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Hand In Hand (Isaiah 41:13)
"For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you'."
This message is very specially from Abba's heart to His kids who are going through uncertain or difficult times. If you have been crying out to God for help and wondering where He is, receive this as His answer to you. He has not overlooked or forgotten you. He knows what is going on in your life and is here to help you.
There are multiple places in the Bible where we see God telling us not to fear. This is because fear works against faith and robs us of our inheritance in the Lord. As everything we receive in the Kingdom is received in faith, the enemy always attempts to destroy our faith through all kinds of fear, even ones that may seem to be quite normal. Not only does fear ruin our faith, and expose us to the lies and weapons of the enemy, but it places us on shaky ground with God because "whatever is not from faith is sin" (Romans 14:23). However, our Father God is saying to us today that He will hold our right hand and help us to overcome!
Why did God specify holding our right hand? The right hand carried much significance in Bible times, and is still important in Eastern and Middle Eastern cultures. It was often symbolic of strength. It was the right hand of God which overcame Israel's enemies (Exodus 15:6, 12, Isaiah 62:8, Psalm 17:7) and many of the psalms praise the right hand of God. (Psalm 98:1, 118:15, 16 to mention just a few). Scripture shows us that God was at the right hand of His chosen leader when assisting His people in battle (Isaiah 63:12, Psalm 109:31). The right hand is also symbolic of our work and purpose in life. It represents covenant, with people shaking their right hands to seal a contract, or entwining right hands while taking vows of marriage. In Middle Eastern and Asian societies, the right hand is used as a mark of honor, in greetings or giving and receiving.
When our Father God talks of taking our right hand, He is speaking of taking our whole life into His hands. You may be at a cross roads in your life, wondering which way to turn, but God is telling you today to lay it all in His hands. He says "Fear not, I will help you". He is the fountain of life and the source of all wisdom. He is trustworthy! In Isaiah 41:10, He says "Fear not, for I am with you. Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Dear friend, there are many people who have prayed the sinner's prayer and invited Jesus into their hearts but have never given Him their right hand in covenant relationship, although they expect the power of His right hand on them when they are in trouble. The Lord is asking you to place your right hand in His, and abandon yourself to Him, laying everything that concerns you in His hands. And He promises to fill you with His strength and to help you to overcome every hindrance and to walk into all His precious plans and purposes for your life.
There are three things the Father is telling us to do here if we want to see victory and fruitfulness in our lives. Firstly He is saying "Fear not". This means that we have to cast fear out of our lives. Fear is a spirit which seeks to affect all the aspects of our lives if we allow it to. Decide that no part of you will partner with fear any more. Command it to leave your body, spirit and soul, and affirm the Word of God upon your life. For example, 2 Timothy 1:7 tells us that we have not received a spirit of fear but of love, boldness and a sound mind. This works even in many situations of physical infirmity such as heart palpitations and intestinal disorders.
Secondly, give yourself wholly to God. Place your right hand in His! James 4:7 says "Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you." When you say "No" to the devil and proclaim Jesus is Lord, when you place your life and will under His Lordship, the enemy has to leave! Our life in Jesus is a two way street. As we surrender our 'all' to Him, He gives us His 'all'. We then can truly experience all the blessings and benefits of being joint heirs with Jesus Christ (Romans 8:17).
Thirdly, know that God is on your side and He wants to help you. Perhaps you have not even asked God for help because you are not sure if He wants to help you in the issue you are facing. In Psalm 77:10, in the midst of a situation of turmoil and trouble, the psalmist writes "But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High." When we are going through rough times we need to do the same and remember all the things God has done – our history with God and how many times in the past He has come to our rescue or fixed the unfixable! His right hand is never far away and He says to us today "I will help you"!
Dear friend, whatever situation you have been going through, know that you are not alone. God is telling you today that 1) He is with you, and 2) He is coming to your rescue. 3) He wants to help you. 4) He has good plans for you because you are the love of His heart and His blood bought bride!
May the power of the Most High, the blessed Holy Spirit, rest upon you today as you place every aspect of your life into His mighty hands and break free of every fear. May His perfect love fill you, because "perfect love casts out all fear" and makes you a new person inside. You are a winner by the power of God. You are more than a conqueror in Jesus! Be whole, be healed, walk in the power of His peace, in Jesus' name, Amen!
Minoli Haththotuwa, 25 June 2012
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The Gram-Negative Medically Important Bacteria
Chapter 20
Oxygen requirements: aerobes, facultative anaerobes, obligate anaerobes
ENDOTOXIN - lipopolysaccharide of outer membrane - Lipid A
= macrophages release interleukins, tumor necrosis factor, et al.
Septic shock - bp, reduced circulation to heart brain kidneys, lungs
Nausea, tachycardia, cold clammy skin, weak pulse
I. Aerobic Gram-Negative Nonenteric Bacilli (do not ferment sugars)
Pseudomonas - free-living, soil, seawater, freshwater, plants, animals;
Small gram-negative , single polar flagellum, oxidative, (NO4),
pigments (green, brown, red, yellow)
Metabolically versatile: protease, amylase, pectinase, cellulase, et al.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa -
resist soaps, dyes, quats, drugs, drying, temp = chronic nosocomial pathogen
"opportunistic" pathogen - debilitated, immunocompromised, injury
Characteristic blue green, fluorescent "pyocyancin"
most at risk: burns, tumors, cystic fibrosis
causes: pneumonia, UTI, abscess, ear and eye infections
septicemia: endocarditis, meningitis, bronchopneumoia
usually produces: skin rash, UTI, ear infection, corneal infections w/ contacts
multiple drug resistances
Treatment: 3rd generation cephalosporins, aminoglycosides, carbenicillin, polymixin, quinolones, monobactams
Brucella abortis (cows), Brucella suis (pigs) - zoonosis
Brucellosis = Malta fever, undulant fever, Bang's Disease
-cross placenta, cause abortion
-in humans - fever (no abortion) slaughterhouse, handlers, vets enters thru breaks in skin, mucous membranes;
-phagocytes release cells, waves of fever (chills, sweating, headache, muscle pain, weakness, weight loss), focal infections in liver, spleen, bone marrow, kidneys.
Treatment: tetracycline & streptomycin for 3-6 weeks (why?)
Francisella tularensis - Tularensis, Rabbit Fever
Rabbits, rodents, wild animals, arthropod vectors - ticks, flies, mites, mosquitoes
Route of entry: skin, eyes, bites, ingestion, inhaled
Infective dose:10-50 cells Incubation time: hours to weeks
Symptoms: headache, backache, fever, chills, weakness
Or skin lesion, swollen glands, conjunctivitis, pharyngitis, GI tract, pneumonia
Treatment: streptomycin, gentamycin, tetracycline
Bordetella pertussis - Whooping Cough, pertussis
Acute respiratory infection, severe in infants <6 months DPT vaccine
Virulence factors: receptors bind to ciliated epitheleum; toxins kill cells
build up mucus and block airways
catarrhal stage - cold-like
paroxysmal stage - coughing fits, inspiration "whoop"
Treatment: erythromycin
Legionella - Legionnaire's diease
200 Legionnaires,
Gram-negative motile short rods, to filaments, fastidious - charcoal extract medium
Legionella pneumophila - fresh water, aerosols, nosocomial in debilitated
Symptoms: rising fever, cough, diarrhea, abdominal pain - lung consolidation, impaired respiration, impaired function
Treatment: erythromycin and/or rifampin
II. Enterobacteriacae
Gram-negative, small non-spore-forming rods, aerobic, ferment when no O2 (facultative anaerobes) soil, water, decaying matter, large bowel.
Diarrheal illness (5M/yr), most common cause of death, nosocomial infections, medical devices
Ferment glucose, Nitrates to Nitrites, oxidase negative, catalase +, often motile
Coliforms - ferment lactose quickly
Noncoliforms - non or slow lactose fermenters
Biochemical Characterisitics - lactose,
IMViC = indole, methyl red, Voges-Proskauer and citrate.
Antigens: flagellar (H), capsule +/or fimbri (K), somatic=cell wall=LPS (O)
Serotype HKO
Endotoxins, overcome host defenses and multiply
Virulence factors: endotoxin, enterotoxins, capsules, hemolysins, fimbrae (colonize)
Escherichia coli - most common, non-fastidious
Enterotoxigenic - heat-labile (LT), heat-stabile (ST). fimbrae to attach
Enteroinvasive - invasion and ulceration of mucosa
Enteropathogenic - wasting disease of newborns
Diseases: Infantile diarrhea,
Traveler's Diarrhea - profuse, watery diarrhea, low fever, nausea, vomiting,UTI -
Indicator of fecal contamination (Salmonella spp.)
Other coliforms: Klebsiella pneumoniae: nosocomial prneumonai, meningitis, bacteriemia, wound infections, UTI
Enterobacter and Hafnia, Citrobacter, Serratia
Noncoliform, Lactose-negative enterics
Proteus - ubiqutous, UTI, wounds, pneumonia, septicemia, infant diarrhea, burns
Noncoliform Pathogens
Salmonella typhi - typhoid fever
O, H, and V (capsule)
Motile, ferment glucose with acid and gas, H2S, urease -
Not fastidious, resist bile and dyes, do not loose virulence on cultivation
Typhoid Fever: GI tract, 1k-10k infective dose
Adhere to mucosa of small intestine, progressive invasion -> septicemia
Lymph nodes -> liver and spleen, bacteremia
Fever, diarrhea, abdominal pain
Mesenteric lymph nodes ulcerate, perforate, peritonitis
Treatment: Chloramphenicol and ampicilin
Chronic carrier - remove gall bladder
Vaccine - killed whole cells (why?)
Other: S. enteriditis, S. paratyphi, S.schottmulleri, S. hiirschfield, S. typhimurium
Zoonoses - cattle, poultry, rodents, reptiles, Chickens, eggs, milk
Enteric fevers, gastroenteritis (N/V/D), asymptomatic infections
Treatment: Chlroamphenicol, ampicilin, electrolyte replacement
Shigella - Bacillary dysentery - Shigellosis
Severe abdominal cramps, watery stool with mucus and blood
Shigella dysentery- invades villi of large intestine
Endotoxin = fever Enterotoxin = inflammation, degenration of villi, bleeding, heavy mucus production
Shiga toxin=heat-labile exotoxin
Non-motile, no capsule, not fastidious,no H2S or urease
Infective dose: 200 cells children most affected
Treatment: replace fluids, ampicillin, sulfa-trimethoprim, (nalidixic acid, cephalosporins)
Nonenteric Yersinia pestis - Plague
100 million people died in 6th century
gram-negative rod, bipolar stain
Virulence factors: capsular and envelope proteins protect against phagocytosis and promote intraceluar growth. Coagulase, endotoxin
Mammals = "endemic reservoir" harbor microbe w/o disease
Spread to "amplifying hosts" which do develop disease
Fleas bite infected mammal, Y. pestis grow in gut and block esopahgus
Consecutive bites transmit Y. pestis
Infective dose: 3-50 cells
Bubonic - bite to lymph node - inflammation = bubo
Incubation time - 2-8 days - fever. Chills, headache, nausea, weakness, tender bubo
Septicemic - coagulate blood in vessels, subcutaneous hemmorage, purpura to necrosis to gangrene
Pneumonic - lungs, fatal
Treatment: streptomycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol
Oxidase-postive Nonenteric Pathogens
Pasteurella multocida - zoonose
Chlolera-like in chickens
Hemorrhagic septicemia and pneumonia in cattle
Human - local abscess- joints, bones, lymph nodes
Pulmonary damaged patients risk pneumonia
Treatment: penicillin and tetracycline
Tiny gram-negative, pleomorphic rods
Fastidious, sensitive
Require blood for hemitin (X factor) cytochomes, catalase, peroxidase
V factor Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (AND) coenzyme
H. influenzae - acute bacterial meningitis
Treatment: Chloramphenicol and ampicillin
Hib vaccine
H. aegyptius - conjunctivitis = pinkeye
Subconjunctival hemorrhage
H. ducreyi - chancroid - STD - painful necrotic ulcer on genitalia,
Lymph nodes swell like buboes
Treatment: cotrimoxazole


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This is a great thought but you never finished the thought.Like you aid there is a place for being holy but people need to know why they need to be holy and that their pastor loves them. God chastises those he loves,So as Pastors they need to know that we care for their soul
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Having trouble even figuring out where to start on this problem. Our professor uploaded it on a kind of "cumulative final study guide", but I think we either use change of variables or surface integrals/parameterized surfaces (two topics we have covered). Let me know if you can help me tackle this one! Thanks!
2. We wish to build a fence on the landscape z = −1 − 8x^2 − 16y^2 from ground level up to height z = 0. The path of the fence is y=x^2 as x varies from x=−2 to x=+2. What will be the area of (the face of) the fence?
It has to do with the e^(-x-y) function. Consider the integral from 0 to infinity of e^(-x) which equals 1.
This is not a statistics/probability course its multivariable calculus but the section in my book is called probability theory. My teacher writes his own homework problems, and he didnt really go over how to calculate most of these stats.
The point (X, Y ) is randomly distributed in the region x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0 according to the following probability density:
f(x,y) = e^(−x−y)
(a) Compute the average (= expected value) of X + Y .
(b) Compute the median of X/Y .
(c) Compute the probability that |X − Y | ≤ 1.
(d) Compute the average value of 1/(X + Y ), for example, by changing variables according to x = u and y = uv.
I computed a) to be 2 using the double integral from 0-->inf (x+y)(f(x,y))dxdy.
I don't know how to set up to calculate the median in part b) and am not exactly sure how to do d) we are still kinda learning changing variables techniques.
Thanks for any help!
I'm in a multivariable calculus course and we are currently going over center of mass using integrals. I am having trouble with these two problems.
1)Given a, b > 0, determine the center of mass of a homogeneous triangle with vertices (0, 0), (1, 0), and (a, b). Show that it lies at the intersection of the medians.
2)Determine the center of mass of the homogeneous sector 0 ≤ θ ≤ π/6, 0 ≤ r ≤ 1. Determine the moment of inertia of the sector for rotations about the axis passing though the center of mass and perpendicular to the plane of the sector.
I am lost on how to prove it lies on the intersection in 1.
For 2) I have the center of mass but then I kinda get lost in all the calculations in the moment of inertia calculation.
Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
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And Pilate
wrote a title,
and put it
on the cross.
And the writing
.....and it was written in
Hebrew, and Greek,
and Latin.
[John 19:19-20]
Time: Time of The Crucifixion
Place: Behind the Hill of Calvary
Characters: Lucas, a Greek
slave of the Romans;
Zoeth, an angel of The Most High.
The burning smell of the
small bonfire covered up the heavy smell of human stench, and blood, and rotting bodies. It was also helping to alleviate some of his nausea. Lucas stood in the rocky valley behind the hill of Calvary, poking a stick into the pile of burning debris. His Roman master,
an officer in the Roman army, had pulled him away
from his regular in-house
duties to do this loathesome job. Lucas
had merely nodded, without saying a word, and made straightway to the execution site. Lucas, at age 14, had been a slave for several years, and was beginning to forget his happy childhood as a free Greek. Most of his family
had been killed by the Romans, and Lucas had only survived because he was big for his age, handsome, and healthy-looking: a good
prospect for a Roman slave
in higher quarters. His older, very beautiful sister had been taken as a slave also; Demias was now one of the handmaids of Pilate's wife in the palace; she and Lucas never saw each other, though sometimes they were able to send messages
to one another through another servant at the palace. Lucas knew that
he and Demias considered
themselves lucky: many
slaves of the Romans did not live in such pleasant conditions; Lucas ate the same food as his master,
and was given good clothes to wear since he was serving in the officers'
quarters. But, as a slave,
Lucas had to do whatever
he was bidden by his master.......and, today it
was to burn refuse after
an execution.
The sharp smell of the
smoke and hot fingers of
flame didn't quench
all of the nausea in Lucas'
stomach, however. He had
never seen a crucifixion up
close, though he, and others, had often
seen the dead bodies hanging on the wooden poles for days: deathly white, hanging and rotting flesh stained with dried blood, urine, feces, open veins, and being picked and ripped apart by hungry vultures. The birds would eat their eyeballs as if they were exotic, delicious delicacies. Today, however, was different: two of the bodies were only newly dead: their broken legs hanging limply, their skin still swollen, and covered in gangrenous bruises, and clots of freshly-smelling blood.
Suddenly Lucas bent over
and vomited. Still coughing, he looked up quickly to see if anyone at
the site had seen him, and
then continued to poke his
stick into the slow fire. Thankfully, the only other people at the site were a few weeping women, and a handful of
other slaves: taking down one of the cross-beams, and burying
other debri in the rocky soil. Lucas stared at the bonfire he had made: it
seemed to be slow-burning, that was for certain; one of
the wooden signs, that had
been taken down from a
cross, was still in the pile
of refuse and didn't appear
to be burning, or disintegrating at all.
"What is THIS?" Lucas
murmured to himself. He
knelt down carefully, in front of the bonfire, and
began to poke at the wooden placard with his
long stick. He squinted
through the smoke and flames, moving his face
away from the dancing
licks of fire: his sweaty,
dirty face feeling the prickly heat of the flames. What WAS this?
One of the wooden signs,
which the Roman soldiers
always nailed above the
victim's head on his cross -
claiming to all sightseers
the reason for his execution - was still sitting
at the bottom of the burning pile of sticks. It
should have been one of the first pieces of refuse to
burn; Lucas had even placed
it there at the bottom, to
help fuel the fire and make
it burn more evenly, and
Anything he could
do to make haste of this
gruesome task, the better.
A heavy, quiet darkness still hung over the city, and the stormy winds, which had precipitated a small earthquake only hours before, hadn't yet
subsided. About three o'clock that afternoon, the
earth had shook violently:
sending people out of their
homes and into the streets.
Lucas heard that there had
been severe damage within
the Jewish Temple, and its
surroundings. He never
went near the Temple, so
it had only been hearsay.
And now, in the dark lonely valley behind Calvary, named Golgotha by the peculiar Jews,
Lucas was discovering that
he wasn't finishing up this
horrible task very quickly,
at all.
Still kneeling on the hard,
skin-scratching gravel and
dirt, Lucas leaned forward
and poked at the wooden
plaque, once more.
What WAS this?
The sign was untouched
by the flames; not even
one of its edges was burnt or singed.
How could this BE?
Lucas knelt there: waiting
for the fire to go down
a little. Then, he crawled
forward on his hands and
knees, and gently and carefully nudged the block
of wood with his long stick:
pushing and nudging it carefully, until it was out of
the refuse pile and on the
rocky dirt just in front of
his sandaled toes.
".........King of the Jews....."
Lucas read slowly and quietly to himself, in his native Greek. He frowned, and rubbed his dirty mouth, still sticky with vomit, with the back of his trembling hand. He read the lines below the Greek letters, that were in Latin, his slave-language. Under the threat of harsh punishment, Greek slaves
were not permitted to use
their native language, and
so quickly learned their
masters' tongue. With ease, Lucas read the the
simply-printed Latin letters. He could only assume that the Hebrew
letters said the same thing:
he was not familiar with
the bizaare language, at all.
Lucas, with a shaking finger, cautiously touched
the bottom right edge of the wooden sign.
The wood, though scratched and gnarled, and rough, was as cool to the touch as one of the gray pebbles on the rocky hill, that Lucas had descended a short time ago following his master's command. It felt even a bit cold, probably due to the rough chilly wind that had enveloped the city all afternoon, and into the
moonless night.
Lucas put down the stick
he had been using, and
cradled both hands around
the heavy piece of wood. He lifted it to his chest,
and then stood up. He looked around, again: the
same people, making up
of a few mourners, and occupied slaves, were yet present but further up the hill, and not seemingly curious about Lucas, at all.
What should he DO? This
placard was from an execution of an enemy of
Rome! If he came back to
the officers' quarters, hugging this bit of wood
under his arm, he could
be flogged for disobedience: even for
rebellion! What if they
accused him and believed
that his sister was somehow part of the rebellion, too? The Romans would surely snatch her! And, they could BOTH die!
Lucas, heavily sweating in spite of the cold wind whipping across his face
and over the waning bonfire, knelt down again
and began crawling backwards down the hilly
slope. His plan was to bury the wretched thing, and
be done with it once and
for all. He hated it. Why
was it refusing to BURN?
Was it a bad OMEN? Some sort of TRICKERY from the
Hebrews' GOD? What
WAS their god anyway:
just an invisible thing.....
something in the WIND!
Lucas stopped dead still
in his tracks on the rough
and rocky hill. He crouched
down, letting himself slide
toward a rocky ledge of
the steep slope. It WAS
in the wind, this god! It WAS! It was REAL! And
it was AFTER this.....this
THING...that he was holding! Lucas
stared up, for a moment, at the top
of Calvary's hill: was it TRUE
what he had HEARD? That...that
REVOLUTIONARY.....had been the Son of
the Hebrew GOD?
Lucas shivered. The sweat and vomit
on his face had dried, and he began to
have chills. Lucas' teeth began to hammer
against each other as if he were in the
middle of terrible fever.
Suddenly, the rough, night wind began
to swirl about him. It was as if he were
suddenly in the middle of a whirling dust
storm: created specifically just for him.
A soft, quiet voice came out of the swirling
clouds of dust.
Lucas, whose teeth were still chattering
with cold and fright, looked up into the
swirling walls of dust and clouds. In his
line of vision, up above, was a tall figure.
Lucas began to scream with fright. He cried, "Who.....who.........
......who ARE YOU?"
"I am Zoeth." The tall figure spoke
with great gentleness, and patience,
and kindness.
"I have come from the Most High God."
"Is THIS......what....what.....what you
WANT?" Lucas could barely speak the
words: his teeth were chattering so
rapidly. His skinned knees, battered from
kneeling and sliding down the sharp rocks
of Calvary, felt as weak as a newborn calf's
and were slamming against each other with
terrible verocity. He held up the wooden
sign with a shaking hand; he felt the
square piece of rough wood being torn from
his grasp by the strong winds; it was a
strength such like he had never seen or
felt: even as a slave in the officers' quarters
of a Roman army. Lucas squeezed his eyes
shut, afraid to see what was happening.
The wind subsided.
And, then Lucas heard the kind and
gentle voice again.
"Now go, Lucas.
You are no longer a slave.
The dust storm suddenly evaporated.
All was quiet.
Lucas slowly opened his eyes: everything
was the same as it had been just moments
earlier. It was cold and dark out on the
steep hill; behind him were the dying sparks
of his bonfire, snapping and popping in the
still air. Only the tangy aroma of smoke and
fire remained. Lucas looked around; no one
had seen him, or heard his scream. Everything
was quiet, and gloomy, just as before.
But something was different. Lucas noticed
that his neck felt lighter.
The slave cuff, that was always around his
neck, was gone. It had been a heavy thing
of stained and sweat-darkened leather, and had been around his neck since the time his parents had been killed and he and his lovely sister had been taken by the Romans.
And now, it was gone.
Alarmed, Lucas quickly looked around and
felt with trembling fingertips on the rocky
ground beneath him.
Nothing. He groped around again in the
dark: on the ground behind and in front
of him.
His slave neck-cuff was gone. It had
Heart beating as rapidly as the battle
drums from the Roman legions, Lucas
continued crawling along the cold rocky
dirt, down the steep slope away from Calvary Hill, and away from the city.....and, his
Roman master. As soon as he felt safely
to do so, he stood up, knees amazingly feeling
strong and sturdy again, and ran as fast as
he could for a stocky fourteen year old.
And, away.
No one ever saw Lucas again.
His sister heard some rumors, strange
rumors: that he had escaped somehow,
and joined a band of intinerant members
of the Nazarene Jews: going about the
countryside, and proclaiming the Crucified
Revolutionary as Lord and God.
But, they were only rumors.....and, of
course no one ever found him. And,
Demias never spoke of him.
said the chief priests
of the Jews
to Pilate,
"Write not,
'The King of the Jews'
but that 'He said I am
the King of the Jews'!"
Pilate answered,
What I have
I have written.
[John 19:21-22]
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# git-review
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"I can't deny these things that I do
Feels like the world's at stake yeah
I have been waiting for you"
-Waiting for you by Seal
Rain poured from overhead as Hermione Granger hurried along the streets of London, she held a newspaper over her head in a feeble and rushed attempt at covering herself from the rain. Her heels tapped unceremoniously on the cement as she crossed the street, her eyes darting every which way – she was not used to muggle London.
Once Hermione was on the other side of the road she took out her wand, holding it close to her side so no one would notice it. With her other hand she pulled a small notebook from her pocket, inscribed on it were the words Daily Prophet. She flipped open to a cornered page where her current location was illustrated, along with that of her destination.
She walked a bit further so that she was out of view from the prying eye before she lifted her wand at a space between two skyscraper buildings and whispered, "Ostendo Vestri". Before her very eyes another tall, glass building grew, which fit in remarkably with those surrounding it.
It was a wizarding company that specialized in "the outside". In other words, it was a wizarding company that specialized with wizards from areas outside of Britain, and keeping things peaceful between countries. People were understandably more paranoid after the war took place, and this company was one of the products of that paranoia. The company was called, rather informally, the 'Inner-workings' and was almost a by-product of the Ministry.
Hermione placed her wand back into the pocket of her women's trench coat and breathed out deeply before walking up to the two large glass doors of the Inner-workings. That same morning she had gone to her work at the Daily Prophet as a reporter and had received a folder telling her to go down to the building she was now in front of, because there was a special meeting taking place this afternoon in office eleven which needed further investigation.
The part Hermione found curious was, however, the occupants of this meeting; or rather the occupant since the other party was un-named. The occupant was Draco Malfoy, a man Hermione hadn't seen since she was seventeen years old.
She pulled the doors back and slipped inside un-noticed; in front of her was a large wraparound desk where two secretaries sat, and to her right was a wide flight of stairs. Hermione immediately began her way up the stairs, making sure to keep her back straight and her chin up so as to go un-noticed. He should be on the first floor.
Her eyes scanned the hallway and read the numbers on the doors as she walked by them. Office eleven, office eleven. She repeated to herself under her breath. It was easy enough to find, as it was at the very end of the hallway before another set of stairs and a fireplace. Why hadn't she thought of Floo? Her eyes slowly scanned the door, her lips curving into a smile when she saw that whoever last walked into this office had been in too much of a rush to close the door properly, as it now stood slightly ajar. But again, only slightly.
Actually, all she could make out was light grey wallpaper, a wall sized window, a sleek metal desk and two black leather chairs.
"Oh." Hermione murmured as she saw two men; one sitting with his back to her and another whom she recognised. He was a tall man with an average build, remarkably blond hair and a devilish smirk. Something about him had changed although she couldn't quite put her finger on it, but that didn't matter now. She went straight for her notepad and pressed her ear to the door, crouching beside it and praying no one would see her. If she had arrived earlier she may have been able to place an ear piece in the office somewhere but alas, time had betrayed her this time.
"I don't care." The man opposite Draco said forcefully. "I want it now, do you hear?"
"Well," Draco replied, coolly. "That's rather impossible seeing's as I don't have it." The man opposite him let out something one could even call a growl.
"Don't even try to kid me. I was there when you got it and it is your duty that you-"
"I know what my duties are, Rueben. And that is definitely not one of them." She could hear the smirk in his words.
"I swear that we will get that from you at some point. If you won't give it to us nicely we will take it by force." The man threatened, every syllable coated in venom. Hermione scratched the words down into her notepad as she wondered what they could be talking about – if only she had arrived sooner.
Hermione leaned in further so that she was almost leaning on the door, one wrong step and that would be it. She would lose her cover, and eaves dropping on important government related things had never been something totally legal, even for a reporter.
She tried to reposition herself and stumbled in the process, catching herself with her hand before falling through the doorway, thankful that she didn't reveal her hiding spot but still worried because the door creaked slightly fom the movement.
She glanced up.
"Force? Really, Rueben you of all people-" Draco stopped and looked to the doorway where he evidently had heard her. She held her breath and stopped writing, hoping he would turn back to the conversation. He continued to stare at the doorway, just inches above where she crouched. Turn away, turn away, turn away. "-You of all people should know that that word is something not to be tossed around. But for your benefit I'll let it go. This time."
Hermione breathed out slowly when he continued the conversation. She picked the quill back up into her hand and began to copy down the latest when she heard a door handle turn from behind her. It was a slow sound, revealing that whoever was coming through a door somewhere down the hall was still talking and was taking his or her time, but Hermione couldn't let herself be seen. Not now since she had barely gotten any information.
The door, whichever it was, creaked and Hermione turned about to see which door was opening, and lost her footing in the process. She flailed for a moment, her hands grappling to get a hold of something when she fell into the doorway of office eleven with an unmistakable thud.
Her eyes were pressed shut and silence surrounded her. It felt like her heart had dropped into her stomach, and her head was swimming. She was praying with all her might that she hadn't fallen through the doorway, although she knew she had. It wasn't something that could be easily mistaken.
Hermione opened her eyes and looked up only to find herself lying on her back just inside the doorway, her notepad, quill, and the newspaper she had been using as an umbrella scattered on the office floor. Draco and the man now known as Rueben looked down at her, their expressions changing from confusion to anger.
"Draco Mafloy! What is the meaning of this! This woman was-was spying on-" The man sputtered as he went to pick up her notepad, but Hermione was quicker and snatched it before he could lay his hands on it. Hermione stood up and brushed herself off, picking up the quill and newspaper while she was at it. Her eyes were on the ground and she didn't want to lift them.
"Rueben you need to put down the wand." She heard Draco say.
Eyes widened, Hermione did, in fact, look up to see them man, and sure enough he had his wand pointed directly at her. He was stout and had a scar running along half of his face.
"She's a reporter! She heard what we said, she-"
"I said put down the wand." Draco ordered his voice loud and clear. "She is not a reporter and she was not spying so I would be glad if you would lower your weapon-"
"Not a reporter? Not a reporter? Then how can you explain her little notebook with 'Daily Prophet' written on the damn cover!"
Draco looked to Hermione and raised his eyebrows hurriedly, coaxing her to speak up. "Alright, I am a reporter for the Dailey Prophet. And I came here to-" Hermione began.
"She came here to meet me." Draco finished. Rueben, his mouth hanging open, raised his eyes to meet Draco's.
"Yes. Is that really so hard to believe?"
"Now tell me, why would she come to meet you? Of all people!" Rueben boomed. Everything he said seemed to be a result of his temper.
"She's my, uh," Draco stammered, looking to Hermione anxiously.
"We're, um." Hermione looked down at her feet, excuse after excuse flying through her head but none worked with the situation.
"Yes?" Rueben urged them, his mouth working its way into a sneer which made the pudginess of his features stand out even more. Suddenly Hermione had it, it was an obvious excuse. She came to interview him. She opened her mouth to speak but Draco was already there, a different lie pouring from his mouth. Why he had the need to lie for her she didn't know and honestly she couldn't care less once she heard what he had come up with.
"We're engaged." Draco said quickly, the tiniest bit of colour reaching his cheeks. "Now you're the first to know so don't go off spreading it." He added with a wry smile.
Engaged? He only had to think up why a female reporter would see him and that's what he thought up?!
Hermione looked up at Draco both in anger and in confusion. "How dare you-" She began, outraged.
"I know-" Draco paused as if the next part was a struggle for him to say. "-dear, but might as well tell the man the truth, although he wasn't the first on either of our list's on who to break the good news to first." He took a step towards Hermione and slid his arm around her waist, making her jump a little and then tense under his touch.
"Well, then. What's your fiancée doing at your office?" Rueben spat.
Draco looked to the clock which read twelve noon before forming his next sentence.
"Lunch. She came to bring me lunch." Rueben and Draco both looked to Hermione at the same time, who was holding nothing in the form of food.
Hermione bit her lip, might as well play along. "The paper, actually." Hermione spoke up. Her throat felt like the Sahara. "I came to give you the day's newspaper since I know how much you love to read it on your break." She forced a smile and plunked the paper into his arms, raindrops and all.
Draco did his best at a smile as he set the dripping wet Daily Prophet down on his desk. "How very kind that was of you, my-. How very kind." He stopped himself before having to use another endearing name for the girl beside him. "Oh, and I am sorry, but it looks like we will have to continue this conversation another day."
Rueben narrowed his eyes. "Don't expect me to wait around before casting the-"
"Yes, yes, I know." Draco waved his left hand nonchalantly, the one not wrapped around Hermione's waist. "Now, I'll talk to you later."
He waved Rueben out of his office; he kept trying to continue their conversation, but Draco only squeezed Hermione to his hip lovingly and promised to talk to him another day, and soon Rueben was out the door. At which point Draco let his hand fall from Hermione and slammed the door, turning around and leaning on it.
Hermione shuffled awkwardly, stuffing her notebook and quill into her pocket. She looked up only to see him staring at her begrudgingly. "He thinks we're engaged, Granger." His voice was angry in a calm sort of way that sent shivers down Hermione's spine.
"I do hope you know I wasn't the one who made that up!"
"No, you were the one who stood there in silence while I did the work." He spat at her. She remembered now why she had hated him back at school so acutely. She glared at him, wishing harmful magic was an option.
"I had an excuse! A better one than the one you so helpfully made up!"
"Any excuse is better than the one I made up." He said coldly, walking over to his desk and tossing the paper into the rubbish bin. "But it was the first thing that came to my mind."
Hermione paused to look at him a moment before speaking. "My excuse was-"
"I don't care about what could have been said! What matters now is that a very important man just left my office in a temper. And a man in a temper can do many things." Draco said darkly, his back to her. He was being dramatic and Hermione rolled her eyes.
"He better not release anything in the paper about us."
This was all happening too fast, and Hermione couldn't quite make sense of it. She had fallen through the door and since then things were rather a blur.
Draco turned to face her again and gave her the up-down. "You're a reporter. You'll know what's going to be released before it hits the market." Hermione watched him and realized she could almost see the thoughts forming behind his eyes as he spoke. "Don't let them publish anything. If Rueben decides to talk. He may not you know, he may think nothing of it."
"Why don't you just tell him we're not really together?" She asked simply. Draco looked at her and shook his head as if it was the most obvious thing.
"And confess to lying to a man like that? I'd really rather not."
"He didn't look all that threatening." Hermione said honestly. She couldn't help but remember what Voldemort's favourite followers looked like. The muggle snatchers, even. They were terrifying just in appearance.
"No, he wouldn't to someone like you," Draco said with a snicker. "He's a foolish man, but dangerous and extremely clever. Why else do you think I had to step in when I saw he had is wand pointing at you? The thing is with Rueben he gets easily angered, and not much calms him."
"I didn't think it was in your nature to help someone like me, Draco." Hermione told him angrily.
"It's not. I just didn't want to have to scrape your body off my office floor. Not to mention disposing of a body is nothing easy." Hermione rolled her eyes for a second time.
"He wouldn't do something like that." Hermione replied, she felt stupid. Draco was playing her the fool.
"No, he wouldn't. Not here, anyway." Draco answered, smirking at Hermione as he said the last part.
It was obvious what he was doing, trying to scare her with petty remarks about a man whom was probably not actually dangerous in the slightest. He then raked his hand through his hair and went to sit at his desk.
"Now, Hermione," He said, changing the subject. "I know for a fact you want rumours about us being engaged circulated as much as I want them. And with that being said I have a… proposal." He laughed at his joke, and then glanced at Hermione who seemed to not share his humour. He sighed. "Same old Granger."
"You said you had a proposition?" Hermione reminded him, she didn't have time for this. The Prophet was probably wondering why she wasn't back yet. And honestly anywhere was better than here at the time being.
"I was getting to that. The deal is you rip up whatever notes you got from eavesdropping and I will tell Rueben you and I had a spat and the real reason you came was to call it off and that's why you were so edgy. So we're no longer engaged."
"And I also make sure nothing turns up in the papers?"
"So I do two things for you, Malfoy, and you do one? How like you to make sure you get less work." She answered, doing nothing to hide the venom from her tone.
"That's all there is to do, Granger. And if I worked at the Prophet I would be the one doing two things. It's not anything to get upset over. Now do we have a deal?" Hermione looked down at her notepad, it only had few things written from the conversation between Draco and Rueben, but it could be used. Maybe.
"Fine, we have a deal." Hermione told him, sighing as she went over to the rubbish bin and tore her notes into two, letting them drop into the can. "Now it's your turn to hold up your end of the bargain."
Draco nodded. "Trust me, I will." Hermione stood there a few more moments before Draco looked back up at her from where he sat. "Well?"
"I didn't know if you were done talking." She answered.
"Well, I am. And you can leave." Draco looked pointedly at the door, waiting for Hermione to walk out of it, which she did without even turning back to see him. "Bye, Granger. Close the doors on the way out will you? Don't want any other pesky reporters about."
Hermione took the handle firmly in her hand and closed the door behind her with a small bang. Oh, how that man hadn't changed since school. She thought the war would have shaken him up a bit since she had been far from her old self for a of couple years until finally recovering and she had been on Harry's side.
She shook her head and walked over to the fireplace she had noticed on her way in. Now to go to the Prophet and make sure nothing was being said.
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Isosceles Triangle Maximizes Area?
Date: 09/11/2003 at 16:31:37 From: LaShawn Subject: isosceles triangle How can you show that among all triangles having a specified base and a specified perimeter, the isosceles triangle on that base has the largest area? I know that b + c = p - a where p is the perimeter. I also know that A^2 = s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c) and that the area is a maximum when a = b = c. But I don't know where to go from there.
Date: 09/12/2003 at 03:58:56 From: Doctor Floor Subject: Re: isosceles triangle Hi, LaShawn. Thanks for your question. Indeed we may use Heron's formula, A^2 = s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c) here. Let a be the base, which is fixed, and let 2t = b + c We may introduce the only variable x by b=t-x and c=t+x. Substitution into Heron's formula gives: A^2 = s(s-a)(s-t-x)(s-t+x) = s(s-a)((s-t)^2 - x^2) Since x is the only variable, clearly s(s-a)((s-t)^2 - x^2) reaches a maximum when x=0. And x=0 gives b=c=t, which makes the triangle isosceles. Here is a second, more geometric, way to see why the triangle will be isosceles. Let's fix base AB of a triangle. Then AC+BC is fixed, hence C lies on an ellipse with foci AB. Line AB is the major axis. The points on the ellipse at maximal distance of the major axis are on the minor axis. These are the points such that AC=BC. By A = 1/2 bh this shows that these points also give maximal area of ABC. If you have more questions, just write back. Best regards, - Doctor Floor, The Math Forum http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
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Twenty-one deserving causes from Burnley have been awarded a share of £10,000.
The massive sum was raised by television personality Jeff Brown when he completed last year's Pennine 10K organised by Jane Tomlinson's Run For All. The money was given to the Jane Tomlinson Appeal who then handed it over to charities and groups at a special ceremony at Burnley Mechanics theatre.
Jeff lost more than seven stones to take on the run after accepting a challenge thrown down by Lancashire firm Premier Range, which pledged to donate £10,000 to the Jane Tomlinson Appeal if he completed the race.
He crossed the finishing line in one hour 37 minutes and organisations with charitable status were invited to make bids for a share of the cash pot to support one of their projects.
A five-strong panel including Jeff, Burnley Express editor Mr Chris Daggett, and representatives from Burnley Borough Council, Run For All and the Jane Tomlinson Appeal carefully assessed all the applications before choosing which organisations to support.
The good causes awarded grants were: Macular Society Burnley Support Group, £400; Greenbrook Methodist Church Youth Groups, £250;Pendle Dogs in Need, £250; Girl Guiding Burnley division, £500; 352 (Burnley) Air Cadets £550; Rosehill Baptist Church, £400; Burnley Tornados American Football Club,£425; St Cuthbert's Church, £750; League of Voluntary workers at Burnley General Hospital, £250; Cliviger Village Hall Management Committee, £500; Burnley Methodist Circuit, £500; The Prince's Trust, £250; Burnley Prostate Cancer Scanner Appeal, £1,000; Furniture for Education Worldwide, £250;
Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team, £750; The Catholic Fellowship for the Handicapped, £725; East Lancashire People First, £250; British Red Cross, £250; 1st Briercliffe St James Scout Group, £1,000; Emmaus Burnley, £250; Dyneley Group Riding for the Disabled, £500.
Jeff said: "For some reason the gentleman from Premier Range said he'd give me £10,000 to give to charity. If you set a challenge like that to a man from Burnley you're having it. Eighteen months ago I was 21 stones. If you do something in Burnley, people support you. I'm so proud of my town."
Siobhan Curtis, Jane Tomlinson Appeal legacy manager, said: "We were delighted at what Jeff achieved in taking on the challenge and it is entirely fitting that so many good causes in Burnley are receiving a share of the £10,000 to support their excellent work."
Mr Peter Pike, chairman of Emmaus, said: "We've got a lot of needs at the moment and we have a budget shortfall this year.
"The funds that are available are tighter and more and more people are bidding for the money that's available. There are always bits and pieces we need to pay for. This is a very welcome donation."
Pat Osbaldeston and Diane Ireland were at the presentation to collect the donation awarded to the Prostate Scanner Appeal.
The appeal was launched a year ago by Burnley MP Mr Gordon Birwistle to buy equipment for Burnley General Hospital as well as a portable prostate scanner and bladder scanner to be used in the community.
Secretary Pat said the response to the appeal had been phenomenal and the latest donation was the icing on the cake.
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Other groups said they will use the cash to fund new roofs, tents, ropes, and other vital equipment.
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The lost summer! The festival killer! The soggy Olympics games!
...Never has a summer in Britain attracted such derision - or, let's face it, rain fall - as 2012, but believe it or not things could be worse.
For centuries, the cantankerous swirl of storm clouds and the dull thud of rain have roused in our artists and writers a desperation to capture - and in many cases exaggerate - the gloomy shadow ashen skies cast over our souls.
Literature students call it 'pathetic fallacy', art students call it lots of blue and black swirls - we call it rotten weather in art, and if nothing else, it ought to make you feel a little better about Britain's summer wash out.
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Massive rocket onslaught on Israel
An unprecedented 80-rocket barrage hit Israel within the space of a few hour this evening, with 30 rockets being shot within 10 minutes: Hamas fired over 30 rockets in a ten-minute period into Israel on Monday, with hits reported in … Continue reading
Posted in Terrorism Tagged Beer Sheva, Gaza, Grads, Hamas, IDF, Kassams, Palestinians, rockets, south, terrorists 14 Comments
The Unicycle of Violence rides again
Here we go again. Israel is about to release more murderous terrorists (read and be sickened) at the behest of the Americans; US Secretary of State John Kerry is quietly revving up in a corner, ready to leap into action … Continue reading
Posted in Mideast news, Terrorism Tagged Hamas, Hezbollah, Kassams, katyusha, Lebanon, Palestinians, terrorism, violence 5 Comments
Good News Friday
It's time for another installment of my Good News Friday series, and since today is both Rosh Chodesh (1st of the month) and Chanukah, this week's post will include extra goodies beyond the usual 3 items in honour of the … Continue reading
Posted in International relations, Israel news, Technology Tagged Arabic, Chanukah, EU, Good News Friday, Hasbara, Kassams, public diplomacy, technology, UK
Pillar of Cloud Day 7 updates: another rocket on Jerusalem, more rockets, more ceasefire talks
Here are some quick updates on the 7th day of Operation Pillar of Cloud: A rocket was fired at Jerusalem for the second time (the first time was on Shabbat), landing in the Gush Etzion area without causing damage or … Continue reading
Posted in Israel news, Terrorism Tagged Ban Ki-Moon, ceasefire, Gaza, Hamas, Jerusalem, Kassams, missiles, Pillar of Cloud, Pillar of Defense, rockets, terrorism 2 Comments
Pillar of Cloud: Updates for Day 6 amid talks about ceasefire
Once again apologies for the lateness of this blog post. Day 6 of Operation Pillar of Cloud was marked by a decline in rocket attacks from Gaza and talk about a possible ceasefire. "Decline in rocket attacks" however is only … Continue reading
Posted in Israel news, Mideast news, Terrorism Tagged Ashkelon, Bahrain, Beer Sheva, ceasefire, Gaza, Grads, Hamas, Kassams, Khaled Mashaal, missiles, Pillar of Cloud, Pillar of Defense, rockets, south 4 Comments
Pillar of Cloud: Update for day 5
It's been a busy noisy day in Israel on day 5 of Operation Pillar of Cloud. Here are the highlights from the Times of Israel liveblog (part 2): For the fourth day in a row, Tel Aviv is the target … Continue reading
Posted in Israel news, Terrorism Tagged Ashdod, Ashkelon, Fajr, Gaza, Grads, Hamas, Iron Dome, Kassams, missiles, Pillar of Cloud, Pillar of Defense, rockets, Sderot, Tel Aviv, Tisha B'Av 15 Comments