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The Internet has transformed the way we find and listen to music over the past few years, and a band can be much more accessible to their audiences than in the days when record labels, distribution chains, album sales, and radio had a much larger role in choosing music for us.
I had the chance to ask Eric Hebert, of Evolvor Media, some questions recently about what those changes might mean to the industry, and to musicians.
How does one go about marketing music in a world where digital is the most important music format?
The first thing that needs to be understood is that the distribution and publishing of music has completely changed.
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Brisbane Showgrounds Set to House the World's Largest and Tallest Engineered Timber Building
Date: 27-Feb-18
Author: David Rowlinson
Article first appeared in FM Magazine
The Brisbane Showgrounds is set to house the world's largest and tallest engineered timber building at 25 King Street. The first delivery of cross laminated timber (CLT) columns, beams and floor panels arrived at the grounds in February 2018 for construction.
General manager for Lendlease Building, Tony Orazio says construction of 25 King was well underway with the installation of the first pre-assembled modules taking place.
"As the world's largest and tallest engineered timber office building, 25 King will be one of the most exciting additions ever made to Brisbane's skyline. A key element of 25 King's structure is the use of prefabricated modules for each floor. These modules are pre-assembled at ground height and then lifted into place to form what looks like a wooden lego structure," says Orazio.
"The fascinating thing about building with timber is that its strength is akin to concrete and steel, it can be produced economically in a factory environment and most importantly boasts a plethora of sustainability benefits."
A world first in sustainable architecture, 25 King is targeting a 6-star Green Star Design and As Built rating which will use 67 percent less electricity and 55 percent less potable water (than industry standard benchmarks) and is targeting a WELL Core and Shell rating.
At a height of almost 45 metres, the ground plus nine-storey Bates Smart-designed tower includes services provided by global engineering firm Aurecon as well as three bespoke retail tenancies. Owned by Impact Investment Group the innovative building will also be the future home of Aurecon, with the company committing to lease four of the nine office floors.
25 King is due for completion in late 2018, with Lendlease developing and building the asset, and will the organisation's fifth engineered timber building in Australia, joining International House Sydney, Forte Apartments and Library at The Dock in Melbourne, and Jordan Springs Community Hub in Western Sydney.
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Co-owner and Chief Instructor, Vaughan. 20 years Krav Maga, boxing and kickboxing (karate, judo, jiu jitsu) experience. Former member of an elite Israeli military unit, and Krav Maga instructor in the IDF Anti Terrorist School. Ranny has also taught Krav to IDF Navy Seals, IDF SWAT, and IDF Ranger teams. Was ranked fourth in the world (IKF), and Israeli Kickboxing Champion. Has had thousands of students in his three popular academies back home, and has trained hundreds of amateur and professional champions including many from the ground up. Ranny has trained extensively in Holland with K-1 Legends such as Remy Bonjasky, Peter Aerts, Alistar Overeem, and Rob Kaman as well as many others.
Sean "Seande" Assari is one of Rev's original success stories and a top personal student of Joel's. A brown belt, he is considered one of the senior Brazilian Jiu Jitsu technicians at Rev who also has 5 years of boxing and kickboxing experience.
His passion and dedication to the sport, as well as to a healthier lifestyle is proof to his partners and students that it's not how or when you start, but how you finish that matters.
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8 years Muay Thai experience and a brown belt in Krav Maga with a technical eye for striking as it pertains to self defence. Current student under chief instructor Joel Gerson and Ranny Tal training in Krav Maga, Boxing, Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu. George is an aspiring police officer with a degree in English, his style of communication and modest approach demonstrates the value of being able to deescalate a situation while having the confidence to defend yourself.
A product of RevMMA and currently the highest ranked Krav Maga student, training almost exclusively under Head Instructor Ranny Tal. Briefly studying Martial Arts at a younger age, Mario found his passion when introduced to Krav Maga, and his passion is reflected on his growth, understanding and his ability to continue honing his skills. Giving is one of Mario's best qualities and he is always eager to help his partners and students achieve their goals.


text: Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox ChurchWilliamsburg, VA In a Historic & beautiful place we wanted an Orthodox Church to be a Landmark- where there are many landmarks we selected Christo & his firm for this reason. ~ Nick Savas, Chair See DetailsThe site for this church is located just 3 miles from the heart of Historical Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. With a design centered around a village concept, the entire parcel is utilized to support a church temple, great hall, kitchen, administration facility, and functional parking. While this entire master plan is conceived as a single phase project space has been carefully reserved for possible future expansions. Inspiration for this church was found in the humble Orthodox Churches of the Macedonian period such as those built in Peloponnesos and Thessaloniki. The inspirational verticality, stony permanence, and rugged simplicity are all hallmarks of this traditional ecclesiastic architecture while the brick accents, generous stone work, and copper dome further integrates this design within its historic coastal Virginia setting.


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Helsby 4 - 0 Maghull
Saturday 21st February 2015 kick off 2pm
What can be said.
I have pondered and pondered and for the life of me I just cannot come up with a feasible enough adjective, that will not upset or annoy people. So, instead, let's skip the waffle and tell it how it was.
In Maghulls defence, and this is one of the few crumbs of comfort I can come up with, the pitch was a shambles. It held more in common with the himalayas and made…Continue
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Friday 6th February 2015 kick off 8pm
This season I am beginning to sound like Jose Mourinho. Whining, whinging, moaning etc about officials.
I have proved two officials wrong (and proved another point) this season, now for the hat trick,
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Pricol Technologies is building a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) IoT Cloud and is seeking an AWS Solutions Architect to join the Internet of Things (IoT) Ecosystem Team. The IoT Ecosystem Team is working to engineer every layer of the stack from the Sensor, Gateway Hardware and Software, REST APIs, Security to the Cloud Infrastructure and applications.
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A recently retired senior U.S. Air Force general with decades of experience defending the margins of North American air space agrees with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that there will be a "capability gap" in defending the northern approaches to the continent.
But retired Lt.-Gen. Michael Dubie, a deputy commander of the U.S. Northern Command until last year, offered a different explanation for the gap and recommended that Canada find out the best way to defend the continent by holding a competition.
After Postmedia reported last month that the government was close to buying Boeing's fourth-generation Super Hornets to replace some of its current fleet of CF-18s, the prime minister told the Commons that Lockheed Martin's stealthy fifth-generation F-35 would not be able to fill the developing capability gap because it "is far from working."
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said Canada had to act now to close the gap in order to be able to fulfil its responsibilities in NORAD and NATO.
Dubie dismissed the idea that the F-35 was still somehow an experimental aircraft.
After noting that "every new airplane ever designed takes a whole lot of time to operationalize," the former test and evaluation pilot said the U.S. Marine Corps had already declared IOC (initial operational capability) on its variant of the F-35 and that the USAF planned to do the same by the end of the year with the model that the Harper government had been considering buying.
"The milestones are being met. They are on track," the former three-star general said of the F-35. "Sure, there are problems, but this airplane is going forward and it is going to be in the fleets of many countries for many decades to come. They already have 50,000 or 60,000 hours and it is just getting better as the bugs are ironed out."
The capability gap was not because the F-35 was not ready, he said, but would occur if Canada and other countries did not purchase the right aircraft to confront a rapidly evolving threat.
"The threat — and let's be candid here — is that the Russian threat is evolving and it will become harder to combat in the future without fifth-generation aircraft," Dubie said.
"NORAD has to continually evolve with technology and with capability because the threat against North America is going to evolve, too. The F-35 is designed for the threats of the 21st century and those threats will require a much more sophisticated platform than we have in fourth-generation aircraft."
This was because the F-35 had "a suite of advanced avionics that provide a superior 360 degrees of situational awareness that can target, track and, if needed, engage a variety of threats to North America whether it be small bots (swarms of tiny weapons), UAVs, advanced long-range cruise missiles, all the way to commercial airliners.
"The threat is going to become more complex. Information dominance across all spectrums will be essential. That is the F-35's strength."
Dubie, whose father was from Trois Rivieres, Que., emphasized that he did not wish his remarks to be construed as a criticism of the Canadian government.
"I am not trying to be disrespectful to your prime minister or your minister of defence. I am not being cavalier," he said. "I am not saying he is wrong. I am saying the threat is going to demand fifth-generation aircraft."
A command pilot with 1,500 hours on the F-16s and hundreds of hours on other jets, Dubie said he had reached this conclusion based on what he had learned from flying missions charged with intercepting Russian aircraft.
"Around Alaska, they have become incredulous about the aggressiveness of the Russians," he said. "They are launching complex package of airplanes — bombers, Mi-G-31s (fighters) and tankers — with navy ships below. When we send out AWACS (reconnaissance planes), F-22s and tankers, they are sucking up all our data. It is an orchestrated, sophisticated air campaign the likes of which we have never seen before. They are getting better and more aggressive."
Dubie's opinion is significant because of the key jobs he has held helping to oversee the defence of North America and because he does not work for either Lockheed or Boeing.
Since last November he has been the president of Revision Military Technologies, a Vermont-based subsidiary of Montreal's Revision Military Inc., which makes military eyewear and tactical gear.
While not closely informed on the manufacturing schedules of the F-35 or the Super Hornet, which first flew 21 years ago, he said that "what I do know about the Super Hornet is that it is near the end of the line. As I understand the timeline, the F-35 would be available to cover any capability gap on the NORAD mission."
Dubie rejected the reasoning of F-35 critics who have said that because it has a single engine and the Super Hornet has twin engines, the latter aircraft was a superior choice for operations across the vastness of the north. He noted that the USAF had operated single-engine F-16s for years from a base in northern Alaska, and intended to soon replace those jets with F-35s that had "even more reliable" engines.
The Danes and Norwegians intended to defend the High Arctic with F-35s, too, he said.
"I am not against the Super Hornet," Dubie said. "What I am saying is that the F-35 will have greater inter-operability with the U.S. fleet and other NATO partners."
Asked what was the most prudent way for Canada to make the crucial, multi-billion dollar decision about which aircraft was best to defend the country for the next 40 years, Dubie replied "the ultimate question is why would you not have an open competition in Canada? If you have a competition, the strengths and weaknesses of the air frames will come out.
"I cannot envisage any scenario in which the F-35 does not come out better than the Super Hornet or any other aircraft. Fourth-generation jets, they just aren't as capable."


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A restraining order is a court order that protects you from
physical, emotional, or financial abuse. It can also protect you
from being stalked or harassed. In North Carolina, a Domestic
Violence Protective Order (DVPO) is also called a restraining
order, or a 50B. It is a paper which is signed by a judge and
tells your abuser to stop the abuse or face serious legal
consequences. It offers civil legal protection from domestic
violence to both women and men victims.
You can get a domestic violence restraining order if you have been
abused and if you have a domestic relationship with that person.
This could apply to a spouse, a dating relationship, a live in
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used to date, or used to live with. It can also be a relative, or
an in-law.
In North Carolina, there are two types of domestic violence
protective orders:
1. Ex Parte/Temporary Protective Order. This is a court
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believes that there is a serious and immediate danger to you or
your child. An Ex Parte/Temporary Protective Order is usually
issued without your abuser present ("ex parte").
2. Final Domestic Violence Protective Orders (also called a
DVPO or a 50B). This offers the same type of protection as an Ex
Parte/Temporary Protective Order, but it lasts longer. Since it
lasts longer, you will have to have a full court hearing to get a
final Domestic Violence Protective Order. In this hearing, your
abuser will have a chance to defend himself. This type of order
lasts up to one year, and can be extended.
You can also seek legal protection from acts of
violence done to you or your minor child by someone you have had a
"personal relationship" with. This means you can seek
protection from:
You can also ask for an order against stalking or sexual harassment. In July 2004, North Carolina passed a law that gives victims of sexual assault or stalking a legal right to get an immediate protective order. This is called a civil no-contact order. It is designed to prevent attackers or harassers from stalking you, showing up at your workplace or contacting family members. With a civil no-contact order, you do not have to have a "personal relationship" with the person, as required by the
DVPO. Note that if you have had a "personal relationship" as explained in the DVPO laws above, then you cannot get a civil no-contact order.
It may not always be necessary to have an attorney to prepare, file, or present your request for a restraining order, but having one on your side, especially during any court proceedings can be very helpful and reassuring.
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Orval_Al wrote:Cshh wrote:About 7 cases of CBS at King and Spadina. 530436.
Surprised you guys like this so much. I had it at The Jim during the Founders tap takeover last Friday. Found it sickly sweet. Much prefer KBS or Kentucky Bastard.
Loved the CBS and the Better Half at the Jim. The free glasses were a nice touch.


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Swara is 'Tones or Self-shining in Sanskrit'.I hope you all are doing great and today I am gonna talk about only and only the traditional look, well, I hope you all don't take me wrong because ethnic doesn't mean full ethnic attire but I mean something related to our tradition.
In the contemporary world, there are so many fashion collections coming up that don't belong to an ethnic genre but they are transformed in such manner that they look quite new and elegant on ladies. So, today I am here to talk about one of such look and in today's blog, I want to throw some lights on the look, which is quite dramatic and classy as well.
I had my sister's wedding and I was looking for some ethnic traditional jewelry for myself. And was very specific in what I wanted. But had no idea where will I get them. I wanted something classy and traditional in meenakari. Wherein I came across Swara the jewelry brand.They have jewelry for men and women.Gaurand Jhaveri and Dharini Metha's brand Swara . Swara seeks to revive old jewelry traditions such as jadau, meenakari and chati. Together they visited the interiors of India, tapping into rare artisans' skills, seeking the wellsprings of artistic and technical knowledge on traditional handcrafted techniques.
Which look am I talking about?
I do apprehend that you all must be confused about the look, so let me open up and break the suspense kind of situation. Ladies, I recently tried the red colored gown with heavy embellished Meenakari jewelry and in my entire look, the jewelry was center of attraction.
Why was the jewelry the center of attraction?
I know, I know you all must be thinking about this question, so let me elaborate. Mainly the jewelry that I tried in this look has the Meenakari design and this design is stupendous fusion of intricate colors and heavy embellishment.
The Meenakari design over here is designed by Swara. In this look, I kept my makeup very simple and paired all with my cute hair updo.
I feel whenever you are trying any kind of simplistic gown or something ethnic, this look is a burst of colors in itself and can wear the Meenakari designed jewelry as it goes pretty with all Indian attires.
Outfit: Global Desi by Anita DongreWatch: Espirit
Jewelry: by Swara jewelers
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Explain the last implications of the events in the last 4-5 pages.
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Adobe's CTO on what's next after subscription Photoshop
For the last couple of years, Adobe has been focused on shifting its business model so that customers pay monthly for products like Photoshop and Illustrator.
Now it's the products themselves that need to shift to adjust to a world of artificial intelligence and virtual reality.
"This is not a market that is very forgiving of companies that don't continually ask what is around the corner," CTO Abhay Parasnis told Axios.
Here's what Parasnis says is in Adobe's future:
- Making tasks like photo and video editing as simple as dictating what you want done
- Tapping machine intelligence to make better sense of vast image libraries
- Creating programs that bring illustration into three dimensions for virtual reality
For more, including video demos of what Adobe is up to, check out my story.
Using data to pinpoint voters
Voter outreach, once a manual, often door-to-door task has grown increasingly digital in recent years. Initially, that mostly meant e-mail lists of donors and supporters. Increasingly, though, it's a field dominated by machine learning about who is and isn't likely to vote and be persuaded by a candidate.
Axios took a look at how campaigns collect data and target voters over the past three cycles:
- In 2008: Voter persuasion was still done via direct mail, email marketing and TV. Facebook and YouTube weren't major advertising distributors.
- In 2012: Campaigns began matching offline data with online data to hyper-target ads. Candidates had social media presences on Spotify, Pinterest and Instagram — none of which existed in 2008.
- In 2016: Digital modeling tools could predict which voters were persuadable based on internet consumption data. Facebook and Google became primary campaign ad platforms for reaching specific voters.
What to expect in 2020: Machine learning — using ever-increasing voter data — will further automate the work of voter targeting, and reaching new audiences like future voters. The RNC, for example, is building complex profiles of households to pinpoint the new eligible voters to register once they turn 18.
App makers: Pay attention to what Spotify and Waze just did
Here's hoping yesterday's partnership between Spotify and Waze is a sign of things to come. The music service is partnering with the Google-owned navigation app to allow you to listen to your music from within Waze and see your directions from within Spotify. Unfortunately it's only for Android users (at least for now).
Why this matters: It's just the kind of integration that make sense on a small screen where it either isn't possible or practical to have multiple apps visible simultaneously. Now, if I could just get directions and control my music from within Pokémon Go, I'd be set.
Why ride-sharing is the key to self-driving cars
The key to advancing self-driving car technology is to team up with ride-sharing services, at least according to Toyota.
Doing so spreads the cost and offers customers an easy way to try out the technology, according to Hilary Cain, Toyota's director of technology and innovation policy, who spoke at SXSW Thursday. Plus, once cars can drive themselves, why leave them parked?
It also explains why Toyota announced last year it was investing in Uber.
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On Tap:
Axios is hosting its first D.C. event Wednesday. Mike Allen is interviewing Mark Cuban, Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Mayor Steve Benjamin of Columbia, S.C. to discuss the future of communication. Sorry, there aren't any more tickets available, but we will have the highlights on the site.
- Also, Ajit Pai is giving his first major policy speech as FCC Chairman today at Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute in Pittsburgh.
- Kim finally made it to Austin and is speaking on a panel today about internet policy during the next four years. Highlights to come.
Trading Places: LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman has joined Microsoft's board ... Uber has tapped Zoubin Ghahramani to be chief scientist overseeing AI and machine learning efforts; it's a newly created position but follows last week's departure of AI lab head Gary Marcus, a move first reported by Axios ... Apple has hired well-regarded security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski.
ICYMI: The Atlantic's deep dive on "Why Silicon Valley is so awful for women" is worth a read ... No shocker, but the federal IT staff is old and getting older fast ... During a small rally in Palo Alto, some engineers encouraged companies to share their riches with the rest of the country ... Zuckerberg hit the Charlotte Motor Speedway with NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. as part of his quest to visit 30 states in 12 months.
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2.10 Dieter Freiburghaus, Die Vorbereitungsarbeiten der Schweiz, excerpt, in Erfolglose Annäherungsversuche der EFTA Staaten, Die Jahre 1961 – 1968, in Königsweg oder Sackgasse, 60 Jahre Schweizerische Europapolitik, Zürich, 2009
[the preparatory work for an unsuccesful association of Switzerland to the European Community]
a) Background
European foreign policy has become the primary focus of Swiss foreign policy. The observer of the growing influence of the developments in the European Union notes, that there is a curious lack of coherent and systematic texts on those developments. It is the political scientists and not the lawyers who first filled that gap after the turn of the millennium. Besides the political scientist René Schwok – affiliated as a professor for political sciences to the University of Geneva and holder of a Jean Monnet chair – the political scientist Dieter Freiburghaus published in 2009 the leading book Königsweg oder Sackgasse? 60 Jahre schweizerische Europapolitik (Kings path or dead end? 60 years of Swiss-European policy) It is noteworthy that René Schwok is a representative of the internationalist institutional environment of Geneva and Freiburghaus is a representative of the institutional environment of Lausanne, both in the French speaking part of Switzerland and both on the shores of Lake Geneva, the neighbouring environment of Lausanne gradually becoming one scientific and academic environment with Geneva. Freiburghaus's book is the only systematic and coherent book on Swiss European policy. It is structured along the time line of the post-World War II era, shedding light on every time period critical for the development. These efforts are to be viewed on the background of a consensual legal framework based upon a political will and decision between the EU and Switzerland, which was the driver of the process of Europeanization of Swiss law. The ever growing influence of law and legal culture of the European Union and the parallel and autonomous decision of the Swiss government to adapt its laws to ensure that they are compatible with Europe became, besides Americanization, the prime sources of a constant and continuous loss of autonomy of Switzerland in shaping its own law and legal culture.
Freiburghaus studied mathematics, economics and primarily political science in St. Gallen and Berlin. He was a scientific collaborator at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin; after returning to Switzerland he habilitated in international economy at the university of Basel. From 1988 to 2007 he was a full professor at the Institute de Hautes Etudes en Administration Publique (IDHAP) in Lausanne. Beyond his scientific work he is known for his communication and education efforts in lectures and articles addressing a wider public.
b) Summary
The text at hand is an excerpt from Dieter Freiburghaus' book Königsweg oder Sackgasse? 60 Jahre schweizerische Europapolitik, on the years of 1961 to 1968 .The chapter focuses on the vain efforts of the EFTA-countries to associate themselves with the then European Community. The excerpt describes the preparatory works of Switzerland in connection with this attempt to negotiate an association with the European Community. These efforts have to be seen against the background of an effort to build a bridge between the free-trade-based EFTA and the common-market-based European Community. The decision of Great Britain to become a full member of the European Community led to strong reactions on behalf of the EFTA-partners of Great Britain. The countries Sweden, Austria and Switzerland then striving for an association at the same time were neutral countries, they to a certain extent collaborated in their efforts for an association.
The text at hand describes the sudden intensive debate in Switzerland regarding European integration. The time, according to Freiburghaus, forced Switzerland to consider serious changes in core areas of policies. Freiburghaus describes the internal coordination efforts of the government and the formation of a special unit of the Office of Integration (Integrationsbüro). This unit still was under the primary influence of the Dep.
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CTAP—the Circuit Training and Assistance Program—provides training in the latest transportation-related tools and technologies to maintenance personnel from townships, cities, counties, and the state.
With support from the Center for Transportation Studies, the Minnesota Department of Transportation, and the Minnesota Local Road Research Board, CTAP is the mobile arm of the Minnesota Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP). It uses a fully equipped van to provide on-site technical assistance and training throughout Minnesota—at or near your place of work.
Participants receive down-to-earth, practical training and hands-on demonstrations of new equipment, materials, and techniques. The classes also give workers an opportunity to share their own maintenance ideas and innovations with peers.
In addition, students can obtain a variety of resources from the CTAP van, which serves as a mobile library. It is stocked with research reports, technical bulletins, catalogs, newsletters, articles, demonstration equipment, DVDs, videos, and interactive CDs.
CTAP workshops can be held anywhere with enough space for displays and demonstrations, providing the site is reasonably quiet and comfortable. The CTAP workshops are informal and usually hands-on—in fact, many are held in or adjacent to maintenance facilities. The CTAP van is fully equipped for training, so sites with easy access to the van are preferred. Current CTAP training courses and special presentations:
- Asphalt Pavement Maintenance and Preservation (includes information on Minnesota seal coat standards)
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Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP), also known as "Lung in a Box", simulates normal body conditions and keeps lungs functioning while outside the body.
EVLP gives the transplant team two major advantages:
Firstly, it allows the surgeons to treat unusable lungs for such diseases like pneumonia or conditions like lung embolisms (clots) before they are transplanted. This saves lungs from being thrown away.
Secondly, the University of Alberta Hospital has the largest geographic catchment area in North America and Europe. EVLP allows donated lungs to stay viable longer outside the body and travel from as far away as Quebec.
EVLP is named as one of the top ten medical inventions by the Cleveland Clinic. Future uses of EVLP could include treatment of pneumonia, edema, and lung collapse (atelectasis).
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Match ends, Brazil 1(3), Chile 1(2).
Brazil 1-1 Chile (3-2 pens)
- From the section 2014 Fifa World Cup
Brazil secured a dramatic penalty shootout win against Chile to reach the last eight and set up an all-South American quarter-final against Colombia.
Goalkeeper Julio Cesar was the hero, making two crucial spot-kick saves, to thwart a relentless Chile side who were denied victory themselves by the woodwork with seconds to spare in extra time.
That the hosts came close to making an unexpected exit in Belo Horizonte had a nation of more than 200m people holding its breath.
Cesar, who made just one appearance for Queens Park Rangers last season and went on loan to FC Toronto, redeemed an error he made which cost Brazil dear in the quarter-finals against Netherlands in 2010.
He saved from Mauricio Pinilla and Alexis Sanchez as Brazil went on to win a tense shootout 3-2.
Gonzalo Jara hit a post with the decisive spot-kick to prompt wild celebrations inside the Estadio Mineirao - and across the rest of this football-mad nation.
David Luiz and Marcelo had converted their efforts for Brazil, but with Willian and Hulk missing theirs, it fell to the hosts' star striker Neymar to step up under intense pressure and calmly slot home what proved the winning kick.
Luiz had earlier put the hosts in front, only for Alexis Sanchez to equalise. Hulk then had a strike disallowed for handball by English referee Howard Webb - fairly, but much to the anger of the home fans.
Pinilla also hit the crossbar for Chile in the final minute of extra time.
A high-tempo and high-quality first half, was followed by a poor second period which always suggested extra time might follow.
And what drama the penalty shootout produced. Brazil's fans roared with relief while Chile were defeated, yet with their reputation as one of the game's most dangerous sides significantly enhanced.
|Match facts
|Fred had the most shots in the first half, but failed to get one on target.
|Brazil have now lost just one of their last 16 World Cup games when scoring first.
|Five of Chile's six goals at the World Cup have come before half-time.
|Fernandinho committed more fouls (6) than he made passes (4) in the opposition half.
|If a penalty is being taken to avoid elimination, the success rate is only 44%.
|The last eight World Cup shootouts have been won by the team going first.
Having never lost to La Roja on home soil and having beaten them on all three of their previous World Cup meetings, Brazil arrived with history on their side.
Chile earned a 2-2 draw at the same venue last year but that was one of only two encounters in which they avoided defeat since last beating Brazil 14 years ago.
The noise in the stadium before before kick-off was astonishing, swathes of yellow dominating the pockets of red, and the atmosphere only intensified when Fernandinho went in late on Charles Aranguiz, and the Chile midfielder and team-mate Gary Medel responded in kind by wiping out Neymar.
After Webb turned down a penalty appeal at either end, Brazil soon took control and were rewarded for their pressure when Neymar's corner was flicked on by captain Thiago Silva and steered into the net by what appeared to be a combination of Luiz and Chile defender Jara.
Brazil's main threat was once again Neymar, the 22-year-old dragging a shot wide after racing towards goal and then being sent flying by Arturo Vidal's reckless challenge.
Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari had warned his side they could not afford to make any mistakes in the knockout stage and he would have been furious with the way Chile were allowed back into contention.
Hulk's poor control from Marcelo's throw-in gifted possession to Eduardo Vargas and he quickly found Sanchez in the penalty area to drill a low finish across Cesar.
Brazil worked hard to regain the lead but the half ended with the hosts frantically scrambling to deny Aranguiz after carelessness from Luiz Gustavo.
The second half felt comparatively subdued until Webb's big call arrived, with Hulk judged to have controlled a pass with his arm before beating Bravo. It was a tough and unpopular decision but seemed, on the basis of television replays, to be the correct one.
A period of Chile pressure ensued as Cesar superbly denied Aranguiz from close range.
Former Manchester City striker Jo replaced Fred to a warm welcome - he now plays for local side Atletico Mineiro - and might have made a quick impact, but failed to connect with Hulk's cross.
Bravo did well to repel a Neymar header and Hulk's powerful strike, before again thwarting the much-improved Hulk in the first period of extra time.
Scolari played his final card by introducing Willian for a disappointing Oscar, but the weary Chileans - for whom the excellent Medel was carried off on a stretcher in tears - switched from an aggressive 3-1-4-2 formation to a defensive 5-1-3-1 and appeared intent on holding on for penalties.
They could, however, have snatched the most incredible of winners when substitute Pinilla rattled the bar powerfully in the final minute.
Penalties would be needed and Brazil held their nerve to make the last eight.
- 12Soares de Espindola
- 2Alves da SilvaBooked at 105mins
- 3Thiago Silva
- 4David Luiz
- 6Marcelo
- 5FernandinhoSubstituted forSantos do Nascimentoat 72'minutes
- 17DiasBooked at 60mins
- 11OscarSubstituted forWillianat 105'minutes
- 10Neymar
- 7Vieira de SouzaBooked at 55mins
- 9Chaves GuedesSubstituted forde Assis Silvaat 64'minutesBooked at 93mins
- 1de Oliveira Galvao
- 8Paulinho
- 13Costa Santos
- 14Cabelino Andrade
- 15Buss
- 16Santos do Nascimento
- 18de Carvalho Andrade Lima
- 19Willian
- 20Bernard
- 21de Assis Silva
- 22Bagy
- 23Sisenando
- 1Bravo
- 5SilvaBooked at 40mins
- 17MedelSubstituted forRojasat 108'minutes
- 18Jara
- 4Isla
- 20Aránguiz
- 21Díaz
- 2MenaBooked at 17mins
- 8VidalSubstituted forPinillaat 87'minutesBooked at 102mins
- 7Sánchez
- 11VargasSubstituted forGutiérrezat 57'minutes
- 3Albornoz
- 6Carmona
- 9Pinilla
- 10Valdívia
- 12Toselli
- 13Rojas
- 14Orellana
- 15Beausejour
- 16Gutiérrez
- 19Fuenzalida
- 22Paredes
- 23Herrera
- Referee:
- Howard Webb
- Attendance:
- 57,714
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home48%
- Away52%
- Shots
- Home23
- Away13
- Shots on Target
- Home6
- Away2
- Corners
- Home9
- Away5
- Fouls
- Home28
- Away23
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Penalties over
Penalty Shootout ends, Brazil 1(3), Chile 1(2).
Penalty missed! Still Brazil 1(3), Chile 1(2). Gonzalo Jara (Chile) hits the right post with a right footed shot.
Goal! Brazil 1(3), Chile 1(2). Neymar (Brazil) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal! Brazil 1(2), Chile 1(2). Marcelo Díaz (Chile) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
Penalty saved! Hulk (Brazil) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
Goal! Brazil 1(2), Chile 1(1). Charles Aránguiz (Chile) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
Goal! Brazil 1(2), Chile 1. Marcelo (Brazil) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
Penalty saved! Alexis Sánchez (Chile) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Willian (Brazil) right footed shot is close, but misses to the left. Willian should be disappointed.
Penalty saved! Mauricio Pinilla (Chile) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
Goal! Brazil 1(1), Chile 1. David Luiz (Brazil) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalties in progress
Penalty Shootout begins Brazil 1, Chile 1.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Brazil 1, Chile 1.
Attempt missed. Ramires (Brazil) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Willian following a corner.
Corner, Brazil. Conceded by José Rojas.
Mauricio Pinilla (Chile) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez.
Attempt missed. Hulk (Brazil) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Luiz Gustavo.
Marcelo (Brazil) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Felipe Gutierrez (Chile).
Foul by Ramires (Brazil).
Felipe Gutierrez (Chile) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Eugenio Mena (Chile).
Hulk (Brazil) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Marcelo Díaz (Chile) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Charles Aránguiz.
Attempt blocked. Mauricio Pinilla (Chile) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eugenio Mena.
Foul by Mauricio Pinilla (Chile).
Luiz Gustavo (Brazil) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Dani Alves (Brazil) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Willian following a set piece situation.
Foul by Francisco Silva (Chile).
Jô (Brazil) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Mauricio Pinilla (Chile) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Francisco Silva following a set piece situation.
Felipe Gutierrez (Chile) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ramires (Brazil).
Substitution, Chile. José Rojas replaces Gary Medel because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Gary Medel (Chile) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Jô (Brazil) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Neymar with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Brazil. Conceded by Gary Medel.
Second Half Extra Time begins Brazil 1, Chile 1.


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The Parting Glass-
It probably doesn't lead anywhere,
Failure is not falling down,
But refusing to get up.
Don't let your fear of the past affect the presence of your future.
Live for what tomorrow has to bring, not what yesterday has taken away.
Trust yourself, think for yourself, act for yourself, speak for yourself.
Be yourself.


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You're invited! Participate in our online Spring Speaker Series and learn from scholars about Bible translation, movie theology, and the intersection of our faith and today's theology. Check out more information about each speaker and presentation below. Then register for one, two, or all three presentations.
Joys and Challenges of Bible Translation
Monday, February 29 | 12 p.m. Central Time | Online
Hear from two professors and authors who specialize in the New Testament. Dr. Jeannine K. Brown and Mark L. Strauss will share some of the ins and outs of translating God's Word. Learn from their experiences, gain a few tips, and get insight into how your Bible came to be. Register now.
Movie Theology
Wednesday, March 16 | 1 p.m. Central Time | Online
Connect with our culture through the movies. Professor Glen G. Scorgie will provide some resources and an overview of perspectives that will help you understand and critique movies through a Christian lens. Register now.
Where Does Culture Intersect with Christian Faith?
Tuesday, April 12 | 2 p.m. Central Time | Online
You may be surprised at the many ways Christian thought cuts across different aspects of our culture. But what is "culture"? Dr. Ken Reynhout, lead faculty, will talk about the meaning of culture and how Christians can meaningfully engage with it. Register now.


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Too Cold Scorpio
Too Cold Scorpio is an American professional wrestler, He worked for World Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s, Extreme Championship Wrestling in the mid-1990s, the World Wrestling Federation in the late 1990s (as Flash Funk) and Pro Wrestling Noah in the early to mid-2000s. He currently wrestles on the US independent circuit.
June 14, 2014, Scorpio was inducted into the 2300 Arena's Hardcore Hall of Fame, hosted by the documentary team behind Wrestling with Disaster. The induction ceremony was held and filmed for the documentary. Other inductees: The Pitbulls, The Blue Meanie and Shane Douglas
Too Cold Scorpio is available for Matches,Autograph Sessions and Public Appearances, he is booked out of Orlando,Florida.


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What is Vestry?
The Vestry is the governing board of the parish and consists of the Rector, the Wardens and lay members. The Vestry at Saint John's has nine members. Each year at our Annual Meeting the congregation elects new members for three-year terms.
The Rector presides at meetings of the Vestry which handle the parish's business and temporal matters. Additionally, the Vestry serves as a council of advice for the Rector. As its primary responsibility, the Vestry oversees the parish's financial health. In partnership with the rector, it develops and approves the annual parish budget. The Vestry also serves as an advisory council to the rector who by church law is the parish's chief liturgical and pastoral officer.
The Vestry meets in Saint John's Library.
If you need to contact any Vestry Member, please contact the parish office at email@example.com or at 217-344-1924.
- Regular attendance at church services, participation in major parish events, including Confirmations, Bishop's visits, and the Annual meeting to ensure visibility and to reinforce the event's importance in the life of our parish. Provide accessibility.
- Maintain Pledge in good standing
- Serve as liaison to vestry for one committee.
- Be a good listener to all parishioners and bring their concerns to the priest/priest-in-charge/rector.
- Wear a nametag to lead by example and make visitors welcome.
- Speak of vestry decisions with one voice to support our ministries.
- Respect opinions that differ from our own to encourage honest expression.
- Silence cell phones during meetings and services. Do not check cell phones unless on emergency call.
- Harbor no resentment when others seem not to appreciate our commitment
- Protect our trust in one another by holding all confidences. Keep the specifics of our deliberations and votes confidential in order to promote and protect the free discussion of issues.
- When asked, be willing to stand with the priest at the back of the church and greet people as they leave following the service.
Our Vestry
Stephen Brown, Rector's Warden
Matthew Cross, Parish Warden
Lorraine Crummey, Newcomer Ministry Coordinator
Joanne Geigner, Hospitality Coordinator
Eileen Guest, Parish Care Coordinator
Gloria Keeley, Sunday School Coordinator
Michelle Lore, Social Outreach Chair
Paul Poulosky, Christian Education Delegate
Kevin Thomas, Marketing Coordinator
Amy Weber, Stewardship Chair
Kelley Wegeng, Clerk and Liturgical Scheduling
Matthew Winters, Assistant Treasurer and Budget Development
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Oxford University Press, Dec 19, 2007 - Religion - 336 pages
Mystics are path-breaking religious practitioners who claim to have experience the infinite, word-defying Mystery that is God. Many have been gifted writers with an uncanny ability to communicate the great realities of life with both a theologian's precision and a poet's lyricism. They use words to jolt us into recognizing ineffable mysteries surging beneath the surface of our lives and within the depths of our hearts and, by their artistry, can awaken us to see and savor fugitive glimpses of a God-drenched world. In Mystics, William Harmless, S.J., introduces readers to the scholarly study of mysticism. He explores both mystics' extraordinary lives and their no-less-extraordinary writings using a unique case-study method centered on detailed examinations of six major Christian mystics: Thomas Merton, Bernard of Clairvaux, Hildegard of Bingen, Bonaventure, Meister Eckhart, and Evagrius Ponticus. Rather than presenting mysticism as a subtle web of psychological or theological abstractions, Harmless's case-study approach brings things down to earth, restoring mystics to their historical context. Harmless highlights the pungent diversity of mystical experiences and mystical theologies. Stepping beyond Christianity, he also explores mystical elements within Islam and Buddhism, offering a chapter on the popular Sufi poet Rumi and one on the famous Japanese Zen master Dogen. Harmless concludes with an overview of the century-long scholarly conversation on mysticism and offers a unique, multifaceted optic for understanding mystics, their communities, and their writings. Geared toward a wide audience, Mystics balances state-of-the-art scholarship with accessible, lucid prose.
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Kids, Paleo and Halloween
|Halloween Stuffed Peppers
I was the weird kid with the miso soup and rice balls for lunch while the other kids at school had white bread with cheese whiz and half-moon cakes. I don't want my kids to feel like they can't be like everyone else or feel excluded from treats others are enjoying.
But I see how their stomachs and throats hurt (or their noses get stuffed up) after they have refined sugar or junk. I have also learned so much from the Paleo/Real Food and Low Carb world about how bad junk food really is for us.
That is what makes Halloween such a challenge for me. I believe it is really unhealthy for them but I don't want to be the bummer. I am searching for the middle road.
This is what we did last Halloween - just weeks into the kids starting Paleo.
When they came home with their loot, as per-arranged, my son was presented with the expensive jacket he had been wishing for, in trade for his junkiest stuff (more than half his loot). My daughter was a hard sell, even after we threw her a fun junk-free party the week before (none of the kids had bobbed for apples before and we made mini jack-o-lanterns from oranges), she was completely unwilling to plan a candy trade. But to her surprise, when she came home, my sister was waiting with hand-me-downs for her to trade for candy (the coolest clothes in the world). She gave up half her treats, with joy. Then we all had some home-made chocolate covered bacon to compensate for lost treats.
As for this year, the kids (14 and 11) have found that the longer they go without junk, the more it bothers them when they do eat it - but they still want it, of course. They have also learned to make home made treats themselves and rave about how much better tasting their treats are than junk food. I am not sure anything has changed though.
This year's candy trade is still in negotiations.
Check out the Green Halloween Guide to a non GMO Halloween
This year's candy trade is still in negotiations.
Check out the Green Halloween Guide to a non GMO Halloween
Here are some ideas for home-made treats:
More treat ideas:
Healthy Halloween Recipe Round Up 2011 by Paleo Parents (check out their site next week for the 2012 version)
10 Healthy Halloween treats By Wise Roots Nutrition
Here are some interesting Paleo Halloween thoughts:
Here are some interesting Paleo Halloween thoughts:
Why are we still Celebrating Halloween by Matt Mombourquette
What to do with Halloween Candy By The Protective Dad
Don't be fooled by tricky "treats" By Amy Kubal, for Robb Wolf
Don't be fooled by tricky "treats" By Amy Kubal, for Robb Wolf
A Paleo Halloween -what to do with kids instead of candy By Paleo Plan
Here are some fun non-food Halloween activities:
Here are some fun non-food Halloween activities:
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|Glittered pumpkins
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- Interview with Marjane Satrapi
By now we all ought at least to be aware of, if not conversant with, the growing influence of graphic literature in the culture. By "graphic" I mean "illustrated," the medium of cartoons and comics. (As writer-illustrator Marjane Satrapi jokes, "When you say 'graphic novel,' I think you mean Lady Chatterley's Lover or something like that." She prefers the term "comics." "Graphic" and "comic" will refer specifically to panels of pictures from here on.) Comic books and graphic novels have been adapted to film in movies like Batman Begins, X-Men, Sin City, From Hell, and V for Vendetta; bookstores have markedly expanded their sections devoted to graphic novels and manga; scholars study Japanese manga and Spanish photonovelas; children can distinguish readily between American cartoons and Japanese anime; and cable television carries popular channels like Toon Disney and the Cartoon Network, which has a late-night division called "Adult Swim" carrying animated shows not for children. Graphic literature has crossed into the mainstream with highly successful and critically acclaimed works like Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize–winning Maus and In the Shadow of No Towers, Chris Ware's Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, Daniel Clowes's Ghost World and David Boring, Craig Thompson's Goodbye, Chunky Rice, and Blankets, Keiji Nakazawa's Barefoot Gen series, and Charles Burns's Black Hole. Despite the fact that all of these works are labeled as "graphic novels," Spiegelman and Thompson have actually created masterful graphic memoirs.
Graphic memoir is able to approximate the narrative elements of the traditional textual memoir, as it largely does in Thompson's Blankets, a book about adolescence and the conflicts and complications of growing up in a religiously conservative family. The verbal equivalents of these books might be works like Kim Barnes's In the Wilderness, a memoir of life in a Pentecostal family, or Blue Windows by Barbara Wilson, about growing up in a Christian Science family. Graphic memoir can also approximate the experimental or lyric forms of the memoir. Spiegelman's Maus is a [End Page 147] memoir told in two timelines, one following the narrative of the author's parents' experiences as Jews living in Eastern Europe during the rise of Nazi power and throughout the Holocaust, the other following the author's efforts to drag memories out of his aging and ailing father and record them in comics format. Textual equivalents might include not only Holocaust memoirs like Elie Wiesel's Night or Helen Fremont's After Long Silence, but also the late Deborah Tall's lyric memoir, A Family of Strangers.
Memoirs frequently revolve around an author's efforts to understand a parent, as well as to understand him- or herself. Think of Blake Morrison's And When Did You Last See Your Father?, a memoir alternating between the father's deathbed and the author's memories of the father during his own childhood, or Donald Antrim's efforts to come to terms with his relationship with his mother in The Afterlife. Graphic memoirs can be similarly powerful and insightful. Fun Home: A Graphic Tragicomic is such a memoir by Alison Bechdel, best known for her long-running comic strip "Dykes to Watch Out For" (which has been collected occasionally in book form). Bechdel examines the events surrounding her discovery of her sexual identity, the subsequent revelation of her father's homosexuality, and the circumstances surrounding his death. Her images both counterpoint and elaborate on her verbal narration.
While a good many graphic novels are scripted by a writer and illustrated by an artist, graphic memoirs mentioned here were scripted and drawn by the same person. They are more fully the creative vision of a single person than the productive output of a team, as most comic books are. One graphic author who has attained prominence in the field is Marjane Satrapi.
Satrapi first gained attention in the United States with the publication of Persepolis, a graphic memoir of growing up in Iran during the last years of the Shah's reign and the early years of the Islamic Revolution. Eventually the narrative followed her through a period of...


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Minutes of the Southern Vermont Beekeepers Association
February 11, 2015
Manchester, VT
Call to Order at 7:20 due to delay in unlocking the door.
In the absence of the President and Secretary the meeting was lead by Stewart Dittmeier.
Election of Officers was postponed until next meeting.
Motion made and carried to renew membership in the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. A check for $75 was given to the Chamber representative.
Jack Rath gave a presentation on Observation Hives and brought one to demonstrate the proper use.
A Question & Answer session followed the presentation with Jack offering updates on a number of bee related topics.
The next event will be a potluck dinner and presentation by VT State Apiculturist Steve Parise on March 18th. This will be held at the new Manchester Library.
Steve will report on a number of topics as well as the new bee-yard registration fee.
It was suggested by Beth Miller that we include a honey tasting event with each producer who has honey to bring a sample. Also family and friends are invited to attend.
A motion was made and approved to change the next scheduled meeting to May 20th at the new Manchester Library and to invite Matt from Middletown, VT (note: Beth Miller knows his contact info) who will speak about unique varietals of herbs and wildflowers for honey production.
Annual dues is due and being collected.
Other Announcements:
Betterbee Field Day will be June 28th in Greenwich, NY. Dewey Caron will be a guest speaker.
Diane Newton announced that on May 30 Hildene will host Bee Safari
Join Bee Girl, Sarah Reid Laird for a workshop focusing on pollinator identification and habitat enhancement. 9:00 to Noon in the Beckwith Room. Hildene Members $10. Non-members $15. Seating is limited and reservations strongly recommended: email Stephanie or call 802.367.7960. More information will be on the Hildene website.
Meeting adjourned at 9:00
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