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Earlier today, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, announced the end of the Facebook News Feed as we know it.
In a nutshell, public posts from brands, pages, and publishers are being diminished in a substantial way from the Facebook News Feed.
1. In the near future, page posts from brands and publishers will be scored differently from posts from friends.
Currently, this algorithm optimizes for time spent onsite and looks at other engagement metrics such as "likes," clicks, comments, and shares of posts. Basically, Facebook wants you to be glued to Facebook as much as possible.
2. Zuckerberg is doing it to save Facebook.
Earlier this year, Zuckerberg acknowledged the damage the Facebook community is causing in the world, saying "Facebook has a lot of work to do," and has made fixing it his personal challenge for 2018.
3. The effect on post-engagement will be devastating.
Some are saying that this change isn't a big deal, as Facebook organic post reach has been declining for many years now.
We estimate that currently, average page reach per post is approximately 2 to 5 percent--meaning that if 100 people opted in to "liking" your page, only two to five of them are likely to see one of your posts.
But Zuckerberg says that publisher posts in aggregate still account for most of the content people see in their news feed. This is because publishers push out substantially more updates than regular users do (e.g., 10, 100, or even 1000 per day). So even if individual post reach is low, Facebook overall still generates an enormous amount of free exposure for brands.
Since Zuckerberg is saying that Facebook would like most updates to come from friends, we estimate that publishers will on average see an 80 percent reduction in page reach, clicks, and engagement. We view this as a devastating new reduction in publisher engagement, despite falling engagement rates over the past few years.
4. Time spent on Facebook will plummet.
5. Ad prices will skyrocket.
If people are spending less time watching funny videos and consuming fake news on Facebook, it means that there's going to be less ad inventory to purchase. Furthermore, desperate brands and publishers will likely resort to spending more on Facebook ads to revive their dead organic post reach. The combination of decreased supply of ads and increased advertiser competition will most certainly yield.
We estimate that Facebook ad costs have increased by approximately 41 percent in the past year, given the increased popularity of Facebook ads alone. The new change could increase ad prices by substantially more going forward.
6. Facebook acknowledges that spending time browsing videos and news on Facebook is bad for your health.
Zuckerberg explains that the news feed is bad for your brain: "We feel a responsibility to make sure our services aren't just fun to use, but also good for people's well-being. So we've studied this trend carefully by looking at the academic research and doing our own research with leading experts at universities."
The research shows that when we use social media to connect with people we care about, it can be good for our well-being. We can feel more connected and less lonely, and that correlates with long-term measures of happiness and health. On the other hand, passively reading articles or watching videos -- even if they're entertaining or informative -- may not be as good.
7. Publishers that resort to engagement-baiting will be punished.
Many advertisers bait users into engaging with their content with offers that promise a coupon code or other incentive for liking a publisher post, as a way to manufacture artificial engagement. Going forward, Facebook says, these tactics will result in demotion of post rank.
8. Meaningful discussion among friends matters the most.
Facebook says that "liking" a post is just a passive activity and is therefore a less meaningful signal to use for ranking purposes. The company intends to prioritize posts on the basis of how much meaningful discussion they spark. For example, posts that require longer-form responses and subsequent follow-up replies from your friends are the type that will do well.
9. Users can still opt into seeing posts from the pages they follow at the top of News Feed.
Users who want to see more posts from pages they follow or help ensure they see posts from certain pages can choose "See First" in News Feed Preferences.
It's time to re-think our Facebook marketing strategy and tactics. For more information, check out our Facebook News Feed Armageddon Survival Guide.
| 2019-04-26T05:55:17 |
https://www.inc.com/larry-kim/goodbye-facebook-news-feed-10-things-publishers-need-to-know-about-news-feed-armageddon.html
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If a stranger asks you to rank your management team on a scale of one to ten in areas such as communication, delegation, etc, what would you say? Most people would rank them unrealistically high for fear their answers would get back to their boss.
Despite all the training and coaching that management provides to employees, true managers know that they themselves are not perfect and can always improve their management skills. Most of us work with a variety of people, and all people require different levels and amounts of coaching and mentoring.
Everybody cares about what others think of them, it's human nature; but what if you could find out exactly how you are perceived as a manager in your organization? Think how you could use that information to motivate and engage your employees better.
Feedback programs can be a sensitive subject for all parties involved because of fear. Managers fear they are not doing a sufficient job and employees fear if they are honest, they will get in trouble for any negative feedback toward their manager.
As a manager, you may think you are an outstanding communicator, but how do you rank on communication in the eyes of the people you interact with daily? How are you perceived as a manager?
Whether this type of issue or another, this process generates reports that provide you with a positive direction on how to change areas for improvement and raise your game. Once you know what your employees are thinking, you can modify behavior, change the way you manage, work on your skills, increase productivity, decrease turnover and immediately enhance your leadership style for greater success.
Remember, we are only focused on strengths and development areas, not weaknesses. It is not about attacking managers; it is about helping them develop skills by means of personalized strength analysis reports and a personal development plan that makes sense.
Regarding the example of delegating work effectively, perhaps, it would be helpful to convene a weekly meeting where employees outline the work that was assigned to them so everyone can see how you are delegating the workload. The team will have a clear outline of what is required of them and possibly notice ways they can offer suggestions and help each other work more effectively.
Equipping yourself and your organization with this talent enhancement solution has numerous benefits; but one, in particular, is priceless and one that most managers will never have in their career: A view of yourself in a working environment through the eyes of the people you are trying to motivate for success!
I encourage you to explore the benefits of incorporating this strategic process into your development plan for yourself and for the managers in your organization.
| 2019-04-25T14:15:59 |
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs101/1101609265186/archive/1109131173927.html
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The only way to check the contents of the pot is to remove it from the fire and put it in hands or on the ground. Is it possible that when a pot is added to a fire, that it's contents get displayed below the fireplace perhaps?
I added chicken breasts to a pot, Attached the pot to a fire I had placed in a fire place. The pot turns red indicating it is heating up, but the only way to check the contents of the pot is to remove it from the fire and place it on the ground in the vicinity.
| 2019-04-20T11:06:32 |
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T121544
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Who am I? Find out why I am considered an expert voice on issues concerning children and young people.
I'm Adam Brooks, the Project Manager at the Transformation Centre in Aston, Birmingham. I teach, mentor and coach. Young people are my passion and my purpose is helping them find theirs. I am dedicated to inspiring change, and motivating every young person I meet.
Later, I went on to work for Connexxions (a Birmingham City Council Youth Service) where my work with young people who were not engaged in education, employment or training (NEETS) pushed me further towards my purpose of inspiring young people.
After a few years sabbatical working away from education in the corporate world, the prospect of again working in line with my purpose led me to become the Project coordinator, and later Project Manager at The Transformation Centre.
Today, as well as running the Transformation Centre, I work in schools across Birmingham delivering academic mentoring, behavioural support and in-school coaching in both Primary and Secondary school.
I also teach a weekly ‘Life Class’; a classroom based lesson that prepares children and young adults for the world that awaits them.
I specialise in challenging, motivating, educating, and empowering young, black boys to become the very best men that they can be and to open their eyes to a world of unlimited hope and possibilities, grounded in education and knowledge.
With my educators hat on, I also deliver G.C.S.E Business Studies to a group of phenomenal young people in a school at the heart of Birmingham City.
When I first signed up to twitter I discovered the username Adam Brooks had already been taken. After getting over the initial shock, I decided to improvise and the name Adam Brux was born.
It's my purpose to raise the level of aspiration in every young person I meet, helping them to find their place in the world. Every child deserves the chance of an extraordinary life, a chance that brings with it, hope, not only for their future, but in turn, the future of our world.
Using my ability to explain complex topics in a really simple way, I am able to connect with a wide audience. From Radio Four's 'Today' show listener, to the BBC's 'One Show' viewer, I engage viewers and listeners alike, and invite them to join the conversation.
Speaking to an audience of any size, I am able to deliver engaging, inspiring, unforgettable keynote addresses for your school, conference or event.
My favourite part of what I do is helping young people discover their potential and in turn, inspiring them to take action. I do this through mentoring and coaching sessions geared around discovering their purpose and creating a plan of action.
| 2019-04-26T10:09:02 |
http://adambrux.co.uk/about-me/
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Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen discuss their historic trek across the Antarctic, what they hope the three million children who followed their trek via the web will learn from their experience, and much else.
What drove you to write No Horizon Is So Far?
We wrote it because we believe in the power of stories. Our Antarctic expedition reinforced this belief as millions of people followed our trek. We received more than 20,000 messages from people worldwide through the expedition Website. Many people wrote about how the expedition inspired them to pursue their own dreams. We hope that by sharing our story with a broader audience, even more people will be inspired to consider their goals and dreams and take action toward achieving them.
Why did you want to cross Antarctica?
As young girls, we read Alfred Lansing's Endurance, a recount of Sir Ernest Shackleton's legendary attempt to cross Antarctica. It stirred our imaginations. Despite being completely unaware of one another, we both declared the same childhood dream: to ski across Antarctica. In 1998, we met for the first time, discovered we were kindred spirits, and prepared to achieve that dream together. But for us, even more important than crossing Antarctica was to share the journey with others. Through the Website and satellite phone calls, we were able to show people the power of passion and fortitude.
What's the significance of the book title?
Throughout our Antarctic trek, Ann kept a detailed journal. In it, she scrawled one of her favorite quotes by Beryl Markham, who in 1936 made history as the first pilot to fly solo from east to west across the Atlantic: "I learned to wander. I learned what every dreaming child needs to knowthat no horizon is so far that you cannot get above it or beyond it." Markham wrote this in her memoir West With the Night, which was first published in 1942. The quote provided us with inspiration as we pursued our childhood dream of crossing Antarctica.
In what way did you make history when you crossed Antarctica?
On February 11, 2001 we became the first women to cross Antarctica's landmass, skiing and sailing across the frozen continent. Prior to our crossing, only one team of two men had completed the same trek. We're former schoolteachers, and during the expedition we used the Internet and a satellite phone to communicate with people in more than 150 countries, including more than three million schoolchildren. The expedition Website, received more than twenty-three million hits during the traverse.
What new discoveries will people who followed the expedition find in this book?
The book is the first time we've publicly recounted many of the intimate details of our literal and figurative journeyhow the expedition affected us physically and emotionally, how we overcame extreme obstacles, and how we interacted with one another.
Any parallels between writing a book and trekking across Antarctica?
Like crossing Antarctica, writing a book requires great discipline. It was a long process, it required us to put one foot in front of the other, and it had its highs and lows. In many respects, writing a book was more difficult than crossing Antarctica because we're both introverts. And, to help our readers get to know us, we shared many intimate details about the journey and ourselves. This was important to us so that the book doesn't simply recount the expedition, but allows our readers to really get to know us.
Do you think of yourself as women who crossed the Antarctic or people who crossed the Antarctic?
We think of ourselves first as people, but we are acutely aware of the fact that we were writing women into history. We always wanted to make history in that way, but it was very bittersweet. It frustrated us that in the year 2001, we were still breaking barriers for women.
Was your Antarctic expedition more grueling emotionally or physically? Did you ever think you wouldn't make it?
The trek was definitely more grueling emotionally than physically. We knew how to physically train for Antarctica, but we couldn't have prepared ourselves for the enormous time pressure we felt. Antarctica, known for its intense winds, had an abnormal lack of wind that summer. Day after day of no wind was emotionally taxing because we desperately needed wind to propel our sails so we could reach our daily mileage goals. And, with every expedition there are those fleeting moments of doubt; Antarctica was no exception.
How did your family and friends react when you told them you were going to attempt to cross Antarctica?
Our friends and families weren't surprised. At this point in our careers they expect it from us. Instead they ask, "What's next?"
How did you prepare physically for your journey across Antarctica?
We had an intense training regimeup to six hours a daythat some might consider, frankly, a little odd. We cross-country skied on gravel roads while pulling three car tires harnessed to our waists. This helped us simulate pulling 250-pound (113-kg) sleds over rough Antarctic terrain and built our leg and back muscles. Another unusual thing we did was run up and down steep bluffs while carrying kitty litter in a backpack, which added the resistance needed to simulate pulling heavy sleds. We also trained by doing activities we enjoy that build strength and endurance, and utilize a full range of body movements, such as running, hiking, and kayaking.
Because we live so far apart, most of our training was done alone, which helped us mentally prepare for the solitude of Antarctica. But we did take a couple of training trips together to test the durability and reliability of our equipment, such as our windsails, tent, and cooking gear.
Tell us about the gear you used on your expedition. What did you bring, and how much did it weighand how on earth did you carry it?
Deciding what to pack for our 94-day journey was mind-boggling, but even more challenging was fitting all of our food, gear, and technology equipment into a sled that couldn't weigh more than 250 lbs (113 kg). Creativity was key in order to pack the things we wanted. For example, Ann cut her toothbrush in half to reduce weight so she could bring a family photo. We packed a three-person pop-up tent (just big enough to live in and easy to set up) and used gear that was "rigged," or easy to construct. We had to carry everythingour camping gear, cooking supplies (including food), first aid equipment, a repair kit, navigation, safety, and communications equipment, skiing and sailing equipment, glacier equipment, and personal items.
Just how cold did it get on your journey?
We crossed the continent during the "summer" season (November through the middle to end of February), so we experienced twenty-four hours of daylight and temperatures that dipped to -35 degrees Fahrenheit (-37 degrees Celsius), and -70 degrees Fahrenheit (-57 degrees Celsius) with windchill.
How did the temperature influence what you wore?
Antarctica's high winds and frigid temperatures drove all of our decisions related to what we wore. We wore protective clothing that covered every inch of our bodies, and we either shed or added layers depending on our level of activity. For example, while windsailing, we wore mittens instead of gloves, an extra down vest, another layer of wind clothes, and an extra jacket. During breaks, we often added a down parka on top of our ski gear. We were also careful of the sun's rays because the hole in the ozone is above Antarctica; we wore forty-five level sunblock twenty-four hours a day.
To maintain high energy levels and keep warm, we ate and drank foods that were high in nutrients, calories, and fat. We also had to melt ice for water. It took about four hours to melt enough ice for one day and prepare water for two. For breakfast, we often ate oatmeal with lots of oil. Dinner consisted of a quick dehydrated dinner, such as fish and potatoes. Because they're high in calories and fat, we also ate vacuum-packed potato chips and lots of Norwegian chocolate. Chocolate was the only food left toward the end of our journey, so we actually got sick of it!
You both live in chilly places, Ann in Minneapolis and Liv in Norway. Is there something that draws you to the cold?
We both grew up pursuing cold-weather activities, like skiing, because of where we live. But neither of us are big fans of being cold; we've just learned to dress appropriately for it. More than the cold, we're both drawn to remote, wide-open spaces that, in Antarctica, are incomparable to anywhere else on earth.
The two of you have been called "soul sisters." Will you attempt to make history together again?
Definitely! At forty-eight (Ann) and fifty (Liv), we share a very unique partnership in the explorer community. We've remained close friends since the Antarctica expedition and work extremely well together. We're passionate about pursuing many more individual and shared dreams. So stay tuned!
We help lead Your Expedition, a thirteen-person company sparked by our Antarctica expedition. It offers organizations and individuals inspiration and guidance to succeed in life's expeditions through multi-media presentations, short films, interactive tools, workshops, and lectures. The company's offerings are designed around our stories and include lessons on everything from self-motivation, perseverance, and ingenuity to personal integrity, goal setting, and calculated risk. You can find out more about it at www.yourexpedition.com.
| 2019-04-20T22:38:09 |
https://www.bookbrowse.com/author_interviews/full/index.cfm?author_number=932
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| 2019-04-26T12:31:11 |
https://bindcenter.eu/categories-gaming/spinpalace-reclame-aqui-nextgen-gaming-17-06-2018.php
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Editor Widget: how to handle a new feature before it is added to its feature layer?
I have asked the similar question before. I think it might be confusing. Instead re-post in that thread, I think it is better to create a new thread.
I use the Template Picker Widget and the Editor Widget for online editing. While those two widgets are powerful and convenient, they give me some headaches in using them. My major headache is on attribute editing before the attribute inspector popup.
By investigating the objects/property/methods of the Editor object, I learned that the Editor widget has a built-in Draw toolbar, which can be referred as follows, I can add an event handler to the "draw-end" event.
drawingToolbar is an object of myEditor, and drawToolbar is an object of drawingToolbarobject.
I thought I can update the attribute information in the onDrawEnd event listener - myDrawEnd_func - before the feature is inserted into the feature layer. But I am wrong. I can't trap the newly created geometry in my event listener as the sample code at this link (Edit without Editor Widget).
This is my code which I use to trap the new geometry and assign attribute information to the new geometry. This is the way to manipulate the new feature before it is added to the feature layer as the sample code: Edit without Editor Widget.
But the problem is: there are two features added to the feature layer. One is with my customized attribute information. The other is without any customized information. I guess I do not really trap the feature before it is added to the feature layer in the "draw-end" event listener. Instead, I am re-creating the same feature and change the attribute information.
My question is: for the built-in toolbar, myEditor.drawingToolbar.drawToolbar, of the Editor Widget, can I trap the new feature in the "draw-end" event listener before the feature is added to its feature layer?
Take a look at the Feature Layer's before-apply-edits event. This event fires before features are added to the feature layer.
| 2019-04-19T14:42:32 |
https://community.esri.com/thread/160918-editor-widget-how-to-handle-a-new-feature-before-it-is-added-to-its-feature-layer
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tl;dr No one can answer your question if you never ask it.
I regularly see frustrated people asking for help in IRC. Unfortunately, they don't receive the help they're looking for because they don't ask questions that others are going to bother answering with any form of intelligent response.
<techXfan> Does anyone have experience with Technology X?
<techXfan> Can anyone help me with Technology X?
More importantly, even generally helpful people are afraid to be lured into a conversation where they can't be helpful.
<techXfan> I'm using Technology X, can anyone answer a question I have?
<techXfan> Sending 200 megabyte files to Technology X always fails with "Request too large"; I've tried setting allow_large_requests=True in the config file, but the issue persists.
Finally, don't ask for help in a private message when you can ask in a public forum. There are more people around to provide help, and there are more people around to benefit from the answers.
| 2019-04-25T04:09:00 |
https://blog.dolphm.com/how-to-ask-for-help-in-irc/
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We are rapidly approaching a dividing point where we will have to face two admittedly regrettable, yet clearly distinguishable, post-oil scenarios. One, in which we've got likely few people killed and a series of economic and technological breakthroughs leading to world peace, and another in which we've got 150 million people killed, or more, a series of disparaging ecological disasters, and massive starvation, shortage, poverty, and war.
I want the people in power to consider these options. We could release the technology to the public, or even to companies and into production for the 171mpg carburater and for water splitting technology.
Assume >go< on ramificiations of free energy.
What would the negative elements of this be? Existing stocks of oil would face substantial reduction in current and future value. We stand to replace existing infrastructure from energy companies and electrical grids as major power plants are replaced by decentralized small energy plants and energy becomes plentiful. American supremecy in the world would be reduced by losing its energy and economic monopoly of petrodollars and dramatically reducing the price of industrialization and infrastructure. Hundreds of thousands or millions of jobs could be lost from the energy sector, from manufacturing and industrial sectors which would be replaced primarily by robotics. Petroleum and chemical companies would be shut down from lack of petroleum products and use. Fertilizer and pesticide companies and agricultural businesses would need to dramatically change production.
Conversion kits for cars could be produced cheaply and for perhaps a year's cost of oil per car a conversion could be fitted. The same could go for industrial engines and other applications. For remaining or intermediate projects, the 171mpg carburater could immediately be introduced, reducing American fuel consumption to somewhat less than 2/5 of its ordinary usage, likely sustainable by continental supplies until replacement can be arranged, likely 2-5 years' time. By replacing fertilizers with bacterially [Bacteri-Allied] expedited compost and pesticides with greenhousing and ethical ecological engineering we can nearly eliminate agricultural petroleum use and sustain and advance agricultural development. Plastic can be replaced by cornstarch and tree and hemp farms covering large portions of the American west and Canada. 'Effortless' hydrogen can be produced from Stanley Meyer's water splitter, or if necessary can be created from genetically engineered bacteria's photosynthesis.
*What is the danger of world economy and labor exploding geometrically? We could potentially face isolated groups with nearly limitless power potential doing almost anything they liked. What if an island like Japan decided to use hundreds of terrawatts of energy and robot-manhours to build an enormous array of nuclear scramjet missiles, scramjet aircraft, robotic soldiers, tanks, mineshafts, fortifications, bombs, artillery, and weapons? What if China decided to do this? These are important questions to be aced in the world of tomorrow.
Several responses arise from this. What would motivate them to do this? What would guarantee their success in a world with excellent surveillance, communication, and universal equality? I believe that the Chinese people, the Japanese people, and the people of every government would begin to behave significantly differently when they no longer relied on the state for their energy or public services so much as their local [and international/suit by proxy] police and firemen, hospital workers, construction workers and machinists. Their power could come from a neighborhood level and security techniques could make it unsabotagable, and any large population as a whole immune from mechanical sabotage.
I believe that with this limitless or unlimited energy people could pursue anything they chose to, and that they would not choose to pursue national agenda or warlike ways. Without such constraints they would no longer face shortage of resources, as they could either throw any amount of energy and therefore time into any meaningful project, or any amount into finding a better way to accomplish that project. Organization of force to subdue others would not be necessary and would be foolhardy.
Any goal could be achieved without preventing someone else from achieving a goal, except for that universal freedom principle. Those there who turn away from God and what is good would be shown justice and their injuries deleted.
I believe that a world organization dedicated to monitoring, preparing for, and exposing possible threats, including famine, disease, potential economic or material difficulties, rescues, civil service, and in the meantime, specialized education, would be the best defense against tyranny.
This could be the Human Team, or some such name. An voluntary organization of specially skilled individuals who ethically and empathically care for earth and its inhabitants and seek methods to prevent flaw in mankind's environment and to aid and assit mankind wherever possible. The focus of these Team members would scale up and downwards. Upwards would include the prevention of large volume problems, such as a pending epidemic or famine, or anything like war or natural disasters. Downwards would go from civil regions of service as police, firefighters, hospitalers, even as machinists for civil service, counselors, educators.
I imagine many of earth's people would become farmers for a portion of the day, naturalists, entertainers, robotics technicians, carpenters, construction workers, movers of goods, many dedicated and successful scientists and engineers, few fighters. Few malcontents. I imagine everyone would be able to be all of these things if they chose.
An oil baron, if they chose, could have all energy they chose from earth and water and bacteria, and likely a portion of land fairly large to control. They could have foods grown in greenhouses, machines to do whatever they like, gain entertainment from the internet or any media source, fly in planes, etc. But a game of trying to get everything would be impossible and no longer played. No one would try to force others to play that game, and no one would expect you to. They would be surprised if you tried to acquire a billion dollars, or a million. Needs would be taken care of almost universally, with dramatic pursuit of a communication-connected and motivated friendly populace to achieve a positive state for everyone.
What legitimate concerns to this subutopia present themselves? Will it arrive within 25 years, bombs or no bombs? Yes, probably. Should it have been here by 1985? Yes, probably. What is stopping it, whom and why? What focus of education do they need to achieve this garden? Would they love it? I am certain that all friends of God would love such a place.
| 2019-04-23T10:58:56 |
http://tacticaledge.blogspot.com/2006/07/post-oil-situations.html
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Comentado: LightGood afteroon, this was achieved using an LED strip light.
Comentado: Paint on Cabinets?Hi Amanda, the cabinets are hand-painted in Dark Lead by Little Greene.
Comentado: What is ceiling colorGood evening, it is Strong White by Farrow & Ball.
Comentado: nice worktop. could you give an idea of the cost pleaseThe price of concrete countertops depends on a few factors such as thickness and the template required etc. A ball park figure is between £760-£820 + VAT/sq. metre.
Cue & Co of London ha respondido una pregunta: Hi is this a custom made product or it can be bought?
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| 2019-04-22T20:12:34 |
https://www.houzz.es/pro/cueandco/cue-y-co-of-london
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First, the foundation of the rule: "the Scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses seat." Some take this as spoken of the Sanhedrim, who were the successors of Moses and the seventy elders of Israel. Possibly that may be a mistake, for several of the Sanhedrim were not Pharisees (Acts 23:3). For the chief priests belonged to that society (Acts 4:6), and they are said to be Sadducees; but by Scribes and Pharisees I understand the principal teachers among the Jews. The priests and Levites were more especially devoted to the study of the law. Deuteronomy 33:10: "They shall teach Jacob Thy judgments, and Israel Thy law." Yet others who were learned in the law were made use of to instruct the people, and were chosen to be rulers of the Synagogues. The Pharisees were of any tribe. Paul, who was of the tribe of Benjamin, was a Pharisee by education, as he tells in Acts 23:6: "I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee."
Second, here is the rule given: "what they bid you observe, that observe and do." This must be understood with the limitation: when they teach according to the mind of God. Sometimes they taught for doctrines the commandments of men and then it was sinful and dangerous to observe their directions. "If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch" (Matthew 15:14).
DOCTRINE: There may be a great deal of good preaching in a country, and yet a great want of good preaching.
It is a felicity to a people when there is good preaching in the land, yet there may in the same land be great want of good teaching. Some things that are very useful may be plainly and fully taught, and other things that might be as useful may be neglected. Many sound principles in religion may be taught, and other things that are of great concern unto souls may be omitted. Ministers dont sufficiently do their duty if they preach many sound truths, and do it convincingly and with good affection, if they do it with great clearness and evidence, provided they neglect other things that are needful to salvation. And so it falls out sometimes that men who make many good sermons are very defective in preaching some other things that they ought to preach.
I shall clear this in three instances.
1. The Scribes and Pharisees in Israel taught the people that there was only one God, the Maker of all things, and were great enemies to the idolatry that their fathers were guilty of before the Babylonian captivity. As the Scribe said to Christ in Mark 12:32, "Well, Master, Thou hast said the truth: for there is one God, and there is none other but He." They taught many moral duties: that men must love God and believe His Word, that they must be just and chaste and men of truth, and were very strict in the observation of the sabbath. They limited men how far they might go on the sabbath (Acts 1:12). We read of "a sabbath days journey." They taught truly the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead (Acts 23:78). The Pharisees dissented from the Sadducees. The Sadducees say there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees confessed both. They taught that the Messiah was to come; the Samaritans themselves received that doctrine (Job 4:25). They were very punctual in teaching circumcision and the ceremonies of the Law of Moses, about sacrifices, tithes, and legal uncleanness. But they were very faulty in preaching in other particulars. They were ignorant of the doctrine of regeneration, so Nicodemus (John 3:4) says, "How can a man be born when he is old?" They taught that the first motions of lust, if the will did not consent, were not sins. As we may gather from Romans 7:7, Paul says, "I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shall not covet. " And from Matthew 5:2728, "It was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery. But I say whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery in his heart."
They taught also that dangerous doctrine of justification by works (Romans 10:3). They went about to establish their own righteousness (Romans 9:23), They sought it, as it were, by the works of the law. They taught the people that in case they devoted their estates to the temple, they need not relieve their fathers or mothers (Matthew 15:46). And above all they taught that Jesus of Nazareth was not the Messiah and brought many objections against Him. They said that He came out of Galilee, was a gluttonous man and a winebibber (Matthew 11:19), a friend of publicans and sinners. They reproached Him that by the devil He cast out devils, and they were very dull in their preaching (Matthew 7:29).
2. The papists they teach the doctrine of the trinity truly, and the attributes of God, so also the doctrine of the Incarnation of Christ, and that He died for our redemption and is at the right hand of God. They teach the doctrine of the day of Judgment, of heaven and of hell, and many moral rules. But they preach a multitude of false doctrines with these doctrines that are pernicious to the souls of men. They teach men to seek the pardon of their sin by afflicting their bodies, by pilgrimage and paying a sum of money. They teach many horrible things with respect to their Pope, that he has power to forgive sin, to dispense with incestuous marriages; that he has power over all the churches and may dispense with the laws of God; that he is infallible. They teach the doctrine of image worship, abolishing the second commandment. They teach prayer to saints departed, the unlawfulness of priests marriages, the doctrine of purgatory, justification by works, a conditional election, the power of free will, falling from grace, and hundreds of other erroneous doctrines. They indeed subvert the faith of Christ.
3. Many Arminians preach very profitably about God and the person of Christ, about justification by faith and universal obedience, about the day of judgment and of eternal rewards and punishments. But there is a great deal of want of good preaching among them. They decry all absolute decrees of election and reprobation, making the decrees of God to depend on the foresight of repentance or impenitence. They assert universal redemption, as if Christ died to make all man saveable. They deny the propagation of sin, saying men become sinners by imitation. They hold a power in man to withstand the grace of God; that after God has done His work it is in the power of man to refuse to be converted. They dont acknowledge the servitude of man to sin, but have power with that assistance that God affords to convert himself. They deny the doctrine of perseverance. These things draw a great train of errors after them.
The reason of the doctrine is because some preachers are men of learning and moral men, and they have drunk in some errors and lack experience. Learning and morality will qualify men to make many good and profitable sermons, much for the edification of the hearers. Learning qualifies men to clear up many principles of religion, and a moral disposition may fit men zealously to reprove vicious practices. But men may be learned men, yet drink in very corrupt doctrines.
Learning is no security against erroneous principles. The Pharisees and Sadducees were men of liberal education, yet leavened with many false principles. Matthew 16:6: "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." And verse 12: "Then understood they that He bid them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees." Learning will not cure those distempers of the heart that expose men to false opinions. Learning will not cure the pride and conceitedness of mens hearts. Men of learning may lean too much to their own understanding. Men of learning may be led aside by reading erroneous books. A learned education will not deliver men from carnal reason. Men of corrupt affections are very inclined to imbibe bad principles. Men of learning may be blind men. Christ says of the Pharisees, "They be blind, leaders of the blind" (Matthew 15:14).
Most of the errors in the world in matters of religion have been hatched by men of learning. Arius, Socinus, Arminius, and Pelagius were learned men. Errors in religion have been generally the offspring of great scholars, and have been propagated by them. And men may be moral men who have no experience of the work of God upon their hearts. Men may be zealous men against drunkenness and whoredom who have no saving knowledge of Christ. Many moral men have no communion with God, no experience of a saving change in their own souls. Men may be very moral and have no experience of a work of humiliation or being brought off from their own righteousness, or a work of faith; of the difference that is between the common and special work of the Spirit; of the difference between saving and common illumination; of the working of the heart under temptation; of the way wherein godly men are wont to find relief.
Every learned and moral man is not a sincere convert, and so not able to speak exactly and experimentally to such things as souls want to be instructed in. It is as with a man who has seen a map of a country, or has read a great deal about it: he cant tell the way between town and town, and hundreds of particular circumstances, as a man who has traveled or lived there is able to do. Experience fits men to teach others. A man who has himself had only a common work of the Spirit, and judges it saving, is very unfit to judge the state of other men. Men would not put their lives into the hands of an unskillful physician, or trust their ship with an unskillful pilot, or an intricate case depending on the law with an unskillful lawyer.
USE 1. Of examination whether it is not thus in this country.
It is notoriously known by those who are acquainted with the state of the Christian world that though there are many eminent truths taught, yet there is a great want of good preaching. Whence it comes to pass that among professors a spirit of piety runs exceedingly low. But it is proper for us to take notice how it is among ourselves; and though it is very evident that there is a great deal of good preaching in the land, that the way of salvation is preached with a great deal of plainness and power, and many men are very faithful to declare all the counsel of God, yet there may be cause of lamentation that there is a great deal wanting in some places. Some may be very much to blame in preaching as they ought to do.
If any are taught that frequently men are ignorant of the time of their conversion, that is not good preaching. Some are of that opinion, and it is likely they may drink it in from their ministers. This is a delusion, and it may do them a great deal of hurt; it hardens men in their natural condition. Paul knew the time of his conversion: "At midday, O King, I saw a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun" (Acts 26:13).
Men are frequently at a loss whether their conversion was true or not; but surely men who are converted must take some notice of the time when God made a change in them. Conversion is a great change, from darkness to light, from death to life, from the borders of despair to a spirit of faith in Christ. As for the outward conversation, there is sometimes little difference. Men might carry very well before, but, as to the frame of mens hearts, there is a very great difference. Formerly they were under the reigning power of objections against the gospel; when converted they receive it as a divine truth. Before they were converted they were under a sentence of condemnation; now they have peace with God through Jesus Christ. Men are generally a long time seeking conversion, laboring to get an interest in Christ; and it would be much if when God reveals Christ to them they should not take notice of it when the change is made. Ten to one but conscience will take notice of it.
When a seaman comes into the harbor, when a prisoner is pardoned, when a victory is obtained, when a disease is broken, it would be much if men should take no notice of them. Conversion is the greatest change that men undergo in this world; surely it falls under observation! The prodigal knew well enough the time of his return to his fathers house. The children of Israel knew the time of their passing over Jordan.
If any are taught that humiliation is not necessary before faith, that is not good preaching. Such doctrine has been taught privately and publicly, and is a means to make some men mistake their condition and think themselves happy when they are miserable. For men must be brought off from their own righteousness before they are brought to Christ. Men who think they have anything to appease the wrath of God and ingratiate themselves will not accept the calls of the gospel in sincerity. While people have a foundation to build upon, they will not build upon Christ. A self-righteous spirit is quite contrary to the gospel. If men are self-righteous men, they will not judge it fair for God to cast them off. Men who depend upon the justice of God will not depend upon the mere mercy of God. Men who lay claim to heaven from their own works will not depend on the plea that Christ has given His life a ransom for many, and has redeemed us from the curse, being made a curse for us.
Multitudes of men are ruined by building upon a sandy foundation. Men must see their malady before they see their remedy. Men must be led into understanding of the badness of their hearts and the strictness of the law before they will be convinced of the preciousness of Christ. Men who can heal their own consciences will not come to Christ for healing. Men must be driven by necessity indeed before they come to Christ. Though men feel great terrors and live a tormented life, yet they will not come to Christ until driven out of themselves. Men must feel themselves dead in sin in order to their believing. Romans 7:9: "Sin revived, and I died." Men must see themselves poor and miserable, wretched and blind and naked, before they receive that counsel of buying of Christ gold tried in the fire, and white raiment (Revelation 3:17).
When men dont preach much about the danger of damnation, there is a want of good preaching. Some ministers preach much about moral duties and the blessed estate of godly men, but dont seek to awaken sinners and make them sensible of their danger; they cry for reformation. These things are very needful in their places to be spoken unto, but if sinners dont hear often of judgment and damnation, few will be converted. Many men are in a deep sleep and flatter themselves as if there was no hell, or at least that God will not deal so harshly with them as to damn them. Psalm 36:2: "He flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful."
Men need to be told of the terrors of the Lord so that they may flee from wrath to come. A little matter will not scare men. Their hearts are as hard as a stone, as hard as a piece of nether millstone, and they will be ready to laugh at the shaking of the spear. Ministers must give them no rest in such a condition. They must pull themselves as brands out of the burnings. It is well if thunder and lightning will awaken them. They need to fear that they may work out their salvation with fear and trembling. Ministers are faulty when they speak to them with gentleness, as Eli rebuked his sons. Christ Jesus often warned them of the danger of damnation. Matthew 5:2930: "It is better that one of thy members should perish, and not that the whole body should be cast into hell." Matthew 7:13: "Broad is the gate and wide is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be that go in thereat." Matthew 13:42: "The angels shall cast them into a furnace of fire, there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." (See also Matthew 22:13 and 25:41, 46) This is for our imitation.
Christ knew how to deal with souls, and Paul followed His example. Men need to be terrified and have the arrows of the Almighty in them that they may be converted. Ministers should be sons of thunder. Men need to have storms in their hearts before they will betake themselves to Christ for refuge. When they are pricked at the heart, then they will say, "What must we do to be saved?" Men must be fired out of their worldliness and sloth. Men must be driven as Lot was out of Sodom. Reason will govern men in other things, but it is fear that must make them diligently seek salvation. If they are but thoroughly convinced of their danger, that will make them go to God and take pains.
If they give a wrong account of the nature of justifying faith, that is not good preaching. Justifying faith is set forth in the Scripture by many figurative expressions: coming to Christ, opening to Him, fitting under His shadow, flying to Him for refuge, building on Him as on a foundation, feeding on Him. These expressions imply not only an act of the understanding, but also and act of the will, accepting Him, depending on Him. This doctrine is despised by some, and faith in Christ is said to be only a persuasion of the truth of the Christian religion. This is the way to make multitudes of carnal men secure, and to flatter themselves as if they were in a good condition. They say they are not heathens, Turks, Papists, or Jews. Since they believe that Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, they hope they are believers; but multitudes of people have such a faith that will fall short of eternal life. John 2:2324: "Many believed in His name, when they saw the miracles that He did; but Jesus did not commit Himself unto them." John 14:4243: "Among the chief rulers many believed on Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him."
The faith of some men is only a persuasion from their education. As heathens receive the religion of their forefathers by tradition, so these receive the Christian religion from hearsay. But justifying faith is wrought in men by the mighty power of God.
2 Thessalonians 1:11: "That He would work in you the work of faith with power." Ephesians 1:1920: "And what is the exceeding greatness of His power to usward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power; which He wrought in Christ when He raised Him from the dead." By justifying faith, men answer the calls of God, relinquishing their own righteousness; they place their dependence only on the mediation of Christ (Hebrews 6:18). They flee for refuge, to lay hold on the hope that is set before them. Justifying faith is a living principle that sanctifies men. Acts 15:9: "Purifying their hearts by faith." Many men have a common persuasion of the truth of the gospel who are utterly destitute of holiness. But true justifying faith is always accompanied with a holy life. Where there is faith, there is every other grace. Acts 26:18: "Sanctified by faith that is in me."
If any give false signs of godliness, that is not good preaching. Signs of grace are of two sorts. Some are probable, and they must be spoken of only as probable; a score of them may make the thing more probable, but dont make it certain. Probabilities make no demonstration. Probable signs are not conclusive. There are two errors in laying down signs. One is when those things that may flow from common principlessuch as natural temper, natural conscience, fear of hell, or false imaginationsare given as sure signs of grace. But those things that may flow from common principles dont truly distinguish between saints and hypocrites, things such as a good conversation savory discourse, zeal against sin, strong religious affections, sorrow for sin, quietness under afflictions, delight in ordinances, or suffering for religion. From such loose signs people are in danger of taking up a false persuasion of their godliness.
Such signs are full of delusion, and many men bless themselves who are in a miserable condition. Such probable signs may be where there are certain signs of the contrary. Men are apt to flatter themselves, and when they hear such signs they are strengthened in their carnal confidence. There is no infallible sign of grace but grace. Grace is known only by intuition; all the external effects of grace may flow from other causes. Another error is when men are too strict in their signs, as when they give that as a sign that there is a constant care to glorify God, a continual living upon Jesus Christ, and a constant watchfulness against the workings of corruption. There is no godly man but has at times ill frames of spirit. David and Jonah and Peter had such. When David committed adultery, he had not a due care to glorify God; nor Jonah when he was in a fret, nor the Psalmist when he was as a beast before God, nor Paul when he was led into captivity by the law of sin that was in his members. There is no godly man who can comfort himself with such signs as these. It is well if godly men see now and then the workings of a spirit of grace. Grace is many times under hatches and is invisible.
If any teach men to build their faith about the divine authority of the Scripture upon probable signs, that is not good preaching. There are many probable arguments for the authority of the sacred scriptures: the eminency of the penmen, and they have had a mighty efficacy to make a change in the hearts of men. It is said there were many miracles wrought for the confirmation of the doctrine of them; there has been an accomplishment of many of the predictions in them. These arguments are preponderating and outweigh all objections that are brought against the authority of them. These considerations may well strengthen the faith of the people of God, but these things cannot be the foundation of our faith. It is only the certain knowledge of their authority that can be the foundation of faith or any other grace. Men cannot believe them to be infallibly true upon probable arguments. Probable arguments must be looked on but as probable and not convincing. Men must have infallible arguments for loving God and believing His Word. The foundation of believing the divine authority of the Scripture is the manifestation of the divine glory in them. There is a self evidencing light in the works of God. The creation of the world shows Gods power and the Godhead (Romans 1:20). It is impossible that the world should be made by any but an infinite God. So there is a self-evidencing light in the word of God; there are such things revealed there as can be made known by none but God. 1 Corinthians 2:9: "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive what God hath prepared for them that love Him." Those eternal rewards that are spoken of in the Scripture , those perfect rules that are laid down there, those accounts that are given of the mercy of God and the justice of God, manifested in the way of our salvation, would never have entered into the heart of man to conceive if it had not been revealed by God. Men would never have thought of such a way of salvation if it had not been declared by God.
If men preach for such liberties as God does not allow, that is not good preaching. There are many licentious liberties that are taken by men in their apparel, in their drinking, in their dancing and other recreations, in their discourses upon the sabbath, and in their dealings with one another. And if ministers either vindicate or connive at them, they dont preach as they ought to do. Some men are lax casuists, and they take too great a liberty themselves, as do their wives and children, and they are afraid to anger men by reproving some particular evils that men are addicted to who prevail in the land. The Pharisees were such casuists. Matthew 5:43: "Ye have heard it hath been said of old, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. " Men should be solemnly warned against all evil carriages; and if this is omitted it gives great increase to sin in the land. God complains of ill against teachers for not reproving sinners. Isaiah 56:10: "They are ignorant and blind, dumb dogs that cannot bark." If men were duly reproved for their extravagancies, that would be a means to reclaim them. Jeremiah 23:22: "If they had stood in My counsel and had caused My people to hear My words; then they should have turned them from their evil way and from the evil of their doings."
Faithful preaching would be beneficial two ways: one way is it would cut off occasions of anger and prevent those sins that bring down the wrath of God on the land; we should then enjoy much more public prosperity. The other is, that it would deliver men from those vicious practices that are a great hindrance to conversion. As long as men live in ways of intemperance, injustice, and unsuitable carriages on the sabbath, it will be a great impediment to a thorough work of conversion. There may be conversion though men are not broken off from sins of ignorance, but as long as they tolerate themselves in immoralities that will be a mighty bar in the way of their conversion.
If men preach for such ceremonies in worship as God does not allow, that is not good preaching. There are those who plead for human inventions in worship, who would if they could defend the ceremonies of the church of England, who would retain some Jewish ceremonies that are abolished, and practice other human appointments. Jeroboam was condemned not only for worshipping the calves of Dan and Bethel, but for appointing a time of worship in his own heart (1 Kings 12:3233). So it is noted as an imperfection in the reformation of Asa, Jehoshaphat and Manasseh that the high places were not taken away. This is spoken of as a great sign of hypocrisy. Isaiah 29:13: "This people draw near Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips; but have removed their heart far from Me: and their fear towards Me is taught by the precept of men." When men impose such ceremonies, they usurp a power that God has not given them. It is Gods prerogative to appoint in what ways we shall worship Him; and men therein go quite beyond the bounds of their authority. Men therein impute imperfection and defect to the ordinances of God, as if they could teach him how it is fit that He should be worshipped, and they presume on a blessing without a promise. Matthew 15:9: "In vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men." This is a way to make men formal in their worship; the multiplying of ceremonies eats out the heart of religion and makes a people degenerate. Men who multiply ceremonies are apt to content themselves with the form without the life.
QUESTION. Is the late practice of some ministers in reading their sermons commendable? ANSWER. There are some cases wherein it may be tolerable. Persons through age may loose the strength of their memories, and be under a necessity to make use of their notesbut ordinarily it is not to be allowed.
Consideration 1. It was not the manner of the prophets or apostles. Baruch read the roll that was written from the mouth of Jeremiah; but Jeremiah was not wont to read his prophesies. It was the manner of the Jews to read the scriptures in the synagogues; but after that it was their way to instruct and exhort men, not from any written copy. Acts 13:15: "After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. " This was according to the example of Christ (Luke 4:17, 20). It was ordered in England in the days of King Edward the Sixth that ministers should read printed homilies in public. And there was great necessity of it, for there was not one in ten who were able to make sermons. But it has been the manner of worthy men both here and in other places to deliver their sermons without their notes.
Consideration 2. The reading of sermons is a dull way of preaching. Sermons when read are not delivered with authority and in an affecting way. It is prophesied of Christ (Micah 5:4): "He shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God." When sermons are delivered without notes, the looks and gesture of the minister is a great means to command attention and stir up affection. Men are apt to be drowsy in hearing the Word, and the liveliness of the preacher is a means to stir up the attention of the hearers and beget suitable affection in them. Sermons that are read are not delivered with authority; they favor the sermons of the scribes, (Matthew 7:29). Experience shows that sermons read are not so profitable as others. It may be argued that it is harder to remember rhetorical sermons than mere rational discourses; but it may be answered that it is far more profitable to preach in the demonstrations of the Spirit than with the enticing words of mans wisdom.
USE 2. See the reason why there is so little effect of preaching. There is much good preaching, and yet there is want of good preaching. There is very good preaching in old England, yet there is great want of good preaching, especially among the conformists. And there is very good preaching in New England, and yet there is some want of good preaching, especially in some places: and this is one reason that there is no more good done. There is a great fault in hearers: they are not studious of the mind of God; they are enemies to the gospel. And when Christ Himself preached among them many did not profit by it. Yet some preachers are much to blame, and though they preach profitably many times, yet they have great cause to be humbled for their defects.
For hence it is that there is so little conversion. There is great complaint in one country and in another that there are few converted. It is apparent by mens unsanctified lives and their unsavory discourses. This is one reason, there is a great deal of preaching that does not much promote it, but is a hindrance to it. To tell men that they may be converted though they dont know the time; to teach that there is no need of a work of humiliation to prepare them for Christ; and that faith is nothing else but a persuasion that the gospel is true, is the very way to make many carnal men hope that they are converted. It makes other preaching very ineffectual; it makes them think that it is needless to strive for conversion. Such preaching hardens men in their sins. The want of dealing plainly with men is the reason why there is seldom a noise among the dry bones.
In some towns there is no such thing to be observed for twenty years together. And men continue in a senseless condition, come to meetings and hear preaching, but are never the better for it. In some towns godly men are very thinly sown. Most of the people are in as bad a condition as if they had never heard the gospel. They go on in a still way, following their worldly designs, carry on somewhat of the form of godliness, but mind little but the world and the pleasures of this life. The scribes did not preach with authority. Matthew 7:29: "And they entered not into the kingdom of God themselves, and they that were entering in they hindered." Such preaching is not mighty to the pulling down of strongholds. Conversion work will fail very much where there is not sound preaching.
Hence many men who make a high profession lead unsanctified lives. They are not dealt plainly with; and so, though they profess high, they live very low. They are not dealt roundly with, and they believe they are in a good estate, and conscience suffers them to live after a corrupt manner. Some of them live a proud and voluptuous life, and they are not searched as they should be. If they were told their own, that would keep them from saying that they were rich and increased in goods, and had need of nothing. If they were rebuked sharply, that might be a means to make them sound in the faith (Titus 1:13). It might make them not only to reform, but lay a better foundation for eternal life than ever yet was laid. Paul was very thorough in his work, and wherever he came he had the fullness of the blessing of the Gospel of Christ, (Romans 15:29).
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I don’t see any info on neuropathy treatment . Is that an option?
Stem cell research at Cleveland Clinic could pave the way for an entirely new approach to chronic pain treatment that reduces medicine’s current reliance on opioid therapy for intractable pain. The modality also shows promise as a tool to reverse opioid tolerance (OT) and opioid-induced hyperalgesia (OIH), particularly problematic side effects of opioid therapy. Jianguo Cheng, MD, PhD, and his colleagues at Cleveland Clinic have developed patented methods of attenuating opioid tolerance.
Animal studies by Dr. Cheng and his colleagues have demonstrated the effectiveness of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) transplantation in reducing hyperalgesia due to nerve injury. The group’s work has shown MSC transplantation’s effectiveness in reducing pain induced by sciatic nerve injury in rats and mice. MSC transplantation significantly reduced pain sensitivity evaluated by foot withdrawal thresholds in animals in response to thermal or mechanical stimulation. These cells produced immune modulatory and anti-inflammatory effects, promoted sensory nerve repair, and showed strong analgesic properties that could provide a safer and more effective alternative to current treatment modalities, in the management of neuropathic pain, says Dr. Cheng, Professor of Anesthesiology and Director of the Cleveland Clinic Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship Program.
Pain medicine researchers are searching for an alternative to opioid therapy because neuropathic pain often does not respond to morphine and other opioids. Opioid analgesics can also lead to a variety of complications, ranging from itching and constipation to dependence, addiction, respiratory depression and death.
About 30 percent of neuropathy cases are caused by nerve damage associated with diabetes. However, hundreds of diseases are linked to neuropathic pain. Sources of neuropathic pain include alcoholism, amputation (which can result in phantom pain), some chemotherapy drugs (for example, Cisplatin®, Paclitaxel®, Vincristine®), radiation therapy, complex regional pain syndrome type II, trigeminal neuralgia, shingles, spinal stenosis, and central nervous system disorders, such as Parkinson disease and multiple sclerosis.
Recent research by Dr. Cheng and his group has yielded new discoveries that bode well for MSC transplantation as a potential future treatment modality. One investigation compared the analgesic effects of MSC derived from bone marrow with MSC derived from adipose tissue. Adipose-derived cells were found to be as efficacious as bone marrow-derived cells in reducing neuropathic pain in rats. The finding suggests that stem cell therapy could offer a practical option because stem cells from adipose tissue are relatively easy to obtain.
Recent investigations by Dr. Cheng and his colleagues comparing the analgesic effectiveness of intrathecal versus intravenous methods of MSC transplantation show both methods to be equally effective. The finding has important implications because intravenous transplantation of MSC could offer a safer and more expeditious route of delivery than intrathecal transplantation.
Although many questions must be answered before it can be known whether stem cell therapy is safe and effective for humans, some small patient studies show potential, Dr. Cheng says. According to one observational study in Australia, MSC transplantation reduced pain in patients suffering from trigeminal neuralgia, a particularly difficult condition to treat. “Though the findings are preliminary, the study provides some evidence that what we have learned in the laboratory can be translated to clinical use,” Dr. Cheng says.
Dr. Cheng’s team has achieved analgesia with MSC transplantation from rats to mice, providing early evidence that stem cells’ anti-inflammatory and immuno-modulatory properties can be transferred between species. An important pre-clinical study will be to see whether the transplantation of human stem cells to animals also can produce analgesic and anti-tolerance effects, Dr. Cheng says.
Dr. Cheng’s team presented research at the 2016 annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine showing MSC’s potential to reverse opioid tolerance and opioid-induced hyperalgesia, problems that can compromise the safety and efficacy of opioid therapy. Intravenous transplantation of bone marrow-derived MSC significantly attenuated OT and OIH in animals whether the transplantation was performed seven days before or 14 days after the initiation of daily morphine injections. These data demonstrate that MSC transplantation can not only prevent the development of OT and OIH but can also reverse it.
Hi, Dr.Riordan, I much appreciated your seminar on YouTube, such as the eye opener about mom’s gaining health from each baby they carry.. It sorta evens out the playing field, since men have more ECW plus hormones which many women don’t have. I recently had both an MRI & PedCat done on my right foot. I suffer from pain off the charts. Actually from both my feet AND systemically. I.E. degenerative and dislocated joints, varicose veins, Plantar Fasciitis, posterior tibial tendinitis, Excruciating neuropathy, arch cramps, ankle pain, bunions, hallux valgus, pes cavus, calcifications…you name it. I am confused as to the best course of action. I.E. why not cord blood MSCs? Why amniotic? Also, who says I even have sufficient MSCs in my body at this stage of the game? Please, how I wish somebody could help me. I’ve already been taken for a ride way too much by the rotten Rotten system c/o Bush & ilk.
| 2019-04-24T15:48:54 |
https://neilriordan.net/ucmsc-preeclampsia/
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The first and third paragraphs of your answer are not germane to the question.
Ger (main): he asked the "main" (appropriate) question germane. very close to word. germany. so if you want TO learn GERMAN LANGUAGE. I GUESS A GERMAN teacher would be APPROPRIATE.
| 2019-04-19T00:15:32 |
http://prep340.com/Word.php?sGName=%20Talk,%20talk,%20talk!&group=Relevant%20to%20off-topic&word=germane
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Keeper is a 2 year old colt that had been a rescue from a PMU ranch in another state - The ranch had gone bankrupt so there were several colts and fillies that weren't being properly cared for.
He was brought to a professional training facility in California as were a couple of the other colts and fillies from that same ranch - the others flourished in their training, but Keeper was not moving forward in the program - just like people, some horses are more confident while others are more fearful and sensitive.
We offered to take him on - we were interested in him for a Reining Cow Horse prospect. I love working with the Fearful Horse - very rewarding. Once you get rid of their fear - they are incredibly trusting, grateful and dedicated to you as their leader. They feel safe with you and look for your guidance.
I wasn't prepared for the level of fear he had. Although he had been saddled several times - he would bolt and buck in a frenzy - I kept him on a lead line so that I could intervene to keep him safe. He would jump up and rear and fall over backwards, scramble to his feet and do it again, get to his feet and throw himself down on his side. All this time I was attached to him by his halter and lead and I all I could do is guide him in a different direction to keep him from landing on the round pen. Once the strings of the saddle touched his rump or legs, he would fire off his hind legs like a pair of guns. He would just check out. I wasn't sure I could fix this or if it was even humane to try. We decided we would try and lay him down.
There is a reason for laying down a horse - and its only something we do if we think it will make a difference in the horse. There is always a possibility that the horse may get hurt, especially one like Keeper with his level of fear.
The horse is so vulnerable when he is asked to lay down - they think they are going to die - not get hurt - but Die. In order to get a handle on his fear - we wanted him to experience his worst fear - and Survive. So we laid him down and once he was down I laid on top of him rubbing him everywhere I couldn't touch before, his flanks, hind legs, belly - everywhere. He held his breath and after what seemed forever - he finally exhaled. We kept him down for about 30 minutes with me on top of him until his breathing was normal. When we let him up - we turned him out in the arena to relax and he laid down and stayed down for awhile. We turned him out with our geldings and he laid down out there - he kept yawning which is a release of stress and then he would lay down again. This was another great sign because as long as he was here - we never saw him lay down. His worst fear came to pass and he survived. Laying down was now safe.
We left him out in the pasture with our geldings for a couple of months to get schooled by the herd on how to be a horse. At first - the geldings wouldn't have anything to do with him - they kept him at a distance- they sensed his abnormal fear level and rejected him. But gradually they let him in - the areas where he was most sensitive to touch - his hind quarters and hind legs - the geldings went for those specific areas - pushing him, nipping him - they desensitized him. Once he was fully integrated into the herd which took a couple of months - we felt he was ready to work again.
The combination of the laying down and letting our geldings teach him to be a horse made a huge difference. Now we can go back to training - although we were going to back up several steps. Instead of the saddle we worked him in the surcingle until he was completely calm - it took a week. Then we graduated to the saddle. Not one more buck when saddled and sending him off - no more rearing and throwing himself backwards, no more checking out and bolting in a panic. He has learned how to take pressure - pressure of the cinch tightening around his girth, the stirrups bouncing off his sides, and the strings of the saddle touching his rump. I can ground drive him, letting the ropes touch his hind legs and he doesn't kick out, I can drag a tarp, I can send him over the barrel saddled and he doesn't come out bucking. He is learning he will survive all of these new maneuvers and when he is calm - the reward is huge. Lots of breaks, lots of time and letting him soak - lots of rewards. Training takes time, backing up in the training to build confidence, and giving them the breaks they need to soak. Looks like we will be riding soon. Looks like Keeper has a home.
I wish you all safe riding!
Check back as Keeper's story progresses!
Part 2 of Keeper's Progress including Keeper's first job!
| 2019-04-23T06:17:49 |
http://sheryllyndeclinics.com/case_bios/keeper.htm
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A Malaysia-born artist's tribute to Singapore is making a splash online.
Hong Yi, otherwise known by her nickname Red, was tasked by Facebook recently to create a mural for a 10m-long cafeteria wall in its Singapore office using nothing but chopsticks.
"I wanted to experiment with alternative methods to create a mural, so instead of painting on the wall, I decided to set it ablaze," she tells The Sunday Times.
With the help of her team, she glued, blow-torched and layered 15,000 bamboo chopsticks to depict the Singapore story.
The mythological half-lion, half-fish Merlion is seen smiling, while buildings and constructs, both new and old, lie nestled within its body.
"The guardian of Singapore has protected the country from waves, storms and enemies from its early days as a village to where it is now," she says. "Filled with optimism and confidence, the Merlion looks forward into the future, bringing Singapore along with it."
Her unflinching optimism seems to have struck a chord. A two-minute video of the entire process was uploaded last Wednesday. Since then, it has been viewed more than 1.4 million times, and picked up more than 48,000 likes, comments and shares.
Her inspiration stems from the close ties she has to the Republic, she tells The Sunday Times in an e-mail interview.
Hong says she has vivid memories of visiting the zoo and bird park here when she was a child. She also remembers hunting for stickers in the shopping malls. "As a kid, Singapore meant wonderful stickers," she says.
The Merlion is not Hong's first foray in using challenging materials to create art.
Past works include using 20,000 teabags to create a "teh tarik man" at the World Economic Forum and sprinkling 100,000 sunflower seeds in an old alley in Shanghai to make a portrait of dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
Asked about how she felt about her latest work, Hong said: "As a neighbour from Malaysia, I'm so proud to see where Singapore is today - the country has come so far in the last 60 years. I am hopeful for even better things to come."
Heard of the popular Instagram hashtag #FollowMeTo?
It was started by a creative couple - Murad and Nataly Osmann - back in 2011 as a means to showcase the places they have been to.
The images follow a tried-and- true format: A man, with his arm outstretched, is being led to by a woman heading out to some far-flung, exotic, heartbreakingly beautiful location.
The Osmanns have about five million followers on their Instagram accounts.
HOW PEOPLE SLEEP: A comical take on how people sleep in the comfort of their homes was the top video trending on YouTube last week, search giant Google said. It is produced by local comedy channel Wah!Banana.
#VESAKDAY: The annual ceremony, which commemorates Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death on Vesak Day, fell on May 21.
#EGYPTAIR: The disastrous crash of the plane from Paris to Cairo continues to trend as people try to make sense of the tragedy. There were 66 people on board.
But a Taiwanese couple have put their own hilarious spin to the meme on their recent trip to Hawaii.
Instead of holding hands like a pair of helpless romantics, the woman is photographed "dragging" the man around by his hair, ears or nose. The caption, written by one Forrest Lu, says: "Dear wife, you have to hold my hand, not my head."
The photos have been covered widely by Chinese humour sites.
Netizens seem to enjoy this "change of pace", with many users humorously stating that this would now be one of their "relationship goals".
The Fifty Cent Party has long been suspected to be a tool of the Chinese government to control opinions on social media.
These netizens, so-called because they are believed to be paid 50 cents per post, are typically pro-government and vehemently argue against sceptics online.
But a recent study based on leaked data from China's Internet Propaganda Office revealed that their modus operandi might be far subtler.
The work of Harvard University researchers Gary King, Jennifer Pan and Margaret Roberts posits that the Fifty Cent Party, rather than engaging other users on controversial issues, seeks to distract instead.
"The goal of this massive secretive operation is to regularly distract the public and change the subject, as most of the these posts involve cheerleading for China, the revolutionary history of the Communist Party, or other symbols of the regime," the researchers said.
The study also found that the Fifty Cent Party members are not, as previously claimed, ordinary citizens paid piecemeal for their work, but comprise mostly government employees who "contribute" part-time outside their regular jobs.
They are prolific. Each year, this group puts up about 488 million social media posts on behalf of the government.
More than half of these comments can be found on government sites, the study suggests, and the frequency of posts goes up during politically sensitive periods such as Communist party meetings and outbreaks of unrest.
The authors, however, do admit that their theories are not absolute as the data was extrapolated from a specific tranche of leaked data. This means it is highly possible that there are other organisations out there which adhere to a different set of rules.
But even taken with a pinch of salt, the findings are certainly food for thought.
| 2019-04-22T10:26:19 |
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/tickled-by-chopsticks-and-a-helpless-hubby
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I am working for an IT company which makes financial systems.
My main duties are preparing data, making new functions and maintaining systems that are already in use.
I am working for an IT company which that makes financial systems.
I am working for an IT company which makes financial systems. My main duties are preparing data, making new functions and maintaining systems that are already in use. I am a programmer.
| 2019-04-20T10:48:04 |
https://lang-8.com/1494559/journals/46923543844323144778181927725150536750
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"She is down on the floor underneath."
Translation:Hon är nere på våningen under.
Wouldn't this be "she is on the floor below" in English? The structure of this sentence sounds a bit weird.
English is not my native language. I struggled to even understand it, and it needed the Swedish translation for that.
Agreed. This sounds like there's someone below the floorboards.
What's the difference between nere, nedför, ner, ned, etc.?
Nere is down (location) like ’He is down there’, ner/ned means motion down like ’I am going down the stairs’. Ned is the more formal and written variant of the two but they mean the same thing. Nedför/nerför is sort of downwards alongside something. You could also say Han gick nedför trappan for ’He went down the stairs’ since you’re walking along the stairs.
| 2019-04-21T20:55:04 |
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/6597273/She-is-down-on-the-floor-underneath
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Find the number that should be added to the expression in order to complete the square, then factor the resulting expression.
To complete the square of a second degree polynomial of the form , divide b by 2 and then square that result. In other words, find . In , .
In other words, complete the square of the expression by adding .
| 2019-04-26T10:31:48 |
https://www.chegg.com/homework-help/trigonometry-videos-with-chapter-test-prep-9th-edition-chapter-a.3-problem-75ayu-solution-9780321717054
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Header Picture Resolution on Different Platforms?
So I got some great advice from Kami the other day about doing some CSS coding for different resolutions. The issue is that my forum theme is "almost" "responsive" but the header picture is atrocious on phones and computers with different resolutions from my 1920x1820 Chromebook.
I need help coming up with a good color scheme that is not so overbearingly pink but still "matches" the header.
Any other opinions and suggestions would be great.
Okay, so upon actually viewing the site, I realized I had to zoom out a little bit to stop from scrolling so far to get to boards on your forum. And I've had to do this on FireFox, Edge &amp; my Mobile browser!! The images you have your forum are just too wide and take up a bit of space. Now the mobile browser view you may not be able to help (I've tried to no real solution), but the desktop you can.
I think this may need some attention before anything else gets changed or fixed on the forum.
So how do I go about this? I am not sure which keywords to google because the ones I did turned up absolutely nothing useful.
Im not really sure you'll be able to google this one. You may have to request some help here on support for that since there's something in the overall coding template that causes certain things to resize and such. Hell, I've even pulled my own forum up on my mobile browser (Im finding that the people who love my social media accounts just LOVE being able to visit the forum on a mobile device. So I figured I would look into making it easier to use the forum on mobile devices instead of desktop) and my banner is partially hidden! The only thing I can think of is that the banner size is too wide for mobile browsers or its coded to have banners that are at max, a certain width. Its very difficult to figure out when you're main concentration ISN'T coding.
TIKOLICIOUS I have been attempting to teach myself coding for the last few years and I have never really come across this, even with all the time I have spent designing ProBoards themes! So thank you for bringing it up! It's something I knew of myself but it never occurred to me to attempt fixing it for whatever reason. Kami and I believe Scott told me in another thread that we would have to add some extra CSS codes so our themes adapt properly to different screens, but I don't know where to start with that. If I find out, do you want me to tag you/let you know?
You can indeed google it -- what you're looking for is media queries. In short summary, you can use the @media rule to specify a condition that the CSS must meet in order to display whatever CSS follows.
This way, .small-banner will be displayed, and while the other two images will be hidden. Repeat this for common breakpoints (sizes where displays normally change to respond to the screen size), switching out which images aren't displayed.
| 2019-04-21T04:23:12 |
http://support.proboards.com/thread/653157/header-picture-resolution-different-platforms
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I am an experienced and effective tutor and certified teacher who knows how to use a variety of teaching strategies and techniques to help students learn. Here are some concrete examples showing my effectiveness as a teacher/tutor.
1. I helped a student raise her grade 26 percentage points in about five weeks.
2. I helped another student raise her grade from an F to a C. The student then continued to improve her grade and eventually earned an A in the class.
3. I helped students maintain an average score of 90% in my own class.
| 2019-04-19T06:45:16 |
https://tutormatch.com/tutors/14073/foreign-language/
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A start telling when the subtask starts.
A duration giving the duration of the subtask.
A deadline requesting the subtask to finish no later than a given date.
A person indicating which person performs the subtask.
Both the start and the person correspond to discrete decision variables, while the duration and the deadline are integers. Since all subtasks of a same task must run in parallel, their start, duration and deadline are identical. Since a person can perform at most one task at each timepoint, persons assigned to the subtasks of a same task must all be distinct. We also assume that a subtask cannot be preempted.
The first anaesthetist is not available during the time periods [0,1], [5,6], and [12,16].
The second anaesthetist is not available during the time periods [0,2], [6,6], [15,15], and [22,22].
The first surgeon is not available during the time periods [0,1], [8,9], and [13,14].
The second surgeon is not available during the time periods [5,5], and [20,21].
The four nurses are all not available during the time periods [0,0], [7,7], [12,12], and [22,22].
Task t 1 needs one anaesthetist, one surgeon and two nurses during two consecutive time slots.
Task t 2 needs one anaesthetist, one surgeon and one nurse during four consecutive time slots.
Task t 3 needs one anaesthetist, two surgeons and two nurses during three consecutive time slots.
Task t 4 needs one anaesthetist, one surgeon and three nurses during two consecutive time slots.
Task t 5 needs one anaesthetist, one surgeon and one nurse during six consecutive time slots.
𝚜𝚒𝚍-5 𝚝-〈0,0〉 𝚕-〈5,1〉, 𝚜𝚒𝚍-6 𝚝-〈0,0〉 𝚕-〈6,1〉〉).
A deadline constraint for an operation starting at o and of duration d is modelled by a precedence constraint of the form o+d≤𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒. This leads to the five constraints o 1 +2≤12, o 2 +4≤15, o 3 +3≤24, o 4 +2≤24, and o 5 +6≤24. Finally, we break symmetry on the assignment variables corresponding to a group of similar persons. In the example, the four nurses are similar since (1) they all have exactly the same unavailability periods, and since (2) no task requires a specific nurse. For each task using more than one nurse (i.e., tasks t 1 , t 3 , and t 4 ) this leads to a chain of strict inequalities, i.e., n 11 <n 12 , n 31 <n 32 , and n 41 <n 42 <n 43 . Figure 3.7.1 depicts a solution to the problem corresponding to the assignment o 1 =10, a 1 =1, s 1 =3, n 11 =5, n 12 =6, o 2 =8, a 2 =2, s 2 =4, n 2 =7, o 3 =2, a 3 =1, s 31 =3, s 32 =4, n 31 =5, n 32 =6, o 4 =17, a 4 =1, s 4 =4, n 41 =5, n 42 =6, n 43 =7, o 5 =16, a 5 =2, s 5 =3, n 5 =8.
The entry corresponding to the keyword relaxation dimension shows how to express relaxation in the context of over -constrained problems where we have too many operations to schedule with respect to the number of anaesthetists, surgeons and nurses and to their unavailability periods.
| 2019-04-23T20:41:44 |
http://web.emn.fr/x-info/sdemasse/gccat/Kassigning_and_scheduling_tasks_that_run_in_parallel.html
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The majority of persons on earth don't believe in the prophetic office thus they don't believe in prophets, while some argue that the prophetic office seized to exist after the birth of the greatest prophet that ever lived. What is the truth, and are there proofs to the fact? The prophet and the prophetic office was not close down by the greatest prophet that walked the surface of the earth, rather than short it down, he expanded it to bring more glory to the office. The prophetic office of the truth, the creator of heaven and earth is one of the offices under the Holy Spirit and the Almighty God, creator of all that is in heaven, space and the earth. The office of the prophet is real as is the creator himself but not all persons can be true prophets of the creator as the true ones have a mission karma.
to fulfill in existence as due to their prophetic office they have a covenant with glorifying the creator of all things seen and unseen. Thus a true prophet is a servant of the Almighty sent to bring him glory, due to these, they are not like others, why? The true prophets of God Almighty possess the efficacy of the spoken word since the creator is equally the word. The covenant these true prophets of the Almighty have gives them a status in the spiritual thus a direct link and tool in the hands of the creator of the universe. They are as a result of this link not to be toyed with, as the power of the efficacy of the spoken word places them on a supernatural presidential that others don't possess on earth. In view of this, many claim to be prophets of God but are not. For it is not the prophet who calls his/herself, but the Almighty who chooses who he desires as his prophet. The true prophet is not out to glorify his/herself but the one who has called him to serve, thus he is in reality a servant but not of man.
Though when on earth, he comes to serve humanity, but the truth is that the true prophets or servants of God are actually kings with golden crowns but who has to lay the crown at the feet of his creator, and take the form of humanity in order to serve humanity thus fulfil his/her destiny with the creator. The prophetic words issued from the true prophet of God always comes to pass because they are linked with the Holy Spirit. In view of this, the words of true prophets are to be given due importance as these are not their personal words but emanate from the Almighty. They are invariably the mouth piece of the creator, hence their words are directly from he who created all things visible and invisible. This clearly shows that true prophets of God are invariably his mouth piece. They bring to light to the rest of humanity his will in anticipation that they listen, hear or adhere to his will. The truth is that they act as a bridge to link the creator to creation thus his will is normally made manifest.
The prophets as a result of this are very important as without them, the bridge its impossible to get to the creator, know his will and subsequently do them. This is due to the fact that none except God Almighty knows his will, and in order to be truly worthy of him, his will must be accomplished. If the Almighty in his completeness should dwell with creation and the earth, his glory will consume it unless his will is done. In view of this it must be noted that humanity benefits from true prophets as they are sent as helpers in the fulfillment of the destinies of those the Almighty God seeks to salvage in existence consequently it is of importance that they be identified, recognized and given their rightful places as watch men/women of souls of redemption.
To ignore them and the warning they bring spells doom for the inhabitants of the earth. This is because they are on a specific mission and in line with their call are not bond to any persons than the one who has sent them. They are not interested in the activities of men, and gratification but in honoring the one who sent them here. True prophets of God are highly knowledgeable and wise but this stems from the stock from whence the emanate.In the same vain as there are true prophets of God, there are equally false prophets who have the antics of greed on their shoulders and play on their gullible nature of earth dwellers.
False prophets use the gullibility of human beings to amass wealth unto themselves, they are not called of the creator but are self acclaimed thus do not seek the glorification of the Almighty God and his will but their personal glorification and gratification thus many who hold claim to be the creator God are false prophets for many of them acquired their spiritual power through mysticism and the kabala art(black magic). They are often times accepted by the worldly persons and personalities as in truth, they are part of the system of the world hence their compromising stand to in corporate many of the things in the world with that of the Holy Spirit but this is not possible because the Holy Spirit is sacrosanct and unique thus the things of the world can't be incorporated into his will. This is because man can't understand the ways of the creator unless he decides to make it known thus the Holy Spirit is a teacher hence true prophets of God are teachers of the truth and will of God .
heaven is the home of the true prophets of God and that's why they are knowledgeable about heavenly things as against the earthly known by man. The false prophets are more and easily gain recognition than the true prophets of God who are always persecuted once they come on earth as man has never accepted what comes from God because the things and ways of God are spiritual and not carnal hence there's a differences, the false prophets are linked to man and their ways(deceit) thus falsehood, all carnality stems from a stock root of falsehood.
Invariably, the ruler of the worldly system(satan) consequently, the world, thus worldly ways have on link with the creator of heaven and earth. As previously mentioned those who are false prophets are linked with all who have to do with the false system of the world, and there's on iota of truth in them as they are equally servants of the devil just like the true prophets are servants of God Almighty.There's is a marked distinction between the two though they are both servants, they are not both for the good and benefit of mankind, one leads to doom, while the other to redemption. The prophets of God are sent for redemptive purpose, while the false prophets are to make sure that many souls go to hell for eternity thus they're agents of darkness while the true prophets are agents of light. The greatest prophet, Yeshua though not given the right of place is a part of the creator thus know the creator and his will,he is consequently knowledgeable in the things concerning the creator of heaven and earth.
| 2019-04-23T03:56:36 |
https://www.juliesasha.com/2017/08/who-is-prophet-creators-mouth-piece.html
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Enemy of the State follows a formulaic story line that generally has worked well for Hollywood: the protagonist is framed for crimes they did not not commit and has to overcome overwhelming odds to prove their innocence ( North by Northwest , The Fugitive , The Negotiator , The Net , U.S. Marshals ). In this particular Orwellian scenario, the protagonist is pitted against a corrupt government organisation which has an even greater appeal to me.
In the spirit of The X Files , the operative watchword here is "trust no one", because the government is listening to and watching everything you say and do. And in the same spirit, the plot is fairly convoluted: Robert Dean, a Washington, DC lawyer, is involved in a case against Pintero (Tom Sizemore) a mobster who is extorting his clients. Dean obtains a videotape of Pintero violating his parole (which could result in a long jail sentence) from "Brill", a person of many means. Dean wants to cut a deal with the mobster: leave his clients alone and the videotape disappears.
Cut to another seemingly unrelated sub-plot: Dean encounters Daniel Zavitz (Jason Lee) a classmate of his from Georgetown University on the run from National Security Agency (NSA) goons. The reason Zavitz is being pursued is because he possess a disk depicting the murder of a U.S. Senator by NSA Deputy Director Thomas Reynolds (Jon Voight) set up to look like a suicide. The reason? The Senator was opposing a bill that would give greater surveillance powers (within the U.S.) to the NSA. Zavitz slips the evidence of the murder into Dean's shopping bags and manages to promptly kill himself (cycling on Georgetown streets is murder). Dean, blissfully unaware of the highly incriminating piece of information he's carrying, goes home to his wife and son.
Soon after, Dean's life is turned upside town: his every moment is tracked, every word is tapped, and his credit cards are made inoperative, by the NSA so they can acquire the disk. After stumbling around for a bit trying to figure out what's happening to him, Dean turns to Brill for help, who turns out be an ex-NSA agent named Edward Lyle who was responsible for inventing some of the surveillance devices used against Dean by the NSA. Together, they fight the NSA using the same techniques used against them, culminating in an action sequence where the two sub-plots are brought together in highly improbable circumstances.
Enemy of the State has a lot of good things going for it: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, and Jon Voight dole out excellent performances. The supporting cast isn't too bad either. The direction (Tony Scott) and pacing of the action sequences are fast and tight. The cinematography is brilliant and the use of the satellite perspective to film scenes makes the surveillance aspect of the film extremely realistic. The ending, which features a Reservoir Dogs face-off, could've been done better (by making it conform more to a Quentin Tarantino style).
Movies like Enemy of the State stop and make you think. I'd wager most people brush off comments in the movie about the abilities of the government to monitor every aspect of your life saying "it can't be possible" or "they wouldn't do that." But I think the technology to do all the things depicted in the film isn't too far from being deployed for routine use (after all, I can, on the world wide web, see a satellite image of the building I research in). Big Brother is indeed watching. Fortunately, like in the film, technology that enables surveillance to have an extraordinary reach also enables the average person to avoid surveillance to unsurpassed levels (especially considering the incompetency of government in general). It makes it all the more imperative that people do not let their freedoms to use anonymity and strong encryption and protect their privacy be abridged: that is what will provide a defense in an Orwellian future.
| 2019-04-22T12:35:50 |
http://www.ram.org/ramblings/movies/enemy_of_the_state.html
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CHICAGO Does it mean U.S. kids are being over-treated? Or that U.K. children are being under-treated?
Experts say that's almost beside the point, because use is rising on both sides of the Atlantic. And with scant long-term safety data, it's likely the drugs are being over-prescribed for both U.S. and U.K. children, research suggests.
Among the most commonly used drugs were those to treat autism and hyperactivity.
In the U.K. study, anti-psychotics were prescribed for 595 children at a rate of less than four per 10,000 children in 1992. By 2005, 2,917 children were prescribed the drugs at a rate of seven per 10,000 -- a near-doubling, said lead author Fariz Rani, a researcher at the University of London's pharmacy school.
The study is being released Monday in the May edition of the journal Pediatrics.
By contrast, an earlier U.S. study found that nearly 45 American children out of 10,000 used the drugs in 2001 versus more than 23 per 10,000 in 1996.
There are big differences that could help explain the vastly higher U.S. rate.
Side effects including weight gain, nervous-system problems and heart trouble have been reported in children using these drugs and there's little long-term evidence about whether they're safe for them, the study authors said.
"This highlights the need for long-term safety investigations and ongoing clinical monitoring," they said, "particularly if the prescribing rate of these medicines continues to rise."
One of the most commonly used anti-psychotics in the U.K. study was Risperdal, a schizophrenia drug that is sometimes used to treat irritability and aggression in autism. Its side effects include drowsiness and weight gain.
Thioridazine, sometimes used to treat hyperactivity in attention deficit disorder, was frequently used early on. Its use decreased after 2000 when a U.K. safety committee warned of heart-related side effects, the authors said.
Reasons for the increases are uncertain but may be similar to those in the United States, such as an increase in autism cases and drug industry influence.
In both countries, the issue isn't simply how many children are getting these drugs, said Dr. David Fassler, a University of Vermont psychiatry professor. "The more important question is whether or not the right kids are getting the most appropriate and effective treatment possible," he said. Fassler wasn't involved in the study.
Dr. William Cooper, a Vanderbilt pediatrician, said the study shows the drugs are being used "without full understanding about the risks."
"I find it really interesting that we're now seeing increases in other countries besides the U.S., which suggests that the magnitude of this issue is global," said Cooper, also an author of the 2004 U.S. study.
| 2019-04-24T17:01:12 |
https://abc7chicago.com/archive/6122301/
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After living in Chilean Patagonia for 14 months, I'm convinced: lamb is a dish best served on an iron cross.
The Patagonia area spans across southern Chile and Argentina and it's a place full of wildlife and nature. There are blue-tinted glaciers, grasslands that stretch for miles, and free-roaming animals such as pumas, condors, and the endangered huemúl deer.
And, of course, there are also sheep.
Before my trip, my idea of lamb involved over-cooked chops or a cone-shaped mass from a kebab joint. So when I was invited to my first asado al palo, barbecue on a spit, I wasn't too thrilled.
Little did I know that in Patagonia, an asado isn't just a delicious meal; it's a throwback to the old days, a time when sheep were the livelihood of Argentine and Chilean cowboys, and ranching and farming were common professions.
Today, asados take place after a special event or workday: a rodeo, a señalada (marking of animals), an esquila (sheep shearing), or the celebration of Chilean Independence day.
Around an open coal and wood fire pit, friends and family gather to drink the brewed herb called mate, listen to music about gaucho life, and tell savory stories.
When it's time to eat, nobody uses plates. Men unsheathe their knives and slice the meat -- beautiful, golden, and crispy on the outside, soft and juicy on the inside -- right off the bones. A leather drinking bag full of wine is passed around, and when everyone is done, everyone uses a communal cloth napkin.
To learn more about asados, I spoke with Patagonia native Jaime Ganga, a chef who has been preparing lamb this way for more than a decade. He started making his own asados at the age of fifteen.
Short Order: What type of meat is the best to use for an asado al palo?
Ganga: Lamb, because it's easier to cook and it's more tender.
Why is it important to use the al palo cooking method?
On the iron cross, the lamb can be stretched out vertically and the whole roast can be positioned over the fire to cook slowly. This allows the juices to cook the lamb and the excess fat to drip off.
What's the best wood to use for roasting?
Well, I don't know what the best wood in Miami is, but in Chile we use Antarctic Beech.
How long should you cook the meat?
About 3 hours is enough time, cooking each side equally.
Any tips for a fantastic asado?
Throughout cooking, you should keep the meat moist with salmuera -- a warm water, salt, and garlic clove mixture. Also, you need to have pebre, a Chilean condiment made of chopped onions, tomatoes, garlic, cilantro, aji peppers and olive oil, and red wine.
| 2019-04-21T14:39:56 |
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/restaurants/patagonian-asado-al-palo-the-best-lamb-youve-never-tasted-6605900
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Figuring out how long you'll have to play in a poker tournament to finish in the money essentially comes down to math.
In four of the last five years, the average chip stack at the World Series of Poker's Main Event was between 50 and 60 big blinds when the money bubble burst. This year was no different, as players were in the middle of level 16 (blinds at 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante) on Day 4 when Tim McDonald of Lexington, Ky., finished 748th. McDonald won a free entry into next year's Main Event, but lost out on the $19,263 that 747th place wins. A player with an average chip stack this year had about 294,000 chips, or 58.8 big blinds when the money bubble burst.
It took almost exactly the same amount of time to burst the money bubble as it did last year, with the tournament at level 16 in both years. An average chip stack was 60 big blinds deep when the bubble burst last year.
In 2008, players started with 20,000 chips instead of 30,000 and it took 15 levels to reach the money, with an average stack of 68.8 big blinds -- the deepest in the last five years. In 2007, with the same 20,000 starting stack, an average chip stack held 51.1 big blinds and the bubble burst in the 13th level. In 2006, the last year players started with 10,000 chips, players reached the money in level 13 with an average stack holding 50.2 big blinds.
Looking forward, the math is similar when it comes to predicting how long it will take to play down to a final table. With nearly 22 million chips in play this year, the average stack at the final table will be about 24.4 million. Last year, because the field was smaller, the average chip stack was about 21.7 million. Blinds were at 120,000/240,000 when the final table was determined; Darvin Moon held nearly 59 million chips (245 big blinds), while the short stack, James Akenhead, held just 6.8 million, or 28 big blinds. The average stack had a healthy 90 big blinds, though Moon's dominance meant that only three players had above-average stacks.
In the last four years, final table starting stacks have varied from roughly 60 big blinds at the low end (2006 and 2008) to 90 at the high end (2007 and 2009). If that trend continues, the November Nine will most likely be determined during level 33, when the blinds will be 120,000/240,000, level 34 (150,000/300,000), or level 35 (200,000/400,000), meaning that the players who will be part of this year's November Nine have already waded through more than 90 percent of the field, but are truly only halfway home.
Predictions for time of WSOP bubble burst right on target is republished from Online.CasinoCity.com.
| 2019-04-20T16:49:03 |
http://aarontodd.casinocitytimes.com/article/predictions-for-time-of-wsop-bubble-burst-right-on-target-58844
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If you are preparing to move, chances are the overall safety of your electronics and the fact that they could be damaged during the move is something that has been constantly on your mind. Having a lot of electronics that need packing can seem daunting. Worry not, though. Because there are a few things you can do to make the entire process a lot more manageable. Here is a list of all the important things you need to do when packing up your electronics for a relocation.
1. Before you pack up your electronics, ensure that you have backed up all your photos and files. This applies to all the computers and other devices that you have.
2. Choose the right packaging material. Look for strong boxes that are a little larger than the electronic device you are packing in. Original packaging is very ideal if you have it lying around! Use strong tape to ensure all the boxes are sealed tight. Plastic wraps will protect your electronics from scratches and damages. Soft packing paper will cushion your electronics from impacts and keep dust away. Bubble wraps are also perfect for the job. This is because they are anti-static. Electronics are sensitive to static electricity.
3. Organize your electronics and their accessories. If you have a printer with toner or any other form of a cartridge, remove them, look for a bag that you will seal them in to avoid spillage. Keep the bag close enough to the machine to avoid misplacement. Put all media equipment like CDs, flash disks in one package. Pack all remotes and any other accessories to avoid misplacement.
4. Label all cords. Untangling cords and trying to figure out what goes where can be so frustrating! Fold all your cords and wrap them neatly. Label them appropriately so that they are easy to identify when you unpack. Keep them in the same packaging as their corresponding devices.
5. Pack them in labeled packages and seal them properly. Once you are done with all these processes, make sure that all your boxes are labelled. It makes it easier to identify them. This is how you will know which box goes where at the time you start moving.
Before you move, be sure to assess the weather conditions on your moving day. If it is a hot season then consider the effect of temperature on your devices. High temperatures can damage your electronics. Therefore, if it is hot, consider taking the electronics with you rather than putting them in a moving truck. Ink cartridges are sensitive to temperature so you should know how well to handle them to avoid messes.
By simply following these steps, your entire moving process will be a whole lot more stress-free and efficient.
| 2019-04-20T16:18:22 |
https://neighborsmovingseattle.com/how-to-pack-your-electronics-for-your-next-move-to-avoid-damage
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Is Mormmonism A Cult? Or Is One Cult Condemning Another Cult? : Scribes of Light Fox & Friends Interview), in his statement that: "Mormonism was invented 1800 years after Jesus Christ and the founding of Christianity, and it has its own founder, Joseph Smith, its own set of doctrines and its own book, the Book of Mormon. And that, by definition, is a theological cult, that's all I'm saying." In an interview on CNN (see CNN), the Rev. Jeffress explained: "When somebody asks me a theological question about Mormonism, I have a responsibility to tell the truth," he said. "Mormonism has never been considered a part of evangelical historic Christianity." And when these words of the Rev. Jeffress are properly understood, what we have is an older Theological Cult throwing stones as a newer Theological Cult -- and the chickens coming home to roost on the reality that, those who live in glass houses, shouldn't throw stones.
With respect to the statement: "When somebody asks me a theological question ...I have a responsibility to tell the truth" -- not only is the mainstream of Christianity founded upon a "...set of doctrines" that is a total departure from the original teachings of Jesus and TheWay -- but when it is recognized that the 4th century Church edited and rewrote the scriptures to the degree that the Roman Christian Cult has "...its own book", that is vastly different than the original scriptures that were in use prior to the 4th century -- and while this fact can easily be proven, then it must be concluded that Pastor Jeffress and the whole of the Christian world remains in denial of the facts!!! Yet, like the pot that calls the kettle black, they deceptively throw stones as Mormonism which is the religion of Mitt Romney.
Prior to the Nicene take over of the Church by the Pagan Emperor Constantine in the 4th century, the wisest and most intelligent of enlightened men and women were the Christians who possessed the Spiritual Knowledge that provided them a higher understanding of the Laws and the realities of this world that continues to remain virtually unknown even in modern times. And, what is not at all realized, is the fact that the Core of the Spiritual Christians possessed far greater knowledge than any of the pseudo-scholars who teach in our universities today. What happened? There was a segment of the Church that had become paganized and morally bankrupt (see The Example Of Paul Of Samosata ), and these very pagan Christians entered into a covenant with the Emperor Constantine, and the Church became proscribed by pagan Rome. The result was that (1) the emperor who ruled over the Church, dictated the acceptable doctrines of belief; (2) the Spiritual Christians were denounced and condemned as heretics who were hunted down and murdered; (3) the most corrupted copies of the scriptures (see Bible Corruption) were further rewritten in order to make them support the dogma of pagan Rome; (4) and the higher spiritual knowledge that the Church previously possessed, became outlawed as heresy. Contrary to the modern Bible, the original scriptures supported the original position that Jesus was a man who lived a holy and consecrated life -- and thus, became the Anointed (Messiah/Christ) at his baptism in the Jordan (see The Ten Words). That the scriptures are themselves an allegory that both preserve and conceal the inner core of teachings that is necessary to gain entrance to the Kingdom Within (see An Inconvenient Truth), is a reality of fact that the modern Church remains in denial of today. And if the modern Christian is ignorant, then this ignorance is directly attributable to government intervention into the core doctrines of belief which continues to be embraced right into the present time. Thus, when modern Atheists such as Richard Dawkins portrays the Christian as ignorant, what he is unknowingly condemning is the government doctrines that were imposed upon the Church. Men such as Richard Dawkins are not only absolutely clueless as to the nature and reality of the Truth of the pre-Nicene Christian Church, but their Paradigm of Thinking has totally alienated them from man's true higher reality.
Under the heading of American Spirituality it is demonstrated that our Constitutional Framers who understood what is portrayed as the Laws of Nature and Nature's God (see American Spirituality), where themselves enlightened as to the wholesale corruption which the Church suffered under the control of Pagan Rome. And thus, their First Amendment prohibition against the government enacting any law that infringes upon the practice of religion, is the result of the spiritual disenfranchisement of the mainstream of the Christianity by the previous governments which exhibited total and complete control over the dogmatic doctrines of the Church -- dogmatic manmade doctrines which are still embraced even today. More than anything else our Constitutional framers understood human nature -- and that once unleashed, the reigns of government will corrupt and attempt to exercise Absolute Power in direct defiance even to its Constitutional Charter and Mandates -- and this fact is demonstrated conclusively in the issue of the claim of a religious exemption from the seat belt law (see Is North Carolina Constitutionally Immoral?). And in the same way that the North Carolina Alamance County Court has disallowed the true spiritual practice of religion -- even discarding the very primary tenets of the Constitution (see Court Ruling) -- it is important to be cognizant of the fact that when Christianity became proscribed under Pagan Rome which exercised absolute control over the doctrines of the Church, there was no judicial appeal or higher authority -- and to disagree with the dictates of the emperor, was a sentence of death.
The Spiritual Core of Christianity remains virtually unknown today, because of direct government intrusion into the affairs of the Church with respect to acceptable doctrines of belief. In the same way that in China only those Churches which are approved by the government are permitted, so too was the Church that came into being in the fourth century under the direct control of the Roman Emperors. That the segment of the Church which called itself Orthodox, was a mere puppet of Pagan Rome and had little to nothing in common with the original teachings and objectives of Jesus and TheWay, should come as no surprise to the modern believer in view of the many statements of biblical scholars such as A. Powell Davies who attempted to warn the Christian world that discoveries such as the Dead Sea Scrolls had confirmed what they had suspected and believed all along -- i.e., that the Emperor Constantine and the Pagan Church of Rome created a religion of blind faith and belief where he wrote that: “Biblical scholars were not disturbed by what they found in the Dead Sea Scrolls because they had known all along that the origin of Christianity was not what was commonly supposed to have been” (quoted by Millar Burrows in More Light on the Dead Sea Scrolls). Thus, this long ignored statement prompts us to ask: Why didn't the biblical scholars understand the true origin of Christianity prior to the discovery and examination of the Dead Sea Scrolls? To answer this question we must consult the findings of Prof. Elaine Pagles who correctly writes: “It is the winners who write history - their way. No wonder, then, that the viewpoint of the successful majority has dominated all traditional accounts of the origin of Christianity… It suggests that these religious debates - questions of the nature of God, or of Christ - simultaneously bear social and political implications that are crucial to the development of Christianity as an institutional religion. In simplest terms, ideas which bear implications contrary to that development come to be labeled as heresy; ideas which implicitly support it become orthodox” (see Pagles, The Gnostic Gospels). In not learning the lessons of history, modern believers have overlooked the fact that when despots rule, they not only annihilate all opposition -- but they "...write history - their way" -- and they corrupt and burn whatever writings stand in opposition to their supremacy and rule. Which means that those doctrines of belief that are today seen as orthodox and promoted by the modern-day Church as being authentic, are themselves drawn from the side of "...political implications that [were] crucial to the development of Christianity as an institutional religion" under the direct control of Pagan Rome. In the case of the Christian Church beginning in the fourth century, to disagree with the doctrines affirmed by the Emperor Constantine, carried with it the sentence of death. Thus, Edward Gibbon writes in the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: ”Constantine easily believed that the heretics, who presumed to dispute his opinions or to oppose his commands, were guilty of the most absurd and criminal obstinacy... Not a moment was lost in excluding the ministers and teachers of the separated congregations from any share of the rewards and immunities which the emperor had so liberally bestowed on the orthodox clergy. But as the sectaries might still exist under the cloud of royal disgrace, the conquest of the East was immediately followed by an edict which announced their total destruction”. Thus, in the same way that whoever did not embrace the religion of the emperor met with the sentence of death, whatever scriptures did not conform to the approved version, was immediately destroyed (see http://BibleCorruption.com ).
The term BC with respect to the beginning of our Common Era, should be reevaluated to indicate Before Constantine with respect to the birth of the Christ that is worshiped in the modern Church and promoted by its secularized (Orthodox) dogma. That the modern-day Christ and the religion of the Church were conceived and born under the dominion of the Roman Emperor Constantine -- and that the dogma of the Church was purely political, in contradistinction to the spiritual foundation of the original teachings -- is demonstrated in the fact that modern Christianity has very little in common with the original objectives of the teachings of TheWay which was to bring about "...the heightening and enlargement of human consciousness” (see Expansion Of Mind) -- which has absolutely nothing in common with the blind faith dogmatized Church that came into being in the fourth century under the rulership and doctrinal control of Pagan Rome. But the fact that the modern Christians worship the satanic god of Constantine should come as no surprise, in view of the fact that the Apostle Paul predicted that the worship of the true God would cease, and those who called themselves Christian would instead worship Satan (see The Church of the AntiChrist). That the objective of what Paul portrays as the god of this world, is to keep the congregation of Christians ignorant and promoters of blind-faith in the spurious doctrines of Pagan Rome, has for the most part continued to inhibit the True Spiritual ReBirth of the Church. And while pseudo-priests such as Martin Luther convinced the Church to embrace the dogma of faith apart from actions -- to the degree that every tenet of the modern Church is openly condemned in their own New Testament (see The Lie & The Ten Minute Test), the modern believer continues to ignore the scriptures in their allegiance to the dogma of Pagan Rome. And, just as equally important to understand, is that "...the heightening and enlargement of human consciousness” has absolutely nothing to do with the expansion of the physical brain -- but rather, both the refinement of the physical body that permits this expansion of mind to be brought about, and the development of those areas which lie under the control of the innate Intuitive Spheres of the Mind that the physical brain does not naturally support.
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Pastor Robert Jeffress who spoke out in favor of Gov. Rick Perry and opposed Mitt Romney on the grounds that Mormonism is a cult, pointed out the difference between what he portrayed as a sociological cult, from a theological cult see Fox & Friends Interview), in his statement that: "Mormonism was invented 1800 years after Jesus Christ and the founding of Christianity, and it has its own founder, Joseph Smith, its own set of doctrines and its own book, the Book of Mormon. And that, by definition, is a theological cult, that's all I'm saying." In an interview on CNN (see CNN), the Rev. Jeffress explained: "When somebody asks me a theological question about Mormonism, I have a responsibility to tell the truth," he said. "Mormonism has never been considered a part of evangelical historic Christianity." And when these words of the Rev. Jeffress are properly understood, what we have is an older Theological Cult throwing stones as a newer Theological Cult -- and the chickens coming home to roost on the reality that, those who live in glass houses, shouldn't throw stones.
| 2019-04-22T20:07:08 |
http://scribesoflight.com/post/is-mormmonism-a-cult-or-is-one-cult-condemning-another-cult/
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In physics, the temperature of an object is related to the degree of agitation of its molecules (and/or atoms). In this context, the thermal equilibrium between two bodies is associated with the exchange of heat between them, which takes place until the degree of agitation of the molecules of both bodies are equal, i.e., the bodies reach equal temperatures (thermal balance \(\iff\) equal temperatures). The thermophysics (or thermology) is a branch of physics that studies the heat flows and their transformations, and how the temperatures of the bodies change these processes.
A lower degree of molecular atomic agitation \(\Rightarrow\) a lower temperature.
Macroscopically, it allows us to tell if two or more systems are in thermal equilibrium or not.
It occurs when two objects (bodies) of different temperatures are put in direct contact or through a good thermal conductor.
For the study of thermal systems, it is important to consider isolated systems from external systems that can influence the results of the measurements. In the figure, there are two bodies, \(A\) and \(B\), separated from the environment by walls which are thermal insulators (grey walls), i.e., prevent passage of heat, also known as adiabatic walls. A good example of thermal insulator is polystyrene. In the figure, at an initial time \(t_0\), there are two bodies with different temperatures, the body \(A\) at a temperature \(T_1\) and body \(B\) at a temperature \(T_2\). After some time, at \(t_1\), the temperature of both bodies will be equal to \(T_3\). Note that, by convention, both the time and the temperature are denoted with the letter "t", so we use the capital letter "T" to denote the temperature and "t" for time.
When two or more systems are in thermal equilibrium they do have the same temperature. Systems that are not in thermal equilibrium does not show any relationship between their temperatures.
If two bodies, \(A\) and \(B\) are in thermal equilibrium with a third body \(C\), then \(A\) and \(B\) are also in thermal equilibrium with each other.
The figure illustrates two bodies \(A\) and \(B\), which can not exchange heat directly with each other because they are separated by an adiabatic wall (gray wall). However, these two bodies can exchange heat with a third body, \(C\). If we wait long enough, \(A\) enters into thermal equilibrium with \(C\), and \(B\) also comes into thermal equilibrium with \(C\), so \(A\) and \(B\) will also be in thermal equilibrium with each other. This phenomenon is known as Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics.
It is the instrument used to measure the temperature of objects. The thermometers use a scale that varies evenly with the temperature. Strictly speaking, we say that the variation is a bijection and changes monotonically with temperature.
It is the function that relates the thermometric magnitude \(g\) of a thermometer to the temperature. For example, we know that the length of a column of mercury in a cylindrical vessel varies according to the temperature. In this case, the height of the column is the magnitude \(g\). With this, we can find a function that relates the height of this column with the temperature, the thermometric function. Other quantities that may be used are: the pressure of a gas, the color of a material, the electrical resistance of a material etc. In general, the termometric function is a linear function of the form: $$T(g) = ag + b,$$ where \(T\) is the system temperature, \(g\) is the observed quantity (height of a column of mercury, for example) and the other parameters are constants.
The temperature measured in the International System of Units (\(IS\)) is the Kelvin scale. The absolute temperature is the average kinetic energy of the molecules of a body.
Typically, the temperature scales are made from the choice of an arbitrary value in the ice melting point and another in the boiling water point. Below we list several temperature scales, and in the \(IS\) Kelvin is adopted.
Comparison between different temperature scales. For typical scales, the reference temperatures are: temperature of boiling water, the lower dotted line of the figure; ice melting temperature, i.e., temperature where ice turns to water, the dotted line in the middle of the figure; and the temperature of absolute zero, the upper dotted line of the figure. Different scales associate different values to these different points.
| 2019-04-21T22:02:19 |
https://www.mesoatomic.com/en/physics/thermophysics/temperature/thermometry
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (BP) -- Members of Grace Baptist Church have been well aware of the struggle in their community the last two years over the building of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro next door.
At times they didn't know what to do. At times, as the rhetoric -- often led by Christians -- grew strident, they became fearful and their numbers dwindled.
Interim pastor Dan Watts advised members of Grace Baptist to avoid the community and city council meetings, where the discussion usually turned negative about Muslims, their potential new neighbors. Watts came to the church just as the community's struggle over the new mosque's construction was developing into a local and eventually national news story. He learned later that Muslims had worshiped at a mosque at another location in Murfreesboro for 30 years.
Watts didn't want Grace members to be afraid of the Muslims who were planning to build next door. "I also wanted us to move from not being afraid of Muslims to loving Muslims," he said.
He and the other members of Grace may not know much about Muslims, but they are learning, he said. And he said they realized, as plans to build developed, that "God has placed [Muslims] here."
The fact that Muslims, about 200 it is reported, are now meeting next door to Grace Baptist doesn't "surprise God a bit," Watts said. "We can have a Christian witness right next door."
Even though he served as a trustee of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board for eight years and witnessed to internationals over the years in different communities, Watts still had a lot to learn.
"I wasn't familiar with our neighbors," he said.
Now he and Grace members don't have to go anywhere to become missionaries. They can be missionaries at home, he said.
FIRST-PERSON: Who determines a Bible verse's meaning?
FIRST-PERSON: How would you end the Prodigal parable?
| 2019-04-25T22:15:36 |
http://www.bpnews.net/issue-02/12/2013
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Denver calling?: Mike McMeeken, one of Daryl Powell's Castleford players who is in contention to play for England against New Zealand.
CASTLEFORD Tigers’ coach Daryl Powell has labelled the NRL “selfish” and backed England’s Australia-based players to be “strong enough” to stand up to clubs as the row over the Test in Denver intensifies.
The Rugby Football League have taken the unusual step of issuing a letter on behalf of England head coach Wayne Bennett and his eight NRL-based internationals urging their clubs to throw their weight behind the June 23 match against New Zealand in Colorado.
The NRL, their clubs and their player association are on the verge of signing off a joint-letter indicating they will not support the match despite it having the full backing of the RFL and NZRL.
Potentially that would prevent the release of players such as South Sydney star Sam Burgess and St George-Illawarra duo James Graham and Gareth Widdop as well as almost the entire New Zealand side, putting the historic game in jeopardy.
There are suggestions the NRL will argue there are “safety concerns” for players playing at altitude in Denver – which have been shot down by Burgess and others in the Australian press.
The Test is scheduled during the international mid-season window and promoted by Australian Jason Moore as part of the build-up to the 2025 World Cup due to be held in the USA.
Powell, the former Great Britain international who coached Ireland previously and has also been an England assistant, told The Yorkshire Post: “I think the Australian NRL is very selfish.
“It’s ridiculous. It’s a big game in a big part of the world with a massive potential growth area for the sport. Why would you not want to support that? They (NRL) play brutal games over there in terms of State of Origin and guys back up from them all the time.
“But this somehow seems to be different to them. It doesn’t really make sense to me.
Burgess, who captained England in the World Cup final last December, has suggested the NRL might be taking their stance to help keep Australia at the top of the international game.
As the furore continues, NRL-based England players could find themselves at odds with their own clubs come June 23. But Powell said: “I think the players are strong enough to make their own minds up.
“I’ve never been a believer in trying to stop someone playing international football.
“When I’ve been in the Championship I’ve had players for Scotland, Ireland and Wales and they’ve played with my blessing.
“I remember when I was at Leeds, Keith Senior wanting to play in the Nines and the Nines was not a massive competition, but he went with our blessing.
The letter – signed by Bennett plus Burgess, George Burgess and Tom Burgess (all South Sydney), Graham and Widdop, Newcastle Knights’ Chris Heighington and Canberra Raiders duo Josh Hodgson and Elliott Whitehead – says: “We would like to place on record our absolute support for the upcoming Rugby League International game between England and New Zealand, scheduled to be played in Denver in June.
“We all collectively said at the time it was important we took the opportunity to try and grow the game globally and believe this mid-season window provides the perfect opportunity for the sport to showcase itself to a new public in North America. Whilst we understand there have been some concerns regarding player welfare, the England Chief Medical Officer, Dr Chris Brookes, has made it clear to us he has no additional concerns with this game being played in Denver and the insurance that has now been put in place is more comprehensive than any other in the history of International Rugby League.
| 2019-04-21T12:37:05 |
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/castleford-tigers/i-think-the-australian-nrl-is-very-selfish-is-castleford-chief-powell-s-reaction-over-denver-row-1-9084012
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As the spinoff of a spinoff hits 100 episodes, the mastermind behind the CBS ratings juggernaut tells THR how he keeps the series fresh.
Who would have thought a spinoff of a spinoff would reach 100?
NCIS: Los Angeles, the No. 2 drama behind CBS juggernaut NCIS, has managed that feat. In 2009, NCIS: LA debuted as a two-part episode of NCIS (itself a spinoff of the successful 1995-2005 series JAG), introducing the sunny world of the L.A.-based Office of Special Projects, a division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover ops. Big names Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J were immediately attracted.
"I became fully aware of just how tough it is to get a show to 'work,' having had a few misfires in previous years," says O'Donnell, 43, who plays Special Agent G. Callen, likely referring to his failed 2005 Fox comedy Head Cases. "Todd [LL Cool J] was in the same boat, and we looked at each other and said, 'Let's do everything we can to make this work. We know it's a crapshoot, but let's not have any regrets over preparation or focus.' "
The focus paid off. NCIS: LA has averaged more than 18 million viewers in the past three seasons, according to live-plus-7 data. "Fortunately, people responded to the chemistry on the show," O'Donnell says of the ensemble, which includes Linda Hunt. "As Todd says, 'Teamwork makes the dream work.' "
Creator Shane Brennan, who also ran NCIS, shares four tips that have kept NCIS: LA fresh.
NCIS: LA focuses on military crimes, which means the writing staff keeps up on current events, both domestic and abroad, for story ideas. Sometimes they're ahead of the game: Early episodes included a chemical technology that Feds sprayed on suspects to identify them -- its real-life counterpart has since become classified -- as well as a plot centered on terrorist group Al-Shabaab, which in September claimed responsibility for a deadly Kenyan mall attack.
"Characters have to keep moving," Brennan says, whether it's through breakups or big revelations. Eric Christian Olsen, who joined as a recurring guest star in season one as Detective Marty Deeks, made a big impression at the end of his three-episode arc -- in his "goodbye" scene to Junior Special Agent Kensi Blye (Daniela Ruah), he was insouciantly resting on a car hood: "Fans really liked that and began asking, 'When is he coming back?' "
The mystery of G. Callen's identity remains a compelling question, which Brennan promises is partially answered in episode 100. "It's Chris O'Donnell's best work yet."
Brennan told location managers at series launch that he wanted to film "at every iconic L.A. location" possible. Since 2009, NCIS: LA has featured Venice Beach, the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the legendary Hollywood Bowl. "People in L.A. can identify when locations are fake," Brennan says.
Probably "40 percent of TV on broadcast is procedurals," Brennan says, "so you're competing with others." How to stand out? "One of the ways NCIS: LA is different," says Brennan, "is it's played out in the high stakes arena of national security." He also relies on character growth and storylines: "I think we're the best at doing that."
| 2019-04-22T06:23:54 |
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/ncis-la-shane-brennan-4-645174
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Maintain NEUTRAL, unchanged SGD1.90 Target Price offers 1% upside plus 5% FY19F yield. SUNTEC REAL ESTATE INV TRUST (SGX:T82U)’s 4Q18/FY18 DPU are in line with our estimates.
4Q18 revenue grew 7% y-o-y on better contributions from Suntec City mall, its convention centre business and 177 Pacific Highway. NPI rose by a smaller 2.3% y-o-y due to the SGD4.8m sinking fund contribution for Suntec City office.
Operational DPU dipped 3.5% y-o-y on higher finance costs (+28%), offsetting NPI gains. There was a higher capital distribution of SGD12.5m and SGD39m for the quarter and full year, which helped DPU to stay flattish vs last year.
Management guided that it still has about ~SGD70m in divestment gains available from the sale of Park Mall, which will be used to offset any shortfall in the coming quarters until operational DPU stabilises.
Mr Chong Kee Hiong has taken over the role of CEO with the departure of Mr Chan Kong Leong at the end of 2018. Mr Chong has over 25 years of work experience, with recent jobs being CEO of OUE HOSPITALITY TRUST (SGX:SK7) and CEO of The Ascott Limited prior to that.
Positive outlook on rental rates for Suntec’s retail and office space.
The strong rebound in office rental rates and repositioning of the retail mall has benefitted Suntec REIT, with Suntec City Office and retail seeing positive rentals reversions of 10% and 3% for 2018. The overall office occupancy rate dipped to 98.7% (FY17: 99.2) while the retail occupancy rate rose 0.3ppt to 99.1%.
Construction of 9 Penang Road, Singapore (a Grade A commercial building) – in which Suntec REIT has a 30% stake – is 60% done, with completion expected in end-2019. Management stated that it is now in advanced discussions with a few major tenants, but no leases have been signed yet.
In Australia, its Olderfleet, Melbourne asset is on-track for completion by mid-2020. Leasing progress has been healthy, with 66% of the NLA pre-committed – heads of agreement signed for another 16% of the space. Committed rental rates are in line with the market, at AUD600psm pa.
Might look for acquisitions to boost operational DPU.
The manager noted that it will be looking at acquisition opportunities to bolster operational DPU and highlighted Australia as a key potential market. Melbourne and Sydney – where Suntec REIT already has a presence – will be preferred target destinations, but it is also open to considering core-CBD assets in other key Australian cities.
We believe Suntec REIT might potentially look at acquiring the remaining 50% stakes in Olderfleet and Southgate Complex in the near term.
With gearing at 38.1%, we see limited debt headroom, and future acquisitions are likely to be a combination of equity and debt.
Suntec has been actively redeveloping and revamping its assets, but effects are likely seen only from 2H20 onwards.
Valuations are fair, in our view, with the stock offering a 5% FY19F yield. Our DDM-derived Target Price is based on CoE of 7.5% (risk-free rate: 3%) and terminal growth of 2%.
Key share price catalysts are the successful completion of asset enhancements and yield-accretive acquisitions.
The key risk is the prolonged downturn in Singapore’s office and retail markets.
| 2019-04-24T13:00:00 |
https://research.sginvestors.io/2019/01/suntec-reit-rhb-securities-research-2019-01-24.html
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The first step is to start with a clean vacuum. Dampen the cleaning cloth and wipe down the whole surface of your vacuum to remove any dust on it. Change your vacuum bag and continue to replace the bag every 2 to 3 months regardless of whether it is full or not. If you use a washable bag for your vacuum, clean it thoroughly. If you have a vacuum with a disposable bag, replace the bag.
Filters in a vacuum cleaner work to keep dust, dirt and allergens out of the air. It is recommended that you change your air filter every 3 to 6 months to keep your vacuum in optimal shape. Follow the instructions provided with the air filters to change the air filter on your particular vacuum model.
Buy perfume pads for your vacuum cleaner. Select a scent that requests to you and place the pad as instructed over the top filter of your vacuum. Once the vacuum is turned on, the perfume pad will deliver a gentle scent into the air as air passes through it.
Sprinkle a small amount of cinnamon either into the vacuum cleaner bag or into the debris compartment. The strong smell of cinnamon will counteract the smell of the particles that the vacuum picks up to provide a fresh scent. If you do not desire cinnamon, try any number of other sweet smelling food items like coffee beans or dried orange rind to pre-fill your vacuum and providing some level of odor protection.
Sprinkle orange or vanilla extract or add Baking Soda onto a paper towel as an alternative. Tear up the towel and vacuum it up. You can also sprinkle ground cinnamon or ground potpourri directly onto the floor and vacuum as usual.
Use the mentioned simple method to get rid of smells from your vacuum and begin using your vacuum to freshen up your home instead of just clean it. Select perfume pads that appeal to your senses and enjoy the sweet smell of clean in your home every day. Be creative and use your favorite natural scents to pre-fill your vacuum canister to have a really unique scent in your home and have the peace of mind that your home is clean and fresh.
| 2019-04-22T18:34:20 |
http://carvacuumcleanerreviews.com/how-to-stop-a-vacuum-cleaner-from-smelling/
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What color should this cat be?
Fill one of these out (leaving hair color blank), and I'll get back to you on it.
Haha. I thought about giving some character details, but since it's not my creation, I decided I shouldn't without the writer's input.
I could say the cat is dealing with a recent tragedy, thrust into a new situation, and likes to be the center of attention.
Just to let you know that 14,200 people like 12 Monkeys, as compared with 3,200 who like Twelve Monkeys. As one of the former, I wonder if you made a deliberate choice to be different? Also, "cat" ("when a philosopher sees a cat he (sic) says 'cat' ").
No deliberateness. Just habitual avoidance of numeric abbreviation. I guess I'll adjust to the official title. I don't follow your philosopher comment.
I would pick orange or black. I lean toward orange for the obvious reasons.
| 2019-04-20T16:12:50 |
http://www.jacobhuntcomics.com/2013/11/cat-of-many-colors.html
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We chatted with six of our favorite ladies from seasons past and present to get behind-the-scenes beauty secrets from the show.
Did you have hairstylists or makeup artists on The Bachelor?
Only on the first day and then the last day when there are two girls left for the engagement. For everything in between, we used our own stuff. Sometimes we did each other's hair. The Bachelorette gets hair and makeup for every date, though.
Was that stressful, considering you knew you'd be on national television?
Kind of—I didn't know how to apply makeup very well so I mostly cared about my skin. I didn't learn how to curl my hair until the day before I left for the show. I did a little mascara and eyeliner every day, and I wore lip gloss for the first time during rose ceremonies. The producers told me to put it on because it really does look better. I just wanted to look natural. I didn't want to mislead Sean on what I looked like or for him to think I was always made up.
What if you forgot or ran out of a beauty product?
You could request it and give the handlers cash. Handlers would go out and buy lotion or something simple, but if you wanted something specific, you could order it, but you might not be in the same place the week after because you're always traveling.
Did they provide any clothes?
You had to bring your own, but every season, when you move into the mansion, each bed has a gift bag on top of it. It was a piece of luggage with a ton of clothing, jewelry, and beauty [products]. There were bikinis, jewelry, and jeans. You could trade if they didn't give you the right sizes. It was nice stuff!
There are a lot of group dates where you're active or on the beach in the morning and more formal at night. What does the in-between process of getting ready look like?
You're brought to a location for 45 minutes to get dressed and do makeup but with minimal time and access: There could be two hotel rooms with four or five girls in each room. For example, on my season we did a roller-derby group date, and then the second portion was on a rooftop in L.A. We could take showers, but we had to be resourceful because there was not enough time to dry our hair. Most of what you saw was pretty natural or girls who were really good at doing their own makeup.
Did you ever go to a salon or gym?
Well, you can't leave the mansion or hotel you're staying at. We'd sometimes get 30 minutes of gym time. Actually, there was one time they allowed us to get our nails done, and it was a big deal. There are these things called "dark days" on the day after the rose-ceremony taping. Rose ceremonies last until 4 a.m. or 6 a.m. so the next day is dark. One time, they allowed us to watch movie. Another time, we went to a spa and could get two things done.
What else did you do during your down time?
We did each other's hair because there was nothing else to do. Selma [Alameri] brought her waxing machine, and she'd set up a little shop for the girls. "I'm only doing faces," she said.
What's the deal with the interviews? When are they filmed?
In reality television, these are called pickups. We had to do them days after filming a date if the producers didn't get certain phrases from us. You'd have to recall how you were feeling and go back into that state of mind in the heat of the moment.
So you'd have to wear the same clothes and makeup?
Yes. They want to make it seem like we're on that same location with a similar background, so they would tell me what my outfit was and what my hair and makeup was like and I had to do it. This was annoying when I wanted my hair to be straight for the night but had pickups during the day.
Any funny beauty stories or mishaps you can tell us about?
Kristy [Kaminski] was a model who left early in my season. Sock buns weren't a thing yet, but we kind of knew about them. Before one of the rose ceremonies, Kristy said she wanted a sock bun, so this one producer, who was so sweet and helped us with makeup and braids, gave her a sock bun. It was big and bulky, and she got cut. No one wanted to do a sock bun after that because it was like a curse. Unless you had a rose, you weren't going into a rose ceremony with a sock bun.
How did you keep your makeup looking fresh, even in Paradise weather?
I hope that I kept it together [laughs]. In Paradise, we were basically camping for three weeks. It was 90-degree weather, and there was no escape. Everything was melting off, so the first week, when it was in the hundreds, I was such a slacker. But by week two, during the day I would do foundation and a little mascara, highlighter, and obviously lips. At night, I'd do eye makeup with contour.
I didn't touch my hair with an iron at all. Because of the humidity, the most I ever did was use texture spray—I went for the beachy look. I'm more of a makeup girl.
Take us through the process of getting ready.
The lighting in the mansion was really bad for makeup, so I did mine on the balcony every day. It was my moment to get away and be alone. There were maybe four mirrors in the house of 23 girls because mirrors make it hard for the camera guys. Wait until you see Paradise, though. I got an amazing makeup kit that has really good lighting. You'll see.
Since you are so good at your own makeup, did you ever help any of the other girls?
I taught Mackenzie [Deonigi] how to fill in her eyebrows, and she's been obsessed ever since. I would also contour some of the girls' faces. If they wanted me to do their makeup, I was totally cool with that.
Was there any beauty-related drama that went down?
My lash extensions were falling out rather quickly on Paradise—faster than usual because I was in the ocean. I had the handlers get me individual lashes from Target, and I glued them into the little bald spots.
Did you have acrylic nails on the show?
On The Bachelor, I had tips, but they looked gross by week three. On television, they looked fine, though. In Paradise, I thought I'd do the same thing—I cry a lot so my hands are on my face a lot which means it's important that they look good. But on the second week, a few broke off, so I had to take them off completely. If you look very closely on this season of Paradise, you'll notice one week where my nails are all different sizes.
What was your one hero makeup product during filming?
Becca Ultimate Coverage Concealing Crème in Banana. In Paradise, Clare [Crawley] had a problem finding one that didn't crease or look cake-y, and I gave her this. It's amazing.
What was it like doing your own makeup for television?
I didn't know the tips and tricks back then. After taping, I saw myself on the show and was like, "What the hell is wrong with my face?" I never knew about mattifying powder, eyebrows, false eyelashes, primer, or contouring. I looked like such a grease ball. I think that back then, they liked that it was reality, but I wish I knew what I was doing. Beauty has evolved in the last five years.
Did you have to do anything to prep for the show?
Right before you start filming, there are three weeks where you do fittings and meetings. They allowed me to get my own Pilates trainer, order whatever food I wanted, and do Crest Whitestrips. Apparently they didn't like my Canadian accent so they had me go to speech therapy, but after three or four classes, the producers realized I was losing my quirkiness so they cancelled the classes. I wasn't offended because I was the show's first out-of-country person. They were just afraid Americans wouldn't be able to connect.
How did you go about shopping for clothes for the show?
I spent close to $5,000 on clothes, makeup, and shoes, not even knowing how long I was going to be there. I didn't have that money. And then when I was the Bachelorette, I found that a lot of the clothes they gave me were kind of beauty pageant-y, so when we got to Canada, they let me go to Aritzia, and I spent $3,000. I knew it would pay off to be comfortable. They did supply rose-ceremony dresses, though, and they were amazing.
Did you learn any beauty tricks from the producers?
Well, Chris Harrison, who became a good friend, taught me this one: Midol with caffeine. I'd take one on days that I was tired and bloated. It's a diuretic. If my face was puffy, it would debloat me, and it has a painkiller so it made my feet feel better in heels. Now, before I go out at night, I'll take one an hour before. It's really no different from taking Advil.
What was your mental state like during the show? A lot of the ladies (and men!) seem to get super-emotional.
When the cameras aren't rolling, they don't want you to talk to anyone. And there are no phones, computers, newspapers, nothing. Only producers. Your body becomes starved for a connection with anyone, which makes it easier to fall in love. You're starving for that intimacy. It was like Stockholm syndrome, but it's a TV show.
It's a business but it's brilliant—that's why there have been so many seasons. I have no regrets. I chose to subject myself to that, and I've grown from it, but it also destroys you in a lot ways. I lost hair, got down to 92 pounds, and formed an anxiety disorder.
Does talking about it bring back all of those emotions?
It was traumatic, but I barely have any memories from a year before, after, and in between. My mom told me that I said I wouldn't sign the show's agreement unless I talked to her once a week, but I don't even remember that. Because I watched the show, I remember certain things. It seems like another life. Like an out-of-body experience.
I'm such a go-getter and entrepreneur, and people see me as a business person, but I have this obsession about getting married and having kids. I just want that so badly. If it's a business thing, I will make it happen. But in a relationship, it takes two. It's not your call. Over the past few serious relationships, I kind of am the guy in the relationship—the breadwinner, taking the lead, making decisions. This is not easy on men. I'm trying to learn how to change that but still be myself.
Did you have any hairstylists and makeup artists during the show?
Only on the first night. Otherwise, we did everything ourselves. Or if there was a girl like Michelle Money on your season—she is a hairstylist and makeup artist—sometimes she'd help out. If you weren't used to doing your own makeup, it was tough.
You always had a fresh face of makeup. What were your tricks?
A lot of girls had eyelash extensions. You could be in the water or do anything and always look like you're wearing makeup. I also used airbrush makeup that seemed to last well in the water and look good on camera.
Did you use self-tanners? Everyone looks so glow-y!
Yes—a bunch of us got spray tans before we got there. The producers also gave us self-tanning towels. A lot of the dates are outside, so we are in the sun a lot, too.
We were responsible for our own hairstyles, so I got clip-in extensions. They did give us Sultra curling wands, though. I still use mine!
And nails? It seems like it would be hard to maintain a perfect manicure.
Gel only lasts a few weeks, and we weren't allowed to go to the salon so we'd paint them ourselves. Light colors were best so you couldn't tell if they chipped.
Take us through night one. How were you feeling?
I'm the girliest of my friends, but when I joined The Bachelor, I was like, "I don't even compare to these girls!" I met Michelle Money in Paradise, and when she arrived, she showed up with three suitcases full of makeup and accessories alone. It was all categorized and labeled in Tupperware. I was like, "What am I getting myself into?" I had a breakdown because the girls put so much effort into their appearance and I do not. It's not my thing.
Yeah, I remember feeling really overwhelmed because I literally showed up with my travel-size makeup bag with one compact of bronzer, a blush, mascara, and eye shadow. I didn't put makeup on every morning before going to the beach. At the beginning, when I wasn't hitting it off with any of the guys, I got insecure, thinking I wasn't wearing enough makeup, but I'm not that kind of girl. I wish the show could embrace more natural girls who are not so afraid of being themselves.
Did you have everything you needed? What happened if you wanted to buy a lip gloss, for instance?
In Paradise, you're far from any convenient store, so you have to share. I got stingy about sharing my hair spray because that stuff is expensive and everyone in the house started using it. But then I got so tan that my makeup didn't match my face anymore so the girls let me borrow their darker foundation and bronzer. The producers always had sunscreen and aloe for us, though.
This was the biggest problem in Paradise. It's so humid and hot and sticky. I never wear my hair up so I just embraced it and went with natural waves. I'm a huge Moroccanoil girl. Now when I smell it, it reminds me of being there.
Apart from the weather, how was Bachelor in Paradise different from The Bachelor?
When it's your first time on The Bachelor, you have full makeup to-the-nines on all hours of the day. Like in Chris's season, Britt [Nilsson] wore makeup all through the night. But in Paradise, you are more comfortable. With that being said, when you get a date card in Paradise, you have 30 minutes to an hour to get ready, so if you're out in the ocean, you book it to your room as soon as possible.
Were there any funny makeup mishaps that went down?
I don't fill my eyebrows, and one day, Michelle [Money] was like, "Will you let me work on your eyebrows?" So she did one and not the other. The one was on fleek, as they say, and so I went to get a producer's opinion, and he liked the nonfilled brow better [laughs].
Can you explain how pickups worked?
Pickup shots were horrible. You sometimes did three at the same time, and you had to pretend you were back in that moment in the same outfit. Like, they'd say, "You were wearing this top with red lipstick with hair half up." All things considered, you had nothing else to do.
How did you feel about doing your own makeup?
I had been modeling for 10 years at that point, so I'd learned so many great tips from makeup artists along the way. A one-on-one date is an all-day affair, just like a photo shoot is. I kept a little makeup bag with me so that at the end of the day I could freshen up. We start so early in the morning and also have to do an interview before every cocktail party and rose ceremony, so if everyone had their own makeup artist, it would be too crazy with so many girls.
How did you deal with makeup on beach dates?
The tropical locations were really tough. I had my eyelashes permed before I left so I didn't always have to wear mascara if we were in the water. Also, I have really shiny skin, in general. Constantly in my interviews, the producers would give me a tissue to dab my forehead. And one time, on an outdoors-y date with Ben, a mosquito bit my face and it looked like a pimple. Not good.
Hair was difficult for me because mine is really fine and I wash it every day. I knew I had to decide if I was going to wear my extensions every day or not, so it wouldn't look different on different days. I committed to wearing clip-ins the whole time, and it trashed my hair. When I came home, I had bald spots.
Any behind-the-scenes beauty stories you can share?
Well, we were always sitting around painting our nails. There was not that much else to do, and you always want your nails to look nice. Jamie Otis, who's now on Married at First Sight, was so funny. We'd be getting ready to walk out the door for a rose ceremony, and she'd have her Crest Whitestrips in right up until filming.
Speaking of teeth, what's the deal with the food situation? It seems like there's always uneaten food at the end of dinner dates.
When you get to dinner, the food is already sitting there, but you don't eat while you're on camera. Well, you could eat—they don't tell you not to—but you're trying to have a conversation so shoving food down your face is hard. And it's funny because they are your favorite meals because they know what you like.
So when do you actually eat?
I made a point to eat while getting ready. I had a Think Thin bar on me at all times. Also, there's a lot of alcohol involved so some people can get into trouble with this. I definitely lost a little weight on the show, but when you're not filming, you're at a beautiful hotel and you wake up to a buffet of food.
Yum. Besides food, did you get any other good freebies?
They gave all of us gift bags that had these amazing Sultra curling wands along with a lot of other beauty products. The wand was life-changing—I still have mine, and I know all the girls were using them.
| 2019-04-23T11:54:01 |
https://www.aol.com/article/2016/03/08/6-former-bachelor-contestants-get-honest-about-reality-show-bea/21324629/
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The goal of this e-book is two-fold: to provide a retrospective view at the earlier thirty years of analysis on aspectuality and temporality in addition to to enhance new views at the destiny improvement of the sector. Articles include overviews of the advance of the sphere and/or current the state-of-the-art of present examine, suggesting new and upcoming strains of analysis. a massive subject during the ebook is typological edition, and the relevance of empirical facts for conception formation.
Together the articles within the e-book take a large crosslinguistic scope together with aspectual analyses of: English, and types of English: African American English and Colloquial Singapore English, Italian, French, Bulgarian, Czech, Mandarin chinese language, West-Greenlandic, Wakashan languages, and Nakh-Daghestanian languages.
Audience: students and scholars of aspectuality in semantics and on the syntax-semantics interface.
This paintings offers a unified thought of point inside of common Grammar. It presents an strange mix of syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic methods to a unmarried area, and offers certain linguistic analyses of 5 languages with very diversified aspectual platforms: English, French, Mandarin chinese language, Navajo and Russian.
During this brief monograph, John Horty explores the problems awarded for Gottlob Frege's semantic thought, in addition to its smooth descendents, by way of the remedy of outlined expressions. The e-book starts off by way of targeting the mental constraints governing Frege's suggestion of experience, or which means, and argues that, given those constraints, even the remedy of straightforward stipulative definitions led Frege to special problems.
Dordrecht: Reidel. Lascarides, A. (1988). A Formal Semantics of the Progressive. PhD dissertation, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh. Lewis, D. (1972). General semantics. In D. Davidson & G. 169–218). Dordrecht: Reidel. g . Cambridge: The MIT Press. , & Laurence, S. ) (1999). Concepts. Core Readings Moens, M. (1987). T Tense, Aspect and Temporal Reference. PhD dissertation, University of Edinburgh. , & Steedman, M. (1987). Temp m oral ontology in natural language. 1–7). Stanford University, July 1987.
But why is there only a choice between s verb and e? Arguments of the predicate also decide on what sort of eventuality is yielded. Sentences like M Mary wrote letters in M Mary wrote letters on Sundaay shouldd neither be analyzed as e: write(x,y) nor as s: write(x,y) . K&R’s choice between states and events could be considered highly arbitrary given the fact there are good reasons to end up with states, processes and events. As shown in Figure 2, the three aspectual classes are the outcome of the compositional process of getting the aspectual info f rmation of elements in a sentence to the top of the predication.
E. the language side, of the model-theoretic (logical-semantic) interpretation function as the point of departure rather than its codomain, the domain of discourse itself. From this it follows that aspectual classes are not stable persistent ontological categories at the level of lexical categories: whatever contact is made with the domain of discourse, it is at the phrasal level, which amounts to saying that the ties between a language element and its denotation I(α) existing at the bottom level at which the interpretation function I begins, are rather comp m lex at the phrase levels at which α is a VP or an S.
| 2019-04-26T06:34:10 |
http://portraitofacreative.com/books/perspectives-on-aspect
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You like the color of dehydrated pee?
Aroma - A little black licorice and a little bit of chocolate but it's very clean overall. Crisp doughy/bread malts but no real sweetness.
Appearance - Deep brown with a thin off-white head.
Flavor - Chocolate is there but that black licorice is still coming through which I'm not sure they were going for. In true lager fashion, it's a clean beer with nothing that really jumps out.
Mouthfeel - High carbonation with a medium body and a crisp finish.
Overall Impression - I have to say I was left a little underwhelmed by this one. It wasn't bad but I didn't find anything that would make it stand out to me or anything that would make it something I would recommend to friends. If you're looking to get a buddy on board the craft beer wagon, I could see this one easing them into it, but there are better options for the style to have them drink.
Aroma - Slightly bitter, with a bit of caramel and chocolate.
Appearance - Deep brown when poured, burgundy when held to the light. Thin off-white head that dissipates rather quickly.
Flavor - Roasted malts, chocolate, some bitterness from the hops. I do get a little bit of a bite that is reminiscent of black licorice.
Mouthfeel - Medium-light body with high carbonation and a clear crisp finish.
Overall Impression - Schwarzbiers are one of my favorite styles. Crisp and refreshing with some really fantastic flavors mixed in. This one was solid, but needs just a bit more to put it into another category. The black licorice/anise flavor that Justin and I picked up was one of the things that might keep me from going back to the beer in the future. Which is more a problem with my palate than it is the beer itself.
| 2019-04-21T14:03:48 |
http://saintbrewis.com/beer-reviews/schlafly-beer-schwarzbier/
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A perfectly competitive firm competes with the government - FreeEconHelp.com, Learning Economics... Solved!
Here is a question I recently received about a perfectly competitive market and the introduction of government produced goods. What are the relevant economics???
"Assume that hotdogs are produced in a perfectly competitive industry where firms that currently operate and potential competitors both have identical cost curves. Current output is 1 million units a year. What happens to industry equilibrium if a public agency competes with existing producers of hotdogs and gives away 100,000 units per year to randomly selected people who would otherwise have purchased hotdogs. Does the output of hotdogs fall in the short run? In the long run?"
While there are a couple of different ways to go with this, I think the most economical approach would be to assume that this government giveaway of 100,000 hotdogs per year would result in a decrease in demand. This decrease in demand would result in both a lower equilibrium price for hotdogs, as well as a lower equilibrium quantity. To see how this works, check out an example of decreasing demand here.
This decrease in the in the equilibrium price will result in a decrease in the price (or marginal revenue) line received by the perfectly competitive firms because they are price takers. Assuming that the market was in long run equilibrium to begin with, this drop in price will result in an economic loss forcing some firms to leave the market. This will occur until there are enough firms left to produce the given quantity of goods needed as demanded by the market.
As firms leave the market, we will see a decrease in supply, because the number of firms in the market is decreasing. This will result in a higher price and MR for the firms remaining, until the price again reaches long run equilibrium with MC = MR = ATC.
So, in the short run, the number of hotdogs produced definitely goes down as firms leave the market because they are making an economic loss. However, in the long run, the TOTAL amount of hotdogs produced declines, but the amount of hotdogs produced by each firm will stay the same. The reason we have less hotdogs in the total market is because some firms have left the industry.
This question is a perfect example of government crowding out. By giving away hotdogs, the government is forcing some businesses to close because of the lower prices received for the remaining hotdogs (due to the decrease in demand). While the market can compensate by lowering the number of firms in the market, we see a decrease in hotdogs produced by the market in both the short and long run.
| 2019-04-20T14:56:17 |
https://www.freeeconhelp.com/2012/01/perfectly-competitive-firm-competes.html
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Year Make Model: The Pilot isn't the only Honda crossover to receive a facelift. The Japanese manufacturer is breathing new life into the 2019 Honda HR-V as well.
Topline: First introduced in mid-2015 as a 2016 model year, the HR-V slots under the popular (and larger) CR-V as the entry-level compact utility vehicle for Honda. Halfway through its life cycle, it gets several updates to go up against the competition.
What's New: Outside, the HR-V's new front end is highlighted by its new headlights, bumper, and grille. Inside, the infotainment touch-screen display now uses a physical knob to adjust volume replacing the unintuitive volume slider. The baby ute also receives some new technology features such as available Honda Sensing and more.
Quotable: "The continued fortification of the Honda light-truck lineup with the refreshed 2019 HR-V further enhances our already award-winning lineup of Honda SUVs," said Henio Arcangeli, Jr., senior vice president of American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and general manager of the Honda Division. "With application to HR-V, Honda Sensing is now available or standard on every Honda model, which is both an incredible benefit to our customers and increased value over the competition."
What You Need to Know: HR-V will continue to be powered by a 1.8-liter four-cylinder rated at 141 horsepower. The five-door shares its platform with the Fit, Honda's entry-level hatchback. The 2019 HR-V goes on sale on July 24.
The CR-V sees a small price increase and little else.
The popular Honda SUV starts at $30,900 in the base trim package with two-wheel drive.
This is the perfect car for " summer tailgating," Honda said.
Isn't a subcompact crossover just a hatchback? Honda says no.
| 2019-04-21T22:49:13 |
https://www.thedrive.com/news/21849/2019-honda-hr-v-hippier-and-smarter
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Firms were classified into five adopter categories consistent with Rogers' adoption curve. Classification was based on the number of years the company had a web site. The longest length of time that any company in the sample had a web site was 10 years, the most recent related to those companies who were in the process of developing a web site. Rogers (1995) uses the mean and standard deviation as key statistics by which to identify adopter categories. Continuous data is required to perform the classification in this manner. Two separate questions were used in the questionnaire to capture the data on web site adoption. One question (categorical) asked respondents whether they had a web site, did not have a web site or were in the process of developing a web site. For those companies which had an "established" web site, they were asked approximately how long they had had the web site for. The question was open-ended and elicited a combination of numerical and alphanumerical responses. While the majority responded giving the number of complete years, those with web sites for less than a year responded in a variety of ways (for example "six months", "half a year" "a couple of weeks") which meant that the data had to be treated as categorical.
Thus, classification of adopter categories could not be performed strictly according to Rogers' (1995) recommendation. Despite this, for those companies with web sites for one year or more, the mean length of time could be calculated and was 3.5 years with a standard deviation of 1.91. According to Rogers (1995), the cut-off point for the innovators should be 7.4 years (mean + 2SD) and the cut-off point for the early adopters should be 5.49 years (mean + SD). While not entirely reliable, it does offer some indication of classification boundaries. Since Rogers' recommendation could not be applied strictly, an alternative means of classification based on categorical groupings was considered.
Beatty et al. (2001) conducted a study into web site adoption and classified companies into adopter categories based on natural groupings in the data. Examination of the frequency of responses for length of time in this study indicated natural groupings as indicated in Table II.
Beatty et al. (2001) note that commercial web use is estimated to have started around 1993, however the earliest date which any company in this sample developed a web site was in 1994 one year after this date. Due to the differences in time of first adoption, the overall timeframe of the study, and the industrial context of the sample, it is not possible to retain complete parity with the study of Beatty et al. However, some overlaps exist in terms of the timeframe for innovators (adopting around three years before the early adopters), the two-year timeframes of early adopters and the early majority, and the classification of laggards as those currently developing a web site. The main difference is in terms of the late majority, which is less than three years in this study and less than one year in the study by Beatty et al. (2001). Combined with the results from the means and standard deviation analysis, the categories presented in Table II seem to be appropriate.
| 2019-04-23T07:58:37 |
https://www.zabanga.us/industrial-marketing/can-adopter-categories-be-identified.html
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Double sided PCB production process is to repair the surrounding dimensions of the board - copy - drilling positioning - glue - corrosion - cleaning - to glue - fine sandpaper polishing - coating pine perfume.
1. Firstly polish the surface of the copper plate that meets the size requirements with fine sandpaper, and then copy the wiring pattern to the copper plate with carbon paper.
2. Drill and position the hole with a 1.0mm drill bit, and then apply glue (or paint).
3. After the glue is applied, a thick sheet should be placed on the board and pressed with the palm of the hand. The purpose is to make all the glue and the double copper board stick more firmly. If necessary, it can also be heated by the hair dryer. The viscosity of the adhesive can be strengthened. Because the adhesive used is very sticky and the adhesive paper is thin, the adhesive is used to make the board. The effect is better, generally not It must be heat treated.
4. Corrosion generally uses ferric chloride as the etching solution. The corrosion rate is related to the concentration of the etching solution, the temperature and the jitter during the corrosion process. To ensure the quality of the PCB and improve the corrosion speed, the method of shaking and heating can be adopted.
5. After the corrosion is completed, rinse with tap water, remove the adhesive tape, and wipe the PCB dry.
6. Wipe the copper surface of the PCB with a fine abrasive cloth until it is bright, then immediately apply the rosin solution. (When applying the perfume, the PCB should be tilted and then scented with pine perfume to prevent the loose perfume from flowing through the hole to the back).
(1) The role of pine perfume is to prevent copper surface oxidation of PCB, flux and increase the brightness of solder joints; rosin solution is prepared by using rosin powder and alcohol or Tianshui water in a certain proportion, the concentration should be moderate, there are It must be sticky.
| 2019-04-24T18:46:25 |
https://www.keyoucircuit.com/news/company/how-to-make-pcb.html
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Is dating more than one person at a time ok.
When I was infatuated with a new man, fantasizing that he liked me as much as I liked him, I immediately declined date invitations from other men. Write down both people's desirable traits, as well as their objectionable behavior. Will they hurt or embarrass them, or create any sort of emotional conflict? I threw all my eggs into his basket and we dated until he disappeared into the night and I was left with a bleeding heart. I was afraid if a guy found out that I was dating someone else, he would drop me. Do you have feelings for more than one person? Also, be sure beforehand that you can handle it. I'd become intimately involved with a so-so guy, put another notch on my bedpost, get dumped , and then I'd worry about contracting STDs. It allows you to compare and contrast the attributes and compatibility in numerous potential partners.
Evaluating a potential partner with your intellect, and not your emotions, can speed up the process. Most importantly, jealousy is never an excuse for anyone to be mean, hurtful or abusive. When I was infatuated with a new man, fantasizing that he liked me as much as I liked him, I immediately declined date invitations from other men. Some people instinctively know the traits and qualities they truly value in a partner. That rarely worked out for me; he would sense my needy relationship agenda, and he would stop calling me. If someone loves you, then they will want for you to be happy. Find out more about consent. Others learn through trial and error and heartbreak. People can often sense when you are dating someone else, and it sends the message that you are worth pursuing. Dating is like interviewing for a job; with each interview date you hone your communication skills, you become more at ease with the interview dating process, and you learn to more accurately assess the potential of a position person. I've since figured out that dating one man at a time is a mistake on several levels. One way we do this is by blaming others and their actions for how we are feeling. Someone may be attractive, successful and intriguing, but they may lack the qualities necessary to maintain a long-term relationship. Is it cool to date more than one person at a time? If I casually slept with a man, I felt morally obligated to cut myself off from other guys. I forfeited opportunities to date a variety of men, one who could have been my perfect match. I was afraid if a guy found out that I was dating someone else, he would drop me. Until someone tells you you're the woman of their dreams, that they want you to meet their momma, that they're closing their online dating account and wants you to do the same, you are free to date an entire soccer team if you so desire. Do you have feelings for more than one person? Listen Dating multiple people, or having an alternative relationship, sounds like a great option if you have feelings for more than one person. Keeping a diary while dating two people can help you curb your infatuation and sentimental longings. Dating is supposed to be enjoyable. If you want to date more than one person, make sure that everyone involved understands this and is okay with it. Things to consider if you have an open relationship Our actions affect others Think about how your actions or choices — particularly your sexual choices — will affect your partner and the other person involved. Even if your partner is okay with you dating other people, really think about whether you are cool with it. I threw all my eggs into his basket and we dated until he disappeared into the night and I was left with a bleeding heart.
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Here are four reasons why I strongly believe women should date multiple people at once. That rarely worked out for me; he would sense my needy relationship agenda, and he would stop calling me.
Things to consider if you have an open relationship Our actions affect others Think about how your actions or choices — particularly your sexual choices — will affect your partner and the other person involved.
Here are four reasons why I strongly believe women should date multiple people at once.
I threw all my eggs into his basket and we dated until he disappeared into the night and I was left with a bleeding heart.
| 2019-04-24T06:05:30 |
http://valore-italia.com/is-dating-more-than-one-person-at-a-time-ok.php
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3) Which of the following should be used for hearting of thicker wall?
where x is equal to a) 1/2 b) 1 c) 2 d) 1/4 10) As compared to english bond. of joints in the header course. double flemish bond is a) stronger b) more compact c) costly d) none of the above 11) for good bonding in brick masonry a) All bricks need not be uniform in size b) Bats must be used in alternate courses only c) The vertical joints in alternate courses should fall in plumb d) Cement mortar used must have surkhi as additive 12) Surkhi is added to lime mortar to a) Prevent shrinkage b) Decrease setting time c) Increase bulk d) Impart hydraulicity 13) What is the proportion of plaster for first coat by lime-mortar a) 1:1 b) 1:1.8) The type of bond provided in brick masonry for carrying heavy loads is a) Single Flemish bond b) double Flemish bond c) English bond d) Zigzag bond 9) Number of vertical joints in a stetcher course is x times the no.5 c) 1:2 d) 1:3 .
14) What is the proportion used for pointing work a) 1:1 to 1:2 b) 1:1 to 1:3 c) 1:1 to 1:4 d) 1:1 to 1:5 15) For 2 cubic metre plaster of 1:3. how much bags are required? a) 10 b) 15 c) 20 d) 25 16) In brick work how much % volume is assumed as mortar? a) 20% b) 25% c) 30% d) 35% 17) the openings left in flat roofs for lighting purposes is called a) lantern b) dormer window c) sky light d) gable window 18) in which foundations width>depth a) shallow foundations b) deep foundations c) pile foundations d) well foundations .
CE) .19) pier foundation is a type of a) well foundation b) deep foundation c) shallow foundation d) All of the above 20) Size of a hold-fast section is a) 20×6 b) 30×6 c) 20×5 d) 30×5 Answers 1(b) 2(a) 3(a) 4(c) 5(c) 6(a) 7(d) 8(c) 9(a) 10(d) 11(c) 12(d) 13(b) 14(b) 15(b) 16(c) 17(a) 18(a) 19(b) 20(b) Kamal kumar (Lecturer.
| 2019-04-19T06:45:29 |
https://www.scribd.com/document/321202709/3ce02-unit-5
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[accordion title="What%20is%20assignment%20and%20non-assignment%20of%20benefits?"]As a service to patients, a dental office may accept assignment of benefits whereby they agree to have the patient request that his or her dental plan provider pay the dental office directly for the percentage of the cost covered. The patient is responsible for paying the co-payment when treatment is provided. See also: What is the dental plan co-payment?
In a non-assignment office, the patient is responsible for paying the full cost of treatment at the time it is provided. The dental office will assist the patient by providing a completed dental claim form that the patient can submit to their dental plan provider for reimbursement. In some cases, a dental plan company will only reimburse the plan holder requiring the patient to pay for all costs at the time treatment is provided. In all circumstances, the patient is responsible for any costs not covered by his or her dental plan.
[accordion title="Why%20do%20I%20have%20to%20pay%20for%20treatment%20when%20it's%20covered%20by%20my%20plan?"]Dental offices are entitled to reimbursement for services at the time treatment is provided. A dental plan is a contract between a patient and/or their dental plan carrier. As a service to patients, some offices will accept assignment of benefits whereby they agree to accept payment for the covered portion of treatment directly from the dental plan provider. Dental offices are not obligated to do so, and in some cases, are restricted from doing so as the dental plan carrier will only reimburse the patient.
| 2019-04-24T19:58:47 |
http://yourdentalhealth.ca/faq/dental-plans/assignment-non-assignment
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The emergence of a number of self-proclaimed 'open' cloud platforms - the latest is Rackspace's OpenStack initiative - presents any would-be cloud adopter with a confusing plethora of choice. Taking the bigger picture into account, who are the winners likely to be?
The emergence of a number of self-proclaimed 'open' cloud platforms presents any would-be cloud adopter with a confusing plethora of choice. Rackspace's OpenStack initiative, unveiled last week, is the latest, but it's by no means the only one [disclosure: Rackspace hosts my business and personal websites free of charge]. There are also portability initiatives like VMware's 'open PaaS' which, except in its use of the Spring stack, seems to be open in much the same way that Windows Azure is open (it's a published standard and you have a choice of hosting partners).
For cloud adopters all these offerings, in their various ways, hold out the promise of pursuing a hybrid strategy. They're attractive because they provide the option of putting some assets in the cloud while keeping others on trusted terra firma — or at the very least, a user can reserve the option of pulling their IT back off the provider's cloud if they ever need to, avoiding lock-in to a single provider.
I'd like to dig into the multiple reasons why this can be attractive. But first let me pause for a moment to highlight a huge problem in all of this. There's a very strong risk that all this choice merely serves to obscure the bigger picture of why people should choose a cloud platform in the first place. Too often, people get fixated on technology attributes like virtualization and IT automation. While these are useful, money-saving features, they aren't the main point. Cloud computing is valuable because it's in the cloud, where it benefits from all the advantages of running on infrastructure that's shared by a broad cross-section of users and is ready to connect seamlessly to other cloud resources. See my earlier discussion, Cloud, it's a Web thing.
That all-important comfort feeling. You may never move off the platform — experience shows that most cloud users stay put, even if they originally planned to go back in-house at a later date — but there's a huge comfort in knowing that, if you ever need to, you can. Back in the late 1980s, I used to sell Compaq kit. The company had some humungously large disk arrays in its price list. A Compaq product manager once told me the company virtually never sold any, but had found it was essential to have them in the price list because buyers wanted to know they were there if they ever needed them. The existence of an off-cloud option serves the same role for cloud buyers.
Architectural portability. Yes, yes, yes, you know that your cloud provider offers the kind of scalability, availability and performance that you could only dream of. But just occasionally, there are architectural tweaks that would make a specific application run better in certain use cases. When it matters, you want the flexibility to be able to move to a host that offers that architecture.
Operational portability. The trouble with having only one choice of provider is that you're stuck. If the provider jacks up its prices, starts offering poorer performance or bad customer service, or simply becomes less competitive over time, you have nowhere to go. You may also have needs that vary depending on the time of year, the type of application or even the geographic location of users (eg to comply with data privacy laws). An open platform gives you a choice of different hosts — including in-house — that you can move between in line with your operational needs. This is especially important when you're using a cloud provider for sporadic burst capacity.
Service level flexibility. Although cloud providers may offer more service level granularity in the future, today they mostly offer just a single service level (in many cases, it's not even specified or guaranteed). So the only way to select variable service levels — for example, to put certain applications on five-nines availability while others do perfectly well on a cheaper three-nines platform — is to use more than one provider. That's a lot more complex to manage if each one has its own proprietary platform rather than one standardized, open stack.
Is all this just a matter of APIs? It depends what you need to specify and how sophisticated the APIs are. At present, the APIs don't offer the granularity to cover a tenth of the needs I've outlined above — nor is it in the established providers' interests to give away too much flexibility to move between platforms any sooner than they need to.
What we're witnessing here is a struggle for market advantage between three separate contingents; first movers hold the field but there could be an opportunity for others to dislodge them by winning the mantle of most open or, perhaps, most vanilla.
Among first movers, Amazon holds a pre-eminence that some are already arguing is unassailable. Others still fancy Microsoft because of its installed base and its developer community, while some still rate Google or Apple because of their cloud presence in other areas.
The mantle of most open is being fought over by a crowd of contenders. Rackspace turned a neat trick by launching its claim with a useful sprinkling of NASA spacedust. Despite its proprietary core, VMware has made a strong play, aligning itself with Java developers and building on its credibility as a virtualization platform. Some of the lesser known second-tier players could quickly win mindshare by teaming up with a big telco or hardware vendor.
Either camp could claim the mantle of most vanilla. This is an attribute that works best in the cloud environment (think SOAP vs REST). The victor is likely to be the platform that does the best job of evolving to become an elegant, simple and straightforward mechanism that satisfies market demands for interoperability and portability — irrespective whether it achieves that through open APIs or a more extensive open framework.
Either way, the predominance of vanilla in the cloud environment stacks the odds against anyone who teams up with a telco or big systems vendor, since these are the players with the least skills or confidence in reducing systems to their simplest primitives. Most people who understand the cloud environment instinctively realize that this hands the advantage to Amazon, Google and other cloud-native players as the most likely long-term victors.
| 2019-04-22T12:43:11 |
https://www.zdnet.com/article/choosing-the-right-cloud-platform/
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The task of cryptography (Greek kryptos hidden, graphein to write) is to turn messages into gibberish so that they cannot be read by persons other than the intended recipient. If I send my credit card number and PIN over the internet to an online book store, the book store should be able to read it, but no one else should. A cryptographer starts with plain text such as "ATTACKATDAWN" and produces cipher text such as "OTMMGKLHDTIR." This isencryption. Decryption is the reverse: it produces plain text from cipher text.
In the old days, to send a secret message, you first had to send a key — secretly — to the recipient. This you did by meeting in person, or through a trusted courier. In the example above, the key was "OATMEAL" and the encryption method is due to Vigenère.
But the internet is not a trusted medium, so how do you get started? You can't use the internet to send the key, then your financial information. A bad person could capture your internet traffic with the bookstore. He would use the key to read your credit card number and PIN, and would then charge expensive travel to exotic places to your account.
The number N is the product of two primes, just as 39 is the product of the primes 3 and 13. If you could discover the primes, you could decrypt the message. But this is not so easy to do, and this is one of the reasons why RSA works.
secret message = 243689518774052214930089506033 998596335782879839107051625360 7140448055114932771201027350325, 323915666133187777174633743307 665741495158513587387621667442 84515065903121845841724822236676 = ???
Challenge problem. What is the secret message? (The reward is the satisfaction of knowing the answer).
How do you know if your answer is correct? Use the algorithm and the table for converting text to numbers and vice versa. If the result makes any sense at all, you almost certainly have the correct answer.
To decode the secret message, you must first factor the number 5192...4257 of the public key into a product of primes, just as 39 factors as 3 x 13. Then you have to do some standard number theory computations.
The fact that finding primes is "easy," while factoring into primes is "hard" is what makes RSA work.
| 2019-04-22T02:58:38 |
http://gauss.claymath.org/publications/posters/primes-go-forever
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tl;dr: there's a new review queue. It'll be getting somewhere around 1-2 questions per minute. The only thing they have in common is that the system is unsure of what to do with them. Some are great, some are awful, some are in-between. We need you to help the system decide which category these questions belong in. If this works, we'll be building a whole lot more stuff on top of it: better questions on the home page, more help for promising users, less of a close-queue backlog... So let's test it!
Stack Overflow gets a huge number of questions per day. The best get answered. The worst get closed and deleted. However, there are a huge number of questions that aren't bad enough to be removed but... still aren't great. Many of these still get answered, and could be turned into exemplary questions... if anyone cared enough to fix them. But whether or not they get answered or edited is largely a matter of luck. In fact, luck has become entirely too much of a factor for even well-asked questions - the volume is too great to easily sort through, and many users depend on either the homepage's automatic filtering or complicated tag filters.
Those that will likely be well-received by the community and obtain answers with no further structured review.
Those that will likely be poorly-received by the community, closed or deleted regardless of how much assistance they’re given.
Those for which additional guidance or revision might result in a positive reception and useful answers.
However, first we need to make sure that works! In particular, before we start filtering questions from the home page or building a queue for helpful editors, we need to make sure the two pieces we've built already actually do what they're intended to.
If it looks like things are working, we'll start dropping questions that don't "Look OK" from the home page.
If it's not working, we'll fix them. Change the guidance, the number of reviews required to complete a task, etc.
Once we're all happy with both the behavior of Triage and the appearance of the home page, we'll roll out a Helper/Editor workflow.
Go, review, & let us know how it works!
When an item is marked as needs improvement and gets edited, it should go back to triage, not to the homepage.
Since Triage is effectively how the VLQ flags will be handled for questions, the VLQ flag on an item currently sitting in "needs improvement" shouldn't push it back to Triage. It should just do nothing, since it's already in the queue that handles those flags. It shouldn't push it out of the needs improvement queue.
It'd be nice to be able to see, when viewing a question, if it's in the triage queue, and any past Triage actions taken on it. It doesn't need to be prominent (perhaps as entries in the revision history?), and it should likely have some sort of rep requirement, but it'd be nice to see.
It's unclear to me what the cutoff point or difference is between "Should Be Improved" and "Unsalvageable". When I think something should be improved, usually it's because there's an applicable close reason. However, the close reasons are located under "Unsalvageable".
Right now, "Should Be Improved" isn't clear on who should be doing the improving. An editor? Then there should be an edit button. The author? Then there should be close reasons as well as comments to guide the improvement.
"Unsalvageable" should also include close reasons, since some "questions", such as "give me teh codez", can't be improved, but it shouldn't be the only route to the close vote option.
Another option is to break out the choices into a few more buttons that have clearer instructions. This separates closing questions because they can be improved by the author from truly bad questions that we all know are inappropriate for the site. "Good Enough", "Needs Editing by Anyone", "Close, Author Needs to Edit", and "Unsalvageable, Should Be Deleted".
The upvote dialog is just nonsense; it should be removed.
What's the rationale about "we strongly encourage you to upvote it"? Just because a question meets the site's standards, it doesn't necessarily mean it is a good question.
Furthermore, it is very likely that the reviewer lacks the technical knowledge needed to determine whether the question is good or not, because they don't understand the actual content.
Stack Overflow is a Q&A site about programming, not about rhetoric.
To receive an upvote, a post should meet the site's standards and contain good technical content, which gets the upvoting individual curious and interested and/or benefits the community as whole. In particular, questions that seem unique and have not been asked many times before deserve upvotes.
This upvote dialog also kind of suggests that "we are so used at horribly poor questions on this site, that if you come across something of mediocre or above quality, immediately upvote it no matter the contents!"
Given that the questions in this queue are in that murky area of "not sure if it's a bad question or not", then I would think that only users who have good knowledge of the question's field will be able to make a call.
So, can the queue be filtered so that we only see questions that have a tag matching one of our favourites? Otherwise users will (should) be hitting the Skip button most of the time.
Not having seen the "Needs Improvement" queue, this request may already have been taken care of.
However, my very first review in this queue was a "Needs Improvement" question, but not one that can be fixed by an external editor. In this case, as in many Stack Overflow questions, the requisite code was missing.
The problem statement was clear, and the scope narrow, just this one (very important) piece of information is missing! An external editor can't add it, and I couldn't add a comment.
Could we allow comments, or perhaps a pro-forma one like that in VLQ ("Your post needs improvement, your question will not get visibility until you...") or something like that? I get that we are trying to triage quickly but if the focus is on other users editing in the "Needs Improvement" queue, I can see many questions being stuck in limbo.
Also, the "Unsalvageable" guidance seems a bit off. Closing a question just means it needs a lot of improvement, not that it can't be salvaged at all (unless we are lying to ourselves about the whole "On Hold" thing). Without the ability to comment, a user who wishes to VTC will likely cause the question to be closed without ever getting a "You need to do..." comment (since it wouldn't hit the NI queue).
The "Unsalvageable" button seems to work exactly like the normal "flag" link on the post itself. If you have a review item open and it has already been closed by the time you get to choosing "Unsalvageable", you get the flag dialog minus the close options.
The same thing, with the addition of the VLQ option, appears if I myself have already voted to close outside the queue.
This has already been handled/closed. If more needs to be done, visit the post and flag it.
Similar to what happens when you finish a suggested edit review too late. Presenting the dialog lacking the option to do what I'd typically do in this queue, without explanation, is confusing.
I am missing the "edit" & "leave a comment" buttons in particular.
Often posts are okay, except that the code isn't in a code block. This is so easily fixed and there's almost never a reason not to do it when you spot it. This is often all that's needed before it "Looks OK".
Similarly, leaving a comment is often useful; half the time this can be as simple "We can't debug code we don't see, you need to post your code :-)"; why not just leave a comment when you're at the question anyway?
I know this is probably not what "Triage" is intended for, but I already spent time reading & comprehending the question, so why not immediatly add a simple comment with a suggestion on how to improve it while you're here anyway, instead of having someone else read & comprehend the question again?
But in general, looks cool :-) Looking forwards to the results.
As things stand, I'd be willing to wager that this experiment will fail miserably. Primarily for four reasons.
First and foremost, a pig with lipstick is still a pig. Users don't like reading SO's front page once they've decided it's an ocean of trash. I'm therefor at a loss as to why they'd suddenly want to go through the very worst of the trash they're actively avoiding, for the mere reason that it's presented in a slightly different format -- and without the appeasing satisfaction of rabidly casting down-votes to boot.
Secondly, and as a result of the this, potential reviewers have absolutely no incentive to dive in this cesspool.
Thirdly, it's evident in the queue's history that quality standards are very different from one reviewer to the next. Some questions, which I'd rate as objectively "Get out of my face" unsalvageable, apparently look OK for other reviewers.
Lastly, and in stark contrast with the low quality post queue where mindlessly closing typically is the obviously correct answer (even when you know next to nothing of what's being asked), these questions often need to be read, and sometimes even understood, in order to make an educated assessment of how bad they are.
This last reason is easy enough to fix: only show posts tagged with either of one of the reviewer's favorite tags or one of the tags in which the reviewer has a bronze badge.
With respect to the second and third reasons, I'd like to suggest that any "Unsalvageable" or "Needs improvement" vote cast on a question that ultimately gets published as "Looks OK" without modifications should automatically count as a down-vote.
If that is not acceptable, than at the very least give the opportunity to cast a downvote then and there.
If it is acceptable, a further incentive to make reviewers exhaust their review quotas would be to make it so that this downvote does not count against daily vote limits.
With respect to the first reason, much more must to be done in order to ensure that posters don't flood the site with junk to begin with imho, so as to stop the trash at the city gates rather than in the town center when it's all over your face.
In the flow chart, I believe extra steps are needed prior to new questions getting sent to the queue. The point would be to make it impeccably clear upfront that a question will not even get published, let alone answered, if it is too low quality.
Your question raised too many low qualify flags. Left as is, it will not even be reviewed for consideration.
Please take some time to review our guides on writing a good question if you haven't done so already, and amend your question accordingly.
It doesn't matter of there are false positives here. Authors of good questions with a very low score will expand on theirs a bit more and move on with their day. What matters is catching as many genuine positives as possible; this "very low score" needs to be high enough that posters of undesirable questions find it user hostile.
Your question raised several of our low quality flags. If you leave things as is and re-submit this form, the question will be pushed to a triage queue.
The triage queue is where reviewers will decide whether you question fits our quality standards or not. When not, they may prompt you to improve your question or delete it outright, before it even appears on the site.
Before re-submitting this form, please take some time to review our guides on writing a good question if you haven't done so already, and amend your question if you feel it is necessary.
In each case, and perhaps for all questions or for some other set of rather low quality questions, the submission form should change from freeform to structured.
After doing a few reviews and observing the queue, it looks like the label "unsalvageable" is being confused with the VLQ flag's terminology of salvaging.
Can it be renamed to something which doesn't coincide with any pre-existing term on the site, like "Needs moderation"?
First, I hope this experiment works out well.
How should we handle questions that belong at another SE site? "Unsalvageable" (apparently?) puts the question into a mod queue, which creates useless work. "Needs improvement" and "looks OK" trigger the wrong flow. I'm marking them unsalvageable and closing them as "belongs elsewhere"; I hope that triggers the right flow.
Also, and this is quite minor: Can you make the "Unsalvageable" -> "wrong site" flow fewer clicks long?
"Needs improvement" seems to cast a pretty wide net. Should I use it for questions that are slightly ambiguous but may be answerable? Should I use it for questions that appear to have the kernel of an interesting question buried inside a mountain of crap, or do those get whacked with "unsalvageable"?
I recognise that it will be very, very hard to articulate a set of general guidelines that actually separate the lower fringes of "looks OK" from "needs improvement" and the lower fringes of "needs improvement" from "unsalvageable," but I've never gotten text classification to do anything useful without rigorously defining categories. I also recognise that defining categories based on something other than how crappy a given question is might lead to useless results.
What should I do with poorly-researched questions?
I think these queue items should require more reviewers.
When I tried it out, I found there were a number of questions where I wasn't sure which category to put them in. Optimism can be the difference between NI and U, and pessimism the difference between LO and NI. The one that I saw the results on passed with 3 "Looks OK"s and 2 "Needs Improvement"s. I guess it was questionable whether it was actually OK or not.
If it had been 3 "Needs Improvement"s and 2 "Unsalvageable"s, those people would have got their flags disputed as well.
It just seems to me that, since these are already unclear/borderline questions (albeit as decided by the system), it would be better to have more pairs of eyes on it.
You keep saying that the whole point of this queue is for it to be really fast, right? I think that since it's a fast queue you could require twice as many reviewers and not have it be a problem.
Edit: I've now seen 4-5 questions where I was the last vote on them and they all had 3:2 results. This has made me more sure that 5 reviewers is not enough for what are essentially already borderline questions.
Since triage queue was introduced, it looks like close queue started stronger prioritizing for certain kind questions. Top of the queue (items presented first to reviewer) seems to be much more filled with questions that are: 1) clear cut close-worthy, 2) recent (often posted within 1-2 hours) and 3) not yet answered.
Above was observed with my favorite filter setting (too broad). I also briefly tested this with filters off, the effect appears to be present there too but it was just less comfortable so I quickly dropped back to filtered review.
To me this change is beneficial, because mentioned priorities fit my own review preferences. As a result, I skip much less than before.
For reviewers with different preferences (eg older questions, or trickier cases etc), this may mean they would have to skip more to get to lower priority queue items.
It's not listed under the privilege that unlocks late answers and first post queues nor that for suggested edits and very low quality queues. (If it is at the edit privilege, that privilege should probably be split, since it is summarized as "edit" but is actually "edit and also access 3 new review queues).
Sorry, if it's been already reported or if you decided to redesign the dialog.
Something to consider (not necessarily pitching it as a good idea) is allowing us to manually enter into the triage a specific question - much like how we can with close votes, as well as seeing pending edits.
This is mainly because we can do it for every other existing queue.
Close votes and flags are both absolute votes for closing something. The On Hold system tried to remedy this but alas it ended up being a comfort blanket instead of a real solution.
In order for the Triage queue to be this solution, I feel like we should be able to manually place questions into the triage queue in order to give them a second chance.
For instance, a user posts a question that may be able to be salvaged; instead of voting to close and instantly discouraging them, as a user, I would be able to enter into the Triage their question (with an initial vote to improve) and give them a chance to not only save their question but to see how an external editor would have asked it.
To me, that would be a much better lesson in how to work the site - especially since this is a trial run for a potential replacement of current queues on the site.
I have found a couple of weird things in this queue. In the history page, specifically.
After reviewing a few questions, I wanted to compare my decissions with the rest of the reviewers'... to make sure that I'm doing it well. So I've clicked on History and opened one of the review links... such as https://stackoverflow.com/review/triage/6383238. I don't know how these are called, I'm going to refer to them as "review pages".
For that particular question, I'm the one who made the final vote, so I was presented with the "vote up" dialog (which I did, because it looked like an interesting question, and I was strongly encouraged to do so :). Now, when I open the "review page", the "vote up" button is enabled again, and if pressed, it removes the upvote. Shouldn't it be disabled if I already used it, instead of behaving exactly like the up arrow?
For questions that I skipped, and which are still in the queue (i.e. no consensus reached), the "review page" shows the review buttons again (looks OK, should be improved...). I did not try, but I guess it would allow me to vote. It shoudln't behave that way, I already skipped the review because I didn't know what to do with that question. Wouldn't it be better to show the other reviewers' actions? It's what it does once the review is complete (consensus has ben reached).
Other than that... I also miss the "Edit" button, as many people already stated. "Should be improved" is ok, but it would be better if we had also the option "Can be improved, let me do it".
Triage offers a great variety of options of categorizing unsalvageable posts. I think it would be a great help to get some kind of feedback after the community decided on the fate of a post.
Simply color-coding the review audits where the community disagreed with my decision or my suggested reason for closing would be helpful to learn from mistakes and misconceptions and thus improve future audits.
Why am I taken to a "Thanks" dialog when I'm the third person to submit Looks OK?
I appreciate that I'm being thanked, but if I'm to be thanked then so should everyone else who voted (without having to manually get back to the review).
I feel this dialog is a bit unnecessary, and would rather just be taken straight to the next review.
Some discussion in the comments of Triage gray areas - what should we do when the question is borderline? between me and gnat seems to have extracted that the three buttons may be incidentally making it more difficult to reach consensus.
A proposed option of having two separate triages might be possible.
Posts that reach consensus on Look Okay are cleared. Posts that reach consensus on not looking okay are sent to Triage 2.
Triage 2 - Needs Improvement vs Unsalvageable.
This allows for more users to get their opinions on a single question, and establishes the precedent early on whether something is wrong with a post. Then, a post with a high Skip count would be indicative that a post seems to be in a gray area in Triage 2.
A Skip in the current system doesn't indicate very much as it could be bordering between Okay and NI, or NI and UN.
This is quite annoying (it's like <marquee> and <blink>!). Can it be removed?
At first, I thought that this wasn't the best idea. But the thought of using this to improve the site at least made me not hate it.
Then, I started doing some spot-checks on what people thought "looked OK". Now I'm worried.
Bear in mind that I'm not picking on any of the askers here.
For example, this question. If anyone had looked around a bit, they would have observed that it was a pretty straightforward duplicate of this question.
And yet, it's been marked "Looks OK".
So this is what scares me a little bit about the system. If we rely on people that don't really take the time to review this to improve the algorithm, we're not going to get much improvement out of it.
That said, I'd recommend/encourage that the algorithm evaluate a user's participation within that tag, or overall reputation, before they take these evaluations seriously.
Or, better yet, if the question is found to be of poor quality anyway due to it being closed, deleted, or otherwise disapproved upon by the community, those points of data shouldn't count.
The idea is to remove garbage from the site. Let's make sure it stays removed.
Users with access to VLQ queue, should not put the VLQ flag, this adds an extra step in the process of deletion (or not) of the question.
If the user is trusted to put a more accurate flag, it seems more expedient to be done directly on the Triage queue.
I did my first rounds of reviewing today and triaged about a dozen or so. I came here to meta because I was unhappy with not being able to say "don't know".
And that was because I work with a 1200x1980 monitor (that is: 1200 wide) where the screen ends before the "Skip" button. I only recognized there was such a thing as skipping when I saw the screenshot in the question on the present page.
Please rethink the web design in this respect.
I'm wondering if "Looks OK" should need a majority of three votes instead of only an absolute of three votes.
It is in my experience rare that you will only see three "Looks OK" votes there. I guess worst case would be two votes "Unsalvagable", two votes "Should Be Improved" and three votes "Looks OK". The question will go to the homepage although only the minority of voters think that the question is ok.
So I'm wondering if the triage quality could be improved by requiring the "Looks OK" votes to have a majority of three votes over all other votes. In my example that would mean two more "Looks OK" votes.
I decided to explore this thought a bit further and get to know SEDE in the process. The result of this exploration is Triage Review Decisiveness. As suspected, a decisive result where one option has 3 more votes as the other options combined is more the exception than the norm. The percentage of indecisive results seems to hover around 70% for all three options.
As a side result, surprisingly (for me), the "Should Be Improved" option seems to be slightly less favored than "Looks OK".
Originally I also wanted to weigh the votes by the reputation of the user, but I found no way to get the user for a review result.
When you triage a question it's text will be greyed out while the system looks for a possible next question. The text will briefly flash back into non-greyed before being deleted if there is no next item to review.
If there is a next item to review and the internet (or SO servers) are fast in responding, I never noticed anything, but today the internet seems slow and the old message gets presented, with the refreshed header, only to be replaced after 1-3 seconds by the text of the new question to triage. The latter is quite confusing.
You probably can fix this by completely removing the innerHTML of the greyed out text before starting to load the next page (in both cases: new Q for triage available or not available).
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| 2019-04-24T09:46:22 |
https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/278380/help-us-test-question-triage
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Each Question has 5 options labeled as (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). Read each sentence and find the appropriate fillers that could fit into the blanks in the sentence.
Galileo Galilei was _________ when he said that Earth is not the _________ of the universe.
Economic activity this year _________ proven more __________ than expected, giving policy makers room to focus on reining in financial risks and cooling a frothy property sector.
“Hike Wallet has seen a __________ of over 30% month-over-month, in just 5 months, making it the fastest __________ wallet in India.
Social media itself _________ multiple ways of reaching out to consumers, which makes it easier and quicker for e-tailers to _________ their business and stabilise their business growth in the shortest period of time.
The Bank of England has warned for the first time that Britain __________ slide into recession in the aftermath of a vote to _________ the EU in next month’s referendum.
Euphoric crowds __________ streets in the capital on Saturday morning and cars _________ their horns.
The new sports car was ___________ alongside Tesla’s new electric truck, and promises to wow drivers with some extraordinary statistics that make it look like a Top Trumps card turned into an electrified______________ .
The price of the virtual currency bitcoin has ___________the $8,000 barrier for the first time, prompting speculation that it could ________ past $10,000 by the end of the year.
Japan’s economic _________ since its ‘lost decade’ at the end of the last century is a primer of what could ________ from such an economic slowing.
| 2019-04-19T00:37:39 |
http://bankersdaily.in/sbi-clerk-prelims-english-day-18/
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The most important part is building and maintaining an environment where members of the community can co-exist in harmony and in personal freedom.
Summerhill School is a progressive, co-educational, residential school, founded by A. S. Neill in 1921; in his own words, it is a 'free school' though this does not mean, alas, that it is state funded. The freedom Neill was referring to was the personal freedom of the children in his charge.
Summerhill is first and foremost a place where children can discover who they are and where their interests lie in the safety of a self-governing, democratic community.
There are two features of the school which people usually single out as being particularly unusual. The first is that all lessons are optional. Teachers and classes are available at timetabled times, but the children can decide whether to attend or not. This gives them the freedom to make choices about their own lives and means that those children attending lessons are motivated to learn.
Many people suppose that no children would ever go to lessons if they were not forced to. At Summerhill, it is rare for a child to attend no lessons at all – at least, after the initial shock of freedom has worn off.
The second particularly unusual feature of the school is the school meeting, at which the school Laws are made or changed. These laws are the rules of the school, made by majority vote in the community meetings; pupils and staff alike having equal votes.
The community atmosphere at the school is very strong. To an extent it must be, wherever 100 people live in close proximity for over half the year, if there is not to be unbearable strain in their relationships. But it is fostered at Summerhill by the fact that all the inhabitants are considered equal members of the community. All are equally entitled to citizenship of the school – teachers, big kids, and little kids alike – and this is reflected in their interactions with each other. There is an ease of manner between equals that cannot exist in a hierarchy, however friendly and informal.
What makes the equality real rather than mere rhetoric is the meeting. Everyone knows, for instance, that a member of staff has no sanctions against a pupil that the pupil does not have against the member of staff – and that a teacher bringing a case against a pupil is neither more nor less likely to succeed just because of the relative status of the people involved. Here, everyone has the same status.
The result is a strong feeling of solidarity with Summerhill in all its diverse members. And they are diverse: besides the age differences, Summerhill is an international community. Many nations are represented including France, Germany, Holland, Israel, Switzerland, US, Korea and Taiwan; the UK accounts less than half of the pupils. Of course, everything in the garden is not always rosy. Sometimes a pupil with an urge for rebellion – usually a newcomer – will behave in as destructive a way as possible, deliberately breaking as many of the community's written and unwritten laws as he or she is able, and generally wreaking havoc.
It is interesting that these rebellious children are generally those who have recently arrived at Summerhill from a more 'conventional' school. They seem to be rebelling against the unfair and authoritarian structure they are coming from; when they were there, rebellion was not possible. Obviously, they can be disruptive, but they usually settle down and begin to enjoy the freedom of Summerhill in a more constructive way.
"There may be bullying at Summerhill, but I have not seen it. It may be that the older kids set themselves up as kings over their juniors, but I do not perceive a hint of it. What I do see is children of eight jumping unexpectedly on the back of fifteen-year-old boys, and being carried round with perfect good humour; younger kids upset by some sudden reverse being comforted by an arm round their shoulder from an older kid; kids sitting in odd corners talking eagerly about the matter of the moment, with entire disregard for whether their interlocutors are their own age, or younger or older by a year, three years, or six years ... It would be stupid to suggest that they do not all have their own special friends, but I do not think any of them have any special enemies.
| 2019-04-26T03:49:20 |
http://politicsofhealth.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=169:introduction-to-summerhill&catid=79&Itemid=117
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Fishing Kayaks is an interesting activity that you could try. It is an adventurous activity. You could make this your new hobby, and it is one of the best ways to spend your weekend. Try this sport and feel the water and fishes. If you are a newbie continue reading this guide on kayak fishing for beginners.
In this hobby, you go on fishing on kayaks. You would wonder why this activity is going to be interesting. Well, fishing on Kayaks will be interesting, and you will find it to be cheaper than boats, and you have the chance of engaging in fishing and catching loads of fish.
Since the kayak does not have a motor, the kayak will not make much noise as it does not have a motor and thus you could catch a significant amount of fish. Kayaks also allow you to fish in any environment.
The other thing that you should know is that unlike boats these kayaks can be carried from place to place very easily. You could have it in the back of your cab and carry out to the place that you want. Fishing in the kayak is also similar to engaging in a workout.
When you are out in a kayak, you will find it to be very relaxing, and it relieves you from stress. In the next paragraph check out the best tips and tricks that you could follow as a kayak beginner.
First, before you go on kayaking, it would be great if you could talk with an expert in kayaking. In most of the towns or cities where there is water, you might see kayak fishing guided tours wandering around.
Get hold with one of them and go on a ride with them. You could also speak with them and get an idea of kayaking or else you could clear any doubt that you have on kayaking by speaking with them. You could get help from them to find out the water area that has the most number of fishing, and you could choose the type of fish you will catch.
You could speak with a guide and expand your knowledge on kayaking. It is one of the best tips on kayak fishing for beginners.
After that choose the place that you are going to fish. You could choose from many options of water resources such as lakes, rivers, and ponds. After that look for the most suitable kayak for you. It should be comfortable for you and the kayak that you purchase should be suitable for the place that you are going to start fishing.
Kayaks can be categorized among different categories such as recreational, touring, whitewater, inflatable, and folding.
The appearance of the kayak also differs from kayak to kayak, and the different shapes serve different purposes. The ones that appear to be longer are very fast in water, and the wider boats are very stable when in water. If you are going to stand and fish, the wider boats are going to be ideal.
Kayaks that have “upswept bows” or “rockers” are suitable if you are fishing in current or waves. The “sit on top” kayaks have a platform where you could sit. The next tip is to get ready with the necessary accessories.
You should also be aware of the weather conditions. If the climate is very much windy, you are going to fall in trouble.
The above tips are what you have to remember as a kayak beginner. You will surely love kayaking, and you will make it your hobby. It is one of the adventurous activities that many like to enjoy.
Choose the suitable kayak for you and go on fishing!
| 2019-04-21T00:30:22 |
https://www.fishfindersguide.com/kayak-fishing-beginners/
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One of the best-known controversies in the Bahá'í Faith is rooted in the exclusion of women from the Guardianship (the individual office of the Guardian) and the Universal House of Justice (UHJ). This is just one of many examples in the Bahá'í Book of Laws (Kitáb-i-Aqdas) which discriminates against women, but it is the most controversial.
Many Bahá'ís have addressed the controversy in various ways, but the most complete treatment appears to me to be in Juan R. I. Cole's " Women's Service on the Universal House of Justice."
1. Cole uses "the seemingly contradictory texts" to introduce gray areas wherein he forges his hypothesis. Because Cole is a believer in the infallibility of these texts (and `Abdu'l-Bahá's guidance), he proceeds upon the implicit premise that all contradictions are merely seeming. He does not appear to recognize the striking lack of clarity that all these gray areas impose upon the issue. How many "seeming" contradictions does he require before he drops the "seeming"? This hair-splitting seems inappropriate for what should be a very clearly resolved issue.
a) Were the representatives of `Abdu'l-Bahá representing his intentions when they excluded women from serving in the Chicago LSA, or were they subject to traditional Iranian prejudices?
b) In his 1902 message, did `Abdu'l-Bahá intend to exclude women from serving in the Chicago LSA, or did he intend to exclude them from serving in the UHJ? Did he understand their question?
c) In his 1909 message, did `Abdu'l-Bahá intend to exclude women from serving in the Chicago LSA, or did he intend to exclude them from serving in the UHJ?
In all three cases, the Chicago LSA thought that he meant to exclude women from membership on the LSA. In 1912, `Abdu'l-Bahá made it clear that women ought not be so excluded, and made no statement with regard to their evolving status.
Given these events, it appears that miscommunication was the prime culprit, and there are other possibilities.
Cole comes to the conclusion, contrary to the official Bahá'í line, that `Abdu'l-Bahá was referring to the Chicago LSA as the "House of Justice" in both 1902 and 1909, and that in 1912 he had determined that women were now prepared to served in the Local Assembly.
Plausible, I suppose, but why didn't he ever speak of this evolutionary process in 1902 or 1909? Why was his language so absolute?
But we must remember that Shoghi Effendi does not appear ever to have seen the 1909 letter to Chicago about women's exclusion from the `umumi house of justice. When he was asked about the subject, his secretaries in their replies cited the 1902 letter as excluding women from the Universal House of Justice. In fact, the 1902 letter appears mainly to have been about excluding them from the Chicago local house of justice, though the generic phrase "house of justice" would cover the universal one, as well. The stance taken by the Guardian's secretaries on this issue therefore appears to have been based on inadequate contextual information about the text they cited as probative.
It's quite clear to me that a document of such great importance as the 1902 letter would not be presented to the Guardian's secretaries without being interpreted to some degree by the Guardian. If anyone misjudged the context of the message, it would have had to be the Guardian, and that seems unlikely to me.
Since Shoghi Effendi himself said he was not omniscient and depended in his rulings on the information at hand, this is not a problem per se.
True, if Shoghi Effendi had not been aware of an authoritative document that might have unequivocally pointed out that women may someday be eligible to serve on the UHJ, he was perfectly within his rights to reverse his stance on the issue.
On the other hand, it seems mighty peculiar that the Guardian, having so many sources of information, and having such a profound understanding of Bahá'í administration, could be so easily turned about on such a basic principle of the Bahá'í Faith.
3. The document which Cole claims the Guardian had no access to is, furthermore, easily read as supporting the Guardian's stance on the matter. Professor Cole invokes plausible alternative meanings to suggest that the Guardian might have read it in Cole's way.
According to the ordinances of the Faith of God, women are the equals of men in all rights save only that of membership on the [`umumi] House of Justice, for, as hath been stated in the text of the Book, both the head and the members of the House of Justice must be men. However, in all other bodies, such as the Temple Construction Committee, the Teaching Committee, the Spiritual Assembly, and in charitable and scientific associations, women share equally in all rights with men.
(Stockman, Baha'i Faith in America, vol. 2, p. 323).
How could this message compel the Guardian to reverse his position on the issue? The letter clearly indicates that the [`umumi] House of Justice must be exclusively male, and that the Spiritual Assembly (and other groups) may be of mixed gender.
One might make a plausible argument, such as Cole does, that the "Spiritual Assembly" does not refer to "LSA" as it is now known, and that `umumi does not equate to "universal" or "international" but rather houses of justice in the broad, "general" sense. But is this argument compelling, or even probable?
The Universal House of Justice has presented an argument in response to this contention which seems reasonable enough for me to accept. Of course, it does not explain `Abdu'l-Bahá's lack of clarity with respect to the question that was put to him.
5. Cole's suggestion is that the society of women as a whole must advance before any one woman is allowed on the UHJ. If this is what Bahá'u'lláh means to be telling us, Bahá'u'lláh is suggesting that individual women are limited by the mean, median, or lowest common denominator of women, that somehow a woman of great accomplishment should not be elected to the UHJ because the underdeveloped status of women worldwide renders her incapable. Or could it be that Bahá'u'lláh feared the Bahá'í electorate might elect an incapable woman if there were enough incapable women in the world? Where is reason in all of this supposed scholarship?
6. Cole uses a plausibility defense at several points, thus geometrically magnifying the margin of error applicable to his conclusions.
I think that the Master's terminology in this period is elastic, and that by `umumi house of justice he probably meant the Chicago LSA, as a major or general Baha'i governing body. "Spiritual assembly" in this period often simply meant the entire community, or the women's steering committee.
In this passage, Cole is reducing the clarity of terms to to the level of triviality. He makes a fair case for each term, but his lack of conclusiveness weakens the foundations of his argument.
`Abdu'l-Bahá was so unclear about Bahá'í administration that nobody can tell for sure which administrative body he was speaking of!
7. Cole fails to address the exclusion of women from the Guardianship, which certainly serves as a precedent for excluding women from the UHJ. Stranger still that `Abdu'l-Bahá makes no mention in these passages of the exclusion of women from the Guardianship, which was at the time the chain of inheritance of which `Abdu'l-Bahá was himself a part.
Professor Cole is bending over backward to arrive at a conclusion that permits sexual equality in his religion (to avoid scriptural contradiction and appease Western tastes) and at the same time diplomatically allows the Bahá'í authorities a way to change while saving face.
How fortunate that Professor Cole should weather all those "seeming contradictions" to finally arrive at a conclusion so favorable to his beliefs at the outset!
This is a crafty example of Bahá'í Scholarship, but it is too partial and ambiguous. It does, nonetheless, serve up compelling evidence that the whole issue of UHJ membership is mired in ambiguity and contradiction.
| 2019-04-20T12:15:55 |
http://idolchatter.kaweah.com/Bahai/womenUHJ.html
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Protests in Sacramento, California grew tense late Saturday night, March 31, 2018 as police moved in to help keep the peace.
(CNN) - A Sacramento County sheriff's deputy struck a protester with his patrol SUV as she and others gathered in the street to denounce the killing of Stephon Clark, then left the scene, according to video of the incident.
The incident Saturday night threatens to exacerbate an already tense relationship between police and protesters in California's capital. Observers say the deputy struck the woman at a high rate speed of speed, while authorities say the vehicle was moving slowly and the deputy was responding to a dangerous situation created by some of the demonstrators.
"This is their response to a community in outrage and pain; this is just another glaring example of the reckless nature of Sacramento law enforcement," said Tanya Faison, founder of Black Lives Matter's Sacramento chapter, which did not organize the event but has been vocal about Clark's killing.
"We will continue to demand justice for not just Stephon, but for all lives that have been unjustly taken at the hands of law enforcement."
During a vigil, a woman carrying a "Stephon Clark Rest in Power" sign walked in front of a sheriff's vehicle and motioned the driver to stop, according to a video from the National Lawyers Guild Legal Observers. The deputy then drove away, said Guy Danilowitz, a legal observer who recorded the video.
"The vehicle accelerated and struck her, accelerated very fast and struck her violently and she fell to the ground," Danilowitz said. "It was a very fast acceleration, not the way you would move with people around."
The woman suffered minor injuries and was taken to a hospital, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department.
About eight seconds before the collision, a deputy inside the SUV was heard over a loudspeaker repeatedly telling protesters, "Back away from my car."
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department said protesters approached the vehicle and "began yelling while pounding and kicking the vehicle's exterior."
"The collision occurred while the patrol vehicle was traveling at slow speeds," said spokesman Sgt. Shaun Hampton. He said the deputy's vehicle had scratches, dents and a shattered rear window following the collision.
"The damage to the vehicle was not a result of the collision involving the pedestrian but was caused by vandals in the crowd," Hampton said.
Several demonstrations have been held in Sacramento since Clark's deadly encounter with police two weeks ago.
Police fatally shot Clark -- an unarmed black man -- in his grandmother's backyard March 18. Officers said they thought Clark had a gun, but only his cellphone was found at the scene.
Last week, protesters gathered in front of the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office holding their cellphones aloft.
They have also blocked fans from entering NBA games and joined Clark's brother as he interrupted a City Council meeting and chanted his brother's name.
Hours before Saturday's incident, former Sacramento Kings forward Matt Barnes led demonstrators in a rally with Clark's family.
"It's more than color," Barnes told the crowd. "It comes down to wrong and right."
He also announced he was starting a scholarship fund for Clark's two sons.
Attorneys for Clark's family said at a news conference Friday that the autopsy results contradict the account of the shooting presented by Sacramento police.
The initial autopsy conducted by the Sacramento County Coroner determined the cause of Clark's death as multiple gunshot wounds, and the manner of death was homicide, according to a preliminary report. Authorities have not released the full report.
"The narrative that had been put forth was that they had to open fire because he was charging at them," said Benjamin Crump, one of the Clark family's lawyers. "Well, obviously, based on Dr. Omalu's findings and the family's autopsy, it suggests all the bullets were from behind."
Police released footage of Clark's shooting 72 hours after it happened. In the video, someone can be heard telling officers to mute their body cameras. The comment comes about seven minutes after Clark was shot.
Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn told CNN he doesn't know why the cameras were muted. Officers are allowed to do so in specific situations, like when they're talking to a confidential informant.
| 2019-04-21T01:26:56 |
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/national/sacramento-sheriffs-vehicle-hits-protester-at-stephon-clark-vigil-witness-says
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Indonesia hotels hostels and youth hostels worldwide.. Cheap hotels and hostels in Indonesia.
Hotels, Hostels, and Youth Hostels in Indonesia.
For sheer size, scale and variety, Indonesia is pretty much unbeatable. The country is so enormous that nobody is really sure quite how big it is; there are between 13,000 and 17,000 islands. It's certainly the largest archipelago in the world, spreading over 5200km between the Asian mainland and Australia, all of it within the tropics and with huge areas of ocean separating the landmasses. Not surprisingly, Indonesia's ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity is correspondingly great - the best estimate is of 500 languages and dialects spoken by around 200 million people. The largely volcanic nature of the islands has created tall cloud-swept mountains swathed in the green of rice terraces or rainforest, dropping to blindingly bright beaches and vivid blue seas, the backdrop for Southeast Asia's biggest wilderness areas and wildlife sanctuaries. The ethnic mix of Indonesia is overwhelming: this is the world's largest Muslim country, but with a distinct local flavour, and there are also substantial populations of Christians, Hindus and animists, whose forms of worship, customs and lifestyles have been influencing each other for centuries.
Indonesia hotels, hostels and youth hostels worldwide.
| 2019-04-25T22:00:35 |
http://global-rooms.com/asia/indonesia/INDONESIA.html
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By analyzing radioactive minerals in igneous rocks, scientists can tell how much time has passed since rocks solidified from lava. This amount of time defines the age of a rock. This image shows the age of rocks on the Atlantic Ocean seafloor.
! Examine the color code to understand how the age of rocks changes from the center to the edges of the ocean floor. Consider how the age of rocks is related to the shape of the seafloor you saw in step 3. Answer the questions below.
Image: NOAA. Data from "Digital Age Map of the Ocean Floor"
3. What areas of the Atlantic seafloor have the youngest rocks? ...the oldest?
4. How old are the very oldest rocks on the Atlantic seafloor? Where are they?
5. Based on the age of the oldest rocks between South America and Africa, when did the two continents split?
The location of the youngest rocks on the seafloor shows that new rocks form in the middle of the ocean, the same location as the shallowest area of the ocean. This line of new, relatively shallow rocks is known as the mid-Atlantic Ridge. New rock material added to the edges of the South American and African Plates at the mid-Atlantic Ridge has separated the two continents.
Imagine what the ocean floor would have looked like 150 million years ago, when all the rocks younger than that did not yet exist. How would things have changed by 80 million years ago? Visualize how the Atlantic Ocean floor started separating the continents and grew to its present size.
6. Based on ages of the oldest rocks in the North and South Atlantic, describe how and when the Atlantic Ocean formed, and how its shape has changed through time.
| 2019-04-22T18:23:56 |
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0802/es0802page04.cfm
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How to adopt from the rattery?
In order to adopt from EWR you will need to send me a text explaning why you have chosen my rattery to adopt from rather than any other and why you would be a good choice of adopter.
If after reading your text I juge that you are a good candidate to adopt, you will then receive the adoption form to fill out. If you are not selected to adopt, I will let you know that your candidature has not been retained.
When I select my breeding pairs it is absolutely never based on any sort of waiting list. My couples are bred according to what I wish to improve and work on in my lines. It is possible for me to have multiple rats available at once or none at all for several months. I will still however, continue to post photos, videos and text updates of my current litters and projects although they wouldn't be available for adoption.
In a nutshell, I will most likely not have many babies available all year round so you will need to be patient in if you really want to adopt EWR rats. The wait is long but I sincerely believe that it is worth every second of it.
Our rats leave in pairs/trio at a minimum of 8 weeks of age, after receiving their Revolution treatment for internal and external parasites. Each pair is 100.00CAD and each trio is 140.00CAD no matter the variety. Prices are not up for negociation. All our rats are sold with a limited 3 month health warranty that takes effect the moment you adopt them. All of our pups are garanteed NEGATIVE to the Seoul virus.
If you are interested in rats for breeding, prices may vary as they would come with a full 4 generation pedigree and any notes concerning their lines.
HOW TO increase your chances of being approved?
1. If you are fluent in french and are a resident of the Québec province, you may join my group Le Groupe des Ratons Québécois on Facebook!
2. Like and Follow my page on Facebook!
The wait time can vary immensely so I will no longer be giving approximate wait times. Generally the wait time will vary from 12 to 18 months. If you have already adopted from the rattery you obtain priority on adoptions however I still cannot give an approximation of the wait time. NO ADOPTION IS GARANTEED! Simply sending in an adoption form does not give you an automatic approval, there is an adoption process to be followed.
Please take note that approved breeders will have priority on all adoptions.
What are the steps I follow when I revise an adoption application form?
1. I receive the adoption form.
2. I save the adoption form as a PDF to my hard drive with the application date.
3. I receive a request to adopt rats posted in the private EWR adoption group.
4. I briefly review the application form and decide if the application form passes to the phone interview or not. If the form is not held back I will inform the person directly. If the application is held back I will then schedule a phone interview.
5. I will then review the application form and note questions for the phone interview.
6. When the phone interview comes, I will review the application form with the person and ask more questions. I will never give my final answer the phone as I want to have a moment to think after the interview. I will communicate via private message either on Facebook or by Email.
| 2019-04-18T10:50:56 |
http://www.exoticwhiskersrattery.com/adoption.html
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How Did DNA Testing Children Begin?
The landmark immigration case Sarbah vs. Home Office (1985) was the first to use DNA testing to prove a mother-son relationship between Christiana Sarbah and her son Andrew.
The case started in 1983 when Andrew, then 13, arrived in England after a long stay in Ghana with Christiana's estranged husband. Immigration officials held him at Heathrow Airport, claiming his passport was forged, or that a substitution had been made. Only after intervention by a local MP was Andrew allowed to stay at his family's home in London.
Various genetic-determining tests showed that Christiana and Andrew were almost certainly related however, it was impossible to determine whether Christiana was his mother or merely an aunt (Christiana has several sisters in Ghana). The photographic evidence and depositions were rejected at an immigration hearing, but deportation was delayed pending an appeal.
Around the same time, an article in The Guardian reported the discovery of DNA fingerprinting by Prof. Alec Jeffreys and his team at the University of Leicester. After reading about their work, the legal team dealing with the case approached Prof. Jeffreys, and he agreed to take on the case. In order to prove that Christiana was Andrew's mother, a DNA test was performed on blood samples from Christiana, Andrew, an unrelated individual, and Christiana's three undisputed children: David, Joyce, and Diana.
Using a recently discovered DNA probe, a DNA fingerprint was produced which confirmed that Christiana was indeed Andrew's biological mother, and that David, Joyce and Diana were his siblings. Based on this evidence, the case was dropped by the Home Office and massive press coverage ensued. The discovery of DNA fingerprinting had huge implication for the non-criminal legal system and led to an overhaul of the UK's Immigration legislation. Current UK immigration legislation accepts results of DNA testing as the ultimate proof or relationship between a child and his or her relatives. Accordingly, DNA test results will normally (although not invariably) provide conclusive evidence as to whether a child is related, as claimed, to one or both of his alleged parents.
Before January 1991, it was up to the applicant to decide whether or not to obtain DNA evidence in support of his or her application or appeal. In January 1991, a government scheme was introduced, which enables entry clearance officers (ECO) to offer to arrange DNA tests in cases where they are not satisfied that persons seeking admission as children are related to their UK sponsor.
Avi comes from an international business background with Citibank where he specialised in managing projects in London, Europe, South America and Asia Pacific. In 2004 he was awarded the prestigious Shell Live Wire Entrepreneur of the Year award for his business. Working closely with the charities and various media outlets Avi strives to increase public awareness as to the benefits of DNA testing and the continuing impact that technological advances will have on all our lives.
Learn more about DNA forensic testing or how you can receive your own free home paternity test kit.
Awakenings do not inflame tragedy or sorrow. Awakenings get you to a level that transcends your sorrows, fears, and frustrations.
WKAR's podcast "Serving Up Science" taught dozens of people about the science behind taste. It was the final signature event of Michigan State University's.
Uber's self-driving tech is still far behind competitors like Waymo, according to a new report that compares the cars to a "science experiment."
The new device is capable of rapidly, precisely implanting polymer electrodes into the brain.
Island-dwelling Homo luzonensis may have been a small-bodied tree climber.
A Mechanical bullet, which will turn in flight is well within our technical capabilities. The premise is to have a bullet, which is preset to turn a corner can be achieved thru a small gear setting on the bullet or a preset finger on the barrel or in the chamber which can be dialed in prior to discharge.
I believe their is a way to have an on board aircraft laser the air in front of it and move the air out of the way, thus less friction at lower altitudes, no sonic booms and rapid acceleration no induced or parasite drag at low altitudes. You could call it hyper laser atmospheric conditioning.
Cord blood is the blood left in the umbilical cord and placenta after the birth of the child and is collected after the cord has been cut off. The umbilical cord is routinely discarded with the placenta after a child is born.
Want to learn a new language? Would you like to earn a PhD in Physics; perfect your backstroke tennis swing, golf finesse or fly-fishing techniques, while you sleep? While, your immune system catches your body back up on your lack of exercise, fitness and proper diet? How about if I told you, that you most likely will shed about 20-25 lbs of extra weight while all this is going on? Well, if we further develop our sleep research, human hibernation studies and mind or brain advances we will be able to do all this and more in the near future, perhaps less than 5-years.Let me tell you about a few of the latest new rapidly approaching and potentially converging technologies, which will make all this possible.
The Hubble Space Telescope received its first Service Mission in December 1993. The missions most important objective was to install two devices to fix the Hubble Telescope's vision problem .
Perhaps we should be looking into advancing the propulsion systems of MAVs, small UAVs by using magnetic propulsion to spin the propellers. When testing a UAV by trying to fly it under the canopy of trees or around sparsely populated tree areas or in cities with streets and housing we may find we have difficult issues.
Wind Power is considered a clean industry and is amongst the favorites of environmentalists and clean energy supporters. Unfortunately the wind generators rely on the wind and the wind is somewhat inconsistent in that sometimes it blows and some times it does not.
100 years ago Albert Einstein developed his Relativity Theory of physics that claimed that the universe is actually based on a space-time-gravity continuum (a non-mechanical version of Rene Descartes' earlier mechanical ether theory) and with time as variable and relative.Einstein believed that his theory disproved "all of Isaac Newton's physics theory", and that "Newton's theory" had disproved all earlier physics theories.
Fundamental elements of life and the aspects of cloning bring dramatic advancement to the scientific and medical community; however, is this fast-paced artificial reproduction an intrusion of Nature or a doorway to infinite, medical cures?In lieu of scientific developments in the biological mainstream, the human intervention of life and it's natural state are of utmost concern. Questions are being raised as to what constitutes life produced naturally into this world as opposed to man-made biocreationism.
DNA Profiling and Its Uses in CourtStronger evidence in courtrooms-it's what every attorney, defendant, and plaintiff dreams of. Beginning in the last 1980s, this is exactly what began to surface through DNA profiling.
We can make diamonds using the Earth's inner forces, extreme pressure and heat. We simply send Carbon Blocks in tubes, which have been drilled into the Earth's Mantle.
Dowsing is definitely an intuitive art and one of the oldest forms of divination in the world. Perhaps the oldest and most familiar image we have a dowser is what is called a field or map dowser.
Soon scientists will have scaled down robotic insects. This is a good thing and most of this technology is being funded for Department of Defense uses as they will have a killer application there indeed.
I propose a lighter than air tubular unmanned mini blimp be designed. Such a craft would have many great applications.
A set up of harnessed Lithium Polymer Cells can be the answer to mini-UAVs. When we compare the voltage output and capacity of wire harness systems and compare the weight of LiPoly cells to NiCd or NiMH cells you can achieve extremely better results than the average fuel and output on a ounce per ounce basis.
| 2019-04-21T12:37:08 |
http://oceanartwork.info/science/58386.php
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Please clarify this guideline “You use a plural count noun with no article if you mean all or any of that thing.”?
You use a plural count noun with no article if you mean all or any of that thing.
I don't need questions. Give me answers!
I don't understand what "all or any of that thing" means.
"He doesn't eat apples" (He doesn't eat all the apples in the world).
But, what about specific sentences?
"He is eating some apples" This sounds ok.
"He is eating 3 apples"
This could be wrong because he may eat up to 3 apples but he may eat only 1 and then stop eating.
This could mean "He is eating all apples in the world"
"He is eating apples." (not pears, or oranges) and "I ate apples yesterday"?
Does the above rule only apply to certain sentences?
Does the rule (5. You use a plural count noun with no article if you mean all or any of that thing) only apply to certain sentences?
Is that rule ok for sentences that refer to specific things such as "He is eating apples"?
My answer: Yes, this rule only applies when talking generically in utterances such as I don't eat apples or Do you like cats?.
You use the with count nouns ... when the listener already knows what you are referring to.
Imagine a context in which I phone a friend and ask what her brother is doing. A reply with the definite article He is eating the apples implies that I know which apples are being referred to. For example, they are the ones I had picked from the tree in my garden and given to her the day before.
A reply without the article (He is eating apples) refers to a specific subset. But the definite article is not used because I do not have prior knowledge about the specific apples to which my friend is referring. I would be mad to infer that he is eating all the apples in the world.
Disclaimer: It was me who wrote the grammar note about articles linked to in this question. It may, therefore, be helpful to provide information about the context and audience for the advice I give in the Articles page and other grammar notes.
Important: The rules on these pages will help you get started in your understanding of English grammar. Please realize, however, that English is much more complicated than can be explained in a few simple sentences. As you learn more, you will find examples where the simple rules shown here do not apply. Taking note of these exceptions or refinements will help you deepen your understanding of how English works!
Note: This page contains short, generalized information about this enormously complex aspect of English grammar. For more detailed information, consult a good reference work such as Swan's Practical English Usage. And do not worry too much about article mistakes - only very rarely will they cause your listener or reader to misunderstand you!
With the above in mind, this question is probably better suited to the English Language Learners site.
Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged word-usage articles indefinite-articles determiners or ask your own question.
Can anyone explain the use of determiners in this passage?
What's the rule behind the use of the articles to refer to something in general?
What is the word/rule for nouns that don't require articles?
Can we invent English words based on similar usage? Ex, “can you eat a mouse” or “.. eat mouse”?
What's the difference between “ones”, “the ones”, “those”, “one”, “the one”, “that”?
| 2019-04-19T07:15:51 |
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/396484/please-clarify-this-guideline-you-use-a-plural-count-noun-with-no-article-if-yo
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How can I fix the keyboard connector on the circuit board?
I have a Powerbook G4 and when I took off the top cover the connector to the keyboard broke off from the circuit board. Is there any way of fixing this part or building a temporary connector?
I have done something very similar with an iBook G4 and the connectors are all surface-mounted. This means you can't solder it back on and it's virtually impossible to fix. That was with the power button, completely breaking the computer.
alex von 가/이 대단히 고마워 할 것입니다.
| 2019-04-19T10:34:24 |
https://ko.ifixit.com/Answers/View/997/How+can+I+fix+the+keyboard+connector+on+the+circuit+board
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I was wondering if Square Enix would ever bring back the old Taito brand... in the U.S. it was called Lufia, but I forget what it was called in Japan.
KF: Actually, I'm trying to launch the game for the mobile phone, but due to the technical specification and limitations of U.S. mobile phones, I'm still waiting for the right time to launch this game. I know that Lufia is pretty popular in the U.S. market.
Was it released in Japan already?
KF: It is, yeah, for the [carrier] SoftBank mobile.
Does Taito's U.S. operation have any plans to expand? I know right now they're doing Live Arcade in Japan, but it seems like they would eventually want to do stuff like that here.
KF: The console games will be published by Square Enix in the future, for the U.S. market. There's no point for us to work with other local game publishers, since Square Enix locally has an office here, right? Square Enix doesn't have much [in the way of] game titles to release, so I think it's kind of a mutual benefit between Taito and Square Enix. Taito doesn't have a distribution channel in the United States, and Square Enix doesn't have many products to sell.
Yeah. They're constantly doing Final Fantasy everything.
Will your office expand when that happens?
KF: Yeah, actually I'm trying to expand. I'm kind of starting [this] business from scratch.
Yeah, you're not in an easy position. You have a lot of bosses, and they're all over there.
KF: Exactly. Mobile gaming is very competitive. But there's a lot of things good for us. Carrier tech always shows game titles and game descriptions, and even screenshots sometimes. So if there's a brand new game which is a very good game, but people cannot recognize it by looking at the game title only. But Taito's games were previously developed as arcade machines, so people recognize the name of the game. This is a strong point for Taito, actually. That's how we've survived in the market.
Speaking of that, what are the most challenging differences between the Japanese mobile gaming market and the U.S. mobile gaming market?
KF: I would say the game availability for the phones. Japanese phones are very standardized, meaning that if you build an application, it will support most of the handsets in Japan. However, the U.S. phone is very different from the Japanese phone, and I must admit that there are still a lot of low-end devices, while high-end devices also exist. If you want to target the entire U.S. market, you have to support all of the five major U.S. carriers.
In that case, I have to develop a game for more than 200 phones. It is very challenging, and even in the game's specification, we have to consider the low-end devices as well. Mobile carriers are always a hassle to launch the games, so once they authorize approval to launch the game, we have to deliver all the applications within three months' time. So we have to find a very good third-party developer which can provide low cost, fast delivery, and better quality.
| 2019-04-19T12:46:57 |
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131891/revitalizing_the_legacy_an_.php?page=3
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This article is about 'the episode'. You may be looking for 'the diesel engine, the Buzz Book, or the Story Library'.
“Trucks should be where you want them, when you want them!"
Mavis is the fourteenth episode of the third series.
Mavis is a young diesel engine who works in the quarry at the end of the branch line, where she shunts trucks and puts them in their proper place. She has sideplates like Toby to help prevent accidents on the line, but she is quite inexperienced and has her own ideas on how to do things; ideas she is very keen to implement. As a result, she puts the trucks in different positions every day making things hard for Toby, who tells Mavis off for this. Mavis, however, thinks Toby is just being fussy and boring and continues to do things her way until eventually Toby gives up and tells her she can take her own trucks to the station. Mavis is very pleased with this, as taking trucks makes her feel important.
Later, Diesel oils up to Mavis, who complains about Toby. Diesel sees a chance to cause trouble and tells Mavis that diesels are naturally better than steam engines before leaving. Mavis takes his words to heart, not realising that Diesel knows nothing about trucks.
Depend upon it Mavis, anything steam engines can do, we diesels can do better!
The line Toby uses crosses a main road behind the station before reaching a farm lane. Here, there is a dip in the line which can be very difficult to ride across in frosty weather. Toby had found a solution to this; after the fireman stops the traffic on the road, Toby takes a run at the dip and uses the weight of the trucks to carry him across without trouble. Not only is it the easiest way, but it is also the only safe way to travel the lane. Toby tells Mavis about the farm lane and how to cross it, but Mavis thinks that Toby is just being fussy and ignores his advice.
Later, Mavis begins taking the trucks to the station not realising that the trucks, who are tired of being bumped around, plan to make her day difficult. Mavis reaches the farm lane, however, instead of stopping before the dip, she stops just before the road. All the traffic is halted and Mavis, who believes she has got one over on Toby, tries to leave. But the trucks take advantage of her mistake and hold back. Mavis is unable to move despite her best attempts, leaving the trucks to laugh at her mistake. Mavis' crew try to dig away the frozen mud, but to no avail. Mavis is stuck, blocking the crossing, and making everyone who is caught in the resulting traffic jam cross.
Back at the yard, Toby is angry when he is told what has happened. Toby's driver tries to calm him down, reminding him that Mavis is young and needs to learn. Toby is not interested and is willing to let her manage the trucks herself. The driver reminds Toby that they are actually his trucks and Mavis is technically not allowed to leave the yard. Knowing that he will get in trouble with the Fat Controller, Toby decides to go and help after all.
Back at the lane, Mavis is facing the anger of a farmer when Toby arrives to help. After a lot of pushing, Toby finally starts to move Mavis and the trucks back across the lane. This makes Toby's fire burn fiercely and his fireman uses the ashes to melt the frozen mud. Finally Toby and Mavis wind up at the beginning of the lane and Toby wishes Mavis goodbye and leaves. Humiliated, Mavis takes the trucks to the shed, and quickly heads back home to the quarry.
This episode is based on the story of the same name from The Railway Series book, Tramway Engines.
Diesel replaces Daisy's role from The Railway Series story.
This is the last and only episode in the third series to use the full outro music.
Stock footage and a deleted scene from Donald's Duck is used.
Just before Mavis approaches the lane, a steam platform can be seen.
Mavis' last truck has a crooked face.
When Toby complains that he warned Mavis, shadows pass over him in a couple of shots.
When Toby pushes Mavis out of the lane, the scene has obviously been cut.
Bertie is smiling when he is stuck at the crossing.
Terence disappears when Toby pushes Mavis out of the lane.
Toby's face moves when he says "I warned her!"
When the US version aired on Shining Time Station, the ending was shortened, muting the outro theme. This was later fixed on the 1995 version of Trust Thomas and Other Stories and 10 Years of Thomas.
When Mavis is in the lane, the sign warning the engines to "WHISTLE" at the crossing has disappeared. When Toby arrives at the lane to rescue Mavis, the "SLOW" sign is also gone.
When the narrator says "Frosty weather makes the muddy lane rock hard and very slippery," a camera shadow can be seen on the ground.
When the narrator says "Toby was in the yard when he heard the news," a black mark can be seen on Toby's left (viewer's perspective right) eye.
| 2019-04-23T16:27:30 |
https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Mavis_(episode)
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The Model B is a full featured, single channel, dual output vehicle detector that incorporates the reliable vehicle detection technology found in all of Reno A & E s vehicle detectors. All detector functions and settings are configured by using a set of eight internal DIP switches and a front panel mounted pushbutton switch.
Fail-Safe or Fail-Secure versions available.
Delay Outputs A and B for two seconds.
Sensitivity Boost for applications where high-bed vehicles might be encountered.
Detect Memory feature maintains detection during momentary power interruptions of up to two seconds.
Fail LED indicates current loop failures or loop failures that have occurred.
Loop Fail Memory stores a record of the last loop failure.
This is a Performance Specification. It is not intended to be used as Operating Instructions.
Loop Frequency: Four (4) operating frequencies (normally in the range of 20 to 100 kilohertz) are selectable by means of a front panel mounted pushbutton switch.
Sensitivity: Eight (8) detection sensitivity levels are selectable by means of three internal DIP switches. Vehicle detection results from a sufficient negative change in loop inductance.
Sensitivity Boost: An internal DIP switch may be turned on to increase sensitivity during the Detect State. When a vehicle enters the loop detection zone, the detector sensitivity is automatically boosted to a higher level than the vacant loop setting. The boosted sensitivity level is maintained throughout the Detect State. When the vehicle leaves the loop detection zone, the sensitivity immediately returns to the vacant loop setting.
Output A Presence Modes: Output A has two presence hold times that are selectable by means of an internal DIP switch; True Presence and Limited Presence. Both modes provide a Detect output when a vehicle is present in the loop detection zone. Limited Presence will typically hold Output A in the Detect state for one to three hours. True Presence will hold Output A in the Detect state as long as the vehicle is present in the loop detection zone and power is not removed or reset applied.
Output B Modes of Operation: Output B has three modes of operation that are selected by two internal DIP switches; Presence, Pulse-on-Entry, or Pulse-on-Exit. When operating in Presence mode, the presence hold time is the same as Output A. When set to operate in Pulse mode, the 250 millisecond pulse can be set to occur when the vehicle enters the loop detection zone (Pulse-on-Entry) or when the vehicle leaves the loop detection zone (Pulseon-Exit).
Fail-Safe / Fail-Secure Operation: The detector is factory configured for Fail-Safe or FailSecure operation. When the detector is configured to operate in Fail-Safe mode, Output A will assume the Detect output state (Relay A Normally Open contacts closed, Relay A Normally Closed contacts open) during a power loss or loop fault condition. When the detector is configured to operate in Fail-Secure mode, Output A will not respond to power losses or loop failures (Relay A Normally Open contacts open, Relay A Normally Closed contacts closed).
Call Delay: A two second delay of Outputs A and B can be activated by setting an internal DIP switch. Output delay is the time the detector outputs are delayed after a vehicle first enters the loop detection zone. If the Delay feature is activated, the outputs will only be turned on after the two second delay time has passed with a vehicle continuously present in the loop detection zone.
Power Indicator: The green Power LED is Off when the detector has no power supplied or when the power level is below 75% of its nominal value. The Power LED is On when the detector is being supplied with a suitable level of power.
Detect Indicator: The red Detect LED is Off when the loop detection zone is vacant. The Detect LED is On when a vehicle is being detected. The Detect LED flashing at a four Hz rate with a 50% duty cycle indicates that the delay interval is currently timing.
Fail Indicator: The red Fail LED indicates whether or not the loop is currently within tolerance. If the loop is within tolerance, the Fail LED will be Off. If out of tolerance, the LED indicates a current loop failure by turning On (Open Loop) or flashing at a one Hz rate with a 50% duty cycle (Shorted Loop). If and when the loop returns to an in tolerance state, the FAIL LED will turn Off or stop flashing and the detector will resume normal operation.
Non-Volatile Loop Fail Memory: If a loop failure occurs and the loop returns to an in tolerance state, the detector will store information pertaining to the type of loop failure in nonvolatile memory. To review the type of loop failure (if any) that has last occurred, press and hold the Frequency pushbutton for at least three seconds.
Detector Reset: The front panel mounted Reset pushbutton is used to reset the detector. Changing the position of any internal DIP Switch will also reset the detector. After changing the Frequency setting, the detector must be reset.
Detect Memory: The Detect State of the detector is maintained during momentary power interruptions of up to two seconds.
Self Tuning: The detector automatically tunes and is operational within two seconds after application of power or after being reset. Full sensitivity and hold time requires 30 seconds of operation.
Environmental & Tracking: The detector is fully self-compensating for environmental changes and loop drift over the full temperature range and the entire loop inductance range. Loop Inductance Range: 20 to 2000 microhenries with a Q factor of 5 or greater.
Loop Feeder Length: Up to 2500 feet (762 m) maximum with proper feeder cable and appropriate loops.
Loop Input: Transformer isolated. The minimum capacitance added by the detector is 0.01 microfarad.
Grounded Loop Operation: The loop isolation transformer allows operation with poor quality loops (which may include one short to ground at a single point).
Lightning Protection: The detector can tolerate, without damage, a 10 microfarad capacitor charged to 1,000 volts being discharged directly into the loop input terminals.
Electrical Isolation: The loop is isolated by means of the loop isolation transformer. The outputs are isolated by means of the output relays.
Relay Outputs: Rated for maximum continuous current of 6.0 amps, 300 VAC maximum, 150 VDC maximum, and 180 Watts maximum switched power.
Power: 120 VAC versions (B-3 or B-1): 89 to 135 VAC, 4 Watts maximum. 240 VAC versions (B-8 or B-35): 180 to 270 VAC, 4 Watts maximum. 12 VDC / 24 VDC / 24 VAC versions (B-4 or B-5): 10 to 16 VDC, 80 milliamps maximum / 20 to 34 VDC, 50 milliamps maximum / 18 to 32 VAC, 4 Watts maximum.
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| 2019-04-25T02:33:24 |
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Over four years ago I wrote about my third great-grandfather Thomas K. Stevens who was killed in a grisly mining accident.
Born in England in 1845 and married in Nova Scotia in 1868, he worked in Colorado's mines until his untimely death in 1886.
I knew a fair amount about his life in North America, but who were his parents? I was at a loss.
A newspaper account reporting his death noted that he had an "aged mother who also resides" in Colorado, but she wasn't enumerated with his family in the 1880 census and, well, we all know what happened to the 1890 census. I couldn't identify a candidate who met his mother's profile.
Like his wife Susan Day, Thomas' parentage was unknown. My Stevens family line was stuck at a seemingly insurmountable brick wall yielding few clues.
While writing about my most recent immigrant ancestors, I profiled Thomas' son, my second great-grandfather, William John Stevens. Reacquainting myself with the Stevens family prompted me to reevaluate the evidence gathered. I've learned a lot in the past four years about genealogy dos and don'ts and there were a lot of very loose ends left unexplored with the Stevens line.
In 1880, Thomas' first appearance in a US Federal Census that I was aware of, showed that he and his wife Susan along with their four children were living in Idaho Springs, Colorado with his brother Richard and his wife Matilda.
Curiously, the census noted that Thomas was "Maimed, Crippled, Bedridden, or otherwise disabled." Had there been a mining accident in Newfoundland - where the family was last documented before Colorado - that necessitated a move to be with his family?
The census indicated Thomas was born in England as were both of his parents. His brother Richard, though, was a different story. Like Thomas, Richard's parents were both born in England. Unlike Thomas, Richard was born in Wisconsin. Aged 23 in 1880, Richard would have been born in the Badger State in about 1857.
Was I understanding this correctly: the Stevens brothers' - or at least Richard - were in Wisconsin in the mid-19th century?
Clearly, I needed to examine Richard more closely.
I quickly learned that sometime after the 1880 census, Richard and his wife Matilda left Colorado for Iowa where they appeared on that state's 1895 census. In 1902, Matilda passed away leaving Richard a widower.
Five years later, an Iowa marriage register (recently digitized) recorded the nuptials between Richard and Sarah Parish. The later-in-life wedding was quite fortuitous because Iowa began documenting the parents of both the bride and groom.
Richard's second turn at love gave me his parents' names: Henry Stevens and Sarah Kitto.
These were also quite possibly Thomas' parents and my fourth great-grandparents. My only hesitation was whether either parent had died and the other remarried resulting in the brothers actually being half-siblings. But with names in hand, perhaps I could answer that question.
I searched Ancestry's online database of English marriages dating back to 1538, and struck gold. A text-only transcription detailed a marriage between Henry Stephens and Sarah Kitto that was solemnized on April 20, 1844 in the village of Breage, Cornwall.
To my great delight, FamilySearch had digitized the parish registers, including the Stephens-Kitto wedding. After trawling through the unindexed images, I found what I was after.
The marriage record also provided the names for Henry and Sarah's fathers, my fifth great-grandfathers: Henry Stephens (Sr.) and John Kitto. The family tree was in full bloom.
Knowing that Thomas K. Stevens was born in 1845, I began paging through dozens of baptism records. At last, there he was!
My third great-grandfather Thomas Stevens/Stephens was baptized on November 21, 1845 in Breage, Cornwall. Like his brother Richard, he was the son of Henry and Sarah (Kitto) Stephens.
The English marriage and baptism records were just the beginning. I now have an entire branch of my family tree rooted in Cornwall, and wonderfully comprehensive church records are helping me bring them back to life. There's plenty to keep me busy for the foreseeable future.
In the meantime, I think I'll savor this discovery. Excuse me while I binge-watch the British historical television drama Poldark, and imagine my ancestors living in the beautiful Cornish landscapes!
As a big Doc Martin fan, I was immediately intrigued to see you had Cornish roots. What a great find, Michael! Now get yourself to Cornwall!
Cornwall is now high on the must-see list, for sure. And Doc Martin, too. Thanks, Amy!
Congratulations, Michael. Well done! Several times while reading I was thinking, "Yes! Yes! Yes!" as you discovered each new record.
Isn't it nice when the pieces fall into place so nicely? Thanks for the congrats, Cathy. I do appreciate it.
That's my understanding, too. I connected with a distant cousin who shared that mining drew many folks to Wisconsin during that era. I had no idea!
Love it! These excursions into family history are like watching a courtroom drama, with Perry Mason saying--"and that proves that You were born in Cornwall, so there IS a relationship."I have a line that may have been owners of mines in Corning, so I was intrigued by the characters and background of Poldark, too. (although not so much enamoured by the plot, sadly). One of these days, I will get back to that line and see if the family traditions are true.
Spot-on analogy, Vera! We all play our best Perry Mason when we're uncovering our family history. And sometimes movies and television can help us visualize the lives of our ancestors, even if the plot leaves something to be desired.
I read that surname as KITTS not Kitto.
I did also---at least on the first document.
I can definitely see that on the Iowa marriage register. However, when I dug into the church records in England, I discovered that the Kitto surname is rooted in Cornwall. The record transcriptions have it spelled that way, too. I think it looks more like Kitto on the English marriage record.
| 2019-04-25T20:44:21 |
https://www.familysleuther.com/2018/08/a-felled-genealogy-brick-wall-paves-way.html
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Baroness Taylor of Bolton: The Minister has just used the phrase that it is “not our intention” to use these powers. That is one of the difficulties that the Committee has on many of the issues that we have raised. The Government repeatedly say that it is not their intention to abuse these powers, yet they are taking powers which clearly can be abused in the future.
Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My Lords, if the information we have just had is correct that more women, especially young women, are buying abortion drugs online, surely that proves the point that we need to improve the abortion services that we have within the NHS and the advice that is given to young women.
Baroness Taylor of Bolton: I think I am following what the Minister is saying, but a moment ago he used the phrase “legislation which … enables” implementation. How much of what is “enabling” will be caught in this?
Baroness Taylor of Bolton: I accept that, but the Minister is assuming that legislation is always very neatly compartmentalised in a way which would allow that. My fear is that there will be enabling parts of legislation that could be caught up because some subsection could be EU related.
Baroness Taylor of Bolton: To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to recover the cost of NHS treatment from failed asylum seekers.
Baroness Taylor of Bolton: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of the Safe Haven Projects, as operated by the Frimley Health Foundation Trust.
Baroness Taylor of Bolton: In the list the Minister gave, he did not deal with the point that the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, and I raised about failed asylum seekers who are still living in England.
Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My Lords, will the Minister make sure that working-class women, who played a very large role in this matter, get proper recognition? As a north-west person, is she aware of the campaign in Oldham for a statue for Annie Kenney?
Baroness Taylor of Bolton: I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. Does he think it significant, as the previous speaker said, that Lord Weatherill himself tried to change this situation later?
Baroness Taylor of Bolton: Her Majesty's Government how many ectopic pregnancies have been treated in each of the last 10 years, broken down by NHS regions in England.
Baroness Taylor of Bolton: Her Majesty's Government how many deaths have occurred as a result of ectopic pregnancies in each of the last 10 years, broken down by NHS regions in England.
| 2019-04-20T16:43:52 |
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/search/?pid=10584&s=section%3Adebates+section%3Awhall+section%3Alords+section%3Ani&pop=1
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This questionnaire contains statements about the characteristics of an organization and how it is supportive and creates a culture that encourages project leadership. Rate each item on a five-point scale indicating whether you agree or disagree with the statement. There are no right or wrong answers. Mark one answer only for each question.
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| 2019-04-20T15:25:51 |
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/project-leadership/9781567264104/OEBPS/appA.xhtml
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| 2019-04-26T00:21:55 |
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Why do Online Casinos Have Different Sign-Up Bonuses?
One question which is often asked by online casino players is in regards to the welcome sign up bonuses that all sites offer to newly registered players. It is often the case that the vast majority of casinos using one type of software will tend to offer a welcome bonus of the same value, and when you compare them to other casinos using different software the value of those bonuses can vary quite dramatically.
The idea behind any sign up bonus is of course to get you to sign up and play at any casino offering one. However, with players becoming savvier and as they always have the ability to shop around, knowing the pitfalls of taking one casino bonus over another one will allow you to make an informed decision on which ones offer you true value.
Below you will find an overview of the sign up bonuses offered at Microgaming, Real Time Gaming and Playtech, along with what you need to look out for in the terms and conditions of those bonuses. Take a look through this guide for it really will prove valuable when you are next comparing bonuses from different casinos and will allow you to make an informed decision in regards to which ones to take and which ones to possibly avoid taking.
Casinos that utilize Microgaming software tend to offer one of two different types of bonuses. The first is a deposit match bonus which is usually valued at 100% of your initial deposit amount.
The beauty of the vast majority of casinos offering such a bonus using Microgaming software is that the play through requirements are often quite modest, and you will often find that there is no maximum amount of cash you can win with such a bonus.
There may be a handful of casinos using this gaming platform that will impose maximum cash out limits, but they are few and far between, and as such whenever you take such a bonus you will always have the chance of winning big, subject of course to you following any rules attached to that bonus.
The other bonus offer available to new players at many Microgaming powered sites are those which give you a set amount of no deposit credits and you are then faced with playing for a certain amount of time in the hope you win more than was awarded to you.
Once you have made a certain amount of profit you are then able to get those winnings converted into bonus credits upon making a nominal deposit. The only downside of these types of bonuses is that the amount of winnings from the initial free play no deposit bonus that can be converted into an actual playing bonus is usually the same as taking a 100% sign up bonus.
So if you win for example 50.00 you have to deposit 50.00 to get those winnings as bonus cash! However, do shop around as some of these free play bonuses can offer much better value, and you can occasionally find depositing as little as 20.00 could see you being able to claim up to 100.00 in bonus credits.
Many RTG software powered casinos use a high bonus type business model. Meaning they tend to give away very large bonuses not only to brand new players but also to regular players.
It is not uncommon for players to be offered an initial sign up welcome bonus at many Real Time Gaming sites valued at over 300%, and this is often way too generous a bonus for players that not many of them can resist taking.
There are of course several downsides to taking a bonus from an RTG powered casino, the one thing you need to be fully aware of is that they often tend to come with lots of rules, more so in regards to just how much you can win with such a bonus.
So if you do come across a Real Time Gaming powered casino offering a huge sign up bonus, then make sure you read through all of the attached terms and conditions of that bonus, and decide whether you are prepared to take the bonus if you are only permitted to withdraw a certain amount via maximum cash out rules.
Taking a 500% bonus on a 100.00 deposit may see you only being able to win a maximum of 5 times your deposited amount, so keep that in mind and if you do take such a bonus make sure your stakes never exceed any additional maximum stake limits imposed on playing with such a bonus also.
You are going to find a wide range of different sized sign up bonuses offer at online casinos using Playtech software. They majority of them tend to be around the 100% to 200% range, and can be quite attractive bonuses to take.
However the actual play through requirements are what is going to make one bonus more appealing than any other bonus offered, so always look for those sign up bonuses which have the lowest play though requirements attached to them.
One other thing you so need to be aware of when taking a Playtech software powered casinos bonus is that they tend to restrict you in regards to which games you can play. For example you are not usually allowed to play progressive slot games with such a bonus.
Many of Playtech’s standard video slots have the optional Dollar Ball bet on offer, which even though this is an optional side bet on a lottery type of game, those slots that do offer it are classed as progressive slots by many Playtech casinos, and even if you do not place the optional Dollar Ball bet wager when playing those slots, if you do play them with a bonus in your account you may find the casino will treat those slots as progressive and may void any winnings you make if played with a bonus.
| 2019-04-21T07:11:07 |
http://casinosformoney.com/why-do-online-casinos-have-different-sign-up-bonuses
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What is the post-health care future of the GOP?
The passage of health care reform is historic in many ways: It will extend coverage to 95% Americans and it is perhaps the biggest social welfare program in decades. But the new law is also significant in that it received exactly zero Republican votes. Even President Lyndon Johnson's contentious civil rights legislation enjoyed support from nearly half of the Republican caucus. Clearly, the Republicans have doubled down on a strategy of unification and saying "no," and that strategy has failed to prevent reform from passing. As the minority looks forward to the 2010 and 2012 elections, it must face questions as to how it wishes to govern and to run. The conservative prescriptions are many.
Shed the Hard-Liners and Obstructionists Former Bush speechwriter David Frum sighs, "We followed the most radical voices in the party and the movement, and they led us to abject and irreversible defeat." He singles out pundits. "Conservative talkers on Fox and talk radio had whipped the Republican voting base into such a frenzy that deal-making was rendered impossible. How do you negotiate with somebody who wants to murder your grandmother? Or – more exactly – with somebody whom your voters have been persuaded to believe wants to murder their grandmother?"
More Obstructionism! So insists Senator John McCain, fuming about Democratic parliamentary tactics used to pass the bill. "There will be no cooperation for the rest of the year," McCain told an Arizona radio host. "They have poisoned the well in what they've done and how they've done it."
Run Against ObamaCare The National Review urges Republicans to make it the central plank in their campaigns. "Conservatives will be able to capitalize on the discrediting of Obamacare, however it takes place, only if they campaign this fall on a pledge to replace this government-heavy system with true reform." They say that public opinion will inevitably turn against health care reform.
Run Against Moderate Democrats Powerline's Scott Johnson seethes, "Take, for example, Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin of South Dakota. The good people of South Dakota must understand that her vote against Obamacare is meaningless so long as she contributes to the Democrats' will to power in Washington. She should be defeated in favor of a Republican candidate who will help constitute a partisan majority for the undoing of Obamacare."
Tea Partiers Come Out Ahead Newsweek's Howard Fineman declares them among the "winners" of reform's passage. "They are crying havoc (outside the Capitol) and now have their cause, apocalypse and all." Among the "losers" are the GOP. "They'll gain seats in the midterms for sure, but not necessarily as many as they are assuming. For one, the world is not going to end if and when the bill becomes law. In fact, nothing much at all will happen."
| 2019-04-26T06:33:06 |
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/03/conservatives-grope-for-way-forward-after-health-care-loss/346258/
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"We've come back from a long rest..."
Mental note: when interviewing Jon Spencer from the Blues Explosion - the trio of Spencer, guitarist Judah Bauer and drummer Russell Simins - do not, under any circumstances, suggest that the band aren't taking things seriously.
"People think that it's this simple, easy thing," Spencer tells me from New York, and he sounds frustrated at the suggestion that it might be anything otherwise. "We work very hard at it when we prepare for a concert or a tour; we work very hard so we're able to get up and play a good show. It's not like you can just roll out of bed; it's like training for a marathon. Similarly, our records might have a certain feel or sound to them, but the recording process is very meticulous. There's a lot of work that goes into them, and they're made with great care and deliberation. Yeah, some of the records might have a rough sound to them, and people sometimes like to use the word lo-fi. I can understand that, but I'm also a bit wary of that, as to me that implies a kind of casualness or an accidental nature, like you don't care, like it sounds like that by accident. There's a lot of time and thought and work that goes into our records and our live shows."
The Blues Explosion have just released 'Meat And Bone', their first album of new music since 2004's 'Damage', an album that saw the band working with the likes of DJ Shadow, Steve Jordan, David Holmes and sometime Tricky collaborator Martina Topley-Bird. After completing the album's tour, which included an unlikely slot opening for Razorlight at their Alexandra Palace shows, Spencer, Bauer and Simins decided to take a break and focus on separate projects - Spencer recorded three albums with his other band Heavy Trash and recorded with Andre Williams; Simins drummed for various musicians including Harper Simon and Joseph Arthur; Bauer, meanwhile, led the Delta Blues Band, Cat Power's touring band that also included drummer Jim White from Dirty Three.
"We've been doing it for a long time. We're a twenty or twenty-one year old band," Spencer continues. "We all recognised or felt on some level that it's good to have a rest every once in a while. We were all doing different things, but it wasn't time wasted." Given the peripatetic nature of the three band members during the off years, it's no surprise that Spencer is laughing wryly as he says this. Accepting live dates again following a best of compilation made the trio realise they still loved their day jobs, which in turn led to the new record.
'Meat And Bone' is a comfortably familiar album. It's the Blues Explosion doing what they do best - a unique take on rock 'n' roll with wild, anthemic tracks featuring carefully-wrought guitar riffs, a sometimes anguished, sometimes euphoric but always hypnotic singer in Spencer, and some of the cleverest drumming you'll hear outside of a hip-hop DJ's record box. The album's closer 'Zimgar' and the suggestive 'Get Your Pants Off' are two of the funkiest tracks this side of the 1970s, and there's no denying that when these guys lock into a groove it's one of the most formidable walls of noise in music today. And when they get loud, fast 'n' nasty - as on lead track 'Black Mold' or 'Boot Cut' - it's like connecting a straight line between early Chuck Berry, Hendrix's wilder moments and the New York Dolls. 'Black Mold' reverentially namechecks Little Richard and Ornette Coleman and many others almost in the same breath, while also making fungus cool. The point is that no-one has ever made music as audaciously and resolutely indefinable as the Blues Explosion.
But is it what we think of as the blues? "The name of the band is kind of misleading," Spencer concedes. "It's a confusing name for sure. I mean, we do have some influence from the blues. Probably the biggest blues influence on us was R.L. Burnside, the great bluesman from Mississippi, a guy we spent a year touring and playing with, but we take influences from a lot of different sorts of music - Stax soul, rap, hip hop, Sun Records, New York City punk. So I think what we're really doing is playing rock 'n' roll."
The new album was recorded in nine days on the shores of Lake Michigan, in Benton Harbor's Keyclub, a studio filled with unique and rare bits of recording equipment, as well as a custom-built console originally built for Sly Stone. "The Keyclub has a fantastic collection of old equipment," enthuses Spencer. "For us, we're into making records in an old fashioned way, and we're also record geeks. It was a real thrill. It was like being in a candy store. I first worked there maybe six years ago on the Andre Williams record 'Night & Day'. When it became time for the Blues Explosion to make this album, I convinced Judah and Russell that this studio would be a good place to work."
"Benton Harbor really is in the middle of nowhere," explains Spencer of the environment in which 'Meat And Bone' was recorded. "It's a small, depressed city where all the industry has all left. It was very cold when we were there. We'd spend twelve hours working and we slept in an apartment above the studio." Unlike 'Damage', the new record eschews the big name producers and collaborators and was produced and mixed by Spencer himself. "In the past we've made records that have involved all sorts of beautiful musical guests and cameos. We've been very lucky to work with a lot of really creative, groovy people, and also some heroes of ours. With this record it's just the band." Spencer explains that looking back over their previous albums for a 2010 reissue programme provided a big influence for working in such an unadorned way, almost as if the band were influencing themselves.
But 'Meat And Bone' isn't a comeback cash-in. "We've come back from a long rest, a hiatus, a long vacation," states Spencer. "But the difference between the Blues Explosion playing live again and releasing a new album and a, I don't know, a Pavement or the Afghan Whigs? Well I don't think we ever put a full stop on it."
"We just went quiet for a bit," he concludes, fully aware that, as displayed on 'Meat And Bone', the Blues Explosion don't know the meaning of the word quiet.
'Meat And Bone' is out now.
| 2019-04-18T12:24:11 |
https://clashmusic.com/features/meat-and-bone-jon-spencer
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NEW YORK � When Justin Timberlake couldn't attend Sunday's concert celebrating the music of the new Coen Brothers movie, "Inside Llewyn Davis," master of ceremonies John Goodman told the crowd Timberlake's understudy would perform instead.
Then he introduced Elvis Costello.
"Heaven knows when you think of Justin, you think of me," Costello joked with the Town Hall crowd.
Then Costello introduced his understudy, famed music producer T Bone Burnett.
Replete with his trademark glasses, Burnett performed rousing backup vocals on "Please, Mr. Kennedy." Timberlake's character sings that song in the film about the New York folk music scene in the 1960s.
Burnett acted as the project's executive music producer, just as he did for the music from the Grammy-winning "O Brother, Where Art Thou."
"Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'" included music inspired by the film from a host of folk artists, old and new. Among them were the Avett Brothers, Punch Brothers, Marcus Mumford, Patti Smith and Joan Baez. Stars from the film also performed, including Carrie Mulligan, Oscar Isaac and Stark Sands.
Before the show, director Joel Coen was milling around the lobby, and during intermission, his wife, Frances McDormand, was by his side. When asked how he felt the concert was going, he simply replied: "Good."
Scott Rudin, the film's producer, was a bit more outgoing. Holding court before the show in the lobby, he appeared like a proud father at a wedding reception. During intermission, Rudin had a huge smile while standing at the center aisle.
He spoke briefly to The Associated Press about the show.
"Loving it, it's a blast," Rudin beamed.
He's well aware of the success of "O Brother, Where Art Thou," which won a Grammy in 2002 for album of the year.
But Rudin doesn't want to jump to conclusions.
"Oh, I don't know, it's all this movie," Rudin said of the evening's festivities.
He added: "It's going great. I'm very proud of it. Very excited. T Bone did an incredible job, don't you think? And the second half is insane."
Rudin was right on the mark as Jack White opened with a three-song set that was followed by one of the more inspiring performances of the night by Rhiannon Giddens that brought some members of the crowd to their feet.
Standout performances included Decemberist's frontman Colin Meloy covering a song he thought was a ghost story, bringing out Joan Baez to perform "Joe Hill" with him.
Patti Smith covered "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You," recorded in 1963 by Baez and made famous a decade later by Led Zeppelin.
Costello, Sands and Mulligan backed by the Punch Brothers performed a spirited version of the traditional folk song "500 Miles."
Guests included Glenn Close, Jesse Eisenberg and Paul Rudd.
"Inside LLewyn Davis" won the Grand Prix Award at the Cannes Film Festival and made its U.S. debut Saturday at the New York Film Festival. It opens in the U.S. in December. The soundtrack is available Nov. 12.
As for the show, Mumford and Mulligan performed several times throughout the evening, though there wasn't a Mumford and Wife moment. They were married last year.
Regardless, the Mumford and Sons frontman said the evening had "so many OMG moments."
| 2019-04-20T08:48:33 |
https://www.telegram.com/article/20130930/NEWS/309309793
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Why is redundancy in geographic reference association so important? Because redundancy eliminates confusion; one single reference should never be used to establish a critical correlation. Take the idea of an isthmus, for instance. Only one single reference in the book’s text, Alma 22:32, can be interpreted as an isthmus explanation yet numerous current and historic geographies of the Book of Mormon pivot around this concept. If a variety of similar reinforcing references concerning an isthmus should actually exist, than everyone writing their geographies around this core concept would be standing on bedrock. Since there is no redundancy, these writers are standing on sand when they rely on the term “isthmus” as a correct interpretation of Alma 22:32.
This process of seeking redundancy among the references for Nephi, Manti, Zarahemla, the narrow strip of wilderness, the river Sidon and the demarcation line between the lands of Bountiful and Desolation all ties into Alma 22:27-34, Mormon’s classic description of the Nephite/Lamanite geography.
9 A’ and thus were the Lamanites and the Nephites divided (Alma 22:27).
This chiasm actually focuses on the narrow strip of wilderness (hereafter NSW) as shown by D and D', the red highlights and the central position occupied by lines 4 and 6. Mormon describes that wilderness in line 5 which features reiterations of couplets E and F as originally found in line 2 and as reiterated a second time in line 8. It is interesting that Mormon reverses his couplets in line 5 placing the sea east—sea west association before the bordering concept.
The relationship between the NSW and the lands of Zarahemla and Nephi are given in line 3 in which Nephi is “divided” from Zarahemla by the NSW. The relationship of the NSW with the land of Zarahemla, the land of Manti and the Sidon River is given in line 8. Although all of this is structured around the lands occupied by the Lamanites, the only lines that actually address the lands and peoples of the Lamanites are lines 1, 2, 3 and 9. This format means that the NSW, which is generally ignored in most geographies of the Book of Mormon, is fundamental for understanding the book’s setting. Any publication that does not address the narrow strip of wilderness with the clarity that Mormon provides should be rejected as an answer to the book’s setting.
1.The NSW divided the Lamanites’ land of Nephi from the Nephites’ land of Zarahemla (lines 1, 3 and 4).
2.The NSW extended from the east sea to the west sea5 and 8) as did the lands occupied by the Lamanites shown in line 2 (note Mormon’s placement in the chiasm of lines 2, 5 and 8—all addressing the seas on the east and on the west).
3.The NSW was north of the land of Nephi by the land of Zarahemla (line 7).
4.The borders of Manti were also north of the land of Nephi (line 8).
5.The headwaters of the river Sidon were in or adjacent to the borders of the land of Manti (line 8).
Line 9 provides Mormon’s conclusion stating that the Lamanites and the Nephites were thus, “divided” by the NSW. So it was not simply the philosophies, traditions and lifestyles that “divided” the two cultures—their intermediate terrain, the narrow strip of wilderness, was also a major barrier between the two peoples.
All five of these fundamentals can now be diagramed into a model that is consistent with Mormon’s chiastic format for verse 27. Figure 2.1a shows that the NSW, Manti and Zarahemla are all north of Nephi and both the NSW and the Lamanite regions under the king’s authority occupy an area between the east and west sea shores.
Based completely on verse 27 we can’t be certain where the river Sidon flows from the land of Manti. Since all rivers have a tendency to flow downhill, and the “head of the river Sidon” was stated to be by Manti, we can safely conclude that Manti was in the tops of the mountains that constituted the NSW.
However, the direction of the river’s flow is still unresolved. Now the pertinence of reference redundancy for establishing geographical associations can kick into gear. Turning to Chapter 2 in Alma the events of the Amlicite war in Zarahemla inform us that the Sidon River flowed through Zarahemla. Through multiple references[iv] we know that the Sidon flowed north from Manti down through Zarahemla. These references consistently place Manti directly between Nephi and Zarahemla and at a higher elevation than Zarahemla. Using these additional references we can complete the model for Alma 22:27 by making the adjustments shown in Figure 2.1b.
The geographic model shown in Figure 2.1b contains all the pertinent elements needed for understanding the geography of the book’s core area. Geographic explanations of the Book of Mormon that lack these features in this order as extracted directly from Mormon’s chiasmus of Alma 22:27cannot be correct—it is just that simple.
Consider the maps generated in support of the “Heartland Theory.” That model attempts to place the setting of the Book of Mormon in North America using the concept that the Mississippi River was the river Sidon. The Mississippi River flows from north to south whereas Figure 2.1b demonstrates clearly that the Sidon did not flow south but flowed to the north. The “Heartland” topography of the Midwestern United States and Canada is just the opposite of what is stated in Alma 22:27. The Mississippi headwaters actually spread from southern Canada across the Midwestern states—there is no east to west mountain range in Canada or the Midwestern states at the head of the Mississippi that links a sea on the east with a sea on the west. Furthermore, the Mississippi River flows to the south through the United States into the Gulf of Mexico following the continent’s decrease in elevation. These discrepancies completely discredit any attempt of geographic correlation between the Mississippi River and the Sidon.
Other inconsistencies associated with the “Heartland Theory” include the placement of Nephi, Manti and Zarahemla. Where in southern Canada or in the northern Midwest is the mountainous narrow strip of wilderness where Manti could be situated? If Manti is situated at the head of the Mississippi in southern Canada where would Zarahemla be? We know that it is north of Manti; would that place it somewhere in central or northern Canada perhaps near the Hudson Bay? And where would the city of Nephi be if it is located to the south of Manti and Zarahemla? Furthermore, are there any mountain ranges in North America which extend east to west from an east sea to a west sea and which incorporate the headwaters of a north flowing river identifiable as the Sidon? No. Such topography does not exist in North America!
Nor can topographic features similar to those shown in Figure 2.1b be found in South America. There is no mountain range in South America that extends east to west linking the Atlantic with the Pacific. The Orinoco River of northern Brazil and Venezuela does flow from south to north. An east-west mountain range does partially separate the headwaters of the Orinoco from the Amazon basin to the south; however, this mountain range does not link with the Andes Mountains, thus it does not extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Without a narrow strip of wilderness we can be certain that South America does not meet the requirements Mormon gives us in Alma 22:27.
The exact topography shown in Figure 2.1b can be identified in Central America but not relative to the popular theory that claims the Grijalva River as the river Sidon. In the next article entitled, Part 3: Expanding the Geography beyond Alma 22:27, the remaining verses in Alma 22 will be incorporated into a final model of the book’s setting. That geographic model demonstrates that the geography contained in Mormon’s chain of chiasms, which we now have as Alma 22:27-34, actually describes the river, sea and mountain configurations of Central America.
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Describe about the Managing Knowledge Networks for Business Communication Quarterly?
Nature of this e-mail: This email is a kind of notice of the revised pay structure to the tax-payers.
An assignment is asking readers to do something: To pay the revised amount.
A set of instruction: If the reader/taxpayer wants to review the entire changes in the federal tax withholding, and if he chooses to make changes to the federal tax withholding, he can incorporate the desired changes in Lawson Self-service (Mumford, 2015).
The key point of this e-mail: make people aware of the changes in the federal withholding due to the changes in the tax law.
One sentence to sum up the scenarios: The federal withholds table has been revised due to the changes in the Tax Law according to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and advises the reader to their review the changes in federal tax withholding and let the reader make changes to his/her federal tax withholding in Lawson Self-Service.
As the changes took place in withholding table due to the changes in the tax law as per the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The taxpayer must go through all the changes in pay structure and can also make changes to his/her tax withholding in Lawson Self-service (MORENO-GARCÍA, 2015).
Bill wrote this e-mail to clarify a 4-day working week or compressed week cannot be applied to all the areas and imposed some requirements to achieve compressed work week.
b) Making outline of Bill’s objective.
• Bill mentioned his consideration over one of several related topics regarding Human Resources, which is compressed work week.
• Bill suggested scheduling meeting for all the staffs over the outlook and suggested to use the calendar feature in Outlook.
• Bill suggested updating each employees Outlook calendar.
• Bill suggested for making an analysis of the area where the compressed working week can be applied and where it is impossible to apply compressed week for work.
• Bill made a list consist of requirements that need to be met while applying the compressed work week.
• Bill informed everyone to make a schedule of meeting for all of the employees in outlook within the next day or within the coming two days (Okoro, 2011).
Yes, the under mentioned hierarchical structure matches with the hierarchy of bill’s objectives (Chalkiti, 2011).
Bill’s consideration for the topic on Compressed Work Week.
Arrangement of meetings, scheduled by the outlook.
Understanding the area, where the idea of compressed work week can be applied.
Imposing some requirements those need to be met for an effective compressed work schedule.
d) Mode of Bill’s writing: Indirect order.
e) Bill’s tone in this message: He was quite unsure about his employees and his tone was reflecting that.
f) It was not showing disrespect anywhere in any of the paragraph of e-mail.
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Competition is fierce for local businesses. 3 out of 4 businesses fail each year. Be one of the businesses that succeeds with these 6 steps.
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Is there a future for Android Watches?
Right now, Google Google is playing catchup with the IOS iWatch (yeah, I know, they don't call it that, but you and I do). I see at Google takes aim at the Apple Watch with major Android Wear update that they are in "me too" mode right now and that is not going to do much for them.
First off, when the "Android Wear watch to beat" is big, ugly, expensive, and has bad battery life, what does that say about the rest of the pack? Not much, of course.
And then there's the target market. While some Android users are techno geeks and/or "open systems" lovers who hate Apple, a large chunk are people who are simply unwilling or unable to shell out the kind of money the Apple ecosystem demands. Do you think those people will buy an Android watch? I'd bet no without hesitation.
At least not until Apple watches have their run. If they sell in the volumes that seem to be likely, then maybe Android has a chance. But I don't see many early adopters opting for Android watches. A few, yes, but not large numbers.
As for me, I haven't worn a watch since my first cell phone. It's not just that I have the time on the phone and that clocks are everywhere - it's also that I just don't like anything on my wrist. Yes, I see the advantages of a smart watch, but I'll be surprised if I ever buy one.
| 2019-04-24T19:55:59 |
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Anything that comes into contact with the surgical wound must be sterile. The method of sterilisation depends on the item being sterilised (<a href="Surgical techniques#ch4-box1">Methods of sterilisation</a>).
The risk of transmission of infectious agents from patients to staff (and ''vice versa'') is reduced by practising universal precautions. Thus, it is assumed that all patients harbour potentially dangerous pathogens (e.g. hepatitis C, HIV) no matter how innocuous they appear, because carrier status cannot definitely be excluded without repeated, expensive and time consuming investigations. The principle of universal precautions is to establish a physical barrier between the patient and the carer to prevent direct contact with any potentially infected body fluid or tissue in either direction (<a href="Surgical techniques#ch4-box2">Universal precautions</a>).
The upper airway, trachea and proximal bronchi can be inspected by bronchoscopy, which may be performed under local or general anaesthesia. Bronchoscopy is used for diagnosis (e.g. inspection and biopsy of lung tumours) or therapy (e.g. removal of foreign bodies, aspiration of secretions). Anaesthetists ocassionally use the fibre-optic bronchoscope to facilitate difficult endotracheal intubation. (see also <a href="Common topics in thoracic surgery#ch58">''Common topics in thoracic surgery''</a>).
*Application of a haemostatic clamp to a blood vessel and then ligation with a surgical ligature (see <a href="Care of the critically ill patient#ch6">''Care of the critically ill patient''</a>).
*Diathermy coagulation (see <a href="Anaesthesia and pain management#ch2">''Anaesthesia and pain management''</a>).
Sutures have been used to close surgical wounds for thousands of years, and initially were made from human or animal hair, animal sinews, and plant material. Today, a wide variety of material is available for suturing and ligating tissues (<a href="Surgical techniques#ch4-box3">Sutures</a>).
Sutures are selected for use according to the required function. For example, arteries are sutured together with non-absorbable polypropylene or polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) sutures which are nonthrombogenic, cause virtually no tissue reaction, and maintain their instrinsic strength indefinitely so that the anastomotic scar (which is under constant arterial pressure) does not stretch and become aneurysmal. Skin wounds, for example, are sutured with either non-absorbable sutures, which are removed after several days (see <a href="Care of the critically ill patient#ch6">''Care of the critically ill patient''</a>), or absorbable sutures hidden within the skin (subcuticular sutures) and which are not removed surgically but are absorbed after several weeks.
Sutures are removed as early as possible to minimise the risk of infection and scarring, so long as tissue healing is sufficently advanced that the wound will not open when the sutures are removed. Sutures are therefore removed at different times, depending on tissue and general patient factors (<a href="Surgical techniques#ch4-box4">Timing of suture removal</a>). for example, sutures are left ''in situ'' for a longer time in patients who are immunosuppressed, malnourished, jaundiced, or undergoing chemotherapy; who have renal failure, and in tissues judged to be relatively ischaemic, subject to increased stress and tension, and which have been irradiated.
*Closed suction drain - the drain tube is connected to a bottle at negative atmospheric pressure so that fluid is sucked out of the area (e.g. wound drain, drain under skin flaps). This type of drain is generally avoided in the abdominal cavity.
Anything that comes into contact with the surgical wound must be sterile. The method of sterilisation depends on the item being sterilised (<a href="Surgical techniques#ch4-box1">Methods of sterilisation</a>).
The risk of transmission of infectious agents from patients to staff (and vice versa) is reduced by practising universal precautions. Thus, it is assumed that all patients harbour potentially dangerous pathogens (e.g. hepatitis C, HIV) no matter how innocuous they appear, because carrier status cannot definitely be excluded without repeated, expensive and time consuming investigations. The principle of universal precautions is to establish a physical barrier between the patient and the carer to prevent direct contact with any potentially infected body fluid or tissue in either direction (<a href="Surgical techniques#ch4-box2">Universal precautions</a>).
The upper airway, trachea and proximal bronchi can be inspected by bronchoscopy, which may be performed under local or general anaesthesia. Bronchoscopy is used for diagnosis (e.g. inspection and biopsy of lung tumours) or therapy (e.g. removal of foreign bodies, aspiration of secretions). Anaesthetists ocassionally use the fibre-optic bronchoscope to facilitate difficult endotracheal intubation. (see also <a href="Common topics in thoracic surgery#ch58">Common topics in thoracic surgery</a>).
Application of a haemostatic clamp to a blood vessel and then ligation with a surgical ligature (see <a href="Care of the critically ill patient#ch6">Care of the critically ill patient</a>).
Diathermy coagulation (see <a href="Anaesthesia and pain management#ch2">Anaesthesia and pain management</a>).
Sutures have been used to close surgical wounds for thousands of years, and initially were made from human or animal hair, animal sinews, and plant material. Today, a wide variety of material is available for suturing and ligating tissues (<a href="Surgical techniques#ch4-box3">Sutures</a>).
Sutures are selected for use according to the required function. For example, arteries are sutured together with non-absorbable polypropylene or polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) sutures which are nonthrombogenic, cause virtually no tissue reaction, and maintain their instrinsic strength indefinitely so that the anastomotic scar (which is under constant arterial pressure) does not stretch and become aneurysmal. Skin wounds, for example, are sutured with either non-absorbable sutures, which are removed after several days (see <a href="Care of the critically ill patient#ch6">Care of the critically ill patient</a>), or absorbable sutures hidden within the skin (subcuticular sutures) and which are not removed surgically but are absorbed after several weeks.
Sutures are removed as early as possible to minimise the risk of infection and scarring, so long as tissue healing is sufficently advanced that the wound will not open when the sutures are removed. Sutures are therefore removed at different times, depending on tissue and general patient factors (<a href="Surgical techniques#ch4-box4">Timing of suture removal</a>). for example, sutures are left in situ for a longer time in patients who are immunosuppressed, malnourished, jaundiced, or undergoing chemotherapy; who have renal failure, and in tissues judged to be relatively ischaemic, subject to increased stress and tension, and which have been irradiated.
Closed suction drain - the drain tube is connected to a bottle at negative atmospheric pressure so that fluid is sucked out of the area (e.g. wound drain, drain under skin flaps). This type of drain is generally avoided in the abdominal cavity.
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Often in movies about individuals who strive to make a living telling stories the process of capturing the true essence of such lives strays from the actual topic of why the way these particular people tell stories is so special. What it actually takes to get from a lyric to a melody to an arrangement or in whatever order inspiration decides to strike is completely glossed over. With A Star is Born, Bradley Cooper goes from movie star to film director, screenwriter, musician, and songwriter with no doubt countless other titles one could heap upon him. While there are plenty of leading men-types in Hollywood these days what has always allowed Cooper to stand apart is his full immersion and commitment to each and every role he takes on. Given as much, it then felt inevitable that Cooper would bring such qualities and thus the same level of commitment to these new, more principal, roles. In taking on these new roles though, and applying them to what is the fourth incarnation of A Star is Born Cooper has seemingly found a way to work through the finding of his artistic voice in a thinly veiled metaphor of sorts via the world of musicians and the music industry in place of Hollywood and the studio system. While past incarnations of the film have dealt specifically with actors and featured no music whatsoever 2018's A Star is Born is not so much a re-make of the previous versions as much as it is a familiar set of archetypes by which Cooper can work through his creative process by exploring the creative process. I say all of this having only read about the past films while having decided to not watch any of them prior to seeing this latest version so as to have as little precedent or expectation of what should come to define it. The point being, A Star is Born never struck me as a movie about the rise of a young and talented artist through the ranks of fame, but more as an exploration of more introspective shades of fame e.g. why some people and not others are "famous" despite the likely fact one may possess more talent than the other. Someone might be a technically proficient singer, so why would they not aspire to sing? Okay, but do they have something to say and not only that, but do they have a way to say it that will make people shut up and listen? This main idea works as both a throughline for Cooper's film as well as his own trajectory as an artist who has to figure out if how he wants to say something in fact merits this fourth incarnation of a well-worn story. In short, 2018's A Star is Born has plenty to add to the conversation.
Jack (Bradley Cooper) convinces Ally (Lady Gaga) to join him on stage to sing a song she wrote.
It should be noted that I'm a sucker for movies about musicians. I was someone who always desired to live this life, to be able to tour the world, and support myself and my family by creating song after song and sharing them with the world. I've had small tastes of what it must feel like to come off the high that performing in front of massive audiences must bring every night only to be brought back down to reality by having to go back to a minimum-wage customer service job the next day. I've dreamt of being able to so effortlessly pick up an instrument-any instrument-and compose the way Cooper's Jack or Gaga's Ally does here, but-in another point of deep understanding with the picture the film presents-was always relegated to watching my brother inhabit that side of the talent pool. I wrote lyrics, I hummed melodies, but when it came to crafting a genuine *tune* it was he who truly had the talent for finding a way to say something people would undoubtedly listen to. I never had the actual talent to match my ambition, but I had enough talent and enough talented people around me that were kind enough to include me and thus get a sense of what I wanted out of life. While those heights have not and will likely never be reached it is such experiences as this that only because the experience of witnessing something like A Star is Born to hit that much harder.
The film, in essence, chronicles the rise of a singer who had once given up on her dream and the path she crosses with that of a burnt out southern rocker; their paths intersecting on her rise and his fall. This is the skeleton of what Cooper and co-writers Will Fetters (a couple of Nicholas Sparks adaptations) and Eric Roth (Forrest Gump) are working with, but it is in the minutiae of this rather broad description that the trio really find their story and that director Cooper really discovers his knack for honing in on what really stands out about his presentation of these familiar archetypes. In the case of this particular A Star is Born what stands out most is the chemistry and therefore the love story between the two principal characters. This is only emphasized further by the dynamic the context these characters find themselves in presents. From where Cooper's Jackson is coming from, the world he brings Gaga's Ally into, and how it catapults her past not only where he's at, but seemingly past where he's ever been given the crossover from one genre to another. Thankfully, both the screenplay and Cooper's direction don't ever send this scenario down the road most traveled in that Jack never becomes jealous of Ally's success as fame was always a by-product of doing what he loved, but rather it becomes more a question of authenticity for Jack and not letting Ally sacrifice hers for the gain of the label at her artistic expense. Pepper in themes of depression, addiction, and daddy issues that runs throughout in regards to Jack's character and Cooper and co. have more than enough to dig their guitars and southern drawls into.
Beginning with the performances it is in Cooper and Gaga's representations of their characters that the film is truly defined. As much as Gaga is the powerhouse vocalist and almost overpowering in her presence as a performer not to mention the meta aspect of it all (to see Gaga play a persona so opposite that of her Gaga persona is both a peak behind the curtain and a testament to her talent) it is Cooper who is initially the most charismatic presence in the film and the one that draws us into the world just as he does Ally. Jackson Maine is a rock star who likely had a string of hit singles a decade or so ago and has continued to tour ever since and gets lucky with the occasional contemporary hit on country radio from time to time. The touring is where the money's at though and for Jack specifically it is where the guy is able to escape his demons. The routine of going out on stage every night to binge everything he feels has become so necessary that were it to be taken from him it's hard to imagine he'd survive too long after. Even this sacred routine is being threatened though, as Jack's older brother, manager, and tour manager, Bobby (Sam Elliot), is pressuring him to wear inner-ears during his shows so as to not damage his ear drums more than he already has. Jack-whether it be an act of defiance or true conviction-refuses to put a barrier between himself and the only thing that keeps his blood pumping though. As a result, the middle-aged rocker is going deaf and to make matters worse is drinking himself half to death both before and after he exits the stage. He lives for the thrill of performing live, but he survives by the grace of a constant drink. It is upon his quest for another drink after having run out of his personal stash that he seeks out a local bar that unbeknownst to Jack is a drag bar that happens to be where Gaga's Ally performs on Friday nights. Ally, who was once a waitress at the bar has moved on in terms of occupation (but not far off as she and Anthony Ramos' Ramon now work as part of the wait staff at an upscale establishment), but is still the only woman allowed to come and perform with the rest of the queens on these Friday nights. Ramon coaxes Jack into the bar and convinces him he has to hear his friend sing. Little does Jack know this encounter will not only change the course of his life, but will significantly alter the outlook the heavily sunburnt and egregiously gin-soaked rocker has on his existence as well. Cooper inhabits Jack in a way one isn't even aware Bradley Cooper exists, but instead we become fully convinced that Jackson Maine is a living, breathing soul that is teetering on the edge of self-destruction before he finds a reason that might be reason enough to continue fighting the good fight.
Jack confronts his brother, Bobby (Sam Elliot), in Cooper's directorial debut, A Star is Born.
As Ally, Gaga is as natural and in control as one could hope, but that one would never expect a rather novice pop star to be when it comes to acting. Just as before, it should be noted that I've been a fan of Lady Gaga's since I first saw the music video for "Just Dance" in an American Eagle ten years ago and knew from those first moments given the type of music she was making combined with the cheeky images to go along with it that she "got" it. She understood and still understands the power of imagery and persona as an artist and how these and a sense of mythos resonate to a higher degree than that of baring it all as a girl and her piano. Gaga, the artist, has had to acclimate several times to the shifting trends and styles over the last ten years, but aside from a misstep here or there Stefani Germanotta has largely adapted in ways that have only made her brand that much more powerful and that kind of aura Germanotta has created in Gaga only continues to grow with her talent only being re-affirmed once more in A Star is Born. Gaga could have very easily played Ally as an autobiographical role, but Ally is very clearly not Gaga and that is evident from the moment we watch Ally take the trash out at her aforementioned wait job where she has become complacent in this role of a day job that helps pay the bills while her father, an equally complex if not extensively explored Andrew "Dice" Clay, runs his chauffeur business out of the house they share together. Ally is a thirty-something non-starter who has been told that despite her voice and songwriting abilities that she simply doesn't have the look to make it in show business. Gaga portrays this crushed mentality with a wide-eyed innocence that allows for everything Jack opens her eyes to in his world to not only be admired and charmed by, but appreciated in the sense she never feels entitled to any of it simply because of her talent. It is the fact that in her arc she never loses this combination of innocence and reverence that lends Ally this endearing quality while Gaga also enables the character with a thick skin who has seen so many promises come and pass that her expectations are all but nothing. So, when things do begin to actually take off and Ally has to not only guide her relationship with Jack in the sense of a normal romantic relationship, but also in regards to the fact she is surpassing the man she loves and the man that opened the door for her to reach such heights to become not just who she is as a person, but as a symbol there is fertile ground for Gaga to not only show her range, but for the movie to explore these more introspective aspects of fame as mentioned earlier.
It is in these quiet moments between Ally and Jack that sometimes take place in the loudest of environments-often in the midst of a performance-that convey the honesty of what Cooper seems to be chasing with his A Star is Born; this idea that even when two people genuinely love one another with nothing to come between that love other than the circumstances of their lives-that sometimes even that kind of love has trouble surviving. As cheesy as it sounds, it's a pure and rather simple love story made so by the bond over those twelve notes between any octave that can be conveyed in any number of ways AKA the love of crafting engaging stories. There is a line in the film that refers to these same twelve notes that make up every song ever made that refers to each and every one of them essentially being the same story told over and over again and how all any artist can offer the world is how they see those twelve notes. A Star is Born is about two people who love the way each other see those notes. To this extent, it should also be noted that the music in the film-all sixteen original tracks-chart the narrative as well as one could hope with the same kind of ownership and authenticity that both Gaga and Cooper exude in any moment they're singing them. Standouts are obviously those that have been promoted in the trailers such as "Maybe it's Time" and "Shallow," but other tracks such as "Always Remember Us This Way", "Is That Alright?", and "I'll Never Love Again" are each powerful reminders of the themes at play and the love between these two broken souls. The songs combined with the way in which Cooper and cinematographer Matthew Libatique capture the live performances always from the perspective of being on or to the side of the stage create a thrilling experience from top to bottom every time the film decides to venture in front of a crowd. One would feel remiss to not mention Dave Chapelle as he is quite here, but is only featured in such a capacity that his contribution isn't what stands out as one of the more memorable aspects as you're leaving the theater. And sure, while the introduction to the world of Jackson Maine and the rise of Ally's fame give the first hour an undeniable momentum with the second hour stalling intermittently as it tries to navigate Jack's addiction issues and how it correlates to issues with his equally alcoholic father, the film nails the ending in a way that is so devastatingly heart-wrenching it's impossible to not feel everything that has come before it.
| 2019-04-22T04:20:52 |
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Coughing blood is alarming. It can indicate lung cancer or other more common causes like bronchitis and pneumonia. Seek early diagnosis and treatment.
Coughing up blood is also known as hemoptysis. The blood originates from either the lungs or the bronchial tubes (the airway connecting the lungs with the lower end of the trachea). Hemoptysis can range from just a mild red-colored staining of the coughed-up sputum to coughing up of fresh blood. The coughed up sputum or blood may contain blood clots also. Coughing up more than 200 ml of blood per day is usually considered massive hemoptysis which usually requires urgent medical and/or surgical intervention in an intensive care setting.
The most important causes of coughing blood in the adults are bronchitis, lung cancer, pneumonia and tuberculosis (rare in developed nations). However, in children, lower respiratory tract infections and aspiration of foreign body are the most common causes. The table given below mentions the most important causes of hemoptysis.
Neoplasm in the lung or bronchial tree can cause hemoptysis. Hemoptysis in persons at risk (age > 40 yrs and/or smoker) requires thorough evaluation for presence of lung cancer.
Both acute and chronic bronchitis (inflammation of the bronchi) can cause hemoptysis. It is one of the most common causes.
It is inflammation of the lung tissue, often caused by infection. Pneumonia is also a common cause of hemoptysis.
Localized collection of pus in the lungs caused by infections is known as lung abscess.
This is the most important cause of hemoptysis in developing countries. In developed countries, tuberculosis is an unlikely cause for coughing up blood unless the person is immunocompromised (AIDS, anti-cancer therapy, etc.) or has history of travel to a developing nation.
Injury to lung (lung contusion) or the airways (bronchi, trachea) can cause coughing of blood.
Foreign body in trachea or bronchus can cause hemoptysis. This is more common in children.
Destruction of bronchus resulting in localized dilation of bronchial tree is known as bronchiectasis.
Sudden blockage of the pulmonary artery or its branch by emboli is known as pulmonary embolism. It is a rare cause of hemoptysis.
AV malformations are abnormal connections between the veins and arteries. AV malformations in lung tissue can cause hemoptysis.
Mycetoma or pulmonary aspergilloma is a fungal infection (aspergillus species) that grows in a lung cavity.
Many times no cause for the hemoptysis is found even after thorough evaluation. Such cases are referred to as idiopathic.
Stopping the coughing up of blood and prevention of aspiration is the immediate goal of management. Further treatment is focused on the cause of the hemoptysis.
One of the most important steps in the management of coughing up blood is thorough evaluation for the presence of cancer in high-risk individuals (old age and/or history of smoking tobacco).
Mild hemoptysis caused by non-malignant conditions is usually treated conservatively on outpatient basis. Treatment depends upon the cause of hemoptysis. E.g. bronchitis and pneumonia are treated with antibiotics. Chest X-ray, CT-scan and bronchoscopy are the main diagnostic modalities used for the evaluation of hemoptysis.
Massive hemoptysis requires immediate intensive care with hospitalization. Maintaining airway for respiration is the most important step as death is usually caused by the asphyxiation (and not blood loss). Emergency surgery might be needed depending upon the cause of the hemoptysis.
| 2019-04-26T12:24:59 |
https://www.md-health.com/Coughing-Up-Blood.html
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Why are barrels rifled? Why not use a smooth bore? It would certainly simplify things for the barrel manufacturer and lower costs for everyone.
The answer is that bullets will not fly straight unless you spin them. The rifling grips the bullet by the jacket and forces it to spin at a high rate as it is pushed down the bore by propellant gasses. Rifling ensures bullets will be stable.
But let's back up a little bit. What does it mean to be stable? Simply put, it means the bullet's nose is pointed into the air flow. If you look at a rocket or missile, you'll notice that many designs have fins at the rear. Those fins are there to ensure that the front of rocket points forward. They work like a weather vane - if the rocket starts to tip, the airflow pushes on the fins, correcting the alignment. Whenever there is a non-zero yaw, there is also a force present to correct it - the air flow blowing on the side of the fin.
Bullets, of course, do not have fins. In theory, you could make finned bullets, but it would be very difficult and expensive. Instead, we spin bullets to create a similar effect. Because of the physics of spinning objects, which I'll skip, when a bullet is spinning and it starts to yaw, there are forces that tend to automatically correct the orientation. It turns out that bullets do not perfectly stabilize (there is always some yaw present), but you can get them close enough.
There are two kinds of bullet stability that we are concerned about - gyroscopic stability and dynamic stability. For a bullet to be stable, both conditions must be met - a bullet that is gyroscopically stable but dynamically unstable is not stable - it will tumble.
Gyroscopic stability is the easier of the two to understand. Gyroscopic stability is usually referred to as a variable called Sg. Mathematically speaking, if Sg is greater than 1.0, the bullet can be said to be gyroscopically sable. Sg goes up if you spin the bullet faster. Sg also goes up if velocity decreases. Sg goes down if you use a longer, thinner bullet. If a bullet starts out gyroscopically stable, it tends to stay that way because velocity drops faster than the bullet's spin rate. If a bullet is gyroscopically unstable at the muzzle, it will never be stable.
While calculating Sg is not terribly complex, it's not the sort of thing you can do with a hand calculator except as an approximation. That is a topic for another article. There are several calculators available on the web that will give you an approximate value, however, such as this one by JBM Ballistics.
Dynamic Stability is much tougher to calculate. It depends on obscure coefficients that are hard to pin down. It's difficult to predict, and depends on subtle features of the bullet's design. Bullets can lose dynamical stability as they lose velocity. Unlike the case with gyroscopic stability, stability at the muzzle does not imply stability down range. Dynamic stability is referred to by a variable called Sd. Calculating the exact number is beyond the scope of this article - just know that it is hard to predict and requires a lot of data.
A bullet with "perfect" dynamic stability will have a Sd equal to 1.0. If Sd is less than or greater than 1.0, the bullet may become unstable. The safety margin for Sd depends on Sg. A bullet with a high Sg has more padding when it comes to Sd. A bullet that is on the ragged edge of gyroscopic stability will become dynamically unstable very easily.
As you can see, there are two regions divided by the line represented by the above equation. If a bullet is inside the stable region, all is good. If it leaves the stable region, it will tumble.
A well behaved bullet will begin its flight on the center line (Sd = 1.0) and move up as it heads down range. Again, this is because the bullet's spin will decay at a slower rate than it's velocity, which will lead to a higher gyroscopic stability. This is what we want.
However, dynamic stability is not as, well, stable. Further down range, some bullets will experience a dramatic shift in Sd, which can cause the bullet to leave the stable region and begin to tumble. The infamous .30 caliber 168 grain Sierra MatchKing suffers from this problem, and is prone to losing stability at transonic velocities. This is one reason that long range shooters like to keep velocities over 1,300 feet per second at the target. Bullets that tend to lose stability do so in the transonic region.
Further complicating matters is that all of this depends on air density, which is in turn dependent on things like altitude, temperature, and humidity. Lower air density means greater stability. Think of it this way - there is less air to cause the bullet to tumble. So it's possible to have a bullet shoot well at high altitude, but tumble at sea level.
Bullet stability is only partially in the hands of the shooter. The only thing you can really do is to choose bullets that will be adequately stabilized by your rifle's barrel twist. Always choose a bullet/barrel combination that will produce an Sg of at least 1.3 to 1.4 in order to provide some margin against dynamic instability and atmospheric conditions. Going higher than that will not cause huge problems, but keep in mind that increasing spin has an adverse effect on accuracy, so there is a balance to maintain between stability and accuracy. Use the minimum twist that will stabilize the heaviest bullets you want to shoot.
Unfortunately, there is little that can be done about dynamic stability problems outside of avoiding bullets that exhibit problematic behavior. And the only way to know which bullets to avoid is to ask around. Most bullets used for long range shooting are good if you keep them moving fast enough. Trouble begins when you start to dip into the transonic region, which most long range shooters avoid if at all possible. If you find your bullets dropping that much velocity, maybe you need a bigger cartridge. This is usually only a problem for competition shooters who are restricted to certain cartridges, as in F Class T/R competition, which requires .308 Winchester or .223 Remington.
While the above recommendations are still applicable at short range, there is a section in Bryan Litz's new book, Modern Advancements in Long Range Shooting, that details his experiments with drag and stability. He presents a compelling argument that there is a slight increase in drag when Sg falls below approximately 1.5. Noting that, I now think it prudent to use at least a 1.5 stability factor for long range shooting, where the slight degrease in drag is more important than the slightly decreased accuracy from over-spinning the bullet. For very high precision, short range applications (basically short range benchrest), it may be desirable to use the bare minimum stability you can get away with, but keep it over 1.5 for long range. As far as I know, this represents the latest thinking/research in this area.
This article only scratches the surface of bullet stability. For the mathematically inclined, Bob McCoy's book, Modern Exterior Ballistics, delves into the arcane mathematical details. For a broader, less technical overview, Bryan Litz's Applied Ballistics for Long-Range Shooting is an excellent resource.
| 2019-04-24T11:46:08 |
https://bisonballistics.com/articles/bullet-stability
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English is a funny language - you say "a usual person", but "an unusual person". There is no simple set of rules for how to decide this. Instead, you have to rely on whether the next word starts with a vowel sound.
Instead, I think the "right" solution is just to have a list of the words that should be prefixed with "an".
That Python file contains a function should_preceed_with_an("phrase...") that returns True or False.
I am looking for a cat.
I am looking for an hour-glass.
I am looking for an unusual person.
I am looking for a usual person.
| 2019-04-22T21:02:14 |
http://dustwell.com/a-or-an-in-front-of-a-word.html
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Why does anyone need an advocate? Advocacy has been around for a long time in education. No one is surprised when a family hires an advocate to help them with their child in the school system. Yet when a private advocate shows up in the hospital there appears to be fear. At least that is what I experienced years ago when I first came in with my first client. Questions as to why anyone would possibly hire an independent patient advocate. Afterall the hospital has all that a patient would need to understand the system and get through the system.
There are lots of reasons to hire an independent patient advocate; especially one that has medical knowledge. Getting sick is a crisis. Not just for the patient but for the family. I know that first hand having had my husband hospitalized for 4 months and 4 surgeries while working full time; in school and raising a family. It didn't end there he came home with a feeding tube and didn't go back to work for another year. No one I mean no one in the system ever asked how I was doing. His care was exemplary for the most part but no une understood for a moment what this was doing to our family.
That's one of the reason's I believed in the need for an advocate. Someone who is separate from the system yet understood the needs of the family. Could take some of the burden off of having to monitor and track the information that was exchanging among many people in the hospital without every sharing it with me. The ever changing staff that no one person seemed to be in charge. It was and still is the responsibility for the family to keep track and ask the questions. Often questions you don't know what to ask.
No one in the system wants to hurt you No one. But when you have staffing that is wrapped around the needs of the hospital and not the needs of the patients there is a lot that is missed. An example of that is when a nurse is assigned to a unit it doesn't mean she/he is guaranteed to be on the unit. So that nurse isn't a nurse for a medical unit or a surgical unit they were hired for I think they become a hospital nurse. That means when census is down that nurse is called and cancelled. In order for that nurse to get the hours she/he was hired for they will have to use their vacation time. OR...and this is a big OR they can go to another unit. When they agree they go to a unit that they know nothing about that's creates a problem for them because they know nothing about the culture of the unit, where the supplies are, the ancillary staff on the unit. Nothing. But they need to work so they get through their one shift. But wait sometimes it isn't that one shift. They may work 8 hrs there and the other 4 hours get floated yet to another unit to make up the 12 hours they were hired to work. This is an example of the disconnect that can happen and does happen on a daily basis in most if not all hospitals. So who is in charge? You are in charge.
Being in charge of information is a big job. There are bedside nurses, nursing assistants, hospitalists that rotate in a group every 3-4 days, discharge planners, social workers and perhaps you are transferred to different units during your stay. Based on need? Not always. Sometimes based on space. They need your bed so you go to another unit. Who is in charge? Again if it's the patient that's a problem. It it's the family that may also be a problem. If the family doesn't know how the system works; how to get information; in what format the information should be given and what rights you have to access the information that's when a patient advocate is very valuable. What if family lives out of town? Out of state? Out of the country? Now you're in charge of your brother, sister, mother, father, uncle, aunt who may have always depended on you and now you get the call.
An independent is just that. Independent. Independent of the system which is important. They are dedicated to the patient and family who hires them. Yes it is a private payment. I agree that sometimes is a problem and should be something covered by insurance. Long term care insurance does cover independent care managers but they have to be licensed in some profession. Not all advocates are licensed in a profession. I always wondered why insurance wouldn't look to cover this valuable resource for families? Especially when it is a licensed person.
For us we have never had a readmission of one of our clients in 30 days in the 9 years of practice. That's an important statistic that not many can state. What costs have been saved by not getting readmitted? Or not being admitted at all. We recently had a client for 4 years who passed and was never hospitalized. These are some of the issues that patient advocate practices provide for families. Peace of mind, information gatherers and communicators with all involved.
Think about what your needs would be if you or your loved one was hospitalized? What would a crisis do to your family when this happens? Who is in charge? What do you need to know? That's exactly what a good patient advocate would help your family with. All of the above.
| 2019-04-22T22:36:06 |
http://patientadvocateforyou.com/blog-post-25.html
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The second episode of The Ultimate Fighter 4 drew an overall rating of 1.6, which was almost identical to the season premiere's overall rating one week earlier.
While the fourth season premiere of TUF could not match the third season premiere in the ratings (2.0 overall rating for the third season premiere; 1.7 overall rating for the fourth season premiere), the more important factor over the long run is how well the show maintains its audience over time. In this area, TUF 4 is outperforming TUF 3 thus far.
A large percentage of the viewers who watched the premiere of TUF 3 back in April did not come back for week two, as the overall rating went from 2.0 for the premiere all the way down to 1.3 for the second episode.
If the same percentage of viewers tuned out this season, the result would have been a hugely disappointing 1.1 overall rating for Episode Two, but that's not what happened. Instead, the overall rating for episode two on August 24th barely decreased at all, as it went from 1.7 to 1.6.
With the premiere-to-week-two drop-off out of the way, the fourth season of TUF now has a chance to build some ratings momentum over the course of the season, which every season of TUF except the second season has been able to do.
The ratings for the second episode of this season also held up fairly well in the specific demographics that TUF's advertisers are targeting.
Among 18-to-34-year-old males, Episode Two drew a 2.7 rating, which was down slightly from Episode One's 2.8 rating in that demographic.
In the 18-to-49-year-old male demographic, which combines the aforementioned 18-to-34-year-old male demographic with the 35-to-49-year-old male demographic, Episode Two drew a 2.1 rating, which was down slightly from Episode One's 2.2 rating in the same demographic.
The bloodbath involving Edwin Dewees and Gideon Ray drew a 1.7 rating over the final two quarter-hours of Episode Two, falling short of the 1.8 rating that was drawn by the fight between Shonie Carter-Rich Clementi one week earlier.
The question now is what affect, if any, such a bloodbath will have on ratings in the future. Specifically, will the people who saw it be more likely or less likely to watch TUF in the future?
The only way that it could make people significantly more likely to watch TUF in the future is if they specifically enjoy seeing that much bloodshed, or if there's a large positive word of mouth effect. There is no evidence of any positive worth of mouth effect on the ratings for the Dewees-Ray fight, as the exact rating that it was drawing at the beginning of the fight was 1.68, and the exact rating that it was drawing at the end of the fight was 1.70. The kind of ratings increase that happens when lots of people call their friends and say, "Turn to this channel because you have to see this!" was simply not present during the Dewees-Ray fight.
The fight could, on the other hand, make some people less likely to watch in the future, specifically those who are new to the sport of mixed martial arts, or those who are squeamish. Although the UFC draws excellent ratings among 18-to-34-year-old males, it doesn't draw anywhere near as well among 35-to-49-year-olds or viewers over 49, and the Dewees-Ray fight is certainly not going to help that.
Viewers in the 35-to-49-year-old demographic, while not as coveted by advertisers as 18-to-34-year-olds, are still important to the show's overall rating and total number of viewers, and they also make up a sizable portion of the combined 18-to-49-year-old demographic.
For those viewers who are new to MMA and just tuned in and saw blood pouring of Edwin Dewees' head like a faucet while the doctors said, "He's fine as long as he can still see," it can't be understated how much of a bush-league image was projected to those fans. If all that one has seen of mixed martial arts is the Dewees-Ray fight, one would probably have a disproportionately poor opinion of the sport.
I'm hardly someone who is squeamish about blood, as I've seen pro wrestlers lose a lot more blood from self-inflicted blade-jobs than Edwin Dewees did on TUF 4. The difference is that pro wrestling is a largely unregulated free-for-all where the safety rules and regulations are often changed on the fly. Mixed martial arts is supposed to be a sport with doctors who look out for the health and well-being of the fighters above all else.
The fact that the doctors let the fight continue long after it was clear that Dewees' cut was not going to stop gushing blood is, sadly, far from an isolated incident. This is the same team of doctors who cleared Jorge Gurgel to compete on TUF with a pre-existing torn ACL. This is the same team of doctors who cleared Rob MacDonald to compete on TUF with a pre-existing torn labrum in his shoulder. This is the same team of doctors who let the fight continue at UFC 57 in February when Frank Mir had a large cut over his eye and flat-out told the doctor that he couldn't see out of the affected eye (which was audible on the PPV broadcast). This is the same team of doctors who let the fight continue at UFC 61 in July when Yves Edwards was losing puddle-creating amounts of blood. It's true that "this ain't ballet," as the saying goes, but it's not supposed to be a free-for-all, either.
The logic that it doesn't matter how much blood a fighter loses as long as he can still see is something that just doesn't hold up. If during a fight in the near future a fighter gets a large cut on the top or back of his head (in a way that doesn't interfere with his vision at all) and he loses a gallon of blood, would that make it "medically okay"? Of course not.
Putting aside the argument of whether the Dewees-Ray fight should have stopped when the two fighters were put back on the ground and it became clear that Dewees' cut was going to continue to gush blood like a faucet, the fact remains that the fight wasn't stopped. That may or may not have a slight negative effect on the ratings in the future, and it has already projected a bush-league image to anyone who is new to the sport.
The biggest ratings-related surprise of the night actually came from TUF 3's lead-in. The Ultimate Fighter's lead-in on August 17th was a live two-hour fight special (UFC Fight Night 6), which drew a 1.5 overall rating. The Ultimate Fighter's lead-in on August 14th was an episode of UFC Unleashed, which surprisingly almost matched that total with a 1.3 overall rating.
The overall rating of 1.3 was the third-highest for UFC Unleashed since it moved to Thursday nights back in April. The two highest-rated airings of UFC Unleashed came on April 20th and June 29th; both of those airings drew overall ratings of 1.4.
TNA Impact, the pro wrestling show that follows The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV, drew a very disappointing rating of just 0.8 on August 24th, meaning that it retained just 50% of its lead-in audience.
The network TV competition that went head-to-head with the UFC block of programming on Spike TV was fairly weak once again, but this will not be the case for much longer as the summer TV season nears its completion.
Airing head-to-head with TUF on August 24th from 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM, NBC's drama series Windfall collapsed in the ratings without the benefit of having America's Got Talent as a lead-in. Windfall went from a 3.9 overall rating on August 17th to an embarrassingly-low-for-network-television 2.9 overall rating on August 24th. A new episode of the ABC newsmagazine Primetime drew a 4.6 overall rating, while a repeat of Without a Trace on CBS led the pack with a 7.0 overall rating.
Airing head-to-head with UFC Unleashed from 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM on August 24th, an NFL preseason football game on Fox drew a 4.3 overall rating. Two repeats of The Office on NBC each drew 2.7 overall ratings. While averaging a 2.7 rating for new episodes during the season would lead to the show getting cancelled (even with an Emmy Award for Best Comedy--- see Arrested Development), it's not considered as big of a deal for two repeat airings in the summer to have drawn such low ratings.
Meanwhile, a repeat of CSI drew a 7.6 overall rating on CBS, while a repeat of Grey's Anatomy on ABC drew a 5.6 overall rating. Now airing head-to-head, CSI and Grey's Anatomy are both expected to draw ratings in the 10 to 15 range every week when their new seasons start airing in September.
| 2019-04-19T11:09:44 |
http://www.ivansblog.com/2006/08/mixed-martial-arts-ultimate-fighter.html
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NO book in recent times has brought out in such vivid- and well-researched -detail the havoc caused against Hindu temples in India by Islamic forces from ancient times right up to the twenty first century as Prafull Goradia's Hindu Masjids, just published. In its entirety it is the definitive answer to all our secularists who in the last one decade have been shedding crocodile tears following the destruction of the Babri structure in Ayodhya. What is Hindu Masjids all about? Why was it written? How authentic is the information herein provided? The book is about all the Hindu temples that were either converted from mandirs to masjids by the replacement of idols with mehrabs and the defacement of temple statuettes, or were first destroyed, the rubble then reused to build masjids over the ruins. In two years (2000-2001) the author personally visited all such masjids, took photographs, went deep into the background of each structure, digging historical records, published literature and archaeological studies to produce what, surely, is the most definitive study of Islamic fundamentalism gone haywire. Each time the author published his findings some of his friends would call him up and say: "Why are you digging up the past? Do you want the Hindus to take revenge? Do you wish to humiliate fellow Indians who happen to be Muslim? Will not your articles arouse anger which may lead to bloodshed?" Such thoughts have been far from Goradia's mind. He knows that Hindu Masjids personify the deep chasm or the sharp conflict between the Hindu ethos and Muslim zealotry. More than any secularist he is profoundly concerned with building bridges between Hindus and Muslims. But how can one build bridges when one community just does want to acknowledge that Hindus are suffering from a sense of lasting hurt? And what bridges can Hindus themselves seek to build if they don't want to face up to facts? According to Goradia - and he is so right- many Hindus who are at once afraid, hypocritical and opportunistic and embarrassed to admit as much, have taken cover behind secularism and alleged broad-mindedness. On their part, Muslims - certainly the vast majority of them - remain blissfully ignorant of what their co-religionists in centuries past have done to hurt the Hindu psyche. Says Goradia: "How are they to know the Hindu has done little to tell them. Instead, many a Hindu political leader has gone out of his way to pamper the Muslim for electoral support. This book is an attempt to bridge the communication gap…"
Goradia's thesis is that once the average Muslim knows what had gone wrong in centuries past, his conscience will be stirred and he will be more appreciative of Hindu sentiments which, in turn, could lead to firmer and lasting friendship between Hindus and Muslims. Gordia's work us an attempt to diagnose the slavery complex that haunts the upper fringes of Hindu society. He says: "Amongst the Hindu intelligentsia there are many anti-Hindu Hindus. If the upper echelon of society is embarrassed about its collective identity, namely Hindu, how can the society regain its pride and self confidence?" It is to confront this class that Goradia has done his research and one feels like saying: "If you have tears to shed, shed them now!"
It is a story of thousands of temples ruthlessly destroyed or desecrated, in all cases the deities then being buried under mosque entrances so that they could be easily trampled upon by those who came to offer prayers. In every case Goradia quotes authorities, both Muslim and British, and does not go by hearsay. Quoted are such men of eminence like Sir Syed Ahmed Khan who founded the Aligarh Muslim University, Rev. Mathew Atmore Sherring, a Christain evangelist, a British Civil Servant F.S. Growse and many more like them. Can one possibly contradict a Viceroy like Lord Curzon, an archaeologist like Sir Alexander Cunningham or a historian like Khair-ud-din? Anyone even remotely aware of historical writing will recognise the name of Vincent A. Smith who wrote: " The richly jewelled idols taken from the pagan temples were transferred to Agra and there placed beneath the steps leading to the Nawab Begum Saheb's mosque, in order that they might over be pressed under foot by the true believers. The city's (Mathura's) name was changed to Islamabad." Reading this work is enough to drive one to tears. Goradia is not interested just in quoting authorities. This book is richly illustrated with colour photographs so that the reader can see for himself what has been said in the text. There is, for example, a picture of triple temples at Ajmer converted by Qutbuddin Aibak into a mosque called Adhai din ka Jhopra because the work of desecration was completed in 60 years. Goradia says that the jhopra is "among the first in a series of temple desecrations perpetuated by foreign rulers of India." In 1403 Ibrahim Naib Barbak ordered all Hindus to quit Jaunpur so that only Muslims could live there. Ethnic cleansing is nothing new in India. Hindus have suffered it down the ages - only then there were no secularists to defend the actions of ruthless Muslim rulers.
In page after sickening page Goradia lists all acts of destruction and desecration of Hindu (pagan!) temples but it would be a mistake to think that Muslim rulers have learnt the lessons of decency in our times. Iconoclasm continues in Pakistan and Bangladesh to this day. Goradia quotes no less than Taslima Nasrin, the Bangladeshi author, according to whom 62 temples were destroyed in Bangladesh just in one year, 1990, a clean two years before the Babri edifice was brought down! And may it be noted: those temples were not builr on the ruins of masjids, as the Babri structure was built on the ruins of a temple. Right in Kashmir itself, under the benign eyes of Sheikh Farookh Abdullah, 116 temples and mandirs, properly named, had been desecrated since 1986. As for temples destroyed in Pakistan- all identified in this remarkable boom - the mames of 59 have been identified. This, then is the story. Reading Goradia is enough to wrench one's insides. No Hindu has ever demanded that all those masjids built on temple sites or are temples converted into masjids be restored to their original owners. What he does is merely to tell the truth so that both ignorant Muslims and pitiful secularists get a chance to understand the Hindu psyche. In the process Goradia has occasion to expose certain myths propagated by some secular Hindus themselves. The intention as he says, "is to illustrate why and how the Hindu-Muslim divide is so deep" and to hope that presented with facts, Muslims will hereafter respect Hindu aspirations more sympathetically. May it not be a vain hope as truth prevails over secular hypocrisy and facts, long hidden are sharply brought into focus as Goradia has now done.
| 2019-04-21T20:18:12 |
http://prafullgoradia.com/hindu-masjids/masjid-review.html
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Looking for the adjective moreno instead?
Mi hermana es rubia, mientras que yo soy morena.My sister is blonde, while I'm dark-haired.
Soy morena y tengo el pelo corto.I'm dark and have short hair.
Nunca me quemo en la playa porque soy morena.I never get burned on the beach because I'm dark-skinned.
Mi hermano y yo no nos parecemos. Él es muy blanco, y yo soy muy morena.My brother and I don't look alike. He's very fair, and I'm very dark.
| 2019-04-21T04:59:41 |
https://www.spanishdict.com/translate/soy%20morena
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For example, in his Texas History class, his students learn about the Texas Revolution through group multimedia projects. As one activity, each group writes an imaginary diary that chronicles the decisions a key member of the revolution made during a crucial time of the war. From their diary, the students make a series of podcasts about this key figure in their state's history. In addition, the student groups create a wiki relating to one of the revolution's famous battles, and a music video of a song from that era.
All this takes bandwidth-- but are technology administrators planning for enough of it? No, according to Tom Greaves and Jeanne Hayes, authors of "America's Digital Schools 2008", a survey on the key tech trends facing education today. The report says that districts now average 6.48 kilobits per second per student, a figure expected to grow over the next three years to 15.73 kbps per student, and over the next five years to 33.82 kbps per student. The ADS team believes these numbers, though much higher than those forecast in their previous 2006 report, "are still underestimated, and that in five years schools will need 45 kbps per student."
The reason for the increase is just as Bergland says: the need to teach in ways that keep students engaged, which means incorporating laptops, web-based activities and content, and active, project-based learning.
According to "ADS 2008," this type of classroom environment is growing. Twenty-seven percent of the survey's respondents-- superintendents, curriculum directors, and technology directors-- report a 1-to-1 environment in at least one full grade in at least one school in their district. The survey defines 1-to-1 as "each student and teacher [having] one internet-connected wireless computing device for use in the classroom and at home," which excludes implementations that do not allow students to take the computer home, or that keep a set of computers in each classroom. Adding these other, more liberal definitions raises significantly the number of 1-to-1 programs nationwide, and as such, the number of schools facing bandwidth problems.
There are times when bandwidth issues can be resolved fairly painlessly. McCall cites one such instance. About 100 of Stephen F. Austin's students used to gather in the gym before school started, fire up their laptops, and play online games over the network. Elementary schools, who started work earlier than the middle schools, were unable to get online to do simple administrative tasks at the start of the day because of the drag the middle school students were putting on the system. Network technicians responded by cranking up their web filters, preventing access to online gaming sites, and the students soon stopped jamming the network, leaving it open for educators to do their morning business.
Sometimes a bandwidth problem is not so easy to fix. BISD adopted new math textbooks featuring a large array of online, interactive activities that oblige students to be on the network a lot-- as do the district's social studies texts, which come from the same publishing company. The volume of users appeared to be too much for the network to support, as teachers of both subjects began finding themselves unable to get to the company's website. At first the solution was simply to get online before the other classes did. However, analysis by network staff indicated that the problem was not BISD's network, but rather the textbook company's website. The site was not prepared for 500- plus students from the same school hitting it at one time.
When bandwidth problems do occur, districts cope. Bryan keeps Moodle and Discovery Education's Streaming, a digital video-based teaching resource, on a server in the school and keeps e-mail and blogging in-house with applications on its own servers. Sometimes, if school bandwidth is insufficient, students get resourceful. McCall tells the story of one group of students who had a habit of standing next to a classroom window with their laptops every day. After investigating, teachers found out that the kids were tapping in to the network of a house across the street from the school. This became a teachable moment in ethics for the students as well as a field trip to the house across the street for a lesson in network security.
When bandwidth is limited, districts generally cut back the use of applications, such as those involving streaming video. As "ADS 2008" reports, without streaming video, students are left with a still photo, and the academic experience is not the same. "Pedagogic value is sacrificed," the report says.
If pedagogic value is sacrificed, so is student engagement, and ultimately so is achievement. Before Principal Moore came to Stephen F. Austin, laptops were put to use sporadically. In her two years at the school, she has fostered a culture that emphasizes technology use as well as focuses on achievement. The results of her efforts can be seen in the boost in scores on Texas' high-stakes tests. For example, In 2005-06, the year before Moore arrived, 67 percent of students passed the social studies portion of the statewide exam. In 2006-07, 80 percent passed, and this year the number rose again, to 84 percent.
There's a lesson to be had there: Teaching the students "the right way" starts with providing resources that will help engage them in learning. Once that engagement is established, achievement is almost sure to follow.
Geoffrey H. Fletcher is the editorial director of T.H.E. Journal.
| 2019-04-23T14:42:31 |
https://thejournal.com/articles/2008/07/01/middle-schools--strike-up-the-bandwidth.aspx
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I have had the iPhone 6 since launch day and only had it replaced a couple months ago due to the backlight issue causing the screen to light up uneven. Anyways I woke up this morning and noticed my FaceTime camera had slipped off center and it shows like a slight crescent moon shape when looking at the camera lens. I have seen other people have this issue with the iPhone 6 but I was wondering if anyone on iMore knew anything about this. I don't believe it was due to a drop because I take really good care of my phone and can't remember the last time I dropped it. I really would rather keep the phone I currently have because that is the only defect I notice and don't want to risk getting another refurbished and something else might be wrong with the replacement. Has anyone had genius fix and not replace their phone with a similar problem?
It doesn't effect the picture/FaceTime experience as far as I can tell. It's just a major eye sore especially on the black iPhone 6..
Haven't heard of this one. At least I haven't had this issue.
Ok so I chatted with technical support and they said most likely it will be a phone swap. I'm still debating if I'm going to go along and replace my phone, and risk the replacement have some other problem. Or just stick it out and hopefully when I upgrade to the next iPhone AT&T won't hold me accountable. Just in case I made an Genius appointment and I'll see what they say..
Update: Ok so I chatted with technical support and they said most likely it will be a phone swap. I'm still debating if I'm going to go along and replace my phone, and risk the replacement have some other problem. Or just stick it out and hopefully when I upgrade to the next iPhone AT&T won't hold me accountable. Just in case I made an Genius appointment and I'll see what they say..
How did it go? I'm having the same problem. Seems like it's a common problem.
For now I'm not going to bother replacing it. It doesn't seem to bother me as much as I thought it would and don't want to risk some other issue with the replacement. However, I will give it a couple months and if it gets worse I will get it replaced.
I would get my iPhone replaced under warranty if I found that.
It isn't actually the front facing camera that shifted. After doing some research it is actually a small foam "ring" the sits between the camera and the screen. Although it is still an issue I will probably end up getting it replaced more towards the end of the year warranty.
I finally took it in and was given the option for a repair or replacement. I went with the replacement and make sure everything worked before i left. Im hoping this one works out.
| 2019-04-19T12:42:42 |
https://forums.imore.com/iphone-6/314326-iphone-6-facetime-camera-slipped-off-center-print.html
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Is there a good case for 'positive education'?
In this post I expressed my skepticism about something which is called Positive education, an approach advocated by Martin Seligman (photo). What that is, is explained in this video which I also mentioned. My two reasons for being skeptical were 1) that I found the definitions of positive education as mentioned in the video confusing rather than clarifying, and 2) that it is not clear to me to what extent well-being should be an outcome measure in education (read the post for more details on that point).
Are positive stereotypes taken as compliments?
We generally think of stereotypes as generalizing negative judgments about a category of people. In a stereotype the behavior of individuals is attributed to the group to which they (appear to) belong. Also, supposed negative characteristics of groups may be projected on individuals which belong to the group. It is not surprising that many people view stereotypes as undesirable. There are some quite dangerous sides to it. They can create tensions between groups and even undermine the integrity of society. Moreover they deny the unique character of individuals. But what about positive stereotypes, in other words, positive generalizations about social groups? Will these be viewed positively because they are really just complimentary?
How will stereotype threat get through the replication crisis?
The replication crisis within psychology has shown that rather many findings from previous research cannot be trusted. Some cynics see this as a reason to write of all of psychology and to not take it seriously any longer. I find that illogical and unwise. The replication crisis is a result of a failure of the methodical and statistical quality of old studies and of too limited attention for replication studies and negative findings. The solution cannot be to throw out the whole idea of a scientific approach to psychological topics. Non-scientific attempts to build psychological knowledge are even much weaker methodologically and statistically and even more negligent of contrary evidence and thus even much more unreliable. The solution must be to strengthen scientific psychological research by improving its methods and practices (read here how Carol Dweck is very seriously doing this). The current situation makes it necessary to critically check all psychological findings of the past. We can't automatically assume that research findings from the past can be trusted.
How do you interpret it when you find something hard?
Imagine you are reading a text and your notice that you find it hard. You have try really hard to understand the text. How do you interpret having to try so hard? Do you think this is an indication that you have nearly reached the limits of your capabilities? Does the fact that you find the subject matter so hard make you want to stop reading?
Easily learned → better understood and remembered?
It has long been thought that the easier you find it to process information, the more you feel that you understand it. In other words: the greater the processing fluency will, the greater the perceived competence will be. Also, it is often thought that the easier we learn information, the easier we also remember this information. This principle is called ELER (easily learned=easily remembered). But a number of recent studies shows a more nuanced picture.
Some time ago, I heard about a situation in which a student behaved disruptively in class. I will repeat here, from memory, what happened. The teacher asked the student if he would calmly join the lesson and pay attention. The student did not directly reply and went on with his disruptive behavior. Then some other students started making comments like: "Just send him to the hall, miss." The teacher replied: "No, I will not send him to the hall", to which the students said: "Why not? He is behaving very badly." The teacher replied: "If I send students to the hall, they will not learn how to behave appropriately in the classroom. That is why I won't do that." Then she repeated here question to the student to calmly pay attention to the lesson which he then started to do without complaining. This approach seems counter-intuitive. Shouldn't you just be tough to students behaving badly? Maybe not. A new paper provides some insight into what might have worked in this situation.
Research has shown a correlation exists between how satisfied people are with their job and how satisfied they are with their life. But there are two uncertainties about the relationship between job satisfaction and life satisfaction. First, it is unknown whether this effect primarily happens in the Western world; this is where most of this research has taken place. Second, it is unknown whether there is a causal relationship between job satisfaction and life satisfaction because most research is correlational. Third, there is no clear explanation for the relationship between job satisfaction and life satisfaction. A new paper provides more clarity in all these questions.
Where does meaning in life come from?
In earlier times the question of how to lead meaningful life was simply answered by referring to the bible (or another religious text, depending on when and where you were born). But for an increasing number of people religious dogma is no longer a satisfying answer to the question what a meaningful life means. Nowadays it has become a common wisdom that we should discover or create meaning in life ourselves. This raises two questions: how important is a sense of having meaning in life anyway, and -if it is important - how can we find or create it?
| 2019-04-26T03:50:18 |
http://www.progressfocused.com/2017/05/
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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, who started the company when she was 19, was celebrated as a rising Silicon Valley star until it became clear that numerous claims about the company's supposedly revolutionary blood test were bogus.
In a new Wall Street Journal piece, John Carreyrou-the journalist who exposed Theranos' misleading claims about the efficacy of its tests-reported that the company will next week begin to formally dissolve.
Theranos, the blood-testing company founded by Elizabeth Holmes, is going out of business.
Holmes was succeeded as CEO by Taylor in June this year, after the former was indicted with nine counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud by a U.S. grand jury. Both executives have denied the charges, according to the Journal. At one time, Holmes was the youngest self-made female billionaire. Instead of the familiar needles, tourniquets, vials, and bandages of the past, Theranos offered a comprehensive blood test that required just a finger stick and a single drop of blood. Her bold talk and black turtlenecks drew comparisons to Steve Jobs.
Holmes, who did not admit wrongdoing, was fined $500,000 and ordered to relinquish 18.9 million shares in the company.
Balwani issued a statement through a representative: "As an investor who put millions of dollars of his own money and almost seven years of his life into Theranos, Mr. Balwani was saddened to see the letter from Theranos to investors [Tuesday]".
When 19-year-old Elizabeth Holmes developed the idea of using microchip-enabled technology to conduct blood tests, she realized that she needed to build a company that would make the testing cheaper, more convenient, and accessible to consumers.
Theranos was started in 2003 with a goal to revolutionize medical blood tests and was worth an estimated $9 billion at one point.
Theranos's founder and chairman, Ms. Holmes, and her ex-boyfriend, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani were indicted on nine counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in June.
In 2016, federal prosecutors opened criminal investigations into Theranos's promises to investors, and in March 2018, the SEC sued Elizabeth and her company for fraudulently raising more than $700 million from investors.
The Journal's investigation marked the beginning of the end of Theranos.
Lawyers for the company did not respond to requests for comment.
FOX Business' Brittany De Lea contributed to this article.
The minister was speaking on the sidelines of the Forum on China Africa co-operation in Beijing on Tuesday, 04 September. Stats SA also said the economic contraction in the first quarter was steeper than initially recorded, at 2.6 per cent .
If eligible, your phone can be fixed free of charge at an Apple Store or an Apple Authorized Service provider. Apple is expected to launch three iPhones at an event in the U.S. on the 12th of September.
I knowingly violated the rules that were put forth and I'm told that the committee confidential rules have knowing consequences. Booker is saying, "I received documents that show the thinking of the nominee when he was a young lawyer in the White House".
The air-force-pilot-turned-intergalactic-hero is the latest entrant in the Marvel Cinematic Universe or the MCU as fans dub it. Lee Pace returns as Ronan the Accuser , Djimon Hounsou returns as Korath , and Clark Gregg returns as Phil Coulson .
Reynolds suffered cardiac arrest on Thursday and passed away at a hospital in Florida while surrounded by his family. Reynolds eventually paid her $234,794.13 in the divorce.
Wade , which legalized abortion in America?" tweeted Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate. If confirmed, the conservative appeals court judge would be expected to tilt the court's balance to the right.
Jeremy Fleming, director of GCHQ, the government's listening post, said: "The threat from Russian Federation is real". Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey fell ill responding to the incident in Salisbury and has since recovered.
However, when pressed, the 26-year-old opted for Manchester City . We just try to do our job, win games and then we will see".
He also said he hopes Israel "will not be bothered" by the decision, and that the "friends and historic allies" will remain so. The announcement came hours after Paraguay moved its embassy back to Tel Aviv, which is just four months after moving it.
Charisse Stinson reported her son missing earlier this week and an Amber Alert was issued for Jordan Belliveau on Monday. Police searched woods, divers searched ponds, and a sketch of an apparent suspect spread across social media.
| 2019-04-20T05:24:38 |
http://expressnewsline.com/2018/09/07/theranos-gone-for-good-company-says-it-will-disolve.html
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Mathias Frisch, Inconsistency, Asymmetry, and Non-Locality: A Philosophical Investigation of Classical Electrodynamics, Oxford University Press, 2005, 222pp, $49.95 (hbk), ISBN 0195172159.
As this passage from Joseph Larmor attests, issues to do with the consistency and intelligibility of the analysis of electrodynamics, the analysis of moving charges, the mathematics of a potential formalism, and the question of the interpretation of the mathematics, extend well back in twentieth-century physics. Classical electrodynamics, though, has been on the edges of the philosophy of physics. Quantum theory and space-time theories have been more center stage, with the result that classical electrodynamics has appeared as conceptually unproblematic and the paradigm of a standard classical theory. That Larmor's issues all feature in Matthias Frisch's impressive exploration of the conceptual features of classical electrodynamics in Inconsistency, Asymmetry and Non-Locality demonstrates that issues to do with the interpretation of the formalism of classical electrodynamics, as well as the nature of the theory itself, persist in deep and interesting ways. One of the valuable features of Frisch's study is to suggest that the theory become more center stage for philosophers of physics.
Along with its project of conceptual exploration, Frisch's study leads one to bring this conceptual analysis to bear on a particular notion of scientific theory taken to be common among philosophers of science. In broad terms, this conception maintains that physical theories consist of a mathematical formalism together with an interpretation that largely entails attaching parts of the mathematical formalism to physical phenomena. The overall project of the study is to argue that due to unavoidable problems with the consistency of the formalism of electromagnetism, plus the need to attend to causal constraints that go beyond the formalism, far richer notions of interpretation are needed. Frisch's development of this project has a lot going for it although, as I'll indicate, there appears to be a crucial complexity as to what to count as interpretation.
While Frisch is not explicit about this, at heart this project also relates to that grand topic of philosophy of science regarding the nature of the relationship between mathematics and the world, i.e., the nature of the meeting place of the formal, abstract, symbolic, and necessary with the particular, concrete, empirical, and contingent. Localized studies of particular theories such as that undertaken by Frisch are the ones most likely to generate new insights on this topic.
The study is also within the fine tradition in philosophy of science of bringing the technical details of a contemporary physical theory to bear on more general issues to do with the nature of a scientific theory, and indirectly, on the task of building a metaphysics based on our best knowledge of the world. As Frisch observes, while quantum theory has displaced classical electrodynamics as a foundational theory in the microscopic realm, nevertheless, the classical theory remains a central one within contemporary physics. It forms the prototype of the gauge field theories that feature in descriptions of the basic interactions of nature and in this way has played an extraordinary role in twentieth-century physics.
One of the challenges of this study lies in the need in places for a graduate-level of technical knowledge of electrodynamics in order to follow the arguments. Moreover, since a good bit of the argument related to the nature of scientific theories depends on conclusions drawn from the details of electromagnetic theory, a somewhat formidable task awaits the reader (and reviewer) to engage with and assess the study. This complexity, though, is not new in philosophy of physics, and Frisch assists the reader in providing helpful introductory and summary statements to begin and end chapters as well as the book as a whole.
Frisch's problems with this conception gather around two issues that set the overall structure of the book. The first arises from what Frisch takes as a natural association of the requirement of consistency with this conception of scientific theory, at least with its main formulations. Frisch's reasons here are at times subtle, but a formal logical point is central (which in its formal abstract nature may not be as relevant as Frisch wishes to maintain): that if consequences are to be derived from a theory in the manner of deductive logic, then an inconsistent theory is trivial in that any statement can be derived from it. The second is that the conception does not include the sort of causal notions that appear to be woven into actual scientific accounts of nature.
Chapters 2 and 3 take up the issue of consistency in classical electrodynamics and argue that there is an inherent inconsistency within the theory that together with its successful use by physicists indicates "implicit, content-based rules guiding the selective application of the theory's basic equations." (p. 193) The problem with the above conception of scientific theories is the failure to account for such rules.
… the mathematical tools available for making this account ['of what the world is like'] precise are inconsistent (p. 46).
Yet, as we have seen, there does not seem to be a completely satisfactory and consistent mathematical formalism through which one can model such interactions … (p. 71).
Moreover, for Frisch, it appears likely that "physicists will never develop a corrected, consistent theory." (p. 45). The classical theory possesses explanatory power, nevertheless, and in that lies the problem with the traditional account of scientific theories. To explore this claim takes one to the heart of the challenge of the book in its engagement with the technical details of classical electromagnetism. Also, it requires tracing down the specialized studies on the topic since the questions as posed by Frisch do not form the mainline presentation of classical electrodynamics. The claim of inconsistency has not gone unchallenged; for example, in a recent response to the book, Gordon Belot has questioned the necessity of the particular force law invoked in the analysis ("Is Classical Electrodynamics an Inconsistent Theory?", online, 2005). I would venture two considerations that suggest more caution is needed in exploring foundational but traditionally overlooked issues such as these in classical electrodynamics. The first is the use of integral theorems (see p. 35), such as Gauss's divergence theorem that relates volume integrals to surface integrals, and Stokes' theorem relating line integrals to surface integrals. The mathematical basis of these theorems, on which their validity depends, is changed once time-dependent quantities (propagating fields) are introduced, as in the present issue (the issue again being one of the appropriate application of mathematics). The second concerns the ascription of particular field energies to particular points in the field. The observables of classical electromagnetism involve integral expressions over volumes and surfaces, and while there is a long practice (Maxwell does it) of "taking apart" such expressions to ascribe energy densities to particular points that sum to the appropriate limit, the manner in which this is done strictly goes beyond information given by the way the formalism confronts empirical reality.
Still, allowing Frisch's identification of a problematic cluster of issues related to the analysis of accelerating point charges and energy considerations, another conceptual issue arises that appears to undermine the manner Frisch takes such issues to challenge the traditional conception of scientific theory -- and thus to mute a key energy driving a central part of the study. The matter here concerns what counts as an "interpretation" of the mathematics of the formalism. Frisch's presentation stresses that an inconsistency is present in the mathematical formalism of the theory, the sort that present a powerful logical challenge to a theory application. However, to use a phrase from another contemporary discourse, that of continental philosophy and post-structuralist thought, it is "interpretation all the way down." In particular, the perceived inconsistency is generated by an already interpreted formalism, i.e., one that already entails a mapping function that embeds the formalism in physical phenomena. The physical ascription of a particular radiant energy term and the application of energy conservation principles is generating an inconsistency and not in a way that can primarily be characterized as a "mathematical inconsistency." The issue here is nothing but an elaboration of the fact that interpretation is always present: the very first equations in the book -- Maxwell's equations in chapter 2 -- immediately arrive with an interpretation, a mapping function, a physical referent to indicate their application. From this perspective then the issue is more one of allowing sufficient richness in the "mapping function" of the traditional conception of scientific theories to incorporate the practice of physics in successfully using classical electrodynamics.
Chapters 5 to 7 take up the second problem and argue that to account for an apparent temporal asymmetry in the propagation of radiation, various causal notions are required since the underlying mathematical formalism is symmetric on these matters; and here again features are identified that are not accounted for by the general conception of scientific theories. Here Frisch presents a comprehensive and rich exploration of ways to account for the time-asymmetric "arrow of radiation" of electromagnetic waves, given that mathematically Maxwell's equations are time-symmetric and allow solutions that are "retarded" (diverging from sources) and "advanced" (converging on sources). Thus, there arises the question of what is needed to guide the interpretation of the mathematics of electromagnetism. To Frisch the most plausible response takes the form of a time-asymmetric "causal constraint" -- the one most likely picked up in basic courses on electromagnetism -- viz. a "retardation condition, according to which the field association with a charged particle is a diverging wave" (p. 20). This section of the book includes a valuable historical consideration of Einstein's discussion of the asymmetry as well as Wheeler and Feynman's absorber theory of radiation. The contemporary interlocutors in the background here include Huw Price and H. D. Zed.
The point here is surely a good one, but, I'd suggest, one that can be expressed as the general need, when interpreting the mathematics of a theory, to attend to a wide range of features of the phenomena for the selection of relevant solutions afforded by the basic equations. With a statement in this form, however, some of the edge of Frisch's position is muted.
Related to this contextualizing of Frisch's two themes, I have suggested, there is evident a narrative style where positions are proposed in a particular form in order to allow forceful points to be made against them. Thus, the "mapping function" of the standard account of theories is presented as unable to handle the scientific practice of navigating around inconsistency of the theories and being of a sort where causal considerations are excluded. While the resultant account of the nature of scientific theorizing is a rich and nuanced one, with an appropriate stress on the interpretative frameworks that go with the mathematical structure of the theory, one senses in places a dramatic rhetorical structure that arises from generating an "opposition" of this sort that serves to heighten the significance of the results of the exploration. Another feature of style of the text is the hesitant manner of stating positions, evident in the use of the words such as "seem" and "appear." This is evident in positions that serve as a foil for presenting the arguments such as with the traditional criteria for evaluating scientific theories-- "internal consistency appears to be privileged" (p. 25) and "causal structures simply do not seem to be needed in fundamental physics" (p. 77). Other examples appear in the quotations above. The textual stress on "inconsistency" that dominates the first part of the book has resonances with the rhetorical flair of Nancy Cartwright's analysis of our "dappled world," in addition to exemplifying a sound lesson of her study in such a world that discussions in realms in philosophy of science seldom ask how a theory "serves to model the world." (The Dappled World, 1999, p. 230).
The book concludes with a solid critique of the consequences of such a causal interpretation of electromagnetic radiation for David Lewis's counterfactual account of the asymmetry of causation. In addition, between the two main topics of the book -- inconsistency and the arrow of radiation -- a chapter explores how various notions of locality apply to the analysis of electromagnetic phenomena, with again the theme of the importance of causal conditions in the analysis. One of the old and intriguing themes raised in this chapter is the status of the mathematical structures of potentials in classical electromagnetism. As Frisch indicates, two standard reasons are usually given as to why they should be viewed merely as part of the mathematical superstructure of the theory and not be taken to refer directly to physical properties: 1) only their derivatives and not their absolute values map to physical features and 2) there are a variety of gauge fixing conditions that alter the propagation properties of potentials. The very language of referring to the standard E and B terms, which can be calculated from the potentials, as the "field strengths" terms, subtly loads the interpretation that they are the terms more in touch with representing physical phenomena. Inspired by the interpretation of the Aharonov-Bohm effect in quantum theory, there is a mode for interpreting potentials physically in terms of gauge- invariant loop integrals over space-time, although these introduce a non-local, nonseparable holonomy factor into the description of classical electromagnetism.
My own take on this is that from the perspective of gauge field theory, potentials are woven into the depth structure of electromagnetism. They represent directly the gauge fields within the formalism (as connections on a fiber bundle) and form a necessary part of the dynamical formulation of gauge fields. Also, they are the way quantum theory is fused with field theory and for this cluster of reasons form the key terms in the description of electromagnetism. Moreover, they encode the full information from which physical phenomena can be calculated. These features suggest they can be seen as capturing directly the physical phenomena of electromagnetism and in a richer way than traditionally allowed by a mapping of their mathematical structure to physical phenomena. The standard argument that a quantity represents a physical feature if its numeral value maps directly to a measurable quantity in a one-to-one manner arguably need not be a necessary criterion for ascribing physical reality to terms in the mathematical structure, especially as one traces how this criterion is tied to older classical notions of physical theories. In the spirit of the book -- that the mapping of mathematics to physical phenomena be enriched beyond traditional conceptions -- there is reason to rethink the standard discussions about the physical reality to be ascribed to the potential formalism.
It may be that the central lesson of the study resides in this point: mainline theories of physics, in this case classical electrodynamics, when explored with the care and depth of Frisch's study, reveal rich complexities that go with associating the mathematical formalism of the theory with physical phenomena. Strategies governing the selective use of the mathematical relationships of the theory that include attention to causal features and other aspects not embedded directly within the mathematical formalism are all part of the practice of science. This is an excellent lesson, and one that underlines how various traditional and formal reconstructions of how theories function in science, undertaken within philosophy of science contexts, sometimes miss that rich dimension of science.
| 2019-04-19T09:16:20 |
https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/inconsistency-asymmetry-and-non-locality-a-philosophical-investigation-of-classical-electrodynamics/
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John McCain Funeral: Joe Biden Honors Friend: 'We Shall Not See His Like Again' Speaking at McCain's memorial, the former vice president choked up more than once. "I always thought of John as a brother," Biden said. "We had a hell of a lot of family fights."
Joe Biden, speaking at a memorial service for John McCain, noted that he had given a lot of eulogies over the years. But "this one's hard," he said.
He choked up, wiped away a tear at the ceremony at North Phoenix Baptist Church in Arizona, and continued. "I always thought of John as a brother," Biden said. "We had a hell of a lot of family fights."
McCain requested that the former Democratic vice president eulogize him at his funeral. And through the lens of today's era of partisanship, their friendship makes little sense. Biden is cut from a decidedly liberal cloth; McCain was conservative. And they deeply disagreed on policy. But they were friends for 40 years, born out of a mutual respect for each other and love of country.
Both men were forged in the fires of deep pain — Biden lost his wife and daughter in a car accident; McCain had just gotten out of Vietnam, where he was tortured at the hands of his captors for 5 1/2 years.
Biden said at the ceremony Thursday that when they became friends, they didn't talk about those two things that had shaped each other's lives. But they both clearly meant something deeply important to each other.
"I trusted John with my life," Biden said. And, he added, "The thing that's understated the most was his optimism. That's what made John special, made him a giant among us."
Biden, as he has done repeatedly over the years at funerals, played a pastoral role.
"The disease that took John's life — that took our friend Ted Kennedy's life. That took my son Beau's life — is brutal, relentless, unforgiving," Biden said. "It takes so much from those we love — and from the families who love them — that in order to survive we have to remember how they lived — not how they died."
The image he carries with him of Beau, he said, is one of him starting a boat, smiling and waving. "Not the last days," he said.
To McCain's family, Biden said, "You will all find your own images." Maybe it's a smile, a laugh, a rub on the shoulder, a touch on the cheek.
Or, he added, "The sheer joy that crossed his face when he was about to take the stage on the floor of the Senate and start a fight. God, he loved it."
Biden, a man who has seen and felt great pain, promised those closest to McCain that there will come a day when the mention of McCain's name will bring a smile to their faces before a tear to their cheeks, and that's when they will know they will make it.
Biden ended his speech, paraphrasing Shakespeare before banging the lectern: "We shall not see his like again."
Rick Davis, who was McCain's campaign manager, said earlier this week of their friendship, per NBC News: "If there's a better of exemplification of debating and throwing a few punches, but at the end of the day being able to maintain a relationship with the people you are at battle with, as the model of governance John McCain adhered to, that relationship with Biden was in the category."
McCain's friendship with Biden was one in a long line of Democrats he reached out to and befriended over the years. It was, in part, because McCain believed in the necessity of reaching across the aisle to get big things done. But it was also because he just liked some of them, and he wasn't going to let politics get in the way.
Biden lamented the decline of bipartisanship in the Senate. He pinned the decline back to a moment in 1996. Up until then, he said, he and McCain would often sit next to each other during floor fights while issues were debated, either Biden going over to the Republican side or McCain venturing over to him.
One day, though, Biden said, McCain and Biden were each approached separately by leaders of their respective caucuses, who told them to stop sitting with each other because "it didn't look good."
Biden said that kind of attitude makes it "impossible to reach consensus." He added that today, people in both parties are busy attacking each other's motives rather than the substance of their arguments.
McCain was also good friends with the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, the Massachusetts liberal, who died of the same brain cancer nine years earlier and with whom he had worked on comprehensive immigration reform.
"Some of the biggest fights I'd ever had was one with Ted Kennedy," McCain joked on CBS's 60 Minutes last year. And yet, he added, "We were the closest of friends. ... Whether you liked him, whether you disliked him, whether you agreed with him or disagreed with him, he was always ready to do battle, but he wasn't ready to get personal. And that's what matters."
McCain also invited another Democrat to eulogize him at his funeral: Barack Obama, the man who defeated him for the presidency in 2008. Obama is set to speak Saturday at the National Cathedral. Former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent/Democrat, will also speak that day. McCain wrote in his book The Restless Wave that he wished he had picked Lieberman to be his vice presidential running mate in 2008.
Obama will follow former President George W. Bush, with whom McCain also sparred. Bush defeated McCain for the Republican nomination for president in 2000 in a bitter battle. Not invited to speak: Sarah Palin, McCain's vice presidential pick in 2008, or President Trump.
Trump and McCain both had charmed upbringings, but they couldn't have made more different choices with their lives. McCain wasn't one for conspiracy theories; he was generally courteous and respectful of the press — and, mostly, he truly believed in the system of governance the Founders set up.
McCain's funeral, which he had a great say in planning, was full of diversity — along with Biden were a former Republican chief of staff, a Latino pastor, a Mexican-American Democrat who chaired his early Senate campaign, a Navajo flutist, and Larry Fitzgerald, a wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals, who is black.
Grant Woods, McCain's former chief of staff, delivered what sounded like a veiled shot at Trump, noting that McCain "wouldn't stand by" when people tried to stamp on the Bill of Rights, "including the First Amendment."
Biden, quoting the Declaration of Independence, said, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights ..."
Then he thundered, "To John, those words had meaning."
He added, "You could come to a different conclusion, but where he'd part company with you — if you lacked the basic values of decency, respect, knowing that this project is bigger than yourself."
Trump and McCain never patched things up. And McCain, whose casket exited the church to Frank Sinatra's My Way, got the last word.
| 2019-04-23T07:00:22 |
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/30/643272114/joe-biden-to-honor-john-mccain-his-friend-of-4-decades?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=joebiden
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Whoever violates subdivision 1 within ten years of a previous qualified domestic violence-related offense conviction or adjudication of delinquency against a family or household member as defined in section 518B.01, subdivision 2, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both.
(3) the firearm was used in any way during the commission of the assault.
(b) If the court determines that the assault was of a family or household member, and that the offender owns or possesses a firearm and used it in any way during the commission of the assault, it shall order that the firearm be summarily forfeited under section 609.5316, subdivision 3.
(c) When a person is convicted of assaulting a family or household member and is determined by the court to have used a firearm in any way during commission of the assault, the court may order that the person is prohibited from possessing any type of firearm for any period longer than three years or for the remainder of the person's life. A person who violates this paragraph is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. At the time of the conviction, the court shall inform the defendant whether and for how long the defendant is prohibited from possessing a firearm and that it is a gross misdemeanor to violate this paragraph. The failure of the court to provide this information to a defendant does not affect the applicability of the firearm possession prohibition or the gross misdemeanor penalty to that defendant.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c), when a person is convicted of a violation of this section or section609.224 and the court determines that the victim was a family or household member, the court shall inform the defendant that the defendant is prohibited from possessing a pistol for three years from the date of conviction and that it is a gross misdemeanor offense to violate this prohibition. The failure of the court to provide this information to a defendant does not affect the applicability of the pistol possession prohibition or the gross misdemeanor penalty to that defendant.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c), a person is not entitled to possess a pistol if the person has been convicted after August 1, 1992, of domestic assault under this section or assault in the fifth degree under section 609.224 and the assault victim was a family or household member as defined in section 518B.01, subdivision 2, unless three years have elapsed from the date of conviction and, during that time, the person has not been convicted of any other violation of this section or section 609.224. Property rights may not be abated but access may be restricted by the courts. A person who possesses a pistol in violation of this paragraph is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Whoever violates the provisions of this section or section 609.224, subdivision 1, within ten years of the first of any combination of two or more previous qualified domestic violence-related offense convictions or adjudications of delinquency is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.
| 2019-04-25T15:45:25 |
http://www.aschemanlaw.com/domestic-assault
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The intentions' goal is to send mailings to the collection. If there is not the intention 'email', the user cannot send an emailingdocument to the collection. The possible values to remove an intention are 'email', 'sms', 'fax' and 'pdf'. You can also add the view to remove the intention for sending mailings to a combination of a view and this collection.
| 2019-04-18T15:11:32 |
https://www.copernica.com/en/support/apireference/Collection_removeIntention
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Xanax is a drug widely prescribed to combat anxiety as a disorder and anxious states derived from other mental disorders. Its active principle is Alprazolam, as it is known generically. Its consumption is very widespread among the population that suffers from this disorder, without knowing many times the side effects Xanax . It is precise and important that consumers of this anxiolytic drug, inform themselves and advise about the side effects of Xanax , before consuming them or during their consumption. In the following article, we will obtain all the information about how we should take it and the side effects of Xanax .
1 How should I take alprazolam?
2 What happens if I skip a dosage?
3 What would happen with an overdose?
4 What should I avoid while taking alprazolam?
5 What are the possible side effects of alprazolam?
Take exactly as prescribed by your doctor. Do not take it in larger or smaller amounts, or for longer than recommended. Follow the instructions on the label of your prescription. Your doctor may occasionally change your dose to make sure you are getting the best results.
Do not crush, chew, or break an extended-release tablet. Swallow the whole pill. This has been prepared in a special way to release the medicine slowly to the body. If you break it, it would cause the medicine to come out together.
Measure the liquid form of alprazolam with a special measuring spoon or cup, and not with a regular soup spoon. If you do not have a dose to measure, ask your pharmacist for one.
Do not swallow whole oral tablet that disintegrates. Let it dissolve in your mouth without having to chew.
Talk to your doctor if you think this medicine has stopped working to treat your panic or anxiety symptoms.
You may have seizures or withdrawal symptoms when you stop using alprazolam. Ask your doctor how to avoid withdrawal symptoms when you stop using alprazolam.
Keep a record of the amount of medicine you have used from each new container. Alprazolam is a drug of abuse potential and you should know if someone is using your medicine inappropriately or without a prescription.
Take the missed dose as soon as you remember. Skip the last dose if it is almost time for the next dose. Do not take more medicine to reach the last dose.
Seek emergency medical attention or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222. The overdose of alprazolam could be fatal. Symptoms may include extreme drowsiness, confusion, muscle weakness, loss of balance or coordination, feeling faint, and fainting.
Do not drink alcohol while you are taking alprazolam. This medicine can increase the effects of alcohol. Alprazolam may impair your thinking or reactions. Be careful if you drive a car or have to do something that requires you to stay alert.
Grapefruit and grapefruit juice can interact with alprazolam and potentially cause serious effects. Talk with your doctor about the use of grapefruit products.
changes in appetite or weight, loss of interest in sexual activity.
Before taking medication with this drug, we must advise and weigh how much we benefit in our treatment and about whether we risk having any of the Xanax side effects . If we are consuming this drug and we notice any strange symptoms, we should consult the specialist quickly, in case the dose adjustment is not correct or if the treatment should be changed due to the side effects of Xanax. If you want, you can leave us a comment or share this information on twitter or facebook.
| 2019-04-25T06:10:06 |
https://buyxanaxeu.com/warnings-and-side-effects-xanax/
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Simply put, Chiropractic Internists are doctors with the tools and training to diagnose a wide spectrum of conditions along with an education to use natural treatment options. In an era where more and more people have become concerned about the adverse reactions of prescription and over-the-counter medications, DABCIs are becoming a popular alternative. Every year, more and more patients are choosing DABCIs as the first doctor they visit when they get sick or are having health problems.
And because DABCIs are trained not only in medical diagnostics but also utilize more alternative, cutting edge testing and natural treatment plans, these alternative practitioners find themselves evaluating and successfully treating those patients deemed by the medical community as "challenging" or even "hopeless". How is that possible? It's the approach: a time honored method of doing the "detective" work in addition to using diet and nutrition to replace dysfunction and illness with normal body function and health.
The DABCI approach is generally less about giving something to control symptoms or to give synthetic hormones, and more about finding and correcting the source of the disease. The DABCI examination and diagnostic testing is to answer not only what is going on, but also to answer the question "Why is this happening?"
Go to their family doctor and do or take what the doctor orders.
Ask a friend (one who is typically involved in a multilevel marketing company) who sells supplements or essential oils (etc.) for their advice.
The problem with the above Do-It-Yourself (DIY) approaches to getting better is that it is missing one key feature of treatment: DIAGNOSIS. It is extremely beneficial (and in some cases critical) to have a physician (who has been properly trained and licensed) do a proper history and examination and run any necessary tests to properly determine what the issues is.
Many medical treatment protocols don't hold water when viewed with this holistic and restorative care mindset.
Inflammation is not something to just get rid of, but rather it implies some dysfunction that needs to be evaluated and treated.
Heartburn and reflux are not valid diagnoses. The answer is not "stop the body from secreting acid and causing symptoms". To a DABCI, the important answers are to the questions "why is the stomach inflamed?" or "what caused that ulcer?" or "Why is the stomach allowing the acid to back up into the esophagus (food pipe)?"
Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a starting diagnosis, but the question needs to be answered: "What is irritating the colon? Food? Yeast? Parasites? Abnormal bacterial balance?" Once those answers come, then the issue can be fixed.
Painful, irregular periods are not "fixed" by prescribing birth control pill or synthetic hormones. DABCIs seek out what natural help they can provide to make menstrual periods less emotional, less painful, and more regular.
This is just a very small example of what Chiropractic Internists do and what Chiropractic Internists treat. Click here to find a chiropractor in your area.
| 2019-04-21T14:21:06 |
https://aca-cdid.com/what_is_dabci.php?val=49
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Which are examples of ways that pathogens (disease-causing microbes) can spread?
All are examples of ways that pathogens can spread. Coughing is an example of airborne droplet transmission; eating undercooked pork is an example of common vehicle transmission; a flea bite is an example of vector transmission; and breathing contaminated dust particles is an example of airborne transmission.
In the context of microbiology, a microorganism that causes disease.
| 2019-04-19T21:16:27 |
http://blog.scienceandentertainmentexchange.org/id/quiz/?q=197
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2. What is the context behind this practice statement?
3. How do you tell when a taxpayer has elected to apply a simplification option?
4. What do you do when a taxpayer has elected to apply a simplification option?
This Law Administration Practice Statement provides guidance on the application of the simplified transfer pricing record-keeping options.
This practice statement provides guidance when considering whether to undertake compliance action with respect to cross-border conditions between entities (CBCBE) for the purposes of Subdivisions 815-B and 815-C of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 where entities have applied one or more of the simplified transfer pricing record-keeping options (simplification options) in Practical Compliance Guideline PCG 2017/2 Simplified transfer pricing record-keeping options.
For income years commencing on or after 29 June 2013, Australia's modernised transfer pricing rules apply to CBCBE, including Subdivision 284-E of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (TAA) which deals with transfer pricing documentation.
Subdivision 284-E does not mandate the preparation or keeping of documentation. However, if the requirements in section 284-255 are not met it is presumed that the entity does not have a reasonably arguable position. As a direct result, a higher base penalty amount will apply.
Documentation that satisfies the requirements of Subdivision 284-E can impose an administrative burden on an entity disproportionate to their risk of not complying with the transfer pricing rules. We have developed some simplification options that eligible entities can elect to apply to their relevant CBCBE to minimise their record-keeping costs.
The application of these options to CBCBE does not limit or waive the operation of the law, but acknowledges that the entity has demonstrated a willingness to comply by choosing to apply and disclose an option.
PCG 2017/2 provides assurance that if an entity has elected to apply a simplification option we will generally not allocate compliance resources or take other compliance action to review the covered transactions or arrangements that a simplification option is applied to for transfer pricing purposes, beyond confirming the entity's eligibility to elect to apply an option.
on or after 1 July 2015 to the end of an entity's 2019 income year for the management and administration services option.
You can ascertain whether an entity has elected to apply one of the simplification options by checking whether code 7 is shown for the 'percentage of dealings with documentation code' within the relevant labels on the entity's International Dealings Schedule (IDS).
This code was unavailable for the 2014 income year. If you are considering reviewing an entity's CBCBE for the 2014 income year, you will be notified by the entity of their eligibility when you initiate contact.
Entities can also elect to apply a simplification option in their Country-by-Country (CbC) statements, where applicable.
Entities may still have an opportunity to elect to apply the simplification options after lodging their IDS or CbC statements, as long as they meet the eligibility criteria for the options for the relevant income year.
If an entity has elected to apply one or more simplification options (whether in the IDS, CbC statements or post lodgment), then you are generally not to review the relevant CBCBE's for the relevant covered transactions or arrangements for the income years that fall within the assurance for transfer pricing purposes, beyond conducting a check to confirm that entity's eligibility to elect the options they have.
An entity is expected to have kept contemporaneous documents that corroborate their eligibility as mere assertion will not suffice. They do not have to be comprehensive, but should simply and sensibly explain how and why they were eligible to apply an option or options.
You should refer to PCG 2017/2 for details as to the relevant options, the eligibility requirements and their conditions of operation.
16 January 2019 All Updated to align with the changes to PCG 2017/2 published on 9 January 2019.
14 January 2016 All Updated to new LAPS format and style.
All legislative references in this practice statement are to Schedule 1 of the TAA unless otherwise indicated.
| 2019-04-26T06:10:36 |
https://www.ato.gov.au/law/view/document?LocID=%22PSR%2FPS20143%2FNAT%2FATO%22&PiT=99991231235958
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| 2019-04-23T08:37:38 |
https://housekeeper.com/housekeepers/los-angeles,california/sponsorship-required
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As Twitter introduces a new procedure for self-censorship, is this the end of freedom of expression on the internet?
The microblogging site Twitter says it has introduced new technology so it can censor messages, or tweets, on a country-by-country basis.
Any tweet that breaks a law in one country, can be taken down there by the company, but it can still be seen elsewhere.
"It's part of Twitter growing up. It is an inevitable part of Twitter becoming more accountable in different jurisdictions and not just in the USA."
Twitter views the censorship tool as a way to ensure tweets remain available to as many people as possible. Previously, when Twitter blocked a message, it would remove that tweet entirely, and could not be seen anywhere in the world.
The company says its new policy will enable it to expand globally and abide by certain countries' internet laws.
Twitter will post a censorship notice whenever a tweet is removed. It also plans to share the removal requests it receives from governments, companies and individuals at a specific website.
But many critics say that the latest censorship move by Twitter will have serious implications on the company's commitment to the freedom of speech. They accuse the company of just working to broaden its users to make more money.
But what does the new tool really mean for Twitter and its users? And is the self-censorship the beginning of the end to freedom of expression on the internet?
Inside Story, with presenter James Bays, is joined by: Wael Abbas, an Egyptian blogger and political activist; Danvers Baillieu, a co-founder of Bootlaw, a service providing legal advice to technology, internet and digital professionals, and he is also a senior associate specialising in representing technology companies at international law firm Pinsent Masons; and Tom Royal, a deputy editor for the Computer Active Magazine.
"I know that some of the people working for Twitter were activists, and they know that activists have to break laws, even in England and the United States. If we look at countries like Egypt, like Syria, like Yemen, of course all our tweets are breaking the law. And that's what activists do, they break the law because they want to make changes to these unjust laws. They have the right to do that, and if you prevent them from this right then you are attacking human rights itself."
Blackout of microblogging site proposed after firm says it will block tweets on geo-specific basis if legally necessary.
A look at fraudsters impersonating real celebrities, politicians and corporations on Twitter.
Initial probe reveals Easter Sunday blasts were in response to deadly New Zealand attacks, state defence minister says.
| 2019-04-23T09:55:45 |
https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2012/01/2012128131255440278.html
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: My downstairs neighbor comes out of his apt. to smoke in the hallway. The smoke seeps up and into my apt. I've asked him to stop, told the super and the owners, but so far he hasn't stopped, saying only, "life isn't fair," when I asked him if he would just smoke in his own apt.
: I'm assuming it is illegal to smoke in shared spaces. Where would I go to find the actual law?
: Can I write a letter to the landlord saying I'm not going to continue paying rent until they get him to stop? Should I include a letter with my next check saying that's what I'm going to do unless they get him to stop. I'd like to include documentation of the law in my letter which sanctions my not paying rent, if I choose to do so. I can also just call them again and say that I'm going to stop paying without actually putting it in writing.
| 2019-04-24T20:35:45 |
http://tenant.net/forum/board/messages/arcs01/arcs0112/17143.html
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Miss n , who speaks bit of english , shouted on us loudly that you can not ask us leave because i have two children -and i am living here past 2 years , we asked her about any kind of agreement she has , she said , no agreement no receipts for rent , she then said she will go to council that we trying to evict her unless she gets a letter from us that we want her to be out , so then she can claim council house , first Miss n was saying she was working 55 hours week with some kind of benefits she can afford rent plus deposit but suddenly she changed work hors from 55 to 16 ,she is now more interested getting council house so she showed us door and said she will complain to council .
What is my option? Will we be fined by councils? How do we get possession of this property?
| 2019-04-21T02:06:58 |
https://www.rla.org.uk/forums/topic.shtml?topic=28176
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