of immigration data between Ireland and the UK prevents immigration abuses and preserves the integrity of the CTA arrangement for the majority of genuine individuals who benefit greatly from it.
Since June 2012, the fingerprints of almost 3,000 Irish visa applicants have been cross-checked against the UK’s immigration fingerprint database. As a result of this sharing of biometric data, since the exchange commenced numerous incidences of identity swapping have been revealed, as well as identifying visa applicants who have adverse immigration histories in the UK.
In a separate data sharing exercise, in 2012 the fingerprints of 1,750 failed asylum seekers were checked against UK immigration records. Almost 30% were matched to UK records such as a UK visa and in the majority of these persons were known to the UK in a different identity (e.g. name, nationality) which demonstrates a high level of identity swapping. The purpose of the exchange is to establish immigration information known to the UK which may assist INIS in processing cases to final decision and facilitating removals where appropriate. Quite clearly this sharing of information is also a sensible precaution against fraudulent activities.
Key Priorities for 2013
Outlining the main elements of his immigration programme for 2013, Minister Shatter said, "The initiatives I will be prioritising in 2013 are both ambitious and progressive. These measures will strike a balance between facilitating those who wish to come here and contribute positively to our economy and our communities, as well as providing State protection to persons who are in genuine need of such protection, while at the same time dealing firmly and fairly with those who attempt to abuse and take advantage of the immigration system."
"Reform of the immigration system will be sustained in 2013 and I will be focussing on major legislative and procedural measures such as the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill and further civilianisation of Immigration Officer functions at Dublin Airport."
"International cooperation will be a central theme of 2013. In the context of the Common Travel Area, I will be prioritising cooperation with the UK on initiatives such as a Common Travel Area visa, which is of potentially significant economic and tourism value, and systems for improved collection and sharing of visa data. Similarly, Ireland’s hosting of Presidency of the EU is an opportunity for enhanced practical cooperation on immigration issues at EU level."
· Promotion of the immigrant investor and entrepreneur programmes and the visa waiver programme. Building on the success of 2012, the promotion of the investor and entrepreneur programmes and the visa waiver programme will continue to be a top priority with the aim of attracting further inward investment, boosting tourism and creating jobs.
· Extend civilianisation of Immigration Officer functions at Dublin Airport. The successful pilot project has proved the feasibility of assigning civilian staff to immigration control duties at the airport to work alongside Gardaí. Proposals are now being finalised to extend this new model of immigration and border control to the entire airport and possibly to other ports of entry to the State also with the aim of freeing up Gardaí of other operational duties.
· Legislative reform of the asylum and immigration systems. The Minister intends to publish the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill which he hopes will be enacted during 2013. The Bill will radically reform and modernise the approach taken to the determination of asylum applications and applications for permission to remain in the state. The Bill will replace law dating from 1935 (the Aliens Act) and provide a single code of law on entry into and presence in the State of foreign nationals, including a single protection procedure.
· Cooperation with the UK to protect and enhance the Common Travel Area (CTA). Continuing to build on the historic Ireland-UK Common Travel Area agreement signed in December 2011, the Immigration Service will maintain close cooperation with the UK immigration authorities with the purpose of strengthening the CTA arrangement, protecting it from abuse and jointly taking advantage of the opportunities to generate tourism and business activity.
Priorities for 2013 will include systems and procedures to enhance the collection and sharing of visa data to identify persons with no right to enter the CTA before they arrive at the border, and a short stay Common Travel Area visa allowing tourists and business visitors to travel freely between Ireland and the UK.
· The Gathering Ireland 2013 visa. To contribute to the success of The Gathering initiatives will be put in place to encourage and assist visitors from countries who require a visa to travel to Ireland. Approved events taking place under the auspices of The Gathering will be allocated a code which attendees, with verified invitations from the event organisers, will be able to quote in their visa application. These visa applications will be free of charge and will be processed on a priority basis. It is worth noting that many people around the world who will be travelling to events under the auspices of The Gathering will not require a visa to travel to Ireland.
· Case processing measures to reduce the time spent by applicants in Direct Provision accommodation. A panel of persons with legal expertise will shortly be established to assist the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service in processing a cohort of subsidiary protection and leave to remain cases with the objective of speeding up the overall process and reducing the time spent by persons in the Direct Provision system. The Minister expects to see significant dividends from this initiative in 2013.
· Removal of illegal immigrants. The removal from the State of persons with no legal right to be here is a necessary feature of the enforcement of immigration legislation with the purpose of upholding the integrity of the immigration system. Ireland is no different to other countries who also remove individuals who have no lawful right to remain within their territory.
In 2013, the immigration authorities will be focusing on the effective enforcement of deportation orders; in particular to countries it has been difficult to deport persons to in the past. To that end, opportunities for cost effective removal operations in cooperation with the UK, EU and other international partners will continue to be explored.
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TNA President, Dixie Carter revealed the official Lockdown poster for the event on her official Twitter page. Below is the tweet and the picture:
Cannot wait for Lockdown in San Antonio. Here's a first look at the poster. twitter.com/TNADixie/statu…
— Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) January 28, 2013
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I fist-punched the air. Until I got this, I didn’t consciously realize that my non-fiction was the one kind of writing I did consistently that wasn’t recognized by awards. The Most Unfeeling Doctor in the World did get named to the Ultimate Reading List for Nurses, and it sold a lot of copies, but awards? Awards for me? Yaaaaaaay!
Also slightly unreal, since I feel like everyone else is talking Very Seriously About Life And Death in their columns, and I’m like, Whut.
I didn’t even know this was a thing, but I looked it up, and the Medical Post is killing the shortlist. Professional Magazine the Year, Best News Coverage, Best One-of-a-Kind Article (two out of seven articles, and I contributed to one of them, “Medical misconceptions”—I wrote a quick piece called “I’m not an old, white man”), Best Professional Article, and Best Regularly Featured Department or Column. The last one’s my baby, and competition is stiff. Not only are there nine different contenders (including Richard Ouzounian, whom I used to listen to on CBC Radio’s “Say It With Music”), but again, two of us are from the Medical Post.
I considered going to the awards ceremony tonight, but I’m the hospitalist at the Glengarry, starting today, so it would be hard to get coverage as I drive to Toronto and back.
So good luck to all the nominees! I’ll be thinking of you tonight.
Also, I must thank our phenomenal friends who are crowdfunding Rico Anderson’s reading of “Humans ‘n’ Hot Dogs,” my Roswell Award finalist short story. The net tally so far is $255.04 U.S. and $148 Canadian. We love you! Thank you for the support from Canada, the U.S., England, and Switzerland. Rico’s jonesing for us to meet our stretch goal of $500-$600, so if anyone wants to throw a bit more money in, maybe he’ll do a Snoopy Dance for you.
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If you are involved in a special event such as a wedding, you may want to mark the day with a special vehicle – a limousine. There are different types of limos including a stretch version so consider your occasion and the cars which are available.
Robyn: Oilfield Account Manager- meaning she manages…oil…? They later refer to her as a Sales and Marketing Engineer…? ABC is just making up occupations at this point. Regardless she leaves sticky notes limo service around her house to learn Spanish. It looks like the movie, Memento… except Robyn has a fully functioning memory and every time she sees the sticky notes she probably remembers that is the WORST way to learn a language.
Back in the day, sequined gowns were all the rage. Today, not so much. That is not to say embellishments aren’t appropriate. The right sequins, appropriately placed, or the right stitching, can give your gown an intricate and elegant look. Just make sure you don’t cross the line into the world of the tacky.
As he showed me the places that he mentioned earlier, he also made a map for me just so I wouldn’t get lost. I was so touched by his thought. When I got out of the limo service I confirmed when the pickup was arranged and he remembered, 7pm sharp. When I went and spend the rest of the morning and afternoon in down town I felt like a bird, so free.
Every city is full of mushrooming companies who offer limousine services in the area. Some of these companies are very old in the business and have formed a great name in the area but some of them are just hoax who claim amazing services at low rates but when the vehicle turns up at your door, the only thing that you can think of is that why you didn’t choose the right company before.
How many years has the driver been working for the company? You want to know how much experience your driver has behind the wheel of a limousine. Limos are not just longer cars. There are specific aspects to driving a bigger vehicle that must be mastered before a driver should be allowed to chauffeur passengers. The longer a driver has been in the industry, the better, and safer, your ride will be.
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My review of James K. A. Smith’s “On the Road with Augustine”.
Goals of the book:
Perhaps one of the most well known works of the early Church is Augustine’s Confessions. This book is an intensely personal look inside the life of Augustine as he writes a spiritual autobiography about life before Christ, life with Christ, and growing in Christ. At times, the book penetrates the soul as Augustine describes the depth of the human condition; at other times, Augustine offers genuine joy as he elucidates what life in Christ looks like. Either way, the book is a fascinating case study in what it means to be a Christian.
James J. A. Smith, a professor at Calvin College, is the perfect person to write a book about Augustine and Christian formation. Especially recently, Smith’s views on formative practices have become extremely popular. (For examples, see my review of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry.) Smith’s books, such as Desiring the Kingdom and You Are What You Love, are stunning and erudite explorations of what forms us and how we are formed. On the Road with Saint Augustine takes a slightly different approach, leading the reader down a similar path to Augustine’s as we grow in Christlikeness.
What does this book offer the Church?:
This book offers the church a unique chance to explore, both conceptually and in lived experience, Christian formation. Most people would love the chance to grow and live introspective lives like Augustine, and now we have the chance. This book is immensely practical, so readers who may have been intimidated by Smith’s previous works, or found it to be too conceptual at times, will find a lot to like here and a lot to learn from.
This book also offers the church a unique take on Saint Augustine. Augustine is a controversial figure today (not like he hasn’t been for all of church history, though), between critiques of original sin and discussions on race, for example. Many in the church have not engaged with Augustine much, so this serves as a good introduction to both Augustine and the Confessions.
How successfully does this book meet its goals?:
Double-dipping a bit into the last section, I want to re-iterate Smith’s success in exploring and explaining Saint Augustine. I never found the material too hard to understand (despite how little of Augustine I have read, ever), nor did I find it to be too “dumbed down” for the reader. But more importantly, I was struck by how much I wanted to change in my life in response to reading this. Even though I am an introvert, I always want to grow in how I evaluate my own life theologically. This book gives us wonderful tools to do so. | <urn:uuid:656eb2a1-5c85-4202-a293-fcf8f82aad47> | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | https://chriswerms.wordpress.com/2019/07/03/on-the-road-with-saint-augustine-smith-2019-review/ | 2019-10-19T06:09:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986688826.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20191019040458-20191019063958-00331.warc.gz | en | 0.956716 | 584 |
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Aggressive rebounding and timely baskets certainly helped sixth-seeded Oregon State against No. 2 seed Baylor.
More impressive was the Beavers' poise throughout as they handed the Lady Bears their first loss since November and earned a second Elite Eight appearance in three seasons.
Marie Gulich had 26 points, Kat Tudor added 16 and Oregon State shot 58 percent in the second half to upset Baylor 72-67 on Friday night in the women's NCAA Tournament Lexington Region semifinal. The Beavers will face Louisville on Sunday for a spot in the Final Four.
Two years after upsetting Baylor in the Dallas Region final, Oregon State (26-7) followed up with a steady performance to improve to 4-0 against Baylor while ending its 30-game winning streak. The Beavers had to withstand nine consecutive points by Alexis Morris that got the Lady Bears (33-2) to 69-67 with 42 seconds remaining before Katie McWilliams' left-corner 3-pointer 30 seconds later provided a five-point edge.
That pivotal shot typified a night in which OSU stuck with the game plan and didn't flinch for the brief times it trailed.
"When you play a team like Baylor, part of the tempo issue is you can't turn it over," Beavers coach Scott Rueck said. "You can't hand them possessions by either a turnover or taking a quick, poor shot.
"I thought we took a couple early in the first quarter, but overall they just know how to win, and that leads to possessions like that against a great defense and a great offense."
Morris missed two 3s and Natalie Chou another in the final 10 seconds for Baylor, which shot just 39 percent and was edged 38-37 on the glass.
Gulich made 10 of 17 from the field and had nine rebounds for OSU, which shot 45 percent in winning for the 10 time in 11 contests. Tudor was 5 of 10 shooting and 4 of 8 from long range as the Beavers made 9 of 20 from behind the arc.
Kalani Brown had 19 points and 10 rebounds for Baylor, which was outscored in all but the second quarter in losing for the first time since falling 68-62 at UCLA in November.
Oregon State: The Beavers weren't intimidated by Baylor's winning streak or size, working around the latter with crisp passing for good looks and controlling the boards throughout. Gulich thrived in both cases, hitting mid-range shots and the boards. Perimeter shooting was key in spreading Baylor's defense as Tudor and Corosdale combined for seven 3-pointers on 13 attempts. McWilliams' late 3 was huge.
"It adjusted as the game went on," Tudor said of the shooting strategy. "Everybody found shooters so great today and it just worked out."
Baylor: Just as the young Lady Bears seemed to find their edge and rhythm with the 6-foot-7 Brown, they steadily fell apart after halftime and never found consistency other than a late run keyed by Morris. Making just 3 of 17 from long range didn't help, but being outrebounded after entering with a plus-26.5 margin after two NCAA contests was the difference for a team that had been dominant since early November. Lauren Cox had 15 points before fouling out, while Morris added 14 points and Dekeiya Cohen 12.
"When you get to this level, it's just the nature of the business," Baylor coach Kim Mulkey said. "Whoever hits shots, makes shots, executes, does what you have to do to win is going to win. We couldn't score the basketball."
Gulich's scoring effort comes just two games after she posted 29 points in a first-round win over Western Kentucky, the second-highest output in an NCAA Tournament game in program history. Most importantly for the 6-5 German was outperforming Brown as OSU needed.
"Our scouting report said just attack her, and that was my plan today," Gulich said. "I think I just used my quickness really well against her. She's really tall and she's strong, but I think I could get around her and have the shots over her. Defensively, my goal was just to keep her off the block, to take away the left hand and not make it easy on her."
Oregon State will face Louisville on Sunday in the regional championship. Louisville beat Stanford 86-59 in the second game.
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Herbert Smith Freehills’ update on the implementation of the Consumer Data Right (CDR) in Australia following the return of the Coalition government at the federal election.
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On the evening of Monday November 5, twelve people gathered around the table at Global Links for a little feast, a little wine … and a whole lotta baby bags. Global Links had a serious need for baby clothes to complete our New Baby bags – handmade bags filled with supplies for new mothers and babies. The contents of the bags have been determined in consultation with our partner hospitals in the countries where we ship the bags, and are used by hospitals as an incentive for mothers to come in for prenatal care and attended deliveries – both of which save lives. We couldn’t ship any bags until we had more clothes.
Each of the guests brought three new baby outfits apiece – 15 pounds of baby clothes. Together, they packed 57 bags and listened to a presentation from Program Officer Marisol Valentin, who read a thank you note from a mother in Cuba who had received one of the bags. “I send you a kiss and a hug to thank you with all my heart,” the note concluded.
The packers, four of whom are long-term Global Links volunteers, understand how the bags are a valuable tool to improve Maternal/Infant mortality – a special focus of Global Links. Thanks to their efforts, we can make this tool available to a hospital in Haiti that requested them in our next donation there.
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D.A. Carson: We tend to overlook how often the gospel of Christ crucified is described as “power.” Paul is not ashamed of the gospel, he declares, “because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes” (Rom 1:16). Writing to the Corinthians, Paul insists that “the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God” (1 Cor 1:18). He takes painstaking care not to corrupt the gospel with cheap tricks like manipulative rhetoric, what he dismissively sets aside as “words of human wisdom”—“lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power” (1:17). The “incomparably great power” that is working in those who believe is tied to the exercise of God’s mighty strength when He raised Jesus from the dead (Eph 1:19–20). There is superb irony in all this, of course. When Jesus was executed in the first century, the cross
D. A. Carson, “I Am the Truth,” in The God We Worship: Adoring the One Who Pursues, Redeems, and Changes His People, ed. Jonathan L. Master (Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian & Reformed, 2016), 157–58: Knowledge of the Word does not sanctify us by mere education. I have now lived long enough and have belonged to enough professional biblical societies that there are not many front-rank New Testament scholars in the world whom I have not met. Some of them are very brilliant minds indeed. One chap in Germany used to conduct a postdoctoral seminar in which he wanted only a few people, the brightest of the bright. So on the first day, he offered them a test: write out the epistle to the Ephesians in Greek. Well, that got rid of a lot of the less determined, but there were still too many students for the professor’s preference, so the next class was another test: write out the epistle to the Ephesians in
D.A. Carson: God is the sovereign, transcendent and personal God who has made the universe, including us, his image-bearers. Our misery lies in our rebellion, our alienation from God, which, despite his forbearance, attracts his implacable wrath. But God, precisely because love is of the very essence of his character, takes the initiative and prepared for the coming of his own Son by raising up a people who, by covenantal stipulations, temple worship, systems of sacrifice and of priesthood, by kings and by prophets, are taught something of what God is planning and what he expects. In the fullness of time his Son comes and takes on human nature. He comes not, in the first instance, to judge but to save: he dies the death of his people, rises from the grave and, in returning to his heavenly Father, bequeaths the Holy Spirit as the down payment and guarantee of the ultimate gift he has secured for them—an eternity of
To worship God ‘in spirit and in truth’ is first and foremost a way of saying that we must worship God by means of Christ. In him the reality has dawned and the shadows are being swept away (Hebrews 8:13). Christian worship is new covenant worship; it is gospel-inspired worship; it is Christ-centered worship; it is cross-focused worship. — D. A. Carson Worship by the Book (Grand Rapids, Mi.: Zondervan, 2002), 37 (HT: Of First Importance)
Matt Smethurst: What most encourages Tim Keller, John Piper, and Don Carson as they interact with the rising generation of church leaders? “There are so many younger men and women who love the Bible and are deeply committed to being followers of what it says—as opposed to jellyfish in the current of the culture,” Piper observes. “Such an allegiance to Scripture starts yielding commitments that I get excited about.” The sovereign grace of God and racial justice are just two examples that energize his heart. Carson likewise notes a “remarkable attitude that wants to be taught and mentored in the Bible, in historic Christian confessionalism, and in how to minister.” This humility and eagerness, he says, is thrilling to see. And while plenty of young leaders desire to be either “only attractive” or “only offensive,” Keller adds, he also sees many who are striving to embody the biblical tension of gospel ministry in which we are “both offensive and attractive”
Not everyone recognizes Jesus’ authority; others sense the power but do not respond with faith. Even some who naturally belong to the kingdom, that is, the Jews who had lived under the old covenant and had been the heirs of the promises, turn out to be rejected. They too approach the great hall of the messianic banquet, lit up with a thousand lamps in joyous festivity; but they are refused admission, they are thrown outside into the blackness of night, “where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (8:12). The idea is not that there will be no Jews at the messianic banquet. After all, the patriarchs themselves are Jews, and all of Jesus’ earliest followers were Jews. But Jesus insists that there is no automatic advantage to being a Jew. As he later says to those of his own race, “Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given
D.A. Carson: The revelation has come to us in the natural world, in great events of miraculous power attested by witnesses, in the personal work of the Spirit of God, in the enormously rich variety of writings that make up the Bible, and supremely in the person of Jesus Christ. These are not mutually exclusive channels. For instance, most of what we know propositionally about Jesus is found in the Bible, including those parts that preserve the testimony of witnesses – so here we have Jesus himself, witnesses who have left words about him, and the Bible that preserves them and conveys them. First, the content can be indeed, has been- put into propositions, creeds, catechisms, statements of faith. It has substance. Of course there is an interpretive element in all our confessions, for finite beings cannot know anything without interpreting it. Only omniscience can escape the limitations of perspectivalism – of looking at things form a limited perspective.
Though Keller and Carson could both be described as “pro-revival,” they are clear about unique dangers that have historically attended outpourings of God’s Spirit. “There is the danger of domesticating, of packaging, that can often end up making it feel phony,” Carson observes. As Keller adds, “Some are attracted to the glitz, others just want the attention.” He cites Jonathan Edwards’s little-known Thoughts on Revival for a sober-minded reflection on the false experiences that sometimes attend revival because of human sin. Keller and Carson on Revival from The Gospel Coalition on Vimeo.
Sam Storms: In a recent editorial for the on-line theological journal, Themelios, (“Do the Work of an Evangelist,” 39, 1, April 2014), D. A. Carson had some interesting remarks on the nature of the Christian gospel. “For some Christians, ‘the gospel’ . . . is something you preach only to unconverted people. The gospel merely tips people into the kingdom; transformation and sanctification are sustained by discipleship. Once people become Christians, then the work of life transformation begins, often buttressed by various discipleship seminars: ‘Biblical Leadership,’ ‘Learning to Pray,’ ‘What to Do with Your Money,’ ‘Christian Marriage,’ and so forth—none of which falls under ‘gospel,’ but only under post-gospel discipleship. In recent years, however, many preachers and theologians have convincingly argued that ‘gospel’/’evangel’ is the larger category under which both evangelism and discipleship fall. In the NT, gospel is not everything—it is not law, for instance—but it is a very big thing, precisely because it is the unimaginably great news
D. A. Carson: How dare you approach the mercy-seat of God on the basis of what kind of day you had, as if that were the basis for our entrance into the presence of the sovereign and holy God? No wonder we cannot beat the Devil. This is works theology. It has nothing to do with grace and the exclusive sufficiency of Christ. Nothing. Do you not understand that we overcome the accuser on the ground of the blood of Christ? Nothing more, nothing less. That is how we win. It is the only way we win. This is the only ground of our acceptance before God. If you drift far from the cross, you are done. You are defeated. We overcome the accuser of our brothers and sisters, we overcome our consciences, we overcome our bad tempers, we overcome our defeats, we overcome our lusts, we overcome our fears, we overcome our pettiness on the basis of the blood
D.A. Carson: Everything that we know and appreciate and praise God for in all Christian experience both in this life and in the life to come springs from this bloody cross. Do we have the gift of the Spirit? Secured by Christ on the cross. Do we enjoy the fellowship of saints? Secured by Christ on the cross. Does he give us comfort in life and death? Secured by Christ on the cross. Does he watch over us faithfully, providentially, graciously, and covenantally? Secured by Christ on the cross. Do we have hope of a heaven to come? Secured by Christ on the cross. Do we anticipate resurrection bodies on the last day? Secured by Christ on the cross. Is there a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness? Secured by Christ on the cross. Do we now enjoy new identities, so that we are no longer to see ourselves as nothing but failures, moral pariahs, disappointments to our parents—but deeply loved, blood-bought, human
(HT: Justin Taylor)
D.A. Carson: […] For the Bible to be coherent, then, it follows that the gospel must resolve the problem of sin. What is the gospel? In recent years that question has been answered in numerous books, essays, and blogs. Like the word “sin,” the word “gospel” can be accurately but rather fuzzily defined in a few words, or it can be unpacked at many levels after one undertakes very careful exegetical study of εὐαγγέλιον4 and its cognates and adjacent themes.5 We could begin with a simple formulation such as “The gospel is the great news of what God has done in Jesus Christ.” Then one could adopt an obvious improvement: “The gospel is the great news of what God has done in Jesus Christ, especially in his death and resurrection” (cf. 1 Cor 15). Or we could take several quantum leaps forward, and try again: The gospel is the great news of what God has graciously done in Jesus Christ, especially in his
All Christian blessings and resources are grounded in the blood of the Lamb. Do you find yourself accepted before this holy God? If so, it is because of the blood of the Lamb. Have you received the blessed Holy Spirit? He has been poured out because of the blood of the Lamb. Do you have the prospect of consummated eternal life in glory? It was secured by the blood of the Lamb. Are you in the fellowship of saints, brothers and sisters who love Christ, the church of the living God, a new body, the body of Christ on earth? This is bought, secured, and constituted by the blood of the Lamb. Are you grateful for the spiritual armaments that Paul tells us to deploy (Ephesians 6)? The entire arsenal is at our disposal because of the blood of the Lamb. May we go to God in prayer? It is because of the blood of the Lamb. Do we find our wills
Sound theology should shape everything we do in corporate worship. But what does that mean for music in particular? Don Carson recently sat down with worship leaders Keith Getty and Matt Boswell to discuss the relationship between the truth we believe and the songs we sing. Theology and Music from The Gospel Coalition on Vimeo.
Justin Taylor: D. A. Carson argues that polemical theology is biblical but can also be dangerous: . . . any robust theology that wounds and heals, that bites and edifies and clarifies, is implicitly or explicitly engaging with alternative stances. In a world of finite human beings who are absorbed in themselves and characterized by rebellion against God, polemical theology is an unavoidable component of any serious theological stance, as the Bible itself makes clear. But then he points to the dangers: Nevertheless there is something wrong-headed about making polemical theology the focus of one’s theological identity. This can be done in many ways. There are well-known scholars whose every publication has an undertone of “everyone-has-got-this-wrong-before-me-but-here-is-the-true-synthesis.” Some become far better known for what they are against than for the overflow of their worship or for their generosity to the needy or even for their affirmation of historically confessed truth. Still other Christians develop websites and ministries whose sole aim is to confute
“I do not know how many times I have sung the words, “O let me never, never / Outlive my love for Thee,” but I mean them. I would rather die than end up unfaithful to my wife; I would rather die than deny by a profligate life what I have taught in my books; I would rather die than deny or disown the gospel. God knows there are many things in my past of which I am deeply ashamed; I would not want such shame to multiple and bring dishonor to Christ in years to come. There are worse things than dying.” —D. A. Carson, How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1990), 120. (HT: Justin Taylor)
Justin Taylor posts: Daniel Darling, writing for Leadership, asks Don Carson, “You’ve often said that the Church is three generations from losing the gospel entirely. What advice would you give to pastors and church leaders to ensure that this doesn’t happen?” Here is his answer: This question is an important one, but very difficult to answer in a few lines. Read and meditate on the Scriptures constantly, and self-consciously place yourself under Scriptural authority. Walk with epistemological humility—and that means carefully learning from Christian leaders in the past so we do not tumble into precisely the same mistakes. Devote yourself to disciplined prayer. A prayerless person is a disaster waiting to happen. Never stop evangelizing: it is much easier to get sloppy about the gospel if you are not proclaiming it and seeing men and women come to Christ. Develop close attachments with a handful of trusted people who are experienced and discerning, and make time for edifying fellowship. If you
“Using audio from Don Carson, this short video challenges us from the Bible how we must be sharing our lives, opening up the Bible and changing generations as we point them to Jesus.”
Here’s how Don Carson recently replied to a question about suffering during a Q&A. (This is a lightly edited transcript from 13:37 to 14:40 in the audio file.) We grew up in some of the suffering of French Canada. I’ve had typhoid because I went to Africa and came within death’s door. I’ve had two or three other diseases that have almost taken me out. My wife’s had cancer that has almost taken her out. She didn’t expect to live to 50; she just turned 59. But that’s part of the stuff of life, isn’t it? And if you’re a Christian leader, then sooner or later you go through situations in churches and relationships that are really tough.The most painful things I’ve ever borne are betrayals by Christian friends. Some of you will know the name Roy Clements. On the Tuesday of this particular week, we got the diagnosis of my wife’s cancer, and it was bad. On the Thursday of that week, I and five others got the | <urn:uuid:40be5a84-8c76-4206-8e2d-8f50c6b728cf> | CC-MAIN-2016-30 | https://pjcockrell.wordpress.com/category/da-carson/ | 2016-07-31T05:20:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469258950570.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723072910-00030-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963539 | 3,531 |
Via the B&C scoring system, a rack must total 170 inches to “make book” as a balanced “typical.” That total includes the length of the main beams, widest inside spread, four circumference measurements and the length of each tine.
Hunters like to spread their arms as wide as they can to dramatize the span of antlers they’ve seen towering over disappearing bucks. Alas, the widest inside spread actually recorded in that edition of the official B&C book stretches just 32 inches, beam to beam. Don’t get me wrong. With a score of 197 2/8, this 6×7 Kansas rack, which ranks #35 in the book, is still incredibly wide. But it’s not the “at least three feet!” spread so often reported by frustrated hunters gunning for Mr. Big.
By the way, you know who shot that deer? No one. It was found dead.
The only antler measurement that beats inside spread is main beam length. Hunters don’t often describe this because, given the curvature of main beams, total length is difficult to judge. At best we report them as “reaching past the end of his nose!” Few actually do, but the 33 6/8-inch right beam of the circa-1985, 8×7 Indiana buck tied for 44th place probably did. This is the longest beam on record. Total score on this beauty is 195 5/8. It’s owned by Bass Pro Shops, so if you search enough stores you might find it. Inside spread is a modest 22 7/8 inches.
The B&C book doesn’t list tine length, which is too bad, but it does include 1st circumference measurements, which are taken at the narrowest spot between antler base and the first tine. This give you a fair idea of the mass of the antlers, although a few are actually more massive farther up the main beam than near the base. Now, base diameter is something every hunter mentions, usually by bringing both hands together in a circle to demonstrate what is surely a 10- to 12-inch antler base. As if this visual reminder isn’t blatant enough, it is accompanied by words like “Bigger than your average elk rack! I’m talking mass like the end of a baseball bat, man.”
Well, you gotta love mass like that. But you’ll be hard pressed to find it. The most massive typical antler base in this book is… are you ready for this? Just 7 inches. There are four racks of this diameter, but only two have the 7-inch circumference on both sides. Most book antlers sport 4 5/8-inch to 6-inch bases. Anything over 6 must be those two-handed baseball bat circumferences we keep hearing about. By the way, those 7×7-inch-base racks rank 659th and 895th in the book.
To be fair, we should mention that the Book does list a non-typical antler with a 10 4/8-inch base. That’s a whopper. It was grown by another of those overachieving Kansas bucks. A lucky hunter shot it in 2003. The rack had 25 total points and scores 203 3/8 net, yet it stands way down in 1,792th place. To put this in perspective, that score is 10 inches shy of the world’s record TYPICAL rack score. I’ll bet the hunter who got it is really torn up over that. By the way, only one book buck has 10×10-inch bases. It came out of Maryland, of all places, in 1979. Scores 221 3/8 non-typical.
In the weird category we find the non-typical rack with the smallest base circumference — 3 6/8 by 3 6/8 inches. Nice balance, eh? But those narrow bases support a superstructure of 21 tines scoring 197 3/8 points. That’s a monster rack any of us would be tickled to own, but guess what. It stands in 2,676th place in the book. It came out of Kentucky in 1998. I’ll bet the guy who shot it had to see a psychologist to get over his depression.
The B&C buck with the narrowest inside spread must be freaky looking. Taken in 1999 from Saskatchewan and standing tied for 2,673rd place, it’s a 6×6 with a whopping 13 7/8-inch inside spread. I have friends with heads wider than that. This is the narrowest inside spread of any typical whitetail rack in B&C’s records. The bases on this rack are just 4 6/8 and 4 4/8, too. Wow. Thin and narrow. Where does this rack come up with enough inches to make its total score of 173 1/8? Main beam lengths are a modest 23 5/8 and 24 1/8. That means just one thing. Its twelve tines must reach to the stars!
You can uncover natural oddities like this throughout Boone & Crockett’s record book. For example, I discovered that there is just one whitetail base measurement in the 9-inch category, even among non-typicals. Is that crazy or what? Of literally thousands of racks, only one lands anywhere in the 9-inch range. It’s 9 6/8 inches.
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The software patent suit nonsense isn’t stopping anytime soon. Today Apple and LG will face the telecommunications company Alcatel-Lucent in a San Diego federal court over a surprising bit of tech: video compression.
The trial follows from a 2010 lawsuit where Alcatel-Lucent claimed Apple and LG infringed on its video compression technology, Bloomberg reports. Alcatel-Lucent’s tech shrinks video down in size to more easily distribute it over the Internet, satellites, and other communications media, as well as physical media like DVDs.
Alcatel-Lucent says it’s seeking a “reasonable royalty” based on what both companies would have paid to license its patent. The company claims that several models of Apple’s iPhone, iPad, iPod, and MacBook Pro, as well as multiple LG phones, infringed on its video compression patents. Specifically, Alcatel-Lucent claims Apple infringed on three patents, while LG infringed on two.
While Alcatel-Lucent hasn’t listed any damages figures yet, a financial expert in the court filing for the trial estimated that Apple could have paid $195.9 million in royalties so far, while LG would have paid $9.1 million.
Not surprisingly, both Apple and LG deny infringing on the video compression patents, and say that the technology being targeted is just a small part of complex products.
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The Lighter Side of DeGroot
Well, they finally did it: The Sun-Sentinel managed to have only one story on the front page this Sunday. And, of course, it wasn't an end-of-the-worlder; just something about unpermitted construction work.
I don't know how the Tribune company plans to get back on its feet this way. One byline on the front page just doesn't make for a vibrant, satisfying newspaper. Of course, there was a giant tease to Tim Collie's project on a teenager who has been in a Schiavo-like state for three years after a car accident. Not something that demands reading, but a very well-done story. How good? Good enough to earn the praise of Sentinel critic and Pulp sensation John DeGroot, the newspaper's former writing coach. Another story that grabbed DeGroot's attention was Audra Burch's story in the Miami Herald on an addiction recovery place in Delray Beach. Here's what he wrote:
Given the decline and fall of newspapering as we once knew it, attention must be paid to the increasingly rare work of the dwindling number of story-telling writers still dazzling us with their talent here in South Florida.
Certainly, both Tim Collie of the Sentinel and Audra Burch of the Herald Sunday revealed their tremendous love of language and humanity in their respective stories about a local family's courage and steadfast love for their comatose son (Collie) and the strange, desperate battle to stay sober waged by 5,000 adicts in Delray Beach (Burch).
Both pieces need to be read as examples of two writers with a tremendous feeling for just the right word --- or, to paraphase Mark Twain, Collie and Burch sure as hell know the difference between lightning and light bugs.
Be sure to catch Burch's last two graphs. As "kickers" go, Audra's is awesome!
One other thing I should mention, completely off point, is that a Sun-Sentinelite sent me word yesterday that outgoing Managing Editor Sharon Rosenhause failed to attend Saturday's memorial service for Bruce Kestin on Saturday. Why? They say she attended a production of Celia: The Life and Times of Celia Cruz in Miami instead. Needless to say this choice didn't sit well with those who worked side-by-side with Rosenhause and Kestin, an assistant city editor, during the past decade or so. Wrote the Sentinel staffer: "Just one more reason her staff will miss [Rosenhause] when she leaves July 31 ... NOT."
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The importance of rehabilitation after stroke
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, the world’s leading voluntary health organization devoted to fighting cardiovascular disease and stroke, wants stroke survivors to know that while life may be different after a stroke, rehabilitation can help them regain some independence, decrease chances of another stroke and provide new goals to work toward.
Worldwide, stroke is the second leading cause of death and is a leading cause of long-term disability. Stroke is more disabling than it is fatal. However, stroke is largely beatable through high-quality rehabilitation and patient support and implementation of the Association’s Rehabilitation Guidelines.
“Rehabilitation is key to recovery after stroke,” Olajide Williams, M.D., chief of staff of Neurology, associate professor of Clinical Neurology Columbia University Medical Center and an American Stroke Association volunteer, said. “But up to a third of people who have a stroke do not participate in a rehab program.”
Stroke rehabilitation can help patients build their strength, capabilities and confidence, potentially regaining skills and returning to independent living. Rehab can also help patients better manage other conditions they have, which may affect daily living or their risk for a second stroke.
“Stroke recovery begins the moment you suspect a stroke,” Williams said. “The sooner a person can be treated for stroke, the more likely they are to have a successful outcome.”
He advises everyone to be ready to respond F.A.S.T. if they suspect a stroke. The acronym F.A.S.T. represents the most common stroke warning signs and stands for:
- Face Drooping – does one side of the face droop or is it numb? Ask the person to smile. Is the person's smile uneven?
- Arm Weakness – is one arm weak or numb? Ask the person to raise both arms. Does one arm drift downward?
- Speech Difficulty – is speech slurred? Is the person unable to speak or hard to understand? Ask the person to repeat a simple sentence, like "The sky is blue."
- Time to Call 9-1-1 – if someone shows any of these symptoms, even if the symptoms go away, call 9-1-1 and get to a hospital immediately. (Tip: Check the time so you'll know when the first symptoms appeared.)
Education about F.A.S.T is a part of the American Stroke Association’s Together to End Stroke initiative, nationally sponsored by Medtronic. Together, the two organizations aim to help people to easily recognize the most common stroke warning signs to improve stroke outcomes.
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Together to End Stroke™ initiative, nationally sponsored by Kindred Rehabilitation Services, raises awareness that stroke is largely beatable through high-quality rehabilitation, patient support and implementation of the AHA/ASA’s Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Guidelines.
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I teach a sex education class and received the following question from a student in our question box. My students are 13 years old.
Why does it hurt to have your period? I don't know if this is a male or a female asking. I can only assume they are speaking about cramping. Why do women have cramping with periods? What can alleviate the pain?
Menstruation, or a period, is often a monumental rite of passage, signaling a physical development and maturation toward adulthood. A period is a part of the ovulatory cycle and involves monthly shedding of the uterine lining that is accompanied by menstrual blood. The blood that flows as a part of menstruation totals about half-of-a-cup and can vary in rate of flow dependent on where a person is in their cycle. Although bleeding is often associated with pain, the physiological processes that contribute to menstrual flow do not hurt.
About 50 percent of people, however, have painful menstruation, referred to medically as dysmenorrhea. Usually this takes the form of cramping that begins within three years of the first period and decreases in intensity with age. Some believe that cramping is caused by excessive amounts of prostaglandin, a hormone-like substance typically involved in pain and inflammation processes. Prostaglandins make their big appearance at the onset of labor, when they cause the powerful contractions that push the baby out. But even outside of the delivery room, prostaglandins still initiate contractions of the uterus. It's these muscle twistings that can, when severe and prolonged, contribute to menstrual discomfort by temporarily cutting off the blood supply to the uterus, depriving the muscle of oxygen and causing pain.
Indeed, some people's cramps are so bad that they're debilitating. If this is the case, see a gynecologist or health care provider for an examination, to rule out other possible causes for the cramping.
At-home remedies are available that can help with the discomfort or pain. Some people find that soaking in a hot bath does the trick, while others prefer directly applying a heating pad to the abdomen. Others try either exercising the aches away (at the gym or in the bedroom), or hitting the bed for some R&R till they subside. Still others opt for over-the-counter non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen or aspirin (some of which also function as prostaglandin inhibitors).
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“The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn; the bird waits in the egg; and in the highest vision of the soul, a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.” – James Allen, As a Man Thinketh
There is a time when you realize you have potential to be something more than what you think or act that you are. It is an overwhelming personal discovery. The feelings of doubt & fear pour over you and can be something that is hard to describe. All of the sudden you realize within yourself that the fears, anger, hurt and all of your negative reoccurring thoughts may not be real. Whoa. All of the thoughts that I will fail at this nExt endeavor or that I am not educated enough to do will rush forward to the front of your head. “Oh, well I am a dreamer.” Or “I can’t afford to..” These and many more circle around your head and you wonder why you even thought you could.” Bah Humbug! Not me. I could never do it.” Your thoughts remind you.
Then part of you allows yourself to see it. Whatever your dream is. You wish it. You secretly dream it. Then push it aside like a half-eaten plate of food. Nah. I am a dreamer. I need to get another job. I need to get a raise. I need to do a little better than just getting by. But, let’s be realistic here. I am not able to live my dream. This dream would require something I don’t have. Or does it? Let’s Explore your dream and how it may be possible. Let’s work on removing the self-doubt or the personal sabatores that we all have and see if we can actually do it. Is it possible to have faith within ourselves? Is there really a magic secret to having faith? What magic pill can you take to help you have faith? Is there a secret to having faith in yourself?
See, having faith in yourself is not a normal part of how we are raised. We are raised doing our best but we could have done better. We are raised with the thoughts that if we work harder we will end up being the best that we can be. Even if that means we spend our entire life struggling. Why? Because we really do not have the faith within ourselves and need to. We really do not have faith at all. We have yet to master our thoughts and conquer our self-judgments, doubts, fears and all of the other thoughts that circle our head and plague us with negativity. We are not able to see past the very bill that is typed in big bold red letters “OVERDUE”. Frankly, we are overdue. We are overdue for an emotional makeover. A nice overdue bill or a shortage in our paycheck sends us back to prehistoric times and we howl, bang on the table and foam at the mouth. We become super upset as this triggers our caveman side and we have failed! It is not that we have failed anything but it FEELS like you did.
The car breaks down and the bill collectors keep calling. Every time you pick up the phone it sends a chill down your body. Then the lies come. “I am sorry, there is no one with that name here” or your emotions are so angered that you scream into the phone “%%##!! Stop calling my house! Enough already” The poor person on the others side has already received 50 or 60 calls like that and is starting to have a nervous breakdown but you don’t care. They need to stop calling your house. They need to stop reminding you that you can’t pay them off right now. They need to leave you alone! You are doing your best. You are working 2 jobs or not able to find work and certainly not able to think about the dream you secretly go to feel like a person again. This dream that you love yourself and it offers a small ounce of hope. Then this cycle begins again.
However, aside from the negative stuff mentioned here, let’s look at the place that we all go too. The “dream” of a really nice clean house and plenty of food in the fridge, the decked out car and the higher paying job. Or whatever your dream is. Let’s go there. How do we make it come true? There is no shame in taking the time to dream and really live the dream you want. I understand that you want to live in real life what you dream. How cool would it be if your dream became real and you were actually doing what it is that you want? I am a dreamer and had to work to get to my dream but here it is. You are reading it. You are holding it and if my dream is to come true, this book will help you live your dream.
The question is how do you get to the place where you are accepting that you have potential, that you are bigger and more amazing! I know you are and have faith you will find yourself. As with anything, there will be work to do. I hope that it is worth it to you to try. You will have nothing to lose other than that nagging wonder in the back of your head of ‘should ofs’. The only thing that you can do is try and why not? I hear you. There are so many other things you could be doing right now and reading a book isn’t one you have time for. Well, maybe you do. Maybe you choose not to. I cannot make you but I can say that starting to do things a little different may be a good start to changing your life so that you can have more free time or at least appreciate taking it. Free time is an important secret that helps change people lives.
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You can get a copy of a will only after it’s gone through probate.
Wills only become public record after they have been filed for probate
During probate, only the executor and beneficiaries are typically allowed to see the will
You can find public records of a will at the county court where it was originally filed
As part of an estate plan, many people choose to create a last will and testament. This legal document contains instructions on what should be done with your property and belongings after you die. Once someone passes away, their will must be filed at the local court, so it can go through probate, the legal process of proving the will and distributing assets.
The will does not become part of the public record until after the probate proceeding has concluded. Sometimes probate can take a long time, but once it has concluded, you can find a public copy of the will the same place where it was filed: the probate court. You can also get a copy for a small fee.
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The last will and testament is necessary for probate to begin, so it is essential that the testator (will writer) store the will in a safe place, like with an estate planning attorney. You might choose to store your last will and testament in a safe deposit box, but you'll have to make sure the executor can access it.
Some people even file their will, for a fee, with the county clerk while they’re still alive. Typically done at the office of the register of wills, this is for safekeeping and convenience and is not necessary. Wills filed while the testator is still alive are not part of the public record; they’re still the personal property of the testator.
The executor or personal administrator is responsible for filing the will with the county clerk at the local probate court. This will start the probate process, as the executor manages the estate by paying taxes and unpaid debt, and distributing assets to heirs.
During this time, only the executor and named beneficiaries have access to the will, which won’t become part of the public record until the executor has carried out his or her duties and probate is complete.
Probate process takes time, and is generally longer for larger estates, and can be further drawn out if there are complications and someone decides to contest the will.
Read more about probate.
After a will has become part of the public record, you can obtain a copy at the local courthouse where it was filed. This is usually the county where the deceased person died or where their most recent permanent residence was. Depending on the state and county, the probate court might alternatively be called the circuit court, surrogate’s court, or orphans’ court.
To find public records of the will:
Go to the courthouse in person.
Provide the clerk with the name of the deceased and a date of death. (If you don’t know the date of death, you could try to first get a copy of the death certificate.)
The clerk will give you a case number, which might be needed to look up the probate records, including the will.
Depending on the court and how old the will is, you might look at digitized documents, original paper files, or microfilm using the viewing equipment at the courthouse. The clerk will give you instructions on what to do.
Pay a fee to get a copy of the will. Copying fees are typically charged by the page. If you’re unable to visit the court in person, you can usually submit a formal written request and mail or fax it to the court.
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A will is the best way to ensure your property goes to your loved ones after you die.
When someone dies without a will, their estate is said to be intestate. The probate judge will appoint someone to administer the estate and give them letters of administration as proof of their legal duties. This administrator will distribute the estate according to state intestacy law, which typically awards property first to the closest blood relations, which is typically the surviving spouse or children.
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By Kristen Bialik
While Mario Bava is known for dabbling in all kinds of genres, he was and is the pioneer of giallo. Giallo, a subgenre of Italian horror cinema in the 1960s, earned its name from cheap, pulp paperbacks published in Italy in the 1930s and 40s. Giallo means “yellow,” the bright and striking color publishing giant Mondadori chose to coat their crime novel covers in -- a practice that other publishing companies would soon imitate, making the terms "yellow" and "mystery" a synecdoche of sorts. As a name, giallo is perfect. The movies that characterize it were, like the trademark yellow paperbacks, low budget and, on the whole, commercially unsuccessful. Yet there are other associations. Despite it’s sunny exterior, the color yellow takes on more sickening undertones. Yellow fever. Yellow journalism. Yellow belly. That third notch in the rainbow is connected to disease, sensationalism, and debilitating cravenness. Yellow is the last color in blood-drained cheeks met with fear and left with sallow complexion.
Emerging in 1963 with Mario Bava’s film The Girl Who Knew Too Much, giallo came right on the tail-end of Italian neorealism. Bava himself worked as a cinematographer while directors like Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica were making the masterpieces of destitution. In post-WWII Italy, neorealism afforded Italian filmmakers the opportunity to consider the relationship between reality and representation in a way that addressed the economic and moral climate of the country. Combine a believable, though often upsettingly sad, reality on film with horror and you have yourself the roots of giallo.
Yet giallo also comes at the root of another interregnum. Major world events, like the rise of space travel and atomic research, helped make 1960 a pivotal time in the world of horror. For centuries before, horror and mystery was predominantly built around the threat of some kind of monster. Giant squids. Man-eating whales. Vampires. Dragons. The threat of a horror story, and the challenge for any plucky sword-bearing hero, was to take down that monstrous “other,” the clearly defined and easily demarcated beast with its green skin or excessive fur. And then the 20th century happened.
How could any advanced-weapon toting aliens compare to the horrors of World War II? Dracula didn’t stand a chance against the fear of economic desperation that crept in at night. What cinematic realism led to, as much as anything else, was the realization that we are the monsters. Reality was made that much more terrifying with the understanding that horror was everywhere, that it didn’t hide in evil lairs or haunted castles. Horror is the mind unhinged. Horror is the emotions that tug out reason. Horror is peering over the edge of a ship, checking the depths for signs of blood-sucking tentacles, and catching your own reflection, sallow and mad.
Mario Bava straddles the lines between myth and man, between legend and life. At the crossroads, Kill Baby… Kill is at once a supernatural thriller set in a cursed Transylvanianesque village (with all the folklore trappings) and an inversion of every expectation that comes with such a premise. The set has all the cobwebs, fog, dark rooms reliant on the ever-capricious candlelight, and human-eyed portraits that a mystery film could ever need. It calls to mind any vampire novel you’ve ever read. The characterization of the townspeople plays with these expectations. We know early on that there is a legend, a curse that plagues the town, yet no one will speak of it. Dr. Eswai, the coroner who comes into the village to perform an autopsy on a dead girl and to help Inspector Kruger solve her demise is, like the Inspector, disgusted by pandemic superstition. He knows there must be a logical reason for the terrors of the town, that whatever is happening in Villa Graps must be real and unimagined. And he is right. And wrong.
The killer is both a ghost and a little girl. The citizens are being killed as much by supernatural forces as they are by a deranged and vengeful mother. Known to play with appearances, Mario Bava confirms and inverts our every assumption about the killing and saving forces in the world. The killer is a 7-year-old blonde girl who likes to play with a little white ball. Yet this girl is also a monster seeking revenge for her ignored and bloody death. Similarly, the unexpected heroine is not the handsome, logical Dr. Eswai but the scary, dark-haired witch-lady who roams the streets at night in her dark cloaks, ready to whip anyone with a leech vine if she thinks Melissa (the demon child) has set her sights on them. You know, bleed them to save them. But it’s scary witch-lady Ruth who ultimately rids the town of Melissa’s haunting spirit. It is both real and entirely unreal, and the terrors within the dichotomy are equal parts otherworldly and just-down-the-street.
Casting the angelic-looking little girl as the monster is something that goes so far against our expectation of evil that the proposition itself is immediately unsettling. Yet there are very real horrors buried within it: the death of a child by trampling, a mother’s psychotic reaction to the pain of that loss. An interesting distinction, though, is that Melissa doesn’t touch a single one of her victims. She kills by the victims’ self-killing. In each case, the citizens, no matter how fearful, become entranced and end their own lives by ramming stakes through their hearts or slitting their own throats. Melissa doesn’t kill. She watches. Perhaps this, of all things, is the most realistic aspect of the film. It suggests that our great killers are our own weaknesses; that the terrors we imagine are nothing compared to the unseen realness of fear itself. Each supernatural suicide suggests that we run the risk of killing ourselves the moment we give in to what terrifies us. The monster’s weapon is our yellow belly.
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China Visa issued by Chinese embassies and consulates overseas is required if visitors plan to travel in mainland China with the valid period of passport at least 6 months after the intended stay. There are several different types of Visa as follow:
Maximum of 30 days are allowed to stay in China with Single-Entry Visa which is usually valid for 3 months after the issue date. Majority of visitors only need to apply Single-Entry Visa for travel or general business purpose.
The Double-Entry Visa is usually used for vistors who have to leave and re-entered mainland China. It is very important to aware that if you leave Mainland China for Macau or Hongkong, if you would like to re-enter mainland China, then you need to apply Double-Entry Visa.
Hong Kong & Macau:
For those countries’ residents who don’t have to apply Visa to enter Hong Kong in advance and able to stay maximum 90 days. If they plan to visit mainland China, then a visa need to be issued upon the arrival.
Residents come from 65 countries such as the United States, Japan and European Countries do not need to apply for a visa if they want to enter Macau. While visa that allows to stay maximum 30 days will be issued at the border control.
Visitors who leave Mainland China for Hong Kong and Macau, if you need to re-enter Mainland China, then they will need to apply for a new visa if they do not have the double-entry visa.
Transit passengers who have booked tickets and have seats on international planes on the route to third countries do not have to apply for Visa with no more than 24 hours in advance.
While it is strongly suggest you to check the most up-to-date information in the Chinese embassy websites in your country of residence. Please notice that if you need to extend the duration of your stay, visa holders need to apply for extention before visa expires at the exit & enter department of local public security authorities.
* We are pleased to tell you that China Tour Advisors will provide invitation letter for you to apply the visa if you book a tour with us.
The specific kind of VISA are domonstrated below:
In general, There are eight different types of Visa, which are distinguished by Chinese phonetic letters L, F, Z, X, C, G, D, J-1 and J-2 respectively.
L (tourist visa): Issued to applicant for tourist, family visiting purpose or other personal affairs.
F (business visa): Issued to applicant who have the intention to visit, business, lectures, reserch, culture exchanges, scientific-technological, short-term advanced studies and intern practice for a period less than six months.
Z (work visa): Issued to take up empolyment in China together with their accompamying family members.
X(student visa): Issued to students who come to study in China, incluing advanced studies or intern practice for no less than six months.
C (crew visa): Issued to applicants on international navigation, aviation and land transportation missions and family members accompany them
G(transit visa): Issued to passengers who transit through China.
D(resident visa): Issued to residents who is to reside permantly in China.
J-1 (journalist visa): Issued to foreign resident journalists in China.
J-2 (journalist visa): Issued to foreign resident journalists in China.
Tibet Travel Permit:
Independant visitors are not allowed to travel to Tibet unless they obtain both a valid China Visa and a Tibet Travel Permit which issued by Tibet Tourism Bureau as per the Chiese government regulations. Besides, Tibet Travel Permit can only be obtained through travel agencies. According to the related regulations, Only when the tourists have booked a Tibet tour with travel agency will they able to obtain the Tibet Travel Permits.
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Almond growers: There may not be enough honeybees for our crops.
Almond growers: The beekeepers are raising their prices so much we can barely afford them.
Almond growers: We have such a great harvest that the price for almonds is going to collapse.
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Solar panels are an ingenious way of producing electricity without harming the environment in the form of carbon emissions. Photovoltaic solar systems have been in existence for long and a question that many customers, both the pre-existing users and those planning to switch to solar systems, ask is ‘how long do solar panels last on average'. In this article, we are going to elaborately answer all the concerns related to the longevity of solar panels. We will also talk about the maintenance and warranties of the solar panels so that you can have a good idea before making a transition to a solar PV system for your home or office.
According to research conducted in 2012 by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory of Colorado, US, the output of a solar panel reduces by 0.8 percent on average, every year. This degradation rate translates into a 20 percent reduction in total power output generated in the 25th year. In other words, after 25 years, you will obtain an energy output of 80 percent as compared to the output in the first year of installation. However, it is important to note that this study was based on the analysis of older solar panels. Over the years, improvements in technology have reduced this degradation rate, and this translates into higher output, even after many decades of usage. In addition, the degradation rate depends on a number of other things, such as the brand of the panel, as well as the type of panel used. In sum, we can say that even after many years, solar panels are going to work just fine, retaining most of their initial output produced.
There are two main factors responsible for the degradation of solar panels: a) the type of the panel b) the impact of natural forces like weather and climatic conditions. Speaking of the type of solar panels, crystalline panels offer a greater degree of resistance against extreme weather conditions, and they can withstand heat and cold for more than two decades. Film panels, on the other hand, are more sensitive to changes in weather conditions and the process of degradation starts quite faster.
The location of your home and office and the underlying weather and climatic conditions of the area are other important factor responsible for the degradation of solar panels. Areas receiving strong wind blows, hailstorms, heavy snow loads, and exhausting heat and humidity tend to have a significant impact on the longevity of solar panels. On the other hand, solar panels installed in areas with favorable climatic conditions will degrade at a much slower pace.
Solar panels require regular check-ups by professionals from time to time. Proper maintenance can keep your solar PV system in good condition for a long period of time. Make sure that the installer thoroughly examines all the panels of the solar PV system each year. In this way, you can avoid some serious defects, which show up with solar systems. However, make sure that you allow only a certified solar PV system installer to carry out inspection and repair work, and not to attempt doing it yourself. Solar panels are complicated devices, and you can make things worse by trying to fix things on your own. It can also lead to the annulment of warranty on your solar panel. Regular maintenance work will reveal any potential problems with the panel, such as exposed wires or loose racking.
Apart from the solar panel, there are other components in a solar PV system that needs attention. They are important for the healthy functioning of the system. The standard inverter battery, for example, has a lifespan of 15 years and needs to be replaced at some point during the lifetime of your solar PV system while the microinverters last for a longer period and require to be changed only once in 25 years.
Since wind and adverse weather conditions can affect the longevity of the panel, make sure that you choose the location wisely before installing. For example, mount them tightly and securely to the roof, so that the solar panels are not affected by strong winds. Similarly, ensure that there is no object standing close to the panel, which deflects the sunlight. Besides, make sure that the solar panels are clean, without dust piling on top of them.
Warranty is an important factor to consider while buying any appliance or device, and solar panels are no exception. Besides, solar panels involve a huge investment and therefore, it is always smart to protect yourself against incurring extra costs, in the long run. Usually, solar panel manufacturers offer a warranty period of 25 years, which means that the system will generate an acceptable amount of energy during this entire period, without much degradation. Besides the production warranty, manufacturers also tend to offer 12 to 15 years of equipment warranties on solar panels. Equipment warranties cover defects, as well as environmental damages to certain parts of the solar PV module.
Solar PV modules are a relatively new technology, and solar panels have become popular only in the last two decades. Most of the solar panels that are currently installed are a decade and a half old, and therefore, not much data is available to understand the condition of solar panels after 25-30 years. However, there are examples where solar panels have outperformed their factory specifications and their specified lifespans, offering longer periods of uninterrupted usage.
Solar panels are an environmentally friendly alternative, as they minimize carbon emissions. Besides, there is no wastage associated with them, as once installed, the solar PV system continues to work for decades. They just need to be checked and cleaned at regular intervals.
Proper disposal of a solar panel is something worth considering, since generating waste is not desirable. Once you decide to replace your old panel with a new one, you must look for companies that deal with the recycling of solar panels. At present, the solar panel recycling industry is at its nascent stage, because of the obvious reason that most solar panels are relatively new. However, this industry is going to expand and develop in the future, and we hope that disposing of old solar panels will become easier and handier.
If not physically damaged, a solar panel can easily last for 35 to 40 years. A replacement is required only when the power output drops below 80 percent. As already stated, most solar panels can effectively maintain an efficiency level of over 80 percent, for about 25 years. The newer panels, on the other hand, have a degradation rate of about 0.5 percent per year, which means that it requires more than 35 years for the efficiency to drop below 80 percent. Physical damage is unlikely to happen to a solar panel because it does not have any moving parts.
There are a number of ways in which you can figure out whether your solar panel is undergoing deterioration. Following are some of them:
You can measure the output generated by the solar panel and compare it with its nominal rating and specifications. Make sure that you measure the output only at noon on a bright, sunny day, for optimal results. Some solar installations come with current and voltage displays, through which you can monitor their performance. However, if your solar PV system has no such display, you can use a multimeter to measure the output. If the readings are more than 20 percent below the nominal rating, then we can say that the panel might be wearing out.
Physical deterioration is something that is visible. Weather and climatic conditions are the most important reasons for physical deterioration of solar panels. For instance, hailstorms can cause cracks on the panels. Temperature differences can also result in cracks in the enclosure. A careful physical inspection can reveal any such physical deterioration. Besides, do not forget to clean the panel regularly in order to get rid of dirt and dust.
As already noted, the usual lifetime of a solar panel ranges between 30 to 40 years. If your solar panel is more than 25 years, with a significant reduction in performance then, it is time to change your panel.
Auxiliary components connected to the solar panel can also lead to a decrease in output. Each of these components themselves have a specific lifetime, beyond which it needs to be changed for the healthy functioning of the solar PV system.
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THERE WERE SO MANY NIGHTS when I, as a young boy, had to watch helplessly as my father verbally and physically abused my mother. I can still recall the smell of alcohol, see the fear in my mother’s eyes, and feel the hopeless despair that comes when we see people we love hurting each other in incomprehensible ways. I would not wish that experience on anyone, especially not a child. If I dwell in those memories, I can feel myself wanting to hurt my father back, in the same ways he hurt my mother and in ways of which I was incapable as a small boy. I see my mother’s face and I see this gentle human being whom I loved so very much and who did nothing to deserve the pain inflicted upon her.
When I recall this story, I realize how difficult the process of forgiving truly is. Intellectually, I know my father caused pain because he was in pain. Spiritually, I know my faith tells me my father deserves to be forgiven as God forgives us all. But it is still difficult. The traumas we have witnessed or experienced live on in our memories. Even years later they can cause us fresh pain each time we recall them.
Are you hurt and suffering? Is the injury new, or is it an old, unhealed wound? Know that what was done to you was wrong, unfair, and undeserved. You are right to be outraged. And it is perfectly normal to want to hurt back when you have been hurt. But hurting back rarely satisfies. We think it will, but it doesn’t. If I slap you after you slap me, it does not lessen the sting I feel on my own face, nor does it diminish my sadness as to the fact you have struck me. Retaliation gives, at best, only momentary respite from our emotional pain. The only way to experience healing and peace is to forgive. Until we can forgive, we remain locked in our pain and locked out of the possibility of experiencing healing and freedom, locked out of the possibility of being at peace.
Without forgiveness, we remain tethered to the person who harmed us. We are bound with chains of bitterness, tied together, trapped. Until we can forgive the person who harmed us, that person will hold the keys to our happiness; that person will be our jailor.
When we forgive, we take back control of our own fate and our feelings. We become our own liberators. Forgiveness, in other words, is the best form of self-interest. This is true both spiritually and scientifically. We don’t forgive to help the other person. We don’t forgive for others. We forgive for ourselves.
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Two things struck me last night when I attended the first series of the Parliamentary Debaton 2019 Youth in Parliament by 46 youths in the 16 – 25 year-old age group – firstly, empowering Malaysians youths and inspiring them to transform Malaysia into a top world-class nation of unity, freedom, justice, excellence and integrity; and secondly, harnessing the energies of youth for the country’s reform and the reset of nation building policies to build a New Malaysia.
I was impressed with the seriousness, intensity and passion of the young debators last night on a subject, ‘Precariat Workers in the Gig Economy’, which few Malaysians are familiar with – reinforcing the hope and belief that Malaysians must depend on the youths of today to take the country to greater national heights in the coming years and decades.
Young Malaysians must dare to dream big and have great vision for the country. When the DAP MPs were first elected to Parliament in 1969, we had three DAP MPs who were in their twenties – Fan Yew Teng (Kampar), Lim Cho Hock (Batu Gajah) and myself (Bandar Malacca).
The Pakatan Harapan Government has taken the rights steps to re-set nation building efforts, including the Constitutional amendment to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 year-olds; the appointment of the youngest Youth Minister in the history of 18 Youth Ministers in the history of the country, Syed Saddiq bin Syed Abdul Rahman who was 25 when he appointed to the Cabinet (despite his various faux pas); the Parliamentary Debaton 2019 Youth and the historic event last Friday where after more than 40 years, the University of Malaya Students’ Union (UMSU) revived its tradition of holding a convoy during the university’s orientation week.
I am therefore emboldened to issue two challenges to the Malaysian youths – those in the 16-25 age group: firstly, spearhead a national campaign to clean up the Malaysia social media by combating fake news and hate speech to incite inter-racial and inter-religious suspicion, fear and hatred and secondly, to prove to the world that Malaysia is a successful example of Alliance of Civilisations and not an example of failure from Clash of Civilisations.
If fake news and hate speech calculated to incite inter-racial and inter-religious misunderstanding and undermine inter-racial and inter-religious tolerance and harmony are not checked, the only outcome is a racial and religious conflagration in multi-racial, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural conflagration with all Malaysian as the losers.
This is not the future that Malaysians want, as we want a win-win formula through an Alliance of Civilisations as Malaysia is a confluence of four great civilisations of the world – Malay/Islamic, Chinese, Indian and Western – and Malaysians should leverage on the best values and virtues of these four civilisations instead of being a failed, rogue and kleptocratic state because of a Clash of Civilisations in Malaysia. | <urn:uuid:f30e1e19-5dcb-4485-bbec-f68f9f7ca308> | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | https://dapmalaysia.org/statements/2019/09/08/29008/ | 2020-01-28T17:10:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579251779833.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20200128153713-20200128183713-00408.warc.gz | en | 0.936975 | 626 |
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Personalizeable Sports Pillows™ are great to embroider a name, a team logo, or a score from a memorable game. These make great gifts for children or adult sporting leagues, coaches, sports fans, and for any boy or girl that likes sports. The football measures 17” long and 22″ round.
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Updated January 26, 2021 - 5:05 pm
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association on Tuesday announced it has canceled the basketball and wrestling seasons, with the possibility of having at most one day of competition.
In its announcement, the NIAA cited Gov. Steve Sisolak’s statewide pause that affected close- or full-contact sports and will run through at least Feb. 14. The winter sports season is scheduled to end Feb. 20, and the NIAA has shown no interest in moving that date to allow for competition.
For one day of competition to occur, the following would need to occur. NIAA rules require five days of practice before competition. If the statewide pause is lifted Feb. 14 and basketball and wrestling are removed from the no-play list, practice could resume Feb. 15-19 with one competition held Feb. 20.
That would provide the opportunity for schools to have a senior night for their athletes in those sports.
The NIAA has twice asked the governor’s office to reconsider wrestling and basketball’s place on the no-play list, but those requests have been rejected.
NIAA Update 20 : Full/Close Contact Sports pic.twitter.com/4VukdbX9cw
— Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (@NIAASports) January 26, 2021
Tuesday’s announcement affects non-Clark County School District schools in Southern Nevada. CCSD canceled winter sports for its member schools Dec. 1.
The flag football season is underway for non-CCSD schools in Southern Nevada, while skiing meets are being held in the northern part of the state.
“I think we had already been resolvedto the fact that it was going to be a difficult for us to get a wrestling and basketball season in,” SLAM! Nevada athletic director Mike Cofer said of Tuesday’s announcement.
SLAM! Nevada has built one of the top Class 3A wrestling programs in the state in its four years of existence.
The Bulls finished second at last year’s state meet and had individual state champions in seven weight classes. They hoped to take the final step and end Spring Creek High’s four-year reign atop the state.
“We had high hopes and high expectations for the wrestling program,” Cofer said. “It’s hugely disappointing for the coaches, kids and families who felt like they had built something special that would set the traditions and some foundations, and be the standard-bearer for our school, boys and girls.”
Lake Mead Academy’s boys basketball team was hoping to play in a competitive 2A Southern League with teams like Lincoln County and The Meadows that all had state championship aspirations.
Lake Mead coach Jeff Newton said he’s holding out hope not only to play for one day but to have a semblance of a league schedule outside the confines of the NIAA season, once the governor’s restrictions are lifted.
“We absolutely would want to do something like (senior night),” Lake Mead boys basketball coach Jeff Newton said. “We would do it in a heartbeat. But we’re not really holding out hope for one day. We’d want to play the best teams in our league.” | <urn:uuid:2fe0f793-641c-4439-a7e4-f6eed6f78f7a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/niaa-cancels-basketball-wrestling-seasons-2266233/ | 2022-08-19T17:47:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00212.warc.gz | en | 0.965193 | 692 |
15 Minutes Outside
We are going to spend 15 minutes outside every day, no matter what!
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Saturday got away from us… we had a rushed walk around the block. The boys rode their bikes.
Today the boys had fun playing basketball.
The weather has been a little more winter-like lately. Pretty chilly but nothing we can't handle.
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A couple of days ago I started a new quilt – the previous one really didn’t challenge my sewing skills (I was making it specifically for a friend who didn’t want anything too “fancy”).
This time, I’ve started building something I think I’ll end up calling “Bamboo” – blocks cut freehand with contrasting inserts to look like stems with long narrow leaves. Quite difficult to execute, actually – these first five blocks started out with 9″ wide fabric but trimmed up somewhat less than 6″ in width because of the curvature that occurred with the leaf insertions.
However, after eight blocks I think I’ve finally figured out how to execute the blocks – do the initial slashing cuts, then lay out the pieces and remove fabric from each cut so that when the inserts are stitched and pressed the block retains most of it’s shape and the size will be closer to the starting size. This block is cut, now to add the leaves and stem.
Setting Up The Block
I’m not worrying about keeping block size consistent – they’ll come out whatever size they do; then I’ll fill in with other smaller piecing to make the whole work out.
My amaryllis now has 6 flower blooms – four showing and two to come. That’s the most I’ve ever had on a stalk. The third stalk is still peeking out of the bulb – it’s not clear if it will actually grow or not.
Amaryllis Stalk #2 – with 6 blooms!
This set of blooms makes me smile each time I look at them.
Saw a photo of a wall hanging on Pinterest based on large “wonky” curves. I’ve never really tackled curves except on the princess seams of a jacket where you have to join a convex edge to a concave one. Curve sewing seemed a good thing to learn to control. The technique is the same here as it was on the jackets except the curve is more exaggerated making the sewing more complicated in order to have the seam lay flat!
The curves are also improvisations cut with a rotary cutter – no pattern, no templates, just free-form cutting. The first few cuts were nerve-wracking – what shape curve to cut, from where to where,… It took a couple of blocks before I started to get the hang of what I was trying to do.
I started with 12″ blocks of each fabric, paired them up, and began cutting. I swapped the corner of one block with the fabric beneath – each cut yielded two blocks each consisting of two different fabrics. I realized on the first pair of blocks I needed to insert a thin accent strip in the block – so two curved seams! When I finished each block the outer edges were no longer straight – the blocks needed to be trimmed and squared. The resulting blocks ended up 10.25″ x 10.25″.
To join the blocks I used 1″ sashing giving me 1/2″ separations between each block. The borders are 2″ strips.
I bought backing fabric this morning (before the snow starts falling this evening). Tomorrow will definitely be a sewing day. I’ll have to think about what improvisation to use for the back – it should be something that suggests curves! | <urn:uuid:165b24d8-be81-4588-9898-382e26a1b179> | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | https://jmncreativeendeavours.ca/tag/sewing-curves/ | 2020-01-22T05:31:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579250606696.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20200122042145-20200122071145-00147.warc.gz | en | 0.957046 | 704 |
[Transrectal ultrasound-guided ethanol sclerotherapy for Müllerian duct cyst accompanied with ejaculatory duct obstruction].Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue. 2006 Aug; 12(8):712-3, 716.ZN
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of transrectal ultrasound-guided ethanol sclerotherapy in the treatment of Müllerian duct cyst accompanied with ejaculatory duct obstruction.
Under the transrectal ultrasound guidance, 3 cases of prostate Müllerian duct cyst were treated by 20 G needle puncture and ethanol injection, and closely followed up by ultrasonic monitored on follow-up examinations.
All the cysts involuted completely 6 months after the treatment. Symptoms caused by ejaculatory duct obstruction were relieved in all the patients. No severe complications occurred.
Transrectal ultrasound-guided ethanol sclerotherapy is an effective and safe method for the treatment of Müllerian duct cyst accompanied with ejaculatory duct obstruction. | <urn:uuid:07c0a04e-bc69-4655-8e7f-0ab4f03e2050> | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/16970161/%5BTransrectal_ultrasound_guided_ethanol_sclerotherapy_for_M%C3%BCllerian_duct_cyst_accompanied_with_ejaculatory_duct_obstruction%5D_ | 2021-05-09T08:53:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243988961.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20210509062621-20210509092621-00117.warc.gz | en | 0.91707 | 196 |
Welcome to Alison’s Alembic! You may have arrived here as a stop on the Tarot Blog Hop from Ania M's blog or Aaron Lozano's blog. Or you may have found this through TABI’s Facebook page, or though one of the many wonderful tarot bloggers in the ether... It doesn’t matter – what does matter is that you’re here!
This is the Yule Blog Hop, celebrating the Winter Solstice (for those of us in the northern hemisphere) that falls on December 21st – the solar festival sacred to the Old King and to the reborn ‘Sun Child’. Solstice means ‘sun still’, and refers to the sun seemingly being at a standstill – its turning point, the ‘shortest day’. Up to now, the hours of daylight have been decreasing, the nights longer. As the sun appears to ‘stands still’, the Wheel of the Year seems to stop, and time appears to hang...but from now on the light will start to increase and days will lengthen.
At this time of greatest darkness (again, northern hemisphere bias, sorry!) our wrangler for this edition of the TBH, Joanne of CosmicWhispers, writes: "Winter Solstice was also a time to count the resources gathered during the previous harvest to make sure they would last, to look around and dig for hidden abundance beneath leaf and snow and soil, to know that all the bareness of tree and starkenss of landscape was just at time of sleep and not really death, and that life simply rested in preparation for another season of growth. we need to trust our intuition now more than ever since we can't see the abundance beneath our feet, in the living roots of the world."
With that in mind, she’s asked us to pick a card or cards, or develop a spread, that we think reveals a useful message from the Dark or Hidden realm of life. What can we learn from those messages as we wait for the return of the Light, and how do we find uses for the dark times in our own lives?
|The Hooded Man (trmmed): ©Wildwood Tarot|
THE card, for me, that represents this best is the Wildwood’s version of the Hermit, the Hooded Man. The creators of the deck place The Hooded Man at the Midwinter Solstice, on their Wheel of the Year, a choice reflected in the (again, hemisphere bias at work) wintry scene, complete with holly and other evergreens, and a wren. The Hooded Man survives the cold and darkness by drawing on his wisdom, and the strength he’s gained through what he’s experienced on his journey so far. He can now withdraw, or perhaps even pass on the knowledge and wisdom gained to others in need.
The idea of evergreens being a constant throughout the year, and the qualities they imbue, seems to be a theme this year - not to mention Joanne's mention of living roots. It just so happens that I took part in a midwinter gathering a week ago, where we called on the spirits of four evergreens to remind us of what we can draw on during the darkness. I’ve borrowed from this idea to create the following spread.
Spirit of Fir
Spirit of Mistletoe Spirit of Holly
Spirit of Ivy
Spirit of Fir: A tall tree that, from a mountainside, offers views to the far horizon. The smoke from its wood is said to purify and to cleanse. Its gift to us then, in this time of darkness and withdrawal, is perception or clear vision – access to our own wisdom.
Spirit of Holly: With its prickly leaves and hard wood, it offers protection. When its wood is burned, it provides warmth and light during the cold months. Its gift to us at this time is protection, but also the heat and energy we need to act, even during the bleakest times.
Spirit of Ivy: Associated with intuition, ivy needs the support of other trees or structures in order to reach the light. Its constant spiralling around other trees echoes the search for spiritual understanding. Its gift to us during the darkness of winter is to remind us of the importance of the support and companionship we can offer each other.
Spirit of Mistletoe: Also known as all-heal, mistletoe grows on trees, suspended between earth and sky. Druid tradition says you should never let mistletoe touch the ground… Its white berries symbolize fertility and growth. Its gift is not only healing, but also the blessing of the seeds we nurture through the cold and the dark with good fortune and fertility.
I’ve then drawn a card from the Wildwood tarot to represent how I can use these gifts during the darkness (bearing in mind I’m just about to become unemployed again). (All images copyright Will Worthington and the Wildwood Tarot)
|The Pole Star|
|Ace of Arrows|
Spirit of Fir/The Pole Star (17). I breathe in the clear cold air of a starry winter’s night, and let the light of the stars show me a new path to take.
Spirit of Holly/Ace of Arrows. The warmth of burning holly wood gives me energy to take that first breath, to speak the new idea and give it life.
|Queen of Arrows|
Spirit of Ivy/Queen of Arrows. It’s time to let go of some bonds, and seek out new companions on my next adventure.
|Ten of Stones|
Spirit of Mistletoe/Ten of Stones. Subtitled ‘Home’ in the Wildwood, this reminds me how much ‘home’ – not so much a physical location but more to do with being with my family - gives me in terms of love and support. It’s/they’re where I go to heal. And certainly, during the dark of the winter, the physical home and the comforts it offer are where I want to be. Time to hibernate…
Thank you for stopping off here on your own journey through this Yule Tarot Blog Hop. Please do come back sometime and read some of my other posts.
The next stops on the Tarot Blog Hop are - depending on whether you’re moving backward or forward through the list – Ania M's blog or Aaron Lozano's blog. The Master List can be found here.
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Half a year ago I asked the question of What if...? What if I took 20 sports cards and treated them like I might have when I was in elementary school for the summer?
And now I know.
I didn't do everything a school aged kid might do. I didn't draw on them. I didn't put them in the spokes of my bike. But I did carry them around with me everywhere I went. Weddings? Check. Funerals? Yep. Work. Church. The store. Ball games. Concerts. Everywhere.
I mostly kept them in my left front pocket. I also started to keep my keys in that same pocket. And Brandon Belt was near the top of the stack on most days. I didn't pull them out every day at lunch and try to memorize the stats. I just didn't.
Bartolo Colon was at the bottom of the stack. I went through five rubber bands during the course of the summer. The late 1980s Topps cards seemed to get flimsier. They stayed in the middle of the stack. The more modern Topps cards, also near the middle of the stack, fared rather well. Tim Federowicz's name wore right off the front of his card. The last picture of the bunch is designed to show the side wear.
Here are some closer photos of some of the cards.
Now the researcher in me wants to try the same thing on a bunch of Good/Very Good cards from the middle of each decade. I don't have the time nor patience to give that a go.
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First Lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to give the keynote address at the 49th General Session of the African Methodist Episcopal Church General Conference on June 28th. The event is currently underway at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville (Tennessee), and will run through July 4th.
Founded in 1787, the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church is said to be the oldest African American denomination in the United States, boasting membership of more than three million people. This year marks the first time the church conference has been held in Nashville since 1872.
In anticipation of the notable event, Bishop Vashti McKenzie stated, “We are extremely honored First Lady Michelle Obama will be sharing her thoughts at this quadrennial meeting.” Certainly, both women are groundbreaking history makers. While Michelle Obama serves as the first African American first lady, Bishop McKenzie currently serves as the first woman elected as bishop in the denomination’s history.
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There is a new alternative to jail for the seriously mentally ill. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announces the opening of a new Community Triage Center in the Roseland neighborhood on the city’s South Side.
The issues with Cook County Jail, where hundreds if not thousands of inmates have some level of mental illness, have been well documented. The new triage center is seen as a way to head the problem off at the pass, to take those who may be in trouble with the law and divert them into treatment.
The center opened Tuesday with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting, and is housed in a former Roseland police station on 115th Street. It was built with the help of $3 million from the Cook County Health and Hospitals System, along with some federal and community grants.
Cook County officials say they hope that the reduced traffic in the criminal justice system can save money to the point that the center could potentially pay for itself. They also say it’s a more humane way to treat people who should receive medical attention.
“We’re hoping to prevent individuals with mental illness that don’t need to be incarcerated to begin with,” said Dr. Kenya King, the chief psychiatrist for the organization that runs the mental health program at Cook County Jail. “When people are acting out in the throes of a mental health crisis, things like disorderly conduct, when those become criminal offenses, we want them to be taken somewhere like the Community Triage Center where they can get treatment, instead of locking them up in Cook County Jail.”
Chicago police officers will now have the option to divert some people to the triage center, using new assessment tools learned through the expanded Crisis Intervention Training that the department has taken on. If there is a dispute that requires law enforcement, for example, police will now have the option of determining that a potential offender is in need of medical care.
“The police will make an individual judgment about the nature of the behavior that they’re seeing, they’re going to get specific training to recognize those behaviors,” said Dr. John Jay Shannon, the head of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System. “Assuming someone hasn’t done an overtly criminal act, police will have the ability to bring someone here any time of the day or night, any day of the week. When they’re here, they’ll sign them here and leave. They’ll be picked up by our staff who will then assess, stabilize and treat the individuals.”
The clinic will also treat walk-in patients and patients who are just getting out of jail who need help transitioning back into the community. It will be staffed by nurses and social workers and will have psychiatrists from county hospital on call.
“They’re going to be counselors, psychiatrists on call, and assessment and evaluation by a nursing staff will be available here 24 hours a day, 365 days a year,” Key said.
CCHHS officials say they don’t know how many people the center can serve at once. They say they’ll have a better idea once the center is up and running for a few days.
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Oct. 31: Part two of our story on a program that aims to stop the revolving door of the criminal justice system – from inside the Cook County Jail.
Oct. 19: Twenty Cook County defendants deemed unfit to stand trial are to be placed in a mental health facility. So why are they sitting in jail instead?
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By Paul Kleyman
Many Detroit residents are celebrating a new era of revitalization, as the city’s thriving Midtown is now dotted with upscale shops, restaurants and new construction. But Motor City, blighted with 83,000 abandoned homes, is also seeing the forced relocation of low-income seniors, most of them African American.
“There’s a national trope about Detroit, the idea that it’s empty in a lot of ways,” said Tam E. Perry, a researcher at the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research and assistant professor at Wayne State University, where she heads The Relocation Lab.
Phrases like, “Detroit is on the move” have taken hold, she said, promoting the notion that anything can happen there, that you can start a new business, be an artist–see the city as a “blank slate” just waiting for you to make your mark on it.
“But when you think a community is a blank slate,” she said, “you’re also overlooking very vulnerable populations that have been part of the fabric of Detroit and want to remain part of that fabric. As development is occurring in various parts of the city, senior relocation—or I would say forced relocation–is an unintended consequence.”
Senior Advocates Form Coalition
Detroit, Perry noted, is a city of about 700,000 people, 82.7 percent of them black. More than one in 10 residents (11.5 percent) are 65 or older. As one recent Associated Press story declared, “Whites Moving to Detroit, City That Epitomized White Flight: Residents are taking advantage of cheaper housing.”
Perry said she became so engaged in her research that she joined the Senior Housing Displacement-Preservation Coalition, a community advocacy group that is working to preserve senior housing, and to ease the transition for those who become displaced. | <urn:uuid:f4eb28e9-43f4-4a68-8145-3d496b590ed4> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://soulbrotherspeaks.com/2015/06/11/detroit-gentrification-means-forced-relocation-of-black-seniors/ | 2022-09-24T23:42:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030333541.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220924213650-20220925003650-00170.warc.gz | en | 0.962516 | 404 |
The alarming truth is more than 14.5 million people suffer from ulcers worldwide due to factors such as stress and the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS). This has prompted many researchers to identify anti-ulcer drugs. Anti-ulcer alternatives are preferred by ulcer patients over allopathic drugs, which can have severe side effects, and to replace the multitude of drugs blocking the multiple steps of ulceration, thus lowering the drug burden on ulcer patients.
A research article to be published on October 21 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology entitled A novel phenol-bound pectic polysaccharide from Decalepis hamiltonii with multi-step ulcer preventive activity addresses this issue. A research team at the Central Food Technological Research Institute, in Mysore, India, have demonstrated the potency of a bioactive polysaccharide from an edible root extract against multiple complications encountered during ulcers, such as: 1) gastroprotection against swim / alcohol stress induced ulcers in experimental animal models; 2) down-regulation of activated H+, K+-ATPase in the stomach tissue, which otherwise would result in increased flux of H+ in to the lumen of the stomach, leading to acidity; 3) normalization of oxidative stress and oxidative stress induced damage to the stomach tissue; 4) normalization of antioxidant enzymes which necessitate the management of oxidative stress generated during gastric ulceration and; 5) recovery of damaged mucosal epithelium, which can safeguard the stomach tissue by preventing the entry of an ulcerogenic, such as Helicobacter pylori.
The identified polysaccharide also exhibited potent antioxidant activity, including free radical scavenging, DNA protection, and inhibition of growth of Helicobacter pylori in vitro, confirming the ability of the polysaccharide in inhibiting various steps of gastric ulceration directly.
The researchers concluded that a bioactive polysaccharide from swallow root, with defined sugar composition and phenolic antioxidant, exhibited multi-potent free radical scavenging antioxidant, anti-H. pylori, inhibition of H+, K+-ATPase and gastric mucosal protective activities. Swallow root has been shown to be non-toxic, as opposed to other known anti-ulcer drugs.
Reference: Srikanta BM, Siddaraju MN, Dharmesh SM. A novel phenol-bound pectic polysaccharide from Decalepis hamiltonii with multi-step ulcer preventive activity. World J Gastroenterology 2007; 13(39): 5196-5207
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'Covert Affairs,' 'White Collar' reviews
Updated 5:28 pm, Monday, June 23, 2014
White Collar: 9 p.m. Tuesday (July 10) on USA.
Covert Affairs: 10 p.m. Tuesday (July 10) on USA
In the TV business, achieving success can bring new challenges for young shows, and that's true for USA's hits "Covert Affairs" and "White Collar," each launching a new season Tuesday night.
How do you keep a hit show evolving without changing it so much that you endanger your fan base? "White Collar" offers one approach in the first three episodes of its new season, as it picks up the story from the cliff-hanger conclusion of the third season.
"Collar" is about a former con artist, thief and forger named Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer) who has struck a deal with FBI agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay) to aid the bureau in solving crimes while wearing a tracking anklet. The two men have had their issues over the years, but have not only achieved a certain level of trust but also developed a strong friendship as well. At the end of last season, Peter was instrumental in helping Neal escape before he was rounded up by Agent Kramer (Beau Bridges) and forced to work with him instead of Peter.
At the start of the new season, Peter has to walk a fine line between protecting Neal and dealing with agent Kyle Collins (Mekhi Phifer), out to track down and capture Caffrey no matter what it takes. This time, the bureau wants to put Caffrey back behind bars.
So where is Neal? Living a life of seeming leisure on a tropical isle beyond the reach of extradition treaties, but not necessarily beyond the reach of Collins.
Tuesday's episode is almost a letdown. We pretty much know that Collins is going to find Neal one way or another, but things don't really start heating up until the second and third shows of the new season. It's difficult to imagine where the series can go in the future, though. It's toyed with letting Caffrey escape and it moves closer and closer toward a complete commutation of his sentence, which would make him just another FBI agent, but, of course, smarter. This season is likely to be crucial in determining the viability of future seasons.
"Covert Affairs" has a similar challenge at the start of its third season and meets it by shaking things up just slightly. Several plot elements have already been resolved. At the start of the series, Annie Walker (Piper Perabo) was able to maintain her cover as a Smithsonian Institute employee while secretly working for the CIA. Even her sister, Danielle (Anne Dudek), didn't know the truth about Annie's real job, but she does now. Annie's best friend at the agency, blind but brilliant Auggie Anderson (Christopher Gorham), was smitten with another agent last season, but is now back at Langley.
Then, all at once, everything changes. A major character is apparently killed off at the start of Tuesday's season opener, Annie isn't blamed for the death per se, but her involvement gets her re-assigned, as is Auggie. Meanwhile, Annie's now former boss, Joan Campbell (Kari Matchett) not only has to adjust to not having Annie and Auggie working with her anymore, but is also finding herself marginalized by her own boss, Arthur Campbell (Peter Gallagher), who is also her husband.
All of this is intentionally unsettling, but that only serves to deepen our interest in the characters and their personal as well as professional relationships. One of the many smart things about "Covert Affairs" is that the writers have always dangled Annie and Auggie's romantic possibilities before us, but without detracting from the international intrigue that remains the show's primary focus.
But the smartest thing of all about "Covert Affairs" is the casting. Perabo and Gorham are terrific, and much more than just a couple of pretty faces. They each possess a kind of retro classy-sleek quality, faintly evocative of Grace Kelly and Cary Grant, but convincingly updated to the 21st century. The rest of the cast is just as good. The relationship between the Campbells is fascinatingly complicated, which suggests there's still a lot more for the writers to mine there.
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“Happytime” an Embarrassing Display of Immaturity
There’s something very interesting at play in Brian Henson’s The Happytime Murders, which is really more a temper tantrum than a movie. The son of the beloved Jim Henson, the trailblazer who created the Muppets, is in a rebellious state of mind, as he seems intent on crapping all over his father’s work. While steps have been taken not to refer to the felt performers that populate the film as Muppets to avoid any confusion with the beloved characters that populate Sesame Street (they’re just “puppets”), there’s no question that the characters in Happytime are his father’s creations and Henson goes out of his way to defile them at every turn.
Take a story from the Raymond Chandler canon, update it and populate it with characters manipulated by hand and you have some notion of the film’s plot, such as it is. Phil Philips (voice by Bill Barretta) is a puppet with a chip on his shoulder. The one and only puppet to be hired by the Los Angeles Police has been trying to live down a tragic incident for years, one that got him thrown off the force. Now a hard-drinking, heavy-smoking private eye, he’s been pulled in by the LAPD to help investigate a string of murders. The cast members of the hit television show The Happytime Gang are being killed off one by one and no one seems to know why. It falls to Philips to solve the case, which is further complicated by his being paired with his former partner, Detective Connie Edwards (Melissa McCarthy).
With a little wit and some style (visually, this is the drabbest movie in recent memory), this might have been an engaging spoof, a riff on the established Muppet Universe that could have been enjoyed by fans old and new. No such luck, as the script by Todd Berger is simply a collection of crude, unimaginative moments intent on shocking the audience; likely the only response will be one of disbelief over how miscalculated this effort truly is. Puppets’ heads are blown off with shotguns – fluff flying everywhere – puppet porn is on display, as well as full on puppet-on-puppet sex. If that’s not bad enough, one scene features our felt hero ejaculating again and again to the point that his office is covered in puppet semen.
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Her label is beloved by Angelina Jolie, Madonna, and Gwyneth Paltrow (to name just a few), and now Karma El Khalil can add Nicki Minaj to her legion of A-list fans. The Trinidadian-born American rapper rocked two pieces by the New York-based jeweler in a video uploaded to her Instagram account this week, which she teamed with a cobalt-blue ensemble.
Multiple Billboard Music Award-winner Minaj, who is set to release her fourth studio album, Queen, in August, appeared in the clip with fellow songstress Ariana Grande. In the video shared with her 87.4 million followers, the 35-year-old wore the Hexagon Choker and Avalanche Necklace from El Khalil’s eponymous brand, the designer revealed on her own Instagram page.
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Feather & Belle's 'Pockets Run Deep'
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We’re halfway through the season, and a more thrilling second half seems inbound.
Episode 6 resolves Kayo Hinazuki’s part of the story, for now at least. After hearing about the stranger who entered the bus the night before (they look in the bag and find rope, boots, spray, and clothing; indicating that the stranger was the killer), Satoru takes Kayo home with him and asks his mother if she can help – turns out, she’s known all along about their plan, and she’s thrilled to be a part of it. With the help of nice-guy Mr. Yashiro and the Child Protection Services, Kayo’s mother loses legal custody and Kayo is taken out of the town and into safety. Satoru is relieved, but knows his work isn’t done, and once again enlists the help of Kenya (who reveals he has a strong sense of justice and wants to become a lawyer) and his other friends to try and save the next victim.
At one point, Satoru helps Mr. Yashiro with something and gets a lift in his car – he opens the glovebox (much to Yashiro’s dismay) and dozens of candy-suckers fall out. Yashiro hurriedly stuffs about four of them into his mouth, and explains that Satoru now knows his dark secret – since he quit smoking, he’s become addicted to sweets. There’s something odd and chilling about this encounter, and the show might be suggesting that there is more to the friendly Mr. Yashiro than we think…
It was a decent episode that closed off one character’s story, and set up another’s. It’s relieving to see that Satoru really has changed history this time, and Kayo has a chance at an entirely new life; one that she was destined to be robbed of if Satoru hadn’t intervened. However, it does then leave Satoru’s own future up for speculation. If he successfully warps back into the present, how different will his life be? Will he be doing the same thing? Will he have ever met people such as Airi? There are six episodes left, and I have a good feeling that the last four or so will answer these questions.
Side Thoughts and Observations:
- Baka Nano count: 8 (come on show-runners, an episode without a single Baka Nano – that’s not okay, that’s, that’s; that’s shameful, really).
- Satoru and the others find a box of coal nearby the killer’s belongings. Kenya later mentions how his father (who is also a lawyer) has been working on a case involving a young girl murdered in a nearby town the year before. She had been locked in a bathroom and died from inhaling fumes from coal, and Kenya’s father is defending the alleged culprit who he believes is innocent. This displays that the killer operates more frequently than expected, and moves on to another town the moment he/she has found a fall-guy (someone like Jun/Yuuki, who was blamed for the three kidnappings in Satoru’s town). | <urn:uuid:112512a0-394d-4702-ae02-b86dba320d70> | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | https://tvserieshub.tv/2017/12/21/erased-s01e06-episode-6/ | 2019-03-18T19:49:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912201672.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20190318191656-20190318213656-00516.warc.gz | en | 0.980624 | 689 |
A TITLE (ADMISSION) YEAR OR SO
A few years back our staff members started some Fantasy Baseball league. Building careers, owning kids, planning to grad college, and lifestyle in general get spread our own group all around Georgia Tech’s campus so to other institutions including Harvard, Columbus Say, Duke, the very University involving Texas, as well as beyond.
Between our getting rowdy and complications of injured players, we often note the particular similarities and even differences which exist between school admission in addition to fantasy basketball. As we approach final decision releases for Early Activity and Early on Decision (and Fantasy Soccer playoffs get imminently closer), here are a few composition.
Really never with regards to one thing.
In Wonderland Football, maybe you have a quarterback or diverse receiver credit report scoring massive details, but if your tight end along with defense put in eggs, for the air conditioning have problems in cumulative point absolute.
Similarly, you will have incredible check scores along with a fabulous article. But if your extra-curricular involvement as well as course choice/GPA are pretty unimpressive, is actually highly not so great you’ll be accepted to a selective college or university. Full admission by just definition suggests your entire plan balances in order to be each compelling in addition to a good suit for an organization.
Anyone needs a kicker.
Your company’s Fantasy Basketball team is not made up completely of game enthusiasts from a sure position ( i. y. all running backs and also wide receivers). The best teams are sturdy across the board. A new kicker simply the most gorgeous player you may have. He will not touch the exact ball a lot or create headlines oftentimes, but his / her contributions are critical towards the team.
Around much the same method, colleges by using very large job candidate pools are actually shaping a category that has a broad variety of interests; will be geographically diversified; and comes students with assorted passions by all cultures and background objects. Shaping a category means classes admit learners based on several factors to view impact, results, or best suit on grounds. It’s helpful to understand this target when you carefully consider admission conclusions, because contributory talent cannot be quantified through only one or two activities.
A possibility about the W’s or L’s.
Just too many students and fogeys see the programs process being a game, of which this is in which fantasy basketball and classes diverge wholly. If you are not confessed to a college, it’s not a good ‘loss. ‘ And on the other hand, if you are given admission, it can certainly not a new ‘win. ‘ Ultimately, the school admission progression is exactly in which: a process. A possibility a record or even a point total of seuil offers or scholarships.
Assuming you are mainly a better guy because you are admitted for a college is usually as ludicrous as thinking identical of a wonderland football win. Neither are judgments of the worth, upcoming, or individuality.
Fantasy Soccer, for anyone who has serious about it, knows the real reason you compete is designed for the playoffs and the supreme championship. Back again most of your own personal games over a regular year or so may have quite a few level of satisfaction (as may possibly compiling a superb GPA or perhaps test credit score, or getting yourself into to a particular school). Your company’s regular time of year is your high school graduation preparation and college look for and selection. Don’t lose sight you should to think ‘getting in’ would be the championship. Playoffs start while you are into the college- and a deep operated and championship season are usually defined by way of how nicely you’ve made ready to thrive right now there and in life beyond.
In such a season you may have times you sense winless, among others you feel undefeated. Ultimately, if you happen to keep the seuil process plus your high school feel in opinion, you can take the tough break-ups, typically the failed quizzes, the incomprehensible denial words and the difficult prom date ranges, and convert them towards an inspiring Tournament run!
My personal favorite Fantasy Basketball podcast is actually ESPNs Illusion Focus. Matthew Berry, Area Yates and even company generally proclaim these proliferate ‘mediocre fantasy information. ‘ But if you act like you are looking for some sort of entertaining listen and some periodic life and also love information too, readd.
A FAMILY SITUATION
‘Look More than What You See’
Needed watched My very own Big Excessive fat Greek Wedding, you will keep in mind Kostas ‘Gus’ Portokalos providing a challenge: ‘Give me a word of mouth mysparknotesTM, any phrase, and I show you that the cause of that concept is Traditional. ‘ Therefore call people the Gus of college admissions. Here’s a few illustrations:
Precisely what the value of university visits?
It’s very much like dating… an examination of getting a very good image in your mind of what you are or are definitely not looking for- and what certainly are a good match for you
Colleges that use demonstrated desire?
It’s actual like selecting who product . ask so that you can prom. A person walk all the way down the arena blindfolded together with grab somebody (Please. You should. Don’t do this! ). You want to get a awareness that they could say yes.
Okay… so probably I need to improve some of these a bit. But the issue is there tend to be parallels concerning everyday life (and love) feel and the higher education admission progression. Hopefully these begin to enable clarify elaborate often seen as mysterious or maybe veiled.
With an earlier place, we started that I speak out Disney. While in the Lion Sovereign 1 ½, Rafiki boosts Timon to be able to ‘look over and above what you look at. ‘ These words truly stuck with me because of precisely how tough they are really to live available, especially in school. Even with use of information and connections everywhere, our daily exposure and bad reactions have awesome influence for the decisions we tend to make as well as our enjoy of ourself and of society.
No matter where your home is, there are a band of schools for you to regularly hear on TV or possibly see at bumper peel off stickers in the the school parking lot and also drive-thru path. If you study national announcement about faculty, particular based on rankings as well as admit premiums, the school placed is all the more limited. So it’s easy to establish tunnel vision and feel there are only one handful of universities for you to give some thought to. In truth, individuals than 4, 000 universities and colleges in the United States alone, and more students are going in another country for higher education every year.
Appear beyond what you may see. I wrote the following last year even so it bears continuing. ‘ Look at the animo maters involving Fortune 70 CEOs and you’ll find as much public not really well known classes as you will Ivy Category schools. The particular pathway towards success fails to always undergo Cambridge as well as Palo Detencion. Does the university or college you are considering help your capability continually know, adapt together with think analytically? Many institutions do this phenomenally well. Unnecessary families period financially for your brand, as soon as the better solution may be a college off the beaten path. ‘
As much as you will love entertaining for a specific school’s footballing or hockey team, there is no evaporation mean that it is good complement for your learning. You may have images of on your own as a newborn in a onesie from your mothers alma mater. Or perhaps you may be endorsed to the identical school as your best friend, or a place by having an exceptionally minimal admit rate. But We urge one, ‘look outside what you find out. ‘ This easy. You will need the enthusiasm to believe in yourself also to diverge from your common direction in your community or perhaps family. Truly, that self-awareness, confidence, along with self-reliance will certainly prepare you not just for success throughout college, in life properly beyond way too.
Probably you’ve always wanted a particular the school for your university student (remember the image of them in this particular cute onesie? ). If perhaps that wish is driven from your would like to boast of most of their admittance or perhaps attendance, I implore you to take a step as well as examine in case you really believe it will be a good fit for them. While they can not explain, your belief and authorization influence these people heavily. Actually, i know that can be hard to believe based on various of your relationships lately, nevertheless I speak to students on a regular basis who claim parental demand is a leading reason for their whole college selection. Too frequently that leads them to bother making a choice that was not truly suitable for them.
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Capital District Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) graduates celebrated their accomplishments at the 46th annual EOC graduation ceremony held in the McDonough Sports Complex at Hudson Valley Community College.
Three hundred and fifty-seven certificates of completion from the EOC’s academic, business, service, and technical programs were awarded.
Timothy Sprigs, a Building Trades graduate, inspired his classmates and their families as the 2012 student speaker. “Before coming to the EOC, I suffered a brain injury that almost claimed my life,” he said. “After a year of intense treatment, I regained my ability to walk and speak correctly.” Sprigs said he chose EOC to further his skills and learn a trade.
“My deepest emotion is gratitude,” he said. “To anyone thinking about furthering their skills or education, or maybe you just have a need or desire to do better, take it from me, a person that before this never had a chance to wear a cap or gown, it is possible and EOC is a great place to start.”
The EOC serves nearly 1,000 students each year and has awarded close to 25,000 program certificates over the years. Students enrolled at the EOC can pursue academic instruction to achieve their GED or to prepare for attending college or can elect to receive training in a variety of vocational fields including culinary arts, welding, building trades, cosmetology, medical office administration and nursing assistant. The EOC also offers students the opportunity to study English as a Second Language.
Each student at EOC has a story of his/her own: a story that includes overcoming challenges and finding success. Gloria Peek, an Academic Enrichment and GED graduate, came to the EOC seeking a new direction in her life. She first enrolled because her boyfriend asked her to. She remembers at her orientation her counselor saying, “You can’t do this for someone else, you have to do it for yourself.” Gloria quickly found she enjoyed her classes. She gained confidence and realized that she truly wanted to pursue personal goals.
During her time at the EOC, she faced multiple health issues. Despite those challenges, Gloria persevered and maintained perfect attendance in both of her programs. And now she’s enrolled in the EOC’s Culinary Arts program for the fall bringing Gloria and her boyfriend one step closer to reaching a mutual goal of together opening a bed and breakfast.
“Our students work very hard to reach this moment of celebration. While they are enrolled, they often juggle attending class with family, work and other responsibilities. We are proud of their accomplishments,” said Dr. Lucille Marion Vice President at Hudson Valley Community College and Executive Director at the EOC.
At 31 years old, Kuwarn Boyd went back to school and enrolled in EOC’s Academic Enrichment program. Through his commitment, effort and persistence, he earned his GED and then enrolled in the Building Trades program where he received the University Center for Academic and Workforce Development Certificate of Achievement, the National Work Readiness Credential, the Microsoft Digital Literacy Certificate, the OSHA 10-Hour Safety Certification, Hudson Valley’s Basics of Building Science and Environmental Education certificates and placement on the EOC’s Honor Roll.
Before finishing the Building Trades program, he was offered full-time employment with Securitas, a security company in Troy. Still interested in pursuing his education, Kuwarn used the EOC’s College Connections department to help him enroll in Hudson Valley’s Criminal Justice program.
The EOC offers free academic and vocational training to eligible New York State residents, 16 years and older. Registrations are accepted on a continuous basis. For further information about the EOC and its programs, call 273-1900. | <urn:uuid:dd8a18bf-6ad6-458d-878c-abe13840e5da> | CC-MAIN-2015-48 | http://chronicle.hvcc.edu/wordpress/2012/07/ | 2015-11-29T01:33:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-48/segments/1448398455135.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20151124205415-00319-ip-10-71-132-137.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968497 | 800 |
Seeing your ex’s new partner in public must be extremely awkward, and for Camila Morrone, it’s happened not once but several times. As for the unversed, Morrone dated Leonardo DiCaprio for a while until she recently called it quits. A few days later, there were reports that Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is dating actor Gigi Hadid.
This left everyone in shock, and fans immediately took to the internet to react to it through memes, tweets and more. Even a photo of Hollywood’s newest couple went viral. Leo and Gigi were seen attending the party together.
While sources claim that Leonardo DiCaprio and Gigi Hadid are the real deal, people can’t stop watching how Camila Morrone is on the front row of the fashion show where Gigi has walked the ramp. Currently, the supermodel is busy with fashion weeks in different cities.
Gigi Hadid recently walked the Milan Fashion Week runway for Versace, and while she totally rocked it, the model may have seen a similar face in the crowd. Leonardo DiCaprio’s ex Camila Morrone was sitting in the front row of the fashion show, according to Entertainment Tonight. Meanwhile, there were reports that the actor flew into the country to meet Hadid while she was at work.
It is also said that Leo may have cheated on Camilla with Gigi. According to a source, the actor and Death Wish actress were on a break and when rumors started that DiCaprio and Hadid were a thing, they weren’t on a break. This has also led to Camilla cheating, especially since the two have some mutual friends like Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber.
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A Guide to Navy Boot Camp for Families
When a child decides to join the Navy, you may feel like you’ve been drafted into military service yourself as you strive to support your offspring. Navy boot camp will be your first taste of military life from a parenting perspective as your recruit undergoes the rigorous training necessary to graduate and become a sailor.
Boot Camp Overview
Navy boot camp occurs at Great Lakes, Illinois. New recruits arrive at the Recruit Training Command and spend the first week in processing for medical and administrative screenings. After processing, recruits receive a boot camp assignment and begin the seven-week process of learning to become sailors. Training includes formal classroom instruction, marksmanship, water survival, firefighting and weapons training.
A recruit will send family his mailing address during training week one. Once you receive the mailing address, you can begin writing letters to your recruit. According to Navy Recruit Training Command, recruits generally have time to write letters a few evenings per week. You can send your recruit letters, cards, photos and newspaper clippings, as long as the contents fit into a standard envelope – no stickers or decorations on the outside of envelopes. You should not send care packages because your recruit cannot accept these items. You can expect three telephone calls during boot camp – one in the beginning, one in the middle and one at the end of the training.
It’s possible your recruit will experience difficulties or problems during training. For example, she may fail an academic or physical test, become sick or experience an injury. If training problems occur, your recruit will call to advise family of the situation. The Navy Recruit Training Command recommends not making travel arrangements for the graduation ceremony until your recruit calls your with details for her specific graduation. If you experience an emergency and must contact your recruit, call the American Red Cross, which will contact your recruit on your behalf.
Recruits send graduation information to families by mail. The information packet will include the graduation date and a special password for attendees to provide at the gate pass for admission into the Recruit Training Command. Recruits must list the names of attendees on an access list -- the number of people allowed to attend for each recruit depends on the total number of recruits in the group.
Graduation begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 10:30 a.m. After graduation, sailors receive daytime liberty, but they must remain within 50 miles of the Recruit Training Command. Sailors must report to continuing education after graduation, with the time and location depending on each individual sailor’s orders.
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Beer at the Baseball Stadium Nothing New, but Beerfest at the Ballpark is Totally New
Bacon on a stick and craft beer? I am so in. Mlive has some great photos of the treats that will be featured this weekend during the Beerfest at Cooley Law School Stadium. Lot’s of craft beers, meads and hard ciders to choose from along with some pretty good eats.
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Calgary AB – The Notley Government’s announcement of a plan to work with cities and municipalities in the province to ensure that more affordable housing units are built is being met with approval by the Alberta Real Estate Association (AREA) and its 10,000 REALTOR® members across the province. AREA recognizes the value in building more affordable units, as opposed to implementing rent controls.
While talk of rent control measures came up during election campaign season, the government, including Municipal Affairs Minister Deron Bilous, insist that in the current market, where rent levels have been plateauing, it makes good sense to put resources into making more affordable units available, increasing supply and, in turn, lowering rent.
Ian Burns, AREA’s Chief Executive Officer says, “AREA encourages the government to consider additional measures that address affordable home ownership.”
We recognize the value of affordable ownership, knowing that affordable ownership and a secure home provide a stable foundation from which individuals, families, communities and Albertans can prosper. Allowing households to accumulate equity is the basis for a number of positive social, economic, family and civic outcomes.
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Southern Charm Premieres Tonite
CHARLESTON-BASED REALITY TV SHOW DEBUTS ON BRAVO
Had enough Honey Boo Boo? Or Real Housewives of (insert city name)?
Well tonight’s your lucky night …
And yes, to answer the burning question of the day FITS founding editor Will Folks (a.k.a. “Sic Willie”) reportedly does have a cameo in the program – although we have no doubt he’ll wind up on the cutting room floor given the superfluity of gorgeous people on the program.
Wealthy, gorgeous people …
Before it aired, Southern Charm had already infuriated much of the Holy City’s old money (not to mention its new media) … with a recent feature story in Reuters laying bare the derision being heaped upon the program in its own backyard.
“These guys are going to make Charleston look like a city full of drunken, promiscuous snobs and nothing could be further from the truth,” local advertising executive Prioleau Alexander told Reuters’ Harriet McLeod. “Of course we’re a completely drunken city, but we don’t get drunk on TV.”
Ahhhh, alrighty then …
Charleston’s “cultured” are aghast, though …
“No one of breeding would consent to such a spectacle,” one old money Charlestonian told FITS, doing her best to channel Downton Abbey’s Dowager Countess of Grantham.
For his part, Ravenel isn’t worried about how the show portrays him – or his city.
“I can’t embarrass anybody but myself,” he said. “Charleston is a backdrop to this drama. A setting. It’s visual scenery.”
“T-Rav” has also ripped self-serving politicians as the real “criminal class” embarrassing America.
“They may have perfect families or blemish-less backgrounds – but what are they doing after they get elected on all that cookie cutter goodie two shoes nonsense?” he asked. “They enrich themselves while bankrupting future generations of taxpayers. They are robbing your kids and your grandkids.”
Southern Charm premieres on Bravo Monday evening at 10:00 p.m. EST. Grab your favorite adult beverage – and your indignation – and enjoy!
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1863-64 10¢ Davis
Perforated 12 ½
When the Civil War erupted, the U.S. demonetized (made worthless) its postage stamps and issued new ones to prevent the South from using U.S. stockpiles. The Confederate Post Office was organized in February 1861 and took over postal operations on June 1, 1861. Some Confederate post offices used the old system of paying cash for postage, others used their own provisional issues.
Unlike the North, the South lacked the means to produce fine engraved stamps from steel plates. They relied on less desirable methods of lithography and typography to produce their stamps – until they lured John Archer away from the American Bank Note Company.
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Coast monk to glean wisdom in Dalai Lama visit
LOZANG Jhampa started life as Karl Gratton, but a trip to the Chenrezig Institute in the Sunshine Coast hinterland changed everything.
Mr Gratton was on a road trip from Victoria to Queensland in 2007 when he stopped at the Tibetan Buddhist institute to volunteer at its organic farm.
The then 21-year-old, who grew up in a non-religious home in Yeppoon, found purpose and meaning in the Buddhist teachings.
He will be one of thousands travelling to Brisbane Convention Centre on June 11 and 12 to hear His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, share his intimate counsel on how to conduct one's life.
Mr Gratton has been so inspired by the Buddhist teachings he has given up the normal path for young Aussie blokes - career, love and family - to dedicate his life as a Buddhist monk.
This also required him to change his name, from Karl to Lozang, shave his head and wear the robes as a symbol of his faith.
"I was ordained in 2008," he said.
"I finished school and did the normal things like bar tending and working on farms until I came here."
Jhampa said he was looking forward to hearing the Dalia Lama speak as "it is an opportunity to develop and gain inspiration in terms of the path I'm following".
"I hope to glean some of his insight, his wisdom and his breadth of knowledge."
Jhampa was at Chenrezig when the Dalia Lama last visited in 2011.
"It was a big event, he gave a teaching to the 500 close students of Chenrezig. At another location on the property he talked to about 4000 people."
Jhampa said he was inspired by the Dalai Lama because his genuine nature was something quite remarkable, as well as his knowledge.
"If you think of a universal mind, the Dalai Lama fits the bill," he said.
Many people have been prepared to pay up to $452.50 to hear the Dalai Lama share his wisdom and Jhampa expected the Brisbane Convention Centre to be packed.
"When he spoke at Riverstage (in 2007), there were over 10,000 people there," he said.
As a monk, his attendance is sponsored by an organisation called the Dalai Lama in Australia.
He said it wasn't hard to become a monk.
"You have to have a genuine interest in Buddhist teachings," he said.
"And you have to have a teacher who requests you to be ordained. It is about one's genuineness and aspiration."
He said his shaved head and robes weren't about a superficial impression, but as a sign of commitment to a spiritual path.
Jhampa said the Dalai Lama was in demand worldwide. Despite this, he was one of the most approachable and open people.
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SS 9.1 When qualified judges are available in sufficient numbers one (1), two (2) or four (4) panels of six (6) or seven (7) judges may officiate.
SS 9.1.1 When one (1) panel of judges is used, all competitors shall perform the four (4) figures one by one in the listed order.
SS 9.1.2 When two (2) panels of judges are officiating, each panel shall judge two (2) figures.
SS 9.1.3 When four (4) panels of judges are officiating, each panel shall judge one (1) figure.
SS 9.2 During the Figure session, the judges shall be placed in such elevated positions as to have a profile view of the competitors.
SS 9.2.1 All figures shall commence at a signal from the referee or assistant referee.
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Jessica graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Tennessee. After graduation, she and her husband David moved to Blacksburg, Virginia with extended family, to open and operate the first of six Jimmy John’s locations in the Commonwealth. With a desire to call Charlottesville home, she and her husband of 16 years moved their four children to the area as they continued to expand their franchise. Settling into the community six years ago has given Jessica the knowledge and the foresight on what it takes to raise a happy, healthy family in the heart of the University of Virginia culture. Before joining the Story House team, Jessica invested her time homeschooling her children for eight years. In her spare time, she enjoys making home improvements, exercising, studying health and nutrition, reading, and focusing on anything that stimulates her creativity. Additionally, she is actively involved with Portico Church and enjoys volunteering at her children’s school. Having been a part of a local family business for many years, Jessica knows the importance of open communication and providing the best customer service possible.
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- Her family has two dogs named JJ and Ellie, and a Bearded Dragon named Smaug.
- Her favorite book is Beneath the Scarlet Sky.
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I'm so excited to tell you that I've decided to join the Polkadoodles Design Team. I've been doing a little GDT spot for a few challenges but they asked me to continue and I just adore their images so I couldn't resist. They have a new challenge just started on their blog, I hope you'll join in, you don't have to use one of their products but it'd be lovely if you do.
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As you like it - fave animal and why - well, I hate to admit but I don't love dogs but they are so cute to create with and my mum absolutely adores dogs, she minds them for a living so whenever I make a card for her I "must" make a dog card for her. I love this dog image too.
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No book has explored shotgunning games as completely as The Complete Book of Shotgunning Games. Divided into four parts, all of your questions are answered here. Part I: The Clay Target Games covers standard games, competitions, novelty clay games, portable trap games, trap field novelty games, skeet field novelty games, and special facility games. Part II: Body and Mind delves into the intangibles that affect shooting such as sport psychology, fitness and conditioning, nutrition, vision and sighting, fatigue, and flinching. Part III: Mastering the Techniques shares the author's lifetime of shooting and coaching experiences in the areas of safety and etiquete, learning to shoot, shooting gear and attire, keeping a shooting diary, methods of instruction, how to coach, and fundamentals of skeet, trap and sporting clays. Part IV: The Equipment is full of useful information about the guns themselves, shells, reloading, targets and facilities.
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In the July issue of Studio Potter we ran an ARTICLE about a collaborative effort to address institutionalized racism in the field of ceramics. Artist Melissa Weiss proposed the effort on Instagram as a way to hold individuals and organizations accountable in ramping up or initiating antiracist efforts. One-hundred-thirty artists have signed the letter so far, putting their names behind the effort, making a public commitment to use the call-to-action whenever they are invited to lead a workshop or participate in an exhibition.
In the call Weiss issued on Instagram, she wrote, “This is about providing access that the ceramics field has been terrible at doing. It is work and it’s not okay to not do it.”
Her words, when read, were fiery and inspirational.
Many hearts heard her call to action and fervently agreed.
We all want the field of ceramics to be more reflective of the equity we envision in our idealized world. Talking to Weiss and Danielle Carelock, a North Carolina potter who was willing to offer a Black perspective in the drafting of the letter, humanized the call to action and demonstrated that. While the language of the letter is unwavering, there is room for discussion. Examination of the craft world is something Weiss is asking of herself as much as she was asking it of others.... | <urn:uuid:3818f67d-c473-42a3-b47e-6b74f3699b80> | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | https://studiopotter.org/making-room-table-institutional-response | 2021-07-24T00:29:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046150067.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20210724001211-20210724031211-00033.warc.gz | en | 0.968242 | 278 |
KCBS Cover Story: Efforts Continue To End Practice Of Child Marriage
ADDIS ABABA (KCBS) – It may sound like a relic from another age, but child marriage remains common in much of the world, and contributes to the leading cause of death among young girls in developing countries.
At a recent global health conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, a University of California researcher was among those leading the charge to eliminate underage weddings.
In Mozambique, Leopoldina Manjate said girls as young as 12 are routinely forced into marriage, sometimes to men 10 or 20 years older.
“Even if the girl doesn’t know him, they only say, ‘yeah you can take this girl, this girl, this girl,’” she said.
Leopoldina said she’s lucky. She got to marry her boyfriend, but only because of an accident. “Once, we didn’t use the condom, so I got pregnant.” So she became a mother at 18. Lakshmi Sundaram, global coordinator of Girls Not Brides, said 14 million girls are married off every year, in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and even the U.S. and Canada.
“This is not an issue that people tend to think still exists and still has such a horrendous effect on girls and on their families,” said Sundaram.
That it does, said Dr. Anita Raj, director of the Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego. “Many times, it’s about a situation of poverty for the parents, where the parents will have their girls marry at a young age because it is a way to procure financial security for them, but also reduce the financial burden on the house.”
Raj told the International Conference on Family Planning that parents mistakenly believe they’re protecting their young daughters, when in fact, complication from pregnancy is the number one killer of teenage girls in developing countries, and almost all girls who become pregnant are married.
“95 percent of the adolescent births in the developing world occur in the context of marriage,” Raj said. “Every year, 70,000 girls die from pregnancy and childbirth.”
In Cameroon, activist Justine Kwachu Kumeche said she meets with tribal chiefs and their wives, to educate them about the risks. “I see girls get married early. I see them even get pregnant before they are even of age,” she said. “I have a daughter who is 12. I look at her and imagine how a child of that age could get married, and it becomes very traumatizing to me.”
Kate Gilmore, deputy executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, said the goal is to end child marriage by the year 2030.
“No culture worth its name requires for its promulgation and its dignity the destruction of a young girl,” Gilmore said.
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Meaning describes exactly what you mean when you are describing the meaning of what something means. It doesn't translate well in English.
The act of being mean
There's a story that someone asked Wittgenstein that question once to which he responded, "What do you mean by what do you really mean?"
The meaning of the word meaning depends upon how you think it means.
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I can’t type long because I must get to Target today asap to scoop up a pair of one of these tribal-print pieces of goodness! (They’re available at Target.com, too, if you’re one of the lucky ones and can still find your size! So surprised there are that many size 6’s out there, hmph.) What’s the hype? Cynthia Vincent for Target launches today, and I’ve been anticipating it for weeks (check out my previous post on the F/W 2010 Cynthia Vincent collection here). The collection includes wedges, flats and gladiators (with straps and studs), but what I’m realllly crushing on is this amazing print – isn’t it chic? Of course, wedges ($29.99) are my pref, but if I have to “settle” for the flats ($24.99), bring it on. I would totally rock these with a pair of jeans or summer dress.
Style tip: Just remember, chicettes, to style these with otherwise muted colors in your outfit. (LBD, anyone?) Clown chic is not in the dictionary.
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Apply For A Business License Peoria, Illinois
How do I obtain a business license in Peoria, Illinois?
A Peoria business license application may be obtained by downloading it from the City of Peoria website. If you need information, you may contact the City of Peoria Accounts Receivable Office at (309) 494-8588.
What information is necessary on my Peoria business license?
The business license application for a Peoria business license requires the following information:
- All owner information including a driver’s license number, date of birth, phone number, and address
- Phone number, date of birth, driver’s license, and home address of all owners (or stockholder owning more than 5% of the corporation)
- Seating capacity if applicable
- Illinois state tax ID number
- Peoria taxpayer number
- Physical address and mailing address of business
- Name of business
- All phone numbers associated with business
- Business email
- Corporation details (date of incorporation, name of corporation) if it applies to your business
- If any owner has been convicted of a crime or ordinance violation, describe the offense, date of conviction, and the place of the conviction
- Signature and email address of each owner should be provided
When you have completed your application, return it to the Accounts Receivable Office at 419 Fulton Street, room 111 in Peoria. If you have any questions concerning your business license application, you can contact the Accounts Receivable Office at (309) 494-8588.
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You will need to contact the Accounts Receivable Office to discuss the costs associated with business licensure. There may be other costs related to obtaining a business license such as for paying for inspections, background checks, etc. Contact Accounts Receivable at (309) 494-8588 for more information.
Will there be other licenses or permits to obtain?
Depending on your business, you may need to apply for additional licenses and permits. You may need to obtain a health permit if you are operating a restaurant. A liquor license may be necessary for those that plan to sell or serve alcohol. There may be other licenses or permits that may be required. Contact the Accounts Receivable Office for more information and to determine which, if any, additional licenses or permits you may need.
Who should I contact if I have other questions?
Browse the City of Peoria website for information that may be helpful for those applying for a business license. The Accounts Receivable Office can be reached via telephone at (309) 494-8588. The office is located at 419 Fulton Street, room 111 in Peoria.
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SightClear, clean and transparent.NoseIntense aromas of white and citrus fruit which combine perfectly with floral nuances (rose) and herbs. Light notes of Albariño grapes at the end.TasteVery balanced, fine and elegant. Very good persistence at retro-olfaction.
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what should this happen to me..?? is this my luck..?? Trengganu, Oh Trengganu..!! Kenapa takde cinema..?? One of my crucial part of my life is missing since I been here.. My very self is not complete without a cinema or even a simple DVD stall... seriously, I'm not complete without... (=__=)
Farhan really make me jealous la coz he already watch one of the most anticipated movies for me to watch this year... The movie was Avatar, should be premiere today but I don't have the chance on watching this at the cinema.... huhuhu...
bak kata status Facebook Farhan: AVATAR is a phenomenon!!~~The visuals in this piece was groundbreaking.By far the sharpest CGI I have seen.This is a must see movie, innovative and extraordinary!!...(WATCHED THE PREMERE LAST NIGHT) --> to comment, click here..
This is the promotional poster for AVATAR... I WANT TO WATCH THIS BADLY...!!!
I'am really a sucker for movies and AVATAR will really fill my empty heart for the end of the year... I know, last month was great with all of the movies I watched but to end 2009 with a blast I really deserve to watch this movie... the plot line for this movie is awesome and nice... besides that, the CGI will of course awe everyone (40% live action, 60% photo-realistic CGI).. if there's a cinema near we, I wouldn't miss the world watching this, gluing my face to the screen and fixing my butt to the comfort cinema seat... --> to read the synopsis, click here... (SPOILER ALERT!!!)
besides the storyline, one more thing making me attracted to watch this is because of the actor... the main character for this movie is Sam Worthington, one of my favourite actor... you may not remember him but he is one of the hottest actor this year... by hot, I mean 'LAKU' coz this year and the future he got a lot of good movies to offer us... still remember Marcus Wright from Terminator Salvation (T4), Sam Worthington definitely portrayed the character well... can't wait to see his performances in AVATAR... he will be playing the role of Jake Sully... one of the lead character... --> to read more on Sam Worthington, click here...
the transformation of Jake Sully, a human into one of the indigenous tribe of Na'vi of planet Pandora
congratulations to James Cameroon for producing such a high inspiring, high tech and high quality movie for me to enjoy... not just for me but for all of us... and congratz also to Sam Worthington for able to become one of the lead character in this movie... can't wait for the next biggest blockbuster from this young Australian actor....
26 Mac 2009...!!! I think I can watch this at the cinema... LOL
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Survey shows nearly two-thirds of Americans believe their sleep routine is permanently ruined thanks to lifestyle changes from pandemic.
About half of participants get out of bed 10 minutes before remote workday starts.
NEW YORK — The coronavirus pandemic has many Americans saying they’re more tired than they’ve ever been before. According to a new survey, six in 10 Americans say their sleep routine during quarantine has them feeling more exhausted than they’ve ever felt in their life!
The poll of 2,000 adults, commissioned by Leesa Sleep, finds nearly 70 percent agree their sleeping habits have become quite inconsistent. Another 63 percent think their sleep schedules might be permanently ruined by the pandemic.
The trouble with working from home
Working remotely has its benefits, like sleeping in later, but it may be creating some bad habits too. Forty-four percent say they stay up later since they don’t have to commute to work. Nearly half of respondents admit they get out of bed only 10 minutes before their remote workday starts.
It’s no wonder so many people are tired. Many are staying up late to binge watch their favorite TV shows. Researchers report 67 percent of Americans are staying up until the early hours of the morning to sneak in a few more episodes each night.
The poll also finds Americans are also to getting an average of two naps per week during their workdays.
Sleep disruptions have widespread effects
The majority of parents in the poll say it’s difficult to maintain their child’s sleep schedule. Only 35 percent report having an easier time putting their kids to bed during quarantine. Kids may be just as tired as their parents, it seems.
Around half of American couples report they’re sleeping in separate rooms more frequently than usual, but a third of respondents add they’re having more sex during the lockdown.
“Sleep is as important to your overall health and wellness as diet, exercise and managing stress. Many Americans struggle to get a good night’s sleep, and a good mattress is essential,” says Leesa CMO Jim Geikie in a statement.
Beautifying the bedroom
Since people have been spending so much more time in their bedrooms it’s no surprise they’ve invested in some new furniture and decor for their bedrooms. Sixty-six percent say they are making their rooms more comfortable by buying things like new sheets and pillows. A third of Americans have even bought new mattresses while in quarantine.
“Keeping a sanctuary feel in the bedroom can help boost your productivity outside of the bedroom and help you find the right headspace when it’s time to rest,” explains Leesa brand director Margaret Mountjoy.
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Kamei: “The other day when I went into my room there were clothes scattered all over the place and the drawers had been left open. Now, you think it was me who did that, don’t you? But you’re wrong. My little sister had left the drawers open after borrowing some clothes from me. So I got furious. As her big sister, I’d have to straighten out my little sister.
So I called my little sister out to the living room. She’d never done this kind of thing before, leaving things all scattered about or leaving my drawers open. Today had been the first time. But see, I was really irritated, so I made her properly sit down in our living room and everything. I told her: “Little sister. It’s fine to borrow your big sister’s clothes, but if you do, make sure you leave everything as neat as you found it and close all the drawers, too.“
She was giving me this face that was like saying “Come on, it was just this one time. Today was literally the first time this has ever happened!” But I assumed that if I properly put my foot down here, if I stood my ground and remained firm, she’d be in tears going “Nnnooo!! I want to keep borrowing your clothes! Please forgive me, big sis…” So I told her: “Little sister! If you can’t do it properly, I won’t let you borrow my clothes anymore!“
You know what my little sister said?! She said “Okay“! There was no scenario in my head where she’d reply with an “okay.” It was completely beyond all my expectations. Thus, I had to change strategies. I was desperately trying to think of a reply to her “okay”, but since nothing good was really popping up, I turned to my mom. “Mom, what do you think about this?“, I asked her.
So my mom just went “huh!?” …Once again I was left in complete shock. Never could I have imagined that I’d hear her answer me with a “huh!?” It was once again completely beyond all my expectations. My mom followed it up with something like “your sister was in the wrong here, too, but I really don’t know if you need to get this angry with her since it was just this one time.” Suddenly it seemed like I was the bad guy here. It got awkward somehow. Since it couldn’t be helped, I said the following.
“Little sister! I’ll let you off the hook on this one for now.” My little sister replied with “okay.” Once more I was left in shock! “Okay” was literally the only word my sister had said that day!
And that was what that particular spring day at the Kamei household looked like. It was one of those days when I could be of no match to my little sister. It was big sister’s defeat. I was astonished. But it was me who was in the right there, wasn’t it? I wasn’t wrong, was I? (Audience at venue remains mostly silent.) Oh, okay. I see. So that’s how it is. Gotcha. So I was the one in the wrong there. I shall keep doing my best as a wonderful big sister.” | <urn:uuid:9cc809c0-6fdd-4371-8db5-0e36976880a9> | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | http://wotaintranslation.com/2014/04/ | 2021-09-17T04:23:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780054023.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20210917024943-20210917054943-00195.warc.gz | en | 0.988717 | 797 |
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"And even in the world I felt very intensely that if people only sought God in all earnestness they would find Him. And if all would only make use of the ordinary duties and trials of their state in the way God intended, they would all become saints," wrote Sr. Miriam Teresa to her spiritual director (Letter to Father Benedict, O.S.B., August 19, 1926).
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Her spiritual director played an important part in assuring that the wisdom she gained from her life with Christ would be available to others. He asked her to write a set of spiritual conferences which he would then give to her and the other novices, without revealing their source. After her death, he posted a note on the bulletin board which stated, "The conferences that I have been giving to the sisters were written by Sr. Miriam Teresa." These conferences were later published in book form with the title, "Greater Perfection." This book, and her biography, are available through the Sisters of Charity. Her teachings on prayer are especially helpful.
"As long as we try we need never fear or worry, for we are advancing. Only when we give up trying have we cause for real anxiety about our progress...for we feel secure. But it is a false security, in which a proud self and a prouder devil have steeped us" (Greater Perfection, Conference 13).In addition to her beautiful teachings and the historic nature of her beatification, there is yet another exciting aspect of her life...Sr. Miriam Teresa was raised in the Byzantine-Ruthenian Catholic Church! She was baptized at St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church in Bayonne, N.J. She attended the College of St. Elizabeth in Convent Station, N.J., and entered the Roman Catholic community she was familiar with from her college days, the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth. Bishop Kurt Burnette, the Byzantine Catholic bishop of the Eparchy of Passaic, will celebrate a Liturgy of Thanksgiving on Sunday, October 5, at 3:00 p.m., at her home parish in Bayonne.
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You call this a report??!!!
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Snake-Eyes helps Storm Shadow into a healing trance, then heads to the Cobra Consulate building to drive Cobra Commander out. A battle between the Joes and Cobra in the Middle East begins.
- Synopsis not yet written.
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
Items of note
- Snake-Eyes' sensory deprivation tank was last seen in G.I. Joe #2.
- We finally see Snake-Eyes' collection of spike-knuckled trench knives, last mentioned in issue 18.
- His retreat also houses Kwinn's machine gun, and the famous "bullethole" photo of Terri.
- When Duke spits in Tomax's eye, Xamot reacts as well. It could be their psychic connection, or just general disgust.
- Tomax and Xamot say if they have their way, Duke will never leave Trucial Abysmia. While Duke will, they'll be getting their wish in the case of many of the other Joes present... to their horror.
- Magda and The White Clown are above the fold on the cover of a newspaper in Washington DC? Must have been a slow news day.
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- ↑ This issue begins the G.I. Joe Dossiers, profiles of Joes and Cobra, as a regular feature. Thus, the standard 22-page pagecount is reduced. | <urn:uuid:89058046-191f-4c64-8239-c9d00468987f> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://gijoe.wikia.com/wiki/Apparent_Conclusions | 2017-05-22T23:25:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607242.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20170522230356-20170523010356-00203.warc.gz | en | 0.929968 | 322 |
Princeton University Press, a leading scholarly publisher located in Princeton, NJ, seeks an entry-level, full-time book designer to create book covers and interiors. This is an ideal position for a recent design school graduate interested in learning more about book design, offset printing, digital production, and the publishing industry. We have a very experienced staff ready to share knowledge with the right candidate.
Book designer will work closely with more senior staff to learn the basics of the profession, including how to write composition specifications, how to adapt model and series designs, how to convert jacket designs to paperback format, and how to prepare jacket mechanicals. In addition, he or she will create original designs for both covers and interiors.
Successful candidate must have a strong typographic sense and good conceptual design skills. He/she must be interested in book design and in publishing in general. In addition, he/she must be a quick and eager learner with a positive attitude. He/she must pay attention to detail, be able to multitask, and be a clear communicator.
Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite on a Macintosh platform is required. Strong knowledge of InDesign paragraph and character styles and basic CSS/HTML preferred. Demonstrated interest in typography, ability to generate design ideas, and sensitivity to detail required. Undergraduate degree in graphic design or a closely related field is strongly preferred. Candidates with 1-2 years of experience will also be considered.
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Remington Steele/Castle crossover set in early Season Two of Castle. Remington and Laura follow a case to NYC.
Categories: General, Humour, Crossover Characters: Alexis Castle, Javier Esposito, Kate Beckett, Kevin Ryan, Richard Castle, Roy Montgomery
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Word count: 3188 Read: 3356
Published: Apr 30, 2010 Updated: Apr 30, 2010
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Lawsuit Alleging County Wasted Millions By OK'ing No-Bid $17.5 Mil Contract Heats Up
Back in December, Business Resources Corp. filed suit against Dallas County claiming officials hired Virginia-based GTSI to preserve county docs (birth records, death certificates, etc.) at a cost of $17.5 million over seven years -- even though the county didn't take bids on the contract and GTSI doesn't do the kind of work for which it was hired. Business Resources says the county's wasting millions and knows it, which is why it was going to void the GTSI deal in July but didn't for reasons that remain a mystery. Hence the lawsuit.
Got that? Because today Business Resources filed docs asking the court to stop the county from doing any more business with GTSI for the time being. The company has also asked the court to expedite discovery so it can take the depositions of Dallas County Clerk John Warren, Dallas County Judge Jim Foster and the county commissioners, if need be, as well as with GTSI officials to determine how they got the lucrative no-bid deal. Judge Bruce Priddy has set a hearing on the motion for expedited discovery for February 11; the temporary injunction hearing is on the docket for March 5.
Michael Hurst, representing Business Resources, says today that "we believe that millions of dollars in public money are being wasted, and we're asking the court to help us do something to stop that." As always, the legal docs filed today follow.
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ERBIL, Iraq (AA) - The number of people who have fled conflict zones and sought refuge in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region now stands at some 1,670,000, according to an official at the Erbil-based Kurdish Regional Government (KRG)’s migration office.
Since 2011, the region has absorbed hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled Iraq’s northern city of Mosul -- overrun by the Daesh terrorist group in 2014 -- and other conflict-hit cities and regions.
KRG Migration Office Director Shakir Yasin told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday that the number of Syrian refugees in the region now stood at some 246,000.
"Most of them are staying in the city of Dohuk, while another 6,000 refugees from Iran are now in the Sulaymaniyah province," he said.
"Daesh’s capture of Mosul and Anbar triggered an additional outflow of refugees to the region," added Yasin.
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