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Render RSS/Atom feeds with a simple builder
compile "org.grails.plugins:feeds:1.6"
This plugin adds a feedType and feedVersion parameters to the render method of controllers, which if passeda valid feed type such as "rss" or "atom" and a version will expect a closure to be passed with render,which will render a feed using a custom builder. The FeedBuilder used for this accepts entry and content nodes, any propertiesof which can be set within the builder. These are beans from the ROME API so all properties thereshould work.
A plugin that renders RSS/Atom feeds, or any other formats supported by the ROME API, as well as iTunes compatible podcasts.To install, add a dependency in your BuildConfig.groovy:
Since the entry node is based on the Interface SyndEntry you can use all field provided by it, see SyndEntryAPICommon properties of content nodes you may want to set:
Descriptions are currently not directly supported by the builder but can be constructed using the ROME API directly.
It works like this - you call render() method from your controller action as normal, but instead of using a view you specify a feedType parameter and a feedVersion parameter, as well as a closure that uses a custom feed builder to define the feed. Currently, feed types "rss" and "atom" are supported.
plugins { compile ':feeds:1.6' }
If you are using Safari (certainly version 3) you may find that links to your feeds are rejected with a message about it not being able to get feeds from localhost. The solution is to change your link in your address bar to your local host name i.e. "http://yourmacbook.local:8080/yourfeedtest/feed" and from then on the links will work.
Using the dynamic render method and the Feed Builder DSL
The feedType parameter is required. The feedVersion is optional and will default to 2.0 for RSS and 1.0 for Atom if not supplied. Current tested feedType values are "rss" and "atom", but any ROME supported feed type should work.As of version 1.4 the builder has predefined node types:
class YourController { def feed = { render(feedType:"rss", feedVersion:"2.0") { title = "My test feed" link = "http://your.test.server/yourController/feed" description = "The funky Grails news feed" Article.list().each { article -> entry(article.title) { link = "http://your.test.server/article/${article.id}" article.content // return the content } } } } }
- entry - an entry in the feed
- content - content of an entry in the feed
- enclosure - an attachment to an entry (used for podcasts)
- iTunes - special iTunes Music Store podcast tags at feed or entry level
The different feed types have different requirements. For example RSS 2.0 requires a "description" property in the channel (root node of the builder) whereas older versions may not. So watch out for errors relating to properties being required in certain nodes.
Commercial SupportCommercial support is available for this and other Grailsrocks plugins.
Builder semanticsSome of the feed formats have different required properties that you must set on the feed (AKA Channel) and the child nodes (entry and content). Exceptions will occur if you don't meet these constraints.The feed builder is very forgiving. The general pattern is:
- set feed top-level properties i.e. link and title
- define entry nodes and properties of them
- define content for entry nodes, and properties of content
- entry nodes can take a title parameter as a shortcut.
- content nodes can take a string parameter which is used as the text/plain content body
- entry node bodies can just return an object, the string value of which will be used as text/plain content for the entry
- entry and content nodes can take a map as parameter, to set any properties of the node
|Property name
|the date the entry was published
|the list of categories
|author name
|link to the online entry
|Property name
|the mime type of the content
Setting root node (feed) properties directly using FeedBuilder.
This section does not apply if using the render(feedType:"xxxx") mechanism, only if using the FeedBuilder directly, in the render(feedType:"xxx") case you can only set feed properties in the top level of the closure
def builder = new FeedBuilder() builder.feed { title = "My title" link = "http://www.myblogsite.com" }//setting the optional RSS image tag def builderWithImage = new FeedBuilder() builderWithImage.feed { title = "My title" link = "http://www.myblogsite.com" //import com.sun.syndication.feed.synd.SyndImageImpl image = new SyndImageImpl(url:'http://', title:'My feed', link:'http://mysite.de') }def feedA = builder.makeFeed('rss_2.0')def builder2 = new FeedBuilder() builder2.feed(title: "My title", link: "http://www.myblogsite.com") { // nodes here } def feedB = builder2.makeFeed('rss_2.0')def builder3 = new FeedBuilder() builder3.feed("My title") { link = "http://www.myblogsite.com" } def feedC = builder2.makeFeed('rss_2.0')
Entry nodes
entry { title = "Article 1" link = "http://somedomain.com/feed/1" publishedDate = new Date() //content here }entry("Article 2") { link = "http://somedomain.com/feed/2" publishedDate = new Date() //content here }entry(title:"Title here", link:"http://somedomain.com/feed") { publishedDate = new Date() //content here }
Content nodes
content() { type = "text/html" '
Hello world
' // can use "return" also }content('Hello world')content(type:'text/html') { '
Hello world
' // can use "return" also }content(type:'text/html', value:'
Hello world
')
enclosure nodesTo include an "embedded" resource such as an mp3 or video file, you use enclosure nodes that produce the equivalent enclosure concept in the feed that you produce.The nodes have type, url and length properties, which should be self explanatory:
entry { title = article.title link = g.createLink( controller:'podcast', action:'index', id:article.name, absolute: true)) enclosure { type = 'audio/mp3' url = g.createLinkTo(dir:"podcast/episode${meta.episodeNum}", file:"episode${meta.episodeNum}.mp3", absolute: true) length = 9999 } }
iTunes nodesThese may be placed at the top level of the builder to set feed-specific tags, or under an entry to provide per-episode tags. You can set any properties that are valid for the entry or feed, as per the FeedInformation and EntryInformation interfaces defined in the iTunes module for ROME, javadocs of which are at https://rome.dev.java.net/nonav/apidocs/subprojects/modules/itunes/0.4/apidocs/
See http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcaststechspecs.html#rss for the detailed information about how this information is used within the iTunes music store podcast directory.The above will also generate a non-iTunes specific podcast i.e. an RSS feed with enclosures.
render(feedType:"rss", feedVersion:"2.0") { title = FEED_TITLE description = FEED_DESCRIPTION link = g.createLink(controller:'podcast', action:'index', absolute: true) iTunes { summary = FEED_DESCRIPTION keywords = FEED_KEYWORDS categories = [ "Comedy" ] image = new URL(some_img_url_for_cover_art_600x600) author = FEED_AUTHOR subtitle = FEED_SUBTITLE explicit = true ownerName = "Yournamel" ownerEmailAddress = "You at some .com" } articles.each { article -> def meta = article.meta entry { title = article.title link = g.createLink( controller:'podcast', action:'index', id:article.name, absolute: true)) enclosure(type: 'audio/mp3', url: g.createLinkTo(dir:"podcast/episode${meta.episodeNum}", file:"episode${meta.episodeNum}.mp3", absolute: true), length: 0 /* work out the length of your file here */) publishedDate = article.publishDate // do the itunes Meta iTunes { author = FEED_AUTHOR summary = article.content durationText = meta.duration keywords = ['fun', 'grails', 'rocks'] explicit = true } content(article.content) } } } } }
Using the taglibThere is a "<feed:meta>" tag provided to generate the <link> tag correctly for use within the  section of your content. It sets the mime type and title of the link correctly.
<feed:meta kind="rss" version="2.0" controller="feed" action="index"/> <feed:meta kind="atom" version="1.0" controller="feed" action="index"/>


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Blue Jays - 220 010 001 - 6 9 0 Red Sox - 000 000 001 - 1 9 1Yet another desultory night at Fenway - as frustrating as Thursday night as exhilarating - as Josh Beckett allowed two singles, two doubles, one triple, two walks, and four runs to the first 12 Toronto batters. The Red Sox had a few minor scoring opportunities, but did not cross the plate until the final inning.
Beckett (6-7-5-3-7, 96) gave up a triple to Cody Rasmus, the second batter of the game. Rasmus tried to score on Edward Encarnacion's grounder to Will Middlebrooks at third, but replays (according to what I heard on the radio) showed that he was blocked and tagged, and never touched the plate. If home plate umpire Sam Holbrook had not blown the call, the Jays would have had a man on first and two outs rather than one out, a man on first, and a 1-0 lead. ... Rasmus doubled in two runs in the second.
In his 16 first innings this year, Beckett has allowed 19 earned runs for a 10.69 ERA.
Laffey (7-8-0-0-4, 88) scattered eight singles, and Darren Oliver and Casey Janssen mopped up.
In the third, singles from Mike Aviles and Jacoby Ellsbury gave the Red Sox men at first and second with one out. But both Carl Crawford and Dustin Pedroia flew out to right.
A one-out single in the fourth was erased on a double play. A leadoff fifth-inning single was stranded at second, and a one-out hit in the sixth could not advance.
Boston's seventh began with singles from Middlebrooks (2-for-4) and Kelly Shoppach (2-for-3). But Aviles struck out looking, Pedro Ciriaco forced Shoppach at second (moving WMB to third), and Ellsbury fouled out to third.
In the ninth, Middlebrooks singled to right, took second on DI, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on Aviles's fielder's choice.
Adrian Gonzalez went 0-for-4, only the second time in his last 25 games he has failed to get a hit.
Ellsbury, CF
Crawford, LF
Pedroia, 2B
Gonzalez, 1B
Ross, RF
Middlebrooks, 3B
Shoppach, C
Aviles, SS
Ciriaco, DH
Both choices presume that the reader/Red Sox fan was not interested in the team or season before this recent stretch of success. It supposes that a person would be interested in the team only if they are 'going someplace', only if they are winning.
I understand that there is the issue of injured players (Ellsbury, Crawford) coming back to the lineup, but I believe that a fan follows and supports her team no matter how many players are on the disabled list, whether they are in first place or last place. ... When I checked, 81% had voted "Absolutely!"


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The New Haven Register will unveil a new design for its print edition on Tuesday, June 11. It will include a new front page "flag," a more modern typeface throughout, and easier and more consistent navigation through the different sections of the newspaper.
The new design will also include an at-a-glance digest on page A2 each day of some of the most interesting news from around the world.
It follows and matches redesigns launched last fall for two sister daily newspapers in Connecticut, The Middletown Press and The Register Citizen of Torrington. The look was crafted by designers at the San Jose Mercury News.
The last major print redesign of the New Haven Register was 10 years ago, in April 2003.
A redesign of the New Haven Register's website will come soon after the print redesign. It is tentatively scheduled for late July.


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Brief Summary
Clearly the new Monte Carlo 5 was inspired by the hatchet bows of several superyachts launched the last five years or so and the plumb bows and angular high-freeboard shapes of Wally yachts. But Groupe Beneteau has done them both one better in our opinion and produced what could be a new trend in mid-size cruising powerboats. This three-stateroom, two-head cruiser with flying bridge is powered by twin Volvo Penta IPS500s and has details and amenities intended to appeal to veteran boaters looking to move both up and down.
Key Features
- Top of the market materials
- Galley unit on transom
- Flybridge air conditioning
- Third engine control in cockpit
- Teak slatted cockpit and gallery floors
- Leather upholstery
- Innovative hull design
- IPS 500 or 600 Pod drives
- 3 main cabins, 1 crew cabin
- Spacious flybridge lounge
Test Results
|Length Overall
|49' 10'' / 15.19 m
14' 1''
4.29 m
|Dry Weight
32,840 lbs.
14,896 kg
|Tested Weight
34,477 lbs.
15,639 kg
3' 10''
1.17 m
|Max Headroom
6' 4''
1.93 m
|Bridge Clearance
|Fuel Capacity
344 gal.
|Water Capacity
174 gal.
|Total Weight
34,477 lbs.
15,639 kg
Acceleration Times & Conditions
|Time to Plane
|5.8 sec.
|0 to 30
|7.2 sec. (0 to 20)
|F-3x494mm R-4x454mm
|3 persons, 1/2 fuel, no water, 50 lbs. of gear
|62 deg., 45 humid.; wind: 10-15 mph; seas: 1-2
Engine Options
|Tested Engine
2 x 435-hp Volvo Penta IPS 600
|Std. Power
Not Available
|Opt. Power
2 x 370-hp Volvo Penta D6 IPS500
2 x 435-hp Volvo Penta D6 IPS600
Captain's Report
Contents of Report
Mission of the Monte Carlo 5
Groupe Beneteau is setting out to capture the hearts and minds of boaters who want a yacht that looks modern, has high-style with an Italian flare, has three staterooms, and looks like more than a million dollars, but costs significantly less. The company has also chosen to appeal to the minority of boaters who know a well-executed boat when they see one.
The Monte Carlo Line
The line is a collaboration which draws on the nautical and industrial know-how of Groupe Beneteau and the styling expertise of Nuvolari & Lenard, who lend their unique talent to the exterior styling as well as the whole interior layout, in addition to the designer Pierangelo Andreani who also worked on the layout and interiors.
French Naval Architecture.
The collaboration between the Italian stylists and the French naval architects, Tanguy Le Bihan and Patrick Tableau, gives the Monte Carlo 5 her distinctive look and remarkable utility. This is one of the secrets of the group's success in the powerboat field -- its ability to mold the exciting, romantic visions of Italian visionaries with practical and experienced French naval architecture.
Form And Function.
The designers have carefully gone over every square inch to the Monte Carlo 5 to make sure that function, utility and practicality have not been sacrificed on the alter of trendy style or simple bella figura (a beautiful display, often without substance.) As expected from the Groupe Beneteau, performance and practicality are paramount.
Construction and Materials
Building a motoryacht with the level of materials, equipment, hardware and amenities planned for the Monte Carlo 5 can most efficiently be done at a factory, not a traditional yacht yard used for building only a dozen or so boats a year. A second secret of the group's success is keeping pricing reasonable, and that can be best done in its factories.
Modern Methods Pay Off.
The builder has refined the art of production building, eliminating hundreds of man-hours in antiquated boat building practices and replacing them with smart engineering, robots and modern industrial systems. The hull and superstructure are built to Beneteau Group's scantlings and we are told that some proprietary systems from the Trieste Monte Carlo Yachts' yard will also be integrated into the MC5.
Wood Treatment.
A good example of the mixing of these two cultures is the wood treatment being used aboard. Interior joinery is made of brushed oak, the standard galley deck is teak slatted, manufactured by Alpi the supplier used in nearly all of the group's models. The aft deck is "slatted" teak, which means a "teak-and-holly" type treatment that is in traditional yacht DNA. Head compartments have teak soles and stair treads are also teak.
Another example of the builder's attention to detail is the use of "Divine" fabric in upholstery and padded bed headboards of Majilite, with the top of furniture upholstered with "Stonegrey" leather. Every material has been carefully selected to play a role in creating a luxurious feel and look in the boat.
When we got on the boat at the Dusseldorf Boat Show we were surprised to find a level of fit-and-finish and attention to construction detail that is usually reserved for $2 million and up yachts. All joints were straight and tight. Fabric and leather stitching was flawless. Drawers, doors, windows and hatches were all solid, true and closed with the exactitude and tolerances usually reserved for the best-made Japanese products. This is the way we wish all yachts were built, but to pull it off requires remarkable engineering, management, and an esprit de corps on the shop floor that is hard to find anywhere these days.
A New Design Direction
By discarding the flowing lines and stylistic affectations of most contemporary Euro designs imprinted on express cruisers, sedans, motoryachts and even in some convertibles built these days all over the world, the Beneteau Group might well be pointing the direction to a new look in boating. To our eye, that look is more like a traditional motorboat.
Going Retro.
Her freeboard is high which not only maximizes headroom below from 6'1" (1.85 m) to 6'6" (1.98 m), but also means she can easily handle larger waves without drenching the windshield at cruising speeds. Her deck line is horizontal and there is no swooping sheer sweeping down to the swim platform. No, the Monte Carlo 5 is more like your grandfather's motorboat or commuter. Her round portlights and deck rails at proper height only add to the retro look.
Good Visibility.
Perhaps most importantly, her window treatment is sensible and unaffected by styling flourishes such as two horizontal rows of windows with a swirl of fiberglass in between. Her windshield is one huge piece of glass with no mullion on the centerline. And the helmsperson can stand at the wheel and see out thanks to 6'6" (1.95 m) of headroom. Visibility is the watchword for both the captain at the lower helm and for guests looking out.
Not Completely Swept Away.
Of course, the builder has not tossed modern styling completely to the wind. The lines of her coach roof are like those of the big Monte Carlo Yachts. The bulwarks of the flying bridge are low, Italian-style, although the dark plexy wind deflector is a bit higher than normal on this size boat and it is made more substantial with a stainless steel frame.
There are other vestiges of contemporary Euro styling, too: the windshield is swept back at a low angle. The deck of the flying bridge sweeps aft like many other boats we're used to seeing, but the saving grace here is that it extends out to the transom which means the aft deck can be buttoned up with polycarbonate windows should an owner want three-season boating.
Tender Subject.
Regular readers know we like to have two seats at the helm and the Monte Carlo 5 really does not have that on the flying bridge. Also, cruising boats need a place to carry a dinghy for going ashore. The builder hasn't forgotten about this important subject. While Monte Carlo 5 is primarily intended for traveling between marinas, a tender can easily be fitted on her large hydraulic swim platform. FYI -- Beneteau provides a customized tender that matches the Monte Carlo 5 in hull color and upholstery treatments.
In this case, either a swim platform extension will be necessary, or the use of a Weaver-type hinged device attached to the standard platform.
The Miracle Below
The Monte Carlo 5 has three staterooms below, plus optional crew quarters in the stern, 6'1" (1.85 m) of headroom in the master, and 6'5" (1.94 m) of headroom in the forward stateroom -- all of which is rare in a 43'6" (13.26 m) hull with only a 14'1" (4.29 m) beam. There is also 4'1" (1.24 m) from the mattress to the overhead in the forward cabin.
Now we can see how all of those interior designers earned their fees. How did the they do it? Five things made it possible--
The Monte Carlo 5 comes standard with twin Volvo Penta IPS500 370-hp systems. (IPS600s are available as options. ) The pods allow the engines to be moved aft which opens up 60% of the hull space for accommodations. By using jack shafts the builder was able to place the engines forward of the crew quarters/lazzarette in the stern and connect the engines to the pods just forward of the transom, under the crew bunk.
2. Nearly Vertical Hull Sides.
Most cruisers in this size range have a large discrepancy between the beam on deck and the beam at the waterline. Sometimes it is as much as 2' (.60 m). Such a design reduces the boat's weight and also the frontal area presented to the water, both of which make the boat easier to push. But that kind of design robs floor space from the accommodations. By having nearly vertical hull sides the Monte Carlo 5 has as much waterline beam as some boats with a 16' (4.88 m) beam on deck.
3. Beam Carried Forward and Aft.
The MC5's beam on deck is carried almost completely aft and far forward. While the forward sections are narrow (the builder calls its bow shape the "wave splitter") at deck height they are wide which enables the boat to have bunks in the guest stateroom which are from 24" (.62 m) to 30" (.77 m) wide. Those are both decent widths in most European three-cabin boats under 55' (16.76 m).
4. Bottom Shape.
While the Monte Carlo 5 has a sharp forefoot, once above the waterline the hull is pushed out dramatically by a wide hard chine which maximizes living space in the forward cabin. The hull bottom warps from a remarkably high angle at the stem to low deadrise angle about a third of the way back from the bow. This provides a lot of lift and makes the boat go faster than she would otherwise. It also means that the cabin sole of the master can be carried far outboard. By strategically placing the stringers under the double bed in the master the designers have been able to allow a step-down at the foot of the bed which becomes the controlling 6'1" (1.85 m) of headroom in the master.
5. Careful Placement of Salon Seating.
In the master stateroom in the aisles beside the bed the overhead again has 6'1" (1.85 m) headroom even though the sole is higher because of being under the dinette seating and sofa in the salon. The salon sole is the lower area over the bed where high headroom is not needed.
By having two step-ups in the main deck above, one from the galley to the dinette and sofa level, and another step-up to the lower helm, the designers were able to get the headroom below required for the master stateroom in a proper yacht. At the same time they kept the exterior lines of the boat looking relatively low and sleek, something that is hard to do in a boat under 50' (15.2 m).
Where Does the Monte Carlo 5 Fit In?
One of the challenges with introducing a design as radically different as the Monte Carlo 5 is finding her niche in boat types. But the function of those traditional types has become blurred over the last five years or so because boat owners no longer feel constrained to use their boats for specific purposes intended by the builder. For example, convertibles are used now more for cruising than sportfishing, big express cruisers with accommodations below are used as day boats, and many motoryachts are used for long-range traveling instead of just being a gin palace in the ICW.
With a pair of 435-hp IPS600's powering our test boat, we reached a top speed of 30 knots at 3600 rpm. At that speed we were burning a total of 42.5 gph for a range of 250 miles. Best cruise came in at 3250 rpm and 25.7 knots. That speed reduced the fuel burn to 31.5 gph which translated to a range of 291 miles.
We reached planing speed in 5.8 seconds and accelerated to 20 mph in 7.2 seconds.
Rated for Offshore Work.
The Monte Carlo 5 carries an EC "B" rating for 14 people, which means the boat is designed for use with up to 14 people aboard offshore in conditions up to, and including, wind force 8. That is a "fresh gale" with winds to 40 knots and seas running 18 to 25' (5.5 m to 7.6 m). This rating places the Monte Carlo 5 in some very good company and essentially means that she can be used in most or any condition short of a strong storm.
Wave Hunting.
While our test didn't include taking her through a named storm, we did manage to scrounge up some sizeable wakes of passing yachts and we made straight for them on each occasion. Regardless of what speed we encountered with these sizable wakes, the result was the same. We simply sliced right through with no pounding, spray, or hardly any feeling at all. It was perhaps the most anti-climactic result to the efforts we put forth to test her sea handling abilities.
When we had to stop to change camera crews to the chase boat, she laid broadside to the wind and only rolled to within 10-degrees in the swells. This was no doubt to her relatively flattish stern sections, rather than being a deep-V. This is another indication that she is a sea-kindly boat.
Entertaining/Day Boating.
We can see the Monte Carlo 5 being used as a day boat for entertaining. Indeed, her aft deck with table that seats six and her large dinette table on the flying bridge for eight present ample venues for cocktail parties and dinners. And then there is the salon with its U-shaped seating and sofa to starboard -- and electrically actuated flatscreen TV.
Her twin sun pads
forward with chaise lounge-type back rests and the sun pad on the flying bridge adjacent to the helm provide designated areas for sun worshipers. At rest, of course the swim platform can be used for laying out as well as the dinette seating on the flying bridge.
With the galley
situated between the salon and the aft deck, delivering lunch or snacks is handy either to the dinette forward or the table on the aft deck. While the galley is too small to be for followers of Julia Child, it is large enough and properly equipped for preparing lunch and finger food.
Coastal Cruising.
With three staterooms and two heads the Monte Carlo 5 can comfortably accommodate six people for cruising. The optional crew cabin in the stern means that a captain, mate, cook or nanny can be brought along to make the adventure even more comfortable.
While there isn't a seat next to the captain's on the flying bridge, two guests can join the captain and face forward in the settee to port. Below, the helm seat is double-wide so that two sets of eyes can be on watch.
Long Range Cruising.
While the Monte Carlo 5 is not built as a long range cruiser, the fact is that with her "wave splitting" bow and her relatively flat sections aft she provides comfort and stability. We think she would make a fine extended cruising boat, limited only by her quite modest 344 gal. (1,300 L) fuel capacity, which in many ways defines this vessel.
Cruising Speed.
At moderate cruising speeds in the 16-knot range, our tests show her to have a fuel burn of only 19 gph allowing her to be able to run for over 16 hours covering more than 261 nautical miles. That will get most people we know between fueling marinas on the way up to Alaska or around the Mediterranean. Remember, fuel-efficiency at moderate cruising speeds is the strong suit of the IPS drive.
Top Speed.
We measured a WOT speed of 26.6 kts at 3400 rpm. That speed produced a fuel burn of 44 gph and a range of 187 nautical miles. She had a time to plane of 6.4 seconds, and reached 20 mph in 9.3 seconds.
What all of this means is the Monte Carlo 5 has versatility and can be used like a conventional sedan, a Downeast picnic boat, a coastal trawler, a motoryacht, or with her large hydraulic swim platform, a staging platform for scuba diving. She can be used for entertaining family, friends and clients, or for accommodating six people on short or long cruises. -->
For a Discerning Boater Only
We happen to think that with the Monte Carlo 5 what is important is not what function she might be used for, but rather what type of boater the owner is. We doubt that she will appeal to the gang down at the marina who only feel confident if their boat looks like what everyone else has. And she certainly won't appeal to boaters who like the looks of a mega-sportboat with a flying bridge. She is in no way a "plastic fantastic," and people who don't know the difference probably won't buy her.
For Veteran Boaters.
Rather, we think, the Monte Carlo 5 will catch the fancy of people who are secure in their boating experience and have over the years developed a sophisticated nautical eye. These are the boaters who will appreciate the retro aspects of the boat's styling and will understand the benefits of a hull with a high freeboard, horizontal side decks, high deck rails, and superstructure that is simple with a minimum of design clutter.
These people will appreciate her modern interior with woods, upholstery and bulkhead coverings in light, harmonious, tasteful tones that are understated. Boaters who want to get away from fiberglass interiors, but were afraid they couldn't afford it will be pleased to see the luxurious décor materials and interior joinery of the MC5.
Given the IPS propulsion with joystick, the quantity of joinery work and its fit-and-finish, the quality and taste levels of the fabrics, upholstery and leathers used, the copious use of polished stainless steel all over the boat, the three staterooms below, and the flying bridge -- the Monte Carlo 5 seems to us to be a lot of boat for the money. In fact we can think of many express cruisers, sedans, Downeast cruisers, trawlers, and other types of boats that don't offer as much utility and cost more.


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Going from newest to oldest- here's three plates I did just a few hours ago in the spirit of Harold Edgerton.
Marble In Milk 1, 3.25x4.25in black glass ambrotype
Marble In Milk 2, 3.25x4.25in black glass ambrotype
Marble In Milk 1, 3.25x4.25in black glass ambrotype3
This was a lot of fun to do. I don't work in MIT like Mr. Edgerton and didn't have access to a highly specialized short-duration flash system or a laser beam for my shutter trigger, but the above shots show that it's possible to not only do this by eye, but also to use wet plate collodion (with it's notoriously slow sensitivity). I actually did this once before in college somewhere around 1998. Back then I used traditional color negative film, a Mamiya RZ 6x9 camera, Norman power pack and dripped black paint into a tray filled with yellow paint. From the 9 exposures allowed by the camera for on one roll of 120 film back then I got 3 usable images (3 were too early and 3 too late). This time I used my trusty Zone VI 4x5, 178mm Aero Ektar lens and White Lightning model 3200 strobe. I dropped a marble into the liquid with the left hand and with the right tried to push the test button on the strobe just at the right moment, after the marble has gone under the surface. The ratio of success in that are was just about the same as in college - I did about 13 tries and in 5 of them the correct moment was captured. However, because had to shoot wide open at f2.5 and the depth of focus at that point is razor thin, two of those plates had the action captured in the soft are of the frame and they were not worth keeping. Still, I'm glad to see my reflexes have not dulled over the past nearly 20 years. Here is my setup for the shoot. Notice how close the flash head is - that was done in order to get the most light with the lowest strobe power possible because flash duration actually decreases as the power goes down.
Here is another few shots from the recent past that I consider of interest. During the August night of the full moon I found myself sleepless and because there was nothing else to shoot I decided to point my lens towards our nearest celestial companion. A widely known fact of which not too many are aware of is that for a proper exposure of the surface of the moon one needs to shoot it with the 'sunny 16' rule and just open up one stop - that thing is bright! It's no wonder that as far back as 1840 John Draper was able to capture the first image of the moon using an even slower daguerreotype process. Alas, I don't have access to a tracking telescope fitted with a special projection eye-piece. However, with an ordinary 24in f11 Goerz lens on my Kodak 2D 8x10 I was able to have exposures in the range of 2 seconds and that's plenty fast enough to have the moon come out sharp. Unfortunately that length of a lens only allows for the image to be about 1/4in in diameter. I still really liked the tintypes and used vintage tintype cases with brass mats for presentation. Here is one of them. The plate is a tiny 1 3/8 x 1 5/8in with a 1/4in moon on it.
Full Moon, 29-8-2015, 1/16th plate tintype in vintage case
Two of the three plates made that night were offered for sale on Etsy and were purchased within hours of them being posted. Inspired by that success and pushed by the ever-present desire to do better I went at it again during the full moon of September 27th. This time I used a vintage 1898 Zeiss Tele-Tubus IV lens outfitted with a 225mm Protar in the front and a 100mm dispersing negative element in the back. My focal length was a whopping 1800 or so (still waiting to do a curve graph to figure out what Delta 11.1 would translate to on that lens) and my aperture at that point was about f22. To my surprise (partly because I used ultra fresh collodion) I was still able to get away with the same 2-second exposure and on the second try I got the plate that you see below. This time the moon is a solid 3/4in around and again I mounted the tintype in a vintage /16th plate case, so the plate itself is 2x2.5in.
Full Moon, 27-9-2015, 1/6th plate tintype in a vintage case
Setup used during the September shoot.
The above is currently available for sale at my Etsy shop and I do hope it sells soon to allow me to build a special setup that I have in mind for another attempt where I will try to make the moon MUCH bigger on my plates.
Well, that's about it for now. Other than the images posted here I have been doing a lot of portraits and some landscapes. I have also started to do more wet plate negatives with the hope of soon learning carbon printing. My friend Race Gentry has also been tutoring me in the art of daguerreotype photography, but I'm very far from being anywhere near proficiency there...
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This workshop provides an introduction to econometric methods for analyzing panel data and specific procedures for carrying them out using Stata. Both "real" data and simulation techniques will be used to build intuition for the methods covered in the workshop. Most of our attention will be devoted to procedures suitable for datasets with many panels and few time periods. For this type of data, the course will cover linear fixed-effects and random-effects models, linear dynamic panel-data models, and nonlinear fixed and random-effects models. For datasets with few panels and many time periods, the course will cover the generalized least-squares approach, which assumes that the time series are stationary. Morning sessions will introduce methods in a lecture format and afternoon sessions will be hands-on computer sessions.
Prerequisites: You must be familiar and comfortable with the mathematical material assumed in an advanced undergraduate econometrics class such as the material in appendices A--E in Introductory Econometrics 5th edition by Jeffrey Wooldridge.
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Goetze goal in WCup final ties tournament record
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Mario Goetze's winning goal for Germany in the World Cup final was the 171st scored in Brazil, equaling the tournament record.
Substitute Goetze scored in the 113th minute to give Germany a 1-0 victory over Argentina at Maracana Stadium on Sunday.
The overall goals mark was set at the 1998 World Cup in France, which was the first played with 32 teams over 64 matches.
That averages at 2.67 goals per game.
Only 145 goals were scored at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa at an average of 2.27 per game.


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By Dr. Muhammad Iqbal
The Qur'an is a book which emphasizes 'deed' rather than 'idea'. There are, however, men to whom it is not possible organically to assimilate an alien universe by re-living, as a vital process, that special type of inner experience on which religious faith ultimately rests. Moreover, the modern man, by developing habits of concrete thought - habits which Islam itself fostered at least in the earlier stages of its cultural career - has rendered himself less capable of that experience which he further suspects because of its liability to illusion. The more genuine schools of Sufism have, no doubt, done good work in shaping and directing the evolution of religious experience in Islam; but their latter-day representatives, owing to their ignorance of the modern mind, have become absolutely incapable of receiving any fresh inspiration from modern thought and experience. They are perpetuating methods which were created for generations possessing a cultural outlook differing, in important respects, from our own. 'Your creation and resurrection,' says the Qur'an, 'are like the creation and resurrection of a single soul.' A living experience of the kind of biological unity, embodied in this verse, requires today a method physiologically less violent and psychologically more suitable to a concrete type of mind. In the absence of such a method the demand for a scientific form of religious knowledge is only natural. In these Lectures, which were undertaken at the request of the Madras Muslim Association and delivered at Madras, Hyderabad, and Aligarh, I have tried to meet, even though partially, this urgent demand by attempting to reconstruct Muslim religious philosophy with due regard to the philosophical traditions of Islam and the more recent developments in the various domains of human knowledge. And the present moment is quite favourable for such an undertaking. Classical Physics has learned to criticize its own foundations. As a result of this criticism the kind of materialism, which it originally necessitated, is rapidly disappearing; and the day is not far off when Religion and Science may discover hitherto unsuspected mutual harmonies. It must, however, be remembered that there is no such thing as finality in philosophical thinking. As knowledge advances and fresh avenues of thought are opened, other views, and probably sounder views than those set forth in these Lectures, are possible. Our duty is carefully to watch the progress of human thought, and to maintain an independent critical attitude towards it.
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plz study about islam from the authentic refferances
then u can understand the proper stand of islam in all matters .may god bless u
Dear Sir
Islam surely is a fast growing religion, each conver must have some personal appeal to justify his/her conversion , They all can be different reasons but the bottom line remains Islam as a religion and belief system is growing.
But what I want to raise here is as follows...
Islam emphasizes the absoluteness of Allah and characteristically/ catagorically treats Allah as a separate entity from every being ( including the believer in question). This is in contrast to the most eastern philosophy of Buddhism/ Spiritualism/ yogism etc. where the self is supreme..
In short the journey towards God is carried inwards in eastern philosophy whereas it appears not so ( if not totally externally directed) in Islamic thought. There is nothing like NIRVANA here.
Consequently the thrust of Islam appears to be primarily on ACTION than Mental state.
Islam as we all know has many sects and each appears taking different routes to salvation. We got SUFIS who believe in Mental & Spiritual path on one extreme and we have SALAFIS ( WAHABIS) who are just opposite in their belief and practice, for later it is all action which becomes important, there is no reverance attached to Mystery, legend, and Mental state, which all constitute one or the other form of SHIRK or TAGHOOT . Naturally Such ideology has no place for any Spiritual leader ( a CLASSICAL GURU IN TERMS OF SPIRITUALITY as concieved by Sufis, Shias ( in form of Imam), or even Eastern Philosophies
KABIR * ( Poet) thinks no salvation is possible without a SAT GURU, so think Sikhs, Indians, Chinese,
Ultimately this guru is not supposed to be worshipped, but without this channel one can not discover God. In a way GURU is like a GATE between the Person and God. ( A concept still prevalant amongst BAHAIS.. where they call their founder BAHAULLAH " THE BAAB" ( or the gate)
I remember one famous Hadith from Prophet " ANA MADINATUL ILME WA ALI UN BABUHA "
I'm the city of knowledge and ALI is the GATE ( does this indicate anything of that sort? if yes then I'm sorry to say that the present face of Islam is entirely different than it was ought to be).
If we have to find a God outside ourselves then the current Islamic face with all it's DAAWA ( invitaion to faith or Conversion) are probably justified, but if the Target is deep within oneself and self realization is the ultimate goal ( NirVana) then probably nothing is needed..


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Excited to meet more of Devon's family, Darby is confused by Devon's distance and coldness since Dominic's visit. In Connecticut, this only gets worse when a gorgeous Libby, Anton's estranged wife, shows up unexpectedly and seems to have her sights set on Devon. To top it all off, there's seems to be some pent up animosity, Anton and Devon have towards each other.
What is this strange power Libby has over the men in this family? And what's wrong with poor Anton? Why does it seem that Anton and Devon hate each other? These are all questions Darby sets out to answer in this third volume of the Blood Series.


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We currently have a requirement for an experienced Senior Software Developer, based at our Limerick office.
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Developing, enhancing and maintaining our environmental software products in accordance with agreed requirements and designs, including:
• Member of a team of software developers using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, 2008, 2010 and 2017(C#, ASP.NET) and Microsoft SQL Server (2005 and 2008 and 2017 versions).
• Contributing to the specification, development and test of software solutions to defined standards.
• Delivery of software development projects both as stand-alone and as a team member of internal agile and outsourced development teams.
• Development of embedded applications (Windows XP Embedded) that utilise GIS related plug-ins (including vehicle navigation and route optimisation).
• Develop and deliver project updates to senior management.
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· Experience developing applications in C#, ASP.NET or SQL Server would be an advantage.
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Detroit holds a slim lead in the American League Central entering the 2009 intermission, and the White Sox have a brutal second-half schedule that includes 10 games with Detroit, eight games against Boston, seven against the Yankees, six against the Angels and just six apiece against Cleveland and Kansas City. For this competitive but less-than-stellar division, there's little doubt that the White Sox, Tigers and Twins will be battling down to the season's last week.
Seems we already have written off the games against the Twinkies.


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The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Adiga, Aravind. The White Tiger. New York : Free Press, 2008.
Call Number: PR9619.4 .A35 W47 2008
Aravind Adiga's debut novel, winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize, is an angry yet absorbing tale of ambition in twenty-first century India.
The White Tiger follows protagonist Balram Halwai from his village in rural India, known in the novel as "The Darkness," to the city. Born a member of a caste of sweet makers, Balram finds a position as a personal servant in the rapidly developing India of call centers, air conditioned high rises and shopping malls. The reader follows Balram as he recounts the indignities, sacrifices, schemes and crimes he endures – and perpetrates – along his relatively modest rise. Balram is an engaging and often hilarious narrator, and his tales of shifting hierarchies and tumultuous power dynamics make for page turning reading. For all of its humor, however, The White Tiger is at its heart a serious look at injustice and poverty. Adiga suggests that while the rapid ascent of India in the global economy of the twenty-first century has its beneficiaries, the cost to the soul of the nation will be very steep indeed.
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photo © 2009 Garry Knight | more info (via: Wylio)Since moving into our new home at Baptist Theological Seminary, I have been blessed to meet a number of young pastors who are either in seminary or who have recently graduated and are looking for opportunities to do urban community based ministry. One of these impressive young pastors is Courtney Allen, a 2011 graduate of Wake Forest University with a Masters in Divinity.
As a part of Courtney's senior project, she wrote a paper titled, "A Wider Net: Beyond the Walls and the Possibilities that Lie Before Us." In this paper she studies her affluent home church located in Jackson, Mississippi, ironically named Northminister Baptist Church. Courtney writes, "I was interested in how a congregation initially interested in expanding their own physical facilities was formed by context, sermons, as well as ministerial and lay leadership to make a significant commitment to an inner-city ministry." Courtney has granted me permission to share her insights, which appear below, as a part of my series on Kingdom Churches.
Northminster Baptist church of Jackson Mississippi was formed in 1967. In 1998, as the church was contemplating a building project, Senior Pastor Chuck Poole issued a challenge – a dollar for dollar mission's commitment. Courtney writes, "For Poole, it was difficult to see how "in light of the Gospel" the congregation should make themselves more comfortable for one hour per week in a city where "there are people who are never comfortable." Can I get an "Amen!"?
The planning committee accepted the challenge and appointed an ad hoc "Special Missions Project Committee" whose proposal would be presented as a part of the combined recommendations of the Building Committee "in recognition that the expansion of the church facilities and a mission effort were theologically connected." Another "Amen!"
In June 2001, the joint recommendation of these committees were approved and named "A Wider Net." The vision was "a wider place to gather within our walls as well as a wider embrace of others beyond our walls." The proposal from the Missions Committee included the desire to focus the church ministry efforts on a neighborhood called Mid-City . It also called the church to commit to, "A Person. A Place. A Ministry.", within Mid-City.
In its commitment to "a person" the church wisely understood that real transformative ministry requires relationship building. The church committed to funding a "Community Minister" to serve as a bridge between the Mid-City and the church. The church affirmed the importance of physical presence by committing to "a place" within the community where relational ministry could happen. By supporting "a ministry", the congregation used its financial and volunteer base to expand the capacity of work that was already happening in the community through various other organizations. This commitment to "a person, a place and a ministry" is absolutely brilliant and consistent with ever successful example of community transformation I have ever seen. However, I have never seen it stated so simply.
Courtney's historical account details how the church faithfully carried out its commitment by hiring a community pastor who began listening to and visiting the residents regularly. Community ministries were identified and the church became an important strategic partner for many. Most importantly, the people of Northminster began to volunteer and through their presence brought about positive neighborhood change. Volunteers got involved in community safety projects, housing rehabilitation, summer kids camps, care for the elderly, and community building events. Courtney shares in her paper that important transformation happened at both a community level and a church level as transformative relationships formed.
In her assessment, Courtney points to the importance of theological education in this process. She writes, "On Sunday mornings at Northminster Baptist Church, the idea that reading the gospels and following Jesus would necessitate radical and demanding change was frequently heard. The language of "no longer protecting oneself from the steepest demands of the gospel" was used with some frequency. Courtney shares this excerpt from one of Poole's sermons:
"We must not let the gospel lose its edge, even if it is an edge we find impossible to live up to. We must keep the gospel's hardest edge out there in front of us all the time, because if it is always out there before us we will occasionally live up to it. We will have our moments, however rare, when we actually deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Jesus. There is no better way to live than that. Even if it should cause us to lose ourselves, that is where we would finally find ourselves. Nothing could be better than that."
Courtney also noted the importance of theological teaching that reminded the congregation that, "Northminster 'needed' to be in relationship with those beyond their walls just as much as those beyond their walls 'needed' them. Northminster needed a wider circle of friends, where people could be engaged in meaningful relationships with people who did not look or think the same way they did." She notes that Pastor Poole frequently said, "There is a big world out there and we need it more than it needs us."
The truth of this mutual need is beautifully illustrated in Courtney's capturing of the relationships that grew out of the congregation's commitment to the Mid-City community. Not only was the community revitalized but the church was transformed. Courtney writes, "It feels different now than it did before Wider Net. Northminster thinks, acts, and speaks differently because of the relationship with friends in Mid-City. As one interviewee noted, "A Wider Net is at the heart of what we do [at Northminster]…it is not just going 'down there to help poor people.'" Language and understanding of community has shifted to include a broader swatch of the world, beyond previously understood boundaries and institutions."
Most importantly Courtney noted that, "Institutionally, Northminster understands its function to equip congregants to serve the world rather than to serve the institution of the church. The wider circle of friends that formed is a part of the "two-way street" of need which runs between Mid-City and Northminster."
Imagine this. Every church in Richmond committing one dollar to missions for every dollar it raises for buildings! Just imagine dozens of community ministers funded by affluent churches bridging the wealthiest communities in Richmond to the most distressed. That is a vision I am willing to give my life for.
As a side note, I can't afford to hire Courtney to serve with us in Richmond but I feel certain at least one church here in Richmond can see the blessing that a "Courtney Allen, Community Pastor," would bring to their staff. Courtney is just one of many young pastors I have met recently with this call upon their lives. Interested in funding in full or partially a community minister to serve as a bridge to your congregation? Please let me know via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Today is World Philosophy Day, yet most people in the UK have never studied the subject in any way. A movement to change this is gathering speed, with top philosophers and educators campaigning for philosophy and wider reasoning skills to become a central part of the curriculum.
Philosophy is a respected subject in many European schools, with all children in France, Portugal, Spain and Italy studying the subject for at least one year. Philosophy is also popular in private schools and with home educators in the UK, with many independent schools offering afterschool clubs based on the subject for children as young as seven. So why is it so absent from most of our education system?
The Philosophy Foundation, an organisation created to promote the teaching and study of philosophy in the UK, has released a set of resources aimed at schools, to help them to introduce the subject into lessons. Peter Worley, co-founder of the foundation,set out his beliefs in a statement earlier today;
"We need to make Philosophy a regular feature of school life. It's a shame that young people don't get the opportunity to engage with some of the great ideas of the past. They still have relevance today and children have their minds stretched by exposure to big ideas, and pick up invaluable thinking skills that can be used in any context.
"The stimulation and intellectual excitement schoolchildren get from Philosophy only underlines the critical gap in our education system we continue to suffer from."
The joy and satisfaction of considering the "big questions" is something that is being lost, which schools focusing too hard on subjects that can produce measurable results, yet it is notable that you have much better chances of seeing philosophy being taught at a private school, where statistically, the pupils are much more likely to end up in positions of power. Should it not be a priority for those of us committed to increasing working class representation and social mobility to make sure that our children are given the tools of reasoning and debate that the rich kids get?
I am not advocating an abandonment of the creative and effective parts of the current curriculum – I'm no Gove. I am however adding my voice to the many that are asking for our children to be given the chance to access the world of skills and knowledge that is currently being kept only for the elite.
We need to teach our children to question and to think about the way our society is structured, and what better way than through philosophy?


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Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
Calling for you and for me;
See, on the portals he's waiting and watching,
Watching for you and for me.
Come home, come home,
Ye who are weary, come home;
Earnestly, tenderly Jesus is calling,
Calling, O sinner, come home.
Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading,
Pleading for you and for me?
Why should we linger and heed not his mercies,
Mercies for you and for me?
Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing,
Passing from you and from me;
Shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming,
Coming for you and for me.
Oh! for the wonderful love he has promised
Promised for you and for me;
Though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon,
Pardon for you and for me.
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Police say they know who the man is who was caught on camera stealing thousands of dollars worth of wedding gifts from a wedding reception in Montgomery County, Pa.
Investigators say a bride was moving wedding gifts from a gift table during her reception at the William Penn Inn in Lower Gwynedd Township Saturday night. The bride placed the gifts, held inside a bird cage, into the backseat of her car. When the bride and groom returned to their vehicle however, the bird cage was gone along with the cards containing thousands of dollars in checks and cash.
Police reviewed surveillance video. On Wednesday that said they know the suspect's identification but weren't releasing yet as they worked to get an arrest warrant.
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M: Meaning of M in mealprep. M is indistinguishable numerically to the number 4 and speaks to most profound sense of being, solidness and strong establishment. The letter M has a high level of self-assurance and is along these lines liable to make progress. On the antagonistic side, individuals with the letter M as the start can be compulsive workers. While M remains on two focuses, it has three projections downwards. M is dracious, steady and vivacious. M may likewise be overpowering with an incredible quality of character and a solid one.
E: Meaning of E in mealprep. E is the second vowel in the letter set and has the numeric Equal number 5. A man with the underlying E is normally a cordial, cherishing and humane soul. Adversely, a man with the letter E as their underlying can be questionable and somewhat cushioned once in a while. The letter E has three branches of similar lengths. These all reach out from it's left side. Similar lengths demonstrate a specific level of reasonableness to the outside world. They reach out to the outside demonstrates the ability to learn, to think overall and to be more fiery. B likewise implies, talented with great written work abilities, expert articulation, creative energy abundance. It demonstrates a one of a kind masterful style and solid excitement get out and know more.
A: Meaning of A in mealprep. The letter An is a standout amongst the most effective letters of the letter set and names that begin with that letter are, the "practitioners" of the world They resemble "performing artists" throughout everyday life and can put on the persona they need for you. On the off chance that they are not, at that point they will perceive as though they are If An is the primary vowel in a name, the individual has a tendency to be intense and brave. Names starting with the letter An are pioneers, torchbearers, specialists, educators, and individuals who indicate others the way. They are pioneers, inspirations and hopeful visionaries who know about their own particular natural forces. An is indistinguishable numerically to the number 1 and symbolizes the trait of the trust. On the contrary side, a man with the underlying A might be feedback of the endeavors of different organizations. The letter A has two poles associated at a pointed edge and a crossbar holding them together. From an open end to a pointed edge implies that all energies are prepared to accomplish a point that is the most one of a kind imperative objective. The crossbar indicates alert. A mistake is maintained a strategic distance from by hanging all the required assets together. One likewise resembles a pyramid with the best as the highest point of the pyramid. Pyramids are notorious. A symbolizes in this way unmistakable quality and a want that is perceived for those accomplishments. The crossbar likewise gives a rung in step. To get up, you should initial step on the rung. It likewise implies inventiveness, a solid self control, and a withstanding capacity. The upper lodging configuration comprises of the two sideways sides of a triangle, and is crossed in the center by an even pillar. It indicates endeavoring to be the strength effective, inspirational mentality, a hopeful face and self-centeredness.
L: Meaning of L in mealprep. L is indistinguishable numerically to the number 3 and stands for imagination, correspondence and activity. A man with the underlying L is sympathetic, balanced and cordial. Contrarily, they can be to some degree clumsy. The letter has a level base and a vertically broadening part that juts into the sky. L is trying, charging, precise, consistent and convincing. Its level base on the earth indicates want for natural things accordingly L materialistics and is dynamic. L is adaptable, effective, open, understanding and savage.
P: Meaning of P in mealprep. Power. On the off chance that P is the principal consonant in a first name, the conveyor is probably going to consider otherworldly things and be extremely on edge about existence. Contrarily, the general population with the underlying P can here and there be narrow minded and flaky. P has a substantial tip remaining on only one more point to demonstrate it's quality. It implies solid, the capacity tp see shortcoming and potential outcomes effortlessly and perceptiveness. Remaining by his own, it indicates self-centeredness, a prospering demeanor and meticulousness. P additionally demonstrates partition, solid will likewise go alone and unbiasedness.
R: Meaning of R in mealprep. The letter R is indistinguishable numerically to the number 9 and is tolerant and empathetic. On the off chance that the letter R is the principal consonant in a name, the transporter regularly go about as an ambassador. Adversely, individuals with the R may tend to end up plainly foul. Letter R sits serenely on two legs spread separated a litlle. It indicates awesome quality. It's nearby on itself is harsh, hasty and heartless.
This page explains the astronumerology analysis of the abbreviation mealprep. Below, you also find the detailed meaning of each letter in the mealprep acronym.
mealprep has a life path of 5. mealprep means: With a fortunate life way of 5, the arrangement of numbers (5, 14/5, 23/5, 32/5) are your character numbers. 5 Positive highlights: Extensiveness, new and visionary thoughts, quick reasoning, flexible and consistently evolving, activity arranged, inquisitive and investigating, advancing, creative in managing valuable flexibility. 5 Negative highlights: Fretful, disappointed, apprehensive disposition and dialect, disappointment, excessively numerous rushed choices, restlessness, ailing in application. Five, the most unique and enthusiastic is a round number and the quantity of the universe. It implies adjust, not connection, creative ability and congruity. It is normal for individuals. The number five symbolizes otherworldly reflection, religion and flexibility. As indicated by Greek-Roman, five is the conjugal number of affection and union. As indicated by Aeppli five is various life and nature. In Hebrew number five means connection, withdrawal. Negative highlights: Five is viewed as inflexible, fretful, conflicting and reckless. This is flexibility darlings. The number five is a scholarly vibration. These are "thought" individuals with affection for assorted variety and the capacity to adjust to generally circumstances. Managed by Mercury. Watchwords: friendly, opportunity cherishing, sentimental, creative, interesting, dormant, inquisitive, adaptable, mindful. At the point when communicated contrarily, non-official, untrustworthy, conflicting. As darlings: These sweethearts to the contrary sex for the most part alluring, as they are versatile, inquisitive and kind. Their mind and love for the sake of entertainment is unmistakable. To be cheerful in adoration, they should have a specific level of progress and assorted variety. They additionally require mental incitement. They rush to change in accordance with good and bad times, yet when they are under fortifying, they can make conflicting and protection from duties. 14 is an arrangement of more noteworthy otherworldly flawlessness. In the Bible fourteen speaks to salvation, great and advantageous purposes. Case of the utilization of fourteenth are the day of the principal month, God made two pledges to Abraham, four ages from Abraham to David. Others view it as the quantity of carelessness. Up to a specific number fourteen brings examinations and threats coming about because of an assortment of encounters. In numerology, various individual flexibility, freedom and self-assurance are communicated. In China fourteen is viewed as an appalling number. From the identity perspective fourteen have a tendency to be free, self-activity and the privilege to be. They are exceptionally creative and have a higher likelihood of accomplishment in wanders. Twenty-three reflects flourishing, either in a physical, money related or profound sense. It is the main prime number that comprises of progressive digits, because of the qualities of two and three, twenty-three is an arrangement of duality, appeal, correspondence and society. Three Twenty can utilize normal abilities and their imagination. The hopefulness and adjust while being agreeable, are some positive traits of twenty-three. Many think about twenty-three to have an otherworldly significance. The German film Twenty-three investigated fixation on the number depends on a genuine story. Number twenty-three individuals are extremely inquisitive and depend intensely on involvement.mealprep
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The deteriorating situation in Hurricane Katrina's wake illustrates just how heavily civil authorities have to rely on U.S. military forces in truly catastrophic circumstances.
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- The Joint Operations Center at U.S. Northern Command is an electronic window into America. And as Hurricane Katrina churned its way across the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, gathering energy and pushing a storm surge before it, the view from that window darkened ominously.
Most of the eight large video screens that make up the operation center's "wall of knowledge" were tracking the approaching storm and the U.S. government's preparation for what would become one of the worst natural disasters to strike America in modern times.
Northern Command, the Pentagon's designated force for protecting the homeland and responding to "incidents of national consequence," began deploying forces well before Katrina made landfall. It dispatched military liaison and medical planning teams to Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, where they were to coordinate with Federal Emergency Management Agency field offices. As part of the Department of Homeland Security, FEMA is responsible for coordinating the federal response to hurricanes.
The Joint Operations Center went on 24-hour alert. It also established a forward command post called Joint Task Force Katrina at Camp Shelby, Miss., headed by a three-star Army general. In addition, NorthCom commanders designated staging areas in the region -- at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, Meridian Naval Air Station in Mississippi, Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, and Fort Polk in Louisiana -- for the anticipated movement of relief supplies and emergency personnel.
"Because we have exercised our response to hurricanes, and actually assisted with several smaller hurricanes last year, we had a pretty good sense of the kinds of help that would be needed, and we essentially pre-positioned it in the region in advance so that we could react quicker when FEMA called," said Navy Lt. Cmdr. Sean Kelly, a Northern Command spokesman. "So while the military has always brought a lot of capabilities to the table in terms of disaster relief, NorthCom acts as a single stop for those seeking help in a crisis."
Ironically, it was not the prospect of natural disasters that led to the creation of Northern Command in 2002, along with the Homeland Security Department. It was the threat of future terrorist attacks like those of September 11, 2001, or even worse, that prompted the U.S. military to assume a more prominent domestic role than ever before in its modern history. Northern Command is the physical embodiment of that larger military presence on the American scene.
As Hurricane Katrina and the catastrophic flooding of New Orleans illustrate, however, some natural disasters can wreak havoc on a scale that quickly overwhelms local and state authorities. In such civil emergencies, the U.S. military has traditionally been asked to contribute its unique capabilities in terms of command-and-control, communications, air- and sealift, search-and-rescue, emergency medical response, and sheer manpower. Since the establishment of Northern Command, however, the Pentagon no longer offers such assistance ad hoc, or as an afterthought to the military's primary mission of fighting wars. As one of the Pentagon's joint, unified commands headed by a four-star flag officer, Northern Command has meticulously planned for homeland-defense and disaster-relief missions and held exercises. In July 2004, for instance, the command participated in a training exercise that simulated how to respond to a Category 3 hurricane striking New Orleans and producing a storm surge that crested the city's protective levees and killed thousands.
During a crisis, often the first question asked of NorthCom, a relatively new command, is the most fundamental and difficult of them all. "The first question we have to ask and answer, along with all the agencies we work with, is, Who is in charge?" said Navy Capt. Brad Johanson, chief of NorthCom's Joint Operations Center. If it's a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina, FEMA is the lead agency, with Northern Command in support. In a wildfire, the Agriculture Department will typically take the lead, through its National Interagency Fire Center. In the case of a terrorist infiltration where military assets are helping to monitor the situation, the FBI will usually be in charge.
"On the other hand," Johanson said, "a homeland-defense event such as a catastrophic attack using weapons of mass destruction would likely be NorthCom's primary responsibility, because we have a lot of unique capabilities in that regard. We know where that equipment and capability is, we know where it would need to go, and we have the means to get it there fast. And until you practice these scenarios, and see how a situation can escalate and evolve, with the lead-agency role shifting over time, it's hard to know who does what to whom, and when."
To sort out the complex and shifting command arrangements, and to smooth over the various seams between agencies tasked with responding to disasters, the Homeland Security Department created the exhaustive National Response Plan, which runs to hundreds of pages. In the event of a terrorist attack involving nuclear weapons or a radiological "dirty bomb," for instance, the plan envisions DHS providing overall federal guidance and designating the Defense and Energy departments, among others, as likely "coordinating" bodies to manage the federal response.
In anticipation of its new responsibilities, Northern Command even developed the first war plans for thwarting and responding to terror attacks in the United States. Those classified plans posit 15 crisis scenarios of escalating consequence, and NorthCom's likely response to each. The scenarios range from relatively minor attacks requiring "crowd control" support activities, all the way to catastrophic attacks using weapons of mass destruction that completely overwhelm civil authorities and, in some cases, require the Northern Command to take the lead in organizing a response.
Navy Adm. Timothy Keating, the head of Northern Command, caused a small controversy when he recently told The Washington Post that at the high end of that threat spectrum, he envisioned Northern Command taking the lead in managing an incident that involved weapons of mass destruction. "In my estimation, [in the event of] a biological, a chemical, or a nuclear attack in any of the 50 states, the Department of Defense is best positioned -- of the various eight federal agencies that would be involved -- to take the lead," Keating told The Post.
Given acute sensitivities about military operations on U.S. soil, and given the provisions of the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the U.S. military (although not the National Guard) from engaging in law enforcement activities, Keating's comments caused a stir. Almost immediately following their publication, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff reminded the Pentagon that under presidential directive, he had federal responsibility to "prepare for, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies."
The important principle of a clear chain of command is at stake in this back-and-forth, experts say. Retired Coast Guard Adm. James Loy, the former deputy secretary of Homeland Security, helped to craft the National Response Plan.
"It's extremely important that we bring clarity to this question of 'who's in charge' long in advance of an actual crisis, or else the potential for chaos and delay on the scene will be very real if, God forbid, we are actually confronted by one of these nightmare scenarios. So this is not an abstract argument," said Loy, who is now a senior counselor for the Cohen Group in Washington. "While the Defense Department will have the legal responsibility to assist civil authorities, when requested, in the event of a serious crisis -- and indeed has resources, troops, and capabilities that no other agency can duplicate -- the new rubric outlined in the National Response Plan clearly identifies the secretary of Homeland Security as the guy at the top making judgments about how the federal government will respond."
One cause for the confusion may be Northern Command's dual roles in "homeland defense" and "homeland security." In the former, more narrowly defined role, Northern Command is directly responsible (along with its sister agency NORAD, or the North American Aerospace Defense Command) for repelling an enemy attack on the United States via air, land, or sea. In that case, Northern Command's chain of command goes directly up through the secretary of Defense to the president.
In the broader realm of "homeland security," which primarily involves the federal government's preparation for and response to terrorist attacks or other major disasters, Northern Command is one of many entities that fall under the tasking of DHS.
"Northern Command's mission to protect the homeland against foreign threats is separate and distinct from its mission to provide support to civil agencies in the event of a terrorist attack of catastrophic proportions," said David Heyman, director of the Homeland Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. "So part of the confusion you're seeing is the natural shaking-out process as the Defense Department stands up a new command and adopts a new mission that most generals assumed with great reluctance in the first place, given that their forces and budgets were already stretched thin. In that sense, Admiral Keating's comments were probably less about someone gunning to take the lead, and more a reflection of how much support Northern Command will likely be asked to provide in the event of a real catastrophe."
The vast destruction left in Hurricane Katrina's wake illustrates just how heavily civil authorities have to rely on U.S. military forces in truly catastrophic circumstances. As of August 31, Northern Command had dispatched or readied eight Navy ships, including the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group out of Virginia and the amphibious ship USS Bataan out of Texas, both capable of helicopter operations. Relief supplies under way include providing an estimated 1.5 million Meals Ready to Eat, the field staple of the U.S. military.
Preparations were also under way to send the hospital ship USS Comfort from Baltimore on September 2, as well as a 500-bed mobile hospital. And Air Force C-5 cargo planes were flying lead elements of eight civil swift-boat rescue teams from California. Roughly 50 Air Force and Army helicopter crews were already on the scene or getting under way to conduct search-and-rescue missions. The Army Corps of Engineers was trying to plug levees and flood walls breached by the storm surge. With both Louisiana and Mississippi having sent significant numbers of their National Guard troops to Iraq, Northern Command directed Guard units from other states to help fill the gap.
In the process, NorthCom officials have walked a fine line between offering timely support, and tempering the ingrained military ethos to take charge in a crisis. "It's essential that we at Northern Command not be overbearing or overstep our responsibilities," said Mal Johnson, chief of interagency coordination at Northern Command. "That said, we can't just sit back passively and wait until someone asks for our help. We have to look ahead and anticipate what kind of assistance we'll most likely be asked to provide, so that we can reduce our response time and be an aggressive supporter. And that means understanding each individual agency's role, strengths, and capabilities. As we say in this business, it's too late to make a friend when you need one."


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City to pipe landfill methane to the jail
One of the tidbits in this week's Council Watch got a lot of attention. Albuquerque is going to build a line from a local dump to our Westside lockup. The excess methane that's usually burned off at the landfill with be used to heat water in the jail's boiler room.
It's predicted the project will save the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center thousands every year for about a century.


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Following the successful series of training events for NHS Senior Information Risk Owners (SIRO) and Information Asset Owners (IAO) in May 2010, it is now proposed to run a number of related training workshops for local Information Asset Administrators (IAA). These IAA workshops will explore the information risk scenarios previously discussed with SIRO and IAOs with a view to identifying areas where IAA assistance, intervention and action would have reduced risks.
These half day workshop events will take place at venues in London, Birmingham and Leeds and will encourage discussion of information risk issues and mitigations, and facilitate the sharing of relevant experience.
A representative of the Department of Health Information Governance policy team will be on hand to support each event.
IAA workshop attendees will likely include NHS IG Managers, Information Security Officers, Records Managers and Data Protection Officers. As these IAA training workshops will be very popular, attendance will be limited to one or two attendees per organisation and may depend on spaces available.
(See attached file: Timetable & locations of IAA events.doc).
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After a six month investigation, Dan Rather Reports will broadcast an in-depth look at the US commercial fishery along the east coast on Tuesday May 17th at 8 p.m. ET.
The report examines charges that NOAA, the agency that oversees the National Marine Fisheries Service, has been over-zealous in its prosecution of those in the fishing community. Fisheries Administrator Eric Schwaab's responds to the charges.
Included in the report is rarely seen video of a NOAA raid against the Gloucester Seafood Display Auction and details of NOAA's attempt to shut down the fish warehouse.
Also, the report examines the Asset Forfeiture Fund where fines, many in the hundreds of thousands of dollars against the fishermen, are deposited. The broadcast digs deep into what NOAA used the fund for. For example, it paid for bonuses for NOAA employees. Also, the broadcast documents that hundreds of thousands of fund dollars were spent on NOAA travel. One document shows that the fund paid the expenses of two prosecutors to Kuala Lumpur along with the judge in the case they had just completed. Eric Schwaab responds to these and other uses of the asset forfeiture fund.
Dan Rather Reports has obtained the confidential Inspector General's report on the shredding of official documents by the head of NOAA's law enforcement arm during an official investigation. NOAA responds to questions about that and to questions about an audit of the fund.


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On January 11th, we had the first DIY Bio Toronto Meetup at hacklab. To quote the description of DIY Bio Toronto:
Do-it-yourself biological innovation! We're inspired by the California group "biocurious", like them, we believe in the power of open source, open access, and learning in community. We believe this philosophy should be applied to biology! Wouldn't it be great to have a biology-based maker space here in Toronto? Join us and help make that a reality! (more…)


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