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Artists' work puts human faces on the complexities of the border
By Patricia Zapor
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TUCSON, Ariz. (CNS) -- St. Thomas More Newman Center's walls, halls and even the water fountain in the lobby were decked out in a wide variety of artwork and found items, displayed artistically. But it was the rows of unmatched shoes that told the simplest story.
Bedraggled sneakers, boots with their soles hanging by threads, sandals with broken straps, one apparently unsuccessful attempt at making footwear out of a piece of carpet and a bit of string were carefully lined along the main aisle, one shoe next to each pew.
The shoes were a vivid part of an exhibit of work by painter Pamela Hoffmeister and mixed media artist Deborah McCullough during the Social Action Summer Institute, a five-day program for Catholic social ministers in June. McCullough's collection of shoes gave silent, and sometimes still stinky, testimony about how hard it is to cross the desert on foot.
During her regular walks in the Sonoran Desert outside Tucson with volunteers who look for migrants in need of assistance, McCullough collects the shoes, as well as empty tuna cans, books, notes, toothbrushes and other personal items and turns them into works of art. Many take the form of small shrines, built around a theme: A battered baby doll is surrounded by other children's items; a weathered Bible is backed by an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe and set in a well-worn shoe.
Other pieces were what McCullough refers to as collections rather than art: a bowl full of toothpaste tubes, another dish of toothbrushes, empty water bottles -- some still green with slime -- hung on the Newman Center's drinking fountain, and a curtain fashioned from the hand-embroidered cloths used to wrap tortillas.
"It is my intention to have people ask themselves, 'What would I do to take care of my family?'" McCullough said. "'Would I drink green water to try to save my family from starving? Would I walk until the soles on my shoes fall off?'"
For nearly a decade, she has picked up items that have been left behind by people on their trek across the desert. For McCullough, it's a way of connecting with migrants she never sees, some no doubt picked up by the Border Patrol, others who succeed in getting to a new home in the U.S., and still others who have died of exposure to heat or cold, of dehydration or other hazards both natural and human.
"Once you encounter someone out there (in the desert) it changes you forever," McCullough told Catholic News Service. "You can't go home and not be conscious of it. You want to change the situation somehow. I'm an artist. I'd be up at night, unable to sleep, so I went out and started putting things together."
A couple of her pieces are dedicated to individuals such as Josseline, a 14-year-old from El Salvador whose body was found by a friend of McCullough's. That piece, titled "Angel of Mercy," is of a female angel, holding a simple cross in one hand. Her skirt is made of dozens of narrow fabric ribbons, each bearing the name of one of the people found dead in the desert in 2011.
McCullough explained that as she sewed the strips onto the skirt, it gave her "hours to think of the suffering of each death, the sadness of each family waiting to hear from someone who died alone, of how they think of him or her and wonder why they never hear from them, not knowing that she is listed as 'unknown, skeletal remains' in a morgue in Tucson. The family will never know what happened."
Hoffmeister's paintings are more traditional art, paintings of migrants she has encountered as they worked at farms in Oregon or stopped for meals at a charity dining room in Nogales, Mexico, just across the border from Arizona, where she sometimes volunteers. She also said her motivation is to help people see the individuals who are part of the immigration story.
"But I don't want to make propaganda," she said. "I want to make art."
She got her start on the theme beginning with a conversation with a stranger at a grocery store about Arizona's S.B. 1070, a law intended to crack down on illegal immigration. It piqued her interest.
Not long after, a friend of Hoffmeister's asked her to give a ride to someone who was doing some work for her. As she drove the man to her friend's house, she learned he didn't drive because he had no immigration documents. He would send most of his money home to Chiapas each Friday so his children could afford to go to school.
"His was the first migrant portrait I painted," she said.
Hoffmeister began reading up on immigration law and policy and its problems. She talked to scholars and looked into humanitarian organizations and read some of the work of Holy Cross Father Daniel Groody, director of the Center for Latino Spirituality and Culture at the University of Notre Dame's Institute for Latino Studies. He has spent many years doing pastoral work and research on migration.
"Once I began it was like the scales fell from my eyes," she said. She's painted 116 portraits, some from people who pose for her over several days, others done from snapshots taken before the migrant moves on. She interviews the subjects and learns their stories before asking them if she can paint their portrait.
Hoffmeister's art will be on display at Fairfield University in Connecticut related to a conference there beginning in September.
McCullough said her husband has offered to put her works in a trailer and take them wherever there's a good opportunity to let the pieces tell their stories. She dreams of having them go on display where members of Congress would see them, for example.
McCullough and McCullough also are walking art exhibits. Each wears jewelry McCullough has fashioned from found objects including bracelets hammered from tuna cans, earrings and pendants also made from cans and adorned with bits of beads or other found items. This day her necklace included a single mother-of-pearl snap attached to a bit of red plaid fabric from a cowboy shirt that had been abandoned near a migration trail.
"I feel the need to wear something to engage people," McCullough said. "I've sold the earrings off my ears in an airport."
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Editor's Note: Some of McCullough's work, and the jewelry she sells, can be seen at her website: www.deborahmccullough.com. More information about Hoffmeister's work is on her blog page: http://pamelahoffmeister.blogspot.com.


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1O sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things. His right hand and his holy arm have gotten him victory.
2The Lord has made known his victory; he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations.
3He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.
4Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises.
5Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody.
6With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord.
7Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who live in it.
8Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing together for joy
9at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
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This article was originally published by Chris Black on www.survivopedia.com
Whether we're talking about off-grid survival or just having the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of living in the 21st century in our cabin in the woods, having hot water for taking a shower, shaving, or taking a nice long bath is one of the yardsticks of well-being.
What can be nicer than enjoying a hot shower after working all day outside in the cold? And even better, if that hot water is completely free of charge? It doesn't sound bad, does it?
Moreover, it would be pretty nice to have hot water at your disposal without being dependent upon a utilities company, whether we're talking about electricity or gas.
We're Reviving Ancient Techniques
What I am trying to tell you is that nowadays, heating water is one of the most overlooked functions when it comes to the archaic wood stove.
Just a few decades ago, many wood stoves were built with a water tank (it was called a range boiler) behind/beside the respective wood stove, for producing free and virtually limitless amounts of hot water. A two for the price of one kind of a deal.
Basically, whether you're looking to save some dollars on your utility bills or get hot water in some place remote without breaking the piggy bank, the main idea is that you can use your wood stove for more than warming your homestead, cooking and whatever else wood stoves are usually good for.
Truth be told, domestic wood stove-based water heating systems are not new; they were invented centuries ago.
The Romans constructed incredibly clever central heating systems for public buildings (and the rich also had them, because they were too expensive for plebes) in an era sans electricity, and we're talking 2000+ years ago. I know it sounds incredible, but yes, they actually had central heating through the floors 2 millennia ago; that's how smart Romans were.
The Roman system was called Hypocaust and it worked by producing and circulating hot air below the floors (even walls in some cases) using a network of pipes. Hot air passed through those pipes and heated the floors/walls and obviously, the air was heated via furnaces burning wood and/or coal, because there was no electricity or piped gas back in the day.
In the event of a grid-down situation, how many of you are planning on heating their home with wood?
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How the Heater Works
Hence, getting hot water using a wood stove uses the same basic principle as a Hypocaust, but with a twist: water is used in our case instead of air, because it's difficult to take a shower without water, right? I know – there's an invention called dry cleaning, but I wouldn't recommend it.
Joking aside, to keep it simple: a regular water heater is nothing more than a tank of sorts, sitting on top or next to your wooden stove. As water rises when heated, hot water is drawn from the top and cold water is piped at the bottom via a piping system, obviously.
How does it work, you may ask? Well, it's pretty straightforward: the stove water heater uses heat exchangers for transferring heat from the stove to the water. Depending on the design, the heat exchangers can be mounted inside of the stove, on the outside of the stove, or in the stovepipe.
Water is circulated through the heat exchanger when a fire is burning in two ways: naturally, via the thermosiphon principle which relies on water rising when heated or by using a pump.
The heat exchanger device is available in 3 main varieties:
- a serpentine coil made of, in most cases, copper pipe
- a small absorber, like a solar-collector
- a box-like mini-tank. Most heat exchangers are mini-tanks or coils mounted inside the stove.
The heat exchanger can be built using copper, stainless steel, or galvanized iron, and they're commercially available or they can be built in local shops or DIY-ed depending on your skills. For our intents and purposes, we'll have to rely on the thermosiphon system, because this system works wonderfully off the grid and it doesn't require fancy stuff like pumps and all that jazz.
The Tips that Lead to Success
"Keep it simple stupid" is the name of the game in a survival situation. As things get complicated, the probability of something failing rises exponentially.
Whenever the stove is used, water must circulate through the heat exchanger in order to prevent it from boiling. The storage tank must always be located higher than the heat exchanger and as close as possible to the stove.
Thermosiphoning-based systems are better than electrical-pumped ones not only because of their simplicity and availability, but also because in the eventuality of a power outage, the pump will stop working, leading to overheating the water in the heat exchanger.
This is a DIY project that can provide you with endless hot water without requiring electricity, as it's based on the thermosiphoning process. This one uses a therma coil – a homemade unit – which consists of a serpentine made of copper, which is put inside the wood stove and connected via plumbing to a water tank.
This is a hot water-on-demand heater which can help you in a variety of situations. And best of all, everything is made using scrap materials, more or less (except for the copper piping, I guess).
Video first seen on engineer775 Practical Preppers.
As a general rule of thumb, for best results, you should isolate all your hot water lines more than 3 feet away from the wood stove using slip-on foam insulation, which is designed for temperatures up to 250 degrees Fahrenheit.
Don't forget to spend 10 bucks on a thermometer; it's well worth the investment and it will help you with eliminating all guesswork with regard to determining water temperature.
Copper is one of the best piping materials out there, as it's very easy to work with when building coils (the heat exchanger gizmo), but remember that when used with iron, the latter will corrode.
The second DIY job is made by the same guy but this time, instead of a copper serpentine placed inside the wood stove, he uses a simpler water coil made of stainless steel. The rest is basically the same, check out the video.
Video first seen on engineer775 Practical Preppers.
The third project also uses the thermosiphoning principle (hot water rises) and copper tubing for making the serpentines, but this is a "larger scale job" compared to the previous two, and more complex.
Video first seen on convectioncoil.com.
The fourth and last DIY project uses an interesting design, i.e. a double-walled water heater (a double-walled 6-inch pipe, basically) and between the walls there's copper water pipe circling the inner wall, thus transferring the heat from the wood stove to the water circulating through the piping.
Video first seen on thenewsurvivalist.
That about sums it up for today folks. There are still many lessons to be learned.
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Violent protests erupted in central China's Henan province on Saturday after a drunk police officer lost control of his van and killed at least five people, according to media reports. From AFP:
People gathered to protest after police tried to take the bodies away, some of them smashing and flipping over three police cars and two vans, said the Southern Metropolis Daily, a newspaper known for investigative journalism.
One witness put the number of protestors in the thousands, but that figure could not be confirmed.
"People were angry that the police didn't protect the scene but tried to pull the bodies away," the witness, who declined to be named, told AFP.
She said rumours that more people had died in the accident angered the crowd, which did not disperse until early Sunday morning.
Shanghaiist posted graphic photos of the accident scene, which have appeared and triggered public outcry on microblogging service Sina Weibo. Xinhua notes that the police officer has been arrested and could receive the death penalty if convicted, though the report makes no mention of the protests.
The violence in Henan, the latest of an increasing number of "mass incidents" utilized by Chinese citizens to address various grievances, comes just days after hundreds of migrants in Zhejiang province clashed with tax collectors and police over a tax policy that has now been rescinded.


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Slip casted porcelain clay is my current exploration of architectural form and concepts.
As a child I played with wooden blocks that my Father made for me. I now work with blocks of plaster, which I stack-up to form molds. Then I pour slip (liquid clay) into the plaster molds. The slip will take on the shape of the interior of the stacked plaster blocks. After the slip has set up the plaster block molds are taken apart. Now I have a piece of ceramics the shape of the negative space the stacked plaster blocks formed.
Each ceramic piece is unique because of the way the plaster blocks are stacked. I can make similar pieces but none are exactly the same as they would be if I used the conventional method of slip casting.
As a child I was very interested in art and architecture. I received my B.A. in Art and education from the University of Wisconsin – Platteville. After graduation I spent 39 years teaching art and trying to develop creativity in my students.
My summers were spent selling, designing and building Geodesic Dome homes. I also made full-size sculptures of Dinosaurs for museums and collectors.
My wife Carolyn, also an artist, and I live in a Geodesic Dome we designed and built. It is the first dome built in southwestern Wisconsin.
I have taken over my son's ceramic studio we built together in an old barn on our property. Now I am spending my time exploring ceramics.
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text: Back in 2001 the people of the Kelly Writers House wanted to bring Cid Corman — long by then a resident of Kyoto, Japan — to Philadelphia to be with us, give a reading, meet some of his readers. But one thing or another — cost, Cid's health — made this impossible. So we set up a combination of a phone link to Cid in Kyoto and a live audiocast feed; in this way, the fifty of us in the Arts Café of the Writers House and another 75 or so listening on their computers around the world were able to enjoy a reading by Cid, ask him questions, and make at least that limited sort of contact with the founder of Origin, crusty prolific exile, author of tens of thousands of poems. The November 2001 event was moderated by PoemTalk's producer and host, Al Filreis, along with Frank Sherlock, Fran Ryan, and Tom Devaney.Fast forward. Cid Corman died in 2004. Bob Arnold, Philip Rowland, Jack Kimball, Joe Massey and others have worked hard to keep Cid's poems within the view of readers — especially Bob Arnold whose Longhouse Press published The Next One Thousand Years, the Selected Poems of Cid Corman. And then, as part of the PoemTalk series, we staged a mini-reunion of the November 2001 Cormanite moderators, Fran, Tom, Frank and Al, to talk about one of our favorite poems, "Enuresis."It means bed-wetting. The poem puts forward this audacious claim to understanding: I know the terror you've experienced in the midst of war because as a child I held my urine close to me for fear of my parents' terrifying enmity. The claim is made with such poetic consciousness (at the level of word choice and meter - and in the spoken performance) that one hardly doubts the power of the homefront psychic terror being remembered.EnuresisTerror — Ed — is notSitting in one's piss.I know — I've sat there —I've slept there and didMost of my childhood.That was warmth — in fact —And comfort — in spiteOf the unconcealedUnconcealableSmell. Terror? That wasAnd always will beMother cursing DadAnd there there I amAlone in that nightHearing that door slam.


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I am turning part of my answer on question What rights do passengers have when flights in the USA are delayed?, into a new question.
The EU made very elaborate passengers rights on EU-based airlines. These rights apply as soon as you fly with such an airline, but do the rules still apply if you booked with an EU-based airlines, but the flight is operated under code-sharing with a (non-EU) partner airline?


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Smithe has been making art since he was 12 years old. Born and raised in the streets of Mexico City, he got an appreciation for the street art around his neighborhood and it developed into a full time lifestyle / career.
Art has opened doors for him and allowed him to travel to different countries and practice his passion. With art shows in England, Belgium and Germany, Smithe has already made quite a name for himself in the international street art and graffiti scene.
His talents don't stop with a spray can either, Smithe is a fantastic illustrator and sculptor and he plays in a band in D.F., "Punto Stendal".


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Author: Mari Arden
Genre: New Adult
Tour Host: Lady Amber's Tours
** Link to a Giveaway at the end of the post **
Jules Hendricks has had a string of bad "firsts."
Embarrassing first kiss. Traumatic first date. An obsessive first boyfriend she can't understand.
It's taken her years but she's finally able to leave her small town life behind for a new start as a freshmen at UW- Madison. For Jules this chance to be independent and rebuild her life is an opportunity she won't ever let anyone take from her again. She's determined to make something of herself without a man by her side, in front, behind or anywhere near her.
Reid "Pax" Paxton is the star quarterback for the UW Badgers. His brush with death makes him understand how precious life is, and how important it is to take life by the horns, unafraid. Jules knows he's dangerous for her. Dark hair. Smoldering eyes. Killer smile. That dimple. That body. Those arms. Pax is everything she's trying to run away from, but she can't help coming back for more. Slowly he begins to show a life together can be more than just a dream. It can be their reality. The truth about reality is it's not always sunshine and butterflies.
Sometimes it's a wasteland.
Sometimes secrets can't stay buried.
Sometimes your past will find a way to hunt you down.
I'm Mari Arden (Mari rhymes with safari). Teacher by day, author by night. When I'm not living my double life I like to hike, take zumba classes, and try foods from all over the world. I write to soothe my soul and to, hopefully, entertain YOU. I write YA and NA including the YA series, "Fireborn".
Adventurous? Come join my double life!
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**Warning: the contents of this book are intended for readers 18+ and older due to explicit adult situations.
"Do I make you nervous?" His husky drawl drips like chocolate covering a ripe, round strawberry. Does he make me nervous? Does a simmering volcano make an ant nervous?
I swallow. "Nervous? I'm not nervous," I babble, refusing to look at him. I'm in physical pain. What's that thing I do where I take in air, and then let it out? Oh yeah, breathing. I need to do that.
Like right now.
I make a strangled sound and inhale through my nostrils, taking in the smoky air like a ravenous puppy finding milk. Instantly I feel Pax's heat next to me. Soon I'll be immersed in it, wrapped in it.
Wrapped around him.
So does that make me nervous? Only a hundred kinds of nervous.
"Time to begin!" Cade yells, as he jogs back to Pax and I, flashing his pearly whites. He pounds Pax on the back. "Don't drop the ball," he grins.
"As if I ever do."
Cade turns to me. I see the second he registers my cleavage is exposed to the world. His eyes appraise me slowly. He gives me an appreciative grin. "Well, hello there."
"Hi," I reply. "Um, should we start now?" I don't mean to be rude, but I'm a second away from vomiting every cell inside me, and call me crazy, but I'd prefer not to start off my year known as the Vomiter.
"Yes," Pax glares at Cade. "Let's start." He inserts himself between us, blocking Cade's view of me. His firm, half naked body is next to my face. Pax's musky cologne combined with a sweaty scent unique to him assails my nostrils until my senses are reeling out of control.
Cade chuckles, looking amused. I want to glare at him. I don't find anything amusing about this. "Ready when you are."
Pax turns to me, his emerald eyes dark pools in the sunlight. This close I see every glorious inch of him, from the tiny stubbles of black hair covering the lower part of his face to the rippling six pack decorating his stomach like a tattoo. I don't dare look any lower. My pulse skitters. I forget to breathe. Something hard and hot unfurls in my belly. Unable to tear my gaze from him I watch helpless as his mouth drifts closer, until he' so close his breath mingles with mine.
"Ride me."
Excerpt copyright 2013 Mari Arden


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[Busta Rhymes (Alicia Keys)]
(Chew it up, Chew it up, Chew it up)
Busta Bus' down somethin
Crucial Keys in the spot
Flipmode squad, come on
(Fall Fall Fall)
Rampage talk to em.
You was with me ma when I first copped my deal
Bought you the 5 karats plus the house on the hill
The blue escalade with them new chrome-e wheels
You told me the other day I dont know how you feel
Its been 5 months, I been driving you crazy
You told your friend the other day you was havin my baby
Sayin I'm acting funny, Ramp I'm so crazy
All you wanna do is be my number one lady
Fallin Fallin.
[Alicia Keys (Busta Rhymes)]
I keep fallin, in and out, love with you
Sometimes I love you, some, times I'm blue
Sometimes I glow inside, other times you made me cry
Tell me what, am I to do, I'm so confused.
Tell me who, tell me what, tell me when
Tell me when, tell me how, how.
Tell me who, tell me what, tell me when
Tell me when, tell me why, I keep on fallin
In and out of love, with-a you,
I never, loved someone like you (dont you never say never ma)
Im fallin, in and out of love, with you, with you
I never, way that I love you (dont you never say never ma).
[Alicia Keys (Busta Rhymes)]
I never felt this way, tell me why I feel this way (come on)
How do you, give me such, (come on [3x]) pleasure and pain
And when I think, I taken all any fool can endour (ha)
Thats is when, I start to fall, for you once more.
[Busta Rhymes (Rampage)]
Every day and night, runnin the street
I aint got no time for my shorty, thats why she gettin (wild for the night)
Even tho I show you my love, just becuz I stay on the hustle you be gettin (wild for the night)
I'on mean to be plushin you off, come on ma, I'm gettin this paper, so why you gettin (wild for the night)
Fo real ma, if I couldnt hold it down and take care of s***, you be really gettin (wild for the night).
[Alicia Keys]
I-I-I-I'm fall-falling, fall-fall-fall..
[Rampage (Alicia Keys)]
The heavy-weight, what went women that cant rest
Me and you up in the 600 S
Travelin for free from state to state
All we do is eat good and gain weight
When we argue its love and hate
Ma, I made the mistake you gave me a break
I got locked by the jake, you was right I had to take the whole cake
(baby got me fall-in)
Im a hustlin nigga, you know I aint fake, FALLIN!.
[Alicia Keys (Busta Rhymes)]
With-a you, in and out of love
I never, love someone like you, love someone like you baby
Im fallin, with-a you, I never, said I never, way that I love you
I keep on fallin, in-and-out-of, with-a you, love-with-you
I never, no-i-never, love someone like you, love someone quite like my baby
Im fallin, fallin, with-a you, I never, neverr, way that I love you
(Spread it out y'all, move it out y'all, get it up y'all, keep it movin y'all, keep it goin y'all,
lets go lets go lets go
come on)
In love, out-of love, in love and outa love
Up and down, and back I fall
(Alicia Keys talk to em please!)


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Powell's Rules for Picking People: Look for intelligence and judgement, and most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive, a balanced ego and the drive to get things done.
When I read this, I honestly thought that General Powell was looking for the impossible. How many people do you know that meet this description? I don't know how often you can find these attributes in the same person; but when you do, it does seem like a no-brainer to higher him or her. As Gen. Powell mentions, it isn't difficult to train a novice in the fundamentals, provided they meet the above criteria.
Honestly, the concept isn't new. In Good to Great by James Collins, he stated that the first thing to do is get the "right people on the bus, " then you decide "where they sit." Find the right people, who have the qualities described above, then find the place for them to work. I would love to have more people with these attributes, and I think anyone who is a leader would say the same. They can learn the skills.
So how do you find them? Gen. Powell mentions some things to avoid, but how do you find the right people? You can rely on references for most of this, job history will tell you a little bit more about the loyalty. Lastly, you need to trust your own judgement. A lot of people are afraid that they don't have the people skills to make the call. Fortunately, or unfortunately, these skills get better with practice, which means that a couple of good or bad experiences will teach you a lot about people judgement, and possibly what questions to ask to determine if the person is someone you want on your team.


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The Love Dare: Day 12
Posted by Sylvia Todd January 30th, 2016 23,346 Views 0 Comments
Day 12
Love Lets the Other Win
Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests others. – Philippians 2:4
If you were asked to name three areas where you and your spouse disagree, you'd likely be able to do it without thinking very hard. You might even be able to produce a top ten list if given a few more minutes. And sadly, unless someone at your house starts doing some giving in, these same issues are going to keep popping up between you and your mate.
Unfortunately, stubbornness comes as standard feature on both husband and wife models. Defending your rights and opinions is a foundational part of your nature and make-up. It's detrimental, though, inside a marriage relationship, and it steals away time and productivity. It can also cause great frustration for both of you.
Granted, being stubborn is not always bad. Some things are worth standing up for and protecting. Our priorities, morals, and obedience to God should be guarded with great effort. But too often we debate over piddling things, like the color of wall paint or the choice of restaurants.
Other times, of course, the stakes are much higher. One of you would like more children; the other doesn't. One of you wants to vacation with your extended family; the other doesn't. One of you wants to vacation with your extended family; the other doesn't. One of you prefers home-schooling your kids; the other doesn't. One of you thinks it's time for marriage counseling or to get more involved in a church, while the other doesn't.
Though these issues may not crop up every day, they keep resurfacing and don't really go away. You never seem to get any closer to a resolution or compromise. The heels just keep digging in. It's like driving with parking brake on.
There's only one way to get beyond stalemates like these, and that's by finding a word that's the opposite of stubbornness – a word we first met back while discussing kindness. That word is "willing." It's an attitude and spirit of cooperation that should permeate our conversations. It's like a palm tree by the ocean that endures the greatest winds because it knows how to gracefully bend. And the one best example of it is Jesus Christ, as described in Philippians 2. Follow the progression of His selfless love …
As God, He had every right to refuse becoming a man but yielded and did – because He was willing. He had the right to be served by all mankind but came to serve us instead. He had the right to live in peace and safety but willingly laid down His life for our sins. He was even willing to endure the grueling torture of the cross. He loved, cooperated, and was willing to do His Father's will instead of His own.
In light of this amazing testimony, the Bible applies to us a one-sentence summary statement: "Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus: (Philippians 2:5) – the attitude of willingness, flexibility, and humble submission. It means laying down for the good of others what you have the right to claim for yourself.
All it takes for your present arguments to continue is for both of you to stay entrenched and unbending. But the very moment one of you says, "I'm willing to go your way on this one," the argument will be over. And though the follow-through may cost you some pride and discomfort, you have made a loving, lasting investment in your marriage.
"Yes, but then I'll look foolish. "I'll lose the fight. I'll lose control." You've already looked foolish by being bullheaded and refusing to listen. You've already lost the fight by making this issue more important than your marriage and your spouse's sense of worth. You may have already lost emotional control by saying things that got personal and hurt your mate.
The wise and loving thing to do is to start approaching your disagreements with a willingness to not always insist on your own way. That's not to say your mate is necessarily right or being wise about a matter, but you are choosing to give strong consideration to their preference as a way of valuing them.
Love's best advice comes from the Bible, which says, "The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield" (James 3:17 NKJV). Instead of treating your wife or husband like an enemy or someone to be guarded against, start by treating them as your closest, most honored friend. Give their words full weight.
No, you won't always see eye-to-eye. You're not supposed to be carbon copies of each other. If you were, one of you would be unnecessary. Two people who always share the same opinions and perspectives won't have any balance or flavor to enhance the relationship. Rather, your differences are for listening to and learning from.
Are you willing to bend to demonstrate love to your spouse? Or are you refusing to give in because of pride? If it doesn't matter in the long run – especially in eternity – then give up your rights and choose to honor the one you love. It will be good for you and good for your marriage.
Today's Dare
Demonstrate love by willingly choosing to give in to an area of disagreement between you and your spouse. Tell them you are putting their preference first.
If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men. (Romans 12:18)
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Material taken from The Love Dare by Stephen and Alex Kendrick, copyright © 2009 by B&H Publishing Group. Used by permission. Unauthorized reproduction in any format is strictly prohibited by law.
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"Give it to Me, Baby!" What's that mean? You've got to make a gift for someone using your Bombshell Stamps. Even if that someone is you! ;) This also means no cards! Unless of course, you are making a super snazzy gift card holder, but let's give it the old college try and try to make something else. I'm talking jewlery, altered art, mini canvases...anything that you could give to someone as a gift. The possibilites are endless!
Oops, my project is late, so if so inclined, come back later to check it out!
Why not take a few seconds and play with my fish and the kitty?---> You can also sign up as a "follower". :D
Close Up of the stamped image:
Close up of the chipboard elements at the top of the wall hanging.
Close up of the mini clipboard:
I could have kept going, adding more stamped images, bling, flowers, and other "schtuff", but then I would never have gotten this project uploaded in time. So, I decided "less is more" and called it done. It is now being weighted down to flatten it a bit. Since it will be gifted to someone, I'll ask if they want me to add more "schtuff" to it!
Yes. So, it's a wall hanging that contains a calendar, mini-clipboard, and a 3" Post-It note pad. The Party Pin-up from the Man's Ruin set was stamped twice and colored with Copic markers. I cut out the parts on the top of the glass and coated the glass with several layers of embossing powder. It was then die cut. Distress ink was sponged over the image while it was still in the die cut. The cut-out pin-up was adhered in place so that it looks like her head, torso, arms, parts of her legs, and feet are dry and her posterior and part of her leg are in the cocktail.
The chipboard flourish and numbers were also colored with Copics and then several layers of embossing powder were added. A rose from the Alter Skulls set was stamped directly onto the chipboard mini-clipboard. It was heat embossed and colored with Copic markers. It was masked, then airbrushed, then coated with VersaMark, and heat embossed it. It created an odd effect.
The patterned papers are from the very old, beloved, and hoarded Vagabond collection by Basic Grey. I also used Washi-Tape and rhinestones.
Here's the hop list:
Bombshell Blog
Sparkly Engineer Mary
Thanks for visiting today.
I shall enter this wall hanging in the following challenges:
• Outlaws Promarker/Copic Fridays "Food" challenge
• Simon Says "Anything Goes"
• iCopic #62 "Bling" Challenge
• Basic Grey #59 Anything Goes challenge
• Pile it On "Bling" challenge


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Excluded from the scope of the collection are work-to-rules, go-slows and bans (e.g. overtime bans). Also excluded are effects of disputes on locations other than where the stoppages occurred, such as stand downs because of lack of materials, disruption of transport services and power cuts. Statistics for industrial disputes which occurred during the quarter are available by industry and state. Statistics for industrial disputes which ended during the quarter are available by cause of dispute, working days lost per employee involved and reason work resumed. TIMELINESS Industrial disputes data for disputes which occurred during the quarter are released 11 weeks after the end of the reference quarter, with the exception of estimates for each December quarter which, due to the Christmas and New Year period, are released 12 weeks after the reference quarter. The release of data for disputes which ended during the quarter is lagged by one quarter. Data relating to disputes which ended in the quarter cannot be finalised until two months have elapsed without further industrial action on the same issue taking place. ACCURACY Each month, a list is compiled of organisations whose employees were involved in industrial disputes. Disputes are identified primarily through listings obtained from industrial relations commissions and media reports. The Industrial Disputes collection is a census of all in-scope disputes, although some small disputes may not be identified through the sources available. Due to the limitations on identification of disputes, the statistics should not be regarded as an exact measure of the extent of industrial disputation. Estimates from the Industrial Disputes collection are subject to non-sampling error. Non-sampling error arises from inaccuracies in collecting, recording and processing the data. Every effort is made to minimise non-sampling error by the careful design of questionnaires and by efficient data collection and processing procedures. Revisions may be made to quarterly data as a result of disputes being identified after release of data for that quarter or as a result of correcting errors in previously reported data. COHERENCE The Industrial Disputes collection was compiled on a quarterly basis from 1913 and on a monthly basis from 1970 to 2003. Quarterly statistics have been released from March quarter 2004, but collection of data from providers remains on a monthly cycle. The monthly data have been converted to a quarterly basis back to 1985. Revised classifications for 'Cause of dispute' and 'Reason work resumed' (formerly 'Method of settlement') were introduced in the March quarter 2004. In addition, the 'Duration of dispute' classification was renamed 'Working days lost per employee involved'. Statistics based on these classifications are available from March quarter 2003 onwards. The ABS uses standard classifications to facilitate data comparability across statistical collections. In the Industrial Disputes collection employers are classified to industry using the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 2006 (cat. no. 1292.0). Working days lost per thousand employees are calculated using estimates of the total number of employees in the Australian labour force obtained from the ABS Labour Force Survey. Labour Force Survey employee estimates are revised periodically. As a result, estimates of working days lost per thousand employees may also be subject to revision. INTERPRETABILITY Industrial Disputes, Australia (cat. no. 6321.0.55.001) contains Explanatory Notes and a Glossary which provide further information about data sources, terminology and other technical aspects of the series. ACCESSIBILITY Industrial Disputes, Australia (cat. no. 6321.0.55.001) is available from the ABS website and as downloadable Excel data files for time series data. A range of unpublished data is also available on request. If the information you require is not available as a standard product or service, then ABS Consultancy Services can help you with customised services to suit your needs. Inquiries should be made to the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070. The ABS Privacy Policy outlines how the ABS will handle any personal information that you provide to the ABS. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window. |


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BAMAKO, (AFP) — Islamist forces based in northern Mali vowed Monday to avenge France's fierce military offensive against them on French soil.
"France has attacked Islam. We will strike at the heart of France," said a leader of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), an offshoot of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
Asked where they would strike, Abou Dardar told AFP by telephone: "Everywhere. In Bamako, in Africa and in Europe."
Authorities in France were already on high alert over fears of a backlash on home soil by Islamist extremists.
The MUJAO official also referred to France's eight hostages held in the Sahel region.
"We will make a statement on the hostages today. From today all the mujahedeen are together."
The French offensive has blocked the advance of Islamist forces towards the capital Bamako from their bases in the north which they have controlled since last April.
On Sunday, French Rafale fighter planes struck bases used by Al-Qaeda-linked fighters in Gao, the main city in northern Mali, and Kidal.
Sixty Islamists were killed in Gao alone on Sunday, according to residents and a regional security force.
French warplanes also attacked rebel stockpiles of munitions and fuel further north at Afhabo, 50 kilometres (30 miles) from Kidal, a regional security source said. The area is a stronghold of Ansar Dine (Defenders of Faith).
And they hit a base further east at Lere, near the border with Mauritania, according to witnesses and a statement from Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
Algeria on Sunday granted France permission to fly through its airspace to reach its targets. Previously, Algiers was hostile to any foreign intervention in Mali.
France launched the operation alongside the Malian army on Friday to counter a push south by the insurgents who had threatened to advance on the capital Bamako.
Gao residents said earlier that the French airstrikes had levelled the Islamists' position and forced them to flee.
"We can see smoke billowing from the base. There isn't a single Islamist left in town. They have all fled," a teacher said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
— Timbuktu residents 'eager for jets to arrive' —
Residents of Timbuktu, which has seen some of the worst Islamist abuses over the past 10 months, said they were eager for French jets to arrive.
"Everyone agrees," said one resident, even if there was a risk that civilians might be killed in such an action. Already, he said, there was growing panic among the Islamists there.
French President Francois Hollande was to hold a cabinet meeting devoted to the Mali crisis early Monday.
And at the request of Paris, the UN Security Council was to meet later Monday to discuss the conflict, a spokesman for France's UN mission said.
Aides to Hollande described the militants as better trained and armed than expected.
"What has struck us markedly is how modern their equipment is and their ability to use it," one said, referring to the rebels' hit on a French helicopter, which fatally wounded its pilot, France's only confirmed loss.
Meanwhile a west African intervention force for Mali was taking shape.
The force has been authorised by the UN Security Council to help the Malian government reclaim control of the north. It will be commanded by General Shehu Abdulkadir of Nigeria, which will provide around 600 men.
Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal and Togo all pledged around 500 troops this weekend, while Benin said it would send 300. It remained unclear however when these forces would arrive.
Media reports have said France is deploying about 500 troops in Mali.
The French mission will be at full strength by Monday, primarily deployed around Bamako to protect the 6,000-strong expatriate community, said its commander, Colonel Paul Geze.
The Islamists took advantage of a power vacuum created by a March military coup to seize control of huge swathes of northern Mali, quickly imposing an extreme form of Islamic law.
They have destroyed centuries-old mausoleums they see as heretical, and perceived offenders against their moral code have been subjected to floggings, amputations and sometimes executions.
France's intervention has been backed by the European Union and the United States, while Britain is providing logistical support in the form of transport planes.


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find numerical solution of stiff ordinary differential equations
Calling Sequence
dsolve(odesys, numeric, method=rosenbrock, vars, options)
dsolve(numeric, method=rosenbrock, procopts, options)
set or list; ordinary differential equation(s) and initial conditions
literal name; instruct dsolve to find a numerical solution
literal equation; numerical method to use
(optional) any indeterminate function of one variable, or a set or list of them, representing the unknowns of the ODE problem
(optional) equations of the form keyword = value
options used to specify the ODE system using a procedure (procedure, initial, start, number, procvars, and jacobian). For more information on all but the last of these, see dsolve/numeric/IVP.
The dsolve command with options numeric and method=rosenbrock finds a numerical solution using an Implicit Rosenbrock third-fourth order Runge-Kutta method with degree three interpolant. This is the default method of the type=numeric solution for initial value problems when the stiff argument is used.
Modes of Operation
The rosenbrock method has two distinct modes of operation (for procedure-type outputs).
With the range option specified
When used with the range option, the method computes the solution for the IVP over the specified range, storing the solution information internally, and uses that information to rapidly interpolate the desired solution value for any call to the returned procedure(s).
Though possible, it is not recommended that the returned procedure be called for points outside the specified range.
This method can be used in combination with the refine option of odeplot to produce an adaptive plot (that is, odeplot uses the precomputed points to produce the plot when refine is specified.)
It is not recommended that this method be used for problems in which the solution can become singular, as each step is stored, and many steps may be taken when near a singularity, so memory usage can become a significant issue.
The storage of the interpolant in use by this method can be disabled by using the interpolation=false option described below. This may be desirable for high accuracy solutions where storage of the interpolant (in addition to the discrete solution) requires too much memory. Disabling the interpolant is not generally recommended as the solution values will be obtained from an interpolation of the 4 closest points, and does not necessarily provide an interpolant with order 3 error.
Without the range option specified
When used without the range option, the IVP solution values are not stored, but rather computed when requested.
Because not all solution values are stored, computation must restart at the initial values whenever a point is requested between the initial point and the most recently computed point (to avoid reversal of the integration direction), so it is advisable to collect solution values moving away from the initial value.
The following options are available for the rosenbrock method.
keyword or array
name or list of names
boolean or auto
Specifies the desired output from dsolve. The keywords procedurelist, listprocedure, or operator provide procedure-type output, the keyword piecewise provides output in the form of piecewise functions over a specified range of independent variable values, and a 1-D array or Array provide output at fixed values of the independent variable. For details, see dsolve/numeric.
Specifies user-defined known functions, and basic usage is discussed in dsolve/numeric. As mentioned there, in addition to the requirement of a procedural definition for the function that evaluates with numeric arguments, otherwise not, this method also requires a `diff/` rule.
This `diff/` rule must provide the partial derivatives of the function with respect to the independent variables, dependent variables, and derivatives that are used to compute the known function. Note: The key word here is partial, and an example can be found below. This is in contrast to the taylorseries method, for which the diff rule with respect to the independent variable must provide a total derivative.
Only a single partial derivative with respect to the independent variables, dependent variables, and derivatives is required for each known function, so these can be coded as procedures themselves, not requiring `diff/` rules.
abserr, relerr, and initstep
Specify the desired accuracy of the solution, and the starting step size for the method, and are discussed in dsolve/Error_Control. The default value for rosenbrock for both the abserr and relerr options is 1e-6. The value for initstep, if not specified, is determined by the method, taking into account the local behavior of the ODE system.
By default this is set to true, and controls whether the solution interpolant error (including the interpolant on index-1 variables for DAE problems) is integrated into the error control. When set to false, areas where the solutions is varying rapidly (e.g. a discontinuity in a derivative due to a piecewise) may have a much larger solution error than dictated by the specified error tolerances. When set to true, the step size is reduced to minimize error in these regions, but for problems where there is a jump discontinuity in the variables, the integration may fail with an error indicating that a singularity is present. In the latter case where an error is thrown, it may be advantageous to model the discontinuities using events (see dsolve/Events).
Specifies the maximum number of evaluations of the right-hand side of the first order ODE system. This option can be disabled by specifying maxfun=0. The default value for rosenbrock is 30000.
number, procedure, start, initial, and procvars
These options are used to specify the IVP using procedures. For more information, see dsolve/numeric/IVP.
This option can be used in combination with the procedure and related options to specify a procedure-defined jacobian. If not provided, a jacobian is computed from the input system, or using the input procedure by evaluating it with indeterminate values of the independent and dependent variables, and utilizing the result. Note that this approach will not work if the input procedure-form system contains conditional statements and/or loops, so in these cases use of a specified procedure-form jacobian will be necessary.
As with the procedure option, the IVP system must first be written as a first order system (see dsolve/numeric/IVP), and from this the jacobian can be obtained. The input procedure must be of the form jacx,y,fx,fy, where x is the value of the independent variable (input), y is the vector of values of the dependent variables (input), fx is a vector of values of the derivatives of the right-hand-sides of the differential system with respect to x (output), and fy is a matrix of values of the derivatives of the right-hand-sides of the differential system with respect to each dependent variable y (output).
As an example, consider the differential system ⅆⅆtxt=ft,xt,yt,ⅆⅆtyt=gt,xt,yt for some specific form of ft,xt,yt,gt,xt,yt. The procedure and jacobian procedures could be defined as follows:
prc := proc(n,t,v,vp)
vp[1] := f(t,v[1],v[2]);
vp[2] := g(t,v[1],v[2]);
end proc:
jac := proc(t,v,ft,fv)
ft[1] := D[1](f)(t,v[1],v[2]); ft[2] := D[1](g)(t,v[1],v[2]);
fv[1,1] := D[2](f)(t,v[1],v[2]); fv[1,2] := D[3](f)(t,v[1],v[2]);
fv[2,1] := D[2](g)(t,v[1],v[2]); fv[2,2] := D[3](g)(t,v[1],v[2]);
startinit,implicit, and optimize
These options control the method and behavior of the computation. For more information on the first two, see dsolve/numeric/IVP, for the last, see dsolve/numeric.
This option specifies that the internally generated procedures that are used to compute the numeric solution be compiled for efficiency. Note that this option will only work if Digits is set within the hardware precision range, and the input function contains only evalhf capable functions (e.g. only elementary mathematical functions like exp, sin, and ln). See dsolve/Efficiency. By default this value is set to false. If set to true and a compile is not possible, an error will be thrown. If set to auto and a compile is not possible, the uncompiled procedures will be used directly.
Determines the range of values of the independent variable for which solution values are required. Use of this option significantly changes the behavior of the method for the procedure-style output types discussed in dsolve/numeric (see description of with/without range above).
events, event_pre, event_maxiter, event_iterate, event_initial
These options are used to specify and control the behavior of events for the numerical solution. These options are discussed in detail in dsolve/Events.
Accepts a boolean value indicating if the problem is (or will become) complex valued. By default this is detected based on the input system and initial data, but in cases where the input system is procedure defined, or the system is initially real, it may be necessary to specify complex=true to obtain the solution. It is assumed that for an initially real system that becomes complex, the point at which this transition occurs is considered to be a singularity, so if complex=true is not specified, the integration will halt at that point.
Additional Information
By setting infolevel[dsolve] to 2, information on the last mesh point evaluation is provided in the event of an error.
The rosenbrock method is capable of computing high-accuracy solutions for IVPs because the precision of the computation can be increased by changing the Digits environment variable. Care must be taken because computation of high accuracy solutions with a method that has not been designed for the task can be quite inefficient.
Results can be plotted by using the function odeplot in the plots package.
A stiff linear problem with eigenvalues of −1, −100, storing solution values from 0..10:
dsol1 ≔ procx_rosenbrock...end proc
A stiff nonlinear system from reactor kinetics, computing solution values as requested:
dsol2 ≔ procx_rosenbrock...end proc
Use of the known option for multiple argument functions (requires diff rule). Using the following function
define 'f' as
f := proc(x,y) local t; if not type(evalf(x),numeric) or not type(evalf(y),numeric) then 'procname'(x,y); else evalf(Int(exp(-t*2/100)/10,t=0..x))-y; end if; end proc;
f ≔ procx,ylocalt;ifnottypeevalfx,numericandtypeevalfy,numericthen'procname'x,yelseevalfInt1/10*exp−1/50*t,t=0..x − yend ifend proc
and use the `diff/` rule for the partial derivatives with respect to both x and y:
`diff/f` := proc(x,y); if args[3]=x then diff(x,args[3])*exp(-x*2/100)/10; elif args[3]=y then -1; else error "unable to differentiate"; end if; end proc;
diff/f ≔ procx,yifargs[3]=xthen1/10*diffx,args[3]*exp−1/50*xelifargs[3]=ythen−1elseerrorunable to differentiateend ifend proc
Using this information you can now call dsolve to obtain a solution procedure, then obtain solution values.
dsol ≔ procx_rosenbrock...end proc
Hairer, E., and Wanner, G. Solving Ordinary Differential Equations II. 2nd ed. New York: Springer, 1996.
Shampine, L.F., and Corless, R.M. "Initial Value Problems for ODEs in Problem Solving Environments." J. Comp. Appl. Math, Vol. 125(1-2), (2000): 31-40.
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Vaccination strategies in the context of antibiotic reduction
How can vaccination and prudent use of antibiotics aid in critical antibiotic reduction?by Professor Paolo Martelli, DVM, Diplomate ECPHM, President of the ECPHM, Full Professor of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Parma University, Italy, outlines how to achieve swine herd immunity based on recent scientific findings. Adapted from remarks given at Biomin Antibiotic-free Days in November 2017.
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One Health
Although 'One Health' is a new concept in terms of animal disease prevention, there are already some university lecturers sharing their knowledge about it, highlighting its importance. Although the terminology is new, there is nothing new about the interaction of the three main areas involved in disease prevention: the animal, humans, and the environment. Ecology is the relationship between animals and their environment, and translational medicine allows knowledge sharing between human medicine and animal veterinary medicine.
Traditionally seen as public health, the new concept is One Health. This is due to the increasing amount of interaction between human medicine, animal medicine and the environment. One Health encourages the prudent use of antibiotics rather than avoiding them completely.
One Health and responsible use of antibiotics
The concept of responsible or prudent use of antimicrobials is not new. The discussion around reducing the use of antibiotics started twenty-five years ago. At that time, it was not urgent. Today, it has become an emergency. Predictions show that by 2050, people will be dying as a result of antibiotic resistance. Mortality due to infection with antibiotic-resistant microorganisms will be higher than the mortality due to cancer unless action is taken.
Reduction, replacement and rationality need to be applied in order to use antibiotics responsibly. From an ethical perspective, antibiotics cannot simply be eliminated from use because sick animals and sick humans must be treated. That treatment currently involves the administration of antibiotics. Being prudent with antibiotic use means adopting a therapeutic strategy, and only prescribing such medication after correct diagnosis of the problem.
Antibiotics cannot be used as an umbrella
Antimicrobials cannot be used to cover up mistakes in management, environment, biosecurity or welfare. For a long time, antibiotics have been used to counterbalance areas that were lacking but this cannot continue. Improvements in any area can have a huge positive impact on the efficiency and the health of animals, reducing the role of antibiotics as the umbrella. Such improvements involve a long-term change of mindset, but any implementation of a strategy for disease prevention is a step in the right direction.
Special attention should be paid to genetics as the new frontier of animal health. Further investigation into the role played by genetics, searching for specific genera responsible for disease susceptibility, could revolutionise animal health. The answers will not be delivered in the short term, but in the next ten to 20 years there should be huge advances in this area. There are already whole congresses based on the role of genetics in disease prevention with full days of discussion on this topic alone.
Immune response mode of action
The development of the immune system starts at a very early stage, soon after conception. By the final trimester of gestation, the immune system is competent. Fetuses show an immune response because their innate immunity and adaptive immunity are active. From birth until weaning, both components of the immune system mature and develop.
Animals have a competent immune system when they are vaccinated in the first weeks of life. Their immune system is different to that of an adult, but it is already functioning very well. What do we expect from the immune system, and what do we expect from a vaccination? Everything identified by the animal as 'non-self' is treated by the immune system. The immune response means the animal has clinical and immunological protection. This is also expected from a vaccination; when an animal is vaccinated, we expect it to be protected.
If an animal is not vaccinated, the likelihood that it will die increases. However, this depends on the situation the animal is in, its environment, exposure to infectious agents, and the status of the animal including its age. The lifespan of a pig reared for meat is only six months. The immune response in a young animal is very different compared to that of a sow or boar. As the animal ages, the efficiency of the immune system reduces.
Vaccination and mortality
Fever and mortality are other measures of clinical protection. In a trial conducted by Martelli et al. (2011), the probability of a pig vaccinated with a single dose of porcine circovirus type 2 vaccine at three weeks of age suffering from porcine circovirus disease (PCVD) was twelve times less than that of an unvaccinated pig. The same study showed that unvaccinated pigs required 30% more injections with antibiotics than vaccinated pigs when faced with a PCVD challenge. Even though PCVD is a viral infection and therefore not treated with antibiotics, the number of injections went up due to co-infections. In the vaccinated population, fewer injections were administered due to the lower rate of co-infection. One infection can open the door to other infections.
Vaccination efficacy perception
The efficacy of a vaccination is a matter of perception; it is not possible to measure efficacy in the field. Experimental conditions can be measured, as can experiment outputs such as ADWG, mortality and morbidity. There are some very efficacious vaccines available against Aujeszky's disease and PCV2. Recent experiences of porcine parvovirus (swine flu) have demonstrated the efficacy of the PCV2 vaccine. The swine fever vaccine is efficacious in Asian countries but less so in America and Europe. Swine producers face difficult challenges from Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, Glasser's disease and streptococcus suis, contributing to the generally low perception of vaccine efficacy. Despite using vaccinations against these diseases for over 20 years, the realisation that their efficacy is low is becoming more apparent.
One potential reason could be the inability to trigger a response from the immune system at the site of the infection. Vaccines are typically injected intramuscularly or intradermally which creates very good systemic immunity. However, especially in cases of mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, local immunity is needed which is not stimulated when the vaccine is injected intramuscularly. This highlights that eliciting an immune response from an animal when the vaccine has been administered via a different route is not possible. The next generation of vaccines should address this problem.
E. coli presents a very interesting case as some intramuscular vaccines show good results, and others fail. Some recently available E. coli vaccines have the fimbriae as the antigen. This is why they induce a specific immunity to the parts of the microorganism that play a very important role in the pathogenesis of the infection.
Herd immunity
Herd immunity means creating resistance to infection and to the spread of infection in a herd due to the immunity of a large percentage of the population. Herd immunity is a common term, also used in human medicine to describe the whole population having the same immune status at the same time. The level of herd immunity is altered when a susceptible animal is introduced to the population.
One of the most important tools for the eradication of Aujeszky's disease is vaccination. However, this strategy fails when we have a sub-population of animals that are not properly vaccinated against the disease. This is a clear example of the importance of herd immunity. Other factors such as pathogen changes, antigenic variability and the genetic setting of the virus should all be considered in terms of herd immunity.
Vaccination and virus transmission in herds
The higher the vaccination rate in a population, the lower the infection rate. This infers that infections can spread more easily through a population that is not vaccinated. When a high percentage of the population is vaccinated, the rate of transmission of an infection is very low because vaccinated animals have a reduced capacity for transmitting the virus. This transmission capacity is known as the reproduction ratio or 'R' value.
The 'R' value can be greater than one, less than one or one. An 'R' value of 0.3 means that when one infected animal comes into contact with other animals, the infection will only spread to 0.3 of them. An 'R' value of more than five means that when one infected animal comes into contact with other animals, the infection will spread to at least five of them.
When a population of animals is vaccinated, there is always a proportion that do not respond. This is true of all animal species and humans due to physiology. For some vaccinations, seroconversion only occurs in a small proportion of the population. With other vaccinations, 100% seroconversion is expected. In some cases, seroconversion has occurred but there is no protection. Laboratory analysis methods used to demonstrate seroconversion are not able to measure the level of protection.
Immune response
Infections can play a role in reducing the immune response, but it is very difficult to identify immune suppression. The PRRS virus determines regulation of the immune system. PCV2 infections determine immune tolerance. Neither is able to cause immune suppression, which is something entirely different.
Stress and nutritional factors can also influence the immune system. The immune system is a very complex set of interactions. Many hundreds of chemical substances interact when the immune system is stimulated.
When an infection is detected, the first line of defence is the animal's innate immunity. The beginning of this process is inflammation. Inflammation is a very, very important part of the immune reaction. An efficient immune reaction is not possible without some degree of inflammation. A lesser-known part of the immune response is the neuroendocrine response. Hormones work to control and shut down the defence and clearance of the microorganisms. These hormones include cortisol and also the growth hormone.
When animals are infected and sick, and those animals have very poor performance, it is not only because of reduced feed intake, but also because the growth hormone is being used in the neuroendocrine response of the immune system.
Effects of mycotoxins on vaccination
There is no question that mycotoxins have an effect on the immune system, but their mode of action continues to be discussed. The literature contains numerous references supporting the fact that mycotoxins have an effect on the efficiency of the immune response. Aflatoxins interact with the cytokines, a part of the immune system that is not measurable. They also influence the important inflammatory response. Zearalenone also effects the efficacy of vaccinations. Therefore, it is very important to consider mycotoxin contamination of feed when developing herd management programs, to ensure maximum efficacy of vaccinations.
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Is it worth visiting Monet's gardens in October? Yes it is!
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The opening of Metro's Silver Line will transform land use in Northern Virginia, according to the Coalition for Smarter Growth. "That transformation will be most prominent in Tysons where a traffic-choked, suburban office park with two large malls is planned to become a walkable, urban center with 100,000 residents and 200,000 jobs, but it will also be seen in Reston, Herndon and Loudoun," said the group's Executive Director, Stewart Schwartz.
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Fairfax drew from the successful experience of Arlington County when creating the transit-oriented development (TOD) plan for Tysons. According to the coalition, Arlington County's smart growth planning for its Metro corridors brought a decline in traffic on surrounding arterial streets even as millions of square feet of development and thousands of housing units have been added. The TOD corridors also generate more than 50 percent of Arlington's tax base on just 11 percent of the county's land area.
The new Tysons development also will improve water quality, Stella Koch, Northern Virginia conservation associate for the Audubon Naturalist Society, said in a statement. "We achieved a win-win in Tysons where developers will construct millions of square feet of development while providing levels of stormwater management we've never had — controlling the first 1 inch of stormwater, representing 90 percent of the typical rain events," added Koch, a member of the Tysons Task Force, which negotiated the initial Tysons plan.
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The combined force of the U.S. based Oakland Institute's research and advocacy on African land deals and local, democratic activism in South Sudan has effectively stalled plans for the largest land deal in the area.
Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director of the Oakland Institute, who returned last week from South Sudan, announced a major win for local leaders and senior government officials opposed to the unfair and exploitive land investment deal of the Texas-based Nile Trading & Development, Inc. (NTD).
"This is a rare example of a community viewed by investors as near-squatters and essentially dispensable who are getting their voices heard by the highest officials in government. It is an important democratic action in South Sudan and we are happy to have played a role."
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OI's Brief on the land investment deal of Nile Trading & Development, Inc. (NTD) in South Sudan exposed the largest land deal in the country and made the contract available on the Institute's website. The details of NTD's 49-year lease of 600,000 hectares--nearly 1.5 million acres, with a possibility of almost 1 million acres more--for USD 25,000, include unencumbered rights to exploit all natural resources in the leased land.
Following OI's Brief and the resulting media coverage, the community of Mukaya Payam in Lainya County, Central Equatoria State (CES), was made aware of the deal and mobilized against it. The traditional and senior government leaders including county authorities launched a joint protest in July 2011, rejecting the lease to American investors. (Watch Hon. Robert Isaiah Lomude Moses of the South Sudan Parliament speak on land grabs.)
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Their message: "We the chiefs, elders, religious leaders, and the youth of Mukaya Payam unanimously with strong terms condemn, disavow, or deny the land lease agreement reached on 11 March 2008 between the two parties." (Read the community's complete letter.)
Response of President Kiir to the community: "This issue has to be addressed according to your will. You are the government and you have powers." (Read the full article here: http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ID/5582/Default.aspx)
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Title: A Broken Forever
Author: Megan Noell
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Grey and Stefan knew from the moment they met that they were destined for one another. Despite the none-too-quiet protests from his family they married straight out of high school. Their love was strong and only grew when a year later they welcomed their baby girl into the world. Life was perfect…until one night changed everything.
A horrendous accident destroyed them; stripping them of everything they knew, taking away their happiness and their daughter. While mourning the loss of their little girl they were also suffering the loss of each other. Stefan blamed himself for their daughter's death, drowning away the guilt in liquor.
Grey had never been so alone. Stefan had died inside the day their child did. Doing the only thing she could to save herself, she ended their marriage.
Seven Years Later
Stefan Harrison is the most eligible bachelor with a wallet and company that continues to grow. Every night he has a different woman
on his arm with the next not far behind. Grey Desmond is the lead stylist and co-owner of a reputable salon with the perfect fiancé and a beautiful wedding in her future.
But one chance meeting between Grey and Stefan is all that is needed to reawaken the feelings from the past.
She tries to avoid him but he won't let her. Losing Grey was Stefan's biggest mistake and he won't stop until he wins her back. But Grey doesn't know if she could ever trust him again. Leaving her heart to decide between the perfect future…or the past she never let go
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Deciding that my overactive hormones were under control, I turned back toward the rest of the room but gasped as soon as I did. Stefan stood directly behind me, eyes looked up from hooded lids. The slight tension from before was almost out of control as he closed the distance between us. With each foot in my direction, I responded with a step backwards, until finally the wall stopped me. His tongue slid out over his lips making them glisten in an exceptionally tantalizing way.Not that I noticed of course, but someone might.
"Is something wrong, Greyson Rose?" My name rolled off his tongue as he annunciated every syllable.
"No, wh…" Deep Breath. "Why do you ask?"
He took one more step closer. "You suddenly got very…" His face leaned down toward my chest, as he listened to the rapid beat against my ribs. "Jumpy."
The scent that covered every square inch of him took my senses hostage. Shivers raced up and down my spine and I tried to clear the intoxicating haze from my awareness.
"I'm not." I choked out.
A mischievous grin touched his eyes and as much as I wanted to hate him for getting some sick pleasure out of what he was doing—I couldn't. The urge to shove him back and pull him closer raged a war deep in my psyche. Stefan slowly lifted his arms and pinned the wall on either side of my shoulders. His feet stayed firmly planted but he lowered his upper body within an inch of mine.
"So, last night you got me to promise I would shut down my work, at a time much earlier than I anticipated leaving. Do you remember?"
"Yes," I stuttered out.
Stefan nodded, keeping his intense gaze trained on me. "Now I have something I want you to do for me."
My heart leapt into my throat and a sudden rush of heat swirled low in my belly. The heaves of my chest brushed faintly against his and each touch made my breath catch.
"Wh…what's that?" The shake of my voice became unbearable as I struggled to remain vigilant.
"I just want you to answer one simple question for me." His right hand left the wall, he held up one finger an inch from my nose.
"You need to answer me with complete and absolute honesty. I'll know when you're lying to me, Greyson Rose. Will you promise to answer truthfully?"
At this point I couldn't filter my answers even if it was the difference between life and death. My tongue licked out onto my incredibly dry lips. For the first time Stefan's eyes left mine as they focused onto my mouth. I forced down a rising groan.
"I promise."
About Megan
I am Megan Noelle! I have been writing for many years and currently have two books out that are part of a series. My For You series were the first novels I published but I had to stop everything to write Stefan and Grey's story in, A Broken Forever. I have been writing since I was old enough to hold a pen and finally pursued my dream of becoming a novelist. Writing is my passion and I am all for following one's passions! One of my other passions is being a mom of my adorable daughter Peyton. When I'm not writing I'm a stay at home mom and a full time student. I'm getting close to finishing my 2-year degree and I am more than ready for a break. There are many things I want to do in life, but if I can write, be with my daughter and my family—I will be happy!5 *NEW* Random Things You Don't Know About Me!
1. I have recently retired my love for Diet Coke and focused solely on Diet Pepsi. And yes, I know all about aspartame, and all that bad stuff. But, it's delicious.
2. I would someday love to write a book that Tim Burton wants to make into a movie!
3. I have an unfailing love for many movies I watched growing up (not just Disney) and it is very difficult for me to like anything new. Some of my favorites set the bar too high apparently! (When Harry Met Sally, My Best Friend's Wedding, Father of the Bride Part I & II, & many more!)
4. I have a horrible wonderful addiction to book covers!
5. I have more story ideas in my head than I will ever be able to write.
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