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Scaffolding System – The Best Tool for Construction
Scaffold System is a tubular steel composition that acts like a platform to support material and people in the construction and repair of buildings. It is basically a temporary support structure that is stiff and upright on a level base plate and assures an easy completion of construction related work. In building construction, it is very important to ensure the basic safety of the labor. Scaffolding System enables the labor to walk easily while working by providing a solid and hard platform. Scaffolding is commonly made out of materials like metal tubes or pipes, boards and couplers.
Scaffolding Aluminum or steel tubes used in Scaffolding are available in variety of lengths and 48.3 mm in diameter. These tubes are resistant to force and have a great flexibility. Scaffolding Boards are generally seasoned wood and provide the workers a safe surface for working. The different tubes of the scaffolding are held together by fittings which are called couplers. These Systems are 3 types of couplers available namely putlog couplers, right-angle couplers and swivel couplers which have a load bearing nature. Scaffold fittings are really crucial to the construction process of a building.
Kwikstage Modular Scaffold System consists of some key elements. One of them is Standards which are tubes placed vertically, resting on a square base plate and transfer the entire mass of the structure to the ground. Other element is Ledgers which are tubes placed horizontally, connected between the standards. Transoms are another key element of scaffolding that provides support for the boards by holding the standards in place. The spacing of the transoms is decided by the thickness of the boards supported. The width of the boards determines the width of scaffolding. A scaffold follows a fairly standard spacing of the key elements.


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How to Find When Azure AD User Accounts Receive Microsoft 365 Licenses
A reader asked how to find when Azure AD accounts received certain licenses. As it turns out, this isn't as simple as it seems. PowerShell can tell use when user accounts are enabled with service plans, but to get dates for licenses (products or SKUs), we need to go to the Graph API, and those dates aren't quite there yet. In any case, it's an interesting question which deserves some exploration to see if we can find an answer.

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Monday, March 16, 2020
Uncertain Times
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I wonder if your grandparents never talked about the pandemic of 1918 because once we're past a traumatic experience we wonder why we worried so? I'm not too worried about this though I am unsettled at times. My husband has juvenile diabetes & is 58 so I think he's high risk. He has to keep going to work every day as well....so you can pray for my sweet Charlie when he comes to mind. But we've both had so much loss in our lives already that we're ok no matter what comes. Though we would rather all the uproar die down to nothing!ReplyDelete
Look at those wondrous blooms. What a balm for the anxious soul. We're doing OK so far. Let's keep hoping. I'm self-isolating as much as possible (a brief trip to the grocery tomorrow; the doc on Friday). I'm just hoping the trip to Canada brought nothing home but books. But we stayed in most of the time. You keep safe, my friend.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2020 at 5:26 PM
What beautiful flowers I especially love the Pansies. That cute lamb sitting by the door is adorable.ReplyDelete
such good and positive thoughts, Katie. I try to read Psalm 91 every few days, out loud, so I can hear myself confess this. It is a good time to reflect on our own lives and pray for others. you're such a real and sweet friend to us all. your yard and walkway are so pretty and cheerful, it must make you happy just being able to look at it each day. I tried a few times to leave a comment on your crockery post and my computer kept getting hung up, so saying now how much I love that wonderful antique family crock you have. take care and keep posting. xoReplyDelete
Katie, your flowers are beautiful and something to take in for the here and now. There are such problems in the world now and it is a scary time for us all. I feel so badly for the changes that are occurring in so many lives and the ones you mentioned are certainly the most vulnerable. We must all do what we can to make it better for all our friends and loved ones as well as ourselves..Take care..xxoJudyReplyDelete
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Love your post today. We are living in a time of new dangers and vulnerability for a big part of our population. It think if we all stay home as much as we can and follow all the precautions given we can all navigate through this with less consequences than what we have seen in other countries. Prayers for all of those that you mentioned that are in the front line of helping people in our communities. Love that you are seeing Spring and flowers growing. We have a month or more before we will see any flowers popping up here in Illinois. Love that tulip wreath. So pretty. Stay safe.
Hugs, Kris
This is such a soothing post, Katie. I admit to being super-stressed about this. Tonight I'm visiting blog friends, which I haven't done in awhile to distance myself from the news. From each post, I'm picking up positive thoughts and energy. Hoping you and your family stay healthy!ReplyDelete
Looking at your beautiful flowers in bloom Is really easing my anxiety. I am teaching from home now as New Jersey schools are closed for two weeks although I bet it will be longer. I miss my little ones smiling faces and chit chat! Blessings to you and all your readers!ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and the beautiful scripture verses, Katie. Yes, pray we must for each other and the world. We must continue to find JOY to help us through these unsettling times. Stay safe and healthy as we you through this together.ReplyDelete
As of today there are only 96 known cases in Pa, with 1 in our County and all have come from travel related exposure, not community induced.Most are in isolation at home so i am shaking my head saying, REALLY!!!
The restaurants were just ordered closed EXCEPT for take out and deliveries...Thank God!! Non essential stores were suggested to be closed but many stores even if they have a small amount of groceries, cleaning supplies, etc. are still open. I "social distance" normally as I do not like crowds and do not go out to eat or anything like that. Truth be told that since I stopped working, I only leave the house about once a week, if that!! Joe does enough running around for the two of us!! Joe is working at Wegman's, waiting on thousands of customers over the last few days... He feels that all this is grossly overblown as do a lot of medical professionals including Doctors that I know. I only watch our local news as the national news is too sensational for me. Having worked in health care for 42 years, I am not worried about myself and we are seeing our kids and not distancing ourselves from them because we feel we need to be there for each other...God knows what will happen in the future but I feel What will be, will be...
Thanks so much for stopping by and for taking the time to comment!!
Stay safe, healthy and happy!!
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Curtin Alumni Daniel Weston graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor of Commerce – Finance & Electronic Commerce. He now works in Munich, Germany but took some time to answer our questions!
What did you want to be when you were growing up?
I wanted to play cricket for Australia, do business all over the world and wear a suit.
Can you briefly describe your study/career journey to date?
I was very interested in I.T and the stock market since a young age, so I took it upon myself to start trading Australian stocks as soon and I could and I started an I.T consulting company straight out of high school which I ran for five years and was a great success. I was never a good student academically, and thanks to my parents I realised that getting a University Degree was important to my development, which I did, becoming a Bachelor of Commerce through Curtin University and i am very happy i did so.
Upon graduation did you look for work, was it always your intention to work for yourself?
It was always my intention to work for myself. I love the idea of having no ceilings, no limitations and the ability to decide what the most productive thing to do is each morning I wake up. I am responsible to clients/stakeholders and shareholders of my company, but my own self motivation and my own aspirations is what is the real driving force behind making progress.
What advice would you give students in terms of developing networks?
You can choose your friends, so choose ones that enrich your own life and you improve together. Realise that good people attract good people. Conferences and network events are usually stuffy environments and aren't as productive in making new networks as relaxed environments where friendship comes first before business aspirations. Ask lots of questions of successful people you meet. Spend time with people who you think are smarter, wiser or more interesting than yourself.
What has motivated and inspired your ongoing innovative career choices?
The desire to have freedom of place, freedom of time and freedom of finances.
What have been the biggest challenges you've faced while working overseas?
The Language for sure. Australian's aren't so good at picking up a new language because we usually start much later in life – anything is possible but it is lots of work!
What advice would you give students considering relocating for their career?
I think its a win win situation, a negative experience will help you grow, and a positive experience is a bonus.
What advice would you give students thinking about starting their own business?
Again, there is such limited downside in taking a risk which helps you grow and develop. Whether the company is a success or failure financially, it promotes your personal development in a way that prepares you for other life challenges and the sky is the limit or it prepares you for the next business, project or life direction.
What do you think defines a professional?
Being respectful of your client or business partners, and having a priority to achieve win win situations for yourself and people you are doing business with.
What would you recommend students do throughout their degree to improve their employability and professional development?
Talk to people who have different careers or life directions that are interesting to you to see what fits. Take notice of people who are happy in their work life and why. Don't be afraid to invite relevant people to have a quick coffee and get an honest perspective on what the lifestyle of their career is like – it could save you a lot of time in jobs that are wrong for you!
Thanks for the opportunity to answer these questions!


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M. Conservation Laws
Conservation laws restrict the use of depleting resources and force owners to invest in the maintenance of replaceable "natural" resources. The effect of both cases is similar: the restriction of present production for the supposed benefit of future production. This is obvious in the case of depleting resources; factors are also compelled to maintain replaceable resources (such as trees) when they could have more profitably engaged in other forms of production. In the latter case there is a double distortion: factors are forcibly shifted to future production, and they are also forced into a certain type of future production—the replacement of these particular resources.50
Clearly, one aim of conservation laws is to force the ratio of consumption to saving (investment) lower than the market would prefer. People's voluntary allocations made according to their time preferences are forcibly altered, and relatively more investment is forced into production for future consumption. In short, the State decides that the present generation must be made to allocate its resources more to the future than it wishes to do; for this service the State is held up as being "farseeing," compared to "shortsighted" free individuals. But, presumably, depleting resources must be used at some time, and some balance must always be struck between present and future production. Why does the claim of the present generation weigh so lightly in the scales? Why is the future generation so much more worthy that it can compel the present to carry a greater load? What did the future ever do to deserve privileged treatment?51 Indeed, since the future is likely to be wealthier than the present, the reverse might well apply! The same reasoning applies to all attempts to change the market's time-preference ratio. Why should the future be able to enforce greater sacrifices on the present than the present is willing to undergo? Furthermore, after a span of years, the future will become the present; must the future generations then also be restricted in their production and consumption because of another wraithlike "future"? It must not be forgotten that the aim of all productive activity is goods and services that will and can be consumed only in some present. There is no rational basis for penalizing consumption in one present and privileging one future present; and there is still less reason for restricting all presents in favor of some will-o'-the-wisp "future" that can never appear and lies always beyond the horizon. Yet this is the goal of conservation laws. Conservation laws are truly "pie-in-the-sky" legislation.52
Individuals in the market decide on the time structure in their allocation of factors in accordance with the estimated revenue that their resources will bring in present as against future use. In other words, they will tend to maximize the present value, at any time, of their land and capital assets.53 The time structure of rental income from assets is determined by the interest rate, which in turn is determined by the time-preference schedules of all individuals on the market. Time preference, in addition to the specific estimated demands for each good, will determine the allocations of factors to each use. Since a lower time preference will connote more investment in future consumers' goods, it will also mean more "conservation" of natural resources. A high time preference will lead to less investment and more consumption in the present, and consequently to less "conservation."54
Most conservationist arguments evince almost no familiarity with economics. Many assume that entrepreneurs have no foresight and would blithely use natural resources only to find themselves some day suddenly without any property. Only the wise, providential State can foresee depletion. The absurdity of this argument is evident when we realize that the present value of the entrepreneur's land is dependent on the expected future rents from his resources. Even if the entrepreneur himself should be unaccountably ignorant, the market will not be, and its valuation (i.e., the valuation of interested experts with money at stake) will tend to reflect its value accurately. In fact, it is the entrepreneur's business to forecast, and he is rewarded for correct forecasting by profits. Will entrepreneurs on the market have less foresight than bureaucrats comfortably ensconced in their seizure of the taxpayers' money?55
Another error made by the conservationists is to assume a technology fixed for all time. Human beings use what resources they have; and as technological knowledge grows, the types of usable resources multiply. If we have less timber to use than past generations, we need less too, for we have found other materials that can be used for construction or fuel. Past generations possessed an abundance of oil in the ground, but for them oil was valueless and hence not a resource. Our modern advances have taught us how to use oil and have enabled us to produce the equipment for this purpose. Our oil resources, therefore, are not fixed; they are infinitely greater than those of past generations. Artificial conservation will wastefully prolong resources beyond the time when they have become obsolete.
How many writers have wept over capitalism's brutal ravaging of the American forests! Yet it is clear that American land has had more value-productive uses than timber production, and hence the land was diverted to those ends that better satisfied consumer wants.56 What standards can the critics set up instead? If they think too much forest has been cut down, how can they arrive at a quantitative standard to determine how much is "too much"? In fact, it is impossible to arrive at any such standard, just as it is impossible to arrive at any quantitative standards for market action outside the market. Any attempt to do so must be arbitrary and unsupported by any rational principle.
America has been the prime home of conservation laws, particularly on behalf of its "public domain." Under a purely free-enterprise system, there would be no such thing as a governmentally owned public domain. Land would simply remain unowned until it first came into use, after which it would be owned by the first user and his heirs or assigns.57 The consequences of government ownership of the public domain will be further explored below. Here we may state a few of them. When the government owns the land and permits private individuals to use it freely, the result is indeed a wasteful overexploitation of the resource. More factors are employed to use up the resource than on a free market, since the only gains to the users are immediate; and if they wait, other users will deplete the limited resource. Free use of a governmentally owned resource truly inaugurates a "war of all against all," as more and more users, eager for the free bargain, attempt to exploit the scarce resource. To have a scarce resource and to make everyone believe (because of the free gift of use) that its supply is unlimited, causes overuse of the resource, favoritism, figurative queuing up, etc. A striking example was the Western grazing lands in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The government prevented cattlemen from owning the land and fencing it in, and insisted it be kept as "open range" owned by the government. The result was excessive use of the range and its untimely depletion.58 Another example is the rapid depletion of the fisheries. Since no one is permitted to own any segment of the sea, no one sees any sense in preserving the value of the resource, as each is benefited only by rapid use, in advance of his competitors.59
Leasing is hardly a superior form of land use. If the government owns the land and leases it to grazers or timber users, once again there is no incentive for the lessee to preserve the value of the resource, since he does not own it. It is to his best interest as a lessee to use the resource as intensively as possible in the present. Hence, leasing also depletes natural resources excessively.
In contrast, if private individuals were to own all the lands and resources, then it would be to the owners' interest to maximize the present value of each resource. Excessive depletion of the resource would lower its capital value on the market. Against the preservation of the capital value of the resource as a whole, the resource owner balances the income to be presently obtained from its use. The balance is decided, ceteris paribus, by the time preference and the other preferences of the market.60 If private individuals can only use but not own the land, the balance is destroyed, and the government has provided an impetus to excessive present use.
Not only is the announced aim of conservation laws—to aid the future at the expense of the present—illegitimate, and the arguments in favor of it invalid, but compulsory conservation would not achieve even this goal. For the future is already provided for through present saving and investment. Conservation laws will indeed coerce greater investment in natural resources: using other resources to maintain renewable resources and forcing a greater inventory of stock in depletable resources. But total investment is determined by the time preferences of individuals, and these will not have changed. Conservation laws, then, do not really increase total provisions for the future; they merely shift investment from capital goods, buildings, etc., to natural resources. They thereby impose an inefficient and distorted investment pattern on the economy.61
Given the nature and consequences of conservation laws, why should anyone advocate this legislation? Conservation laws, we must note, have a very "practical" aspect. They restrict production, i.e., the use of a resource, by force and thereby create a monopolistic privilege, which leads to a restrictionist price to owners of this resource or of substitutes for it. Conservation laws can be more effective monopolizers than tariffs because, as we have seen, tariffs permit new entry and unlimited production by domestic competitors.62 Conservation laws, on the other hand, serve to cartelize a land factor and absolutely restrict production, thereby helping to insure permanent (and continuing) monopoly gains for the owners. These monopoly gains, of course, will tend to be capitalized into an increase in the capital value of the land. The person who later buys the monopolized factor, then, will simply earn the going rate of interest on his investment, even though the monopoly gain will be included in his earnings.
Conservation laws, therefore, must also be looked upon as grants of monopolistic privilege. One outstanding example is the American government's policy, since the end of the nineteenth century, of "reserving" vast tracts of the "public domain"—i.e., the government's land holdings.63 Reserving means that the government keeps land under its ownership and abandons its earlier policy of keeping the domain open for homesteading by private owners. Forests, in particular, have been reserved, ostensibly for the purpose of conservation. What is the effect of withholding huge tracts of timberland from production? It is to confer a monopolistic privilege, and therefore a restrictionist price, on competing private lands and on competing timber.
We have seen that limiting the labor supply confers a restrictionist wage on the privileged workers (while the workers pushed out by union wage rates or by licenses or immigration laws must find lower-paying and less value-productive jobs elsewhere). A monopoly or quasi-monopoly privilege for the production of capital or consumer goods, on the other hand, may or may not confer a monopoly price, depending on the configuration of the demand curves for the individual firms, as well as their costs. Since a firm can contract or expand its supply at will, it sets its supply with the knowledge that lowering output to achieve a monopoly price must also lower the total amount of goods sold.64 The laborer need bother with no such consideration (aside from a negligible variation in demands for each laborer's total hours of service). What about the privileged landowner? Will he achieve a definite restrictionist, or a possible monopoly, price? A prime characteristic of a piece of land is that it cannot be increased by labor; if it is augmentable, then it is a capital good, not land. The same, in fact, applies to labor, which, in all but long periods of time, can be regarded as fixed in its total supply. Since labor in its totality cannot be increased (except, as we have noted, in regard to hours of work per day), government restriction on the labor supply—child labor laws, immigration barriers, etc.—therefore confers a restrictionist wage increase on the workers remaining. Capital or consumer goods can be increased or decreased, so that privileged firms must take their demand curves into account. Land, on the other hand, cannot be increased; restriction of the supply of land, therefore, also confers a restrictionist price of land above the free-market price.65 The same is true for depleting natural resources, which cannot have their supply increased and are therefore considered part of land. If the government forces land or natural resources out of the market, therefore, it inevitably lowers the supply available on the market and just as inevitably confers a monopoly gain and a restrictionist price on the remaining landowners or resource owners. In addition to all of their other effects, conservation laws force labor to abandon good lands and, instead, cultivate the remaining submarginal land. This coerced shift lowers the marginal productivity of labor and consequently reduces the general standard of living.
Let us return to the government's policy of reserving timber lands. This confers a restrictionist price and a monopoly gain on the lands remaining in use. Land markets are specific and do not have the same general connexity as labor markets. Therefore, the restrictionist price rise is confined far more to lands that directly competed, or would compete, with the withdrawn or "reserved" lands. In the case of American conservation policy, the particular beneficiaries were (a) the land-grant Western railroads and (b) the existing timber-owners. The land-grant railroads had received vast subsidies of land from the government: not only rights-of-way for their roads, but fifteen-mile tracts on either side of the line. Government reservation of public lands greatly raised the price received by the railroads when they later sold this land to new inhabitants of the area. The railroads thus received another gift from the government—this time in the form of a monopoly gain, at the expense of the consumers.
The railroads were not ignorant of the monopolistic advantages that would be conferred upon them by conservation laws; in fact, the railroads were the financial "angel" of the entire conservation movement. Thus, Peffer writes:
There was a definite basis for the charge that the railroads were interested in a repeal of [various laws permitting easy transfer of the public domain to the hands of private settlers]. The National Irrigation Association, which was the most vigorous advocate of land law reform outside of the Administration, was financed in part by the transcontinental railroads and by the Burlington and the Rock Island railroads, to the amount of $39,000 a year, out of a total budget of around $50,000. The program of this association and the railroads, as announced by James J. Hill [a preeminent railroad magnate] was almost more advanced than that of [the leading conservationists].66
The timber owners also understood the gains they would acquire from forest "conservation." President Theodore Roosevelt himself announced that "the great users of timber are themselves forwarding the movement for forest preservation." As one student of the problem declared, the
lumber manufacturers and timber owners ... had arrived at a harmonious understanding with Gifford Pinchot [the leader in forest conservation] as early as 1903. ... In other words, the government by withdrawing timber lands from entry and keeping them off the market would aid in appreciating the value of privately owned timber.67
- 50. Economists have, until recently, almost completely neglected conservation laws, leaving the field to romantic "conservationists." But see the brilliant analysis by Anthony Scott, "Conservation Policy and Capital Theory," Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science, November, 1954, pp. 504–13, and idem, Natural Resources: The Economics of Conservation (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1955); see also Mises, Human Action, pp. 652–53.
- 51. Scott points out that this attitude rests on the contemptuous and unsupported view that future generations will not be as competent to take care of themselves as is the present generation. See Scott, Natural Resources, p. 94.
- 52. As Scott aptly asks: Why agree "to preserve resources as they would be in the absence of their human users?" Scott, "Conservation Policy," p. 513. And further: "Most of [our] progress has taken the form of converting natural resources into more desirable forms of wealth. If man had prized natural resources above his own product, he would doubtless have remained savage, practicing 'conservatism.' " Scott, Natural Resources, p. 11. If the logic of tariffs is to destroy the market, then the logic of conservation laws is to destroy all human production and consumption.
- 53. Strictly, investors will attempt to maximize their "internal rates of return," but maximizing the present value is close enough for our purposes. On the difference between the two goals in "Austrian" vs. "neo-classical" thought, see André Gabor and I.F. Pearce, "A New Approach to the Theory of the Firm," Oxford Economic Papers, October, 1952, pp. 252–65.
- 54. In some cases, however, lower time preferences and greater investment activity will deplete natural resources at a more rapid rate, if there is a particularly great demand for their use in the new activity. This is likely to be true of such resources as coal and oil. See Scott, Natural Resources, pp. 95–97.
- 55. Entrepreneurs with poor foresight are quickly expelled from their positions through losses. It is ironic that the "plight of the Okies" in the 1930's, widely publicized as a plea for conservation laws and the result of "cruel capitalism," actually resulted from the fact that bad entrepreneurs (the Okies) farmed land that was valueless and submarginal. Forced "conservation" investment on this submarginal land or government subsidization of the "Okies" would have aggravated a dislocation that the market quickly eliminated.
Much American soil erosion, furthermore, has stemmed from failure to preserve full private property rights in land. Tenant farmers, moving every few years, often milked the capital of the landlord's property, wasting the resource, in default of proper enforcement of the contractual necessity to return the land to its owner intact. See Scott, National Resources, pp. 118, 168.
- 56. A typical conservationist complainer was J.D. Brown who, in 1832, worried over the consumption of timber: "Whence shall we procure supplies of timber fifty years hence for the continuance of our navy?" Quoted in Scott, National Resources, p. 37. Scott also notes that the critics never seemed to realize that a nation's timber can be purchased from abroad. Scott, "Conservation Policy."
- 57. This system was dimly adumbrated by the Homestead Law of 1862. However, this law imposed an arbitrary and pointless maximum on the size of farm that could be staked out by the first user. This limitation had the result of nullifying the law further West, where the minimum acreage needed for cattle or sheep grazing was far larger than the antiquated legal maximum would allow. Furthermore, the maximum limitation and the requirement that the land be used for farming led to the very "ravaging" of the forests that conservationists now deplore, for it hobbled private ownership of large forest tracts.
- 58.
See E. Louise Peffer, The Closing of the Public Domain (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1951), pp. 25–27. On the advantages of private ownership of grazing land, see the petition of the American Cattle Growers Association, March, 1902, ibid., pp. 78–79. See also Samuel P. Hays, Conservation and the Gospel of Efficiency (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1959), pp. 50–51. The government's failure to extend the homestead principle to the larger areas had another important social effect: it led to constant squabbles between the users—the cattlemen and the other homesteaders who came later and demanded their "just share" of the free land.
- 59. For an illuminating discussion of private property rights in fisheries, see Gordon Tullock, The Fisheries (Columbia: University of South Carolina Bureau of Business and Economic Research, February, 1962). See also Anthony Scott, "The Fishery, A Sole Resource," Journal of Political Economy, April, 1955, and idem, Natural Resources, pp. 117–29.
- 60. High demand for the product increases the value of the resource, and thereby stimulates its preservation, investment in it, and exploration for it. High-cost sources of supply will now be tapped, thus further increasing the effective supply of the product on the market. See Scott, Natural Resources, p. 14.
- 61. See ibid., pp. 21–22.
- 62. There is another similarity between tariffs and conservation laws: both aim at national self-sufficiency, and both try to foster national or local industries by coercive intervention in the free market.
- 63. For an analysis of government land ownership and government ownership in general, see below.
- 64. On the free market, the demand curve for each firm in equilibrium must be elastic above the equilibrium price; otherwise the firm would reduce output. This does not, of course, mean that the demand curve for the entire industry must be elastic. When we refer to a possible monopoly price, the demand curve consulted by each monopolistic firm is its own.
- 65. Another example of government creation of a monopoly gain in land has been cited by the Georgist economist, Mason Gaffney: "City governments all over the country deliberately keep 'dead lands' off the market, with the avowed purpose of 'protecting' other land prices." Gaffney cites the head of the American Society of Planning Officials as advising that a vacant one-third of urban land be "more or less permanently removed from private ownership" in order to keep up land values for the owners of the remaining two-thirds. Gaffney concludes: "Following this advice, many state and local governments avoid returning tax-reverted lands to use." Mason Gaffney, "Vituperation Well Answered," Land and Liberty, December, 1952, p. 126; reprinted in Spencer Heath, Progress and Poverty Reviewed (2nd ed.; New York: The Freeman, 1953).
- 66. Peffer, Closing of the Public Domain, p. 54. Senator H.C. Hansbrough also pointed out that the railroads paid $45,000 annually to a leading conservationist magazine, The Talisman, and financed the Washington conservation lobby. H.C. Hansbrough, The Wreck: An Historical and Critical Study of the Administrations of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft (1913), p. 52.
- 67. J.H. Cox, "Organization of the Lumber Industry in the Pacific Northwest, 1889–1914" (Ph.D. diss., University of California, 1937), pp. 174–77; cited in Peffer, Closing of the Public Domain, p. 57. See also Hays, Conservation and the Gospel of Efficiency.


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The state should require that tenure decisions are based on evidence of teacher effectiveness. This goal was reorganized in 2017.
Link to Evidence of Effectiveness: California does not connect tenure decisions to evidence of teacher effectiveness.
Basis for Tenure: California awards tenure automatically after the probationary period; it is not based on an additional process that evaluates cumulative evidence of teacher effectiveness.
California Education Code 44929.21
End the automatic awarding of tenure.
California should deliberately base its decision to grant tenure on actual evidence of a teacher's classroom effectiveness.
Ensure that evidence of effectiveness is the determinative factor in tenure decisions.
California should make cumulative evidence of effectiveness, rather than number of years in the classroom, the most significant factor when awarding teachers the leap in professional standing that tenure represents.
Articulate a process that local districts must administer when deciding which teachers get tenure.
California should require a clear process, such as a hearing, to ensure that the local district reviews a teacher's performance before making a tenure determination.
California declined to respond to NCTQ's analyses.
9B: Tenure
Tenure should be a significant and consequential milestone in a teacher's career. The decision to give teachers tenure (or permanent status) is usually made automatically, with little thought, deliberation or consideration of actual performance.[1] State policy should reflect the fact that initial certification is temporary and probationary, and that tenure is intended to be a significant reward for teachers who have consistently shown effectiveness and commitment.[2] Tenure and advanced certification are not rights implied by the conferring of an initial teaching certificate. No other profession, including higher education, offers practitioners tenure after only a few years of working in the field.[3]
States should also ensure that evidence of effectiveness is the preponderant (but not the only) criterion for making tenure decisions.[4] Most states confer tenure at a point that is too early for the collection of sufficient and adequate data that reflect teacher performance. Ideally, states would accumulate such data for four to five years. This robust data set would prevent effective teachers from being unfairly denied tenure based on too little data and ineffective teachers from being granted tenure.


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Towards a postcolonial critical literacy: Bhimayana and the Indian graphic novel
- Source: Studies in South Asian Film & Media, Volume 3, Issue 1, Jul 2011, p. 3 - 21
- 01 Mar 2012
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This article argues that the graphic novel of BR Ambedkar's life, Bhimayana, generates a postcolonial critical literacy. Critical literacy forces the reader to link personal experiences with socio-historical and institutional power relations, and alerts us to reflect on issues of otherness in the text. In the first section, the article argues that Bhimayana's innovations of form and content, and its extensive metaphorization and multiple registers serve to combine a personal story with the history of a condition – of caste-based discrimination. In the second section of the article, I focus on the critical literacy the text initiates and demands of its readers. I suggest that the work fits into an already existing interocular (where the visual intersects with images from other visual media, such as television) field, and draws upon a popular register. It is this everyday register of comics – commonplace in the form of the comic strips in newspapers and periodicals but also as comic books – that enables Bhimayana to debate social issues in a medium that is far removed from other forms and genres such as newspaper reportage, commentaries and Amnesty reports where human rights issues are mostly addressed. The text is therefore significant in that it situates debates about caste and human rights in the popular cultural realm. A postcolonial critical literacy is the demand made on the reader to recognize, in this supposedly non-serious medium, a social problem.


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Richard Gephardt Re-emerges As a Man of Ideas
FIFTEEN months ago then-presidential candidate Richard Gephardt was riding high, poised to win the Democratic Party's caucus in Iowa. It was the first stage toward a presidential nomination. But after that initial victory the Missouri congressman's candidacy began to slip, and the nomination ultimately went elsewhere.
Now Representative Gephardt is reemerging on the national scene. This week he offered his own ideas on several national issues including trade, budget, education, gasoline tax, and the current hot question - whether the United States and Japan should jointly develop a new fighter plane. President Bush says yes. Gephardt says no. The President says that the agreement will protect both US jobs and advanced technology. The Missouri congressman says that both will be jeopardized.
In the process of all this activity Gephardt winds up sounding like a man who might very well try again to snare the brass ring of American politics. In a breakfast meeting with reporters he passed up the opportunity to deny, as defeated presidential candidates often do, that he would run again.
``I have no idea of what I will do in the future,'' he says. He then recounts the congressional activities he enjoys.
At the same time he insists that Congress, with its 535 members, cannot set the national agenda. Only a president can do that.
``We have only one leader in this country, and that is the President. The President is the agenda setter,'' he says.
But Mr. Bush is a reactive President, and isn't setting forth an agenda, he says. Bush instead ``should use the stable bully pulpit of the presidency to talk to the American people,'' in order to galvanize them to solve looming problems. What's most needed now from the President, he says, is to provide a ``coherent vision [of the future] that the American people can understand and embrace.''
By contrast Gephardt presents himself as a man with ideas. This week he says he will introduce an alternative budget. Its key will be raising more revenue by a tax on imported oil. Gephardt proposes that this additional money be put into meeting several social needs. Such needs include increasing federal funding for research and development, and preventing new cuts in medicare medical assistance to the elderly.
Can he get Congress to approve such an alternative budget, keyed of all things to the dreaded ``T'' word - taxes? ``I'll doubt that I'll pass it,'' he says. Most Washington observers are certain that he won't. But merely offering his ideas has benefits, he says. It gets Americans thinking about their future. It might also get them thinking about a certain Missouri congressman when presidential primary season rolls around three years hence.


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The main entrance to Robert Morris University stems off of University Boulevard, a busy connector between Pittsburgh International Airport and Sewickley. With RMU being located to the side of the four-lane airport corridor with no dedicated turning lanes, commuting for students and faculty can sometimes be a hassle.
Robert Morris, working alongside the Moon Township Public Works team, have formalized a plan to redesign University Boulevard the entrance of the school.
"University Boulevard is a major arterial road in Moon Township that connects I-376 and Sewickley," said Scott Brillhart, the assistant manager and planning director for Moon Township.
The project, slated to begin after commencement in May, is projected to cost $1 million and will be completed before students return for the new academic year in August.
"Many of us have thought it is something we have wanted to do for a long time, just to improve the safety of the campus entry," said Robert Morris' lead architect Bill Joyce.
This construction project is completely funded by two state grants, county taxes as well as a county grant that RMU has applied for. The plan for the turning lane project has been in talks for around five years, according to Joyce.
In 2011, when Robert Morris purchased the former airport Holiday Inn, which is now Yorktown Hall, the university and the township came to an agreement that RMU would make a payment in lieu of taxes. Moon Township agreed that the payments that would have otherwise been lost with the sale would be directed towards the turning lane project.
The township lost tax revenue with the sale due to the university being exempt from hotel and property taxes.
The project will add two turning lanes going into RMU from both the airport and Sewickley directions. The turning lanes will include separate stop lights and a widened road.
"It's about time," said sophomore biomedical engineering major Evan Steeves. "It sucks coming from Coraopolis and turning left into the campus like it's scary."
Information regarding collisions and accidents at the intersection were not immediately made available by Robert Morris University Police.
"I've driven from the airport direction many times so I am aware of the difficulty of turning into the university," said Anna Navarre, who does not attend Robert Morris, but visits friends often. "Having a designated turning lane would make it safer and maybe eliminate some accidents as well as help those turning right because it would reduce rear-end collisions."
The main entrance to the university will not be affected by this construction process, said Joyce.
"The turning lane project will not trigger any dramatic changes to campus drive but the UPMC Events Center Project will see changes," said Joyce.
When the construction on the events center starts later this year in June, the entrance will undergo changes, but the details regarding the changes to Campus Drive are still under design and have not been released yet.
Robert Morris University Police declined to comment on the project or provide statistics on accidents at the intersection.


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Two projects have kept me from fishing for two weeks.
First is the back yard. It was something like this:
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Now it looks like this:
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I'd be happy to help you with your deer problem, shucks 3000 mile away.ReplyDelete
My deer has moved over into another bean field that is going to be to harvested--no beans behind our house this year---by the way the exact same flagstone rock was the demise of my back----still dealing with the back problems which causes me to feel like doing nothing---had second Epidural yesterday hope they hit the spot---take care and yes take your time, for us Geezers time is luxury~!!
Will never forget you my friend. I have the same problem. Every winter the storms take out a new section of fence. This year Pam let me hire the work out. I think my fishing is probably done for the year. Snow tomorrow.ReplyDelete
Get those projects out of the way... looking forward to the return. And yeah, deer, I can see why you're not too fond of them.ReplyDelete


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You're like a beautiful dream to me — a dream that makes you want to sleep and drift into the warmness of pure love.
A dream that puts a smile into our face and makes you happy when you open your eyes first thing in the morning.
A love that comes across your mind the moment you wake up in the morning and the last person on your mind when you close your eyes and sleep.
Browse our best love poems here at 1Love Poems and feel the connection between a beautiful dream and a strong intensity of love and passion.
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My heart flutters feverishly
My passion burning like fire
I feel heat where my lungs would be
From deep down in my soul
To the ends of every strand of hair
I quiver with excitement
Of the feeling of you being there
I close my eyes
And take you in
I smell your smell
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I reach out my hand
To touch your sweet lips
The thought of you near me
Makes my heartbeat skip
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I reach for you and feel for you
But to my hands dismay
There's nothing there but dust and air
To grab and pull my way
I hold my breath and loosen my grip
My heart goes cold and gray
I fill my lungs with empty air
That's cold and stings like ice
My heartbeat slows and the rhythm dies
And tears fall once, then twice
The hours, days and weeks of time
Cannot erase our love
That longing for your touch and kiss
Recreate all that I know of
My mind plays tricks, my eyes see you
I get caught up in what seems
The memory that I have of you
Creates the fantasy in my dreams
Even though I hate to wake
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For many of us in North America, this past summer was a dry one. Southern Ontario had much lower than normal rainfall and California began its sixth year of being in a drought. For those of us who do not live in a farming town, the effects of this weather can be beyond our sight. But how does a drought impact the food we eat? We found out.
What is a drought exactly?
Let's start with some definitions. A drought is a natural occurrence which can effect any type of climate where there is a prolonged absence of rain based on what is normal for an area.
Where a drought takes place severely changes its outcomes. A drought in a place such as Ethiopia can have disastrous effects, where a similar occurrence in North America would not be nearly as devastating. This is due to the policies and resources available in richer countries to protect citizens should there be an environmental disaster.
No matter where a drought takes place, however, there is almost always some sort of agricultural consequence.
How does it impact our food?
The most obvious impact of a drought is the loss of crops. Without adequate rainfall, crops will either die or not reach their maximum size. This means economic losses for farmers and increased prices for consumers. A secondary effect from these losses is the need to source food from outside the local farming community.
Here's how droughts effect some of your favourite foods:
Avocados require a large volume of water to grow—a whopping 74 gallons is needed to produce a pound of them. That makes these fruits particularly vulnerable to changes in climate. Take into consideration that Chipotle alone uses roughly 100,000 pounds of avocado in a day—you can see how detrimental a drought can be to their distribution.
Corn is highly sensitive to drought stress, which can reduce its maximum yield by 6% per day if it takes effect in its early growth stages. This loss in growth opportunity cannot be compensated for later on.
Almond production has created controversy in California due to their growing production despite the drought. A single almond requires 1.1 gallons of water to grow. You can read more about the problems almonds pose to the environment here.
The production of beef is also dependent on a steady water supply. Starting with growing the crops necessary to feed cows and ending with processing, it can take up to 106 gallons of water to produce one ounce of beef.
How can you help?
Droughts, as mentioned before, occur naturally. However, climate change has exacerbated its effects. Behaving in ways that support the environment can be a small way to create large change in your area. Efforts like conserving water during a drought can help ensure there is enough to go around and enough available for agriculture.
When it comes to your own window sill garden, you can help conserve water by dry farming. This method of growing vegetables requires less water and a greater amount of compost. You can find instructions here on how to try dry farming for tomatoes. Additionally, here are some veggies that require little water to grow.
Finally, supporting your local farmers is a must. Agricultural work is largely entrepreneurial and is almost completely dependent on the climate. It's an industry that we depend upon, but the people who work within it open themselves up to a lot of risk. Try to buy local produce whenever possible to offer support to your local farmers.
Bringing about change may seem like an impossible feat when you consider it on an individual scale, but realize that change has to start somewhere. A conscious effort to avoid certain habits in times of drought can be a contributing factor to bring harm or aid to the situation.


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Hare Creek Center EIR Public Scoping Session
The City of Fort Bragg will prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed Hare Creek Center project.
Monday, Sept. 19, 2016 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Fort Bragg Town Hall Refreshments provided
- Building A (15,000 sf) for proposed tenant, Grocery Outlet
- Building B (10,000 sf); and Building C (4,500 sf).
2. Associated development includes:
- An access road
- 99 space parking lot
- Loading zones
- Pedestrian improvements
- Rain water storage tanks
- Utilities
- Drainage improvements
- Signage and landscaping
- Meet the City's Environmental Impact Report (EIR) consultant;
- Learn about the EIR and permitting process and opportunities for public input;
- Identify potential environmental impacts that should be studied in the EIR
- Discuss project alternatives to be reviewed in the EIR.
Sponsored by Citizens For Appropriate Coastal Land Use
Nice clear picture – and we're having no problems over Hughesnet here in Elk…
Clear sailing on Exede Satellite.
I wonder how many folks in the room already have their minds made up?
I'd say close to 100%
Boilerplate presentation.
It'll be boiler plate opposition too -they want it placed somewhere else….
I wonder if any of the candidates for City Council will comment on this tonight.
So far it looks like an information gathering meeting. Community feedback in, nothing out!
Didn't see any in the quick pan of the crowd…
Re: the comment at 2:50 about taking care of things, were the owners of this property responsible for the delayed repair of the fire hydrant at the Boatyard, causing the amazingly abundant water leak?
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Not true that the land was given to the college. Price may have been reduced, but it was not free.
is this two channelaudio??
why are the cc meetings always one sided?? oh yeah mendocinotv vs the town hall remodel…
They Boatyard people certainly were delinquent in a timely fix of the hydrant – as was the city for not forcing them to fix it…
good point about light pollution terry
No to light pollution! The neighbors will be surprised and disappointed by the amount of light at night produced by the project. Yes, good comment!


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Episode 365
The Curious Case of Ivermectin
July 8th, 2021
31 mins 48 secs
About this Episode
Ivermectin, with all of its potential, has become a third rail charged by dogma. I'll break down what's happened to the discussion around what some are calling a miracle drug.
- FLCCC Alliance testifies to senate committee - YouTube
- FAQ on Ivermectin | FLCCC | Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance
- Ivermectin in COVID-19 | FLCCC | Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance
- Home | FLCCC | Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance
- COVID Focus Talk || Ivermectin Pharmacological Considerations || Is this drug suitable for everyone? - YouTube
- Worldwide COVID death toll tops 4 million - New York Daily News
- Pentagon Warns Of An "Increased Potential" For Nuclear Conflict In Newly Disclosed Manual
- Coronavirus cases in California rise for first time in months as Delta variant spreads
- Can I donate after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine?
- Fauci-Funded EcoHealth Refuses To Give Wuhan Documents To Congress | ZeroHedge
- From "Event 201" to "Cyber Polygon": The WEF's Simulation of a Coming "Cyber Pandemic"
- Biden admin launching 'door-to-door' push to vaccinate Americans, sparks major backlash | Fox News
- Judge Says The Air Force Is Mostly Responsible For Sutherland Springs Shooting : NPR
- Fitbits Detect Lasting Changes After Covid-19 - The New York Times
- NSW Health says it gave Pfizer jab to more than 160 students at St Joseph's College 'in error'
- Prepare for mandatory COVID vaccines in September, Army tells commands
- Job search requirements go back into effect in Washington this week | News | khq.com
- Unvaccinated people are 'variant factories,' infectious diseases expert says | CNN
- With Its Power Grid Under Pressure, California Asks Residents to Avoid Charging Electric Vehicles
- Strong Demand For RVs Expected To Roll Into 2022 | ZeroHedge
- Hillary Clinton Campaign Official and Founder of Org to End Sexual Violence Against Children Is Arrested on Child Rape Charges - Sentenced to 13 Yrs in Prison
- Delta Variant Not Driving Hospitalization Surge in England, Data Shows - The New York Times
- mRNA technology pioneer blasts Big Tech censorship
- How social media is pushing us toward 1984
- Spokane-Coeur d'Alene housing market booming, prices rising
- As Biden prepares to host 1,000 for Independence Day, desire to declare victory collides with need for caution
- Government Added 188,000 Jobs in June | CNSNews
- 'Not a healthy environment': Kamala Harris' office rife with dissent - POLITICO
- Ivermectin for COVID-19: real-time meta analysis of 61 studies
- US coronavirus: With the more contagious Delta variant, some officials are issuing new mask guidance | CNN
- Delta: WHO urges fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks as variant spreads
- Israel Prepares To Reinstate Mask Mandate As Delta Variant Drives New Covid Surge


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Three new The Witcher featurettes have just been released.
Henry posted the one focused on Geralt on his IG and Facebook. You can watch the clip in HD below, along with the ones for Ciri and Yennefer.
The wait for the series release is killing us!
The Witcher arrives on Netflix on December 20.


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"Is marriage now!" (Photo credit: @Ovi8)
After Dynamo Moscow's last game — a 4-2 loss to CSKA, Alex Ovechkin seemed to be really, really looking forward to the New Year's holiday. "We need to forget this [loss] because New Year's is round the corner," Ovechkin told SportBox.ru. "We'll see relatives, loved ones, friends and we'll have to forget about this defeat. It's not the end of the world, is it?"
Now via an excited tweet today from Ovechkin, we know why.
We are engaged !!!!!!! )))))))))
— Alex Ovechkin (@ovi8) December 31, 2012
Sasha and Masha are engaged!
Ovechkin and his tennis superstar/mega-hottie girlfriend Maria Kirilenko have been dating for a little over a year. On November 30th, 2011, things became official when the Russian machine tweeted a pic of the two together and called Maria "my queen."
Since then, the two have been inseparable. Ovechkin has gone to Maria's tennis matches, carrying her bags, wildly cheering her when she won a bronze medal at the London Summer Olympics. Kirilenko has gone to Ovechkin's Washington Capitals and Dynamo Moscow games, wearing a customized jersey and sitting with his family. They also do adorable things like this and this.
Now that the two are engaged, Papa Ovechkin should be very happy. In a recent feature by NTV that we uncovered last week, Mikhail couldn't help but gush about the two and their future. "God help that everything will be good for them," he said. "Hopefully, they come to the decision to get married, get engaged, and bring us little Ovechkins."
Yes, please!
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If you like Agatha Christie books or TV series "Monk" or relish CSI Miami without the gore, then you will love this series!
- Title – Sapphire Beach Cozy Mystery Collection [Volume 1]
- Author – Angela Ryan
- Books – 1) Condos & Corpses, (2) Surf, Sand and Skeletons, (3) Piers, Pliers and Problems.
I bought this series bundle during a deal from BargainBooksy. I wanted a change from my normal self help and romance novels. I am huge Agatha Christie fan but haven't seen many authors write that type of genre in recent times. I enjoy thrillers (Daniel Silva, Robert Ludlum) but sometimes you just need a simple whodunit, without too much gore or ramifications for world chaos!
So glad I found this author. I loved the volume so much that I went ahead and pre-ordered the next few in the series!
The set I read has 3 consecutive books, but all the three can be read as standalone books. Think Nancy Drew or Monk TV series. A few ancillary story threads propagate forward, but you can get the context without having to read the previous books. In this case, the underlying threads are the budding romance between the heroine and a detective, as well as the heroine's Fair Trade jewelry store.
Personally I loved that the books are set in Florida. Sun, sand and mystery – what else could a girl want on a gloomy day of quarantine! 🙂 Here is an image I took on a vacation to Miami and the Florida Keys, to pique your interest further!
Overall, I think its a great series for mystery lovers of all ages, young and old!
Similar Works:
- Books – Any book by Agatha Christie, Nancy Drew, Dick Francis.
- Movies – Murder on the Orient Express, Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit, Shattered Glass.
- TV Series – Monk. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. Murder, She Wrote. Sherlock Holmes, CSI Miami without the grim violence!
- Genres – Mystery, Mystery Anthologies, Action & Adventure
Until next time, Adieu & Happy Reading!


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Bible Verses about Sin
|Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
|Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
|If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
|If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
|For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
|For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
|Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
|Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.
|What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!
|What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means!
|Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me.
|Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.
|If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
|If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.
|You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
|You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
|Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
|Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
|Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.
|Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.
|Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?
|Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
|The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
|A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
|Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
|Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
|If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
|If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.
|Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.
|Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
|Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers.
|Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers.
|Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
|Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.
|And he said, "What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person."
|He went on: "What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person's heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person."
|He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
|"He himself bore our sins" in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; "by his wounds you have been healed."
|Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
|Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
|From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
|Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.
|So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
|So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
|Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
|Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
|But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.
|But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people.
|For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
|Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God's sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.


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The following statement in support of Cuba was intiated by the Workers Party of Korea and has been signed by communist and workers' parties all over the world.
The imperialists are becoming more blatant in their attempts to topple the socialist system in Cuba.
The recent anti-government protests in Cuba are a product of the relentless manoeuvres against the country staged by the USA over a long period of time in order to obliterate the Cuban revolution.
Since the victory of that revolution, the US has committed ceaseless acts of military intervention, subversion and sabotage, as well as economic blockade against Cuba under its scheme to stifle the first socialist country in the western hemisphere by all means.
Lately, the US, in collusion with a handful of counter-revolutionary elements in Cuba, has been doggedly resorting to psychological conspiracy warfare and tactics of social disruption in order to undermine people's faith in the Communist party and socialist system, and to create and aggravate political instability in the country.
The reality shows that the 'peaceful coexistence that the US advocates is only a sly trick to find an easy way of fulfilling their aggressive ambition by instilling illusions about capitalism into anti-imperialist and independent countries.
The nature of imperialism never changes.
The lessons of history testify that we can defend the gains of revolution, the socialist system and people's dignity only when we do not indulge in any kind of fantasy about imperialism, but constantly intensify the struggle against it.
The US is terribly mistaken about the unyielding faith and will of the Communist party and of the people of Cuba, who opened up their way to the socialist cause with their blood and who have stood strong and pulled through the protracted sanctions and blockade imposed by the imperialists and all other hardships.
Communist and workers' parties greatly appreciate the will of the Communist Party of Cuba to protect the sovereignty and dignity of the country and defend their socialist system to the end, resolutely opposing the vicious attempts of the US to topple its system, and we express our strong solidarity with the Communist Party of Cuba.
Communist and workers' parties oppose and condemn in the strongest terms the immoral US sanctions and blockade against Cuba. We demand that all sanctions which violate the Cuban people's rights to existence and development be lifted.
Communist and workers' parties will consistently and actively support and encourage the struggle of the Communist Party of Cuba and the Cuban government and people to firmly defend and advance the cause of socialism.


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Looking forward to teaching one of my all time favorites – 3-D Copper Enameling. This intermediate level art experience is for those who have had a taste of torch fired enamels and who what to do more. We will be working with sheet copper and creating – from scratch – design element that have form and texture. These pieces will be fired with enamels and then connected with some basic wire wrapping techniques.
Stop in and see us! Or register to join – there's always room for one more!
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The Sunshine Underground is a band from Leeds whose name was taken from one of Chemical Brothers' track and which pays no reference to the New York rock band, the Velvet Underground - just in case any of you were wondering. The band as the well as so many other bands, have often faced difficulties in trying to find the correct label to their music. To me, it sounds nothing more than indie-rock with some slight punk infusions, but oh well, that's what happens when you judge overall music by a single song – misconceptions, misconceptions.
'Commercial Breakdown' boasts hard-ripping and crashing guitar riffs, accompanied by boisterous bass-lines and heavy drum beats. It's a tune that's both bold and big, and dense with huge sing-along choruses that's sure to keep you fueled up the whole night through. The melodies are jagged-edged, brimming with vocals that might as well construe anger but with an amount of passion and intensity that never falters for a moment - it takes one to know one.
|mp3| The Sunshine Underground – Commercial Breakdown
:: The Sunshine Underground ::
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Steven Siro Vai (born June 6, 1960) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer who has sold over 15 million albums. After starting his career as a music transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, he recorded and toured in Zappa's band from 1980 to 1982. He began a solo career in 1983, and has released eight solo albums and won three Grammy Awards.
Vai has recorded and toured with Public Image Ltd., Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, and Whitesnake. He has been a regular touring member of the G3 Concert Tour, which began in 1995. In 1999, he started his own record label, Favored Nations, intending to showcase "artists that have attained the highest performance level on their chosen instruments".


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Max?mo Park are an indie rock band from Newcastle, England. The band consisting of Paul Smith (vocals), Duncan Lloyd (guitar), Archis Tiku (bass guitar), Tom English (drums) and Lukas Wooller (keyboards), the band has drawn comparisons to Northeastern counterparts The Futureheads, as well as Franz Ferdinand, Pulp and Bloc Party for their addictive musical style and direct, edgy rock-pop sound. The band originally formed as a four-piece in 2000, demonstrating versatility in a variety of musical genres, before Smith arrived as vocalist in 2003, signalling a new chapter in the life of the band.
After releasing 300 copies of two of their songs, the band was discovered by, and eventually signed with, independent label Warp Records in 2004, releasing their critically-acclaimed debut album A Certain Trigger" in May 2005. Widely described as one of the best British albums of the year, the album helped the band develop a strong and diverse fanbase both in the UK and abroad, and also earned them a nomination for the coveted Mercury Music Prize. Three songs from the record, Apply Some Pressure (re-released), Graffiti and Going Missing, reached the Top 20 in the UK music charts in 2005. Max?mo Park also contributed a song titled Wasteland to the War Child album Help: A Day In The Life, midway through that year. The final single from A Certain Trigger, I Want You to Stay, was released in the United Kingdom on February 20, 2006.
Max?mo Park's second album, Our Earthly Pleasures was released on April 2, 2007. Singles included Our Velocity, Girls Who Play Guitars, Books From Boxes and Karaoke Plays. In August 2008 Paul Smith announced that the band had finished recording their third album and were looking for someone to produce it. It is expected for release in early 2009.
As a result of their rapidly increasing popularity both in the United Kingdom and overseas, 2005 also proved to be a highly exciting year for the band from a touring perspective, with a number of successful tours of Europe, as well as supporting The Bravery in the United States and performing a number of sellout shows in Japan and Australia. While performing across Europe at the Glastonbury and Lowlands music festivals and the Carling Weekend, their enormous success in the United Kingdom was confirmed through their place as support for Kaiser Chiefs on the NME Rock and Roll Riot Tour, and their appearance at the XFM Winter Wonderland shows in London in December of 2005. In a similar vein, the band headlined the NME Awards Tour in the UK, featuring Arctic Monkeys, Mystery Jets and We Are Scientists, and expanded their presence in Asia by performing in Thailand as part of the Rock 100 Festival in Bangkok.
The The National Health Songfacts reports that Maximo's Park fourth album relates to the state of society at large: "The nation is out of control," said Paul Smith, "and the record is about taking back control, and being a force for change in your own life. It can't speak for everybody but it has its eyes and ears all around us. Our songs are built on empathy. I would hope it's as vital a music as people would want to hear." The National Health will be released June 11, 2012.
The band also enjoys playing in their hometown, Newcastle. In early 2007, despite global success, they decided to play in three small venues and price tickets at only ?5. These venues were The Head Of Steam, The Cumberland Arms and The Cluny. The band also headlined Freevolution 2007, a free outdoor music festival in Newcastle/Gateshead sponsored by Orange phones.


text: Hi all, I finally have a handful (4!) of UDOO cases for sale (I'll be cutting more when I get the chance). You can see the final design in the imgur album below. It may not look like much has changed from my previous design, but the clips are much improved and most dimensions have been extended for various reasons. I decided against using clips for the removable lid as I didn't think they were the ideal choice for something that might be removed many times. Instead the lid just slides in from one end and in to slots at the other end. I know there were concerns about ventilation, but I have had no problems using this case with my UDOO quad. If people are really sure they want extra ventilation, I can add some slots to the lid. The price is £11.99 GBP (Great British Pounds) + any shipping costs (which will have to be done on an individual basis, I am in the UK), which I think is fair given the time and money I've put in to this project. This price includes 4 metal spacers and 8 M3 screws for securing the UDOO board to the case. http://imgur.com/a/ZqJS6 Please PM me if interested. As I say, I only have 4 at this very moment, but will make some more. I'll comment on this thread when they are gone to stop getting PMs! I also of course welcome any thoughts/suggestions for future revisions. I know there are people interested in having room for a sata HDD or fitting lego. I hope to get to these at some point!


text: A team of researchers from the U.S. and China, led by Robert Alfano from City University of New York, has used visible resonance Raman (VRR) spectroscopy to identify and grade gliomas, a common tumor of the central nervous system. The researchers used in situ spectral biomarkers to identify the tissue from the interface between brain cancer and normal tissue and to evaluate glioma grades. Analyses of the VRR spectra revealed that the major molecular biomarkers are involved in metabolic processes in human brain tissues and can be used to create an optical molecular pathology method. The VRR approach to identifying and grading tumors is a continuation of the Alfano group's work in the area of optical biopsy, a field that the group has pioneered since 1987. "To our best knowledge we are the first to apply VRR on gliomas and use it for distinguishing normal and cancerous human brain tissues and margin detection. Moreover, this optical biopsy approach can be used for breast cancer." Professor Robert Alfano, City College of New York The objective of this study was to use VRR as a new Raman technique to evaluate the biomarkers for glioma margins and the correlation between the levels of biomarkers and tumor grades. The researchers used 532-nm Raman spectroscopy on human tissue ex vivo. After collecting the spectra from glioma tissues at different grades, they applied Principal Control Analysis-Support Vector Machine (PCA-SVM) machine learning methods to classify the samples. They compared the results with those from traditional histopathology. A set of criteria for differentiating normal human brain tissues from normal control tissues was created and used to identify brain cancer margins, yielding a diagnostic sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 71% for distinguishing the negative cancer margins from normal tissues when compared with the regular pathologically examined results by chemical reagents (the "gold standard"). The results could be used to develop a new fiber optic navigator for in vivo diagnosis of brain cancers and cancer margins that combines all VRR molecular spectral biomarkers. This Raman method and other optical spectroscopy approaches will add to medical armamentarium, Alfano said. While the survival of a brain glioma patient is affected by multiple factors, the accuracy of tumor boundary identification and the degree of resection of the tumor are two essential factors. The VRR spectroscopy-based technique for glioma diagnosis and margin detection developed by the group could provide a rapid, in situ approach to locating and determining cancer margins and the tumor grade at the molecular level. The researchers believe that their study demonstrates the potential of VRR as a label-free, optical molecular histopathology method for in situ boundary line judgment for brain surgery in the margins. Typical experimental VRR spectral data plots: the ratios of (a) I1588 cm−1/I1440 cm−1 and (b) I2934 cm−1/I2885 cm−1 from normal human brain tissues and glioma tissues with increasing malignancy. G0-N, normal human brain tissues; GI, grade I; GII, grade II; GIII, grade III; and GIV, grade IV. Courtesy of Robert R. Alfano, et al./Journal of Biomedical Optics. According to the researchers, the method is fast, accurate, and local. VRR uses the magic laser wavelength near 532 nm to enhance the Raman signal intensity by > 100× to 1000×, making the method very fast. The VRR method has a high signal-to-noise ratio, provides visually intuitive results for inspection, and takes only seconds for data acquisition. The VRR system also uses less power and a shorter integration time to collect signals; thus, VRR could provide a safer and more suitable method for in vivo and real-time in situ brain cancer diagnosis compared with NIR or FT-Raman methods. "Optical spectroscopy, in particular, resonance Raman and stimulated Raman gain/loss methods, will be at the heart of future medical armamentarium along with current standard medical tools such as blood tests, x-rays, CAT scans, and MRI and PET imaging," said Alfano, Distinguished Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Science, and Engineering. "Light will spearhead the use of these tools by giving molecular information. My current and future efforts are to improve these methods, making them more compact and cheaper, and more importantly, to combine diagnosis with treatment." A U.S. patent, 10 426 349, was issued to RR Alfano and CH Liu Oct. 1, 2019. The research was published in the Journal of Biomedical Optics, a publication of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics (https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.24.9.095001).


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malivelihood Net Worth And Biography
Malivelihood Net Worth: malivelihood is a Nigerian billionaire fashion business mogul who is the chairman, CEO at Malivelihoon Luxury, He has a net worth of $30 million Dollars as of the time of this post.
That is to say, Malivelihood Net Worth of $30 million dollars makes him to be listed among the richest and most influential business personality in Nigeria.
On this post we will be focusing on Malivelihood Net Worth, Biography, Early Life, Marriage and Education, In the case of any error or for additional information to make this post more detailed, please reach out to us via the comment section.
Malivelihood Profile
- Name: Olusola M Awujoola
- Birth Date: 21st of September, 1981
- Age: 39 years old
- Nationality: Nigerian
- Stats: Active
- Source Of Income: Fashion Businessman
- Net Worth: $30 Million Dollars
- Religion: Christianity
- Ethnicity: Nigerian
- Siblings: Updating soon
- Height: 175 cm
- Weight: 68 kg
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- Hair Color : Dark
- Eye Color: Dark Blue
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- Marital Status: Married Deola Smart
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Malivelihood Biography
Born Olusola M Awujoola, Professionally known as Malivelihood is a Nigerian billionaire business mogul and a jeweler who was born on September 21st, 1981, He is currently 39 years old as of the time of this post. holds a BS.c degree in Business Administration and a Master Degree in Global Management and LLM Commercial Law. Malivelihood later had his Luxury Branding with Jewelry Making training in New York.
He has been trending in Nigeria after it was revealed that most top Nigerian celebrities are his customers when it come to acquiring quality fashion from a renown brands.
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Malivelihood was born on 21st of September, 1981, and He's currently 39 years old as of the time of this post in 2020.
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Malivelihood is currently one of the richest and most influential business men in Nigeria, With an estimated net worth of $30 million dollars.
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