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To create and provide value in your life, and in your business, you need to grow yourself.
That means making YOU your no. 1 priority.
It may seem counter-intuitive, but in order for you to be your best for your loved ones and team members, you need to put your wellbeing first.
According to Brian Johnson, treating ourselves right involves mastering our "Fundies" or fundamentals…
The 4 Basic Fundamentals
Focus on good nutrition. Irrespective of whether you are paleo, vegan, flexitarian or carnivore, choose healthy food options and supplements, instead of heavily processed alternatives which mess with your physical health and brain chemistry.
Get sufficient rest. That includes practising good "before bed" habits, such as reducing screen time before bed, so that you can sleep better.
Be active. Incorporate both gentle core and cardio exercises into your fitness routine. Make time to move throughout your day – sitting for long periods is extremely detrimental to our health.
Train your mind. Practicing focus exercises helps to improve your memory and build your mental muscles.
Keep it simple
Making an effort in these four basic areas can have a dramatic impact on your wellbeing and performance. We may all have busy lives, but making change doesn't have to be a mammoth undertaking.
What's one little thing in each area that you can do to help keep your "asset" in tiptop shape?


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– Mutiny at the airport: Passengers stranded without food and drink in 11-hour delay call police onto plane (Daily Mail, Feb 21, 2014):
- Passengers called police after being sat on the plane for three hours
- Ryanair said they couldn't let them into the terminal because it was locked
- The airline said the captain also called police for assistance getting the passengers back into the building
- They were finally allowed off at 3.45am – but had to board the flight again two hours later when they faced another two hour delay
- Ryanair flight from Stansted to Porto was supposed to take off at 8.30pm
- However, it eventually took off at around 8am the following morning
- Incident happened after loudmouth businessman Michael O'Leary pledged to clean up the airline's act and 'stop p****** people off unnecessarily'
Furious passengers stranded on a Ryanair flight called police from the tarmac after being left for hours without food or drink.
More than 100 travellers, including children, had already faced a long wait to board the delayed flight from Stansted to Porto in Portugal. Three hours later, the plane was still on the ground.
Read moreRyanair Passengers Call Police During Eleven Hour Delay As They Demand 'Food, Water And The Right To Leave The Aircraft'

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The Bureau of Mental Health is responsible for the mental health service delivery and planning for New York City residents with mental health needs. Through contracting directly with NYC service providers, the Bureau is responsible for procuring and overseeing over 400 treatment, rehabilitation, housing, case management, advocacy, and Assisted Outpatient Treatment programs with a total value of over $200 million. The Bureau is also responsible for implementing and overseeing a number of mental health focused Thrive NYC initiatives.
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is leading the NYC Safe initiative to improve access, quality and continuity of care for people who are homeless, have criminal justice involvement, and are struggling with substance use and mental health. This multi-pronged initiative includes enhanced Single Point of Access Services to behavioral health treatment and care coordination services; a DOHMH/NYPD Unit to provide clinical/law enforcement interventions to people with increasing risk of violence; enhancements to traditional ACT teams; new services accessible via SPOA, including three new Intensive Mobile Treatment Teams, and five new Forensic Assertive Community Treatment teams and an expansion to the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program.
The Office of Policy and Planning leads policy-related research and analysis, policy development, connections to bureau strategic planning and strategic initiatives and direction, local services planning, community connections, and contributes to innovative program development.
The Office of Policy and Planning seeks a part-time Policy Analyst to support the Office's work related to policy- and planning-related research and analysis. A significant portion of the analyst's time will be spent leading the Office's work related to processing and analyzing requests from New York City mental health providers to changes in mental health services and capacity. In its capacity as an Local Governmental Unit (LGU), the Division of Mental Hygiene, led by BMH, reviews requests from mental health providers in New York City who seek Prior Approval Review for Quality and Appropriateness from NYS OMH. The Prior Approval Review (PAR) process is regulated under 14 CRR-NY 551. BMH performs this work in accordance with authority granted through Section 41.13 of the Mental Hygiene Law, which establishes the powers and duties of LGUs in administering local mental hygiene services.
Reporting to the Director of Policy and Planning, the Policy Analyst will:
- Enter and manage information using multiple databases; utilize databases to ensure robust reporting, tracking, and identify system-wide trends in mental health service delivery;
- Generate reports that can be used to inform policy and planning activities;
- In collaboration with bureau and division subject matter experts, identify issues related to the impacts of requests on mental health service delivery capacity throughout the city, issues encountered during mental health service delivery changes, operational issues related to service delivery, and any regulatory issues related to the requests;
- Synthesize significant mental health service delivery, operational, and regulatory issues in order for Director and Assistant Commissioner to respond to PAR requests
- Actively resolve roadblocks and challenges as appropriate and escalate issues as needed
- Draft documents, coordinate and facilitate meetings or phone conversations and consultations related to PAR requests.
- Liaise and ensure appropriate engagement with State regulatory bodies, other bureaus within the Division of Mental Hygiene, and subject matter experts throughout BMH to facilitate and complete reviews of proposed new programming, program closures, licensure changes, and similar mental health service delivery change requests.
- Support other research and analysis of adult mental health proposed and existing legislation, regulations, policies; prepare briefing documents and written statements work in the Office of Policy and Planning as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qual Requirements
To be appointed to Assignment Level II and above, candidates must have:
Probationary Period
Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period of one year.
Preferred Skills
- 3 years of policy research and/or development experience in public health, healthcare, mental health, or a related field
- A strong understanding of mental health service provider operations and/or mental health service delivery.
- Knowledge of the NYS OMH Prior Approval Review for Quality and Appropriateness process and regulations related to the mental health service delivery, including 14 CRR-NY 551.
- Ability to think creatively and clearly communicate complicated issues;
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong analytical, research, project management, and problem-solving skills
- Strong ability to prioritize and handle multiple assignments within tight timelines
- Ability to work in a team environment as well as independently
- Experience leading team projects
- Strong computer and data management skills, including proficiency with Word, Excel and Power Point.
- Comfortable reading and interpreting data tables and graphs; able to extract relevant information to inform policy and advocacy efforts
Additional Information
Please note: If you are called for an interview you will be required to bring to your interview copies of original documentation, such as:
Additional documentation may be required to evaluate your qualification as outlined in this posting's "Minimum Qualification Requirements" section. Examples of additional documentation may be, but not limited to: college transcript, experience verification or professional trade licenses.
If after your interview you are the selected candidate you will be contacted to schedule an on-boarding appointment. By the time of this appointment you will be asked to produce the originals of the above documents along with your original Social Security card.
The federal government provides student loan forgiveness through its Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) to all qualifying public service employees. Working with the DOHMH qualifies you as a public service employee and you may be able to take advantage of this program while working full-time and meeting the program's other requirements.
Please visit the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program site to view the eligibility requirements:
To Apply
Apply online with a cover letter to https://a127-jobs.nyc.gov/. In the Job ID search bar, enter: job ID number # 414949.
We appreciate the interest and thank all applicants who apply, but only those candidates under consideration will be contacted.
The NYC Health Department is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and culturally responsive workforce. We strongly encourage people of color, people with disabilities, veterans, women, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender and gender non-conforming persons to apply.
All applicants will be considered without regard to actual or perceived race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, age, prior record of arrest
Residency Requirement
New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.


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Time Management Training
This Time Management Training Course is offered throughout South Africa– Cape Town, Durban, East London, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth –
Successful people:
• set goals
• plan their activities
• prioritise
• manage their time carefully
Through this Time Management Training Course – which we run throughout South Africa – you will acquire the necessary time management and planning competencies to maximize your effectiveness, and achieve success in your personal and work life.
– Creating a task list
– Prioritising personal and team tasks
– Using and maintaining a diary
– Implementing and maintaining personal and team task lists
– How do Vision, Mission, Values, Goals, Objectives, Strategy link together?
– Personal envisioning and setting of supportive objectives and goals
– Basing your vision, mission, objectives and goals on your values
– Identifying your vision, mission, objectives and goals for all 4 aspects of your life:
• Personal vision and goal setting – mental, physical and spiritual
• Family vision and goal setting
• Financial vision and goal setting
• Career vision and goal setting
– Understanding the planning process
– Developing plans using a planning template
– Putting all the necessary resources in place
– Measuring and evaluating your progress
– The ABC's of prioritization
– Handling interruptions
– Stop, speak, space, sort, sequence
Therefore in our Time Management Training we do not teach you to manage time… we teach you to manage the best use of your time!" Ron Scherer
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Backgrounderminates signal transduction at the neuromuscular junction by rapid hydrolysis of the acetylcholine released into the synaptic cleft.
DescriptionACHE Polyclonal Antibody. Unconjugated. Raised in: Rabbit.
FormulationLiquid. 0.03% Proclin 300. 50% Glycerol, 0.01M PBS, pH 7.4.
Uniprot IDP23795
PurificationProtein G purified
ImmunogenRecombinant Bovine Acetylcholinesterase protein (31-613AA)
StorageShipped at 4°C. Upon delivery aliquot and store at -20°C (short-term) or -80°C (long-term). Avoid repeated freeze.
Alternative NamesAChE, ACHE
ApplicationELISA; Recommended dilution: IHC:1:200-1:500, IF:1:50-1:200


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Yesterday, while Greg earned his paycheck at H-E-B, the kids and I started putting up insulation in the house. We worked for five and a half hours and finished Daniel's room, the hall bathroom, the office, Emilie's room, and most of Anna's room. Daniel and Anna took turns operating Greg's electric staple gun, which he found and kept when cleaning out one of Ben's rent houses. My job was to cut the insulation bats to fit the spaces needing to be filled. A full bat is fourteen inches wide—just right to go between two studs—and eight feet long. Because our ceilings are ten feet high, we need a lot of two-foot lengths to take up the extra space not covered by a full bat. Then there are little spaces underneath and above windows, and places at the ends of walls where the studs are closer together. All this adds up to a lot of lengthwise and crosswise cuts and plenty of scraps that can be used in other odd spaces. It is the kind of puzzle I enjoy, like making a quilt top or putting together a meal when you don't seem to have any ingredients. I held all the measurements in my brain, and cut, toted, and stuffed the bats, while my taller offspring climbed the ladder and stapled the bats to the studs. Emilie gave the house a good sweeping, removing large piles of wood chips, bits of electric wire, and general trash, and throwing away the wrapping from the insulation packages.
The packages are very tight. To open one, I plunge a utility knife into the side and make a long, bold slash, and the bats spill out. Doing this always makes me think of Han Solo cutting open the abdomen of his dead tauntaun to provide warmth for the chilled and semiconscious Luke Skywalker. The spilling-out action is precisely the same.
Insulation is prickly stuff, very irritating to the skin, eyes, nose, and lungs, but altogether I'd rank it as less vexing than the spines of an icicle cactus. The prickles got onto my arms and legs, in spite of my long sleeves and pants. Today I'm going to tuck my cuffs into the gauntlets of my Duluth gloves, and wear my cowboy boots with the legs of my jeans inside. After a morning of breathing in fiberglass dust, we elected to spring for face masks. This made for a hot afternoon's work. Happily, the high temperature of the day reached only the mid-eighties or so, and we got some nice cross breezes through our open windows and doors. Ann, familiar with the prevailing winds in these parts, advised us as to how best to orient our house to take advantage of cooling breezes, and she was exactly right.
At five o'clock we knocked off and went home. I just had time to wash off most of the prickles in the shower before Greg came home from work. He hitched up the trailer to the Suburban, and we drove off to pick up our new secondhand fridge, which we bought from a friend of Ann's who is moving. The fridge is only a year old and is just the color and style I wanted. Our gas range, too, is gently used, purchased a few months back from a pleasant retired couple in Kyle. The man, a former farmer, watched us drive up in Greg's grandfather's truck and immediately took twenty-five dollars off the price because we reminded him of himself and his wife back in the day. Both appliances will have happy associations for me every time I use them.
Our old fridge will go in the laundry room. The way I cook, it is very handy to keep two fridges.


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In Production now
Past Events
"Port Authority"
by Conor McPherson.
Acting Irish International Theater Festival
May 19-24, 2015
Seven different Irish plays presented by seven different Irish theater companies. Every night a show, plus two matinees. Opening of the festival and first show is on Tuesday the 19th of May at 7:30 PM.
The selection of the event is "The Cavalcaders" by Billy Roche performed by The Irish American Theater Company of Cincinnati!
The Cavalcaders by Billy Roche – Irish American Theater Co. of Cincinnati, OH
The Cavalcaders explores the lives and loves of a community of characters in small-town Ireland. Set in an old-fashioned cobbler's shop, this is the story of a group of men who spend their days mending shoes and their nights as a barbershop quartet and singers of local legend. Their musical harmonies, however, are not reflected in their private lives.
Terry……………………………………………………Mick McEvilley
Rory………………………………………………………..Kent Covey
Josie………………………………………………………..Tim Carney
Ted…………………………………………………….Todd Hepburn
Breda………………………………………………………Traci Taylor
Nuala……………………………………………………..Allyson West
Production Team
Director……………………………………………..Maureen Kennedy
Stage Manager………………………………………………Mike Duffy
Sound………………………………………………….Brian Rasmusen
Lighting………………………………………………Michelle Crowley
Costumes………………………………………….Pegatha Eddingfield
Props………………………………………………………Diane Glenn
Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince and The Remarkable Rocket
March 5-8, 2015, times below
Two of Wilde's greatest comedies performed by Irish actor Michael James Ford. Fun for kids and adults! See the actor whose "enchanting style of storytelling leaves the audience hanging on his every word."
Evening Performances:
Thursday, March 5, 7:30 PM (opening reception at 6:30)
Friday, March 6, 7:30 PM
Sunday, March 8, 2:00 PM
Stay for the party following the last show!
Event features both plays, each 45 minutes in length with one intermission. Best seats available now. $20 in advance for members, $23 advance, Public, $25 day of show. Call 513-533-0100 or online at Cincyticket.com.
Special showing of The Remarkable Rocket, Saturday, March 7, 11:30 AM, for students and families only during the free Artswave Sampler.
Click here for the PDF flyer with all the information!
Around Cincinnati on WVXU!
If you missed Maureen and the cast of Tho' It Were Ten Thousand Miles… on WVXU, you can listen to the interview here.
In Case You Missed It…
CityBeat had a great article about the IHC and Cincinnati.com had us as one of the top 4 ways to celebrate Over the St. Patrick's Day weekend. Check out our events by clicking above and come celebrate with us!
Then check out the interveiw on CET
Tho' It Were Ten Thousand Miles… Success!
The Irish Anmerican Theater Company is bringing home the gold. The International Acting Irish Theater Festival award was presented to our IATC with the "Oscar Wilde" for the Best New Show. Congratulations to the playwright William H.A. Williams, the wonderful cast Mick McEvilley and Carrington Rowe, the Director Maureen A. Kennedy & the stellar crew Sara Marschall, Jim Hunt , Pagatha Eddington,and all the volunteers who helped in staging this show!!
Now the Theater Company and the Irish Heritage Center will be preparing to host the Acting Irish International Theater Festival in May of 2015. Acting Irish Theater Festival is an entire week of Irish Community Theaters from Ireland, Canada and the USA. Every day a different (or two different) play(s) will be performed here in Cincinnati. Festival runs from May 18 thru the 24th. Anyone who is willing to help with funding and/ or volunteering should call Maureen at 513-225-6915.
In May of 2015 the Festival will be hosted by the Irish American Theater Festival in Cincinnati Ohio!
An Irish Engagement
The Irish American Theater Company performs the Comedy "An Irish Engagement" on Saturday and Sunday, September 14th and 15th at 2:00 P.M. on the Main Stage at the Celtic Festival in Washington Square Park, Over-the-Rhine.
An Irish Engagement
Can Julia escape the clutches of an arranged marriage, to a man she's never met, and marry her one true love? Her fate lies in the hands of the cunning and faithful servants in this one-act farce written by Walter Watts.
About the Irish American Theater Company
The Company is a collective of professional and community artists who are dedicated to bringing to life the stories and people of Ireland for the enjoyment of audiences of all ages. Founded by Company Artistic Director Maureen A. Kennedy and a group of actors, musicians, educators and friends in 2004, the company is now in its tenth year. Since the inception of the Irish American Theater Company in 2004 this enthuiastic Company has grown into a Cincinnati favorite. This years production of Dancing at Lughnasa ia a continuation of the collaboration of the talent and skills of artists coming together to create theatrical magic!
Starting rehearsals on the back deck of the founder's home, the Irish American Theater Company is no longer homeless and is now housed within the Irish Heritage Center in the Columbia Tusculum area of Cincinnati. Since 2010 the Irish Heritage Center has been a home for pereserving, entertaining and educting in all things Irish.
The theater group has brought the stories and people of Ireland to life with many hours of Story-telling and through the following Theatrical productions:
Kathleen ni Hoolihan by William Butler Yeats and Lady Gregory
A Pot of Broth by W B Yeats
Original Musicals:
Maggies Murphy's Home by Bill Williams
Raised on Songs and Stories by Kent Covey
The Cincinnati Premires of:
The Irish And How they Got That Way by Frank McCourt
A Little like Paradise by Niall Williams
Blood by Larry Kirwan
Moll by John B. Keane
What Happened Bridgie Cleary by Tom MacIntyre
A Couple of Blaguards by Frank and Malachy McCourt
and is now presenting:
Tho' It Were Ten Thousand Miles… A love story
World Premiere Play written by William H.A. (Bill) Williams —Friday, Saturday & Sunday May 16th, 17th, and 18th at the Irish Heritage Center.
Presented by the award winning Irish American Theater Company. Starring Mick McEvilley as Seamus and Carrington Rowe as Fiona, directed by Maureen A Kennedy
Friday and Saturday at 7:30 PM — Pub opens at 6 PM for snacks, desserts and libations Sunday at 2:00 PM — Special Irish Tea Luncheon beforehand starting at 12:30, reservations for the Tea Luncheon are a must —The Pub opens at 1 PM
Tickets available now- Discounts for pre-payments & members — call 513-533-0100.
While a part of the AIITF the Irish American Theater company has received much critical acclaim for their work. The companybeen honored with awards and several nominations for awards at the Acting Irish Festival for three consecutive years, including —
For Moll by John B Keane– Presented in Chicago, IL
- Best Actress Barb Kenny
- Best Supporting Actor Tim Murphy
- Nomination for Best Show
- Nomination for Best Supporting Actor Mick McEvilley
What Happened Bridgie Cleary by Tom MacIntyre — Presented in Calgary Canada
- Best Acress Award Katelyn Groh
- Nomination for Best Supporting Actor Mick McEvilley
- Nomination for Best Show
A Couple of Blaguards by Frank and Malachy McCourt — Presented in Dublin Ireland
- Nomination for Best Actor Mcik McEvilley
Currently the company is on the calendar to bring the Acting Irish International Theater Festival to Cincinnati in 2015 or 2016 which will entail performances Monday thru Saturday one in the afternoon and one in the evening. These performances will be open to the public and the Irish American Theater Comapny will be calling on the theater community plus all interested artistis to help make this Festival a success.
We wiill be hosting Irish Theater groups from Milwaukee/ Chicago / Winnipeg / Calgary /Toronto /Dublin / Ennis/ Boca Raton / Rochester and others to be named, all participating in a friendly and convival competition with the purpose to grow and improve performance and production skills through the genius of Irish theater.
Dancing at Lughnasa
By: Brian Friel
Directed By: Maureen Kennedy
Technical Director: Jim Hunt
Stage Manager: Sara Marschall
Prop Master: Kate Lester
Michael…Eric Marschall
Maggie…Kat Reynolds
Chris…LeeAnn Hall
Agnes…Samantha Isler
Rose…Michelle Crowley
Kate…Tara Pitts
Father Jack…Mick McEvilley
Gerry…Justin Leonti
Performance Dates: May 10th, 11th, 7:30 p.m., 12th 2:30 p.m. May 17, 18, 7:30 p.m., 19th, 2:30 p.m.
A Couple of Blaguards Success in Ireland!
Maureen Kennedy on RTÉ.ie Radio 1 for the Acting Irish International Theatre Festival
What Happened Bridgie Cleary
A potent meditation on love, desire and magic. What Happened Bridgie Cleary centers on the infamous true story of Bridgie Cleary and what happened to her in Tipperary in 1895. Tom Mac Intyre's dramatic fantasia delves into the reuniting of Bridgie, her husband Mikey, and lover William, both of whom are haunted by their love for her. An alliance of superstition, fear and afterlife based on Ireland's rural country life in the late 19th century.
|Bridgie Cleary
|Kaitlyn Groh
|Mikey Cleary
|Mick McEvilley
|William Simpson
|Kent Covey
|Maureen A. Kennedy
|Stage Manager
|Sara M. Marschall
|Costume Design
|Jessica Kehoe
|Dialect Coach
|Sean Flanagan
|Barb Kenny
The world premier took place at the Abbey Theater (Peacock), Dublin Ireland in 2005.
Anyone interested in becoming a member of this exciting theater company, auditioning, helping behind the scenes, reading, or contributing by funding, talent, or treasures, please contact the Artistic Director Maureen A. Kennedy at irishtheatercincy
Our greatest current need is for lighting – equipment, design and technical crew.


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After spending time with the wonderful new Allen Toussaint album, it only seems fitting that today's Bootleg Friday be a wonderful 1973 Dr. John show, backed by the Meters, with who he had just recorded Right Place, Wrong Time. The sound leaves something to be desired, but put that aside and let yourself be washed away by the grooves contained within.
Download: Dr. John and the Meters, 3/5/73, Chalmette, LA
Trying To Get To You
Friday, May 29, 2009
Bootleg Friday: Dr. John & The Meters, 1973
After spending time with the wonderful new Allen Toussaint album, it only seems fitting that today's Bootleg Friday be a wonderful 1973 Dr. John show, backed by the Meters, with who he had just recorded Right Place, Wrong Time. The sound leaves something to be desired, but put that aside and let yourself be washed away by the grooves contained within.
Posted by Ben Lazar at 5/29/2009 01:21:00 PM 3 comments
Thursday, May 28, 2009
The Masterful Allen Toussaint & The Bright Mississippi
"Stately" is an adjective I rarely use to describe an album, but it fits Allen Toussaint's new album, The Bright Mississippi, like a glove. The Bright Mississippi is a special album, demanding multiple listens to truly get the tapestry of American music – Ellington inspired jazz, r&b, Creole, ragtime – that it weaves with such effortless cool. It's an album that contains the full experience that is life – its joys, sorrows, delights and hardships. That is to say, it's an album with soul.
Toussaint, of course, is an American Treasure; one of the masters of American R&B, a songwriter and producer who has worked with the likes of Dr. John, The Meters, Labelle, Elvis Costello, Solomon Burke, the Band and dozens of other greats. American R&B (and therefore, American music) is practically inconceivable without him.
But The Bright Mississippi is Toussaint's first recorded foray into jazz, and with Joe Henry producing, and an all-star cast including guitarist Marc Ribot, clarinetist Don Byron, and saxophonist Joshua Redman providing loving support, Toussaint takes on some of the most treasured standards in jazz history, with complete aplomb. It's the sound of masters playing for love, and out of complete respect for both the music and for one another.
There are too many sublime moments on the album to mention, but Toussaint's version of "West End Blues" merits special notice. Toussaint's piano runs almost inspire laughter with their ease and grace. Toussaint plays with the melody masterfully, like he's Michael Jordan taking over a game, and he then passes it off to Ribot and then Redman who play impossibly gorgeous solos – every single note perfect, with not one wasted.
This will be one of the best albums of the year – go out and get it. It's not only that they don't make albums like this anymore – it's that no one before has ever made one quite like this.
Buy The Bright Mississippi at the Amazon Mp3 store
Posted by Ben Lazar at 5/28/2009 07:36:00 PM 4 comments
Labels: Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, Jazz, Joshua Redman, Marc Ribot, New Orleans, The Meters, West End Blues
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Little Moments
I think we as people sometimes like to attach grandiose reasons to justify our love of a musician or band, when instead, our love is often kindled by smaller, more private and inscrutable moments of reverie. They're little moments of falling in love with the way a singer phrase a certain line, or a great guitar, piano or sax solo, or the way the horns swell in a very specific point in a song, and because they are so private, so unique to each individual, the importance of such moments to a music listener are unfortunately unheralded.
I've been going through something exactly like that over the past couple of days with David Bowie's "Ashes To Ashes." I'm a Bowie fan, but I'm not a fanatic like a lot of people. You could give me three or four Bowie albums to listen to (Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust, Station To Station, Scary Monsters) for the rest of my life, and that would probably be enough Bowie for me. I get his vast influence and I have an inordinate amount of respect for him - but for whatever reason, he's not an essential artist for me. (And given that he's the defacto artist for every bar in the E. Village and Lower East Side, I've heard him enough for a lifetime.)
But I've had "Ashes To Ashes" on repeat, just because of the way Bowie phrases the line, "I've never done good things/I've never done bad things/I never did anything out of the blue" at 1:56 in the song. It's a sublime piece of phrasing; it's very Lennon-esque, and the regret that permeates the line floors me every single time I hear it. It's the sound of a man who knows his time is coming to an end, is seeing the whole of his life flash before him and realizes his own foolishness in not living the way he truly wanted. It's an immensely soulful line - perhaps the most soulful line of his entire career, a career where Bowie has sometimes labored to find soulful moments.
I've listened to the whole song a dozen times or so over the past 72 hours, waiting excitedly for that line to emerge. I've also fast-forwarded through the song just to get to that line and sing it as loud as possible. And it's had me listen to a lot of Bowie for the first time in years, as I try to find similar moments of musical ecstasy.
Posted by Ben Lazar at 5/26/2009 07:52:00 AM 2 comments
Labels: Ashes To Ashes, David Bowie, Hunky Dory, Scary Monsters, Station To Station, Ziggy Stardust
Saturday, May 23, 2009
The Country Honk Soul Of Justin Townes Earle
For me not to post for six weeks is what I would, charitably speaking, call a slump. I've been working on several pieces, including a long piece on my ambivalence and, on occasion, my downright disappointment with the new Springsteen tour. I also have been writing a piece about American Idol, as I actually watched a few episodes this season, and found myself fascinated, if also a bit revolted. Mainly though, I've been way too much of a perfectionist, which doesn't work. Writers write, and bloggers blog.
But like most slumps, it's sometimes something small that gets you out of it, like the way a cheap hit can get a ballplayer in a groove. Tonight, I've been listening to the Justin Townes Earle album, Midnight At The Movies, for the first few times. I've been completely charmed by Earle's fluency with seminal American music forms; country, folk, bluegrass and a little bit of Dixieland, all imbued with a punk spirit, a welcome dollup of subtlety and a whole lotta of love. The album seems modest, but there's an ambition that purrs at the very heart of the whole thing.
The son of Steve Earle and with a middle name given to him in honor of Townes Van Zandt, Midnight At The Movies is Earle's second album, and it's a huge leap forward for him. It would be easy to say that the sound of the album is retro, but that would be wrong. Instead, it's a sound out of time, like the dance band for a bar on the Texas/Oklahoma border on a Saturday night circa 1947. It swings in all the right places, is warm when it counts, and possesses a very timely sense of humor.
In addition to his folk, country and bluegrass influences, Earle clearly grew up on punk rock, and from it he extracts the freedom to simply be who he wants to be, damn the conventions. He makes the Replacements "Can't Hardly Wait" sound as though he wrote it himself – subbing melancholy for Westerberg's grit, and with mandolins and fiddle that shimmer, it's a beautifully resonant arrangement.
"What I Mean To You" is the album's high point. With some gentle pedal steel and a rhythm section straight out of a Dixieland combo, it's such a good song that you can easily imagine Louis Armstrong singing it. Earle is already such a strong lyricist that he can create vivid imagery with only a few words, and the longing and ache that's at the heart of the song is so delightful as to be almost astonishing. Earle's singing is there to support the song rather than call attention to itself; fortunately, his somewhat craggy tenor conveys every emotion that they lyrics may have left out.
This is great American music that's deserving of your attention and an audience. And it's got soul. I recommend it highly.
Download: "What I Mean To You"
Download Midnight At The Movies From Amazon
Posted by Ben Lazar at 5/23/2009 08:45:00 AM 5 comments
Labels: Justin Townes Earle


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I wanted to hurry and post this to our family journal because it's a moment I want to remember forever!
Recently I've gotten in the habit of singing to Oliver before he goes to sleep. Usually he actually conks out after two or three songs. His favorite is the ABC's. Anyway, tonight after I sang him one song I paused to take a breath before beginning a new one and as I was taking a breath he said "more." So I asked him "do you want me to sing you another song?" and he did his characteristic pointing his fingers up in the air and shouting "yay!!!!"
This was such a sweet moment for this mommy! It really made my day!
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Silly Sleep and Sentences!!!
So tonight Oliver was being quite difficult to get to sleep. He insisted on having one of the throw pillows from my bed, his stuffed dog named "puppy" who he always sleeps with, a stuffed elephant AND his toy airplane all in bed with him. This is exactly how he wanted everything and would not settle himself until he felt it was just right! He looks so funny and so adorable and yes that is his airplane in his hand!
On another super adorable note Oliver said his first "sentence" today! I was showing him a book with a picture of a dragon on it. He loves dragons because of our weekly visits to the library (they have a humongous one there). I was trying to get him to say dragon because it's so cute when he says it. Anyway, I didn't get dragon but I asked "What is this?" (as I held up the book) and he said "It's a book!" I thought that was so brilliant! Can you tell I'm a doting mom? I think he needs a sibling so he doesn't get too much more spoiled! :)
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Mc Donalds Toddler Zone
Last week on one of Berto's days off we were out in Chandler running errands. We decided to try to find some place indoor that Oliver could run off some energy because (even though he was being really good) he was getting pretty tired of our boring errands! So we found this brand new Mc Donalds and they had an AWESOME toddler play zone. Oliver loved it! He in fact actually ran around and played (which he usually clings to us when we take him to the one at one of our local malls I think because it is SO crowded). Anyway, he had a blast!
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Day 18: Favourite Supporting Female Anime Character(s)
It's only recently that I got hooked by the Kimi ni Todoke (君に届け) series by mangaka Shiina Karuho (椎名軽穂). It makes me doki-doki whenever I read/watch it. Although there are many scenes that make me cringe (from being too cheesy or too annoying), there are many aspects of it that I like.
One of my favourite elements of the series is the strong friendship between the main female protagonist Kuronoma Sawako, or sometimes "Sadako", with her 2 best friends Yano Ayane and Yoshida Chizuru.
The relationship between the 3 girls is what I call true friendship. That's why I decided that my favourite supporting female anime characters are Chizuru and Ayane. Why? Because I would love to have them as my best friends, too.
Chizuru is tomboyish with great athletic skills. Ayane is a girly-girl who deeply understands the
twisted complicated female mind. They use these strengths to protect their friends. If they were my best friends, I know that I'll feel safe and secure with them. Chizuru would readily beat up anyone who threatens me. Ayane will use her cunning to make my enemies self-destruct. I think that the two of them complement each other perfectly.
I also like how their seiyuu portrayed their characters. Chizuru is voiced by Sanpei Yuuko (三瓶 由布子), while Ayane is voiced by one of my favourite seiyuu, Sawashiro Miyuki ((沢城 みゆき). Well done to them! (whispers: To be honest, I like their portrayal more than that of the main protagonist Sawako, but this is a secret, alright? Ssssh!)
What I love about the characters of Chizuru and Ayane is that they truly love and treasure Sawako as their best friend. They protect and support her no matter what. They accept her for who she is. There are no back-stabbings between the 3 of them (yet). I fervently hope that none will happen as the series goes on.
Chizuru and Ayane from Kimi no Todoke are my favourite supporting female anime characters because I want to have them as my friends. Who's yours?
Kimi ni Todoke at NTV (Japanese)
Sanpei Yuuko at AXL ONE (Japanese)
Sawashiro Miyuki at Mausu Promotion (Japanese)
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Management Structure
The Enterprise Architecture Office needs to work closely with the Program Management Office or its equivalent. The Program Management Office typically has a strategic planning role that evaluates the strategic benefit, risk and cost associated with programs and projects. It is critical that they are able to understand the outputs of the Architecture Office so as to appreciate the strategic value proposed by the architectures. The Chief Architect has an important role to liaise with this Program Management Office to ensure that the architectures are valued and that programs and projects are created that realize the architectures in implementation initiatives.
Architecture Office Setup
An Architecture Office should enjoy the sponsorship of the executive and should be fully budgeted and funded as a program and monitored against performance criteria. The Chief Architect should have a budget that allows the right resources to be assigned and if necessary procured and research to be conducted where necessary to determine the best architectures. Architectures should be considered as work items that need to be monitored and their value assessed.
Enterprise Architect has powerful and flexible Kanban support that can be used to manage the creation and development of architectures. Phases can be set up and work items can be moved through the Kanban board assigning architecture resources and viewing their progress visually.
Enterprise Architecture Steering Committee
An Enterprise Architecture Steering Committee is an important body that will guide and direct the Architecture program and most importantly will be the decision making body. The members of the Steering committee should have the authority to enforce the decisions and be able to provide or acquire financial, material and human resources to achieve the outcomes required. The committee should be comprised of members representing all major business and technology divisions of the enterprise and given the power as overseers of the Enterprise Architecture Program from a strategic point of view and to act as a liaison with the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office.
Enterprise Architect can be used to define the structure of the Steering Committee and also to provide the members of the Committee with the necessary visualizations of the architectures so that when important decisions are required the members can be well informed and have custom views that provide relevant and necessary information about the architectures enabling them to make informed decisions.
Chief Enterprise Architecture
The Chief Enterprise Architect is the leader of the Architecture team and needs to be a liaison between the executive level stakeholders, the line managers of the business units and the architects that make up the architecture team. This key person should possess all the skills of a Strategic thinker, Architecture Designer, Planner, Policy Manager, Systems Engineer, Diplomat and Communicator. The Chief Architect should have a strong command of the architecture framework and the Repository and be able to understand how to use the tool to create and manage the architectures, govern the implementation initiatives, and create visualizations that communicate how the architectures are moving the enterprise in the direction of its goals.
Enterprise Architect has a number of tools that will support the Chief Architect to achieve their work. This includes Dashboard diagrams that give an overview of a property or facet of the repository and provide compelling charts that help information to be visualized. The Roadmap diagrams can be used to show how the architecture landscape will change over time and to describe the transition from one state to another or even to describe the relationship between the architectures themselves. Diagrams can be created using images for the purpose of communication with executives, the Steering Committee and Line Managers. The chief architect is typically the first appointment and has the responsibility of selecting the architects who will make up the Architecture Team.
Architecture Team
The Architecture Team is typically chosen and assembled by the chief architect who must ensure that the members have the right competencies and discipline to carry out the work and also to be able to collaborate as a team to ensure the work in the architecture domains is integrated into a coherent, comprehensive and propitious enterprise architecture. It is quite common to assign a single person to an architecture domain but is also common and fortuitous to have some overlap between the roles for example a Business Architect having some knowledge of Information Architecture and an Application Architect having knowledge of Technology Architecture. The most common positions for the team are as follows:
- Business Architect
- Information Architect
- Application Architect
- Technology Architect
In addition there are a number of other architects that are often appointed where there is the need for a focus on a particular domain. The focus could be on security such as in financial organizations or geospatial concerns such as in an organization that deals with distributed infrastructure services such as an energy distribution organization or on social aspects where there is a significant social media bias to an organization such as a marketing or publicity organization.
- Security Architect
- Geospatial Architect
- Social Architect
Enterprise Architect has a wide range of tools to assist the architects in creating and managing the domain specific architectures and the management of the architects that make up the team. This includes an Organizational chart that can be used to define the structure of the team, who holds the positions and potentially their relationships to key business and technical stakeholders. Security can be enabled in the tool to encourage collaboration between the architects and to protect parts of the model from change. The powerful Virtual Documents facility can be used to create compelling and cohesive architectural publications and documentation that spans the architecture domains.
Program Management Plan
The Enterprise Architecture Office needs to work closely with the Program Management Office or its equivalent. The Program Management Office typically has a strategic planning role that evaluates the strategic benefit, risk and cost associated with programs and projects. It is critical that they are able to understand the outputs of the Architecture Office so as to appreciate the strategic value proposed by the architectures. The Chief Architect has an important role to liaise with this Program Management Office to ensure that the architectures are valued and that programs and projects are created that realize the architectures in implementation initiatives.
Communication Plan
Timely and frequent communication with the people and parties that hold a stake in the Enterprise Architecture effort is critical to the success of the program and the architectures it creates and disseminates. Each stakeholder group and also occasionally some individual stakeholders will require different information and will need to be kept informed at different times and with varying update frequencies. A plan should be created for each architecture but an enterprise plan could be devised that catalogs generalized communication needs of the stakeholder groups; this could be copied and modified for each distinct architecture where there is variation from the general plan.
Enterprise Architect has a Document Artifact facility that can be used to create any number of Communication Plans directly inside the repository. These plans can be viewed inside the repository or exported to an external file and saved into a variety of formats. A template can be created and be used as the basis of new plans, and there is the ability to include links to repository content within the document.


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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
U.S. Measles Cases This Year Reach 465: CDC
The number of reported measles cases in the United States hit 465 as of April 4, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
That's 78 more than in the previous week's update, CNN reported.
The update said that Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts and Nevada had their first cases of measles this year, bringing the total number of states reporting cases to 19.
The other states are Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas and Washington, CNN reported.
The number of measles cases this year "is the second greatest number of cases reported in the U.S. since measles was eliminated in 2000," according to the CDC.
Last year's total was 372 cases. The largest outbreak occurred in 2014, with 667 cases, CNN reported.
Measles is highly contagious, but it can be prevented through vaccination. One reason for the rising number of measles cases is anti-vaccine misinformation being spread by so-called anti-vaxxers, experts say.
FDA Approves First Single-Tablet, Two-Drug Treatment for Untreated HIV
The first single-tablet, two-drug regimen for treatment of adults with the HIV virus who have never taken antiretroviral drugs has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
"Currently, the standard of care for patients who have never been treated is a three-drug regimen. With this approval, patients who have never been treated have the option of taking a two-drug regimen in a single tablet while eliminating additional toxicity and potential drug interactions from a third drug," said Dr. Debra Birnkrant, director of the FDA's Division of Antiviral Products.
The approval of Dovato (dolutegravir and lamivudine) is based on two clinical trials of more than 1,400 HIV-infected adults with no prior antiretroviral treatment.
The trials found that a regimen of dolutegravir and lamivudine was similarly effective in reducing the amount of HIV in the blood as treatment with dolutegravir, emtricitabine and tenofovir, according to the FDA.
"Having a drug-sparing treatment available that uses fewer drugs is beneficial to patients who may have issues taking multiple medications over a long period of time," Birnkrant said in an FDA news release.
The Dovato labeling includes a boxed warning that patients infected with both HIV and hepatitis B should add treatment for their hepatitis B or consider a different drug regimen, due to the risk of liver damage.
N.Y. Judge Lifts Ban on Unvaccinated Children in Public Places
A Rockland County, N.Y. ban on unvaccinated children in public places that was meant to control a measles outbreak has been overturned by a judge.
On March 26, the county issued a 30-day emergency order prohibiting unvaccinated children younger than 18 from being in public places such as shopping centers, businesses, restaurants, schools, and places of worship, CBS News reported.
But on Friday, a judge in upstate New York lifted the ban, saying that the number of measles cases (166 confirmed cases) did not meet the requirement for an emergency order.
Most of the cases have occurred in the local ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.
The latest decision was "very wrong-headed," said Rockland County executive Ed Day. He said he fears for the well-being of pregnant women and children, who could suffer life-threatening complications from the highly-contagious illness, CBS News reported.
Families in New York State can claim a religious exemption from vaccination requirements. A Rockland County state senator is has sponsored a bill to eliminate that exemption, something California did in 2015, CBS News reported.
"It's very simple: Just remove all non-medical exemptions. Make it clear and simple to school administrators, make it clear and simple to parents. Cut through the nonsense that's out there and let's govern by the science," State Sen. David Carlucci said.
"Or else, we're going to have a real, real problem on our hands, and it's not just going to be isolated to Rockland County or to Brooklyn everyone's going to be facing this," he added, CBS News reported.
Hunt's Tomato Paste Recalled for Mold Danger
Possible mold contamination has led to the recall of 6-ounce cans of Hunt's Tomato Paste No Salt Added, Conagra Brands Inc. says.
After the canning process, some cans might have been damaged, creating the potential for mold. The recalled products were sold in the United States.
Consumers with the recalled products, which have a Best By Date of Oct. 16, 2020, should throw them away or return them to the place of purchase.
For more information, go to Conagra's website.
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Christian Pentecostal Church Group in Coffs Harbour - Australia
Welcome to Coffs Harbour!
We have two house groups in the Coffs Harbour area. We gather regularly in our members' homes in Coffs Harbour, Toormina and Upper Orara.
We are part of a Pentecostal (Spirit-filled) church with groups in various cities across Australasia, the USA, Europe and South Africa. Even amongst our group here in Coffs Harbour six different nationalities are represented!
In the warmer months you may see some of us on a Sunday playing a round of cricket with the kids at the Jetty or one of the other beaches in the Coffs Harbour area, while the others enjoy a nice swim in the surf or just have some good fellowship in one of the BBQ shelters. This is often followed by a nice BBQ and a time of singing choruses and sharing what God has done in our lives.
During the winter months when it's too cold to meet outside, we take turns meeting in each other's houses where we spend time learning about the Word of God and share a meal together afterwards.
Every 4-6 weeks we are joined by other groups from Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and sometimes also Melbourne and Adelaide. On Saturdays we tend to do some practical work together, which is often followed by the men and ladies getting together for some fellowship. Depending on the weather we then meet on Sundays either at a local beach or in a local hall for some good fellowship and a fiery Christian meeting.
Our meetings are quite informal and hopefully welcoming for guests; our church is based on personal involvement and by coming along you can meet people who have had real experiences with God, and who perhaps can help you with any personal questions you may have. We also have a lot of great Christian teaching – books, DVDs and articles – for those seeking answers on a variety of subjects pertaining to the Bible and Christian life, and will be happy to share these with you.
We are always happy to have guests, so if you are in the Coffs Harbour area and are keen to find out more about God, Christianity, the Bible, need healing or to be set free from any kind of oppression, do come along and visit us. Whether you'd like to come to one of our meetings (Wednesdays at 7.00 pm, Sundays at 1.45 pm), or prefer to meet up with a couple of us in town at a coffee shop, we are happy to oblige. Please feel free to contact us on email@example.com.
Some of us have testimonies posted on our website so if you'd like to "meet" some of our members have a look at the links below:
- Lars needed some sound evidence before he could believe the Bible.
- Alica was saved from demon possession and drug addiction.
- Andi, who grew up in a church, writes how she truly found God.
- Mandy tells how she found real joy and salvation.
- Blondy explains how he came to find the meaning of life.
- Dee talks about a miraculous healing.
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In blog post JavaScript Unit Test Tools in Rational Application Developer 9.6 Beta 3, my buddy Cesar showed you how you can easily create unit tests for your JavaScript API and gather metrics about the code coverage to ensure the quality of your code using the JavaScript tools in RAD. Here I'm going to show you some tips that will help you while developing these tests.
Add support.
You already have a web project that contains a bunch of of script files and you want to develop unit tests for them but you want to use the same project for it. You can easily configure your project with JavaScript code quality features.
Right-click on your web project and select Properties.
Select the Project Facets category.
Check the JavaScript Code Quality facet.
Click Finish.
This is the easiest way to configure your project for JS code quality. If you want to add more details to this configuration, like libraries destination within the project or project references, use the Further configuration available... link that appears in th bottom of the facets table.
If your project already has the JavaScript Code Quality facet, which means you already have Jasmine support in your project, and you want to add code coverage capabilities just right-click on the project and select Configure > Add JavaScript Code Coverage support and follow the pop-up wizard to configure the blanket files destination and test runners configuration to support code coverage right away.
Order matters.
Like in any HTML page, the test runners created in RAD have the tests, API's and libraries required by the web browser to run such tests, and as in any HTML page the order where they appear matter. If while running your tests you notice that they're not being executed or some sort of problem at booting them, look at the source code of the HTML and make sure the structure is similar to the following:
The Jasmine-specific files
Your API script files.
Your unit test script files.
The blanket script, if code coverage support is desired.
When configured properly, the scripts order should look like this.
Deployment patterns.
There are different ways to deploy your web projects for testing purposes, but each of them has advantages and disadvantages.
One single web project.
In a single web project you have all your script files: API, test library (a.k.a. Jasmine), and unit test. This is the simplest, so for educational purposes is the best option to choose and as a best practice, keep your files in different folders for an organized layout. The proposed layout is:
- YourProject
- WebContent
- js (folder)
- Your API (folder)
- libs (where the jasmine files are)
- tests (your unit tests)
Just right-click on the HTML runner and select Run As > JavaScript Unit Test and RAD will deploy the project and launch the test.
One more benefit about this pattern is that you don't need to worry for Cross-Origin Resource Sharing problems, as everything is in the same server and context root.
Different projects, same server.
A more modular pattern. This helps to have the main web application code apart from the test code, which means that when the test results are satisfactory, you can then move the web application right to your production server or whatever stage server comes next in your pipeline. You only need to make sure you are referencing your target web project using the Project References in the project properties page so that you can see the JavaScript files and can create unit tests based on them. When you deploying, make sure you select both web projects and RAD will do the rest.
Different projects, different servers.
This is the most complex pattern. Since this pattern involves having two different servers, it means that you will load the remote API scripts (because they're in a different server) into the test application. This is a common pattern in web development called Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) and you will need to handle it manually in your test scripts to allow CORS calls, otherwise the remote scripts will not be loaded at all.
Debugging tests.
Go to Window > Preferences.
Expand General > Tracing.
Check the Enable checkbox.
Search the string com.ibm.etools.webtools.javascript.unittest.ui/debug.
Change the flag to true.
Click OK.
After you run your HTML runner as a JavaScript Unit Test, the JavaScript Unit Test view will be shown and will load a light version of Firebug allowing you to debug the tests from within the view.
Something to note here, whatever change you do in the debug session will not be reflected in the actual file in RAD. You need to make changes in there too.


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Group Five Limited's Cobrette, A Hybrid Cobra On A Corvette Chassis, Is Hip, From Its Extreme Multicolor Paint To Its 350ci Vette Engine
Every once in a while, a designer takes the concept of a Cobra and changes it a bit to take the replication of this popular marque to a different level. Such is the case with Group Five Limited's Cobrette, which places the Snake on a Corvette frame and propels it with Vette power.
Typically, Cobra replicas sit on either Mustang II donors or originally manufactured chassis, and generally, they employ Blue Oval power. However, when Chris Wilkins decided to make his foray into the Snake world in 1991 with Group Five, he did it his way, and the car we saw at last year's AHA Knott's Berry Farm Show certainly proved that he can create a stand-out car.
Wilkins starts his Cobrette (hybrid name of Cobra and Corvette) with a '68-82 Corvette chassis with a 98-inch wheelbase. He removes 4 inches from the rear framerail and utilizes a stock Corvette IRS with factory rear springs and brakes, to which he adds Penske shocks. The front suspension is stock Vette as are the spindles, antiroll bar, front brakes, springs, brake lines, steering box, and steering column. Penske shocks also are added up front. A Coleman racing master cylinder and pedal assembly are also added.
The engine is one that would get any Snake spitting venom. It is a 350ci Corvette eight-cylinder engine that spits out 350 hp. An Edelbrock 650-cfm carburetor, MSD ignition and coil, Mallory wires, and Edelbrock manifold accompany the blueprinted engine, and Hooker headers for '68-82 Vettes are bolted on. The transmission is a Turbo 400 automatic.
The body is all Group Five. The hand-laid fiberglass and Kevlar body shell sits over a stock Corvette radiator. The shell was painted a lustrous, ever-changing BASF Extreme Multicolor, and the body is accentuated by polished aluminum bumpers and Cobra headlights, taillights, and rearview mirrors.
And this car has air conditioning, courtesy of GM.
It looks like a Cobra, but it has lots of Vette in it–Cobrette, an interesting twist on the marque that gives this Snake a lot of swagger.


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Slovak Association for production and use of biofuels (ZVVB) believes that if new European Commission proposal for biofuels is applied in practice the whole EU will be sidelined in this perspective area. They consider it to be an ill-conceived experiment which will substantially hurt the whole biofuel industry.
On October 17 the EC published a proposal to limit global land conversion for biofuel production, and raise the climate benefits of biofuels used in the EU. The use of food-based biofuels to meet the 10 % renewable energy target of the Renewable Energy Directive should be limited to 5 %. The EC argues that it will stimulate the development of alternative, so-called second generation biofuels from non-food feedstock, like waste or straw, which emit less greenhouse gases than fossil fuels and do not directly interfere with global food production.
Freeze of investments
"The problem is that we are not yet able to commercially produce these biofuels and it will definitely be true also in 2020," Robert Spisak, the chairman of the executive committee of the association said.
The association argues that investments in the current production will be frozen since the existing industry capacities are almost sufficient to meet the 5 % limit. "We are in danger that for this reason we will not fulfill the original target to have 10 % of bio component in every liter of petrol and diesel in 2020," Spisak added.
Food lobby?
Slovak biofuel association sees the EC step as a result of strong food industry lobby.
"Food producers are trying to justify the growing food prices by claiming that it is caused by increased consumption of agricultural products from biofuel producer´s side. That is not true," Robert Spisak claims.
The association calculated that in 2012 around 3 million tons of corn and 4.5 million tons of wheat are to be used for bioethanol production in the EU. In case of wheat it means 1.5 % of the total grain production. They added that globally around 3 % of the total grain production is annually used for ethanol blending.
Food chamber reacts
Slovak Agricultural and Food Chamber (SPPK) reacted that the biofuel production does not represent a threat to food security for Slovakia neither for the EU.
Their press officer Stanislav Nemec explained that Slovakia has lost its food self-sufficiency in most products that used to be grown in the mild climate but not due to biofuels production. The changes recently accounced by the EC give the chamber an impression that the Union energy concept is not clear enough.
"We agree with the viewpoint of Slovak Association for production and use of biofuels that the commercial production of second generation biofuels is not likely to be secured as fast as to cover 5 % of the bio component blended in fossil fuels in 2020," Stanislav Nemec added.


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SHERIDAN — Each year, the WYO Theater offers up a show for its gala that has broad appeal for audiences. This year will be no exception when local theater participants offer up a production of "Sister Act the Musical."
"Sister Act" is the feel-good musical comedy based on the hit 1992 film. It features original music by Tony- and eight-time Oscar winner Alan Menken and was nominated for five Tony Awards, including best musical.
When disco diva, Deloris Van Cartier, witnesses a murder, she is put in protective custody in the one place the cops are sure she won't be a found — a convent. Disguised as a nun, she finds herself at odds with both the rigid lifestyle and uptight Mother Superior. Using her unique disco moves and singing talent to inspire the choir, Deloris breathes new life into the church and community but, in doing so, blows her cover. Soon, the gang is giving chase, only to find them up against Deloris and the power of her newly found sisterhood.
Proceeds from the gala event, set for Oct. 21, will support the WYO Theater's operating expenses for the 2017-2018 season.
The evening will begin at 5 p.m. with a reception at Frackelton's, then cross the street to the WYO for silent and live auctions along with the performance.
Tickets for the gala event cost $103.50 per person and can be purchased through the WYO Theater box office, online at wyotheater.com or by phone at 672-9084.
Encore performances of the play will also be offered Oct. 26 through Oct. 29.
Tickets for the encore performances cost $25 for adults, $22 for seniors and military members and $15 for students.
Marva Craft will direct the show, with Kathy McNickle offering music direction.
The WYO Theater is located at 42 N. Main St.


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Tickets On Sale Now for St. Patrick's Day Gala, March 17
The annual St. Patrick's Day Gala is coming on March 17, 2015 from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. Come for great food, drinks, entertainment, and museum tours. The event benefits the preservation of Bradford County history and celebrates our Irish history. Purchase your tickets online now by visiting www.bradfordhistory.com and clicking on Events and then Ticket Office. Tickets may also be purchased in the Research Library by visiting or calling 570-265-2240 during regular business hours, Wednesday through Friday, 10 am to 4 pm. They are also available from board members.
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Hello everyone. Today I'm here with you today to share a little layout I have created using the fabulous "Cotton Candy Dreams" collection from 7 Dots Studio.
I wanted to make an orange layout with the papers. I had made lots of mint coloured ones and some mint and orange ones but I hadn't yet explored a single monochromatic orange from the collection and was excited to see how it turned out.
The design is a classic one that drops or cascades beautifully down the page. It's always my go to design when I'm struggling for ideas. I have to say the ALL orange did stump me for a bit, but as I got further into the creating it started to flow well.
Once I added the height in the tags and then the charms, I knew it was going to work well. I just love how it all came together and I love the organic feel it has to it.
I hope you have some inspiration to try out an ALL orange layout too. It's not always our go to colour but it is ever so lovely really. Don't you think?
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Saudi Arabia is one of those places where accident ratio is very high so you should never ever even think to drive your car without vehicle insurance. According to Arab News, 19 people die daily in Saudi Arabia due to a road accident. It means 1 out of every 86 persons die in Saudi Arabia every 5 years due to road accidents in Saudi Arabia. If you meet with any accident, you will have to go through a certain procedure which is explained below;[irp]
If you are involved in a road accident, the first rule is that you need to stop your vehicles at the place where they are. You cannot move them unless some traffic police officer arrives at the point of accident and ask you to move vehicles. If you fail to stop your vehicle at the place of accident, you will be fined with SR 10,000 and jailed for 3 months. Source: Saudi Gazette
God forbids, if you feel that there is some injury to anyone involved in an accident, you need to provide him possible assistance.
In the case of traffic accident, you either need to call Najm or Traffic Police. In case any of the parties involved in a traffic accident have insurance, you need to call Najm. If none of the parties involved have valid vehicle insurance, you need to call traffic police at 993. If you have to call Najm, it is better to download and install their application. You can call them easily by using their mobile application. Recommended: Procedure to use Najm Application to Report Traffic Accident
Whoever comes, traffic police or Najm, he will see the position of the collision, will take your driving License and vehicle registration and will ask you to park your vehicles at some less crowded place in case you are on a road. Now after parking all the involved vehicles, an officer of traffic police will ask about the accident. If you know his language, you can tell him how the accident took place. If you don't know his language, no need to waste your energy and time.
He will establish the responsibility of parties involved and hand over related documents to both parties after which you can start the process of claiming the money from either insurance company or from the person. Traffic police will help you to recover the money if the defaulted party does not have insurance. Recommended: Procedure of Claiming Insurance after Accident
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Just yesterday, Google started to push out the XE12 update to Google Glass. Which is their monthly update for their wearable. However, the updates didn't end there. Yesterday's update brought along quite a few new features, including the ability to wink to take a picture. Our own Glass Explorer, Keith, detailed the update yesterday, which you can read here.
However today, Google decided to put a bunch of new apps (called Glassware on Google Glass) into the MyGlass Glassware page. It's great to see even more apps available. However, MyGlass isn't the only way to put apps onto your Glass, you can also go ahead and sideload the apps, since this is still running on Android (Ice Cream Sandwich to be exact). But as always, there could be bugs and such, so we prefer doing it through MyGlass.
Here are the apps that are now available. There's the Wall Street Journal, so now you can go ahead and read about the breaking news, politics, business, and just about everything else you love about Google Glass. Next up is Weather Alert. So you can stay informed and alerted about several weather of over 120 types, which is also customizable. There's also Winkfeed, which is a RSS feed app that brings news right in front of your eyes. You can choose your feeds and Glass delivers. You can also save to pocket, which is amazing. There's also Upload to YouTube. This was part of the XE12 announcement yesterday, but now you can upload private and public videos recorded through Glass straight to YouTube. Finally, Hangouts is now available. Alongside the Upload to YouTube app, this was also covered in yesterday's announcement. You can now reply to Hangouts messages without starting a video call. Group messaging is also supported.
It's great to see more apps coming to Glass, and I can't wait to see what else makes its way over. Hopefully we see a ton of new apps popping up in the next few months as more and more people get their hands on Glass.


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Iconic James Bond Actor Sir Roger Moore Has Passed Away at Age 89
"I enjoy being a highly overpaid actor." He was the James Bond that I grew up with, and adored even more than Sean Connery. We're sad to report that English actor Sir Roger Moore has passed away today at age 89. His death was announced by his family on Twitter after Moore had an unsuccessful battle with cancer. Moore's last Bond movie was A View to a Kill in 1985, and ever since then he has been appearing in various smaller roles but nothing too big, including a few appearances as himself in movies like Incompatibles and The Carer. Moore was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 for "services to charity", and also became a UNICEF ambassador in his later years. He starred in a total of seven James Bond movies from 1973 to 1985.
Here's the official announcement from Moore's own Twitter account, along with a few other remembrances:
With the heaviest of hearts, we must share the awful news that our father, Sir Roger Moore, passed away today. We are all devastated. pic.twitter.com/6dhiA6dnVg
— Sir Roger Moore (@sirrogermoore) May 23, 2017
RIP Sir Roger Moore. My first Bond and one of the first actors that I loved as a kid. And a lovely, funny, warm person to boot. Farewell.
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 23, 2017
R.I.P Sir Roger Moore. He was the king of cool.
— Boy George (@BoyGeorge) May 23, 2017
#RIP #RogerMoore
Roger Moore, as #JamesBond , downs a martini. 1968. pic.twitter.com/XmnOcEyuJO
— TATJANA SL (@TATJANASL) May 23, 2017
I'm a huge James Bond and grew up watching all of the movies as a kid, which is why I'm specifically writing this obituary and remembrance. Moore was my favorite Bond growing up, there was something about his charisma and character and charm that made him the James Bond to me. Even more than Connery. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) is one of my favorite Bond movies, and I have a soft spot for Moonraker (1979), despite its cheesiness. As Boy George put so perfectly, "he was the king of cool". I always felt he had all the best qualities of James Bond as Ian Fleming had written, mixing the suave and the sex with cunning ability to be deadly and brutal whenever it was necessary. I am happy to be able to revisit any of his classic Bond movies anytime, and to remember him fondly as the Bond that I grew up with. Moore is also known for his roles on a few UK TV shows, including "The Saint" and "The Persuaders!". Rest in peace, Agent 007.


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12 - The year kicked off with the passing of one of our beloved pets. Kirsten's tarantula died (read about it here). She had lovingly named him Hitler when we got him and just as lovingly tossed him in the dumpster when he stopped breathing. This made me consider two things: First, what would she do with me if I died and second, do spiders breathe? I mean, they don't have noses and I don't feel like looking it up right now. Someone explain it to me.
That same day, the youth minister at our new church asked me if I wanted to help with the jr. high kids. We had been in town for three months at that point, I hadn't assaulted anyone yet and my background check came back clean, so they figured I was safe around their kids. The journey to influence young minds in a new town begins.
14 - I started a new job at a factory in the neighboring town with three letters for its name. I never asked what the letters stood for, so I can only guess. I was hired on to work in Quality Assurance. I was one of the most hated people in the plant. Apparently, they hadn't really had much of a quality control program in place and suddenly I come on the scene with the job of catching peoples' mistakes. Some department supervisors would actually refuse to let me on their floor. Since I was only there to tell them what they were doing wrong, I can't say I blame them for not liking me, but since the management couldn't be bothered to make sure people cooperated so I could do my job, most of my time was spent arguing with people and trying to force my way into areas I was not welcome. To make matters worse, my paper work often got other people fired, demoted or sent off for training and they gave me an office high above the factory floor so I could observe the line workers. Guess how many friends I made there.
15 - Kirsten sensing my stress or trying to butter me up for something, does the dishes for the first time since we had moved. I believe that was also the last time. She is not very domestic.
1 - The first day of February we get hit with a snow and ice storm that was predicted to be the biggest since weather started being recorded (read about the Snowpocolypse here). Stores were cleared out of merchandise and we hunkered down expecting the worst. It was a bad storm, but not nearly the size they warned us about. Our power was out for a little over 4 hours, school and work were cancelled for a few days, but we survived.
|These things never end well.
12 - After two months as a hated Quality Assurance specialist, I decided to quit my job before someone made good on the various death threats I had been receiving. This gave me a lot of extra time at home, which led to the discovery that I could link my XBOX to my computer through my wireless router. Suddenly, my TV in the living room had access to all the movies and music on my hard drive from the computer in my bedroom. Since we didn't have cable, it gave us another much appreciated option for TV viewing.
|BAZINGA, loser!!!
19 - This month was also the occurrence of the Supermoon. While I expected to see a big cape on the moon for that evening, I was disappointed to learn that it only means the moon will be about 15% bigger than usual. I was even more disappointed when it was so cloudy that night we couldn't even see the moon, the stars or anything else that might be worth looking at. We live in a cruel galaxy.
11 - An event occurs outside of my own life that gets my attention. A massive earthquake hits Japan causing tsunamis and widespread destruction. We soon learned that a Navy friend of ours was on a ship just off the coast. He spent the next few months on site at the nuclear power plant that was in danger of meltdown. He assisted with containment and cleanup.
8 - This month brought to an end the several months long wait to see if Congress would be able to come up with a financial plan to keep the government from shutting down. Everyone was waiting to see if income tax checks would come, social security pay out and government offices stay open. With less than an hour to spare, they came up with a new plan. Now our trusted elected officials have a little more time in office to vote for higher congressional salaries.
17 - Quickly approaching completion of my bachelor's degree, I turn in my proposal for my final research paper. It was 10 (TEN) PAGES long. Notice this was not the paper, but the proposal introducing the paper that was to come later. This forced me to consider how much I really wanted this degree. The actual paper was long enough, I should get it published so people everywhere could use it as a paperweight.
1 - President Obama holds press conference announcing that Osama bin Laden has been killed by U.S. special forces. Osama, shot in the face while holding one of his wives in front of him as a shield and surrounded by dozens of cases of Pepsi, still went out with a little more dignity than Saddam when he was dragged, un-bathed, out of a hole in the ground.
7 - My daughter leaves me that evening to attend her first Prom (click here). I spent most of the evening looking around town for good places to hide a body if her boyfriend did not heed my warnings for the evening.
11 - Turn in the last assignment for my degree (click here). I suddenly have a lot of free time.
18 - I receive my degree in the mail. I took my first college class in August of 1989 and received my degree in May 2011. At just a few months short of 22 years to complete my degree, I decide it must be time to figure out what I want to do with my life.
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25 - Bigger than news of the potential end of the world was the actual end of the Oprah Winfrey Show. After 25 years, Oprah brings her show to an end. Whether a fan of Oprah or not, this event could not be missed since it was reported on every station. Oprah celebrated her departure by giving a new car to every person who has ever watched the show.
3 - The famed euthanasia enthusiast Jack "Dr. Death" Kevorkian dies from thrombosis of the liver caused by his Hepatitis C infection. The elderly now have to return to dying the old fashioned way...watching Matlock and Murder, She Wrote reruns.
16 - New York's 9th District representative Anthony Weiner resigns. Insert your own joke here.
5 - After months of capturing the attention of every media outlet, Casey Anthony is found not guilty of the murder of her daughter. The country is outraged and the jurors start clamoring for book deals. Due to the country's brain-dead interest in the crazy lives of dysfunctional families, the Anthony family will probably be the stars of their own reality show before the end of 2012.
6 - In retaliation to the police shooting of Mark Duggan, local youth started massive looting, burning down local businesses and inciting violence. This crime spree lasted four days. Sixteen people who had nothing to do with the shooting died in the violence. While this incident did create chaos for local law enforcement, the worst was suffered by local people and families that were unlucky enough to get caught by the thug mob.
17 - I receive my substitute teaching certificate (click here) so my circle of influence on the youth of my community grows a little bigger.
22 - I start my first class for my Master's degree. I quickly learn that Master's level work is not more difficult than work at the Bachelor's level, but there is much more of it.
22 - My daughter comes home from school with her driver's permit. This is followed by months of white-knuckled car rides. I soon bit through my lip while pretending to calmly observe and instruct. I decide I will never be a drivers' education instructor.
23 - A 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered 40 miles north of Richmond, VA rocked residents from South Carolina to Maine. Office workers in New York flooded the streets to get out of their trembling buildings and parts of the Pentagon and White House were evacuated. Residents of Los Angeles laughed at all the commotion over a little shudder.
|Look, Ma! That's my name.
24 - The UARS satellite falls out of the sky (click here) after years of wandering aimlessly around the cosmos. NASA had no idea where it would come down and warned that some of the pieces would be the size of a small bus, but reassured the public that they were in no danger. What more could we expect, they're only rocket scientists?
29 - I host a guest spot on THE VINE radio station (click here). I am invited back despite calling Christian radio "spiritual junk food" on the air.
5 - Steve Jobs, one of the greatest contributors to the technological age, dies. The world mourned because we had grown accustomed to looking at pictures of ourselves on devices he invented. iPads and iPhones all simultaneously powered down that day to observe a moment of silence.
here). About 500 of the undead terrorized the area's citizens and created untold chaos from six to nine.
31 - The population of the earth reaches 7 billion people, prompting renewed discussions about overcrowding. After driving through South Dakota and Wyoming last year, I think I have a solution. There is no one out there.
Nothing happened in November. It's not my fault, but nothing happened.
15 - Obama officially declares an end to the war in Iraq. American families are looking forward to having their family members home to share the burden of unemployment, climbing taxes, wide-spread foreclosures and rampant crime rates.
|I love movies...and me!
2012 - While we do not know what to expect from the new year, hopefully you are looking forward to it and are willing to take control and make it your best year ever. Just keep in mind that the Mayan calendar stops and the world is supposed to end on December 21, so you have a little less than a year left to do everything you have ever wanted to do. Don't blame me if you drag you feet.


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Podcast: Jarrod Morgan of ProctorU explains live monitoring of online tests
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Andrew Jackson University, a distance education school based in Birmingham, Alabama, faced a big question several years ago: How could students take tests the same way they pursued their studies — off campus, via the internet — with the same level of security they would encounter in a test center?
Jarrod Morgan, who was then the school's director of technology, recently told me the answer:We decided to come up with our own process based on the face-to face monitoring experience that's been used by colleges and universities and test centers for decades and decades. What that means is that you have to see the person, you have to see what they're doing, and you have to know who they are. So if you can do all three of those, see the person, see what they're doing, and know who they are, you've essentially monitored that exam the same way you would do it in a test center.
Great idea! But how did they implement it? By using webcams, screen-sharing technology and layered authentication methods, with a live proctor observing each test taker.
The success and popularity of this solution led to the formation of ProctorU, a live, online proctoring/monitoring service that allows people to complete assessments from wherever they are while ensuring exam integrity. Questionmark partners with ProctorU to bring added security for higher-stakes exams taken outside testing centers.
In this podcast interview with Jarrod, now the company's vice president of business development, you will hear more about how online monitoring works and why academic institutions, businesses and other organizations are choosing this option. We also talked about various security challenges, including identity fraud, and how to combat them. We touched on how test takers have responded to this idea, too. Feel free to listen in!


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I was introduced to World Housing yesterday at a company meeting. Being in the Real Estate Sales business we sometimes loose the fact that the homes we are selling are hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars. We sit in our homes, in our favorite chairs with our children or pets by our side, and we stress about the silly things that happened today. The story of World Housing Communities tugged at my hear and I decided that I needed and wanted to get involved.
World Housing Communities believes that safe, secure housing is a right that everyone deserves. They travel the world to find inspiring, lasting community building partners and work with them to do what they are great at doing. The company I represent has made a commitment to get involved with this amazing and heart tugging project. A new home means a new start and the beginning of a life with safety, security and stability. Things that most of us have worked for and obtained in our lives! Stating copy from their information – what grows from this is restoration of dignity and hope for the future. Communities begin to thrive, bringing up a new generation of healthy, educated and inspired leaders for their community.
It does take a village to build a village, and I believe that because Tijuana is at our back door we can relate to helping even more. We will be able to "literally" see the results of our help and contributions. We can change lives! I just wanted to share my recent experience and will continue reporting as this project grows. I feel lucky that I have my life,m my clients, my friends and family! I now have a new focus and a new community to be involved with and help to thrive. Let me know if you have questions regarding the Tijuana Project. Check out World Housing web site! You'll be glad you did!


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|Snow at Kamibashi Bridge, Nikko', 1930, Hasui Kawase,
|Hasui Kawase
|Kamibashi Bridge at Nikko, 1953, Hasui Kawase--same bridge no snow.
|Pine beach at Miho Postcard,
1919-20, Hasui Kawase
|Fuji-ya Hotel, Hakone, Autumn, 1949, Hasui Kawase.
He also painted the the same scene in the other three seasons.
|Morning at Dotonbori in Osaka (detail),
1921, Hasui Kawase
|Rain at Shinagawa Tokyo, 1931, Hasui Kawase
|Nihonbashi Bridge, 1940, Hasui
Kawase. A very un-Japanese Bridge,
|Grapes and Apples, 1940, Hasui Kawase
|A Doll, 1931, Hasui Kawase
|Muroto Peninsula, Tosa, 1927, Hasui Kawase
--more rugged than most Japanese seascapes.
|Monkey Rock, 1949, Hasui Kawase.
According to the Los Angeles
Police, this work has been stolen
|Clearing after snow at Yoshida, 1944, Kawase Hasui, one of his few wartime prints.


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Ecclesiastes 12:11 | The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd.
Ecclesiastes 12:12 | My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
The book of Ecclesiastes is a brutally honest meditation of life under the sun. The Preacher's musings of life after the Fall in Genesis 3 may be a few millennia old, but the insights are just as relevant today. At the heart of the book is the Preacher's investigation to find what is good for man to do under the sun during the days of his vain life. In other words, he searched for some kind of lasting meaning and purpose that could be found here on earth. And he certainly did search. He gave himself completely over to pursuing pleasure, taking everything that his eye desired and accumulated for himself wealth beyond compare. In many ways, Solomon achieved the American Dream. And yet his conclusion is that all is vanity, a striving after the wind.
With verse eight of this final chapter repeating verse two of the first chapter, the body of Ecclesiastes finds its conclusion. The remaining six verses form the epilogue to this biblical work of philosophy. Throughout the entirety of the book, the "under the sun" perspective has been predominating. Solomon has primarily written about the frustrations of life without considering God, thus enabling him to illustrate, as much as possible, the vanity and hopelessness of living without God, a life under the sun. If in our previous study the Preacher lifted our eyes toward the sun itself, he continues to lift our heads further in these verses. Verses 13-14 will fully point us to the God who is above the sun, but verses 9-12 direct us to His means of reaching out to us under the sun: the Scriptures.
Read Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 and discuss the following.
Because all Scripture profits us through teaching, reproving, correcting, and training us, reflect upon the studied text, and ask yourself the following questions about the present text.