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Shenzhen MIC Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. was founded in 2005 and is located in Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong. Since the LED company is among the leader in the industry, thus it specializes in high-power LED indoor and outdoor lighting including the C Series Street Light. It is a leading integrated operation service company in the field of LED optoelectronics, focusing on the research and development of LED lighting products, Production, and sales. The company also has standard product production lines, self-support import and export rights, and professional management.
Also, they have research and development, manufacturing, and marketing teams, with more than hundreds of employees. They manufacturer different Products such as high-power LED street lights, LED solar street lights, LED high bay lights, LED tunnel lights, LED tubes, LED bulbs, LED spotlights, LED track lights, LED engineering lights LED ceiling lights and other high-power LED indoor and outdoor lighting fixtures and LED solar products, which have the advantages of energy-saving, environmental protection, and long service life, are widely used in lighting, traffic indication and urban lighting and other fields.
The company has also passed ISO9001 international quality system certification and ISO14001 international environmental management system certification. It has UL, TUV, CE, ROHS, FCC, and other international testing and certification reports for various products.
Survive by quality, and develop by innovation. Shenzhen Chuangqi Optoelectronics insists on technological innovation for development, adhering to the tenet of "Serving customers wholeheartedly", providing customers with high-quality products and perfect after-sales service. Therefore, the company is willing to cooperate with new and old customers and develop together sincerely.
Applicable places
urban expressway/main and secondary trunk roads, branch roads, factories, schools, parks, various residential areas, courtyards and other road lighting.
MIC C series led street light specifications
Item No. | Power(W) | LED Qty | Luminous Efficacy | Ligstroom | CRI (Ra>) | Insetspanning |
MSL-C30 | 30w led street light | 24 | 120 | 3300 | 80 | AC85-265V,
MSL-C50 | 50w led street light | 24 | 5500 | |||
MSL-C60 | 60w led street light | 24 or 56 | 6600 | |||
MSL-C70 | 70w led street light | 48 or 112 | 7700 | |||
MSL-C80 | 80w led street light | 48 or 112 | 8800 | |||
MSL-C90 | 90w led street light | 48 or 112 | 9900 | |||
MSL-C100 | 100w led street light | 48 or 112 | 11000 | |||
MSL-C120 | 120w led street light | 72 or 168 | 13200 | |||
MSL-C150 | 150w led street light | 72 or 168 | 16500 | |||
MSL-C180 | 180w led street light | 96 or 224 | 19800 | AC85-265V, AC347v,AC480v | ||
MSL-C200 | 200w led street light | 96 or 224 | 22000 | |||
MSL-C240 | 240w led street light | 120 or 280 | 26400 | |||
MSL-C300 | 300w led street light | 144 or 336 | 33000 | |||
MSL-C400 | 400w led street light | 168 or 392 | 44000 |
Product Features:
1: The LED street lamp shell adopts a newly designed high-quality all-aluminum street lamp shell. The appearance is simple and stylish. The appearance is anodized and electrostatic sprayed. The heat sink is integrated with the lamp shell. It is corrosion resistant and has good heat dissipation performance. The profile has a large area, beautiful appearance, and good waterproof. The main part of the lamp body can be customized according to the needs of customers.
2: Shell structure: special street lamp shell structure design, so that the circulation of wind can speed up the heat dissipation effect, while reducing wind resistance, reducing the pressure load of the lamp pole, special mounting bracket structure design, the lamp arm can be adjusted in a wide range of angles and illumination angles It also becomes adjustable at will.
3: Structural waterproof function: The unique structure is conducive to the discharge of water on the shell. The new type of waterproof silica gel can ensure the airtightness of the lamp and ensure that no water and dust enter.
4: Superior extended support: Our C series street lights also have perfect support for sensors. It is possible to install light sensor probes on the top of the street lights to achieve the intelligent power saving effect of turning off the lights at dawn and turning on the lights at dark; Infrared sensor probes can be installed below the, to achieve the effect of automatically turning on the lights when a moving object passes by, and automatically turning off or dimming after a period of time.
Comparison of LED garden lights and traditional street lights (high pressure sodium lights)
With the widespread use of high-power LEDs in lighting decoration and lighting, power-type LED drivers are becoming more and more important. It will be possible to use high-power LED lighting for road lighting. Road lighting is the lamp with the longest use time and the most power consumption. The use of LED lamps in street lamps will greatly reduce the shortage of electricity in cities and save national energy. There are many domestic manufacturers of LED street lights, and the performance of their products varies greatly. Here only take the LED street lamp produced by our company as an example. Compare with the traditional street lamp (high pressure sodium lamp).
Below we will comment on the performance and economy of LED street lamps and traditional street lamps.
Comparison of start-up performance
The LED flood light starts instantly, while it takes more than 10 minutes for the high-pressure sodium lamp to start to reach normal brightness. During this time, the high-pressure sodium lamp consumes a lot of power, while the LED flood light consumes normal power.
Through the control circuit (such as Hangzhou Zhonggang Digital), the input voltage of the LED flood light can be between 90 volts and 265 volts without affecting the LED lights. The high-pressure sodium lamp cannot start when the input voltage is less than 185V, and the power increases by 12% when the input voltage exceeds 245V. In this way, high-pressure sodium lamps have higher requirements for power supply lines. The LED has no effect.
Comparison of color rendering
The color rendering of high-pressure sodium lamps can only reach 20 to 30, while LED floodlights can reach more than 85. Compared with traditional lamp lighting, the driver can better recognize obstacles in the road and the surrounding environment of the road, and reduce the occurrence of traffic accidents.
The level of color rendering directly reflects the scotopic difference (S/P) of human eyes to light. Therefore, the luminous flux emitted by the high pressure sodium lamp must be multiplied by a correction value (0.64) to be the light perceived by the human eye strength. The luminous flux emitted by the LED lamp must be multiplied by a correction value (1.60) to be the intensity perceived by the human eye.
Color temperature range
The color temperature range of high-pressure sodium lamps is 2000 to 2500, while the color temperature range of LED street lamps is 2700k to 9000k. If the color temperature is low, it gives people a warm feeling in winter, but it gives people a hot feeling in summer. If the color temperature is high, it will give people a cold feeling in winter and a cool feeling in summer.
Generally, people spend more time in the evening in the summer, but less time in the evening in winter. There is more hot weather than cold weather in the year. Therefore, it is better to use white light with a high color temperature for road lighting.
Luminous decay
The luminous decay of LED floodlights has a lot to do with the radiators of LED lamps. Some manufacturers do better. For example, our company adopts the technology of "Multilayer Compound Heat Dissipation System" independently developed and obtained the national invention patent. The radiator is independently developed and molded, and the developed radiator makes it fit well with the lamp piece to achieve the best heat dissipation effect.
According to the current data, its light decay is less than 3% in 10,000 hours! The light decay of the high-pressure sodium lamp is generally greater than 25% in 2000 hours.
Comparison of lamp efficiency
The power efficiency of our company's LED floodlights can reach 88%. While the efficiency of high-pressure sodium lamps can only reach 70%. For example, the power consumption of a 120-watt LED flood light is 138 watts, while that of a 120-watt high-pressure sodium lamp is 156 watts.
Comparison of environmental protection
LED flood light does not contain mercury, no ultraviolet radiation, and its low working temperature effectively reduces heat emissions.
Since it saves electricity, therefore, it saves coal for power generation and uses less coal for power generation. Thus, saving carbon dioxide emissions! The high-pressure sodium lamp contains mercury and ultraviolet radiation. In addition, it emits a lot of heat, consumes electricity, wastes coal, and emits a lot of carbon dioxide when working!
Also, the LED power factor is greater than 0.99, and the power factor of the high-pressure sodium lamp is about 0.44. In this way, the pollution of the LED to the power grid is very small, and the pollution of the high-pressure sodium lamp to the power grid is great! LED lamps have no stroboscopic and light pollution, while high-pressure sodium lamps have obvious stroboscopic and light pollution.
Effective light utilization
Effective light utilization Rate Due to the characteristics of LED light source similar to point light source, it emits directional light to the illuminated object. There is basically no waste of light, so it has a very high light utilization rate, which can reach more than 92%. However, because the high-pressure sodium lamp emits on all sides, the light is source blocks part of the light itself and has a large luminous point. It is difficult to make optical design, and the efficiency of the lamp is not high, and the output.
The light spot will not overlap with the required effective illuminating surface and waste part of the light source. Therefore, it is projected to the surface of the illuminated object through the reflector of the lamp, and part of the light will be lost in the middle. Therefore, the effective light utilization rate of traditional lamps is 55~60%.
Source and development:
Road lighting is an important part of urban lighting. Traditional street lamps are often used. High-pressure sodium lamps emit 360 degrees, and the shortcomings of large light loss have caused a huge waste of energy. At present, the global environment is deteriorating day by day, and all countries are developing clean energy. With the rapid growth of the national economy, the contradiction between my country's energy supply and demand has become increasingly prominent, and there has been a serious shortage of power supply. Energy conservation is an urgent problem that requires solution. Therefore, the development of a new type of high-efficiency, energy-saving, long-life, high color rendering index, environmentally friendly LED street lamps is of great significance to the energy saving of urban lighting.
Road lighting is closely related to people's production and life. With the acceleration of my country's urbanization process, LED street lights have gradually adopted advantages such as directional lighting, low power consumption, good driving characteristics, fast response speed, high earthquake resistance, long service life, and environmental protection. Into people's vision, it has become the world's most energy-saving light source of a new generation with the advantage of replacing traditional light sources. Therefore, LED street lights will become the best choice for road lighting energy-saving transformation.
LED street lights refer to street lights made with LED light sources, which have the unique advantages of high efficiency, safety, energy saving, environmental protection, long life, fast response speed, and high color rendering index. They are of great significance to energy saving in urban lighting.
Product details:
The difference between LED street lights and conventional street lights is that the LED light source adopts low-voltage DC power supply and is a high-efficiency white light synthesized by GaN-based power blue LED and yellow. It has high efficiency, safety, energy saving, environmental protection, long life, fast response speed, high color rendering index, etc. Unique advantages, can be widely used on roads. The outer cover can be made, the high temperature resistance can reach 135 degrees, and the low temperature resistance can reach -45 degrees.
- Its own characteristics-one-way light, no light diffusion, ensuring light efficiency.
- The LED street lamp has a unique secondary optical design, which irradiates the light of the LED street lamp to the area that needs illumination. Further improves the light efficiency to achieve the purpose of energy saving.
- The LED has reached 110-130lm/W, and there is still a lot of room for development, the theoretical value reaches 360lm/W. The luminous efficiency of high-pressure sodium lamps increases with the increase of power. Therefore, the overall luminous efficiency of LED street lamps is stronger than that of high-pressure sodium lamps; (The overall luminous efficiency is theoretical, in fact, the luminous efficiency of high-pressure sodium lamps above 250W is higher than that of LED lamps. ).
- The light color rendering of LED street lamps is much higher than that of high pressure sodium lamps. The color rendering index of high pressure sodium lamps is only about 23, while the color rendering index of LED street lamps is above 75. From the perspective of visual psychology, you can achieve the same brightness. It is more than 20% lower than high pressure sodium lamp.
- The light decay is small, the light decay in a year is less than 3%, and it still meets the road requirements after 10 years of use, while the high-pressure sodium lamp has a large decay, which has dropped by more than 30% in about a year. Therefore, the design of the power of the LED street lamp Can be lower than high-pressure sodium lamps.
Additional Advantages
- The LED street lamp has an automatic control energy-saving device, which can achieve the greatest possible reduction in power and energy-saving under the condition of meeting the lighting requirements at different times. It can realize computer dimming, time period control, light control, temperature control, automatic inspection, and other humanized functions.
- Long life: You can use it for more than 50,000 hours and it provides three-year quality assurance. The disadvantage is that you can not guarantee the life of the power supply.
- High luminous efficiency: Using chips ≥100LM, it can save more than 75% energy compared with traditional high-pressure sodium lamps.
- Easy installation: no need to add buried cables, no rectifiers, etc., directly connect to the lamp pole or nest the light source into the original lamp housing.
- Excellent heat dissipation control: the temperature in summer is controlled below 45 degrees, and passive heat dissipation is adopted, and the heat dissipation in summer is insufficient.
- Reliable quality: All circuit power supplies use high-quality components, and each LED has individual overcurrent protection, so there is no need to worry about damage.
- Uniform light color: You don't have to Add lens. And there is no compromise on the uniform light color in order to improve brightness, so as to ensure uniform light color without aperture.
- The LED does not contain harmful metal mercury and will not cause harm to the environment when it is scrapped.
Combining the above principles, the energy-saving effect is remarkable, and it can save more than 60% of electricity instead of high-pressure sodium lamps.
Low maintenance cost: Compared with traditional street lamps, the maintenance cost of LED street lamps is extremely low. After comparison, all input costs can be recovered in less than 6 years.
- A single LED has low power. You need multiple parallel connections in order to obtain high power,
- Low color rendering. The color displayed under LED illumination is not as true as that of an incandescent lamp. This must be analyzed from the spectral distribution, which is a technical problem.
- Light spot. Due to the defects in the manufacturing process of the white LED itself and the matching error with the reflecting cup or lens, it is easy to cause the "yellow circle" problem.
- LED illumination uniformity problem. If the secondary optical design is not carried out. The illumination of the LED is relatively concentrated. So the secondary optical design must be carried out to make the light intensity distribution map look like a bat.
- The light decay of LED. Compared with low-power LEDs, high-power LED street lights to have much better light decay. However, low-power LEDs emit very little heat. Heat dissipation cannot solve the high-power LED. Thus, the brightness significantly decreases after heating, so you cannot increase power. The largest Spark LED street light sold in the market is 360W.
Shopping points:
Luminous efficiency
Technology is becoming more and more mature, and high-power LED light sources can already meet the needs of general street lights. The luminous efficiency of the general high-pressure sodium lamp is 100LM/W, and the high-power LED is 50-60LM/W. It can reach 80LM/W with foreign LED chips. The higher the luminous efficiency, the better the energy-saving effect. This is also the choice One of the most important indicators of LED street lights. However, there is no clear stipulation in the LED standard, so you must carefully confirm when purchasing LED street lights.
Light decay
And some businesses, in order to reduce costs, use hundreds of low-power LEDs of 0.5W. However, the light decay of this low-power LED is very serious, and its light decay to 80% has a life span of only 1000 hours. Therefore, as a street lamp that needs to be used for a long time, it is absolutely not allowed to use such low-power LEDs. Using high-power LEDs (generally more than 30W) will have a much better light decay.
Due to the high technical content and complex composition of LED street lamps, the weight of some high-power lamp holders will far exceed that of ordinary high-pressure sodium lamps, so the requirements for corresponding supporting materials are higher. However, some LED street lamp manufacturers have tried their best to reduce the self-weight of the LED lamp holder, from about 30 kg per lamp holder to more than 10 kg, and the weight reduction has a further downward trend.
Heat dissipation
Because LED is a semiconductor component, so the temperature has an impact on it and reduces to 30% of the initial luminous flux, it will lose its illumination meaning, that is, the end of life. In theory, the life of high-power LED street lights is 30,000 to 50,000 hours, but The important premise is good heat dissipation. It is worth mentioning that domestic manufacturers have adopted the world's leading needle-shaped heat dissipation technology.
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The technology is becoming more and more mature, and the efficiency of the light source has reached more than 100lm/W, which makes the energy-saving transformation of urban street lighting possible. LED street lamps, especially high-power LED street lamps, are impacting the traditional street lamp market at a rapid pace.
As the name implies, high-power LED street lights are street lights with a power greater than 30 watts and using a new type of LED semiconductor light source. The standard is generally the uniformity of road illuminance, in line with road illuminance. (The actual 1/2 center spot reaches 25LUX, the 1/4 center light intensity reaches 15LUX, the lowest light intensity at 16 meters is 4LUX, and the overlap light intensity is about 6LUX. It refers to the LED street light that uses solar silicon panels as the power supply.
- The conversion rate of light is 17%, (the solar energy per square meter is 1000W, and the actual utilization efficiency is 170W)
- The street lamp lens material in the market is an improved optical material, with a transmittance of ≥93%, a temperature resistance of -38 to +90 degrees, and an anti-UV and yellowing rate of 30,000 hours without change.
- LED street lamp, mainly used for the lens of LED street lamp, the spot is rectangular, the material is PMMA optical material, the transmittance is ≥93%, the temperature resistance is -38-+90 degrees, and the anti-UV yellowing rate is unchanged for 30,000 hours. Wait,
- The average illuminance of uniformity of road surface illuminance is 0.48, and the spot ratio is 1:2.
- Meet the road illuminance. (The actual 1/2 center spot reaches 25LUX, the 1/4 center light intensity reaches 15LUX, the lowest light intensity at 16 meters away is 4LUX, and the overlapping light intensity is about 6LUX.
- It has very good application prospects in new urban lighting. Dimming depth, and color and other characteristics will not change due to dimming.
- Adapt to humidity: ≤95.
Despite the rapid development of LED street lights, the standard of LED street lights is relatively lagging behind. Globally, there are not all LED street lamp standards, such as European standards for LED street lamps. In fact, the standards for LED street lamps in various regions are not the same in terms of indicators. LED street lamps must meet the requirements of the sales area in terms of standards. Therefore, bidding for LED street lamp projects requires in-depth study of local LED street lamp standards. Only in this way will it be fierce. Occupy a place in the market competition.
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Weird Silver Monolith Seen in Utah Has Now Appeared in Romania
Has 2020 been strange enough for you yet? If not, let us help. The strange silver monolith that appeared and then disappeared from a remote part of Utah has now shown up in Romania.
UPDATE: Vice is now reporting that the monolith that mysteriously appeared in Romania has now disappeared also. They link to a Romanian site that indicate the monolith confirming the monolith is gone. It is also noted that this disappearance happened the night of St. Andrew's Day in Romania which is associated with superstition. We'll update this story as we get new information.
ORIGINAL STORY: As we previously reported, the 10 to 12 foot tall silver metal monolith that appeared in Utah a couple weeks ago disappeared this past weekend. It apparently made quite the trip as it's now in eastern Europe. This video was shared by Stiri Piatra Neamt on the Daily Mail website in the UK.
I think I know what may be going on. The Daily Mail noted that it was a silver monolith that was featured in the Arthur C. Clarke book/movie 2001: A Space Odyssey that began with a silver monolith that allegedly communicated technology to a native tribe. If I were a betting man, I'd say that someone is rebooting that movie and is using the monolith as a stunt to promote their movie which is about to be announced. It's just a theory, but it makes sense to me as a movie company would have the resources to get this monolith halfway around the world. How they did it (if they did) with no one seeing them do it is quite a trick though.
Or, it could be the preface before an alien invasion. So, there's that. Thanks 2020 for being you.


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Scientists and engineers working at a major power plant in Iceland have shown for the first time that carbon dioxide emissions can be pumped into the earth and changed chemically to a solid within months--radically faster than anyone had predicted. The finding may help address a fear that so far has plagued the idea of capturing and storing CO2 underground: that emissions could seep back into the air or even explode out. A study describing the method appears this week in the leading journal Science.
The Hellisheidi power plant is the world's largest geothermal facility; it and a companion plant provide the energy for Iceland's capital, Reykjavik, plus power for industry, by pumping up volcanically heated water to run turbines. But the process is not completely clean; it also brings up volcanic gases, including carbon dioxide and nasty-smelling hydrogen sulfide.
Under a pilot project called Carbfix, started in 2012, the plant began mixing the gases with the water pumped from below and reinjecting the solution into the volcanic basalt below. In nature, when basalt is exposed to carbon dioxide and water, a series of natural chemical reactions takes place, and the carbon precipitates out into a whitish, chalky mineral. But no one knew how fast this might happen if the process were harnessed for carbon storage. Previous studies have estimated that in most rocks, it would take hundreds or even thousands of years. In the basalt below Hellisheidi, 95 percent of the injected carbon was solidified within less than two years.
"This means that we can pump down large amounts of CO2 and store it in a very safe way over a very short period of time," said study coauthor Martin Stute, a hydrologist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. "In the future, we could think of using this for power plants in places where there's a lot of basalt--and there are many such places." Basically all the world's seafloors are made of the porous, blackish rock, as are about 10 percent of continental rocks.
Scientists have been tussling for years with the idea of so-called carbon capture and sequestration; the 2014 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change suggests that without such technology, it may not be possible to limit global warming adequately. But up to now, projects have made little progress. It has been tried at only a handful of sites, and most experiments have involved pumping pure carbon dioxide into sandstone, or deep, salty aquifers. Here, it is hoped, pressure and solid layers of caprock above would seal in the waste. But scientists have worried that any miscalculation could result in emissions making their way back up through fractures, or that natural earthquakes or tremors caused by the injection itself could rupture subterranean reservoirs. A coal-fired power plant in Saskatchewan that currently runs North America's only large-scale operation at a generating station has been plagued by technical problems--and the captured carbon dioxide is being sent to oil producers who inject it into ailing wells to pressure out more oil, which produces more carbon dioxide when burned.
In 2007 Hellisheidi's operator, Reykjavik Energy, joined with a consortium including Columbia and the universities of Copenhagen and Iceland to get rid of its CO2 emissions, along with the hydrogen sulfide, which was plaguing the area. The plant produces 40,000 tons of CO2 a year--5 percent the emissions of an equivalent coal-fired plant, but still considerable. Lab experiments showed that, unlike the sedimentary rocks that most other projects have used for injection, the local basalt contains plenty of calcium, iron and magnesium, which are needed to precipitate out carbon. Experiments showed that large amounts of water would also have to be added to make the reaction go--another departure from previous projects, which have just pumped down pure carbon dioxide.
In a 2012-2013 pilot, the team piped 250 tons of CO2 mixed with water and hydrogen sulfide down 400 to 800 meters, then monitored the formation's chemistry through a series of wells. Fast-changing compositions of carbon isotopes in water samples, initially reported in 2014, signaled that much of the carbon had mineralized within months. The new Science paper lays out the evidence conclusively.
Edda Aradottir, who heads the project for Reykjavik Energy, initially estimated the solidification process might take 8 to 12 years--much faster than previous studies had indicated. "People said there was very little truth to that--they thought it couldn't happen that fast," she said. "Then, it happened much faster. It was a very welcome surprise." Cores drilled from the injected area show the rock is heavily laced with whitish carbonate veins, apparently produced by the process. With initial signs of success, in 2014 Reyjavik Energy started injecting carbon dioxide at the rate of 5,000 tons per year. Ongoing monitoring indicates that mineralization has kept pace, said Aradottir. This summer, the company plans to double the injection rate, she said.
Sigurdur Gislason, a University of Iceland geologist and study coauthor, said geothermal companies around the world have shown interest in the technology. But, he said, its greatest promise would be with fossil-fuel-powered plants, smelters and other heavy industries that produce far more emissions. The main stumbling block beyond the needed basalt, he said, is the water required--about 25 tons for every ton of CO2. But, he said, in many places seawater could be used. A 2010 Lamont study has already outlined basaltic seafloors off U.S. coasts that could be used to take up emissions. Separation and injection of CO2 in most other projects has been estimated to cost a steep $130 or so a ton. The Hellisheidi operation has an advantage in that it largely uses the plant's existing infrastructure to reinject the solution, and doesn't bother purifying the CO2. Its cost is only $30 a ton, said Aradottir.
Fossil-fuel plants might not be able to do it as cheaply--and they would not be able to do it at all without abundant water. Another possible hitch: a separate study out this May identified subterranean microbes that seem capable of feeding off carbonate minerals and using them to release methane, a greenhouse gas even more potent than carbon dioxide. That means nature could sneak in and reverse the solidification process. Such microbes were thought to exist only on the deep ocean floor, but researchers found them in a California spring. Microbiologists from the Paris Institute of Earth Physics have already started studying underground microbes at the Carbfix site to investigate how they might interact with the carbon in injection.
Recently, other companies have looked at other innovative ways to use up power plants' carbon emissions. Projects include one backed by Exxon to build fuel cells that turn CO2 to energy, and an initiative by Ford to convert emissions to solid foams to build the interiors of vehicles. In a project in Oman, a separate Lamont-Doherty group is looking into pumping emissions into a different kind of rock, peridotite, which may react even more rapidly with CO2.
Lead author Juerg Matter, an adjunct researcher at Lamont now based at the United Kingdom's University of Southampton, said, "We need to deal with rising carbon emissions. This is the ultimate permanent storage--turn them back to stone."
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According to the National Center on Caregiving, a family caregiver (or informal caregiver) is "an unpaid individual (for example, a spouse, partner, family member, friend, or neighbor) involved in assisting others with activities of daily living and/or medical tasks." In the US, 85% of caregivers care for a relative or loved one with 42% of those caregivers supporting an aging parent. Since early 2020, we have seen this vulnerable aging population fall prey to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, those providing care for this group have also begun to fall prey to this virus's demise in the form of care-fatigue. We've compiled a toolkit of some simple resources to help the caregivers that are on the frontline of care for their loved ones avoid burnout.
5 Tools to Avoid Burnout
- Plan Your Communication
When taking your loved one to any sort of appointment, plan out what you hope to accomplish while you are there. Make a checklist of what items you want to discuss with the provider. Ask your loved one what they would like to talk about as well. In addition, keep your other family members informed about the care you are providing by establishing a weekly check-in whether through email or Facetime or phone call.
- Don't Go It Alone
Providing daily care can be immensely rewarding but can also be a physically and emotionally exhausting job. When the job seems bigger than you can handle alone, do some research into community resources for assistance. There are networks of caregiving agencies that can help with everything from personal care to behavioral issues. Determine what you can afford to pay for services and prioritize those that are most needed for you to maintain your own health.
- Self-Care is a Necessity, Not a Luxury
Have you heard the saying "you cannot fill someone else's cup if your own cup is empty"? In order for you to continue providing care for your loved ones, you must tend to your own care. This involves taking regular breaks throughout the day—maybe for a quick walk or some exercise—to clear your head and refocus your energy. This can also include seeking out respite care so that your immediate family can go out for dinner or even away for a few days. Self-care is a chance to recharge your batteries so you are fully able to care for others.
- Teach Them Tech
This may seem like a daunting task, but teaching your aging loved one some easy technology tips can free up some time in your daily schedule for other pressing tasks. Help them use Amazon's Alexa and Google Home to check the weather or call a friend or even to set alarms and reminders. Another handy tech tool is introducing them to the convenience and safety of telemedicine. Many elderly folks are unsure of transitioning to this kind of care, but with your support, this can be a great resource for their physical health appointments.
- Practice Positivity
Frustration and fatigue are easy traps to find yourself in when providing care for others. The way to best combat this is through finding ways to reframe your thoughts. The author of the Blue Zone series, Dan Buettner, traveled the world to study the happiness of people in different parts of the world and found that if you find a balance of pleasure, purpose, and pride in life, you can achieve happiness even in tough, challenging times. You can change the way you approach the caregiving tasks in your day by seeking this balance of the 3 P's.
As the "new normal" begins in our world, you can also begin a new approach to your role as a family caregiver. Commit to using these trusty tools for avoiding burnout. They are time-tested and will help you achieve the correct, and happiness-inspiring balance that best serves both you and your loved ones.
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) "Caregiver Burnout: Steps for Coping with Stress"
U.S. Administration on Aging—Eldercare Locator
Caring.com—Family Caregiver Basics
Caregiver Action Network—10 Tips for Family Caregivers


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OVER 20,000 Hockey Players from around North America and Europe have taken Jack's Pledge and received the Jabby #13 In our Hearts helmet sticker. JOIN THE MOVEMENT!!
On Friday, December 30, 2011, Benilde St. Margaret Sophomore, Jack "Jabby" Jablonski, was chasing a puck behind the goal line when a check from behind sent him head first into the boards. His injury was severe: two broken vertebra and a severed spinal cord; his life changed in an instant. For Jack's full story and recovery update, please see: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jackjablonski
Jack grew up playing hockey in the Minneapolis (Storm) Hockey Association in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Minneapolis Hockey Association – along with the Jablonski family – are driving change in the game to eliminate dangerous play and to make hockey safer for young hockey players everywhere.
Jack's tragic incident birthed Jack's Pledge, a grass-roots program aimed at enhancing safety in the game of hockey. Through membership in Jack's Pledge, hockey associations, hockey teams, hockey coaches and hockey players (boys and girls) pledge to play the Right Way -- Jack's Way -- by the rules, safe, smart and skillfully. Hockey parents and fans can also be part of Jack's community by registering through the Community Support page.
We hope you agree with our initiative.
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Help us influence the great game that we love by registering in Jack's Pledge and playing hockey Jack's Way - by the rules, safe, smart & skillfully. We must create a safer hockey environment so that no other player EVER sustains an injury like Jack. Help us drive change through Jack's Pledge.


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Nano Technology Community Outreach
This WP deals with the communication between our project and the wider nanotechnology community. It establishes various mechanisms to ensure collaboration with and feedback. The goals are to collaboratively develop interoperability documents together with definitions of personas and use cases that capture the community needs and working practices.


text: The CT9000 microprocessor-based circular recorder offers one to four trends with one color per channel. The latter allows future trend addition upgrades and improves chart annotation of times, dates, scale values, trend line tags, and user configurable real time actuated chart messages. The instrument can have up to eight inputs. Some inputs do not have to be associated with the trend pens, i.e. display only. Up to four process values can be displayed on the 40-character vacuum fluorescent display at one time (2 lines of 20 characters each). Full English prompts allow easy configuration of the unit. Using proven dotting head print technology, there is no time difference on the chart between trend lines. This feature, along with the straight radial time line (compared to the curved lines on other recorders) allows for more accurate reading of data. The unit uses plain paper charts with pre-printed rings to further enhance readability and provide better long-term storage.


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CHICAGO — Engine supplier Eaton Corp.'s top executive strongly denied a report that the company is considering a sale of its automotive business.
"We are not, and have not been, in the process of discussions to sell our automotive business," Eaton Chairman and CEO Alexander Cutler said recently at the Deutsche Bank Global Industrials and Basic Materials Conference in Chicago.
On June 10, Bloomberg reported that Eaton was "weighing" a sale of its auto parts business to focus on its growing power and lighting operations, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Two sources told Bloomberg that managers at Eaton were in private talks about searching for a buyer.
Sources told Bloomberg that Eaton predicted that the automotive business would be an easy sell because of the unit's potential for growth. They said strong U.S. light-vehicle sales were also an incentive to consider selling off the business.
Last November, Eaton acquired Cooper Industries P.L.C., an electrical component manufacturer, for $13 billion. Since then, Culter said he has been frequently asked whether Eaton is leaving the auto industry.
"I've answered this question repeatedly since we did the acquisition of Cooper," Cutler said at the conference. "Our vehicle business is a very important part of Eaton. It is a very strong franchise."
Cutler also said Eaton's automotive segment is a lucrative part of the company's operations. Bloomberg, in its report, said the unit has a potential value of $1 billion.
Eaton's automotive business includes plastic and rubber under-the-hood parts.


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Afraid of getting hurt
A week ago Tuesday:
As he does five days a week, my son emerges from his room around 6:00 a.m. dressed in shorts and shirt courtesy of the school's athletic department. His first class of the day is football. On most mornings that's a good thing: roll out of bed, put on your athletic clothes, eat some breakfast and go. But this is not most mornings.
It's Day One of Hell Week.
The term Hell Week is a bit of a misnomer. While most of the players would say the intense workouts consisting of everything from bear crawls and up downs, tire flips and sleds to good old fashioned power lifting, sprints and jumping rope is hell, it typically doesn't last a week. Instead, it goes on until the coaches decide it's over. If one or more of your teammates isn't putting forth his best effort, everyone pays for it with added days. It's a way to simultaneously strengthen the team and thin out the herd. Some set themselves apart, others decide it's not worth it and quit football altogether. Most just keep their heads down and endure.
Knowing my son, it came as no surprise when I saw the anxiety on his face last Tuesday morning. He's been through hell week before, but as a freshman with an all freshman class. This year he's in there with the big boys–all upperclass linemen. He's going to have to prove his worth against bigger and more experienced athletes. Still, it's the first day. Getting stressed out to a point where you can't even eat breakfast isn't going to do you any good. I told him as much, not that any of my advice penetrated the fog of anxiety he was in.
As expected, Day One was "hellish". They were divided up into 4 groups: A, B, C and D–"A" being the best. My son was put on the "B" team, which considering that "A" consisted of mostly varsity players, I thought was pretty good. But by the end of class, he had been moved to the "C" team. When he got home, he didn't want to talk about it. "I just have to do better", he said.
In some situations, I would have left it at that–let him lick his wounds and try again tomorrow. But not this time, because there is absolutely no good reason he should have been moved down. I say this not because I'm one of those parents who thinks my kid is better than he really is. I say this because I've spent the last two off seasons driving my son to and from strength and conditioning training five days a week; watching him build muscle, speed and agility performing most of the drills the coaches are putting them through now. If he got moved down, I knew it had more to do with the muscle in that big head of his than any of the muscles used to push sleds and flip tractor tires.
I couldn't let it go. I pressed him. I asked him what was so hard about the first day of hell week. They didn't do anything he hasn't done before. He finally told me what the problem was.
Son: Mom, I'm afraid of getting hurt.
Me: You're afraid of getting hurt? After going through a year of weight and speed training specifically designed to prevent injury? After putting in more time in a year than many of your teammates put in their entire high school athletic careers you're afraid of getting hurt? After two seasons of playing football essentially injury free you're afraid of getting hurt? If you go into hell week thinking you're going to get hurt one of two thing will happen. You're either going to get hurt, or you're going to perform under your potential and all that training will have been a big waste of time and money.
By Wednesday, he had been moved back up to "B" team with a personal goal of being moved up to "A", provided that hell week continues past Thursday. We'll see what happens.
You can't play a contact sport like football if you're afraid of getting hurt. What you can do is trust your hard work and training.
You can't stand up and sing in front of a crowd if you're afraid of forgetting the lyrics or singing off key. What you can do is rehearse the song so many times that it's forever burned into your mind.
You can't write a book if you're afraid of being panned by critics. What you can do is write the best story you can, and then you write it again with the knowledge that there's no such thing as a universal audience for a book. If someone doesn't like your work, it's because it's just not for them.
You can't ride a bike, learn to drive, interview for a job, save a life, fall in love, lead someone to Christ or make a difference if you're afraid of getting hurt.
Life is full of hurt. When we choose not to pursue something out of fear, we feel the hurt of regret for what could have been.
And that's the kind of hurt we can seldom overcome.


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As estheticians, it's your job to pass on your knowledge--clients come to you not only for effective treatments, but for your understanding of how skin functions. One of the most ignored skin facts I come across is in regards to what happens to skin at night. Clients are always fascinated to learn that at night, the skin repairs itself from the day's damage. It's an amazing process, but one that's often overlooked and misunderstood. Do your clients know about nighttime skin care?
At night, skin experiences several changes:
- Transepidermal water loss (TEWL) increases, causing the skin's protective hydrolipid barrier to weaken, allowing for greater penetration of active ingredients.
- The skin's own natural antioxidant levels increase.
- Skin repairs from the day's damage from exposure to environmental aggressors, such as UV rays, smog, nicotine, etc. and rejuvenates itself.
- Stress hormones decrease during sleep, so the skin is better able to repair itself.
- Oil production is two times lower at night than during the day.
What are the benefits of a dedicated nighttime skin care plan?
The physiological benefits
For many clients, the same routine is followed both morning and night: start with cleanser and end with moisturizer. But when the sun goes down and skin starts to work the night shift, clients can take advantage of its physiological changes to maximize visible results--and see skin that looks firmer and younger in the morning.
The retail benefits
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This piece has been around - in the Edmonton Journal, Living Light News, Ponoka News and on the web. I read it at a Debbie Zepick concert last week and almost broke down. What God has done never ceases to amaze and humble me. Merry Christmas, everyone! :)Marcia
"See what you have to look forward to now?" the whisper in my ear came from a friend in the pew behind us and it made my smile widen. It was Dec. 10th and we were on our first outing with our new baby. She was only 10 days old, but we braved the frigid Yukon winter to attend the Christmas pageant at a small mission church.
I knew the service wouldn't be a grand production. The church was just a hall, tiny and dilapidated. The Carols were sung a cappella, without a pianist to help keep us in tune. The pageant consisted of six or seven children dressed in bathrobes, their heads in kitchen-towel wraps. The backdrop was made of cardboard stars covered in tinfoil.
But I was seeing everything attached to Christmas in a new way. The tinfoil stars glittered more brightly than a chandelier. The carols were as harmonious as though sung by angels. And the children... ah, the children made the story live! I was bursting with thankfulness. I had just been given the desire of my heart, the precious gift of a child of my own.
We had been told it wouldn't happen, and after five years without conceiving a child, my husband and I tried to resign ourselves to that reality. I took great pains to hide the deep sadness I found almost unbearable. No one knew how much I wanted a baby, but the clues were there. I was angry much of the time. Convinced God was punishing me, I hated Him. The bitterness poured into all aspects of my life.
Until the day God laughed.
It was on the road to Mayo, Yukon. I was going to visit a friend, determined not to think about God or religion or any of the baffling questions my husband kept bringing up. But no matter what I tried, my mind would not rest. The question of God's existence and what he had to do with me would not go away. In desperation, I pulled my vehicle into a lookout point about the Stewart River.
The beautiful river valley stretched out below, but I barely saw it. In turmoil, I challenged God to do something to prove He was there. Then I realized how foolish I was, talking to a God I did not really believe existed. At that point something happened which I have never been able to describe adequately. I "heard" laughter, like a grandfather chuckling, and the words, "Yes, but I love you anyway."
None of this was audible, yet it was real. I thought I was going insane. The turmoil had finally pushed me over the edge and now I was hearing voices. I stomped on the gas pedal of my truck, turned the radio up as loud as it would go, and fled.
My visit with my friend turned out to be more discussion of spiritual things, but by the time I returned home I was determined not to pursue Christianity. Besides, I had something else on my mind. I had been suffering from a strange flu. On about the seventh day of this "flu", the realization I was in fact pregnant flooded over me like warm rain. With it came a thunderbolt of truth.
This was the "something" I had challenged God to do. The child growing in my womb was His answer, the proof of His love. He gave me the desire of my heart. She was born Nov. 30, 1982.
"See what you have to look forward to now?" Oh yes, I saw. I saw a future filled with the knowledge there is peace without measure, grace without limit and love without conditions. I saw a future suddenly bright because I believe the Christmas story. A tiny baby, whose sole purpose was to die for me and all others, was born in Bethlehem. I saw the reality that the Christ is still intimately involved in our lives here on earth.
Though the church may be just a hall, the music less than perfect, and the costumes homemade, the story is exquisite. The story is true!


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Tender Leaf Toys Fire Engine
By Tender Leaf
This bright fire engine has an unrolling hose and a natural wood extending arm to take the 4 firefighters to dizzying heights to fight fires or rescue a kitten!
Includes lots of accessories which can be carried inside the body of the engine.
Lift the back panel to access a hydrant, extinguisher, 4 barricades, a cone, and an extra length of hose.
4 firefighters included. Illustrated on all sides.
Age range: 3 Years And Older
Product size: 11.02 x 4.33 x 6.3"
Weight: 2.64 lbs


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The Japanese AV (adult video) industry, whose revenue comprised more than 20% of worldwide sales according to a 2006 survey, continues to grow every year. And with that growth comes an increasing number of young women who aspire to work in the industry.
But with so many girls taking a shot at being AV stars and entering into this seemingly glamorous but equally shady profession, how do they go about their daily lives unnoticed? And what becomes of AV stars who leave the industry?
In an interview with Atsuhiko Nakamura, author of books such as "The Nameless Women" and interviewer of literally hundreds of AV actresses, Shuplay News uncovered some startling facts about the sex industry in Japan, in particular the life of the women who become involved in making adult movies.
"Many girls enter the AV industry each year, but not necessarily all for the same reasons," Nakamura comments. "Some do it entirely for the money, while others are just comfortable with the idea of having sex in front of people and see it as any easy job. It just works for them."
The Japanese AV industry reportedly sees an astounding 6,000 newcomers each year. But surely the risk of being seen on a video would be enough to dissuade any self-respecting young woman from doing such a thing?
"With the huge number of girls working in the industry, cases of AV actresses being recognised while going about their daily lives are quite rare," says Nakamura, adding "there are plenty of cases of former AV girls who are now happily married and enjoying normal lives."
In many cases, girls do a short spell making XXX videos, and then, perhaps having earned enough to support themselves financially, or simply deciding that they have had enough, choose to leave and pursue a more orthodox lifestyle. After all, few people actively working in the porn industry are seen out shopping with their kids or taking part in PTA meetings without those around them raising a few eyebrows.
But it is here that many retired AV models hit a wall, says Nakamura, describing what he calls the "AV-no" (literally Adult Video brain"); the "AV Mindset" that many girls find themselves unable to shake off.
"A lot of girls find themselves unable to return to regular jobs after working as an AV model," explains Nakamura. "They have worked in an often lucrative business, some for many years, so to go back to a standard job for a much smaller salary is not easy. Around two thirds of retired AV models end up in the sex industry, working in hostess bars or even working as prostitutes in 'soap-land' bath houses."
It would seem that, of those thousands of girls initially seeking an easy, well-paid life as a porn-star, literally thousands of them become trapped in the sex industry afterwards.
The "AV Mindset" that Nakamura speaks of has two distinct sides to it; while there are some retired AV models who lack the skills required to work in regular jobs, and who find themselves in the strange position of feeling more comfortable in environments like hostess bars, there are also women who, despite wanting to stop making sex tapes, are unwilling to return to an everyday lifestyle and lose all the trappings and relative glamour that came from their wealthy AV lifestyle.
Nakamura compares this way of thinking to writers who, at the peak of their game being paid hundreds of dollars for articles, suddenly have the rug pulled out from under them and are forced to work for just $20 or $30 per piece.
"Some writers refuse to do it out of pride or shock. Some, on the other hand, simply can't afford to go back to that and look for more lucrative work elsewhere."
Just over two years ago, former AKB48 idol Rina Nakanishi was reported to have become an AV model after her sudden departure from the popular group. While some suggested that, with such a huge existing fan-base, she would see incredible success, others – perhaps more reasonably – argued that, once the novelty of seeing a former pop star perform sexual acts had worn off, Nakanishi would be left out in the cold, disgraced and jobless.
The Japanese sex industry may well be one of the biggest in the world, but it's clearly very dangerous ground to play in.
Stay in school, boys and girls.


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FLORIDA—(ENEWSPF)—August 13, 2018
Contacts: Dwayne Brown, Karen Fox, Geoffrey Brown, and Tori McLendon
Hours before the rise of the very star it will study, NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched from Florida Sunday to begin its journey to the Sun, where it will undertake a landmark mission. The spacecraft will transmit its first science observations in December, beginning a revolution in our understanding of the star that makes life on Earth possible.
Roughly the size of a small car, the spacecraft lifted off at 3:31 a.m. EDT on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. At 5:33 a.m., the mission operations manager reported that the spacecraft was healthy and operating normally.
The mission's findings will help researchers improve their forecasts of space weather events, which have the potential to damage satellites and harm astronauts on orbit, disrupt radio communications and, at their most severe, overwhelm power grids.
"This mission truly marks humanity's first visit to a star that will have implications not just here on Earth, but how we better understand our universe," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate. "We've accomplished something that decades ago, lived solely in the realm of science fiction."
During the first week of its journey, the spacecraft will deploy its high-gain antenna and magnetometer boom. It also will perform the first of a two-part deployment of its electric field antennas. Instrument testing will begin in early September and last approximately four weeks, after which Parker Solar Probe can begin science operations.
"Today's launch was the culmination of six decades of scientific study and millions of hours of effort," said project manager Andy Driesman, of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. "Now, Parker Solar Probe is operating normally and on its way to begin a seven-year mission of extreme science."
Over the next two months, Parker Solar Probe will fly towards Venus, performing its first Venus gravity assist in early October – a maneuver a bit like a handbrake turn – that whips the spacecraft around the planet, using Venus's gravity to trim the spacecraft's orbit tighter around the Sun. This first flyby will place Parker Solar Probe in position in early November to fly as close as 15 million miles from the Sun – within the blazing solar atmosphere, known as the corona – closer than anything made by humanity has ever gone before.
Throughout its seven-year mission, Parker Solar Probe will make six more Venus flybys and 24 total passes by the Sun, journeying steadily closer to the Sun until it makes its closest approach at 3.8 million miles. At this point, the probe will be moving at roughly 430,000 miles per hour, setting the record for the fastest-moving object made by humanity.
Parker Solar Probe will set its sights on the corona to solve long-standing, foundational mysteries of our Sun. What is the secret of the scorching corona, which is more than 300 times hotter than the Sun's surface, thousands of miles below? What drives the supersonic solar wind – the constant stream of solar material that blows through the entire solar system? And finally, what accelerates solar energetic particles, which can reach speeds up to more than half the speed of light as they rocket away from the Sun?
Scientists have sought these answers for more than 60 years, but the investigation requires sending a probe right through the unrelenting heat of the corona. Today, this is finally possible with cutting-edge thermal engineering advances that can protect the mission on its daring journey.
"Exploring the Sun's corona with a spacecraft has been one of the hardest challenges for space exploration," said Nicola Fox, project scientist at APL. "We're finally going to be able to answer questions about the corona and solar wind raised by Gene Parker in 1958 – using a spacecraft that bears his name – and I can't wait to find out what discoveries we make. The science will be remarkable."
Parker Solar Probe carries four instrument suites designed to study magnetic fields, plasma and energetic particles, and capture images of the solar wind. The University of California, Berkeley, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and Princeton University in New Jersey lead these investigations.
Parker Solar Probe is part of NASA's Living with a Star program to explore aspects of the Sun-Earth system that directly affect life and society. The Living with a Star program is managed by the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. APL designed and built, and operates the spacecraft.
The mission is named for Eugene Parker, the physicist who first theorized the existence of the solar wind in 1958. It's the first NASA mission to be named for a living researcher.
A plaque dedicating the mission to Parker was attached to the spacecraft in May. It includes a quote from the renowned physicist – "Let's see what lies ahead." It also holds a memory card containing more than 1.1 million names submitted by the public to travel with the spacecraft to the Sun.
For more information on Parker Solar Probe, go to: https://www.nasa.gov/solarprobe
Source: www.nasa.gov


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If you don't remember anything else from this article, remember that fear is not from God but from Satan. See Second Timothy 1:7. Every time you feel fear in your life, it's a manifestation of the kingdom of darkness. I often say in my teachings that fear is the "master spirit." It's the spirit Satan uses to try to rule God's people and keep them from coming under the leadership of the true Master, Jesus Christ.
What Are You Afraid Of?
Multitudes of people never fulfill the call of God on their lives simply because every time they try to go forward, the devil uses fear to stop them. Is he using fear to stop you? Satan uses fear to keep people from enjoying life. Fear brings torment, according to 1 John 4:18, and you surely can't enjoy life and be tormented at the same time.
I want to encourage you to take an inventory in the fear department. What are you afraid of? Are there any areas in your life that are being stifled because of fear? Satan is always going to bring fear against us at various times. It's one of his major weapons—not a cap gun, but a cannon.
Stepping Out in Spite of Fear
All of us must learn how not to "fear the fear." The devil brings fear, but you can choose not to bow your knee to it. David said, "What time I am afraid, I will…trust…in You" (Psalm 56:3). I believe we can say that when God leads you to step out in an area to do something new, or leads you to make a bigger commitment, you may (or probably will) feel fear. However, if you're sure God told you to do it, put your trust in Him and go forward.
I have to apply this same principle to my life all the time. Years ago, we realized that we really needed more office space. At the same time, we needed more employees, which would require more desks, computers, phones, etc. We had a choice. We had prayed for growth so we could help more people. And everything did increase—resource orders, speaking engagements, incoming phone calls, mail, etc. It was God's timing, and He was moving.
We had to make a decision to either stand still in fear or move with God. If we had not been willing to rent more space and hire more people, we couldn't have kept up with the growth. I can tell you for sure that fear tried to stop me. I heard things like, "Joyce, you're getting in over your head." "That's too much money to spend." "What if the increase doesn't continue?" I'm sure you know the recording; you've probably heard it also.
We certainly don't want to move in the flesh or out of God's timing, but when God is moving, you can't be afraid to move with Him. In my situation, I had a choice to be led by my head or follow the leading of the Holy Spirit.
How Fear Works
Some common fears are fear of lack, death, loneliness, people, authority, commitment, heights, germs, closed-in spaces, airplanes, dogs, cats, failure, rejection, being laughed at, and even fear of being attractive.
We went to the library and got a typed list of known phobias—it was four pages long. It even included phobaphobia, which is the fear of being afraid. It seems that the list is endless. It convinced me even more of how extensive Satan's work is in this area.
Face Fear and Move Forward
Isaiah 41:10 says, Fear not, for I am with you. I believe God works gently with us to bring us out of bondage and into liberty. If you've been afraid of something and desire to be free, the time will eventually come when you'll have to face your fear and not run away from it. Just take Jesus' hand, acknowledge that He is with you, and do it. If you're afraid of people with authority, the time will come when you'll have to confront an authority figure and not cower in fear. God will have arranged the time. He'll be there, but you'll have to choose whether to go through or run away.
If you're at one of these crossroads in your life, let me encourage you to go forward. Don't stand still in terror, but take His hand and go forward. Remember, fear torments and God wants to deliver you from all of your fears.


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What is left to say?
This was the first poem I loved, and it's still my favourite. Here the country is the character, and like all well-drawn characters it is complex and has its dark side.
Far are the shades of Arabia,
Where the Princes ride at noon,
'Mid the verdurous vales and thickets,
Under the ghost of the moon;
And so dark is that vaulted purple
Flowers in the forest rise
And toss into blossom 'gainst the phantom stars
Pale in the noonday skies.
Sweet is the music of Arabia
In my heart, when out of dreams
I still in the thin clear mirk of dawn
Descry her gliding streams;
Hear her strange lutes on the green banks
Ring loud with the grief and delight
Of the dim-silked, dark-haired Musicians
In the brooding silence of night.
They haunt me — her lutes and her forests;
No beauty on earth I see
But shadowed with that dream recalls
Her loveliness to me:
Still eyes look coldly upon me,
Cold voices whisper and say —
'He is crazed with the spell of far Arabia,
They have stolen his wits away.'
ARABIA – Walter de la Mare


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It's a busy time for the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service.
They're sending out some 8 million second-round Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) by prepaid debit card. The debit cards follow millions of EIPs already made by direct deposit and the ongoing mailing of paper checks to deliver the second batch of EIPs as quickly as possible.
Go online to check your payment status
Go online to the IRS website and bring up Get My Payment; if it shows a date that your payment was mailed, you can expect either a paper check or a debit card to arrive by mail.
An IRS release cautions taxpayers, however, that they should not be alarmed if there's a glitch on the Get My Payment tool:
"For those taxpayers who checked Get My Payment and received a response indicating a direct deposit was to be sent to an account they do not recognize, the IRS advises them to continue to monitor their bank accounts for deposits.
"The IRS emphasizes that the information taxpayers see in the Get My Payment tool, including account numbers and potential deposit dates, may not display an accurate account number as we continue to work through updates. No action is necessary for taxpayers as this work continues; they do not need to call the IRS, their tax provider or their financial institution," the release continues.
To speed up delivery, the Treasury Department's Bureau of Fiscal Service is sending payments out by prepaid debit card.
The IRS and the Treasury are urging eligible people who do not get a direct deposit to watch their mail carefully during this time.
The prepaid debit card—called the Economic Impact Payment card—is sponsored by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service and is issued by MetaBank, N.A, the Treasury's financial agent.
The Treasury does not determine who receives a prepaid debit card.
Taxpayers should keep in mind that the form of payment for this second round of Economic Impact Payments may be different than the first payment. Some people who got a paper check last time might get a prepaid debit card this time around, while some who received a prepaid debit card last time could get a paper check this time.
Moe information about these cards is available at EIPcard.com.
EIP cards are safe and secure
Taxpayers can trust that EIP Cards are safe, secure and convenient. Card recipients can make purchases online or in stores anywhere Visa Debit Cards are accepted. They can get cash from domestic in-network ATMs, transfer funds to a personal bank account – even obtain a replacement EIP card if needed without being charged any fees.
EIP Cards provide consumer protections, including measures guarding against fraud, loss, and other errors.
EIP Cards are being sent in white envelopes that prominently display the seal of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The EIP Card has the Visa name on the front of the card and the issuing bank name (MetaBank, N.A) on the back of the card.
Each mailing includes instructions on how to securely activate and use the EIP Card.
Cards are being issued to eligible recipients across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The IRS says residents of the western part of the U.S. are more likely to get an EIP Card.
This second round of payments comes after the successful delivery of more than $270 billion in CARES Act Economic Impact Payments in the first round.
To check the status of a payment, visit IRS.gov/getmypayment.
For more information about Economic Impact Payments, visit IRS.gov/eip.


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White House says Russia's ban on US agricultural imports will isolate Russia, hurt its economy
The White House says Russia's reported move to ban agricultural imports from the U.S. will only deepen Russia's isolation from the international community.
White House spokeswoman Laura Lucas Magnuson says retaliating against Western companies or countries over sanctions the U.S. has imposed will cause further damage to Russia's economy. She's pointing out that Russia's central bank has said banning imported food would boost inflation and erode Russian citizens' purchasing power.
Russian state news agency RIA Novosti is quoting a Russian official as saying all agricultural products produced in the U.S. won't be allowed into Russia. According to USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. exporters shipped $1.3 billion worth of food and agricultural products in 2013.
Magnuson says the U.S. is calling on Russia once again to de-escalate the conflict in Ukraine.


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R. Kelly arrested again in Chicago on federal sex charges
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Singer R. Kelly, already facing sexual abuse charges brought by Illinois prosecutors, was arrested in Chicago Thursday on a federal grand jury indictment listing 13 counts including sex crimes and obstruction of justice.
U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Joseph Fitzpatrick said the R&B singer was taken into custody about 7 p.m. and was being held by federal authorities. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website, Kelly is being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago.
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He was arrested after the indictment was handed down earlier Thursday in federal court for the Northern District of Illinois.
"The counts include child porn, enticement of a minor and obstruction of justice," Fitzpatrick said, adding that further details would be released Friday.
The arrest was the second time this year that Kelly has been taken into custody in Chicago on sex charges. The 52-year-old Grammy winner, whose real name is Robert Kelly, was arrested in February on 10 counts in Illinois involving four women, three of whom were minors when the alleged abuse occurred. He pleaded not guilty to those charges and was released on bail.
Then on May 30, Cook County prosecutors added 11 more sex-related counts involving one of the women who accused him of sexually abusing her when she was underage.
Darrell Johnson, a publicist for Kelly, said he planned to deliver a statement about the latest developments at a Friday morning news conference in Atlanta. He declined to comment ahead of that time.
Kelly's attorneys could not immediately be reached for comment on the federal charges. Fitzpatrick said Kelly's arraignment date and time had not yet been set.
Kelly has faced mounting legal troubles this year after Lifetime aired a documentary "Surviving R. Kelly," which revisited allegations of sexual abuse of girls. The series followed the BBC's "R Kelly: Sex, Girls & Videotapes," released in 2018, that alleged the singer was holding women against their will and running a "sex cult."
Soon after the release of the Lifetime documentary, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx said her office had been inundated with calls about the allegations in the documentary. Her office's investigation led to the charges in February and additional counts added in May.
Kelly avoided prison after similar allegations were made more than a decade ago. A jury in 2008 acquitted him of child pornography charges that stemmed from a videotape, obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times, allegedly showing Kelly having sex with a minor.


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If you're in recovery, there's an excellent chance that you'll at least consider the possibility of working in the field of substance abuse and addictions.
Roughly two thirds of all addiction counselors are recovering addicts and alcoholics. For many, it's simply a passing thought as they consider the benefit that they've experienced in a rehab, Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) or counseling center. For others, it's an exciting new career and a chance to pass on what they've learned.
What does it takes to enter, maintain, and prosper in the field of addictions counseling?
First Things First
There's no defined amount of time that a person should be in recovery before they enter the field. Depending on what you need for education and training, you might be entering the field fairly quickly or years from now. Having at least a couple years under your belt makes sense. Having stability in your daily life before taking on a new challenge is suggested.
While it's not a requirement, I highly recommend that if you have not experienced individual counseling, that you do so before pursuing a career in the field. It's an invaluable experience in humility and it will provide a great deal of insight into what the process looks like. The best things I learned about counseling were not in college or in seminars. They came from sitting on the other side of the desk and they taught me a great deal about myself, about healing, and how to let go.
Education Licensing
To work as an addictions counselor you will need to earn a license issued by the state within which you'll be working. There is great variance in the amounts and type of education required from state to state. You can earn an entry level counseling position with an associate's degree in most states. Check the website of your state government for requirements. Please ensure that the school you plan on attending is accredited. (non accredited "colleges" do not usually qualify you for licensing).
If you already have an associate's or bachelor's degree, you might consider going on for a master's.
- Earning a master's degree makes one eligible to do dual diagnosis treatment (mental health and addictions/substance abuse).
- Degree programs in addictions counseling, psychology, education and social work make one eligible for licensing as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT).
- Managed care companies are progressively showing a strong bias toward masters level clinicians.
If College Isn't for You
Some states have provisions that allow people who work in front line positions in the field to use cumulative experience in lieu of education. In some states, a person who works entry level jobs in a rehabilitation or detox center under clinical supervision for two years full time can test for an entry level counseling license. More so than any other professionally licensed field, addictions counseling values inclusiveness. This is further evident in the fact that our field is one of the very few that are notably forgiving of past criminal convictions.
What College Can't Teach You
There are personality traits that a person either has or they don't. Empathy, compassion, and respect for the dignity of others cannot be taught. Patience and tolerance are absolutely necessary. The intangibles of intuition and instincts are key skills that I look for in the addictions counselors I hire.
If your recovery has not taught you sufficient lessons in powerlessness and humility, counseling people in recovery will. We bear witness to the suffering of others. We fight against a disease. We offer support, skills, knowledge, and we work hard to promote and empower. We come to care for those we serve and we are at all times in the midst of both transformation and destruction.
The most common concern I hear from those considering entering the field is that they will "take it personally." I can assure you that it's manageable because those we serve are not our friends and family. We learn to take nothing personally. When things go well we know that we are simply catalysts for growth and when they go badly we know that we are not responsible for our client's choices.
Keys to Success as a New Clinician
As a new clinician, you will almost certainly be working for an agency until you earn licensure that allows you to work independently. You'll be under the supervision of an experienced clinician who has been trained and earned standing/licensure as a clinical supervisor.
- The importance of high quality clinical supervision cannot be overstated. This person is a mentor, a teacher, and an important support through a difficult learning curve.
- Understanding the commitment a potential employer has to the quality and quantity of clinical supervision should be part of every job interview.
Throughout the landscape of social service agencies, one finds a wide array of professional pitfalls. Please don't be discouraged, but know that organizations often behave like dysfunctional families. Common sense and the professional standards that apply throughout the business world will serve you well in the average nonprofit establishment. Clear and consistent boundaries are absolutely paramount to your success. Remember that we are all wounded healers.
Bottom Line - It's a Great Job
Ours is an honorable profession. We serve people who have incredible resilience and drive. We are invited into the most sacred of places – a person's heart, soul and psyche. We share our experience, strength, and hope. The job is never boring and it's always challenging. There's never been a day I went home wondering if it was worth it. Touch one life – touch a hundred. Ripple effects are the best benefit of our work.
- About the author Jim LaPierre:
- My story is I'm forever a work in progress and I love connecting with REAL people who are doing great things. I'm blessed to be making a living doing something I love. I'm a proud dad and the luckiest husband ever. I'm an aspiring author - check out my recovery blog at: recoveryrocks.bangordailynews.com Thanks! Jim
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Let \begin{equation} R(x) = \sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{\mu(k)}{k}li(x^{1/k}) \end{equation} where $\mu$ is the Mobius function and \begin{equation} li(x) = \int_0^x \frac{dt}{\log t} \end{equation} Is there a proof in the literature of \begin{equation} \pi(x)=R(x)-\sum_{\rho}R(x^{\rho}) \end{equation} where $\pi$ is prime counting function and the sum is over all complex zeros of $\zeta(s)$. The literature seems to treat it as fact while stating no proof is available - a strange situation.
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