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This Book Just Ate My Dog! is shortlisted for the 2016 Children's Book Award in the Books for Younger Children category. It is published by Oxford University Press. | YOU SAID 'DOG POST' NOT 'BLOG POST'!
I have no formula for coming up with new book ideas and my books have begun in lots of different ways. For example they can start with a doodle in my sketchbook, something I've heard my children say, a picture I've seen on a website or an idea for a book's title.
This book just ate my dog! began with a chat with Helen, my editor at Oxford University Press, where we were discussing new ideas for my next book. She suggested thinking about the physical properties of a book as a jumping off point for a story. So, early one morning, I was mulling this over and I suddenly thought a book's gutter (the fold between pages) would make a good place to lose something – but what? A big animal perhaps? How about a dog? A big dog, so you can see him clearly being swallowed up by the book. And how about having someone walking the the dog to show that this was part of the story and not some bizarre printing error! And the girl would think the dog really has been swallowed up! I was still half asleep when I was thinking all this so I rushed down to my studio with my cup of tea and got the idea into my sketchbook before it slipped my mind.
A day or two later I created a thumbnail sketch (mini storyboard) showing the whole story then sent it to Helen who gave it the big thumbs up. The thumbnails were then developed into full size roughs, which, after a few changes here and there, became the basis for the final illustrations.
As with all my illustrations, I began by putting my roughs on a lightbox and tracing the outlines in pencil. Each character or object was drawn separately and often several times (it's surprising how different the same expression can look every time you draw it). I then chose my favourite and scanned them onto my computer in black and white.
Once I had all the drawings for an illustration on my computer I then added colour, textures, patterns and backgrounds digitally. I like to use this combination of draw and digitise as it give me lots of flexibility to add, delete, resize or reposition things but still retains the looseness and spontaneity of a hand-drawn image.
As I finished each page I would print it out and put it on my studio wall so I could see how the book was coming together. Once all the illustrations were finished, checked, tweaked, checked again and then approved I | 508 |
A cup of tea, a game of backgammon, and memories of Mao by Dale Borman Fink
(58 Stories)
Prompted By Snowy Days
January 19, 2022 / Stories
I learned to play backgammon during the Blizzard of '78, in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. I've never played it again since. That's the kind of thing that happened during that amazing weather event, when almost everyone was forced to stay home, thousands of people left their cars stranded on Route 128, and Governor Mike Dukakis gave press briefings in front of six-foot snow drifts, wearing just a sweater. (His bravado and composure in the face of disaster didn't do him any good; as an incumbent, he would experience the rare political fate, or feat, of losing the primary in his own party later that same year. The guy who defeated him, Ed King, would replace him as Governor for one term, run a very corrupt administration, manage to have more than one member of his Cabinet indicted or imprisoned, and then join the GOP.)
Dan and Sally invited me in, and with their daughter, we played backgammon, and they made me a cup of tea and offered me some cookies.
I was living alone for the first time in my life when the blizzard arrived. Two years before, I had left a group house with six bedrooms in Cambridge that had been my home for four years following college and moved into a two-bedroom apartment with a friend named Bruce. That was also in Dorchester–a different section called Fields Corner. I had worked in a daycare center in the Codman Square neighborhood of Dorchester since 1972; thus my inclination to rent in that part of Boston when I finally decided to make my exit from Cambridge. The first rental lasted only one year, because Bruce decided to get married–or more precisely, decided to begin living with the woman to whom he was already secretly married. I'm not sure I would have committed to that location for a longer term anyway, given the way my car had mysteriously been set ablaze while parked right outside our triple-decker and all.
In the fall of 1977, I rented a one-bedroom apartment on Nixon Street, the second-floor of a two-story building just around the corner from the Shawmut T station. I had lived a few years earlier on Hooker St. in Allston, so some members of my family mused about my penchant for finding streets with increasingly unsavory names. But it was a very nice and well-maintained space for one person. The owner-occupants who lived downstairs operated a father-son plumbing bu siness.
Normally in this neighborhood, you had to be mindful each day during the winter of placing a garbage barrel or a lawn chair in the parking space you had cleared for your car. Though nobody could legally assert the right to her or his own space on a public street, it was commonly accepted that if you shoveled it out, and you marked it with some large object, you were entitled to keep it. But during the Blizzard of '78, nothing was normal. Nobody shoveled out for days, and nobody needed to lug around their barrels or their lawn chairs. Because nobody was going anywhere. That's, in part, what the Governor was telling us during those coatless press conferences: Don't go anywhere unless you are essential to keep the lights on, the hospitals running, or for public safety. Word on the street was that the National Guard, who were<|fim_middle|> and with their daughter, we played backgammon, and they made me a cup of tea and offered me some cookies. Eventually, I went home to my apartment, past my car with two feet of snow piled on top of it, because I wasn't going to drive it anywhere for a few more days.
Dale Borman Fink
Dale Borman Fink retired in 2020 from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, MA, where he taught courses related to research methods, early childhood education, special education, and children's literature. Prior to that he was involved in childcare, after-school care, and support for the families of children with disabilities. Among his books are Making a Place for Kids with Disabilities (2000) Control the Climate, Not the Children: Discipline in School Age Care (1995), and a children's book, Mr. Silver and Mrs. Gold (1980). In 2018, he edited a volume of his father's recollections, called SHOPKEEPER'S SON.
Characterizations: right on!, well written
6 Responses to A cup of tea, a game of backgammon, and memories of Mao
Dale, your account of the Boston Blizzard of '78 goes so well with Joe's, Jon's, and Betsy's, filling in more details for those of us who weren't there. You also provide fascinating pre-blizzard background on your neighborhood, your substitute teaching experience, and your political study group. At the end you come full circle to your first sentence about learning to play backgammon. I wanted to know more about the backgammon game with Dan, Sally, and their daughter.
As always Dale your stories are interesting and full of your passion for education.
The concept of keeping the masses ignorant and illiterate is such a travesty. I sit on the board of an advocacy group striving to educate kids in trouble, hoping to help turn their young lives around.
http://www.LiteracyForIncarceratedTeens.org
I was struck by what you described as a "feeling of shared survival and a sense of caring" during the blizzard lockdown. This is precisely what is lacking today during periods of pandemic isolation. The images you included reinforce the power of a major blizzard to shut down life as we know it. But I found the snow dinosaur a hopeful sign of creativity amidst the chaos. Well written, Dale.
Dale, I loved the small details in this story, about shoveling narrow pathways through the snow, where and how you lived, and your substitute teaching subsistence. Mao's Little Red Book? That does bring one back to a different time …
Powerful and detailed memories of a blizzard that changed everything–at least for a short time. I didn't know about eating the orange, but it reminded me of where correct ideas come from (from practice, of course). The clinic where I worked in Oakland used a Paolo Freire approach in the community health education (CHE) department.
A nice story! I was lucky enough to experience the Blizzard of '78 not from New Jersey, but from St. Croix USVI. I remember my Mom telling me over the phone that they had not seen our car for three days.
No More Snow Days
Driving in snow
by Kathy Porter
Blizzard of 1978
by Joe Worth
Memories of the Blizzard
Snow far, snow good
by Cynthia Blanton | patrolling in many areas, would stop you and ask you why you were driving around.
The closing of schools hit me in the pocketbook, because I was making my living as a substitute teacher in the Boston public Schools, earning $36.56 per day, but only on the days that I was called. I ended up working in a total of 27 elementary schools over a two-year period. I subbed in a few Middle Schools early on, but I requested them to call me only for elementary jobs, once I had experienced the Theodore Roosevelt Middle School, where the boys were so rowdy that even the girls were shielded from them and allowed to eat lunch in a separate cafeteria.
There was nothing for me to do about my reduced income except to make the best of it, and so I did. I remember sitting at my kitchen table, drinking hot chocolate and glued to the radio for hours, listening to people calling Jerry Williams, Guy Mainella, and hosts of other talk-shows, to try to locate missing friends or relatives or pets, to find out where in their town a food shop might be open, ask about how to properly remove snow using a roof rake, whether any place still had generators for sale, and even offering recipes for snow pudding. It all seemed quite caring and communal.
To get a taste of the authentic local community, as distinct from the larger and more abstract one represented on the radio, I would walk around the neighborhood. There, too, I experienced the feeling of shared survival and a sense of caring. I knew very few people who lived nearby. So it was a pleasant surprise, during one of my walks, to be greeted by Dan and his wife Sally, who were working on widening their walkway a few inches. (In the earliest days after the blizzard, you just wanted to create a pathway, even the narrowest one possible. With the passing days, you might decide to enlarge it.
I barely knew Sally but I knew Dan pretty well as the leader of a "political study group" in which I had participated a year or two prior. It consisted of about eight to ten men and women with very diverse backgrounds, from high school dropouts to college graduates. At least one of the women participants was raising a child and living on welfare payments; one of the men was trying to make it as a standup comic. Three of us were teachers in the same daycare center. I'm not sure how Dan was earning a living, but I knew he had attended a Catholic seminary when he was younger. Everyone in the study group lived in Dorchester.
When I joined, we were deep into Mao's Little Red Book. Dan would tell us which pages to read—just a few each week. Then we would reread it aloud during the group and stop and talk about each paragraph. I still remember the passage about eating oranges. Mao explained that there is only one way to learn what an orange tastes like, and that is to bite into it and eat some. But once you've done that, you haven't merely learned about the taste of the orange, you have also irrevocably changed it. The same is true in the understanding of society, or of social and economic relationships: You cannot stand outside these relationships and analyze them and expect to have a full understanding. You must "bite into them." You must get involved in the struggle. Once you have done that, you will have a better understanding, but you will also have changed the balance of forces. I am not sure if this accurately represents Mao's thinking, or Dan's explanation of what we read in the Little Red Book, or my own interpretation as it has settled into my brain over the years.
After that, we read, The Pedagogy of the Oppressed, by Paolo Freire, a Brazilian educator who had been expelled from Brazil because he was too successful in teaching literacy to landless rural people. The military dictatorship preferred to keep them illiterate. We read this book one chapter at a time and dug deeply into Freire's ideas, as we had Mao's. Freire's ideas continued to influence my thinking ever since, especially his recognition that literacy was not a product of the right "technical" approach (e.g., phonics, "whole language," etc.,) but more related to engaging people to view literacy as a way to help them survive and address problems in their daily life.
Dan and Sally invited me in, | 907 |
James Forrest scored four goals during the first half as Saints were beaten 6-0 by Celtic at McDiarmid Park this afternoon.
Forrest opened the scoring for the visitors on 15 minutes when he converted the rebound after the initial shot from Odsonne Edouard had been saved by Zander Clark.
Odsonne Edouard had the Glasgow side 2-0 up on 22 minutes when he smashed a low shot into the corner of the net. On the half hour mark Forrest got his second and Celtic's third before the winger completed his hat-trick on 38 minutes.
The Scotland Internationalist then got his fourth of the afternoon and Celtic's fifth right on half time as he broke forward down the left before cutting in to finish off an impressive first half for the visitors.
Saints were reduced to ten men 4 minutes into the second half as referee Kevin Clancy sent off Danny Swanson for a poor challenge on James Forrest.
Callum McGregor then scored a sixth for Celtic late on when he connected with a Mikael Lustig cutback to calmly slot the ball past Zander Clark.
Saints welcomed Brendan Rodgers and his Celtic team to McDiarmid Park for the second time in just 11 days this afternoon. Last time out Celtic grabbed a 1-0 win over Saints in the Betfred Cup, so Tommy Wright's side were looking to replicate the performance but with a different outcome this time round. The Saints' manager made 2 changes, to the team who played in the capital last Saturday as he brought Danny Swanson and David Wotherspoon in to replace Chris Kane and Matty Kennedy, who both dropped to the bench.
Saints were the first to try their shot at goal. In the first 4 minutes an array of throw ins down by the<|fim_middle|> save by Clark kept the goal deficit to only one. The ball fell to Edouard and he was able to run through on goal, his shot was excellently saved by Zander Clark between the sticks but just moments later the Celtic striker doubled the visitors lead as the ball broke to the Frenchman in a similar area and this time he made no mistake.
With 30 minutes on the clock James Forrest doubled his goal tally, Kevin Clancy played advantage after a foul on Ntcham in the middle of the park. Some great one touch passing between Forrest and Tom Rogic let the Australian internationalist put Forrest through on goal and he slotted neatly past Clark.
James Forrest got his hat-trick with just 7 minutes of first half play left. Some poor defending again from Saints let Leigh Griffiths play a simple ball right through the middle of the Saints' defence and Forrest showed that he was definitely wearing his shooting boots as he tucked the ball past Clark.
With moments of the first half remaining the one-way traffic continued. Once again Forrest netted his fourth and Celtic's fifth with the Saints defence again being sliced open. When Rogic's pass fell to the attacker he cut onto his left-foot and perfectly fired the ball into the corner of Clark's net.
Celtic got the second 45 underway.
A bad day at the office got even worse for Saints as 4 minutes into the second half Danny Swanson was shown a straight red card by Kevin Clancy for a high challenge on James Forrest.
With Celtic in complete control of the game it was a rather quieter second half. However, Callum McGregor wrapped up a quite outstanding display for the visitors on 84 minute as some neat passing in and around the area by Celtic saw Mikael Lustig cut the ball back to McGregor who slotted home the visitors sixth of the afternoon.
After a rampant first half from the Champions it was the Glasgow side who went home with all three points. Saints will be very disappointed with their first half performance but showed character in the second to keep the score line as it was at the end of the first half for as long as possible. Next up for Saints is a trip to Fir Park to face Motherwell after the international break who sit 2 points behind the Perth men in 10th. | corner flag let Blair Alston wiggle his way through the three defenders surrounding him. The Saints midfielder then played in a great ball picking out an advancing Danny Swanson whose powerful shot was saved by the strong wrists of Craig Gordon, Celtic were then able to clear the danger.
Celtic then tried their hand, a pass left by Ross Callachan found its way to Olivier Ntcham, he found James Forrest flying down the right and his cross was parried away by Zander Clark, a blasted shot from outside of the area was turned past the post by Clark again. The resultant corner came to nothing. Some slack play down the right for Saints allowed Callum McGregor to find his way into the box, his cut back was struck well by Leigh Griffiths and Clark was again at his best.
James Forrest dealt the inevitable first blow for Celtic on the 15 minute mark. Scott Tanser lost his footing just before the half way line and Forrest took the ball and ran at goal, slipping through Odsonne Edouard, again, Clark was able to save but the ball was put back into the danger zone and Forrest made no mistake to convert for the Champions.
Another fantastic fingertip | 244 |
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If you love Ellen Trout Zoo, and cake and punch, celebrate their 50th this Saturday.
The Ellen Trout Zoo Opened Saturday June 17, 1967 at 1 pm. Since that day, kids, and<|fim_middle|> the city a zoo, named after his mother, Ellen.
I personally have gone to this zoo since I was a child, and so have my children. It will be a nice day to get out and remember where the zoo was, and where it is going. | now kids grown into adults, have made amazing memories there. Make some more memories with the zoo this Saturday. They will have a ribbon cutting for the re-dedication for the next 50 years. Join K-Fox 955 and everyone from Ellen Trout Zoo at 10 am at the zoo's entrance. To celebrate this Silver Anniversary, after the ribbon cutting there will be cake and punch, for as long as it lasts, in the zoos events area. Everyone is invited to join us in this celebration.
The Ellen Trout Zoo has accomplished so much since they started as a place for Lufkin Industry's President, Walter Trout, to store his Christmas present. He received a 500-pound hippopotamus, from a "friend", purchased from the Dallas Zoo. He then came up with the idea to give | 171 |
The Goukamma Marine Protected Area is an inshore conservation region near Knysna in the Western Cape province in the territorial waters of South Africa
History
The Goukamma MPA was originally proclaimed a Marine Protected Area in 1990. The MPA was proclaimed by the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Mohammed Valli Moosa, in Government Gazette No. 21948 of 29 December 2000 in terms section 43 of the Marine Living Resources Act, 18 of 1998.
Purpose
A marine protected area is defined by the IUCN as "A clearly defined geographical space, recognised,<|fim_middle|> float or drift, and the food chain starts with phytoplankton, the mostly microscopic photosynthetic organisms that convert the energy of sunlight into organic material which feeds nearly everything else, directly or indirectly. In temperate seas there are distinct seasonal cycles of phytoplankton growth, based on the available nutrients and the available sunlight. Either can be a limiting factor. Phytoplankton tend to thrive where there is plenty of light, and they themselves are a major factor in restricting light penetration to greater depths, so the photosynthetic zone tends to be shallower in areas of high productivity. Zooplankton feed on the phytoplankton, and are in turn eaten by larger animals. The larger pelagic animals are generally faster moving and more mobile, giving them the option of changing depth to feed or to avoid predation, and to move to other places in search of a better food supply.
Marine species diversity
Animals
Marine mammals:
Eubalaena australis (Southern right whale)
Sousa plumbea (Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin)
Tursiops truncatus (Bottlenose dolphin)
Marine reptiles:
Caretta caretta (Loggerhead turtle)
Chelonia mydas (Green turtle)
Eretmochelys imbricata (Hawksbill turtle)
Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback turtle)
Birds:
Haematopus moquini (African oystercatcher)
Charadrius marginatus (White-fronted plover)
Fish:
Argyrosomus japonicus (dusky kob)
Atractoscion aequidens (geelbek)
Chrysoblephus laticeps (roman seabream)
Dichistius capensis (galjoen)
Lithognathus lithognathus (white steenbras)
Merluccius capensis (hake)
Petrus rupestris (red steenbras)
Pomadasys commersonii (spotted grunter)
Seaweeds
Endemism
The MPA is in the warm temperate Agulhas ecoregion to the east of Cape Point which extends eastwards to the Mbashe River. There are a large proportion of species endemic to South Africa along this coastline. The Goukamma MPA is home to many species that are endemic to South Africa's south coast.
Alien invasive species
Threats
Slipways and harbours in the MPA
See also
References
Marine protected areas of South Africa
Marine biodiversity of South Africa | dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values".
Extent
The MPA is about 10 kilometers west of Knysna in the Western Cape, with a protected coastline of approximately 16 km from Buffels Bay to Platbank and extends one nautical mile into the sea. The area of ocean protected is approximately 32 km2. The Goukamma Estuary is a temporarily closed rivermouth in the MPA.
Boundaries
The original MPA was bounded by:
Northern boundary: The high-water mark between Platbank at S34°2.767′ E22°50.133′ and Buffels Bay at S34°4.717′ E22°58.667′
Southern boundary: A line one nautical mile to seaward of the high-water mark
Eastern boundary: A line at 090° true bearing from where the north-eastern boundary of Portion 1 of the farm Walker's Point reaches the high-water mark at S34°4.717′ E22°58.667′.
Western boundary: A line at 180° true bearing from where the western boundary of the Goukamma Nature Reserve reaches the high-water mark at S34°2.767′ E22°50.133′.
The revised MPA is bounded by:
Eastern boundary: S34°04.440', E22°59.227' at Buffels Bay to S34°6.100', E22°59.227'
Southern boundary: S34°6.100', E22°59.227' to S34°6.100', E22°50.136'
Western boundary: S34°6.100', E22°50.136' to S34°2.781' E22°50.136' at Platbank
Northern boundary: S34°2.781' E22°50.136' at Platbank to S34°04.440', E22°59.227' at Buffels Bay along the high water mark
The Goukamma Estuary from the mouth to a point upstream at S34°0.490', E22°56.230'.
Zonation
Management
The marine protected areas of South Africa are the responsibility of the national government, which has management agreements with a variety of MPA management authorities, in this case, the Goukamma MPA is managed by CapeNature, with funding from the SA Government through the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA).
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is responsible for issuing permits, quotas and law enforcement.
Use
Recreational activities in Buffalo Bay include kayaking, kite surfing, snorkelling, shore angling, and surfing.
Geography
Climate
Seasonal variations in sea conditions
Ecology
The MPA is in the warm temperate Agulhas ecoregion to the east of Cape Point which extends eastwards to the Mbashe River. There are a large proportion of species endemic to South Africa along this coastline.
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Four major habitats exist in the sea in this region, distinguished by the nature of the substrate. The substrate, or base material, is important in that it provides a base to which an organism can anchor itself, which is vitally important for those organisms which need to stay in one particular kind of place. Rocky shores and reefs provide a firm fixed substrate for the attachment of plants and animals. Some of these may have Kelp forests, which reduce the effect of waves and provide food and shelter for an extended range of organisms. Sandy beaches and bottoms are a relatively unstable substrate and cannot anchor kelp or many of the other benthic organisms. Finally there is open water, above the substrate and clear of the kelp forest, where the organisms must drift or swim. Mixed habitats are also frequently found, which are a combination of those mentioned above. There are no significant estuarine habitats in the MPA.
Rocky shores and reefs
There are rocky reefs and mixed rocky and sandy bottoms. For many marine organisms the substrate is another type of marine organism, and it is common for several layers to co-exist. Examples of this are red bait pods, which are usually encrusted with sponges, ascidians, bryozoans, anemones, and gastropods, and abalone, which are usually covered by similar seaweeds to those found on the surrounding rocks, usually with a variety of other organisms living on the seaweeds.
The type of rock of the reef is of some importance, as it influences the range of possibilities for the local topography, which in turn influences the range of habitats provided, and therefore the diversity of inhabitants. Sandstone and other sedimentary rocks erode and weather very differently, and depending on the direction of dip and strike, and steepness of the dip, may produce reefs which are relatively flat to very high profile and full of small crevices. These features may be at varying angles to the shoreline and wave fronts. There are fewer large holes, tunnels and crevices in sandstone reefs, but often many deep but low near-horizontal crevices.
Sandy beaches and bottoms (including shelly, pebble and gravel bottoms)
Sandy bottoms at first glance appear to be fairly barren areas, as they lack the stability to support many of the spectacular reef based species, and the variety of large organisms is relatively low. The sand is continually being moved around by wave action, to a greater or lesser degree depending on weather conditions and exposure of the area. This means that sessile organisms must be specifically adapted to areas of relatively loose substrate to thrive in them, and the variety of species found on a sandy or gravel bottom will depend on all these factors. Sandy bottoms have one important compensation for their instability, animals can burrow into the sand and move up and down within its layers, which can provide feeding opportunities and protection from predation. Other species can dig themselves holes in which to shelter, or may feed by filtering water drawn through the tunnel, or by extending body parts adapted to this function into the water above the sand.
The open sea
The pelagic water column is the major part of the living space at sea. This is the water between the surface and the top of the benthic zone, where living organisms swim, | 1,420 |
Belle Chasse Marine Repowers with Volvo Penta
Dillon Entrekin, port engineer at Louisiana's Belle Chasse Marine Transportation.
Reliability, Power, Fuel Savings and Minimal Downtime Key Factors in Repower Decision.
Belle Chasse Marine Transportation, the largest launch service on the Lower Mississippi, puts a lot of hours on its fleet of crew and supply boats, which run day and night. One thing they can't afford is downtime.
"The river never closes, and neither do we. Our customers expect us to give them reliable round-the-clock service no matter what the conditions," said Dillon Entrekin, port engineer at Belle Chasse. "If a boat is down for maintenance, it's not earning."
That's one reason why Belle Chasse selected Volvo Penta as its preferred engine supplier.
When it came time to repower one of their older boats, the Belle Chasse team did their homework. After about two years of research, they installed a pair of Volvo Penta D13 400 diesels in the 47-ft. crew boat.
Based on the experience with the first installation, Belle Chasse has since repowered four more boats with the D13 400s, as well as one newbuild. They're planning to continue replacing their older engines in their fleet of over 40 boats with Volvo Penta diesels over the next few years.
Belle Chasse's crew boats typically run about 2,000 hours per year. Compared to the old engines, the Volvo Penta D13s consume seven gallons less of fuel per hour, resulting in a savings of over $35,000 per year.
"The new crew boat engine power is fantastic using the twin D13 400s," said Entrekin. "We're getting more horsepower at lower RPMs with less fuel consumption. The savings will pay for the engines in a couple of years. The lower maintenance requirements, great service and prompt<|fim_middle|> power performance. The Belle Chasse boats operate in congested waterways with strong currents, heavy traffic and floating debris. That means quick response, maneuverability and high torque are critical for safety. The captains like the Volvo Penta powered boats because they feel a sense of safety and control at the helm.
"Work boat fleets around the globe are increasingly turning to Volvo Penta, driven by the proven success of our dependable, powerful and efficient diesel technology, backed by the extraordinary network of Power Centers and dealers who support our products," said Jens Bering, vice president of marine sales, Volvo Penta of the Americas.
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Royal Wootton Bassett boss Sam Collier felt his side should have put Fairford Town "out of sight" during their derby on Tuesday night but remained extremely pleased with a second win of the season.
Collier's troops followed up Saturday's fantastic 6-1 win against T<|fim_middle|> denied a penalty against Bassett? | uffley with a fast start against Fairford at the Gerard Buxton Ground – Josh Shama tucking away a TJ Bohane shot which rebounded off the crossbar on just two minutes.
A wonder strike from Dale Richards made it 2-0 to the hosts in a first-half which visitors were under the cosh for the majority of play.
Fairford though came back into it in the second half and almost made Bassett pay for a host of missed chances in the dying minutes.
First, Ben Lodge fired home from the edge of the box with just minutes remaining before Fairford flashed a last minute chance agonisingly past the far post in what was the last action of the game.
Collier admitted Fairford caused them problems late on but felt his side deserved all three points overall, saying: "It was a little bit tense towards the end but overall I thought it was fairly comfortable for us. I think we could have scored two or three more in the second half but we weren't quite as clinical as we could have been.
Bassett return to action on Saturday when they travel to Leighton Town in Extra Preliminary Round of the FA Cup.
Watch Your Sport's Nick Taylor catch up with Sam Collier following Tuesday's night win.
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The Auckland housing market has spoken and Sam and Emmett have been named the winners of The Block NZ: Boys vs. Girls.
The four townhouses in Auckland's Meadowbank all went under the hammer in a tense season finale, with varying degrees of success. However all teams walked away with cash in their pockets, as the four houses sold for more than their reserve prices, making this the most financially successful Block NZ season.
Winners Wellington pair Sam and Emmett's house sold for $$1,610,000 - $380,000 above its reserve price. When combined with their first place bonus of $100,000, the pair walked away with $480,000.
"Who would have thought a couple of muppets who didn't know a thing about building could win this thing," a<|fim_middle|>, as their home sold for $1,510,000, which was $300,000 over its reserve.
Dyls and Dylz came in third, making $151,000 profit as their home went for $1,341,000 and Niki and Tiff took home $150,000 after their home sold for $1,320,000. | thrilled Emmett said.
The team have been mates since they were at school in Palmerston North. Now, Sam (29) and Emmett (29) flat together in Wellington. Sam is a business development manager and Emmett is an HR advisor.
Emma and Courtney narrowly missed out on The Block win | 63 |
We are pleased to invite you as a Zen Golfer to a unique event: Dr. Parent has been asked to give a Zen Golf Master Class at the historic (and luxurious) Castiglion del Bosco (CdB), near Montalcino in the heart of Tuscany, April 19-23, 2015. CdB is an extraordinary resort in one of the world's great destinations, with amazing food, wine, scenery and a majestic Weiskopf-designed championship golf course.
Joining Dr. Parent in this spectacular setting will be Ray Carrasco, Senior British Masters Champion and one of the finest short game teachers on the planet. Known as the<|fim_middle|> 805.640.1046.
Please also feel free to forward this offer to any friends, associates, or clients who might be interested! | Wizard of Wedges, he has been a long-time staff instructor for both Cleveland and Hopkins Golf. Practice area instruction each morning and playing lessons each afternoon for just 12 golfers will give you maximum personal attention.
Have a significant other who doesn't golf?
They will enjoy a full slate of historic and scenic walking and driving tours, with wine and food tasting events along the way. Each evening everyone will meet for amazing local wining and dining experiences.
This promises to be an experience that will provide "once in a lifetime" memories of Tuscany as well as personalized instruction from Dr. Joe and Ray that will transform your golf game forever.
Please let us know ASAP if you are interested in this program, space is limited. To hold a place for you and your golfing or non-golfing partner, or to learn more details, please email or call us directly at the Zen Golf office | 182 |
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Higher intelligence is associated with this personality type.
People whose personalities can accept vagueness and confusion tend to have a higher IQ, new research finds.
Those who accept ambiguity tend to be open-minded, creative and relaxed about problems that do not have a definitive answer.
Given that the world is filled with grey areas, this<|fim_middle|>lown, 2018). | allows those who can accept ambiguity to make better decisions.
Other personality traits linked to high IQ are taking risks, being conscientious and being competitive.
Conscientiousness is a sign of higher fluid intelligence, which is the speed at which the brain works.
People with higher IQs are also more likely to have 'Type A' personalities, which are characterised by a competitive nature.
The conclusions come from a study of 820 people in the UK who completed assessments of their personality and intelligence.
Four personality factors were linked to intelligence.
"This study found that multiple intelligence measures were predictive of higher tolerance of uncertainty.
"Curiosity – marked by high openness, creativity, imagination, and cognitive complexity – was hypothesised to associate with higher levels of intelligence.
The study was published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences (Furnham & Treg | 171 |
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LISTEN NOW: The Rickey Smiley Morning Show 6am-10an. The New Year will bring exciting new programming to the Atlanta market as Radio One Atlanta announced their new line up for mornings starting January 11, 2021. The Rickey Smiley Morning Show will move to Classix 102.9 Starting Jan 11th, 2020.
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Headkrack and The Morning Hustle, the syndicated Radio One/Reach Media morning show based in Atlanta will be heard in The ATL for the first time on Hot 107.9 WHTA-FM. The show will replace The Rickey Smiley Morning Show. The Smiley show will move to Classix 102.9 on January 11, 2021.
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The Morning Hustle is the freshest program in broadcast with an entertaining, humorous and informative take on urban pop culture from the Millennial and Generation Z point of view, meant to wake up its audience to the beat of today's Hip Hop.
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The Smiley Morning Show is a morning radio program on radio station WZPL (99.5 FM – a Cumulus Media station) broadcasting from Indianapolis, Indiana. The show first aired in 2002 and is hosted by radio personality Dave Smiley and co-hosts Nikki Reed, Toni Williams, and Producer Will.
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Rickey Smiley Moves To Classix 102.9 Atlanta; Morning Hustle To Debut On Hot 107.9. Radio-One is shuffling its Atlanta morning shows to start 2021. "Hot 107.9" was the only Radio-One Hip Hop station not carrying the show in mornings. Losing Atlanta market clearance with the changes will be Reach Media's Russ Parr Show.
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Many of Rickey's famous friends and colleagues have sent their support to him and his daughter during this difficult time, including Married to Medicine's Quad Webb and The Real Housewives of Atlanta family, such as Phaedra Parks, Cynthia Bailey, and Porsha Williams | 931 |
Boosting employee productivity has continually been the focus of enterprises in the recent past. Among the several strategies used by enterprises towards this end, mobilization, or the ability of an employee to rely on their mobile devices to<|fim_middle|> of their skills, can mobilize the workflows themselves. | continue to perform business functions even when away from a Desktop, is seen as a game changer. In spite of the promise shown by mobilization, much of its benefits are yet to be realized. While an average global 2000 enterprise uses 1000+ software applications for its business processes, very few of these applications have been successfully deployed for smartphones. Even when the applications are mobilized, users face several barriers in their usage. We argue that these barriers occur because complex enterprise desktop applications are defeaturized for a resource constrained smartphone. In this work, we focus on providing user aware solutions to three specific aspects of mobilization: (1) Content sharing: An enterprise employee spends an inordinate amount of time on Email responding to queries and sharing information with co-workers. In this context, we consider automated information suggestions to ease the burden of reply construction on smartphones; (2) Collaboration: Even though many business processes within enterprises require employees to work together in a team and collaborate with each other, very few enterprise mobile apps allow two employees to simultaneously work on an object from two separate devices. In this context, we present Peek, a mobile-to-mobile remote computing protocol for collaboration that allows the users to interact with an application remotely in a responsive manner; (3) Workflow Mobilization: For an employee to successfully perform workflows on her smartphone, not only does a mobile app need to be available, but also her specific workflow has to make the cut through the defeaturization process necessary for mobilization. In this context, we propose a do-it-yourself (DIY) framework wherein users, irrespective | 325 |
Players try to work out a sequence during a recent Game Night at Enter Exit Escape in Mount Airy. The next Game Night is Sept. 20.
Join Kristen Ellis and Lisa Yzaguirre, the owners of Enter Exit Escape, for their Sept. 20 Game Night, where everyone in the community is welcome to play board games and enjoy delicious drinks and snacks.
Enter Exit Escape offers three original games, such as Escape Room 101: Science Lab, Professor E's Mummy Mystery, and Special Ops: Dirty Money.
This year, they are celebrating their first anniversary and they are proud to say that they have challenged and entertained over 3,000 people.
Enter Exit Escape is also offering the Game Nights on the third Thursday of every month. According to Ellis, they did a couple of game nights in the past months and people enjoyed them so much that they decided to continue the tradition.
Ellis explained that the game nights are open to everyone, kids and adults. The adults are welcome to join the kids for the board games.
She also suggests that the adults drop off their younger kids at the Young Play, located at 1702 Back Acre Circle, Mount Airy, so they can enjoy the board games.
Ellis stated that they will have a great variety of games available at each game night. Some of the games they will offer are Settlers of Catan, Battleship, Oshi, Buzz Word, Sequence and also card games.
Sykesville is currently celebrating their Farmers Market with great local produces and activities for all so everyone in the community can enjoy living a healthy life.
Also, Ellis emphasized that she and Yzaguirre have always been fans of board games and that is why they decided to open the escape game business.
"We grew up playing them in our homes, and brought up our own families surrounded by regular family game nights, and even getaway game weekends,"<|fim_middle|> is located at 1902 Back Acre Circle Suite 003, lower level, Mount Airy.
Come and celebrate Mount Airy on Aug. 25, when the community will have the opportunity to learn about different businesses and organizations in community.
Throughout the event, the attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy delicious food of local restaurants, walk the Mount Airy Rails-to-Trails, and visit local shops.
Admission is free. The event starts at 5 p.m. and ends at 9 p.m.
For more information, visit the Town of Mount Airy website, www.mountairymd.org.
The event will be hosted at Downtown Mount Airy located at 2 N. Main St., Mount Airy.
This Aug. 29, the Eldersburg branch of the Carroll County Public Library will host the EPIC Photo program where the kids will be able to learn how to take amazing pictures with Paint.NET.
The participants will learn how to use the program, Paint.NET, in an hour computer class. With this program, the kids will learn how to apply effects to the pictures and manipulate colors and backgrounds.
The attendees may bring their own thumb drive to save their work and also bring sample photos on the thumb drive if they would like to experiment with the program at the end of class.
This program is targeted to kids ages 10 to 14 and it starts at 10 a.m.
All attendees must register by contacting the library at 410-386-4488.
The Eldersburg library is located at 6400 W. Hemlock Drive. | stated Ellis.
Ellis and Yzaguirre want to provide that same opportunity to the families in Carroll County by having the game nights at the Enter Exit Escape, "… providing an opportunity for families and friends to come together for a challenge that involves an intricate web of puzzles, strategy, and story-based information that must be worked through to complete a themed mission," stated Ellis.
Admission to the Game Nights are $5 per person, which includes light snacks, drinks, and board games, and they start at 5:30 p.m. and ends at 7:30 p.m.
For more information on how to reserve their space to host celebrations, for corporate team building events, other private events, and for more information about the escape room, game nights and other activities hosted by Ellis and Yzaguirre, contact them at 301-703-5258 or via email at info@enterexitescape.com.
Enter Exit Escape | 199 |
Traveler Reviews for Private Tour in Charleston, South Carolina, United States by Tour Guide Sabrina L.
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Sabrina was very knowledgeable<|fim_middle|> stories about the houses and other sites made them come alive. During the tour we had a question and even though she answered on the spot, later in the day (after the tour) she sent an email with more details!
We had a great tour with Sabrina. It was a beautiful day and we really enjoyed our 2 hour walk. She kept us entertained-thanks again! | about Charleston history including the tales of ghosts. She was very tolerant of my sister and I taking pictures while she spoke. Very personable and friendly. We went to some beautiful neighborhoods and grave yards and churches. I would highly recommend this tour.
TOUR GUIDE RESPONSE: Thank you for your kind words! I really enjoyed spending time with you and your sister. Hope you got some great photos!
Sabrina was a fun tour guide. We walked through the historic district of Charleston and her | 97 |
Written through forty of the main amazing Jungian psychoanalysts — spanning eleven international locations, and boasting many years of research and services — Jungian Psychoanalysis represents the top of Jungian notion. This instruction manual brings brand new the views within the box of clinically utilized analytical psychology, centering on 5 components of curiosity: the basic targets of Jungian psychoanalysis, the tools of therapy utilized in pursuit of those pursuits, reflections at the analytic method, the educational of destiny analysts, and distinctive concerns, comparable to operating with trauma sufferers, handicapped sufferers, or kids and youngsters, and emergent<|fim_middle|>analytic lens - and intensely importantly, vice versa - the authors research nice works, equivalent to Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Mahler's 8th Symphony, and William Gibson's The Miracle employee; in addition to nice artists, corresponding to Van Gogh and Lennon and McCartney, for what we would find out about the artistic approach itself.
Including Ferenczi, Karl Abraham was once possibly Freud's so much artistic and committed disciple. during this ebook, after outlining the socio-cultural context of the day, Isabel Sanfeliu examines Abraham's existence as a scholar, his kinfolk surroundings and his first steps as a doctor and psychoanalyst. As a scientific medical professional Abraham used to be calm and indifferent, and an outstanding instance of a solid and goal analyst.
Psychoanalysis and neurological medication have promoted contrasting and possible irreconcilable notions of the trendy self. considering the fact that Freud, psychoanalysts have trusted the spoken note in a healing perform that has revolutionized our figuring out of the brain. Neurologists and neurosurgeons, in the meantime, have used fabric apparatus—the scalpel, the electrode—to probe the workings of the anxious method, and in so doing have significantly reshaped our knowing of the mind. | non secular and non secular concerns. Discussing not just the heritage of Jungian research yet its current and destiny functions, this ebook marks an important contribution to the global examine of psychoanalysis.
Why are jokes humorous? Why will we snigger? In humorous odd, Mikita Brottman demurs from fresh scholarship that takes laughter-- and the wider area of humor and the comical--as a freeing social strength and an endearing element of self-expression. For Brottman, there's not anything humorous approximately laughter, that is much less hooked up to mirth and emotions of fine will than to a nexus of darker feelings: worry, aggression, disgrace, nervousness.
This quantity brings jointly many of the papers awarded by means of top students, artists and psychoanalysts at an annual Creativity Seminar organised by way of the Erikson Institute of the Austen Riggs middle. creativity via a psycho | 182 |
On February 20, 2017, The Métis Dance Club of the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Historic Sault Ste. Marie Métis Council (HSSMC) performed to a packed audience at The Machine Shop in Sault Ste. Marie. The performance was part of the Bon Soo Festival, which coincided with Passport to Unity 2017. Passport to Unity is a yearly cultural event held in Sault Ste. Marie celebrating all ethnic groups calling Sault Ste. Marie their home.? In 2016, Bon Soo the Sault Ste. Marie Winter Carnival added Passport to Unity to their schedule events.
The Bon Soo Festival typically features food booths and displays along with cultural entertainment. Since its early days, the Sault Ste. Marie Métis community has participated in Bon Soo. The MNO HSSMC involvement started with Councillor Carla Labee serving bannock with strawberry jam, while the Métis Dance Club performed on stage.? More recently, the dance performance has expanded to include songs that encourage audience participation.
This year, some of the youth performed the Heel Toe Polka and the Seven Step while the youngest in attendance played the spoons.? They<|fim_middle|> local colloquial term for Sault Ste. Marie; these songs reflect the mixed heritage of the Métis.? The lively tune and unchanging refrain in both familiar songs made it easy for audiences to participate.? It also gave the attendees an appreciation for the long days put in by Métis voyageurs and how they used songs to speed them towards their destinations. | were joined by adult members singing Voyageur inspired songs.? The two songs selected were Vive La Compangie and Alouette.? Like the name of the winter carnival Bon Soo, Bon being the French word for "good� and Soo being the | 51 |
As Genealogists, Family Historians, and Historians, we often have the need to repair and preserve our older Books. I have recently found a service in Charlottetown which does an excellent job of restoration and rebinding as a reasonable cost. Bill Wicks, recently rebound and restored the Register's copy of Past and Present of Prince Edward Island which was in very poor shape (sections separating, spine very loose - stitching coming out, pages frayed and coming out, and covers completely off), and also, Skye Pioneers, which was in the process of losing its covers.
I could not have been more pleased with the service Bill provided, and therefore and in keeping with our policy of promoting P.E<|fim_middle|> tell him you found out about his service on the Register! | .I. books, and authors, and services to genealogists and historians, I am passing along the following information from Bill's pamphlet.
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3DPRINTUK releases more efficient face shield design for SLS 3D printing
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Davide SherMay 12, 2020
3DPRINTUK, one of the very first production-focused 3D printing service providers in London, partnered with Arts University Bournemouth to manufacture an optimized SLS face shield design for front-line provision of PPE and released it for everyone to use.
As the COVID-19 emergency is now taking a heavy toll on the UK, here like in many other countries, the 3D printing community has responded massively with a giant effort to close the gap between supply and demand for PPE for front-line NHS workers. In recent weeks, some really clever and innovative designs have been released for people to produce but all have been designed and optimized for FDM printers.
"From the very beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, in common with numerous other 3D printing companies, we analysed [note: we purposely are leaving this in UK-English] ways in which we could make useful interventions and help the efforts of the NHS," said Nick Allen, MD at 3DPRINTUK. "One thing we noticed was that many of the face shield related designs were perfectly suited for FDM machines, but didn't work well with the SLS process. As a company, we are intimately associate with SLS, and have printed over 2 million SLS prints, so we began to look at how we could optimise designs for the 3D printing technology that we use every day."
What the team at 3DPRINTUK noticed when they looked, for example, at the forerunning Prusa face shield design was that only 14 individual headbands could be printed on the EOS FORMIGA P110 SLS machine at a time. The team focussed on a design that the P110 could accommodate in much larger numbers. By nesting the main peak component inside one another they were able to create one that allowed for 260 to be printed in a single print with a 27-hour build time.
"That is 6 minutes per shield, which is a game-changer," Nick – who has been able to emerge among many AM service providers exactly for his ability to dramatically accelerate the SLS production workflow – said. "The design that<|fim_middle|> and also had laser cutting capabilities.
From the get-go, there was a great connection between the 3DPRINTUK and AUB teams, with AUB producing the initial batch of 5,000 units and more thereafter. These shields will be distributed for free to front line key workers.
The art university has been spearheading an effort by educational institutions to manufacture and create vital protective equipment for the healthcare sector. Since its campus closure in March, the university's facilities have become a production line for visors, facemasks, scrubs and gowns, which are being distributed across a range of public healthcare settings, including doctors' surgeries, care homes, and volunteers providing door-to-door services for the elderly.
"We're delighted to be involved with this vital project", said AUB Vice Chancellor Professor Paul Gough. "Many AUB staff members have been involved; from our cutting-edge technical teams to our Innovation and Campus Services teams. AUB is honoured to play a part in the national drive to create and distribute life-saving apparatus, it's so important that we're all able to play our part during this global pandemic. As a specialist university, – he continued – we firmly believe in the ways in which research and creativity can greatly improve productivity. In times like these, we're challenged to rapidly innovate, and at such a crucial time, it's hugely heartening to see those from across the creative industries maximising PPE production through design and collaboration."
Anyone else with the SLS capacity to make the face shield is invited to get in touch with 3DPRINTUK for access to the optimized SLS face shield design data.
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Six new members join ASTM Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence advisory board | we created clips together in 10 seconds, uses silicone straps for adjustment, can take an acetate sheet with 3 holes, is lightweight at only 42 g, and is sterilisable with IPA, autoclave, or ethylene oxide (Et0). All in all, we believe that this is the most efficient visor design to produce via 3D printing available today."
Additional design benefits include a closed peak design for extra protection, the material used (PA2200/Nylon 12) is biologically safe, and the shape has been designed so that it can be flat packed into an A4 envelope for cheap postage and storage.
Once the design was proved and validated, 3DPRINTUK had to look for partners to scale up production. In recent weeks, 3DPRINTUK has been directly involved with the UK Cabinet and manufacturers working on a number of large ventilator projects, which has taken up their own printing capacity. Information relating to the design was released, and the first facility to take on the manufacturing role was the Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) which had access to the P110 machine | 235 |
I hope it keeps working, too. If you were to walk down any of the boat docks in our marinas, one of the things you'd notice is the number of CDs hanging around. Sailboaters, especially, use them to try and keep birds from roosting on their boats. It's not always successful, but that's partly because the birds can get up above them, where they apparently feel safe. But in your situation, I think they might do well. Good luck!
Oh that would be frustrating to have birds roosting on your boat!! Have you seen any of the bird deterrent tape used? I ordered some from Amazon as backup. The CDs are only a temporary solution, but I hope it's enough to disrupt their habits for awhile!
I didn't know there was tape. But I do see the occasional motion-sensored owl, whose head moves any time a bird flies by. The consensus on that one? Great marketing, very poor protection!
And I am going to try it on geese and coots who are going to like the grass seed and<|fim_middle|> you read the other comments "shoreacres" who lives on the coast didn't see it working at the marina. Hopefully my prairie birds don't get use to the CDs and return to the chicken run.
The tape I was telling you about might be another deterrent if the CDs fail. I do think it will be more effective than you throwing ice cubes at the geese!
What happens? Light reflection scares them?
I think it is the shiny reflection and with a light breeze they are constantly moving. The bird deterrent tape is shiny and it make a cracking noise in the wind. Thankfully it doesn't bother the hens.
I'm just amazed that it works. I really had a sparrow problem. | tender shoots. There will be lots of explaining to the neighbors!!
I'm made it thru day 3 and NO birds. If | 26 |
Children in Need raise record donations
The amount raised during the show was £26.7m, exceeding the record set last year, and is expected to rise in the coming weeks.
Sir Terry Wogan, who hosted the show, used the ongoing scandal over<|fim_middle|> have stated that 75% of the 2,060 adults in the PRS who were...
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Responding to the DWP Consultation: Housing Benefit Reform - Supported Housing "It was well-run, in a good location, and very useful. I've only one suggestion; as the session went on it would perhaps have been useful for bullet points of general agreement about what should be in the sector response to be displayed and added to as the session went on, maybe on a flip chart. Regarding your response paper, I particularly like the answer you give to question 9. In fact the general: "if it ain't broke don't fix it" response could be pushed harder." M.P. - Adref Ltd | allegations of child abuse by Jimmy Saville that have affected the BBC to emphasise the importance of the work that Children in Need does.
This shows that in spite of difficult times, Children in Need has not lost site of the poverty and struggles surrounding some children's lives at the moment.
The help that they give to thousands of families struggling to survive, as well as those children suffering from abuse and neglect, is even more important in times of austerity.
It is easy to lose sight
of the real issues behind the scandals the media gets wrapped up in, but there are many unfortunate families that still need help. Luckily we have charity events like this to bring us back to the real reasons for giving money to charity. There are families in poverty, children with disabilities, and children who have suffered unmentionable crimes that still need help, and it is good to see people are still giving it.
To introducing a video segment showing statistics about how more than one in three sexually abused children do not tell anyone else about it, Sir Terry addressed the recent problems:
Children should be able to trust adults, that should be a given; our role is to protect them.
Sadly, as we know, there are times when adults abuse that trust and in the film we're about to show you, three workers from Children in Need-funded projects who help and support children and victims of sexual abuse tell us the dreadful effect that abuse has had on young lives, but how, with your help, we can make a difference.
David Ramsden, chief executive of BBC Children in Need said:
Tonight's total is phenomenal. It is amazing that people across the UK have once again come together to raise such a massive sum.
Thank you so much for helping to change thousands of young lives across the UK.
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Monday Business Briefing: Insurers highlight cost of ACA; Doe-Anderson exec excels in peculiar way; lots of local retail news; and more
Correction appended at 1:30 p.m. Monday.
Welcome to the April 11 Monday Business Briefing, your private business intelligence digest from Insider Louisville.
Study: Obamacare customers cost 19 percent more than prior patients
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) said that individual customers gained after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act were 19 percent more expensive than patients who had signed up before the ACA, aka Obamacare.
BCBSA's new report reinforces insurers' claims that many of the customers who enrolled through federal and state ACA exchanges have cost more than the companies received through insurance premiums.
Louisville-based Humana said in February that sicker-than-expected Obamacare customers contributed to a fourth-quarter earnings decline of 30 percent.
BCBSA said the ACA enabled many people who previously lacked coverage to purchase insurance. Many of the new customers also needed immediate care, which meant they cost the insurers more than previous customers.
"In addition, many individuals with significant medical conditions had previously been covered through state-based 'high-risk' pools, and these people also transitioned into individual coverage," BCBSA said.
The insurance giant said in the report that it is in a unique position to gauge the impact of the new insurance customers: Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) companies "have participated in the new ACA marketplaces more broadly than any other insurance carrier. As a result, millions of newly enrolled BCBS members are the largest single group of individuals whose health status and use of medical services can be examined for key insights into the medical needs and costs associated with providing care for the new individual market enrollees."
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Correction: The original version of this post incorrectly identified the author of a new report highlighting costs associated with the Affordable Care Act. The report was created by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, not Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield.
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Have higher rates of some diseases, including diabetes, depression and coronary artery disease.
Received "significantly more" medical services in the first year of coverage than consumers who purchased plans before 2014.
Saw more frequent admissions to hospitals and emergency rooms.
Incurred medical costs that, on average, were 19 percent higher than employer-based group members in 2014, and 22 percent higher in 2015. Last year, individual enrollees incurred an average monthly medical expense of $559, compared to $457 for consumers who got Anthem's insurance through their employer.
A new report indicates that Obamacare patients gained in the last two years are sicker than individual customers the insurer enrolled before the Affordable Care Act. | Screenshot from BCBSA report.
BCBSA said the analysis was based on data from 4.7 million individual members and about 25 million employer-based group members.
The association said the data "underscores the need for health insurers, medical professionals and newly insured consumers to … ensure that individuals (use) their benefits … to improve their health and well-being."
Humana and other insurers have threatened to withdraw their insurance plans from the exchanges, but those threats, much like Anthem's report, may also be intended to put pressure on legislators to tweak the Affordable Care Act more in the insurers' favor. —Boris Ladwig
Tea shop opening in former Bardstown Road juice bar
Emily Gibson, left, and Margaret Hamilton are co-owners of Wild Dog Rose. | Photo by Caitlin Bowling
Louisville is teeming with coffee shops — Sunergos Coffee, Heine Bros. Coffee, Good Folks Coffee, Starbucks, etc. — but there's not much in the way of tea.
The coffee shops offer tea, but that offering is secondary to coffee and espresso drinks.
"We'd like to be the catalyst for the tea culture" in Louisville, said Margaret Hamilton.
Hamilton and friend Emily Gibson co-own Wild Dog Rose, a tea and book shop opening in May at 1570 Bardstown Road.
In addition to 81 teas, Wild Dog Rose will stock crystals, more than 20 essential oils, carrier oils, essential oil cleaning products and an "endless" amount of books. They also will sell baked goods such as scones, tea-infused truffles and muffins from Sweet502.
"There is a common denominator of it all being natural," Gibson said.
Gibson and Hamilton are repainting the roughly 800-square-foot store, formerly a LIFEBar juice bar, adding in shelving for their goods, and creating a wall of teas, where customers can spend time looking at and smelling the different tea varieties. Each tea also will have information about its health benefits such as migraine and stress relief.
Customer can buy in bulk or order a cup to go. Customers also can mix and match multiple teas to create their own special blend. "We really like the idea of being able to personalize," Hamilton said.
Wild Dog Rose will buy its loose leaf teas from Danville, Ky.-based Elmwood Inn Fine Teas, where they took a class to learn more about the variety of teas, their health benefits and how they should be prepared.
"We just had a love of tea and not a lot of knowledge," Hamilton said.
"It's a never-ending learning experience," Gibson added.
The first-time entrepreneurs both previously worked at Heine Bros. and Vint and had a strong love of tea. After talking about opening a tea shop for a while, "We were just like 'Why can't we do this?'" Hamilton said.
They started reading up on teas and looking for a space. Gibson, who is a stylist at J. Michael's Spa & Salon, found out about the Bardstown Road space from a fellow stylist who cuts Chase Barmore's hair. Barmore founded LIFEBar and was looking for a tenant to fill the empty space.
"We were taking baby steps, and then it became a real thing," Gibson said. "It was a whirlwind." —Caitlin Bowling
Boutique coming to Westport Village Friday
Westport Road shopping center Westport Village has its first new tenant since Artesano Vino Tapas y Mas opened in October.
Darling State of Mind, a clothing and gift boutique, will host a grand opening celebration April 15-17, according to a news release. The shop is located in Suite 135 next to Avanti Skin Center of Louisville.
The store will sell accessories, home décor, Bourbon & Boweties bangles, candles, soaps and clothes.
To celebrate its opening, Darling State of Mind will offer 10 percent to 40 percent discounts on its inventory. All three days, it also will offer customers a chance to win a $50 gift card and the grand prize basket, which includes a $100 gift card and items from the boutique.
People can get a sneak peek at Darling State of Mind on April 14 when the store hosts its first Kentucky Derby event, featuring a selection of Derby hats, fascinators, dresses and jewelry.
Hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. —Caitlin Bowling
Doe-Anderson's Ed Prentiss heads to England to compete in World Cup … of Dodgeball
We're not sure which is stranger — the fact that Doe-Anderson's vice president and executive creative director Ed Prentiss is headed to England to compete in the inaugural World Cup of Dodgeball, or that there is such a thing as the World Cup of Dodgeball. But you read that right — dodgeball fanatic Prentiss is headed to Manchester, England, to compete with Team USA in the World Cup, which takes place Saturday, April 16.
Team USA is one of eight teams qualified to compete in the two-day event that includes both men's and women's teams. It'll be held every two years. Prentiss started the National Dodgeball League in 2003 and is the official U.S. representative on the World Dodgeball Association Council. This is clearly more than just a hobby, people.
We wish Prentiss good luck dodging all those balls across the pond. Go bring the title of "Dodgeball World Champions" back to Louisville! —Sara Havens
Humana offers new insurance plan for construction industry
Humana has begun offering a new health insurance plan for small businesses in the construction industry that will increase competition and could cut employers' costs, a local insurance agent said.
Since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, insurance premiums for businesses with fewer than 50 people have been based on the overall health in their geographic area — rather than the health of the employees. This so-called community rating is a rule that prevents health insurers from varying premiums within a geographic area based on age, gender, health status or other factors.
The rule protects businesses with sicker-than-average employees from being hit with higher premiums. But it also prevented businesses with a healthier-than-average population from obtaining insurance plans with lower premiums that properly reflected the employees' health risk.
Humana's new plan, which is available to landscapers, plumbers, electricians and about 80 other construction/building industry professions, allows businesses to obtain insurance plans that properly reflect the employees' health risk. The Humana plan will compete with a previously available offering from Anthem, and the competition between the two insurers should lower insurance costs for businesses, said Benjamin J. Byrne, president of Louisville-based Byrne Insurance Group.
Businesses "will have the opportunity to get a quote based upon their risk and also get a community based rate to compare against. They will be able to choose the plan and rates that best fit their company," Byrne told IL.
Some of his clients have seen their health premiums decline 20 percent, he said.
Humana would tell IL only that it has begun offering the new plan, but it declined to provide any details for competitive reasons. —Boris Ladwig
Taco Bell offers customers a new way to order
Can I take your order? Beep-beep boop.
Taco Bell, a subsidiary of Louisville's Yum! Brands, has partnered with mobile communication application Slack to give customers a unique way to order their favorite menu items for pick-up. While most companies have online and mobile ordering, Taco Bell's new system uses a bot called TacoBot to communicate with customers, according to a story in Fortune.
The bot has the ability to make recommendations, answer questions and complete transactions "fully equipped with the sharp and witty personality you'd expect from Taco Bell," Fortune reported.
Several companies, including Thought Catalog and FoodBeast, are testing TacoBot, according to Fortune. —Caitlin Bowling
Retail store opening in Clifton next month
Forage will sell plants in artisan pots. | Courtesy of Forage
A new shop called Forage will combine arts and crafts and retail.
Jamie Fairman, who owns wedding and floral design business State & Arrow Design Co., is opening Forage at 1731 Frankfort Ave. The Clifton storefront will serve as the offices and design studio for State & Arrow but also as a retail store where consumers can purchase local art, jewelry, handmade furniture and home goods.
"With Forage, I hope to cultivate an environment that inspires creativity, as well, with a rotation of creative workshops," Fairman said in an email. "The workshops will be led by various local creatives and will provide a space to inspire others to find their inner creativity in learning a new art/craft."
The store was born out of Fairman's work with State & Arrow, she said, and will offer a unique experience for customers, and particularly brides. Forage will include a "Bouq Bar," a station where customers can design their own bouquet.
The space's backyard garden and patio also will be open during operating hours and serve as a venue space for pop-up events at Forage.
Forage will open sometime in mid-May. Its hours of operation will be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. —Caitlin Bowling
New Ford Fusion a step closer to self-driving cars
Ford Motor Co.'s new Fusion comes with tech that makes sitting in traffic a little more bearable.
Buyers of the 2017 Fusion can purchase stop-and-go technology, which automatically accelerates and brakes while keeping a safe distance from the vehicle in front.
Ford said the tech "piggybacks on the existing adaptive cruise control feature."
"When activated, the technology uses an advanced radar-and-camera based system, which reads the road every 50 milliseconds – tracking traffic and adjusting Fusion's cruise control according to traffic flow. In slow traffic, with minimal driver input, the car can automatically brake itself to a stop, then resume travel up to set speed and following distance."
American drivers spend about 6.9 billion hours stuck in traffic annually, or nearly an hour every week, Ford said.
While a basic Fusion starts at about $22,000, customers have to dig a little deeper to get the new tech. A Fusion with Adaptive Cruise Control with Stop and Go, costs about $32,000 — though at that price consumers get a ton of extras, including a 2-liter engine, 18-inch wheels, an 8-inch touch screen, an 11-speaker sound system and a heated steering wheel. —Boris Ladwig
GE touts tax break for its locally made water heaters
A hybrid water heater being assembled at Appliance Park | Photo by Boris Ladwig
General Electric said a reinstated $300 federal tax credit can save consumers money if they buy the company's Louisville-made water heater.
To qualify for the credit, the ENERGY STAR heat pump water heater has to be bought and installed before Jan. 1 in an existing home.
GE said in a press release that its GeoSpring hybrid electric water heater cuts electric bills for the average household between $160 and $490 annually. The heater comes with 50- or 80-gallon capacity. The smaller version costs about $1,000.
GE's water heaters serve as an example of the company's focus on reshoring, or bringing production back to the U.S. by focusing on lean manufacturing. The water heaters used to be made in China.
To take advantage of the tax credit, homeowners need to file IRS Form 5695, line 22a, with their 2015 or 2016 tax filing, together with the recipt and a copy of the manufacturer's certification statement. GE said the credit can be combined with utility rebates and state tax credits. —Boris Ladwig
Nursing college gets accreditation
Louisville-based Galen College of Nursing said it has received accreditation for its associate degree in nursing program at the Zorn Avenue campus.
The private, for-profit school said in a press release that the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) has granted programmatic accreditation, "which affirms that the program is committed to quality standards in the area of curriculum, outcomes, faculty, governance, resources and students.
"It is a form of self-regulation and evaluates a specific program against a set of nationally normed criteria," the school said.
Anne McNamara, Galen's academic president, said the accreditation tells stakeholders "that the college meets external standards and is consistently striving for the highest level of quality in nursing education."
The college said it "graduates more nursing students than any other single program in Kentucky … (and) students had a 94 percent first-time pass rate on (registered nurse) licensure in 2015."—Boris Ladwig
Both local Beauty First stores and salons to close
Independently owned Beauty First will close both locations — at Shelbyville Road Plaza and Springhurst Towne Center — on Tuesday, May 31. Starting today, April 11, all merchandise at the store, including store fixtures, will be 20 percent off. They also will stop offering salon services effective immediately.
According to a news release, "A variety of factors led to the closures, including increased competition from online retailers, rent increases and lower profit margins."
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Foreigner Set for 10-Show Las Vegas Residency in 2020
Nick DeRiso Published: August 1, 2019
Foreigner will play 10 dates at Las Vegas' Venetian Resort beginning in January 2020. Now, all they have to do is figure out how to fit in all of the band's most familiar tunes.
"If you take a look at Foreigner's catalog, there are 16 Top 30 hits, and [in planning a show like this] the problem becomes what songs do you leave out," frontman Kelly Hansen tells Billboard. "Do you do some songs acoustically or do you give them all the classic presentation? These are all discussions that we have in creating a set list, but you're definitely going to hear all of the big ones for sure."
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They recently released the concert movie Double Vision: Then and Now, which highlighted two concerts where current members collaborated with singer Lou Gramm and other survivors of the original lineup to celebrate Foreigner's 40th anniversary.
If this new residency is a success, Hansen says he can easily picture Foreigner becoming a permanent part of Las Vegas' increasingly classic rock-friendly atmosphere. "I don't mind hanging out in the same place," Hansen says, "and not having to get on a bus or a jet after a show every night."
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The folks at Little Peeps Farmer for a Day on Cortez Road are hosting their goat yoga sessions once more. Registrants can enjoy the beauty of the outdoors and farm with friendly, cuddly goats. Participants of all skill levels from Jacksonville are invited to join in on the fun.
Goat yoga may seem like an unusual option for recreation, but it offers several benefits:
This course is a unique experience that is both heartwarming and memorable
Goat Yoga is also family-friendly and accommodates up to ten participants to observe current safety guidelines
Bonding with animals is a therapeutic experience that enhances the experience of doing yoga
Multiple dates are available, including January 24, with classes typically taking place from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tickets are $25. After you register, make sure to read the confirmation email for more information about the class, safety guidelines, and what to bring to your session.
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Give Back to the Baymeadows Community by Volunteering
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Baymeadows Volunteers Help the Clara White Mission Feed the Homeless
The long-established Clara White Mission is looking for Baymeadows volunteers to take on shifts at their soup kitchen, which creates and distributes hot meals for the homeless five days per week. Breakfast is served from 8:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. and serves up to 400 people each day. Consider volunteering on January 17 or any other day that the soup kitchen is open from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Why volunteer for the Clara White Mission?
This organization has served the community in Jacksonville for over a century
Services provided for the needy include food, housing, and job training
The team requires that volunteers observe CDC guidelines during meal services
Should you choose to join in this volunteering effort, the Mission asks that you wear a mask. Gloves are provided on-site for food preparation and distribution. If you do not feel well or have a scheduling conflict, please contact Merle White to cancel your registration.
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Jacksonville, lovingly referred to as "Jax" by locals, is a vibrant northeastern Florida community that also happens to be the largest by area in the continental United States. This city is home to over 911,000 people as of 2019 and is the largest city in the southern United States outside of Texas.
Before French and Spanish colonists settled the land in the 16th century, the Jacksonville area was home to the Timucua indigenous tribe. The Timucua is largely speculated to have assimilated into other nearby tribes in Florida and Georgia, including the Seminole. The Jacksonville area is one of the oldest inhabited regions in American history, a claim backed by Black Hammock Island archaeological findings dating back to 2500 BC.
Before the United States gained control of the area from the Spanish in the early 19th century, Jacksonville was hotly contested by the French, Spanish, and British. Each maintained its hold on the land for a time. After the U.S. laid claim to it, it was named after President Andrew Jackson, who was also the first military governor of the Florida Territory.
Today, Jacksonville is so massive that it is comprised of well over 500 neighborhoods, including:
LaVilla
While many areas were consolidated into Jacksonville's portion of Duval County, four have kept separate municipal governments: Avondale, Riverside, Ortega, and Springfield, all of which are also officially registered U.S. historic districts.
A Conflagration in Jacksonville
Jacksonville's Great Fire of 1901 started with a drought in a city made mainly of wood structures. Mere sparks from a chimney near the Cleveland Fibre Factory accelerated into a rapidly-spreading fire that destroyed homes and businesses alike. The flames were spread even faster by windy conditions and the wealth of dry, vulnerable wooden lumber.
Losses over a period of just eight hours included:
146 burned-down city blocks
Over 2,300 destroyed buildings
10,000 residents without homes
Claims circulated that evidence of this massive fire could be seen from as far away as Raleigh, North Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia. In the aftermath of the fire, martial law was declared by then-governor William S. Jennings. State militias established order so that reconstruction could commence.
Jacksonville's rebuilding efforts for both residential and commercial structures were heavily inspired by early-20th century architecture trends, including the Prairie Style heavily associated with Frank Lloyd Wright. This aesthetic sentiment was incorporated into facilities like the Carnegie Library, the current City Hall building, and the Bisbee Building, all of which were designed by Henry John Klutho.
The fire's disastrous spread also impacted Duval County's record-keeping, especially when it comes to real estate. To this day, Duval County homes' property deeds specify whether they were registered under the current or former public records for the county. A separate title firm reportedly keeps some pre-Great Fire records.
Jacksonville's Cummer Museum: A Haven for the Arts
The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens got its start showcasing Arthur and Ninah Cummer's extensive private collection. They were prominent in northeastern Flordia, particularly Jacksonville, where they moved after marrying in 1897.
In the early 20th century, just over a decade after their marriage, Arthur took charge of his father's lumber company. At the same time, Ninah led several community efforts, including volunteering for the Red Cross during the First World War and aiding relief efforts in the aftermath of Jacksonville's 1901 fire. Mrs. Cummer was also president of the Children's Home Society of Florida from 1910 to 1940.
Ninah Cummer's final will laid the museum's framework with the founding of the DeEtte Holden Cummer Museum Foundation in 1958, named in honor of her late daughter. Ninah donated most of the estate, including the Cummers' luxurious English Tudor Revival home, to this foundation. However, the original property was not fit for use as a museum. The building that now houses the Cummers' collection was designed by Harold Saxelbye, who incorporated elements from the original home into the museum itself.
On the property, guests can find:
Two acres of meticulously-kept gardens in honor of Mrs. Cummer's dedication to horticulture
The Art Connections education center
Several art collections featuring such items as:
Japanese woodblock prints from the Dennis C. Hayes Collection
Fine Meissen porcelain from the Wark Collection
19th-century works from the Eugene Louis Charvot Collection
How Can SERVPRO Deodorize Water-Damaged Carpet?
Your local SERVPRO is proud to number among Jacksonville's premier water restoration companies with rapid-response mitigation and restoration services, including carpet cleanup and odor removal.
Carpet deodorization can be accomplished with a broad selection of EPA-registered solutions administered by the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC)-certified technicians:
Injection. Syringes filled with deodorizers are ideal for spot treatment of small amounts of damage, especially in homes where pulling up salvageable carpet is unfeasible.
Fogging. Ultra-low volume (ULV) or "wet" fogging utilizes water-based deodorizers to address widespread water damage odors in a property.
Spraying. Manual pump- or trigger-operated sprayers typically dispense odor control solutions at around 50 psi. This pressure can be beneficial in situations exacerbated by water damage, such as a sewage backup.
Another essential component of odor control after water damage is air movement. Proper ventilation and use of fans remove fumes, vapors, and lingering water damage odors from structures and contents, including carpet and pad. Devices like industrial-grade air movers can move 1,000 to over 3,000 cubic feet of air per minute. Air movement this powerful can leave a water-damaged home treated with ULV fogging tools feeling clean and fresh after 40 exchanges of air.
SERVPRO of Jacksonville South is proud to support the community 24/7 with Faster To Any Size Disaster service. Homeowners in need of rapid-response cleanup and restoration can call (904) 762-8066 to begin the process.
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AARP of Jacksonville Teams with AARP Florida to Promote Wellness and Resiliency During These Difficult Times
Among the most concerning issues confronting Jacksonville Seniors are the feelings of isolation, stress, and sadness navigated because of the loss of comforting and familiar holiday traditions during the pandemic. AARP Florida and Q Wellness use decades of self-care research to inform and train participants to manage and overcome these challenges. They also offer the opportunity to practice strategies learned to achieve:
Join the group online for Session 4:Resiliency-Gift of Compassion. This conversation focuses on expanding empathy and understanding.
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Date and time: Tuesday, Dec 22, 2020
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RSVP to claim a chance to see Santa at Adamec Harley-Davidson on December 14, 2020. Bay Meadows families get a magical opportunity to slip in a quick request to Santa at this fun event.
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A river runs through Jacksonville, defining industry and trade for the most populous metropolitan area in Florida, as well as the largest city in land area in the contiguous United States. Beginning late in the 19th century, investments in the shared river and Atlantic Ocean harbors developed Jacksonville as a significant military and commercial deep-water port. Riverine facilitates include the Port of Jacksonville and the following naval installations:
Naval Station Mayport
Naval Air Station Jacksonville
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What Is the Import of Jacksonville's Johns River Harbor Development?
Jacksonville, Florida's third largest seaport, and its above military bases, when aligned with the adjacent Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, constitute the third largest military presence in the United States. Substantial shipping activity supports the local economy. Millions of tons of goods move in and out of the city via the river and the Atlantic. Billions in commerce flow into the local economy because of the river, and tens of thousands of residents find work connected with the harbor. The cruise industry also makes use of Jacksonville's capacious deep-sea harbor opportunities.
Where Does the St. Johns River Flow Before It Arrives in Jacksonville?
St. Johns is the longest river in Florida, traversing 310 miles on its journey north from the blackwater swamps and wetlands of Central Florida. Indian River County contains the headwaters in St. Johns Marsh west of Vero Beach. From the sources to its mouth in Jacksonville, the river drops only about 27 feet in elevation, creating a slow and meandering path through and bordering twelve counties. Overall, the water moves only .3 miles per hour. Three basins and two watersheds comprise the topography of the river, managed by the St. Johns River Water Management District:
Upper Basin
St. Johns River's upper basin covers roughly 2,000 square miles. It is challenging to navigate and wanders through wetlands and many lakes, making the channel hard to follow. Only after the river reaches Brevard County is it considered navigable.
Middle Basin
As St. Johns flows across the southeast portion of Seminole County, it reaches its middle basin about twelve miles north of Titusville. The river flows through 1,200-square-miles of the mid-basin, gaining water from stormwater and springs. It widens into many shallow lakes during its travels, returning in between lakes to a more traditional river look. Eventually, it rolls through a 46,000-acre portion of the basin supporting aquatic life such as manatees and joins with Lake George, Florida's second-largest. North of Lake George, St.Johns reaches its confluence with the Ocklawaha River, its largest tributary.
Lower Basin
At this point, the St. Johns is approximately 100 miles from its mouth into the Atlantic at Jacksonville. Between Palatka, where the Ocklawaha enters, and Jacksonville, St. Johns widens to between one and three miles. Now the St. Johns is easily navigable, and the Army Corps of Engineers maintains shipping channels at least 12 feet in depth and 100 feet wide. As the river closes into the north of Jacksonville, channels expand to 40 feet deep and at least 400 to 900 feet wide.
What Are Effects of the St. Johns' Approach Toward the Sea?
Atlantic tides cause saltwater to enter into the mouth of the St. Johns River. The resulting influx and salinity affect the river's composition and water levels upriver as far as the middle basin. Once the river reaches Jacksonville, it is part of seawater, making its ecosystem considered estuarine.
Do Seasonal Storms Affect the St. Johns River?
The waterway exposes homes and businesses in the region to the risk of damage during storms and heavy rains. In late summer and early fall, frequent showers correspond with tropical storms and nor'easters battering Florida's Atlantic coast. Because most of the St. Johns River flows between 10 and 30 miles inland, rain storms pounding the counties from the Indian River north to Duval produce runoff drained by the river. The St. Johns basin records between 50 and 54 inches of rain each year, half of it falling in the summer hurricane season.
Whom Can Jacksonville Residents Depend on When Water Damage Threatens?
Regardless of the reason for water loss in your Jacksonville home, it is critical to obtain professional assistance from a reputable disaster response contractor. The harm caused by burst plumbing, malfunctioning appliances, roof leaks, or storm-related flooding involves a broad range of challenges. Our licensed, certified, and highly-qualified team handles everything from mitigation through rebuilding. We have the workforce and equipment to make any kind of water crisis "Like it never even happened."
How Do Professionals Approach Water Damage Mitigation?
Mitigation of Jacksonville water damage is the critical first step in a water loss project. Before the SERVPRO team can turn the corner and dry out your home, the active water intrusion into structural components and contents must cease. The following are examples of mitigation our crews complete before remediation and restoration:
Shutting down water lines, so no more fluids invade.
Securing storm damage to exteriors to prevent continued leakage.
Packing out contents -- both wet, to reduce the interior humidity and dry, preventing harm to items that so far escaped the moisture.
Wanding wet carpets aggressively at the edges of saturation to prevent water from soaking through dry expanses.
Positioning submersible pumps and using truck-mounted extractors to remove the bulk of the water.
Considering controlled demolition to release trapped water which otherwise would create severe and perhaps irremediable damage by:
Punching or drilling holes to release water in cavities
Cutting away a portion of walls, also known as flood cuts, to open up wet interior spaces for follow-up drying
What Follows Mitigation During a Water Loss Project?
There is not a hard line between mitigation and remediation, which is the next phase. As some of the SERVPRO crew monitors the initial water removal, others fine-tune tricky water extraction using technology like negative air pressure mats and hoses to suction moisture from confined areas and under floors as examples. Cleaning and disinfection of surfaces commences, both recovering prior structural status and preventing secondary damage such as mold. Technicians detect and measure moisture, so remediation (returning materials to preloss conditions) through drying is effective.
Have confidence in the managers and crews from SERVPRO of Jacksonville South when water damages your home. Call (904) 762-8066 to arrange for an immediate assessment.
Baymeadows Residents Can Relive Nostalgia of Their Childhood
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No Matter What Toys and Games Defined Your Childhood in Baymeadows, It Is Sure to Get Represented at Toytopia
The Museum of Science and History (better known as MOSH) here in Jacksonville has comprised a special exhibit for those looking to take a stroll down memory lane with some of the toys and games of their childhoods. TOYTOPIA is a life-sized exhibit designed to let you relive the most fantastic times of your youth with kids today. Stage 9 Exhibits created the display and have been showcased in many other educational centers throughout the globe.
The event is ongoing from now until the middle of May in 2021 and features products and toys from brands like:
• Breyer
• Crayola
• KNEX
• Duncan Yo-Yo
• Hasbro
• And more
A flood in your home can take the fun out of any plans you might have, but our SERVPRO of Jacksonville South team can help with flood remediation for your Baymeadows home. Give our professionals on the rapid response team a call anytime you need us at (904) 762-8066.
How Do Mold Inspections Help Determine Needed Remediation Work?
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Professional Evaluations of Your Jacksonville Home Can Determine the Presence of Threatening Mold Colonies
The presence of mold in your Jacksonville home can be a threatening situation for those exposed, including your pets. While multiple signals can indicate the growth of mold, these are not always apparent. Musty odors and visible growth might not be overwhelming or even noticeable with the onset of microbial colonization, so if you suspect that mold might exist in your home, professional air sampling and environmental testing might be necessary.
Before you can begin on the remediation that your property might require, mold inspections in your Jacksonville house can determine the extent of the damage and how severe potential colonization has become. Air sampling is among the most common of the approaches for testing the concentrations of spores. A pump forces air through a collection device that traps any potential microbes and contaminants for later evaluation and testing in an off-site laboratory. Once mold has been confirmed, our SERVPRO team's remediation technicians can begin work on controlling these pressing concerns.
What Remediation Strategies Exist When Mold Gets Discovered?
Remediation is among the most challenging obstacles for a residence because mismanagement of the situation can allow for the organism to spread and affect more organic matter throughout the house. A rapid evaluation of the house's conditions and the respective remediation strategies necessary allows our technicians to get to work quickly on what must occur to protect the property and your personal belongings. Some of the common remediation tasks include:
• Abrasive Cleaning
• Antimicrobial Products
• Sanding
• Controlled Demolition
You might not always know when mold exists in your home. However, professional testing and evaluations of the property by competent technicians and mold hygienists available through our SERVPRO of Jacksonville South team can help. If you suspect mold growth in your home, give us a call today at (904) 762-8066.
Experiencing the Culinary Influences of Jacksonville
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A Diverse and Delicious Assortment of Cultural Influences and History Have Shaped the Traditional Cuisine Offerings for Jacksonville.
From its earliest records, the Jacksonville region has played host to many different countries and rulers, ranging from the French and Spanish to Britain and the United States. Each of these occupants would influence the cuisine and culture of northern coastal Florida.
The Cultures That Shaped Jacksonville
As with everywhere in the United States, Jacksonville began as territory belonging to the indigenous inhabitants before settlers and Europeans moved into the region. Records indicate French settlements started in the area as early as 1562 and would soon change hands to the Spanish, who spent two centuries converting natives to Christianity. Ultimately, they would relinquish Florida territory to Britain to keep Havana under their control after the Seven Years War.
Though Britain owned the territory for a couple of decades, Spain regained control until 1821. Spanish residents' presence influences cuisine in the area forever and infuses the dishes prepared here with spices uncommon to American colonies farther up the coast. The development of the region towards (and following) the Civil War years would cement the cuisine of the south overall but would also be the final piece in creating the unique flair that finds its way onto the plates of Jacksonville restaurants.
Classic Dishes That Are Unique to the Area
Utilizing some of the produce and fruits sourced locally, you can find many of the dishes and treats that have put Jacksonville's cuisine on the map. Seafood dishes play the most significant part in the fresh and daily creations for menus across the city. These have even started to be foundations for street eats seen in the city's busiest areas where food trucks frequent during the lunch and dinner periods of the day. Fish tacos and protein bowls provide a fast and quick bite for busy pedestrians.
Jacksonville's real unique statement in the country-wide food scene is its blend of the cultures from its earliest settlements. For example, a sandwich known as The Camel Rider has become a staple and nationally recognized offering since a write-up about the dish in the New York Times. The combination of a pita base stuffed with cold cut meats and Italian dressing blends several of the heritages, including Spanish and British influences, in one iconic sandwich that has been on menus throughout the city as early as 1972.
Where the Sea Meets Southern Comforts
Fish has always been one of the most sustainable resources of the region, and boats are out every day working to bring in new loads of local species of fish. Seafood remains a staple of many of the dishes created for restaurants here in Jacksonville. It comprises many of the most readily available types of fish in the rivers and ocean abutting the city. Ports are teeming with fresh catches, and many companies work to get these freshly caught proteins to the kitchens of restaurants across the city long before the lunch menus roll out for the afternoon. Some of the densest populations of fish surrounding Jacksonville include:
• Flounder
• Snapper
• Whiting
• Speckled Sea Trout
• Redfish
• Grouper
• Bluefish
• Black Drum
Dishes and service with Southern charm are also staples of what you can expect to find in Jacksonville. A commitment to maintaining that relaxed atmosphere and divine comfort foods has produced a profitable restaurant niche for many entrepreneurs in Northern Florida. In the city, places like Sweet Mamas Southern Homestyle Cookin', Ida Claire, and Soul Food Bistro serve you up authentic, heaping portions of southern hospitality and starch-fueled delicious dishes.
Locally Sourced Means Fresh at Your Table
One of the advantages of having a climate that can be agreeable to year-round vegetation and harvesting cycles, like Jacksonville's subtropical conditions, is how readily available fresh food becomes. Unlike northern areas of the country that rely on stored goods or southern states' production for fresh vegetables, fruits, and seafood throughout the year, JAX is flush with fresh foods in every season. This has become a point of pride for the cuisine in our area of Florida, allowing us to support local providers without a need to stockpile in restaurants.
A positive outcome from local farms and orchards' ability to provide consistent foods and products to the region is the influx of farm-to-table restaurants appearing throughout inner-city Jacksonville and its surrounding areas. Because of the growth in popularity for gluten-free, vegan, and vegetarian dishes, locally sourced and organic foods have become more vital to the area than ever before. This style of cuisine relies heavily on fresh, crisp components on the plate.
Removing Mold Threats from Jacksonville Restaurants
With our position against the Atlantic Ocean and rivers, streams, and marshlands throughout the region, mold is an ongoing threat for coastal Florida businesses and homes. Mold cleanup in restaurants of Jacksonville involves several direct practices beginning as soon as a microbial threat gets recognized. For business owners unsure of the presence of mold colonies in the restaurant, we can offer environmental testing to surmise the concentration of mold spores and the likelihood of active colonization and health hazards.
In restaurants, the presence of mold must get met with urgency as this microbial threat impacts an eatery's status with the local health department, state guidelines, and their customers' wellbeing. Our SERVPRO team can help with several remediation strategies based on the impacted materials and the severity of hosting surfaces' degradation. Our Applied Microbial Remediation Technicians (AMRT), along with our general contractor license, can offer a combination of controlled demolition and abrasive cleaning strategies to remove the pressing threats mold colonies create.
With quickly installed containment and experienced repairs/controlled demolition, our SERVPRO of Jacksonville South team can help clean, deodorize, and repair your restaurant after unexpected mold growth. From our line of antimicrobial products to efficient strategies like soda blasting and sanding, our business is to get you back in business. Give our rapid response crew a call whenever you need us at (904) 762-8066.
What Specific Treatment do Wood Floors Need after Heavy Storms cause Flooding in Jacksonville?
"Like it never even happened."
Wet Floors Need Proactive Mitigation and Restoration in Flooded Jacksonville Homes
Protecting your property in Jacksonville requires skilled professional teamwork. SERVPRO uses internationally accepted methods for dealing with the aftermath of all types of disasters. The more quickly we respond and begin working, the less damage your property suffers.
Ensuring that we restore the interior of your flooded Jacksonville home to its preloss state means we must address each area directly impacted by the water while also making sure that monitoring of dry areas continually shows they are not absorbing moisture. Pockets of trapped moisture can slowly release water vapor back into the air, damaging contents like your personal belongings and structural elements, including wood floors.
We act quickly to pump out all standing water. We use desiccation machines that collect humidity from the air, as this creates a type of vacuum effect, pulling moisture from damp materials into steadily-drying air.
Drying out walls and floors happens quickly with Injectidry machines that can remove water, and without needing to change the setup, force continuous warm air into the just-drained areas. With wood floors, we include the use of mats to help the drying process proceed in a uniform manner.
What happens after wood floors are dry again?
SERVPRO's building crew examines the floor for defects, which can appear in different forms, such as:
• crowning
• cupping
• splitting
• a combination of these issues.
Sanding the floor, so it is level again, is possible in only some situations. Others require replacement of the floor's boards. We can discuss with you how your floor might respond with the available options.
SERVPRO of Jacksonville South hires local individuals who care about our community. We know how weather can damage homes, even without a hurricane, throughout Lakewood, FL, Southside, FL, and Avenues, FL. Contact our emergency response team at (904) 762-8066.
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<|fim_middle|> create a robust series of cables that support a roof-mounted perforated avalanche fence that effectively diffuses snow and directs it to fall to the ground in designated safe areas beyond the footprint of the stadium.
The stadium opened on time and on budget to a tremendous fan response. The new stadium celebrates the city, team and fans. It will also spur on economic growth and build greater community. Attendance during its first year featured eight consecutive sellouts of delighted fans, even as the team experienced a rebuilding season and a third place league finish.
2018 ACEC Texas Engineering Excellence: Gold Winner (Structural Systems) | Mosaic Stadium
Saskatchewan Roughriders Football Club
Construction Cost
$287 million (Est.)
32,000 seats expandable to 40,000
36 suites
520,000 SF roof surface Area
As the third oldest professional football franchise in North America, the Canadian Football League Saskatchewan Roughriders enjoy passionate fan support from Rider Nation. The mayor initiated a plan to replace the 81-year old Mosaic Stadium and develop a new state-of-the-art multi-purpose stadium that could also host concerts, special events and eventually attract related development to spur economic growth throughout the region.
The stadium provides nearly 33,000 seats, expandable to 40,000 for the Grey Cup – the Super Bowl of the CFL. To provide protection for fans from rain and snow, many of the seats are covered by a soaring cantilever roof covered with a fabric membrane that allows 10% light transmission to minimize daytime lighting costs. The roof structure is composed of 56 distinctly shaped roof trusses that create a complex but elegant undulating shape. Walter P Moore used industry-leading digital workflow and parametric modeling to optimize the overall canopy configuration. The analytic model of the entire roof allowed the structural engineer to work with the architect to manipulate the variables to explore hundreds of possible configurations early in the concept design phase, eventually selecting the form that offered the best combination of architectural beauty, structural efficiency, and fan protection. Walter P Moore continued to leverage the power of the parametric structural model to maintain a fluid and lightning-fast design process, enabling the stadium construction to proceed on a fast-track schedule.
Walter P Moore also took the lead in adapting existing technology to develop an innovative cable-supported snow fence atop the roof to minimize the risks of accumulated snow and ice sliding off the sloped and smooth fabric roof. The structural engineer collaborated with the architect, contractor, and specialty suppliers to | 398 |
The UP Resilience Institute
The UP Resilience Institute was established as a proactive hub of benchmark innovative information vital to the nation's efforts in climate change mitigation and adaptation. Its mission is to empower local communities through multidisciplinary actions toward resilience.
As a<|fim_middle|> welcome it into its fold." – UP President Danilo L. Concepcion | response through its Memorandum No. PAEP-16-67, the University of the Philippines Board of Regents (BOR) approved on 28 July 2016 the establishment of the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute (UP RI) to have the following functions and programs concerning multi-hazard, multidisciplinary, multisectoral, comprehensive disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM):
Research and Creative Work: undertake policy research, action research and interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary research or creative work Knowledge Sharing: disseminate research findings, creative works and innovations Education: establish non-degree educational programs and support degree programs within the UP System Institute Building: improve the capability of the UP System as an agent of change for disaster resilience in the Philippines and the Pacific Rim region.
The UP NOAH Center
The UP NOAH Center is the core component of the UP Resilience Institute. It was formally adopted by the University of the Philippines during the Board of Regents 1325th meeting on February 23, 2017 as a research center for climate actions and disaster risk reduction and management. An Executive Order signed by UP President Danilo L. Concepcion, (EO PLDC 17-03), established the NOAH Center as a research institute in the UP System.
The vital role of UP NOAH's work is producing freely accessible, accurate, reliable, and relevant scientific disaster data. It also highlights a multidisciplinary approach in assessing risk and using the lens of different scientific areas. This ensures that Filipinos are provided an integrative appraisal of the natural hazards that put them in danger.
"UP NOAH Center's benefits go far beyond its research value. It has literally been a lifesaver for millions of Filipinos threatened by natural disasters like floods, landslides, and storm surges. It deserves a new lease on life, and UP is happy to | 387 |
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Downtown Roswell is just 2 miles from this hotel. Rooms feature a fully equipped kitchen and free Wi-Fi. Guests can enjoy an onsite gift shop and laundry facilities. good bed. bathtub lovely. coffee pot super.
Offering free WiFi, this motel is 5 minutes' drive from International UFO Museum And Research Center. Free parking is provided. The staff was very friendly, complimentary drinks and snacks offered for your stay. Checked on me to see if I needing anything. Rooms were spacious, clean, great price and peaceful to sleep in.
Offering free Wi-Fi in all rooms, this motel is 5 minutes' drive from International UFO Museum & Research Center. A daily continental breakfast is served to guests. Free parking is provided. I liked the quick and easy check in and out and the small no frills room.
Offering free parking, this motel is 5 minutes' drive from International UFO Museum & Research Center. All air-conditioned rooms include a cable TV with HBO film channels. The bed was big and comfortable.<|fim_middle|> an indoor pool and a fitness center. It offers free guest parking. A restaurant is located on-site. Exceptionally clean, wonderful, courteous staff, great breakfast. Loved the gym and hot tub!
Holiday Inn Express & Suites - Roswell is offering accommodations in Roswell. The room was clean and comfortable. I loved the Keurig coffee machine in the room.
Featuring a fitness center, spa, and an indoor pool, this hotel is a 10 minute drive from the International UFO Museum. It offers spacious rooms with air conditioning and cable TV. Liked the location, staff, cleanliness, and hot breakfast.
Conveniently located just two miles from Roswell Regional Hospital, the Comfort Suites hotel is close to a number of UFO inspired attractions throughout Roswell. I always stay here because it is so affordable and it is a very nice hotel.
This Roswell, New Mexico hotel is 1 mile from the Robert H. Goddard Planetarium. The hotel features an indoor pool with a hot tub and guest rooms with free Wi-Fi and cable TV. Most comfortable beds I've ever slept in, in a hotel! Staff were friendly and helpful. | Big room.
Located 2 miles from Spring River Golf Course, this Roswell hotel features an outdoor pool and hot tub. It serves a daily hot breakfast. All guest rooms have free Wi-Fi. All was great! I recommend this place!
Located 3 miles from the International UFO Museum and Research Center, this Roswell hotel features | 67 |
I've ALWAYS wanted<|fim_middle|>Remove from the pan and let rest for 7-10 minutes be slicing.
Transfer to a frying pan on high heat and sear all sides for 30-45 seconds before adding 1 tbsp of butter, 1 sprig of rosemary and thyme, and 1 garlic clove. | to do a steak comparison video and these were both insanely delicious Ribeyes! I will admit, the prime ribeye is definitely a "cut" above the choice, but it was really hard because the choice had the bone still on it so it was a very close contest. The biggest difference between these two qualities of meat is the amount of fat that they each contain…BUT (and this is a big BUT) sometimes the quality check is a little wonky and I've seen choice steak look way better than some prime cuts, so it's really up to the consumer to find the type of meat they're looking for. Make sure to look through all the cuts before buying because there's always one or two that are better than the rest no matter the labeling. Let me know how your steaks turn out and hope you enjoyed the post!
Remove excess moisture from the steak by patting it with a paper towel and/or letting it rest uncovered in the fridge for 24 hours.
Generously season the ribeye on both sides with salt and pepper.
In a frying pan on high heat, add a drizzle of oil.
Transfer in the seasoned ribeye and sear all sides for 30-45 seconds, or until a beautiful golden brown.
Add 1 tbsp of butter, 1 sprig of rosemary and thyme, and 1 garlic clove.
Baste the meat in the butter sauce for a minute or two, careful not to overcook the meat or burn the butter.
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Debuting In Salt Lake City for Nine Performances From March 2 – 6!
WHAT: Enter a fantastical winter wonderland beyond imagination at Disney On Ice presents Frozen Presented by Stonyfield YoKids Organic Yogurt. The heart-warming, Academy Award®-winning tale that has captivated the world is now told LIVE and skating into Utah! Audiences will be magically whisked away into the wintery world of Arendelle by dazzling special effects and astonishing skating as you sing and dance along to instant Disney classics such as "Let It Go" and "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" Join royal sisters Anna and Elsa, the hilarious snowman Olaf, Kristoff, his loyal reindeer Sven and the mystical trolls as they journey to discover that true love is the most magical power of all!
Hosted by Mickey and Minnie, with special guest appearances by beloved Disney Princesses and characters from favorites like Disney•<|fim_middle|> to get warmed up for the show and learn the snowman dance at the Stonyfield YoKids and Disney Magic of Healthy Living Dance-Along Pre-Show. | Pixar's Toy Story, Finding Nemo and Disney's The Lion King, this unforgettable celebration of love and friendship will leave your family with memories to last a lifetime. As an added bonus, arrive early | 41 |
Encyclopedia > Basketball
Basketball is a ball sport played by two teams of five players on a side. It is one of the most popular sports in the United States, being highly suited to viewing by spectators as an indoor sport on a relatively small court with only ten players. The ball is large and easy to follow, and the lack of protective gear makes it possible to see the reactions of players. The sport is also reasonably popular in other parts of the world such as southern Europe and in the former Soviet Union.
Basketball is that rare sport that was invented, largely from scratch and with rules close to its present ones, by one man. Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian, invented basketball in 1891, at a Young Men's Christian Association YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts. The first official basketball game was played there on January 20, 1892. Dr. Naismith wanted an indoor game of vigor and grace to keep young men occupied during the long New England winters. Basketball was popular from the beginning and, within a year, was being played all over the United States.
In the 1920s there were hundreds of professional basketball teams in towns and cities all over the United States. There was little organization to the professional game; players jumped all the time from team to team; and teams played<|fim_middle|>an 18" (45.72 cm) diameter circular steel ring mounted parallel to the ground and a string net below, with a hole to allow the ball to fall through) mounted ten feet (about 3 m) above the ground at each end. A popular social variant ("half-court") is played with just one basket.
The goal of each team is to throw the ball through their basket, whilst preventing their opponents from doing so. Teams score two points for putting the ball in the basket, three points for long-range shots, and one point for foul shots.
Naturally, it's easier to score a basket when close to the basket than when farther away; however, offensive players in basketball may not tuck the ball under their arm and run with it. Instead, they must constantly bounce ("dribble") the ball as they advance to the basket; every dribble represents a chance for the ball to be mishandled or stolen.
Defensive players may not tackle an offensive player, and those who push, shove or impede their opponents risk getting called for a foul. Players who are fouled get either the ball or -- if they're in the act of shooting -- "free throw" shots from a line 15 feet from the basket for one point each. This was important to Dr. Naismith, who disliked the brutal blocking and tackling of American football. He wanted his game to be good clean exercise.
If a player commits five fouls in one game (six in some professional leagues) he is disqualified from the rest of the game, and a reserve player must take his place. It is also called fouling out. Arguing with a referee, fighting with another player, or interfering with a ball after it falls through the basket are grounds for a technical foul. Any player or coach with two technical fouls is disqualified from the game. Savvy defensive players use a wide array of legal and extra-legal techniques to hamper and frustrate the players they guard.
Each player occupies one of three positions: a team typically has two guards, two forwards, and one center. Any number of player substitutions are allowed during the game, though subs can only come onto the floor after a stoppage of play.
Players wear shorts and a sleeveless top, and high-top sneakers that provide extra support to the ankles.
Being tall is a clear advantage in basketball. Very few professional players stand less than six feet. Forwards and centers in the men's professional leagues are almost all 6'6" or taller; many are over 7 feet.
Spin-offs from basketball seem to be korfball, netball and ringboll[?].
Street basketball is another very popular game.
See also: List of defunct sports leagues
... Contents Mayenne Mayenne is a French d�partement, number 53, named after the Mayenne River[?]. Pr�fecture (capital): ... | in armories and smoky dance halls. In 1946, the National Basketball Association (NBA) was formed, organising the professional teams and leading to greater popularity of the professional game.
The NBA produced many famous players, including many of African-American origin, such as Bill Russell[?], Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson[?], but also Larry Bird and George Mikan[?].
Basketball was included in the Olympic Games in 1936, after a demonstration tournament was held in 1904. The sport has been part of the Olympic program since, and has been mostly dominated by the United States, who have so far won all but three titles - their first Olympic loss was in a controversial Olympic final in Munich in 1972 against the Soviet Union. Women's basketball was added to the Olympics in 1976 and since 1992, professional players are allowed to compete in the Olympics. With NBA players now eligible, the US Dream Team has been unbeatable, though Lithuania did come close against the slightly less-stellar 2000 Olympic team. A team made up of NBA players was humiliated in the 2002 World Championship, finishing sixth behind Yugoslavia, Argentina, Germany, New Zealand, and Spain, to the unbridled glee of many around the world.
Internationally, the sport is governed by the FIBA, F�d�ration Internationale de Basketball.
Basketball is played with a spherical pressurized ball that is 9" (22.86 cm) in diameter. It is larger and heavier than a soccer ball, and designed to bounce well on a hard, artificial floor. Basketball is played on a flat court 50 feet wide and 94 (professional) or 84 (college) feet long, with a basket ( | 394 |
Justia Patents Nonuniform Or Patterned Coating (e.g., Mask, Printing, Textured, Etc.)US Patent Application for APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TWO-SIDED PATTERNED WEB IN REGISTRATION Patent Application (Application #20100285231)
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TWO-SIDED PATTERNED WEB IN REGISTRATION
Jul 16, 2010 -
An apparatus for casting a patterned surface on both sides of an opaque web. The apparatus includes a first patterned roll, a second pattered roll, and a means for rotating the first and second patterned rolls such that their patterns are transferred to opposite sides of the opaque web while it is in continuous motion. During this process, their patterns are maintained in continuous registration to within at least 100 micrometers.
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This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/370,136, filed Mar. 6, 2006, now allowed, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/661,430, filed Mar. 9, 2005, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference in their entirety herein.
The disclosure relates generally to the continuous casting of material onto a web, and more specifically to the casting of articles having a high degree of registration between the patterns cast on opposite sides of the web. In particular, the disclosure relates to casting patterns onto opposite sides of a web with a high degree of registration.
Many articles can be manufactured by applying a material that is at least temporarily in liquid form to opposite sides of a substrate. It is often the case that the material applied to the substrate is applied in a predetermined pattern. It is common in such cases for there to be at least a minimum requirement for registration between the patterns on opposite sides of the substrate. In some cases, it is necessary for the patterns on either side of a substrate to be aligned within very small tolerances.
A need remains, therefore, for improved techniques, apparatus and methods of producing two-sided substrates in which each side of the substrate bears a predetermined pattern in close registration with the predetermined pattern on the other side of the substrate. A need remains for improved techniques, apparatus and methods of reproducing closely registered microreplicated patterns on either side of a flexible, at least partially opaque web or substrate.
The disclosure pertains generally to improved techniques, apparatus and methods of reproducing closely registered microreplicated patterns on either side of a flexible web or substrate.
Accordingly, an illustrative embodiment of the disclosure may be found in an assembly that includes an energy source adapted to provide curing energy. The assembly includes a first patterned roll having a number of regions that are opaque to the curing energy disposed on a substrate that is transparent to the curing energy. The opaque regions define a first pattern. The assembly includes a second patterned roll that define a second pattern. The second patterned roll can have a number of regions that are opaque to the curing energy disposed on a substrate that is transparent to the curing energy, where the opaque regions define a second pattern.
The assembly also includes means for rotating the first and second patterned rolls such that the first and second patterns are maintained in continuous registration to within 100 micrometers. In some instances, the first and second patterns are maintained in continuous registration to within 10 micrometers.
In some instances, the opaque regions block, scatter, absorb or reflect at least 98 percent of the curing energy incident upon the opaque regions. In some cases, the transparent substrates permit at least 25 percent of the curing energy incident upon the transparent substrates to pass through. In some cases, the substrates define an outer substrate surface, and the opaque regions extend radially outwardly from the outer substrate surface. In some instances, the opaque regions are located at a periphery of the substrate, and the transparent regions of the substrate extend inwardly from the periphery.
Another illustrative embodiment of the disclosure may be found in an apparatus that includes an energy source that is adapted to provide curing energy, a first patterned roll and a second patterned roll. The energy source may be adapted to provide ultraviolet light. The first patterned roll includes a number of regions that are opaque to the curing energy disposed on a substrate that is transparent to the curing energy. The opaque regions define a first raised pattern. The second patterned roll includes a number of regions that are opaque to the curing energy disposed on a substrate that is transparent to the curing energy. The opaque regions define a second raised pattern.
The apparatus also includes one or more feed rolls that are adapted to provide a web and to feed the web into contact with the first and second patterned rolls. In some embodiments, the web has first and second sides and can be opaque to the curing energy. A first dispenser is adapted to dispose a curable material onto the first side of the web or the first patterned roll before the web contacts the first patterned roll and a second dispenser is adapted to dispose a curable material onto the second side of the web or the second patterned roll before the web contacts the second patterned roll.
The apparatus also includes means for rotating the first and second patterned rolls such that the first and second raised patterns are imprinted in the curable material on the first and second sides of the web while the web is in continuous motion, and the first and second raised patterns are maintained in continuous registration on the first and second sides of the web to within 100 micrometers. In some instances, the first and second raised patterns are maintained in continuous registration to within 10 micrometers.
In some instances, the opaque regions block, scatter, absorb or reflect at least 98 percent of the curing energy incident upon the opaque regions. In some cases, the transparent substrates permit at least 10 percent of the curing energy incident upon the transparent substrates to pass through. In some instances, the web permits less than 2 percent of curing energy incident on the web to pass through the web.
In some instances, the transparent substrates may include a glass cylinder and may in particular cases include a quartz cylinder. The transparent substrates may be a polymeric cylinder such as a PMMA (poly methyl methacrylate) cylinder. The opaque regions may include materials such as chrome, copper, aluminum or epoxy.
The energy source may, in some instances, be adapted to provide curing energy that passes at least partially through the first patterned roll and/or at least partially through the second patterned roll. The energy source may include a first curing energy source disposed within the first patterned roll and a second curing energy source disposed within the second patterned roll.
Another illustrative embodiment of the disclosure may be found in a method of patterning an opaque web that has a first side and a second side. Curable material is disposed onto the opaque web, which is then directed into contact with a first patterned roll having a number of raised opaque regions disposed on a transparent substrate. Ultraviolet radiation is directed at least partially through the first patterned roll, thereby curing the curable material on the first side of the opaque web to form a first pattern. The opaque web is then directed into contact with a second patterned roll having a number of opaque regions disposed on a transparent substrate. Ultraviolet radiation is directed at least partially through the second patterned roll, thereby curing the curable material on the second side of the opaque web to form a second pattern. The first and second sides of the web are patterned while the web is in continuous motion such that the first and second patterns are maintained in continuous registration to within 100 micrometers. In some instances, the first and second patterns are maintained to within 10 micrometers.
In some instances, disposing curable material onto the opaque web includes disposing curable material onto the first side of the web or first patterned roll prior to the first side of the web contacting the first patterned roll and disposing curable material onto the second side of the web or second patterned roll prior to the second side of the web contacting the second patterned roll.
Another illustrative embodiment of the disclosure may be found in a patterned roll that includes a curing energy transparent cylinder, a tie layer disposed on the curing energy transparent cylinder, and a number of curing energy opaque features disposed on the tie layer to form a pattern. The curing energy transparent cylinder permits at least 10 percent of curing energy light incident upon the cylinder to pass through the cylinder while the curing energy opaque features block at least 98 percent of curing energy light incident upon the curing energy opaque features. In some particular instances, the curing energy transparent cylinder includes quartz, the tie layer includes titanium, and the curing energy opaque feature includes chrome.
The above summary of the present disclosure is not intended to describe each disclosed embodiment or every implementation of the present disclosure. The Figures, Detailed Description and Examples which follow more particularly exemplify these embodiments.
In the context of this disclosure, "registration," means the positioning of structures on one surface of the web in a defined relationship to other structures on the opposite side of the same web.
In the context of this disclosure, "web" means a sheet of material having a fixed dimension in a first direction and either a predetermined or indeterminate length in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction.
In the context of this disclosure, "continuous registration," means that at all times during rotation of first and second patterned rolls the degree of registration between structures on the rolls is better than a specified limit.
In the context of this disclosure, "microreplicated" or "microreplication" means the production of a microstructured surface through a process where the structured surface features retain an individual feature fidelity during manufacture, from product-to-product, that varies no more than about 100 micrometers.
In the context of this disclosure, "curing energy" refers to electromagnetic radiation having a particular wavelength or band of wavelengths suitable for curing a curable material. The phrase "curing energy" may be modified by a term identifying the wavelength or band of wavelengths. For example, "ultraviolet curing energy" refers to energy within a band of wavelengths that is considered to be ultraviolet and that is suitable for curing a particular material. The phrase "curable material", when used in conjunction with "curing energy", refers to a material that may be cured, polymerized or cross-linked when exposed to "curing energy".
In the context of this disclosure, "opaque" refers to a material that blocks at least a significant amount of electromagnetic radiation of a particular wavelength or band of wavelengths. A material may be considered to be opaque to energy of a first wavelength, but not be opaque to energy of a second wavelength. A material that is "opaque" to energy of a particular wavelength may block at least 95 percent of the energy of that particular wavelength that is incident upon the material. An "opaque" material may block 98 percent or even more than 99 percent of the energy of that particular wavelength that is incident upon the material.
A material may be described as "opaque to curing energy", meaning that the material blocks at least 95 percent of the curing energy (of a particular wavelength or band of wavelengths) incident upon the material. A material described as "opaque to ultraviolet energy" would block at least 95 percent of ultraviolet radiation incident upon the material.
A material such as a flexible web or substrate may be described as "opaque", meaning that the flexible web or substrate blocks at least 95 percent of the electromagnetic energy of a particular wavelength or band of wavelengths incident upon the flexible web or substrate. A flexible web or substrate may be described as described as "opaque to curing energy", meaning that the flexible web or substrate blocks at least 95 percent of the curing energy (of a particular wavelength or band of wavelengths) incident upon the flexible web or substrate. A flexible web or substrate described as "opaque to ultraviolet energy" would block at least 95 percent of ultraviolet radiation incident upon the flexible web or substrate.
As used within the context of this disclosure, "transparent" refers to a material that transmits, or permits passage, of at least a significant amount of electromagnetic radiation of a particular wavelength or band of wavelengths. A material may be considered to be transparent to energy of a first wavelength, but not be transparent to energy of a second wavelength. A material that is "transparent" to energy of a particular wavelength may transmit or permit passage at least 10 percent of the energy of that particular wavelength that is incident upon the material. A "transparent" material may transmit or permit passage of 25 percent or even more than 50 percent of the energy of that particular wavelength that is incident upon the material.
A material may be described as "transparent to curing energy", meaning that the material transmits or permits passage of at least 10 percent of the curing energy (of a particular wavelength or band of wavelengths) incident upon the material. A material described as "transparent to ultraviolet energy" would transmit or permit passage of at least 10 percent of ultraviolet radiation incident upon the material.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
The disclosure may be more completely understood in consideration of the following detailed description of various embodiments of the disclosure in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a casting apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of a portion of the<|fim_middle|>10 micrometers or even within 5 micrometers.
The following description should be read with reference to the drawings, in which like elements in different drawings are numbered in like fashion. The drawings, which are not necessarily to scale, depict selected embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. Although examples of construction, dimensions, and materials are illustrated for the various elements, those skilled in the art will recognize that many of the examples provided have suitable alternatives that may be utilized.
Casting Assembly
FIG. 1 illustrates an example casting apparatus 10 for producing a two-sided web 12 that includes registered microreplicated structures on opposing surfaces. In some instances, the casting apparatus 10 includes first and second coating means 16, 20, a nip roller 14, and first and second patterned rolls 18, 24. In some instances, first coating means 16 may be a first extrusion die 16 while second coating means may be a second extrusion die 20. In the illustrated embodiment, the first and second curable liquid is disposed on the web surface prior to passing through the first and second patterned rolls, respectively. In other embodiments, the first curable liquid is disposed on the first patterned roll and the second curable liquid is disposed on the second patterned roll, which is then transferred to the web from the patterned rolls.
Web 12 may be presented to the first extrusion die 16, which dispenses a first curable liquid layer coating 22 onto the web 12. Nip roller 14 presses first coating 22 into the first patterned roller 18. In some cases, nip roller 14 can be a rubber covered roller. While on the first patterned roll 18, the coating 22 is cured using an energy source 26 adapted to provide suitable curing energy. In some instances, energy source 26 may be adapted to provide ultraviolet light. The term "ultraviolet light" refers to light having a wavelength in a range from 200 to 500 nanometers or from 200 to 400 nanometers.
A second curable liquid layer 28 is coated on the opposite side of the web 12 using a second side extrusion die 20. The second layer 28 is pressed into the second patterned tool roller 24 and the curing process repeated for the second coating layer 28. Registration of the two coating patterns is achieved by maintaining the tool rollers 18, 24 in a precise angular relationship with one another, as will be described hereinafter.
FIG. 2 provides a closer view at first and second patterned rolls 44 and 46. First and second patterned rolls 44, 46 may be considered as particular embodiments of patterned rolls 18, 24 as discussed with respect to FIG. 1. Other patterns are contemplated, as will be discussed in greater detail subsequently. First patterned roll 44 has a first pattern 42 for forming a microreplicated surface. Second pattern roll 46 has a second microreplicated pattern 50. In the illustrated embodiment, first and second patterns 42, 50 are the same pattern. In other instances, the first and second patterns may be different.
As a web 30 passes over the first patterned roll 44, a first curable liquid (not shown) on a first surface 32 may be cured by curing energy provided by an energy source 34 near a first region 36 on the first patterned roll 44. A first microreplicated patterned structure 54 is formed on the first side 43 of the web 30 after the liquid is cured. The first patterned structure 54 is a negative of the pattern 42 on the first patterned roll 44. After the first patterned structure 54 is formed, a second curable liquid 52 is dispensed onto a second surface 38 of the web 30. To insure that the second liquid 52 is not cured prematurely, the second liquid 52 is isolated from the first energy source 34, typically by locating the first energy source 34 so that energy emitted by the first energy source 34 does not fall on the second liquid 52. If desired, the curing sources can be located inside their respective patterned rolls. As such, the opaque nature of web 30 can aid in preventing undesired curing.
After the first patterned structure 54 is formed, the web 30 continues along the first roll 44 until it enters a gap region 48 between the first and second patterned rolls 44, 46. The second liquid 52 then engages the second pattern 50 on the second patterned roll 46 and is shaped into a second microreplicated structure, which is then cured by curing energy emitted by a second energy source 40. As the web 30 passes into the gap 48 between first and second patterned rolls 44, 46, the first patterned structured 54, which is by this time substantially cured and bonded to the web 30, restrains the web 30 from slipping while the web 30 begins moving into the gap 48 and around the second patterned roller 46. This removes web stretching and slippages as a source of registration error between the first and second patterned structures formed on the web.
By supporting the web 30 on the first patterned roll 44 while the second liquid 52 comes into contact with the second patterned roll 46, the degree of registration between the first and second microreplicated structures 54, 56 formed on opposite sides 32, 38 of the web 30 becomes a function of controlling the positional relationship between the surfaces of the first and second patterned rolls 44, 46. The S-wrap of the web around the first and second patterned rolls 44, 46 and between the gap 48 formed by the rolls minimizes effects of tension, web strain changes, temperature, microslip caused by mechanics of nipping a web, and lateral position control. The S-wrap can maintain the web 30 in contact with each roll over a wrap angle of 180 degrees, though the wrap angle can be more or less depending on the particular requirements.
Patterned Roll
In some instances, it may be useful to provide microreplicated patterns onto either side of a flexible web or substrate that is opaque, particularly, opaque to curing energy. In other instances, it may be useful to provide microreplicated patterns onto either side of a flexible web or substrate that is transparent, particularly, transparent to curing energy. When the web or substrate is opaque to the curing energy necessary to cure the materials applied to the web in liquid form, the materials cannot simply be cured by passing curing energy through the web or substrate to contact the liquid resin. In these cases, it may be useful to use a patterned roll that is transparent to a particular curing energy or includes portions that are transparent to curing energy. In some cases, only one patterned roll is transparent.
FIG. 3 is a partial illustration of an illustrative but non-limiting patterned roll and should not be considered as being to scale. Instead, the pattern has been exaggerated for clarity. Patterned roll can, as illustrated and as will be discussed in greater detail, may be formed by an additive method in which materials are deposited onto the surface of a transparent cylinder or other suitable shape. In some embodiments, it is believed that patterned roll may be formed using various subtractive methods in which material is removed from a transparent cylinder or other suitable shape.
Patterned roll includes a transparent cylinder 102 that can be formed of any suitable material. In some instances, transparent cylinder 102 is formed of a material that is transparent to the curing energy that will cure the curable material that will be applied to patterned roll. In some instances, as illustrated, transparent cylinder 102 can be made from a glass such as quartz.
As illustrated, in particular, patterned roll includes a quartz cylinder 102. Quartz cylinder 102 may be of any suitable dimensions, although in some cases quartz cylinder 102 may have a length of 3 inches and a radius of 3 inches. Quartz cylinder 102 may be a substantially solid cylinder, or, as illustrated, quartz cylinder 102 may be a hollow cylinder.
In some cases, it may be useful to apply a thin tie layer 104 to the surface of the quartz cylinder 102. This may assist subsequent materials in adhering or bonding to the quartz. In some instances, tie layer 104 is thin enough to not materially change the optical properties of the quartz cylinder 102. At a minimum, tie layer 104 can be thin enough to remain transparent to curing energy. Tie layer 104 may be formed of any suitable material and using any suitable application technique. In some instances, tie layer 104 includes or consists of titanium and is applied via sputtering.
Once tie layer 104 has been formed, subsequent materials may be added to patterned roll. While particular processing steps are illustrated in FIGS. 4-13, and will be discussed in detail with respect to the Example, a variety of opaque materials may be applied to tie layer 104. Suitable opaque materials include metals such as chrome, copper or aluminum, and curable polymers such as silicone and epoxy. Suitable materials may be applied and patterned using any suitable technique, such as sputtering, etching, and the like.
In the illustrated embodiment, the features of patterned roll have been formed in two steps. First, layers 106 have been deposited onto tie layer 104 and subsequently patterned. Layers 108 have been formed and patterned on top of layers 106. Layers 106 and layers 108 may be formed of different materials or they may be formed of the same material. In some instances, layers 106 may be formed by sputtering a layer of chrome onto tie layer 104. In some instances, layers 108 may be formed by plating chrome onto layers 106.
In FIG. 3, the opaque features of patterned roll stand above the surface of quartz cylinder 102. In some contemplated embodiments, such as those discussed with respect to FIGS. 14-21, the opaque features are actually closer to an outer surface of the substrate, while the transparent features actually penetrate the substrate. In either event, the opaque features may be considered as being farther from a radial center of patterned roll than are the transparent features.
In some instances, a patterned roll may be formed from either machinable or non-machinable transparent substrates. Several contemplated manufacturing techniques are described herein in FIGS. 14-21. It should be noted that in FIGS. 14-21, only a very small part of a transparent substrate is shown, for ease of illustration. While only a single transparent feature is shown for each potential manufacturing technique, it should be noted that of course a patterned roll will include a number of features. Moreover, it should be noted that a patterned roll will be cylindrical, while for ease of illustration and because only a very small part of the roll is shown, FIGS. 14-21 appear rectangular.
FIGS. 14A-14E illustrate a potential method of forming opaque features on a non-machinable transparent substrate that includes adding a machinable layer. In FIG. 14A, a non-machinable, transparent, substrate 200 is provided. Examples of non-machinable, transparent substrates include glasses such as quartz. As shown in FIG. 14B, a titanium tie layer 202 may be applied to substrate 200 using any suitable technique such as sputtering. A copper seed layer 204 may be sputtered onto titanium tie layer 202 as seen in FIG. 14C. Additional copper may be plated onto copper seed layer 204 to form copper layer 206, as seen in FIG. 14D.
FIG. 14E shows that copper layer 206 could be machined in any suitable manner to provide a transparent feature 208 positioned within copper layer 206, which is of course opaque. In some instances, transparent feature 208 could be formed simply by a machining process such as micromilling, laser ablation, diamond turning or EDM processing. In some cases, additional processing such as a brief chemical etch may be useful in exposing transparent substrate 200 without damaging transparent substrate 200.
In some instances, other materials may be used for the machinable layer 206. For example, machinable layer 206 could be formed from an opaque epoxy or a machinable ceramic that could be coated in a "green" state and sintered after shaping.
FIGS. 15A-15D illustrate another potential method of forming opaque features on a non-machinable transparent substrate 200 that includes adding a machinable layer. In FIG. 15B, a transparent epoxy layer 210 may be added to the transparent substrate 200 to help protect the transparent substrate during subsequent machining. As seen in FIG. 15C, an opaque epoxy layer 212 has been added on top of the transparent epoxy layer 210. In FIG. 15D, opaque epoxy layer 212 has been machined using any suitable technique to form transparent feature 214.
FIGS. 16A-D illustrate another potential method of forming opaque features on a non-machinable transparent substrate 200 that includes adding a machinable layer. Transparent substrate 200 is shown in FIG. 16A. In FIG. 16B, a relatively thicker transparent epoxy layer 210 has been added atop transparent substrate 200. A relatively thinner opaque epoxy layer 212 has been added on transparent epoxy layer 210 as shown in FIG. 16C. In FIG. 16D, the opaque epoxy layer 212 and the transparent epoxy layer 210 have been machined using any suitable technique to form transparent feature 216. As an alternate, it may be feasible to machine transparent feature 216 into a transparent epoxy layer, then coat the tops of the transparent epoxy layer with an opaque epoxy layer.
FIGS. 17A-17C illustrate a potential method of forming opaque features on a machinable transparent substrate. FIG. 17A shows a machinable transparent substrate 220 that can be formed of a machinable transparent polymer. In some instances, substrate 220 can be formed from PMMA (poly methyl methacrylate). In FIG. 17B, an opaque coating 222 such as sputtered aluminum or copper has been added onto transparent substrate 220. Alternatively, it is contemplated that opaque coating 222 could also be formed from an opaque epoxy or even an opaque filled epoxy. As shown in FIG. 17C, a transparent feature 224 can be formed using any suitable machining technique.
FIGS. 18A-C illustrate another potential method of forming opaque features on machinable transparent substrate 220. In FIG. 18B, transparent substrate 220 has been machined using any suitable technique to form transparent feature 226. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 18C, the portions of transparent substrate 220 beyond transparent feature 226 may be coated with an opaque coating 228.
FIGS. 19A-19D illustrate a potential method of using a separately-created master mold to replicate raised features on a transparent substrate. The raised features can then be coated to be opaque. In FIG. 19A, a master mold 230 can be cut from any suitable material using standard precision machining techniques. Master mold 230 can be seen to include protrusion 232, which will ultimately form a transparent feature.
As seen in FIG. 19B, master mold 230 can be filled with an opaque epoxy material 234 and then is applied to the surface of a desired substrate 236 such as quartz or PMMA as seen in FIG. 19C. The epoxy can be allowed to cure, and then master mold 230 may be removed, as seen in FIG. 19D, leaving substrate 236 having a transparent feature 238 with an opaque layer 234 on either side of the transparent feature 238.
FIGS. 20A-20E illustrate another potential method of using a separately-created master mold to replicate raised features on a transparent substrate. The raised features can then be coated to be opaque. In FIG. 20A, a master mold 240 can be cut from any suitable material using standard precision machining techniques. Master mold 240 can be seen to include protrusion 242, which will ultimately form a transparent feature.
As seen in FIG. 20B, master mold 240 can be filled with a transparent epoxy material 244 and then is applied to the surface of a desired substrate 246 such as quartz or PMMA as seen in FIG. 20C. The epoxy can be allowed to cure, and then master mold 240 may be removed, as seen in FIG. 20D, leaving substrate 246 having a transparent feature 248. As seen in FIG. 20E, an opaque epoxy layer 250 can be applied to transparent epoxy layer 244 on either side of the transparent feature 248.
FIGS. 21A-21D illustrate another potential method of using a separately-created master mold to replicate raised features on a transparent substrate. The raised features can then be coated to be opaque. In FIG. 21A, a master mold 252 can be cut from any suitable material using standard precision machining techniques. Master mold 252 can be seen to include protrusion 254, which will ultimately form a transparent feature.
As seen in FIG. 21B, master mold 252 has been imprinted directly into a machinable transparent substrate 256. In FIG. 21C, master mold 252 has been removed, leaving transparent substrate 256 including transparent feature 258. As shown in FIG. 21D, transparent substrate 256 can be coated with an opaque epoxy layer 258 on either side of transparent feature 258.
Casting Apparatus
Referring now to FIGS. 22-23, an example embodiment of a system 110 including a roll to roll casting apparatus 120 is illustrated. In the depicted casting apparatus 120, a web 122 is provided to the casting apparatus 120 from a main unwind spool (not shown). The exact nature of web 122 can vary widely, depending on the product being produced. However, the casting apparatus 120 is capable of handling a web 122 that is both flexible and transparent and/or opaque, as discussed previously. The web 122 is directed around various rollers 126 into the casting apparatus 120.
Accurate tension control of the web 122 is beneficial in achieving optimal results, so the web 122 may be directed over a tension-sensing device (not illustrated). If an optional liner web is used to protect the web 122, the liner web (not illustrated) can be separated at the unwind spool and directed onto a liner web wind-up spool (not shown). The web 122 can be directed via an idler roll to a dancer roller for precision tension control. Idler rollers can direct the web 122 to a position between nip roller 154 and first coating head 156.
A variety of coating methods may be employed. In some embodiments, as illustrated, first coating head 156 is a die coating head. The web 122 then passes between the nip roll 154 and first patterned roll 160. The first patterned roll 160 has a patterned surface 162, and when the web 122 passes between the nip roller 154 and the first patterned roll 160 the material dispensed onto the web 122 by the first coating head 156 is shaped into a negative of patterned surface 162.
While the web 122 is in contact with the first patterned roll 160, material is dispensed from second coating head 164 onto the other surface of web 122. In parallel with the discussion above with respect to the first coating head 156, the second coating head 164 is also a die coating arrangement including a second extruder (not shown) and a second coating die (not shown). In some embodiments, the material dispensed by the first coating head 156 is a composition including a polymer precursor and intended to be cured to solid polymer with the application of curing energy such as ultraviolet radiation.
Material that has been dispensed onto web 122 by the second coating head 164 is then brought into contact with second patterned roll 174 with a second patterned surface 176. In parallel with the discussion above, in some embodiments, the material dispensed by the second coating head 164 is a composition including a polymer precursor and intended to be cured to solid polymer with the application of curing energy such as ultraviolet radiation.
At this point, the web 122 has had a pattern applied to both sides. A peel roll 182 may be present to assist in removal of the web 122 from second patterned roll 174. In some instances, the web tension into and out of the casting apparatus is nearly constant.
The web 122 having a two-sided microreplicated pattern is then directed to a wind-up spool (not shown) via various idler rolls. If an interleave film is desired to protect web 122, it may be provided from a secondary unwind spool (not shown) and the web and interleave film are wound together on the wind-up spool at an appropriate tension.
Referring to FIGS. 22-24, first and second patterned rolls are coupled to first and second motor assemblies 210, 220, respectively. Support for the motor assemblies 210, 220 is accomplished by mounting assemblies to a frame 230, either directly or indirectly. The motor assemblies 210, 220 are coupled to the frame using precision mounting arrangements. In the illustrated embodiment, for example, first motor assembly 210 is fixedly mounted to frame 230. Second motor assembly 220, which is placed into position when web 122 is threaded through the casting apparatus 120, may need to be positioned repeatedly and therefore can be movable, both in the cross- and machine direction. Movable motor arrangement 220 may be coupled to linear slides 222 to assist in repeated accurate positioning, for example, when switching between patterns on the rolls. Second motor arrangement 220 also includes a second mounting arrangement 225 on the backside of the frame 230 for positioning the second patterned roll 174 side-to-side relative to the first patterned roll 160. In some cases, second mounting arrangement 225 includes linear slides 223 allowing accurate positioning in the cross machine directions.
Referring to FIG. 25, a motor mounting arrangement is illustrated. A motor 633 for driving a tool or patterned roll 662 is mounted to the machine frame 650 and connected through a coupling 640 to a rotating shaft 601 of the patterned roller 662. The motor 633 is coupled to a primary encoder 630. A secondary encoder 651 is coupled to the tool to provide precise angular registration control of the patterned roll 662. Primary 630 and secondary 651 encoders cooperate to provide control of the patterned roll 662 to keep it in registration with a second patterned roll, as will be described further hereinafter.
Reduction or elimination of shaft resonance is important as this is a source of registration error allowing pattern position control within the specified limits. Using a coupling 640 between the motor 633 and shaft 650 that is larger than general sizing schedules specify will also reduce shaft resonance caused by more flexible couplings. Bearing assemblies 660 are located in various locations to provide rotational support for the motor arrangement.
In the example embodiment shown, the tool roller 662 diameter can be smaller than its motor 633 diameter. To accommodate this arrangement, tool rollers may be installed in pairs, arranged in mirror image. In FIG. 26, two tool roller assemblies 610, 710 are installed as mirror images in order to be able to bring the two tool rollers 662, 762 together. Referring also to FIG. 22, the first motor arrangement is typically fixedly attached to the frame and the second motor arrangement is positioned using movable optical quality linear slides.
Tool roller assembly 710 is quite similar to tool roller assembly 610, and includes a motor 733 for driving a tool or patterned roll 762 is mounted to the machine frame 750 and connected through a coupling 740 to a rotating shaft 701 of the patterned roller 762. The motor 733 is coupled to a primary encoder 730. A secondary encoder 751 is coupled to the tool to provide precise angular registration control of the patterned roll 762. Primary 730 and secondary 751 encoders cooperate to provide control of the patterned roll 762 to keep it in registration with a second patterned roll, as will be described further hereinafter.
Because the features sizes on the microreplicated structures on both surfaces of a web are desired to be within fine registration of one another, the patterned rolls should be controlled with a high degree of precision. Cross-web registration within the limits described herein can be accomplished by applying the techniques used in controlling machine-direction registration, as described hereinafter.
For example, to achieve about 10 micrometers end-to-end feature placement on a 10-inch circumference patterned roller, each roller must be maintained within a rotational accuracy of ±32 arc-seconds per revolution. Control of registration becomes more difficult as the speed the web travels through the system is increased.
Applicants have built and demonstrated a system having 10-inch circular patterned rolls that can create a web having patterned features on opposite surfaces of the web that are registered to within 2.5 micrometers. Upon reading this disclosure and applying the principles taught herein, one of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate how to accomplish the degree of registration for other microreplicated surfaces.
Referring to FIG. 27, a schematic of a motor arrangement 800 is illustrated. Motor arrangement 800 includes a motor 810 including a primary encoder 830 and a drive shaft 820. Drive shaft 820 is coupled to a driven shaft 840 of patterned roll 860 through a coupling 825. A secondary, or load, encoder 850 is coupled to the driven shaft 840. Using two encoders in the motor arrangement described allows the position of the patterned roll to be measured more accurately by locating the measuring device (encoder) 850 near the patterned roll 860, thus reducing or eliminating effects of torque disturbances when the motor arrangement 800 is operating.
Apparatus Control
Referring to FIG. 28, a schematic of the motor arrangement of FIG. 27, is illustrated as attached to control components. In the example apparatus shown in FIGS. 1-3, a similar set-up would control each motor arrangement 210 and 220. Accordingly, motor arrangement 900 includes a motor 910 including a primary encoder 930 and a drive shaft 920. Drive shaft 920 is coupled to a driven shaft 940 of patterned roll 960 through a coupling 930. A secondary, or load, encoder 950 is coupled to the driven shaft 940.
Motor arrangement 900 communicates with a control arrangement 965 to allow precision control of the patterned roll 960. Control arrangement 965 includes a drive module 966 and a program module 975. The program module 975 communicates with the drive module 966 via a line 977, for example, a SERCOS fiber network. The program module 975 is used to input parameters, such as set points, to the drive module 966. Drive module 966 receives input 480 volt, 3-phase power 915, rectifies it to DC, and distributes it via a power connection 973 to control the motor 910. Motor encoder 912 feeds a position signal to control module 966 via line 972. The secondary encoder 950 on the patterned roll 960 also feeds a position signal back to the drive module 966 via to line 971. The drive module 966 uses the encoder signals to precisely position the patterned roll 960. The control design to achieve the degree of registration is described in detail below.
In the illustrative embodiments shown, each patterned roll is controlled by a dedicated control arrangement. Dedicated control arrangements cooperate to control the registration between first and second patterned rolls. Each drive module communicates with and controls its respective motor assembly.
The control arrangement in the system built and demonstrated by Applicants include the following. To drive each of the patterned rolls, a high performance, low cogging torque motor with a high-resolution sine encoder feedback (512 sine cycles×4096 drive interpolation >>2 million parts per revolution) was used, model MHD090B-035-NG0-UN, available from Bosch-Rexroth (Indramat). Also the system included synchronous motors, model MHD090B-035-NG0-UN, available from Bosch-Rexroth (Indramat), but other types, such as induction motors could also be used.
Each motor was directly coupled (without gearbox or mechanical reduction) through an extremely stiff bellows coupling, model BK5-300, available from R/W Corporation. Alternate coupling designs could be used, but bellows style generally combines stiffness while providing high rotational accuracy. Each coupling was sized so that a substantially larger coupling was selected than what the typical manufacturers specifications would recommend.
Additionally, zero backlash collets or compressive style locking hubs between coupling and shafts are preferred. Each roller shaft was attached to an encoder through a hollow shaft load side encoder, model RON255C, available from Heidenhain Corp., Schaumburg, Ill. Encoder selection should have the highest accuracy and resolution possible, typically greater than 32 arc-sec accuracy. Applicants' design, 18000 sine cycles per revolution were employed, which in conjunction with the 4096 bit resolution drive interpolation resulted in excess of 50 million parts per revolution resolution giving a resolution substantially higher than accuracy. The load side encoder had an accuracy of +/−2 arc-sec; maximum deviation in the delivered units was less than +/−1 arc-sec.
In some instances, each shaft may be designed to be as large a diameter as possible and as short as possible to maximize stiffness, resulting in the highest possible resonant frequency. Precision alignment of all rotational components is desired to ensure minimum registration error due to this source of registration error.
Referring to FIG. 29, identical position reference commands were presented to each axis simultaneously through a SERCOS fiber network at a 2 ms update rate. Each axis interpolates the position reference with a cubic spline, at the position loop update rate of 250 microsecond intervals. The interpolation method is not critical, as the constant velocity results in a simple constant times time interval path. The resolution is critical to eliminate any round off or numerical representation errors. Axis rollover is also addressed. In some cases, it is important that each axis' control cycle is synchronized at the current loop execution rate (62 microsecond intervals).
The top path 1151 is the feed forward section of control. The control strategy includes a position loop 1110, a velocity loop 1120, and a current loop 1130. The position reference 1111 is differentiated, once to generate the velocity feed forward terms 1152 and a second time to generate the acceleration feed forward term 1155. The feed forward path 1151 helps performance during line speed changes and dynamic correction.
The position command 1111 is subtracted from current position 1114, generating an error signal 1116. The error 1116 is applied to a proportional controller 1115, generating the velocity command reference 1117. The velocity feedback 1167 is subtracted from the command 1117 to generate the velocity error signal 1123, which is then applied to a PID controller. The velocity feedback 1167 is generated by differentiating the motor encoder position signal 1126. Due to differentiation and numerical resolution limits, a low pass Butterworth filter 1124 is applied to remove high frequency noise components from the error signal 1123. A narrow stop band (notch) filter 1129 is applied at the center of the motor—roller resonant frequency. This allows substantially higher gains to be applied to the velocity controller 1120. Increased resolution of the motor encoder also would improve performance. The exact location of the filters in the control diagram is not critical; either the forward or reverse path are acceptable, although tuning parameters are dependent on the location.
A PID controller could also be used in the position loop, but the additional phase lag of the integrator makes stabilization more difficult. The current loop is a traditional PI controller; gains are established by the motor parameters. The highest bandwidth current loop possible will allow optimum performance. Also, minimum torque ripple is desired.
Minimization of external disturbances is important to obtain maximum registration. This includes motor construction and current loop commutation as previously discussed, but minimizing mechanical disturbances is also important. Examples include extremely smooth tension control in entering and exiting web span, uniform bearing and seal drag, minimizing tension upsets from web peel off from the roller, uniform rubber nip roller. In the current design, a third axis geared to the tool rolls is provided as a pull roll to assist in removing the cured structure from the tool.
Web Material
The web material can be any suitable material on which a microreplicated patterned structure can be created. A number of different materials may be used, depending on the ultimate use of the microreplicated patterned structure. If, for example, the microreplicated patterned structure will form a flexible circuit board, the web material may be a metallized polymeric film such as metallized KAPTON.
Coating Material
The liquid from which the microreplicated structures are created can be a curable photocurable material, such as acrylates curable by UV light. One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that other coating materials can be used, for example, polymerizable material, and selection of a material will depend on the particular characteristics desired for the microreplicated structures. For example, if a flexible circuit board is being made, the coating material may include a conductive or insulating polymer. In some embodiments, the coating material includes an electroplate masking material and/or nonconductive or insulating polymers.
Examples of coating means that useful for delivering and controlling liquid to the web or patterned roll are, for example, die or knife coating, coupled with any suitable pump such as a syringe or peristaltic pump. One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that other coating means can be used, and selection of a particular means will depend on the particular characteristics of the liquid to be delivered to the web or patterned roll.
Examples of curing energy sources are infrared radiation, ultraviolet radiation, visible light radiation, or microwave. One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that other curing sources can be used, and selection of a particular web material/curing source combination will depend on the particular article (having microreplicated structures in registration) to be created.
Microreplicated Article
FIG. 30 schematically illustrates a contemplated coated microreplicated article 1200 formed according to the methods and using the apparatus described herein. Article 1200 includes a flexible opaque web 1202 and a number of schematic elements disposed on either side of opaque web 1202. Element 1204 is disposed opposite element 1206. Similarly, element 1208, element 1212 and element 1216 are disposed opposite element 1210, element 1214 and element 1218, respectively. It should be noted that these elements can be considered as generically representing a number of different potential elements. These elements may be circuitry, for example. In some embodiments, the microreplicated pattern includes an electroplate mask that can pass through an additive circuit plating step.
In some embodiments, such as that illustrated, there may be little or no lands between adjacent elements. For example, there may be little or no coated material remaining on opaque web 1202 between element 1204 and element 1208. This may have advantages if, for example, the coated material is an electrically conductive material or an electroplate mask. In some embodiments, an additional washing step can remove uncured material from the microreplicated pattern to produce a microreplicated features having no land areas and separated from one another. In other instances, article 1202 may include lands, i.e. coated material remaining on opaque web 1202 between adjacent elements.
FIGS. 4-13 illustrate an additive process for forming a patterned roll much like patterned roll of FIG. 3. Quartz tubes 3 inches long and 3 inches in radius were cleaned with water, acetone and methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), and were then placed under a UV lamp for 15 minutes. The quartz tubes were then mounted on a rotating table in a high vacuum sputter chamber, and the pressure within the chamber was slowly reduced to 1×10−6 Torr over a period of one hour. A strip of chrome plated steel previously mounted within the chamber was electrically connected to an arc welder. The arc welder passed a current through the metal strip and the metal strip was thus heated to red hot. The rotating quartz tubes were washed by the resulting IR radiation for 10 minutes.
Once the quartz tubes were cleaned, a quartz cylinder 102 as seen in FIG. 4 was sputtered with a thin layer 104 of chrome, which acts as an adhesion layer between the quartz and the nickel layer to follow.
Next, and as shown schematically in FIG. 5, a nickel metallization layer 110 was sputtered onto the chrome tie layer 104.
Next, and as shown schematically in FIG. 6, a protective copper layer 112 was applied over the nickel metallization layer 110. The copper layer 112 was a sacrificial layer that was intended to protect the nickel layer 110 from contamination and oxidation during subsequent processing steps.
Next, and as shown schematically in FIG. 7, a photoresist (SC Resists, Arch Semiconductor Photopolymers Company) layer 114 has been added on top of the copper layer 112. The height of the photoresist layer 114 ultimately sets the height of the features being formed on quartz cylinder 102. In the Example, the photoresist layer 114 was formed to be 50 micrometers thick, and was softbaked at 115 degrees Celsius for 30 seconds prior to exposure.
Next, and as shown schematically in FIG. 8, the photoresist layer 114 was patterned by shining light in a desired pattern onto the photoresist layer 114. Consequently, the photoresist layer 114 now has portions 116 that will remain, and portions 118 that will be removed after developing.
Next, and as shown schematically in FIG. 9, the photoresist was developed. After sitting for at least 30 minutes, the photoresist was subjected to a post exposure bake at 115 degrees Celsius for 1 minute. The photoresist was then developed via exposure to developing solution for 30 to 60 seconds. Consequently, resist portions 116 remain on copper layer 112 while resist portions 118 have been removed.
Next, and as shown schematically in FIG. 10, the exposed portions of copper layer 112 were removed in an etching process. Sodium persulfate was used to remove the exposed copper because sodium persulfate reacts quickly with copper but slowly with the chrome underlying the copper, as it is desirable to keep the chrome layer as thick as possible.
Next, and as shown schematically in FIG. 11, chrome sections 120 were plated onto the freshly exposed chrome layer 110, in between resist regions 116. Chrome sections 120 were plated using low current densities on the order of 1 mA/17 mm2. As the current density increases, even at levels as low as 20 mA/17 mm2, either internal stress was high, causing the chrome to peel off, or severe pitting occurred. The geometry of chrome sections 120 were determined by resist regions 116.
Next, and as shown schematically in FIG. 12, the remaining cured photoresist, in resist regions 116, were removed using a basic solution. Finally, and as shown schematically in FIG. 13, the remaining copper layer 112 was removed using a sodium persulfate bath as discussed above. The resulting patterned roll has opaque regions corresponding to nickel 110 and chrome sections 120, and transparent regions corresponding to where tie layer 104 is not covered by opaque material.
The disclosure should not be considered limited to the particular examples described above, but rather should be understood to cover all aspects of the disclosure as set out in the attached claims. Various modifications, equivalent processes, as well as numerous structures to which the disclosure can be applicable will be readily apparent to those of skill in the art upon review of the instant specification.
1. An apparatus comprising:
an energy source adapted to provide curing energy;
a first patterned roll comprising a first plurality of regions opaque to the curing energy disposed on a first substrate transparent to the curing energy, the first plurality of regions defining a first raised pattern;
a second patterned roll comprising a second plurality of regions opaque to the curing energy disposed on a second substrate transparent to the curing energy, the second plurality of regions defining a second raised pattern;
one or more feed rolls adapted to provide a web and to feed the web into contact with the first and second patterned rolls, the web having first and second sides;
a first dispenser adapted to dispose a curable material onto the first side of the web, or onto the first patterned roll before the web contacts the first patterned roll;
a second dispenser adapted to dispose a curable material onto the second side of the web, or onto the second patterned roll before the web contacts the second patterned roll; and
means for rotating the first and second patterned rolls such that the first and second raised patterns are imprinted in the curable material on the first and second sides of the web while the web is in continuous motion, and the first and second raised patterns are maintained in continuous registration on the first and second sides of the web to within 100 micrometers.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first and second patterns are in continuous registration on the first and second sides of the web to within 10 micrometers.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of regions block at least 98 percent of the curing energy incident upon the first plurality of regions.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second plurality of regions block at least 98 percent of the curing energy incident upon the second plurality of regions.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first substrate permits at least 25 percent of the curing energy incident upon the first substrate to pass through the first substrate
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second substrate permits at least 25 percent of the curing energy incident upon the second substrate to pass through the second substrate.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the web permits less than 2 percent of curing energy incident on the web to pass through the web.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the energy source is adapted to provide ultraviolet curing energy.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first substrate comprises a glass cylinder.
10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first substrate comprises a polymeric cylinder.
11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second substrate comprises a glass cylinder.
12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second substrate comprises a quartz cylinder.
13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second substrate comprises a polymeric cylinder.
14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of regions comprise a material selected from the group consisting of chrome, copper, aluminum, and epoxy.
15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second plurality of regions comprise a material selected from the group consisting of chrome, copper, aluminum, and epoxy.
16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the energy source adapted to provide curing energy comprises a first curing energy source disposed within the first patterned roll and a second curing energy source disposed within the second patterned roll.
17. A method for patterning an opaque web having a first side and a second side, the method comprising steps of:
patterning a curable material onto a web having a first side and a second side with a first patterned roll and a second patterned roll, the first patterned roll comprising a first plurality of raised opaque regions disposed on a transparent substrate and the second patterned roll comprising a second plurality of raised opaque regions disposed on a transparent substrate; and
directing ultraviolet radiation at least partially through the first patterned roll and second patterned roll, thereby curing the curable material on the first side of the web to form a first pattern and curing the curable material on the second side of the web to form a second pattern;
wherein the first and second sides of the web are patterned while the web is in continuous motion such that the first and second patterns are maintained in continuous registration to within 100 micrometers.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein the first and second patterns are transferred to first and second sides of the web in registration to within 10 micrometers.
19. The method of claim 17, wherein disposing curable material onto the web comprises:
disposing curable material onto the first patterned roll prior to the first side of the web contacting the first patterned roll; and
disposing curable material onto the second patterned roll prior to the second side of the web contacting the second patterned roll.
20. A patterned roll, comprising:
a curing energy transparent cylinder having an outer surface, the curing energy transparent cylinder permitting at least 10 percent of curing light incident upon the cylinder to pass through the cylinder;
a tie layer disposed on the outer surface of the curing energy transparent cylinder; and
a plurality of curing energy opaque features disposed on the tie layer to form a pattern, the curing energy opaque features blocking at least 95 percent of curing light incident upon the curing energy opaque features.
21. The patterned roll of claim 20, wherein the curing energy transparent cylinder comprises a quartz cylinder.
22. The patterned roll of claim 20, wherein the tie layer comprises a titanium tie layer.
23. The patterned roll of claim 20, wherein the plurality of curing energy opaque features comprises a plurality of chrome features.
24. The patterned roll of claim 20, wherein at least selected curing energy opaque features are surrounded by curing energy transparent substrate surface.
Filed: Jul 16, 2010
Patent Grant number: 8740599
Inventors: John S. Huizinga (Dellwood, MN), Vincent W.S. King (Woodbury, MN), John T. Strand (Stillwater, MN), James N. Dobbs (Woodbury, MN), Thomas B. Hunter (Mendota Heights, MN), Samual W. Hunter (Mendota Heights, MN), Thelma E. Hunter (Mendota Heights, MN), William V. Dower (Austin, TX), Daniel H. Carlson (Arden Hills, MN), Serge Wetzels (Maplewood, MN), Gregory F. King (Minneapolis, MN), Oiester Benson, JR. (Woodbury, MN), Brian W. Lueck (Houlton, WI), Haiyan Zhang (Woodbury, MN), Jeremy K. Larsen (New Richmond, WI), M.Benton Free (St. Paul, MN), David W. Kuhns (Minneapolis, MN)
Current U.S. Class: Nonuniform Or Patterned Coating (e.g., Mask, Printing, Textured, Etc.) (427/510); With Means To Deform Work (118/44); Radiant Drying Of Coated Work (118/642)
International Classification: B05D 3/00 (20060101); B05C 11/02 (20060101); | casting apparatus shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a partial illustration of a patterned roll in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIGS. 4-13 demonstrate an illustrative but non-limiting method of forming the patterned roll of FIG. 3 in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIGS. 14A-14E demonstrate an illustrative but non-limiting method of forming a patterned roll in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIGS. 15A-15D demonstrate an illustrative but non-limiting method of forming a patterned roll in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIGS. 17A-17C demonstrate an illustrative but non-limiting method of forming a patterned roll in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 22 is a perspective view of a microreplication assembly in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 23 is a perspective view of a portion of the microreplication assembly of FIG. 22;
FIG. 25 is a schematic illustration of a roll mounting arrangement in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 26 is a schematic illustration of a mounting arrangement for a pair of patterned roll in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 27 is a schematic illustration of a motor and roll arrangement in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 28 is a schematic illustration of structure for controlling the registration between rolls in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure;
FIG. 29 is a schematic illustration of a control algorithm for controlling registration in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure; and
FIG. 30 is a diagrammatic cross-sectional view of an article made in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure;
While the disclosure is amenable to various modifications and alternative forms, specifics thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and will be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the intention is not to limit the disclosure to the particular embodiments described. On the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the disclosure.
Generally, the present disclosure pertains to producing two-sided microreplicated structures having a first microreplicated pattern on a first surface of a web and a second microreplicated pattern on a second surface of the web. The system generally includes a first patterning assembly and a second patterning assembly. Each respective assembly creates a microreplicated pattern on either a first or second surface of the web. A first pattern can be created on the first surface of the web and a second pattern can be created on the second surface of the web.
In some instances, the apparatus and methods discussed herein result in a web having a microreplicated structure on each opposing surface of the web that can be manufactured by continuously forming microreplicated structures on opposite surfaces of the web while keeping the microreplicated structures registered generally to within 100 micrometers of each other. In some instances, the microreplicated structures may remain registered within 50 micrometers. In some cases, the microreplicated structures may remain registered within 20 micrometers. In some instances, the microreplicated structures may remain registered within | 684 |
Hailey Kirlin '19 and Shelby Cutter '19 set viewpoints on a GPS system.
While some spend their summers under air conditioners trying to beat the heat, Whitman College geology majors Hailey Kirlin '19 and Shelby Cutter '19 spent theirs braving triple digit temperatures trekking through the south fork of the Walla Walla River in fishing waders .
Over the years, human interference has changed the natural state of the river's water flow. The unnatural straightening of the river caused the channel bed to weaken, resulting in adverse effects for the salmon and steelhead that inhabit the river. The shallow pools of water create an unstable environment for salmon spawning.
"When salmon make their redds, you need to have fairly fine-sized material in the streams so that they can kind of use their bodies to push the gravel aside," said Assistant Professor Lyman Persico, who teaches geology and environmental studies..
This summer, Kirlin and Cutter were able to transfer the knowledge learned in their geomorphology class to a real-life scenario interning for the Walla Walla Basin Watershed Council, thanks to an internship grant from the Student Engagement Center. Working with the council, the two-person team used state-of-the-art GPS equipment provided by Whitman to survey the river and record their findings. The data they collected included taking pebble counts and stream discharge and velocity measurements.
"We collect points with our GPS that we have and we import them on to this computer and then it creates a map for us," Cutter said.
The interns also are creating<|fim_middle|> measuring the slope and stream discharge of the river," Kirlin said, "I really liked that field work aspect of geology."
The labs Kirlin and Cutter attended provided great preparation for the rising seniors as they began their field work for the watershed council.
"If I didn't do the fluvial lab, I would not be prepared," Cutter said. "I would not be prepared for the long hours, for all the equipment you have to carry while you're doing all of that."
Kirlin agreed. "I wasn't feeling swamped. When they used vocab, I knew what it meant."
While the internships end in the middle of August, Kirlin and Cutter said the experience was useful when thinking about career choices after Whitman.
"It's nice to know I can hold my own with people that have jobs in the real world," Kirlin said. "I'm making connections with those people and it's a nice feeling to have when you're going into senior year." | a training guide for future interns who embark on this work.
The genesis for the internship came from a field trip the students participated in while taking Persico's geomorphology class.
"We did this huge fluvial lab in geomorph where we're basically | 51 |
Why Peggy Hill Was the Worst Character on King of the Hill
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It definitely feels that this choice would bring up a few arguments that might actually get heated, but I'm going to stand by my pick for a few simple reasons. One is that it's very easy for a character in a sitcom, animated or not, to come off as bossy, pushy, and not at all sorry for the things they do or say, but Peggy Hill still takes the cake on The King of the Hill. She wasn't just a bossy woman, she was a narcissistic individual that thought and believed that she was greater than she was, no matter who disagreed. Her husband Hank would stand up for her, as he should have, but even he had to realize at times that Peggy wasn't such a great person no matter what her own self-confidence told her. While she was good at some things, she believed that she was good at everything and capable of doing anything. If it had been proven by the writers that she was in fact that good, it might be that she wouldn't have been picked for this designation, but all in all, she believed in herself but didn't want to see the reality.
Peggy wasn't a horrible person to be fair, since she cared for her family and those around her, but when it came<|fim_middle|> but the fact is that while there are other characters on this show that were ridiculous in their ways, Peggy was the worst since she willfully ignored her own faults. Dale was a moron that believed every conspiracy theory that came his way, Bill was an even bigger dolt but he was a loyal friend, most of the time anyway, and Boomhauer was, well, he was the cool guy of the group that was there but didn't involve himself in the nonsense that often.
As for Hank and Bobby, sigh, they were too dull and way too odd respectively to fall into the extreme of the best or worst character. Peggy was by far an extreme character since she took initiative and became the type of character that felt the need to hype everyone up whether they wanted it or not. If not for her inability to see her own faults she might have missed out on the worst character designation.
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The truth is, those that push forward and continue to think that they're doing awesome without taking any feedback from those around them are worse than villains that will own their actions and admit to them. It sounds like a ridiculous thing to say, doesn't it? A lot of people might say that a confident woman in a sitcom is better than five villains that own up to their evil any day, but the thing is, the villains know what they're doing and they're willing to stand up for what they're doing. Peggy would never stand up for her mistakes, she would sob and weep over them as though the world was picking on her for one reason or another. After that she would get up and stride forward again, either doing things the way she wanted or finding another way that might produce results but would still show that she wasn't willing to reflect on the idea that she wasn't such a magnificent person.
This kind of ego and confidence is enough to make a person roll their eyes and shake their head. Peggy had plenty of self-confidence, but she had very little reason to enjoy herself this much. She was a substitute teacher that lorded it over everyone that she was an educator, or tried to, and often tried to pass herself off as a big deal when a lot of people knew nothing about her. This is the type of person that, in real life, a lot of people might roll their eyes at as she tried to generate a buzz about her work when in truth she was important in her family but nowhere else. One could say that Peggy did her absolute best to be the kind of person she wanted to be, | 494 |
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Includes a tour guide, lunch and entry to the Albula Railway Museum.
Discover the history of the railway line.
This guided tour of the Rhaetian Railway UNESCO World Heritage Site is for anyone who would like to take a unique look behind the scenes of the railway accompanied by a true expert. Every Wednesday, track layer Reto takes you on a fantastic journey from Chur to St. Moritz. Your ticket includes a tour guide, lunch and entry to the Albula Railway Museum.
Unique insights behind the scenes.
Guided by track layer Reto.
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Rhaetian Railway UNESCO World Heritage Site. | How to get there: Travel to Chur and back from St. Moritz following the directions on the online timetable.
Every Wednesday from 19 June to 26 September 2019.
Meet in Chur at 9:50 a.m., platform 10 sector A. You will be greeted by track layer Reto. Departure at 9:58 a.m. Ends in St. Moritz at 3:15 p.m. Participants are required to make their return journey independently.
The guided journey through time into the UNESCO World Heritage Site is also highly recommended for children aged ten or over.
For price information and to book, please visit rhb.ch/zeitreise | 146 |
<|fim_middle|>headbangerslifestyle #awayoflife | Home Music Reviews RON KEEL BAND-South X South Dakota
RON KEEL BAND-South X South Dakota
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May 22, 2020 by Michel van de Moosdijk - More about our team
When I hear the name Ron Keel my thoughts go back to the American band Steeler where the singer worked together with a guitarist called Yngwie Malmsteen who at that time (around 1983) just moved to America and was advised by Mike Varney to join that band as a learning process. Varney himself released the album on his Shrapnel label. The partnership did not last long, as egos started to clash so Malmsteen moved on to Alcatrazz, the band of singer Graham Bonnet (Alcatrazz will release a new album at the end of July, by the way). After the demise of Steeler Ron Keel continued under the name Keel releasing several albums. One way or another I never managed to get into Keel as the singer was not that good in my opinion. Still, it must be said that Ron Keel has stamina as he is still there and has kept releasing albums throughout the years. Since a few years he has been working with the Ron Keel Band, releasing the album 'Fight Like A Band' in 2019. While recording and rehearsing for that album the group regularly played some southern and country rock covers and they were recorded just for fun. A bit later, listening back to those tapes the musicians realised that the results were far from bad so the idea to release a real southern and country rock record suddenly seemed to be far from stupid or foolish. Less than a year after their latest album the Ron Keel Band is back with a cover album paying tribute to the bands that are being considered as the most important groups of the genre: Blackfoot, The Rossington/Collins Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker Band, Outlaws, Molly Hatchet, 38 Special and of course The Allman Brothers Band. And to my surprise Ron Keel and his boys have done a very decent job. Not that Ron has the ultimate voice for southern rock and country but he pulls it off and his band really goes to town on tracks like ,,Train Train'', ,,Don't Misunderstand Me'', ,,Red, White & Blue'', ,,Ramblin' Man'', ,,Homesick'', ,,Rockin' Into The Night'', ,,Ghost Riders In The Sky'' and ,,Flirtin' With Disaster''. The band and their singer decided to stick as close as possible to the original versions recorded by those legendary groups all those years ago and hey, it has worked out just as the live recorded Creedence Clearwater Revival medley at the end of the record. The Ron Keel Band nowadays even look like a real southern rock band with the cowboy hats and clothing and on 'South X South Dakota' they have reproduced that good old sound in a very satisfactory manner as well! A pleasant surprise indeed and it may even inspire the band to work on a similar record with original songs perhaps.
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Heavy Metal Drummer Uses Online College Scholarship to Earn Finance Degree
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Alex Dontre
Alex Dontre loves his dual life: finance degree student by day, heavy metal drummer by night.
The 28-year-old musician never expected to go back to school. But online learning made it possible for him to pursue his career while going to school.
And with the help of a $1,000 online college scholarship from Get Educated, he's on his way to earning his first degree.
Drummer Was Focused on Music, Not School
Ten years ago, Alex was ready to escape his high school's negative environment. He was so eager to leave that he even went to summer school to earn enough credits for early graduation.
"I grew up in Phoenix and graduated from high school in 2002 as a junior," he says. "Honestly, I just hated high school."
His focus was—and still is—music. He began drumming at age 12 and quickly realized he wanted to pursue it as a career.
Alex answered a local newspaper ad for a heavy metal drummer and joined the band Psychostick "when I was 15—still had braces," he says.
The band, which still has three original members, plays comedy heavy metal—or "humorcore" as the band dubs it. The band infuses comedy into their lyrics and shows.
They released their first album in 2003 and have since toured extensively, in addition to releasing more albums.
"We've toured the country a couple times over," Alex says, adding they even went to Canada recently. "Once we started touring the states, we realized the country is smaller<|fim_middle|> don't want to stop my music because I enjoy it," he says. "Lately I've been thinking about different ways to implement my newfound knowledge."
Options include financial planning—perhaps geared to the music industry—or venture capitalism to "help the dreamers do what they do best."
"I want to better myself, better the financial situation for my band, my friends," he says.
But that doesn't mean sacrificing the industry and careers they love. Instead, Alex hopes to use talents in heavy metal drumming and finance to carve out a fulfilling life for himself, his fans and his friends.
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Although a majority of the band members are originally from Arizona, the band has since spread out and meet up for shows or recordings. Alex picked Columbus, Ohio as his homebase.
Broken Engagement Leads to Online Finance Degree
While Alex's music career continued to grow, his personal life stalled. He was engaged to his girlfriend of five years, but constant touring had taken a toll on their relationship.
"I was never home, always traveling," he says.
They called off the engagement in April 2011. Although the relationship ended amicably, Alex was still left unmoored by its ending.
"Following the breakup, I didn't know what I wanted. My whole life was on the table," he says.
He spent the next few months touring with the band and took advantage of the hours on the road to reevaluate his future.
"I realized I was doing exactly what I wanted to do," he says. "I was in the right spot, but I wanted more. I had this growing interest in education and the finance world. I thought, 'Screw it, I'm going to try to go to school.'"
Because he spends so much time traveling, he went with an online school. Columbus State Community College offered both in-state tuition rates and an excellent online program.
"By August 2011, I enrolled in Columbus State. It turned out that they had an excellent program [in finance]," he says.
He particularly likes that the degree is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).
Life on the Road as a Musician and Online Student
Earning a degree on the road offers its own challenges, particularly at exam time.
Columbus State requires all online students have their tests proctored to prevent cheating and promote educational integrity.
"When I start a semester, I get the list of all my tests and when they're due. I have to figure out what town I'm going to be in," he says.
Then he must find colleges or education centers that can proctor the test for him. So far, he's taken tests in Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Illinois, Montana, Texas and Wyoming.
Overall, he's found that distance learning suits him quite well.
"For me, it fits with my lifestyle extremely well," he says. "I really do enjoy doing it at your own pace. I'm a couple weeks ahead. On the road, we have eight- to 10-hour drives. What else can you do? Van sleep isn't real sleep."
Instead, he turns on his laptop and does homework.
"On the road, I get my noise-canceling earphones out and do my best to study while we're traveling," he says. "Verizon's mi-fi (mobile wireless router) in the car—that makes the whole thing possible."
This time around, he even likes school and is earning straight A's.
"I really enjoy learning and school," he says. "It's a whole different environment from high school."
Online College Scholarship Helps Pay for Finance Degree
Alex found the Get Educated scholarship through his membership in Phi Theta Kappa, Columbus State's business honorary.
Get Educated offers the $1,000 scholarship for distance learning assistance twice a year. The program is based on both merit and need. The competitive online university grants are based on grade point average, a written essay and demonstrated financial need.
"[Winning the Get Educated scholarship] helps me out enormously," he says. "My guitarist averaged it out—we probably make $3 an hour. It's not a lot. Touring is really the only way to make decent money unless you're selling several hundred thousand records."
He acknowledges that music is a tough business, but is worth it.
"I'd rather not make a ton of money and enjoy my life," he says.
But living on a musician's salary has spurred him to apply for grants and scholarships to avoid as much debt as possible.
"I've had to rely on student loans," he says. "I don't even know if I'd try for a bachelor's without getting scholarships. Scholarships are making it possible for me to go to school."
He plans on using the Get Educated online college scholarship to help pay for part of his online associate's in finance degree.
Future Plans Include a Career in Music and Finance
Once graduating in May 2014 with his associate's degree, Alex would like to go for his online bachelor's degree. He's particularly interested in Strayer University's program.
"They recently got accredited with business accreditation," he says. "I could major in finance, minor in economics."
After graduating, he hopes to combine music and finance for his career.
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Tampa Bay Lightning center Anthony Cirelli (71) celebrates after he scores a goal against the Chicago Blackhawks during the second period of an NHL hockey game on Sunday Oct. 21, 2018, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)
By Nick Kelly
Updated Oct. 22, 2018
CHICAGO — The Lightning always strives to put up a high volume of shots in every game.
But there is a high volume of shots, and then there's what the Lightning put together Sunday against the Blackhawks in the second period.
Lightning players peppered the Chicago net with 33 shots, an NHL record for one period since shots by period become an official statistic in 1997-98.
The Lightning also set a franchise record for shots in one game with 55.
"There are so many things you need," Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. "It's why it doesn't happen that often. Everything has to go your way. The puck has to bounce over somebody's stick, you have to be in the right spot. It's really hard to do."
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Difficult, but not impossible, as the Lightning showed against the Blackhawks. Here are some numbers to know that played a role in helping them reach that impressive feat and turn in a 12th victory over Chicago in the past 14 regular-season matchups:
6 points Brayden Point has this season and the number of consecutive games in which Yanni Gourde has scored a point. Gourde extended this streak to six games with his third power-play goal of the season. Point added two assists and a goal against the Blackhawks. Six is also the number of shots Tyler Johnson had, the second most from a Lightning player Sunday.
9 shots from Anthony Cirelli led the Lightning and played a significant role in helping the Lightning set records. Cirelli scored the first goal in the second period to give the Lightning the lead back.
+3 was how both Ondrej Palat and Nikita Kucherov finished. Kucherov extended his scoring streak to five games with a goal and an assist.
28 penalties killed to open the season before Chicago snapped the Lightning's impeccable streak. That streak almost came to an end when the Wild scored seconds after a power play ended Saturday. The Lightning still has the top penalty kill in the NHL at 96.5 percent. Goaltender Louis Domingue gave up a goal on the penalty kill late in the third period after snapping his stick out of frustration on the goal that made it 5-2.
"I've got to keep my composure for sure," Domingue said after the game.
Domingue stopped 33 of 36 shots faced, which included a windmill-type save on a point-blank shot from Chicago wing Patrick Kane in the first.
His teammates lauded Domingue for that save, but he wasn't about to pat himself on the back.
"You know what, from up there, the first period looked good on me, but I wasn't happy with the period," Domingue said. "I thought my feet were bad. That's really uncharacteristic for me to make saves like that. I'm a guy who keeps the game simple. That shows that my feet weren't good early on. That will happen when you don't play often.
"It looks pretty, but it's not a pretty save in a goalies book."
Nonetheless, Domingue got the job done, improving his record to 2-0-0 this season. He is 9-3-1 since the Lightning acquired him in a trade from Arizona last November.
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The Rand Flying Club and The Transvaal Aviation Club.
The South African Airways Museum Society has, in its archives, some valuable historical documents that yield many interesting snippets of information about aviation in South Africa during the 1930s and 40s. One such collection consists of what the Museum has christened "The Rand Airport Scrapbooks" They contain a wealth of information in the form of minutes of meetings of the Rand Airport Joint Committee as well as a stunning collection of newspaper clippings and photographs dating from 1931 to 1947.
"(8) That the Joint Committee approves the action of the Superintendent in interviewing the Johannesburg Aeronautical Association, Germiston & Benoni Light Plane Clubs, and the de Havilland Company as reviewed in his report on Airport Development.
(9) That the Joint Committee records its desire for a Flying Club to be established at the Rand Airport at the earliest opportunity.
(10) That the Joint Committee, recognising the value of such a Club to the development of the Rand Airport, is prepared to sympathetically consider any special conditions regarding rents, landing and housing fees, and any other matters which<|fim_middle|> Club was liquidated and the Transvaal Aviation Club was formed in 1961. This too was a very successful club and membership was limited to 1,000 members in the 1970's. The Transvaal Parachute Cub was a subcommittee of the club.
The runways of Rand Airport are clearly visible from the old TAC patios and garden and afford visitors a wonderful opportunity to view the activity of aircraft at Rand Airport. Entertainment for children consists of a jungle gym and sand pit, all contained within the spacious garden.
Added to this is the South African Airways Museum Society's majestic Boeing 747-244 ZS-SAN "Lebombo", part of the fleet of South African Airways from 1971 to 2003, parked next to the TAC building.
The South African Airways Museum Society Display Hall and Library are housed in the TAC building.
The SAAMS aircraft park is on the southern side of the TAC building. | the proposed Club may put forward in arriving at a basis for negotiation.
In January 1933 a handful of aviation enthusiasts, met at the Rand Airport, then a rather discouraging stretch of sun-backed land with one hangar on it. They all had an unshakeable belief in the future of flying. There was the Rand and there were people. It only wanted drive, and hard work. They took what was to be an important step in furthering aviation in South Africa. They decided with firm optimism, to form the Rand Flying Club.
Their assets, one de Havilland Gipsy Moth, ZS-ABE, known all over the reef as "Lady Betty", and one instructor who went with her. Their liabilities were those of the old Benoni Light Plane Club.
In March 1933 the Rand Flying Club came into existence. The Joint Committee of the Rand Airport had faith in the new club and with foresight set aside a special enclosure for club members.
The Chairman stated that the Rand Flying Club proposed to erect a rustic building in the special enclosure allotted to them by the Rand Airport Joint Committee. Members of the Club had promised to provide the material and do the work but they were short of certain deal timber that would be required in the construction of this building. The costs of this was £8. 12. 9d. They asked whether the Committee would be prepared to pay this item towards the total cost. The total estimated cost of the entire building was £45. 0. 0d. and the building would remain the property of the Rand Airport when the Rand Flying Club ceased to use it.
Clr. Palmer suggested charging a nominal rental for the ground.
(a) That the Rand Flying Club be informed that the Rand Airport Joint Committee would be prepared to contribute an amount of £8. 10. 0d. towards the cost of the proposed shelter on the completion of the building.
The members, much encouraged, turned out in the afternoons and on Sundays, and with their own hands built a homely shelter that served as a clubhouse.
The club grew remarkably and by the end of 1933 had over 100 members. Early in 1934 members subscribed towards an aircraft fund which bought another aircraft, ZS-ADE.
Owing to the rapid increase in membership, the rustic shelter soon became too small for the club and a brick and mortar clubhouse was built and officially opened on 24 May 1934. This building still stands but has been modified extensively.
Flying hours were on the increase with over 100 hours being knocked up month after month. Funds were improving and soon another aircraft, ZS-ADY, was bought. Flying again jumped forward, and with it membership. Two more aircraft were bought, ZS-ABS and ZS-ABI.
The building of two tennis courts, which were officially opened on Sunday 24 March 1935, extended social activities. The monthly dances grew steadily in popularity, as too did the annual ball. Other forms of social entertainment included Golf on the adjoining Germiston Golf Course, Boating on the nearby Victoria Lake and Rugby and Soccer on the fields of the airport. A Squash Court was built in 1939/40.
Membership rose steadily, with 430 members toward the end of 1935. The club completed negotiations for the establishment of a Benoni Branch, from whence the Club originated, operating from Benoni Aerodrome, to cater for the needs of members of the Far East Rand. The demand for flying grew steadily keener, and with the acquisition of more aircraft the club formed branches at Potchefstroom and Klerksdorp to provide for Western Transvaal members. The Rand Gliding Club was absorbed into the Rand Flying Club.
Additional machines, of varying types, both cabin and open were bought, so that flying at very low charges could be provided. The club's fleet of ten power 'planes and five gliders justified the Rand Flying Club in taking the unprecedented step of inaugurating its own workshops.
Progress was so rapid that the clubhouse, of revolutionary size when built, was now too small. The Joint Committee of the Rand Airport provided a new building for the Rand Flying Club in 1938. His Excellency Sir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, and Lady Duncan, performed their first gesture towards civil aviation by honouring the Rand Flying Club with a visit during which they performed the opening ceremony on Saturday 8 August 1938.
The club made provision for Preliminary Flying instruction, Cross-country Flying, Blind Flying, Night Flying and "A" and "B" licence flying.
During the Second World War the South African Air Force (SAAF) 5 Wing used the clubhouse as an Officers Mess and the whole area was a SAAF station including their barracks, what was known as the Government Village, and the present Wits Rifles building was the NCO's Mess and parade ground.
Imperial Airways and subsequently BOAC used it as a terminal building for transporting passengers to and from the Vaal Dam for their Shorts C Class flying boat schedules.
In 1960 due to lack of control the Rand Flying | 1,086 |
Murray Bookchin, né le et mort le , est un philosophe, militant et essayiste écologiste libertaire américain. Il est considéré aux États-Unis comme l'un des penseurs marquants de la Nouvelle gauche (New Left).
Il est le fondateur de l'écologie sociale, école de pensée qui propose une nouvelle vision politique et philosophique du rapport entre l'être humain et son environnement, ainsi qu'une nouvelle organisation sociale par la mise en œuvre du municipalisme libertaire.
L'influence de ses idées sur le dirigeant kurde Abdullah Öcalan a conduit à l'élaboration du confédéralisme démocratique, modèle adopté par le Parti des travailleurs du Kurdistan (PKK) à partir de 2005, puis par le Parti de l'union démocratique (PYD) en Sy<|fim_middle|> Parti des travailleurs du Kurdistan (PKK), détenu en Turquie sous le coup d'une peine d'emprisonnement à vie. Ajoutés à la lecture de son œuvre, ces échanges eurent une influence majeure sur le dirigeant kurde et sur la ligne de son parti, qui se référait initialement au marxisme-léninisme.
À partir de 2005, le PKK adopte le confédéralisme démocratique, un programme qui rejette le nationalisme et la prise de pouvoir en tant qu'objectif du parti. Ses grandes lignes sont définies par un modèle de démocratie assembléiste proche du municipalisme libertaire, une économie de type collectiviste, un système de fédéralisme intégral entre communes et une coopération paritaire et multiethnique dans des systèmes organisationnels et décisionnels autogérés.
En 2006, à la mort de Murray Bookchin, l'assemblée du PKK s'engage à fonder la première société basée sur le confédéralisme démocratique, nouveau modèle de socialisme démocratique inspiré des réflexions du théoricien de l'écologie sociale et du municipalisme libertaire.
Ce projet internationaliste, qui vise à rassembler les peuples du Proche-Orient dans une confédération de communes démocratique, multiculturelle et écologiste, est repris en Syrie par le Parti de l'union démocratique (PYD), proche du PKK. L'autonomie acquise par les Kurdes dans le nord de la Syrie en 2012 lui donne le cadre d'un début de concrétisation. Le , les cantons du Rojava, dans le Kurdistan syrien, se fédèrent en communes autonomes. Celles-ci adoptent un contrat social qui établit une démocratie directe et une gestion égalitaire des ressources, sur la base d'assemblées populaires.
Écrits
Écrits originaux en anglais
Our Synthetic Environment, 1962.
Crisis in our Cities, 1965.
Desire and Need, 1967.
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The Limits of the City, 1974 et 1985 .
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Toward an Ecological Society, 1980 .
The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy, 1982 et 2005 (présentation en ligne).
The Modern Crisis, 1986 .
The Rise of Urbanization and the Decline of Citizenship, 1987 et 1992 .
Remaking Society, 1990 et 1998 .
The Philosophy of Social Ecology: Essays on Dialectical Naturalism, Montréal, Black Rose Books, 1990 et 1995 .
To Remember Spain, 1994 (présentation en ligne).
Re-Enchanting Humanity, 1995 .
The Third Revolution. Popular Movements in the Revolutionary Era (4 volumes), Londres et New York, Continuum, 1996–2003 .
Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable Chasm, AK Press, 1995 .
Anarchism, Marxism and the Future of the Left. Interviews and Essays, 1993-1998, Édimbourg et San Francisco, AK Press, 1999 .
Social Ecology and Communalism (avec Eirik Eiglad), AK Press, 2007.
The Next Revolution: Popular Assemblies and the Promise of Direct Democracy, Verso, 2015 .
Écrits traduits en français
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Au-delà de la rareté - L'anarchisme dans une société d'abondance, textes pionniers 1965-70, présentation Vincent Gerber, Écosociété, 2016, 280 p. , texte intégral.
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Pouvoir de détruire, pouvoir de créer : Vers une écologie sociale et libertaire, (trad. Helen Arnold, Daniel Blanchard et Vincent Gerber), Paris, L'échappée, coll. "Versus", 2019, 204 p. .
Changer sa vie sans changer le monde, L'anarchisme contemporain entre émancipation individuelle et révolution sociale, (Trad. et postface de Xavier Crépin), Marseille, Éditions Agone, 2019, 160p.
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Notes et références
Annexes
Articles connexes
Écologie sociale
Municipalisme libertaire
Écologie libertaire
Janet Biehl
Bibliographie
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Janet Biehl, Écologie ou Catastrophe. La vie de Murray Bookchin, L'Amourier éditions, 2018, 624 p., , présentation éditeur.
Ernest London, Murray Bookchin, l'utopie anarchiste au prisme de l'écologie, Reporterre, , .
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Communiste libertaire américain
Socialiste libertaire
Historien de l'anarchisme
Écologiste libertaire
Écologiste américain
Naissance en janvier 1921
Naissance dans le Bronx
Décès en juillet 2006
Décès à Burlington (Vermont)
Décès à 85 ans
Municipalisme libertaire
Théoricien de l'anarchisme
Bioéthique | rie, où il connait un début de mise en œuvre dans les cantons du Rojava.
Biographie
Né en 1921 à New York, Murray Bookchin a grandi dans le Bronx, ainsi qu'il le décrit lui-même, comme un « bébé en couche-culotte rouge », imprégné de l'espérance soulevée par la révolution russe dans une population locale d'immigrés et d'ouvriers et, en même temps, des idéaux anarchisants de sa grand-mère maternelle, qui avait été membre des Socialistes révolutionnaires sous le régime tsariste. Quant à ses parents, Juifs russes comme la majeure partie du voisinage, ils avaient appartenu à un mouvement anarcho-syndicaliste avant de gagner les États-Unis lors de la répression de la révolution de 1905.
Comme le rappelle Peter Einarsson en introduction de son entretien avec l'écrivain : En réponse, Murray Bookchin précise :
Politiquement, les bolcheviks bénéficiaient aux yeux de sa famille du crédit d'avoir renversé le tsar. En 1930, à l'âge de , le jeune Murray entrait dans les mouvements de jeunesse communistes : il milita d'abord au sein des , puis de la Ligue des jeunes communistes (YCL), à partir de 1936. Dans la rue, où il vendait le quotidien du Parti, il apprit la prise de parole ; il participa aux grèves des loyers et à l'organisation des chômeurs, et finit par prendre en charge le programme de formation de son groupe.
En désaccord avec la ligne de « » adoptée en 1935 sous la direction de Staline, mais très engagé dans la mobilisation antifasciste autour de la guerre d'Espagne, il resta dans le mouvement jusqu'à son exclusion en , à la suite du pacte germano-soviétique, pour « déviationnisme trotsko-anarchiste ». Il se tourna alors vers le trotskisme, rejoignant le Parti socialiste des travailleurs, et à 18 ans trouva à s'embaucher comme ouvrier dans une fonderie où il resta quatre années, découvrant l'engagement syndical au sein du Congrès des organisations industrielles (CIO). Après avoir servi dans l'armée, il entra chez General Motors, à temps pour voir les négociations de 1948 mettre fin à la grande grève de l'automobile. Il commença alors à remettre en question la croyance au rôle « hégémonique » ou « d'avant-garde » de la classe ouvrière et à prendre ses distances avec les trotskistes, qui partageaient à ses yeux l'autoritarisme du bolchevisme.
Dans les années 1950, Murray Bookchin reprit des études et rompit avec le trotskisme pour s'orienter vers l'anarchisme. Dès 1952, il publiait un article (« The Problem of Chemicals in Food ») qui dénonçait les effets des pesticides, en établissant dès le départ entre système de production capitaliste et destruction écologique un lien qu'il s'est ensuite attaché à démontrer à travers toute son œuvre (de Our Synthetic Environment, en 1962, jusqu'à Social Ecology and Communalism, paru en 2007). Convaincu de la nécessité d'un travail de conscientisation, il s'est consacré de façon croissante à l'éducation populaire. Au cours des années 1960, tout en enseignant dans des universités « alternatives », il milita au Congress of Racial Equality, au sein du mouvement des droits civiques, puis cofonda la Fédération new-yorkaise des anarchistes. À la même époque, il posait les bases de ce qu'il a appelé l'écologie sociale (article « Ecology and Revolutionary Thought », 1964) et commençait à s'intéresser aux villes et à l'urbanisme (Crisis in our Cities, 1965). Alors plutôt technophile et optimiste sur la possibilité d'une utilisation émancipatrice de la technologie (« Towards a Liberatory Technology », 1965), il se plaçait dans la perspective de l'« après-rareté » (), s'attachant à dessiner les contours d'une « utopie réalisable ». En 1969, il fit paraitre un pamphlet, Listen, Marxist! (traduit sous le titre Écoute, camarade !), qui rejetait le communisme autoritaire et le marxisme lui-même.
À partir des années 1970, établi dans le Vermont, il continua d'enseigner tout en développant des projets personnels ; il participa à la création d'un café-restaurant autogéré, milita dans le mouvement antinucléaire et fonda l'Institut pour l'écologie sociale, qui devait devenir au cours de la décennie suivante un haut lieu de l'écologie radicale. Après avoir mis en garde dans plusieurs essais contre les progrès d'un environnementalisme réformiste et étatiste au sein du mouvement écologiste, il approfondit au cours des années 1980 sa réflexion sur l'écologie et les hiérarchies sociales (The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchy, 1985). Se plaçant dans l'optique d'une révolution structurelle, inscrite dans le temps long, et d'une action politique centrée sur la ville, renouant notamment avec l'inspiration de la Commune de Paris, il élabora un modèle, le municipalisme libertaire, où des communes libres, se gouvernant selon les principes de la démocratie directe, s'associent dans une confédération communale, destinée à terme à se substituer aux États-nations (The Rise of Urbanization and the Decline of Citizenship, 1986).
Alors que la seconde moitié des années 1980 le vit mettre en question les positions défendues par l'écologie profonde, dont il jugeait les implications politiques réactionnaires, les années 1990 et 2000 furent celles d'une prise de distance progressive à l'égard des anarchistes, parmi lesquels son adhésion affirmée à des principes comme le vote majoritaire ou la participation aux élections locales suscitait des controverses croissantes. Après avoir critiqué l'anarchisme « style de vie » (Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism: An Unbridgeable Chasm, 1995), il rompit formellement avec l'anarchisme dans son ensemble, s'affirmant simplement communaliste (« The Communalist Project », 2002).
Murray Bookchin est mort le , à son domicile de Burlington, d'une défaillance cardiaque.
Positions
Écologie sociale
Murray Bookchin s'oppose à la vision productiviste d'une intelligence humaine séparée d'une nature qu'elle ne vise qu'à transformer en ressources, conception propre à un humanisme progressiste dans lequel le capitalisme et le capitalisme d'État se rejoignent. Mais il rejette aussi celle, caractéristique de l'écologie profonde, de la résorption dans la nature d'une humanité réduite au statut d'espèce animale parasite, notamment parce que cette perspective ne tient aucun compte de la polarisation interne aux sociétés humaines. Il récuse tout autant celle de l'environnementalisme, qui partage avec les précédentes une approche globalisante, tendant en l'occurrence à faire porter à chaque individu la culpabilité de la crise écologique.
Dans sa vision d'une écologie sociale, même si les facteurs démographiques ou proprement environnementaux entrent en ligne de compte, la clé de la domination et de l'exploitation de la nature se trouve dans les rapports de domination et d'exploitation qui s'exercent à l'intérieur de la société humaine. La cause première de la crise écologique n'est rien d'autre que la logique du « toujours plus », qui est celle du capitalisme.
Selon Murray Bookchin, la séparation de l'esprit humain d'avec la nature est un processus parallèle à la constitution des sociétés hiérarchisées, et ces deux dimensions de nos modes de socialisation imprègnent profondément les mentalités. Pour s'en dégager, il faut étudier les communautés « organiques » et concevoir de nouveaux modes de socialisation inspirés des pratiques anciennes d'entraide, en vue de réconcilier l'humanité avec la nature et de la réinscrire dans le processus naturel de l'évolution. Est en effet postulée une nature humaine : l'homme est la nature prenant conscience d'elle-même ; l'humanité représente l'émergence dans l'évolution, à un niveau jamais atteint auparavant, de la rationalité, de la réflexivité et de l'aide mutuelle.
Ce postulat, irrecevable pour une pensée déconstructionniste, s'inscrit dans une conception d'ensemble qui voit dans la nature elle-même une dynamique tendant vers la liberté par la coopération. En s'appuyant sur une relecture des apports de la biologie qui souligne les phénomènes d'association, d'entraide et de symbiose, et non exclusivement de concurrence et de sélection, elle permet de replacer dans la continuité d'une nature non hiérarchique la perspective d'une société non hiérarchisée, elle-même posée comme le cadre le mieux adapté au développement d'une personnalité singulière dans un tissu communautaire.
Municipalisme libertaire
Le projet d'organisation sociale conçu par Murray Bookchin est un confédéralisme démocratique à base de municipalisme libertaire, où le passage aux niveaux plus larges se fait sous mandat impératif. La taille des villes devient un paramètre crucial dans un modèle où les communes sont appelées à gérer en leur sein le rapport entre ville et campagne et l'usage approprié des technologies.
Opposition à l'individualisme
Dans Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism, Murray Bookchin analyse l'anarchisme individualiste dans son incarnation la plus moderne, le « lifestyle anarchism » (« anarchisme comme mode de vie »), apparu au cours des années 1980 et 1990, période de reflux des mouvements révolutionnaires, aux États-Unis comme ailleurs. Il analyse notamment les travaux de L. Susan Brown.
Dans la revue canadienne Relations, Claude Rioux explique ainsi les craintes de Bookchin :
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Influence
Rapidement connu pour la facilité avec laquelle il adressait des critiques dévastatrices au marxisme en utilisant le langage marxiste lui-même, Murray Bookchin est resté un anticapitaliste radical et un défenseur de la décentralisation de la société. Son idée d'une écologie sociale a exercé une influence notable sur le mouvement des « Verts », tant dans le domaine de l'écologie politique que dans celui de la décroissance.
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We have a friend who tells a story about one of his American Film Institute professors. This professor — as imitated in his Old World accent — declared that in order for a person to be considered a great director, he or she must have made three great films.
I think this one is going to fall just slightly short.
That's great films, not solidly good films such as Thelma and Louise. Great films, as opposed to films that aren't much good but about which people speak highly regardless — i.e. Black Hawk Down or (shudder) Gladiator. And most definitively great films, not films you care for personally despite their objective lack of greatness (I'm talking to you, Legend).
By this strict metric, then, Billy Wilder is a great director (Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment, Double Indemnity, etc.) and Martin Scorsese is a great director (Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull) but many other lauded captains of cinema fall short. Most of them, in fact, and many by a margin of three films.
Consider: Any gifted filmmaker might perchance exhaust themselves creating one stunning piece of cinema (Richard Kelly; Charles Laughton; Michael Lehmann). Considerably fewer might earn two notches on their bedpost (Shane Carruth and Ben Wheatley seem on track as we speak) — but unless you've successfully hit your trifecta, please remain in your seat.
The point?
Up until this week's release of The Martian, one would have been incorrect to call Sir Ridley Scott a great director.
Springing from a career in advertising, Scott made his first feature, The Duelists, with Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel back in 1977. The Duelists is an interesting film, but not, in a word, great. His next two pictures, on the other hand, are truly great films.
I speak of Alien and Blade Runner.
And if our paraphrased professor above was a little less demanding — requiring only two great films instead of three — those'd be enough to inscribe Ridley's name in the book of the exalted. Alas, the number is three and three is the number.
So, with some wee vestige of hope, I journeyed to the cinema to watch The Martian, Ridley Scott's best reviewed film in many years.
Is The Martian great? Does its transcendent greatness finally and firmly elevate Ridley Scott to the pantheon of directors?
Without Scott's filmography in front of you, this discussion may make you feel testy. Hasn't he made three great films?
Well, no. He hasn't.
Mess with the bull, get — mostly — a bunch of bull.
Outside of those listed above, Ridley Scott made: Someone to Watch Over Me, Black Rain, 1492: Conquest of Paradise, White Squall, Hannibal, Matchstick Men, Kingdom of Heaven, A Good Year, American Gangster, Body of Lies, Robin Hood, Prometheus, The Counselor, and last and potentially least Exodus: Gods and Kings.
If I'm going to be generous, I would have to say that none of those films are any good. Not good films — at least the ones I've seen, and can you blame me for not seeing them all given the company they keep?
But The Martian! Matt Damon! Lost in space!
It is, on its face and upon consideration, not great so much as it is not remotely as terrible as one might expect. And while<|fim_middle|> The Martian has a really bad day, for 500 and some days in a row. Then, he goes home.
The Martian: a grand space adventure mostly about counting potatoes.
He does not go home changed from how he began the film. I would guess that the same statement holds true for the majority of those in the film's audience. Perhaps some viewers will gain some appreciation for the methodical power of science as portrayed in The Martian, but it's just as likely that they will gain an appreciation for pterodactyls from Jurassic World.
Ridley Scott is not a great director. The Martian is not a great film. It's just good fun. It's nice that the film's hero is a scientist who succeeds through rigor, but it remains true: nothing ever happens on Mars. Even if you're Matt Damon.
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2 responses on "Can The Martian Rescue Ridley Scott?"
dave_sloan (@dave_sloan) October 13, 2015 at 4:05 pm · · Reply →
Good point about Watley not having any character flaws. That is weak on the writer / director's part. A better movie would have been hey, Watley is a regular human with flaws, should we spend $10B to save him or just cut bait?
xzackly October 13, 2015 at 4:23 pm · · Reply →
I think it's interesting that Watley never says, "Don't rescue me."
No one really questions it. So it's a procedural, with no exploration of the human questions involved. Can we rescue him? Yes. Should we rescue him? Probably not. Forget the money involved. Forget the minimal return on that investment (one Matt Damon). This film spends years of the world's space exploration resources and brain power on saving one middle-aged botanist.
I say we leave him there and make his travails into a reality TV show that funds future Mars missions…. | it may be a tautology to say so, it's not great because Ridley Scott isn't a great director — and also because Drew Goddard, the screenwriter, hasn't done much here but color within the very wide, very thick lines.
I am going to have to sports-ball the shit out of this.
The Martian is a more engaging version of Castaway, with a planet-sized volleyball and an actual second act. It is a less schmaltzy Apollo 13, only fictional and without character development. It is Gravity, but instead of constant thrills we get juddering spurts of success and failure intercut with some gentle, but well-played comedy.
I would be lying if I said I didn't enjoy much of The Martian. Matt Damon imbues his vaguely written role with more personality than his lines brought to the party. I would also be lying if I said I didn't weep when Watney got rescued, as inevitable as that rescue has to be. And then, I would also be lying if I didn't mention how often I shrugged and played along, when the film failed to color much of anything with meaning.
Please. No more disco.
Watney's true catastrophes in The Martian are the result of luck and, being so, they teach us nothing of the man. Bad luck there, pal. Better do some science and survive. He, as a character, lacks any flaw. He is not stranded or threatened by his ego, or his lust for pumpkins, or his fussiness. He does not express his inner depth by going mad, living as the only human on the angry red planet. He does not — ever — write long, meandering missives to anyone expressing anything more than resigned humor in the face of cosmic catastrophe. Mark Watney just incrementally, slowly, solves problems by translating intelligence into pedestrian action.
In that way, The Martian is like watching someone try to level up in World of Warcraft, just with fewer orcs. Yes, there is drama. There are moments of humor and fear and adventure, but Mark's journey is completely external. | 433 |
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Every year, the University of Bremen and the "unifreunde" friends of the University of Bremen and Jacobs University award the Berninghausen Prize. The prize, which was established by the family Berninghausen in 1991, honors special achievements in university teaching. Endowed with 6,000 euro, the prize can be awarded in several categories.
All members of the University can nominate members of the teaching faculty for the prize; whereby in the category Student Prize, only the students are allowed to do so. A committee appointed by the Academic Senate prepares the categories and selection criteria under the chairmanship of the Vice President Academics. After careful consideration of the proposals received, the Commission selects the winners and makes its recommendations to the Academic Senate. Since 2012, the award ceremony has been held as part of an annual "Teaching Day".
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Sky Sports pundit Chris Kamara has criticised Emre Can for his performance in Liverpool's disappointing 1-1 draw with Burnley on Saturday.
Since beginning<|fim_middle|> coming in on his own.
"Emre Can knows now while he's on the D that he should have gone with him.
Liverpool face a swift return to action in the form of a League Cup match against Leicester City on Tuesday, before encountering the same side in the Premier League just a few days later. | the new campaign brightly, Liverpool's form seems to have tailed off of late. After going down to ten men early on, Liverpool fell to a resounding 5-0 defeat to Manchester City, before dropping two points on their return to the Champions League.
Most recently, Burnley, a club that finished just six points off the drop zone last term, held Liverpool to their second successive draw.
However, Kamara has singled out one man for his role in the lead-up to Burnley's opener - Emre Can.
"I noticed a change in style (from Burnley), obviously there's going to be backs to the wall games but certainly this time around, when there was an opportunity to attack and put people in forward positions, then they are doing it," Kamara said per the Express.
"We looked at the goal yesterday, the Scott Arfield goal, look at this, three strikers you'd have to say against the back four.
"The player who we've circled there is the goalscorer Scott Arfield and his marker, Emre Can.
"If this ball goes out to the right hand side, you watch Emre Can who's with him now, then he goes with him.
"But it doesn't, it goes to the opposite side. So all of a sudden, Emre Can, as the marker, ball watches.
"Scott Arfield is in the position behind him, they win the header there, they might get a little bit of luck for the ball to get through that gap, but look at Arfield now, | 314 |
Thanks to a $2,000 grant, the Waterloo High School SAFE Club will be able to<|fim_middle|> the new law, using a cell phone while driving in Illinois can mean fines starting at $75.
For the remainder of the school year, the club plans to be involved with Respect Week, raise money for the women's shelter and participate in Yellow Ribbon Week as well. | spread awareness about safe driving habits and other healthy life practices in a whole new way.
The grant, awarded by the Illinois Department of Transportation, enables the club to do more promotional activities and educate others about the dangers of practices such as texting and driving.
Club adviser Brianne Renz said the grant is supported by IDOT, Allstate and Ford, and this is the first year they have pursued the grant.
SAFE, which stands for "Safe Actions For Everyone," currently has seven members, all senior girls.
The club was formerly known as Lifesavers, but they disbanded from the national group for various reasons and have been known as SAFE Club for three years.
At the beginning and end of the program, members are required to do a seat belt check at the high school to see what percentage of students are using seat belts properly.
To conduct the checks, club members stand outside with clipboards and monitor cars that go by to see if drivers and passengers are using their seatbelts. They then count up the tallies and get a percentage.
Though the club cannot reveal when the second check will occur, Renz said it will be sometime at the end of February.
Going through the process of being awarded a grant takes up a lot of time and paperwork, and Renz said it's not something she's seen the club do in her three years as an adviser.
However, one of the group's members, Kady Cecena, lost her sister in a 2012 car crash and really wanted to push for the grant this year to spread awareness.
"We applied and got the money, but since it's December through February, we've had to do a lot of planning for the money," Renz said.
As one of the group's activities, they will have a flag-raising ceremony the morning of Feb. 5, outside the cafeteria. As part of one of the grant requirements, the flag will have the Allstate hashtag of "#GetThereSafe" on it. The club has invited representatives from Allstate, and they will have donuts for students as well.
They also plan to spread awareness on the new law that was passed in Illinois prohibiting drivers from using hand-held phones while driving. Under | 448 |
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Surveying Le Sueur County's Past
Professor Ron Schirmer leading study to document county's history.
Dan Linehan, Mankato Free Press, 10-13-2013
Our knowledge of pre-European settlements in Le Sueur County is just not good.
"There is virtually nothing known about the county," said Ronald Schirmer, an associate professor of anthropology at Minnesota State University. "It's awful."
Unlike their counterparts in the metro area and northern Minnestoa, many south-central counties are likewise undocumented.
Schirmer is leading a study to help change that. The Le Sueur County survey began last month and is funded by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, which receives 19.75 percent of the sales tax revenue from the Legacy amendment.
Schirmer and his student assistants were in Le Center on Saturday at an event hosted by the Le Sueur County Historical Society. Visitors crowded around tables in a sort of "Antiques Roadshow" for Native American artifacts.
Donna Schumacher brought two stone cutting tools that Schirmer said were between 3,000 and 8,000 years old. She had found them at her parents' farm about 35 years ago and had wondered about them.
The 94 documented archaeological sites in the county barely begin to describe the people who lived here before Europeans came, Schirmer said.
And most of those sites don't give us good information, he said, because only 30 of them have more information about when the artifacts were created. Only one of the sites has an artifact, in this case a projectile point fragment, from before about 7,500 B.C. It is believed that Native Americans settled here about 12,000 years ago, Schirmer said.
The study set a goal of 20 new sites, but about a month in they've already found 30.
For a long time, archaeology has been confined to something of an ivory tower, Schirmer said. His predecessors didn't do much talking with area historical societies or amateur collectors.
"I'm trying to undo that," he said. Part of that effort involves talking to land owners and private collectors — "informants," in academic language. Though he didn't say it, part of that work also involves treating amateurs' contributions with respect, which appeared to be a skill of Schirmer's.
"It's a wonderfully important little piece," he told someone while inspecting their artifact. "I would love to see where this is from."
Landowners don't have to worry about losing their property rights if Schirmer's team comes across an artifact, he said.
There's one exception, for burial mounds, but if the land is already cultivated<|fim_middle|> any case.
The state doesn't divulge the location of archaeological sites, so landowners don't have to worry about curious visitors if something is found on their land.
Collectors, likewise, are at little risk as long as they are looking in private land with the permission of the landowner. It is illegal to collect on public land without a permit.
Schirmer said the study will attempt to cover as much of Le Sueur County as it can, but they're still looking for residents who know good places to look. (He can be reached at ronald. schirmer@mnsu.edu.) Art and Barb Straub of rural Le Sueur are two of those amateurs. Art said he and his wife are "river rats" who love to spend time along the Minnesota. The land has been in their family since 1857, and they brought a handful of artifacts for Schirmer to inspect.
One, a pottery shard, is from around 1150, Schirmer said. The Native Americans who made this pot flecked it with glittery pieces of granite to make it stronger.
They also brought a bone tool that Schirmer called a "flesher." It's used to remove fat from animal skins. Though it seems counterintuitive that a bone would persist outdoors for very long, Schirmer said he's discovered bone tools thousands of years old.
The study is slated to be finished next June, and Schirmer said it will include a report — understandable by the layman — of what they found.
He praised the Legacy amendment for an infusion of money into what had been a languishing area of study.
"It's literally a renaissance for Minnesota archaeology," he said.
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Rarely would one think beyond manufacturing facilities or factory floors when asked of the iPhone's origins. According to an interesting report (9/26/2012) from Jay Greene of CNET, though, the humble beginnings of Apple's popular smartphone—as well as those for many other popular technological devices—extend as far as back to nature, from the mountainous regions in California to the massive mineral fields that are scattered around Baotou, China.
As various stories associated with the mining regions would reveal, extracting the specific "rare-earths" needed for popular electronic products is not as simple—nor as safe—as it appears: various ores, when processed, leave hazardous, cancer-inducing materials like thorium, whereas the continuous use of mineral-extraction procedures are prone to give rise to a slew of long term environmental burdens. Yet, without undertaking the necessary steps and risks to obtain key mineral ingredients, the iPhone as we know it would not be possible. To illustrate, the mineral, neodymium, is commonly used in the iPhone's circulatory board and is needed to create special magnets that allow the handset's speakers to vibrate. Cerium, praseodymium, and europium, on the other hand, are critical rare-earth elements that are applied differently to ensure the iPhone maintains its<|fim_middle|> parties can gain access to them, will become a major issue of contention in the future. Molycorp is currently among the organizations finding ways to process the elements without becoming a burden to the environment. | bright, polished look.
In order to allow for a better, more comprehensive understanding on what goes where in the iPhone's "mineral" makeup, here is the useful infographic that was originally posted on CNET.
At the moment, China is responsible for supplying approximately 90% of the world's rare earth minerals. Unfortunately, the country's mining industry also happens to be one of the world's worst environmental offenders. As stated by Om Malik of Gigaom, the proper use and disposal of earth materials, along with the extent to which certain | 111 |
Alan Parson's Project (Group)
The Turn Of A Friendly Card
Компания звукозаписи : Arista
Музыкальный стиль : Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Album Rock
Код CD : ARCD 8226
CD, стоящие на полке рядом : Rock (Album Rock)
With two of the Alan Parsons Project's best songs, the lovely ballad "Time" and the wavy-sounding "Games People Play," The Turn of a Friendly Card remains one of this group's most enjoyable albums. Parsons' idea, the subject of the album's six tracks, centers around the age-old temptation of gambling and its stranglehold on the human psyche. On "Games People Play," vocalist Lenny Zakatek sounds compelling and focused, giving the song a seriousness that aids in realization of the album's concept. With "Time," it is Eric Woolfson who carries this luxurious-sounding ode to life's passing to a place above and beyond any of this band's other slower material. The breakdown of human willpower and our greedy tendencies are highlighted in the last track, entitled "The Turn of a Friendly Card," which is broken into five separate parts. "Snake Eyes," sung by Chris Rainbow, is the most compelling of the five pieces, and ties together the whole<|fim_middle|>ocals)
Eric Woolfson (Composer, Keyboards, Vocals)
Ian Bairnson (Acoustic Guitar, Guitar, Electric Guitar)
Lenny Zakatek (Vocals, Background Vocals)
Stuart Elliott (Percussion, Drums)
1 May Be A Price To Pay T 0:04:59 Parsons, Alan Project
2 Games People Play T 0:04:22 -"-
3 Time T 0:05:05 -"-
4 I Don't Wanna Go Home T 0:05:05 -"-
5 The Gold Bug 0:04:33 -"-
6 The Turn Of A Friendly Card: Part One T 0:02:45 -"-
7 The Turn Of A Friendly Card: Snake Eyes T 0:03:15 -"-
8 The Turn Of A Friendly Card: The Ace Of... 0:02:59 -"-
9 The Turn Of A Friendly Card: Nothing Left... T 0:04:08 -"-
10 The Turn Of A Friendly Card: The Turn Of A T 0:03:22 -"- | of the recording. As in every Parsons album, an instrumental is included, in this case an interesting number aptly titled "The Gold Bug." Like most of the band's instrumentals, its flow and rhythm simulate the overall tempo and concept of the album, acting as a welcome interlude. Although short, The Turn of a Friendly Card is to the point and doesn't let down when it comes to carrying out its idea.
- Mike DeGagne (All Music Guide)
Alan Parsons (Keyboards, Vocals, Background Vocals)
Chris Rainbow (Vocals, Background Vocals)
David Paton (Bass, Guitar, Vocals)
Elmer Gantry (V | 138 |
[Matt's Messages] "How Much More"
11/30/2014 04:44:00 PM Matt's Messages, Romans 0 comments
"How Much More"
November 30, 2014 :: Romans 5:12-21
Last week, we studied the first half of Romans 5 and learned about the incredible blessings of justification: peace, grace, hope, love, salvation, God Himself. All of those little words that carry so much meaning. And they come to us through justification, being declared righteous because of what Jesus did for us on the Cross.
And it just kept getting better and better, didn't it?
Well, in the second half of chapter 5, the apostle Paul tells the story of how it could be so good. How the gospel could be such astonishingly good news for you and me.
Just like last week, he begins with "therefore" which means that he is explaining something.
And I think the thing Paul is trying to explain to us is how that HOPE that we talked about last week could be ours forever even though the story of the world had been so bad for so long.
Paul reaches way back and tells the story of the world one more time. This time, not through the Patriarch Father Abraham, but even further back to the father of the whole human race, the man we know as Adam.
All Roads Lead to Romans. Including the Adam road. From Genesis 3 to Romans 5.
Paul here compares and contrasts what Adam did with what Jesus did.
You know what Adam did, right?
And you know what Jesus did, right?
How do the two compare?
How are they alike?
And how are they different?
Are they equal?
Or is one of them much greater?
Now, last week, I said that verses 1 through 12 were really easy to understand. They were amazingly full of incredible, glorious truth, but all I had to do was read it to you and you could follow it.
Verses 12 through 21 aren't really like that. They are much more confusing. Paul's argument is much harder to follow. But we will do our best!
It's still full of logic. Paul loves logic. Logic is what makes sense of the world to Paul, and it's how he communicates. But like we said last week, it's not cold logic. It's logic on fire.
And in today's passage, Paul's favorite logic words are "How Much More."
One thing may be true, Paul says, but how much more is this other thing true and wonderful. "How much more."
And the two things being contrasted through most of this section are the things related to Adam and (how much more) the things related to Christ.
Here's the point. People have been messed up for a very very long time, ever since the very beginning. And it came through Adam.
All of the blessings we learned about last week? All of the HOPE that Paul talked about had been dashed with Adam.
But Jesus has come along and not only reversed what Adam did but He's accomplished how much more! So much more.
That's the logic we're going to see as we study it together this morning and apply it to our lives.
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned--for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law. Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come. But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! Again, the gift of God is not like the result of the one man's sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ. Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men. For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous. The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (NIV 1984)
Did you hear how complex Paul's train of thought is?
Did you hear all of "how much more" in there?
The basic idea is very clear. You could make a chart of this passage like this.
Adam and Christ.
And under Adam, you can list all of the things that came from him and his sin in failing to lead Eve and choosing to disobey God in Genesis chapter 3.
And under Christ, you could list all of the things that came from Him and His act of righteousness in living a perfect life and then sacrificing Himself for us on the Cross.
And this column would be bad and this column would be good.
Everything bad flows out of this column.
And everything good flows out this one.
This is the story of humanity.
Have you ever had someone say, "What happened to you?"
Well, this is the story of what happened to you. Long before you ever were.
And what will happen to you long after eternity comes.
It's the story of two very influential men.
But Paul wants to say more than that. He wants to say that what happens in this column is much greater than what happens in this one.
Now, part of what makes this passage so difficult to follow is that Paul begins a thought in verse 12 and then goes somewhere else for five long verses. V.1
"Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned–"
What? You'd expect him to say, "so also," right? Just as, so also. That's the logic. But Paul gets sidetracked by some thoughts he thinks need brought in before he can finish that thought.
The completion of that thought comes in verses 18 and 19. But he's got a few things to say first.
So, let's try to follow him. V.1 again.
What column does that go in?
The Adam column, right?
What should we put in that column? Sin entered the world through Adam. Hello, sin.
And what came in with sin? Death. Both spiritual and physical death.
And not only death to Adam but to everybody.
Death spread to all people because (somehow) "all sinned."
All of humanity sinned in Adam.
We're not sure exactly how that works.
Perhaps, we were all spiritually present in Adam when he sinned.
Or, more likely, Adam was representing us as the head of the human race when he sinned. And he did the sinning for us.
Either way or some other, we are all sinners now that Adam has sinned.
We all have sinful spiritual DNA inherited from our first father Adam.
As Ephesians says, we are all dead in our trespasses and sins.
We sin by nature and by choice and the consequence is death and more death. Spiritual and physical.
And what column does all that go into?
The Adam column.
That's a pretty heavy column. Sin and death, death to everyone, sin by everyone.
It feels heavy already.
But Paul doesn't finish the "so also." He thinks that someone might have a question about whether or not there could be sin if there is no law. V.13
"...for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law."
I think what he means is that there might be some people who say, well, not everybody sinned. Because between Adam and Moses, there was no Torah, no law that sharply defined what was sin and what was not, so you can't really say that everybody sinned until there was a law.
But Paul won't have it. V.14
"Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come."
He's saying, it was still sin and we know that because of the death. Death reigned from Adam to Moses and that shows that everybody between those two was a sinner even if they were not transgressors like Adam. Even though they did not have the law.
So, everyone is a sinner. Right?
Paul says, "Everybody died, right?" Death reigned.
What column? Adam column.
But v.14 tells us that Adam was a "pattern" of the one to come.
There was Someone to come whom Adam was a pattern of.
And He gets a column all to Himself. Jesus Christ.
Adam was made to point to and to compare to Christ. V.15
"But the gift is not like the trespass."
Here's where it starts to get good.
You are supposed to compare these columns, but they don't really compare!
"But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!"
Here's our first "how much more."
#1. SUPER-OVERFLOWING GRACE.
Now, I know that sounds a little corny, but I've got to do something to help us hear how much more is going on here.
What does verse 15 say goes in Adam's column?
Death, right? "For if the many died by the trespass of the one man..."
That's a lot.
But the Jesus column is greater. V.15 again.
"...how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!"
Do you hear all of the grace words?
"God's grace." "Gift." "Came by the grace." "Overflow."
God's grace in Jesus is overflowing. The Greek word is "eperisseusen." It's directly connected to that word that caused me to pour a few jugs of water all over the floor up here a few years ago.
Adam may have earned death for us, but Jesus GIVES AWAY His grace. Super-overflowing grace. How much more!
#2. SUPER-EFFECTIVE JUSTIFICATION. V.16
"Again, the gift of God is not like the result of the one man's sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification."
What does Paul say goes in Adam's column?
One sin and condemnation.
What does Paul say goes in Christ's column?
Many sins fully paid for by the death of Christ and (our Romans word) "justification!" v.16 again.
Do you follow this?
We think it's something that Adam sinned and then we all fell down.
We are all condemned because of Adam's sin.
But this is saying, that's something but it's really nothing.
Think about all of the sins that have been committed.
And think about how Jesus' death was sufficient to pay for them all!
Now, think about all of your sins. Past, present, and future.
And think about how Jesus' death was sufficient to pay for them all.
So that you are justified.
You are declared righteous.
Just by believing! Just by faith alone in Jesus alone!
That's what we've been learning about in Romans.
Justification by faith.
Super-effective justification.
How much more effective is the gift of Jesus than the sin of Adam!
Do you see how taken Paul is with what Jesus has accomplished? V.17
"For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ."
There he goes again.
What goes in the Adam column? Death reigning.
I don't know about you, but that sounds big.
The reign of death. The rule of death. The dominion of death.
All out of the one man Adam and his one big sin.
Death reigned.
But that's nothing compared to this! "...how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ."
#3. SUPER-LIVING REIGN.
I know that sounds kind of comic-book-ish, but forgive me, I can't find words amazing enough to get it across.
Notice that in the Christ column, it's not that life reigns, though he could have said that, but that Paul says that WE will reign!
"[T]hose who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness" will reign in life!
That's us, friends!
We will reign in life! When Christ returns, we will reign forever! We will live forever and share in Christ's reign!
Everything that Adam was supposed to be and do as the ruler of the Earth but lost for himself and for humanity will be restored to us in the End.
Death will not reign. We will.
Not on our own, but "through the one man, Jesus Christ."
How much more!
I've said it before and many times this year, I'm so tired of death.
We live under the specter of death. Death reigns right now.
Today is my friend Danny Mendez's birthday. And it's his first birthday since his wife died a few weeks ago.
I hate that!
I did 9 funerals in the last year. Many of you sat down to Thanksgiving dinners for the first time without a loved one who died.
Death reigns.
And the world we live in is profoundly broken.
Ferguson.
Whatever you think happened there between Wilson and Brown, you know that it's not the way things ought to be.
The world is under the rule of death.
But life has broken through!
"How much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness (there's our word again) [will] reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ."
Notice that you have to receive it.
You have to receive God's abundant provision of grace.
To be included in Adam, you only had to be born.
But to be included in Christ, you must believe.
And if you believe, you receive the gift of righteousness, justification by faith.
And then you will reign and rule in life. A bit now and fully to come.
Now in verse 18, Paul gets back to finishing the thought that he started in verse 12.
It's what he's been saying all along, but now he says it right out. V.18
"Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men."
The Adam column has one big sin whose result was condemnation for all men in Adam.
And the Christ column is one act of righteousness (the Cross) whose result was justification that brings life to all men in Christ.
And he puts it in other words in verse 19.
"For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous."
This is the story of you.
It's what happened to you.
You were in Adam and you were getting all that Adam's column offers, but if you received Jesus' and His gift, then you get all of what His column offers, as well.
And His column is so much greater!
One more. #4. SUPER-INCREASING GRACE.
Someone might say, but what about the Law?
Paul cares deeply about the Law (as we saw in verse 13).
Paul, you tell us the story of the world starting with Adam and then going to Jesus.
Death then life.
What was the point of the Law then?
And most good Jews would assume that the point of the Law was to try to solve the sin problem. But that's not where Paul goes with it. V.20
"The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
I think that what he's saying is that the Law came about to intensify sin by showing how sinful it is. You instinctively feel that you shouldn't steal, but when someone in authority says, "Don't steal." then you really feel how bad it is to steal.
And you really feel like stealing. Don't you?
So sin intensifies and multiplies because the Law has arrived.
Sin increased.
V.20, "But where sin increased, grace increased all the more."
How much more?
The Greek word here is, "hupereperisseusen" and it's even more overflowing than the grace in verse v.15!
As we sing, "Grace Greater Than All My Sin!"
Sin reigned in death, but now grace reigns through righteousness.
Now, we who are believers in Jesus are dominated by grace!
We are ruled by grace!
By an ever increasing grace.
Grace increased all the more!
Do you know that because you belong to Jesus, you are ruled by an every increasing grace?
Paul is going to have much more to say about this in chapters 6, 7, and 8. We will get to them at the first of the year, Lord-willing.
He's going to have to answer the question that naturally comes up, if grace increases with the increase in sin, maybe we should sin some more to make grace increase even more.
But that's nonsense, of course.
No, because we see how sinful we are, we give even more glory to God because of how much grace we see we need and how much more grace-filled God is than we even needed.
Super-increasing grace calls for songs of loudest praise.
Not on our own but (v.21) "through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Do you see what Paul has done?
He has told the story of the world. How the world went wrong with Adam.
And how sin and death have dominated our world for all of human history. The Adam column.
But now something greater has come.
Jesus Christ has sacrificed Himself in such a way that we now have:
Super-Overflowing Grace, because of His gift.
Super-Effective Justification, paying for all of our sins.
Super-Living Reign, restoring the righteous, living rule that Adam lost,
and Super-Increasing Grace, that reigns through righteousness.
All of our hopes restored and so much more.
Same two points of application as last week.
#1. Put your faith in Jesus to be justified.
Because you don't move from the Adam column to the Christ column without going through verse 17.
"Those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness..."
Only those who put their faith in Jesus get this grace, this justification, this life, this reign.
It's so good! But you have to choose it. You have to put your faith in Christ alone.
And #2. Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice!
Because of how much more greater Jesus is has accomplished on our behalf.
We have every reason to rejoice.
01. All Roads Lead to Romans
02. I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel
03. The Bad News
04. Hope for Holy Sexuality
05. The Even Worse News
06. The Worst News
07. Justified
08. Father Abraham
09. The Blessings of Justification
10. How Much More
Water Lilies, Niagara Botanical Garden, Canada
11/29/2014 07:00:00 AM My Father's World 0 comments
Greek Words for Gossip: "Psithurismos" and "Katalalia" (Part Three)
11/28/2014 07:00:00 AM D.Min Fragments, Gossip, Resisting Gossip, Toward a Definition of Gossip 0 comments
For the last two posts, we have been learning about two related words, psithurismos and katalalia, which figure in to our understanding of gossip in the New Testament. Yesterday, we learned that katalalia is the bigger category of which psithurismos is the sub-category that specifically means behind-the-back gossip.
More About Katalalia
The larger category, katalalia/katalalos, including its verb form, katalaleo, appears elsewhere in the New Testament. The apostle Peter urges his readers, in light of the gospel, to lay it aside. "Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind [katalalias]" (1 Pet 2:1).61 In this context, "evil speaking" (KJV) is closely connected with heart attitudes, especially of what could be called "the anger family" of sins. Gossip often is an expression of anger.
James 4:11-12
The apostle James offers the fullest teaching on katalaleo. "Brothers, do not slander [ma katalaleite] one another. Anyone who speaks against [katalalon] his brother or judges him speaks against [katalalei] the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you–who are you to judge your neighbor?" (Jas 4:11-12). Gossip often involves condemning someone whom we have no right nor occasion to judge (cf. Matt 7:1-5). There is one who judges perfectly, and we can entrust ourselves and others to him. Tasker says, "Backbiting others is, in fact, a subtle form of self-exaltation."62 Moo explains,
We should note that James is not prohibiting the proper, and necessary, discrimination that every Christian should exercise. Nor is he forbidding the right of the community to exclude from its fellowship those it deems to be in flagrant disobedience to the standards of the faith, or to determine right and wrong among its members (1 Corinthians 5 and 6). James rebukes jealous, censorious speech by which we condemn others as being wrong in the sight of God.63
We should also notice in verse 11 that katalaleo is linked with judging not only our brothers but also the law itself. Whenever we disobey a law, we are saying, in effect, that we think it is a bad law. A gossiping person can become a law unto themselves.
More Than Just Lies
By now, we should be seeing that the katalalia/los/leo word group connotes not merely spreading lies about someone (which is often what we mean by the English word "slander"), but also talking them down in other ways. Ralph Martin says that the word "literally means 'to speak ill of' and translates it "disdains" in James 4:11.64 R. Kent Hughes states,
The command here forbids any speech (whether it is true or false) which runs down another person. . . . Most people think it is okay to convey negative information if it is true. We understand that lying is immoral. But is passing along damaging truth immoral? It seems almost a moral responsibility! By such reasoning, criticism behind another's back is thought to be all right as long as it is true. Likewise, denigrating gossip (of course it is never called gossip!) is okay if the information is true. Thus many believers use truth as a license to righteously diminish others' reputations.65
A similar phenomenon, without the katalalia/los/leo word group, appears a few verses later in James 5. "Don't grumble against each other, brothers, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!" (Jas 5:9). The word for grumble is stenazo which means to "sigh or groan."66 It is a form of moaning and complaining about each other that is often the content of gossip. James again connects this grumbling with judgment–this time with their impending judgment! When Christ returns, do we want to be found groaning about our fellow believers?
Other "Against-Words"
Katalaleo and its related forms are not the only Greek words that the New Testament uses to describe hateful, accusatory, abusive, reviling, and slanderous speech.67 Words such as blasphameo "slander, defame, blaspheme,"68 loidoreo "insult, abuse, revile,"69 and katagoreo, "to accuse, reproach"70 and their cognates often serve in the New Testament to describe these "against-words."71 The actions denoted by these strong verbs are not gossip, per se, but are related to the phenomenon of gossip, indicating some of the base things that can be said as someone talks about others behind their backs (e.g. Jude 9, Eph 4:31, Rev 12:10, and 1 Cor 4:12-13, 5:11, 6:9-11).72
[61] Peter, using this same word, also says to expect that the pagans will speak against and accuse the Christians (1 Pet 2:12, 3:16).
[62] R. V. G. Tasker, The General Epistle of James: An Introduction and Commentary, TNTC 16 (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1983), 99.
[63] Douglas J. Moo, The Letter of James, PNTC (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2000), 199. The rest of Moo's discussion of this passage is very helpful and repays careful reading. He connects these two verses both with the near context of chapter 4 and with themes that run throughout James' epistle, including sins of the tongue (Jas 3:2-12) and conflicts (Jas 3:13-4:2).
[64] Ralph P. Martin, James, WBC 48 (Nashville, Thomas Nelson, 1998),163.
[65] R. Kent Hughes, James: Faith that Works, Preaching the Word (Wheaton: Crossway, 1991), 194.
[66] George M. Stulac, James, IVPNTC 16 (Downers Grove: Inter-Varsity Press, 1993), 172.
[67] The same could be said of the words we studied in the Old Testament. We have concentrated on the words that are regularly translated "gossip" even though the semantic domain overlaps with those which are often translated "slander."
[68] H. Wahrisch, C. Brown, "blasfhme,w," NIDNTT 3:341-345.
[69] H. Wahrisch, "loi,dorew," NIDNTT, 3:346-347.
[70] BAGD 423.
[71] Of these three, only kathgore,w is used in both a positive and negative way. Some accusations are appropriate (John 5:45), however, kathgore,w is used most often as the work of Satan and those who opposed Jesus and the apostles.
[72] The best place to start for a comprehensive study of these key words is the set of articles on "Revile, Blaspheme, Slander" in NIDNTT 3:340-347.
Previous Posts in "Toward a Definition of Gossip"
New Blog Series: Toward a Definition of Gossip
Gossip in the Old Testament
Hebrew Words for Gossip: "Rakil"
Hebrew Words for Gossip: "Nirgan"
Hebrew Words for Gossip: "Lashon Seter"
Hebrew Words for Gossip: "Libo Yiqebbats Aven Lo Yetse Lahuts Yedabber"
Evil Listening
Evil Reports
Bearing False Witness
Gossip in the New Testament
Greek Words for Gossip: "Psithurismos" and "Katalalia" (Part One)
Greek Words for Gossip: "Psithurismos" and "Katalalia" (Part Two)
A Psalm for Giving Thanks
11/27/2014 08:05:00 AM My Father's World, Psalms 0 comments
"A psalm. For giving thanks.
Shout for joy to the LORD,
all the earth.
Worship the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the LORD is God.
It is he who made us,
and we are his;
we are his people,
the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations."
- Psalm 100 (NIV 1984)
We are analyzing the Greek words commonly translated "gossip" and each New Testament passage in which they occur on our way to developing a biblical definition of gossip. Yesterday, we were introduced to two bad words, "Psithurismos" and "Katalalia,"
How Are "Psithurismos" and "Katalalia" Related?
What is the relationship, then, between these two word groups? C. E. B. Cranfield suggests,
Both words denote people who go about to destroy other people's reputations by misrepresentation. The difference between psithuristas and katalalos is that the former denoted specifically one who whispers his slanders in his listener's ear, whereas the latter means a slanderer quite generally, irrespective of whether he whispers his calumnies or proclaims them from the house-tops–though the fact that it is used immediately after psithuristas makes it natural to understand it to refer here in particular to the more open sort of slanderer. The psithuristas is<|fim_middle|>If God has already done the hard thing of sacrificing His One and Only Son for us, then how easy it will be for Him to shield us from the wrath to come.
Our justification has led to our reconciliation.
We have (v.1) peace with God.
We are no longer enemies. We are friends.
We are no longer separated. We are together.
We are not longer estranged. We are reconciled.
And we have been reconciled by Jesus' death, how much more will be saved through His resurrection life?!
How's that for a blessing of justification?
Safe from the wrath of God. FOREVER.
Salvation.
But it gets even better than that.
Can you believe it? It gets even better than that. Here's blessing number six.
#6. GOD.
God Himself! V.11
"Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation."
We don't just rejoice in the hope of the glory of God or in the knowledge that our sufferings have a purpose.
We don't just rejoice that we stand in grace or that we are loved or even saved from the wrath God.
We rejoice. We exult. We boast. We praise because we get God Himself!
Again, through our Lord Jesus Christ.
He's the One that makes it all possible.
He's the One from whom all these blessings of justification flow.
The Lord Jesus Christ.
Two points of application and then we'll sing it!
First: PUT YOUR FAITH IN JESUS TO BE JUSTIFIED.
All of these blessings come to those who have been justified by faith (v.1) and by His blood (v.9).
They do not come those who have not put their faith in Jesus and His blood.
If you are not trusting in Jesus, you are not a peace with God.
You are not standing in grace.
You have no hope of the glory of God.
Your suffering is to no eternal purpose.
The love of God has not been poured into your heart.
You are not saved.
You cannot rejoice in God.
You cannot sing the songs we've sung today.
Turn from your sins and trust in the Savior, our Lord Jesus Christ.
Turn away from trying to earn God's favor because justification is not by works. It's by faith.
Put your faith in Jesus to be justified, and you will receive all of this!
And second application: REJOICE, REJOICE, REJOICE!
Raise your voice with Paul and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God!
Rejoice even in your sufferings because they will end up giving you more hope.
Rejoice in God (and all that He is and does and gives) through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Rejoice in the blessings of justification.
Forever and ever. Amen.
Myosotis (Forget-me-not)
Our series towards a biblical definition of gossip continues through the phenomenon in the Old Testament we call "gossip" even when a technical term is not used. Today's post is about the third of four important and related concepts, along with exposition of key texts.
Leave the Passing Cur Alone
Meddling In Others' Business. Proverbs 26:17 says, "Like one who seizes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own." The image in the first part of the proverb almost grabs the reader like the fool it describes! The point of the proverb is to motivate its readers to mind their own business and not meddle in others'. Waltke explains, "The dispute, which itself entails getting hurt (see 17:14), is likened to a semiwild dog. . . . Grabbing it by its sensitive ears connotes the inevitability of getting hurt in the needless dispute. . . . The senseless busybody should leave the passing cur alone, and the disciple should walk away from a dispute in which he has no interest."48 We will see that the theme of minding one's own business will be amplified in the New Testament (1 Thess 4:11, 2 Thess 3:11, 1 Tim 5:13).
[48] Bruce K. Waltke, The Book of Proverbs: Chapters 15-31, NICOT (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2005), 359.
Our series towards a biblical definition of gossip continues through the phenomenon in the Old Testament we call "gossip" even when a technical term is not used. Today's post is about the second of four important and related concepts, along with exposition of key texts.
Not Just What You Say But How You Present It
Bad Reports. A Hebrew term seldom translated "gossip" in English versions42 but clearly related is dibbah.This word can mean "whispering, defamation, evil report."43 It sometimes refers to a true report of some evil action, but can also refer to "a report slanted to damage the victim."44 Dibbah is what Joseph brought to Jacob about his brothers in Genesis 37:2. It is likely that his ten brothers were doing wrong, so Joseph may not have been lying, but he was at least being an annoying tattletale.45 Dibbah is also what ten of the Israelite survey team brought back after spying out the land of Canaan (Num 13:32, 14:36-37). Clearly what they said was wrong–not that the facts about the land and its inhabitants were inaccurate, but their assessment of what God could and would do was evil. Gossip is not just what you say but how you present it.
A Hiss in the Middle
Dibbah appears in Proverbs 10:18, "He who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander [dibbah] is a fool." Waltke explains, "The enjambment of v.18 combines the liar . . . with the slanderer as the compound subject with one predicate. The construction leaves no doubt that hatred inspires slander informed by innuendoes, half-truths, and facts distorted and exaggerated beyond recognition (cf. 6:17, 19). In other words, this fool spreads slander, concealing his hatred with lying lips."46 Interestingly, Waltke draws attention (by quoting Ted Hildebrandt) to the preponderance of sibilants in this verse (six times) so that its message is amplified by a long hissing sound as it is read.47 Sharing an injurious report with others is foolish. The very next verse suggests one antidote to gossip–keeping your mouth shut. "When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise" (Prov 10:19).
Dibbah is used again in Psalm 31, "For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side; they conspire against me and plot to take my life" (Ps 31:13, v.14 in Hebrew). David is under attack, and this time it includes evil reports which have reached his ears. They might be just malicious rumors, but they are terrifying to the king.
[42] The one exception is Ezekiel 36:3 in the ESV. "Therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: Precisely because they made you desolate and crushed you from all sides, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you became the talk and evil gossip of the people . . . the nations that are all around you shall themselves suffer reproach" (Ezek 36:3,7). Israel may have deserved this evil report, but the nations gloried in it, and for that they will be repaid.
[43] BDB 179.
[44] Bruce K. Waltke, The Book of Proverbs: Chapters 1-15, NICOT (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004), 470.
[45] Tattling is, therefore, a form of gossip. It is gossiping to someone in authority instead of to someone uninvolved. The action of tattling is wrong because the motive is. Ambiguity of discerning motives can then make it difficult for authority figures, including parents, to diagnose tattling as sin. But most loving parents can tell anyway because they know their children well. For more on dibbah in Genesis 37:2, see Bruce K. Waltke and Cathi J. Fredricks, Genesis: A Commentary (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001), 499; Victor Hamilton, The Book of Genesis: Chapters 18-50, NICOT (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1995), 406; Gordon J. Wenham, Genesis 16-50, WBC 2 (Waco: Word Books, 1994), 350.
Intro Video for "Fire and Stone" by the Gray Havens
11/19/2014 03:46:00 PM Music, The Gray Havens 0 comments
A new video introducing both our favorite band and their upcoming new release.
Hear Dave and Licia talk about storytelling, love of books, musical depth, variety, and a number of other key ideas. {Also a cameo from their producer, Mitch Dane, about what he loves about their music.}
The background music will sound familiar to those who have viewed The Resisting Gossip Teaching Series!
"Well, I Think..."
11/19/2014 07:08:00 AM Online Christianity, Proverbs, Proverbs for Social Media 0 comments
"A fool finds no pleasure in understanding
but delights in airing his own opinions."
- Proverbs 18:2 (NIV 1984)
The Gossip Mask of Shame
11/18/2014 07:00:00 AM Gossip, Resisting Gossip, Resisting Gossip Teaching Series, Videos 0 comments
My kids found this in one of the books they're reading for school.
The caption says, "A German 'mask of shame' worn by women found guilty of gossiping."
A few questions and thoughts about this mask:
1. Where is the corresponding mask for men found gossiping?
2. What kind of gossip qualified a lady for this costume? Slanderous? Idle? Malicious? Careless?
3. I'm sure this was effective at curtailing the outward behavior, for a time, for certain folks. But it probably pushed the gossip into even more sneaky modes because it doesn't really get at the core problem.
4. The worst part of this approach, I think, is that it's not redemptive. There is no place to go with the shame. Thankfully, followers of Christ have a safe place to run.
Our series towards a biblical definition of gossip moves on from the Hebrew words most often translated "gossip" to other phenomenon in the Old Testament we call "gossip" even when a technical term is not used. Today's post is about the first of four important and related concepts, along with exposition of key texts.
No Taste for Truth
Evil Listening. We encountered the importance of listening in Proverbs 18:8 and 26:22.The words of a gossiping person are very attractive to a listener but very harmful. Now we learn something more. The book of Proverbs warns not just of evil speech but of evil listening. For example, Proverbs 17:4 states, "A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue." Popular paraphrases see gossip in this verse. The NLT renders it, "Wrongdoers eagerly listen to gossip; / liars pay close attention to slander." The Message has "Evil people relish malicious conversation; the ears of liars itch for dirty gossip."39
The important thing to grasp is that Proverbs 17:4 is saying that a certain kind of listening to evil speech is just as evil as saying it. Waltke summarizes, "The synonymous parallelism of v.4 underscores the startling truth that the one who listens to lies is himself a liar. . . . How one uses his lips and tongue is inseparably connected to that which he inclines his ears. Both the liar and his willing audience have no taste for truth."40 Kidner adds, "Evil words die without a welcome; and the welcome gives us away."41
Consequences for Evil Listening
The rest of the Old Testament bears this out. Listening is vitally important, and if we listen to the wrong people or in the wrong way, there will be disastrous consequences. Adam "listened" to his wife, and it resulted in the curse (Gen 3:17). Proverbs 29:12 says, "If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials become wicked." Evil listening is contagious. Proverbs 25:26 says, "Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked." A compromise in listening will sully your soul.
[39] Eugene H. Peterson, The Message: New Testament With Psalms and Proverbs (Colorado Springs: Navpress, 1995), 900.
[40] Bruce K. Waltke, The Book of Proverbs: Chapters 15-31, NICOT (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2005), 41.
[41] Derek Kidner, Proverbs, TOTC 15 (Downers Grove: Inter-Varsity Press, 1971), 123.
11/16/2014 07:00:00 AM Happy Husband, Homeschool Dad, Rejoice With Me! 0 comments
New family photo courtesy of Schenley Pilgram Photography.
Our series continues towards a biblical definition of gossip, starting with a tour of the Old Testament and the Hebrew words most often translated "gossip."
Gathering Gossip and Spreading It
Libo Yiqebbats Aven Lo Yetse Lahuts Yedabber. "Gathering Gossip and Spreading It." Psalm 41 is a plaintive song about experiencing the pain of gossip. King David seems to have experienced a debilitating illness, and some of his associates, instead of encouraging and supporting him, eagerly look for his downfall. "My enemies say of me in malice, 'When will he die and his name perish?'" (Ps 41:5).
In verse 6 (verse 7 in Hebrew), David describes his enemies' treacherous actions, "Whenever one comes to see me, he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander; then he goes out and spreads it abroad." The NLT reads, "They visit as if they are my friends, but all the while they gather gossip, and when they leave, they spread it everywhere." The Hebrew for the gathering and spreading action of David's two-faced enemies could be woodenly translated, "to their hearts they gather trouble/iniquity/wickedness/sorrow and going out from me they speak it." Gossip, here, is gathering negative information about someone and then sharing it indiscriminately with others. Eugene Peterson's The Message puts it into lively language, "If someone comes to see me, he mouths empty platitudes, / All the while gathering gossip about me to entertain the street-corner crowd."37
Imagining the Worst and Publishing It
David has gotten word of what they are saying about him. "All my enemies whisper38 together against me; they imagine the worst for me, saying, 'A vile disease has beset him; he will never get up from the place where he lies'" (Ps 41:7-8). Gossip does not come from love, but from hate. It imagines the worst for its subject and publishes it abroad.
Gossip is treachery. David laments, "Even my close friend, whom I trusted, he who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me" (Ps 41:9). This prefigured the betrayal of great David's greater Son, the Lord Jesus (John 13:18-30).
The answer to this kind of gossip is faith in the LORD. "But you, O LORD, have mercy on me; raise me up, that I may repay them. I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me. In my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence forever. Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen" (Ps 41:10-13).
[38] This is a different Hebrew word for "whisper" than what we have seen already, but the effect is the same.
We are working towards a biblical definition of gossip, starting with a tour of the Old Testament and the Hebrew words most often translated "gossip." First was rakil, the spy. Second was nirgan, the grumbling whisperer.
A Tongue of Secrecy
Lashon Seter. Modern paraphrases use the English word "gossip" in a few places where neither rakil nor nirgan is present. Proverbs 25:23 says, "As a north wind brings rain, so a sly tongue brings angry looks." The NLT glosses, "As surely as a wind from the north brings rain, so a gossiping tongue causes anger!" The Message offers, "A north wind brings stormy weather, / and a gossipy tongue stormy looks."30 The Hebrew phrase is: lashon seter. Lashon means "tongue."31 Seter means "covering, hiding-place, secrecy."32 Put together, they refer to "a tongue of secrecy." The offending speech is hidden, sly, furtive, stealthy.
Waltke suggests that the rest of the proverb emphasizes this secretive, and therefore unexpected, aspect. He argues that, in Israel, the north wind generally did not bring rain. "The point of comparison is precisely that rain from a north wind is hidden and so unexpected. Hidden slander, like rain from a north wind, brings unexpected damage."33 Further, Waltke says, "Secret speech by nature is malevolent; were it otherwise, why hide it? The damaging effects of the secret speech/curse, which is written all over the face of the victim, assumes that its unsuspecting target suddenly 'gets wind' of its circulation."34
Rid the Kingdom of The Sly Tongues
The phrase lashon seter appears also in Psalm 101 where David vows to exclude unrighteous people from his household, city, and kingdom. He says, "Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil. Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret,35 him will I put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not endure" (Ps 101:4-5).
King David's plan is to rid his administration of malicious gossipers. Charles Spurgeon writes, "He had known so bitterly the miseries caused by slanderers that he intended to deal severely with such vipers when he came into power, not to revenge his own ills, but to prevent others from suffering as he had done."36
The word lashon is used as a verb again in Proverbs 30:10 but without the slyness of seter, "Do not slander [lashon] a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will pay for it." It is not clear if this is gossip in the clandestine sense, but it does demonstrate again the power of the tongue and its evil effects. Malicious speech upsets the order of things and has inevitable injurious consequences.
30 Eugene H. Peterson, The Message: New Testament With Psalms and Proverbs (Colorado Springs: Navpress, 1995), 923.
31 BDB 546.
33 Bruce K. Waltke, The Book of Proverbs: Chapters 15-31, NICOT (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2005), 333.
35 Lashon is used here as a verb, more literally, "he that secretly tongues his neighbor."
36 Charles H. Spurgeon, The Treasury of David: An Expository and Devotional Commentary on the Psalms (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1978), 5:406.
Greek Words for Gossip: "Psithurismos" and "Katala...
Hebrew Words for Gossip: "Libo Yiqebbats Aven Lo Y...
Deadly Joking
[Matt's Messages] "Father Abraham"
Bzzzz!
Bytes His Tongue
Which Mouth Today?
[Matt's Messages] "Justified"
Rosa "Charles de Mills" | , of course, the more vicious and dangerous kind, inasmuch as he is one against whom there is virtually no human defence.57
Douglas Moo agrees. "The final part of the vice list begins with two terms that denote slander. The first is the more specific, suggesting the 'whispering' of the person who spreads 'confidential' rumors about others. The word translated 'maligners' could more clumsily be paraphrased 'one who speaks against.'"58
John Calvin writes,
Whisperers and backbiters are to be distinguished in the following way: the whisperers destroy the friendships of good men by their secret accusations, inflame their minds to anger, speak against the innocent, and sow discord. Backbiters, with innate malignity, spare the reputation of none, and as though driven by a passionate urge to speak evil of people, revile the deserving as well as the innocent.59
R. G. V. Tasker interprets them in this way, "By backbitings, katalaliai, are probably meant slanders spoken behind people's backs; and by whisperings, psithurismoi, defamations in the forms of innuendos."60
Larger and Smaller Categories
It seems, therefore, that the katalalia/katalalos word group is the larger category of evil-speaking against another (sometimes taking secretive forms) and the psithurismos/psithuristas word group is the smaller category that always refers to talk "behind someone's back."
[57] C. E. B. Cranfield, The Epistle to the Romans, Volume 1:1-8, ICC (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1980), 130-131.
[58] Douglas J. Moo, The Epistle to the Romans, NICNT (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1996), 120.
[59] John Calvin, The Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Romans and to the Thessalonians, ed. David W. Torrance and Thomas F. Torrance, trans. Ross Mackenzie, Calvin's New Testament Commentaries 8 (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1973), 38.
[60] R. V. G. Tasker, The Second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, TNTC (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1971), 185.
We are analyzing the Greek words commonly translated "gossip" and each New Testament passage in which they occur on our way to developing a biblical definition of gossip.
Two Bad Words
1. Psithurismos/psithuristas and katalalia/katalalos. The first word, psithurismos, literally means "hiss, whisper" and in the New Testament is used "only in a bad sense whispering, (secret) gossip, tale-bearing."52 The related form, psithuristas, is therefore, "whisperer, tale-bearer."53 It is similar to the Hebrew word nirgan we encountered in the Old Testament. In both of their New Testament uses, these Greek words always appear in very close proximity to katalalos ("speaking evil of others, slanderous" used substantivally "slanderer")54 or its related form katalalia ("evil speech, slander, defamation, detraction").55 The two words seem to be connected.
Not a Minor Sin
In Romans 1, the apostle Paul has begun his grand exposition of the gospel of God. He is declaring the universal sinfulness of humanity and, in specific, the depravity of the Gentiles. Paul ends his first chapter by listing the sins of the depraved mind. "They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips [psithuristas (plural)], slanderers [katalalous (plural of katalalos)], God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless" (Rom 1:29-31). Gossip is not a minor sin. It shares space in a list with every other kind of wickedness deserving the wrath of God. "Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them" (Rom 1:32).
Repentance Required
Similarly, in 2 Corinthians 12, Paul uses these two words right next to each other (though in opposite order) in a list of vices that he fears will be present in the church in Corinth when he returns. "For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander [katalaliai, (plural of katalalia)], gossip [psithurismoi56 (plural of psithurismos)], arrogance, and disorder" (2 Cor 12:20). While the list in Romans 1 was about sinners in general, this vice list is more specific to dissension, disunity, and discord among the church in Corinth. Gossip divides Christians. When Paul returns on his third visit, for the edification of the church, he will have to exercise painful discipline unless the Corinthians examine themselves and repent (2 Cor 12:21-13:10). If someone has engaged in sinful gossip, the only way forward is repentance.
[To Be Continued...]
[56] Interestingly, this is the first place in our study of gossip throughout the Bible where a key term is used to describe the phenomenon of gossip itself and not the kind of person who engages in it. The Bible seems to be more interested in teaching us what kind of people to be than in giving us precise ethical definitions of what behavior is acceptable or unacceptable.
The next major stop on our tour of the Bible in search of a definition of sinful gossip is the New Testament. In my doctoral project, I introduced the NT section like this:
As our study of gossip in the Old Testament centered upon the book of Proverbs, our study of gossip in the New Testament will focus mainly on the epistles. Gossip is denounced as much in the New Testament as, if not more than, in the Old Testament. Whenever it appears, gossip is viewed as negative, shameful, unrighteous, and undesirable. In what follows, we will study three sets of Greek word groups usually translated in English versions as "gossip," "gossips," "gossiping." We will analyze each occurrence of these words, give exposition of the context and content of the surrounding teaching, and also note related terms and phenomena.
This is our last stop on our tour of the Old Testament in our series of fragments from my D.Min project showing how I arrived at my definition of gossip. We've been learning about phenomenon in the Old Testament we might call "gossip" even when a technical term is not used. Today's post is about the fourth of four important and related concepts, along with exposition of key texts.
Thou Shalt Not
4. Bearing False Witness. The ninth commandment is "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor" (Exod 20:16, cf. Exod 23:1, Prov 3:30). We have seen that gossip often involves falsehood on some level (even when the facts being recounted are accurate). Reformed Christians have long understood the ninth commandment to prohibit gossip.49 It is fitting to end our study of the Old Testament50 by observing what question 144 of the Westminster Larger Catechism teaches about the obligations of the ninth commandment:
The duties required in the ninth commandment, are, the preserving and promoting of truth between man and man, and the good name of our neighbor, as well as our own; appearing and standing for the truth; and from the heart, sincerely, freely, clearly, and fully, speaking the truth, and only the truth, in matters of judgment and justice, and in all other things whatsoever; a charitable esteem of our neighbors; loving, desiring, and rejoicing in their good name; sorrowing for, and covering of their infirmities; freely acknowledging of their gifts and graces, defending their innocency; a ready receiving of a good report, and unwillingness to admit of an evil report, concerning them; discouraging talebearers, flatterers, and slanderers; love and care of our own good name, and defending it when need requires; keeping of lawful promises; studying and practicing of whatsoever things are true, honest, lovely, and of good report.51
[49] Question 145 of the Westminster Larger Catechism says, "The sins forbidden in the ninth commandment are . . . speaking untruth, lying, slandering, backbiting, detracting, talebearing, whispering." Johannes Geerhardus Vos, The Westminster Larger Catechism: A Commentary, ed. G. I. Williamson (Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 2002), 394.
[50] Much more could be said about gossip in the Old Testament, including a survey of stories of gossip in action in the Pentateuch, History Books, and Prophets. All of the principles we have learned so far are illustrated in the garden, the land of promise, the wilderness, the conquest, the kingdom, and the exile.
[51] Johannes Geerhardus Vos, The Westminster Larger Catechism: A Commentary, ed. G. I. Williamson (Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 2002), 394. I find this kind of ethical extrapolation from the 10 Commandments to be helpful for moral instruction even if I do not share all of the hermeneutical assumptions of covenant theologians.
[Matt's Messages] "The Blessings of Justification"
"The Blessings of Justification"
November 23, 2014 :: Romans 5:1-11
I love how the Lord has orchestrated this passage to be for this Sunday.
I didn't plan it that way, but Somebody did.
The name of today's message is "The Blessings of Justification."
Because this passage is so full of blessing. It's an explosion of blessing.
Which is just perfect for the Sunday right before Thanksgiving when we concentrate our celebration of all of the blessings that God has given us.
Count Your Blessings.
Well, we're going to do that today in Romans 5, verses 1 through 11.
And they are just breathtaking!
I could easily preach 10 or 12 messages on these 11 verses. It wouldn't be hard at all to spend a full quarter of a year on Romans 5:1-11. It's just that good.
In fact, I ended up with a 6 point sermon for today. Don't worry. They're brief points, but I could have made it an 10 or 11 point sermon! There is just so much goodness here in just 11 verses.
And one of the great things about this astonishing passage is that it isn't hard to understand. Unlike other parts of Romans!
All I have to do is read these verses to you, and you'll get it. Especially because for most of you, this is not the first time you've heard them.
And that's what I'm going to do. I'm going to read all eleven verses.
And here's what I want you to listen for as I read. Listen for "justification." Because that's been the theme of the letter so far, hasn't it? Listen for how all of these blessings flow from our justification by faith in Jesus.
And also listen for all of the logic words. Paul is a logician. Listen for the words that indicate his logical argument. The "therefores" and the "how much mores" and the "not only that buts" and so forth. Because all of those are important for getting the message that Paul and, more importantly, God have for us to hear.
Ready? Here we go. Romans chapter 5, verses 1 through 11.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. (NIV 1984)
Did you hear those logic words?
And did you hear the tone of exultation? There is so much praise and rejoicing and wonder going on in these eleven verses!
Paul is just bursting with joy in the blessings of justification.
Did you catch that word justification again?
"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith..."
Chapter 5 is the next step in Paul's argument. He hasn't left his explanation of the gospel of grace. He's taking it to the next level.
There is a shift going from chapters 1-4 to chapters 5-8, but the thing that ties them together is justification. Righteous-ification.
That's what Paul has been talking about since chapter 1.
In the gospel of grace, God solves our righteousness problem and His righteousness problem.
Our righteousness problem is that we are unrighteous and that invites the holy wrath of God.
God's righteousness problem was that He had forgiven His faith-followers their sins before the Cross opening Him up to the charge of injustice.
And at the Cross, He solved our problem and His.
"...for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished–he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus."
An incredibly important paragraph.
And then last time in chapter 4, we saw that Paul defended this idea of justification by faith alone by using the illustration of Father Abraham.
Paul said, "For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law."
That's a radical idea. Justification by faith in Jesus alone.
The last chapter ended, "He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification."
And now Paul will show us what that leads to.
It changes absolutely everything.
Six points. Six blessings.
#1. PEACE. V.1
"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ."
See the logic? Since we have this justification, this righteousness coming to us by faith alone and not through moral effort, we have peace with God.
That's amazing. He's going to say more about this peace in verses 10 and 11. There, he's going to call it reconciliation.
This is not peace, the feeling. "I feel peace about it."
This is peace, the restored relationship. "Peace with God."
Because of our justification, we are no longer at war with God.
Everything we read about in the Bad News section of Romans about the wrath of God that is coming on those who are unrighteous and disobedient? That's over now for those who are justified.
God is no longer our enemy. We are at peace.
You don't God as your enemy.
Who do you think will win that one? Who wants to go to war against and omnipotent enemy?
Well, stupid sinners do. Sin is irrational and unreasonable.
We have made war against God.
But Jesus has become our peace. Verse 1 again.
It's because of Him. As we count our blessings this Thursday, we need to realize that they all come through Jesus.
That's what Paul says about this second one. V.2
"...through whom [Jesus] we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand."
Blessing number two?
#2. GRACE.
It's through Jesus that we have "gained access" into grace.
That's wonderful, isn't it?
Notice, again, that's "by faith." This is not something we earned. It's grace!
And notice also that this grace is something in which we "now stand." It's a free place to stand. It's a new standing.
Not something we have done. Not a place we took ourselves to. But something Jesus has done. A place to stand made by Jesus for us.
That's a blessing.
And then Paul goes from the present to the future. From NOW to WHAT'S TO COME. V.2
"And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God."
Are those words familiar?
They should be. They're right up here.
When Kathy Moore asked me what scripture verses to put on the praise banners, this was my first recommendation for her.
#3. HOPE.
In many ways, this is the next big theme for the book of Romans.
He's going to talk a lot about the hope of every Christian in the next four chapters.
And our hope comes from our justification.
That word translated "rejoice" is a strong word. It means to exult. Some translations even have "boast."
The idea is that we are so blessed and so excited about that blessing, that it just erupts out of us.
"We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God!"
It's a wahoo word.
Yes! Woot! Yehah!
And what do we rejoice in? The hope of the glory of God.
Remember, this is not hope as a wish. This is hope as a sure future. Something that we don't have yet but we KNOW is coming.
The glory of God.
Sharing in the glory of God.
Seeing the glory of God.
Living in the glory of God.
Heaven.
Glorification.
Where we become like God because we see Him as He is.
No longer are we falling short of the glory of God.
Now, we look forward to the glory of God. So much so, that we rejoice even though it's not here yet like it will be!
And Paul says, verse 3, "Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings..."
Wait. What?!
We rejoice in what?
In our sufferings? In our trials? In our tribulations? In our problems?
Hey, Paul, this is Thanksgiving season. We don't want to think about that tough stuff.
"Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope."
The justified know that our sufferings are for a purpose. And the end result is more hope.
We don't rejoice in our sufferings because we like pain. Christians are not masochists.
But we do rejoice even in sufferings because we know that they will produce more hope in us.
Paul gives us a chain of events that happens for all truly justified believers.
It's very similar to the one in the first chapter of James which Alex Ielase taught us about in August.
First, we suffer. We go through hard things. Happens to everyone, including believers.
But believers are justified. They are righteous by faith in Jesus. And they believe. They trust. They put their hope in God.
And when they do. When we do, it produces perseverance.
Anybody want to guess what the Greek word is here translated "perseverance" in the NIV and "patience" in the King James?
It's hupomonen.
Remember Alex making us repeat that word?
It's stick-to-it-iveness. It's endurance. It's holding on.
The justified hold on. And that forms their character. They change.
Believers become more like Jesus over time.
And when they look the changes that God is working in them, however, imperfect they are, they know that what they hope for us coming.
And what they hope for us the total transformation of their lives into the image of Christ. Their glorification.
We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God! V.5
"And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us."
We will not be ashamed on that day. We know that what we hope for us coming. It will not disappoint.
And how do we know? Because the Holy Spirit tells us so.
Because "God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us."
#4. LOVE.
God has taken the great big pitcher, the hugemongous jug of the water of His love and poured it into our hearts.
Do you know that you are loved by God?
Remember when we started Romans, I challenged you to write it on a card and repeat it into the bathroom mirror?
"I am loved by God."
The Bible tells me so.
And the Holy Spirit Himself pours that knowledge into our hearts.
And then Paul tells us how God shows us that He loves us. V.6
"You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. [He's just amazed by this. He's like, "Let me tell you this!"] Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
It's almost too good to be true.
This is how the justified are loved.
We are loved before we are justified.
When we were powerless, weak, helpless, and ungodly, Jesus died for us.
That's love!
"God demonstrates." Notice that that's present tense. He is demonstrating right now His own love for us in this: back then while we were still His enemies, Jesus died for us.
Now, I know that you know this. We talk about this all the time.
But don't let it slide by without marveling.
I would die for my children.
I would die for my wife.
I might die for a stranger if I thought it was the right thing to do.
But to die in the place of the one who wants me dead? The one who is my enemy?
That's what Jesus did.
Amazing love, how can it be? That you my King would die for me?
But that's not all. There are even more blessings of justification.
Future blessings. V.9
"Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him!"
#5. SALVATION.
This is future salvation.
Not just initial justification but salvation from the wrath of God in the future.
"Since we have now been justified by his blood [his death], how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him!"
Do you hear the logic?
It's the harder to easier thing. V.10
"For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!"
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Russell Kirk was one of the founders of the post-World War II conservative movement. His influence began with the publication of his book The Conservative Mind, now in its seventh edition, which traced the intellectual roots of conservatism from Edmund Burke to T. S. Eliot.
He was a college professor, a visiting professor and lecturer at many colleges and universities, co-founder and editor of National Review (with William F. Buckley, Jr.), founder and editor of Modern Age, editor of The University Bookman, and founder and editor of a series of books called The Library of Conservative Thought. He wrote biography, intellectual history, cultural criticism, social criticism, literary criticism, political commentary, a<|fim_middle|> separate out names. | syndicated column, and award-winning ghost stories and novels. His prose style has often been praised across the political spectrum.
With his wife Annette and his four daughters, his ancestral home, Piety Hill in rural Mecosta, Michgan (population about 500) became a haven for students, professors, scholars, lost souls, transients and others whom Kirk called refugees from progress. He spent much of his time at home with his famiy, writing, reading, going on long walks, planting trees, and entertaining visitors.
Russell Kirk is currently considered a "single author." If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author.
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While similar in appearance to knob cutters, root cutters – or pruners – serve a very different purpose. They are designed to be much stronger than knob cutters, so that they can withstand the tough, woody root matter which can be hard to cut through with other tools. They are also equipped with a contoured head to give extra clearance while root pruning during repotting, in order to help you avoid nicking surrounding root material that you wish to leave in place. In addition, root cutters may be used to prune extra thick branches that are resistant to normal pruning shears. Once the branch is cut down to a manageable stub, then concave cutters may be used to finish the job.
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They're everywhere-in shopping malls, offices<|fim_middle|> they are being recorded. | , and at intersections. Security cameras are as much a part of every day life in America today as sports and apple pie, but contrary to popular belief, security cameras are younger than most Americans may think.
A security camera, also called video surveillance, is basically closed circuit television (CCTV). Closed circuit television is made up of a single video camera or several video cameras used to record images that can be viewed live or recorded and viewed later through the use of a VCR or DVR. Closed circuit television monitoring can be traced back to 1969 when police security cameras were installed in the New York City Municipal Building. This practice spread like wildfire throughout the U.S. and by the late 1980s, security cameras had become a staple in businesses that were susceptible to robbery and theft such as convenient stores, banks, and retail shops.
Today, security cameras are not only popular for providing peace of mind and as a safety precaution, but they are also a deterrent and a diary of the day's events. In addition to being used in just about every setting under the sun, at least where currency is concerned, security cameras are also used in offices, hi-rises, and in most home security systems. Security cameras of yesterday were typically low definition, black-and-white systems with extremely limited capabilities. Today, security cameras are sophisticated high-definition color systems with limitless capabilities.
There are many different types of security cameras on the market today but a few popular types include day/night security cameras, wireless security cameras and dummy security cameras. Day/night cameras are relatively new, and they are used in areas with little or no light. An extra sensitive image chip allows the camera to record a clean picture without using infrared lighting. Day/night security cameras can record up to 25 feet in low to no lighting conditions. Wireless security cameras are small battery-operated or AC-powered cameras that can be hooked to a television set or viewed live via the Internet. They can also be the size of a silver dollar and used to record activities to be viewed at a later time. "Dummy" or "fake" cameras are designed to look like cameras and they are used to trick the potential thief into thinking | 445 |
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Early childhood education (ECE; also nursery education) is a branch of education theory that relates to the teaching of children (formally and informally) from birth up to the age of eight. Traditionally, this is up to the equivalent of third grade. ECE emerged as a field of study during the Enlightenment, particularly in European countries with high literacy rates. It continued to grow through the nineteenth century as universal primary education became a norm in the Western world. In recent years, early childhood education has become a prevalent public policy issue, as municipal, state, and federal lawmakers consider funding for preschool and pre-K. The global priority placed on early childhood education is underscored with targets of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4. It is described as an important period in a child's development. It refers to the development of a child's personality. ECE is also a professional designation earned through a post-secondary education program. For example, in Ontario, Canada, the designations ECE (Early Childhood Educator) and RECE (Registered Early Childhood Educator) may only be used by registered members of the College of Early Childhood Educators, which is made up of accredited child care professionals who are held accountable to the College's standards of practice.
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Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. About 29% of Earth's surface is land consisting of continents and islands. The remaining 71% is covered with water, mostly by oceans, seas, gulfs, and other salt water bodies, but also by lakes, rivers, and other fresh water, which together constitute the hydrosphere. Much of Earth's polar regions are covered in ice. Earth's outer layer is divided into several rigid tectonic plates that migrate across the surface over many millions of years. Earth's interior remains active with a solid iron inner core, a liquid outer core that generates Earth's magnetic field, and a convecting mantle that drives plate tectonics.
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Earth science or geoscience includes all fields of natural science related to planet Earth. This is a branch of science dealing with the physical and chemical constitution of Earth and its atmosphere. Earth science can be considered to be a branch of planetary science, but with a much older history. Earth science encompasses four main branches of study, the lithosphere, the hydrosphere, the atmosphere, and the biosphere, each of which is further broken down into more specialized fields.
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Eating (also known as consuming) is the ingestion of food, typically to provide a heterotrophicorganism with energy and to allow for growth. Animals and other heterotrophs must eat in order to survive — carnivores eat other animals, herbivores eat plants, omnivores consume a mixture of both plant and animal matter, and detritivores eat detritus. Fungi digest organic matter outside their bodies as opposed to animals that digest their food inside their bodies. For humans, eating is an activity of daily living. Some individuals may limit their amount of nutritional intake. This may be a result of a lifestyle choice, due to hunger or famine, as part of a diet or as religious fasting.
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Ecology (from Greek: οἶκος, "house" and -λογία, "study of") is a branch of biology concerning the spatial and temporal patterns of the distribution and abundance of organisms, including the causes and consequences. Topics of interest include the biodiversity, distribution, biomass, and populations of organisms, as well as cooperation and competition within and between species. Ecosystems are dynamically interacting systems of organisms, the communities they make up, and the non-living components of their environment. Ecosystem processes, such as primary production, pedogenesis, nutrient cycling, and niche construction, regulate the flux of energy and matter through an environment. These processes are sustained by organisms with specific life history traits.
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In the economic study of the public sector, economic and social development is the process by which the economic well-being and quality of life of a nation, region, local community, or an individual are improved according to targeted goals and objectives.
The term has been used frequently in the 20th and 21st centuries, but the concept has existed in the West for far longer. "Modernization", "Westernization", and especially "industrialization" are other terms often used while discussing economic development.
Whereas economic development is a policy intervention aiming to improve the well-being of people, economic growth is a phenomenon of market productivity and increases in GDP; economist Amartya Sen describes economic growth as but "one aspect of the process of economic development". Economists primarily focus on the growth aspect and the economy at large, whereas researchers of community economic development concern themselves with socioeconomic development as well.
Many institutions of higher education offer economic development as an area of study and research such as McGill University, London School of Economics, International Institute of Social Studies, Balsillie School of International Affairs, and the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs.
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Economic entity
In accounting, an economic entity is one of the assumptions made in generally accepted accounting principles. Almost any type of organization or unit in society can be an economic entity. Examples of economic entities are hospitals, companies, municipalities, and federal agencies.
The "Economic entity assumption" states that the activities of the entity are to be kept separate from the activities of its owner and all other economic entities.
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Economic geography
Economic geography is the subfield of human geography which studies economic activity. It can also be considered a subfield or method in economics.
Economic geography takes a variety of approaches to many different topics, including the location of industries, economies of agglomeration (also known as "linkages"), transportation, international trade, development, real estate, gentrification, ethnic economies, gendered economies, core-periphery theory, the economics of urban form, the relationship between the environment and the economy (tying into a long history of geographers studying culture-environment interaction), and globalization.
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Economics (/ɛkəˈnɒmɪks, iːkə-/) is the social science that studies how people interact with value; in particular, the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes basic elements in the economy, including individual agents and markets, their interactions, and the outcomes of interactions. Individual agents may include, for example, households, firms, buyers, and sellers. Macroeconomics analyzes the economy as a system where production, consumption, saving, and investment interact, and factors affecting it: employment of the resources of labour, capital, and land, currency inflation, economic growth, and public policies that have impact on these elements.
Economic analysis can be applied throughout society, in real estate, business, finance, health care, engineering and government. Economic analysis is sometimes also applied to such diverse subjects as crime, education, the family, law, politics, religion, social institutions, war, science, and the environment.
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An economy (from Greek οίκος – "household" and νέμoμαι – "manage") is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services by different agents. In general, it is defined 'as a social domain that emphasize the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with the production, use, and management of resources'. A given economy is the result of a set of processes that involves its culture, values, education, technological evolution, history, social organization, political structure and legal systems, as well as its geography, natural resource endowment, and ecology, as main factors. These factors give context, content, and set the conditions and parameters in which an economy functions. In other words, the economic domain is a social domain of interrelated human practices and transactions that does not stand alone.
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Ecosystem service
Ecosystem services are the many and varied benefits to humans provided by the natural environment and from healthy ecosystems. Such ecosystems include, for example, agroecosystems, forest ecosystems, grassland ecosystems and aquatic ecosystems. These ecosystems, functioning in healthy relationship, offer such things like natural pollination of crops, clean air, extreme weather mitigation, and human mental and physical well-being. Collectively, these benefits are becoming known as 'ecosystem services', and are often integral to the provisioning of clean drinking water, the decomposition of wastes, and resilience and productivity of food ecosystems.
While scientists and environmentalists have discussed ecosystem services implicitly for decades, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) in the early 2000s popularized this concept. There, ecosystem services are grouped into four broad categories: provisioning, such as the production of food and water; regulating, such as the control of climate and disease; supporting, such as nutrient cycles and oxygen production; and cultural, such as spiritual and recreational benefits. To help inform decision-makers, many ecosystem services are being valuated in order to draw equivalent comparisons to human engineered infrastructure and services.
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Ecstasy (emotion)
Ecstasy (from Ancient Greek ἔκστασις ékstasis, meaning 'outside of oneself') is a subjective experience of total involvement of the subject, with an object of their awareness. In classical Greek literature it refers to removal of the mind or body "from its normal place of function." Total involvement with an object of interest is not an ordinary experience because of being aware of other objects, thus ecstasy is an example of an altered state of consciousness characterized by diminished awareness of other objects or the total lack of the awareness of surroundings and everything around the object. The word is also used to refer to any heightened state of consciousness or intensely pleasant experience. It is also used more specifically to denote states of awareness of non-ordinary mental spaces, which may be perceived as spiritual (the latter type of ecstasy often takes the form of religious ecstasy).
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Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, morals, beliefs, and habits. Educational methods include teaching, training, storytelling, discussion and directed research. Education frequently takes place under the guidance of educators, however learners can also educate themselves. Education can take place in formal or informal settings and any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts may be considered educational. The methodology of teaching is called pedagogy.
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Education sciences or education theory (traditionally often called pedagogy) seek to describe, understand, and prescribe education policy and practice. Education sciences include many topics, such as pedagogy, andragogy, curriculum, learning, and education policy, organization and leadership. Educational thought is informed by many disciplines, such as history, philosophy, sociology, and psychology.
Faculties, departments, degree programs, and degrees on education sciences are often called simply faculty of education etc. It is likewise still common to say she is studying education, which is only very rarely expressed as studying education science(s) and was traditionally called studying pedagogy (in English) in most European countries.
For example, a cultural theory of education considers how education occurs through the totality of culture, including prisons, households, and religious institutions as well as schools. Other examples are the behaviorist theory of education that comes from educational psychology and the functionalist theory of education that comes from sociology of education.
The earliest known attempts to understand education in Europe were by classical Greek philosophers and sophists, but there is also evidence of contemporary (or even preceding) discussions among Arabic, Indian, and Chinese scholars.
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Educational psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of human learning. The study of learning processes, from both cognitive and behavioral perspectives, allows researchers to understand individual differences in intelligence, cognitive development, affect, motivation, self-regulation, and self-concept, as well as their role in learning. The field of educational psychology relies heavily on quantitative methods, including testing and measurement, to enhance educational activities related to instructional design, classroom management, and assessment, which serve to facilitate learning processes in various educational settings across the lifespan.
Educational psychology can in part be understood through its relationship with other disciplines. It is informed primarily by psychology, bearing a relationship to that discipline analogous to the relationship between medicine and biology. It is also informed by neuroscience. Educational psychology in turn informs a wide range of specialities within educational studies, including instructional design, educational technology, curriculum development, organizational learning, special education, classroom management, and student motivation. Educational psychology both draws from and contributes to cognitive science and the learning sciences. In universities, departments of educational psychology are usually housed within faculties of education, possibly accounting for the lack of representation of educational psychology content in introductory psychology textbooks.
The field of educational psychology involves the study of memory, conceptual processes, and individual differences (via cognitive psychology) in conceptualizing new strategies for learning processes in humans. Educational psychology has been built upon theories of operant conditioning, functionalism, structuralism, constructivism, humanistic psychology, Gestalt psychology, and information processing.
Educational psychology has seen rapid growth and development as a profession in the last twenty years. School psychology began with the concept of intelligence testing leading to provisions for special education students, who could not follow the regular classroom curriculum in the early part of the 20th century. However, "school psychology" itself has built a fairly new profession based upon the practices and theories of several psychologists among many different fields. Educational psychologists are working side by side with psychiatrists, social workers, teachers, speech and language therapists, and counselors in an attempt to understand the questions being raised when combining behavioral, cognitive, and social psychology in the classroom setting.
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Electrical Engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design and application of equipment, devices and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the latter half of the 19th century after commercialization of the electric telegraph, the telephone, and electrical power generation, distribution and use.
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An electrician is a tradesman specializing in electrical wiring of buildings, transmission lines, stationary machines, and related equipment. Electricians may be employed in the installation of new electrical components or the maintenance and repair of existing electrical infrastructure. Electricians may also specialize in wiring ships, airplanes, and other mobile platforms, as well as data and cable lines.
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Electronic engineering (also called electronics and communications engineering) is an electrical engineering discipline which utilizes nonlinear and active electrical components (such as semiconductor devices, especially transistors and diodes) to design electronic circuits, devices, integrated circuits and their systems. The discipline typically also designs passive electrical components, usually based on printed circuit boards.
Electronics is a subfield within the wider electrical engineering academic subject but denotes a broad engineering field that covers subfields such as analog electronics, digital electronics, consumer electronics, embedded systems and power electronics. Electronics engineering deals with implementation of applications, principles and algorithms developed within many related fields, for example solid-state physics, radio engineering, telecommunications, control systems, signal processing, systems engineering, computer engineering, instrumentation engineering, electric power control, robotics, and many others.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is one of the most important and influential organizations for electronics engineers based in the US. On an international level, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) prepares standards for electronic engineering, developed through consensus and thanks to the work of 20,000 experts from 172 countries worldwide.
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Electronics comprises the physics, engineering, technology and applications that deal with the emission, flow and control of electrons in vacuum and matter. It uses active devices to control electron flow by amplification and rectification, which distinguishes it from classical electrical engineering which uses passive effects such as resistance, capacitance and inductance to control current flow.
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In philosophy, systems theory, science, and art, emergence occurs when an entity is observed to have properties its parts do not have on their own, properties or behaviors which emerge only when the parts interact in a wider whole.
Emergence plays a central role in theories of integrative levels and of complex systems. For instance, the phenomenon of life as studied in biology is an emergent property of chemistry, and many psychological phenomena are known to emerge from underlying neurobiological processes.
In philosophy, theories that emphasize emergent properties have been called emergentism.
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An emergency is a situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment. Most emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a worsening of the situation, although in some situations, mitigation may not be possible and agencies may only be able to offer palliative care for the aftermath.
While some emergencies are self-evident (such as a natural disaster that threatens many lives), many smaller incidents require that an observer (or affected party) decide whether it qualifies as an emergency. The precise definition of an emergency, the agencies involved and the procedures used, vary by jurisdiction, and this is usually set by the government, whose agencies (emergency services) are responsible for emergency planning and management.
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Emergency medical services (EMS), also known as ambulance services or paramedic services, are emergency services that provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation for serious illness and injuries and transport to definitive care. They may also be known as a first aid squad, FAST squad, emergency squad, ambulance squad, ambulance corps, life squad or by other initialisms such as EMAS or EMARS.
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There are three primary emergency services that can be summoned directly by the public:
Police — law enforcement, criminal investigation, and maintenance of public order. There are a variety of law enforcement agencies that conduct law enforcement. In the United States, there are State Police and Highway Patrol agencies, Municipal and County police and Sheriff agencies as well as other law enforcement agencies.
Fire and Rescue Services — firefighting, hazardous materials response, EMS response and technical rescue. These services are provided to those who need help during any type of emergency. Sometimes EMS and technical rescue services are separate as seen below.
EMS — emergency medical services and technical rescue. Emergency Medical Services agencies and Technical Rescue services agencies are responsible for immediate response to medical emergency calls as well as specialized rescue services calls. Many emergency medical services agencies in the United States operate technical rescue services vehicles and equipment and work to help those who need rescue assistance.
Emergency services have one or more dedicated emergency telephone numbers reserved for critical emergency calls. In some countries, one number is used for all the emergency services (e.g. 911 in the Americas, 999 in the UK, 112 in continental Europe). In some countries, each emergency service has its own emergency number. Some fire departments provide emergency medical services along with their primary services.
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Emotion is a mental state associated with the nervous system brought on by chemical changes variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavioural responses, and a degree of pleasure or displeasure. There is currently no scientific consensus on a definition. Emotion is often intertwined with mood, temperament, personality, disposition, creativity and motivation.
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Emotion classification, the means by which one may distinguish or contrast one emotion from another, is a contested issue in emotion research and in affective science. Researchers have approached the classification of emotions from one of two fundamental viewpoints:
that emotions are discrete and fundamentally different constructs
that emotions can be characterized on a dimensional basis in groupings
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Emotion perception
Emotion perception refers to the capacities and abilities of recognizing and identifying emotions in others, in addition to biological and physiological processes involved. Emotions are typically viewed as having three components: subjective experience, physical changes, and cognitive appraisal; emotion perception is the ability to make accurate decisions about another's subjective experience by interpreting their physical changes through sensory systems responsible for converting these observed changes into mental representations. The ability to perceive emotion is believed to be both innate and subject to environmental influence and is also a critical component in social interactions. How emotion is experienced and interpreted depends on how it is perceived. Likewise, how emotion is perceived is dependent on past experiences and interpretations. Emotion can be accurately perceived in humans. Emotions can be perceived visually, audibly, through smell and also through bodily sensations and this process is believed to be different from the perception of non-emotional material.
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Emotion recognition is the process of identifying human emotion. People vary widely in their accuracy at recognizing the emotions of others. Use of technology to help people with emotion recognition is a relatively nascent research area. Generally, the technology works best if it uses multiple modalities in context. To date, the most work has been conducted on automating the recognition of facial expressions from video, spoken expressions from audio, written expressions from text, and physiology as measured by wearables.
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Emotional intelligence (EI), emotional quotient (EQ) and emotional intelligence quotient (EIQ), is the capability of individuals to recognize their own emotions and those of others, discern between different feelings and label them appropriately, use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior, and adjust emotions to adapt to environments. Although the term first appeared in 1964, it gained popularity in the 1995 best-selling book Emotional Intelligence, written by science journalist Daniel Goleman. Goleman defined EI as the array of skills and characteristics that drive leadership performance.
Various models have been developed to measure EI. The trait model, developed by Konstantinos V. Petrides in 2001, focuses on self reporting of behavioral dispositions and perceived abilities. The ability model, developed by Peter Salovey and John Mayer in 2004, focuses on the individual's ability to process emotional information and use it to navigate the social environment. Goleman's original model may now be considered a mixed model that combines what has since been modeled separately as ability EI and trait EI. More recent research has focused on emotion recognition, which refers to the attribution of emotional states based on observations of visual and auditory nonverbal cues. In addition, neurological studies have sought to characterize the neural mechanisms of emotional intelligence.
Studies have shown that people with high EI have greater mental health, job performance, and leadership skills, although no causal relationships have been shown. EI is typically associated with empathy because it involves an individual connecting their personal experiences with those of others. Since its popularization in recent decades, methods of developing EI have become widely sought by individuals seeking to become more effective leaders.
Criticisms have centered on whether EI is a real intelligence, and whether it has incremental validity over IQ and the Big Five personality traits. However, meta-analyses have found that EI has substantial validity even when controlling for IQ and personality.
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Emotional closeness is an aspect of interpersonal relationships that varies in intensity from one relationship to another and varies from one time to another, much like physical intimacy. Emotional intimacy involves a perception of closeness to another that allows sharing of feelings, accompanied by expectations of understanding, affirmation, and demonstration of caring.
Emotional intimacy can be expressed in verbal and non-verbal communication. The degree of comfort, effectiveness, and mutual experience of closeness might indicate emotional intimacy between individuals. Intimate communication is both expressed (e.g. talking) and implied (e.g. friends sitting close on a park bench in silence).
Emotional intimacy depends primarily on trust, as well as the nature of the relationship and the culture in which it is observed. Emotional intimacy is different from sexual intimacy. Sexual intimacy can take place with or without emotional intimacy. Sexual intimacy differs from emotional intimacy because it often does not occur within any kind of sexual context. Emotional intimacy is a psychological event that happens when trust levels and communication between two people are such that it fosters the mutual sharing of one another's deepest selves. Depending on the background and conventions of the participants, emotional intimacy might involve disclosing thoughts, feelings and emotions in order to reach an understanding, offer mutual support or build a sense of community. Or it might involve sharing a duty, without commentary.
Deep intimacy requires a high level of transparency and openness. Conversation is a key point in every emotional intimate relationship. For example, a long-distance relationship is purely based on conversation. A long-distance relationship can be stronger, in comparison to a normal one, because it forces the two partners to enhance the conversation process. This involves a degree of vulnerability that can feel uncomfortable or anxiety-producing to many individuals. These feelings do, however, tend to diminish and even dissolve over time and with practice. Couples who partake in this act of emotional intimacy are able to be more comfortable with each other. They feel they can share their dreams and their positive characteristics, along with the negative characteristics that they may have. There are great moments and also tough moments that come along within a relationship. Emotional intimacy is being able to communicate your feelings to show how much you care. It is important to practice emotional intimacy in relationships. A lack of emotional intimacy could be solved by taking the time to be with your partner throughout the duration of your relationships. Many specialists suggest that talking about problems as soon as they arise is wise to continue emotional intimacy. Being honest, expressing appreciation, and routinely communicating also keeps stable emotional intimacy.
Emotional Intimacy Scale
The 5-item Emotional Intimacy Scale (EIS) is a scale which enables an evaluation of the emotional intimacy in a relationship. Its goal is to predict the different outcomes produced by the existence of an intimate relationship.
This scale is created with a study of different items which are fundamental components of an intimate relationship. Some persons need to answer to a questionnaire. They answer to judge the degree of truth of each of these components in comparison with their actual situation. There are five of them:
This person completely accepts me as I am
I can openly share my deepest thoughts and feelings with this person
This person cares deeply for me
This person would willingly help me in any way
My thoughts and feelings are understood and affirmed by this person
These results are putting in correlation with specific values which characterize an individual such as psychological and physical well-being, social support, and health.
The results provided by the scale prove a positive relationship between an increase of EIS and an increase for the individual of social support, self-efficiency, life satisfaction and other positive effects. It also shows the negative relation between a decrease of EIS and an increase of stress, pain, and fatigue for the individual. An intimate relationship gives a sentiment of purpose and belonging which increases the physiological and psychological well-being.
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In psychology, emotional safety refers to an emotional state achieved in attachment relationships where in each individual is open and vulnerable. The concept is primarily used by couples' therapists to describe intimate relationships. When a relationship is emotionally safe, the partners trust each other and routinely give each other the benefit of the doubt in questionable situations. When emotional safety is lost, the partners are inclined to be distrustful, looking for possible hidden meanings and potential threats in each other's words and behaviors.
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Emotional security
Emotional security is the measure of the stability of an individual's emotional state. Emotional insecurity or simply insecurity is a feeling of general unease or nervousness that may be triggered by perceiving of oneself to be vulnerable or inferior in some way, or a sense of vulnerability or instability which threatens one's self-image or ego.
The concept is related to that of psychological resilience in as far as both concern the effects which setbacks or difficult situations have on an individual. However, resilience concerns over-all coping, also with reference to the individual's socioeconomic situation, whereas the emotional security specifically characterizes the emotional impact. In this sense, emotional security can be understood as part of resilience.
The notion of emotional security of an individual is to be distinguished from that of emotional safety or security provided by a non-threatening, supportive environment. A person who is susceptible to bouts of depression being triggered by minor setbacks is said to be less "emotionally secure". A person whose general happiness is not very shaken even by major disturbances in the pattern or fabric of their life might be said to be extremely emotionally secure.
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Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within their frame of reference, that is, the capacity to place oneself in another's position. Definitions of empathy encompass a broad range of emotional states. Types of empathy include cognitive empathy, emotional (or affective) empathy, and somatic empathy.
Empathy definitions encompass a broad range of phenomena, including caring for other people and having a desire to help them; experiencing emotions that match another person's emotions; discerning what another person is thinking or feeling;[10] and making less distinct the differences between the self and the other.
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In philosophy, empiricism is a theory that states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience. It is one of several views of epistemology, along with rationalism and skepticism. Empiricism emphasizes the role of empirical evidence in the formation of ideas, rather than innate ideas or traditions. However, empiricists may argue that traditions (or customs) arise due to relations of previous sense experiences.
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Employment is a relationship between two parties, usually based on contract where work is paid for<|fim_middle|>. Today it provides an integrated, quantitative, and interdisciplinary approach to the study of environmental systems.
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Epistemology (/ɪˌpɪstɪˈmɒlədʒi/ (About this soundlisten); from Greek ἐπιστήμη, epistēmē 'knowledge', and -logy) is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemologists study the nature, origin, and scope of knowledge, epistemic justification, the rationality of belief, and various related issues. Epistemology is considered one of the four main branches of philosophy, along with ethics, logic, and metaphysics.
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Erotica is (in a broad sense) any literary or artistic work that deals substantively with subject matter that is erotically stimulating or sexually arousing but (in a strict sense) is not generally considered to be pornographic. Erotic art may use any artistic form to depict erotic content, including painting, sculpture, drama, film or music. Erotic literature and erotic photography have become genres in their own right.
Curiosa is erotica and pornography as discrete, collectable items, usually in published or printed form. In the antiquarian book trade, pornographic works are often listed under "curiosa", "erotica" or "facetiae".
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Eroticism (from the Greek ἔρως, eros—"desire") is a quality that causes sexual feelings, as well as a philosophical contemplation concerning the aesthetics of sexual desire, sensuality, and romantic love. That quality may be found in any form of artwork, including painting, sculpture, photography, drama, film, music, or literature. It may also be found in advertising. The term may also refer to a state of sexual arousal or anticipation of such – an insistent sexual impulse, desire, or pattern of thoughts.
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An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have traditionally been sub-classified as formal and informal. Formal essays are characterized by "serious purpose, dignity, logical organization, length," whereas the informal essay is characterized by "the personal element (self-revelation, individual tastes and experiences, confidential manner), humor, graceful style, rambling structure, unconventionality or novelty of theme," etc.
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Essence (Latin: essentia) is a polysemic term, used in philosophy and theology as a designation for the property or set of properties that make an entity or substance what it fundamentally is, and which it has by necessity, and without which it loses its identity. Essence is contrasted with accident: a property that the entity or substance has contingently, without which the substance can still retain its identity.
The concept originates rigorously with Aristotle (although it can also be found in Plato), who used the Greek expression to ti ên einai (τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι, literally meaning "the what it was to be" and corresponding to the scholastic term quiddity) or sometimes the shorter phrase to ti esti (τὸ τί ἐστι, literally meaning "the what it is" and corresponding to the scholastic term haecceity) for the same idea. This phrase presented such difficulties for its Latin translators that they coined the word essentia (English "essence") to represent the whole expression. For Aristotle and his scholastic followers, the notion of essence is closely linked to that of definition (ὁρισμός horismos).
In the history of Western philosophy, essence has often served as a vehicle for doctrines that tend to individuate different forms of existence as well as different identity conditions for objects and properties; in this logical meaning, the concept has given a strong theoretical and common-sense basis to the whole family of logical theories based on the "possible worlds" analogy set up by Leibniz and developed in the intensional logic from Carnap to Kripke, which was later challenged by "extensionalist" philosophers such as Quine.
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An estate agent is a person or business that arranges the selling, renting, or management of properties and other buildings. An agent that specialises in renting is often called a letting or management agent. Estate agents are mainly engaged in the marketing of property available for sale, and a solicitor or licensed conveyancer is used to prepare the legal documents. In Scotland, however, many solicitors also act as estate agents, a practice that is rare in England and Wales.
The estate agent remains the current title for the person responsible for the management of one group of privately owned, all or mostly tenanted properties under one ownership. Alternative titles are Factor, Steward, or Bailiff, depending on the era, region, and extent of the property concerned.
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Ethical egoism
Ethical egoism is the normative ethical position that moral agents ought to act in their own self-interest. It differs from psychological egoism, which claims that people can only act in their self-interest. Ethical egoism also differs from rational egoism, which holds that it is rational to act in one's self-interest. Ethical egoism holds, therefore, that actions whose consequences will benefit the doer are ethical.
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Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct. The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns matters of value, and thus comprises the branch of philosophy called axiology.
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Etiquette (/ˈɛtɪkɛt/ and /ˈɛtɪkɪt/; French: [e.ti.kɛt]) is the set of conventional rules of personal behaviour in polite society, usually in the form of an ethical code that delineates the expected and accepted social behaviours that accord with the conventions and norms observed by a society, a social class, or a social group. In modern English usage, the French word étiquette (ticket) dates from the year 1750.
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Eugenics (/juːˈdʒɛnɪks/ yoo-JEH-niks; from Greek εὐ- 'good' and γενής 'come into being, growing') is a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population, historically by excluding people and groups judged to be inferior or promoting those judged to be superior.
The concept predates the term; Plato suggested applying the principles of selective breeding to humans around 400 BC. Early advocates of eugenics in the 19th century regarded it as a way of improving groups of people. In contemporary usage, the term eugenics is closely associated with scientific racism and white supremacy. Modern bioethicists who advocate new eugenics characterise it as a way of enhancing individual traits, regardless of group membership.
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Euphoria is the experience (or affect) of pleasure or excitement and intense feelings of well-being and happiness. Certain natural rewards and social activities, such as aerobic exercise, laughter, listening to or making music, and dancing, can induce a state of euphoria. Euphoria is also a symptom of certain neurological or neuropsychiatric disorders, such as mania. Romantic love and components of the human sexual response cycle are also associated with the induction of euphoria. Certain drugs, many of which are addictive, can cause euphoria, which at least partially motivates their recreational use.
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Eusociality
Eusociality (from Greek εὖ eu "good" and social), the highest level of organization of sociality, is defined by the following characteristics: cooperative brood care (including care of offspring from other individuals), overlapping generations within a colony of adults, and a division of labor into reproductive and non-reproductive groups. The division of labor creates specialized behavioral groups within an animal society which are sometimes referred to as 'castes'. Eusociality is distinguished from all other social systems because individuals of at least one caste usually lose the ability to perform at least one behavior characteristic of individuals in another caste.
Eusociality exists in certain insects, crustaceans and mammals. It is mostly observed and studied in the Hymenoptera (ants, bees, and wasps) and in Isoptera (termites). A colony has caste differences: queens and reproductive males take the roles of the sole reproducers, while soldiers and workers work together to create a living situation favorable for the brood. In addition to Hymenoptera and Isoptera, there are two known eusocial vertebrates among rodents: the naked mole-rat and the Damaraland mole-rat. Some shrimp, such as Synalpheus regalis, are also eusocial. E. O. Wilson and others have claimed that humans have evolved a weak form of eusociality, but these arguments have been disputed.
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Evidence, broadly construed, is anything presented in support of an assertion, because evident things are undoubted. There are two kind of evidence: intellectual evidence (the obvious, the evident) and empirical evidence (proofs).
The mentioned support may be strong or weak. The strongest type of evidence is that which provides direct proof of the truth of an assertion. At the other extreme is evidence that is merely consistent with an assertion but does not rule out other, contradictory assertions, as in circumstantial evidence.
In law, rules of evidence govern the types of evidence that are admissible in a legal proceeding. Types of legal evidence include testimony, documentary evidence, and physical evidence. The parts of a legal case that are not in controversy are known, in general, as the "facts of the case." Beyond any facts that are undisputed, a judge or jury is usually tasked with being a trier of fact for the other issues of a case. Evidence and rules are used to decide questions of fact that are disputed, some of which may be determined by the legal burden of proof relevant to the case. Evidence in certain cases (e.g. capital crimes) must be more compelling than in other situations (e.g. minor civil disputes), which drastically affects the quality and quantity of evidence necessary to decide a case.
Scientific evidence consists of observations and experimental results that serve to support, refute, or modify a scientific hypothesis or theory, when collected and interpreted in accordance with the scientific method.
In philosophy, the study of evidence is closely tied to epistemology, which considers the nature of knowledge and how it can be acquired.
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Evidence (law)
The law of evidence, also known as the rules of evidence, encompasses the rules and legal principles that govern the proof of facts in a legal proceeding. These rules determine what evidence must or must not be considered by the trier of fact in reaching its decision. The trier of fact is a judge in bench trials, or the jury in any cases involving a jury. The law of evidence is also concerned with the quantum (amount), quality, and type of proof needed to prevail in litigation. The rules vary depending upon whether the venue is a criminal court, civil court, or family court, and they vary by jurisdiction.
The quantum of evidence is the amount of evidence needed; the quality of proof is how reliable such evidence should be considered. Important rules that govern admissibility concern hearsay, authentication, relevance, privilege, witnesses, opinions, expert testimony, identification and rules of physical evidence. There are various standards of evidence, standards showing how strong the evidence must be to meet the legal burden of proof in a given situation, ranging from reasonable suspicion to preponderance of the evidence, clear and convincing evidence, or beyond a reasonable doubt.
There are several types of evidence, depending on the form or source. Evidence governs the use of testimony (e.g., oral or written statements, such as an affidavit), exhibits (e.g., physical objects), documentary material, or demonstrative evidence, which are admissible (i.e., allowed to be considered by the trier of fact, such as jury) in a judicial or administrative proceeding (e.g., a court of law).
When a dispute, whether relating to a civil or criminal matter, reaches the court there will always be a number of issues which one party will have to prove in order to persuade the court to find in his or her favour. The law must ensure certain guidelines are set out in order to ensure that evidence presented to the court can be regarded as trustworthy.
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Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes that are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction. Different characteristics tend to exist within any given population as a result of mutation, genetic recombination and other sources of genetic variation. Evolution occurs when evolutionary processes such as natural selection (including sexual selection) and genetic drift act on this variation, resulting in certain characteristics becoming more common or rare within a population. It is this process of evolution that has given rise to biodiversity at every level of biological organisation, including the levels of species, individual organisms and molecules.
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Executive functions (collectively referred to as executive function and cognitive control) are a set of cognitive processes that are necessary for the cognitive control of behavior: selecting and successfully monitoring behaviors that facilitate the attainment of chosen goals. Executive functions include basic cognitive processes such as attentional control, cognitive inhibition, inhibitory control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility. Higher-order executive functions require the simultaneous use of multiple basic executive functions and include planning and fluid intelligence (e.g., reasoning and problem-solving).
Executive functions gradually develop and change across the lifespan of an individual and can be improved at any time over the course of a person's life. Similarly, these cognitive processes can be adversely affected by a variety of events which affect an individual. Both neuropsychological tests (e.g., the Stroop test) and rating scales (e.g., the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function) are used to measure executive functions. They are usually performed as part of a more comprehensive assessment to diagnose neurological and psychiatric disorders.
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Exercise is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness. It is performed for various reasons, to aid growth and improve strength, preventing aging, developing muscles and the cardiovascular system, honing athletic skills, weight loss or maintenance, improving health and also for enjoyment. Many individuals choose to exercise outdoors where they can congregate in groups, socialize, and enhance well-being. In terms of health benefits, the amount of recommended exercise depends upon the goal, the type of exercise, and the age of the person. Even doing a small amount of exercise is healthier than doing none.
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Existence is the ability of an entity to interact with physical or mental reality. In philosophy, it refers to the ontological property of being.
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Experience is the first person effects or influence of an event or subject gained through involvement in or exposure to it. The term does not imply that useful or long term learning, or the acquisition of skills necessarily takes place as a consequence of the experience, though the two are often associated, and experience is often used as a proxy for competence. A large amount of learning of knowledge and skills is associated with experience, and experience is a necessary, though not always sufficient component of the learning of physical skills. Terms in philosophy such as "empirical knowledge" or "a posteriori knowledge" are used to refer to knowledge based on experience. A person with considerable experience in a specific field can gain a reputation as an expert. The concept of experience generally refers to know-how or procedural knowledge, rather than propositional knowledge: on-the-job training rather than book-learning.
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An experiment is a procedure carried out to support, refute, or validate a hypothesis. Experiments provide insight into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when a particular factor is manipulated. Experiments vary greatly in goal and scale, but always rely on repeatable procedure and logical analysis of the results. There also exists natural experimental studies.
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An explanation is a set of statements usually constructed to describe a set of facts which clarifies the causes, context, and consequences of those facts. This description may establish rules or laws, and may clarify the existing rules or laws in relation to any objects, or phenomena examined.
Explanation, in philosophy, is a set of statements that makes intelligible the existence or occurrence of an object, event, or state of affairs. Among the most common forms of explanation are causal explanation; deductive-nomological explanation, which involves subsuming the explanandum under a generalization from which it may be derived in a deductive argument (e.g., "All gases expand when heated; this gas was heated; therefore, this gas expanded"); and statistical explanation, which involves subsuming the explanandum under a generalization that gives it inductive support (e.g., "Most people who use tobacco contract cancer; this person used tobacco; therefore, this person contracted cancer"). Explanations of human behaviour typically appeal to the subject's beliefs and desires, as well as other facts about him, and proceed on the assumption that the behaviour in question is rational (at least to a minimum degree). Thus an explanation of why the subject removed his coat might cite the fact that the subject felt hot, that the subject desired to feel cooler, and that the subject believed that he would feel cooler if he took off his coat.
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Extraversion and introversion
The traits of extraversion (or extroversion) and introversion are a central dimension in some human personality theories. The terms introversion and extraversion were introduced into psychology by Carl Jung, although both the popular understanding and current psychological usage vary. Extraversion tends to be manifested in outgoing, talkative, energetic behavior, whereas introversion is manifested in more reflective and reserved behavior. Jung defined introversion as an "attitude-type characterised by orientation in life through subjective psychic contents", and extraversion as "an attitude-type characterised by concentration of interest on the external object".
Extraversion and introversion are typically viewed as a single continuum, so to be high in one necessitates being low in the other. Jung provides a different perspective and suggests that everyone has both an extraverted side and an introverted side, with one being more dominant than the other. Virtually all comprehensive models of personality include these concepts in various forms. Examples include the Big Five model, Jung's analytical psychology, Hans Eysenck's three-factor model, Raymond Cattell's 16 personality factors, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, and the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator.
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Eye contact occurs when two animals look at each other's eyes at the same time. In human beings, eye contact is a form of nonverbal communication and is thought to have a large influence on social behavior. Coined in the early to mid-1960s, the term came from the West to often define the act as a meaningful and important sign of confidence, respect, and social communication. The customs and significance of eye contact vary between societies, with religious and social differences often altering its meaning greatly.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_contact | , where one party, which may be a corporation, for profit, not-for-profit organization, co-operative or other entity is the employer and the other is the employee. Employees work in return for payment, which may be in the form of an hourly wage, by piecework or an annual salary, depending on the type of work an employee does or which sector they are working in. Employees in some fields or sectors may receive gratuities, bonus payment or stock options. In some types of employment, employees may receive benefits in addition to payment. Benefits can include health insurance, housing, disability insurance or use of a gym. Employment is typically governed by employment laws, organisation or legal contracts.
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Endorphins
Endorphins (contracted from "endogenous morphine") are endogenous opioid neuropeptides and peptide hormones in humans and other animals. They are produced and stored in the pituitary gland. The classification of molecules as endorphins is based on their pharmacological activity, as opposed to a specific chemical formulation.
The endorphin class consists of α-endorphin, β-endorphin, and γ-endorphin. All three preferentially bind to μ-opioid receptors. The principal function of endorphins is to inhibit the communication of pain signals. Endorphins may also produce a feeling of euphoria very similar to that produced by other opioids.
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Energetics is the study of energy, and may refer to:
Energy flow (ecology)
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Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety and cost. The word engineer (Latin ingeniator) is derived from the Latin words ingeniare ("to create, generate, contrive, devise") and ingenium ("cleverness"). The foundational qualifications of an engineer typically include a four-year bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline, or in some jurisdictions, a master's degree in an engineering discipline plus four to six years of peer-reviewed professional practice (culminating in a project report or thesis) and passage of engineering board examinations.
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Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience's attention. Although people's attention is held by different things, because individuals have different preferences in entertainment, most forms are recognisable and familiar. Storytelling, music, drama, dance, and different kinds of performance exist in all cultures, were supported in royal courts, developed into sophisticated forms and over time became available to all citizens. The process has been accelerated in modern times by an entertainment industry that records and sells entertainment products. Entertainment evolves and can be adapted to suit any scale, ranging from an individual who chooses a private entertainment from a now enormous array of pre-recorded products; to a banquet adapted for two; to any size or type of party, with appropriate music and dance; to performances intended for thousands; and even for a global audience.
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Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (entomon) 'insect', and -λογία (-logia) 'study of') is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arachnids, myriapods, and crustaceans. This wider meaning may still be encountered in informal use.
Like several of the other fields that are categorized within zoology, entomology is a taxon-based category; any form of scientific study in which there is a focus on insect-related inquiries is, by definition, entomology. Entomology therefore overlaps with a cross-section of topics as diverse as molecular genetics, behavior, neuroscience, biomechanics, biochemistry, systematics, physiology, developmental biology, ecology, morphology, and paleontology.
Over 1.3 million insect species have been described, more than two-thirds all of known species. Some insect species date back to around 400 million years ago. They have many kinds of interactions with humans and other forms of life on Earth.
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Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values than simply economic ones.
More narrow definitions have described entrepreneurship as the process of designing, launching and running a new business, which is often initially a small business, or as the "capacity and willingness to develop, organize and manage a business venture along with any of its risks to make a profit." The people who create these businesses are often referred to as entrepreneurs. While definitions of entrepreneurship typically focus on the launching and running of businesses, due to the high risks involved in launching a start-up, a significant proportion of start-up businesses have to close due to "lack of funding, bad business decisions, government policies, an economic crisis, lack of market demand, or a combination of all of these."
In the field of economics, the term entrepreneur is used for an entity which has the ability to translate inventions or technologies into products and services. In this sense, entrepreneurship describes activities on the part of both established firms and new businesses.
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Environmental biotechnology is biotechnology that is applied to and used to study the natural environment. Environmental biotechnology could also imply that one try to harness biological process for commercial uses and exploitation. The International Society for Environmental Biotechnology defines environmental biotechnology as "the development, use and regulation of biological systems for remediation of contaminated environments (land, air, water), and for environment-friendly processes (green manufacturing technologies and sustainable development)".
Environmental biotechnology can simply be described as "the optimal use of nature, in the form of plants, animals, bacteria, fungi and algae, to produce renewable energy, food and nutrients in a synergistic integrated cycle of profit making processes where the waste of each process becomes the feedstock for another process".
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Environmental education (EE) refers to organized efforts to teach how natural environments function, and particularly, how human beings can manage behavior and ecosystems to live sustainably. It is a multi-disciplinary field integrating disciplines such as biology, chemistry, physics, ecology, earth science, atmospheric science, mathematics, and geography. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) states that EE is vital in imparting an inherent respect for nature among society and in enhancing public environmental awareness. UNESCO emphasises the role of EE in safeguarding future global developments of societal quality of life (QOL), through the protection of the environment, eradication of poverty, minimization of inequalities and insurance of sustainable development (UNESCO, 2014a). The term often implies education within the school system, from primary to post-secondary. However, it sometimes includes all efforts to educate the public and other audiences, including print materials, websites, media campaigns, etc.. There are also ways that environmental education is taught outside the traditional classroom. Aquariums, zoos, parks, and nature centers all have ways of teaching the public about the environment.
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Environmental engineering is a job type that is a professional engineering discipline and takes from broad scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiology, and mathematics to create solutions that will protect and also improve the health of living organisms and improve the quality of the environment. Environmental engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering and chemical engineering.
Environmental engineering is the application of scientific and engineering principles to improve and maintain the environment to:
protect human health,
protect nature's beneficial ecosystems,
and improve environmental-related enhancement of the quality of human life.
Environmental engineers devise solutions for wastewater management, water and air pollution control, recycling, waste disposal, and public health. They design municipal water supply and industrial wastewater treatment systems, and design plans to prevent waterborne diseases and improve sanitation in urban, rural and recreational areas. They evaluate hazardous-waste management systems to evaluate the severity of such hazards, advise on treatment and containment, and develop regulations to prevent mishaps. They implement environmental engineering law, as in assessing the environmental impact of proposed construction projects.
Environmental engineers study the effect of technological advances on the environment, addressing local and worldwide environmental issues such as acid rain, global warming, ozone depletion, water pollution and air pollution from automobile exhausts and industrial sources.
Most jurisdictions impose licensing and registration requirements for qualified environmental engineers.
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In environmental philosophy, environmental ethics is an established field of practical philosophy "which reconstructs the essential types of argumentation that can be made for protecting natural entities and the sustainable use of natural resources." The main competing paradigms are anthropocentrism, physiocentrism (called ecocentrism as well), and theocentrism. Environmmental ethics exerts influence on a large range of disciplines including environmental law, environmental sociology, ecotheology, ecological economics, ecology and environmental geography.
There are many ethical decisions that human beings make with respect to the environment. For example:
Should humans continue to clear cut forests for the sake of human consumption?
Why should humans continue to propagate its species, and life itself?
Should humans continue to make gasoline-powered vehicles?
What environmental obligations do humans need to keep for future generations?
Is it right for humans to knowingly cause the extinction of a species for the convenience of humanity?
How should humans best use and conserve the space environment to secure and expand life?
What role can Planetary Boundaries play in reshaping the human-earth relationship?
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Environmental protection is the practice of protecting the natural environment by individuals, organizations and governments. Its objectives are to conserve natural resources and the existing natural environment and, where possible, to repair damage and reverse trends.
Due to the pressures of overconsumption, population growth and technology, the biophysical environment is being degraded, sometimes permanently. This has been recognized, and governments have begun placing restraints on activities that cause environmental degradation. Since the 1960s, environmental movements have created more awareness of the multiple environmental problems. There is disagreement on the extent of the environmental impact of human activity, so protection measures are occasionally debated.
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Environmental resource management
Environmental resource management is the management of the interaction and impact of human societies on the environment. It is not, as the phrase might suggest, the management of the environment itself. Environmental resources management aims to ensure that ecosystem services are protected and maintained for future human generations, and also maintain ecosystem integrity through considering ethical, economic, and scientific (ecological) variables. Environmental resource management tries to identify factors affected by conflicts that rise between meeting needs and protecting resources. It is thus linked to environmental protection, sustainability, integrated landscape management, natural resource management, fisheries management, forest management, and wildlife management, and others.
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Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical, biological and information sciences (including ecology, biology, physics, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geography, and atmospheric science) to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems. Environmental science emerged from the fields of natural history and medicine during the Enlightenment | 2,494 |
TIME magazine just unveiled their list of The 25 Most Influential People on the Internet, and among them several individuals at the crosshairs of hip hop made the cut. TIME is said to have made their picks based on their Global impact, more so than on a domestic level, which allowed for the inclusion of K-Pop bands as well as social media in other languages other than English.
Heading the list is Kanye West, a man who takes unplanned hiatuses from the Internet to recover his energy, but when's he on the ramifications are almost seismic. Kanye is renown for once referring to his Tweets as a form of "contemporary art." All it takes is belief in self.
The most heartwarming inclusion on the list is the selection of Daniel Baker and Joel Martinez aka Desus & Mero, the future of late night television. Not only is their brand reaching astronomic heights, but they've tapped into their ability to turn a mere social media posting into a full course discussion. Desus & Mero are very much at the vanguard of what's popping in pop culture<|fim_middle|>ps, Q, Ninja, and Kylie Jenner. You can tread through the top 25 in no order of importance. Read here. | .
Other notable selections are Rihanna, Shaun King, The Women of #BabaeAko, Busy Philip | 22 |
Adaptogenic herbs are completely amazing to me!
James Green defines an adaptogen as, "An action concept unique to herbal therapeutics. Adaptogenic or hormonal modulating action increases the body's resistance and endurance to a wide variety of adverse influences from physical, chemical, and biological stressors, assisting the body's ability to cope and adapt" (Green, 2000, p. 27). Adaptogens are further defined as herbs that are non-toxic, herbs that have a nonspecific response in the body, and herbs that "have a normalizing influence on physiology, irrespective of the direction of change from physiological norms caused by the stressor" (Winston & Maimes,2007, p. 18).
What does this mean? In short, these are non-toxic herbs that provide a non-specific response, meaning their effect will be different in each individual, and that effect will be normalizing, irrespective of direction - either boosting or lowering body chemistry in order to normalize it. I see these herbs as the natural equivalent of the "smart pharmaceuticals" that conventional medicine so wishes to achieve. It never ceases to amaze me that adaptogenic herbs interact with the individual's body chemistry catering their effect to the needs of that particular person. These herbs work with the neuroendocrine and immune<|fim_middle|> were taught as children that we could not be trusted" - Two-time public school NYS teacher of the year turned unschooler, John Holt.
I continually read about unschooled kids who didn't do math at all for years and then suddenly did several years of high school math willingly and easily in 6 months - because they were ready, interested, and found it relevant to something in their life. I'm not quite that liberal, which would get me disqualified in some strict unschooling circles. I do insist on 2 math problems most days of the year and doing math with me in real life, figuring out percentages while shopping or what-not. NYS requires reporting and testing and I do believe in following that. But I can still give tremendous child-led freedom within that!
For those wondering... all of the data gathered on students who have been life-long unschoolers or democratic-free-schoolers show that they're successful in doing what they love in life and don't have difficulty getting into colleges if that's their goal. In other words, child-led education really works! But seeing how it works first-hand is really exciting! I know few kids who would willingly spend hours on math voluntarily. It's so exciting to see that when math is integrated into real life with many different options to choose from that it really does grab a kid's interest! A few months back Helena, like most kids, was beginning to hate math courtesy of Kahn. Now she's spending hours on it of her own free will! That's exciting to my nerdy self! | systems, along the HPA axis and "they are capable of either toning down the activity of hyper functioning systems or strengthening the activity of hypo functioning systems thus having a normalizing effect" (Winson & Maimes, 2007, p. 19).
Adaptogenic herbs are useful for regulating the immune system, both boosting it and potentially normalizing auto-immune responses; for regulating the thyroid; for boosting or decreasing reproductive hormones as needed; for treating adrenal fatigue; for providing antioxidant nutrients to the body; for increasing energy, stamina, and longevity of life; and reducing risk of cancer and heart disease. Specific adaptogens also come with their own specific balancing or normalizing abilities, such as regulating blood sugar (shilajit), treating anxiety and depression (ashwagandha), supporting the lung and kidneys (cordyceps), or treating arthritis (holy basil) (Winston & Maimes, 2007).
One of the most well-known adaptogenic herbs is ashwagandha or Withania somniferia which contains the following active constituents: withanolides, sitoindosides, withaferins, somniferiene, withanine, and anaferine (Winston & Maimes, 2007, p. 29). Ashwagandha has a long history as a cure-all in the Ayurvedic tradition. In addition to the aforementioned general properties of adaptogens, ashwagandha is particularly suited to bringing a state of calm, relieving muscle pain, and treating adrenal exhaustion.In addition to being an adaptogen, this biter, warm, and dry root is also anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, immune amphorteric, anti tumor, nervine, antispasmodic, mildly astringent, and diuretic. Just some of its many uses in Ayurvedic medicine include the following: malnutrition in children, paralysis, coughs, edema, impaired cognitive functioning, asthma, infertility, rheumatism, gastric ulcers, fevers, bedsores, boils, arthritis, alcohol addiction, and as an aphrodisiac (Winston & Maimes, 2007, p. 139).
Adaptogens, or rasayanas as their called in Ayurvedic medicine, are the miracle workers of the psychoneuroimmunological systems of the body! In a day where folks are worn down by stress, illness, and poor diet, they offer much for balancing the system and restoring innate health.
Green, James (2000). The Herbal Medicine Maker's Handbook: A Home Manual. Crossings Press: Berkely, CA.
Winston, David & Maimes, Steven (2007). Adaptogens: Herbs for Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief. Healing Arts Press: Rochester, VT.
I'm on a nerdy excitement high right now and must share!!
I'll begin by asking a question: How much of the subjects that you hated in school do you really remember today? If you're like me... not much.
I think I've mentioned before how I detested math, never understood it at all, but got mostly A's on the tests. I memorized the formulas and order of operations and spit all of that memory back out onto the test - with none left in my long-term memory!
I am finishing one MA this fall, working on an MS, have 18 months full-time of almost straight A's in a doctorate program - and yet when I took a college math placement test years ago, I found I needed a remedial math class. Yet, somehow I made it through all of these degrees without any college math other than statistics (in which I got an A and semi-understand it). In other words, I'm smart but I never truly learned math.
So it's been a big goal of mine in homeschooling this amazing child of mine who is passionate about animals - and thus about science - in such a way that she will both understand math *AND* not hate it. A tall order indeed! ;) And as we've gotten further along, I'm delving into mathematical concepts I haven't used since early high school.
In line with the unschooling, child-led-learning, or organic-learning philosophies, I've strewed her path with a zillion math things. Some of that is described in other posts here. But I can't emphasize enough how important I believe it is to be flexible and to respect a child's feelings in regards to learning. Last year Helena discovered Kahn Academy and really enjoyed working through some of the problems with the video instructions. Soon she came to hate it though. So we went back to the drawing board looking for more options. I purchased a large number of math riddles and stories used on Amazon and eBay (much less than the cost of a math curriculum!!) and we enjoy reading them together. I'm learning a lot that I never understood the first time around. We tried some Life of Fred math stories/curriculum which we borrowed -and she hated them. We also just recently discovered Math Antics. They're hilariously goofy short videos explaining one math concept, partly through lecture and partly through humorous special effects. These she loves!
As I write this, my sweet girlie is snuggled up in her bed binge watching Math Antics, interrupted only to excitedly tell me what she's learning about. And that's why I'm excited!
"Trust children. Nothing could be more simple or more difficult. Difficult because to trust children we must first learn to trust ourselves, and most of us | 1,158 |
It's a pleasure being a Cotswolds wedding photographer as the area is stunning. Hyde barn is no exception, the perfectly converted barn makes an ideal wedding venue. Set in it's own beautiful grounds it was clear to see why Lydia & Sam had chosen to get married there. In fact they had picked the venue especially to suit their country wedding theme. Not living very near their guests all travelled to celebrate with them.
Arriving early I got there in time for hair and makeup. The bridal suite is well designed with lots of natural light pouring in from the roof skylights. The light fell beautifully over the girls as they were getting ready. They were all in good spirits and happily chatting with lots of visitors popping in and out all wanting to say hello.
Sam was beaming when he saw Lydia walking down the aisle. The short civil ceremony had just one reading so didn't last too long allowing them to get outside and enjoy the glorious sunshine.
Guests lined up either side of the arbour to throw confetti as the couple walked through the middle. The arbour is a great feature of the barn and I used it for several photo<|fim_middle|> off the evenings shenanigans and believe me these guests knew how to party. The dance floor was filled all night completely forgetting it was only a Thursday. Everyone was in high spirits and enjoying themselves.
Click here to see Lydia & Sam's photo booth.
If your getting married in the Cotswolds or at Hyde Barn. Please get in contact. | opportunities throughout the day including a night scene.
The grounds of Hyde barn wedding venue are stunning, we were spoilt for choice with plenty of backdrops for the couple portraits. The couple claimed not to be very photogenic but I thought Lydia & Sam were very natural around each other and were great to photograph.
Food was served before speeches which were kicked off by Sam's two brothers. Lydia's best friend and sister also spoke. The speeches proved very emotional with a few tears but generally lots of laughter. Lydia has a very infectious laugh anyway which is enough to make anyone around her smile.
First dance kicked | 121 |
Jobs, family life, bills to pay...life happens. But this summer, we're being a little more intentional about how we're spending our time.
That's why we're on a mission to make a point to explore some of our city's best hikes, walks<|fim_middle|> is in the city, loves to enjoy nature from time to time. Join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. | , and picnic areas in our urban environment. We should all consider ourselves lucky here in Rochester - not only do we have an amazing city to call home, but we have unbelievable parklands that are right in our backyards. From Center City, driving to any city park in Rochester would take you 15-20 minutes at most - and that's being very conservative on the time.
...and trails underneath tall pines that will give you some relief from the hot sun.
Looking for a quiet place to sun yourself this summer without all the craziness at the beach? Highland Park even has that.
We could go on and on about Highland Park. In fact, it's a national treasure, recently named one of America's Best Urban Parks on the blog Cheapism, but close to home we know it for hosting the amazing annual Lilac Festival, the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Garden, the AIDS Remembrance Garden, and plenty of events at the Highland Bowl.
An original Frederick Law Olmsted designed Park, this historical urban getaway of a gem offers so much more than your typical basic park - this is definitely the caliber of Central Park. Rock gardens, ice skating (Lily Pond), lodges and shelters, the Lamberton Conservatory, Warner Castle and Sunken Garden, dog walking, movies and concerts at the Bowl, and even the Rochester Civic Garden Center which offers classes and special events throughout the year.
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Innotribe has released a new report examining the way innovation teams from the financial services sector are harnessing innovation within their organisations. Based on interviews with <|fim_middle|> external collaborators.
The experts interviewed for the report are part of a wider Innotribe Anchor Group, which represents a global network of fifty senior executives responsible for core innovation at their respective financial institutions. Launched in 2015, the group exchanges ideas and inspiration on how to develop innovation across the wholesale financial industry, helps drive the selection of topics to be pursued through the Innotribe Industry Challenges, a new initiative in the Innotribe toolbox. Launched in 2016, the Industry Challenge brings together member institutions, FinTech vendors, startups and SWIFT business and IT leaders in the development of collaborative solutions around key business areas such as Securities, Compliance and Cyber-security. | 11 innovation leaders, the Innotribe report, "Dynamism in Diversity: The essentials for successful Innovation Teams in the Financial Industry," details current innovation frameworks and best practices for developing innovation programmes across the wholesale financial industry.
According to the research, large financial organisations are up against the formidable challenge of correctly channeling ideas in a timely fashion, whilst working within a complex, high-value and highly regulated business environment. For a successful innovation implementation, organisations need to consider methodologies that foster idea generation and help bring new products to market effectively, yet in a relatively low-risk manner. The research cites that strong collaboration, both externally with clients and internally with product, technology and operations teams, is just as essential in the development of products and services as collaboration and partnership with FinTech startups. A key part of collaboration includes embracing diversity among these internal and | 170 |
St. Pius librarian gets students reading
By Melissa Stewart;
EDGEWOOD – Pam Moorhead has spent a lot of time<|fim_middle|> added to the library.
"It's fun. I tell the students, 'When you leave St. Pius a little bit of you will be left in the library,'" Moorhead said.
The Parent Storytelling Program began about 15 years ago, as well. Parent volunteers come into the library dressed in character three times a year to read stories to students promoting the Catholic faith.
Parent volunteer Amy Mayer said she enjoys the program, and likes that Moorhead was once her teacher.
"I've known her since I was 10; it was her first year teaching and I was in the fourth grade. She was a real loving teacher," Mayer said. "I'm thrilled my five children now have her as a librarian. She's really a light, a Christ light in our school. We're really blessed to have her."
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"I went to grade school here," said the school's librarian. "Now I'm here working with students. It's really wonderful. I enjoy it so much because I get to see the children of former students."
Moorhead, 64, of Florence has worked at St. Pius for 35 years, first as a teacher and now as librarian. Recently she was named teacher of the year by the Diocese of Covington.
Fellow librarian and public relations director Kathy Brunot nominated Moorhead.
"She's a great asset to our school," she said. "She loves working with the elementary children and always has a smile to share."
According to Brunot, Moorhead's love for reading and her desire to share that passion with the students makes her an excellent educator.
"She strives to find that specific book for each individual child that will excite them and instill a love of reading in them," Brunot said.
Moorhead said her goal is to instill a lifelong love of reading.
"It is such an important skill," she said. "When we have story time, I try to choose the perfect book, something that we can discuss. I focus on the author too so that they will look for other books by that author. I try to find a book that will interest them. I believe there's a book for every child."
Moorhead has made reading a positive experience for students through programs like the Birthday Book Club and the Parent Storytelling Program, Brunot said.
The Birthday Book Club allows each student to select a new book for the library. The book is purchased by the parents and the students' name is added in the book. A dedication ceremony is held with balloons and party treats and the student is the first to check out the book. Moorhead said since the program started 15 years ago 2,000 new books have been | 392 |
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This project involved a mixture of sensitive renovation and extension to the original Signal Tower, a B-listed ex-Ministry of Defence structure located on a cliff overlooking the Firth of Forth, close to the Rail Bridge. The aim was to renovate the existing tower and add a large modern extension, using<|fim_middle|> the original building used environmentally sustainable materials and methods. | environmentally sustainable materials &methods, in order to create a contemporary family house.
The design of the new building was conceived as a simple box sitting adjacent to the original octagonal tower, but isolated to maintain a respectful separation and emphasise the distinct form of the original structure. Its orientation and location aims to respond to the exposed coastal location of the site, the movement of the sun, and views, while also maximising the remaining garden area.
The project was carried out in two phases by separate contractors. Where possible, the construction of both the extension and the renovation of | 113 |
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Title Historical Libertyville-Mundelein from 1835
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Description A brief history of Libertyville from 1835 to the 1970's.
Keywords Libertyville;history
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Creator Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society
Rights The images in the Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society collections may be viewed, downloaded, and printed for personal or educational use, but commercial use is prohibited without permission. Questions may be directed to the society at info@lmhistory.org or (847) 36<|fim_middle|> of the house. In these first years, Libertyville's main link with the rest of the world was the stage coach. The
Keywords Ansel B. Cook residence
ProperNames Butler, Horace
Butler, Josiah
Cook, Ansel B.
Foster, Helen
Organization Cook Memorial Library
Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society
InsideBackCover | 2-2330.
Contributors Bell, Mrs. O. W.; Butler, Hazel; Butler, Harriet; Carroll, C. E.; Gridley, G. Carroll; Krieger, Wilbur M.; Michaels, Joseph; Wright, Roy F.; Smith, John Justin; Smith, Mrs. John Justin; Dunn, Robert O.;
Date circa 1971
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City Libertyville
State Illinois
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Butler Lake
Description History of Libertyville, 1840-1870s.
FullText Horace Butler, the first lawyer, became a member of the State Legislature and served on the State Constitutional Convention. He acquired land (some from the U.S. Government) which ran west from Milwaukee Avenue to the lake which is named for him. The first county courts were held on present-day Maple Avenue, a street laid out by Josiah Butler to divide the Butler holdings. Ansel B. Cook arrived from Haddam, Connecticut, in 1845. At various times he was a teacher, contractor, member of the State Legislature and a Chicago politician. His first wife was Dr. Foster's daughter, Helen. Cook owned lands running west from Milwaukee Avenue along present day Cook Street. In the 1870s he built the home which has become a town landmark and which served a [sic] a library from 1921 to 1968. The Libertyville Mundelein Historical Society now occupies part | 403 |
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Underwater Archaeology At 41hy147, The Terrace Locality At Spring Lake, Jon C. Lohse Jan 2013
Underwater Archaeology At 41hy147, The Terrace Locality At Spring Lake, Jon C. Lohse
Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State
Underwater investigations conducted at Spring Lake in the 1970s and 1980s by the late Dr. Joel Shiner contributed to our overall understanding of the archaeological record in Central Texas and its relationship to prehistory<|fim_middle|>, 1997, and 1998 Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University-San Marcos [Texas State]) field schools. As site 41HY165 was and still is located on property owned by Texas State (formerly Southwest Texas State University), investigations during the 1996–1998 field schools were subject to the Antiquities Code of Texas. Therefore, a Texas Antiquities Permit (Permit No. 1700) was issued by the Texas Historical Commission (THC ... | in North America. His work not only produced abundant evidence for early Paleoindian occupations associated with freshwater spring sites but also helped to demonstrate a nearly continuous sequence of occupation spanning more than 13,000 years, from Clovis times through the Spanish Colonial era and into the historic period. Using field notes and correspondences held in the records and collections repository at the Center for Archaeological ...
Data Recovery And Analysis At The Texas State University Ticket Kiosk Project, Located At 41hy160, Spring Lake, Hays County, Texas, Jon C. Lohse, Amy E. Reid, David M. Yelacic, Cinda L. Timperley Jan 2013
Data Recovery And Analysis At The Texas State University Ticket Kiosk Project, Located At 41hy160, Spring Lake, Hays County, Texas, Jon C. Lohse, Amy E. Reid, David M. Yelacic, Cinda L. Timperley
This report describes the results of data recovery-level archaeological investigations carried out under Texas Antiquities Permit No. 5938 at State Antiquities Landmark 41HY160. The purpose of the project was to offset the impact to cultural deposits at the site stemming from the installation of service utilities for a new restroom facility and ticket kiosk at The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, (formerly the River Systems Institute) at Texas State University-San Marcos (TxSt). Sponsored by TxSt, the Center for Archaeological Studies excavated a 1×2 meter unit and monitored construction activities. Resulting cultural materials and other archaeological evidence were ...
Prehistoric Life Along The Banks Of Spring Lake: Results And Analysis Of The Southwest Texas State Field Schools (1996–1998) At 41hy165, San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, Carole A. Leezer Jan 2013
Prehistoric Life Along The Banks Of Spring Lake: Results And Analysis Of The Southwest Texas State Field Schools (1996–1998) At 41hy165, San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, Carole A. Leezer
This report presents the results of archaeological investigations and subsequent analyses of archaeological site 41HY165, located along the banks of Spring Lake in Hays County, Texas. Excavations were conducted at 41HY165 during the 1996 | 516 |
A site-specific project by Kingsley Ng and Stephanie Cheung.
Standing in the dark belly of Hong Kong's oldest floodwater storage tank is without doubt one of the more powerful ways in which to contemplate the impact of rapid development on the city. Such was the experience granted by Kingsley Ng's site-specific project after the deluge (January 1–31, 2018) in Sham Shui Po, which provided viewers with an all-encompassing experience consisting of undulating fabrics weaved through the tank's pillars, illuminated against the dark with UV light and set to a minimal soundscape created by Angus Lee. The multi-disciplinary performance called attention to the monumental nature of the tank, which was inaugurated in 2004 as a means of coping with severe flooding in the area as a result of land reclamation. Although it bears Ng's name, this was a collaborative project, curated by Stephanie Cheung, involving disparate elements coming together as a vast, layered experience that reminds viewers of their scale against the great forces of nature and the passage of time. Wearing headsets that emitted ambient soundscapes, groups of visitors were led along the side of the nearby Tai Hang Tung Recreation Ground and over to the entrance of the storage tank, removing the headsets before entering. Cheung also created poetic writings for the work, which were inscribed along the wall on the way into the tank, acting as a reminder of after the deluge's local context.
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Are there any particular environmental issues related to Hong Kong that you are thinking about tackling in future works?
Stephanie: Our next project is in Chuen Lung Village, a 400-year-old village on the slopes of Tai Mo Shan, which is still vibrant, unlike most old villages in Hong Kong. Artists are going to be presenting works in a deserted village school, and Kingsley is one of them. There are a lot of issues that came up about us as urban people going to this village; for me that experience is how we will learn about our relationship with the land as a way of life.
province where the ancestors of the villagers came from 500 years ago.
Images: Installation views of After the Deluge, 2017.
Photography: Cheung Chi Wai. Courtesy the artist and Hong Kong Arts Development Council. | omity: How has this project been received by the public?
Kingsley Ng: Many of our previous projects have been built for a smaller audience, so this has been new. We were not expecting many people to be interested and come, and we thought that a lot of people would come just to see the tank itself. We were completely shocked and surprised how many people wanted to come and see it.
In a way it serves as a memory container, because it recalls a time before its inception in 2004, when the area suffered from intervals of severe flooding. Has the work received a response from the older generation?
exhibitions; they do not have that vocabulary. So they are not really talking with you about the concepts or the art work, but about their lives. To me this kind of conversation is one of the things that our art can trigger.
There is a universal visual vocabulary in this work, particularly in relation to ephemerality and transience, as in the fabric's simulation of water. How does this notion of ephemerality tie in to the context of Hong Kong as a whole?
Kingsley: Well, this is very much like any big city. Many big cities start up as small villages, then a lot of people come and an identity is built through time. Obviously Hong Kong is such a place. This transience is a part of everyday life. We want people to consider themselves as drops of water and to see their surroundings as if that's what they were. We constantly try to imagine: if we were drops of water, we would have been here through all these times and have witnessed the great fire that happened in 1954, and gone through this drainage in the 1990s and then into the tank and back into the sea. Very quickly you can see how one's self-perception in relation to the rest of the world can be changed through this kind of hypothesis. We don't want to dictate a way of viewing, but the hope is to show how we can open our senses. Our wish is that everyone's consciousness and senses can be expanded, and things seen from more than one perspective.
Stephanie: Regarding transience, I was thinking about the Chinese and maybe the Buddhist idea of wu chang, which is that things are always in a state of flux and nothing is certain. In a way it's like what Kingsley said about ever-changing perspectives: sometimes what you see and where you stand change over time. So to me the idea of flow and how things are never in a constant disposition is a very important part of how we conceptualise the work, in terms of how it is experienced as a flowing journey, along with the fabric, the headsets and the music, which create this kind of envelope but then also open the senses to the surroundings.
something extremely light and fluid. How did you configure your use of the space? Did the space dictate how you used it, or did it change along the way?
Kingsley: Well, regarding the fabric, there were quite a lot of safety considerations. For example where we have our audience standing had to be very close to the exit, also because the work requires ventilation.
discovery. Initially we thought about walking around the other side of the pitch so that you could hear the sound of the electricity from overhead wires, but the walk would have been too long. So that practical decision sent us to the other side of the pitch, along a road, above where the old sewer used to be and where a petrol station is now. I remember one day when we were doing a site visit we were walking along that way and you could smell the petroleum from the station, and then right after you could smell the grass on the pitch, which was such a contrast. It was a whole process of being aware of the place and also re-examining the space and bringing it into another language. Angus did an excellent job of emphasising these elements through the minimal music.
There is also a literary dimension to the work, both in the title, which in Chinese is a reference to the ancient Chinese ruler Yu the Great, known for his introduction of flood control, and in the poetic writings that form part of the work. How do you see the latter contributing to the overall experience?
Stephanie: I must apologise first because for a non-Chinese reader, you really are reading a different text.
Stephanie: Mostly in terms of the reader's experience – we didn't want to make it too wordy – but also the way it was conceptualised. I quite like circular poetry, and the poem is something for you not to read but to walk, so it ties in to the walking experience. And of course people come in at different times so we have to show it as a loop. It's the first time we have done a literary loop and it's so difficult because of the linear nature of language. For me, this is a new way of thinking about language. I really like Jorge Louis Borges, and it's kind of like The Garden of Forking Paths (1941) – how logic is not linear, how one thing leads to another and how you can't really figure out the beginning or the end. So, if you read Chinese, the stanzas are just flowing, and I tried to create this loop where it can begin or end anywhere so it also parallels the cycle of water, the state of flux and the indefinite nature of things. And the poem's content is deliberately abstract and minimal. We are very interested in Borges' idea of introverted storytelling. Borges believed there are two methods of storytelling, the introverted and the extroverted, and the introverted category is more needed in society. To him, it's a kind of writing about mysteries that are not resolved, with protagonists who are survivors and not performers.
homeless people had placed their belongings there at the entrance of the tanks, and when there was a flood everything would vanish. So to me that bed says so much about what the city is going through in a very extreme situation. At the point when you enter the tank there's a line that says, "At the end of the pier it takes a leap", which is reference to something we heard in an interview with an engineer. All these engineers talk a lot about numbers; whenever you ask them about their feelings, very quickly they change the subject. So I invited them to be a little more imaginative. I asked them to imagine if they were a drop of water, how would they find their journey in the tank? And immediately one responded that when he jumped off the pier, it would be the greatest moment. I asked him why and he said, "Because it's the time that I can be free, finally". So there is this layer of how people think we can control land, and how we appreciate the rule of nature. It's almost like an unattainable desire for freedom. All these layers are | 1,426 |
This was the second appetizer that I served for my Ottolenghi dinner and my guests couldn't get enough of it.<|fim_middle|> deep and place on a baking sheet under a hot broiler for about an hour. Turn them around every 20 minutes or so and continue to cook even if they burst and break.
2. Remove the eggplants from the heat and allow them to cool down slightly. Once cool enough to handle, cut an opening along each eggplant and scoop out the soft flesh, dividing it with your hands into long thin strips. Discard the skin. Drain the flesh in a colander for at least an hour, preferably longer, to get rid of as much water as possible.
3. Place the eggplant pulp in a medium bowl and add the garlic, lemon zest and juice, olive oil, 1/2 tsp salt, and a good grind of black pepper. Stir and allow the eggplant to marinate at room temperature for at least an hour.
4. When you are ready to serve, mix in most of the herbs and taste for seasoning. Pile high on a serving plate, scatter on the pomegranate seeds, and garnish with the remaining herbs. | The key to this delicious dip is to really char/burn the eggplants so you get a rich smokey flavour that is accented beautifully with the garlic, lemon and herbs. The pomegranate seeds look like little jewels in this dish. I served this with toasted pitas. Enjoy!
1. If you have a gas range, line the base with aluminum foil to protect it, keeping only the burners exposed. Place the eggplants directly on four separate gas burners with medium flames and roast for 15 to 18 minutes, until the skin is burnt and flaky and the flesh is soft. Use metal tongs to turn them around occasionally. Alternatively, score the eggplants with a knife in a few places, about 3/4 inch | 156 |
The bathing suit post that is not about modesty!
I refuse to miss my children's high-pitched, pool-induced giggles because of my inse<|fim_middle|> end of the day, it is not just about me.
It is about my kids.
I want them to remember twirling in the water with their mom.
I want them to remember splash fights together.
I want them to remember jumping off the edge of the pool into my arms.
I want them to remember that their mom was there, with them.
More than once last year, I just felt too damn fat to put on a bathing suit. Just couldn't do it. So I would go to the beach with the kids, and they would ask me to take them in the water and do that swishing thing, or catch them when they jump off the big rock — and I couldn't, because I didn't have a suit on.
They were crushed. It didn't make any sense to them. Why would you not wear your swimsuit to the beach? And they were right. Yeah, there are skinny, perky teenagers at the beach. Yeah, there are other moms who are frolicking around with their kids, and they're wearing the same size bikinis as their toddlers. Not even with stretch marks! How do they even do that? And here I am, and I weigh more than I did when I was nine months pregnant with the youngest kid, who is now 2 1/2. How did I even dothat?
More to the point, who cares? Feel fat? Stay in the damn water. No one will see you, and you can feel light and graceful for once. Sitting on the sand getting gritty and trying to tug your shorts and tank top over your flabby bits while the kids beg you to jump in? That is a great way to have a lousy afternoon. If you want to be attractive, have fun. Laugh and be happy. That's beautiful, even when you're fat.
Granted, it also helps a lot to have a suit that I don't absolutely hate! Last year, I got the Catalina Shirred Halter Swimsuit from Walmart.com.
The fabric is a little bit chintzy, because it is a cheap suit, but the cut is so flattering, and so is the shirring. It has more support in the bust than any halter top I've seen; and it covers all the right spots without being a floppy swim tent.
I remember suit shopping in the 80′s! Boy, is it gratifying to have some choices for people who are neither Denise Austin nor Mother Superior. I also bought a Land's End suit, but I actually like it less than the Walmart one.
Have you found a suit you're happy with? Share it here! | curities.
I refuse to let other women's judging eyes at the pool prevent me from exposing my kids' eyes to the wonder of the sun glittering on the water.
I refuse to let my self-image influence my children's.
I refuse to sacrifice memories with my children because of a soft tummy.
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Principal Heather Munroe-Blum received the prestigious Scopus Award from the Canadian Friends of Hebrew University at a gala in Montreal Monday night. The Award, which recognizes individuals or associations who have excelled in their respective fields and whose humanitarian endeavors and outstanding commitment contributed to the betterment of society, is the highest honour that can be granted by a Friends organization.<|fim_middle|> part of Campaign McGill. | The gala also served as an opportunity to announce that more than $1.5 million has been raised in support of joint academic projects between Hebrew University and McGill.
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If I could summarize this weekend in one word, it would be delicious.
Back in August you may remember reading a recap of my experience at an event called Fire in the City in Charlotte. It was part of a North Carolina-wide dining competition and the finals took place in Raleigh on Saturday night.
The Competition Dining Series is a state-wide dining competition that takes place in five different regions of North Carolina throughout the year. On each evening of the competition, two restaurants battle it out side by side in a single elimination, blind dinner format. Guests of the event enjoy a six-course menu (three courses from each chef without knowing<|fim_middle|> too cute! It looks like you had a great time at this event – all the food looks so yummy!
Where did you get the top you wore to your grandma's?! I love it!!
Julie, you are tall right? Do you have tall boots you would recommend? I have trouble finding ones that come all the way up to my knees. I'm 5'9″. I love your style!
Have you looked into Corso Como boots?? They're amazing and I feel like they're longer/taller than other boots out there!
Okay i love your hair! can you please tell me how you did that?! I know you have done hair tutorials in the past, but this looks like it's not curled but not straight?! Help me…i need to know how to do this to my hair! Thanks!
What a fun event! Also I love your outfit in the picture in front of your grandma's house!
Sounds like such a fun event!
I ADORE the brown jacket and boots that you wore to your grandma's~ Where'd you get them?
Thank you, Ali! The jacket is 5/48 from Off 5th and the boots are from VictoriasSecret.com!
I didn't realize you had family here! So glad you had a fun time in my Raleigh. Let me know the next time you come if you want to meetup with the fams. There's a restaurant called Cowfish right across the street from that hotel that is amazing, and I actually think there's one in Charlotte too. Worth a shot. That whole north hills shopping center is a lot of fun. | whose food they're tasting) created around a "mystery" North Carolina-local ingredient that is revealed to the chefs at noon the day of their battle and it must be used in each of their three courses. Guests then rate each dish using an app and results are revealed at the end of the evening.
During our time at Fire in the City in August, a fire safety video was shared and we were all encouraged to tweet it out with hopes that our tweet might be one of the tweets randomly selected to win two tickets to the Final Fire event. I was incredibly excited when I received a call from Kent Graham, chief of Blowing Rock Fire and Rescue, in October. He told me I won two tickets to the Final Fire and I knew right away Ryan and I would absolutely make the drive to Raleigh to attend. We had way too much fun at Fire in the City to miss it!
During my phone call with Kent, we spoke for quite a while and he emphasized the importance of fire safety, as that is a big part of the call to action of the competition dining series. Did you know that cooking is the number one cause of home fires and burn injuries by a landslide?
After my phone call with Kent, we still had while to wait for the dining competition finals to arrive because chefs in other cities around North Carolina were still competition. Just in case you're a North Carolina reader, I wanted to share the other cities that also participate in this dining competition because you have to go one year! It's too fun!
Ryan and I arrived in Raleigh on Saturday right after lunchtime and made sure to squeeze in some family time because my grandma, aunt, uncle and cousins live in the area!
My grandma's place was outfitted in autumn glory that was too cute not to photograph!
We arrived and were immediately greeted with chocolate-covered shortbread cookies and warm hugs!
We enjoyed a lovely afternoon with Mimi (the mastermind behind my favorite sugar cookies!) and it was so nice to see her and catch up before we had to head on to my aunt's house.
Once we arrived at my Aunt Laurie's, we snacked a bit and enjoyed chatting with my aunt, uncle and cousins. Time flew by waaay too fast and before we knew it, we had to head to our hotel to check in, change and meet up with Ryan and his wife Janessa for happy hour!
After happy hour, we had to hurry into the main event to grab our seats at Table Three which ended up being one heck of a fun table!
We were able to share the Final Fire experience with some very fun folks: The wonderful people behind NC Beer Guys and Raleigh Brewing Company. Of course this meant the drinks at our table were flowin' throughout the evening!
My favorite beer of the night was Raleigh Brewing Company's Hell Yes Ma'am a fruity, spicy golden beer that apparently got its name because Kristie, the CEO and President of Raleigh Brewing Company, insisted to her husband Patrik, the COO and Technical Manager, that this beer had to be sold. It's now their best-selling beer, reiterating, yet again, the fact that husbands should always listen to their wives. Ha!
As we drank our beers and got to know each other, the energetic host of the event kicked things off and introduced the two chefs that would be competing in the Final Fire.
Chef Dean Thompson of Flights at Renaissance North Hills won the Fire in The Triangle series in Raleigh and Chef John Fortes of Mimosa Grill was the champion of Fire in the City battles in Charlotte and the two chefs would be competing for the $4,000 prize!
Then the secret ingredients were revealed only this time instead of two secret ingredients, there were three: Apple Mill Apple Butter, Atlantic Caviar and Biltmore Winery Sparkling Wine Blanc de Blanc.
Once introductions were made, it was time to eat! Each of the six courses were absolutely delicious, but there were definitely some stand outs.
For me, the best part of the evening comes at the end when all of the scores are revealed and you get to learn which chef made what dish. It's always so interesting to learn what other diners thought about dishes that you loved or didn't particularly care for since opinions differ so much!
My favorite two dishes of the evening were course two and course five. The venison and gnocchi combination in course two blew me away and I would order that dish time and time again if it was served in a restaurant. And the fried sweet potato pie and apple pie and walnut ice cream in course five were heavenly! I woke up thinking about them the next day!
In the end, Charlotte-based chef Jon Fortes won and graciously accepted his $4,000 check as everyone applauded. A well-deserved win!
Congratulations to Chef Jon Fortes and thank you so much to Competition Dining for such a memorable and delicious experience!
What a great event! You look adorable in that pantsuit. Did you snag these pics with your iphone? The food looks amazing. Have a great Monday!
some were from my phone, some were from my point-and-shoot and the food ones were all provided by competition dining for everyone to use!
Wow incredible food!! Course three and five look like they'd be my winners but I'd imagine they were all pretty incredible! Love the purple tights too!
What a fun night! And your outfit is just absolutely perfect!
Congrats to the winning chef!! And what a fun night! I would love to do something like this in Omaha!
They NEED to take this national! I think it would be a huge hit!!
Love your romper girl! North hills is one of my favorite shopping venues in Raleigh. Looks like yall had a great night!
It was such a cute area!!! Love that we got there just in time for the Christmas tree lighting!
Wow, what an awesome dining experience!! That's so fun that you got to score the dishes and see how the pros scored them too. Oof those desserts look fantastic.
And your outfits are super cute as always!
Yup, those desserts definitely look like winners to me. I love how the voter scores were consistently higher than the pro scores. It's like that OMG SOOOO GOOOD feeling kind of takes over, hah. 😉 Glad you had so much fun!
What a fun weekend! My husband and I went to the Final Fire of the Raleigh competition a few years ago and chocolate was one of the ingredients. Everything was so good!
oh man, now THAT is an awesome secret ingredient!!
That's awesome the competition provided photos of the food, makes it a whole lot easier than trying to take food pictures in poor lighting!
That romper looks so cute, I could never pull something like that off.
Sounds like a great (and delicious!) night! North Hills is such a fun place to go in Raleigh.
Many of our burn injuries on the burn unit are from some type of cooking – boiling water that spills, oil that spills, catching a sleeve on fire on the stove. Or people spill coffee/tea/soup (especially kids). The acuity of the burn unit has gone down drastically over the past few decades because of the increase in fire safety and awareness. There are much fewer catastrophic fires and many more smaller injuries – people will continue to cook!
Thank you, Susan, for what you do! Cooking is the leading cause of burn injuries (39%) AND structure fires (44%). You are so right! We really appreciate Julie's help with this simple awareness that prevents so many tragedies. Heard, chef!
Thanks again for speaking with me about the importance of fire safety, Kent, and for allowing me and Ryan to attend such a fun event. We loved every minute!
I love the way you "winterized" the romper with the tights!!
SO jealous!! what a fun night full of amazing food!
ABSOLUTELY LOVE the purple tights!!!!
I am DROOLING. Also, I just want to raid your closet. And then force you to curl my hair. You have PERFECTED the beach wave.
This event is like heaven! So much delicious looking food! Yum!
love love love your romper with those tights! and the food all looks phenomenal, looks like a super cool event!
What a fun event to be a part of! The food looks and sounds delicious. It's always near to go out and try dishes you might not make at home. I feel like it always inspires me to think outside the box after events like these and try new pairings and combos!
Yumm, that all looks so amazing and fun! 🙂 Also love your outfit! Thanks for posting where it's all from!
I love your outfit at your grandma's place. The competition sounds like so much fun, and everything looks so delicious!
All that food looks delicious! I need to find an event like that to go to in Chicago!
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Q: Using tensor calculus in thermodynamics : This is my first post here in Physics Exchange, I hope I'll find my questions answers here. As you all read in the title "Using tensors in thermodynamics" basically that was a problem in the university and I really liked it.
Let $h_i, i=1,2,3,$ the heat quantities crosses the are of a material during a $t$ in the directions perpendicular to an axis $0x_i$. this heat flows under the influence of a temperature gradient $T$. The componenets $h_i$ are the one of the vector $\boldsymbol{h}$
Well I can't say that we can use Fourier Law :
$$h_i=-k_{ij} \frac{\partial T}{\partial x_j} $$
If is it true can $k_{ij}$ be the components of the 'Thermal conductivity tensor'?
Can we just prove that $\mathbf{div \ h}=0 $ without<|fim_middle|>\partial x_j}$$
In index form the 1st equation can be written :
$$\frac{\partial h_i}{\partial x_i}=0$$
Using what you gave :
$$\frac{\partial}{\partial x_i}\bigg(-k_{ij}\frac{\partial T}{\partial x_j}\bigg)=0$$
what we got was the equation of the distracting temperatures in stationary regime, $k_{ij}$ vary slightly in a high temperature :
$$k_{ij} \frac{\partial^2 T}{\partial x_i \partial x_j}=0 \qquad(1)$$
In Fourier law we have the components of $\frac{\partial T}{\partial x_j}$ are the contracted product of $k_{ij}$ so your first question was true $k_{ij}$ are the components of a Tensor what we call thermal conductivity tensor.
The tensor $k_{ij}$ if $i\neq j $ the equation $(1)$ can be written as (by the way $k_{1}=k_{11}, \ k_{2}=k_{22}, \ k_{3}=k_{33}$):
$$k_1 \frac{\partial^2 T}{\partial x_1^2}+k_2 \frac{\partial^2 T}{\partial x_2^2}+k_3 \frac{\partial^2 T}{\partial x_3^2}$$
So it does not influence on the heat even if $\mathbf{div \ h}=0$
Good luck !
| considering $k_{ij}=0$ if $i\neq j$ ?
A: I finished your question's answer, here's my attempts even I had some misunderstanding of you question but I hope it helps you :
Considering that :
$$\mathbf{div \ h}=0$$
and According to Fourier law of thermo :
$$h_i=-k_{ij}\frac{\partial T}{ | 83 |
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Wargaming.net announced today the official open beta launch date for its highly-anticipated free-to-play action-MMO game World of Tanks, scheduled for January 27th, 2011.
Over the past six months more than 260000 players took part in the closed beta fighting around 2 million battles and destroying 40 million vehicles with peak concurrent users number surpassing 20000 people. All the data and feedback received from beta-testers helped the developers detect and address important technical and gameplay issues inspiring the team to add new features and making the game one step closer to the final release.
During the open beta players will have a chance to test unique game modes and explore new maps and vehicles.
"We've been very pleased to get such a response from our players that means the direction we are moving in goes in line with the views of our community", said Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming.net. "I'd like to thank our fans for their crucial contribution to the development of the game and remind that there'll be a lot of new stuff added in the open beta".
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Integra Telecom's headquarters in Portland's Lloyd District.
Integra Telecom said this morning that it has borrowed $785 million to refinance its debt, boosting the company's credit outlook and freeing up millions of dollars in cash for operations<|fim_middle|>, and Moodys Investors Service raised is outlook for Integra to positive from stable. | and investment.
in the face of greater competition and a weak economy. Revenues were down less than 1 percent last year at $594 million, flattening out after three years of steeper declines.
So Integra took advantage of low interest rates and more favorable reviews from credit rating agencies to cut its interest payments by more than 25 percent. The company said the refinancing gives it more flexibility to invest in its communications network and add new products.
Integra is among the biggest companies based in Portland, and is one of the largest privately held companies in the state. It employs 1,760, including 577 in Oregon and 126 in Vancouver.
Most of its debt dates to the Portland company's 2007 purchase of a Minnesota business, Eschelon Telecom. That $710 million deal vastly expanded Integra's scale and regional footprint, but left the company hobbled by indebtedness.
to a private equity firm called Searchlight Capital Partners.
Historically focused on providing phones and Internet connections to small and midsized businesses, Integra is shifting to also serve more large, regional organizations.
Integra said this morning that its new debt consists of a $585 million loan at 6 percent interest, due in 2019; and a $200 million loan at 9.75 percent, due in 2020. Previously, the company had been paying 10.75 percent interest in $475 million in bonds, and 9.25 percent on a $243 million loan.
In addition, the company obtained $60 million in new, revolving credit that it hasn't drawn on yet.
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Karlie Kloss, Alexander Wang, Joan Smalls, and Vanessa Traina
Alexander Wang has earned quite the reputation for his after-parties. His post-show events have become one of the most sought-after invitations of New York Fashion Week. Last night was no exception; the line outside of 51 Chambers Street stretched down the block, with the inside of the massive historic bank filled<|fim_middle|> party—so let's get it started!" before being boosted onto a friend's shoulders and surfing the crowd.
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Several familiar faces could be spotted in the dancing mob, including Jenna Lyons, Jared Leto, Russell Simmons, Karlie Kloss, and Joan Smalls, dressed in everything from floor-length evening dresses to jeans and T-shirts. Solange Knowles seemed to have taken her fashion cues from the eclectic atmosphere, sporting a closet-sourced mélange of Balenciaga, Armani, and Madewell. "I'm keeping it very chill this season," she explained, "I don't do a bunch of shows, just stick to friends and people I really respect."
And because Alex Wang parties are always somewhat epic, legendary rapper Busta Rhymes made an appearance for a surprise performance of "Pass the Courvoisier." "To be so young, prosperous, productive, and genius—it's only right that we make a toast to you!" Busta bellowed as he popped the cork off a bottle of champagne in honor of the designer and proceeded to spray the audience with bubbly. Wang gracefully deflected the compliment and got back to the matter at hand, yelling, "It's everyone here that makes the | 273 |
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To avoid scarring, do not pull out too fast, pull in too quickly, or drive too fast on your asphalt driveway. During the initial curing time, don't park in the same spot all the time and don't use a jack stand or car ramps unless you put a piece of plywood underneath to distribute the weight. Do not turn your steering wheel back and forth when your car is not moving.
Large heavy vehicles can depress and cause ruts in your new blacktop. Keep heavy trucks (concrete, oil, landscaping, etc.) off your new driveway. If a camper or other vehicle will be stored for a long period of time | 163 |
Benjamin Franklin is well known for his quote, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." Franklin wrote and spoke many witty sayings relating to mortality issues, some humorous, some serious.
The Body of B. Franklin Printer; Like the Cover of an old Book, Its Contents torn out, And stript of its Lettering and Gilding, Lies here, Food for Worms. But the Work shall not be wholly lost: For it will, as he believ'd, appear once more, In a new & more perfect Edition, Corrected and Amended By the Author.
Franklin's actual grave, however, as he specified in his final will, simply reads "Benjamin and Deborah Franklin." Yes, he was married, although the common-law Mrs. Franklin did not make<|fim_middle|> funeral, consider using these wise words by our amazing – and amusing – Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin.
Gail Rubin, CT, The Doyenne of Death®, brings a light touch to serious subjects as a speaker who uses humor and funny films to attract people to discuss mortality, end-of-life, estate and funeral planning issues. She is Certified in Thanatology: Death, Dying and Bereavement, author of the award-winning book and host of the TV and radio shows A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die. Her website is http://www.AGoodGoodbye.com. | the historical mark of Mrs. Martha Washington or Mrs. Abigail Adams.
"He that raises a large family, does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.
"We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us, while they can afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or in doing good to our fellow creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God.
When they [our bodies] become unfit for these purposes and afford us pain instead of pleasure, instead of an aid become an encumbrance, and answer none of the intentions for which they were given, it is equally kind and benevolent, that a way is provided by which we may get rid of them. Death is that way.
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Study links Agent Orange to high blood pressure; could signal expanded benefits for Vietnam veterans
Published: Nov. 16, 2016<|fim_middle|> presumptively associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents: hairy cell and other B-cell leukemias, Parkinson's disease, and ischemic heart disease.
The VA last year agreed to provide disability benefits to as many as 2,100 Air Force reservists and active-duty forces who were exposed to Agent Orange residue on their planes.
President-elect Donald Trump this summer released a 10-point strategy for reforming the VA, including a proposal to establish a White House hotline that would be staffed by a real person, not a computer, to register complaints about the department. | , 8:34 p.m.
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his file photo from the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force shows a Huey helicopter spraying defoliant in South Vietnam. In an operation known as "Operation Ranch Hand," the U.S. military, between 1961 and 1971, sprayed more than 19 million gallons of herbicides across South Vietnam, a tactical strategy designed to destroy the enemy's cover and food source. Approximately 2.8 million U.S. military personnel were exposed to Agent Orange, the main herbicide used by the U.S. military. (National Museum of the U.S. Air Force)
A new study has linked exposure to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War and high blood pressure, a finding that is poised to expand the ranks of veterans eligible for compensation.
The study, published last week by researchers from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, found a higher rate of hypertension among members of the Army Chemical Corps who handled Agent Orange during the war compared to those who didn't.
The findings is certain to emboldened the push to extend health coverage for Agent Orange veterans, a move, which despite overwhelming support in Congress, has largely languished amid skepticism of the science behind the exposure claims and concerns about the cost of new benefits.
Most of the 20 million gallons of Agent Orange and other herbicides used in Vietnam was sprayed from Air Force planes or by the Army Chemical Corps, whose members sprayed the herbicide from hand sprayers and helicopters.
Researchers say the results of the study are statistically significant and validate previous studies linking Agent Orange exposure and hypertension.
SPECIAL REPORT: Agent Orange, 40 years later
The latest findings come nearly 41 years after the end of the Vietnam War and the fall of Saigon. Between 1962 and 1971, the U.S. military sprayed approximately 20 million gallons of herbicides in Vietnam, a tactical operation known as "Operation Ranch Hand."
More than half of it was Agent Orange, a toxic defoliant designed to decimate the country's jungle and along with it the enemy's safe haven. Millions of people - American military personnel and the Vietnamese - were exposed.
To this day, thousands of service personnel who served in Vietnam - and thousands more Vietnamese - contend with deadly diseases and conditions linked to exposure.
Furthermore, Vietnam War veterans continue to struggle to secure benefits and compensation for their service.
Agent Orange compensation has largely been extended to veterans who had "boots on the ground" in Vietnam or served on particular U.S. Navy ships offshore from 1962 to 1975, and now suffer from diseases in the presumptive list, such as soft-tissue sarcoma, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, leukemia, respiratory cancer and chloracne, among others. The VA has in recent years looked into expanding the list of diseases. On October 13, 2009, the VA officially added three new conditions to the list of diseases | 638 |
Caliper Corporation (Maptitude, TransCAD) Joins the USGS Coalition
By [email protected] - 24th January 2018 - 09:59
Caliper Corporation announced that it has become a member organization of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coalition. The USGS Coalition is an alliance of more than 80 organizations united by a commitment to the continued vitality of the USGS and its ability to provide critical data and services to the nation. The Coalition supports increased federal investment in USGS programs that underpin responsible<|fim_middle|>,â www.caliper.com
Real estate management during the COVID pandemic - Webinar | natural resource stewardship, improve resilience to natural and human-induced hazards, and contribute to the long-term health, security, and prosperity of the nation. Caliper Corporation mapping software has a long, productive relationship with the USGS. The Maptitude and TransCAD applications directly support USGS digital elevation model data, topographic maps, and aerial imagery. Vice President Stewart Berry said, âWith nearly a 35-year relationship with USGS, we look forward to growing our collaborative efforts with the organization through our membership in the USGS Coalition | 109 |
With Coronavirus Deaths 'Essentially Flat' Last Two Days, NY Gov. Sees 'Good Signs'
By Brakkton Booker • Apr 6, 2020
"While none of this is good news, the ... possible flattening of the curve is better than the increases that we have seen," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. He is seen last month following the arrival of the U.S. Naval hospital ship Comfort to New York City.
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There are "good signs" in New York's battle against the coronavirus as the state's death toll is "effectively flat for two days," the governor announced Monday, while also noting the state's health care system is "at maximum capacity."
The governor also reiterated his desire to have the USNS Comfort hospital ship join the Javits Center as a frontline facility to help New York City fight the COVID-19 outbreak.
Cuomo said during his midday press conference that there were 599 new statewide fatalities from the coronavirus as of Monday. That number is only slightly higher than the 594 new deaths reported on Sunday.
"While none of this is good news, the flattening, possible flattening of the curve is better than the increases that we have seen," Cuomo said.
He said the numbers are "hopeful" that<|fim_middle|>Public health is our first concern.
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) April 6, 2020
The governor said over the weekend New York had 630 deaths from the virus in a 24-hour period from Friday to Saturday. The latest officials figures show 130,689 confirmed positive cases in New York and 4,758 people who have died from virus-related complications.
Cuomo announced additional measures to help the state fight against the COVID-19 spread. He is extending the statewide closure of schools and non-essential businesses will through April 29. The previous date was through April 15.
The governor also said he was doubling fines for those who violate social-distancing mandates, increasing the penalty from $500 to $1,000. He said the reason was "anecdotal evidence" that people were violating the orders at a higher rate than they were previously.
"It's not really about the fine, nobody wants the money," Cuomo said. "We want the compliance. We are serious."
Today I am increasing the maximum fine for violations of state-mandated social distancing rules from $500 to $1000.
This is an enemy we have underestimated since day one.
This is not the time to be lax. We need to #StayHome and stay properly distanced. | New York is approaching its apex of coronavirus infections.
Cuomo also cautioned that the state is still facing a dire emergency and various models projecting how the outbreak will play out next in the state were "inconclusive."
"It can still go any way," Cuomo told reporters. "If we are plateauing, we are plateauing at a very high level and there's tremendous stress on the health care system."
New York on PAUSE is extended through April 29.
Schools and non-essential businesses will remain closed.
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Thank you to all that participated in the choir workshop in November 2015! It was another successful session.
Khoren Mekanejian was born in Aleppo, Syria. He studied at the Gevorkian Seminary at Holy Etchmiadzin, where he pursued studies in the theology of the Armenian Church, as well as in philosophy, humanities, and psychology. He also received two master's degrees—in musical conducting and choral singing as well as in symphonic studies—from the Gomidas Conservatory in Yerevan.
Maestro Khoren composed the choral and organ accompaniments to the Khorenian liturgical setting of the Divine Liturgy, which was officially approved by His Holiness Vasken I, Catholicos of All Armenians, and is now in use in churches throughout the world.
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CHAIRPERSON Richard H. Roomian
VICE CHAIRPERSON: Carol Mikaelian-Columbus
TREASURER: Kenneth Khanzadian
ASST. TREASURER: Ara Tadevossian
SECRETARY: Stephen Schmitt
Dr. Paul Kardjian
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Justine Mullen-Khanzadian, Westhill grad, among students fleeing Egypt
Published: Tuesday, February 01, 2011, 11:26 AM Updated: Tuesday, February 01, 2011, 2:06 PM
Richard Chidsey and Justine Mullen-Khanzadian in front of an Egyptian pyramid in 2010. Mullen-Khanzadian fled the Egypt unrest Monday where she was studying at American University in Cairo. Her mother said today that she has arrived in Glasgow and will stay with Chidsey until she can resume her studies.
Update: Justine Mullen-Khanzadian, the Westhill graduate who fled Egypt, has arrived safely in Glasgow, Scotland, her mother said at around 12:45 p.m.
"I just heard from Justine and she has arrived in Glasgow safely. Her thoughts are with the other people and their families who are trying to leave the country and are still stranded at the airport or somewhere else and not able to get home. We wish them all safe passage home or to a safe haven as soon as possible," wrote her mother Karen Khanzadian.
Westvale, NY -- Justine Mullen-Khanzadian, a Westhill graduate studying at American University in Cairo, has fled Egypt and is on her way to Scotland, her mother said this morning.
"Thank God she's OK.<|fim_middle|> St. Nersess missions program. Fr. Stepanos Doudoukjian, Director of Youth and Vocations for St. Nersess, led a group of young adults on a mission to the Armenian parish of St. Paul in an effort to reach out to one of the oldest parishes in the diocese......click on link above to read the complete article
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Created with 1&1 WebsiteBuilder | I can't even explain what the past few days have been like," said her mother Karen Khanzadian.
Her daughter's flight from Egypt landed in Germany Monday, Khanzadian said. She's waiting to hear if her daughter was on her next flight to Edinburgh, Scotland. From there, her boyfriend, Richard Chidsey, will meet the flight and take Mullen-Khanzadian to his home in Glasgow.
Karen Khanzadian, of Westvale, has spent a harried week as the Egyptian protests grew more violent.
Mullen-Khanzadian, 23, is a graduate of Le Moyne College with a degree in international relations. While there she spent a semester studying in Egypt.
Mullen-Khanzadian returned to Egypt to study international relations, diplomacy and Arabic. She is in her last semester at the American University in Cairo as part of a master's degree program, her mother said.
Her daughter has been through protests and uprisings before, Khanzadian said. "This one is different. It felt different," she said.
Mother and daughter sensed danger and the two started talking last Tuesday about leaving the country, she said. But, her daughter and her classmates are dedicated to their studies, and leaving was not the first thing that came to their minds, Khanzadian said.
"When the Internet went down, I knew," Khanzadian said. "As things progressed I became very insistent."
"She began waking up everyday to the sound of sniper fire, and the smell and taste of tear gas. That's when I really got fearful," Khanzadian said.
At one point, Mullen-Khanzadian told family members she had armed and barricaded herself in her apartment in Maadi, a suburb of Cairo, before finding other Americans in the building.
The two kept in contact by phone as they worked with Chidsey to get Mullen-Khanzadian out of the country.
Khanzadian credited Chidsey's level-headed planning and savvy in waiting for the right moment to grab a ticket for her daughter to leave the country.
Chidsey is a Liverpool High School graduate and is also a Le Moyne grad, who is studying in Glasgow. Mullen-Khanzadian will wait there with him until American University gives her instructions about where to go to resume her studies, Khanzadian said.
"I'm extremely proud of her and the way she handled an extremely difficult situation," Khanzadian said.
"She's amazing. I'm very proud of her, and very, very relieved. I'm still praying for all those that are still over there; that they get to a safe haven."
Fall exterior improvements 1/21/11
As part of the overall improvements under our multi year project, we had the large trees onthe property removed. One large Locust on Park Street was doing actual damage to the building structure and had to be removed. Multiple trees in our green space had become overgrown and were of no real aesthetic value.
Church Renovation Update 12/20/2010
If you have come to participate in Badarak you may have noticed over the past few months scaffolding in the sanctuary. This was to allow access to the dormer area for inspection. As part of the total roof replacement project we have been taking a step by step approach to make proper improvement and repairs to our 100+ year old building. This includes repairs to our dormers (upper window area) (this will cost $10K - $20K) before we can actually replace the roof (cost = $30K.) We hope to accomplish this during the winter months in preparation of replacing the roof in the spring. As you have most likely noticed we have replaced the pews for worship these next few months but will need to take them out again for work.
As part of the funding we have been running an ongoing campaign to raise funds for the physical repairs of our church to include: roof replacement, dormer repair, rain gutter replacement, painting, tree removal and then we will move our attention to the renovation of the interior areas including the basement or church hall. Sources of funding include general donations, the big car raffle and matching grant monies secured by establishing St. Paul Armenian Church as a National Historic Landmark.
We thank all of our parishioners and other financial supporters in assisting us to keep our physical building a viable center of Armenian religion, culture and fellowship. Without your continued support we would not be able to do this.
Robert Koolakian's STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE; A STORY OF THE AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF ARMENIA, 1915-1920 was published in the fall of 2008. The book is based on the Koolakian family's collection of historical documents providing a rare view "behind the scenes" of the post-World War I Armenian independence movement in the U.S. Much of the story is based in upstate New York. "A must read for American-Armenians." Now available from Wayne State University Press - phone 313-577-6126 to order. More information on web site: http://wsupress.wayne.edu/armenian/koolakiansj/koolakianb.html
ABC To Broadcast Documentary About Armenian Church This Month
An hour-long documentary titled "Everyone Prays at Holy Etchmiadzin" is slated to air on the national ABC television network in the month of December. The Eastern Diocese co-produced this beautiful film which conveys the inspiring majesty of our Mother See.
We are urging our parishioners to contact your local ABC affiliate to ensure that the program is broadcast in your area.
Some cities with significant Armenian populations – including Albany, NY; Detroit, Mich.; Providence, RI; Watertown, Mass.; and Washington, DC – have yet to schedule a time for the documentary. Other cities have set aside a time slot in the early morning hours that would not promote maximum exposure. Click here to see when your ABC affiliate will broadcast the documentary.
SYRACUSE: WSYR - 12/28/2008 @ 1:00 PM
BINGHAMTON: WIVT - 12/27/2008 @ 1:30 PM
WATERTOWN: WWTI - 12/28/2008 @ 1:00 PM
ELMIRA: EHAM - 12/25/2008 @ 6:00 AM
ROCHESTER: CW - CABLE CHANNEL 16 - 12/25/2008 @ 6:00 AM
ABC affiliates need to hear from local viewers to arrange better coverage. We encourage all parishioners to call local ABC affiliates with this suggested message:
"I learned through my church that ABC is making the documentary 'Everyone Prays at Holy Etchmiadzin' available to local affiliates, and I would like to encourage you to broadcast it at a more visible time slot."
After viewing the film, please call your local affiliate to say thanks and to encourage similar programming in the future.
About "Everyone Prays at Holy Etchmiadzin"
"Everyone Prays at Holy Etchmiadzin" was produced by Diva Communications under the leadership of the Eastern Diocese and the National Council of Churches. The film details the history and spiritual heritage of the Armenian Church, with a particular focus on the efforts of the modern Armenian Church to foster Christian unity and interfaith dialogue.
Syracuse Newspapers Article on Armenian Genocide, Bob Koolakian book lecture
St. Nersess Mission Program Revived with Palm Sunday Mission to Syracuse.
(click link above to go to St. Nersess Website and view article)
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Fr. Stepanos Doudoukjian flanked by altar servers from St. Paul Armenian Church and the St. Nersess Mission Team on Palm Sunday.
Over Palm Sunday weekend, the numbers of those touched by St. Nersess grew to include the St. Paul Armenian Church community of Syracuse, New York, with the rebirth of the | 1,707 |
Digital Culture Mike Rampton September 19, 2020
Why Isn't My Laptop Coffee-Proof (Or My Phone Toilet-Proof) Yet?
In the battle between latte and laptop, there's only one winner, and it's not the expensive one
Laptops and coffee are inextricably linked. Whether it's a Starbucks full of freelancers, late-night caffeine-fueled coding sessions or hip creative meetings where everyone wields an exotic multi-prefixed drink that costs more than a nice pair of shoes, they're frequently together. It seems absurd, then, that even in futuristic 2020, one measly cup can destroy a fucking computer.
There's a real David-and-Goliath thing going on there, this low-tech, low-fi mug of ground-up beans and hot water — as simple as anything really gets, basically dirt — being capable of destroying a state-of-the-art, top-of-the-line machine. Similarly, a brand-new iPhone is a much-admired object of delicacy and beauty, while a toilet is a mundane and functional item, used daily but rarely celebrated. Nobody lines up around the block the day a new toilet model is released, the way they might do with a smartphone. And yet, a toilet has little to fear from a phone.
(Although, thinking about it, gravity is free and doesn't even involve boiling a kettle, and dropping a laptop or smartphone off a mountain — the most low-tech thing you could possibly drop it off — will still totally fuck it, so maybe there's less of a poetic irony involved in coffee-based technology destruction than I first thought.)
As for how liquids ruin electronics, it's because they cause short circuits, diverting the electric currents within the gadget away from where they're meant to go. If you're lucky, you'll get a grounding short, where currents are diverted somewhere that can handle them and everything just stops working, but if you're less lucky, it'll result in more power going through a circuit than the circuit can handle, leading to overheating or burnout. Some liquids bring extra complications with them: Seawater contains salt, which contains conductive ions that send current basically everywhere. Plus, when saltwater dries, it can leave a crust that continues to conduct electricity in ways you'd rather it didn't. If you spill a drink on your electronics, sure, that sucks, but take a moment if you can to be grateful you weren't drinking the ocean.
Now, as technology writer Natasha Stokes points out, "rugged" technology is available — chunky, impact-resistant, dust-resistant models mainly designed for use in industrial settings, fieldwork or military purposes. And while there's something to be said for the kind of G-Shock chic these models have, they're a far cry from the sleek aesthetics that have made a slender MacBook as much a fashion accessory as a computer. If a MacBook Air is a supermodel, the Dell Latitude Rugged Extreme is, let's say, WWE wrestler Paul "The Big Show" Wight.
(Although it's also really expensive — $3,500 — so perhaps it's more like retired WWE legend Ted "Million Dollar Man" DiBiase.)
"Waterproofing a device, or providing water resistance beyond a liquid-repellent coating as some smartphones have, costs as a feature," says Stokes. "When manufacturers are trying to keep phones and laptops at certain price points, water resistance hasn't been prioritized over all those features that make our technology so great to use, like a good camera or graphics card, and thin, light hardware design."
Waterproofing is expressed in technology using Ingress Protection codes: the letters IP followed by two digits. The first digit represents protection against solids and dust, and goes from zero to six, while the second represents protection against liquids and goes up to nine, but in an annoyingly complicated manner. One to six go up normally, increasing amounts of water exposure, but then things like water jets get involved and it all gets a bit silly. The iPhone 11 is rated IP68, for instance, which means it's totally dust-proof and can in theory be submerged for half an hour. However, that isn't covered by the warranty, so you can't be entirely confident that a split-second of clumsy dumbassedness while peeing won't cost you hundreds of dollars.
"There may be an element of manufacturers weighing the cost of water resistance against counting on a majority of users taking care of the device and/or not kicking up a fuss about its lackings," says Stokes. "Take shock impact — back in the early days of iPhones, lots of people would drop their phones and<|fim_middle|> moves electricity around, resulting in a warmer and warmer computer. "Air vents are necessary to let heat escape from a laptop," says Mohammad Asad of Computer Genius, a computer repair specialist in East London. "Your computer generates a lot of heat as it is working — the harder it's working, the hotter it gets. This heat is transferred using a thermal compound to a heat sink, at which point it's blown out of the vents by the fan, which stops the computer overheating. Without air vents, the computer will fry to death. It would be like you having a bag over your head — it basically suffocates."
There's no way around this at present, as eliminating the need for vents would pretty much mean reinventing how the inside of a computer works. The way forward for coffee-drinking computer users, then, might be that most low-tech of inventions — a lid.
It's not stupid if it works, right?
Mike Rampton
Mike Rampton is a freelance writer who lives in London. He enjoys making aggressively difficult puns, drinking on trains and pretending to be smarter than he is. He would like to own a boat one day but accepts that he probably won't. | crack the screens, leading to smartphone cases becoming the norm, rather than manufacturers making their phones less fragile."
Phones are getting there — a few smartphone generations ago, the only models with anything approaching an IP68 rating were specialist ones — but a coffee to the laptop is still fairly catastrophic. Some models offer spill-resistant (i.e., coffee-proof) keyboards, but as a whole, a laptop is a lot more vulnerable than a phone. "Between fan vents, USB ports, HDMI ports and the keyboard, waterproofing a laptop presents more of a challenge, especially considering how heat needs to dissipate," says Stokes.
Computer components generate heat as the transistors on its chips change states between on and off. Every change | 145 |
I'm not a scrapbooker, but I know many people who are - or who would like to be,<|fim_middle|>There were also articles on some old favorites: See Jane Work and craigslist.
But there was one product listed that made no sense to me - an internet journal to "keep track of all your favorite internet sites." Why wouldn't you keep track of these on your computer - through favorites (Internet Explorer browser) or bookmarks (Safari and Firefox browsers), through bookmark management tools, or through a social bookmarking site like del.icio.us?
And I wish they hadn't shown a child working on a computer in what seemed to be a very non-ergonomically correct position. | but never seem to make the time. So I was intrigued by SEI's 1-Hour Albums: the scrapbook in a bag and the scrapbook in a box (one of which is shown above). I've noticed that other scrapbooking companies are also providing do-it-quicker options; for example, Creative Memories now has PicFolio Albums designed to speed up the scrapbooking process.
The other product line that was new to me was the Tatutina line of children's products: wastebaskets, nesting bins, crayon caddies, pegboards, etc. Choose from dinosaurs, jungle animals, fish and mermaids, and more.
Tatutina also has some recipe boxes as part of their Cucina Tatutina line. Take a look at that oven one!
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Positive Emotion Correlates of Meditation Practice: a Comparison of Mindfulness Meditation and Loving-Kindness Meditation | mijn-bsl Skip to main content
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Positive Emotion Correlates of Meditation Practice: a Comparison of Mindfulness Meditation and Loving-Kindness Meditation
Auteurs: Barbara L. Fredrickson, Aaron J. Boulton, Ann M. Firestine, Patty Van Cappellen, Sara B. Algoe, Mary M. Brantley, Sumi Loundon Kim, Jeffrey Brantley, Sharon Salzberg
Gepubliceerd in: Mindfulness | Uitgave 6/2017
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The purpose of this study was to uncover the day-to-day emotional profiles and dose-response relations, both within persons and between persons, associated with initiating one of two meditation practices, either mindfulness meditation or loving-kindness meditation. Data were pooled across two studies of midlife adults (N = 339) who were randomized to learn either mindfulness meditation or loving-kindness meditation in a 6-week workshop. The duration and frequency of meditation practice was measured daily for 9 weeks, commencing with the first workshop session. Likewise, positive and negative emotions were also measured daily, using the modified Differential Emotions Scale (Fredrickson, Advances in Experimental Social Psychology 47:1–53, 2013 ). Analysis of daily emotion reports over the targeted 9-week period showed significant gains in positive emotions and no change in negative emotions, regardless of meditation type. Multilevel models also revealed significant dose-response relations between duration of meditation practice and positive emotions, both within persons and between persons. Moreover, the within-person dose-response relation was stronger for loving-kindness meditation than for mindfulness meditation. Similar dose-response relations were observed for the frequency of meditation practice. In the context of prior research on the mental and physical health benefits produced by subtle increases in day-to-day experiences of positive emotions, the present research points to evidence-based practices—both mindfulness meditation and loving-kindness meditation—that can improve emotional well-being.
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Barbara L. Fredrickson
Aaron J. Boulton
Ann M. Firestine
Patty Van Cappellen
Sara B. Algoe
Mary M. Brantley
Sumi Loundon Kim
Jeffrey Brantley
Mindfulness / Uitgave 6/2017
ORIGINAL PAPER
Mindfulness Mediation May Not Increase False-Memory and May Instead Protect from False-Memory Susceptibility
The Relationship Between Adult Attachment Orientation and Mindfulness: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Testing the Relationship Between Social Anxiety Schemas, Mindfulness Facets, and State and Trait Social Anxiety Symptoms
Dispositional Mindfulness, Shame, and Compulsive Sexual Behaviors Among Men in Residential Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
Measuring Decentering and Related Constructs: Capacity and Limitations of Extant Assessment Scales
Erratum to: Mindfulness in Daily Life: a Multidimensional Approach | 1. doi: 10.101 | 12 |
On July 27, physicians, nurses, clinicians and other caregivers began using Cerner – our new, advanced Electronic Health Record (EHR) system – at Saint Joseph Hospital, Saint Joseph East, Saint Joseph Jessamine and Continuing Care Hospital. This system will improve care for patients into the future and provide quick access to a patient's medical record at KentuckyOne Health facilities.
Less than a week into the Cerner conversion, and with only a few bumps in the road, the consensus is that people are adopting the new system with gusto, exhibiting tremendous attitudes during a major change. During the first week, 245,133 orders, including 102,905 orders from orders sets, were entered electronically across the Lexington-area facilities.
The "finance transformation" initiative was announced to finance professionals across the CHI system this past week. Finance transformation for KentuckyOne includes completing integration of our three formerly separate finance divisions and streamlining processes, as well transitioning certain functions to "centers of expertise." The centers of expertise will centralize finance services in support of all local CHI organizations.
Employees will step into their new roles as of Sept. 1. Across CHI and KentuckyOne, finance roles and functions will be clearer with standardized processes at the national and local levels. In the end, finance will be more strategically focused with greater collaboration using better forecasting and analytical tools for decision-making.
On Saturday, Aug. 24, the Walk Away from Colon Cancer & 5K Run will be held in Louisville at Iroquois Park. The event will raise funds for the Colon Cancer Prevention Project (C2P2), which works to end preventable colon cancer death and suffering. KentuckyOne Health is the signature sponsor. KentuckyOne employees are encouraged to take part and help raise funds for this life-saving initiative. As an incentive, a certificate for a Classic Bi-Plane Tours ride will be drawn at random and won by any staff member who joins a KentuckyOne team. Register online at C2P2KY.org.
Laura Lagerstrom (pictured with family), C2P2 board member and wife of KentuckyOne physician Rex Lagerstrom, would love to see thousands of people turn out for the event. She would love to see the event raise $100,000 for the Colon Cancer Prevention Project. That's because Laura has battled this terrible killer. She takes part in the walk every year.
As system director for KentuckyOne's Patient & Family Experience division, Melissa Marksbury Roe (left, top) formed a management team that will lead the charge in building a world-class patient and family experience within our facilities across the Commonwealth. Please welcome these talented leaders to their new roles.
Martinez (left, second from top) most recently served as language services supervisor for University of Louisville Hospital. In her new role, Martinez will implement best practices across KentuckyOne for the diverse populations we serve with a focus on language, culture and family needs.
Deaver (left, third from top) most recently served as a communications manager for KentuckyOne Health. Prior to joining KentuckyOne in March, Deaver spent nearly three years as the marketing and communications manager for University of Louisville Hospital | James Graham Brown Cancer Center. Deaver will oversee all Patient & Family Experience staff in the Louisville market, work hand-in-hand with leaders to implement best practices and develop innovative approaches to the patient and family experience.
Mays (left, bottom) brings with him five years of service excellence experience in the central and eastern Kentucky market. In his new role Mays will have responsibility for the central and eastern Kentucky market and will oversee all Patient & Family Experience staff in that market, work in tandem with Melissa Deaver to implement best practices, innovative approaches and a consistent message regarding service for the Patient & Family Experience across KentuckyOne Health.
Help support KentuckyOne Health at the Kentucky State Fair Aug. 15-25. KentuckyOne is returning as the principal sponsor and largest exhibitor of "Health Horizons." Approximately 60 clinical and non-clinical volunteers will be needed each day to staff our exhibit. Volunteers are needed for areas such as registration, health screenings, health information tables and assisting with our giant inflatable interactive heart – back by popular demand!
Volunteer Registration Now Open: To sign up for volunteering at our exhibit, please view the available shifts by following this link KentuckyOneHealth.org/statefair.
Volunteers will receive a FREE KentuckyOne Health T-shirt and FREE State Fair parking and admission. At the end of the fair, volunteers will be entered into a drawing for a $250 gift card and one of two $100 gift cards. The more shifts you volunteer for, the more chances you have to win!
Want to support Ironman Louisville athletes as an official volunteer for the race? Want a super-cool T-shirt to commemorate<|fim_middle|> is featured in the film, "My Finish Line," the inspirational story of quadriplegic INDYCAR team owner and former driver Sam Schmidt. The documentary was filmed during the 2010 Indianapolis 500. | the day? Your opportunity has arrived.
On Aug. 25, KentuckyOne Health staff and volunteers will be running an aid station for the Ironman Louisville race. This volunteer opportunity will raise support for the Frazier Rehab Ironman Housing Fund.
We need at least 80 volunteers to step up and take part in our aid stop team. We are responsible for the Ironman marathon aid station #2 located on Old Louisville's 3rd Street, between Park and Magnolia.
KentuckyOne Health is proud to be a presenting sponsor of the American Lung Association's 2013 Bike Trek to Shakertown, Sept. 14-16. Employees who enjoy cycling are encouraged to participate in the ride by joining the KentuckyOne Health Team. Register here.
Support a great cause and have a spectacular weekend of cycling through gorgeous Kentucky countryside. Once you register, you will be sent specifics about setting up your personal webpage and other information to assist in your fundraising. Awards are given to the team 1) with the highest pledge total or 2) with the most members. Let's show our KentuckyOne Health team spirit as we ride to end the cycle of lung disease!
Patients, staff and guests at Frazier Rehab Institute received a little musical inspiration on Wednesday, July 31, from Nashville recording artist Michelle Murray (right). Murray, who is a spokesperson for the Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation, greeted guests and shared an acoustic performance.
Murray's song, "It Won't Be If But When" | 309 |
Kleefeld on Comics: On Strips: Kenosha!
This weekend in Kenosha, WI is the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning, a festival dedicated to comic strips. Their short description of it reads: "Cartoonists and comic strips arrive in Kenosha, WI for a 3-day festival, including a massive exhibit of comic strip art, lectures, presentations, Q&A and meet-and greets with the artists, and more!" It's only a few years old, but they've been drawing in some great talent from the outset. This year, the guest list includes: Mark Tatulli, Bill Morrison, Darrin Bell, Mark Anderson, Jan Eliot, and Ed Steckley. Sadly, due some other commitments, I won't be able to attend like I was hoping.
But I want to throw some attention on the show for a couple reasons. First, it's free for everyone. No cover price, so your cash outlay for enjoying everything at the festival boils down<|fim_middle|> that area. (I visited Kenosha back in May to run the Wisconsin Marathon, and I was really surprised how quick and easy it was to get up there!) Milwaukee is even closer!
I have seen how hungry the public is to meet these artists and see how they create their art and hear why they decided to become cartoonists and how they achieved their dreams... I have had such a terrific experience at the festivals I've attended that, in 2011, I jumped in with both feet and created the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning.
If you're able to attend, I strongly recommend going. I can't say that I've had first-hand experience to vouch for everything personally, but it sounds like a wonderful festival and I'm sorely disappointed I've never been able to fit it in my schedule. Everything I've heard about it so far has been extremely positive, both from professionals as well as attendees. So head over to Kenosha, take lots of pictures, and see how jealous you can make me! | to how much it costs you to get there. It's about an hour drive from Chicago's northern suburbs, and it could easily be a series of day trips for anyone in | 35 |
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James Mullinger
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Deni Ellis Béchard
Cures for Hunger (eBOOK)
Non-Fiction / Biography & Memoir
ePub: 9780864927439 $19.95
Almost unbelievable. You'll swear it's fiction.
"You haven't read a story like this one, even if your father was the kind of magnificent scoundrel you only find in Russian novels. Béchard is the rare writer who knows the secret to telling the true story." — Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings
Growing up in rural British Columbia, Deni Béchard worships his father, believing that he can do no wrong. Although his charismatic father is prone to racing trains and brawling, Deni has no idea how unusual his family is.
But when Deni discovers his father's true identity (and his other life as a bank robber), his imagination is set on fire. Before long, he begins to see himself as a character in one of his father's stories. He can't escape the sense that his father's life holds the key to understanding his own passions, aversions, and motivations.
Eventually Deni finds himself ensnared in the controlling impulses of his mysterious father and increasingly obsessed by his father's own muted recollections: the impoverished childhood in the Gaspé he'd fled long ago, the hunger for excitement and a better life, and a trail of crimes leading from Québec to the American west.
At once an extraordinary family story and an unconventional portrait of the artist as a young man, Cures for Hunger is a singular, deeply affecting memoir by an acclaimed writer.
Deni Ellis Béchard is a novelist, journalist, and photographer. He is the author of four books of non-fiction, including Cures for Hunger, recently released in trade paper, and three novels: Vandal Love, winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book; Into the Sun, winner of the Midwest Book Award for literary fiction; and White.
"Captivating and poignant memoir... Deni Y. Béchard's prose brims with nuance as his characters move across a continent and leave the reader richer for accompanying them. ... a must-read for anyone who has mused about the ways in which parents' actions can affect their children... a heartfelt depiction of the long road taken to a better understanding of the complexity of the parent-child bond." — Winnipeg Free Press
"A complex tale, full of bittersweet encounters, rage, love, and sorrow." — straight.com
"Best book to bring on a soul-searching solo trip: 'Beautifully written memoir.' " — thetyree.ca
"Ragged and rough on the surface, tender and aching underneath, Bouchard's writing style reflects what may be the real subject of this memoir; his own youthful bravado." — Montreal Gazette
"A spare, raw, haunting memoir about living in the shadow of an enigmatic man. ... Deni Y. Béchard is a writer to watch." — Booklist Onnline
"Béchard's whiplashing sentences have an intimacy. ... Clever, superbly paced and crafted, sincere and very affecting." — Roverarts.com
"Béchard's memoir is alternately funny and poignant, with a meditative, leisurely pace. ... embedded with insights. The complexities of hunger are the core of this story. Hunger is not simply a clawing emptiness in the belly: It is the yearning 'for truth, for love, for a single thing that we can trust' it is 'the perfect pleasure of wanting.'... Ultimately for Béchard, writing is freedom and Cures for Hunger is both a journey and a coming home." — Montreal Review of Books
"A coming of age story with rare and loving insights into the vulnerable hearts of men and boys — and the women that help shape them." — The Huffington Post
"A poignant but rigorously unsentimental account of hard-won maturity." — Kirkus Reviews
"Cures for Hunger illustrates the ways in which storytelling can act as a means of self-discovery... much more than a memoir of youthful misadventure, though it contains plenty of that. It's also an exploration of the oppression of lineage, of familial duty, wanderlust, and perennial dissatisfaction, and the most American theme of them all: personal reinvention." — The Iowa Review
"Béchard powerfully evokes the ever-present tension between the author and his parents... as well as his own struggle to emulate and escape his father... Béchard's story is also one of personal discovery, and a teasing out of the function of memory: what it keeps, what it loses, and what it saves." — Publishers Weekly
"Cures for Hunger is a poignant adventure story with a mystery... But it is also, perhaps even more so, the story of an artist coming of age. Readers will be reminded of James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man." — The Plain Dealer
A "Best Book of the Year So Far" and "Best Biography/Memoir of the Year So Far" — Amazon.ca
"You haven't read a story like this one, even if your father was the kind of magnificent scoundrel you only find in Russian novels. Béchard is the rare writer who knows the secret to telling the true story. Just because the end is clear doesn't mean the bets are off." — Marlon James
"Béchard writes that prison taught his father 'the nature of the self, the way it can be shaped and hardened.' As in a great novel, this darkly comic and lyrical memoir demonstrates the shaping of its author, who suffers the wreckage of his father's life, yet manages to salvage all the beauty of its desperate freedoms. Béchard's poetic gifts give voice to the outsiders of society, and make them glow with humanity and love." — Elizabeth McKenzie
"A moving story of rebellion, lost love, criminal daring, and restless searching. Driven above all by the need to grasp his father's secrets, Béchard has written his narrative in skillful, resonant prose graced with a subtle tone of obsession and longing." — Leonard Gardner
"This powerful and haunting memoir is a must-read for anyone who has struggled to uncover their identity within the shadow of a parent. In exquisitely sharp prose, Béchard renders his attempts to understand his father's mysterious existence. This book is huge and achingly true." — Claire Bidwell Smith
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Jon Tattrie
Nathan M. Greenfield
Anything but a Still Life
Stephen Kimber
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Donna Collins<|fim_middle|> "Thunder Day Rally" alternates every second year with the Skeleton Coast Rally, and they are expecting to draw quite a big crowd to the town. | Tsumeb was the stomping ground for the fourth two-day Harley Owners Group Namibia (HOG) Glück Auf Rally 2017, which has become one of the highlights on the annual social calendar, and the biggest biking event held to date in the town. A gathering of 52 jaw dropping Harley Davidson motorbikes in various shapes, sizes and models turned up, which totalled 76 entries including the pillion riders who all gathered from far and wide for this great Harley occasion. Despite the sizzling Tsumeb temperatures, bikers were well represented and kitted out in full leather riding regalia as they gathered to be part of this year's not-to-be-missed Glück Auf Rally. The rally was organised by the Tsumeb HOG team, which comprises 30 members. In addition HOG members from Swakopmund, Windhoek, Gobabis, Okahandja, Oshakati and Tsumeb, were joined by riders from South Africa on their first visit to Namibia, travelling a return distance of about 5 000 kilometres. The serene Tsumeb Golf Course served as the event's headquarters, where evening braai's, live music, dancing, catching up on bike talk, and socialising with fellow Harley riders turned into one big happy family. The Glück Auf Rally kicked off on Friday with bikers registration, a meet and greet, rounded off by a braai that evening, which included live music by young 'Rock 'n Blues' acoustic artist Savannah, followed by some foot tapping dance music from seasoned duo Jan and Hansie - the 'Two Hats'. A full programme on Saturday included a breakfast run to Grootfontein where the Harleys stretched their muscles on the open road, filling the air with the distinct throaty roar of these mean machines, as local onlookers gathered in amazement to wave them off. The day also included some target practice at the shooting club, biker games and ended that evening with a successful auction of a variety of must have Harley Davidson merchandise which went for top prices. True to biker tradition and their generosity of giving back to society, the rally goers stuck their hands deep into their pockets, and raised around N$40 000, which is being donated to the Tsumeb old age home. Woema spoke to one of the main organisers and Tsumeb HOG member, Basie Oosthuizen, who said that the Glück Auf Rally has seen a lot of growth in the four years, saying they started out with 22 bikes compared to 52 at the week-end. He also gave a shout out to the generosity of the sponsors who made this event possible, and thanked all those Harley riders for their participating this year. Harley Davidson Windhoek was also present at the Glück Auf Rally this year since opening its dealership, offering pre-ordered Harley Davidson merchandise from the showroom "The whole of Tsumeb pulls on one string to prepare for an event like, and we are already starting prepare for the next big "Thunder Day Rally" event, which is being held 25 May," said Basie, adding that they already have HOG entries from Namibia and South Africa. He explained that the | 670 |
Jacob's Ladder is a hidden gem of a café tucked away in a suburban shopping strip in Runcorn, serving specialty coffee, flavoured hot chocolate, organic tea, sweet<|fim_middle|>ants, blueberry muffins and chocolate brownies, or start their morning with house made granola (fig, apricot, date, almond, sultana and coconut) served with organic honey, natural yoghurt and mixed berries.
Or try a gourmet sandwich such as roast chicken and avocado with feta, fresh greens and tomato on Turkish or grilled haloumi and pepperoni on Turkish with avocado. | treats and light eats.
Located on the corner of Compton Road and Condamine Street, this cosy café with minimalist décor is open six days a week, caffeinating customers from morning til night. Coffee on pour is Supreme with two blends to choose from: Supreme's signature blend and The Origin (crafted to showcase Ethiopian coffee).
Coffee connoisseurs can opt for pour over, cold drip or try a JL Flight – espresso plus single shot of any white coffee plus cold drip. Otherwise, there's a good selection of house made, bottled iced coffee, iced chocolate and the café's signature sparkling ade (kiwi, grapefruit or lemon).
Delicious cups of hot chocolate come in milk, white or dark (70%) chocolate and can be flavoured with peppermint, lavender or orange to name a few flavours. Tea is by Chamellia and is available in English Breakfast, Earl Grey, Gunpowder Green and Lemongrass Ginger.
Food wise, customers can satiate their sweet tooth with almond croiss | 209 |
Every Chinese New Year questions arise concerning how the many types of astrologies differ. Western astrology, for the western mind, is based upon the Sun and the seasons. Eastern astrology, primarily Vedic, is moon or lunar based. Chinese astrology describes the gifts of the 12 animal-beings that first honored the Buddha. All have twelve (12) signs and are based on elements (fire, earth, air, water). Western astrology uses four elements (fire, earth, air, water). Chinese astrology adds one more (fire, earth, water, metal & wood).
2007 is the year of the Fire Boar, last experienced in 1947-1948, a year of worldwide upheaval and unrest, which will also occur in 2007. Boars signify thoughtfulness, hard work, fertility, straightforwardness, patience, modesty, constancy, and trust. Boars are habitual and conservative creatures. They don't leave home much. They love beauty and nature far away from cities. Boars are noble, sincere, studious, quiet, and generous. They can also be obstinate, quick tempered, passionate, impulsive and willful. During a Boar year, we are to cultivate relationships, learning Right Relations.
During "fire years " we seek illumination, warmth, and inspiration. Thus as the year unfolds we are to be a brightening influence, a "light unto others," not only seeking warmth for self but radiating it out so others can also be warmed. Esoterically this warmth and light are the radiations of Goodwill (Ray 2) which is "precipitated" Will-to-Good (Ray 1).
This Fire Boar year we will look for quick enjoyment which prepares us for the serious work to be done in 2008 (Year of Earth Rat) and 2009 (Earth Ox) – years where we will need great practicality and determination.
www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18925343.700 – 36k; www.livescience.com/othernews/ ap_060619_strange_seeds.html; & www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5496400.
The week: Thursday is Aquarius moon. Both humanity and the planets are free of aspects. Friday we prepare for Saturday's new moon festival (8:14 am Pacific time), 28 degrees Aquarius. The personality-building meditative seed thought is "Let desire in form rule." In Aquarius we desire to give shape and form to future ideas and ideals.
Sunday, Chinese New Year, the Sun enters Pisces (5:09 pm. Pisces is the Light of the World revealing the Light of Life (Ray 1) itself. This light, ending forever the darkness of matter, is the light all Piceans hold, sustain and eventually reveal. Pisces is the sign of sacrifice and Saviorship. The task of Pisces, no longer service in Capricorn and Aquarius, is to save the world (Save the Cheerleader!). Pisceans are the "heroes" of the zodiac.
Monday, President's Day combining Lincoln & Washington's birthdays, is v/c till 11:06 am. When moon enters Aries everything begin<|fim_middle|>. | anew. We feel something's about to occur and it does around 8:00 pm Monday night as Venus squares Pluto. There are challenges with money and relationships. Take it slow.
Tuesday is Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras or Carnival), the last of the parties before Lent. Shrove is an English word for confession or absolution, part of the purification during Lent. Many cultures eat special foods (especially sweets) the day before Ash Wednesday (beginning of Lent). In England it's Pancake Day (pancakes eaten and pancake races are held). Last year IHOP (International House of Pancakes) celebrated Pancake Day with free pancakes.
Wednesday is Ash Wednesday (cross of ashes on our forehead), reminding us that at death the personality (physical body, emotions, lower mind) does not make the journey to heaven. Only our Soul. Wednesday, Venus enters Aries after midnight. No more ambiguity in our relationships. We want fire, passion, enthusiasm, desire and excitement and we're determined to have it.
Aries: You are in the world but don't seem to be "of" it. This is a temporary shift for you're usually so much in the world you often crash into it. But a reflective time is beginning – a contemplative time set aside where you can recharge, review, and revivify your ideals and aspirations. This actually underscores the Mercury retrograde. Your mind ponders new ideas emerging for the New World order and acquaints you with them more fully.
TAURUS: You're out and about, very aware of the group and of group process. You seek to define what it means to create community and how the group must be defined first and how cohesion also must come forth in rhythm and in the group's own realized timing. You know without all of these vital parts community will not occur. You are quiet. Waiting for right timing.
GEMINI: You are to learn how to listen. This is what a good facilitator does. But what is true listening? It's not simply hearing someone or allowing a group to speak within rigorous timelines. True listening discriminates. It understands the true underlying message, is sensitive to need, intervening when difficulties arise. True listening provides love that circles the speaker(s) and creates trust.
CANCER: Your present finances and resources need to be reorganized and conserved. If you are working within a group or a corporation, these tasks will be vital to the ongoing success of the organization as well as to your own personal well being. Maintain discretion yet don't allow secrecy to create undue separations. It's tax time, isn't it?
LEO: Do you feel a bit more "out in the world" than usual? Is there some sort of competition occurring that's affecting you? Is there also a constant thought of changing geographical positions and/or environments? Are you seeking leadership amidst a group that may not recognize you? There is only one word (task actually) available for all Leos at this moment in time. It's service. Unqualified and unconditional and free.
VIRGO: You are working, tending to daily details, and simultaneously \thinking, thinking, thinking – a real Mercury retro situation. But also you find that you're distracted by this and that, here and there. And that is a sign to get out and about, tend to things that please, provide comforts, tasteful treats, interaction, fun and playfulness. The "other" is most important.
LIBRA: You would like to plan your immediate future how the days will work out and how best to get there without disrupting your present. New creative endeavors will call out attempting to guide and direct you into new possible futures. The new moon creates new daily guidelines at work. There's lots to accomplish, lots to organize. Know that you will do it. Write your angels a list.
SCORPIO: Home matters. And then work matters, too. And the two sometimes don't meet. But meet they must. As work calls you out into the world, all the Aquarian planets are telephoning you to come home. What to do? Balance is what's being called for here and through the conflict balance will be achieved. Have this as an intention. Then it comes forth.
SAGITTARIUS: You'll be called to say things that you only think about or harbor within yourself, afraid to say what you feel. Should this push occur so deeply that you do actually speak, make sure your intentions are that you speak truthfully, with heartfelt integrity, that you include praise and that you don't expect to be understood. This is a paradox, I know. Is family calling?
CAPRICORN: Tasks to lovingly accomplish. Make sure you have a savings fund that grows each month. Check and re-check during this retro time all details, papers, and things of value. Where are they located and are they easily found (by you)? Go slowly with all events and plans. It takes time to create new structures. Expect your mind to function slowly, too. The Mercury retrograde is in between your communication and your wise use of money.
AQUARIUS: The new moon will present your mind with new ideas, a brilliant state of communication, and lightning-like flashes of insight. The information will be of two types. One is about yourself, who you are, and your gifts. This insight is the foundation for the next which is concerns yourself as a valuable resource with even more valuable gifts that humanity needs. You now need to walk down the mountain and into the valleys of humanity and serve. In any way you can, day by day.
PISCES: It is most important to rest which will develop a rhythm of strength to support the many tasks you must perform. Thought small and mostly behind the scenes, these tasks will assure you that you can move forward with new procedures and even create the next level of your life according to your own needs and no one else's. Music is needed during this time to uplift and nurture. Review all decisions, now. Many will be reversed | 1,237 |
NCAA REGIONAL SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT: BATON ROUGE
Bridget Orchard
UL Lafayette - 15, Fordham - 3
COACH BRIDGE ORCHARD: Biggest thing I want to just kind of say is that I'm really proud of the group we brought here. Wasn't the results we wanted but we got the experience we wanted. We're a young team and they fought and they battled and they tried their hardest.
They really put it all out on the field today. I really can't ask for more. We have two seniors, Madi Shaw and Lauren Quense, this will be their last game. I know it's something right now we're disappointed about but I think they will remember it forever, the experience they had. We have a lot of freshmen, a lot of nerves, a lot of mistakes but I think in the long run, this is going to help us build a future at forward ham.
Q. Those errors were the story of y'all's weekend. Was there anything that happened there in particular?
COACH BRIDGE ORCHARD: I want to kind of chalk it up to inexperience. You know, inexperience, a little nerves. Again, they are freshmen and they are pretty much making a lot of the mistakes. It's a bigger atmosphere we're used to playing in. They can make those plays. They know they can make those plays, so it is a little frustrating.
I think the big atmosphere and the pressure they are feeling, and once they made one, it got in their head and they started making multiple errors and it kind of cost us.
Q. You guys were able to score some runs in the first inning off that first pitch, and then when they made the pitching change, it was really nothing the rest of the way. What was so difficult about the second pitch, or what changed?
COACH BRIDGE ORCHARD: I think it's the mentality -- we let our defense roll into our offense. When we were making mistakes on defense and we were letting up runs, it was affecting the offensive side of it.
I give credit to their pitcher. She absolutely came in and shut us down and did a great job. But I think it was more our mental focus when we were at-bat, knowing that we were kind of having to climb back from four runs, five runs, six runs, so then it got really out of hand.
Q. Do you think the weather had anything to do with your errors and stuff?
COACH BRIDGE ORCHARD: I don't think so. It could -- it was hot and they were tired. It definitely hurt our pitchers a little bit. Lauren Quense was a little gassed there at the end. Just being out there on the field for so long, and we did make the mistakes, so now<|fim_middle|>. We were on defense for a long period of time and they were starting to fatigue a little bit. Definitely played a little part but not costly.
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In Memoriam Em. Prof. Georges Stoops (1937-2022)
Georges Stoops, Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Sciences of Ghent University in Belgium, and Honorary President of the Belgian Soil Science Society, passed away suddenly on 20 January 2022 at the age of 84, during a vacation with his family in the South of Spain. Georges was an excellent soil scientist of international standing, belonging to a generation of great soil micro-morphologists. His outstanding activities contributed considerably<|fim_middle|> the DR Congo. Georges began his professional career with a fellowship of the Belgian Institute for Encouragement of Scientific Research Overseas (BIBWOO). During that period, he participated in the first geopedological mission to the Galápagos Islands, organized by Prof. Dr. René Tavernier and sponsored by the Charles Darwin Foundation, Ghent University, the Soil Survey Centre (Ghent), BIBWOO and the National Fund for Scientific Research (NFWO). The soils of the Galápagos Islands would continue to fascinate Georges up to the end of his life. From 1962 till 1967 he was assistant lecturer at the Faculty of Agronomy of the Lovanium University in Kinshasa, DR Congo, where he began the mineralogical and micromorphological study of soils and weathering profiles that would become the subject of this PhD dissertation. In 1968 he was appointed at Ghent University, where he would teach courses on mineralogy and micropedology until he retired. He became Full Professor in 1987, and Emeritus Professor in 2002. During this tenure as professor, he was Director of the Laboratory for Mineralogy, Petrology and Micropedology. He was also the first Chairman of the Department of Geology and Soil Science (1993-2001), and Director of the International Training Centre for Post-Graduate Soil Scientists (ITC) (1989-2001). Georges was well respected by his peers, as well as by the many generations of MSc and PhD students, coming from all over the world, who knew him as lecturer or thesis supervisor.
Throughout his career, Georges had a strong interest in development cooperation. He was actively involved in several university cooperation projects, in Africa (Congo, Egypt, Rwanda, Tunisia, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia, Syria), and South America (Ecuador, Mexico, Suriname). He also frequently acted as guest lecturer for micromorphology courses at various universities (e.g., Bahia Blanca, Barcelona, Bratislava, Granada, Lleida, Tunis). He was a member of the Steering Committee of Development Cooperation of the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR-UOS), of which he was Vice-President in 1999-2002. As researcher with extensive overseas experience, he was also very active within the Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences of Belgium, of which he became a member in 1988, followed by terms as Director of the Section of Natural and Medical Sciences (1995, 1998) and as President of the Academy (1999). | to the development and worldwide use of thin section observations in soil studies.
Georges was born on 12 August 1937 in Antwerp, Belgium. He studied Geology at Ghent University, where he also obtained a PhD degree in Geology, in 1966, with a dissertation about soil development in the Bas-Congo region of | 74 |
T‑Mobile Delivers Contract Freedom for Families By Paying Off Early Termination Fees
Company marks 1st anniversary of Un-carrier revolution by offering to reimburse entire amount of customers' early termination fees when they switch from AT&T, Sprint or Verizon
LAS VEGAS - Jan. 8, 2014 - One year ago at International CES, T-Mobile US, Inc. (NYSE: TMUS) threw down the gauntlet, promising relief for customers fed up with a broken, arrogant wireless industry. Since then, the company has delivered on its promise with a relentless barrage of Un-carrier industry innovations.
In its latest move, T-Mobile is eliminating one of the last remaining obstacles for individuals and families wanting to switch from AT&T, Sprint or Verizon to the Un-carrier by offering to pay off their early termination fees. With an eligible phone trade-in, the total value of the offer to switch to T-Mobile could be as high as $650 per line.
"We're giving families a 'Get Out of Jail Free Card,' said John Legere, president and chief executive officer of T-Mobile. "Carriers have counted on staggered contract end dates and hefty early termination fees to keep people bound to them forever. But now families can switch to T-Mobile without paying a single red cent to leave them behind."
Customers have been flocking to T-Mobile for its no annual service contract Simple Choice Plan, industry-leading JUMP!(TM) upgrade program, unlimited global data at no extra charge in 100-plus countries, and most recently for Free Data for Life on every tablet - up to 200 MB of free 4G LTE data every month for as long as they own their tablet and use the registered device with T-Mobile. But Nielsen research suggests up to 40 percent[i] of families hold back from switching because of high early termination fees (ETFs), and a recent online poll conducted by GigaOM suggests that 78 percent[ii] would switch to T-Mobile if their ETF was paid. ETFs can cost as much as $350 per line. Multiply that two, three or four times for a family, and switching becomes an extremely expensive proposition.
"Carriers like to make you think you're just signing up for two years with their family plans, but with staggered expiration dates and early termination fees, they're really locking you in forever," said Mike Sievert, chief marketing officer for T-Mobile. "Now, families are free to switch without worrying about early termination fees. And by switching to T-Mobile, a family of four can save $1,880 over two years compared to an AT&T shared family plan[iii]."
Here's how T-Mobile's offer to pay off these fees works:
Starting tomorrow, customers from the three major national carriers who hand in their eligible devices at any participating T-Mobile location and switch to a postpaid Simple Choice Plan can receive an instant credit, based on the value of their phone, of up to $300. They then purchase any eligible device, including T-Mobile's most popular smartphones, now priced at $0 down (plus 24 monthly device payments, for well-qualified customers). After customers get the final bill from their old carrier (showing their early termination fees), they either mail it to T-Mobile or upload<|fim_middle|> and fees). The potential savings are so significant that if every single AT&T, Sprint and Verizon customer switched to a Simple Choice Plan, T-Mobile estimates they would save up to $20 billion [iv] collectively each year.
In addition to great family plan savings, individuals and families can also enjoy an incredible wireless experience thanks to T-Mobile's rapidly expanding nationwide 4G LTE network- now the fastest[v] in the United States. For more information, visit the T-Mobile newsroom.
About T-Mobile US, Inc.:
As America's Un-carrier, T-Mobile US, Inc. (NYSE: "TMUS") is redefining the way consumers and businesses buy wireless services through leading product and service innovation. The company's advanced nationwide 4G and expanding 4G LTE network delivers outstanding wireless experiences for customers who are unwilling to compromise on quality and value. Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile US provides services through its subsidiaries and operates its flagship brands, T-Mobile and MetroPCS. For more information, please visit https://www.t-mobile.com.
[i]Family Barriers to Switching, Nielsen Mobile Insights, 2013
[ii] Online poll conducted Dec. 8 at http://gigaom.com/2013/12/20/poll-if-t-mobile-pays-for-you-to-switch-carriers-will-you/
[iii] Savings based on comparison of Simple Choice plan versus AT&T's Mobile Share Value (20 GB) (4 lines) plan with monthly iPhone 5s payments.
[iv] Based on total postpaid subscribers on AT&T, Verizon and Sprint and average revenue per user in published Q3 2013 earnings reports.
[v] According to our independent analysis of the NetMetrics Reports provided by Speedtest.net | it to www.switch2tmobile.com. T-Mobile then sends an additional payment equal to those fees, up to $350 per line. Trade-in of their old phone, purchase of a new T-Mobile phone and porting of their phone number to T-Mobile are required to qualify.
This offer to pay early termination fees provides families with a quick way to escape carrier contracts that have deterred them from pursuing a better and more affordable wireless experience with T-Mobile.
T-Mobile is also making it easier for its longtime customers to migrate to Simple Choice plans as well without incurring any migration fees. To qualify for this option a current customer under contract trades in their current device and purchases a new T-Mobile device and switches to Simple Choice. In addition to waiving the migration fee, T-Mobile will also eliminate the existing annual service contract for that customer's line.
With a Simple Choice Plan from T-Mobile, families start with one line at $50 per month for unlimited talk, text and Web with up to 500 MB of 4G LTE data. They can add a second phone line for $30 per month, and each additional line is just $10 per month. In short, a family could get four lines for just $100 per month (plus taxes | 261 |
The<|fim_middle|>, Schumann's Quartet is a lush, romantic, impassioned work that is fully committed to the expression of the composer's most intimate thoughts and feelings. "Monumental" is the word most often used by critics and music historians to describe the Clarinet Quintet of Johannes Brahms. This tour de force for the clarinet and strings is filled with joy, rapture, fantasy and deeply poignant expressions of love and autumnal melancholy. It is not to be missed in live performance. The concert will open with the Festmarsche in D of Richard Strauss, a spirited march for piano and strings by the renowned composer of Zarathustra, Ein Heldenleben and Der Rosenkavalier. | program will feature masterpieces by some of the greatest Romantic composers, including Robert Schumann's Piano Quartet in E flat and the Brahms Clarinet Quintet. Full of soulful, soaring and, exuberant melodies, punctuated by energetic rhythms and sparkling staccato flashes | 57 |
A child's voice is a powerful tool for their development
Our country director in Paraguay highlights the value of a child's voice
By Jorge Méndez Rheineck, country director, Paraguay
We're so proud of Eliodoro (pictured in blue shirt). The 16-year-old Paraguayan is a great example of the power of a young person's voice.
In July, the teen flew from Asunción, Paraguay to New York to represent his generation at the United Nations' High Level Political Forum (Stay tuned to our blogs for a story from him). He addressed the audience with an important message:
"As a youth I commit to keep working in my community to prevent and end all forms of violence against children and adolescents…. I trust you, too, as world leaders, will do the same in favour of all children and adolescents of the world."
The youth, who is active in our Child Friendly Accountability project, benefits from training in organizational, technical and leadership skills-building workshops to learn about his rights and the duty-bearers of those rights. Eliodoro, along with his peers, learn to dialogue with duty-bearers to influence them to fulfil those rights.
For example, the teen leads a local children's committee that convinced their mayor to clean community drains, install street lighting and hold Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents meetings once a week in their community.
Look how far Eliodoro and his peers have come.
It's why we at Christian Children's Fund of Canada (CCFC) provide vulnerable communities with education and services — health, nutrition, sanitation and gender equity — which optimize learning to uphold deep and sustainable change in their lives.
But, we can't forget that these critical services require context to make their biggest impact in the life of a child and his or her community.
For example, a parent's demand for better education will be more effective if it involves their child's voice. This way, the demand will grow stronger, and, more importantly, children will contribute to their own<|fim_middle|> envision a brighter future for humanity.
Child Friendly Accountability | education and be motivated to change their future.
So, we make it a point to encourage children to speak up for themselves at community, national and international levels.
Children who develop and use their voices learn to organize themselves and influence decisions affecting their lives. We work with them to enhance their opportunities, helping them identify and understand their needs and contribute to finding solutions.
And, when they have access to building skills, other development services have a more significant, richer impact. For example, preventing violence at schools creates a better learning environment, and prevention is more effective when children take the lead in informing and training their peers.
We care about more than making immediate change in a child's life; we foresee and promote profound, lasting change — deeply impacting the present and future lives of the child and their community.
We see a child as the voice of humanity shaping our future. Eliodoro is one example of that voice — speaking up for those who can't speak for themselves and helping us all | 197 |
With the Reolink Keen, Reolink offers a completely wireless surveillance camera that can easily be placed anywhere. For 130 US dollars (currently not available in German<|fim_middle|> black – would have been better, but that is a matter of taste. | shops) you can get the battery-powered security camera with microphone, speaker and night vision. In addition, you get a motion sensor that provides an automatic alarm. Overall, the package is therefore a good security solution for every household.
We have tried out how well the Reolink Keen works and will go through all the functions of the surveillance camera with you in the following.
The camera is black and has two large antennas on the back for a good connection to the WLAN and the wireless motion sensor. Also on the back is the slot for the microSD card and a sticker with a QR code. This is required for setting up the surveillance camera. On the left and right side there is a loudspeaker for sound output. The actual camera sensor is of course located on the front and is mounted in a movable joint. To set an accent, there is also a silver ring around the complete camera body, as well as the Reolink logo on the front. Also the underside is interesting, because there are beside the switch to open the battery compartment also a thread for a camera tripod or similar as well as four rubber feet.
The motion sensor creates a contrast to the camera, because it is kept in white. Only the blue Reolink lettering stands out. The battery compartment and a switch panel for adjusting the sensitivity are located on the back.
In my opinion a uniform colouring – preferably in | 282 |
Was it a wedding or the best taco party you've ever been to? That's a toss-up, but Alex and Nate's Bok wedding ceremony on the rooftop overlooking Philadelphia was unmatchable. From the painted cactus paddles to the margaritas and churros, this wedding fiesta was one of our favorites.
Bok is one of the most unique wedding venues in Philadelphia. Where else can you get married with a view like this? Coincidentally, this is also where our studio is located so scouting locations was really tough. As in we walked downstairs to get a coffee and then slowly wandered through the corridors we see everyday and re<|fim_middle|> Weddings and tagged Bok Bar Wedding, unique Philadelphia wedding venue. | -imagined them with a bride and groom. Which really, in a space like this, is incredibly fun. The contrast of a perfectly made-up bride in front of wall of peeling paint (lovingly kept as is because it was just that perfect mix of colors and textures) is exactly what we're drawn to.
The dichotomy of beautiful and gritty, the glamorous with the industrial. Bok just has that cool vibe without even trying. Hmm, kind of like Alex and Nate. Can't wait to catch up with these two over drinks when Bok Bar opens in the spring.
We photographed Amanda and Ryan's wedding, too!
This entry was written by Julie Melton, filed under | 141 |
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