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As you can see in this photo I have problems with eclipse while programming with laravel framework. The problem is eclipse is looking for php5.3 code but laravel and my local server uses php5.6. So how can i upgrade my eclipse for Php5.6?
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This is a Juno version released 2012. I would suggest upgrading to a more recent version that support latest PHP versions. Try the latest official release Luna Eclipse ver. 4.4.
Follow the instructions here: https://wiki.eclipse.org/FAQ_How_do_I_upgrade_Eclipse%3F or here: https://wiki.eclipse.org/FAQ_How_do_I_upgrade_Eclipse%3F
Isn't eclipse dead already?
Everyone now uses PhpStorm (a fantastic IDE), or NetBeans if you don't wish to pay for the licence.


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The Chi Rho
In the original Greek text, the word "Christ" was written XRISTOS. The letters CHI (X) and RHO (R or P) were combined into one of the earliest known Christian symbols. It has been found inscribed on the walls of Roman catacombs dating back to the 2nd century. In Hebrew, the word "Christ" is translated "Messiah", which means "the anointed one".


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Poets as Translators, Interpreters and Illuminators
by Nathan Harms
The importance of translation
Many famous authors are familiar to us only because of the work of translators. "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy were first written in Russian. "Around the World in Eighty Days" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne were first written in French. None of Pablo Neruda's poetry would be known to English speakers without translation, as it was first written in Spanish.
Perhaps the most overlooked work of translation is that of the Holy Bible which was originally written in several languages—Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek. English readers of the Bible sometimes imagine that the "original" Bible was written in King James English, but nothing could be further from the truth—it is a translation.
What does a translator do?
A translator must be highly literate in at least two languages. A translator takes an existing written text—for example, a book or a poem—and rewrites it in a language other than the original. The task requires an understanding of the meaning of words, but perhaps even more important, the translator must understand the culture of the language and its idioms.
An obvious pitfall for would-be translators is literal translation that ignores the style and intent of the original material and uses a "word-for-word" approach. For example, the German word "kindergarten" is literally rendered "garden of children." While this is a beautiful image, it's not what the word is meant to communicate. A writer translating the English phrase, "that car cut me off," needs to understand that scissors, knives or other sharp-edged devices are not implied.
The task of an interpreter
An interpreter has a slightly different task than a translator. An interpreter must also be fluent in two languages, but interpretation is typically oral, not written. Perhaps you've seen a person speaking in a foreign language while another person speaks in English so that you can understand what's being said.
There is another category of interpretation as well, one more vital to poetry. This engages interpretation as a means of explanation or illumination. For example, a scientist may present you with data from her most recent research project, but the data needs to be interpreted for a lay person to comprehend its meaning. Likewise, a medical doctor's CAT scan of your lungs will likely be incomprehensible to you without his interpretation.
Illumination in the Bible
Producing the English Bible required translation, but it also required interpretation. For instance Genesis 37:3 tells us the story of Joseph's coat of many colors. Yet the original text (in Hebrew) refers to Joseph's coat as passiym, a word that can be interpreted as "with long sleeves," "with much embroidery," "of choice wool," or "of many colors." Interpreters had to make a choice. You can see how important the tasks of interpretation and translation can be. Christians and Jews are familiar with "Joseph's coat of many colors," but "Joseph's coat with long sleeves" might get some odd responses!
The poet's unutterable language
The poet's task is a blend of translation and interpretation; translation because poets present their thoughts in written text, and interpretation because poets take an unutterable inner language and illuminate it for others.
What is this "unutterable inner language" that poets interpret? More often than not, the poet's initial call to a poem is due to thoughts or emotions not known to anyone but the poet. Perhaps you looked out your window on a dreary February morning and were overcome with ennui. It seemed as though winter had conquered every other season. Spring would never arrive. Could daffodils can push their heads up through the ice and snow? Ennui was that sense of weariness and discontent you felt at such a time.
If you wish to communicate this ennui in a poem, you need to become a translator and an interpreter. While this ennui is trapped inside of you, it cannot be read or appreciated by any other person. It needs to be translated to paper and illuminated.
The literal poem
You could communicate your ennui literally, of course. You could say, "I feel ennui in February." There! Your translation is complete. But that's not poetry, is it? Does the person who hears, "I feel ennui," understand what is going on inside of you? Does he even know what the word "ennui" means?
You could use poetry, making a literal translation of your experience at the window:
When I look out my window
My heart is sad and glum.
The snow is still not melting
And Spring will never come.
You have now translated your feelings literally into verse—or a "poem"—but I think you'll agree that this brief effort falls far short of communicating your real feelings, that sense of ennui.
Lazy and inaccurate translation
Many of the poems I receive at Utmost Christian Writers are "literal translations" like the one above. For instance, a poet writes of his sense of God's great love:
Because God loved me so
He sent his Son below
That I might ever live with him
And all His caring know.
There is no doubt that this poem is a translation of the poet's appreciation of God's love, but is it an accurate interpretation? Does the reader experience the feelings of the poet? No. It's a literal, flat, word-for-word translation that fails utterly. Although the rhythm and rhyme define the work as a "poem," the failure to illuminate the original experience make this poem a dismal flop.
Which sense of God's love is the poet attempting to communicate? Is it the gratitude he first felt when he knew God had rescued him by salvation at the cross of Christ? Or is it the relief he experienced when he escaped serious injury in a car accident and felt that God's hand had been upon him? Or is it the ennui he feels in realizing that—despite God's immense love and grace—he is failing to live the righteous life he has been called into?
The short poem above fails to interpret in a way that communicates anything other than clichés.
Interpretation requires commitment
To be a successful interpreter of your feelings you have to do much better than a simple descriptive sentence or four lines of doggerel! Do you remember the complex emotions that flowed through you as you peered out your window on a February morning?
It's been cold and dreary forever.
I can't recall what it feels like to have the warm summer breeze in my hair.
Why can't I just be happy with today as it is?
Even though it seems hopeless to me, I know that Spring must inevitably arrive.
A successful interpreter will need to examine these thoughts and feelings to communicate them in a way that allows the reader to also experience them.
Successful translation, interpretation and illumination
Although Marilyn Chandler McEntyre's poem, "Early February," was not written with my article in mind, it's an excellent example of interpreting and translating the ennui we have been considering.
Do you see how the images in her poem help you to experience her feelings? There is everything you might wish to communicate about ennui in this poem, and more besides…a message of grace that's deeper than the original image. Her poem is an excellent interpretation and translation—and it's illuminating.
A great compliment once given to a famous book translator was that his translation was even better than the original novel. If you succeed in becoming a poet who translates and interprets skillfully, it's possible that your poetry might also speak to the hearts and minds of your readers with more power than you ever knew was available in your original inspiration.
Improving your skills
Many articles freely available here at Utmost Christian Writers can help you improve your skills as a poet.
Here are a few tips to help you towards becoming a great interpreter and translator for your readers.
A good interpreter does not assume that the listener already knows what is being said.
A good interpreter uses the language of the listener.
A good interpreter does not talk down to the listener or over-simplify.
A good interpreter cares about the listener and wants the message to be clear.
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If you are thirsty, then there is nothing you would be willing to pay an arm and a leg for than something appropriate to quench that thirst. Depending on age and to a certain extent sex, what would really help you to quench that thirst would be different. A small child might just want a fruity drink or some milk. On the other hand, someone working hard to meet a deadline might prefer a steaming cup of his/her favorite coffee. It is this which has led to the rising popularity of drinks vending machines. The one drink you must have in your drinks vending machine is water.
You might like to offer your customers or office personnel a range of sparkling and still water. There are some who will demand only flavored Drench Water, Fruit Shoot or J2O. On the other hand, there are those who want only the popular brands of soft drinks like Coca Cola and Pepsi. When you source your products from people like Kenco, you know that they will give as much choice for the kinds of soft drinks on offer as they do with the models. Choose the model of drinks vending machine on the basis of available space, how many product selections you want to offer as well as whether you want to dispense only bottles or cans too.
The same principle applies to coffee vending machines too. Before you choose any, check what is the kind of daily demand you foresee and how much space you have to dedicate to your machine. These machines can vend different varieties of beverages offering different flavors like cappuccino, espresso, latte etc. Do you want to offer only full cups or would it be necessary to offer an option for half cup fillings too? Look at the display and security features too when you are checking the energy saving and efficiency.
A multi-function coffee machine will cost you less in the long run. The secret is to look for a machine that has a grinder with an integrated burr grinding technology which can evenly grind coffee beans to specific settings. Consider getting a unit that includes space to stack cups, creamer and other commonly needed condiments when making a cup of coffee. Reliable coffee vending machines can brew a cup of any brand of delicious beverage in an instant. They also guarantee that you have a fresh tasting brew each time you want coffee.


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Your Space This apartment is furnished to provide modern comfort. The living-cum-dining room houses ample seating space for you to unwind and enjoy a tasty meal with your fellow travellers. The bedrooms are each furnished with a plush double bed, a wall-mounted mirror, and a spacious wardrobe. The en suite washrooms are tiled and well appointed with western sanitary ware. The balconies look out to a stunning view of the cityscape so you can step out and admire the vistas with a hot cuppa!
Guests are requested to provide valid identification at the time of check-in. Bonfire at an additional cost of INR 2500 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. with music. Pick and drop service at an additional cost of INR 150(one side)
Places to visit: Kodaikanal Lake - 2.8 km. Berijam Lake - 21.4 km. Bear Shola Falls - 1.1 km. Kodaikanal Solar Observatory - 3.6 km. Kodaikanal Golf Club -6.6 km. Palni Hills - 2.8 km. Green Valley View - 6 km. Pillar Rocks - 7.4 km.
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Check Out: 9:00 am
Get a full refund if you cancel a full fourteen days before check-in. However, in case of no show or cancellation after this duration, the entire booking amount will be retained.
This is a lovely place to stay in Kodaikanal. It is located very close to the lake and is away from the main road, making the place quiet and calm with very little noise. The rooms were tidy and hot water was available round the clock. There is ample parking space to park vehicles and the front office personnel were nice and friendly. The guidance provided by Mr.Ramanathan helped us in the sight seeing. There is one thing however that needs improvement-the condition of the road leading to the place from the main road. I would recommend this place strongly in you want to have a peaceful and nice stay in Kodai. Regards, Babu Ravichandran
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Rockets owner releases DVD about, and for, dogs
Going to the dogs — really
Rockets owner puts out a DVD about, for dogs; proceeds going to animal charities
You own a dog, and your dog owns too much time alone. What do you do?
Try Doggy Daycare, suggests Leslie Alexander, owner of the Houston Rockets, longtime animal lover and first-time DVD executive producer.
Sold starting Friday at doggydaycaredvd.com, and soon from other Web sites and stores, Doggy Daycare is an hourlong romp by dogs, and for dogs. It shows many breeds of canines friskily playing with each other or bonding with humans, who rub their furry bellies and chant "good dog."
The fun is enhanced by dog's-eye-view shots, created by mounting a camera on a pole held low to the ground. Sound effects also are used to spark a dog's fancy.
But hearing is one thing — watching is another. Dogs don't watch TV, do they?
"Mine doesn't," Alexander said of his "clearly crazy" yellow Labrador, Joy, whom he rescued from a pound. "But we've had dogs tested in front of it, and some love it and watch it for 20 minutes straight, which is unbelievable.
"Some will perk their ears up and listen to the sounds, walk out of the room, come back five minutes later, listen again, then walk out again. And some dogs just won't care at all. If that's the case, you'll get your money back."
Alexander's Web site charges $28.95 for the DVD, including all shipping and handling fees. He said 100 percent of the profits will go to animal charities, such as the Humane Society of the United States and the Texas Wildlife Relief Fund.
"I'm not trying to make any money off this," Alexander said.
Dog owners are encouraged to sit with their animals for a first viewing of the DVD, to ease them into watching it alone. But Alexander can't imagine humans watching it alone, apart from "little children, who absolutely adore this."
"It's not made for a human being to sit and watch full time," he said. "It's really about the dogs rather than the people. It's made so when you leave the house they have sounds and sights that they're familiar with and make them feel good. It reduces the loneliness."
With that in mind, the DVD can be set up to play over and over while a dog's owner is away.
"When you're not at home, what can they actually do?" Alexander said. "Sitting around a house or a cramped apartment, there's nothing for them to do. I've had a lot of animals in my life, and a lot of them sleep all day. But dogs sleep because they're bored, not because they're tired."
Alexander said he hatched the DVD idea before learning that other such products were available. (One such DVD is called Dog Sitter.)
"But the others aren't very well done," he said. "We produced this in California with award-winning people and a fabulous trainer who was on the set at all times. It's unbelievable quality."
Alexander needn't give any copies to his Rockets players.
"They're not really dog owners," he said. "They're on the road too much."
But he hopes it will "help many dogs" and charity organizations.
"I know it won't be for everybody, but it just could give your dog hundreds of hours of pleasure."


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Validation Workshop of The National ICT Agency Bill, 2018
Hon.Minister Ebrima Sillah gave an opening Statement
at the Validation Workshop of National ICT Agency Bill on Tuesday ,11th December, 2018
Hon. Ebrima Sillah, on behalf of the Republic of The Gambia took part
in the voting for the positions of secretary General and Deputy Secretary General of ITU.
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A little fun
How many noticed that when R2 and 3PO were running away from the battle on the cruiser, Adi went flying through the air behind them? I'm guessing the Animators and Directors had a little fun at Adi's expense.
Favorite Quote
My favorite quote was in fact a Plo Koon and Commander Wolffe quote.
"I'm sure Commander Wolffe would like to hear all about it."
"Uh, um, actually, sir..."Waiting in
Please remember to remain sane while waiting for the next episode. Although sadly, it is two weeks away. I believe with a little patients, we can make it through this "crisis."
Thank you all for reading,
~Ahsoka Tano


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DMS Equipment Sales, LLC
We specialize in 2 and 4 post auto lifts: sales, installation, and service. We have been successful over our first year, but want to expand.
- Stage Not Set
- Industry Retailing / Distribution
- Location Springfield, MO, USA
- Currency USD
Company Summary
We sell, install, and service automotive lifts. Our customers are auto dealership service centers, car collectors, mom and pop garages, all the way to the novice working on his own auto. We handle all the aspects of the transaction, from the initial contact, to the installation and warranty work. We separate ourselves from our competition by doing 100% of the work ourselves, versus sub-contracting it out like most of our competition.


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Alecks Cruz
Born in Chicago, IL in 1984 and currently living in Berwyn, IL. Cruz works within the realm of graffiti art, creating pieces that are unbound by a single dimension. Although Cruz started with a spray can as most graffiti artists do, Cruz is now fascinated with creating three-dimensional graffiti structured letters that extend outside the traditional application of the art. He is a self-taught artist and freelance graphic designer as well.


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Bryan Thomas Schmidt
My thoughts on books, stories, authors, and publishing
Currently reading
The Clockwork Dagger
Beth Cato
Progress: 120/360 pages
The Road to Science Fiction 3: From Heinlein to Here
James Gunn
The Road to Science Fiction 4: From Here to Forever
James Gunn
The Road to Science Fiction 1
James Gunn
A Broken Christmas
Claire Ashgrove
The Ultra Thin Man
Patrick Swenson
Progress: 174/334 pages
The Broken Eye
Brent Weeks
The Dark Between the Stars
Kevin J. Anderson
Oath of Fealty
Elizabeth Moon
The Road to Science Fiction 2: From Wells to Heinlein
James Gunn
Recently added
Throne of the Crescent Moon
6:00 pm 4 February 2012
An amazing debut with fun, well drawn characters, strong plotting and well written action sequences, good use of culture and invention. A delightful read, but not one of those fantasies that's so long or involved anyone would hesitate to make the investment.
The story of a ghul hunter, his dervish apprentice and their friends taking on a gruesome magical threat to the Crescent Moon kingdoms, this is tightly, concisely written with a good flow and very enjoyable as a gateway to a new writer or into sword and sorcery or Arabic fantasy for anyone new to it.
The magical elements and themes fit well within the Arabic cultural fantasy world, Ahmed weaves together seemlessly with a blend of fact and fiction. His switches POV characters flawlessly as well for such a short novel and therefore develops all of his major characters more richly and deeply than many other novelists might even for such a short book.
His transitions between chapters and characters are seamless and they often provide just the right insight to keep the story moving forward in both pace, plot and character arc.
Recommended highly.
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A Bangladesh national was shot dead by members of Border Security Force (BSF) of India along Kanthaldangi border in Haripur upazila of Thakurgaon early Saturday, UNB reports.
The deceased was identified as Ali Hossain, 18, son of Mostak Ali of Beldangi Kathaldangi village.
Locals said BSF troops from Nargaon camp opened fire on a group of cattle traders along the border when they went there to bring cattle around 4 am, leaving Ali injured.
Later, he succumbed to his injuries when other cattle traders were taking him to a local hospital.
LT Col Mohammad Hossain, commanding officer of BGB-50 battalion, confirmed the incident.


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The determination of moisture in natural gas and its products is often required at various stages of the production, processing, storage and transportation.
Typically water is separated from raw natural gas in the early stages of production and processing. However some water will remain present in the gas fraction as water vapour. If the gas is then cooled or comes in contact with a surface that is colder than the prevailing water dew point temperature of the gas, water will condense in the form of liquid or ice if cooled sufficiently. Under pressure, water also has the unique property of being able to form what are known as solid hydrates, these are lattice structures around hydrocarbons. Ice or solid hydrates can cause blockage in pipelines.
In addition, water combines with gases such as hydrogen sulphide (H2S) and carbon dioxide (CO2) to form corrosive acids. Water in natural gas also increases the cost of transportation in pipelines by adding unnecessary mass and as water vapour has no calorific or heating value it also adds to the expense of compression and transportation.
The first stage of dehydration of natural gas is often accomplished by passing the gas through Tri-ethylene Glycol (TEG). TEG is very effective at removing water but can introduce a trace of TEG residue into the natural gas. If the gas is to be processed cryogenically (for LPG or LNG production), then dehydration down to very low concentrations is required and for this, molecular sieves are most commonly employed. The drying process has a significantly high cost associated with it, therefore it is important to dry the gas but not to expend excessive resources to over dry it. Thus, it becomes important to perform moisture content measurements on the natural gas after it has passed thought the dehydration equipment. Insufficient dehydration may lead to processing issues whilst over dehydration is a waste of resources.
When LNG is "re-gassed" at a receiving facility, it is passed through heat exchangers which can be prone to leakage and may introduce unwanted moisture into dry gas. Therefore it is often a requirement to monitor the moisture content after the heat exchangers to confirm the gas is still dry.
There have been many documented cases where insufficient dehydration has led to processing issues which have ultimately resulted in plant shutdown.
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What is it like to go opal mining at Lightning Ridge?
Here is your chance to find out by mining the 'King Beaudy mine.
Every month, a prize pocket of free opal awaits a lucky miner. To see this months parcel of free opal, click here.
The successful miner will be announced on the last day of each month, and subsequently pictured in the Miners Hall of Fame click here.
Most mining is done by small mining operations on a 50 metre square claim, using an electric jackhammer, picks, shovels, self tipping hoist, sweat and tears (usually as gems are broken with the pick). This site shows you how this is done.
However first you will first need to learn Mine Speak and use proper Mining Equipment.
You will also need to agree to the Mine Safety Rules before you can start mining and claim free opal. click here. At this site we practise safe mining so please read these rules carefully
Shaft: Three foot hole enabling miners to enter mine by ladder. Typically from 20 to 60 feet deep. Things that regularly fall down the shaft are rocks, lizards, snakes, and miners.
Drive: Tunnels underground leading from the main shaft to the opposite direction from where opal can be found.
Opal Level: pink, brown or white claystone layer in which opal is found or (usually) not found. Normally soft to dig but invariably becomes hard as concrete in the direction you want to go.
Roof: Tough sandstone above opal level suitable for hitting your head.
Props: Wooden posts , often found in neighbours mines, used to support roofs.
Slide: Large fault in opal dirt associated with opal formation - see also Mecca.
Slippery Back: Loose or wet slide that can collapse and crush passing miners.
Ballroom: Large open chambers underground where opal has been found, usually by someone else.
Gougin': Hand mining with a small pick, the old fashioned way, the way real men did it.
Potch: Common opal without colour sent to torment miners.
Nobby: Nodule of opal - see also Holy Grail.
Pocket: Small cluster of nobbies - enough for a beer and some diesel.
Run: Million dollar cluster of red and multicolour on black nobbies that exist only in your dreams.
Trace: Fine lines of promising opal that always peter out.
Dogstones:Fist size lumps of silcrete in the opal level that can contain opal.
Ratter: person who sneaks into someone elses mine and steals opal. Highly organised with night vision goggles, guns and two way radios, they find out about a lucky strike even before mining partners.
Bastards: Ratters, cheating partners, cheating wives, adjacent claim holders, neighbours, thieving kids, opal buyers, banks, anyone from the government.
Mining Equipment: A hardhat and safety boots must be worn at all times when mining opal. A torch is required for when the generator runs out or somebody kicks the power cord, as well as some water in the event of a cave in (imported French mineral water is best on these occasions).
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A good prostate goes a long way in continuing to enjoy many presumed benefits of daily life. If there is anything that can compete with the discomfort of a dental appointment, it must be when you end up having urinary problems. Prostate is a small gland near the bladder and may have a crucial role in urinary disorders that tend to develop with age. It is advisable to take good early care of your prostate health, as it will stand to affect your overall health in many ways, and especially may turn out connected with urinary functioning, sexual prowess, and even cancer. Here are three simple tips toward good prostate care:
· A sound lifestyle for prostate health: This will include a discipline of good exercise, rest and healthy food. It is never too late to start, and of course, the earlier you do start the better it will be. All kinds of activity are good for prostate health, which will enhance your body's natural hydration. Certain specific exercises are sometimes advised for people having prostate problems which have to do with tightening and loosening the muscles around your pelvic area. A good diet will include one rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean meats. Saw palmetto is considered by some to be good for prostate health with regard to enlargement problems. It is also advisable to control alcohol and caffeine intake. Adequate rest would complete the basics of this tip.
A consulting program for prostate health: This is an increasingly wise step to include for your overall health. Make sure to visit your doctor for general and key health checks. Hopefully your prostate health will be considered regularly before actually going with problems in urine flow, or pain while urinating, blood traces in urine, lack of control or more frequent urinating needs and so on.
A proactive program for prostate health: Considering that we are living in times where recommended portions of essential ingredients in its natural forms are constantly challenged, it is wise to include essential natural supplements for our prostate health too. In conjunction with our second tip, that in consultation with your doctor, plan for a regimen of natural supplements of zinc, selenium, and other helpful minerals for prostate, also natural mixed sterol plant extracts, and so on.


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By Alain Lovato
At a time when the oil barrel is trading at $ 54, and where our leaders are to consider new energy savings, it is regrettable that a number of promising experiments carried out there a long time, n is not pursued, or times subsequently.
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One such promising experiment took place in the field of railway traction, 1924, ie, there is just 80 years. At that time, we already tried to save ... coal, steam locomotives fuel. The steam locomotives, had a yield of about 10% (when it was not by 7 or 8) and above all, required a heavy maintenance. The rise of the labor force in the years after World War I, therefore, gave the railways to try to use more economic locomotives. Where electric traction was not possible, we thought early in diesel traction; The problem was at the time in the transmission; We did not know, pass the great powers necessary to train traction from the diesel engines to the wheels of the locomotive. In this context, the company Kitson of Leeds developed a machine quite extraordinary, to satisfy the requirements mentioned above; Having a diesel traction machine having a reliable and proven transmission. To do this, the company endowed the locomotive engine of a quite amazing: Still The engine, which had its hours of glory on stationary and marine machines.
In a conventional diesel engine, 35% maximum of the heat energy supplied by the combustion of diesel fuel or fuel oil, is converted into mechanical energy. In other words, it is almost 65% of the energy of the engine, which is lost as heat in the exhaust gases. The idea was to recover Still a large part of these calories to heat a boiler and producing steam, which was used in the diesel / steam engine.
Kitson society, so built a locomotive, equipped with engines 3 Still. The engines were double effect; Diesel one side and steam from each other, and could-beings driven only by steam. An oil burner allowed the rise in pressure, when starting the machine; to 10 km / h, fuel oil was injected diesel side. Full power is reached after 2 towers, the steam supply was then turned off until the next stop, but need to supplement power in a strong ramp for example.
It may seem surprising to cut off the steam supply but this is due to the peculiarity of the railway traction; The maximum force required at startup, then it only takes a lower power to maintain speed. Still in the engine, soliciting the diesel engine part, helped to maintain the temperature, and recover the calories in the boiler playing the role of energy storage. Tractionner vapor, would have caused a drop in temperature of the diesel, which aggravated by steam consumption, would have lowered the pressure in the boiler.
Still Motors, had a yield of nearly 40% more than heat engines of the time, and the locomotive Kitson-Still, consumed on about the fifth in a similar steam engine. But it would have taken heavy investments to optimize, increase his power, and allow the commercialization of this promising prototype. The Kitson company had not the means, and despite the great success that the demonstration knew it went bankrupt, and the Kitson-Still fell into oblivion.
Alain Lovato


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Numerous proposals directly and indirectly related to health operations during disasters will be before House and Senate committees in the weeks to come. Legislators from both parties have been filing the bills in the face of recommendations from a special House panel on Hurricane Ike that held public hearings around the affected region.
"I think we have become aware of the fact that when disaster strikes, we're all operating from the same playbook," said Republican Sen. Jane Nelson of Flower Mound, sponsor of some of the legislation.
Many of these bills are procedural, requiring state agencies, hospitals and individuals to better establish exactly what steps they should take during a disaster. Most have a clause that would allow the laws, if enacted with a two-thirds majority of the Legislature, to take effect immediately.
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Inland from the storm, San Antonio became a hub in the days leading up to landfall for patients moving from major hospitals in the Houston-Galveston area. But what caught them off guard was the number of homebound patients who evacuated and the severity of their needs, said Eric Epley, executive director of the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council, which received special needs evacuees.
"The home health system in America now has people who, five or 10 years ago, would have been in a nursing home," Epley said, adding that 68,000 homebound people are registered with the state for special services only a portion of those who need help in disasters.
"Knowing how many and knowing the level of care that's going to be required is the biggest hurdle," he said.
Meanwhile in Harris County, many of the nursing homes and live-in facilities that kept residents through the storm didn't have generators, so they had to send patients to nearby hospitals that had power, either through generators or because they had underground power lines that weren't blown down in the 110-mph winds. Those hospitals including Houston's two Level One trauma centers were already packed with extra beds after Ike devastated the trauma center at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
Because UTMB's trauma center is closed and the hospital's capacity has been cut by more than half, patients who relied on the island are still taxing inland hospitals. Trauma centers at Houston's Ben Taub General Hospital and Memorial Hermann Hospital are diverting cases elsewhere.
"We're already in a situation where we've got limited capacity. Any other event that puts stress on that system whether it be a hurricane or a refinery explosion I think is a concern," said John Hawkins, a lobbyist with the Texas Hospital Association, which represents about 500 hospitals in Texas.
Houston Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner has sponsored three proposals aimed at helping coastal health-care facilities better weather storms so they don't send their patients to already strained institutions.
"There was a tremendous amount of stress placed then on everyone else to meet those needs (of evacuated patients), and we are trying to respond to that as quickly as possible, because in five or six months we're going to be back in to the hurricane season," he said.
Turner wants to require nursing homes and similar facilities to have back-up generators and emergency plans in place. He also filed a bill that would require community and home-care services to help get patients registered with the state and prepared for evacuations.
Lawmakers and lobbyists say deciding who needs to evacuate when and where they should go is a big piece of the puzzle for people with medical needs.
"It's not like you and me leaving in a car decide to go to Dallas for the weekend. If you have someone who is in a hospital, they're in a hospital for a reason and you don't want to unnecessarily move someone 50, 75 or maybe even several hundred miles away," Epley said.
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- 30ml red palm oil
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- Chop the olives finely and place in a bowl. Add the rest of the ingredients, whisking with a fork and breaking the anchovies up.
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In 2014 John and I became Dog owners for the first time. Yoda was such a cute puppy and it did not take long for us to fall in Love with him! We bought him lots of toys, special food, a crate, bedding and organised visits to the vet for injections. We also found an Insurance company and took out Pet Insurance just incase our precious puppy came into harm or developed a condition that needed treatment!
A year went by and besides the routine appointments, Yoda got through his first year, without the need to make any claims. Then, a week after we renewed our Insurance, Yoda was became the victim of a vicious attack.
It was dreadful. John had just walked Sylvia our 7 year old daughter to school and was coming home when two huge boxers jumped their garden gate and came running. My husband had no time to escape. He picked Yoda up as quickly as possible but the dogs managed to attack Yoda's leg seriously injuring him.
John rushed home and we drove quickly to the Emergency Vets. Yoda needed injections, anesthetic, stitches, A cone and antibiotics. Our poor little Yoda was traumatised. He was frightened and scared and luckily the dogs had not damaged any muscles in his leg. I guess he had a lucky escape.
It was heartbreaking seeing Yoda this way. For the first month he was clingy and anxious. Although the incident was back in November last year, Yoda has changed. He's not the go lucky happy dog he used to be. Not long after the attack we adopted Casper our second dog and a companion for Yoda and Casper has helped Yoda to be more happy and more himself.
We never expected Yoda to be attacked and never expected the cost that would come with this. We were fortunate enough to have Insurance to cover Yoda's treatment and as soon as Casper moved in I organised his insurance too!
Insurance does cost a bit each month, but it's an expense we are prepared to paid to have peace of mind and be able to treat our Dogs should they become seriously unwell or anything dreadful happen. Now we have two dogs, I am thinking of looking for a new insurance plan, one that covers both pets rather than 2 separate policies.
Our Dogs our precious and there is no way I'd not have Pet Insurance for Yoda or Casper. It's something I'd recommend for every pet owner and something I genuinely believe in.
Have you had a time you needed Insurance for your animal?
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What a God send that you had insurance in place to pick up the costs. It's shocking that this happened near to your home. It is very fortunate that Sylvia wasn't with you at the time. I hope he gets his happy go lucky spirit back!
I know! It's great we were able to help Yoda and this is why Insurance is so so important. Freak incidents you never expect to happen! Yoda is getting better emotionally but he is a little damaged. Such a shame we cant talk it through with him like you would a human who is attacked. He will get there though. As for Sylvia I was so so happy she was not there as she could have been seriously injured too. the dogs did have a go at John my hubby so it was not a nice experience but yes, good job we had insurance!
I don't have a dog and I'm not really an animal lover, but OMG this is so scary that this could happen just being attacked like that, the poor doggy plus your husband could have been hurt! Thank god he wasn't. x
Oh yes. It was a scary incident and shook my hubby up for a week or so. He even cried. poor Yoda too! Time should help! I hope!
Oh no – poor Yoda! We are getting a dog later this year and will definitely be looking to insure for peace of mind.
I know! We were so upset at the time. Insurance came in handy though!
It must have been so scary. 🙁 It's great you had insurance to cover all the expenses. x
Oh it sure was! Made a bog difference though having peace of mind knowing we could take him to Vets and not have to worry on how much it was to help him!
Yoda is so cute! So sad to hear about his attack. I am pleased to hera that you had insurance in place and was able to get Yoda all the treatments needed to recover.
Yes it was sad! Thanks for your lovely comments!
If I had a dog I'd definitely insure it because vets bills can be extortionate. The farm dogs aren't insured which I think is madness especially when they're pedigree and working dogs so are fully trained up (well, mostly!)
Totally agree! They are expensive especially in an emergency situation! They charge so much!
This seems really sensible to me for all pets. Our cats cost a fortune over the years after being hit by cars and eventually one was attacked by a fox. All added up!
I totally agree. I might not get it for a mouse or hamster but a dog that is just so so different! Also other animals like cats and i;ve seen rabbits at the local vets before too!
Aw gosh poor Yoda, I am so glad she is okay now but seriously, what is it with per owners? I see young lads all the time winding up Staffi's and then they wonder why they go berserk with kids x
Yep…. I was so sad for him! Yes i know what you mean, some dogs are mistreated or not trained correctly and can become very dangerous!
I don't have a dog. But something to consider since cats are preferable to us 🙂 these days.
i guess so! We had insurance for our cat back when i was a teenager with my mum!
How awful for your husband and yoda, I hope they are both ok now
Oh yes. it was a nasty incident but lessons learnt! Angela x
what a cute dog.. thank god you had insurance.. we have a dog and have him also insured ..hes part of the family x
Thanks Jolene. Glad to hear you have Insurance!
People really underestimate how important insurance is. My friend's cat recently fell ill, she didn't have insurance and ended up having to pay over £3000 for treatment
So true! That is a huge amount of cash!
Aw oh my goodness, poor Yoda! He is such a cutie, it's fab that you've not got Casper to keep him company 🙂 X
I know… it was a sad day but glad he is still with us! He's still a baby!
We love our dog. I've always grown up with them. At the moment our dog Alfie is 3. He is a Staffordshire bull terrier. We have insurance for him. I haven;t needed it yet but who knows. Better to be safe than sorry I say x
Exactly…We never know when we might need this!
We had staffies when I was younger, and one of them needed some very costly operations on her hips. For that reason, I now take pet insurance with my pets. We don't have dogs, but we do have two cats who we insure with Argos.
Ooh thats good to here. I didn't realise Argos had insurance until a few months ago but it sounds like a good plan and option!
I hope Yoda is a lot better now, bless him. I agree, it is probably a good idea to get a policy that covers your two dogs rather than two different policies. I have heard of people who don't have pet insurance that have had to pay thousands for treatment, it really isn't worth it!
Gemma xx
Thanks Gemma. Yes it can be thousands. Vets are not cheap!
I keep thinking I need to sort out insurance for our 9 month old puppy and its one of those things you just put off
I agree you can get busy and not get around to it. I hope your puppy stays healthy for a long time!
Oh yes I agree with you, having insurance is really necessary. My cat was also unwell last year and he really needed some medication and a treatment. We were able to use our insurance so it was a really good help. I'm so sorry for what happened to Yoda but I'm glad to read that he is much better now especially having the company of your second dog. xx
Yes it's fabulous that Yoda has Casper to keep him company especially when we got to hospital appointments and places as he does not like to be on his own! Angela
Poor Yoda & John – that attack was really awful! It's good you had renewed your insurance. It's definitely important to keep your pet safe & healthy. Thanks so much for linking up with blogger club uk x
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Since the beginning of 2016 UK butter prices have risen over 20%. This is because the cost of cream (the primary ingredient in butter) has tripled in price. It's no surprise that industry professionals are now warning of shortages leading up to the Christmas period. These shortages could not only affect the price of butter but may well impact the price of other dairy products, including festive favourites such as mince pies. So what exactly is driving prices up?
The UK Milk Crisis
The reason we are seeing price increases on dairy products such as butter and cream, whilst the cost of milk remains relatively low, is primarily due to competition for UK milk supply which is falling rapidly. Stuck in a boom-bust cycle, the dairy market has become increasingly volatile. 2016 saw a 10% decrease in production of British milk. Farmers were advised, following a Russian ban on all EU dairy imports, that the UK market was saturated. This drove prices down and led to a surplus of milk. Now plagued by the increasing production costs and ever-growing prevalence of diseases such as Bovine Tuberculosis, producers are struggling to sustain healthy herds and turn a profit, following a poor year financially in 2016. Whilst some dairy farmers are choosing to diversify, most struggle to remain financially solvent with many forced to quit farming altogether.
Supermarket Price Wars
The ongoing battle between supermarket giants has further contributed to the plummeting price of British milk. Whilst retailers battle it out for the cheapest price per litre, driven by consumer trends, farm gate prices have fallen as low as 2p per litre in the past 6 months. Although demand has now increased, the recent price increases have not yet filtered down to producers.
Following the rise of the Euro against the pound, European exports have become increasingly profitable, with manufacturers looking to export as much as possible whilst current trade agreements with Europe remain unchanged. It's suggested that a decrease in dairy exports could help level the price of milk by limiting competition for supply to with the UK.
Market Trends: The Mary Berry Effect
UK retailers have reported spikes in the sales of butter following the success of popular TV show The Great British Bake Off. Named 'The Mary Berry effect', the showed has piqued the interest of amateur bakers across the country, adding to demand for the popular ingredient.
Recent revelations about the benefits of natural fats has also seen health conscious consumers switch back to butter, following a period of bad PR for vegetable spreads and other butter alternatives, which can be highly processed and have been linked to several negative health implications.
The NFU have advised that whilst the dairy industry is unstable, butter shortages in 2017 are unlikely, however with wholesalers and retailers fighting hard not to pass on cost increases to consumers, it's unclear when wholesale prices will stabilise.


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The Book of Revelation is an apocalyptic writing (forecasting the ultimate destiny of the world) from one of the original disciples following Jesus. John, who wrote the Gospel of John and three later books in the Bible, John 1, II, and III, was in exile by the Romans on the Isle Patmos. At the time, the church was beginning to witness persecution against it, mostly in the Roman empire for their exclusive worship of God, not the Emperor. I'm not interested in the apocryphal story, I'm looking for clues about God's Kingdom to help fill my image of God.
Revelation is a kind of a movie script for the final days of the bubble existence we've found ourselves in because of our sin, after which:
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying:
"Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man,
and He will live with them.
They will be His people,
and God Himself will be with them as their God.
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,
and there will be no more death
or mourning or crying or pain,
for the former things have passed away." (Revelation 21: 1-4.)
This is extremely important to my image because it tells me that the bubble existence we've found ourselves in is not Ultimate Reality. The curse found in Genesis 3, laid upon all mankind, finds its end in Revelation 21. The curse was not just on mankind but the earth was cursed, too: "We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time." (Romans 8:22 NIV.)
It's been excruciatingly thousands of years between the two (and not yet over as I write these words). From the time Jesus spoke these apocryphal words as recorded in Matthew 24 it's been nearly 2,000 years:
30 "Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other,"
The promise is there, it will end, the bubble will burst and the kingdom of earth will merge with the Kingdom of God into one Reality. In Revelation 4 John is given this vision of Heaven:
1 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this."
2 At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it.
3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne.
4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads.
5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God.
6 Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back.
7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.
8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying: " 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come."
9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever,
10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
11 "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being."
How do I make sense of the Kingdom of Heaven? This is John inside the bubble, and us looking through his eyes and I know that because of our limited minds we can never truly grasp the images of Heaven, either physically or psychologically. The images we are given must fit our earthly conceptions while giving us truths we can understand, at least with enough understanding. Whatever theology I build based on what we are given in these visions and others throughout the Bible referencing God's Kingdom is temporary—limited to the information I have—not necessarily representing the fullness of Truth, but will represent some truth given to us. Everything changes when we die and when the bubble is ended.
What is clear, Tillich's idea of God as the ground of being, something like the Jedi force but far greater and only good, it's far more complex than this in that this force does take on "being-like" characteristics.
The Apostle John, who wrote Revelation, in his Gospel begins with these words:
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made. 4In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
The term translated as "Word" is the Greek word logos, more than just a verbal word but the creative force behind all things. Not only does John identify Jesus as part of the ground of being (God), he is God in a form that we can relate to. How is this possible? Don't ask me, who am I to understand God? Oh, we try to explain the idea of the trinity, an image of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit we are clearly given in the Bible, but in the end, it's a far greater definition above our limited intellectual capabilities.
So, while John's vision in Revelation 4 gives us a form of God we can understand and has truth to it, how do we understand creatures with six wings covered with eyes who never stop chanting: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come?" Can we really take this God into the bathroom with us while doing our "business" and be praying to him? I know that Paul in his letter to the Thessalonians says to pray without ceasing, but really, is this how we translate Paul? Do we really think we can be this casual with God?
To be continued . . .


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One Time The Truth is situated in the World Middle
We've all heard people use the expression 'I think the truth is usually somewhere in in the middle' and in the case of obtaining two sides of an unwitnessed event from two parties involved it may or may not lie in the middle in which case individual credibility may or may not clear up matters.
However, there is no middle ground between immoral and moral, or more simply said, what is right and what is wrong. Certainly, by the year 2013, courts and laws around the world are no measure to look to when they can't discern the concept of justice, never mind morality.
Yet, many political party appointed individual judges in most free world nations feel empowered to change legislated law or negate legislated laws by rulings and precedence, ostensibly claimed to be made on the basis of what 'appears' to be a fairer settlement from a liberal or socialist point of view.
Morality, however is clearly legislated in time and stone by the Judeo or Christian God or Holy Trinity depending on your point of outlook and observance.
Not just 'legislated', but orderly owned by God thankfully as are all things physical and metaphysical, geophysical, biophysical and astrophysical..... sciences, and mathematical equations, and logic, all that existed prior to any existence of man with an artistic flare now and than only appreciable by and logically for beings of human nature, and logically not created by some accident in space and time.
Sciences did not allow God to be created, but God certainly did create all interactive sciences confined in behaviors from the interacting solar systemic to the microscopic laws and properties that allowed for the continuation of man after, and before being created at God's own 'timing' in 'time' which He also owns.
'Man's discoveries' and continual education in the unraveling of sciences that continually assault world and assumed solar 'evolution'.
Evolution does not 'require' logic. For instance, in two examples logic in evolution would dictate that man would have ultimately grown wings, and monkeys and apes would be extinct.
However, civilization certainly did require the main forward drive behind thinking men, else man would not have survived the world in the wild for a century and would not have made one single advancement including starting and control over fire as logic goes hand in hand deciphering the maths and other sciences including physics, necessary long, long before its principles and laws were understood.
( And last time I checked, no animal which evolution degrades all living worth to, was lighting fires on his own and with good reason..... very few would be trained to do so).
Apparently, modern scientists place logic lower then the politics of science these days.
There are thousands of recorded miracles witnessed and unwitnesed but equally proven attributed to the supernatural, but not one to aliens from innumerable other planets.
Indeed, in applying logic to the 'consensus' of the scientific world's own words would not billions and billions of solar systems not safely harbor one billion planet earths?
And logically to follow, would not millions of these planet earths be beyond billions of years of the earth's age itself and therefore reasonably be considered advanced enough to give us a high five or to their entertainment a provocatively amusing interplanetary little goose at least.
The greatest science, scientists need to study is that of logic, itself especially before it goes donning the cloak of prophesy not having applied logic enough to predictability.
And therein lies the rub of public or preferred world education whose greatest observance out of fear 'apparently' is firstly to never accommodate the slightest notion of Judeo-Christianity belief, yet, as the intellectual laughing elephant in the room it remains a logically uncontested fact, that all that is studied was created by intelligent design including inspiration of the arts found firstly in the ('assumed' eternally hereto existed) 'natural' world creation....... by intelligent design!
Included, therein in this 'public education' or modern union enshrined 'default' for financial payout, the thought processes allowing man to create languages with local dialects. Along with the vast and great 'everything else' scientists did not create is the human brain nor the souls, they.... and politicians or 'leaders' in lemming ending fads..... so callously disregard.
But, the exacting Truth I refer to here lies in the physical ashes man so consumes himself with to the chagrin of his soul and 'comfort'. There is no comfort of the soul or conscience that can be bought won extorted or robed or earned for all the financial glory or singular attraction attributed to the world.
Times of mental anguish, loneliness, despair and worthlessness, is the worst suffering on earth that can't be comforted on the biggest softest pillow- sack full of inanimate plastic and paper that could buy all the drugs, inanimate toys, comforts, accolades and artificial love in the world all in the domain and care of Caesar's world not God's Church protected domain on earth.
It is a test.... but a very easy and simple one when you are given all the answers time and time again to know where love really is, where souls are really saved and the real beauty of the earth is clearly seen in the wondrous unspoiled innocence of a child and sincere gratefulness of the infirmed and the elderly is appreciated for a kind moment or hand and not always possibly expressed verbally.
(Genuine sorrow is actually critical affirmation that one is capable of love beyond oneself and in the case of self sorrow over self committed acts harming others, a way to healing and to the sole source of edifying comfort and accepting forgiveness
Unfortunately, it is the pursuit of money and riches that makes the world go round to the eventual point of spiraling out of control with problems too vast and complex to be repaired.
So back to what I refer to as 'middle ground' is not really middle ground at all because there is no middle ground in Truth just those that try to pull truth their way by all means except logic available to them.
Neither the rich man nor the socialist, including Marxist unions have any moral legitimacy in Truth.
The rich man who would rather die than give his money to good causes does not enter heaven. Today's rich would hang on to their money and deal out only enough to control nations, where they see fit and to who they see fit to bare God's children.
Christ first sets the person's spirit free by simply knowing His Truth and than physically sets the slaves free directly through St. Paul whom He entrusts to impart more information to the perfect and eternal Gospels than even Peter, no doubt to signify how much the converted sinner or prodigal son... no matter how bad.... will still be loved and forgiven.
Indeed, God and the Trinity do not make mistakes when they own Truth.
Why many Catholics just like Pilate question 'what is truth' because the world can never accept it is the only aspect of the world.... unbelievable.
Christ said to the priesthood 'feed my people' not support or praise the violent revolutionists.
To the rest of us he said feed the hungry, clothe the poor, shelter the homeless. He never said anything Marxist or socialist, such as Rise and revolt with the fist and the gun... Use the children to extort.. Take out your anger on the elderly and the children Strike for the cost of living... Do not give a fare wage for the work to be done... Parade for your perversions in public and rights to raise children you were never met too... Leave your family for all the things you missed or became bored with.
Let your children be educated by the Godless Caesar and Marx, both out of their domains, and properties in the World.... folding to all the rules only they make!
He did not say a woman's lifestyle or 'rights demands'... given no where in the natural state of the Kingdom of God, are to be 'honored' and 'celebrated' as a choice in Truth! ...anymore than Caesar legitimizing the activist claimed 'necessary' immoral choices around prostitution.
I've seen the rich not give fare wages and Caesar take more than his fare share and put innumerable road blocks up for business and the service industry.
I've seen the international 'service industry' union in action too, and two frail seniors come as close as one can to freezing to death on cold black nights in the same building in the same winter, that no government was interested in reviewing anymore then they were in investigating.... at the time.
Frail elderly who cannot even understand foreign immigrant poor workers, some who share no values of their host nation, and who matter of fact, elect their angriest to be their shop stewards because that's who you want in your corner no matter the honor or societal importance of your 'industry' including involving the elderly and the young.
A nursing home more apt corporate retirement home may be Gatsbiest in detail, scope and magnitude but your parent's care is going to come down to the lowest paid front- line worker or the stock- traded home's bottom profit line and dividend in any given year, and if their pay is a lot less than what your parents earned or to what you earn or hovering not far from minimum wage, invest quickly and quietly in a nanny cam as others have done and not been disappointed with their purchase.
There are unions and there are unions. There are powerful self called 'professional' government unions who would no more vote for totally labor friendly political parties, that their majority poorer 'brother' private unions would close the gap they lord over those same poorer 'brothers and sisters' then they would cut their hands off.
It is not just the boss and the owner who votes for politically unrealistic labor politicians but always the majority workers as they did at the time of labor revolution. In the free world they much rather keep the industrial revolution at full peak and as unions, individually extort from specifically more prosperous industries such as the auto industry.
Government unionizing was the second priority of unions after the auto industries and such.
Today charities are to be unionized even to the tune of making those wages actually fall below minimum to accommodate union member dues off wages that will never rise and never would rise in proportion only ensure that the less interested at work would keep on bringing home money exceeding their work efforts as poor as that might be.
For of these sympathized only poorer unions all they can offer is job stability for those who would rather complain than work themselves.
The only prosperous industries for worker and owner are where the unions are not brought in and owners keep them out by offering a fare wage for a fare day's work, so the truth does work where logic is applied over greed from both ends with the government slug self-wedged between, above around and below.
Paul Gordon
Sunday, June 9, 2013
One Time Truth is Situated in the Middle
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A U.S. deputy marshal opened fire Monday on a man suspected of stealing a rifle from a Pinal County police officer's car.
One of the suspects was allegedly climbing out of the window of a Ford Mustang when police fired shots and wounded him, AZ Central reported. The U.S. Marshal claimed that the suspect was making "furtive movements" as he was climbing out the window, so he shot him.
This story may leave Phoenix residents wondering: When can police legally shoot a suspect?


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Composting pilot project recommended as result of Kwantlen's garbage audit
December 14, 2010 by Stu Gallacher
Kwantlen's environmental protection technology students have drafted recommendations for how Kwantlen could better handle garbage, based on results of their 2010 waste audit.
On Oct. 19, a two-day garbage audit was conducted at the Richmond campus to gather information that would later determine whether a composting program would be beneficial.
According to Kelsey Hynes, a second-year EPT student, implementing a fully structured composting program is a lengthy process.
That's why Hynes has recommended a three-year pilot project, which would start within the EPT program, to see how manageable composting is for a smaller group.
According to the draft, "Faculty should be trained to properly dispose compostable organic waste. Students should be aware of the composting disposal system. Education of the public is necessary for this to work, since there are so many items that can be composted."
The report states that 73 per cent of material disposed in the cafeteria alone is compostable. It further proposes that the cafeteria use biodegradable cutlery, along with biodegradable plates and napkins.
The report suggests that Sodexo should contribute to a composting program by providing containers for food scraps, as that would help reduce the percentage of compostable waste found in the garbage.
A successful composting program would mean a reduction in the amount of waste entering the garbage stream. As well, "Compost can produce fertile soil which can be sold to those who need it," according to the report.
The draft indicates that the cost to begin composting operations will be recovered, since the garbage company that currently picks up Kwantlen's trash charges by mass and almost 40% of the overall garbage produced is compostable waste.
The task of implementing a fully functioning compost program isn't going to happen over night.
Paul Richard, chair of the program, says that more research ought to be done.
"There's always more research that could be done."


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The apartments at Catamaran are furnished two-bedroom apartments with a living room, kitchen and large bathroom.
- All apartment units include:
- Air Conditioning
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- Extra-long Single (twin) Bed (6'6")
- Dressers
Students may bring a small (1000 watt max.) microwave, their own televisions, computers and personal items as they desire.
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Day 2 of the 7 day countdown to Kanye West's new album Waves. It's kind of unfortunate that GOOD Fridays haven't exactly been a thing the last two weeks, but I'm still here to give you your daily dose of Yeezy.
Late Registration released on August 30th, 2005 – a little over a year and half after Kanye released TCD. Kanye had features on features in this album, from people like Jay-Z, Lupe Fiasco, Adam Levine, Nas, Paul Wall, Jamie Foxx, the list goes on. Yeezy collaborated with film composer Jon Brion to produce the album, which is where he got the influence and motivation to use a lot of orchestral and string arrangements. People doubted Kanye to meet the high expectations he set for himself with The College Dropout, but this album absolutely lived up to the hype. Check out another great Kanye album in full and my top 5 from the album down low. Happy Friday y'all. February 11th can't come soon enough.
5. Heard 'Em Say
4. Hey Mama
3. Touch the Sky
2. Roses
1. Diamonds from Sierra Leone – Remix ft. Jay-Z


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I think I have contracted Degenerative Auto-Repair Syndrome. The older I get, the less I am able (or willing) to do on a car. I used to be able to do almost anything. No challenge was too daunting, no bolt too tight, no axle too greasy. But the last two times I've had my car up on jacks, I've actually backed out and threw in the towel.
Today, I was under the car, taking off the starter and I started thinking that I wasn't totally sure that when I got it off, if I could put the new one on. Then I started thinking about other things that I could be doing, like sitting on the couch eating my leftover meatball sandwich and watching UFC. (the sandwich is in the toaster oven as I am typing this).
And the time before this, I had the car all jacked up to replace the brake pads, I had even gone to the store and bought the pads and then something just clicked. My interest level had dropped to zero and I just stared at the brake discs for a while, lowered the car back down and drove it to the mechanic shop down the hill. And I've changed brakes many times on many cars.
Pretty soon, the only thing I'll be good for is an oil change.


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A few weeks ago, I criticised a report by Michael Weiss and Peter Pomerantsev which alleged that Russia was using information as a weapon of war against the West. The problem with Weiss's and Pomerantsev's report, I argued, was that they were guilty of the same thing themselves, through a series of distortions which made Russia seem far more threatening than it really is. Having just read Pomerantsev's new book Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia, I find myself thinking the same thing again.
Nothing is True is the author's account of his time in Russia as a producer of reality TV shows. The book is as much about Pomerantsev as it is about Russia, and is shaped by his own profession. Russia, he seems to suggest, is like one of his TV programs, where the reality portrayed is never quite as real as it is made out to be. He moves through a world of surreal beings: the rap-loving, autocratic politician; the novel-writing gangster; the young model destroyed by a cult, all of whom exemplify the corruption that lies at the rotten heart of the largest country on Earth.
How much of what he describes is peculiar to Russia is very much open to question. Take, for instance, Pomerantsev's account of the life of Ruslana Korshunova, a model who committed suicide after falling into the clutches of the cult-like 'psychological training' organization The Rose of the World. As Pomerantsev admits, The Rose of the World based its techniques on those practised by similar organizations in the United States. All his account really does, therefore, is demonstrate that vulnerable Russians fall prey to charlatans in exactly the same way that Americans do. It doesn't show that there is something particularly rotten about Russia. Rather, the story seems to demonstrate the opposite.
What is most likely to attract readers to this book is its style. Pomerantsev's prose is colourful and lively. Nothing is True is an entertaining read. But there is a reason why academics don't write like this, and instead footnote everything so that they can justify what they are saying. That can make for very dull reading, but at least the reader can have some confidence in what is on the page. Here it often seems that the author sacrifices truth for style. He entertains through hyperbole and what sometimes appears to be invention.
One becomes aware of this just seven lines into the first page. Describing Moscow's economic boom at the start of the 21st century, Pomerantsev writes, 'Never had so much money flowed into so small a place in so short a time.' This is not a promising start. In the first place, Moscow isn't exactly 'small'; and second, lots of other places have experienced enormous booms. Where is Pomerantsev's evidence for his statement? He doesn't provide any. It is pure hyperbole.
This isn't an isolated example. This is just how Pomerantsev writes. 'The only values in this new Ussuriysk were cars and cash', he says (p. 27). The 'only' ones, for everybody in the entire city? Really? And how does he know? 'Black Widows still make it up to Moscow with rhythmic regularity', he writes (p. 57). Actually, they don't – attacks by female Chechen terrorists in Moscow are pretty rare (the last was in 2011, and you can count the total on the fingers of one hand), and in any case there is nothing 'rhythmic' about their timing. In Moscow, 'There isn't a building that we walk past that wasn't the scene of execution squads, betrayals, mass murders.' (p. 110). Seriously? Mass murder in every building in Moscow?? And so on, and so forth.
One might object that none of this matters – it is just decoration; the basic stories are true. This isn't an academic treatise but a work of art, and not a photo-realist one moreover, but an impressionist one. Although it doesn't show you reality, through its distortions it reveals the truth beneath in a way that only art can do. Well, maybe. However, Pomerantsev never tells us that that is what he is doing. For over 200 pages, he seeks to persuade us that nothing in Russia is quite what it seems. But his book isn't quite what it seems either.


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