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Textual citations make legal writing onerous, for lawyers and nonlawyers alike
Legal writing is notoriously dull, slow, cumbersome, obtuse, roundabout and pedantic. There are many reasons: (1) unnecessary jargon, (2) overreliance on abstract nouns, (3) overlong sentences, (4) overlong paragraphs, and (5) the failure to differentiate between useful and useless details. The overuse of passive voice goes without saying. Small wonder that so few readers will be willing to give most legal writing a good, close reading. You have to be paid to read the stuff, and even then it's mostly off-putting—sometimes mind-crushing—drudgery.
Although legal writing is the least skimmable prose known to humankind, those who create it commonly do something that forces readers to skip over dozens, even hundreds, of characters in almost every paragraph. I refer, of course, to citations: the volume numbers and page numbers that clutter lawyers' prose. These superfluous characters amount to useless detail that distracts the reader from the content. This habit also results in two evils that you might think contradictory: overlong sentences and paragraphs on the one hand (the extra characters bulk it up, after all), and underdeveloped paragraphs on the other.
Some readers of this column are already familiar with my view on this issue. It caused such an uproar that it once provoked an above-the-fold front-page article in the Sunday New York Times (July 8, 2001). My view is simply this: We'd all be better off if lawyers and judges would put bibliographic information in footnotes and also stop putting any discussion there.
In your legal work, I'm sure you often have to make sense of something like this:
"Our opinions in Hughes Aircraft Co. v. United States, 86 F.3d 1566, 39 USPQ2d 1065 (Fed. Cir. 1996) (Hughes XIII) and Hughes Aircraft Co. v. United States, 140 F.3d 1470, 46 USPQ2d 1285 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (Hughes XV) do not lead to a different result. Hughes XIII explicitly held that Hughes Aircraft Co. v. United States, 717 F.2d 1351, 219 USPQ 473 (Fed. Cir. 1983) (Hughes VII) was entirely consistent with our intervening en banc decision in Pennwalt Corp. v. DurandWayland, 833 F.2d 931, 4 USPQ2d 1737 (Fed. Cir. 1987). Hughes XV held that WarnerJenkinson provides no basis to alter the decision in Hughes VII because the court properly applied the all-elements rule. 140 F.3d at 1475, 46 USPQ2d at 1289. In neither case was there controlling authority that in the interim had made a contrary decision of law applicable to the relevant issue."
You have to make sense of this because your client is depending on it. That task becomes significantly easier when the passage is shorn of the citations:
"Our opinions in Hughes XIII¹ and Hughes XV² do not lead to a different result. Hughes XIII explicitly held that Hughes VII³ was entirely consistent with our intervening en banc decision in Pennwalt v. DurandWayland.⁴ And Hughes XV held that WarnerJenkinson provides no basis to alter the decision in Hughes VII because the court properly applied the all-elements rule.⁵ In neither case was there controlling authority that in the interim had made a contrary decision."
When you do this, the advantages are many:
• You shorten your paragraphs while better developing your ideas because their flow is so much clearer.
• You can vary your sentence structure with much greater ease.
• You can write some shorter sentences, no longer needing to spread out the citations with longer sentences.
• You discuss caselaw more effectively once you see that citations can't substitute for legal analysis.
• You write paragraphs that don't force readers to jump numerical hurdles just to follow your argument.
Of course, putting citations in footnotes isn't traditional except in legal scholarship—and really not even there, because scholarship is typically burdened with substantive footnotes. You may wonder why lawyers didn't long ago subordinate the citations in all their writing. The answer is simple: Until 1985 or so, we didn't have the option because we were using typewriters. The convention was set many years ago when the Royal typewriter—take your choice of pica or elite!—represented cutting-edge technology. Now, of course, we can easily sweep these interruptions out of the way. That's not playing hide-the-ball, by the way. All the fact-checking information is still right there on the page. It's just that the reader doesn't have to trip over it but instead can focus on the message.
Would this shift in technique result in all gain and no loss? I wouldn't say that. But the gain is pretty darned overwhelming. Imagine the results if you could focus on tightly reasoned analysis, while being told what authority the writer relies on, without all the numerical hiccups.
Naturally, not everyone agrees with my proposal, even though it steadily gains more adherents. In the early days, my principal detractor was Judge Richard A. Posner. He and I debated the point in the summer 2001 issue of Court Review, a law journal for judges. Posner made three main arguments against me: (1) "very few [laypersons] read judicial opinions or will do so," so the judge "need not rewrite an opinion so that it will attract a lay audience"; (2) the proposal makes nonscholarly writing unduly resemble scholarship; and (3) it's distracting to read past superscripts. And he wasn't amused by my revisions of his judicial opinions (yes, I argued by showing how the proposal might improve Judge Posner's own opinions).
My answers to Posner's points are as follows: First, it matters—it matters a lot—whether nonlawyers can make sense of legal writing. Textual citations make legal writing all but impenetrable to the uninitiated. They contribute to mumbo jumbo. If lawyers and judges write only for and among themselves, the result bodes ill for our legal system, which is supposed to be accessible to everyone.
Second, it hardly matters if lawyers' and judges' writing resembles a format traditionally associated with scholarship—as long as the result is more readable.
Third, surely it's easier to skip over a superscript than to skip over two or three lines of number-laden type, especially when you know that nothing of any substance will appear in a footnote. Anyone looking at a page prepared this way can instantly recognize that there's nothing in the notes but bibliographic info—nothing to read.
Of course, you'll end up writing differently once you subordinate volume and page numbers. You'll often need to say, in the text, what your authority is and how old it is. For example, you won't write this: "The conflict here hinges on the meaning of Hammond Packing Co. v. Arkansas, 212 U.S. 322, 29 S.Ct. 370, 53 L.Ed. 530 (1909)." Instead, you'll write this: "The conflict here hinges on the meaning of Hammond Packing Co. v. Arkansas⁶² , decided by the Supreme Court in 1909."
You may think that those two sentences are essentially the same (they're about the same length, after all), but they're not. With the second, it's much easier for the writer to maintain a narrative line—something that lawyers aren't generally adept at. It's even easier for the reader to catch who made the decision and when.
More recently, I've debated the point with my co-author, Justice Antonin Scalia. (I have my work cut out for me, as you can see.) We locked horns on the issue in our joint work Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges. Although Justice Scalia conceded that citations are "ugly material" on the page, he says that subordinating the bibliographic material "would force the eyes to bounce repeatedly from text to footnote." With it in the text, he says, "lawyers are used to skipping over these signals quickly and moving on to the next sentence."
In other words, lawyers are used to skimming the page, stopping and starting as they go. All of which, I respond, cumulatively saps the reader's energy and encourages a less focused frame of mind.
Many judges around the country—not a majority, to be sure, but a worthy minority—have already adopted the proposal. You'll find them in Alaska, Delaware, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Texas, Washington and elsewhere. Some readers of this column will someday adopt the proposal upon becoming judges.
But whether or not you ascend to the bench someday, you'll need to make up your own mind on this issue. What you decide will affect almost every paragraph you write.
Is there a Bluebook rule on this? Not really: In 1991, the Bluebook editors (mostly Harvard law students, as you know) issued the 15th edition, which for the first time included a practitioner section putting citations in the text. (There's a pretty horrendous example that's been in Rule B2 ever since, up through the current 19th edition.) It was precisely the wrong message at precisely the wrong time. Given the advent of advanced word processing, the Bluebook should have given brief-writers a choice. It still should, and perhaps it will in the 20th edition.
This article originally appeared in the February 2014 issue of the ABA Journal with this headline: "Numerical Pollution: Textual citations make legal writing onerous, for lawyers and nonlawyers alike."
Bryan A. Garner of Dallas is the president of LawProse Inc., which since 1991 has provided legal-writing and advocacy seminars to more than 156,000 lawyers and judges. He has advocated footnoted citations in several books: The Elements of Legal Style, Legal Writing in Plain English and The Winning Brief. He is editor-in-chief of all current editions of Black's Law Dictionary.


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Learn about the executive branch
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Political Campaigns and Elections in the U.S.
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Los Angeles, CA — Sundance Institute today announced the four independent films that will make their digital debut on June 18 through a variety of platforms and storefronts, via the Institute's Artist Services program. In addition, three previously announced titles will expand to additional portals. For details visit sundance.org/nowplaying.
The upcoming releases, three of which are documentaries, focus on unlikely heroes such as the bold and brave reporters challenging the boundaries of free speech in their homeland of China (High Tech, Low Life) and women serving time in a Siberian prison who organize a beauty pageant every year to demonstrate that beauty can still be found in the ugliest of places (Miss Gulag). Titles will be available on a variety of platforms, including iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Microsoft Xbox, Sony Entertainment Network, SundanceNOW, VUDU and YouTube.
Burn will be released as part of a recent collaboration between Artist Services and non-profit partner organization Film Independent. The collaboration allows partner organizations to select films they have supported to receive access to best-in-class digital distribution arrangements secured by Artist Services.
My Best Day premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in the NEXT section.
BURN (Directors: Tom Putnam and Brenna Sanchez) — BURN is an award-winning, action-packed documentary capturing a year in the lives of Detroit firefighters who are charged with the thankless task of saving a city that many have written off as dead. A portion of proceeds from each sale go to the Leary Firefighters Foundation. (Released through Artist Services collaboration with Film Independent) |
High Tech, Low Life (Director: Stephen Maing) — High Tech, Low Life follows two of China's first and most daring citizen reporters as they fight censorship, document the underside of the country's rapid economic development, and challenge the boundaries of free speech. (2010 Documentary Edit and Story Lab) |
Miss Gulag (Director: Maria Yatskova-Ibrahimova) — Through the prism of a beauty pageant staged by female inmates of a Siberian prison camp emerges a complex narrative of the lives of the first generation of women to come of age in Post-Soviet Russia. (2006 Documentary Film Grant) |
My Best Day (Director: Erin Greenwell) — Karen has to work her receptionist gig on the Fourth of July. A call comes from her long-lost father. Enlisting her friend Meagan, Karen investigates her father's trailer home. Karen's journey sets in motion a chain of events that will change not just her but this one small town forever. (2012 Sundance Film Festival) |
Code of the West(Director: Rebecca Richman Cohen) — Code Of The West follows the human stories behind the recent federal crackdown on medical marijuana growers. This is the story of what happens when politics fail, emotions run high and communities pay the price. (Released through Artist Services collaboration with IFP and Cinereach) |
Ecological Design: Inventing the Future(Director: Brian Danitz) — This documentary's thesis focuses on the emergence of ecological design, from the original vision of the independent thinkers in the 1920s to the powerful present-day movement. (1995 Sundance Film Festival) |
Unfinished Spaces(Directors: Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray) — Cuba's ambitious National Art Schools project, designed by three young artists in the wake of Castro's Revolution, is neglected, nearly forgotten, then ultimately rediscovered as a visionary architectural masterpiece. (FILM FORWARD: Advancing Cultural Dialogue) |
The Artist Services program provides artists with exclusive opportunities for creative self-distribution, marketing and financing solutions for their work. The exclusive aggregation partner for distribution across all portals participating in the Artist Services program is Cinedigm. The Artist Services initiative is made possible by The Bertha Foundation. These deals were brokered via pro bono legal services generously provided by law firm O'Melveny & Myers, which has built the legal framework for the Artist Services program and participating filmmakers since its inception.
Sundance Institute
Founded by Robert Redford in 1981, Sundance Institute is a global, nonprofit cultural organization dedicated to nurturing artistic expression in film and theater, and to supporting intercultural dialogue between artists and audiences. The Institute promotes independent storytelling to unite, inform and inspire, regardless of geo-political, social, religious or cultural differences. Internationally recognized for its annual Sundance Film Festival and its artistic development programs for directors, screenwriters, producers, film composers, playwrights and theatre artists, Sundance Institute has nurtured such projects as Born into Brothels, Trouble the Water, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Amreeka, An Inconvenient Truth, Spring Awakening, Light in the Piazza and Angels in America. Join Sundance Institute on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.


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The test standard summaries are for general guidance only. Though believed to be accurate at the time of writing, this may change over time. So this information should not be used as a substitute for referring to a complete test standard, at an appropriate revision level.
Note: the terms salt spray, salt mist and salt fog are all in wide spread use within corrosion test standards. In this context they can be considered to be equivalent and interchangeable terms.
50180 method A2
Acetic Acid Salt Spray Test (Fiat)
Can be used to test the relative resistance to corrosion of inorganic chemical and electrolytic coatings on metallic parts when exposed to an acetic acid salt spray climate at an elevated temperature.
Test specimens are placed in an enclosed chamber and exposed to a continuous indirect spray of acidified (pH 3.1to 3.3) salt water solution, which falls-out on to the specimens at a rate of 1.0 to 2.0ml/80cm²/hour, in a chamber temperature of +35C. This climate is maintained under constant steady state conditions. The test duration is variable.
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After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete "Maverick" Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: "Rooster," the son of Maverick's late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka "Goose." Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.
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HOW TO keep living in the face of a GREAT LOSS
Coping with Grief – Start Healing Your Grief Today
"I thought I'd never stop crying…"
Seven years ago my grief nearly destroyed my family and drove my friends away. But I found an answer. Here is my story…
Date:17 May 2014
From: Penny Clements
Dear Friend
If you are reading this, just like me, you are hurting, you're lost and confused about why you react the way you do and why everyone else expects you to do this that or the other or just to "get over it". Sometimes it makes you feel like you're going crazy, or that you are not trying hard enough.
I was really lost and whilst I knew that crying was not going to solve anything, to begin with I just couldn't stop. My name is Penny – let me explain where all those tears came from and how I found a way to get past that, and go on with my life.
Grief was consuming my life. I simply had to do something…
After the death of my mother a few years ago I found myself struggling to deal with my grief, and that of my father. I am an only child, so dealing with everything fell to me. My mother was the one who managed things, did the paperwork, dealt with the bills and all of the daily practical aspects of life. So there I was filled with my own grief at her loss, but expected to deal with the legals, arrange the funeral, deal with arranging support for my father, and try to make sure that all of the mandatory things were done.
It was two days before Christmas when Mum died and that made it emotionally much harder, as well as practically very difficult, with much of the government and commercial world on Christmas leave.
Mentally, I became distanced from everything: I shut down my grief internally and focused on dealing with the practical stuff – just surviving each day. The problem was that every time I let my guard down, the pain, loss and confusion came back with a vengeance. I even started to avoid the places that my mother and I loved to visit so much together
Death, loss and grief are some of the least understood and talked about parts of our existence!
Distantly, I realised that was not a good way to be, and went looking for anything that I could find to help me deal with it, and to let me help my father cope. I realised that what I needed was information about what was happening to me. I wanted to understand why I was acting the way I was. I wanted to be sure I was not going crazy.
I easily found some very basic pieces of information from the government organisations on their requirements but that was mostly dry legal stuff about what forms I need to submit to whom and by when.
The on-line grief and bereavement support forums and bulletin boards were full of people who were just as heartbroken and in need of help as I was, and many who might have had the best intentions but insisted that their way of dealing with life is the only way, and that everyone else has no clue.
I spent a lot of money on grief therapy sessions and spent a lot of time with the local priest – both the therapist and priest were well meaning and helpful people but I quickly I realised that they simply put forward the same information over and over again (and it was their view of things , with no flexibility to deal with how I saw the world), expecting me to just accept it and "get over" my grief.
There was no information available about why I and my father were reacting and acting the way we were, nor about what to do, how to understand and move forward. What little I found was either opinion, very locally focused, or put forward from one perspective only, There was no allowance for different needs, beliefs, backgrounds or cultures.
There just had to be a better way!
I was determined to understand what my father and I were going through so I started to do my own research. I read many books as I could find on grief (and there really were not many) and spoke to other people who were also in the process of coping with grief. As I did that, I came to understand that, at some stage in our lives, we all face the loss of someone, or something, that we care greatly about. I also realised that in almost every case, there is absolutely nothing that we can do to prevent that loss, or change the circumstances in which it occurs. Inevitably, then, we all must deal with the fact that, no matter how devastated we feel by the loss, the world around us will go on as if nothing had changed.
I spent literally years of my time, and many thousands of dollars, researching grief and learning all I could to help myself heal. There was nowhere that gave an in-depth set of information on the subject, in easy to understand terms to help me. I had to read hundreds of articles and books and search out each piece of information individually.
Once I had put all the information together, I understood that what I was feeling was normal! This allowed me to regain control of my life and deal with my grief step by step.
I learnt that there is no one "right way" to grieve for those we have lost, and that grief affects us all in different ways. What my father and I were going through was a normal and natural process. I also realised that there was no need to be angry with my father, or myself.
I came to understand that my husband and children and my friends were feeling just as helpless as I was. All of them were trying to help me, but none of them knew how to do it in way that made sense to me.
As time passed I resolved to find, and bring together, that information that I had so desperately needed, to make it available for others. This is why I wrote "Coping with Grief".
"This book has helped me understand and forgive myself. I have
now found the strength to go on…"
Narelle 1, Sydney, Australia.
What I am offering you is the information and the knowledge that will help you understand that grief is a natural reaction to death and loss. Knowledge that will help you understand why you feel angry and helpless, why you have trouble sleeping, and why simple things seem to be so hard to do.
In this book You will find
- Real, Practical Information – The things you need to know and understand to help you better cope with grief and loss.
- Emotional Processes – learn how your mind deals with, and processes loss.
- Social interaction – learn how to maintain your friendships and deal with social groups whilst you are grieving.
- How to support loved ones and friends – learn how to support your family and friends without letting your stress and emotional reactions damage your relationships.
- Cultural Awareness – understand how persons from different cultures and different religious backgrounds react to, and deal with, loss and grief. Know that each person's approach is right for them, and their background.
- Medical Support – know when to seek medical or professional psychological support, or to encourage your loved ones to do so.
All of this in one easy to read package, which you can just download and use in the privacy of your own home, with no need to expose your very personal grief to a therapist, or even to your family, until you are ready. Without the need to spend long hours searching the libraries or the Internet and trying to separate useful facts from mere opinion. You can benefit from all those years, and thousands of dollars that I spent finding and consolidating this information, today.
Inside "Coping with Grief" You will find all the information with will help you understand and learn
- what are the stages of grief;
- why you feel and react as you do, and how to cope with that.
- how to be kind to yourself as you grieve
- ways coping with grief and loss;
- what are the emotional impacts of grief;
- what are physical impacts of grief;
- what to expect and how to react to a family member or friend suffering grief and loss.
- why grieving people act the way they do;
- how different cultures express and deal with grief;
- what are the social and family issues; and
- ways of dealing with the practical issues;
"Coping with Grief" provides YOU the information that you need to understand yourself, regain control of your life and choose the best way for you to recover from grief and loss.
"This book has saved my relationship with family – now I understand why they reacted as they did and we have forgiven each other"
David 1
I have spent years, and thousands of dollars, doing the research and putting "Coping with Grief" together. This is a huge eBook of 85 pages, packed with essential information. The benefits that you will gain from reading this book are a great investment in your emotional future – understanding of your reactions (and those of your loved ones) to grief, the ability to cope more easily with your grief, ideas and insights for understanding others reactions, and an awareness of the things you need to do to cope when stressed, and all this at a fraction of the cost of what a therapist session might cost you.
For the information in a book like this you might expect to pay thousands (after all, I did, over a couple of years!) but I am not going to ask for that. I am not even going to ask for the $49.99 or more you might expect to pay for a huge ebook like this on most subjects. Because I want to help others by making sure that no-one has to go through the confusion that I did, I have kept my price as low as I can ( I do have to charge something, to recoup some of what it has cost me to put this together and what it costs to share my story like this).
Now you can get "Coping with Grief" eBook for only $29.99
If you or a loved one are suffering from loss and grief, don't miss out on this limited time offer – get help today – understand your reactions and start the healing.
This is an investment in your emotional future.. Do not miss out on this opportunity. Understanding your responses and those of your loved ones is the key to coping with your grief and changing your life for the better. Start your healing today.
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Software Upgrade Coming at Ho Gaming
The latest novelty in live dealer provider HoGaming&s offering is the revamped version of its software with which it plans to raise the bar in interactive gaming for both customers and players.
The software upgrade, which is to be presented in the coming days, brings the following innovations for players: customisation of navigation, game play, game views and settings, various trends, game analysis and information tools that will help players develop and support their gaming strategies, as well as additional features such as multi-window gaming, in game slots, custom bet options, side bets, play-for-fun options and bet behind options in blackjack.
In addition, the revamped software gives operators the benefits of a fully customisable interface, customization of the mix of games they offer, wagering options and the channels through which they&ll offer the games, a range of features for better customer retention, support and risk management, and finally, the option to make the product fit different player segments and levels.


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Extensive Documentation
As a global, user-supported project, documentation for TYPO3 exists in many locations (and, thankfully, in many different languages). For the answer to most questions look first to the central TYPO3 Document Library where you will find several useful tutorials, and guides to installation, configuration, and getting started with TYPO3.
The Getting Started tutorial is based on the Introduction Package and is the number one resource to get you on your way with TYPO3. The Getting Started tutorial's permanent URL is: http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/tutorials/doc_tut_quickstart/current/
TYPO3 Wiki
Find additional documentation in the TYPO3 Wiki, which provides how-to guides conveniently classified for different types of TYPO3 users.
- Editors can find documents on how to handle and manage their content.
- Administrators can find documents on how to manage security, users, and fine-tune performance.
- Developers can find how-to guides to get started in creating their own TYPO3 extensions.
TYPO3 API Documentation
The TYPO3 source code contains abundant internal documentation, which will allow developers to understand many functions and features just by browsing through the various classes and methods. Because TYPO3 uses JavaDoc style documentation, it is possible to automatically create a complete documentation of the TYPO3 core.
Additionally, the TYPO3 Core APIs manual from the Documentation Library describes important components of the API, and gives many examples how to use it.


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Frankfurt is the fifth-largest city in Germany, and the biggest international financial centre in Europe. Its clean streets, shining skyscrapers and affluent lifestyle are a magnet for international entrepreneurs, businessmen and women, and financiers.
Frankfurt is more than just Europe's financial capital and the most diverse city in Germany. Its glistening skyscrapers and cultural centres have earned it a reputation as one of the most liveable cities in the world.
For the 691,000 people who call Frankfurt home, the city's contrasts are evident. Here, students and wealthy bankers co-exist within a cityscape of 19th-century buildings and some of the tallest skyscrapers in Europe. So book a flight ticket to Frankfurt with Qatar Airways to discover a slice of Europe in a city of diversity.
Flying from Seoul
As you arrive to Incheon's International Airport to fly from Seoul with Qatar Airways, you'll get a typically warm Korean welcome. Incheon International Airport serves South Korea's capital, and is one of the largest and busiest airports in the world. A spotlessly clean and modern terminal is packed with facilities, and efficient, friendly staff ensure your journey starts smoothly.
The airport has won numerous awards, including being rated the best airport worldwide by Airports Council International, as the world's cleanest airport and the world's best international transit airport by Skytrax.
Transportation and parking
The huge airport is well served by its own ground transportation network, including an incredibly efficient bus service (known as the limousine bus service) which runs directly from the centre of Seoul to the airport.
The Incheon International Airport Railroad airport express (known as AREX) runs high-speed services from Gimpo Airport and Seoul to the Transport Centre next to the main terminal building.
Fleets of taxis and pre-booked limousine services run to and from the capital to the airport. Look out for the orange-coloured 'international' taxis, whose drivers speak English, Japanese and Chinese. Parking is plentiful, and is available for both short and long-term stays.
Arriving at Incheon International Airport
Passengers flying from Seoul with Qatar Airways depart from the main Terminal, concourse A. This is reached via two very long underground passages (Intra Airport Transit is available). The concourse has 30 gates, and six lounges for passengers to enjoy.
Facilities and amenities
The facilities available at Incheon international airport are truly extraordinary, and include a golf course, a spa, private sleeping rooms, an ice skating rink, a casino, indoor gardens and a Museum of Korean Culture.
There is also an entire mall of retail outlets supplying everything from travel accessories to clothes, perfume, toiletries and luxury goods. Its duty-free shopping mall has been rated the world's best for three years in a row by Business Traveller, and there is a huge selection of food and refreshment vendors serving everything from Korean delicacies to international cuisine of the very highest standard.
Arriving in Frankfurt
Frankfurt is the fifth-largest city in Germany, and the biggest international financial centre in Europe. Its clean streets, shining skyscrapers and affluent lifestyle are a magnet for international entrepreneurs, businessmen and women, and financiers.
Beyond the financial heart of the city is a cultured and fascinating location that has hundreds of years of history to discover.
Book a flight to Frankfurt with Qatar Airways and you'll find that Frankfurt has a unique charm and personality that is surprisingly laid back and relaxed. Frankfurt is full of contrasts – a pulsing, high-profile business epicentre that sits in the middle of a gorgeously baroque city with its own heritage.
Tourist attractions
Frankfurt's museums are outstanding, housing some of the world's best collections of fine art and artefacts from all over the globe. Many of the city's best museums are located on both banks of the Main river in a district called Museumsufer.
Take the subway to Schweizer Platz (southern bank) or Willy-Brandt-Platz (northern bank). The German Architecture Museum (Architektur Museum) is particularly noteworthy, as is the Film Museum, which is particularly interesting if you are a keen fan of early German movie making inspired by the Bauhaus movement.
Römerberg is the historic centre of Frankfurt and full of fabulous architecture and unexpected surprises down narrow streets and alleyways. Some buildings date back to the 14th and 15th century, although ruins dating back to the Roman period are also visible at the Archäologische Garten, which is next to the cathedral.
The splendid Old Opera building (Alte Oper) is a cultural centre for some of the best music recitals in the country. The magnificent fountains outside are a wonderful photo opportunity, with the imposing 19th century Renaissance style opera building as a backdrop.
Opera here is of exceptional quality, and tickets for performances are available all year round.
Travel Considerations
Flights to Frankfurt with Qatar Airways land at Frankfurt Airport, one of the busiest air transport hubs in Europe. Visa restrictions for entry into the country will depend on your country of origin, length of stay and whether your trip is for business or pleasure. Before you fly to Frankfurt please check the visa and passport requirements.
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Warning Signs: Technology speeds disaster alerts, response
Published 8:27 pm Monday, May 13, 2013
Caitria O'Neill remembers her reaction to hearing tornado warnings on June 1, 2011. She went to the grocery store, she said, "because I live in Massachusetts, and we don't get tornadoes."
By the time she got home, hail the size of baseballs was falling. Even as she watched a lamppost blow past, what was happening didn't register.
Fortunately, her father got her inside and into the basement before the tornado blew out the windows, ripped off the roof and knocked their house slightly off its foundation.
O'Neill, then 22, and her family emerged to devastation. Her town of 8,500 people, Monson, Mass., had just withstood an EF-3 tornado that destroyed more than 60 buildings including town hall, damaged 200 others, and would lead to one death.
Pressed into service, O'Neill helped organize volunteers gathering at a church across the street. What she observed about the process inspired her and her sister Morgan, an MIT graduate student, to start an online software company, recovers.org, to help people prepare for disasters and respond more effectively.
In a world that can be app-addled, it's tempting to dismiss the idea that technology will solve all problems. Yet, technology has changed the way Americans get ready for disasters and respond to them – with more precise forecasts, personalized weather warnings and more efficient recovery efforts. And it will continue to help us be more prepared.
Recovers.org is a fledgling company with a web-based software that helps individuals and communities plan for emergencies, then after a disaster matches victims' needs with volunteers and donations. Its technology can't compare to major breakthroughs in forecasting that occurred in the 1990s, like Doppler radar, which lets us "see" tornadoes before they form. Or the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory model, the first computer simulation to successfully merge information about the ocean and atmosphere to predict hurricane courses and intensities.
But Brian M. Brooks calls the web software "a godsend." The city manager in Forney, Texas, Brooks used recovers.org when a tornado outbreak destroyed about 20 houses, a business and a school in his East Texas community on April 3, 2012. Coordinating with Community Life Church, the city set up a registry of people who needed help and people willing to volunteer goods or services. Cooper Taylor, the church's mission director, said the website greatly reduced unwanted donations and storage problems.
Recovers.org is one example of technology pushing preparedness and recovery into the hands of communities and individuals. Even small towns now use established databases and GPS mapping tools to do things like track private storm shelters. Communities can respond to disasters differently, too. The same GPS technology can be used to plot downed trees. At least one company sells a system that tags trees and other debris with bar codes to ensure haulers don't overcharge local governments and FEMA.
Specific technologies don't always succeed, of course. "The challenge with any software is the plan is only as good as people's buy-in and people's knowledge of how to implement it," said Andrew Sachs, vice president of government services at Witt O'Brien's, a consulting firm that specializes in public safety and crisis management.
But some technology only needs to spread to be effective. That's certainly true for storm warnings, which now reach individual pockets and purses.
Since April 2012, the National Weather Service has been able to send alerts about weather emergencies to people with newer smart phones. (About 55 percent of Americans have smartphones, according to ComScore.) Messages can also be sent for local emergencies, AMBER alerts and presidential alerts during national emergencies.
Smartphone alerts are geographically tailored. The weather service also has devised a "polygon" warning system, tied to cell towers, to make warnings for things like tornados, floods and severe weather more specific than the old, county-based system.
Private companies also offer telephone-driven warning systems. For example, TechRadium's Immediate Response Information System makes automated calls when the weather service issues alerts. In Royce City, Texas, officials are using TechRadium's technology instead of warning sirens, which the city's fire chief and emergency management coordinator, Richard Bell, said were more expensive and only worked for people who are outdoors.
The weather service is experimenting with social media, as well, to reach people who don't watch weather on TV or own weather radios. In Oklahoma – where the weather service has 32,000 Facebook friends and the Twitter handle @nwsnorman has 13,500 followers – a test in March found that a Facebook message reached 200,000 people in just a few minutes.
Even those hyper-personalized alerts will not mean the end of long-time staples of weather warnings like radios and sirens. In part, that's because cell phone networks can be overwhelmed by traffic or knocked offline in a crisis, said Kim Klockow, a PhD student in geography at the University of Oklahoma who is researching how people respond to tornado warnings. Klockow's work after the 2011 tornadoes in Alabama and Joplin, Mo., confirmed earlier studies showing that people want multiple sources of information about storms. More than half of those she interviewed first learned of those tornadoes from sirens then checked other sources such as television news or their friends.
Nor has technology created major changes in the way storms are forecast, according to scientists, at least since the advent of Doppler radar and integrated models for hurricane forecasting. But a great deal of work has gone into making those models better.
The weather service is rolling out changes to Doppler radar called dual-polarization, which distinguishes between hail and rain. It's also testing phase array radar, used by the U.S. Navy, to see if it improves tornado forecasting. Traditional radar involves a dish that spins, but phased array radar uses panels that measure atmospheric volumes in about one-fifth the time as current radar, said Harold Brooks, senior scientist at the weather service's forecast research and development division in Norman, Okla.
Phase array radar might make it easier to forecast tornadoes a week or two in advance, as can happen with hurricanes, or even make it possible for communities to have tornado days, like wintry areas have snow days, said Brooks. Phase array also could consolidate multiple radar systems – such as those used for air traffic, defense and weather – into one.
Growth in computer power alone is improving hurricane forecasting, and models are improving in their ability to predict the paths of storms. Progress is slower at predicting intensity of the storms, which is driven by ocean temperatures. In particular, the models don't do a good job predicting whether hurricanes will go through rapid increases or decreases in force.
That uncertainty can weaken public attentiveness and ultimately cost money, said George R Halliwell Jr., a research oceanographer at the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami. Halliwell has developed a model, currently in testing, that he hopes will help address the issue.
The difference between a Category 1 and Category 3 hurricane is substantial. And while a Category 5 hurricane in the Gulf Coast should trigger evacuations, if such a storm degrades to a Category 1 a few hours later, said Halliwell, "people just wasted a lot of money" evacuating.
Even with advances in technology, forecasters, scientists and emergency officials still face a dual challenge: When storms and disasters loom, they must convince a sometimes skeptical public of possible danger. Even before that, they must coax people – like Caitria O'Neill before the tornado hit her town in Massachusetts – to prepare for the unthinkable.


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MWC 1940s/1950s "Dirty Dozen" Pattern General Service Watch with Retro Lume and 21 Jewel Automatic Movement
SKU Code: DD/01/AU/2
This automatic self-winding classic 1940s/1950s pattern MWC military watch with a small subsidiary dial second hand is based on the typical designs used by the British forces from the 1940s through to the 1950s, it retains the acrylic crystal as used on the original watches although the original hand-winding mechanical movement is upgraded to a self-winding automatic which can also be manually wound if required. The watch offers the benefit of retaining the original outward appearance whilst having the advantage of a few discreet updates to improve its suitability for use on a day-to-day basis.
This watch has a heavy stainless steel satin finish case made from Military Grade 316L stainless steel, subsidiary dial second hand, hacking function, black dial, and luminous markings. The watch also has a historically accurate canvas strap as used in the 1940s and 50s.
The final image shows the original 12 watches which were made by 12 companies, Buren, Cyma, Eterna, Grana, Jaeger Le-Coultre, Lemania, Longines, IWC, Omega, Record, Timor, and Vertex, MWC were not a manufacturer at this time having been founded in 1974 but this watch is very much in the spirit of the originals*
- Case Diameter: 36.5 mm exc crown, 39mm incl crown
- Lug to Lug 43 mm
- Thickness 13.5 mm
- Lug Type: Solid fixed strap bars
- Dial Colour: Black
- Case Material: 316L stainless steel
- Caseback: 316L stainless steel
- Crown: 316L stainless steel
- Water Resistance: 3 atm (30m)**
- Movement: 21 Jewel Automatic
- Glass: Plexiglass / Perspex
- Luminous Material: Luminova
- Serial number on caseback
- Strap: 18mm 1950s Pattern Canvas
- Supplied in a box
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* Photo Credit: Watches Of Knightsbridge
** For details of water resistance ratings etc go to Water Resistance
For anyone interested in the history of the Dirty Dozen these links show the 12 original watches and explain the history.


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Declared to Be the Son of God by His Resurrection
Jack J. Peterson
Resurrection! What is it? You haven't experienced it, at least in the physical sense. Many of you have experienced it in a spiritual sense, though--and you know that resurrection is a radical transformation. You have been raised from being dead in sin to being alive in Jesus Christ. You have been transformed from being a sinner to being a saint.
What Is Resurrection?
If you are a child of God, you are anticipating your own resurrection, and you expect a rather radical transformation. It is not just that you will get rid of your glasses. You will also be able to get rid of the upper and lower plates, as well as those aches and pains.
But resurrection is more than just coming back to lifethere is a difference, a distinction. Between what? Between resuscitation and resurrection. The contrast is seen in Lazarus: he was brought back to ordinary, physical liferesuscitatedbut he wasn't really resurrected. Some time later, undoubtedly, he died again. But there is a radical transformation in resurrection from death to eternal life.
We often thinkat least I did, until I started to dig into the Scripturesthat when Jesus was resurrected, he just came back to life again. But if that is what you think, you haven't read the Scriptures carefully. Why? Because resurrection is radical transformation.
In Romans 1:3-4, Paul refers to God's gospel "regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David, and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord." Literally translated, that last phrase is "by resurrection of the dead." By those words, the apostle indicates that Jesus' resurrection and the resurrection of others at his second coming are both part of the same category of resurrection. Elsewhere he says, "Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep" (1 Cor. 15:20).
Our resurrection is going to be a radical one. Christ "will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body" (Phil. 3:21). We may not grasp all that that entails, but this shell of ours is going to become as glorious a body as Jesus has.
From Humiliation to Exaltation
Let's look more closely at Romans 1:3-4. Here Paul is speaking of "the gospel [God] promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures" (vs. 2). This is the gospel "regarding his Son" (vs. 3). It is the good news of which he later says: "I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes" (vs. 16). That gospel has to do with Jesus Christ, the Son of God (vs. 3). Literally, it pertains to "his Son according to the flesh, a descendant of David." Then verse 4 adds, literally: "and who according to the Spirit of holiness was declared to be the Son of God with power by his resurrection from the dead." With respect to the flesh, God's Son was a descendant of David, but, with respect to the Spirit of holiness, he was declared to be the Son of God. This has commonly been understood to contrast the human and divine natures of Jesus. That contrast is most certainly taught in the Biblebut not here!
What the apostle Paul is saying is that the Son of God became the incarnate Son according to the flesh. God sent him into the world at the proper time as a descendant of Davidborn of a woman, born under the law (Gal. 4:4). With respect to his flesh, he is a descendant of David. Jesus' humanity is real: he has a family tree that can be traced. In fact, it is traced for us in Scripture. Jesus, the Son of God, became"according to the flesh"the seed of David.
His humiliation reached its climax in his obedience unto death, sacrificial death, on the cross. Romans 1:4, then, describes the stage of exaltation: he was "declared to be the Son of God with power by his resurrection from the dead."
What happened to Jesus in the Resurrection? It is not just that his flesh and his spirit reunited, so that he became alive again. That did happen. But there was more: he moved from one stage of his ministry to anotherfrom humiliation to exaltation. He was raised from the dead and ascended into heaven, where he was seated on the throne of God. Jesus, by his resurrection, is invested with kingly power, so that all authority is given to him. Jesus could stand on a hill in Galilee after his resurrection and say, "All power is mine" (see Matt. 28:18).
The kings of the earth take counsel against the Almighty and against his Anointed One (see Psalm 2). They don't want his chains. They don't want to be bound by his power, and they say, "We will break away from him." At first the Lord laughs! But then that laughter turns into anger: "I have set my King on Mount Zion." This is King Jesus, who is enthroned when, by his glorious resurrection, he enters the exaltation stage of his ministry.
God declared Jesus to be the Son of God with power by his resurrection from the dead. That was the theme of Peter's sermon on Pentecost: "God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ" (Acts 2:36). Oh yes, he had those titles before. It is not that he became God, for he was God before that. But, because he was obedient as his servant, the Lord granted him the fulfillment of the promise, saying: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet" (Ps. 110:1). That enthronement scene began in Jesus' resurrection from the dead!
King Jesus
Jesus, who lives today, who sits at the right hand of the Father, and yet who through his Spirit is present with us now, is the all-glorious, all-powerful Son of God. Yes, there is a sense in which we speak of him as Jesus, meek and mild. But now he has been invested, by his resurrection, with authority and power and might. That love is there, and it still invites sinners to come to him. But he is the embodiment of saving power! As Paul sums it up, he is "Jesus Christ our Lord" (Rom. 1:4). Savior! Master! Messiah! King!
This is the Jesus who still calls to sinners, "Come to me, you who are weary, who are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (see Matt. 11:28). This is the Jesus who calls his own people as their Shepherd, and says, "Follow me. I will be with you in every need you have. In every trial you undergo, I am there."
This is also the Jesus who, if you reject him, will reject you. To any sinner who wants to pay for his own sin in hell, Jesus will say, "Go!" But don't wait until then. Jesus, this all-powerful figure, this Savior, this Messiah, this Prophet, Priest, and King, this risen embodiment of saving power, cries out to you, "Come to me! Come to me and I will give you rest!"
The author recently retired as pastor of Grace OPC in San Antonio, Tex. Reprinted from New Horizons, March 2002.


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I. Information We Collect:
The information we collect about you includes:
A. Personally Identifiable Information:
Our Website and our Service Providers only collect personally identifiable information ("PII") with your consent. Collection of PII occurs if you register for an appointment on the Website, subscribe to a newsletter, tweet to us, or use other features and resources on the Website. You may visit our Site anonymously, but that may prevent you from engaging in certain Website features or Services. The PII we may collect includes the following:
- First Name
- Last Name
- Telephone Number
- Email address
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B. Non-Personally Identifiable Information:
Our Website and Service Providers may collect non-personally identifiable (anonymous) information ("Non-PII") from visitors. Non-PII cannot identify a specific individual unless combined with Personally Identifiable Information. Examples of Non-PII that may be collected by the Website or required to provide the Services, including:
- ZIP code
- Cookies
"Cookies" are short computer codes known as cookies, web beacons, and other technologies that collect Non-PII and are stored on your browser when you visit our Website or share Website content through a social media account. The following are examples of Non-PII third party service providers collect with cookies:
- Browser type and operating system
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Please note that we must verify your identity to process your request. In addition, CCPA allows that the law shall not restrict Fannin Regional Hospital as defined in section 1798.145, and ensures our ability to comply with law and other activities as noted in 1798.145. In addition, we may not be required to modify personal information if the information is necessary for the completion of certain defined business functions.
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We do not intend to collect PII from children under 13. If you are under the age of 13, do not provide us with PII, use our Services, or the Website. If we learn that we collected PII from a child under 13, we will promptly delete that information.
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If you do not wish to be contacted again by a hospital representative with respect to your inquiry, you should specifically request that the hospital representative not contact you again. Please note that we may maintain the PII you provided whether you elect to use the Services.
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We take security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure, or destruction of data. These include secure socket layers, firewalls and encryption, internal reviews of our data collection, storage and processing practices, and security measures, as well as physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems.
If we retain PII on our systems, we restrict access to PII to employees, contractors, and agents who need to know that information in order to operate, develop, or improve our Website and Services. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination, if they fail to meet these obligations.
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820L Parts Counting Scales for Heavy Industrial Use
Parts counting scales convert the weight of a batch of parts into the number of pieces in that batch. Accuracy and ease of use save time. See more product detailsProduct Code | Capacity & Resolution | Platform Size | Price |
820L | 50 lbs x 0.01 lb | 12" x 16" | $549 |
Parts counting scales convert the weight of a batch of parts into the number of pieces in that batch. This is accomplished by weighing a small sample of parts, calculating the weight of an individual piece, and then dividing the weight of the full batch by that calculated piece weight. While this sounds like it should be pretty simple, many of our competitors get it wrong. Our counting scales' high precision and advanced digital algorithms make it a quick and easy process.Excellent Accuracy
Arlyn parts counting scales are sold Factory Direct, bringing very accurate counting ability at an economical cost. A precision-machined stainless steel load cell provides excellent counting accuracy, even with large batches up to 100 lb. Lower capacity scales are suitable for smaller parts. For those situations requiring even greater counting accuracy, see our Ultra Precision SAW scales.This patented technology increases precision by a factor of ten times or more – all at very reasonable cost.Easy to use
In most situations, our "Quick Count" mode turns counts parting into a one step process without confusing menu functions. Equipped with a large internal memory, you can store the piece weight of many different items, effectively by-passing the sampling process.The optional remote digital indicator allows the display to be positioned almost anywhere. The moveable Swing Arm can be positioned for trouble-free viewing. A number of alternate weighing modes provide further versatility.
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Inventory data is meant to be shared. We provide a wide choice of communication options to move your data to external computer systems or even to the web.Extremely Rugged
These scales include a stainless steel platform with a robust, machined aluminum frame. Four overload stops provide additional protection. The display enclosure is molded and then sealed with a rubber gasket for protection from moisture. The scale can be used out of the box, and does not require dealer set up or calibration services.Available Upgrades
- MKE-5 Digital Indicator: High Precision Push-button Indicator
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- Arm/Remote: Indicator attached to Arm or Cable to Platform
- Analog: Analog Output 4 - 20mA
- Ethernet: Ethernet TCP/IP Connectivity
- WiFi: (UpScale Only) Wireless TCP/IP Connectivity
- Label Printer: Label, Paper, and Card Printer (must purchase RS232 option)
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- Flow Rate: Flow Rate Measurement Program
- Memory Stick: USB Memory Stick Datalogging
- NEMA: NEMA 4x stainless steel display enclosure
- Battery: Rechargeable Battery Pack
- RS-232: RS-232 Computer/Printer Port
- Set Point: Set Point Controller (for Filling Operations)
- Relay (AC/DC): Solid State Relays for Industrial Control
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- Time & Date: Time and Date output
- WinWedge: Data Collection Software (USB, RS232, etc.)
MKE-5 Digital Indicator | 1" High Graphics LCD digits. Updates between 0.1 to 0.5 sec. Adjustable. (Arm or Remote) |
UPSCALE-9 Indicator | Upgrade to Arlyn UpScale 7" Color LCD Touchscreen. Fully Customizable. (Remote Only) |
Overload Condition | Warning at 102% capacity, protected to 150% capacity. |
Platform Dimensions | 12" x 16", Approximately 17 lbs shipping weight. |
Power Requirements | 117 VAC, 50/60 Hz. |
Accuracy | 0.1% of full scale. |
Operating Temperature | 14°F to 104°F (-10°C to 65°C) |
Counting Features | 100 piece weight memory storage with alpha-numeric ID, adjustable sample size. Advanced accuracy functions available. |
Weight Features | Adjustable Filter constants, adjustable display speed, automatic calibration. |
Minimum Sampling Rate | 10 Hz |


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ThoughtPoint #2: Production Analytic Platform – It's a Matter of Time - Dr. Barry Devlin, 9Sight Consulting 2017
In the second of four ThoughtPoints, Dr. Barry Devlin of 9Sight Consulting discusses how the Production Analytic Platform marries predictive analytics to production values and goals. Handling the complexities of analyzing time dependent data, especially from the Internet of Things, is central to this objective. The Teradata Database embeds extensive temporal and time-series storage and analytic function to enable success.


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Monday, December 12, 2011
Quiet Yanda lowers boom for Ravens
Even with new deal, physical guard takes nothing for granted
By Kevin Van Valkenburg
December 10, 2011
If you really want to appreciate the violence of football when the Ravens take on the Indianapolis Colts at M&T Bank Stadium Sunday, take your eyes off Ray Rice and Joe Flacco for a second and focus on right guard Marshal Yanda.
Watch him from the moment the Ravens break the huddle, the way he sizes up the defense as he walks to the line of scrimmage, then bends his knees and coils into a stance. It's like watching someone load a cannon. When Flacco begins barking his cadence, it's like lighting Yanda's fuse. The explosion is seconds away.
"He is always going to be the aggressor out there," said Ravens center Matt Birk, who has seen and heard the ferocity of Yanda's collisions up close for three seasons. "It really doesn't matter if it's a run or a pass. He loves to initiate contact. He loves to go after guys. And good is never good enough. He plays like he's competing for his job on every single play."
Yanda has been doing some of his best work of late, especially as the Ravens began focusing on their running game as they make a push to secure a playoff berth and home-field advantage. Yanda was particularly menacing in the Ravens' 24-10 win over the Cleveland Browns last week, a game in which Baltimore set a franchise record with 55 rushing attempts. Rice had a career day, running for 204 yards, and if you watch the replays on several of his big runs, you can see Yanda bullying a defensive tackle or a linebacker, moving him aside like a human snowplow.
"It was fun to maul guys and get after 'em," Yanda said. "When you pound the football like that, it's a lot of fun."
Such performances are what the Ravens envisioned during the offseason when they signed Yanda to a five-year, $32 million contract and returned him to his natural position at right guard. Baltimore's running game has struggled at times this season -- it's 14th in the NFL at 114.8 yards a game and 18th in yards per rushing attempt at 4.1 -- but it appears to be rounding into form.
This is the longest stretch of Yanda's career that he's been injury-free -- he missed most of the 2008 season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament -- and able to focus on playing guard. He spent most of 2010 at right tackle because the team needed him to solidify the position after Jared Gaither was lost for the season with a back injury, and Yanda looked good for the most part. Sports Illustrated's Peter King named Yanda the best right tackle in the league in his year-end awards. But the Ravens wanted him back at guard, knowing that's where he has a chance to consistently be an elite player.
"It's been really good to feel settled in and stick at a position I really like," Yanda said. "I think I'm playing at a high level because I'm comfortable. I know I'm probably not going to have to bump to tackle, and I'm between two really good players in Matt [Birk] and Mike [Oher]. That's nice. You really can't ask for anything more than that."
It wasn't a secret that getting Yanda re-signed was the Ravens' biggest priority when the NFL lockout ended. Within hours, the team released veterans Todd Heap, Derrick Mason, Kelly Gregg and Willis McGahee to create salary cap space, knowing that several teams planned to woo Yanda. The attention was flattering, but it also made Yanda a little uncomfortable. A lot of free agents love to be wined and dined and convinced they're a team's missing piece. Yanda quietly went home to Iowa, stopped answering his cellphone, helped his father run the family farm in Anamosa and left it to his agent to deal with the details.
"I just needed to get away from everything," Yanda said. "I decided to work out in Iowa and not worry about it. We talked to some teams, but the goal was always to stay [in Baltimore]."
If there was trepidation about making Yanda one of the highest-paid guards in football even though he has never made the Pro Bowl, Ravens coach John Harbaugh didn't share it. People frequently bring up Yanda's strength and toughness when they praise him as a player, but Harbaugh believes his technique and his competitiveness are unmatched.
"He's fundamentally as good as any [guard]," Harbaugh said. "I can't think of one thing that he's not good at. He executes every technique very well. He's really strong, really strong, [he has] great feet [and is] a good bender. But that's not what makes him the player he is. I think it's just his personality, who he is as a person. Nobody works harder than Marshal. Nobody cares more."
Legend of the stun gun
Yanda's toughness and ability to tolerate pain can't be overstated. During Yanda's rookie season, Ravens cornerbacks Chris McAlister and Samari Rolle were goofing around in the locker room, playing with a stun gun someone had given them. One put $600 on the floor and McAlister made an announcement: Anyone man enough to voluntarily get shocked with the stun gun could keep the money.
"I was a rookie, and $600 was a lot of money," Yanda said. "I said, 'Hell, I'll do it right now.'"
The entire team gathered in a circle, many convinced Yanda would chicken out.
"I grew up on a farm," Yanda said. "I've been shocked a lot by electric fences for cattle. And we had an outlet in our shop that would shock you all the time. I've been shocked plenty of times before."
Over the years, the legend of what happened that day has grown. Players who weren't there talk about it as though Yanda got hit with 50,000 volts by a police-grade Taser. But he just rolls his eyes when he hears that.
"They really hyped it up like I got Tasered," Yanda said. "It was a stun gun, and I don't even know if the batteries were fully charged. It wouldn't have stopped a 10-year-old worked up into a rage."
McAlister zapped Yanda once and the locker room went nuts. Convinced he should make them feel they got their money's worth, Yanda told McAlister and Rolle to zap him again. They did, and he barely blinked. He scooped up the cash and uttered a quote that left everyone in awe.
"That's the easiest 600 bucks I've ever made in my life."
Lucky man
Yanda doesn't need to indulge in such youthful foolishness these days. Not only has his bank account grown, but he has been blessed in other ways, too. He married Shannon Hunt in Iowa this summer, and they had a big celebration with friends and family. Yanda said former Raven Chris Chester, a close friend who now plays for the Washington Redskins, tore it up on the dance floor.
"He was dancing his butt off," Yanda said. "It was hysterical, to say the least. Some of the guys got after it. I paid a pretty big bar bill."
Three weeks later, Yanda signed his contract with the Ravens and decided to pack his belongings into a U-Haul and drive 14 hours through the night to get back to Baltimore. It might seem like an unusual trek for a newly minted millionaire, especially when he could hire someone to do it for him, but it was typical Yanda. As he navigated the road back to Maryland, he couldn't help but feel like a lucky man.
"I definitely don't have any complaints," Yanda said. "You work your butt off in college just to get to the point where you're going to get drafted. The next big thing is to make it. Then you're trying to play well enough that you can get a really nice contract and be really well off.
"I was really scared after my knee surgery. I didn't know if I'd be able to come back and play at a high level. That really kind of showed me that this could be over tomorrow. It could be done. That's why I don't take any day for granted. Now it's all about playing confident and playing well. I want to get to the Super Bowl and do great things. I want to play dominant football."
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Assyrian Church of the East
The Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East separated from the Orthodox Church after the Council of Ephesus (AD 431).
The Assyrian Church of the East (Nestorian Church) is sometimes considered an Oriental Orthodox Church, although it is not in communion with Oriental Orthodox churches and it has a Nestorian or Nestorian-like Christology that differs from the declaration of the Council of Chalcedon in an opposite way from the Monophysites.
The current head is His Holiness Mar Gewargis III, Catholicos-Patriarch.
Further reading
- The Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianity by Christoph Baumer, published by I. B. Tauris (June 27, 2006) ISBN 184511115X
External links
- The official news website of the Assyrian Church of the East
- CIRED - Commission on Inter-Church Relations and Education Development Under construction.
- CNEWA - Assyrian Church of the East by Ronald Roberson, a Roman Catholic priest and scholar
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Excerpt from Chapter 2 of
Prove It: Jesus by Amy Welborn
I've Always Wondered...
What Are the Basic Facts About Jesus?
If you're like a lot of young people I've known, there are a couple of aspects to this Jesus story that drive you absolutely batty.
Actually, it's not what's said, but what's unsaid.
*What did Jesus look like?
*What in the world was he doing up until his public ministry?
That last question has a lot of subheadings, by the way. What was Jesus like as a child? What were his teen years like? Did Jesus ever fall in love? Did he ever have conflicts with Mary and Joseph? Did he like to have fun with his friends, or did he just sit around all day building stuff and studying the Scriptures?
(Oh yeah – about that studying stuff. If Jesus was fully God, would he have had to study and learn at all? But doesn't the Bible say that "Jesus advanced in wisdom and age and favor before God and man?" (Luke 2:52). How does all that fit together? I know, I know – but you'll just have to wait until Section II for that knotty discussion).
In fact, some kids even get irritated at the Gospel writers for not including that kind of information.
"Didn't they know that we'd be interested in that stuff?" they wonder.
The fact is – no. They didn't.
Remember what a Gospel is. It's not a modern biography, reflecting modern interests in the everyday details of a person's life. If it were a biography, that's exactly what we'd call it.
But we don't. We call it a Gospel – a written account of the Good News of God become human in Jesus of Nazareth. The evangelists were interested in conveying the information that was most pertinent to that cause, not just heaping all kinds of detail that really didn't relate. Not that they didn't know more about Jesus than they wrote, mind you. Listen to what John says at the end of his gospel:
There are also many other things that Jesus did, but if these were to be described individually, I do not think the whole world would contain the books that would be written. (John 21: 25)So this is what it all comes down to: the evangelists were doing some very focused work as they listened to the stories about Jesus that had been passed down by reliable sources. They were focused because, from a very practical standpoint, their physical resources were limited: they couldn't just run down to the office supply store to pick up another ream of paper to accommodate all that they knew about Jesus. For that very practical reason, they had to make choices about what was most important to communicate.
But there was also a theological reason for the evangelists' selectivity.
Think about the times you've had to relate a story – perhaps you had to tell your parents about a rather unpleasant occurrence at school, one that you wished had never occurred, but did nonetheless, right in the middle of English class, right in front of the very surprised teacher who had no idea you felt so strongly about Geoffrey Chaucer, one way or the other.
How do you tell the story of what happened? Even if you're committed to an absolutely honest retelling, you know that you wouldn't have the time to go over every little detail of the scene, nor would you be able to go into an extensive account of even your own, admittedly murky motivation for saying what you said.
Just like the Gospel writers, you're limited. They didn't have a lot of papyrus to spare, and your Mom's face tells you don't have much time to waste in explaining this mess. The Gospel writers had a very specific purpose – to give the world the evidence that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of God, and your purpose, while much different, is very focused and precise, too – to tell the truth about your actions, with a minimum of fallout.
That's all just a very long way of saying this: the Gospel writers, as much as we might wish they were, simply weren't interested in what they saw as marginally important details about Jesus' childhood and appearance. In other words, they didn't care. They cared about the essence of what Jesus was all about: the loving, forgiving, saving Presence of God among us who'd preached, healed, died, and risen. So perhaps we should take it as a hint: if that's what they were interested in, that's what we should be up to exploring as well!
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How digital retailing could roil local media
More than four out of five smartphone and tablet owners use their devices for shopping, according to a report issued earlier this year by the Nielsen marketing metrics service. Nielsen says 65% of consumers research products before they head to a store, 66% of shoppers check prices in stores and 49% of them redeem coupons from their mobile phones.
Given all this click-to-buy-ing, it is perhaps no surprise that mobile-enabled commerce is projected by the eMarketer research service to nearly triple from today's level to $113.6 billion by 2017. Now, here's why publishers and other local media companies should worry:
With more shoppers making buying decisions and actual purchases on their mobile devices, local retailers and national brands are bound to vector ever more of their marketing dollars into intercepting consumers on mobile platforms, thus diverting ever greater portions of their budgets away from the traditional print and broadcast media.
Retail advertising, without doubt, is the lifeblood of local media. In 2013, retail advertising accounted for 75% of the $14.5 billion in advertising sold by local television stations, 43% of the $23.5 billion in ads sold by newspapers and 38% of the $4.2 billion in ads sold by local radio. The broadcast information was provided by Kantar Media and newspaper statistics came from the Newspaper Association of America.
The rush to digital retailing dominated a June conference in San Francisco sponsored by Street Fight, a smart online news service covering the myriad ways that prodigiously funded start-up companies are developing high-tech solutions to such pressing problems as C2C (Coffee to Commuter), S2S (Shoes to Shopper) and PP2CP (Pepperoni Pizza to Couch Potato).
Although these commercial goals may seem modest, the technologies, algorithms, analytics and business models developed to solve these problems likely will pave the way to changing how brands target prospects and merchants smooth the myriad frictions associated with driving to the mall, navigating a store, selecting a product, fishing out a credit card and schlepping the purchase home.
"We don't believe shopping centers are dead," says Nicholas Cabrera, who researches the future of retailing for Westfield Group, one of the largest mall operators in the world. But Cabrera told the Street Fight audience that technology is poised to "transform" shopping into a more pleasant experience for consumers – and a more productive one for merchants.
Here's how that will happen:
Using apps, search engines, shopping sites, social media and volunteered information from consumers, everyone in the shopping ecosystem – brands, retailers and even mall operators – will endeavor to learn as much as they can about individual customers. Then, using smartphones, Google Glasses, smartwatches and the like, they will put the right offer in front of the right consumer at the right time, perhaps even adjusting pricing dynamically to recruit desirable new customers.
Websites, social media, shopping portals and search engines already monitor content consumption, conversations, wishlists, shopping carts and buying behavior. They increasingly are combining this information with masses of acquired and derived data to pigeonhole consumers into ever-tighter segments in order to optimize marketing messages to them.
In the interests of capturing real-time information about the intentions and behavior of consumers while they are in stores, a growing array of hardware, software, network and analytics companies intend to track customers via not only signals from their own devices but also with concealed cameras using sophisticated facial-recognition technology to gauge buying intent. Leaving nothing to chance, the newest Android phones can take your pulse to identify the shoes that quicken your heart.
To capture even more data, nearly every major retailer has developed – or soon will launch – an app to help consumers organize their shopping excursions, redeem coupons, make payments and earn loyalty rewards. Walmart's latest app even issues rebates to customers if it finds a product being sold for less by a competing merchant. Not so incidentally, the apps will help merchants learn tons about customers at the same time.
The retail revolution is nothing short of an arms race to accumulate as much information about individual customers as possible. Local media companies can be major winners in the revolution by developing delightful products that help merchants to capture and leverage customer data. If they fail to act, however, they will be marginalized as advertisers move to interactive marketing.
While local publishers and broadcasters lack the technology to do this by themselves, their market presence and brand power are extremely valuable to the tech companies trying to solve far more than just the PP2CP problem. When potential partners come calling, media companies need to listen. Then, they need to respond as if their lives depended on it.
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Twelfth Floor
Monica Corwin
Publication date: July 3rd 2018
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
This isn't your high school Shakespeare.
Violet Cesario fled the shipwreck of her father's company to Illyria Pharmaceuticals. As the newly appointed, and untried CFO, the board gave her thirty days to prove her worth. Thirty days to bring up the numbers. Thirty days to fend off the advances of her secretary, Olivia. Thirty days of hiding her submissiveness inside a dominant's shell.
Thirty days gets complicated when Duke Orsino, the CEO, offers her a deal. Help him win over Olivia and he will sway the board in Violet's favor. If she agrees to teach him the games behind dominance and submission Violet's career will be made. As the play turns more and more true to life, the lines blur between fantasy and reality. Can Violet hide her desire for Duke long enough for him to woo Olivia? And if he succeeds can Violet endure it for the sake of her career?
Chief Financial Officers didn't last long at Illyria. Handling billions of dollars seemed to weigh on even those who chose the profession as a career. The appointment of Violet Cesario had gone against the board's request. I was the one who selected her, despite the impressive and complete collapse of her last company.However, the research I conducted on the matter showed more than gross negligence on the part of the company's owner. I wasn't going to hold that against her, but the board did, and would, if she didn't survive her first thirty days. They'd try to hold it against me too. Until I'd not so subtly remind them of the last time they went to war with me.
My question, or goading, didn't cause even a flicker of anxiety to cross her features. When purposefully hiring new executives, I pushed them, pounded them into the ground, and walked across the ashes of who they were before they came to my company. All this in preparation to make them the best at their job. And yet, my usual tactics didn't seem to faze her. Not the show I put on as she entered the building, not my goading…which made her more than interesting to me. I'd met far weaker men than the woman sitting across from me with the ice in her eyes.
The board controlled my CFO position, until their last incompetent choice lost us a quarter-million-dollar asset. Now, the board submitted to my selection. And I would prove my choices were irrefutable. If not God damn impeccable. "You're aware of the thirty-day mandate the board put on your employment?"
She shifted her legs, carefully sliding one long lean calf over her other knee. Not even stockings in the way of her smooth skin's passage. In any one else, I would have considered it a seduction technique, but not this woman. As if her body language screamed two different things at once: 'come closer' and 'back the hell off'. Or maybe that was the point. Draw them in only to crush them under her four inch heels.
"I'm not sure if that was a question or a statement." She paused briefly before continuing. "The probationary period is a clause in the contract I signed." Her tone called me a bastard in the nicest way I'd ever heard it. I loved a little fire in a woman. Even more so in a woman forging an intimate relationship with my money. By the second Violet was accruing more respect than I'd been preparing to dole out.
"Of course," I said, mimicking her caustic tone. Why did I need a reaction from her so badly?
She gave me nothing but a careful blink.
Maybe working with Violet might prove more fun than I originally estimated. I didn't interview her personally, and there were no pictures with her file, so when I arrived, I expected a thirty-something powerlifting champion in a pinstriped suit. Violet had almost a delicacy about her inviting wariness. Meeting her in person, I wanted her to do well, for her benefit—not only mine. "I'm here to tell you how you will succeed in your goal."
A line formed in the middle of her forehead as she considered my words. "And why would you do that? Isn't it in your best interest to choose the right person for the job, not the make the person fit the job?"
"Usually, but I went to bat to hire you. Challenging the board with my choice. If you succeed, it looks good for me, and it keeps me from having to vet and hire yet another CFO." I didn't reveal my ongoing clash with the board about new executive hires. Or that the probationary period resulted from my pushing them about bringing her specifically.
She forced out a controlled sigh, and I watched her for any other outward reactions to me, the conversation, the thirty-day time limit on her employment. Absolutely nothing. Incredible.
"I can see the logic in that."
I glanced over at Olivia to see if she got a reading on Violet that I missed. Olivia was better than most when it came to insight about other women.
Or maybe I just wanted a stolen moment to watch her. The only woman who eluded me. To be fair, I'd never put in much of the chase to catch her.
Even dressed for work, without the skintight dresses and sky-high heels, she looked like an idea.
Something yet for me to discover.
At the club we both attended, secretly on my part, of course, she always looked even better, more like a revelation.
Something I knew all along.
With her head bent over the notepad she held in one hand, she scribbled in quick, precise strokes. I realized Violet had been talking while I'd been gawking. I glanced up to find a silent Violet studying me with her head cocked to the side.
Between seconds, between heartbeats, between her look and my silence…she knew.
We stared each other down, Olivia completely oblivious to the growing tension stretched taut between Violet and me. A tension built precariously on a shared secret.
Violet repeated what I'd missed. "And what did you suggest, Duke, to preserve my place here?"
My name thrown in a gauntlet was not something I could ignore. I narrowed my eyes at her. I didn't enjoy puzzles. And the five minutes I'd spent with Violet told me she'd be far more difficult to decipher than most.
"Olivia," I said, not even looking at her, still grappling in the strangest battle of wills with Violet. "Will you give Ms. Cesario and me a moment?"
Author Bio:
Monica Corwin is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author. She is an outspoken writer attempting to make romance accessible to everyone, no matter their preferences. As a Northern Ohioian, Monica enjoys snow drifts, three seasons of weather, and a dislike of Michigan football. Monica owns more books about King Arthur than should be strictly necessary. Also typewriters...lots and lots of typewriters.


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