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New School 100th Anniversary Marked With New History
January 27, 2019 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment
Judith Friedlander's new book A Light in Dark Times: The New School for Social Research and Its University in Exile (Columbia University Press, 2019) takes a look at the history of the New School for Social Research in New York City.
Founded in 1919 in the name of academic freedom, the New School for Social Research quickly became a pioneer in adult education — what its first president, Alvin Johnson, called "the continuing education of the educated."
During the 1920s, the New School became the place to hear famous people lecture on politics, the arts, and recent developments in new fields of inquiry such as anthropology and psychoanalysis. In 1933 Johnson opened the University in Exile within the New School,<|fim_middle|>2017. Her books include Being Indian in Hueyapan and Vilna on the Seine.
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Andy Hardy is about to graduate from high school and thinks he's pretty big stuff, so he hires a secretary, Kathryn Land. Kathryn and Polly Benedict, Andy's girlfriend, help him pass his English exam.
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As a business function we exist to add value to our organisation and their employees. If you ask any experienced HR professional where they would like to add value, you'll most likely be told in a more "strategic" space. Ask a CEO the same question and you'll probably hear much the same answer.
So if the desire is from both sides, what gets in the way?
Putting aside questions of capability to deliver at this level for the moment, the answer lies in the hierarchy of HR needs and HR delivery. Put simply, we try to do too much too soon, without delivering on the basics.
First we need to fulfil the basic reactive, administrative personnel tasks that represent most employees' experience with the business. The recruitment, the payroll, the benefits administration and grievance, disciplinary and performance management.
Next comes partnering. By this I mean working collaboratively with business leaders to tackle the issues that arise in a<|fim_middle|> future requirements and current capabilities, we have the data and insight that allows us to understand the steady state performance and we can use our knowledge to help connect this to the external opportunity.
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17: Danica Joan on Creating the Future by Restoring Families
by Christie Ruffino | January 20, 2021 | Communications, Family Dynamics, Health & Wellness, Podcast
That's kind of been my thing is love yourself, selfishly. Because you really cannot love. You can't give what you don't have. – Danica Joan
Meet Danica Joan
Danica Joan joins us to share her commitment to restoring families experiencing high conflict custody matters. As a family advocate of over 20 years, Danica created the non-profit, Kids Need Both, Inc as a way of educating parents and professionals on how to create positive change in high conflict families that gives the children a whole new future. It has been through her own heartache that she found her voice as a family advocate and now makes it her life mission to help others. Life's struggles that start may be your opportunity to step into your life's calling. With over 20 years' experience as an educator, Danica provides families with workable solutions to their custody conflicts. She is a Certified Family Mediator with Florida Supreme Court, Guardian Ad Litem, the author for Florida's Family Stabilization Parent Education curriculum, and a personal custody coach.
Tell the audience a little bit about your story.
My friend, Donna Eller, introduced us, and she says this could be something that would be a great place to connect. And it's been a really great opportunity to be able to, to be a contributing author in this book, because it's not, even though I knew my story, I had the basis of my story. It was actually through the writing process that I discovered so many things I didn't see before. It 20 years ago was when I kind of, my journey ended up choosing its course in working with families going through high conflict custody situations because that was where my journey started. I was going through, and I ended up in a marriage that was not healthy. It was very, it was dysfunctional, and there were children involved. So, it wasn't just the decisions I made was not just for me, but it was also for my children. And yet I chose to in the marriage, thinking it would go one way and it didn't. And I realized I found myself in a very high conflict custody situation. So, you know, just going through survival and trying to make the most of the situation. I realized, well, wait a minute. This is not a calling I asked for, but it was thrust upon me to help other families, other parents going through high conflict custody situations. So, over the course of the years, I created a nonprofit called kids need both. And its mission is to educate those dealing with high conflict families, not just the parents themselves. But I also found in my journey that the professionals were not very well equipped to deal effectively deal with these high conflict families. So that's what I do today is I work with, I'm a mediator. I'm an author of the family stabilization curriculum. And I coach families who are going through a divorce.
I love what you guys are and what you're doing with your nonprofit. I want you to be able to share a little bit more about that.
I was talking to a friend of mine, one of the founders of a divorce professionals organization nationwide. She and I were sharing, she says, you know, the legal field doesn't get a bad reputation for no reason, as far as you know, the legal process being dragged out, and it costs people 10s of 1000s of dollars and all that. I've got to believe that there are good people in all of those fields, but there's a lot of resignation in that situation. So, you know, the thing is, is divorce has three ways to go, it can go mediation centered, it could go like collaborative, or it could go litigated. Ultimately, mediation is where the most harmonious wants, collaborative is the next stage, and litigated if somehow there can be an establishment of trying to filter out those families, So we're not pushing everybody into the presumed litigated direction. It would make a big difference for families. That's what I do with my team, with kids need both is to create options for families and actually empower the parents because the parents need to be in the driver's seat of their custody situation. And not just<|fim_middle|> the flames of our egos, they help other people find our podcast. (They're also fun for me to go in and read.) Just click here to review, select "Ratings and Reviews" and "Write a Review," and let me know what your favorite part of the podcast is.
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LEARN MORE ABOUT EPIC MASTERY | expect that just because you're an attorney that you're going to be the one to take care of everything. And understanding that parents are sometimes, they're in a very emotional, they're in survival mode, they're concerned about the roof over their head, being able to have enough money to pay to support themselves plus the children. There's just a lot of worries. And that's why we get attorneys to take care of those things. But we've got to remember that we're in we are the ones in charge, and it's our responsibility to, to empower ourselves, maybe even you know, to find a divorce coach that helps us to think more grounded Lee and, you know so that we can go in there and make the right decision. A lot of times, we go into mediation completely unprepared. And we're making decisions for our six-month-old child or a preschool child that will last 18 years. And I guarantee that that agreement, that parenting plan agreement that was okay, when the child was 18 months old, does not work when they're 18 years.
How do you support your families, and how does your nonprofit support your families?
My team has created a platform community. It's a subscription-based platform community; this has been in the works for a while because we've already been doing conferences every few years, bringing experts in, in a conference structure. And, of course, with the pandemic, it shifted to an online conference. And then we discovered something; we discovered that, first of all, we had access to way more families actually globally, by shifting it to an online conference. So, then we said, okay, what's next? We created this platform community called hope for families. And it still has a lot of blog content and experts. Still, it also has access to a director of professionals that we've vetted and said, you know, these are the people we would recommend if you need any of their services. What's really special, probably the big flagship, is the coach led groups. So, like, a might be a six-week group where the topic might be, you know, parenting plans or finances or whatever topic that our coaches are an expert in, we have them lead, like a, like a curriculum-based six-week group, and you can join that. And then, when your six weeks are up, you might want to try a different one. And it's the design to make an interactive kind of conversation so that you can discover things together. And versus I kind of, I correlate it to, like, the church structure. When you sit down for your worship service, it's a passive activity of being, you know, taught to, and it's wonderful; you have some great insights. But then it's in those small groups, the Sunday school classes and stuff like that, that you develop relationships, and you actually, you know, transform your way of thinking, and you become more empowered. So that's what we've got going, you know, to help families along with, of course, our services that the professionals, the practitioners have available, maybe like the course of their own, maybe a self-directed course, or just utilizing them, as you know, a mediator or a counselor, you know, that kind of thing.
Can you share one of the nuggets of wisdom that you included with your story for anybody that may be really connecting with your journey and want to maybe learn something from you?
In the beginning, as I said, I knew my story very well; I thought I did. Before I started discovering myself, I realized that my ex wasn't really the bad guy that thrust me into this mission. It was so easy to see that because it was right out there. However, over time, I realized what had me even connected into that kind of dynamic because of my lack of loving myself and selfishly. That's been my thing is love yourself, selfishly. Because you really cannot love. You can't give what you don't have.
What advice would you give to somebody in the audience right now, who may be struggling with a high conflict divorce, or maybe an upcoming divorce that they feel may be high conflict?
Well, I would say the first thing you need to do before you hire an attorney before anything is finding a trusted coach. A coach will help. And I know this to be true because I have coached many people, they come back to me, and they said, Wow, everything, I started with lots of fear and trepidation. And I got through it with everything I wanted. Not, you didn't get everything. But you got it to end the way you wanted it to end, which was harmonious. And through having a coach that can actually navigate and guide you. In the directions. It's like having a trusted friend right next to your side.
Somebody looking for a divorce coach, like, how would they find that type of person to connect with? Or should they connect with you?
They certainly could connect with me because on the platform, that's one of the things that we're really, really trying to connect people with is get yourself a coach. People have no idea how valuable it really is to have that before they spend tons and tons of money that they don't have anyplace else.
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Wonder Women. She's like, powerful, and she's sexy.
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boost::asio::ip::address m_sender_IP_address;
void Udp_comm::start_receive()
{
//receive UDP message
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{
std::string recvd_message(m_recv_buffer.begin(), m_recv_buffer.begin() + bytes_transferred);
m_sender_IP_address = m_sender_endpoint.address();//////////wait here
//continue to listening to future messages
start_receive();
process_message(m_sender_IP_addres.to_string(), recvd_message);
}
How to protect m_sender_IP_address from getting overwritten by next UDP message received? I want lock access to that variable from 2nd line in handle_receive method to the 1st line in process_message method
can I also acheive something similar without using locks?
A: A semaphore is not necessary here. You can use a strand to ensure an asynchronous handler is invoked concurrently once at most. To do this, create a wrapped handler for the async_receieve_from() callback
void Udp_comm::start_receive()
{
//receive UDP message
m_sock_r.async_receive_from(
boost::asio::buffer(m_recv_buffer),
m_sender_endpoint,
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United Evangelical Lutheran Church
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Information and quotes from the notice entitled "Lutheran Theologian Helped Voice Anti-Apartheid Message" in Ecumenical News International (ENI-06-0961, Geneva, December 6, 2006).
Many of Kistner's writings have been collected in English in: Hans Brandt, ed., *Outside the Camp - A Collection of Writings by Wolfram Kistner *(Johannesburg: SACC, 1988).
A collection of his writings in German (translated) is to be found in: Lothar Engel, ed., et al, Wolfram Kistner, Hoffnung in der Krise - Dokumente einer christlichen Existenz in Südafrika - zum 65 Geburtstag (Wuppertal: Peter Hammer Verlag, 1988).
A "Kistner Collection," his life's work collecting materials especially in response to the South African challenges during the Apartheid era, is housed in the Lutheran Theological Institute Library in Pietermaritzburg.
Rev. Georg Scriba, is a lecturer in the History of Christianity at the School of Religion and Theology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, a DACB Participating Institution, and is on the Faculty of the Lutheran Theological Institute. | fram Kistner, pastor, theologian, and anti-apartheid activist was born on February 19, 1923 in Hermannsburg, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. He was the son of a German missionary couple from the Hermannsburg Mission Society. He studied history at the University of Pretoria and the University of Groningen in Holland. After receiving his doctorate in history in 1948 he studied theology at various universities in Germany. He was ordained in 1952.
In 1955 the Hermannsburg Lutheran Church, a South African Lutheran church in which Kistner had grown up, entrusted him with the leadership of the Hermannsburg School and the Hermannsburg School Hostel. He worked from 1955 to 1965 at this German speaking institution rooted in the tradition of the Hermannsburg Lutheran revival movement in Germany. His father before him, as pastor of the white Hermannsburg Lutheran congregation, had devoted three decades to overcoming the decline that the school and its hostel had experienced in the wake of the First World War and to developing it as a Lutheran educational center.
From 1965 to 1969 Kistner served as the general superintendent of the Hermannsburg Mission Society, overseeing its work in South Africa.
From 1969 to 1972 Kistner worked as a parish pastor in Neuenkirchen, a village in Germany, located between Hamburg and Hanover. In 1973 the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa, which represented mainly German-speaking congregations at that time, hired Kistner as a lecturer at its theological training centre at the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg.
Kistner lectured until he was appointed director of the Division of Justice and Reconciliation of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) in January 1976–a post he held until 1988. This was a dramatic turn in his life. He was driven to this unexpected decision by his deep conviction that he must make the struggle against racial discrimination and the associated violence suffered by the majority of the South African population an absolute priority before all other duties. This decision led him to new and unfamiliar ways. Although not all friends and colleagues understood or approved his decision, Kistner followed the call of his conscience. His input was of equal importance in its theological and political implications. In his new vocation, he listened to the persecuted, helped the political detainees, started Bible studies, brought the displaced back into their communion, assisted the relocated and strengthened their resistance, questioned the laws concerning land issues, dialogued with SACC member-churches, and cooperated with other similar institutions. He became one of the most prominent Lutheran theologians to call for the abolition of the political system of racial separation in the South African Republic. His friends soon dubbed him the "advocate of the weak" and the "brother to those who are suffering."
In November 1981 the President of the Republic of South Africa appointed the Eloff Commission of Enquiry to look into the South African Council of Churches. From the viewpoint of many Christians involved in the ecumenical struggle for justice, peace, and reconciliation, this commission was devised to silence the critical voice of the South African Council of Churches. During the public hearings and the cross examination which took place in the Veritas Building in Pretoria in May 1983, Kistner responded openly to the questions, presented his theological thinking, defended his actions, and reiterated his Christian convictions. On June 27, 1986, after the conclusion of the National Conference of the South Africa Council of Churches, Kistner was detained at Kratzenstein, imprisoned for a week and thereafter banned for half a year. These measures were a direct result of his clear remarks and decisions to stand up unambiguously for the dignity and the right to life of the black people in South Africa.
His life was determined by the conviction that the Christian has to show through concrete action that he or she believes in defending the rights of fellow citizens suffering from discrimination. In this lies the true test of one's own integrity, both in relationship to God and to one's neighbor. This conviction gave Kistner no other choice, than to resolutely call the obvious injustice of apartheid by name and to actively work for the dismantling and abolition of racial discrimination.
With his own particular strength of conviction he consistently reiterated what the church of Jesus Christ and each individual Christian owe to those who are outcast and deprived, affirming their need to be defended. That Kistner did not give up his "hope in crisis" encouraged others in their own controversial struggles.
After his retirement from the SACC in 1988 he started the Ecumenical Advisory Bureau together with his friend and fellow activist, Dr. Beyers Naude. For eight years (1988-1996), working through an ecumenical network, they helped many church groups with whom they had contact. This included many overseas visitors, especially young people from the U.S.A. and Germany. They had to confront a number of challenges, including the question of poverty and economical sanctions, worldwide economical and ecological discrepancies, issues concerning unjust land distribution, justice, and reconciliation. They also gave interdenominational consultations.
After the closing of the Ecumenical Advisory Bureau in 1996, Kistner continued to be active in his retirement. He tirelessly called attention to the problem of poverty and discord in South Africa and addressed the dangers of promoting a type of globalization that widens the gap between the rich and the poor and threatens human survival through the reckless exploitation of irreplaceable resources.
Kistner was married to Adelheid née Elfers and the couple had five children, of whom one daughter has passed away. He interpreted his old age as an opportunity for theological reflection. He turned to some fundamental Christian questions, such as the concept of the Trinity. Where do we find God in the destruction of his creation and in other religions? How do the cross and the resurrection help to free those bound by sinfulness to find a communion that transcends individual churches? He saw the Holy Spirit working in small Christian groups but also in the worldwide church. [1]
Kistner died on 4 December 4, 2006 at age 83. In April of the same year, he was awarded the presidential Order of the Baobab in silver–one of South Africa's highest awards–in recognition of his "contribution to the fight for justice, equality, and democracy in South Africa." World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Samuel Kobia paid tribute to Kistner. "He has been one of the clearest voices, articulating biblically and theologically why as Christians we had to support the struggle against apartheid which violated the very values he stood for…. Working as director of the Division of Justice and Reconciliation of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) from 1976 to 1988, he became the most prominent Lutheran theologian to condemn and de-legitimise the apartheid regime," noted Kobia, a Methodist from Kenya. [2]
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This article was adapted from an article by Dr. Volker Faigle, Germany, "Advocate of the Weak - Brother for the Suffering: in Recognition of the 80th Birthday of Dr. Wolfram Kist | 1,553 |
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The view from the weather balloon as it reaches high altitudes. Photo Co: MacArthur
Sunday, October 26 was the launch of the meteorology class's weather balloon. The class has done three other launches over the span of two years, but this year, there was a new addition to the experiment. Mrs. Dreissen's biology class conducted their own experiment by sending a variety of organisms into space with the weather balloon.
"The goal was to get the students directly involved in a hands-on experience," said meteorology teacher Mr. MacArthur, "And to connect the sciences, to show how they are used in the real world. We were testing whether organisms could survive in this extreme environment; that's bringing in biology. That makes us wonder if they could live on other planets, connecting to astronomy."
The biology class launched an aquatic plant (elodea), water bears, and halobacteria. Water bears (Tardigrades) and halobacteria are both extremophiles; water bears can withstand extreme temperatures and high levels of radiation and halobacteria have survived the journey into space before. "Our goal this time was to see if anything lives," said Dreissen.
The organisms were put into sealed tubes and zip-tied to the frame of the weather balloon. The goal was to allow the organisms to withstand the conditions without protecting them too much, so the class could observe the effects.
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The balloon made it into the stratosphere and almost into the ozone layer of the atmosphere, so the organisms would have to survive temperatures of 93 degrees to -36 degrees Fahrenheit. They also have to survive getting to a maximum altitude of 99,711 feet and varying air pressure.
Unfortunately, the samples dehydrated before they could be examined, so the results are unclear. "Best case scenario, we improve on this design and send up something else for the next launch," said Dreissen.
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UNESCO Member States adopted the landmark decision (Decision 197EX/46) to enhance UNESCO's capacity to provide assistance to States as they craft sharper strategies to prevent violent extremism. UNESCO has also committed to the UN Secretary-General's Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism, with a focus on priorities of direct relevance to UNESCO's work: (i) education, skills development and employment facilitation; (ii) empowerment of youth; (iii) strategic communications, the Internet and social media; and (iv) gender equality and empowering women.
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Transit Police say officers are investigating a highly-charged confrontation that happened on a Vancouver bus Sunday night, believed to have been started over an empty seat.
Clint Hampton, spokesperson for Metro Vancouver Transit Police, said the incident happened just before 8 p.m. on a bus heading from Horseshoe Bay to downtown Vancouver.
The argument was initiated after a woman refused to remove her belongings to free up the seat beside her for someone else at the request of other passengers, Hampton said.
That's when others on the bus started recording the confrontation.
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NFL Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher is suing a Houston-based hair transplant company for allegedly using his likeness without his permission.
The lawsuit was filed back in October, reports the Chicago Sun Times, as Urlacher claimed Houston Hair Transplant Center used his own personal story regarding a hair transplant on their website, making it look like he used their services.
"The post deceptively led potential patients to believe that Mr. Urlacher had an affiliation with, or received restoration treatment from, Defendant Houston Hair," the lawsuit states.
Instead, the Chicago Bears legendary defender had his procedure done by Restore, using their Follicular Unit Extraction method to do so. Urlacher was seen in January 2016 sporting a full head of hair after being bald throughout his NFL career.
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Urlacher was known for his bald look during his 13 years in the Windy City. But, while appearing on WGN Morning News, he had a full head of hair and explained the procedure.
"I wore a hat everywhere I went for a year," he told WGN News. "I had to wear it when I went to dinner. I had to wear it when I dressed up…I couldn't show my hair."
Urlacher, who didn't mind being bald, was shown the procedure by a friend and ultimately decided it was right for him.
Former Chicago Bears running back Brian Urlacher attends the 2015 NFL Honors at Phoenix Convention Center on January 31, 2015, in Phoenix, Arizona. (Taylor Hill/Getty Images)
"I've only had this thick hair for about four months. I had the procedure done last November… It's a great procedure… There are no cuts on your head, there are no scars on the back of my head. They take out one hair at a time and they remove it from the back and put it in the front, or wherever you need the hair."
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Urlacher is a spokesman for Restore, while other retired athletes like Deion Sanders have also been featured on the company's website.
An eight-time Pro Bowler and four-time All-Pro, Urlacher was named the 2005 Defensive Player of the Year when he totaled 122 tackles, six sacks and 17 tackles for loss in his age 27 season.
Brian Urlacher is honored with a Ring of Excellence ceremony for his recent induction into the Hall of Fame at Soldier Field on September 17, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois. (Quinn Harris/Getty Images)
Overall, the Pasco, Washington native totaled 1,361 tackles, 41.5 sacks and 11 forced fumbles over 182 regular-season games for Chicago, on his way into the Hall of Fame and the Bears' Ring of Excellence.
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Winter 2020 Thursday Series - Shifting Paradigms: Martin Luther's Enduring Global Impact
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Martin Luther: Setting the Stage
Martin Luther, the 16th-century reformer whose work and enduring legacy is being explored in this series, was very much a man of his age. Yet in his theological response to the social, economic, and political forces that were fermenting in the Europe of his day, Luther unleashed currents of change that would reshape the face of Europe and undergird the emergence of the modern world. This introductory lecture will explore a number of the contributing factors that set the stage for Luther's emergence as a reformer of such sweeping and enduring impact.
Rev. Dr. Mark Harris was appointed principal-dean of Luther in 2015. Mark previously taught in the area of functional theology, served as assistant to the Bishop of the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, and as a parish pastor for 27 years. His doctorate is from the University of Toronto.
Thursday January 16 - 1:30 - 3:30
Martin Luther's Life and Career: A Scholar in Turbulent Times
Up until 1517, Martin Luther lived a fairly typical middle-class life. Then he posted a set of theses for academic debate and set off a series of events that ended up changing the Roman Catholic Church and European society and politics. Along the way he both exhibited theological genius and made some colossal mistakes. His influence continues into modern times and has given rise to a great diversity of interpretations.
Rev. Dr. Robert Kelly is a native of Southern California who moved to Waterloo in 1985 to teach Systematic Theology at Martin Luther University College (known as Waterloo Lutheran Seminary at the time). He earned his PhD in Historical Theology in 1981.
Everything New is Old Again: Tradition and Innovation in Luther's Theology and Religious Practice
Luther's global religious, political and social impacts derive from motifs central to this former Augustinian monk's theology. These include the teaching that God's love is unconditionally given through the gift of faith (justification); that God's modus operandi is to meet us in our pain and brokenness (theology of the cross); and that God considers the efforts of the pauper as important as that of the bishop (vocation). In this session we explore how Luther's new teachings represent old problems resolved in a new key for his time, inviting us to see the task of reformation as an ongoing task.
Rev. Dr. Allen Jorgenson joined Luther's faculty in 2005 after serving as a parish pastor. He is especially interested in how the life of faith informs, and is informed by, culture. Allen's areas of academic interest include Martin Luther, Friedrich Schleiermacher, and Indigenous spiritualities and worldviews.
Luther's Musical Dialectic: Singing Faithfully into Context
Ludolph proposes that using Luther's theological frame, music is set free to sing good news in each time and place. In this session, we will explore the tensions between identity and difference, as seen through the lens of the texts, tunes and liturgical practice of Luther and applied to the current context.
With degrees in Vocal Performance and Theology, Debbie Lou Ludolph loves to teach courses, plan events, and enliven conversations at the intersection of singing, theology, and the common good. Debbie Lou is director of Inshallah, the 140+ community choir at Luther, and co-founder of the Sing Fires of Justice project.
Thursday February 6 - 1:30 - 3:30
When Doing the Right Thing Doesn't Make You Right: Martin Luther's (Very Public) Ethics
The controversial reformer Martin Luther was no paragon of virtue. He was a polarizing figure and a bundle of seeming contradictions. Nevertheless, he offered important insights for ethical deliberation. He understood the flaws of human nature<|fim_middle|>. While many of Luther's flaws can be contextualized in a world that has evolved beyond certain acceptable bigoted perspectives, they require addressing and correcting in order that the benefits of his life contribution remain valid and efficacious in Western Civilization today.
Dr. Daniel Maoz is Jewish by birth, learning of his Jewish heritage at Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1996-1997, followed by a bar mitzvah at the Western Wall. Daniel's MA thesis is on "Luther's Use of Scripture." He married a Lutheran, and is a member of both Orthodox and Reform Jewish congregations.
Martin Luther in Global Context
Martin Luther's significance lies not in bringing about the Reformation but in taking the risk to name a thing for what it is -- whether it was the church or the crotch -- and rallying people to take a bold stance (even those who disagreed with him) so as to bring about a change, a turning, a metanoia. As nations, communities and peoples we are in the midst of crises -- be it that of faith or fate. And the calling is in the air: The local and global calling for a turning or metanoia.
Dr. Mary Philip (aka Joy) is a native of India. She taught zoology in India before obtaining her doctorate in theology. Passionate about contextual theology, Dr. Philip brings together context and theology and is dedicated to promoting contextually informed theological education. | and the need for ethical realism. He promoted the idea of freedom of conscience. He helped encourage moral literacy and service to neighbours. He understood the paradoxical nature of ethical choices and the important role of public opinion. This lecture will examine Luther's 16th-century contributions to public ethics and how they can inform a 21st-century view of the world and our place in it.
Rev. Dr. David Pfrimmer taught at Martin Luther University College and served as its principal-dean from 2005-2015. For 25 years, he served as director of the Lutheran Office for Public Policy. David's current research focus is on faith and public life, and developing his concept of public ethics. He regularly contributes articles and opinion editorials across Canada. His two recent books, published by the Centre for Public Ethics, are Faith in the Public Commons: Pursuing the Common Good (2017) and The Art of Dying Well: Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada, A Public Theological Primer (2017).
Thursday February 13 - 1:30 - 3:30
Martin Luther and Care of the Soul
Luther's lifelong struggle with melancholy and anxiety is well documented in his own writings and those of Luther scholars. This presentation will address Luther's context and religious worldview and how these impacted his mental health. It will also consider Luther's experience of personal reformation, the impact on his mental health, and the implications for living in the 21st-century.
Rev. Dr Kristine Lund is a registered psychotherapist and a psycho-spiritual therapist and supervisor educator with the Canadian Association of Spiritual Care (CASC). She has been a faculty member at Luther since 2005, and the clinical director at the Glebe Centre since 2013.
Martin Luther and Anti-Semitism
Positive contributions of Martin Luther include deep and effective commitment to informal and formal education as well as encouragement of personal individuation. Were anti-Semitism and bigotry against Jews and Muslims Luther's only notable legacies, Lutheranism would have rightly failed or been marginalized centuries ago. Nor would Waterloo Lutheran Seminary have changed its name to Martin Luther University College | 455 |
Me and Matt took a trip down the road to Kirkstall Abby, it's such a pretty place and would be<|fim_middle|>I love the picture quality too!
Thanks for following the blog! These pics are gorgeous, you look stunning! | the pefect place for Matt to try out his new camera. It's free to get in and walk around which is always a bonus! I've been down a couple of times but you never get over just how big the windows are! It was a good couple of hours out.
Tomorrow my parents are coming up for the day, when they came up last week they forgot to bring up some stuff i had at home, so as they're still on their holiday they said they'd come up for the day. Mums also bringing me up a storage unit, it's a good idea considering im running out of space for uni work already!
I've been to Kirkstall Abbey too when in High School, it's such a lovely place.
The abbey looks awesome, i love things like that! I went to Battle abbey when i was on holiday...i'm such a history nerd haha!
that's such a pretty place & so is your dress!
Love this outfit, great colours!
gorgeous pics. you are so pretty!
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The human genome encodes approximately 100 phosphatases that belong to the protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) superfamily, whose substrates range from proteins to phosphoinositides and mRNAs. The hallmark for this superfamily is the active site sequence C(X)5R, also known as the PTP signature motif<|fim_middle|> 1) pTyr specific PTPs, 2) dual specificity phosphatases, 3) Cdc25 phosphatases, and 4) LMW PTPs. The PTPs have similar core structures made of a central parallel β- sheet with flanking α-helices containing a β-loop-α loop that encompasses the PTP signature motif. Not surprisingly, they employ a common chemical mechanism for phosphate hydrolysis despite the differences in substrate specificity. Despite the conserved structural and catalytic properties, there are also sufficient differences in the active site pockets and its immediate surrounding environment among different PTPs. Further structural and mechanistic study will continue to be of considerable importance, providing a solid basis for inhibitor design. | . The PTPs are key regulatory components in signal transduction pathways and the importance of PTPs in the control of cellular signaling is well established. Furthermore, there are compelling reasons to believe that PTP inhibitors may serve as novel medicinal agents for the treatment of various diseases. Based on structure and substrate specificity, the PTP super-family is divided into four distinct subfamilies: | 77 |
The moment your check engine light illuminates can be pretty unsettling. The questions begin. How serious is it? Is it catastrophic? How much is this going to cost me? Who do I take my beloved (or in some cases not so beloved) vehicle to have it looked at? While the former questions can often be more difficult to answer immediately, the last question is easy. Regardless of make or model, The Quiet Zone in Bantam should be your first stop when you need to find out the why and how much behind your check engine light warning. Keep in mind that time is likely an important factor when it comes to warning lights becoming illuminated. Warning lights should be addressed as soon as you can make it work within your schedule to have them looked at by professionals—like us! Whatever you do, don't ignore<|fim_middle|> technicians. Call our Bantam location today at (860) 484-7018 to see for yourself why so many customers choose The Quiet Zone as their first stop when an unpleasant warning shows up on their dashboard. Older vehicles, newer vehicles, imports and domestic—we know them all. We welcome webforms as well if you'd prefer to get in contact with us that way. Our friendly service advisors are standing by to schedule your appointment today! | this helpful, albeit not very fun feature of your vehicle.
What is My Vehicle Trying to Tell Me?
The reason why this warning light has decided to make an appearance can vary greatly. Here at 738 Bantam Rd, we've seen it all. Using our advanced diagnostic tools, we will hook your car up to our system and find out whether it's as simple as a loose, damaged, or missing gas cap, or a more complicated fuel mixture issue. From spark plug problems, damaged distributor caps, 02 sensors, to mass air flow sensors—The Quiet Zone in Bantam will accurately diagnose and replace or repair what is needed to get you back on the road as soon as possible. These aren't the only types of vehicle issues that will trip your service engine soon light, but these examples are a few of the more common problems we see on a regular basis. Some of these examples can quickly get worse over time, and eventually affect other parts as well, so don't wait to come in and see us once you see that light come on!
A good technician is hard to find these days. Technical expertise surrounding all makes and models, patience, integrity, and a drive to help people get back to their normal lives as soon as possible are all qualities we look for when we hire | 265 |
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Hungry Gap Productions in association with Century One Films for BBC One, 1 April 2019 to present
The flamboy<|fim_middle|>-three shot at turning £200 into £1000.
Paul hosts with spark and verve, we particularly enjoyed his little asides to camera in the style of The Crystal Maze, and the treasure-trove set. His love of knick-knacks and knowledge of collectables make this a fun show even for those who don't like old things.
Paul's assistant is Baxter the dog.
Paul Martin, with his wife Charlotte.
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Original music by Ben Weymss, Dobs Vye, and Stefan Fletcher.
The role of Baxter was played by a dog called Maggie.
East Bristol Auctions did the valuations, and Gordon Whistance designed the set.
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Categories: Antiques | Lifestyle | Current | ant Paul Martin from Flog It! is joined by two pairs of players, in a set full of knick-knacks and bits and bobs and oddities. The main set is a primrose yellow, bright and inviting; the slightly shabby whites of the doors stand out.
To decide who goes first, there's a quick auction. Whichever team bids the most without going over wins, and chooses one of two rooms. "So Last Century" is knowledge of the 1900s; "Den of Antiquity" tests older items.
Welcome to the last century.
In each room, there's a challenge for the teams, such as work out the connection between some items and set aside the one that doesn't belong. They've got two minutes from the instant they enter the room.
After time's up, Paul goes into the room, and discusses the result with our teams. Paul explains, briskly and concisely, why each item does or doesn't belong.
Afterwards, the team go to the Curiosity Cabinet to select an item. If they won the challenge, it's an item for their collection; if the team lost their challenge, it's an item for the other team's collection. Whoever has the more valuable collection at the end of the game will win the show, and potentially a prize.
Peeking out from the cabinet.
Rinse and repeat – the other team go into the other room, play their game, and pick an item out of the Curiosity Cabinet. The two items rejected by the other team are still there, along with a new item. There's a second round, just like the first. For a bit of variety, the third round is in "Collector's Corner", a nook where the day's special guest talks about his passion and sets a challenge based on it. Can you, for instance, identify three real ear trumpets from these six items?
By the end, there are now five items on the tables. Each team now gets to pilfer one item from their opponent's collection, and claim it as their own. After all this swapping around, Paul talks through the items in everyone's collection, and gives the correct prices. Which team has the more valuable collection? They are the winners.
And they have one final choice to make. Leave with the value of their collection, or take a look inside the cabinet. Can our winners pick the most expensive of the three new items? If they can, they'll win a full £1000; if not, they leave with the same nothing as the team they've beaten. Pretty much everyone goes for the final challenge, it's a one-in | 547 |
If modern medicine has got just one thing right, its that the untrained mind needs guides of higher training. That's what doctors are meant to be. But so many now reject the medical path and are seeking ways to health without resorting to the "curing" mentality. Today's physicians, in the main, are incorrectly trained, well-indoctrinated in errors of health and misunderstandings of the body's ways.
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Free Health Information is available on the internet. Yet without a map or pilot to direct you, it can become a hodge- podge of loosely- strung ideas and gross misinterpretations. Even people on a good path can so get "information overload" and easily get waylaid, losing patience and buying into mistaken thinking. Often, the bad is taken with the good, thwarting good results.
To see the bigger picture of the body's needs in context with its abilities and faculties requires someone experienced who has done the research, understanding the ways of health as part of a holistic and wholesome body of knowledge that must make sense with all of nature's laws and ways. Only someone with that<|fim_middle|> of the moneyed pursuits that masquerade as health.
There's been so much misunderstanding even in the fields of what is said to be alternative health, that new names have been invented just to distinguish one path from the other. The term Biocology came into existence for the simple reason that alternative and so- called "natural" ways of health have diverged so far from nature's intention as to threaten detrimental to the body's healthy action. Yet millions have used the truly natural, unobtrusive methods of Biocology, healing from illnesses both chronic and acute.
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Pure Water -- For Your Health! | kind of vision is truly fit and capable to explain the human physiology, its needs and what your best next moves may be. Only the few have won the battle for the truth in health, having sifted through the piles of misguided misinformation and persisted in this knowledge. Somehow, and only barely, it has survived through the many trials | 66 |
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To the surprise of no one, Roger Federer is one of the cover stars for TIME Magazine's TIME 100: The Most Influential People issue.
Federer's friend and Match for Africa teammate, Bill Gates, pens a short essay about the Swiss.
"I've learned how sincerely Roger and his team are working to improve the life prospects for poor children," Gates writes. "Roger knows that effective philanthropy, like great tennis, requires discipline and time."
Federer is acknowledged by the magazine in the "titans" category. The entire list includes the likes of Chloe Kim, Cardi B, Gal Gadot,<|fim_middle|> Grand Slam title at Wimbledon later this year, after kicking off his grass campaign in Halle. | Prince Harry, Oprah, Kevin Durant and many more. The six cover stars are Federer, Tarana Burke, Tiffany Haddish, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lopez and Satya Nadella.
The 36-year-old Federer opted to skip the clay-court season after losing in the Indian Wells final and the opening round in Miami. He'll be seeking his 21st | 78 |
It's obvious that lungs are critical for functional bodies, and when a condition like asthma has taken hold, it has an enormous effect on your life. However, asthma doesn't mean the end of fun and happy health; there are many ways to manage the disease and remain safe and healthy. The article below has some sensible advice that will enable you to safely do what you want to do.
If you are suffering from a mild or moderate asthma attack, expel all the air from your lungs. Exhale as fast and hard as you can. Forcefully push the air out from your lungs. Inhale for three quick breaths, and then take one deep breath so that you can allow your lungs to fill with air, and then force the air out again. This will make your breathing rhythmic and help you pay more attention to it. It also helps to push air out from your lungs so new air can come back in. It is okay that you<|fim_middle|> air and keep it as fresh as you can.
Regular flu shots are important if you or one of your children suffer from asthma. Make sure your child's vaccinations are up-to-date to avoid as many infections as possible.
Be certain you are aware of all your asthma attack triggers so you know both how to steer clear of them and also be ready to take care of your symptoms. Some common asthma triggers include pet dander, pollen, and cigarette smoke. If able, avoid anything that results in symptoms of asthma or an asthma attack.
Keep your medication with you, especially when you are traveling. Traveling to different places might expose you to unexpected triggers, as your body is put under more strain when you travel. It is also hard to predict what will come up or to control your environment when you travel, which increases the chances of experiencing more severe symptoms or an attack.
Most of the triggers for attacks, and causes of asthma, are found inside the home. Typical asthma triggers in the home are dust and mold spores. Have an inspector who focuses on allergens and irritants come into your home once a year to help you detect what you have and learn how to remove it. Cleaning your house on a regular basis is one way to keep these substances from accumulating.
Know exactly how any asthma medication you take or may take works. Asthma is generally treated with a rescue medication, usually an inhaler, in addition to a regularly-taken maintenance medication. Because asthma is a chronic condition, it is important to take management medication properly and to use rescue medication appropriately.
The development of asthma symptoms can occur over time and they can be difficult to pinpoint and diagnose. There are some cases reported that were so severe that a person died from one asthma attack when they didn't even know they were considered at risk. Given that fact, if you have any kind of consistent cough or respiratory ailments, consulting a physician for testing is a good idea, since you want to know if you are suffering from asthma and if so, what to do about it.
Instead of sweeping your floors with a broom, it is preferable to clean using a wet mop. When you sweep, you are stirring up asthma triggers that can cause you to have an asthma attack. When you need to dust, do so with a damp rag instead of a feather duster so that you reduce spreading around anything that will trigger your asthma.
Dust and other allergens often accumulate in bed sheets. These threats can be reduced or even eliminated by keeping your bed linens laundered every week using hot water. You will breathe easier at night when you have freshly washed and clean bed linens.
If you have asthma and allergies, don't use a vaporizer or humidifier if it has not been completely cleaned. Not cleaning a humidifier allows bacteria to grow in the machine's moist water tank area, and the machine will pump dangerous allergens into yoru environment every time you use it.
When dealing with an asthma attack, it is important to stay calm. Wait thirty seconds to try your inhaler after using it the first time. If this does not help and your attack gets worse, you need to get immediate medical assistance. Get someone to call an ambulance or get you to a hospital. To slow down your breathing along the way, breathe into a paper bag.
While some people grow out of their asthma as children, others find it a lifelong battle. It can be controlled with some sound advice and following a doctor's orders. Look into new findings, and perhaps new medications and treatments as research progresses. | cough up some sputum, you really want to breathe right again.
Avoid using a fan in any room that has excessive dust. When you turn on the fans they will move the dust in the room around and this can trigger your asthma very easily. If you need airflow, simply opening a window would be better.
If you are having trouble preventing asthma attacks, you may find success with a leukotriene inhibitor. There are modern medicines that are highly effective at blocking leukotrienes. The inflammation caused by this substance can trigger the symptoms of asthma. By blocking the effects of leukotrienes, a leukotriene inhibitor can reduce the frequency and severity of your asthma attacks.
Contact a social worker if you have asthma but do not meet the eligibility requirements for health insurance. It is essential that you can buy your asthma medicine, and a social worker might help you find a hospital or clinic that can provide your medicine at reduced cost, or free.
If you have been diagnosed with asthma, you should avoid smoking or even being in the presence of smokers. Tobacco smoke can bring on an asthma attack, especially within areas without good air flow. The smoke restricts the ability of your lungs to breathe, making an attack much more likely to occur.
When suffering from asthma, make sure to choose products that are unscented. Fragrances are present in hundreds of common consumer products, including cleaning supplies, perfumes, detergents and room sprays. Any of these items could easily increase the of triggering an attack. Other asthma irritants include fresh paint fumes and new carpeting. Clean your indoor | 325 |
Pastor John Harris
John serves as the Lead Pastor with primary responsibilities in preaching, worship and leadership development. He grew up in eastern North Carolina and attended North Carolina State University where he met his wife Patti. After they were married in 1990, John attended New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary where he earned his Master of Divinity in 1992.
After serving as Youth Pastor in Raleigh, NC from '94 to '98, the Lord moved John and Patti, along with their two children Courtney and Jackson, to Marietta to serve as Worship Pastor at GCC. In 2003, John accepted the role of Lead Pastor in which he provides leadership and oversight to the staff, elders and church body.
John's passion is to help others live a gospel-centered life so that the glory of God may be revealed through His church. His enjoyments in life include a fresh cup of coffee made with his French Press, chillin' at the beach with a C.S. Lewis book, and eating out at a good restaurant with friends.
Jon Schock
A North Dakota native, Jon was born and raised in the midwest. He received his undergraduate degree in Broadcasting and Bible from Northwestern College in St. Paul, MN, in 1994. Following that, Jon moved to Annapolis, MD, to work at a Christian Camp, where he met his wife, Diana.
Following several years of working in camp ministry together, Jon and Diana moved to Marietta in 2006, and shortly<|fim_middle|> burden the people but to trust the Lord. We found out that we would lose our legal status if we did not get another sponsor within 3 months. We were in a tight spot, jobless, two months pregnant and all by ourselves, however we were ready to leave the country if that was the Lord's will for us. To be able to work in this country not only have we had to adapt to it, but our faith has had to be put to the test on many occasions.
But then, God provided angels in our path. We had met David Reese four months before and he invited us to Grace. We immediately fell in love with the people, the building, and the grounds. David invested his time and his efforts in us. He introduced us to Pastor John, Mike O'Day and Steve Bible. I shared with them our vision for the Hispanic ministry within the American church and after a series of meetings, interviews and paperwork I was offered a position as the Hispanic Pastor. Right on time!!!
Now at GCC our mission is to inspire and equip the body to help Hispanics (our local mission field) to love God and love people and become passionate followers of Jesus Christ all to the glory of God.
Working at GCC has been both a blessing and a great challenge to us. It has not been easy to work far from home in a country with a different culture and language but all my friends and brothers at GCC have done a wonderful job of making us feel at home.
Donna Willett
Donna originally hails from Birmingham, AL, and considers it a blessing that she was able to grow up in a strong Christian home. Her family lived out their faith at home and rejoiced when she became a believer at age seven. After completing 12 years at a private, Christian School, Donna moved on to the University of Montevallo where she studied History and English.
Donna met her husband Ken in 1992, and she moved to Atlanta where they were married. They have been blessed with two children, Ryan, Ken's adult son from his previous marriage – and Lindsay who is now an active college student in the Young Adult Ministry. Donna and Ken began attending a local church where they became highly involved in various ministries. Donna soon felt called to Children's Ministry and took over the leadership in that area in 2002.
They moved to GCC in 2005, where Donna soon after was asked to join the staff as the Assistant Children's Ministry Director. In 2008, she was asked to move into the Family Ministry role of ministering to families with children from birth to sixth grade where she continues until today.
Donna loves curling up with a good book, enjoying a good meal with friends and traveling with her family. | thereafter began to attend Grace. In 2008, Jon was asked to come on staff to minister to the families of Grace through the youth, college students, and young adults of the church. Jon received his Masters in Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary in May of 2013.
Jon and Diana have 4 children – Jake, Maiella, Olivia, and Luke. Jon loves the outdoors, a good movie, and popcorn (no butter).
Pablo was born November 27, 1969 in Quito, Ecuador. My father, Rev. Jorge Cabrera was a pastor of "El Mesías Prometido" Christian church for over 35 years until the day he died in 1999. Since I was a young boy, I served in the church with my father. When I was ten years old I received Jesus Christ as my personal Savior, and I was baptized a week later. My father joined Irina and I in Holy Matrimony September 30th 1994. I then became Deacon of "El Mesías Prometido" serving the Lord through Sunday School, Sunday preaching, Renacimiento Christian band, and "Renacimiento" Sporting Soccer Club.
In 2000, right after my father past away, I felt the call to work for the Hispanic community in Georgia-USA. We got our religious visa, which was valid for 3 years, and started working with a small Hispanic mission. On the 3rd day of June 2001 I was ordained as a Pastor to be able to preach the gospel in this great Nation but after a couple months the mission was unable to continue supporting me as assistant Pastor so we decided not to | 359 |
The bedroom gets a lot of light from the balcony.
Today we looked at the neighborhood secrets of<|fim_middle|> is open to the living room and has new stainless steel appliances, including a dishwasher.
There's an alcove off the main living space, which is currently set up as a second bedroom, and could be used as a dining room or office.
A stacked washer and dryer are tucked into a closet near the bathroom.
The building is pet friendly and allows guarantors. It also has a roof deck, virtual doorman, package room, live-in super, gym, bike room, and parking garage.
Transportation options nearby include the C at Rockaway Avenue; the A, C, J, and L at Broadway Junction; and the Long Island Rail Road at the East New York station.
Carroll Gardens to Crown Heights: Better quality of life and cheaper rent. Jackpot! | Crown Heights, where housing is largely a mix of older low-rise, multi-family apartment buildings and a few impressive mansions. However, this rental apartment, 2288 Atlantic Ave., #B1, is in a recently developed building and has the perks of new construction. You also may be able to name your price.
The apartment has central air, which is not typically found in rentals. The kitchen | 83 |
I knew it. How very embarrassing. My face felt warm, which I knew indicated something called 'blushing', which told everyone that I was embarrassed. I awkwardly tugged at the edge of my blindfold, and nodded.
"Come not between the dragon and his wrath."
Kaden wearily approached the area, and officially entered Camp.
"Its nothing to be embarassed about." I said, my motherly/protective instinct kicking in. SHe was so...so...CUTE! Not that I'd ever admit to saying(thinking) this.
I mentally sweatdropped. I don't think me pointing would do her much good in this<|fim_middle|> too careful..." | situation.
I smiled and chuckled, though I tried passing it off as a cough. I gently grabbed her wrist and pulled in the correct direction. "C'mon then."
I was led along, not really having a choice but to trust this girl, dragging my suitcase behind us. "What was your name, by the way?"
I started walking along absentmindedly, looking around. When the girl spoke, I turned my head back slightly, looking at her... eye covering thing. "I'm Deserta, but I go by Dez too." I informed her. "Whats your name?"
Deserta sounded like an interesting name. It reminded me of desert. "I am Rhiannon-Aithne. But you can call me Rhiannon. Or Aithne. Whatever floats your boat."
I wondered how much farther it was to the gate. Surely I had not been this off track.
"Rihannon-Aithine." I tried out once. Long name, but it was a shame to shorten it - it was pretty. And I don't think she'd appreciate being called Whitey.
"I can't believe you'd been that off track." I commented with thinly hid amusement.
"Well sorry," I grumbled, abashed. It wasn't like I could tell where I was going.
"I'm just teasing." I said, smiling. I saw the gates in front of me and stopped.
We came to a sudden halt, and I nearly ran into Dez. Er, well, walked into Dez. "Are we at the entrance now?"
"Mhm." I giggled. "Sorry... should've warned you." It was... big. Only word to describe it. Very, very big.
"We should probably go in." I commented, feeling slightly nervous but not showing it in any form. I did finger my ipod though - I can never keep still when excited.
I bit my lip, thinking. "No, but I heard we get a welcome baloon and a party." I said in a serious voice, trying to keep form laughing. It was fun to tease her.
"Hmm, really? That does not seem quite right... they probably do not even know that we are here..." I thought that she was being serious, but then detected the hidden sarcasm.
"Oh. Ha, ha. How funny."
I started laughing but calmed down a few seconds later. "Well, at least were not alone, right?" I said in a more serious tone, smiling at her though I knew she couldn't tell.
"Unless a mad axe-Donald Duck jumps out at one of us..." I muttered under my breath, to myself. Did I mention that I was afraid of mad axe-murderers? Especially the sneaky ones that I would not be able to hear coming. Did they even have axes here?
BIC: "I highly doubt there's crazy mad ax-murderers here." I told her, poking her forhead.
BIC: "You're probably right," I admitted. "But you can never be | 623 |
We are driving to the countryside today, where it's green and luscious. Away from the sweat of the city, the polluted river and the constant honking of car horns cluttering the air.
As rice fields opened their arms to usher us away, even the heavens seemed to open a sky full of freshness for us to breathe.
It seemed like the second day of my Compassion Trip in the Dominican Republic was going to be a natural respite from the burdens of urban life.
But, poverty isn't a location.
You're not important. Things will never change. You'll never change.
Poverty robs us of the simplest gifts God created for all of us to enjoy.
I didn't know the real reason this city was chosen by Compassion and it lies under the dirt of Bonao.
Compassion makes sure any Service Center they build is only 30 minutes walking distance for the children and families in need.
So<|fim_middle|> Ashley did?
She just grabbed onto my neck and hugged me. And she laughed without making a sound and smiled in her bright shining eyes joy singing loudly her heart with Jesus.
She knows you love her, Bonnie. Jesus whispered into my ear. You are the face of my love and her Compassion Sponsor today.
Can you imagine how happy a little boy or girl who has been waiting — who feels hopeless in the revolving door of suffering — will be when they are finally sponsored by you?!
That child will see the face of Jesus through you. And I promise you, she AND her family are going to be leaping for you!
Later, Ruth Soukup of Living Well, Spending Less and I went to meet Arita and her 4 year old son Compassion Child JoElvis.
1) She introduced her baby-hugging husband Elvis as the father of both JoElvis and year-old cutie pie sister Yolanny. This is a really BIG deal in the poverty stricken communities. The exception. Arita beamed with pride at her treasured possession: love.
2) They are grateful for JoElvis' Sponsor because without Compassion, JoElvis will soon go blind in both eyes. They live day to day — many days start & end with no income — even though Elvis spends the whole day walking the streets to find manual labor jobs.
It was a hopeless situation. They could have never afforded any medical care, but thanks to Compassion's special fund for surgeries, the doctors say Elvis will see again!
3) Because of Compassion, Arita's mother and grandmother walked over to meet us in the one room shack & grateful waterfall of thanksgiving cascaded onto us, flowing down to carpet the floors with joy — pure joy!
Ruth and I could hardly get a word in edge-wise — Grandmother had lots of Jesus stories to tell us. She came to pray for us! What an unexpected blessing! Pour it on, Grandmother! She and Jesus are tight!
This family is rich, flowing in love and dreams for the future fueled by their Compassion Sponsor!
The more I experience the joy of Compassion Children, the more I see the poverty of the little girl broken in me. I know what she needs is more compassion — not less.
Because compassion poured out in brokenness leads to joy.
On days I feel trapped by the revolving door of critical voices — when I feel things can't change — that I can't change — I will remember the face of Jesus. In the children who live along a country road.
I will whisper to the little girl in me — what I saw in the eyes of Compassion Sponsored children today.
You are loved. You are cherished. Just rest.
Be the Face of Jesus to a little boy and girl who cannot escape the revolving door of poverty — without you.
Let's Celebrate!! Children You've Sponsored This Week!
Three friends in our Faith Barista community who posted they just sponsored a new Compassion Child! So exciting!
If you sponsored a Compassion child this week, I'd love to celebrate with you! Email me a picture of your child & you at faithbarista@gmail.com — not to trumpet our good works (no way!) — but as a testimony to what Jesus is doing on this #UnscriptedCompassion trip!
Thank you for being courageous to be God's love letter & enter a little girl's story as her sponsor!!
Jennifer De Witt for picking Jonifer in the D.R.
Deb Manwarren and her daughter Emma chose Yulani in the D.R!
Chastity Hargrove chose 3 yr old Ma Eloisa from the Philippines!
Sponsor a child & receive a special Lisa Leonard Necklace created just for this #CompassionBloggers Trip! I cannot begin to describe how much love these children have for their sponsors. You are their safe haven. Your love is Jesus.
WAHHOO!!!!!! Valerie!!!! thank you for your brave choice to listen and allow Jesus to speak HIs voice into a child's life. Your love and letters are going to BE LIFE to these children — and their families. I wish I could be there with a camera when you child & their families get the notice that they have been chosen! There is going to be SO much jumping and thanking God with tears! This is not just about money – it's the dignity of being chosen! Let's celebrate! send me her name and her photo & a your photo!!!
Beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing the love of Jesus with these precious children! I am a Teacher of the Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing, so I have a passion for children with hearing loss as well as other disabilities. It is so encouraging, refreshing, and uplifting to see them being loved on and ministered to! You are truly being the hands and feet of our Savior! Thank you!
Thank-you for being there for these special little children and for sharing your time there with us.
Just read your posting and saw your pics of your trip, thank you so much for humbling yourself and being a conduit for the love of Jesus Christ in the lives of the people you are meeting/ sharing with. The children are so precious. I am praying for all of you from here in Tianjin, China, and will forward this devo onto as many people as I can think of. God's blessings and love to all of you from China. Gary S.
Thanks for sharing your heart. One day I hope to let you know how much you've been blessing my life since last year. Praying for you.
Just so joyful reading your words, Bonnie. You capture their beauty and dignity and hope so well. Thank you for representing them for Jesus, for being a beautiful voice on behalf of their needs and their hopes and dreams.
This is a heartbreaking post – that so many are born with special needs and it's preventable. I'm glad for Ashley that you didn't notice her limp at first; it probably made her feel so good that you were treating her just the same as you'd treat any other child. Thanks for going to the DR and passing on their stories.
I didn't think of it that way, Sarah! That makes me feel a gazillion times better!! I think you're right! 🙂 thank you! | , why is this Special Needs Compassion Center specialized to care for marginalized children located out here in the boonies?
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Ashley smiled but kept shaking her head. I thought she was shy. I kept signing over and over again "Let's jump!" even as we stood up. But, her hands kept saying No.
So, I figured she'll join in later as we begin jumping.
As I placed my arms around her to encourage her to jump, we almost fell down together to the floor.
Ashley is crippled in one leg.
She had sneaked in to sit next to me so quietly unnoticed, I didn't notice her limp. Ashley stood up so strong with her good leg and I was so busy signing her to jump, I didn't even notice she CAN'T jump.
My heart just about died and stopped beating.
As I nearly burst into tears knowing I must have wounded this beloved child of God, guess what | 338 |
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Healy is a suburb of Mount Isa in the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. In the , Healy had a population of 1,878 people.
Geography
The Leichhardt River flows north–south through the town of Mount Isa, dividing the suburbs of the town into "min<|fim_middle|>18, the school had an enrolment of 152 students with 12 teachers (11 full-time equivalent) and 11 non-teaching staff (9 full-time equivalent).
There is no secondary school in Healy. The nearest government secondary school is Spinifex State College which has its junior campus in neighbouring Parkside to the north-west and its senior campus in Pioneer to the north-east. However, Spinifex State College does have its residential facility (boarding school) at 83-85 Transmission Street in Healy ().
References
External links | eside" (west of the Leichhardt River) and "townside" (east of the Leichhardt River). Healy is a "townside" suburb.
History
On 1 September 1973 the suburb was named after Edward Kevin Emmett Healy, Under Secretary in the Queensland Department of Mines.
Healy State School opened on 24 January 1972.
In the , Healy had a population of 1,878 people.
Education
Healy State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 5-9 Thomson Road (). In 2016 the school had an enrolment of 163 students (83 of whom identify as Indigenous) with 12 teachers (11 full-time equivalent) and 13 non-teaching staff (10 full-time equivalent). In 20 | 188 |
Q: Javascript / NodeJS : Passed in object seems to overwrite "self" - closure issue? My first ever Stackoverflow question (that I can remember). I'm slowly getting back into development after many years absence and experimenting with Node and Javascript.
I'm hoping this is really simple but I just can't see what I'm doing wrong.
I have 2 instances of a fairly simple javascript object.
When I pass one instance of that object to a function on the other things fall down.
*
*The first time I reference a "self" value it's fine.
*I then call a function on the passed-in object.
*If I try to reference "self" again afterward, it seems that "self" has been overwritten by the passed-in object.
Here's the object source:
"use strict";
//simple object
module.exports.SimpleObject = function SimpleObject(inputName) {
try{
var self = this; //closure so we don't lose this reference in callbacks
self.name = inputName;
}
catch(err) {
console.log('Unable to create SimpleObject: '+err);
}
SimpleObject.prototype.getName = function() {
self = this;
return self.name;
}
SimpleObject.prototype.nestedOverwrite = function(anObject) {
self = this;
return "#1 self.name: "+self.name+" ObjectName: "+anObject.getName()+" #2 self.name: "+self.name;
}
return this;
}
And here's the test case:
var testSimpleObjectModule = require('./simpleObject');
var o0 = new testSimpleObjectModule.SimpleObject('test0');
var o1 = new testSimpleObjectModule.SimpleObject('test1');
console.log(o0.nestedOverwrite(o1));
console.log(o1.nestedOverwrite(o0));
Here's the output I get:
#1 self.name: test0 ObjectName: test1 #2 self.name: test1
#1 self.name: test1 Object<|fim_middle|>};
SimpleObject.prototype.nestedOverwrite = function(anObject) {
return "#1 this.name: "+this.name+" ObjectName: "+anObject.getName()+" #2 this.name: "+this.name;
};
But if you're doing something with self that you aren't showing that means you really need it (e.g., that you can't trust the value of this when the functions are called &mdasdh; they're being used as callbacks/event handlers, etc.), here's how you do that:
"use strict";
//simple object
module.exports.SimpleObject = function SimpleObject(inputName) {
var self = this;
self.name = inputName;
self.getName = function() {
return self.name;
};
self.nestedOverwrite = function(anObject) {
return "#1 self.name: "+self.name+" ObjectName: "+anObject.getName()+" #2 self.name: "+self.name;
};
};
Side notes:
*
*There's no reason to return this at the end of a constructor function.
*Note that we don't want to do self = this; in each of the functions; the whole point of using self is that when the function is called, you don't want to rely on this having the correct value. (If yoU can rely on this being set, then use the prototype version of the functions.)
*Never catch an exception in a constructor function and just say you couldn't do the construction, because by doing that, you allow the new Xyz expression to complete, and the un-initialized object is returned as the result of the expression. I've removed the try/catch from the above for that reason.
*I recommend not relying on the horror that is automatic semicolon insertion. End expressions with semicolons (including when you're assigning a function to a variable or property).
| Name: test0 #2 self.name: test0
Hopefully you can see in each case, the first call to self.name is fine, the second has lost context.
any help greatly appreciated!
A: You're assigning functions to the prototype object that gets assigned to new SimpleObject every time the constructor is called. So the second time the constructor is called, the prototype is updated, and any previous object created using the prototype starts using the new function (with the new self value).
If you want those closures to have self, don't put them on the prototype, put them on this (more below).
But note that in the code you've quoted, there's no reason for the self variable. You can use prototype functions (which is more efficient) rather than creating functions for each instance. To do that, use this (without assigning it to self) and define the functions outside the constructor, like this:
"use strict";
//simple object
module.exports.SimpleObject = function SimpleObject(inputName) {
this.name = inputName;
};
SimpleObject.prototype.getName = function() {
return this.name;
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cards and prezzies, and more Mimosa. From far away, via Amazon, came cds and DVDs and is that a new camera? Oh, joy. Now I can annoy every one sending high resolution photos that will clog their email boxes forever. Such fun.
Wait, what's in the package? No, not the economic stimulus salvation package, the red one with the gold bow right there in the photo.
It's a fantabulously gorgeous necklace. The Guy done good.
Phone calls and messages, and flowers from family abroad.
The Guy made Duck Frittata for lunch. There was more Champagne. Afterwards I played around with the new camera.
Dinner at db Bistro Moderne, Foie gras, Diver Scallops, "Mont Blanc" and a half bottle of Chassagne-Montrachet.
Speed the Plow at The Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
Post-theater champagne cocktail. And then home. We played Perfect Day because it was.
P.S. The big day of fun continues. A big thank you to whoever sent the balloon and flowers in the top<|fim_middle|> Happy Belated Birthday!
Wow what a day. I wish you a great however late birthday. | shot. They arrived this morning, anonymously!
Sounds fabulous! | 12 |
It is impossible that there's one single spot in the world, just a small area, perhaps only a few square feet in size, where you're most content, most relaxed — a place where you can hear yourself, and trust what you hear; a place where you're most like the person you know yourself to be, or at least most like the person you want to be? If so, then my spot is a few square yards of sand in front of an old twisted palm tree on Keawakapu Beach in south Maui.
It doesn't hurt that the water is lapping at my ankles and the view is of the setting sun burning up the sky over the neighbouring island of Lana'i. I've known this spot for 30 years. For 10 years, my home was just back from the sand — my hammock hung from that twisted palm. For the past 20 years, I've done all I can to return to this very spot on a regular basis. Perhaps it's some kind of personal vortex or energy field or perhaps there's some other New Age type explanation I don't generally believe in, but no matter, this is it — my spot. It simply offers me something the rest of the world can't. It's ever abiding, yet constantly changing — forever being altered by the sea.
That feeling of change could apply to the rest of the island as well. Of course, Maui, like all of the Hawaiian Islands, has come of age since I first arrived in the 1980s as a very young man. That quiet island I landed on morphed into a superpower destination, with all its muscled-up attractions, and then into a grandiose playground for the wealthy that went through tough times when boom turned to bust a decade ago. Recently, a welcome restraint, a casual sense of hipster aloha, has begun to emerge — particularly at the Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort, where I station myself. And yet the old Maui I've always known is still here too. In my spot — and elsewhere.
Far from the sea, the air is cooler up here and the land more fertile. Jacaranda trees explode in purple bloom, nene birds flit freely, horses graze lush pastures. Beside Sheldon's gallery is Grandma's Coffee House, a small, plantation-style shed, serving my<|fim_middle|> whaling trade in the Pacific. Apparently not all the visiting sailors acquitted themselves with conduct becoming of a gentleman. The preserved Hale Pa'ahao ('Stuck in Irons House') has a well-manicured yard shaded by mature monkeypod trees — it's an improbable haven of tranquillity in chaotic Lahaina. The old jail was built by King Kamehameha III to detain unruly sailors who refused to return to their ships by sundown.
A quick look at the freely available records shows 1855 to have been a busy year — 330 convictions for 'drunkenness', 169 for 'fornication' and 89 for 'furious riding'. But apparently prison life was not all bad. Seaman William Mitchell Stetson, of the whaling bark, Arab, confided in his diary: 'Male and female all had freedom of the prison yard and mingled promiscuously, we had a very sociable time.' And if the hardships of prison life ever did become too much of a strain, then the coral restraining wall, at a little over 10ft high, was easily scaled once the sailors sobered up. | favourite cup of coffee on Maui — and worth the drive just for that. Sipping my second cup out on the porch — another of my favourite spots — a red-crested cardinal hops between tables. My mind rests, and I gaze down thousands of feet across the slope of the volcano to the sea. Intermittent clouds below me paint the water shades of blue.
Owner Al Franco walks out of the shop. He's a native, and like many Hawaiians I know, he has an easy-going demeanour that masks a fierce pride in family and community. Al knows just about everyone in the place this morning — each of his conversations punctuated with laughter. He's been trying to get me to go night diving for sharks with him for years. "Not yet," I tell him. So instead I'm invited to a pig roast he's serving up later in the day.
Back down the hill, I'm cruising the main street through Kihei, the rambling seaside town where I used to live. Adele is on the radio singing about When We Were Young. Thirty years earlier, along this same stretch, Madonna belted from my radio about feeling Like a Virgin. There were no traffic lights on this road then — today I lose count after six. From the corner of my eye, I spot a small, hand-painted sign and swing my car into an unpaved parking lot. A chicken scampers across my path, a half-dozen fuzzy off spring giving chase. Yee's Orchard, the sign says, is selling fresh, local mangos. A small lady named Lorma is slicing a coconut behind the warped, wooden countertop.
"How long has this stand been here?" I ask. "Yee's? Oh, I don't know. Forever." I've driven this road hundreds and hundreds of times. How had I never noticed it before? The mango is perhaps the sweetest I've ever tasted. I'm still shaking my head in disbelief when I pass Ukumehame Beach. A group of young surfers are catching their first waves in the gentle swell, just as the gene rat ion before them did at this same beach when I first arrived, before graduating to the big breaks like Jaws on the north shore, just beyond the town of Paia. No town seems to represent the evolving Maui as much as this one-time hippie haven.
The tanned beauties and dudes with dreadlocks and guitars hanging from their shoulders, piling out of worn-out vans are still here, but so now is the artisanal ice cream shop with cones being served up by the guy with the man-bun and the girl with the full-sleeve tattoo. Posh boutiques a re displacing the tie-dye. Yet Paia is wearing its transition to success loosely. It's an easy place to spend more time than you planned, but I've got a craving that can only be satisfied on the other side of the island.
Across the isthmus that connects Haleakala and the conical volcanos that created the West Maui Mountains, the road funnels inevitably toward Lahaina, the island's tourist centre. Front Street swarms, as it always has, with red-skinned visitors in floral shirts jockeying to get on whale-watching boats, or have their pictures taken with rainbow-coloured parrots on their heads. Art galleries are stocked with oversized sculptures of noble-looking sea turtles and twisting, smiling dolphins. You can buy prints by Picasso, or Chagall, or Dali, and then step next door and have a beer at Moose McGillycuddy's pub.
But just around the corner, a few minutes' walk from the sprawling banyan tree beside the docks, a vestige of Maui's romantic past sits virtually unnoticed. In the mid-19th century, Lahaina was the epicentre of the | 788 |
Listening for ET's Television
By Seth Shostak
The firstepisode of "I Love Lucy" was broadcast sometime on October 15, 1951. About 0.0002 seconds later, the signal glided over therooftops of the farthest city suburbs, and headed into space.
It's stillgoing. Every day, that first installment passes through an additional 4thousand trillion trillion trillion cubic kilometers of the cosmos.
Given thatstars in our galactic neighborhood are separated by about 4 light-years, it'seasy to figure that roughly 10 thousand star systems have been exposed to "ILove Lucy" in the past five decades. That may suggest a high Nielson rating,but the chance that extraterrestrials are now hooked on 1950s television islow. Look at it this way: Carl Sagan, who was singularly optimistic about suchthings, figured that the number of technically competent societies in ourGalaxy was a million or more. That's a lot. But even so, it would imply thatonly one in every few hundred thousand star systems would actually boast such asociety. Consequently, there's little probability that hairless gray guys arepuzzling over the domestic difficulties of Lucy and Ricky, a fact that no doubtwill disappoint the advertisers.
Thewidespread use of television on Earth is a phenomenon of the lasthalf-century. But the cosmos is three times as old as our planet. So therecould be galactic civilizations that have been churning out sitcoms forthousands of years or more - time enough for the signals to reach our world.
This possibilitywas evidently on the mind of Abraham Loeb at Harvard University, who recently noted in the NewScientist that a radio telescope being built to study distant galaxiesmight also be able to pick up ET's TV. The so-called Low-Frequency Array(LOFAR), a telescope consisting of 25 thousand tent-shaped antennas spreadacross Holland and Germany, can be tuned to frequencies under 250 megahertz. This is aspectral range far below what's usually searched by SETI, but it's the band inwhich much of your local television is broadcast. And maybe theirs, as well.
So howrealistic is this? Could LOFAR really pick up "I Love Zork"?
To answerthat question requires doing some numbers (you can read through this quickly ifquantitative arguments cause your brain to idle).
First, wereverse the situation, just to see if tuning in remote TV makes sense. Imaginethat there are alien couch potatoes 55 light-years away who, bored with theirown Fall lineup, have constructed a LOFAR-style antenna in hopes of picking up"I Love Lucy's" debut. Hunky TV transmitters on Earth belch out a few hundredthousand watts of power. That energy is not beamed in all directions equally;most of it is aimed around the horizon (which, of course, is where the audienceis). Because of this slight beaming, the effective transmitter power is a bitmore: let's say a million watts, to keep the math simple.
OK, howstrong is that signal by the time it reaches our putative alien audience at 55light-years distance? Not very. The megawatt broadcast washes over ET's worldwith a power density of about 0.3 million million million million millionths ofa watt per square meter, which is not exactly a scorching signal. Actually,only about a third of that transmission power is in the "carrier" - the part ofthe broadcast that's very narrow in frequency and easily detected. So knockthat piddling power density down by another factor of three if you want to knowthe strength of the easily detectable part of the transmission. (Of course, ifthey only find the carrier, they won't get the picture and sound. But Lucy'sjokes might not appeal to aliens anyway.)
Could theirLOFAR-style antenna find that carrier, thereby indicating that a program was onthe air? Well, engineers have computed that at the frequency of VHF television,LOFAR will have an effective collecting area similar to that of the 305-meterdiameter Arecibo antenna in Puerto Rico.
That'sbig. That's brawny. But not brawny enough. In our SETI experiments at Arecibo, we could find a signal if it wereabout 0.1 million million million millionths of a watt per square meter. Thatnumber, you will notice if you count up the words, is a million times biggerthan the "I Love Lucy" carrier at 55 light-years. The aliens' LOFAR would be inadequateto detect the broadcast by a factor of a million, a not entirely negligibleamount. Simply stated: LOFAR couldn't hear it.
So here'sthe bottom line: LOFAR would only be able to find TV signals comparable to oursfrom a distance of much less than one light-year! Turning this around,the mother of all rabbit ears couldn't pick up the Alien Broadcasting Networkat the distance of even the nearest star.
Disappointing,but you might argue that the extraterrestrials will have much, much more powerfulTV transmitters than we do. In fact, their broadcasts would have to bemillions of times more powerful to even produce a blip on LOFAR, which seems abit silly and likely to set alien roofs on fire.
Now Loebpoints out that LOFAR and other large telescopes now being planned can stare atthe same spot on the sky for months or years. That allows a signal to build up,making even weak transmissions visible. After a year of staring, LOFAR'ssensitivity will be several hundred times better than our work at Arecibo. That's the good news. The badnews is that it's still inadequate<|fim_middle|> makes regular contributions to NBC News MACH, for example. Seth has also co-authored a college textbook on astrobiology and written three popular science books on SETI, including "Confessions of an Alien Hunter" (National Geographic, 2009). In addition, Seth ahosts the SETI Institute's weekly radio show, "Big Picture Science."
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But there'sanother point, and one that's possibly of greater significance. The whole ideaof television broadcasting may be passe for the aliens. Consider: how do youpick up your daily dose of boob-tube fodder? With a rooftop antenna strappedto your chimney? Probably not. You most likely get your TV via a cable, fiberoptic, or direct broadcast satellite dish. The powerful televisiontransmitters on the hills outside town are going to vanish in the next fewdecades. They likely vanished long ago on ET's world.
So whileit's certainly an excellent idea to look for cosmic signals at low frequencies,it's unlikely that any will resemble the type of entertainment we still loftinto the skies here on Earth. And some would say that's reassuring.
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Seth Shostak
Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute
Seth Shostak is an astronomer at the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute in Mountain View, California, who places a high priority on communicating science to the public. In addition to his many academic papers, Seth has published hundreds of popular science articles, and not just for Space.com; he | 302 |
Kellogg Hansen Associate M<|fim_middle|> | insuk Han Successfully Argued Before the 9th Circ. in an APA Challenge to a Federal Cooperative Farming Program
Washington, D.C. | January 6, 2019 – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that a farmer can pursue his lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's practice of favoring incumbent farmers in its cooperative farming program. The district court had dismissed the case, holding that the federal government's adoption of a policy promising a competitive process rendered the plaintiff's claims moot. In Hymas v. U.S. Dep't of Interior, the Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's dismissal and sent the case back for consideration of the merits. The Ninth Circuit concluded that "the new policy has not resulted in a substantially different controversy," which remains "whether or not it is permissible to favor incumbent farmers when awarding cooperative farming agreements."
On appeal, Jay Hymas was represented by Kellogg Hansen Associates Minsuk Han and Bethan R. Jones. Appointed as pro bono counsel by the Ninth Circuit, Mr. Han presented oral argument in Seattle, Washington, on December 9, 2019.
After the decision, Mr. Han said, "The Ninth Circuit's decision gives Mr. Hymas, who has been litigating this case for over six years, an opportunity to pursue his claims and be heard on the merits. The district court's dismissal was against the well-established principle that an agency's post-litigation adoption of a new policy alone does not automatically deprive a plaintiff of his right to pursue his claims in court."
The case concerns the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's award of cooperative agreements in the Mid-Columbia River region, which allow commercial farmers to grow crops on refuge lands as long as the farmers agree to leave a portion of the crops for the wildlife. After unsuccessful attempts to obtain a cooperative agreement, Mr. Hymas brought a lawsuit challenging the Service's selection practice under the Administrative Procedure Act and seeking bid preparation costs, among other claims.
Minsuk Han
Bethan Jones
Order Reversing & Remanding Case
Opening Brief for Plaintiff-Appellant
Reply Brief for Plaintiff-Appellant | 454 |
Are you someone who finds themselves constantly worrying<|fim_middle|> worry about them occurring. In both of these examples, something bad may or may not happen, the main thing is that if we believe that something bad might happen, then we may experience anxiety.
Health anxiety is therefore the experience of feeling that there is a threat to your health, consequently triggering your anxiety response. Some of the common health related fears are having or developing cancer, a heart attack, a sexually transmitted disease, a severe mental illness, Alzheimer's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis or a thyroid disorder. Some people don't necessarily worry about a specific illness or disorder, they may generally feel that something just isn't right. In some cases, the fear we have may not be for ourselves, but the fear that a loved one may become ill.
Health anxiety can become a problem when they are excessive, out of proportion, persistent or cause significant distress.
If you're identifying with the symptoms of health anxiety, your mind may be shouting at you BUT I HAVE REAL SYMPTOMS?! This is a normal response. Health anxiety doesn't discriminate. It can affect people who are for the most part "healthy", people who have real or unexplained symptoms, and people who already have a diagnosed medical condition. The status of your health is not the issue when it comes to health anxiety – the issue is how you are coping with your symptoms or condition. If you're responding by constantly worrying, googling, seeking reassurance or checking, then health anxiety may be a problem for you.
So I have health anxiety…what do I do now?
Focusing on symptoms can help to amplify their intensity, therefore perpetuating the anxiety cycle. Learning to retrain your attention is an important step in overcoming health anxiety. Meditation practices and mindfulness activities are fantastic ways to learn to refocus your attention, or bring yourself back to the present when you find your mind wandering.
Worry postponement is another beneficial tool to help overcome the anxiety. Instead of allowing your mind to snowball into catastrophic thinking about significant health issues, acknowledge the thought, write it down, "postpone" thinking about this until a designated time. Set a designated "worry time" where you allow yourself to think about only the things you have listed. After practicing this for a time, reflect on the following: what happened to the worries you postponed? Did you still need to worry about them later? What happened to the symptoms you were worrying about?
Using a thought diary, start to note down the problematic thoughts you are having about your health, and the impact they are having on you feelings and behaviours. When are these thoughts occurring? Where are you? What are you doing? Reflecting on the answers to these questions can help give you insight into triggers. Once you've identified triggers and problematic thoughts, you can then start to practice challenging these unhelpful thoughts.
What is the factual evidence for this thought?
What is the factual evidence against this thought?
How does it affect me when I expect the worst?
Are there any possible other explanations for the symptoms I am experiencing right now?
What can I do to manage this symptom or situation right now?
What would be a more realistic thought about this symptom or situation?
If you try these strategies and find that health anxiety is still causing you difficulty, it may be time for you to seek professional help. Accessing a Psychologist or other Mental Health Worker may assist you to further develop ways of managing the anxiety and reduce the distress associated with experiencing health related anxiety. It is always important that if you are experiencing symptoms of physical illness that you go see your local doctor. | about their health? Do you find yourself "Googling" symptoms when you experience any strange sensations in your body, only to be convinced that you are suffering from a serious medical condition? Have you noticed that your efforts to find answers to your symptoms is impacting you in a negative way? We recognise anxiety we may be experiencing about our relationships, work, school or finances, but often we are not aware that we may be suffering from what is called health anxiety.
Before we can discuss health anxiety, it is important to understand what health is, as it can have different meanings to different people. Health is commonly defined as the absence of disease, injury or disability. As health varies so greatly between people and cultures, the definition of health has been extended to include a persons state of physical, mental and social functioning. Rather than it being black and white (either you have or don't have health in these areas) it is helpful to think of health as being on a continuum, ranging from poor to excellent.
We experience anxiety when we feel like something bad is about to happen. Anxiety is an instinctual survival mechanism that alerts us to danger and initiates our "fight/flight/freeze" response. Back in the age of hunters and gatherers, this mechanism was extremely helpful as it helped us fight or flee from potentially harmful situations, helping to preserve the human race. Nowadays, it is unlikely (depending on where you live!) that you will walk out your front door and be confronted with a tiger, so we are still experiencing this fight or flight response, without necessarily the imminent danger. Anxiety can also arise when we perceive there to be a threat. For example, a person feeling fearful that they may be rejected in a situation, or that they are going to get in trouble with their boss – these things haven't actually happened, however, we are feeling | 373 |
Despite the dark clouds looming over crypto markets in the last couple of months, DECENT continues to push forward. Our new website is still pretty fresh and we have already seen the release of a new voting tool and its latest upgrade. What's more is that the release of an advanced DCT wallet is well in the works, coming very soon!
Our new website was designed to be easier to read, easier to navigate and more organized to better communicate our new company vision. But, it isn't just functional – we think the new visual style fits beautifully, as well. But, where did all the new visuals come from? Who is the<|fim_middle|> for great flexibility in the future.
D: The logo wasn't an isolated task, though. You knew that the website would be redesigned, as well. Did designing the new logo help you in this sense?
JJ: I think the best approach is always to start with the logo. It provides focus and assures that all the elements present in the site are working in harmony. The fundamental shapes can be seen in the placed images and things like soft corners and even the fonts were selected to fit with the logo.
D: What new features does the new website introduce? Did they present any challenges for you, design-wise?
JJ: The News page was probably the biggest challenge. We wanted a space that was more than just a collection of articles. We wanted a true front page experience. Headlines, featured articles and even a place for upcoming teasers. That is a lot to pack into one page. But I feel pretty confident in saying that readers can now learn about DECENT in a much more dynamic and interesting way.
D: What are your expectations, considering the new website and logo?
JJ: I think the clean efficiency of it all makes visiting the site really enjoyable. Website visitors will discover a lot of interesting and enriching information, will have no trouble navigating through it, and will look forward to revisiting the website time and again.
D: Are there any current projects you're working on right now that you would like to share with us?
JJ: I am currently designing a new web interface for a new project of ours, and I have to admit, I love the impact of this design. To me, it kicks in the door and lets everyone know there's a new player in town. I can't say much more than that but you'll see it very soon.
We would like to thank Juraj for taking the time to share his thoughts. If you want to find out for yourself whether we have managed to make our website more attractive, visit https://decent.ch and let us know what you think on Telegram! | mastermind behind all these engaging artworks and illustrations?
To learn more, we have prepared a short interview with our lead graphic designer, Juraj Jurik.
DECENT: How about a quick introduction?
Juraj Jurik: Hello everyone, I'm Juraj, I have been working in design for a while now, over 10 years. I joined DECENT about a year and a half ago. Basically, I love doing what I do. It isn't just a job, I consider it my passion. For me, design isn't just about making things look good, I try to dig deeper, beneath the surface of a design. Every design should tell a story.
D: So that's what you did when you tackled the new logo for DECENT? What was the result of your "digging"?
JJ: There are a number of things going on behind what might, at first, appear to be a very simple logo. DECENT is very much about shaping the future. Building, connecting, exchanging. Actually, exchange is a huge part of what DECENT is all about. Digital items, valued assets, ideas. Our biggest product, DCore, is open source and perfect for exchanging digital items. On top of sharing our tech, we are extremely active in educating and sharing our knowledge of blockchain technology.
D: Talking about shapes, what elements did you try to capture in the new logo?
JJ: The choice to keep the color green was made way back in the day, since it represents life and growth and ties nicely back to our original look. I chose to add a dark "midnight" blue, to create harmony. It is this specific combination that reflects our freshness and, at the same time, determination. The shapes came from forms fundamental to building and creating, but symbolic of exchange, direction and movement. Visually, they strike a nice silhouette and will allow | 383 |
In 2019, The Preatures make their Perth Festival debut with a stripped-back acoustic show at Chevron Gardens on 17 February. One of Australia's best-loved pop-rock bands, The Preatures bristle with hook-laden swagger and retro flair. Led by mercurial goddess Izzi Manfredi the fourpiece combine sassy melodies with sizzling anthems such as 'Is This How You Feel?' and 'Somebody's Talking'.
When ATS suggested that, even after having toured WA as recently as<|fim_middle|>be May play Chevron gardens on Sunday 17 February. | September last year, there will still be plenty of appetite for another Preatures live show, Moffitt didn't hold back.
On playing their debut at Perth Festival, Moffitt is well aware of the enormity of the task they've taken on.
"The [Perth Festival] program is staggering, it's huge. It puts everybody to shame in a way, just the love and the clout behind the festival and what's on. I hope we don't let people down. I'm really excited for it.
WA's own guitar-slinging, beat-driven, indie riff-rocking femme fatale Abbe May is also preparing a stripped back acoustic set, so 17 February promises to be a special evening.
Take off your shoes and enjoy the music.
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Das Boom rules King of the Beach
By Brian McInnis on September 28, 2013 | Court Sense
Christian Standhardinger hoists the King of the Beach koa bowl trophy
Christian Standhardinger was the favorite to repeat as "King of the Beach" champion today, for good reason.
<|fim_middle|>Recruiting Visit Info ? | He's got a ridiculous motor. He's insanely competitive. And he's a little sneaky.
Well, that all came into play in the Hawaii senior forward's narrow victory over the field in Saturday morning's UH basketball preseason fitness competition at Queens Beach in Waikiki. Standhardinger edged senior center Davis Rozitis by a point, and redshirt freshman Dyrbe Enos, holding it down for the local boys, was right behind the 7-foot Latvian.
"It was a lot tougher, but I'm glad it worked out that way," Standhardinger said.
Standhardinger became the first repeat winner of Gib Arnold's chaotic competition on the sand, which features more than a dozen events ranging from a long jump to sprints to teamwork with weighted balls. Bill Amis and Hauns Brereton were the first two winners.
"It was fun to see the guys get after it," Arnold said. "It's a lot of fun and the seniors did really well. Sometimes you gotta get a little sneaky and those guys know how to win those things.
I thought (Christian) was kind of the guy everybody expected, but we knew he'd be challenged," Arnold said. "Davis was a little bit of a surprise, getting up there, but again, being a senior he kind of knew how to manipulate some of the events. That's a nice way to put it."
Full practices begin on Monday. All players were present except for Negus Webster-Chan — he was back home in Toronto for an aunt's funeral, condolences to him — and all players were relatively healthy.
It was a good sign to see Isaac Fotu participating in just about everything. He was sidelined with a meniscus tear in his knee from College Summer League play for a couple months. Brandon Jawato (foot) was a full participant as well.
"I'm feeling really good now," Fotu said. "I definitely left enough time to heal and am getting treatment two times a day. I'm definitely ready for the season to start."
The overall competitiveness showed Saturday. Rozitis got his shirt torn during one of the more competitive events. He wasn't the only one.
"We competed. It's been a great day here at Waikiki Beach. I think that's all we wanted. It's been an end to a great preseason," Rozitis said.
Quincy Smith, a sophomore point guard out of the City College of San Francisco, had the most impressive overall effort among the team's seven newcomers. Guard Garrett Nevels out of Mt. San Antonio College also had a good showing.
"It feels good. It's a change of scenery," Smith said of the beach workouts. "It's a little fun, but at the same time we're progressing and putting in a lot of work. … Coach is trying to get that mind-set of winning in everybody, in every drill we do."
The team ended five weeks of Saturday conditioning sessions on the sand with a little touch pigskin. Smith was quarterback for one team, while Arnold signal-called the other. Arnold's team won by a touchdown.
"They cheated at the end. But it was a good game, they won on a lucky pass," Smith said.
More on the King of the Beach event in Sunday's edition of the Star-Advertiser.
Players sprint to the water
Players had to submerge themselves, then return
Pushup competition
Davis Rozitis carries on with a torn shirt
Garrett Nevels long jumps
Quincy Smith attempts a long jump
Standhardinger's long jump
Players tackle players in the antelope/lion game
2 teams race carrying teammates
Team weighted ball carry
Starting line for "Wounded Warrior" crawl
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Gib Arnold drops back for a pass
Quincy Smith fires a pass
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Apple updates<|fim_middle|> the update went golden master a few days ago and is going to be posted today at noon," said Jobs.
In addition to CD burning, Mac OS X 10.0.2 also features improvements in overall application stability and the latest version of ftpd, the Internet file transfer service.
Apple released OS X 10.0.1 earlier in April to provide users with improved support for third-party USB devices, improved Classic compatibility, increased application stability and provided support for the popular open source Secure Shell service.
The 10.0.2 update will be made available by automatic software update to all Mac OS X users for free. | OS X, iTunes with CD burning, more
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Although the unveiling of the new iBook was the highlight of a special Apple event held today at the company's corporate headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., Apple CEO Steve Jobs kicked things off by announcing a much-anticipated update to Mac OS X. Apple is also simultaneously releasing an update to the OS X version of iTunes to allow it to burn CDs.
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We have been writing about the changes in<|fim_middle|> voted on Sunday. Although this "no" vote is not on par with Britain leaving the EU, it signals that the country could be following that same trajectory.
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Today, Nyle addresses the elephant in the investing room, does Trump deserve credit for the current market rally? Well, the answer may be more straight forward than you think. | the US equities market since the election (here, here, here, and here). In our update titled, "From Dow to Infinity," December 12, 2016, we illustrated many economic fundamentals reversed during the summer years of stagnation and the stock rally and bond market selloff since the election is based on sustainable improvements. Our view is the election was a catalyst vs. an impetus to the rally meaning it added to an already improving economy instead of being the sole source of optimism.
Don't shoot the messenger! Every good investor should do their best to remove their bias, and focus on the cold hard facts. Today, Anton and Nyle discuss one of the most widely discussed investment myths, gold.
Considering the robust post-election rally, one would anticipate some level of a pullback as investors rebalance their portfolios. However, strong holiday sales paired with positive corporate earnings reports in January might provide more tailwind to the current market landscape.
As if another unlikely event is possible for 2016, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is only 244 points, or 1.2%, away from breaching 20,000. It only took 38 months for the DJIA to double from 5,000 to 10,000 (11/21/95 to 3/29/99) but due to two major market crashes and six years of stagnant growth the DJIA has yet to double again in more than 17 years. The index annualized compounded return of 4.15% (excluding dividends) since Dow 10,000 has challenged even the most patient buy and hold investors.
Last week, the S&P 500 was unable to hold onto the gains created during Friday's trading session. Many perceived the slight selloff as trading fatigue caused by the three-week rally. Others stated caution of the Italian constitution referendum that was | 405 |
Kerry Foods Launch New Bistro Pasta & First Consumer Ad Campaign
By Newsroom on March 19, 2013 Comments Off on Kerry Foods Launch New Bistro Pasta & First Consumer Ad Campaign
Kerry Foods is investing in its first ever consumer-advertising campaign for Bisto frozen ready meals and announces plans for two new pasta meals.
The ad campaign, which launches across national press and women's magazines on 18th March, is designed to reassure consumers and highlight that they can trust in the quality of Bisto frozen ready meals.
The adverts show a delicious ready prepared meal with the line "Aah now you're talking…" linking to the current Bisto TV campaign, with the line "Made with meat from trusted sources!" designed to reassure consumers.
Bisto is one of the best loved and most enduring of all British brands and all of the quality ready meals include the great taste of Bisto gravy.
The campaign will trade on the heritage of Bisto to drive sales for the range and encourage consumers to purchase meals from the brand they know and trust.
In addition to the ad campaign two new pasta dishes will be added to the range: Lasagne and Spaghetti Bolognese, both of which are favourite recipes amongst British families and two of the top selling frozen ready meals.
This is a deliberate strategy by Kerry Foods to fill the<|fim_middle|> from trusted sources, the dishes will be supported by a second wave of advertising, with the "Aah now you're talking…" press campaign focusing specifically on the new meals.
The two new dishes are available to all retailers now and on shelf in independent retailers from 1st April (available through convenience delivered wholesalers & cash & carries). The current range of Bisto meals are available across all major multiples and independent retailers.
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Chocolate graham crackers recipe for a fun homemade treat, a snack, or a scoop for<|fim_middle|> but I highly recommend the Rodelle Dutch process cocoa powder because of the rich, mellow, smooth flavor.
What can I use this chocolate graham crackers recipe for?
These homemade chocolate graham crackers are amazing with my cherry cheesecake dip. Actually, the first time I made that recipe, Camille was only 14 months old, and her eyes lit up when she saw the graham crackers. She snatched one off the counter, and I let her have it. Little did I know, that she had been wanting graham crackers for a few months and she finally got her little hands on one!
Beyond that, they're great for snacking, s'mores, or grinding up to use as a pie crust, or rolling my cherry cheesecake cookies in.
Let me know if you have any more questions about Dutch processed cocoa powder below. I'm here for you! Thanks so much to Rodelle for sponsoring this post, and letting us all dive more into the wonderful world of chocolate together.
Preheat the oven to 350, and line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
In the bowl of a food processor, combine the flours, cocoa powder, coconut sugar, salt, and baking soda. Pulse a few times to combine.
Add the diced butter, and pulse until a coarse meal forms, about 10 1-second pulses.
Next, combine the honey, water, molasses and vanilla extract in a measuring cup with spout. Stream the liquid into the food processor while its running (use the feed tube).
Roll out one-third of the dough at a time between two pieces of wax paper. Roll it until it's slightly less than 1/4" thick.
Use a square cookie cutter (or any other cookie cutter shapes you like) to cut out shapes.
Peel the dough away from all the cut-outs, and then use a sharp metal spatula to gently move them to the prepared baking sheet. (Removing all the dough around the crackers first helps you pick them up with the spatula without mangling them too badly). Watch the video for a guide on this.
You will get about 27 graham cracker squares, or 14 whole graham cracker sheets from this recipe.
Use a fork to prick holes all over, and the blade of a knife to score them in half (do not cut all the way through).
First can I tell you that I was drawn to that beautiful shirt first and the graham crackers 2nd? I don't blame Camille for reaching for graham crackers they are so delicious and snackable. I can't wait to try them. I have no doubts that homemade ones are better than store bought. And using peanut butter cups instead of chocolate is a total game changer for me.
Hi Christina! These look so good! I read through the post but just wanted to double check before I make the recipe – it will still work if I use regular cocoa powder? Thank you!
These crackers would be amazing as a base for the instant pot cheesecake I am working on.
I thought children under two were not allowed honey?
Some people wait a little longer than is required, but it's typically under 1 that you aren't supposed to feed them honey.
YUM!!! I love all the homemade treats you make for Camille!
Is this recipe doable without a food processor?
Can I substitute carob for the chocolate?
I just made these with an all purpose gluten free flour blend and brown sugar instead of coconut sugar. They turned out great!
Oh, Jackie! Thanks for letting us know that GF flour can be used! thank you!
What can i use instead of coconut sugar? Greetings from Greece!
Can you tell me about the gorgeous top you're wearing in this post?
Aww thanks so much, Kelly! It's about 10 years old from Anthropologie; sorry, I know that's not much help! | cheesecake dip. This post has been sponsored by Rodelle Kitchen; all content, thoughts & opinions are my own.
I will never forget the time one of Camille's teachers from daycare pulled me aside and said Camille has a jealousy issue.
When Camille was about 10 months old, I began dropping Camille off at a small 'mom's day out' program a few hours each week. We were required to fill out a form each day. A section on the form inquired about the type of snacks she was allowed to have. I always said 'snacks from home only' because I packed plenty of snacks for her each day.
What I didn't know was that during snack time, the other kids were eating Cheerios and store-bought graham crackers. Apparently, my little Camille was jealous and kept reaching for them. After she was directed towards her snack from home, she snatched the graham crackers from the other kids.
I took it as a sign that homemade graham crackers needed to happen. We love that recipe and make it about once a month in our house.
We recently moved into a neighborhood that celebrates nearly every weekend with s'mores parties. So now, my pantry must always be stocked with graham crackers, marshmallow and peanut butter cups (side note: if you haven't switched from chocolate bars to peanut butter cups in your s'mores, this is your year!). We have fire pits sprinkled throughout the neighborhood, and if the weather is nice on Friday, we all head out to make s'mores.
I'd say about half the time my grahams are homemade, and half of the time they are store-bought. When I make graham crackers from scratch, the s'mores are incredible. Homemade grahams are a bit thicker (yet still crisp) and taste more like a cookie than the store-bought ones. I'd rather have a cookie base than a cracker base for my s'mores, ya know what I mean?
When I received a reader request for a homemade chocolate graham crackers recipe (hi, Lily!), I immediately thought of how amazing a double chocolate s'mores would be!
What's the difference between Dutch Process and Natural Cocoa Powder?
Dutch processed cocoa powder has been treated with an alkalinizing agent to neutralize the acidity of the cocoa powder. It's pH is near 7, while natural cocoa powder is between 5 and 6. The lower the number, the more acidity.
What makes Dutch chocolate different?
It typically has a more mellow or smooth flavor. It tastes darker and richer, too. Often, it has a darker color.
Recipes that use Dutch cocoa powder are often leavened by baking powder, which has a neutral pH.
Can you use regular cocoa powder instead of Dutch processed?
In a word, no. It really depends on the recipe. When a recipe uses leaveners like baking soda, you should use regular cocoa powder, unless the recipe states otherwise, like this chocolate graham crackers recipe does!
If you want to make a swap and the recipe doesn't mention it, you can use Dutch processed cocoa powder anytime a recipe doesn't need leaveners. I use Dutch processed cocoa powder when I'm making chocolate frosting or chocolate glazes, for example. I like the rich, dark flavor Dutch process cocoa provides in frostings.
If you're making a cake that calls for baking soda and you substitute Dutch-process cocoa powder, the cake will not rise properly. The Dutch processed cocoa powder has a lower acidity and will not react with the baking soda properly to make the cake rise.
By and large, if a recipe calls for cocoa powder, it means regular. It will nearly always specify Dutch processed if you need it.
For this recipe, you may use either, | 774 |
Knitting is a art in which loops of yarn are interlocked with the assistance of needles and creates any designs of your dreams. Knitting is more than just a hobby - it is therapy and stress relief. Knitting has a sedative effect on the nervous system, and develops fine motor skills. That is why this wonderful hobby is a part of some medical treatment programs.
History of knitting goes into ancient days. Stockings are the most ancient (1000-1500 BC) knitted artifact known to historians. It has been found in Egypt. Knitting was widely used in the Ancient East and penetrated into Europe with the Crusades in the 10-12 centuries. Knitting still remains a favorite hobby for millions of people.
The basic material for knitting is yarn. In the production of yarn both natural and synthetic fibers can be used. Very often the yarn consists of a mixture of natural and synthetic fibers. In such situations composition and percentage of fibers is indicated on the label.
Natural fibers include wool fibers, vegetable fibers and silk. Wool fibers come in variety of types. Alpaca wool of llama or alpaca. Angora wool of angora or rabbit. Cashmere wool of goat Kashmir state in India. Sheep wool - wool from the first sheep haircut. There are several types of sheep wool depending on<|fim_middle|> the other side to prevent stitches from slipping when knitting is not flew. Some knitting techniques require sharp edges on both sides of the knitting needle. Such knitting needles are called two-sided. There are also circular knitting needles. They are two knitting needles connected by a flexible cord. Dimension of knitting needles depends on its thickness, which is equal to the diameter of the spokes. Knitting needles can be from 0 to 50 in size. The length of knitting needles may vary from 9 to 14 inches. The bigger the product is the longer needle needed while knitting.
Additional tools that may be needed: scissors, pins for unfinished stitches, coils for threads of different colors, a tape measure, a ruler, a needle for joining the knitted parts.
There are two types of stitches in knitting. The first type is a knit stitch. The second type is purl stitch. You can interchange them with each other and with omitting of stitches, make braids and rib knit stitches, as well as a continuous sheet.
Collecting of stitches. In order to start knitting you have to collect stitches on the knitting needles first. Collected stitches would be the first row. There are several ways to collect stitches. Collecting stitches with the help of a thumb, collecting stitches as it is made while knit stitch knitting, and collecting braids knitting technique.
Finishing of knitting or closing stitches. Closing of stitches can be done in several ways: using knit stitch, purl stitches, shaped edge and embossed seal.
Addition of stitches. In knitting, to make a product bigger, addition of stitches is used.
Decreasing of stitches. To make the product smaller, decreasing of stitches is used.
Openwork knitting. Openwork knitting is decorative knitting. It is divided into three types: openwork, hemstitch and lace.
Multi-color knitting. If more than one color of yarn is used while knitting, this technique is called multi-colored.
Double knitting is necessary for thickening of knitted products. Two layers are knitted at the same time.
You can also look for patterns for knitting clothes for adults, children, different accessories and toys. | the place of cultivation and the breed of sheep. This is merino wool from fleece of merino sheep, Australia. Shetland wool from the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Mohair - a fiber from the Angora wool sheep or lambs. Mohair yarn is previously napped.
Vegetable fibers are cotton and linen.
Synthetic fibers are acrylic, polyester, nylon, and lycra. Viscose and acetate silk are chemically treated cellulose fibers that were extracted from wood.
Thickness and texture of yarn is also very diverse. Select the desired thickness of yarn based on the product you want to knit. Thick yarn is suitable for warm outerwear. Thin filaments are right for summer clothing.
Knitting needles are the basic tool of every knitter. There are three types of knitting needles: straight needles, two-sided needles and circular needles. Straight knitting needles have sharp edges on the one side and the stopper on | 192 |
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What is Clermont Main Street?
Clermont Main Street is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization comprised of Downtown Clermont business owners, local businesses and individuals who are passionate about investing in the historic heart of Clermont. Clermont Main Street is more than a merchant's or business association — it is a volunteer-driven, nonprofit organization working to revitalize and amplify the health and economic vitality<|fim_middle|>SHIPS AND INVESTOR PROGRAMS, WE'D LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU AND SHARE DETAILS ON THE BENEFITS OF SUPPORTING Clermont Main Street.
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Florida Main Street is a technical assistance program with the goal of revitalizing historic downtowns and encouraging economic development within the context of historic preservation. Since 1985, Florida Main Street has offered technical assistance to Main Street programs across the state. The program is a part of a network of over 40 nationally recognized programs throughout the country. Florida Main Street is administered by the Division of Historical Resources under the Florida Department of State. The program is affiliated with the National Main Street Center and utilizes the National Main Street Center's Four-Point Approach® which offers a framework for community-based revitalization initiatives.
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Florida Main Street encourages economic development and is dedicated to bringing jobs, dollars and people back to Florida's historic districts. By being a Main Street, Downtown Clermont:
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Organization: Involves creating a strong foundation for a sustainable revitalization effort, including cultivating partnerships, community involvement, and resources for the district.
Promotion: Positions the downtown district as the center of the community and hub of economic activity, while creating a positive image that showcases a community's unique characteristics.
Design: Supports a community's transformation by enhancing the physical and visual assets that set that downtown district apart.
Economic Vitality: Helps the downtown district reposition its economy through market-driven business retention & development strategies.
Consistent with the national organizational model, Clermont Main Street is funded through a mix of public funding, grants, memberships and sponsorships in addition to revenue generated from community events held within Downtown Clermont.
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Whole Wheat Apple Cinnamon Muffins are bursting with tender apple chunks, coated with cinnamon sugar, and even include wholesome ingredients like whole wheat flour and coconut oil!
Well, October is in full swing and this past week began to feel decidedly autumn-ish around here. So after a few days of temps not quite reaching 90°F, I no longer have to feel like a poser as I bake with pumpkin and simmer soups…fall recipes are finally legit! 😉 And if you've been searching for the perfect muffin to celebrate fall (or enjoy all year long), look no further than these Whole Wheat Apple Cinnamon Muffins! Y'all. These things are good.
I adapted this recipe from my Whole Wheat Strawberry Muffins…and don't tell my little strawberry muffin friends, but I think I may like this apple version even better! It's hard to decide for sure…I suppose I'll have to do a side-by-side comparison one day. But for now, suffice it to say that these Whole Wheat Apple Cinnamon Muffins are pretty darn irresistible.
First off, these muffins are extremely moist and soft, thanks to the plethora of diced apples folded into the batter. I used Honeycrisps, because that's what I had on hand, and I finely diced them. The apples turned pretty soft, almost melting into my muffins. If you prefer more noticeable chunks of apples in your muffins, cut them into larger pieces and/or use a variety of apple known for retaining its shape when baked, such as Granny Smith or Golden Delicious.
Since they are rather on the wholesome side, with all of those apple chunks and coconut oil in addition to whole wheat, I decided to indulge in a teensy bit of decadence for the topping. Now you could certainly enjoy these muffins perfectly plain. Or you could sprinkle them with sparkling sugar for a bit of crunch. You might even decide to top them with a streusel topping or a praline crumble, which is honestly what I intended to do when I first devised this recipe. However, as often happens, I was running short on time, and dipping the tops in melted butter before pressing them into cinnamon and sugar ended up being a quicker way to finish off these babies.
And boy was I happy with that outcome! Because what could be a better complement to cinnamon-spiced muffins than a buttery, cinnamon-sugar coating on top?
These Whole Wheat Apple Cinnamon Muffins are sure to be a hit with your family and — if they should be so lucky — friends. As they bake, your house will smell like a fall, and the texture and flavor of the fresh-from-the-oven muffins are even better than the aroma. So go ahead and make a double batch! I'll venture a guess that they'll be gone in no time.
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line muffin pans with paper liners.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat together the egg and sugar until thick and well-blended. Gradually mix in the coconut oil until incorporated, and then blend in the sour cream. Slowly mix half of the flour mixture into the wet ingredients, blend in milk, and then stir in remaining flour mixture until just combined. (Add a splash more milk if batter is too thick, but be careful not to add too much!) Gently fold the diced apples into the batter.
Evenly divide batter between 12 to 15 muffin cups. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until muffins are light golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow muffins to cool in pans for a couple of minutes before removing them to a cooling rack.
Once muffins are cool enough to handle (or you may wait until they're completely cool), pour melted butter into a bowl. Mix sugar and cinnamon together in another bowl. Dip the top of each muffin in butter and then press it into the cinnamon sugar mixture until generously coated.
If you can't find whole wheat pastry flour, you may substitute 1 cup all-purpose white flour plus 1 cup whole wheat flour. Or you may use all white flour, if you wish.
I leave the skin on my apples and dice them pretty finely. You may cut them in bigger chunks if you prefer. Any apples will work in these muffins, but some varieties will hold their shape better once baked.
If desired, you may substitute melted butter for the coconut oil.
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What gorgeous results! I'd love to include them in Muffin Tin Month! If you have a chance, see my post from Wednesday, which explains more about it.
Delicious! I love the idea of the finely chopped apples, and thanks for the pointer on subbing for the pastry flour. I do have white and whole wheat already. Same applies for the Healthy Banana ones too, right? Thanks for such wonderful muffin recipes!
And yes, the game was depressing…probably inevitable at some point this season, but depressing all the same. 😉 I just hope we can turn it around against Ole Miss this weekend!
You did a great job of making these look light and fluffy, being whole wheat and all! Pinning!
Thanks so much, Amber, and I appreciate the pin! You know, by using whole wheat pastry flour, these muffins actually are pretty light and fluffy. That's why I'm such a fan of that stuff! 😉 Hope you're having a great week…thanks so much for stopping by!
These look amazing. They remind me of cinnamon whole wheat toast. Such a comfort food!
Big Hit!!!! Thanks for sharing!!! The recipe sounded so good that I decided to doubled the recipe so I could freeze some. So glad I did!!!!
Yay…I'm so happy to hear that y'all enjoyed these, Jennifer! And doubling this recipe is definitely the way to go…they just disappear too fast otherwise. 😉 Thanks for stopping back by to let me know that these muffins were a hit. Hope you have a great rest of the week!
Our temps are floating about 65 to 70. Perfect for doing things outside. Albeit I enjoyed a couple of hours outside merely lolling on my deck admiring my garden, drinking ice coffee and reading a book. Not a whole lot of 'doing' was going on.
I loved it. Just like I love these muffins. Whole wheat to make me feel righteous and apple to not only to make me feel righteous and healthy, but fruit makes bakery items soooo moist. Of course it doesn't hurt you have the sour cream to increase that aspect.
65 to 70 does sound perfect, Carol! I think you're smart to take advantage of those ideal temps to get some garden-admiring, iced coffee-drinking, and book-reading done on your deck before the weather turns too chilly. 😉 And I do hope you enjoy these muffins! You're so right…they derive their moisture from several different ingredients which I think makes them extra yummy!
I would like your camera, and your photography skills, and your kitchen…maybe I should just come over for a muffin! These look amazing!
Ha, Meaghan…that made me laugh! And blush…thank you. 🙂 I'd love to have you over for a muffin anytime!
These look delicious! Thanks for sharing! Pinning!
I love these muffins, just wondering about one possible tweak. The sour cream does give them a little bit of a sourdough type taste. Is there something else I could us? Applesauce or maybe use more coconut oil and less sour cream? I'd love to hear your suggestions. Great website, will be sharing lots from it!
Hi Jill! I apologize for my delay in getting back to you…I got a little behind on replying to comments! I have not experimented with substituting another ingredient for the sour cream in this particular recipe, but in other recipes I've used yogurt in place of sour cream with success. I'm not sure if yogurt would still be too 'sour' for you, however, and doing so may alter the texture of the muffins. If you wanted to experiment, you could definitely try some of the other combos you suggested…subbing applesauce or additional coconut oil or yogurt for part of the sour cream, or replacing some of the sour cream with milk. I would just watch the consistency of the batter and adjust amounts accordingly. And again, the texture of the muffins may change if you start altering ingredients like that, but I bet they'd still be tasty. 😉 Good luck and let me know how things turn out if you decide to try any changes!
Alright you have me curious now on Whole Wheat Pastry Flour! I've been using White Whole Wheat Flour and it has the same texture as whole wheat flour which is a little different.
Definitely trying these and love the cinnamon sugar topping! Pinned girl!
Thanks for stopping by and for the pin, Krista! And oh my goodness, YES! You must try whole wheat pastry flour soon! I love white whole wheat flour as well when I bake bread and yeast rolls, etc. But for quick breads, pancakes, and waffles (even cakes and cookies if you're aiming for 100% whole wheat), whole wheat pastry flour is the way to go! Let me know what you think if you try it. I rarely use white flour anymore when I bake for my kids, unless it's a birthday cake or something special occasion-ish. 🙂 Have a great weekend!
Thanks, Anne…my family definitely thinks these muffins are yummy. 🙂 Hope you have a chance to try them soon!
I love these I have recently switched my household to all wheat flour based breads and organic healthy eating. This recipe is something I'll be using over and over again. I used almond milk instead of regular milk and tasted great still. Your banana muffins and others are great as well too. Thank you for this healthy spin on muffins. Definitely will be keeping your site bookmarked for future recipes!!
Thanks so much for the sweet comment, Lynnette! I'm so happy to hear that you're enjoying some of my muffin recipes, and I hope you find some other recipes to try as well. Have a great weekend!
WOW! We made a trip to the orchard just to get the perfect apples for these muffins. Had a wonderful<|fim_middle|> sour cream so I substituted with buttermilk and butter, and I substituted coconut oil for grapeseed oil. I was skeptical how it would turn out but they are so addicting and the melted butter on top tastes sooo good when warm. New favourite muffin recipe!!!! | time making these with the kids and the muffins turned out AH-MAzing! Thank you for another great recipe. Trying your cream cheese coffee cake for Sunday school this weekend!
Has anyone tried subbing the brown sugar for maple syrup or honey? I would love to hear about a substitution like that.
Wow!!! These muffins taste even better than they look! I did not have | 77 |
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Time Warner's total profit rose 14 percent to $638 million in the second quarter from a year earlier. Revenue gained 10 percent to $7.03 billion.
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"Creating options together brings hope, and hope heralds the coming of the reign of God."
Maryknoll Sisters & Human Trafficking
What is Human Trafficking?
Human trafficking is the use of force, fraud, or coercion on an innocent human to receive labor or sexual activity. The traffickers use a variety of tactics to lure their victims and force them to be exploited. Some of the most common examples of human trafficking are those being forced into sexual exploitation, domestic servitude, forced marriage, child soldiers, labor exploitation, forced criminality, and organ harvesting.
The victims of human trafficking are usually the most vulnerable members of the population, and often have no one to help them, advocate for them<|fim_middle|> hearts are saddened and our spirits angry that their dignity and rights are ignored through threats, lies, and force.
We cry out against the evil practice of this modern slavery, and pray with St. Bakhita for it to end.
Give us wisdom and courage to reach out and stand with those whose bodies, hearts, and spirits have been so wounded, so that together we may make real your promises to fill these sisters and brothers with a love that is tender and good.
Send the exploiters away empty-handed to be converted from this wickedness, and help us all to claim the freedom that is your gift to your children, Amen." | , or pray for them.
What is Maryknoll Sisters doing about Human Trafficking?
The Maryknoll Sisters have long been working to eliminate human trafficking and all other forms of discrimination and violence. We're especially devoted to helping out vulnerable girls and women, who make up the largest population of human trafficking victims.
Our Sisters have made eliminating human trafficking a key mission by:
Standing up and running a crisis center.
Creating not only a training institution with many classes and educational programs.
Providing shelter for women and children who have had their lives affected by human trafficking
Educating the general public to notice signs of human trafficking.
Several of our Sisters on Mission in developing countries are working to stop human trafficking, and to help the victims who have had their lives destroyed by it.
Sister Story: Human Trafficking in Cambodia
Sister Helene with two young women from the center who are receiving job training.
For many years now, Maryknoll Sister Helene O'Sullivan has been working with trafficked women and adolescents to help them break free from traffickers and other abusive and violent situations, such as rape and domestic violence.
Sister Helene runs the Cambodian Women's Crisis Center and founded the Horizons Vocational Training Institute.
Victims can find shelter, medical care, counseling and legal assistance at the Crisis Center, where Sister Helene also encourages and empowers victims to begin new lives.
The Training Institute helps girls and women rescued from human trafficking make new lives for themselves by providing them with basic education and intensive job training. Sister Helene continues to network with different NGOs working to combat trafficking and promote advocacy.
Why is this Specialized Vocational Training Needed?
Many of the young women who are rescued from trafficking, have only received a few years of elementary school education and lack the general knowledge and critical thinking skills that would enable them to go on for higher-level skilled training or jobs.
Through the vocational training program, the girls study grades 7-9 in a special six-month program. They're trained to use computers, taught English, and receive other general education for six more months. The final phase of the program is hotel school. The women who graduate are placed in jobs at hotels working front office, housekeeping, cooking, and more.
Sister Helene has found that helping these women create options for themselves is one of the most important things she can do to assist them.
Sister Story: Know the Signs of Human Traffickers
Sister Doreen Longres, M.M. has been serving in Peru for over 50 years. She is part of a network that educates people about the tricks and tactics used by human traffickers. In order to limit human trafficking, people need to be able to recognize the signs traffickers use to force someone to obey them.
Human trafficking behaviors can go completely unnoticed, so Sister Doreen gives talks about how women and children get caught. She teaches people to recognize the signs, such as offering gifts like a phone, better shoes, or clothing, which the traffickers then use against the victims to control them.
By educating people on tactics of traffickers, she helps limit the chance a woman or child will get caught up in a human trafficking operation.
With your financial support, the Maryknoll Sisters will be able to do the following:
Provide Vocational Training to give these victims a new life.
Provide social, medical and psychological support to victims of human trafficking.
Give food supplements to the victim and their families
Purchase school supplies and uniform for women to use during vocational training and beyond.
Continue the efforts to educate about the tactics traffickers use.
Donate today to help us break the chains of human trafficking
A Prayer for those affected by Human Trafficking
Through prayer, we not only reflect on the experiences of those that have suffered through this disrespect to human dignity, but also to comfort, strengthen, and help empower survivors.
"O God, when we hear of children and adults deceived and taken to unknown places for purposes of sexual exploitation, forced labor, and organ "harvesting" our | 820 |
The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee: A Pair of Bartletts!
Today we're saying hello a pair of Bartletts - Marcell and Imogene (now Maddie).
Here's handsome Marcel on adoption day.
And here's Miss Maddie - so gorgeous with those smokey streaks and smudges.
They're still doing great and pretty crazy, cuddly, mischievous, naughty, snuggly, feisty, and lovable as ever<|fim_middle|> pictures, PARTICULARLY the Christmastime adoption tale.
I see that Maddie still likes to lay on Marcel when they're sleeping.. Such cuties!
When does Costco have such cute meat lasagna on sale??? | ! Most of the photos are of them being super cute while snuggling with each other or Lola, because that seems to be their favorite thing to do. Plus it's a bit hard to snap photos of them in their crazy play mode. They wrestle a lot and even though Marcel seems about twice Maddie's size, she can hold her own against him, except when he lays on her.
In the evenings Maddie is very insistent on laying on one of us although she doesn't really enjoy being held. She a bit more sensitive and it has to be on her terms. Marcel on the other hand loves to be held, hugged, patted, and have his tummy rubbed all day long! He's a big baby while Maddie is a bit more independent.
Within the past year, Lola has really got into crafts with yarn, but we now have to hide it all up high since we've come home many times to yarn strewn about from room to room, under and around furniture, over the baby gate to their room and hidden under the bed. I also have to hide our feather dusters since they've killed a few.
They still love to carry very large objects around to play with and flip in the air like little acrobats with the tiniest of toys or random objects. We love our precious Bartletts and so happy to share our home and hearts with them!
Thank you Mara for sharing this update! Please give those sweet kitties some love from all of us!
Stay tuned, friends. We've got more to come today!
Love, love, LOVE! And, Marcel in the box! Yeah!
Omg, Marcel looks identical to my Henry, down to the Costco box. And I love Maddie's smokey streaks.
I love all the pictures, of course, but my favorite is the one with Maddie draping herself across Lola's chest sleeping! Kids and their pets sleeping together are the best pics (in my opinion!)!!!
I love a pair of pear-kitties! They have become lovely grown up cats!
I love these stories and pictures from the kittens' families! Clearly they all love their babies, and were kind enough to take the time to write. How precious is Maddie/Imogene with little Lola? (Sooo precious.) Thank you!
It seems that Flickr has eaten a bunch of Marcel's and Imogene's baby pictures! Dastardly Flickr. I am happy to blame Flickr for all the ills of the world lately.
But it is delightful to look at the remaining | 520 |
Universal Materiality is a collective group of work reflecting the research collaboration between the Institute of Textiles & Clothing (ITC), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HKSAR (HKPolyU) and the School of Fashion at Parsons School of Design. In collaboration with Open Style Lab (OSL), a nonprofit dedicated to making style accessible for people with disabilities, this exhibition features seven accessible designs with smart material explorations that involved the collaborative work between multi-disciplinary practitioners (inclusive of fashion designers, engineers, and occupational /physical therapists) and long-term residents from The Riverside Premier Rehabilitation and Healing Center.
This exhibition encourages you to consider the ways disability is interpreted in bodies, abilities, and through the act of dressing. Clothing plays an important role in promoting and protecting the rights of older people with disabilities<|fim_middle|> wellbeing. This body of work seeks to strengthen the relationship between the design process and end users, while applying materials that contribute to style preference and functional requirements in clothing.
The work reveals two parts of the co-design process: (1) Material studies between both research groups in Hong Kong to examine the potential for smart textiles and digital processes like 3D printing to address specific needs of users; (2) Applying the findings into practice with people with disabilities or older people throughout the 2018 Open Style Lab summer program at Parsons School of Design. The garments, textiles, and material studies inside this gallery integrated considerate uses of technology and style for the residents at Riverside Rehab to live a more independent and expressive lifestyle.
Grace Jun, Christina Mallon, Pinar Guvenc, Aroom Han, Kilian Son, Johnathan Hayden, Julia Liao, Vanessa Sanchez, Wooksang Kwon, Kieran Kern, Peter Troljic, Irene Park, Amy Jung, Claudia Poh. | and facilitating their full participation in society. The current availability of clothing meeting their needs is not reflective of the positive relationship between style orientation and personal | 28 |
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Title: Explainable prediction of Qcodes for NOTAMs using column generation
Authors: Krunal Kishor Patel, Guy Desaulniers, Andrea Lodi, Freddy Lecue
(Submitted on 9 Aug 2022 (v1), last revised 20 Jan 2023 (this version, v2))
Abstract: A NOtice To AirMen (NOTAM) contains important flight route related information. To search and filter them, NOTAMs are grouped into categories called QCodes. In this paper, we develop a tool to predict, with some explanations, a Qcode for a NOTAM. We present a way to extend the interpretable binary classification using column generation proposed in Dash, Gunluk, and Wei (2018) to a multiclass text classification method. We describe the techniques used to tackle the issues related to one vs-rest classification, such as multiple outputs and class imbalances. Furthermore, we introduce some heuristics, including the use of a CP-SAT solver for the subproblems, to reduce the training time. Finally, we show that our approach compares favorably with state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms like Linear SVM and small neural networks while adding the needed interpretability component.
Subjects: Machine Learning (cs.LG); Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Optimization and Control (math.OC)
Cite as: arXiv:2208.04955 [cs.LG]
(or arXiv:2208.04955v2 [cs.LG] for this version)
From: Krunal Kishor Patel [view email]
[v2] Fri | 354 |
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I have so much fun trying to recreate dishes. Super Bowl was Sunday and even though we didn't watch the game, I always like to get in the spirit of the evening<|fim_middle|>I looked online at various recipes and found an old Bon Appetit recipe from 1997 that sounded great. However, every review, although good, modified the recipe.
After looking over the ingredients I decided to change the ground turkey for smoked chicken. I purchased prepared smoked chicken from a grocery store nearby that makes their own.
In place of the unsweetened cocoa powder it called for , I used a Lindt Dark Chocolate Bar with spicy red chili, plus added in a chipotle for a little extra heat, with a touch of sugar to sweeten it up.
I left out 2 bay leaves it called for, since I'm not a fan of those, even in stews. My husband can spot that flavor regardless of what's in a dish.
I used less chili powder, crushed instead of whole tomatoes, chicken instead of beef broth, and that pretty much sums it up.
Basically I looked at the recipe as a template, then changed it up entirely, adding 2 strips of bacon just for grins, that my husband had purchased online.
The Results: At first my husband and I thought it tasted unusual – not good or bad. However, he had 3 helpings, and I finished off a huge bowl which I rarely do. So I'd say we both liked it quite a bit. Leftovers the next day were even better allowing the flavors to meld. So I might suggest preparing this the day before you plan to serve it.
Creating recipes can be fun. If you've never tried it, one way is to simply find one that sounds good, then change up as many ingredients as you like, to suit your taste. Who knows you may create a prize winning dish!
A hearty chili to satisfy all!
Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add onions and bacon; sauté about 10 minutes. Add oregano and cumin; stir 1 minute. Add smoked chicken and chopped chipotle's. Stir in chili powder, salt and cinnamon. Add crushed tomatoes, chicken stock, chocolate, and sugar. Bring to boil. Reduce heat; simmer 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Ladle chili into bowls. Top with yogurt, cheese, and cilantro if desired.
If preferred use ground chicken or turkey in place of smoked chicken.
I like bay leaves OK, but Mrs KR really doesn't like them. So we haven't used them in years! Anyway, this is a great chili! I'm going to be making chili later this week (because it's so cold!!!!) and pondering what I'm going to do. This sure looks like a good option. Thanks!
Please let me know what you think of it if you try it.
Going to have some chili for the lunch today too. This looks great with bacon and bean.
I love any dishes with beans in. I'm having a "thing" about beans at the moment.
I love how you've incorporated chicken into this bean chili too. It looks totally yummy!
Too many beans can be dangerous for anyone else around you. They're delicious but definitely need to eat them with caution!
We're having the coldest temps of the season right now—and some of your spicy, hearty chili would hit the spot!
It's delicious, I hope you'll try it! | by cooking up football grub.
I decided I wanted to make chili since our weather went from 60F degrees down into the 20s, brrr!!! I've already shared my Autumn Maple Tenderloin Chili that my family adores, and my quick & easy Dump-In Chili that's great when you're in a hurry. However, I haven't made a white bean chili in a long time or shared one on my blog, so I decided to create one.
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One of the greatest advantages that the Iskandar Malaysia endeavour in the south of Johor has yielded is immense opportunities to create iconic waterfront developments; the kind that will generate international appeal and reel in foreign investment dollars.
The scenic southern coastline as well as the many river ways that Johor is endowed with provides imaginative developers with an ideal canvas to create outstanding environments for work, play and stay. Thus far, most have lived up to expectations, with each new concept vying to trump the last. This healthy competiveness is serving to transform Malaysia's southern-most coast into a very attractive global destination.
Among the leading waterfront concepts poised to reinvent the landscape in Johor today is Tebrau Bay, a 100-acre development undertaken by Bayou Bay Development Sdn Bhd – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Iskandar Waterfront City Bhd (IWCity).
botanikaStrategically located on prime land along the banks of the Tebrau River and beside the Straits of Johor, facing a magnificent view of Singapore, Tebrau Bay is well-positioned to realise its potential of becoming a truly international waterfront lifestyle and cultural centre within Iskandar's eastern development corridor.
In addition to residential opportunities, the expansive mixed development will also boast a commercial centre, shopping galleria and an iconic waterfront recreational area. The location also offers advantageous connectivity, with the nearby Eastern Dispersal link connecting it to Northern routes and the CIQ checkpoint to Singapore via the North-South Expressway.
Taking shape on 12-acres within this promising address is a luxury residential development called Botanika, which comprises three-storey villas and high-rise apartments. Set in a low-density enclave of 65 units per acre, IW<|fim_middle|> well as golf and country clubs.
Enveloped by a refreshing 6-acre green lung, Botanika aims to give homeowners an invigorating lifestyle experience, with thoughtfully planned public and private integrated spaces, stylish and intimate abodes, and spacious layout living space.
Currently on offer are dual key four- and three-bedroom units with built-ups that range from 1,126sq ft to 1,488sq ft.
Priced between RM640,800 and RM1.03 million, these units have received encouraging response from buyers since the soft launch in November last year.
According to IWCity, the dual key concept is fairly new to the Johor landscape, and the positive reaction from buyers indicates that it is likely to be the next big trend as it offers homebuyers the option of splitting their unit into two residences for grown-up children, ageing parents or tenants to generate extra income.
In addition to offering creative use of space, every unit will feature ceiling a height of 3.1 metres and be partially fitted with kitchen cabinets, hood and hob, air conditioners, wardrobe, laminated flooring, shower screens, water heaters, plaster ceiling and lighting as well as a smart home system.
The smart home system enables residents to control and manage their home devices through a single application by conveniently connecting to their smart phones.
Units will also offer one of two panoramic views; either a northern view of the Tebrau River and the Ponderosa Golf Course, or a southern view of the city skyline.
Outside the front door, shared common areas will be luxuriously spaced too, with 10ft-wide corridors separating units.
In conceptualising Botanika, IWCity said there were two key elements that the company was determined to deliver.
The first is a distinctive ambience of greenery and water features. The second is to provide a broad selection of living spaces that offer residents luxury, comfort and an outstanding range of facilities.
A wide range of lifestyle facilities will be located at a 2.8-acres sky deck on level 5, which will host two swimming pools, a children's wading pool, tennis court, Jacuzzi, full equipped gymnasium, multipurpose hall, and a Zen garden and maze garden, among others.
Additionally, more then 7,000 plants are proposed for the whole development with 15 species of trees, seven species of palms and a variety of shrubs, groundcovers, climbers and creepers.
The project comprises three-storey villas and highrise luxury apartments.
The project also comprises three-storey villas.
By creating an eco-friendly environment, IWCity believes it is not just playing its part in reducing the carbon footprint of the built environment, but also boosting the overall look and feel of Botanika by softening the building edge, minimising light and heat reflection and providing attractive spaces for families to mingle and spend quality time.
The maintenance of facilities and amenities will only incur a cost of RM0.25psf, which is competitive for a development of this calibre.
Residents will also be afforded two car-parking bays per unit. Botanika casts a wide net where target market is concerned, appealing to first-time homebuyers, upgraders from around Johor, Malaysians who work in Singapore looking for an address that eases the daily commute, middle-income Singaporeans looking for a luxury buy in Johor and Malaysia My Second Home property seekers.
In terms of investment potential, IWCity projects that buyers will see 20% capital appreciation in short term once the project is complete, and more than 50% in longer term as Tebrau Bay and surrounding developments continue to mature. Those looking to purchase for rent can probably expect a yield of 6% to 8%.
This is based on the fact that the location is poised to gain from the spillover effect of the ongoing Pasir Gudang and Iskandar Malaysia Flagship A developments. Other commercial and retail components planned for Tebrau Bay and Greenland Tebrau will also boost the value of the residential component.
Botanika is due to be fully completed by 2018, by which time residents will also benefit from improved connectivity resulting from upgrades on the existing Permas Bridge. | City said the project will be an integral component of Tebrau Bay, designed to be a place where "your life belongs and revolves".
It is an address that leverages on convenient proximity to a wide range of public amenities, international schools, commercial business centres, shopping malls and retail outlets, healthcare facilities as | 62 |
Heartfelt lyrics and memorable melodies by a classically trained pianist turned contemporary singer/songwriter.
Connie Howard is a Nashville-based singer/songwriter who writes songs she hopes will someday considered "standards." Songs with melodies that stick in your head and lyrics that stick in your heart. Her song "Feel" has just won the Grand Prize in the Nashville Songwriters Association (NSAI) song contest out of over 1,500 applicants. In addition to performing her own material and independently releasing two CDs, Connie pitches her songs to other recording artists. Check out her website to learn about the newest artists who will be covering her tunes!
A native of Old Lyme, Connecticut, Connie was competing in national accordion competitions by the age of seven and learning the piano sitting on her Grandfather's knee. She began studying the piano formally at age 11 with Ward Davenny at Yale Music School. College called her west and she graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Political Science and<|fim_middle|> Her award winning song "Feel" is the title track of her new CD, Collage: A Collection of Demos.
Great voice, writing and production!
This gal has got something to say and knows how to say it!
& outstanding musicianship, this is sure to fly. | International Relations.
After graduation she headed to Prague in the Czech Republic to teach English for the summer and then to her first job in the 'real world' - playing the piano and singing at Le Café du Cours in Aix-en-Provence, France. Here Connie honed her performance skills playing 5 nights a week. Living in a part of the world that has long inspired creative souls such as van Gogh and Cezanne, she spent her days learning French and writing songs.
A year later Connie moved to New York City and kept music in her life despite a demanding job at the Union Bank of Switzerland. Still she managed to perform three times a week at The Broadway Grill in Times Square, singing Broadway hits and accompanying other singers on the piano. She was the keyboardist and Musical Director for numerous Off-Broadway productions and performed her original songs in cabarets and songwriter venues such as The Bitter End, The Dark Star Lounge and Eureka Joe.
While in New York City Connie released her first album on the indie label, Wingin' It Records. The album was co-produced by Mark Secrest and was her first official foray into the music industry. Realizing that songwriting was her true passion, Connie moved to Nashville, TN in the fall of 1999.
In addition to writing and performing, Connie teaches piano both privately and as a volunteer at the W.O. Smith Music School, a non-profit music school for low-income children. | 300 |
To work with big data, developers need to understand the business problem they are working on, along with the deployment architectures and data.
To gather insights on the state of big data in 2018, we talked to 22 executives from 21 companies who are helping clients manage and optimize their data to drive business value. We asked them, "What skills do developers need to have to work on big data projects?" Here's what they told us.
Look at your work from a data-centric perspective. What data do you have, what do you want to know, and how can you fill in the gaps to solve the problem or answer the question?
Developers need a variety of skills to work on big data projects<|fim_middle|> the rest of the team understand the types of data challenges their software will face in production. The result of big data and DevOps teams working together will be apps whose real-world behavior matches as closely as possible to its behavior in development and testing environments.
Data engineering and data science are the big divisions. Basic knowledge of data science might suffice but deep knowledge of the different data technologies is necessary. Despite NoSQL's popularity, SQL is still the standard for querying data. Developers need to be aware of the different deployment options — cloud native, containers, and the popular deployment options. But, my personal view is that developers need to know the underlying concepts of databases, without which, the ton of technologies in the space can seem daunting to learn. A good understanding of database and system concepts such as consistency guarantees, transactional boundaries, system architecture, guarantees, and responsibilities etc will help developers understand the landscape, categorize the technologies, and identify technologies that they should be looking into.
Understand the big data world is decentralized and distributed by nature. Understand the pitfalls of high availability, latency, debugging. Understand the concepts of in-memory with Spark and data locality with Hadoop. Understand open source options for AI/ML with Apache Spark. You are not restricted to big frameworks. Look into more simplified frameworks.
Developers should not need to be aware of any specialized development languages and should be able to focus on identifying the core business logic needed to deliver big data projects. A systematic and AI-driven data platform can then translate the business logic into the underlying processing, enabling developers to be future-proofed for any changes to processing technology frameworks. | , including the following three that are crucial for success: They must have a clear understanding of the range of business objectives within a company and how those align with the capabilities of various technologies. Similarly, in the context of an application, developers need to have an understanding of the business value of the datasets they're working with. Finally, developers need the ability to build and manage an application as a member of a self-contained team that's part of a larger organization.
Understand the use case and figure out what's the best solution stack to achieve your goals. Have a cynical view of tools and toolsets. Evaluate free tools and share your findings with other developers and compare notes.
Develop talent in the core basics. Build on math and standards. Understand data structures, frameworks, and models. Understand the business application — how the information will be used in business. There are a number of tools available that are intuitive to reduce the initial difficulty. As I indicated above, the perfect combination of skills involves statistical/math knowledge, experience with data modeling, some programming experience, and a certain business domain acumen. While it's fairly rare to find individuals with a perfect combination of skills (a true data scientist), certain toolsets and systems can alleviate the need for serious programming experience, help with the data modeling part, and even reduce the reliance on a deep understanding of the mathematical models behind the predictions.
The future is AI/ML. Think microservices. Scale in the cloud and tie into cognitive and AI/ML tools. This requires a different, bigger picture mentality.
Be cognizant of the cloud, microservices, geographic distribution, and security.
Understand the architecture of popular open source systems. Keep up with the trends — what's changing.
System architecture, software engineering, machine learning, advanced analytics.
While developers rule right now, platforms will converge in order to scale so you better understand Kafka. You don't have to know all of the coding since there will be tools that remove the connectivity challenges. Stay in touch with what is happening with the data you are collecting and ensure it is being used ethically and securely.
Leverage data fabric to simplify processes. Use data as a general resource with containers and microservices. Transformational process simplifies and allows them to pursue business moments. Intelligence to make more tailored and reactive processes. See quality issues and the root cause of issues. Makes their job easier so they're able to contribute more.
Integrating resources for building applications and recommendation engines. Complement the software stack, ML libraries, and compute resources. Think about how people will be using data going forward. Structure data so that it's easy to use. Make that part of the problem trivial.
Embrace non-relational data models like documents and semi-structured. Quite often you will need to denormalize data for the sake of analysis.
Understand the basic data vocabulary of structure, dimension, and variables. Understand what kind of analysis can be done with a given variable. Know the gotchas for data — minimum quality standards? What are the tests you can run to determine data integrity?
How to work with data at scale. Concurrency of multi-users. Application developers pick up languages quickly. Understand how the data ecosystem works.
Developers need to use programming languages, probability and statistics, applied math, and algorithms for rising trend of machine learning. They also need to understand the context of data, how it will be consumed by the end user, how it will be reused. They need to think distributed computing and architecture to properly separate data management into distinct zones, to keep the big data architecture organized, agile, and secure. DevOps principles should be applied, too. By being involved throughout the software delivery process, data experts can help | 752 |
The CPR Institute and the Conciliation Centers of the China Council for Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), have collaborated to create a "cutting-edge" Congress on<|fim_middle|>iz@chatfieldpr.com. | managing commercial disputes. This first Congress follows the establishment of the U.S.-China Business Mediation Center in New York and Beijing.
THE CPR/CCPIT U.S.-CHINA BUSINESS MEDIATION CONGRESS will be held on Friday, 15 July, 2005, 9:30 am – 5:30 pm, Great Wall Sheraton Hotel, 10 North Dong San Huan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100026, China.
Successful commercial relationships must be business-driven, especially when conflicts inevitably arise. Because companies' approaches to conflict management differ, U.S. and Chinese business leaders must adopt principled and commercially reasonable methods of dispute resolution. The Center and this Congress are initial landmark steps toward this goal.
You and your colleagues in China are invited. F. Peter Phillips, Congress creator and moderator, will join CPR President Thomas J. Stipanowich to be available for interviews several days prior to the Congress. A press briefing and Q&A will follow the Congress.
• What are the current differences in Chinese and American attitudes for managing dispute?
• How are things changing?
• What are some of the economic implications of faster and more cooperative dispute resolution methods between U.S. and China businesses?
• How does a Mediation Center quantitatively improve the chances of economic success of joint ventures?
To schedule an interview, register for the Congress, or receive an advance copy of the Congress agenda, please contact Liz Chatfield at 203-421-8494, 203-253-6698 (cell), l | 337 |
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When it comes to greening up the data center, there are two basic elements to a comprehensive strategy. One is to invest in the newest technologies, like virtualization and SSDs, that maintain
When it comes to greening up the data center, there are two basic elements to a comprehensive strategy. One is to invest in the newest technologies, like virtualization and SSDs, that maintain performance levels while cutting back on energy usage. The other is to rework existing infrastructure to make it more efficient.
Believe it or not, it's the second option that often proves the most difficult. An improved floor layout might generate cooling efficiencies, but what, exactly, is the optimal design? Should you expand an existing storage array, or is it cheaper to locate it off-site?
That's why it's good to see a number of new solutions aimed at helping enterprises gather the "low-hanging fruit" of energy conservation. Quite often, it's the simple things that produce the greatest benefits.
One such offering is a new online tool from The Green Grid that will help North American enterprises make the best use of outside air (a free and abundant resource) to help keep the inside cooler. The kit includes a graphical map of the United States and Canada (hi-res for grid members, low-res for everyone else) that contains data from more than 2,000 weather stations across the region, and allows users to input data such as local energy costs, IT loads and overall facility loads to determine how much savings they could realize with outside air. It also analyzes savings from the use of other techniques, like water-side economizers.
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The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is also working directing a number of projects designed to find the most effective and efficient means of reducing energy costs. One program being carried out in conjunction with Intel, IBM and HP is looking into linking servers' internal temperature sensors to air-conditioning units to help guide air to where it's needed most. The group is also investigating a new generation of wireless sensors to direct the flow from room air-handlers.
Of course, the best place to try out the latest-and-greatest technologies is with a brand new data center, which is what IBM hopes to do with a new facility at Melbourne, Australia's Victoria University. The two-site facility will serve close to 45,000 students spread out over 11 campuses. It will feature an in-row cooling system coupled with smaller UPS modules to hopefully shave 45 percent off the university's typical 600,000+ kw/year draw.
Not everyone has the luxury of starting from scratch, however. And even though the cost-savings can be significant, some are wondering whether a recession is the best time to invest in green technology. But as John Brandon points out in this article on Processor.com, quite often less power consumption can go hand-in-hand with improved performance. Today's SATA drives, for example, are twice as fast as earlier Fibre Channel systems, but draw 30 percent less power. Using tape backup instead of disk is also a lower-cost investment that pays green dividends.
The problem with going green is there is no clear roadmap showing you how to do it, nor, in fact, is there a consensus as to what "green" really is. But energy consciousness has a way of gaining momentum, and if the rest of the enterprise sees that IT is taking it seriously, than they might start shutting off the lights at night, too.
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By Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Jack Miles
The Norton Anthology of World Religions offers a beautifully designed library of more than <|fim_middle|> Wellspring of a Civilization," a lively primer on the history and core tenets of Islam.
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Author: Jane Dammen McAuliffe | 1,000 primary texts, accompanied by headnotes, annotations, glossaries, maps, illustrations, chronologies, and a dazzling general introduction by Pulitzer Prize winner Jack Miles. This collection "will unsettle some current certainties about the nature of faith and, in so doing, may help its readers arrive at a nuanced and accurate perception of our predicament in this dangerously polarized world" (Karen Armstrong, New York Times).
Unprecedented in scope and approach, The Norton Anthology of World Religions: Islam brings together over 100 texts from the Qur'an in the seventh century to feminist and pluralist readings of the Qur'an in the twenty-first century. The volume features Jack Miles's illuminating General Introduction--"How the West Learned to Compare Religions"--as well as Jane Dammen McAuliffe's "Submission to God as the | 176 |
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NEW ORLEANS – After Further Review with Matt Moscona, broadcast each weekday from 3-6pm, will be simulcast live on Cox Sports Television beginning Friday, November 3. The show, which is broadcast on 104.5/104.9 ESPN Radio in Baton Rouge and 100.3 ESPN Radio in New Orleans, is a two-time winner of the LAB Prestige Award for Best Sports Show.
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Moscona, a 14-year veteran in radio, has been honored four times by Radio Ink Magazine as one of the nation's "Top 30 Local Sports Talkers in America". He has been the host of AFR since 2010.
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Why Viceland And Samsung Partnered For A VR Documentary About Syria's "White Helmets"
The unarmed Syrian civil defense organization's story is even more immersive in 360.
By Dan Solomon 2 minute Read
The Syrian Civil War is a complex situation that's been ongoing for half a decade now. It's also a situation that many Americans are woefully under-informed about. To help mitigate that, Viceland's documentary White Helmets–created in partnership with Samsung, which premiered last Friday on the Samsung VR premium service–offers an immersive look into the non-governmental civil defense organization. The film, shot using Samsung Gear 360 cameras, is part of the Beyond the Frame series that explores not just the situation on the ground, but also how virtual reality can change the way journalism works.
That's something that Viceland's creative director Trent Rohner is interested in looking at. "As virtual reality becomes more prevalent in journalism, we looked into how the technology is changing the way we experience the news," he said in a statement. "What is the new role of the reporter when the viewer can experience the event for themselves? Can journalism be more objective when there is no frame, and they can see everything?"
It's an interesting question to explore at a time when trust in the media is at a record low, and "post-truth" is the order of the day. What a reporter chooses to point the camera at–and what they choose to leave out–is as important a journalistic decision as there is, which makes the series more than just an experiment with fancy new cameras or the fetishization of emerging technology.
The technology already has a role in the sort of work being done in reporting on the situation in Syria, though, which makes this project uniquely situated as a place to explore the issue. "The concept for the series stemmed from the fact that Syrian journalists were already using the Samsung Gear 360 cameras on the ground," a Samsung Electronics America spokesperson told Co.Create, touting the camera's portability and ease of use. "Samsung sees VR as a powerful storytelling tool for documentary filmmakers. It allows them to engage viewers in a unique way while building empathy<|fim_middle|> the future of storytelling. Through our new partnership with Viceland, we're transforming this new medium to connect with audiences in completely new, emotional, and impactful ways, and our partnership with The Times is the perfect example of the potential of this new medium to change the way stories are told."
Dan Solomon lives in Austin with his wife and his dog. He's written about music for MTV and Spin, sports for Sports Illustrated, and pop culture for Vulture and the AV Club
Entertainment Newsletter | and deepening the emotional connection."
Viceland isn't the only news organization Samsung works with there, either–they've got a partnership with the New York Times, as well, which is actually the subject of another Viceland doc, Inside the Story. It also premiered last week, and tells the story of how 360 video is changing the way reporters are doing what they do. It makes sense for Samsung to partner with organizations to both tell the story of what this technology can do, and actually create the sort of work that shows it off.
"Samsung's role in this new landscape is to facilitate the acceleration of VR content creation and adoption of the technology," a brand spokesperson told Co.Create. "We work with a community of filmmakers and influencers to help equip them and accelerate | 159 |
Poke cakes have been growing in popularity, and for good reason. They are easy to make, and are just…fun. What makes a poke cake a "poke cake" is that<|fim_middle|> only to find it is filled with chocolate pudding. This cookies and cream dessert is 100% irresistible.
Which of these poke cakes is YOUR favorite? | one pokes holes on the top of the cake. Then, one pours some kind of custard or pudding on top, so it goes inside of the holes. The filling makes the cake less dry and all the more delicious.
AllFreeCasseroleRecipes has their fair share of poke cake recipes. I'll be sharing four of them with you today. They include Boston Cream Pie, Pumpkin Spice, Tuxedo, and Oreo. These are just a few. The variations of poke cakes go on and on. RecipeLion has a Pink Jello Poke Cake Recipe that's feminine and fabulous. Bake or Brake is a foodie blog that has a recipe for Lemon Poke Cake. The flavors of poke cakes are endless, and although most are simple and easy, some can be elegant if you want them to be. This dessert is just as fun to make as it is to eat. So, check out these recipes and then dig in!
Who doesn't love a good Boston Cream Pie? As you can imagine, this Boston Cream Pie Poke Cake is incredibly delicious. With a French vanilla pudding filling and chocolate frosting, this is a hard one to beat.
As we move deeper into fall, recipes with pumpkin become more and more popular. This pumpkin poke cake recipe is just what you need if you're craving a good, fall dessert. It's made with a spice cake mix, a can of pumpkin, and pumpkin spice instant pudding. If you love pumpkin, then you have to try this.
Mmmm…This black and white tuxedo poke cake is a fun dessert to make in any season. It combines cocoa powder and chocolate chips with white chocolate pudding and white chocolate chips to get a dual-colored cake. You'll be ready to walk down the red carpet with this "tuxedo" cake.
This one's a classic. Using chocolate cake, Oreo pudding, and Oreo cookie crumbs, this Oreo Puddin' Poke Cake is a chocolate overload. Every chocoholic will be in heaven when they take a bite of their chocolate cake, | 417 |
If there is anything better in this world than going on a winery tour and pretending to seriously check the 'legs' and taste the 'woody notes' of locally made wines, I am yet to discover it<|fim_middle|> a dream? Discover everything you need to know about with the range of professional wine courses available at TAFE NSW. | . Can you imagine how much joy you'd have in your life if you took this little hobby that you and I both know most of us share and turned it into a legit career?
Probably about as much joy as Louella Mathews, Head Sommelier at Bibo Wine Bar and currently creating a whole new wine with buddy and winemaker Nadia Wellington in Canowindra, New South Wales.
But what the heck does a Head Sommelier actually do?
Louella says they're "basically somebody who looks after everything beverage". That covers everything from knowledge about each wine, to wine service (aka. presentation and serving of the wine), to pairing wine and food. So they're basically the people you'd really love to be friends with any time you throw a dinner party.
Obviously, this sounds a lot like living the dream and we're all ready to change our career paths, yes? Or is that just me? Either way, you can follow Louella's study path at TAFE NSW, where they have a whole wine school, The Sydney Wine Academy, dedicated to educating wine fanatics from across the country.
I'll take any excuse to 'practice' wine tasting.
Does making a career out of your wine obsession sound like | 252 |
Carbon emissions must be reduced by 80% by 2050 to avoid a temperature rise of more than 2 degrees Celsius. Businesses can compensate for their emissions, meet their carbon reduction goals and support the move to a low carbon economy by purchasing carbon offsets, delivering carbon-finance to essential renewable energy and forestry projects around the world. Carbon finance enables businesses to buy carbon credits and offset their emissions.
ECOHZ offers complementary<|fim_middle|>4 found that each tonne of carbon reduced from offsetting has additional benefits worth USD 664. | sustainable solutions through our partner Natural Capital Partners.
Companies can buy carbon credits sold in metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivaluent (tonnes CO2e).
Carbon offsetting help finance renewable energy, forestry and resource conservation projects. Projects that sell carbon credits include for example wind farms that replace fossil fuel, household device projects that reduce fuel requirements for stoves in low-income households, and forestry including conservation and reforestation for small-hold farmers. All projects have to show that they need financing from carbon credits to continue their work, be financially viable and achieve greenhouse gas reductions. The projects are validated, verified and monitored on a regular basis by independent third parties to show that they reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Every carbon credit that is generated by a project has a unique identification number. When a business buys carbon credits to offset its emissions, the unique carbon credits are retired by third-party registries. This ensures that a business can claim and document that emission reduction and that the credit cannot be sold to anyone else.
A credible carbon management programme should always include measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions internally, such as reducing the energy consumed, business travel and waste.
Offsetting one tonne of carbon with a carbon credit leads to one less tonne of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Carbon offsets give an immediate, measurable and cost-effective way to compensate for your emissions. Many projects also deliver essential Sustainable Impacts to communities and the environment, beyond the measured and monitored emission reductions. Imperial College London in 201 | 299 |
This four-part memorial located in Washington, D.C.'s West Potomac Park commemorates the 5.8 million U.S. armed services members who fought in the Korean War. The Statues, the Mural Wall, the Pool of Remembrance and the United Nations Wall honor their sacrifices. Spanning three years (1950-1953), the Korean conflict saw 36,5<|fim_middle|>4-foot Mural Wall is a two-dimensional work of art next to the soldier statues. Its 41 panels contain over 2,400 computer-enhanced photos of the war in action. The reflective black granite makes it look as if there are 38 statues. This is symbolic of the 38th parallel, the dividing line of North and South Korea during the conflict, and the 38 months of the war.
The United Nations wall lists all 22 members of the U.N. that contributed to the war efforts. There's also a granite wall proclaiming "Freedom Is Not Free." A look into the shallow, reflective Pool of Remembrance shows inscriptions listing the number of soldiers killed, wounded, missing in action and held prisoner during the Korean War. It's a lovely place to sit on the benches beneath the trees and do some reflecting of your own. | 74 Americans die and 103,284 sustain wounds. 8,200 are listed as missing in action, lost or buried at sea.
This moving memorial is set on the National Mall, near the Lincoln Memorial and the Reflecting Pool. It's free and open 24 hours a day. There are 19 soldier statues that stand 7 feet tall and weigh 1,000 pounds. The facial expressions of the advancing troops are incredibly lifelike. The sculptures represent an ethnic cross-section of America. Their ponchos appear to billow in the cold winds of Korea as they walk through rice paddies.
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Approached through attractive automatic security gates and up a sweeping driveway, this new development offers a tranquil living environment on the edge of the village of Witchford and yet has easy access to other adjacent towns and local amenities.
There is<|fim_middle|> forward to showing you around our lovely new park home estate.
Ely A10 roundabout with Little Chef, then A142 west, next roundabout into Witchford, continue 1 mile along main street to Rosendale Lodge. | a regular bus service from Witchford to Ely, where you can enjoy the local shopping facilities, or simply while away an hour or two on the riverbank watching the narrow boats float by. For those who like to lead a slightly more active lifestyle, there are many walks in and around Witchford and Ely and Leisure Centres nearby.
We still have a choice of plots available to you and will happily work with you and help to design your own bespoke home suitable for your personal lifestyle.
For more information, why not take a visit to our website by clicking on the link above. Alternatively, if you would like to contact us personally for a viewing or more information, please do. We will happily answer all your questions.
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The White Door Is A Point-And-Click Adventure Game That's Out Now On Steam
Jan 11, 2020 Jeremy Green 0 comments 571
Credit: Rusty Lake via YouTube
The White Door is not your typical game. It's a point-and-click adventure title where you'll be exploring the dreams of Robert Hill, the game's main protagonist. No, this<|fim_middle|> is to go around digging in his noggin. The White Door is simple to pick up. You simply click where you want Robert to go in his dreams and use your investigative skills.
Throughout each day, you'll experience some of Robert's daily routines. Although this might seem a little mundane on paper, the developers at Rusty Lake have done a great job at making these activities fun and interactive. There are numerous riddles to solve and obstacles to overcome.
Just as unique as the visuals are the environments that you'll go around exploring. They change up each day in the facility, with their own unique details and secrets hidden away. Some elements feel particularly surreal, much like what you would expect when in someone else's dream.
It's a pretty easy title to start playing. And after spending a significant amount of time with The White Door, you won't want to put the mouse down. That's always a sign of a great game, even if it doesn't have the most over the top visuals or groundbreaking gameplay mechanics.
What starts out like a simple tale will evolve into dreamlike adventures that you just have to experience for yourself to believe. Even the soundtrack has a unique tone to it. You immediately feel a sense of atmosphere and tension, as if something isn't quite right in Robert's life.
Rusty Lake has a history of making unique titles like this. Fans can always look forward to unique visuals and some engaging plot to get wrapped up in. The White Door is out now on the Steam store. If you like interesting tales and want to experience dream-like sequences like never before, it certainly has a lot of value. It's also generously priced so you don't have to worry about breaking the bank to go on a unique dream adventure. It's a shame there aren't more games like The White Door, honestly.
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Leptin and reproduction
Darrell W Brann, Marlene F. Wade, Krishnan Michael Dhandapani, Virendra B. Mahesh, Clint D. Buchanan
Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine
Since the cloning of leptin by Friedman's laboratory in 1994, over 3000 papers have been published on leptin, making it one of the most active research areas in all of science. Leptin appears to be a pleiotrophic hormone affecting many different tissues in the body. This review focuses on the role of leptin in reproduction. Evidence is accumulating that leptin potentially has roles in the regulation of GnRH and LH secretion, puberty, pregnancy, and lactation. Reciprocal regulation of leptin and its receptors by gonadal hormones and the implications and controversies thereof are also discussed in the review. Signaling pathways utilized by leptin are starting to become more clear, particularly JAK/STAT, MAPK, and SOCS3 have been implicated as mediators/modulators of leptin effects at the cellular level. At the hypothalamic level, there is also evidence that CART (cocaine and amphetamine-related transcript) is involved as a downstream mediator of leptin effects, especially with regards to control of GnRH secretion. While leptin clearly has many effects upon the reproductive axis, defining its precise roles is not without controversies. This review presents both pro and con findings, thereby demarking controversial areas that undoubtedly will be fertile ground for future investigation.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0039-128X(01)00138-6
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
Gonadal Hormones
Leptin Receptors
Organism Cloning
Brann, D. W., Wade, M. F., Dhandapani, K. M., Mahesh, V. B., & Buchanan, C. D. (2002). Leptin and reproduction. Steroids, 67(2), 95-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0039-128X(01)00138-6
Leptin and reproduction. / Brann, Darrell W; Wade, Marlene F.; Dhandapani, Krishnan Michael; Mahesh, Virendra B.; Buchanan, Clint D.
In: Steroids, Vol. 67, No. 2, 30.01.2002, p. 95-104.
Brann, DW, Wade, MF, Dhandapani, KM, Mahesh, VB & Buchanan, CD 2002, 'Leptin and reproduction', Steroids, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 95-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0039-128X(01)00138-6
Brann DW, Wade MF, Dhandapani KM, Mahesh VB, Buchanan CD. Leptin and reproduction. Steroids. 2002 Jan 30;67(2):95-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0039-128X(01)00138-6
Brann, Darrell W ; Wade, Marlene F. ; Dhandapani, Krishnan Michael ; Mahesh, Virendra B. ; Buchanan, Clint D. / Leptin and reproduction. In: Steroids. 2002 ; Vol. 67, No. 2. pp. 95-104.
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Kim Kardashian Tells 229 Million Fans She's Obsessed with Vegan KitKats. Where Can We Get Them?
Kim Kardashian shares the joy of receiving a box of KimKat bars—personalized vegan KitKat bars—with her 229 million Instagram fans. But can regular people get them, too?
Reality star and business mogul Kim Kardashian West is among the first in the United States to try Nestlé's new vegan KitKat bars—and she's obsessed with the vegan treats. Taking to her Instagram stories, Kardashian West shared her gift from Nestlé with her 229 million fans as she unwrapped a personalized box of vegan "KimKat" bars.
"If anyone knows me, my favorite candy is a KitKat. Kourtney has shown you the way that we eat them," Kardashian West said. "But guys, they called it a 'Kim Kat'—the first vegan KitKat. You have no idea how happy this makes me."
While the star enjoyed the candy bar, it is unclear if she ate the vegan KitKat the Kardashian way, which is an involved six-step process of eating the bar one layer at a time.
KitKat bars go vegan
Rumors of Nestlé launching a vegan KitKat began circulating mid-February. Speculation turned into reality shortly thereafter when the company confirmed it was working on KitKat V to appease fans on social media who have been demanding vegan KitKat bars for years. Made from a combination of vegan chocolate and vegan wafer fingers, the new KitKat V was created by Nest<|fim_middle|> more options in the "better-for-you" category which includes plant-based alternatives, meaning a vegan KitKat in the US is not completely off the table.
Is Kim Kardashian West vegan?
After watching a documentary in 2019, Kardashian West decided to try the plant-based diet at home. Inspired by chefs that love to prepare meals without animal products, Kardashian West gave plant-based cooking a try. In January, Kardashian West recommitted to the plant-based lifestyle and now prefers products made by Beyond Meat—such as vegan burgers, sausages, and meatballs—over their animal-derived counterparts.
In May, Kardashian West showed off her plant-based cooking chops during her sister Kourtney Kardashian's second annual Poosh Your Wellness Festival. Kardashian West led a virtual cooking demonstration to show attendees how to prepare one of her favorite dishes: vegan tacos made with seasoned Beyond Beef, served in gluten-free almond flour tortillas, and topped with vegan Violife cheddar cheese, dairy-free sour cream, tomatoes, onions, and avocado.
And the 40-year-old star is helping to get the rest of the Jenner/Kardashian clan on board with plant-based living. In January, Kardashian West brought her sister Khloé Kardashian—who ditched meat in 2018 during her pregnancy with True Thompson—along for the plant-based ride during what she called a "Sister Boot Camp" challenge.
In May, Kourtney Kardashian also jumped on the plant-based train, sharing that she is now "95 percent vegan" through the blog on her Poosh website. Kourtney Kardashian revealed the meals she consumes on a typical day include avocado shakes, vegan tacos and sushi, and zucchini noodles. For "treat" day, she splurges on vegan chicken and waffles from Crossroads Kitchen—a Los Angeles vegan restaurant backed by her vegan boyfriend and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker.
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Vegan KitKat Is Rolling Out Across 15 Countries. Here's Where You Can Find It. | lé's research and development team in York, United Kingdom—where the original KitKat was first introduced in 1935.
"KitKat continues to surprise people with new flavors and ingredients," Alexander von Maillot, head of confectionery at Nestlé, said. "One of the most common requests we see on social media is for a vegan KitKat, so we're delighted to be able to make that wish come true. This is for everyone who wants a little more plant-based in their life when they treat themselves."
Earlier this week, the vegan KitKat bars launched at grocery stores across the UK. The vegan treats are also available for pre-order in Australia as a nine-piece gift box set (AUS$30) before the vegan KitKat bars officially launch in Woolworths stores on July 26. The KitKat V bars will also be available in Estonia, Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania this month, along with Brazil in July.
"Our challenge when we set out to create a vegan-friendly KitKat was to recreate this iconic product using plant-based alternatives. To achieve this, we worked very hard to get the right balance between the milk alternative and the cocoa," Louise Barrett, head of the Nestlé confectionery product technology center, said. "The result is a vegan chocolate that we're very proud of, and I hope all KitKat fans will love it as much as we do."
While KitKat bars in most regions are produced by Nestlé, in the United States the iconic chocolate treats are produced by Hershey's—which has not announced its intent to launch vegan KitKat bars in the US. However, in February, Hershey's did commit to developing | 344 |
A specially formulated water-based blend of acrylic polymers that provides both a stain resistant surface seal and a durable low<|fim_middle|>19th century. Being about 17 miles East of my base in Woodhall Spa it wasn't long before I was able to go over and survey the floor.
As you can see from the pictures the flagstones were very well used and had lost all their natural beauty. The stone would normally have a lovely mixture of colours and grains showing, as you can see these were nowhere to be seen. I suspect the tenants had been using household cleaners on the floor which tend to strip the protective sealant due to their acidic composition leaving the stone vulnerable. The stone tiles were riven so once the sealant had started to break down the dirt soon becomes ingrained in the uneven surface making them difficult to clean.
The client was keen to get the floor looking nice and clean ready for the next tenants to move in so after discussing the process to get the floor looking good again, we agreed a price and booked in a date for the work to be completed.
Arriving on the first day, we taped up the skirting and plinth to prevent them getting damaged. A strong dilution of Tile Doctor Pro-Clean was then applied to the stone floor and left to soak in for ten minutes so it could get to work breaking down the dirt and any remaining sealer. Pro-Clean is a professional tile and grout cleaning product that is ideal for cleaning dirty stone tiles like these.
The stone tiles were riven (not a smooth) so we used a Rotovac system to get the tiles clean. The machine scrubs the floor with soft brushes whilst simultaneously extracting the soil using self-contained pressurised water. It's a very efficient way to deep clean the floor and vacuum all the dirty solution away from the floor. It immediately transformed the look of the stone and achieved a 1st class result in removing all the grime and dirt from the stone.
The cleaning process went very well and by the time we had finished the whole area looked much brighter. The natural tones of the stone had come back to life and with the application of a sealer they should stay that way for some time to come. Before this could happen however the floor needed to be dry so we the help of a couple of turbo dryers the floor was left to dry off overnight.
The following day after making sure the floor was dry by testing with the moisture meter, we sealed the floor with two coats of our natural look sealer Tile Doctor Ultra-Seal. This is an impregnating sealer that works by seeping into the pores of the stone thereby preventing dirt and liquid from becoming ingrained there.
The sealer gave the stone a natural look that the client requested, and she was delighted with the end result. Hopefully she will have no trouble renting out the property, the floor now looks stunning! | -sheen finish eliminating conventional two-step methods. May also be used as a pre-grouting sealer. Allows moisture vapor transmission and is not affected by ultra-violet light.
Use on internal unsealed, porous surfaces such as slate, textured quarry, saltillo, sandstone, Victorian Tile, terra cotta, cement pavers and masonry.
Post and Packing £5.50 (Incl.VAT) for 1 litre bottle, £10 (Incl.VAT) for two or more items.
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For more information about Tile Doctor Seal & Go Sealer visit www.TileDoctor.co.uk.
We were asked by a client who had rented her property out near Spilsby Lincolnshire, if we could restore her very dirty natural flagstone hallway. The previous tenants had subjected the floor to heavy usage and unfortunately it had not been maintained very well. Spilsby is a small market town that has retained its' character and not changed much since the | 219 |
American vocalist and music teacher. Born in Wenham, Mass. When he was eleven years old, his parents moved to Salem and at fourteen, he entered the choir of a Presbyterian Church in that city. After living in Boston from 1828 to 1833 he went to Bangor, Maine, where he went into business, but he still kept up his interest in music and in 1836 returned to Boston and studied with John Paddon, singing at the same time in a church choir. The next year he took charge of the music in Dr. Channing's church. In 1841 he succeeded Lowell Mason, as teacher of music, in the Public Schools of Boston and was chosen vice-president of the Handel and Haydn Society. During the six years that he held this position he appeared as soloist at many of the concerts. In 1847 Mr. Baker began the work of establishing a school of music in Boston. This work was finished in 1851, when the Boston Music School was founded, with Mr. Baker as principal and head of the vocal department.<|fim_middle|> and songs and a book on Thorough Bass and Harmony. | This school was an important factor in the development of music in the United States. It was closed in 1868 and Mr. Baker retired from active work. Baker's compositions are entirely vocal. The best of them are two quartets, Stars of the Summer Night, and Death of Osceola; an Ave Maria; the three cantatas, The Storm King; The Burning Ship; and Camillus, the Roman Conqueror. He also wrote many other quartets, anthems | 100 |
Reaching for the Moon is the third album by jazz singer Roseanna Vitro, released in 1991 on the CMG label. Vitro explores a number of genres, accompanied by pianist-arranger Kenny Werner and a varying cast of featured and supporting players, including saxophonists George Coleman, Joe Lovano and Kirk Whalum<|fim_middle|> a perceived over-reliance on "bland synthesizer" on many tracks.
By contrast, contemporaneous reviews by JazzTimes and CD Review were uniformly positive. The latter judged Vitro's attempt to emotionally engage her listener a "Bullseye," citing both "the supple power of her phrasing" and her voice's "sensual[ity] and intens[ity]," while JazzTimes proclaimed:
Roseanna Vitro does reach for the moon, and yanks the brass ring. Vitro introduces us to new tunes, sings deeply in many styles, scats refreshingly, and works with mobile combos under the aegis of agile pianist/arranger Kenny Werner. Vitro is full-voiced, good spirited, and abrim with a yearning grace.
Commending Vitro's relatively straightforward delivery (in contrast to a previously detected tendency towards sometimes distracting vocal flourishes), Los Angeles Times critic Zan Stewart also made note of the singer's "impressive Brazilian feel," as well as "Kenny Werner's ace accompaniment" and "vital saxophone solos from George Coleman and Joe Lovano."
Track listing
"I Bet You Thought I'd Never Find You" (Les McCann, Jon Hendricks) - 6:09
"In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz) - 6:37
"Canção do Sal" (aka "Song of Salt") (Milton Nascimento) - 5:44
"Reaching for the Moon" (Irving Berlin) - 5:08
"In the Name of Love" (Kenny Rankin, Estelle Levitt) - 4:14
"The Island" (Ivan Lins, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) - 5:56
"You Are There" (Johnny Mandel, Dave Frishberg) - 5:48
"Gathering Stones" (Kenny Werner) - 5:57
"Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) - 5:30
"Slow Hot Wind" (Henry Mancini, Norman Gimbel) - 6:19
Personnel
All information derived from Jazz Music Archives.
Vocals – Roseanna Vitro
Piano, synthesizers, arrangements – Kenny Werner
Bass – Scott Lee, Harvie Swartz, Ratzo Harris
Drums – Tom Rainey, Victor Jones, Jeff Papez
Saxophone – Joe Lovano, Kirk Whalum, George Coleman, Mel Ellison
Percussion – Edson "Café" A. da Silva, Mino Cinelu, Steve Berrios
Guitar – Celso Mendez, Scott Hardy
Additional vocals – Eric Troyer
References
1991 albums
Roseanna Vitro albums | , drummer Tom Rainey, bassists Harvie Swartz and Ratzo Harris, and percussionists Mino Cinelu, Steve Berrios and Café.
Reception
AllMusic's retrospective review awards the album 2½ stars out of 5. While acknowledging Kenny Werner as "an under-appreciated pianist" and affirming that Vitro herself "is in good voice throughout," reviewer Ken Dryden portrays the album as a less than ideal showcase for their talents, citing both the "strange engineering" of vocals (causing "a slow fade which proves to be very distracting") and | 122 |
Tata Motors presented its new passenger vehicle strategy and introduced its new sub-brand - TAMO. While yes, it is short for Tata Motors, the company calls it the Tata's Future Mobility. TAMO will act as an incubating centre of innovation towards new technologies, business models and partnerships in order to define future mobility solutions. Tata Motors also announced that it will bring in two brand new car platforms, which will be scalable in nature.
It's a new, separated vertical and will operate in the first step on a low volume, low investment model to provide fast tracked proves of technologies and concepts. This means that Tata Motors will be able to attend to the demand of the market faster. TAMO will act as an open platform to network with global start-ups and leading tech companies, to get access to trends, innovations and solutions, for the design of<|fim_middle|> to reduce complexity, enables future technologies and ensures global relevance. We have mapped technology solutions in key areas such as powertrain systems, ADAS and enhanced connectivity to our future product portfolio and have defined the application framework. Our goal is not to just comply with the emerging regulations but be ahead of the requirement."
With the emergence of new vehicles and platforms, we will also see innovation in the field of powertrains and this means the company will foray into the hybrid and electric powertrain segment. Dr. Tim Leverton, President and Head Advanced and Product Engineering, Tata Motors, said, "With TAMO, we are starting a new era. The idea is to find new and agile ways of innovating and experimenting. Our success in this new mobility world will be contingent to our ability to network globally and to partner with new thought leaders. Our focus will be to scout for new technologies and to explore opportunities at the innovation hubs across the globe and to work with start-ups in the new spaces. Since this requires a different way of thinking, we will apply within TAMO also, new ways of working because leadership is all about time to market." | exciting future products and services.
Speaking on the announcement, Guenter Butschek, MD & CEO, Tata Motors, said, "Our game plan addresses six themes - top-line improvement, cost management, structural improvements, customer centricity, new mobility solutions and organizational effectiveness. To secure our future in a rapidly changing environment, the advanced mobility solutions space is of utmost importance. The introduction of TAMO will help us to co-design India's automotive footprint by taking new technologies and mobility concepts as a new ecosystem to market."
So, let's get a few things clear. The products sold under the TAMO sub-brand will not have separate dealerships, but according to Guenter Butschek, it promises to have a renewed service experience. Tata Motors is aiming to be amongst the top 3 passenger vehicles manufacturer by 2019, in India and this will mean a considerable amount of cars pouring out.
The first product developed by TAMO will premiere at the upcoming 87th Geneva International Motor Show on March 7, 2017 and this is where we'll get a glimpse of what's in store for us from this sub-brand. While the company plans to bring innovation and mobility solutions in a cost effective manner, it will see the emergence of a whole new platform. In fact, there'll be only two to be precise and both of which will be put into use in India by 2018.
Mayank Pareek, President, PV Business, Tata Motors, said, "Our strategy is to deliver 7-8 product variants from two platforms, for greater coverage and sizable economies of scale. Our new architectural approach supports our effort | 338 |
Families of SMA Is Now Cure SMA
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy has changed its name to Cure SMA.
In a news release, Cure SMA President Kenneth Hobby and Chair of the Board of Directors Richard Rubenstein said of the new name, "It's a big change that comes at a time of great progress and promise for our community. In the last decade, we've taken huge strides together, thanks to your passion and support, and today there are more clinical trials and more paths to a treatment than ever before."
The organization says spinal muscular atrophy, which severely affects motor nerves in the spinal cord, is the number one genetic cause of death for infants. Families of SMA was a major supporter of research and drug trials to find a treatment and a cure for spinal muscular atrophy. Cure SMA says it will spend an additional $1.8 million on research funding in the next year.
"With that sense of progress in mind, our board has thoughtfully examined Families of SMA's communications, ultimately deciding on the changes we need to make to build on the successes we had," Hobby and Rubenstein said in the announcement. "In order to continue growing, we need to speak clearly to a wider audience, and that's our primary goal in making these changes – to attract even more people to be a part of our work so that we can accelerate momentum toward a treatment and cure."
In addition to the name change, the announcement said the organization would take on a "new look" and had created a new Web site with the goal of making it easier for stakeholders "to find information and connect with each other, and for all of our fundraisers to plan and host successful events."
The new name, Hobby and Rubenstein added, "is our vision, and it's also our rallying cry – it's why we keep funding research and raising awareness."
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A10 is unveiling version 4.0 of its Advanced Core Operating System (ACOS) today, saying it can speed up service integration and manageability with open and standards-based programmability.
The release includes a new policy engine called Harmony, which lets A10 integrate intelligent application networking services with its Thunder series of application delivery controllers (ADCs). Deployment can be in the cloud or on a<|fim_middle|> is available immediately for the Thunder ADC platforms. | virtual or physical Thunder ADC appliance.
Nicholson notes Harmony isn't just a name, but an indication of how A10 aims to unite its entire platform. A10 customers and partners can use ACOS 4.0 and A10 Harmony to integrate their own advanced networking, security, and management services.
ACOS 4.0 allows for greater flexibility and simpler integration of services, especially virtualized ones, says Paul Nicholson, A10's director of product marketing. It also lets users consolidate more services on virtual appliances and can enforce more granular policy to improve visibility.
For SDN, ACOS 4.0 ensures consistent security and application policy enforcement as workloads move across multitenant shared environments, Nicholson says. For NFV, the integration with standards-based orchestration platforms and management tools simplifies network operations and provides a unified platform that increases infrastructure utilization.
Other new additions to the ACOS platform include secure interconnect IPsec VPN, SSL Insight, Application Access Management (AAM), and Web Application Firewall (WAF). A10 Harmony can also provide Layer 4-7 enforcement in Cisco ACI and VMware NSX networks.
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A lively skit about the people and times during the Birth of Jesus. Birth of Christ, Christmas. MATERIALS: Option A (For a classroom role-play)<|fim_middle|>. Manger: A simple line drawing of a manger. GOD WITH US: A NATIVITY PLAY FROM TEARFUND. 'On Christmas Day, I remember that Jesus was born into poverty – in a wooden house like mine. And she will give. In this Readers Theater, we are reminded that the first Christmas was not peaceful; it was a time of anxiety as Mary and Joseph searched for a place to give birth.
But Jesus came to bring peace to us all. Christmas crafts, songs, worksheets and activities for children. DLTK's Holiday Plays SCRIPT: The Story of Baby Jesus. They found Jesus laying in Mary's arms.
In Belgium, puppet theatres often put on variations on the Nativity play in the weeks before Christmas, with parents and their children in the audience. The play often depicts the Massacre of the Innocents which occurred after the birth of Jesus. A Christmas play reenacting the accurate version of the birth of Jesus Christ.
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The Christmas Story - Birth Of JESUS CHRIST. The History behind the Birth of Jesus in the Christmas Story. The census that was ordered by Caesar Augustus was the first of its kind. It was done because the Roman government wanted to make sure that everyone in the Empire was paying their taxes correctly. The nativity of Jesus or birth of Jesus is described in the gospels of Luke and Matthew.
The two. The nativity plays a major role in the Christian liturgical year. four Sundays before Christmas, the traditional feast-day of his birth, which falls on. The free bonus poem "Jesus is not just for Christmas" highlights the message that, whilst Christmas is a lovely time of celebration, we must remember that Jesus is the reason for it, but also that Jesus's birth was a gift to us from God, not just for Christmas-time but forever.
Are you looking for a nativity play for your church or school that's a little different. a little more fun? WOW! is a short Christmas play that faithfully tells the story of Jesus' birth in a contemporary style PERFECT for kids. Christmas crafts, songs, worksheets and activities for children. Home. Search. 25 New.
Top 10. They found Jesus laying in Mary's arms, and they bowed down and worshipped him. ) Wise man 1:. Printable version of this play. The free bonus poem "Jesus is not just for Christmas" highlights the message that, whilst Christmas is a lovely time of celebration, we must remember that Jesus is the reason for it, but also that Jesus's birth was a gift to us from God, not just for Christmas-time but forever. A Christmas Play: An easy to stage children's Christmas Pageant script with Christmas carols.
Christmas Play costume and set ideas. For Jesus' birth did bring. The nativity of Jesus or birth of Jesus is. Nativity plays were part of the. about the Nativity of Jesus. The Christmas Carols have come to be viewed as a. Dec 06, 2015 · The Birth of Jesus Christ - Nativity Play (2015) The Birth of Jesus Christ - Nativity Play (2015) Skip navigation Sign in. Search. The Christmas Story - Birth Of JESUS CHRIST.
Try a program based on one of the gospel accounts of Christ's birth. Make the experience even more meaningful by basing your Advent sermon series on the. Searching for Jesus: A Christmas drama. and marvels at the birth of Jesus. ]. The Bible says God sent Jesus to the earth at Christmas so he could grow up and. SCRIPT NOTE Although it is believed the Wise Men did not visit Jesus in the stable the night of his birth but much later, they are depicted in the stable nativity scene for the purposes of this play.
This is the story of the first Christmas - the night Jesus Christ was born. We celebrate this to remember the hope and joy that this tiny baby brought to the world on that extraordinary night in Bethlehem almost 2000 years ago. Relive the Bible's Christmas story in this paraphrase of the events of Jesus Christ's birth.
The accounts are found in the books of Matthew and Luke. Read the Complete Christmas Story of the Birth of Jesus Each year we write and perform a Christmas play that focuses on the Nativity. We have several different plays which center around the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ as told in Luke 2, each with a different approach to the beloved Christmas story.
squeezed into the barn to celebrate Jesus' birth. And there was great rejoicing in all the –. Wow! A New Nativity Play for Kids | www. bbbpress. com It is. Christmas crafts, songs, worksheets and activities for children.
DLTK's Holiday Plays SCRIPT: The. Angel 5: Tonight in Bethlehem a baby has been born. Relive the Bible's Christmas story in this paraphrase of the events of Jesus Christ's birth. The accounts are found in the books of Matthew and Luke. Read the Complete Christmas Story of the Birth of Jesus You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God Birth of jesus christmas play give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the.
A Modern Day Birth-Comedy/Drama A young girl and her grandpa discuss what it would have been like if Jesus had been born in today's world. Themes: Christmas; If Jesus had been born in our world today Big News in Bethlehem - by Helen Kitchell Evans This play has 2 male characters and is set in Bethlehem a few days after the birth of Jesus.
Two young men meet and discuss the recent events that occurred on the first Christmas night in their small town of Bethlehem. A simple play based on Luke 2. This script includes a Christmas thought for each letter in the words "Merry Christmas. ". "Two Witnesses of Jesus' Birth. Oct 28, "Birth of jesus christmas play." This script is 100% free for you to print and use with your children as a play about the Birth of Jesus. It's perfect for church programs or.
This is a traditional, Bible-based Nativity play script for children aged four and over. Throughout the script there are references to Christmas carols, indicating. remember that Jesus was born into poverty – in a wooden house like mine. The Christmas Story. Mary gave birth to Jesus, the Son of God. whychristmas? com answers your Christmas questions! - www. whychristmas. com.
TOPICS: Birth of Christ, Christmas. MATERIALS: Option A (For a classroom role- play) Baby doll and crib (can use a small basket that fits doll) 2'x 3' piece of cloth. Preparing The Way For Jesus: A Christmas drama based on Luke's gospel. Primary-level children can play the parts of the shepherds and angels. The Birth of. Christmas Skit: The Birth of Jesus Description This program Birth of jesus christmas play written for the children of a small church to have a way to communicate the story of Oct 28, 2009 · Free Christmas Plays for Children "The Birth of Jesus" Print PDF Written by Felicia Mollohan - Published October 28, 2009 1 Comment Here is a simple kids Christmas skit for church.
A lively skit about the people and times during the Birth of Jesus. (Skit for nine to fourteen. ) TOPICS: Birth of Christ, Christmas. at the end of the play. Free Christmas Plays for Children "The Birth of Jesus" Print PDF Written by Felicia Mollohan - Published October 28, 2009 1 Comment Here is a simple kids Christmas skit for church. A Christmas Play: The town of Bethlehem is on the verge of a world changing event, the birth of our Savior.
A young couple expecting a baby has traveled to Bethlehem to be counted as part of the Roman census. " The Christmas Story" King James Version. 1: 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as His mother Mary was espoused to Joseph.
Stage play script for 'The Nativity Play' based. (A shorter" Nativity Play Christmas. The Journey to Bethlehem, No Room At The Inn, The Birth of Jesus, The Host. | Baby doll and crib (can use a small basket that fits doll) 2'x 3' piece of cloth, plain white is a short Christmas play that faithfully tells the story of Jesus' birth in a contemporary style PERFECT for kids.
There are 5 hymns throughout that allow participation by the whole audience. Download once, and receive a lifetime license for your organization! You will become pregnant by the Holy Spirit and give birth to a baby boy and you will call him Jesus. He will be God's own Son and his kingdom will never end. A Christmas Legend: The Birth of Jesus and Gift Giving About this article This dramatic presentation called" The Christmas Legend" is from Scripture Alive (available from Saint Mary's Press) and is meant to be role-played for an audience of young children or elderly people.
A Christmas Legend: The Birth of Jesus and Gift Giving About this article This dramatic presentation called" The Christmas Legend" is from Scripture Alive (available from Saint Mary's Press) and is meant to be role-played for an audience of young children or elderly people.
Comic characters and lots of fun to act this Christmas play brings the nativity into our modern world and reminds us of the miracle of Jesus birth. Click here to view details of this play. The Kings Christmas This collection of Christmas Bible verses is arranged according to various themes and events surrounding the Christmas story and the birth of Jesus. If presents, wrapping paper, mistletoe and Santa Claus are distracting you from the true reason for this season, take a few minutes to meditate on these Christmas Bible verses and make Christ the.
Jesus Sign: The word"JESUS" written in large, red letters. Crown Sign: A large picture of a golden crown. Perhaps cut from gold wrapping paper. Savior Sign: The word "SAVIOR" written in large, red letters. Baby Sign: A simple, colored-in line drawing of a baby | 390 |
Buyers this is a great opportunity to own a brand new home inside the City limits of Old or Historic Katy. The Falls of Green Meadow is now open to the public and ready to sell homes to buyers. Two new furnished model homes are available to view. The Builders are Lennar and Meritage Homes. This neighborhood is situated on the site of the former Green Meadows Golf Course and many of us who live in the area miss the former golf course.
A few weeks back, the neighborhood celebrated its Grand opening. I visited both Lennar and Meritage models. I also acquired the price sheets, descriptions and floor offered by both builders.This specific post is concerning only Lennar. I will write a separate post covering Meritage Homes.
Lennar has one story homes, a 1.5 story home and 2 story homes available for sale ( maybe) or to be built. Inventory of available homes throughout the Katy area is still very thin and homes are selling very quickly.
There are 3 one story models lennar is ready to build in the Falls being the 'Coral", Sunstone (Next-Gen) and Turquoise. These plans range from 2753 to 3028 sq. ft. in size with base prices ranging from $338,990 to $353,990.
The 1.5 story home named " jade" is 3304 sq ft. and base prices begin at $366,990. this home also comes<|fim_middle|> a mandatory item. Three of these homes have flex space available which will add sq,ft. to the home but of course this is an option. Base prices for the two story homes range from $357,990 to $390,990. Options beyond standard features are can be added but with a corresponding incremental cost charge to the buyer.
I would be very happy to sit down with anyone to discuss this new neighborhood and its many advantages. We can take a drive through the neighborhood and even view the model homes if someone is interested. Call me early before all the best lots are sold. I think homes will sell very quickly in this new neighborhood.
Pictures, video, taken by and copyright Bob Gilbert with all rights reserved. | with a 3 car tandem garage.
The Lennar two story homes being the 6 different models which are named " Garnet II", "Amber", "Onyx", "Opa"l, "Sapphire" and "Emerald" range in size from 3309 sq. ft to 3576 sq.ft. The Emerald has two bedrooms downstairs which in many households is | 84 |
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Leonard Pitstow (d. 1984, aged 84)
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Much detail covered in Stacey's "The Pitstows of Saffron Walden" - see reference.
Quarter peal rung by Society is his memory.
Dear Roger
I regret to say that I am now finding it difficult to concentrate on my bellringing and so have come to the conclusion that the time has<|fim_middle|> always be able to keep an eye on his team of bellringers.
So before the regular Tuesday evening practice team gathered by the belfry with members of his family and a few friends to carry out his last wish.
TALANTS
The ashes were scattered by Mr Pitstow's successor as Master of the Ringers, Mr Roger Collins.
Prayers were said by his son, Stephen, his son-in-law Mr Christopher Redgate, and two close family friends, Mr Bruce Macartney of the Bible Society, and Miss Jenny Shepherd a teacher with the British Churches Missionary Society in Tanzania.
Also there were Mr Pitstow's two daughters, Celia and Helen, who both inherited their father's musical talents and used to be students at the Royal Academy.
The gathering sang songs of Christian renewal and, after the team had rung the bells, went to the home of his widow, Mrs Mary Pitstow, in Butler Close.
Mrs Pitstow said: "I am sure Len would have loved it and he may even have been there.
Her husband, a former jeweller who was in his mid-eighties when he died nearly two years ago, retired as Master of the ringers in 1976.
He was born in Saffron Walden and had had a long association with the parish church.
He was also regarded so a musical maestro, being a talented flute and piano player.
He was a founder member of Saffron Walden Music Club in 1944 and was its chairman for 30 years.
He was also conductor of Saffron Walden Amateur Operatic Society for 27 years.
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Contact webmaster Top | come for me to retire from being an active member of the Society. Having started at the age of 13 I think I have had a very good time, but every dog has his day! I do not wish to server my connection with the Society, and hope you would call me if you were in need of 1 man.
The Society is now in a very healthy state and I am certain it will go from strength to strength, as it proved itself last Tuesday evening.
I wish the Society every success in the future and if I were asked to give you any advice I would say - start now to concentrate on 8-bell ringing.
L.E. Pitstow
From the local press:
MASTER RINGER'S LAST WISH GRANTED
Shortly before his death Leonard Pitstow, former "Master of the Ringers" at Saffron Walden parish church, made a last request. He told his family he wanted his ashes scattered by the belfry so he would | 201 |
The former flames are up for Video of the Year for their joint hit Take Care, while Drake received additional nods in the Best Male Video, Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography categories for their collaboration.
The Canadian rapper also faces Kanye West, Jay-Z and Nicki Minaj in the Best Hip Hop Video (HYFR) field.
Rihanna has a second chance to win best video with We Found Love, which is also nominated for Best Female Video and Best Pop Video, with her single Where Have You Been recognised in the Best Choreography and Best Visual Effects categories.
Katy Perry trails behind with four nominations, including Video of the Year, Best Female Video, Best Art Direction and Best Visual Effects.
Justin Bieber is up for two awards - Best Male Video and Best Pop Video - and Carly Rae Jepsen's hit Call Me Maybe has got her a nod in the Best New Artist category alongside British boybands One Direction and The Wanted, as well as Fun and Frank Ocean.
Four-time VMA award-w<|fim_middle|> Los Angeles' Staples Centre on September 6. | inner Alicia Keys, premiering a new song from her upcoming album, and One Direction - who have two nominations - will perform at the star-studded ceremony for the first time.
"Debuting a new song at the VMAs is definitely special. It's the perfect setting. It's the right energy. It's the right vibe. I can't wait!" Alicia said.
The MTV Video Music Awards will take place at | 86 |
Sandoval scores as United pick up fourth consecutive draw
by sbiddulph | August 19, 2021
The first-ever meeting between New Mexico United and Oakland Roots SC had the makings of a major reunion for former and current United players. The return of Chris Wehan and the potential of seeing Saalih Muhammad back at The Lab<|fim_middle|> again face Austin Bold FC. That match is scheduled to kickoff at 7:00 p.m. | had many supporters excited for what could be on Wednesday night.
Wehan was there but started the bench on the night, and Muhammad traveled with Oakland but wasn't included in their sheet for the match. Although neither of them was on the pitch to start the match, it was the play of another of United's inaugural players that got the fireworks started.
In the opening minutes, United was able to win two early corners. The first suffered from a poor delivery, but the second set up an early attempt for Devon Sandoval. Initially, the set piece was cleared, but the ball fell to David Najem, who sent it back in. On the second ball into the box, Sandoval was able to rise up and head the ball into the back of the net to give United the lead in the sixth minute.
For much of the first half-hour, Oakland played an extremely high press, often into the six-yard box. That press forced United to make quicker decisions on the ball and try to figure out open spaces in which to deliver it. While United was starting to find holes, they came close to finding a second on multiple occasions.
After the match passed the thirty-minute mark, what had been a solid defensive performance to that point for United started to break down. Fouls started to be given up in dangerous areas, allowing Oakland opportunities to look at goal. One of those fouls was surrendered by Andrew Tinari in the 33rd setting up Oakland with a freekick around 25 yards straight ahead from goal. Roots midfielder Wal Fall was chosen to take the attempt and after bouncing off the woodwork, found its way into the net for the equalizer.
Wehan made his 2021 debut for United in the second half, coming on in the 60th minute for Andrew Tinari. His introduction gave the club a spark, and they were visibly energized. Throughout the half, Wehan played across the pitch, taking up positions from the right wing over to the left trying to create chances and space.
Both clubs spent the entire second half looking for an opening, but neither would find it. A solid defensive performance from each side kept the other from finding a winner.
Rashid Tetteh – Tetteh had one of those appearances where he just seemed to be everywhere. From goalline stops to sliding blocks, his efforts in the defensive third prevented Oakland from picking up a second or even third goal.
United returns to play on Monday, August 23rd, when they travel to Texas to once | 516 |
Rec<|fim_middle|>. Expect fireworks, Richie McCaw, and the great and good of the gentleman's game. | ap our live updates from the Cricket World Cup opening ceremony from Christchurch's North Hagley Oval.
Thanks for joining us. We'll be back on Saturday for the opening match of the tournament between the Black Caps and Sri Lanka. Can't wait!
Things are still going in the Australian ceremony, but they are wrapping up on this side of the Tasman.
"Doesn't it make you proud to be a New Zealander?"
'It's a way of showing Christchurch is back in business."
Former captain Stephen Fleming hits the stage and is looking for some mates to join him. Out comes Canterbury's favourite son, Richie McCaw. As well as Beatrice Faumuina and Maria Tutaia. For some reason there is a clip of Lasith Malinga holding a fish. He then comes out with team-mate Lahiru Thirimanne, and Mr McCullum once again. John Key takes a pretty good catch outside the Beehive.
Local girl Hayley Westenra is singing, with pictures of Christchurch in the background.
"Having the opening game here in Christchurch is fantastic."
"I think it's a really wide open World Cup. The nature of the wickets we're going to see both here and in Australia, they are pure wickets, and that brings in match-winners. If you look at the top eight to 10 teams, they all possess match winners.
AB de Villiers (South Africa), Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka), Elton Chigumbura (Zimbabwe) and B-Mac speak. South Africa are one of the favourites, but de Villiers is playing it pretty cool.
9.02pm: "It's a great tribute to Christchurch"
Sir Richard Hadlee, who played in three World Cups for New Zealand, speaks of his pride in Christchurch and how it's coped in recent years.
"I'm absolutely delighted to be part of the whole event over the next six weeks."
Some names from New Zealand cricket teams past speak - Rod Latham, Geoff Allott, Gavin Larsen, Lee Germon and Debbie Hockley.
For those interested in action on the pitch, the West Indies beat Scotland by just three runs today, while Ireland upset Bangladesh by four wickets.
8.40pm: Here's what Brendon McCullum had to say earlier today.
8.35pm: I'm sure we'll be seeing a lot more of Richie tonight.
The presenters get us underway at Hagley Park. The first entertainment is some Sri Lankan dance. They look pretty cool, but hopefully won't be dancing come Saturday evening after their opening match with New Zealand.
Dozens of young cricketers have been having a hit on four mini grounds at Hagley Oval in preparation for the main event, which will be starting shortly. There's talk of up to a billion people tuning in to coverage.
ONE News' Hannah Mills snapped this picture of fans waiting earlier in the evening.
The eyes of the cricketing world turn to Christchurch tonight as the 2015 Cricket World Cup is officially launched at North Hagley Oval.The next seven weeks are set to be dominated by the sound of leather on willow, and will hopefully conclude with Brendon McCullum lifting the trophy at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 29. The Black Caps open the tournament in Christchurch against Sri Lanka on Saturday, with co-hosts Australia taking on arch-rivals England at the MCG on the same day. Before the action gets underway, however, we have the obligatory song and dance to get things started | 734 |
outdoor tourism in Western Turkey<|fim_middle|> the front office and serves in the Agora Guesthouse's restaurant. In the off-season he likes going fishing. He is a dedicated family man. He speaks German. | .
The Serçin family has over 25 years experience in the tourism sector. Orhan and his wife Özgün were the first to open a guesthouse in the small historic lakeside village of Kapıkırı (ancient Heraclea) on beautiful Bafa Lake in the 1980s. The Latmos Travel agency bundles the combined experience of the family in order to now also offer guests from all over the world coordinated hiking, trekking and donkey tours in the Latmos Mountains and surrounding area. We offer opportunities to experience the archeological and cultural richness of the area as well as special interest tours (botany, birdwatching, olive harvesting).
We at Latmos Travel look forward to enthusiastically welcoming you to the area and extending our trademark hospitality and personalized service to new and returning guests.
Orhan and his family are passionate about providing memorable holiday experiences that allow guests to experience history, the natural world and village life with all their senses. Orhan was born and has lived in the village of Kapıkırı (Heracleia) his whole life. As the former mayor of the village, he continues to be dedicated to creating a dynamic and resilient tourism sector that benefits his community. Orhan is well-versed in the archeology and traditional culture of the region. He is also the devoted manager of the family's olive grove of over 3,500 trees. He speaks German.
Oktay was born in Kapıkırı village and is following in his parents' footsteps. Having grown up in the mountains, he is the guide of choice for hikes around Bafa Lake and enjoys leading the boating expeditions with a view to the conservation of its flora and fauna. When he is not guiding he excels at lending a listening ear to cater each tour to the particular needs of the group. He has very good knowledge of the neolithic cave paintings of the area. Oktay enjoys fishing, and is responsible for the husbandry of the family's chickens. He loves to travel. He speaks English and German. He is First Aid certified.
Like his brother Oktay, the mountains are in Mithat's blood. He was born and raised in the Latmos Mountains and knows the trails and surrounding countryside like the back of his hand. He is very often the first and helpful voice you will hear when you make contact with Latmos Travel on the telephone. He enjoys sharing his knowledge about the history and ecology of the region with visitors. His dream is to one day publish a book about the orchids of the Latmos Mountains. He is an amateur photographer. He speaks fluent English. His wife is a school teacher in Bafa. He has First Aid certification and Search & Rescue training.
Kerim is also a village native and, as Orhan's cousin, part of the extended family. Kerim has many years of experience guiding the longer hiking tours and donkey trekking tours. He enjoys showing guests the living history of the area and has very good knowledge of the archeology of the region. When he is not guiding he assists in | 633 |
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What would happen if we tried to send the Chernobyl waste into space and the rocket exploded?
In the somewhat near future (50-200 years) the government wants to repopulate the city of Pripyat. To limit radiation, they decide to send the remains of reactor 4 into space (which is possible due to the brand new handwavium engines they use). But due to unexplained reasons, the rocket explodes in the atmosphere.
What are the consequences to earth depending on the altitude it explodes at?
The rocket body is made of a handwavium alloy completely radiation and heat-proof but not neccesarily super strong. When one of the engines explodes, it causes a chain reaction pulverizing the whole rocket, creating a cloud of radioactive dust in the skies.
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$\begingroup$ (Thank you for correcting the spelling on Pripyat) $\endgroup$ – ThePainfull Jul 12 at 15:05
$\begingroup$ I'm not sure I corrected it so much as I anglicised it. $\endgroup$ – Ash Jul 12 at 15:07
$\begingroup$ The lump of handwavium stabilized radioactive lava falls back to Earth. Probably into an ocean. What are you expecting to happen? Need to know just exactly how they managed to load up such hot things into a rocket that is immune to radiation to figure out just what exploded, where, and if the explosion was powerful enough to re-disperse anything radioactive. $\endgroup$ – Trevor D Jul 12 at 15:18
$\begingroup$ How... explodey do you intend the explosion to be? If the rocket simply breaks up, standard containment<|fim_middle|>15:29
$\begingroup$ Why is anyone rushing anything? Prepping the rocket itself will take months if not years from mission preplanning to the day of the launch. There's no "rush" to be obtained no matter what you do. $\endgroup$ – Cadence Jul 12 at 15:50
$\begingroup$ @Cadence People always rush things, regardless of whether they need to be, or should be, rushed or not. In this case they want the site cleared so they move people back into the area, there will be time pressure, a schedule to keep and things will get rushed. $\endgroup$ – Ash Jul 12 at 15:55
$\begingroup$ Nope. There's already less than 1% the radioactivity present as there was at the time of the accident. So if 5% was distributed before it could not possibly be as bad as the original. $\endgroup$ – puppetsock Jul 12 at 21:03
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Break into Kennedy Space Center and enter the rocket | measures can prevent the release of radioactive material even from reentry; they've done so before. (Note especially the Apollo 13 RTGs, which reentered on a particularly fast and violent course.) If there's foul play involved of course such containment protocols might not be sufficient. $\endgroup$ – Cadence Jul 12 at 15:21
$\begingroup$ "The act of exploding will reduce large quantities of radioactive debris to fine particles": you don't have much faith in the ability of engineers to engineer, do you? Why would the explosion of the rocket breach the containment of the nuclear material, despite said container being calculated so that it won't be breached? Or else why do you think that the nuclear material would be loaded uncontained? $\endgroup$ – AlexP Jul 12 at 15:28
The result would be [drum roll] not very much.
At present the material remaining in the reactor building ruins has been decaying for 33 years. In another 50 years it will have been decaying fully 80 years.
This is trinity crater, the site of the first atom bomb. I've been there. It was exploded in 1945, so is now just over 80 years old. The radiation is round about double normal background, as measured by a guy wandering around with a Geiger counter. A guy in shorts and sandals. No special radiation protection is required. It's a tourist site with kids and old people wandering around.
The only real protection needed is to prevent people taking chunks of Trinitite as souvenirs. I bent down, picked up a chunk, looked around at the guy in army gear and carrying a machine gun. And he was looking at me. So I carefully put the chunk back, and he relaxed.
By the time of the beginning of your scenario, the material from Chernobyl will be marginally more radioactive than the Uranium that was mined to produce the fuel. By the end date of your scenario it will be round about the same. If you dumped roughly 100 tonnes of Uranium out of a rocket the result would be much more worrisome from the standpoint of heavy things falling from the sky than it would from radiation.
The real question is, why would anybody bother shooting this stuff into space? The energy costs would be huge, and the benefit is minimal.
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Only a small fraction of the Uranium in a nuclear weapon fissions, typically a few percent.
The fission products from a weapon are similar to that in a reactor. There are minor differences in the concentration of different isotopes. The Uranium that does not fission goes through very similar reactions as in a reactor.
The danger of an isotope depends on the half life and the amount, but also the kind of radiation it emits, and how well absorbed it is by living things.
If the half life is very short then the isotope is dangerous but decays quickly, so after several half lives it becomes much less dangerous.
If the half life is very long then it produces very little radioactivity per hour.
Neptunium has isotopes with half lives of 396 days or less, or over $1.54\times 10^5$ years. So at 80 years pretty much all the dangerous stuff is gone.
Plutonium is primarily an alpha emitter. Unless you eat it, it's not really a problem. Similarly, Uranium is primarily an alpha emitter.
The dangerous items are the fission products with intermediate half lives, that are gamma emitters, and that are also absorbed by living things. The big ones are usually Strontium and Cesium. Scroll down this article to Health Concerns.
From the same article comes this graph. 10 thousand days, has already passed, and the total gamma dose is already less than 1% of what it was shortly after the accident. The decay continues, and in another 50 years will be much smaller than that, probably about .01 percent of the first day dose.
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$\begingroup$ Except the material at Trinity started life as pure enriched Uranium which underwent near total fission in the blast. Chernobyl on the other hand contained a lot of other radionuclides including the medium half-life Neptunium and Plutonium produced by Uranium decay during operation and still contains multiple tons of raw Uranium with a half-life of between quarter of a million and 4 and a half billion years. Uranium which is still leaking into the surrounding environment. Which is why it's worth cleaning up and way more dangerous than you're suggesting. $\endgroup$ – Ash Jul 12 at 16:25
$\begingroup$ The amount of radioactive material at Chernobyl site is orders of magnitude higher than it was at Trinity test. And most of it is still there. $\endgroup$ – Alexander Jul 12 at 16:39
$\begingroup$ The surface material at Trinity test has been scraped away, too $\endgroup$ – L.Dutch♦ Jul 13 at 4:06
$\begingroup$ This may be true for the 200-year end of the timespan, but at the 50-year end, there'll still be about 15% of the original caesium-137 and strontium-90 around. Releasing that in the atmosphere will cause a re-run of the original disaster. $\endgroup$ – Mark yesterday
$\begingroup$ @L.Dutch The material at Trinity has not been scraped away. There has been some drifting of sand. But you still see lots of trinitite just laying on the ground. The original crater surface is still there, disturbed by lots of tourist feet and some wind, but not removed. The photo is not mine, but might as well be since I have one almost identical. $\endgroup$ – puppetsock yesterday
Nothing good at any altitude. Regardless of where it explodes on the way up the act of exploding will reduce large quantities of radioactive debris to fine particles that wind will be capable of moving around. The original blast sent about 15 tons of radioactive debris, 5% of the total fuel at the plant, (about 400 times what the Hiroshima bomb put up) and a small percentage of that debris traveled around the world on the wind. This explosion would do the same, only much more so and that's if it goes off on the launch pad. Europe got it worst last time and probably will again since the prevailing winds are East-West, but everyone will be badly effected, depending how much of the material gets into the air it could kill a large cross-section of all life in the northern hemisphere.
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$\begingroup$ @AlexP I have more faith in people to rush things and/or do them cheap resulting in the corners that have been cut causing horrible carnage that shouldn't have happened. It's not the engineers I lack faith in its the directors. $\endgroup$ – Ash Jul 12 at | 1,480 |
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Some of you may remember that earlier in the year we asked for prayer for Rae Walker (a retired school teacher from Brisbane, Australia) as she was helping to teach displaced children in Lebanon. She and her family were with us in Israel, and she shared with us some of the crucial ministry that she was blessed to be a part of. Below is a summary report of the work that continues in Lebanon:
God at Work in Lebanon
The war in Syria has resulted in many people being displaced in Lebanon but God is still in control and using this situation to bring many into His family.
The Lebanese, as a whole, resent the Syrians because of their domination over Lebanon for many years and so are taking advantage of the refugees in their land. The refugees are housed in tent structures on cement slabs with a bathroom shared by around 20 families. They pay the landlord for the tent structure and then a monthly fee to sit on his land. It is no wonder the 5–8 year olds I was working with knew the English word 'toilet' and were keen to go when they first arrived each day!
However, the True Vine Evangelical Baptist Church in Zahle, which is a one-hour drive over the mountains from Beirut and half an hour from the Syrian border where I was relief-teaching in January is using the situation to show the love of Jesus to these people. They commenced six years ago, when refugees started flooding over the border, by providing for their physical needs. Then it was realized there were many children who were having no education, so they started a school. This has grown into 600 children; 300 in two sessions at the church and 300 in two sessions in a camp nearby. The children are taught Arabic, Science, and English in preparation for entering a Lebanese school should this be possible. Each group has 3 ½ hours at school Monday to Friday in which the first half hour is chapel where they enthusiastically sing and are taught about Jesus. Halfway through the time, they have food and a break. The church pays the teachers, who are educated Syrian people, though not trained teachers as the Lebanese do not want to employ the Syrians. The English teachers are mostly from a Christian group from the USA. An Australian couple—retired teachers—are now teaching the staff in classroom management. The church leadership wants to branch out to another camp half an hour's drive away from their location in Zahle where there are another 1,000 children without education.
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Because of the care being given, people are enquiring about Christianity. There are now at least 40 groups of 8–10 people in a group who are being taught about Jesus. Some are now believers, others seeking, and there are new enquirers being added as new families arrive from Syria. The groups meet during meals at various times at the church. The church members are responsible for their groups, and others visit the camps offering help and the people respond.
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We are always thankful for your faithful and consistent prayers, and for the grace of God that encourages us to come boldly before His Throne. Here are a few prayer updates that we want to add to the recent Around the World in Prayer.
Please pray for Joshua in India. He is the son of Pastor JF and Aruna. He has been sent home from Bible College with Dengue Fever, his platelets are low, and he is now hospitalized for treatment. Some of you may remember that the pastor's other son, Caleb, was killed in a train accident shortly before graduating from Bible College.
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Faisal and Carrie are now in Pakistan. They will be distributing Christmas boxes and doing village ministry. This is not a particularly safe place at the time so please pray for their protection, wisdom to know where to go and where not to go, and for effective ministry. Their visit, teaching, and gifts will be an encouragement to many.
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We are always so encouraged as we travel from place to place to hear so many people say, "We pray for you every day." We are thankful beyond words!
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This, I think, is the incentive that will get generations to come to stop playing only for grades and diplomas: "I suspect many people implicitly assume that working in a field with bad tests is the price of making lots of money. But that, I can tell you, is false. It used to be true. In the mid-twentieth century, when the economy was composed of oligopolies, the only way to the top was by playing their game. But it's not true now. There are now ways to get rich by doing good work, and that's part of the reason people are so much more excited about getting rich than they used to be. When I was a kid, you could either become an engineer and make cool things, or make lots of money by becoming an executive. Now you can make lots of money by making cool things." -- how many of your software engineers are brilliant, eagerly learning new things and yet didn't complete (or start) their CS degree?
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Bobby Orr was the finest hockey player I ever saw.
Oh, I've seen outstanding players since I started watching hockey in 1950s at the age of 4 or 5. I was too young then to really see the Rocket in his prime. I did see Howe throughout the 1960s, but while (as a Leaf fan<|fim_middle|>zky is in no way superior to Orr - who was a complete hockey player. He had it all. | ) I was always afraid when he was on the ice, he did not quite dominate a game, in my mind, the way Orr did when he joined the NHL in 1966. Bobby Hull had a magnetic presence about him, with his rink-long dashes. Jean Beliveau was an on-ice General, and Dave Keon was perhaps the most complete player I ever saw. Gilbert Perreault was the most spectacular and Gretzky was obviously remarkable. Current players such as Ovechkin and Crosby are highly skilled, but Orr remains the finest I have seen.
Orr's number 2 was retired not that long ago by the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League. Orr played in Oshawa from the age of 14 to his graduation to the Bruins at the age of 18. By all accounts the Oshawa organization had offered this honor many times over the years, but Orr declined because he was uncomfortable with all the fuss that would be made. (Orr has been, in recent years, a successful and well-regarded player agent.) He finally relented and the night in Oshawa went well.
His achievement recalled for me a chance encounter I had back in the fall of 1966, Orr's rookie season as an 18 year-old with the Boston Bruins.
I was the youngest of the family and we drove up that day to attend the graduation ceremony. Typical of my family's decision-making, we had not announced our intentions early enough to obtain seats for everyone, so my Dad and I were the ones left to "stand", while my Mom, sister and my brother's fiancé found seating.
With nothing to do but kill time, I roamed around the halls. My Dad was leaning up against a wall near the exit, reading a newspaper.
I happened to notice some men (at least they all seemed like fairly old guys to me) in a small group, sharing stories and having a few laughs. One of them, younger than the others, was taking part in the frivolity. What caught my eye was that the young guy seemed somehow familiar. To me, he looked like Bobby Orr.
Now to put things in context, back in 1966, we didn't have the kind of media exposure that is common today for politicians, entertainers or athletes. I had seen Orr's picture in the hometown newspaper's sports pages, and maybe had seen him interviewed on television on Hockey Night in Canada.
But this was Orr's rookie season, and as ballyhooed as his arrival to the NHL was back then, I could not be sure of what I was seeing right in front of me.
I ran over to my Dad and told him that I thought I had just seen Bobby Orr. My Dad didn't even look up from his newspaper. "Why would Bobby Orr be here?" he said. He wasn't being sarcastic, simply, in his mind, realistic. Kids, after all, are prone to dramatize.
But I knew the Bruins were playing the Leafs in Toronto the next (Saturday) night, so I knew that Orr could be in Toronto, at least.
I went back to eavesdrop on the group's conversation. Just at that moment, the young guy started to pull away from his friends, and I heard someone say, "See you, Bobby".
That was all I needed to hear. I hustled over to my father and announced what I heard, and pleaded with him to at least check this guy out. By now, even my Dad was sensing I may not be crazy. It so happened that the young fellow had to work his way through a crowded hall and walk by us to get to the exit.
It was a moment I no doubt sized up as a once-in-a-lifetime fluke that would not ever come my way again. With my hopeful eyes on the fast-developing situation, my Dad rose to the occasion and gently, but firmly, grabbed the young man by the arm as he hustled by.
"Bob Orr," came the brief but polite reply.
I'd hit the mother lode. My Dad said, "Shake hands with my son". I shook Orr's hand. He was quiet, and gracious. He was only 5 years older than me, but honest to God, I might as well have been meeting Jesus. It was that big a deal to me.
When we had driven back to my older sister's home (she lived in Mississauga, as I recall, though it wasn't called that in those days. It was probably Port Credit) I thought not about my brother's hard-earned academic achievement, which was the reason for our rare visit to the big city but about meeting the best young hockey player I had ever (and as it turns out, would ever) seen.
I joked about never washing my right hand again, and probably didn't, for a time.
Certainly there are athletes today who are gracious and humble, and would be so in meeting a young admirer. But all too often you have to stand in line and pay for the honor.
The world has changed in the last 40 years. Attitudes, media, technology, money.
So it was particularly nice to read about Orr's comments on his special night in Oshawa- a man of 60+ now, but still publicly humble and gracious.
Just as he was meeting me, when he was 18.
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Maurice Dubois has been in housing since 1965 when he designed homes for a small home building company while in college; he majored in Home Building at Trinity University in San Antonio. After working with small and large builders, he started his own home building company in Iowa in 1971; he moved his company to the Dallas/Fort Worth area in 1979. For 15 years he designed and built several hundred homes, developed half a dozen subdivisions, and designed and built countless remodeling projects. He has been a real estate broker, first in Iowa and then in Texas, since 1975. Maurice has been writing real estate related books since the early 1980s. He has been involved in building and designing Monolithic<|fim_middle|> a licensed real estate agent since 1993 and has been involved in dome building and design since 1993. John is an accomplished jazz pianist and has played with jazz orchestras in the U.S. and Switzerland. | Domes for over 20 years.
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If you ever had the chance to meet or talk to Eli he was one of the friendliest guys who'd ever meet. Always smiling and willing to give you some time to chat about anything. Of course, he<|fim_middle|> sucess story. love to hear that he does this. | had his issues. But it is great to see him giving back like this to a City where he only spent a few years.
His foundation website says he is writing an autobiography called Champions. He has an interesting story to tell and I can't wait to read his book.
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