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Unsurprisingly, Piketty's opus is not everyone's cup of tea. His fundamental findings (based on research and not ideology) are not approved by some from the ideologue camp, notably new Marxists, who argue that Piketty's assumptions about the future are unfounded. My response to that is that his predictions for the future are based on three hundred years of research, and while there are many slips twixt the cup and the lip, I will take the lessons of history and research over the ideology of either right or left wing guesswork. Piketty's effort favors neither right nor left; it is rather a work of pragmatism and reality with no preconceived conclusions.
Piketty admits there are gaps in the research he conducted to come up with his basic formula and ultimate conclusion (which I will discuss later). Plainly the Nazi and Stalinist eras (along with East India Tea and Standard Oil and other trusts) yielded suspect numbers. Piketty refers to such gaps and discusses the means he used to make them useful for his purposes in writing his epic work. Some numbers are better than no numbers; how one treats such gaps and the weight he/she assigns them or parts of them is the best we can do at this late date. I find his treatment objective and fair.
It is not just new Marxists on the left who are unhappy with Piketty's unassailable logic and conclusions. The right is unhappy as well (and they should as defenders of capitalism be unhappy with the demonstrated truth in his effort since he deals with objective facts and not corporate fables). Thus Ryan Decker argues that the book is more about accounting than economics. That seems a particularly weak rejoinder to me because accounting is a necessary prelude to establish the research base from which one can draw conclusions based on reality and not ideology (as both left and right have so successfully sold to America over the past some 150 years – the Gilded Age through today). Indeed I think Decker's putdown is a compliment rather than a criticism of Piketty's work; it is the solid numbers Piketty has so laboriously pulled out of the past three centuries that undergird his conclusions of the global economic future. So just what were the numbers and what are his conclusions in this last part of my essay?
First some background – Piketty and Emmanuel Saez first studied American income tax data to show how highly concentrated income was in the top 1, 0.1, or even 0.01 percent. Their research on this income inequality is at the heart of today's debate about sharing such new wealth fairly as between capitalists and their workers and is the debate in which I have extensively written. Piketty's book moves the debate from income inequality to wealth inequality. (The two, of course, are joined at the hip, obviously, since the more one side takes, the less for the other.)
Piketty correctly defines capital as wealth, but wealth is much more unequally distributed than income where 5 percent of households own a majority of the wealth while the bottom 40 percent have negative wealth due to debts. I am not among those who believe that it is too simplistic to divide a society into those who own things and those who work for a living; I think the comparison apt. With tax and bankruptcy codes written to favor the already wealthy, it is plain that their wealth will expand. Thus "taxable income" tells us little about wealth already accumulated.
The expansion of wealth in isolated context is not necessarily bad if accompanied by economic growth at the same rate, as Piketty shows with his now celebrated formula r>g, which is a simple construct. His principal finding proceeds from his research showing that r, the private rate of return on capital, is greater for long periods of time than the rate of growth and output, or g. When this occurs over long periods of time, the rich continue to get richer and the poor (from which such additional wealth is secured) get poorer. He dates the anomalies of periods of time in which there were shocks to the system (WW I and II and the Great Depression until about 1980) in which r and g were more or less the same because of the devastation of the wealth of Europe and Japan and high employment and a sharing of the new wealth with labor (I date America's r>g's rejection from the New Deal until circa 1974).
Piketty's research (irrespective of what economic policies are adopted!) shows that capital growth has been and will continue to be 4 to 5 percent while economic growth for the foreseeable future will likely average 1 to 1.5 percent per annum. He writes that: "With an average return on capital of 4-5 percent, it is therefore likely that r>g will again become the norm in the twenty-first century, as it had been throughout history until the eve of World War I. In the twentieth century, it took two world wars to wipe away the past and significantly reduce the return on capital, thereby creating the illusion that the fundamental structural contradiction of capitalism (r>g) had been overcome." He eschews heavy taxation of capital as it would kill the motor of accumulation (greed – my word for it) and thus further reduce the growth rate; he rather favors a progressive annual tax on capital (which, you will recall, he equates with wealth). He is of the view that such a progressive tax on capital could "avoid an endless inegalitarian spital while preserving competition and incentives for new instances of private accumulation."
He correctly cautions that such a progressive taxation on capital would require a high level of international cooperation, otherwise, those with huge fortunes subject to such a tax would simply (as now) send their money to Swiss banks and other tax-dodging venues. All international states would have to be privy to such agreements in order to have effective enforcement of such tax statutes by individual states.
Piketty is of the view (and I agree) that the historic ratio r>g is back with us since the devastation of capital in WW I, WW II and the Great Depression, and that we must do something to impede its continuation because, unless we do, our democracy may well be lost – lost to a formula, a formula that can be altered but not if we do nothing, because, as Stiketty puts it: "Once constituted, capital reproduces itself faster than output increases. The past devours the future. . ."
Our prior economic history, now understood, need not be our future economic history. Now that we have identified the fundamental structural contradiction of capitalism as a system, then unless we wish to rid ourselves of capitalism and adopt some other such economic system, we have little choice but to do what is necessary to contradict the contradiction. Our failure to weaken or end the harsh historical assessment of r>g will ultimately not only be a threat to democratic societies and the values of social justice upon which they are based, but capitalism itself.
In view of the gross current inequalities now evident – and building – it is time to put aside our petty political grievances and ideologies and (as in war) unite to save the system we now have by altering it to avoid the historical ravages of r>g and to bring equilibrium to how we share our economy's fruits. Social cohesion, our democracy, social justice and even capitalism as a system demand no less. GERALD E
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Why did the Jewish people, newly freed from the Egyptians, flee across the parted red sea?
I believe it was out of Fear. Fear drove them into the sea and got them across allowing them to see the destruction of their oppressors. Shortly there after they went back to their whining, doubting ways. If we are motivated by fear we will have the motivation to get away from something, but then what? What are you running into? When in that heightened state of fear we are only acting on instinct of escape, we have no thoughts of the future. We run and crash and run and crash over and over.
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Jesus has just fed the 5,000 and goes to recharge with His Father in prayer. He sends His disciples ahead of Him. In the early morning or during bible times they would say in the watching hours of the night. Jesus is seen walking on the water toward them. The disciples are frightened believing that they are seeing a ghost. The bible describes wind and waves and an atmosphere of fear. Yet,Peter! Peter calls to the Lord and says if its you call me and I will come. Peter is looking forward, focusing on, running to something, toward a future, toward the only hope of mankind. His intensity of desire and love for something more, something only Jesus can give, drives him forward. I believe because of his faith he knew full well the wind and waves were there but stepped out anyway, walking toward Jesus. The bible doesn't say how far he got that's all speculation. It could have been two steps or it could have been 1/4 of a mile. We don't know, we only know his focus on Jesus was lost and he began to fear because he looked at the world. I look at the world and also know fear. Peter triumphed over all the other disciples then and now, and walked on water, the only all human to do so. When we step out on the water and trust, really trust Jesus we triumph.
Don't concentrate on the world, don't even concentrate on how far Jesus is away from you. Focus, focus only on Your Savior and He will sustain you and He will pull you up when you fall. Then you will not only live, but triumph! You will be able to do things, through Christ, that aren't humanely possible. Then and now God is a God of miracles.
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The experimental setup used by spadout. Image from [1].
The 9 different rubbers showed a 6.5° range – which seems to suggest that there is not much difference between them (the results were later scaled to give more pronounced differences in the sticky rankings). Although in the realms of gnarly slab climbing a little extra friction might go a long way. However, rubber friction is not straightforward and there is more to rock boots than just the sticky factor.
The coefficeint of friction is not affected by normal force for most materials, but for rubber it can vary. Image from [2].
Perhaps more important, climbing requires two seemingly contradictory properties; high stiffness for edging and soft sticky rubber for smearing on smooth slabs. The test may be indicative of smearing performance – but is that the most important aspect?
[1] http://www.spadout.com/r/climbing-rubber-test/
[2] M. Lindner, Experimental and analytical investigation of rubber friction, University of Hannover, Pdf here: http://fluid.ippt.gov.pl/ictam04/text/sessions/docs/SM2/12086/SM2_12086.pdf
[3] An interesting discussion of climbing friction: http://www.theshortspan.com/features/friction.htm


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Can anyone advise please. Our gen 2 has been standing about ten days. Started it today to loud stealing under bonnet and strong burning smell, switched it off. Smoky under Bonnet strong burning smell
But not clear where it's coming from. Started again with bonnet open, no squeak and smell dissipates so took it a hundred feet or so. But handbrake light is still on and wasn't happy driving it.
OH now tells me that the revs flared a couple of times on acceleration. Not kick down but odd? Any ideas anyone? It's been running fine otherwise? Thank you.
January 2018
Squeal and burning smell sounds like belt slippage. That could be because the belts were covered in condensation and slipped, but could also be because something they're turning is a bit stiff. Either way, if it now starts and drives fine, I wouldn't be too worried. I'd get the belts checked and maybe changed at the next service though.

Handbrake light is probably because the handbrake shoes are stuck after being left for a while in damp weather. If you repeatedly put the handbrake on and off, does the light go on and off as well? If I have troubles with handbrakes sticking, I drive down my road for 100 yards or so at about 5mph with the handbrake lightly on, just to clean up the shoes a little. Hope this helps.

January 2018
Thanks so much for that, big help. That all makes sense, burning smell was very strong.
Handbrake light seems to be on all the time even when driving.
Any thoughts on the flaring of the rev counter, obvs something else. Threes but seems the first two aren't so bad, thank you.

January 2018
Flaring revs, forgot that one. That could be a problem. Do you have gear change buttons on your steering wheel? If so, could be the gearbox is on its way out. However, if you don't have the buttons, it could be that your gear selector isn't quite aligned - I have this on mine. I have to drive with the shifter in 2nd gear, for the gearbox to be in drive! Annoying but it works. Experiment with slowly shifting into drive, and see if it shifts "quite late" as you move the lever down. In that case it's just a cable needs adjusting I think - I've just lived with it on mine but really need to fix it!
January 2018
Ah thank you. It's the 4AT auto box NOT the CVT, but a couple of times it hasn't wanted to go into Drive when first moving from Park so maybe that's waht's going on.
With the other two issues too, I think it's time Cuby Tuesday went for a service/belt change and gear box oil change?
Do you know what that cable is called? So I can advise garage to check it?
Thanks so much for your VERY helpful advice.

January 2018
A belt change and transmission fluid flush shouldn't be too expensive so well worth doing. I don't know if the cable has a specific name, but just explain to them that your gear selector cable needs adjusting as the shifter position and gear selected aren't quite 100%. And let me know what they do so I can do mine myself, lol. I should take my car in, but I'm away a lot and when I am home I need the car!
January 2018
Yeah it's always a hassle finding time to take Cubey to the garage, but am no mechanic and he needs some TLC. He's not booked in for next week so will do that thank you.

February 2018
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Fortunately we looked under the bonnet properly before we took CubyTues to garage. On further inspection you could see there was a belt hanging loose, so we called out the AA who advised that the alternator had seized but said it was OK to drive as the water pump was separate. AA followed OH to garage 20 miles away.
AA advised that the handbrake light might have been caused by alternator?
Garage says handbrake pads all OK.
Now Garage asking about the 4AT oil change. They are a bit worried as they don't normally do auto fluid change? Any advice anyone? I may do a separate thread. Thanks.

February 2018
Hmm there is "a way" to do auto fluid changes, which I'm sure a good search on here would find. I'm away and only have my phone or I'd have a look. I did a partial change of my fluid with fully synthetic oil from halfwords and it's been fine. I accidentally took the wrong sump plug out in the dark when I first got the car!
Belt is weird, not had one just pop off before! Alternator failure normally shows as a red battery symbol rather than red exclamation mark for handbrake. Hope you can get that sorted ok, should be easy enough.
February 2018
Thanks. I think the alternator had seized and snapped the belt.I have searched forum and can't find a thread for the auto box? Is it the same auto box as K12 micra? Do you know? Thank you.
February 2018
I believe it's the same gearbox. I know the fluid you need is Nissan Matic J, although I used some generic synthetic stuff as I said. From memory I think the gearbox takes 2.6 litres of oil in total. When I did my accidental flush I took the drain plug out, saw in the darkness that my "engine oil" was actually red transmission fluid, let it drain anyway, and then just topped the car up again. It's been fine since. A proper fluid flush is a more involved process I'm sure, but a partial fluid change was good enough for me.
February 2018
Oh that's helpful thank you.

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The Maryville College women's basketball team earned their fourth straight victory with a tough non-conference road win over Emory University by the score of 56-55 in Atlanta, Georgia on Friday evening.
Scots' seniors Haley Talbott and Madison Maples lit up the perimeter sinking a combined nine treys to help MC pull away in the second half.
Maryville battled to a 25-25 halftime draw despite being outrebounded 22-15 before the intermission. At the break, MC's Rachel Hawn posted a team-high eight points on 4-of-7 shooting while Emory's Ashley Oldshine paced the Eagles with nine points. Emory relied on nine second-chance points while depositing 20 of their 25 points in the paint.
MC's Maples and Talbott took over in the third quarter helping Maryville tally 16 points in a four-minute span dropping a combined five three-pointers. Going into the final stanza, Maryville held a 46-41 advantage.
A Talbott trey at the 7:55 mark put the Scots up 49-44 in the fourth quarter. Key free-throws by Rachel Hawn and Lauren Biliter maintained the Scots' slim advantage of 53-52 inside two minutes remaining. A final three-pointer by Madison Maples at 1:57 sealed the win for Maryville finishing a perimeter team attack of 10-of-23 from beyond the arc.
Emory (5-4) was paced by Ashley Oldshue's 12 points. Azzairia Jackson-Sherrod and Blair Ripley each added ten points while the duo combined for 13 rebounds. The Eagles finished 24-for-61 (39%) from the field and only 2-for-12 (17%) from beyond the arc.
Maryville (5-6) was led by the trio of Talbott, Hawn, and Maples. Talbott finished 5-for-8 from long-distance for a game-high 15 points. Hawn added 14 points on 6-of-12 shooting in the paint. Maples dropped 4-of-7 three-pointers for a dozen points. Amber Hudgens set the game standard with eight rebounds.
The Scots and Eagles enjoy a hard-fought, non-conference rivalry annually. The Maryville win brings the series record in the Scots favor (11-7) since 1995. This is the first time a road team earned a victory in the series since 2010.
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90-year-old Ethel Kennedy is joining Alec Baldwin, Evan Rachel Wood, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and 50 members of her famous family, in a hunger strike to protest President Trump's "zero-policy" immigration policy.
According to a story published Tuesday by the Boston Globe, the widow of Robert Kennedy is participating in the mass fast which began on Saturday at noon in McAllen, Texas. It involves a person fasting for 24 hours and making a donation in the amount they otherwise would have spent on food to the non-profit Break Bread Not Families. Afterward, they "pass it forward" to at least two other people until the 24-day period is over.
The fast was organized by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (which Ethel co-founded), La Union del Pueblo Enter (LUPE), the Texas Civil Rights Project, and NETA RGV, a Latinx media platform.
"The government has no comprehensive way of reuniting immigrant families," organizer Kerry Kennedy tells Yahoo Lifestyle. "We have heard stories of parents being deported and children who have re-crossed the border alone or distributed to 15 different states. A lawyer told us that one facility is relying on family photos to reunite families."
The strike also addresses the cage-like conditions described by the media, which have been compared to internment camps. Kerry says the Trump administration hasn't responded to the hunger strike, however, within 24 hours of its launch, the movement gained support from Hollywood, politicians, and even children.
"My 6-year-old nephew is participating by sacrificing video games and sugar for 24 hours," Kerry says. "We want people to get involved in a way that feels right for them. There's a place for everyone."
Last week, Trump signed an executive order which stopped the separation of families at the border unless there is a concern for the child's welfare, reported CNN. The order includes finding homes for families and prioritizing their legal process. However, the question of how to unify families that were previously separated remains challenging.
On Saturday, Homeland Security released a statement explaining there is "a process established to ensure that family members know the location of their children and have regular communication after separation to ensure that those adults who are subject to removal are reunited with their children for the purposes of removal. The United States government knows the location of all children in its custody and is working to reunite them with their families."
However, in a statement to the Globe, Ethel said it's "not a time to declare victory and go home." She added, "Generations of Americans did not toil and sacrifice to build a country where children and their parents are placed in cages to advance a cynical political agenda."
According to Sharman Apt Russell, author of the forthcoming book Within Our Grasp: Feeding the World's Children for a Better and Greener Future, hunger strikes have historically lasted much longer than 24 hours, sometimes to the point of death, and were utilized by suffragists, prisoners, and Mohandas Gandhi.
"Hunger strikes are intended to shame others because they deny the protester the most basic human need," she tells Yahoo Lifestyle. "In the middle ages, the Irish staged hunger strikes on the doorsteps of their enemies and the homeowners would be blamed for any resulting deaths."
Ethel's fast is an example of "baton fasting," and is more symbolic than harmful with its success dependent on the compassion of others. "It's difficult to know whether this strike will affect the current policies," says Russell. "However, it creates an alliance with the oppressed group and contributes collectively to overall efforts."
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text: Article in NY Times today: BRUSSELS, May 14 ?????? At least 90 percent of the world's personal computers run on Windows software. But Microsoft wanted still more. Last summer, Orlando Ayala, then in charge of worldwide sales at Microsoft, sent an e-mail message titled Microsoft Confidential to senior managers laying out a company strategy to dissuade governments across the globe from choosing cheaper alternatives to the ubiquitous Windows computer software systems. Mr. Ayala's message told executives that if a deal involving governments or large institutions looked doomed, they were authorized to draw from a special fund to offer the software at a steep discount or even free if necessary. Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, was sent a copy of the e-mail message. The memo on protecting sales of Windows and other desktop software mentioned Linux, a still small but emerging software competitor that is not owned by any specific company. 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Two days after Mr. Ayala sent his e-mail message, Michael Sinneck, the executive in charge of Microsoft's services department, sent a message giving details of a program to provide corporate clients with discounts on the hourly rates charged by Microsoft's consulting business. The memo said nearly $180 million had been allocated in the 2003 fiscal year, which ends in June, for this purpose alone. Of that, $140 million was earmarked for consulting services for server software, an area where Microsoft has a growing share of the market but still faces lively competition, particularly from big companies like I.B.M. that are promoting Linux as an alternative to Microsoft Windows. Servers are the powerful computers used by corporations to store data, manage Web sites and perform other network tasks. The software that runs servers is the subject of one of the two antitrust cases currently open against Microsoft in the European Community. In broad terms, Microsoft is accused of illegally leveraging its overwhelming dominance of the PC software market into the server market. European antitrust laws are generally stricter than comparable American laws, but the Microsoft practices described in the memos may raise red flags for regulators in the United States as well. In June 2001, a federal appeals court in Washington ruled that Microsoft had violated antitrust laws by bullying business partners and rivals to thwart any competitive challenge to Windows. Later that year, Microsoft reached a settlement with the Bush administration, agreeing not to use its monopoly power in PC software, including pricing deals and contract terms, to effectively force PC makers to favor Microsoft products over competing offerings. Among the documents is an e-mail message from an outside lawyer, Bill Allan of the London-based firm Linklaters, to Microsoft that offers a precise interpretation of European Community law on the matter of discounts, including the view that short-term discounting would be more likely to escape scrutiny. The message, from 1998, advised Microsoft that its discounts should not discriminate between clients and that discounts could not be aimed at excluding competitors from the market. "Discounts are not per se unlawful," Charles Stark, a former antitrust official at the Justice Department and a partner at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in Brussels, said in an interview. "It depends on the market circumstances and how they use them and what their impact is." Mr. Stark, who has not seen the documents, pointed out that under European law "pricing behavior can be viewed differently by a dominant firm than by a nondominant firm." Asked whether the discounting program for server software consulting was legal in Europe, given Microsoft's position, Mr. Courtois, the Microsoft executive, said that consulting was a "break even" business. "We are not a global services company," he said. "We need to compete against the big guys." Mr. Courtois cited I.B.M. and Oracle as companies with large consulting businesses. The Microsoft documents show the preoccupation among top managers with countering the open-source movement, a group of programmers who want the software that runs computers to be offered free of charge. The codes behind open-source software are developed openly by independent teams of programmers, allowing companies to customize their programs and paying for services to make the software perform better. This is in stark contrast to Microsoft, which keeps most of its source code secret ?????? although governments and some corporations are increasingly allowed to view the code. Linux, the biggest open-source threat to Microsoft, has a tiny share of the market for personal computer software. But Linux was installed in 26 percent of the large data-serving computers sold last year that power corporate networks and the Internet, according to International Data, a market research company. Microsoft's Windows was the operating system on 44 percent of the servers. The server market is one area where Linux appears to have some momentum. The use of Linux is also being supported by a handful of Microsoft rivals and encouraged by many governments, especially in Europe, as a cheaper and perhaps more secure alternative to Windows software. The French, for example, have a Web site that recommends Linux systems for government departments. Mr. Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, once referred to Linux's licensing as "a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches." In the face of this competition, the Microsoft documents show the significant resources the company devotes ?????? and the unconventional tactics it sometimes uses ?????? to combat Linux. Chris O'Rourke, a Microsoft employee, described attending LinuxWorld, a trade fair in California, where he "purported to be an independent computer consultant" working with several public school districts, according to an e-mail message he sent on Aug. 20, 2002. "In general, people bought this without question," Mr. O'Rourke wrote. "Hook, line and sinker." He said his goal was to glean intelligence about the competition. His guise, Mr. O'Rourke said, "got folks to open up and talk." Mr. O'Rourke did not respond to a fax and voice mail message seeking comment. Another employee, Todd Brix, said in an e-mail message that he attended a Linux conference in June 2001 in San Jose, Calif., pretending to be an "ambivalent OEM." Original equipment manufacturers, or O.E.M.'s, are companies like Hewlett-Packard and Dell Computer that buy Windows software licenses. Reached at his office on Tuesday, Mr. Brix said that when attending such a show, "you don't broadcast that you're a Microsoft person." "You don't disguise that fact," he said. "You just don't lead with your chin." n his message, Mr. Brix described the technical issues discussed at the show and said the tone of the meeting "was an even mix of Local Union hall teamster gathering, Christian Scientist revival and Amway sales conference." Of all the Microsoft tactics described in the internal messages, the two discount programs appear to be the most aggressive ?????? and perhaps the most legally questionable. Mr. Ayala sent his memo at 8:17 a.m. on July 16, 2002. In addition to Mr. Ballmer, the recipients included two Microsoft vice presidents ?????? James Allchin and Jeffrey S. 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Reprinted from the November / December 2013 issue of "Christian Woman" Magazine.
It is not possible for me to be quietly joyful. I discovered that in a Sears store when I stepped on the escalator going down. The tune, "Whistle While You Work," barely escaped my lips in a low whistle, scarcely a whisper, I thought. Immediately I heard the next few notes whistled by someone near the bottom of the escalator. My husband and I glanced at each other and chuckled. A stranger and I had made a momentary tuneful connection. That was a surprise to me, and not in keeping with my quiet nature, but it was fun.
At home I listened to music and sang along with the radio or CDs while I cleaned the kitchen. Hymns of praise were some of my favorites. My husband blamed me when he caught himself humming or singing hymns at the office. I smiled and thought, "Thank you, Lord."
I grew up in a singing family. My sisters and I sang every day while doing our chores. It took us forever to wash and dry the dishes because we got carried away with singing. It made doing the dishes more fun. But some people aren't tuned in to spreading joy. I once overheard my aunt ask my mother, "Does it get on your nerves – the way the kids sing all the time?"
"No, I like to hear them sing," my mother said. What my aunt didn't realize was that my mother sang, too. Sometimes she sat in her rocker and hummed contentedly in perfect harmony with the rest of the family. As the song leader of our little country church, one of my dad's favorite Bible verses was Ephesians 5:19: "sing and make music in your heart to the Lord" (NIV84). He took that passage literally, and the melody that came from his heart was sung joyfully in a clear tenor voice.
My parents' home was at the edge of the woods. Late in the summer evenings we sat in the backyard and looked across the field of wildflowers toward my grandmother's house. We listened to the musical rustling of the trees, the singing of the night birds and sometimes we sang. The psalmist said, "Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy; they will sing before the Lord, for he comes" (Psalm 96:12).
Joyful People
Some people radiate joy naturally and spontaneously until it becomes contagious. So it was with Pollyanna, one of my favorite fictional characters from elementary school. The book, Pollyanna, a story about a young orphan girl, was written by Eleanor H. Porter. Pollyanna went to live with her Aunt Polly and became known as the girl who found joy in every situation. Her cheerful manner and joyful attitude changed the entire community.
When President Eisenhower made a casual comment about someone having a Pollyanna attitude, the media made a big deal about it. I was amazed that more people didn't remember who Pollyanna was or know about her gladness. Her joyful manner made an indelible impression on me!
The writer of Psalm 98:4 said, "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice and sing praise" (KJV). In a Texas nursing home there was an elderly man who was often heard singing as he pushed his walker down the halls. It was always the same words: "There's within my heart a melody, Jesus whispers sweet and low." That old hymn, written by L.B. Bridgers, is properly titled "He Keeps Me Singing."
Once, after he had passed by, I found myself singing that song, too. It was like a relay game where someone started a song and passed it from one person to another. I wonder how many people have been touched by one song. It reminded me of tossing a pebble into the water and seeing the widening circle of ripples. Where would they stop?
In that same nursing home, where daily devotionals were held, there was a gray-haired granny who had a song book in her hands although she no longer could see the words. Her singing was enthusiastic, and she knew every song by heart. During the short lesson she did not hold back her joyous emotions when she said, "Amen," "Yes, Lord," and "Thank you, Jesus."
When the leader invited everyone back for the next devotional, gray-haired granny replied, "I'll be here; I never miss." What an inspiration, a joy and a blessing!
Joy Through Hymns
One Sunday before worship service, it was a challenge for the song director to overcome the joyful noise of people talking, laughing and greeting each other long enough to begin worship. His solution was to sing, sing and sing while everyone found their pews. The joyful noise of talking and laughing quickly turned into the joyful noise of praise through singing.
At times I have found myself singing hymns that I had heard in worship service the day before. The songs carried themselves from one day to another as a continuous praise. Philippians 4:4 tells us to rejoice in the Lord always with such emphasis that the writer repeats himself: "I will say it again: Rejoice!" (niv84).
When I hear the familiar hymn, "Shall We Gather at the River," a smile comes to my face as I recognize the tune my daughter used daily when she led her son to the bathroom. It began, "Let's go tee tee on the potty …" I hope that Robert Lowry, the author of that sacred song written in 1864, would not be offended if he were here. I think he might also smile, and I doubt that I will ever be able to sing that hymn again without the corners of my mouth turning upward.
Many times I have seen the movie, The Sound of Music, and each time I have been thrilled when Julie Andrews and the children sing, "The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Music." The producers of the movie may have been inspired by Psalm 98:8-9 where the psalmist poetically suggests that God's creation is joyful and praises him in song: "Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy; let them sing before the Lord."
Where there's a room filled with singing, there's a room filled with joy. If ever there has been a more joyful group than a singing bunch of young children, I can't imagine who they might have been. I have seen exuberant elementary children in Vacation Bible School sing, clap their hands, and bounce as they added motions to their songs in joy and fun. Their expressions reflected their joyous hearts.
Joy Through Life Experiences
Contagious joy has been experienced in many ways. The psalmist recognized it in God's creation as he wrote: "Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it" (Psalm 96:11). When I first saw the ocean and ran along the sandy beach, it was an exhilarating and joyful moment. My friends and I raced into the water as laughter bounced from one to the other. What a surprise when the noisy waves splashed the beach and toppled me over. Drenched and tasting the saltiness of the water, I hadn't meant to get my face wet. I was 18, and it was the first time I had experienced the ocean, that wonderful part of God's creation. It was a day filled with joy.
I remember the joy of rocking and singing to my babies before naptime or bedtime. Two were cuddled in my lap while one hung onto the arm of the rocking chair. I soothed and quieted them with lullabies and love. So it was with God as recorded in Zephaniah 4:17: "The Lord your God is with you … He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing." In return, God intended for us to sing to Him joyfully.
The psalms are filled with phrases telling us to sing with joy to the Lord. We have been in tune with Him when we sang meaningful praises from the heart with joy and love. In 1719, Isaac Watts summed up the total reason for joyful noise in his words, "Joy to the world, the Lord is come … And heaven and nature sing!" "Fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains repeat the sounding joy."
And on the same note, Luke wrote, "The angel said to them [the shepherds], 'Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy … For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord …' and when they had seen Him, they made widely known the sayings" (Luke 2:10-11,17 NKJV). And all the people sang, "Amen." o
Betty B. Cantwell is a retired art teacher living in Arlington, Texas, where she worships with the Park Row Church of Christ. Betty enjoys painting, pottery, sewing and genealogical research. Some of her writing has been published by Guideposts Books.


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Dennis Pollock led an Alpha-1 support group in Oklahoma that played a key role in the passage of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) in 2008.
The following story is by Gemma Masters of the U.K., about her daughter Evie, nicknamed "Squeezy."
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Someone asked me recently what the word orthography means. It's a word I seldom use in English, but as a French teacher I frequently use the word orthographie, which means spelling. The root words are ortho, which means straight or correct, and graph, which means write. That, in addition to being on the receiving end of some funny misspelled signs lately, culminates in my happily sharing them with you today.
I wonder if this next sign unwittingly forbids parking by those who cannot spell.
Some misspelling in signs are just the result of ignorance. (I hasten to add that ignorance does not mean stupidity. It simply means not knowing.) To tie in to the coffee theme of one of my recent posts, imagine what the following sign does to the heart of this French teacher and barista.
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- 2 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
- 2 egg whites
- 1 bag of coconut
- Combine sugar and egg whites in a bowl and mix with an electric mixer for 5 minutes or until thick and easy to spread. If you do not beat the icing long enough, it will run off the cake.
- Ice the top of the first cake, which will become the bottom layer.
- Place the second cake layer on top of the pineapple.
- Ice the top of the cake, patting coconut into the icing as you go. Then ice the side of the cake and pat the coconut into the icing.


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We are very excited to announce our next featured artist in the Heartside Art Gallery and Studio: Jane VanDommelen (Fuzzy Jane). Heartside Ministry will be featuring her artwork from 1998-2018 at our Art Gallery & Studio! Please join us for her Artist Reception on Friday, October 5, 2018 from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Jane will be here to answer questions and show off her beautiful work.
Jane VanDommelen is an inspirational artist having overcome tremendous adversity in her lifetime. As a teenager she was placed in a group home until early adulthood. During that time, Jane was diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia and Bi-Polar Disorder. In 1998, she was hit by a drunk driver and hospitalized for 6 months. She is now 60 years old, and lives happily and independently with her cat and two fish.
Here's a little bit about the artist, in her own words:
"My name is Jane VanDommelen, and I like to do art because it relaxes me and helps me focus on reality. I've been doing it ever since October 1998. I got started after my accident, when I couldn't do sports anymore. After recuperating, I lived with my boyfriend and my 12 cats. Now I make art, and I do my shopping on Mondays.
I like to make art about cats, the outdoors (like camping), and scary movies. And I like fuzzy stuff, like fur and kitty cats, and I put in my artwork. At night I go downstairs and make my art, when there is no one to disturb me. It's a good time of night."
Learn more about Heartside's art here. Details about VanDommelen's artist reception can be found here.
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Financial Institutions Use CPLEX On Mainframe To Manage Risks And Improve Efficiency
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Last year we announced the availability of our CPLEX mathematical solver on IBM mainframes called z Enterprise. Since then we have seen financial institutions use it in various ways. This article by my colleagues Aimee Emery-Ortiz, Ferenc Katai, and Sofiane Oussedik review some of these use cases. The paper provides some insights on how CPLEX can be used on mainframe to address banking and finance IT challenges. Not only some business operations need to be optimized, but this has to be done while maintaining customer data... [More]


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What does Brydget mean?
Brydget as a name for girls is of Gaelic origin, and the meaning of the name Brydget is "exalted one". Brydget is an alternate spelling of Bridget (Gaelic).
VARIANTS Bryjit, Bryjet, Brydjitt, Brydjette, Brydgitte, Brydgit, Brijitte, Brijit, Brijet, Bridgitte, Bridgit, Bridgette▼, Bridgett▼
RELATIONS VIA BRIDGET Berget, Birget, Briddgett, Bride, Bridee, Bridey, Bridgete, Bridgid, Bridgot, Bridie, Briget, Brigett, Bright, Brigit, Brydgitta, Brydie, Bryget, Brygette, Brygid, BrygitCREATIVE FORMS
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How popular is Brydget?
Brydget is an uncommonly occurring given name for women. Brydget is also an unusual last name for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Which version is better?
Popular variation forms of Brydget (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) rated in the Top 2000 are Bridget (#594 IN 2016), Bridgette (#1655) and Bridgett. Adoption of these relations of Brydget was widespread among parents during the years 1970-1979 (AVERAGE #364) and is now much diminished (#1416, 79% LESS USAGE), with versions such as Bridgett becoming somewhat outmoded. (2016 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Bradee, Bradie, Bradlea, Bradlee, Bradley, Bret, Bridnee (see Brittany), Bridney, Briet, Brodie, Bryce, Brylee▲, Bryley (see Briley), Brynlee▲, Brynne, Brytnea (see Brittany), Byrget and Padget. Like Brydget, these names are not commonly used.See names in meaning and etymology.


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Stocking up on food for long-term storage has never been easier thanks to our survival and emergency food kits and buckets. These emergency food buckets ration the perfect amount of food to power you through any situation. Backed by the longest shelf life in the industry, each freeze dried meal is rich in flavor and nutrition, offering that home cooked taste without all the time-consuming preparation. Simply add hot water and you'll be able to enjoy delicious favorites like macaroni and cheese, lasagna, and scrambled eggs anywhere, anytime. And with a 30 Year Taste Guarantee, you can rest assured that these emergency food kits will stay delicious in the long run. Mountain House has been the top brand of freeze dried food for over 50 years!
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I have put together a balanced and common sense emergency kit for my family and now we are pleased to offer this opportunity to you as well.
After mentioning my freeze dried food purchase on my radio program, people started asking where they could make such an order. So Worldview Weekend applied to be a distributor. When you order your Mountain House freeze dried food from Worldview Weekend you pay no shipping and handling. We believe you are getting great tasting food at a great price; and you are also helping to support the radio, television and conference ministry of Worldview Weekend through Worldview Radio & WVW-TV. Please let us know if we can answer any of your questions by e-mailing us at [email protected]."
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Nobody has cash these days: Vendors
Vendors say that customers had been complaining about the cash shortage, with many asking for udhaar, which is what led to them adopting online modes of payment. Mausan Khan, who runs a photocopy shop opposite the passport office in ITO, says, "We started this service only after this cash crunch problem started. Most of our customers come from the passport office, and though photocopying is cheap, who has cash these days? Sab bacha rahe hain joh bhi change hai unke paas."
Some photocopy shops near colleges have gone cashless. This makes things easy for students, who have exams coming up. Some photocopy shops near colleges have gone cashless.
Shankar Prasad, a vegetable vendor in Gurgaon Sector 14, has created an e-wallet account, and is now accepting money through an app. He says, "Almost every person has a smartphone. It is just that we are not able to understand and utilize all the apps in it. So after huge losses in the first three-four days of the demonetization because of the low cash availability, I downloaded an app and made an e-wallet account. A friend who was using the app suggested it to me. Since then, I have had no problem in doing my business as usual."
Amit Arora, who has a photocopy shop in Patel Chest, North Campus, adds, "Since college exams are around the corner, the cash crunch could have been a big problem for many students. As most of the shops do not have the option of paying electronically, students have been suffering. But now, they feel better as they know that they can pay digitally at our shop."
Business had gone down, but back to normal now
Even vendors who had started accepting electronic payments before the cash crunch say that business has only grown in the last ten days. Mohan Anand, a vegetable vendor in Gurgaon's Sector 40 market, says, "We always had the card-swipe machine, par sabzi log cash mein hi kharidte thay. For the last ten days, people are asking if we take payment via card. We told them ki hum toh hamesha se lete thay, koi deta hi nahi tha. Now people from different sectors are coming to us after they learnt that vendors in this market accept payments via cards."
Sunil, who runs a paan kiosk in Noida Sector 18 market, says, "I started accepting payments through the app on Wednesday afternoon, and that day alone, I had payments worth Rs 1,200 through it. Joh gaadi wale pehle ruk nahi rahe thay dukaan ke aage, woh ab board dekh kar aate hain. Business has picked up again."
Raju, owner of a paan shop in Noida Sector 18, says, "Business had gone down by 25% in the first few days of the cash crunch, so we were forced to take this route. Customers khud hi bolte thay ki e-wallet account hai kya? Humko toh pata bhi nahi tha ki yeh hota kya hai. Ab jab se iska board lagaya hai, kaafi log aa rahe hain roz. Business almost normal ho gaya hai."
Bread-omelette can also be paid for digitally.
No problems with use of technology
Vendors say that contrary to popular opinion, they are well versed in the use of technology, particularly smartphones, and hence, have no difficulty in adapting to the electronic payment mode. Chandan, who owns a paan kiosk in Gurgaon Sector 29, says, "I have a Facebook account and I chat via messenger. Many young owners of different kiosks do that. When we are literate enough to use these apps, why can't we make an account on these e-wallet apps? I am writing down the various dues from my regular customers here and have asked them to pay me with Rs 2,000 notes once their exceed that amount" The scene is quite similar in Sushant Lok 1 and DLF Phase I markets in Gurgaon, where shopkeepers are either accepting payments via debit cards or via apps.
Rather than being apprehensive about the use of technology, these vendors are lapping it up. So much so that they have already maxed out their limit on the app. Sanjeev, who runs a street food joint in Noida, says, "We had a limit of Rs 10,000 on our e-wallet account and we finished that on the first day itself. Then we had to say no to customers as we couldn't accept more payments through the app. More people are opting for payment through the app than through cash."
But apprehensions remain
However, these small vendors are still worried about the amount they earn through these apps. Ramesh, who runs a juice shop in Noida, says, "It's good that people are using this mode of payment. It means we are not running the risk of business going down or our stocks not getting sold. But then this money goes straight to our accounts. We are used to cash dealings with the suppliers. Agla maal mangane ke liye cash hi nahi hoga. Usko nikaalne ke liye bank mein jaana padega aur wahan toh lambi line lagi hui hai."


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Used industrial equipment such as press brakes and saws offer significant savings and allow companies to increase their production with a smaller capital outlay compared to new machines. While new machines usually feature state-of-the-art safety devices, used equipment may not. The reasons can include age, previous owner(s) not maintaining safety devices and/or removing them. There is no known regulation that requires resellers to ensure that used equipment is equipped with the OEM safety controls or is brought up to current standards.
Fortunately, OSHA has published a document titled Safeguarding Equipment and Protecting Employees from Amputations (OSHA 3170-02R) that is available free online as a pdf file. Its sixty pages cover press brakes, printing presses, food slicers, meat grinders, band saws, etc. and contain many illustrations that describe methods of safeguarding machines for worker safety.
For companies interested in woodworking safety, a similar document is available, titled A Guide for Protecting Workers from Woodworking Hazards it describes methods of safeguarding various types of saws, jointers, shapers, routers, etc. and discusses other health hazards related to noise, vibration and wood dust.


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I'd like to take this space to personally congratulate the most recent rockers to get their tunes used in soundtrack work. Congratulations Gost and Lazerhawk for their music that is in the latest Ubisoft blockbuster game Watch Dogs and congratulations to Dynatron for his track that is in the upcoming movie Cold In July. Here's to a lot more of this kind of thing happening in the future!
Put your seats into the take off position as we pull the throttle back to full power for this week's featured AIRBORNE releases!
Atrey - Supernova Atrey has been on the Synthetix.FM radar since he blew me away with his Guilty Pleasure track earlier this year. His mix of modern techniques and 80s melodies is sure to excite many fans of the likes of Robots With Rayguns and Starcadian. His new four track EP defies the past, future and present with invigorating mixtures of emotive melodies and crushing arrangements. Atrey explores more ambient pastures too, creating some marvellously constructed atmospheres in 'So Far Away' and 'Naomi'. A great EP that is sure to rock you hard.
Room 8 - Visions Of You After waiting for seemingly aeons the first EP from Room 8 has landed! The announcement of Room 8 in 2012 has finally beared fruit and what delicious tasting morsels they are. I won't go into the history or Room 8 here, but be sure to read their blurb on soundcloud to get up to speed. Containing the title track (plus two remixes) and a second original piece there is a lot of to love about Visions Of You. The title track features 80s synth scene mainstays Electric Youth and is a powerfully delivered gem of 80s synth goodness with poppy hooks and crystalline production. The two remixes provided by none other than Miami Nights 1984 and Plastic Plates provide new avenues for the experience, with the MN1984 version being my pick of the two. 'Geo' is the other original track on this release and it is another beautifully composed and performed slice of sweet 80s synth magic. Here's hoping we get some more Room 8 music soon and that their Transduction album is nearing completion.
What better way to open up the Weekend Update than with a hot new track from Foreign Blade. This producer's latest piece is full of action and rocks a triumphant atmosphere full of synths, guitars and marching percussions. 'From Duke To Messiah' rocks hard and is currently available for FREE download.
Hello Meteor continues to impress with each new track and 'I'll Come Back For You' is one of his strongest piece yet. The sublimely atmospheric synthscape is accented with crisp elements and then swells into an incredibly rich melodic final act. Although short in length, this is massive in scope.
Delivering a different kind of intensity is the new track from Pyramid Aeon. The energy in this track is undeniable as it's modern synth sounds blend with 80s emotions and climb ever star-ward and the narrative is rich and rewarding from beginning to the exciting conclusion. You can pick up a copy of this track at a name-your-own price point on Bandcamp here.
The Dust Collective were introduced to me by Denovomutans recently, whom I'd like to thank for doing so. 'Ripper' by The Dust Collective is another killer track being used on The Outrunners webcomic and is ride down dangerous streets into a world of violence and disorder. The piece is put together to maximise the tension and intrigue and does so very well. Currently available for FREE download too.
Hot new music from RF Extreme next with his new synthual experience 'Digital Directional'. This track is a magnificent blend of his OutRun and Synth Romance sounds which combine into an amazing new experience. The scope is huge and the story deep and involving as each chapter progresses.
Although it is policy on Synthetix.FM to no cover unfinished demo/WIP/previews etc, I decided to break this rule with the rockin new Ward-IZ track 'Night Mission' as even though it's listed as being a preview it is available for download in this form. And this form it totally rockin to the max! The high energy is kept high and the melodies soar with beautiful 80s nuance. Get on it while you can!
A new rocker for Synthetix.FM is Varier and his kick arse new tune 'Dynamic Processing'. The mix of modern and slightly ChipTune influenced sounds complement a delightfully emotive 80s progressions and lead into some very interesting passages. Varier is just beginning his 80s synth journey and I look forward to experiencing more of it in the future.
The Neon Vandal is smashing up all kinds of action in his great new track 'New Wave Funk'. Channelling just enough Paul Hardcastle the synths rock with a salacious groove that is undeniably infectious. I really love the use of vocals and samples in this piece, totally rockin.
One of Silent Gloves and myself's closest bonds is our deep love for Michael Cassette's Temporarity album from 2010, which is still one of the greatest albums released thus far the bridges vintage and modern sounds in a very individualised way. Silent Gloves taken his homage one step further and released a new two track EP that is directly inspired by this record and given the at Silent Gloves magic touch that we so dearly love. Both tracks are totally kick arse and available to purchase via Bandcamp here.
Alter Sun continues to impress with his atmospheric and emotional synth compositions. 'When The Sun Goes Down' is his latest track and the journey is epic and full of 80s wonder. The progression of the story is executed with much dexterity and the three chapters are beautifully realised.
The talent of Sebastian Gampl continues to impress this week with no less than two incredibly beautiful pieces of classically styled 80s synth work being shared by this exciting producer. 'As Time Goes By' manages to be full of sentiment and emotional investment without becoming strictly synth romance while 'Clara' goes head over heels in love with an intimate aural love letter. You can pick up a copy of 'As Time Goes By' via Bandcamp here.
Unleashing all manner of electrifying synth magic is Pulse 80 with his killer new tune shared this week entitled 'Staunton'. The in-your-face production is just totally rockin and the melodies resonate deeply within the synthscape. A massive track that is also currently available for FREE download.
Riddlis has come up with something rather special in his new piece titled 'Alaska'. Taking a break from the usual synth surrounds of neon lit city streets we take an invigorating journey into the heart of the wilds of Alaska. The synthscape sparkles with natural beauty and conveys a vast open landscape of limitless possibilities. Structures ebb and flow with natural grace and are all encompassing in their brilliance. Top work, Riddlis!
Our final track this week is actually form 1991 but has only just been released. Krzysztof Duda is a Polish artist who has been making synth music since the 80s and continues to produce as well as share his older work that has often times, such as this, remained unreleased. '4 Miles 2 Davis' was written in memoriam of Miles Davis by Duda just before his funeral. The tones and progressions of this piece and stunning to behold, and the mastery of Krzysztof Duda is evident throughout. Twenty three years on, it's still rockin to the max.
Our video feature this week is the official video for Room 8's 'Visions Of You', which takes future romance to all new levels of technological endeavours amid a pastiche of neon colours.
That does it for another Weekend Update on Synthetix.FM. I'll be back during the week with Kasia for more rockin tunes from the 80s inspired synth scene, but there won't be a Weekend Update next weekend as I'll be taking a break over the long weekend here in Australia.
'Til then, stay 80s and keep on rockin.