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Franca Lehfeldt's journey from a driven student to a successful businesswoman and journalist is a testament to her determination, intelligence, and undeniable talent.
Her ability to excel in various fields and carve out her path is truly inspiring, making her a role model for aspiring professionals in Germany and beyond.
Franca Lehfeldt's Biography
Franca Lehfeldt, born on September 12, 1989, in Hamburg, West Germany, is a multi-talented German businesswoman, journalist, author, and former television presenter.
Her illustrious career has seen her assume significant roles in the media sector and establish herself as a successful professional.
Lehfeldt grew up in a family with a strong business background. Claus-Holger Lehfeldt, her father, was involved in the real estate and private equity industries through his company, Lehfeldt GmbH. Her father's entrepreneurial zeal and early exposure to the business sector affected her upbringing.
Lehfeldt attended the Glion Institute of Higher Education in Glion, Switzerland, after finishing her secondary education at the Castle Neubeuern boarding school in 2009.
She earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in 2012 after studying business administration and hotel management.
To broaden her knowledge and expertise, she earned a Master of Science in Strategic Marketing from the International School of Management in 2014.
Lehfeldt's professional career began when she graduated from the RTL journalism school. She began her career as a reporter with RTL Group, a renowned media organisation. Her perseverance and talent catapulted her through the ranks, and she was elevated to chief reporter of political publications in April 2021.
She obtained considerable experience and refined her journalistic talents while at RTL Group.
Lehfeldt made a dramatic career change in 2022 when he joined Die Welt, a renowned German newspaper owned by Axel Springer SE. She was promoted to chief reporter, strengthening her reputation as an excellent journalist.
She did, however, quit her post at Die Welt in October 2023 to pursue her passion for self-employment. She established her own communication and marketing agency, demonstrating her entrepreneurial spirit and passion for success.
Aside from her professional achievements, Lehfeldt's personal life has garnered interest. She will marry Christian Lindner, the current Federal Minister of Finance of Germany, on July 7, 2022.
The wedding was held on the gorgeous island of Sylt in Germany, and noteworthy guests included Olaf Scholz, Marco Buschmann, Wolfgang Kubicki, and Armin Laschet.
The celebration garnered headlines, with some publications incorrectly stating that taxpayer funds were used to sponsor the event. However, the couple stressed that the whole wedding was privately funded, with the only exception being increased security measures.
As of 2023, Lehfeldt and Lindner live in Berlin, Germany, where they pursue their individual professional goals while simultaneously enjoying their personal lives together.
What Is Franca Lehfeldt's Net Worth?
Franca Lehfeldt's net worth is unknown as there are no precise details on how much wealth she has currently.


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Art review: 'Chain Letter' at Shoshana Wayne Gallery
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A chain letter is a message sent in an effort to induce friend and stranger alike to pass it on, often under pain of punishment or promise of benefit. Today it's a handy, analog metaphor for digital social networks.
In June, artists Doug Harvey and Christian Cummings sent a chain letter (actually, a chain email) to 10 artists each one admired, inviting them to show up and participate in a Shoshana Wayne Gallery exhibition -- and to invite 10 friends to do likewise. When the "Chain Letter" show opened, work by more than 1,600 artists was jammed into the space, plus two overflow galleries nearby.
Similar shows are underway in nine other cities, from Seoul to Berlin.The resulting friendly chaos is like a "Hoarders" outtake. Bergamot hasn't seen lines of eager artists like this since the casting call last September for Bravo TV's reality-contest comedy show, "Work of Art: The Next Great Artist." Every item is numbered (some resourceful artists brought their own labels), but on the day I visited the enormous object list was unfinished. So, most things are anonymous.
No matter. Forget treasure hunting. The community of artists is an iceberg whose tiny tip is what is seen in institutional settings, while what we glimpse here is a huge, usually submerged chunk.
Dominated by sculptures with just a smattering of paintings, it turns up a few themes, such as a surfeit of Brancusi-style "endless columns" made of tin foil, scrap paper, rocks, assorted plastic stuff and envelopes (ode to antique chain letters). Clothing is also popular, fashioned from store receipts, eyeglass lenses and black-and-blue lace (think fashion "victim"). Golden threads on a white blouse make an elegant hair-shirt. Denim pants with one absurdly elongated leg puns on modified genes.
There are plenty of scatological rants, plus assorted self-promotional ads. This is really Harvey's and Cummings' show, however, a disruptive, Brobdingnagian found-object assemblage scavenged from endless Internet highways. Think one part Tom Sawyer whitewashing the fence and one part digital "On the Road."
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica, (310) 453-7535, through Aug. 23. Closed Sun. and Mon. www.shoshanawayne.com
Gilbert 'Magu' Lujan's Hollywood & Vine Metro station
British painter Lucian Freud dies at 88
Cy Twombly dies at 83; internationally renowned American artist
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We're excited that 285 new members have joined the LaunchPad this month, bringing us to a total of 5,135 program participants since we opened in Bird Library. New members include graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, staff and recent alumni who are working on ideas related to venture development. This surge tells us that innovation is alive and well on the Syracuse campus. Many people used the pandemic as an opportunity to develop ideas and returned to campus ready to work on them. We're excited to connect our new members to an expanded team of student peer mentors. Request a mentor here or network on our LaunchPad Slack Channel. It's a discussion forum to pose questions, tell us about your ideas, or get help solving a problem.
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Music Minister Osita Peter Kicks off the year with a powerful song of worship titled 'Jesus' featuring one of Nigerian's very respected singer and songwriter Dunsin Oyekan.
Jesus is a song of total Praise and Worship to our Lord, King and Saviour JESUS CHRIST for HIS Greatness, Power and Dominion
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The song is off the recently released 14 tracks Album 'Sounds of True Worship [My Offering].
The visual was recorded live at well attended SOTWorship1.0 Worship
Experience held on the 15th of September, 2019 in Abuja which also saw
to the unveiling of the album.
Osita Peter is a prolific songwriter, singer, pastor and one whose love for God
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UN team arrives in Yemen to monitor port city cease-fire
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A U.N. team led by a Dutch officer has arrived in Yemen to monitor a cease-fire that went into force in the Red Sea port city of Hodeida, where the country's civil war rivals have fought for months.
The team, led by Maj. Gen. Patrick Cammaert, flew Saturday into the southern city of Aden, the seat of the country's internationally recognized, but largely exiled, government.
Cammaert and his team are due to travel later to Sanaa, and then proceed by road to Hodeida, where both sides have accused the other of breaching the truce.
Elsewhere in Yemen, fighting over the past two days between forces loyal to the government and Shiite rebels west of the northern province of Marib has left at least 85 dead from both sides.
The Western Journal has not reviewed this Associated Press story prior to publication. Therefore, it may contain editorial bias or may in some other way not meet our normal editorial standards. It is provided to our readers as a service from The Western Journal.
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NUHW members successfully lobby lawmakers to hold Wellpath accountable
Wellpath, a private equity-owned firm that provides healthcare services to correctional facilities across the country, makes more money when it fails to meet the staffing levels required in its contracts with public agencies.
Wellpath has followed this formula in Stanislaus County, where it has chronically understaffed the county jail in Modesto and let staffing levels fall to even more dangerous levels during the worst days of COVID.
But as the pandemic got underway two years ago, caregivers at the jail employed by Wellpath got organized and voted to join NUHW. When it was time for Wellpath's contract to come up for renewal with the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors, Wellpath workers were ready to hold the company accountable.
Working with organizers and NUHW researchers, the caregivers documented Wellpath's flagrant violation of the staffing matrixes set forth in the county's contract and shared that information with county officials.
Caregivers also addressed Stanislaus County supervisors, informing them of conditions inside the jail and calling on them to put accountability provisions into the county's upcoming contract with Wellpath.
The supervisors listened to the caregivers, and they delivered.
The new five-year contract for jail medical and mental health services includes language that requires Wellpath to submit monthly staffing reports and a new enforcement mechanism requiring Wellpath to return taxpayer dollars allotted for staffing when the company falls short of the required staffing levels. A similar clawback provision was won by NUHW members employed by Wellpath at Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County.
"We're happy the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors approved these measures that make Wellpath accountable for the contract they have with the county and the taxpayers," Registered Nurse Breana Karbeling said.
The new Stanislaus contract also includes a more detailed staffing plan and adds crucial positions, including registered nurses and a discharge planner to connect people with mental health services when they return to the community.
"The issue of short-staffing is important to all of us and is the reason why we formed a union two years ago," Karbeling said. "The new regulations will also ensure there is appropriate staffing to respond to emergencies, speed up inmate booking and assessments, and improve working conditions and quality of care for our patients not only when they're in the jail, but also when they reintegrate into the community."


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Automatic pocket welting double needle lockstitch machine with organized split needle bar, for slanted pockets with flaps
· the machine supports the sewing of straight pockets (with flaps) or slanted pocket on suits, jackets and pants.
· Double / single welt sewing can be changed over by the simple touch of a key on the operation panel.
· Extended sewing length (18mm-220mm)
· Touch screen operation
The machine supports the sewing of straight pockets (with flaps) on suits, jackets and pants.
Double-/single-welt sewing can be changed over by the simple touch of a key on the operation panel.
Increased adjustable range of sewing lengths (min. 18mm to max.220mm)
In addition to the high-speed machine head with a maximum speed of 3,000 sti/min, faster movement (jump and forwarding)of the clamp foot achieves a shorter machine time.
Welting process without flaps |
Welting process with flaps . |
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With the clamp bar stacker, the machine is able to handle materials with a shortest distance of 250 mm from its edge to the pocket. A stacking sensor is also provided as standard to prevent stacking errors.
The device improves the ease of the material placement by sucking the garment body.
The graphic display and touch panel on the large color LCD help dramatically increase ease of use. Basic operations are carried out with the graphic screen and pictogram buttons. Guidance messages are given in your selected language.
Now the USB-ready main body of the sewing machine uses many different kinds of media :
The memory storage capability of the main body of the sewing machine has been dramatically enhanced. Now the USB-ready main body of the sewing machine uses many different kinds of media. In addition to the Compact Flash card, the main body of the sewing machine is provided as standard with a USB connector. Now, data can be input/output to/from various kinds of media (SD (Secure Digital Card), CF (Compact Flash), SM (Smart Media) etc.)by means of a USB thumb device and a card reader.
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Bag cover | Parallel flap | Parallel and oblique flaps |
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Parallel double welt, Parallel single welt, (With/without flaps) |
Parallel double welt, parallel single welt, Slanted double welt, Slanted single welt, (With/without flaps) |
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Stitch length (fastening stitching) |
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Corner-knife cutting adjusting method | Mechanical adjustment | Electronic adjustment |
Needle | ORGAN DPx 17# 16 (#14 - #18) | |
Number of independent sewing patterns | 99 patterns (999 patterns when a CF memory card is used | |
Number of cycle sewing patterns |
20 Patterns | |
Number of alternate sewing patterns | 20 Patterns | |
Machine head | 2-needle lockstitch machine |
2-needle, lockstitch machine with organized split needle bar |
Needle gauge |
8、10、12、14、16、18、20mm 22、24、26、28、30、32mm |
8、10、12、14、16、18、20mm |
Languages supported for operation panel |
Espanol, Italiano, Franqais, Deutsch, Portugues, Turkle, Viet nam,御MOL Indonesia, Py c c k n w |


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In the 20th century, motion pictures— the movies—became as much a part of American life as the automobile and apple pie and Hollywood, a symbol for glitz and glitter (that all too often was not gold). One of the classic accounts of the rise of the silver—and then silent—screen appeared in 1926 in a limited two-volume edition (each copy of which was signed by Thomas Edison) and later in a popular edition. Written by Terry Ramsaye (1885—1954), a journalist turned producer, the work was entitled A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture Through 1925, and it has long been acclaimed as the first authentic film history. Touchstone Books has published a new edition of Ramsaye's chronicle, which H.L. Mencken felt possessed "a picaresque quality in . . .narrative that keeps it from ever becoming dull" [$15.95]. Hollywood is also the subject of another recent Touchstone Book, this being The Movie Business Book. Edited by Jason E. Squire, it contains accounts of wheeling, dealing, making, selling, and exhibiting movies by 41 practitioners of the trade, including Mel Brooks, William Goldman, and Sydney Pollack [$9.95]. A third Touchstone offering is John Van Der Zee's Bound Over: Indentured Servitude and American Conscience, an account of the indentured laborers who constituted half of all the colonists who came to America from 1609 until well after the Revolution and one the San Francisco Chronicle said "should be read by professional historians and laypersons alike" [$8.95]. Exploration and colonization are the subjects of two recent additions to Nebraska's Bison Books series, the additions being respectively Walter Prescott Webb's The Great Frontier (this great historian's final work), with an introduction by Arnold J. Toynbee [$9.95], and Alexander Ross's Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River, 1810—1813 [$7.95]. As part of its Galaxy Book paperback series, Oxford has published Joel Williamson's A Rage for Order, this being an abridgment of Williamson's The Crucible of Race [$9.95], a history of Southern race relations considered in a league with W.J. Cash's Mind of the South and C. Vann Woodward's The Strange Career of Jim Crow. Vintage Books has reprinted Bill D. Ross's Iwo Jima: Legacy of Valor, a battle history longtime military reporter Drew Middleton considered "the best book on a campaign . . .since Alan Moorhead's work on El Alamein" [$9.95]. Another recent Vintage Book is Theodore Draper's American Communism and Soviet Russia, a history of the formative period of the American Communist Party with a new introduction and afterword [$12.95], Cornell has published a paper edition of Joseph D. Novak's A Theory of Education, offering "a comprehensive and coherent theory of education intended to be used in improving school instruction" [$10.95].
Richard Morris Hunt was considered the dean of American architects in the Gilded Age. His works include such famous buildings as The Breakers and Marble House in Newport, Biltmore House in North Carolina, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the base for the Statue of Liberty. A definitive biography of this architect is Paul Baker's Richard Morris Hunt, which a New York Times reviewer described as a story "told with sympathy but without illusions." MIT Press has a new paper edition of the Hunt biography [$17.50]. A new Harvest/HJB book is Volume 4 of The Early Diary of Anais Nin covering the years 1927—1941 with a preface by Joaquin Nin-Culmell [$12.95]. Touchstone Books is offering a reprint of Hannah Pakula's The Last Romantic, a life of the legendary Marie, Queen of Roumania, one of the most famous beauties of her time and an extraordinary woman on any count. The Christian Science Monitor lauded this biography as "fascinating, readable, and evocative of a disappeared world" [$12.95]. Another Touchstone reprint is Bergman on Bergman, interviews with Ingmar Bergman, the famous Swedish movie director, translated by Paul Britten Austin [$9.95]. A new addition to Harper and Row's Perennial Library is Janet Morgan's Agatha Christie, a biography of the "queen of crime" and the world's best selling novelist [$7.95]. Perennial Library has also reprinted Geoffrey C. Ward's Before the Trumpet: Young Franklin Roosevelt, an account of FDR's youth which ends with his marriage to Eleanor [$9.95]. A recent Oxford paperback is Simon Nowell-Smith's The Legend of the Master: Henry James As Others Saw Him, a compilation of impressions of the famous American writer and artist by his contemporaries [$7.95]. Collier Books is out with a paper edition of Matthias Schmidt's Albert Speer: The End of a Myth in which this West German historian contends that Speer had a clandestine plan to assassinate Hitler and then to succeed him [$7.95]. Ungar has republished Barbara C. Ewell's Kate Chopin, a biography of the American author of The Awakening (1899), a novel once denounced as immoral that has now become a major text of contemporary feminism [$16.95 cloth].
Pushkin on Literature edited by Tatiana Wolff is the only English edition of all Pushkin's critical writing, both on his own work and on the wide range of European literature which he read and studied. Stanford has published a revised edition of this work, which first appeared in 1971, with a new introductory essay by John Bayley [$39.50 cloth]. The Oxford Authors, with Frank Carmode as general editor, is a new series of authoritative editions of the major English writers for the student and general reader. The latest addition to this paperback series is Samuel Taylor Coleridge, edited by H. J. Jackson and including much of Coleridge's poetry, the complete Biographica Literaria and substantial extracts from other prose works [$10.95]. Two other Oxford reprints are C. T. Onion's A Shakespeare Glossary, enlarged and revised throughout by Robert D. Eagleson [$24.95 cloth, $10.95 paper], and Thomas Gray and William Collins: Poetical Works, edited by Roger Lonsdale [$13.50 paper]. Chicago has printed a second paper edition of Jacques Barzun's On Writing, Editing and Publishing: Essays Explicative and Hortatory, a collection of eleven articles written over a period of almost 40 years and including advice for dealing with writer's block, coping with the pitfalls of translating, and providing two essays on the foibles of publishing practices as they affect the writer [$20.00 cloth, $5.95 paper]. A New Directions paper book is Kenneth Rexroth's Classics Revisited, a collection of essays ranging from Homer to Stendhal, from Macbeth to Izaak Walton [$10.95]. Methune has come out with a paper edition of Rainer Maria Rilke's Selected Poems, translated by Albert Ernest Flemming [$9.95].
A contemporary of Shakespeare who actually died on the same day as the Bard himself, Miguel de Cervantes is widely considered as the author of the first modern novel, Don Quixote. Cervantes' timeless masterpiece is now available in what is described as the finest English translation ever written—that by English novelist Tobias Smollet. This translation, which has not been in print for more than 100 years, is again available in paper, with an introduction by Carlos Fuentes, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux [$10.95], Henry Holt has reprinted Natalia Ginzburg's All Our Yesterdays as a Seaver book, a novel set against the background of Italy from 1939 to 1944 [$8.95].


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No one could screech and warble as a sentient cookie quite like Conrad Vernon.
DreamWorks auditioned "actual actors" to play the Gingerbread Man in Shrek, but nothing compared to the high-pitched gold of the storyboard artist's own scratch dialogue track. Director Andrew Adamson and his crew saw no alternative: Vernon was their molasses-based man.
And 20 years later, he's still got the goods. When I ask him over Zoom how he achieved the downright disturbing sound of a Gingerbread Man gasping for air while being dunked in milk, Vernon replicates the effect with a quick wagging of the tongue. (He thinks there may have been some actual water involved, too.)
While animators voicing key roles in their own movies or shows is common now (The Mitchells vs. the Machines director Mike Rianda voiced dinosaur-obsessed son Aaron and the Furbies in the recent Netflix feature, for instance), it wasn't back in 2001. But everything was a little more off-the-cuff on Shrek. When Vernon, a veteran of shows like Rocko's Modern Life and Ren & Stimpy, joined DreamWorks to work on Antz, he broke from the traditions of most storyboard artists, who would visualize the script as written. Instead, he did what he did on TV gigs: pitch wacky jokes and sequences. He impressed boss Jeffrey Katzenberg enough that he was assigned to Shrek, which had been through countless drafts and design overhauls. "It was a struggling movie," Vernon admits, "and they said, 'Well, why don't you go in and breathe some life into it.'"
So the storyboard artist pitched the Gingerbread Man sequence, using a voice he came up with as a gag with his animator buddy (and future Shrek Forever After director) Mike Mitchell. "We'd be talking about our babysitting days," he recalls, "and how we always had this little kid that was just a little too precious. That was the voice."
Expert Gingerbread gargling was not Vernon's only vocal contribution to the Shrek franchise. After taking on directing duties with Shrek 2, the animator also loaned his services to the sequels' new character, Puss in Boots. While Antonio Banderas eventually voiced the character, Vernon recorded his own track to pace the comedy of the scenes, and once again, aspects of the scratch dialogue were just too good to cut. "They liked what I did for him coughing up the hairball better, so they left me in for that chunk."
Though Vernon moved on from Shrek to direct films like Sausage Party and The Addams Family, he says he's committed to resuming his squeaky line-readings for any theoretical Shrek 5 or beyond. He's stuck to the promise so far, appearing in everything from Shrek video games to belting "Sugar Sugar" by the Archies in a Shrek-themed karaoke video. He'll forever voice Gingerbread Man … as long as other directors take it easy on his larynx.
"For some reason, people are under the impression that the Gingerbread Man just screams all the time," he says. "And so whenever I did those shorts or video games, I'll do the voice, and then they go, 'No, bigger' and 'Yeah, scream it!' They want every line screamed because that's the way Gingerbread Man talks. But he doesn't talk like that! And by the end of it, I'm chugging tea with honey. So it's incredibly difficult to do."


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Mark 10:1–52 - Marriage, Materialism, and Ministry
Mark 10:1–52 - Marriage, Materialism, and Ministry
In City on a Hill, Phillip Ryken asserts that "a Church for post-Christian times is a teaching church." He goes on to say that "the only church that will survive in post-Christian times is a church with a passion for God's Word."1As elsewhere, in Mark 10 Jesus sets a pattern for the teaching church (v. 1).
There are a few things you can't miss about Jesus' teaching. He taught with authority. His teaching was saturated with love (v. 21) and mercy (vv. 47–48). He didn't seem to stick to a script but taught according to the needs of the audience. He answered questions and responded to circumstances. He didn't avoid difficult issues. As He and His disciples marched toward Jerusalem Jesus tackled three difficult issues: marriage, money, and ministry.
Discipleship and Marriage (10:1–12)⤒🔗
The question of divorce is extremely relevant given the failure rate of marriages today. A recent study reveals that 33 percent of Americans who marry will divorce. This statistic seems to show little variance between believing and unbelieving demographics. George Barna, the director of the study, noted that Americans have grown comfortable with divorce as a natural part of life. "There no longer seems to be . . . a stigma attached to divorce; it is now seen as an unavoidable rite of passage."2
Even with the changing cultural norms regarding divorce, the topic still evokes strong emotions in the church. This was true in Jesus' day as well. The question, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife" was put to Him as a test (10:2); it seems to have no good answer. If Jesus said yes, His opponents could accuse Him of advocating divorce. If He said no, they could say that He was ignoring the law of Moses, which allowed for divorce. Jesus' approach to this topic is extremely helpful. The Pharisees focused on the exception to the rule — divorce — while Jesus focused on the institution of marriage.
The Exception←↰⤒🔗
Jesus began to answer the Pharisees' question on divorce by asking what the Old Testament had to say about it. The text to which the Pharisees appeal is Deuteronomy 24:1–4. Commentators do not always agree on the grounds that Moses here provides for divorce.3What is clear is that in the Old Testament divorce was not difficult. Even so, this provision was given, not as an indulgence to capricious men but as a protection to undervalued women. A man who would dishonor his marriage vow at least had to provide a certificate stating that the marriage was over and that his ex might marry again and not be left destitute.
But Jesus' point is that divorce was permitted (not commanded) due to hardness of heart. "Divorces were permitted, not because they were lawful, but because Moses had to deal with a rebellious . . . nation."4 The overwhelming evidence in the Old Testament is that God does not delight in divorce (Mal. 2:13–17). In the New Testament, the divorce loophole is tightened. There are only two biblical grounds for divorce. A spouse who has committed adultery has dissolved the marriage and set the other at liberty (Matt. 5:31–32).5 Paul also seems to allow for divorce in the case of radical desertion (1 Cor. 7:10–16). While there is some disagreement on this point,6. it is clear that the grounds given for divorce in many marriages today are not scriptural.
The Rule←↰⤒🔗
Jesus brought up grounds for divorce to touch on possible exceptions that prove the rule. God's rule for marriage is lifelong monogamous, heterosexual commitment (10:6). Jesus elaborates on this rule by first pointing out that there was no divorce before the Fall: "From the beginning it was not so" (Matt. 19:8). This is a powerful ethical principle. In Genesis 2 God opens a window into perfect humanity's family life: Adam and Eve remained exclusively faithful to each other. Anything other than this perfect picture is a deviation from God's intention.
Second, Jesus elaborates on the "one flesh" principle (10:6a, 8). Men and women are two unique fleshes, two distinct but complementary parts of humanity. They were made to fit each other, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. In marriage two fleshes become so joined that they can no longer be called two but one.
Third, Jesus teaches the rule of marriage by comparing marriage with the filial bond (10:7–8). We may wonder, "What could be stronger than the bond between parents and their children?" Jesus' answer is, "The marriage bond." For the purpose of marriage a man shall leave his father and mother to be united to his wife.
Fourth, Jesus teaches the rule of marriage by emphasizing that God makes the marriage (v. 9). Something happens in marriage that goes beyond the two people involved. God joins man and woman together into one flesh. Who are we to separate that union? One advantage of studying human failures, divorce being just one example, is that we see more clearly the integrity of God. "You have played the harlot with many lovers," says the Lord. "Yet return to me . . . for I am married to you" (Jer. 3:1, 14). Such commitment on God's part provides unshakable ground for the faith of His followers.
Discipleship and Materialism (10:13–31)←⤒🔗
At this point in His public ministry, Jesus is looking for committed disciples. As He briskly approaches His darkest hour He speaks candidly about what it means to enter the kingdom of God as a disciple (vv. 15, 23). A disciple is a person who follows Jesus to learn from Him in order to be like Him (Luke 6:40). At the heart of Mark 10 Jesus echoes His earlier call to "Come, take up your cross and follow me" (cf. 8:34). The main lesson is: Discipleship is a total sacrifice. One of the great obstacles to discipleship is materialism. In this passage Mark gives both positive and negative examples of discipleship as it touches on the theme of materialism.
Examples of True Discipleship←↰⤒🔗
Peter exemplifies all true disciples when he says, "We have left all to follow you!" (v. 28). Jesus agrees. They have left houses, families, and lands for the sake of the gospel (v. 29). Disciples realize that no sacrifice is more important than following Jesus. A few verses earlier Jesus compared discipleship with childhood (10:13–16). Children often demonstrate total commitment. There is nothing a loving child wouldn't give up for a loving parent. My six-year-old child would spend all the money in her bank account to buy me a cheeseburger if that's what would please me. Even following painful discipline godly children remain lovingly committed to their parents. An Example of Non-Discipleship
By contrast, the rich man of verses 17–22 exemplifies all who despise discipleship. In response to his question, "What shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?" Jesus uses the commandments as a checklist to identify that heart-idol that was keeping the rich young ruler from committing to Christ. He found it in his riches. To this ruler, money was more important than God. For now, at least, "he went away sorrowful" knowing that he could not be a disciple. He knew that he wasn't just a bad tither; he wasn't a Christian! Some of us may be more deceived. What is it that we will not let go of? Consider the following list of heart-checking demands: Give up your career plans to raise a godly family. Ask for a demotion at work so that you can spend more time with your kids. Give at least 10 percent of your income to God's work. Stop overeating. Give up electronic devices that lead you into temptation. God isn't necessarily calling us to do all these things. But He does demand that we put nothing before Him, whether reputation, relationships, comfort, control, or security.
Jesus speaks specifically here to the discipleship stumbling block of money. Jesus is not saying that wealth and religion are antithetical; the Bible's patriarchal and monarchial history disproves such a notion. This man was not too rich. He just loved his riches too much. The same might be true of you whether you make twenty thousand, two hundred thousand, or two million dollars per year. Wealth is such a dangerous idol because it can provide us with a sense of freedom, identity, and security — three things that come only truly through the gospel.
The rich man's failures can also help us to identify false standards of discipleship. Sometimes we might take a "simple majority" approach to discipleship. Doing more Christian than non-Christian things does not make you a disciple. Beware also of a "big-ticket item" approach to discipleship. Sadly, those who with an unbelieving heart do such "big-ticket" activities as worshiping, tithing, witnessing, or volunteering will still hear Christ say those dreadful words: "I never knew you" (Matt. 7:23).
The Radical Nature and Reward of Discipleship←↰⤒🔗
When Christ hit His disciples with God's view of discipleship they were literally driven to despair: "Who then can be saved?" (v. 26). If you have listened to Jesus' teaching and thought, "I'm the model of discipleship," then you have utterly missed the point. Jesus was clear when He said, "With man, it is impossible" (v. 27). "But," says He, "not with God; for with God all things are possible."
Jesus said if you have left all for Christ you will not miss any of it. Jesus speaks of a hundredfold gain in this life and eternal life in the age to come (vv. 29–30). These rewards are not without cost (v. 30); it's just that the cost is worth it. Jim Elliot knew the cost of discipleship. He was a bright, well-educated man who gave up everything he had for Christ. He was killed, along with four others, while attempting to evangelize a brutal South American tribe. But because he had already done the math of discipleship he could write, "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose."
Such a perspective prepares us to hear Jesus' final hard theme of this chapter.
Discipleship and Ministry (10:32–52)←⤒🔗
It is said that repetition is the mother of all learning, a fact Jesus obviously knew well. In this passage, for the third time in as many chapters, Jesus predicted His approaching suffering (vv. 32–34). Twice before these words had gone over the disciples' heads (8:32; 9:32) so He lovingly repeated them. He was preparing His disciples for the unimaginable. With every passing day, Jesus was getting closer to the cross. He was "going up to Jerusalem" (v. 32). Up to this point Mark mentions Jerusalem in the context of people coming from Jerusalem; often Jesus' enemies. But now He is going up to Jerusalem to face His enemies for the sake of His people. In this passage Jesus gives us a beautifully succinct statement expressing the purpose of His ministry. "The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many" (10:45). At the heart of this passage is the service of Christ. Three distinct but related aspects of this service are highlighted in the last half of Mark 10.
The Service of Christ Predicted (10:32–34)←↰⤒🔗
This first point will be very uncomfortable if we understand it. In our minds examples of service might include raking the widowed neighbors' leaves or clearing the table after a meal. But the service of Christ is intimately connected with suffering. In Jerusalem Jesus would experience betrayal, injustice, mockery, degradation, and physical pain. Jesus is the one whom Isaiah predicted would be "despised and rejected by men" (Isa. 53:3). Significantly His passion prediction forms the theological basis for His teaching on service and sets the pace for understanding Christian suffering (cf. Mark 10:38–40). Christian service is a calculated giving of one's life, patterned after Christ's service. Many of the disciples who were following Jesus to Jerusalem would endure similar fates as their Master.
The Service of Christ Reflected (10:35–45)←↰⤒🔗
As Jesus expressed His humiliation, the disciples expressed their desire for exaltation. All twelve of them were guilty in this regard, not just the two who had asked for personal favors (v. 37). When the ten heard about what the two had done they were angry. They didn't want someone else asking for (or receiving) anything they couldn't have. When we say, "That's not fair," what we often mean is, "I'm upset that I missed out." We tend to have such an egocentric concept of greatness. As such we miss opportunities to make God's kingdom great. Christians need to see themselves as part of something bigger than themselves. But like the disciples we often only care for how this kingdom benefits us.
In the face of the disciples' failure Jesus teaches several things about service. First, service entails real suffering. Jesus equates the ministry of the Christian with His own ministry. The disciples would be baptized with His baptism and drink the cup that He drank. Second, Jesus says that true disciples refuse to rule with a heavy hand. Jesus knows that the disciples have a tendency to lord it over others. We've already seen how they have abused their leadership position (cf. 10:13; 9:38; 6:36). Jesus says that leaders in the church lead without making those they're leading feel oppressed. Christian service is selfless. Bishop J. C. Ryle said, "Let all who desire to please Christ watch and pray against self-esteem."7 Christian service is kingdom-focused, people-oriented, and self-abasing.
The Service of Christ Demonstrated (10:46–52)←↰⤒🔗
Sometimes godliness is sooner caught than taught. Jesus, while on the way to the cross, stopped to heal an ordinary beggar. That is service in action! Jesus teaches that mercy — voluntary, unconstrained care for those who are hurting — is at the heart of Christian service. Bartimaeus had no right to Christ's mercy. Neither do we. But to God's glory Christ came to serve hurting sinners who had completely de-merited his help.
As with Christ's service to Bartimaeus, so Christian service is a combination of word and deed. Jesus neither drops a few coins in Bartimaeus's cup, nor does He simply say, "Your sins are forgiven." He heals Bartimaeus physically and teaches him to keep his faith fixed upon the Savior. Bartimaeus's response paints a striking portrait of true discipleship: "Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road" (v. 52).
Points to Ponder and Discuss
- According to Ephesians 5:22–33, how does human marriage communicate the gospel?
- What light do such passages as Jeremiah 3 and Ezekiel 16 shed on marriage and divorce?
- How can Jesus' teaching on divorce be applied to a people in the following walks of life: single, married, divorced?
- How does the rich young ruler's answer to Jesus' questions betray a superficial understanding of obedience (v. 20)?
- How can wealth be dangerous to true religion?
- How is God's long-suffering shown in the fact that Jesus announces His passion on three different occasions?
- How can we avoid ambition in its older definition (inordinate desire for honor) while embracing ambition as it is understood today?
- What can we learn from Bartimaeus?


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Don't Be Sittin On My Baller Wolf (I'll Be The One To Bring It 2 Ya)
everyone has been asking me my opinion on this scandal.
the "yolanda/russell wilson/no ciara" scandal.
as you know (or didn't) ciara's best friend,
yolanda frederick,
was dragged from here to timbuktu.
she was on video sitting on ciara's hubbys lap earlier this week.
ciara's husband is nfl baller wolf,
russell wilson.
on the lap with "hand on thigh" action.
well then she thought it was a good idea to throw this up on her ig…
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Is Your Hand Up That Vixen's "Pannies", Trey Songz?
was your hand in this young vixen's crotch?
it sure looked like it.
why i'm asking?…
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DMX Gets Naked and Runs A Few Laps
you read the title right.
dmx randomly pulled his drawz down and ran a lap in a hotel lobby.
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Rip His Pants Off
would you let him twerk on your lap?


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These little hearts of gorgeousness are crammed with 10% fragrance Oil so they are so strong and last a long time. We recommend 2 hearts in your oil burner and this should last approximately 16-20 hours Depending on the size of the room or if you are using an electric or candlelit oil burner, this will affect the burn time.
Wax melts do not evaporate, instead, when the oil burns away you then throw the wax away. We recommend letting it harden and then warming your burner slightly so it is easily removed. Alternatively, you can pop a cotton ball into it to absorb the wax. If your tray on your oil burner tray is removable a short period in the freezer helps to release it.
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You need to watch this video of birds flying in formation like a shape-shifting cloud
Birds don't have the biggest brains on the planet, but that tiny organ is obviously good for something, otherwise we wouldn't be so captivated by normal avian activity. Case in point: this flock of birds that resembles a magic cloud.
Without any understanding of typical bird behavior, we could see how watching the flying creatures form these totally wavy patterns could make someone nervous about birds. Like, is this just some sort of bird game that takes the place of crapping on random people and cars?
Well, as we discovered upon watching this equally mesmerizing video of starlings in flight, scientists have figured out that this collective bird flight path is actually a survival maneuver to evade predators.
We couldn't agree more so, we should probably give birds a little more credit and stop using the term "bird brain" as a way to describe a person who is "annoyingly stupid and shallow," as Google puts it. This marvelous footage captured by Marco Campazas proves that birds (and their brains) are anything but.
Absolutely awesome.
Oh, and we love how another flock joins the main group and falls right in line with the formation of a stunning pattern in the sky. SEE WHAT WE MEAN, GUYS! Birds are highly intelligent and lucky is the creature that is blessed to have a bird brain.
Well perhaps we shouldn't go that far. But still, there's something extremely amazing about how in sync these animals are with one another. Now if someone with an exceptional human brain can figure out a way to construct vehicles that mimic the seamless manner in which these birds move with one another, we just might be on to something huge.


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An old-fashioned early supper is the key to effortless weight loss
Despite the $255 billion global diet industry, £2 billion in the UK, objective studies show broad agreement that diets don't work. "I would agree with that," says Trine Balsvik, "Eating less, focussing only on calories, it's the worst, depressing, infuriating. Totally miserable. That's not a life."
Trine Balsvik lives in a small village called Hell in the middle of Norway with her partner and one of her two grown-up daughters. Now 45, she says, "I have tried many weight loss diets with no success."
Balsvik weighed 80 kilos when she read about a new study that was recruiting subjects for a seven-week trial combining time-restricted eating (TRE) and high intensity interval training (HIIT), "I like contributing to scientific research, but this one really attracted me. I wanted to lose weight."
The trial
The seven-week randomised controlled trial split 131 overweight or obese reproductive-aged women with an average age of 36 and split them into four groups. One doing TRE alone, restricting their energy intake to no greater than a 10-hour daytime 'eating window', starting no later than 9am, the second doing HIIT consisting of supervised treadmill running sessions three times a week, a third doing a combination of TRE and HIIT and a control group that did nothing.
Other than time restrictions, the participants were asked to eat and drink as they would normally. Participants were advised to open their eating window no later than 10am.
A collaboration between Norwegian and Australian authors, the study, which was published in Cell Metabolism last October, saw improvements in a number of crucial biomarkers in all the groups except the control, including a wide improvement in blood sugar reactions and a reduction in visceral 'belly fat' that indicates a raised risk of cardio metabolic disorders like heart disease and Type 2 diabetes.
Balsvik was part of the TREHIIT group, which, unsurprisingly, did best. Balsvik lost half a stone (three kilos) in seven weeks, her BMI dropped from 29.5 to 28.5 and she lost nearly 10% of visceral 'belly' fat, which was pretty average within her group.
She says the hardest thing about the study was the 30 minutes of travel to the exercise sessions and the impact running had on her hips and knees. Other than that she says it was "easy".
Minimal effort
And here is where this small study is interesting. Easy? The word is rarely seen in the same sentence as 'diet'. While the HIIT was a successful intervention, Balsvik has not kept it up since the study ended two years ago, but she still has enthusiasm for TRE, which she found effortless.
"I was very anxious before I started. Wondering 'How am I going to do my work if I haven't eaten anything?' For two or so days I had this sense of hunger but not extreme and then my body liked the routine, I had more energy and was in a great mood. It was the complete opposite to what I expected."
After the study she continued following TRE, losing a further 9lbs (4kg) and a further 10% of visceral fat (belly fat around organs in the abdominal cavity). "I stick to it. Sometimes we eat a bit later in the evening at the weekend and my body reacts and I feel sick, like something is wrong with me. My boyfriend has joined me on it now." He has not seen significant improvements, "I think his eating window is too long, at 13 hours, and too late."
One of the study's authors, Kamilla Haganes of the Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, says TRE should not be confused with Intermittent Fasting because it is a "chrono nutritional strategy".
Popular fasting regimes such as 16:8, 5:2 or OMAD (one meal a day) "are mainly linked to the energy restriction achieved with intermittent periods of fasting. In contrast, TRE primarily emphasises shifting energy intake to parts of the day where the human body is physiologically prepared to digest and utilise energy."
How TRE works
TRE works in harmony with our circadian rhythms, the body, brain and even individual cells and genes having their own clocks that work roughly in synch with the 24-hour day. Food and light switch certain functions on. Sleep, body temperature, hormone levels and digestion are all affected by these natural fairly inflexible circadian rhythms across all human beings.
One very famous study reverted a number of self-identifying "night owl" students to natural "larks" over a matter of a few days simply by taking away all artificial light sources at night.
Another study found that even if there is no weight loss, TRE still improves metabolic markers in prediabetic men. Balsvik is now effortlessly over a stone lighter two years on, with a BMI of 27, and greatly reduced visceral fat, having cut down on ultra processed foods and increased protein and vegetables out of choice.
She plans to resurrect the HIIT regime with exercise that's easier on her knees. The exercise will help, she says, but "Unless you are a naturally motivated person, you need encouragement…" A sentiment many of us will understand.
One study last summer found TRE most effective implemented between seven am and three pm. Another found that those who stick to TRE but eat a later dinner see less benefits.
So, eat your evening meal early. Your body will thank you.


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The Rubin Center at The University of Texas at El Paso is proud to announce the founding of the Gaspar Enriquez Cultural Center in partnership with Paso del Norte Community Foundation. The Center will be housed in Mi Casa Gallery, a historic adobe building lovingly restored by the artist, and stewarded by the Rubin Center in perpetuity. Following Gaspar's example, the project will inspire future generations of artists and activists to engage in meaningful ways with the San Elizario community through art and culture.
The GECC will become a site for UTEP student-led programming and outreach, providing sites for hands-on learning in studio arts, museum studies, art education, public history, and environmental humanities. Over the next five years, the Rubin Center and College of Liberal Arts collaborators will launch a series of exhibitions, youth projects, and outreach initiatives in dialogue with the San Elizario community.
The GECC will launch the weekend of October 19-21st, with opening activities to celebrate the exhibition Collidoscope: De La Torre Brothers Retro-Perspective, installed between the Rubin Center for the Visual Arts and Mi Casa Gallery in San Elizario.
A native El Pasoan, Gaspar Enriquez is a Chicano painter, portraitist, and educator based in San Elizario, in El Paso County, Texas. Enriquez was born in the historic Segundo Barrio of El Paso. He completed his Bachelor's degree at The University of Texas at El Paso in 1970 and his Master's degree in metals from New Mexico State University in 1985. He taught at Bowie High School in El Paso for 34 years. Enriquez's images are visual and emotional statements that explore the history and continuity of Mexican-American culture, from his community on the U.S.-Mexico border. His work was included in the 1990-1993 exhibition Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation (CARA) and Chicano Visions: American Painters on the Verge (2001-2007), an exhibition of work in the Cheech Marin collection. His paintings are collected by museums including the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, de Young Museum, Tucson Museum Of Art, and the El Paso Museum of Art, among many others. He was named a 2023 Texas State Visual Artist by the Texas Commission on the Arts. |
One is born a Mexican American, but one chooses to be a Chicano. My work reflects a politically-charged lifestyle that passes from one generation to the next, surviving poverty, wars, prisons, and internal strife. The men and women who populate my paintings reflect the paradoxes that arise in the barrio - pride in place and language, a search for self-esteem and meaning in a landscape of poverty, and the fragility that comes with learning too much about life too soon. As an American artist with a Hispanic background, my art is about the personal relationships and events that dominate my two-culture environment. Soy Chicano.
The Gaspar Enriquez Cultural Center (GECC) supports the coming together of artists, students, and community members through activities in artmaking, environmental stewardship, and preservation of history while re-centering San Elizario in the heart of El Paso County. Led by the Rubin Center for the Visual Arts in collaboration with UTEP College of Liberal Arts, it provides a dynamic training ground for future museum and arts professionals from our majority Latinx student body.


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Song Hye-gyo promotes film
Actors Zhang Ziyi and Takeshi Kaneshiro, and director John Woo, also attended the event.
"There was not much difference between filming in Korea and in China," Song said at the press conference. "There were some awkward moments since I was a foreigner, but the staff and actors were kind enough to help me out in those moments."
When asked about what it was like to work with famed director John Woo, Song said, "He is like a father figure to me whom I can rely on. He went through my acting step by step."
"The Crossing" is based on the 1949 Taiping tragedy and tells the story of three young couples onboard. The Taiping was a Chinese steamer that sank in 1949 after colliding with another vessel. More than a thousand people lost their lives in the incident.
The drama's domestic release has not yet been determined.
BY Jin Eun-soo, contributing writer


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BAE Systems has announced the acquisition of the airborne tactical radios business of Raytheon Technologies Corporation, following receipt of regulatory and customary approvals, the company said.
The consideration of USD 275 million (GBP 218 million) has been funded from BAE Systems´ existing cash resources.
As a provider of airborne tactical radio solutions, the Radios business designs, manufactures and supplies a broad range of mission-critical communication systems to the US Department of Defense, allied governments and large defence aircraft manufacturers. These systems feature state of the art anti-jamming, multi-band, multi-channel and encryption capabilities, which are essential to secure communication.
The Radios business adds complementary positions in the airborne communications domain including software-defined radio capabilities and a catalogue of waveforms.
The business employs approximately 100 employees in locations in Indiana and Florida.
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Includes Altered Beast, Sonic the Hedgehog and Galaxy Force II.
Sega 3D Classics Collection will come to Europe on 4th November exclusively on 3DS.
This anthology will includes the following nine games:
- Sonic The Hedgehog
- Thunder Blade
- Galaxy Force II
- Altered Beast
- Maze Walker
- Power Drift
- Puyo Puyo 2
- Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa
- Fantasy Zone II
This will mark the European debut of Maze Walker and Power Drift.
The collection will be available both physically and digitally.
Sega 3D Classics Collection launched late last year in Japan and this April in North America. Our overseas friends at USgamer rather enjoyed it.


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Company News
TCS may consider giving 12-15% hikes to top employees
The appraisal season has already kick-started with several companies assessing the performance of employees. Adding to the list is Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) that is reportedly all set to offer 12-15 per cent salary hike to the top performers of the company.
According to a report in Livemint.com, TCS may offer 12-15 per cent salary hike in the hope to keep employees on board, in order to bring down attrition. As per the targets, TCS hopes to bring down this attrition to 13-14 per cent, from the current 20 per cent by the second half of the fiscal year.
In addition to this bulky performance appraisal of top performers, TCS is also reportedly considering a hike in the base salaries of campus recruitments. After repeated complaints of delays in on-boarding of freshers by IT companies, a step by TCS could mean a positive change in the IT jobs landscape.
"For high performers, we are looking into the 12-15% range. Everybody else, basically, we have 8%, 5% and 1.5% for those who are not performing," Livemint.com quoted Milind Lakkad, chief human resources officer, TCS, as saying.
To recap, in 2022, the top performers in junior roles at TCS reportedly received an 11 per cent bonus, whereas those in senior roles received a relatively lower one. However, some junior executives were granted a 100 per cent bonus in the first quarter of January-March.
Attrition and layoffs have been pretty common over the last couple of months due to fears of global recession in the wake of an economic downturn. As tech companies navigate tricky waters, TCS' move could bring some fresh air for many. Outlook India


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that the X and Y axis of both touchscreen and display are in the same direction.
after you delete the calibration data file, on the next reboot, confirm that the calibration program ran just before X loaded.
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I did try doing just that and it still had issues…not sure if it was going in a different direction anymore but I would have to touch on the very bottom left of the touchscreen in order to see the cursor in the upper right. I didn't see anything when I touched anywhere else on the screen. So it seemed like the two were out of alignment rather than flipped. Calibration didn't seem to fix this.
BTW, I went back to the v1.8 you posted in order to move along on my little project to see if I could live with this version. What makes me nervous is I may have issues if I ever need to update.


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A city MP has criticised the University of Leicester after it told its students they would not receive a full rent rebate for accommodation they have not used during the coronavirus pandemic.
Students have started a petition for the university to provide a 'fair rent rebate' after they were told not to return to their halls of residence during the pandemic.
They say they have been offered a refund of half of what they had paid.
Staff informed students in an email not to return unless they were on an 'exempted' course or if their working conditions at home were 'unsuitable'.
The petition alleges that the university committed to 'fair' rebates for students who have not used their rooms or other facilities.
Student, Ceara Mitchell who started the petition, said: "Students were under the impression that they would receive a full refund for their unused accommodation, after paying £2,000 for this term's rent alone.
"However, the university has now decided that students will only be able to get a 50 per cent rebate.
"This is completely unfair to students who haven't been back to halls since December.
"Why should students, many of whom are from disadvantaged backgrounds, have to lose thousands of pounds for a room they haven't even been using?"
Ms Mitchell said the decision had been a blow after an already 'disappointing' year.
Her petition states: "Students cannot afford to lose so much money - we have already had a disappointing university experience due to coronavirus.
"Nobody should have to lose so much money for unused accommodation - the university needs to reconsider these rebates, because it is completely unfair for students to lose 50 per cent of their rent payment."
Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe is supporting the petition and said the University of Leicester had made a decision which was a 'sign of corporate greed'.
She told LeicestershireLive: "I am very concerned by reports that the University of Leicester has not offered its students a full rent rebate.
"Due to essential public health guidance, Leicester university students have not been able to attend their accommodation since December 2020.
"Yet it appears the university is only refunding students half of the £2,000 bill to rent a room that they are prohibited from using.
"This is a sign of corporate greed, which is unjust, unacceptable and will hit working-class students the hardest.
"It goes against the spirit of togetherness and solidarity which has got Leicester through the pandemic – which has impacted our city worse than anywhere else.
"I believe that education must be a universal right – not a costly privilege."
According to moneysavingexpert.com, there is no legal requirement for universities to offer refunds to students.
A statement of their website reads: "Ultimately, students have no more right to a rent reduction or payment freeze than any other renter – and this applies to those renting both university-provided accommodation and private housing."
A spokesperson for the university said: "In January, we advised students in university-owned and operated accommodation that the amount of the accommodation rebate would be calculated in March, once it was possible to assess the full impact of the national lockdown.
"We are providing accommodation rebates to those who live in the university's own halls of residence and who have not made use of their accommodation since the start of the spring term due to COVID-19.
"Eligible students living in private accommodation may also claim one-off financial support to help cover living costs, including rent."
The university said that costs were still incurred during the pandemic, meaning it was not able to offer a full rebate.
The spokesperson added: "Whilst some students have not returned to campus, we are still operating buildings and facilities for a significant number of students.
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"Currently, over 60 per cent of students with an accommodation contract with us are currently staying in university halls.
"This inevitably means that running costs continue to be incurred by the university and whilst we manage these as carefully as possible,it is not possible to reduce these completely."
The university says it has set up hardship funds and support networks for students who are financially struggling.
Its statement added: "Support is available and students can access financial, mental health and other support resources on our Life in Lockdown pages.
"We are conscious that this has been an extremely challenging time for our students but we remain committed to providing the best education and student experience we can during these uncertain times.
"We continue to lobby Universities UK (UUK) and the Government, seeking a fair outcome for all students and universities who have been financially impacted by recent lockdowns."


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Ingrown Toenails can be extremely painful and debilitating and even minor problems can quickly flare into something much worse if left untreated.
At Heal Focus Podiatry we have treated hundreds of ingrown toenails successfully over many years and unfortunately, many are the result of poor nail cutting and by patients digging sharp objects down the sides of the nails to try and clean them out.
Avoid digging anything down the sides of your toenails and if there is a slight irritation, pick up the phone and give us a call!
All it takes is for the skin to be scratched, ever so slightly, and this small break in the skin can lead to an infection.
More Ingrown Toenails in Summer
Statistically, warmer months produce more ingrown toenails than cooler months.
When it's warm, the skin around the nail becomes soft due to sweat and retained moisture within the shoe, however the nail is hard and with constant shoe pressure the nail can penetrate and break the skin.
So poorly fitted footwear can also be a problem and can significantly increase the chance of ingrown toenails.
What Are My Treatment Options?
Regardless of the cause, treatment for an ingrown toenail is quite simple.
At Heal Focus Podiatry our podiatrist will first and foremost take a detailed medical history before commencing any form of treatment, because it's important to know if this has been an ongoing problem, or if it's your first ingrown toenail.
Your answer will determine the type of treatment undertaken.
It's also important to know how painful it is. Sometimes an ingrown toenail can look terrible and be relatively pain free. If this is the case treatment is simple and usually involves simple trimming of the nail away from the nail groove and applying a sterile dressing.
When treating ingrown toenails, it is advisable to review all treatment within three to five days.
When Is Surgery Required?
If you've had a long history of painful ingrown toenails and conservative treatment has been unsuccessful, then a minor surgical procedure may be the best option.
This procedure is relatively painless and is performed under local anaesthetic in our podiatry rooms, and you do not need a referral from your GP.
When local anaesthetic is injected into the toe it is numb within minutes, making the ingrown toenail surgery completely pain free.
The whole procedure is completed in under an hour, and once the area is dressed, you will walk out of our clinic pain free. Even when the anaesthetic wears off, rarely does anyone complain of pain, because all the podiatrists at Heal Focus Podiatry are highly trained toenail surgeons.
Success Rate
At Heal Focus Podiatry we perform this procedure countless of times every year with a 100% success rate. When you have nail surgery, we guarantee the results, which is why patients travel quite a distance to receive treatment at our Glenelg South clinic. If you have any questions or would like to make an appointment, please telephone us on 0401 828 001 and one of our friendly team will assist you as best the can.


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If so, that's now possible.
Former Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson's house — located in Moorestown, New Jersey — is listed for sale on Zillow. After being bought for $1.95 million in 2016, the asking price is listed at $2.7 million.
For that much money, it's no surprise to see that it's a really nice-looking place. See below for some images of the property that includes five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, and 6,918 square feet.
Here's Pederson's home office, which is where he conducted some of his Zoom press conferences from last year. Peep the two Vince Lombardi Trophies:
We knew that Pederson was friends with Brett Favre but we didn't necessarily know he had his former teammate so prominently featured in part of his home:
I like how Pederson had these jerseys framed ... and has a Super Bowl LII pillow:
I believe that's a Nick Foles Jacksonville Jaguars bobblehead Pederson has on a table near Foles' Believe It book:
The house obviously doesn't come with all the cool stuff Pederson has in it but, still, a pretty nice place to live.
It remains to be seen where Pederson is moving to next. He said he's leaning towards taking the 2021 season off.


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Did you know ? "The skin is no more separate from the brain than the surface of a lake is separate from its depths. They are two different locations in a continuous medium. To touch the surface is to stir the depths." – Deane Juhan (author of Job's Body)
Indian Head Massage has been practiced for many centuries as part of family health care. Indian mothers massage their children's hair, head, neck and shoulders to stimulate growth and relaxation.
· To eliminate excess oil from the scalp
· To purify
· To strengthen or rejuvenate
· To maintain strength
· Understanding and reinforcing the individuality of the patient
· Ayurvedic massage goes beyond the purely aesthetic and superficial
· Ayurvedic massage also stimulates nerve function (e.g. Bells Palsy)
· Improves relaxation, creating calmness and emotional well-being
· Concentration and alertness are optimized
· Myofascial pain, fibromyalgia and chronic internal disorders are addressed through stretches, opening up of the meridians and Ayurvedic acupressure points
· Other benefits include: Relief from tension headaches, eye-strain, ear problems, neck shoulder stiffness, sinusitis, scalp tension and mental fatigue
· How to incorporate massage, oils and pressure point technique in 45 minutes
· Explanation of the Ayurvedic understanding of the life force Prana, Ayurvedic massage and medicine
· How to evaluate, analyze and treat the client as an individual
· The three different types of massage suited for each individual
· An explanation of the functions of and locations of the marmas (pressure points) and nadis (meridian system)
· The purpose of appropriate essential oils, carrier oils, herbs and energetic qualities for each individual client
· How to match the personality type (Dosha) to the massage stroke and oil
This is mainly a hands-on course.
Participants are asked to bring: Set of linens, a hand towel and preferred essential oil (e.g. Rosemary, Sandalwood, Lavender, Peppermint, Frankincense, Myrrh, Patchouli, etc).
Date: Friday, November 1st, 2024
Time: 8:30 am to 6:00 pm
Cortiva Institute – Cromwell Campus
45 Shunpike Road, Suite 10
Cromwell, Connecticut 06416
Phone: 860-667-1886
CE Credits: 8
Approved by NCBTMB # 279778-00/ CE Broker # 50-1674
About the Instructor:
Wolfgang Luckmann A.P. (Acupuncture Physician), DiHom, L.M.T. is a licensed acupuncture physician, massage therapist and homeopath who has taught internationally for the last 20 years. He trained in traditional Chinese Medicine at the Acupressure Acupuncture Institute in Miami and in Clinical Advanced Therapeutic Massage at the College for Natural Health. He has pioneered many uses of Oriental Body Modalities for psycho-somatic disorders including treatments for ADHD/Hyperactivity and Autistic children. Currently he teaches workshops for massage therapists and acupuncturists all around the United States, and was inducted into the Massage Therapy Hall of Fame in 2015.
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Gov. John Bel Edwards held his daily press briefing on Friday about the state's response on COVID-19 where he introduced new modeling charts and data showing how the virus is impacting the state and how social distancing measures are affecting the slow of the spread of the virus.
Louisiana's modeling data show the state on course to require 2,500 new hospitalizations a day in the New Orleans area by mid-May, if the public does not adhere to COVID-19 mitigation measures like Gov. Edwards' Stay at Home order, Edwards said.
The governor and the Louisiana Department of Health on Friday shared a product of the state's COVID-19 modeling that takes into account the governor's aggressive mitigation measures.
According to the governor, projections are based on modeling that accounts for the rate of hospitalization and death, as well as the capacity of health care facilities and medical surge efforts in each region. Each scenario is based on the number of new people a COVID-19 positive patient infects. In the most favorable scenario, this number is lower, with fewer people being infected and fewer health care resources needed.
Louisiana is now releasing data about hospitalized cases and hospital and ventilator use each day on its COVD-19 dashboard at ldh.la.gov/coronavirus.
The governor said the product of the LDH's COVID-19 model shows differing scenarios based on how well the public participates in different mitigation efforts. This graph shows projected new hospitalizations per day under four different scenarios in Region 1 (the Greater New Orleans Area). As LDH builds out additional regional projections, it says it will share them with the public.
Watch the governor's full Friday press conference below: