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As we get older, the condition of our teeth can deteriorate even if we take care of them in an appropriate way. Conserving dentistry (treatments aimed at conserving the teeth) can extend the durability of our teeth by years. Howevever, it doesn't have an everlasting effect if the structure of the tooth is already damaged.
During its development, dentistry has come up with several solutions for prostheses. Dental bridges can replace lost teeth, but they require the grinding down of the adjacent, intact tooth. In case of serious tooth loss, the well-known, removable dentures are available with all their inconveniences. Then artificial teeth (dental implants) appeared on the market. They represent a solid, safe, durable, aesthetic solution of tooth replacement. But some patients ask this question: are dental implants permanent?
In this article you will get answers to the following questions:
- What does the success of implantation depend on?
- Is it possible that the organism does not tolerate the implant?
- Are dental implants permanent?
Thanks to modern technology, today it is possible to produce tooth implants which are excellent from an aesthetic point of view, seem identical to real teeth and do not damage the intact teeth.
This gives specialists almost unlimited possibilities to create aesthetic tooth implants.
What does the success of implantation depend on?
With appropriate lifestyle and throughout care of the teeth, the implant can stay in place for decades.
The precondition for this is careful assessment and compliance with certain conditions. You, the patient are the one who can do the most to achieve this.
Some factors can reduce the chances of successful dental implantation (ossification). Among these we can list smoking, regular consumption of alcoholic drinks and the lack of oral hygiene and gingivitis (which is partly caused by the aforementioned factors). These not only make implementing tooth implants more difficult or impossible, but can further ruin the condition of our teeth and destroy our appearance.
If we think about getting tooth implants, we should be prepared for it and eliminate the aforementioned problems.
Another obstacle can be the lack of bone substance in the jawbone. In this case, the patient will need bone grafting before the implantation. Before the intervention you will undergo an X-ray or a CT examination. This can reveal the potential lack of bone substance. This way your dentist will accurately assessed the condition of you jawbone and he will tell you the possible solutions.
Is it possible that the organism does not tolerate the implant?
With the right preparation from both the patient and the dentist, this happens very rarely.
Right preparation means getting rid of the aforementioned harmful habits (smoking etc) and to treat eventual gingivitis before the intervention.
After the first examinations, your dentist will warn you about these and they will give you the necessary advice so that you can avoid the inconveniences.
The dental intervention is a collaboration that requires a certain effort also from the patient's side. It is why you will have to discuss everything thoroughly with your dentist in connection with the intervention.
The metal part of the dental implant is made of titanium. This metal only rarely triggers an undesirable reaction in the organism. Therefore the high quality material and the professional detist guarantee success.
Are dental implants permanent?
The first tooth implantation which served as the basis for the current technology was performed in Sweden in the 1960s. This implant remained in the patient's mouth until their death nearly 40 years later.
Today's technology offers almost limitless opportunities in the field of tooth implantation. The companies producing quality products have all reported a long term success rate of 90-95%. The implant itself can last for decades. However, the crown (the visible part of the tooth structure) will wear away after a time, depending on its material (usually after 10-15 years). However, these crowns are easily replaceable.
The material itself guarantees the durability of the implant. There is usually a warranty of 10 years for them, depending on the manufacturer.
After a successful implant intervention, you can keep your confident smile for decades if you have appropriate oral hygiene and regular dental check-ups .
After many years of experience and implementing several thousands of tooth implants, our dentists guarantee success. Also for you.


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Now that you have Liferay IDE installed, either from a downloaded zip file or from the update site appropriate for your Eclipse version, you need to perform some basic setup. This section describes the setup steps to perform so you can develop your Liferay portal and test your customizations.
Before setting up Liferay IDE, let's make sure you have all the appropriate software packages installed.
Before setting up Liferay IDE, you need to have appropriate versions of Liferay Portal, Liferay Plugins SDK and/or Maven, and Eclipse. Make sure you satisfy these requirements before proceeding:
Liferay Portal 6.0.5 or greater is downloaded and unzipped
Liferay Plugins SDK 6.0.5 or greater is downloaded and unzipped, and/or any version of Maven is installed. If you're using the Plugins SDK, make sure the Plugins SDK version matches the Liferay Portal version.
You've installed an appropriate Eclipse IDE version for Java EE Development, and the Liferay IDE extension–see the Installation section if you haven't already done this.
Let's set up your Liferay Plugins SDK.
Registering the Liferay Plugins SDK with Liferay IDE
Before you begin creating new Liferay plugin projects, a supported Liferay Plugins SDK and/or Maven installation and Liferay Portal must be installed and configured in your Liferay IDE. If you're thinking, "Wait a second, buster! I thought the Plugins SDK and Maven could be used without Liferay IDE!", then you're right. In the The Plugins SDK chapter, we'll explain how to use the Plugins SDK on its own, with a text editor. Also, we'll explain how to use Maven on its own in the Developing plugins using Maven chapter. Here, we explain the easiest way to use the Plugins SDK: by running it from Liferay IDE.
In Eclipse, click Window → Preferences → Liferay → Installed Plugin SDKs.
Click Add to bring up the Add SDK Dialog.
Browse to your Plugins SDK installation. The default name is the directory name; you can change it if you want.
Select OK and verify that your SDK was added to the list of Installed Liferay Plugin SDKs.
Let's set up your Liferay Portal Tomcat runtime and server.
Liferay Portal Tomcat Runtime and Server Setup
In Eclipse, go to Window → Preferences → Server → Runtime Environments.
Click Add to add a new Liferay runtime; find Liferay v6.1 (Tomcat 7) under the Liferay, Inc. category and click Next.
Click Browse and select your
liferay-portal-6.1.x directory
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If you've selected the Liferay portal directory and a bundle JRE is present, it is automatically selected as the server's launch JRE. If no JRE bundle is present, then you must select the JRE to use for launch by clicking Installed JREs….
Click Finish; you should see your Liferay portal runtime listed in Preferences → Server → Runtime Environments.
Click OK to save your runtime preferences.
If you haven't created a server, create one now from the Servers view in Liferay IDE; then you can test the server.
Scroll to the Liferay, Inc folder and select Liferay v6… Server. Choose the Liferay v6… runtime environment that you just created.
Now your server is set up. Let's launch it and perform some tests!

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The perfect hoodie for tech lovers, computer nerds, gamer geeks, PC enthusiast and anyone who has a PC hobby.
The hooded sweatshirt features a durable cotton and polyester blend, making it a comfortable, yet warm garment. Its spacious pouch pocket and matching drawstrings allow you to bring your design to life.
- 50% preshrunk cotton, 50% polyester
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Herewith Sara's favorites. Enjoy and happy week-end!
Fortunately- or unfortunately, I have very limited closet space so it helps curb my buying behavior. I fell in love with this teal serving piece in an antiques mall a couple of years ago, and don't regret the money I spent on it one bit, except that it sits in my closet more then I wish it did.
SLEEP!!! -- I wish my 15-month old had gotten the memo that I am a mom that L-O-V- E-S to sleep. If I could sleep 10 hours every night, I would. Unfortunately- that- or anything remotely close- hasn't been part of his agenda. He didn't sleep through the night for the first time until he was about 10 months old, and still usually wakes up at least once a night. My dear husband lets me sleep in on the weekends, though- so I can still remember how sweet it is. I guess the positive spin is that sometimes it makes me more productive- I prefer just staying up and working, rather than being woken up after just falling asleep.


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Did the kiddos get a little "creative" with their coloring? Cleaning things up isn't so hard with this tip:
- Try covering the stains with toothpaste then scrub off with a damp cloth (just plain–not the gel kind). I've tried this on wood paneling, painted walls and even a porcelain doll face.
Works like a charm for me, but didn't work out so well for you? No worries, there's a list of more ideas for removing stubborn marker scribbles below.
First, this is an experiment I tried on a wood table which had old permanent marker stains. Another several years old abuse. I decided to try toothpaste and they lifted quite nicely.
What I Did: I simply rubbed some in, left it for a minute or two and then took a soapy, wet dishcloth (excess water squeezed out) and rubbed out the stains going with the direction of the grain of the wood. I had to apply some pressure, but it worked!
Caution: Be careful about using toothpaste, make sure to choose a regular kind that doesn't contain any abrasives. Especially when working on items with a fine finish (such as wood furniture) since you don't want to scratch the surface.
Here are more helpful tips I've organized from readers in the comment area below (for use on wood, walls, floors, clothing–all kinds of things):
- Color over spot with a dry erase marker, wipe it off and it should pull up the ink too.
- Try erasing with a pencil eraser.
- Spray sunscreen over top (don't leave on wood too long or there may be damage).
- Apply a bit of hair spray.
- Spray insect repellent over the ink.
- Mix 3/4 cup household ammonia with 1 quart water and soak the clothing or laundry item in the solution (tie up the pail of cleaner with the clothing in a plastic garbage bag for 24 hrs).
- Wipe them away with baby wipes.
- Hand sanitizer gel rubbed into the spot then washed away does a nice job.
Have I missed your tried & true remedy? Please share it in the comments section below!


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A hydrostatic transmission (HST) exists any time a hydraulic pump is connected to and dedicated to one or more hydraulic motors. Versatility is achieved by making either or both the pump and motor(s) variable displacement. The result is a continuously variable transmission (CVT).
An HST is preferred over shifted gear transmission in many cases because of the stepless way in which the HST's speed ratio can be changed. Many such CVTs are manually changed, while others change automatically. A popular automatic configuration uses a manually adjusted pump displacement with a pressure compensated motor. This configuration results in the so-called "constant output power" transmission. These transmissions produce a speed-torque characteristic that is hyperbolic, and they are used primarily to prevent lugging of the prime mover. There are others, but the aim here is to concentrate on the implementation of the models.
Establishing a model
Figure 1 shows the first step in connecting Type 2 pump and motor models when configuring a hydrostatic transmission. Input torque to drive and power the pump is from some unspecified source at the left in Figure 1. Similarly, the motor output shaft is supplying power to some unspecified rotational load to the right.
The A and B Port nomenclature of the two machines is not standard in either ISO or US standards. Rather, it's been copied from the standardized practice used with valves. In fact, I'll sometimes refer to them as the work ports of the pump and motor, as is common with directional valves.
The A port of the pump connects to the A port of the motor, the CD ports of pump and motor are connected together, as are the B ports of the pump and motor. In this way, the output of the pump feeds and powers the motor, and the spent fluid from the B port of the motor supplies the inlet (B port) of the pump. Meanwhile, internal leakage that makes its way into the pump and motor cases is combined to also feed the pump inlet through internal leakage passages.
Real-world conditions
In a perfect world, this configuration might be practical. But it is not, for at least two reasons. First, the internal leakage that empties into the respective cases can only escape by going "backwards," through the internal leakage paths that connect between the cases and the low pressure work ports. With no means for the case to relieve itself, the pressure in the case will be about 50% or more of the work port pressure at the moment. It could be hundreds or thousands of psi. This necessitates a high strength case and high pressure shaft seals in both the pump and motor. High pressure shaft seal technology can accommodate such pressures — at a cost, of course. However, building the outside shell of variable displacement pumps and motors to withstand such high pressures can be prohibitively expensive.
Second, the inevitable loss of fluid and temperature changes will affect the at-rest pressures of the transmission. Those pressures are uncontrolled, and the likelihood that they will become excessively high in the closed and sealed system are low. However, they certainly will become excessively low, which will result in cavitation and its attendant damage to both machines. It must be prevented by adding circuit elements that will provide the necessary pressure control.
Real-world enhancement
Figure 2 also shows the hydrostatic transmission using the Type 2 analytical models for the pump and motor, but with the enhancements that make the machine practical. The individual configurations can be seen along with their respective internal leakage paths. Leakages occur from port to port as well as from port to case drain. The supercharge pump (often called simply the charge pump) connects to both work ports of the pump-motor common connections through individual check valves.
Supercharge pressure is normally low, as hydraulic circuits go, being nominally between about 150 psi and 300 psi. As such, the pressure is only about 1/10 or 1/20 of the maximum working pressure of the transmission. The supercharge pump and check valves are intended to prevent the lower pressure side of the work ports from dropping too low. If the pressure drops below atmospheric, the destructive effects of cavitation will put the pump and motor reliability in jeopardy.
Real-world application
As the transmission does its job, the working pressures are rapidly shifting between high and low values. Consider that the transmission is being used for the propulsion system on an all-terrain vehicle as it goes up and down hills and obstructions. In climbing the hill, the A port pressure will be high, but as the apex of the hill is crossed, the vehicle starts downhill, and the pump and motor swap roles.
The energy of the descending vehicle is forced into the motor, causing it to become a pump, but its direction of rotation does not change. To absorb the energy, the pressure switches quickly and the B port pressure becomes high while the A port pressure drops to the supercharge level.
This pressure reversal causes the pump to switch to a motoring mode, so it tries to over-speed the prime mover. The result is a braking action for the vehicle. If the braking action is insufficient, and the prime mover is a diesel engine equipped with a timing change mechanism to fire the fuel injectors before top dead center, a power braking effect will slow the descending vehicle. If the prime mover is an electric motor, braking action can be achieved by over-speeding, resulting in energy flowing back into the battery. In other configurations, braking energy can be stored hydraulically in accumulators that are eventually discharged into the transmission motor to assist propulsion.
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Fluid conditioning
Returning to Figure 2, consider the heat exchanger and filter. Only the fluid that makes its way out of the CD ports is cooled and filtered. Depending on the volumetric efficiencies of the pump and motor, the total case drain flow will be about 5% to 20% of the transmission's power port flow. Is this a reasonable strategy for fluid conditioning?
First, consider the cooling issue. All the case drain leakage flow has been "squeezed through" the small internal clearances at very high pressure, so it has undergone considerable heating. The flow that has gone through the displacement elements also undergoes a pressure reduction, but its energy is converted to torque and sent out the shaft. This flow is not substantially heated, so it requires little cooling.
The port-to-port leakage is another matter. It goes directly from the high pressure port to the low pressure port and is recirculated without any cooling at all. Even though this fluid is not cooled, the method is viable if the heat exchanger is sized to cool both case drain and port-to-port flow. That's because the supercharge circuit replenishes the transmission's low pressure side with slightly over-cooled fluid, which combines with the main power port flow.
The issue of filtering only case drain flow, on the other hand, has no absolute answers. If there are any absolutes, they are: First, get your fluid clean, and second, keep it clean. After protecting against catastrophic failures, nothing will enhance component reliability better.
Some advocates encourage placing high pressure, full flow filters in the power ports on both sides of the transmission. This provides a remarkable amount of protection. However, detractors point to high initial cost and continued maintenance. They will further argue that if the fluid has been properly cleaned, and contaminant ingression is under control, then any increase in contamination has to be internally generated, say, from component wear.
Incorporating dynamics
Dynamic effects are easily added to the Type 2 analytical models, shown schematically in Figure 3. In the study of machine dynamics, we are interested in changes in speeds, torques, pressures, and the like — more specifically, the factors that act to prevent instantaneous changes in them. In a hydraulic circuit, inertias of the prime mover, the pump, the output motor, and the load inertia prevent speeds from changing.
These effects are shown in Figure 3 as the curlicue symbols in the mechanical sections. Fluid compressibility and line expansion prevent pressures from changing instantaneously. Those effects are symbolized with electrical capacitors (labeled C, with appropriate subscript) in the schematic. The rule for adding dynamic effects is very simple: add inertia in each torque summation loop (pump shaft input circuit and motor shaft output circuit) and add a separate capacitance at each node in the hydraulic circuit. A node is a point where there is a pressure value different from all others. Four are shown in Figure 3, identified by the four pressure gauges.
We write six dynamic equations to study the transients in the HST: two sum the torques in the pump and motor shaft circuits, and four sum the flows at each of the four nodes in the hydraulic circuit. We would calculate about 30 or 35 different variables in the solutions to the equations. These would provide enormous insight into the operation of the transmission under any manner of dynamic changes, such as loads, displacements, prime mover speed, or any combination of these.
Deeper discussion of dynamics is beyond the scope of this column. But in the end, the Type 2 analytical models are helpful in sifting through and understanding many of the intricacies and nuances of a hydrostatic transmission.
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IVRs (Interactive Voice Response menus) had a good run. But 40 years after they became commercially available, automated voice menus are about as relevant to life today as the Walkman, Delorian, and Commodore 64.
IVRs aren't just old fashioned. They're customer satisfaction kryptonite. More than half of U.S. consumers have abandoned a business transaction when faced with an IVR. It gets worse, though. Of those people, 89 percent went on to spend their money with a competitor.
So, what should your business do? Employ a contact center's worth of human receptionists? No. While the IVR may be dead, new technologies can help you meet today's consumer expectations. Retiring your IVR is just the start.
Self-Service Is the Best Service
During the lifetime of the IVR, consumer expectations have changed significantly. Think about it in terms of how most people interact with their checking account.
1970s: monthly bank statement sent by mail, visit the branch in the meantime
early 1980s: check account balance at ATMs
mid 1980s to mid 1990s: phone banking with a human agent
late 1990s: check basic account information through IVR
2000s: online banking
2010s: mobile banking
The banking customers of the 1970s operated on the bank's terms. In such a world, an IVR made sense as a front-of-house gatekeeper.
Since the 1990s, though, the power has shifted from service provider to service user. Vendors are no longer gatekeepers. Instead, the best service providers are enablers. And consumers like it. In fact, 60 percent of American consumers prefer self-service.
So, if we were to complete our list to include this decade, it might end like this:
- 2020s: conversational self-service
But IVRs Are Self-Service, Right? Right?
Even the best IVR is a crutch. It's a transitional technology bridging two eras. The first era is high touch, high margin. The second is lower margin and low touch for as long as the technology lives up to the customer's expectations. The IVR helped reduce the cost of managing customer interaction, while only selectively improving customer experience.
IVR was the answer to the question, "How can we reduce the cost of serving customers?"
Self-service answers the question, "How can we improve customer happiness by letting them do what is right for them at the time that is right for them?" Granted, it's a more nuanced question, but we're living in a more nuanced world.
Guide, Not Gatekeeper
What, then, is the difference between online self-service and conversational self-service?
The relationships that companies build with customers are changing from transactional to ongoing. One-off purchases become subscriptions. The 360-degree customer view changes anonymous purchases into a fuller picture of a customer's needs and situation. The one-off customer service call of the past becomes a conversation that takes place across multiple channels.
In the era of conversational self-service, we need to offer customers a guide rather than the gatekeeper of old. And that starts with the chat bot.
Chatbots, Assistants, and the Conversational Interface
For a moment, chat bots seemed like the reincarnation of the IVR. Instead of memorizing phone menus, early chat bot users had to find the precise combination of words to trigger the response they needed.
More recently, artificial intelligence techniques have given us chat bots that understand natural language, can learn from experience, and deliver an improvement to customer service rather than simply offsetting costs.
Perhaps most importantly, today's AI-backed chatbots are no longer imprisoned in a pop-up window on the vendor's website. Instead, they're available in the places that the customer already spends their time. Whether it's a healthcare provider offering basic advice via email or a fashion retailer suggesting next purchases through WhatsApp, these chat bots augment the self-service experience by providing shortcuts to functionality. Asking "Where's my stuff?" in a WhatsApp conversation is a lot easier than logging into a mobile app, digging through menus to find the right order, and then viewing package tracking information.
And while text is fast and discrete, voice assistants are an increasingly important way of building trust with customers. As Alexa, Siri, and other digital assistants make their way into homes and workplaces, voice interfaces become not just normalized but expected.
The Conversation Is Here to Stay
How people interact with businesses has changed. The balance of power and knowledge have shifted. Increased competition in many markets makes it easier for customers to vote with their wallets when they're faced with poor customer experience.
The IVR had its uses, but they were almost all in the favor of the company that deployed them. The conversational interface, where vendors and customers continue an ongoing conversation across multiple channels, instead benefits both sides. Customers are served faster, at their convenience, and to a higher level of satisfaction. Businesses connect more deeply and for longer with customers who previously would have been nothing more than a single anonymous entry in a book-keeper's log.
So, farewell IVR and hello to conversational self-service.


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INotifyPropertyChanged support
The INotifyPropertyChanged
interface is widely used in .NET applications to send notifications when a property has changed its value. ReSharper provides a set of features that help you implement this interface.
ReSharper helps implement property change notification for the following frameworks:
MVVM Light (WPF, Silverlight, Windows Phone, Universal apps)
Caliburn.Micro (WPF, Silverlight, Windows Phone, Universal apps)
Prism (WPF; Silverlight, Windows Phone)
Catel (WPF, Silverlight, Windows Phone, WinRT, ASP.NET MVC)
MVVMHelpers (WPF 3 and 4, only lambda expressions supported)
First of all, ReSharper detects that the INotifyPropertyChanged
interface is being used and provides a special quick-fix to put the required implementation in place.
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The Evidential Reformation: Humanity Comes of Age
"We'll never achieve a just and sustainably lifegiving future on the resources of the existing religious traditions, and we can't get there without them." —Thomas Berry
The 21st century will be seen as humanity's rite of passage. We're growing up as a species, going through the very same process we've all gone through individually. Our biggest challenge? Idolatry of the written word.
As children, we're guided by beliefs and we think the world was made for us. As adults (at least ideally), we're guided by knowledge and we live our lives contributing to others and the world. Indeed, for healthy adults, self-giving is one of life's greatest satisfactions. As well, most of us need no special training or incentives to begin questioning the beliefs we are spoon-fed as children—just the usual dose of hormones and peer focus that signal adolescence.
These two transformations, from beliefs to knowledge and from self-focus to contribution, are precisely what we're now collectively experiencing. I call this species-wide rite of passage the "Evidential Reformation" and I believe it is destined to transform not only the science-and-religion debate and how religious traditions relate to one another, but also (and even more importantly) how humans relate to the larger body of life.
The biggest challenge to our maturing as a species, however, is also what has made it possible for us to get this far: literacy. Modern science, cumulative knowledge, global communications, and so much more would have been impossible prior to writing. Unfortunately, "religions of the Book" have made an idol of writing. They have succumbed to what I call "idolatry of the written word."
From Beliefs to Knowledge
In our "childhood" as a species—as tribes, then villages, then chiefdoms and kingdoms, then city-states and early nations—our main source of guidance came from religious beliefs. Shared allegiance to a particular religion that bridged ethnic and linguistic differences was a crucial factor in the rise of civilizations around the globe. Consider: our instinctual heritage as social mammals will suffice for fostering cooperation at the scale of a clan or small tribe. But as Edward O. Wilson and Jonathan Haidt each discuss in their current New York Times best-selling books, The Social Conquest of Earth and The Righteous Mind, to induce thousands of human beings to cooperate we have needed (at least historically) a singular, shared, unquestioned religion. (See also "The Evolutionary Significance of Religion: Multi-Level Selection.")
In any bioregion where fierce competition for territory or resources arose, there would have been a survival advantage to groups that could forge cross-clan alliances for mutual defense. As well, there are two functional concerns that all cultures must address: what's real and what's important. Philosopher of religion Loyal Rue refers to these two functions as "how things are" and "which things matter." (Watch a six-minute YouTube video based on his book, Religion Is Not About God.) Throughout almost all of human history, how things are and which things matter would have been answered differently, owing to regional differences in landscapes, resources, and the interpretive imagination of one's ancestors. Each "wisdom tradition" thus reflects regional collective intelligence encoded mythically.
In our "adolescence" as a species (which was a threshold crossed as the modern era swept the globe), we began to question the beliefs, interpretations, and meanings we had inherited. The birth of this new form of collective intelligence, global collective intelligence, occurred when access to powerful new technologies (beginning with the telescope) ramped up our ability to discern how things are. We then faced the frightening truth that ancient understandings were not, in fact, the best maps of what is real. Traditional religious beliefs, interpreted literally, lost their credibility.
Some individuals were thrilled at the prospect of participating in this threshold event. They valued measurable observation and collectively encouraged rationality, skepticism, and testing as the preferred means for discerning what's real and what's important. In the 19th century, these "natural philosophers" became known as "scientists."
The two institutions responsible for ensuring that the self-interest of individuals and groups are aligned—namely, governance and religion—were impacted differently by the rise of modern science. Democratic forms of governance were the first to embrace evidence as authoritative. Religions are only now beginning to catch up and to taste the thrill of what the Evidential Reformation offers. What has been holding them back?
Idolatry of the Written Word
The main obstacle to religious people wholeheartedly embracing evidence as divine communication—divine guidance (i.e., how Reality reveals itself)—has been idolatry of the written word. Idolatry of the written word occurred anywhere in the world where ancient oral stories (which surely evolved for millennia as conditions and needs changed) became frozen into unchanging scripture—scripture that was then deemed as the foundational (even the sole) locus for discerning priorities, values, right thinking, and right behavior.
This shift from oral storytelling to unchanging scripture as the way wisdom, morality, and a sense of the sacred (supreme value) is generationally passed forward set the stage (albeit centuries later) for a profound and now exponentially growing mismatch. This mismatch is between globally shared and empirically tested updates of (once-again) evolving wisdom versus what religious people still preference as "God's Word."
Idolatry of the written word has thus led to what could be considered "demonic beliefs."
I do not hesitate to use such harsh language because any and all beliefs that cause good people to do bad things and to vote in evil ways—ways that are shortsighted, self-centered, and harmful to future generations—are demonic.
Who among us does not see where such beliefs have led to a kind of collective insanity? The only cure, as far as I can tell, is for religious leaders to accept—indeed, to celebrate—that scientific, historic, and cross-cultural evidence are the actual venues through which Reality/God is speaking and guiding humanity today. Fortunately, this shift is happening rapidly and seems likely to be fleshed out in just another generation or two.
I do not decry or disvalue this aspect of religious history. Indeed, I accept that idolatry of the written word could not have been avoided. Without the shift to literacy, humanity would never have been able to access the fruits of modernity: the rule of law, exponentially growing knowledge, cumulative technological and medical advances, and a widening sense of one's "in-group" and compassionate treatment thereof.
Nonetheless, the social consequences of this form of idolatry have been severe—and threaten to become even more terrifying and destructive as deadly weapons come in ever smaller packages. It is thus time to speak out against continued favoring of ancient scriptural "authority" over our best collective understandings of facts and values today.
Until faith leaders become a whole lot bolder in proclaiming the goodness and necessity of the Evidential Reformation, religious people will remain blind and deaf to what God (Reality personified) is revealing today through scientific, historic, and cross-cultural evidence. Paradoxically, God/Reality will continue using the New Atheists to mock unchanging religious beliefs and those who espouse such beliefs.
What the Evidential Reformation offers religion is centrally this: Science reveals "God's word" for humanity today—that is, what's real and what's important—far more accurately than the Bible or Quran could ever hope to. Were they alive today, Moses, Jesus, the Apostle Paul and the Prophet Muhammad would surely be among the first to applaud this trend.
As the world's great religious traditions come to honor and celebrate evidence as divine guidance, they will begin to wield their moral authority in ways that assist, rather than resist, the passage of our species out of the desert of destructive and unsustainable adolescence. Ahead we can begin to discern the promised land of contributing and fulfilled maturity.
In the following three-minute YouTube clip, "Humanity's Rite of Passage," I briefly discuss the two main points made at the beginning of this post:
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Today's Video You Deserve… A Cheeky Kanye, A Legend, A Black Eyed Pea, And An Award-Winning Singer's Big Hit
Mondays can be rough.
And so, every Monday, we give you a music video. A fun, funny music video. Something that'll make you smile, make you laugh, make you reminisce, and make you realize that back in the day, music video creators were probably either insane or heavily intoxicated. But were also incredibly entertaining.
Our latest video is another song that's been resurrected by the popular app TikTok, although one much fresher than last week's '70s obscurity "Rasputin."
It's a song by a then-newish singer that featured collaborations with some of the biggest stars in r&b and hip-hop — John Legend, Kanye West, and Will.i.am of Black Eyed Peas, by the British singer Estelle.
The song? "American Boy."
Produced and co-written by the big names above, the theme was suggested by Legend, who was Estelle's mentor, when they were in the studio and he suggested she write a dance song about a romance with an American (wishful thinking, Mr. Legend?), and Estelle took a number of U.S. chaps she knew and created an amalgam character to inspire her lyrics. The instrumental backing was taken from Will.i.am's own solo album, cribbing the instrumental of his song "Impatient", from his third studio album Songs About Girls (2007).
As for Kanye, he was brought in to, as Estelle put it, "put a cheeky rap over it," which he certainly did.
The song was a massive success, hitting number one across Europe, including in Estelle's native Britain, and hitting the top 10 in the U.S., peaking at number nine.
And, for about a decade, that was all we heard from "American Boy" once it faded from the charts.
Enter: TikTok.
And suddenly, Gen Z is using the song as a backing track to everything from girls dancing in their bikinis to pre-teen boys joking about people with split tongues.
And that's cool, because this has always been a great song, and it's awesome that it's being heard by a new generation which was in diapers when it was released. Likewise, the video is certainly worth revisiting, as it's a wonderfully fun and stylized clip which perfectly fits the dance-pop of the track.
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis called on young people to reach out to their grandparents or the elderly who may be lonely or on their own.
"Do not leave them by themselves," he said after praying the Angelus with visitors in St. Peter's Square July 26.
"Use the inventiveness of love, make phone calls, video calls, send messages, listen to them and, where possible, in compliance with health care regulations, go to visit them, too. Send them a hug," he said before leading visitors in giving a big round of applause for all grandparents.
httpv://youtu.be/-fOu4y8NvWs The pope made his remarks on the memorial of Sts. Joachim and Anne — Mary's parents, Jesus' grandparents and the patron saints of grandparents.
Pope Francis said he wanted to mark the day by inviting all young people to make a concrete "gesture of tenderness toward the elderly, especially the loneliest, in their homes and residences, those who have not seen their loved ones for many months" because of rules in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
In part, because of such regulations in place, he asked young people to be creative and inventive in finding ways to show they care while respecting current directives.
Grandparents and the elderly are "your roots" and having a strong bond or connection with one's roots is important, he said, because "an uprooted tree cannot grow, it does not blossom or bear fruit."
Because the pandemic has affected older people especially hard, the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life launched a campaign July 27 after being inspired by Pope Francis' invitation to reach out safely and creatively to the elderly.
"It is possible to reduce the isolation felt by elderly people while also strictly observing health guidelines for COVID-19," it said in a statement, adding that "respecting social distancing rules does not mean accepting a destiny of loneliness and abandonment."
Inspired by the pope's words after the Angelus, the dicastery decided "to launch a campaign called, 'The elderly are your grandparents,'" which encourages young people around the world "to do something that shows kindness and affection for older people who may feel lonely."
It said it has been hearing about the many ways people have been finding creative ways to draw the church community closer to those who are older and lonely, including serenading residents in retirement homes.
It asked people continue to share their efforts and ideas on social media with the hashtag #sendyourhug and the dicastery would repost some of them on their platforms @laityfamilylife.
"Our invitation to young people is to reach out to the loneliest elderly people in their neighborhood or parish and send them a hug, according to the request of the pope, by means of a phone call, a video call or by sending an image. Wherever possible or whenever the health emergency will allow it, we invite young people to make the embrace even more concrete by visiting the elderly in person," it said.


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Sheridan tries to rally support for his cause as direct confrontations with the Shadows begin in earnest. Friction increases between Londo and Morden. Jennifer Balgobin as Dr. Hobbs. Jonathan Chapman as Brakiri. Rance Howard as David Sheridan. Ed Wasser as Morden.
P5 Rating: 9.31 Production number: 315 Original air week: May 6, 1996 DVD release date: August 12, 2003 Written by J. Michael Straczynski Directed by Jesus Trevino
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Note: this episode is more momentous than most. Think twice before proceeding to the spoilers; it's worth seeing unawares.
No. It isn't their time yet.
The answer is coming.
And yeah, it does hurt. Pat Tallman was devastated at the screening. Even my own crew wouldn't talk to me for a day or so after the script came out.
Which is when I knew it was the right thing to do.
You're right about the mentor; sooner or later, the mentor has to step aside (or fall by the wayside) for the others to grow into the hero's journey. Originally this was slated to happen a bit later...I think, on some level, I was reluctant to do it, because to write this kind of stuff you have to *feel* it yourself, and I think I was avoiding that as much as Kosh was avoiding his fate. I didn't want to go through writing that. So I kept putting it off. I knew it *had* to be done...but not yet....
And that's when, for lack of a better explanation, Kosh stepped up and began to pull me in that direction in the script. It was time. His passing shouldn't be frittered away or minimized; it should happen at the right moment, and this was that moment. It's almost impossible to describe this to a non-writer, but the character, this fictional construct, was simply determined to have his way, and that was the end of it. I kept trying to dance away in the script, to go back into safer waters...but each time was pulled back in this direction, until finally I had to admit that yes, this was the right time, and the right way, to do this.
And Kosh fell.
But what finally convinced me was the realization that this was not only right for now, but right for *later*...though you won't know what that means for a while yet.
That's Vorlons for you.
It's both, kinda. In the case of one character, who's been with us a long time, and who...shall we say delicately, is en route to becoming an ex-character by the end of this season...it was hard knowing the actor, because the actor said, "Was there something I did wrong?" To which you can only answer truthfully and say no, not at all, just the opposite...you did a GREAT job, that's why we're offing you. If you'd been just mediocre, nobody'd CARE."
In another case, also later this season, it was *very* difficult for me personally to do it, very emotional...and I wouldn't probably have done it at all if the character hadn't basically grabbed me by the lapels and dragged me kicking and screaming to that point of the story and said, "Look, this is right, you know it, I know it, now DO it." So I did. (And the cast and crew were equally stunned. Of everything that's been done on the show to date, THAT one thing got the biggest reaction; nobody'd eat across from me for two days at lunch after that.)
Bottom line...you've got to go where the story leads you. That *has* to be your first and foremost obligation. If it's anything else -- catering to the audience's expectations, or your own preferences -- rather than doing what the cold logic of the story *demands* you to do...you're finished.
It was *extremely* difficult to write. As a writer, the only way to evoke a feeling in your audience is to feel it yourself and communicate that honestly in the text. It was just awful.
"2. In the final credits, a ranger is mentioned. I don't remember seeing any rangers in this episode - where did he come in?"
His scene was snipped for time, it was a small one, didn't add much to the story, but you have to keep those credits in under SAG rules.
"3. Will we ever find out why Kosh allowed himself to be "poisoned" in the pilot episode now?"
You're assuming he allowed it.
"4. What was the flash of light running across B5 when Kosh died?"
A non-localized phenomenon.
"5. Early on, when Sheriden was talking to Delenn, he wants to know "what the Shadows are really after". Delenn looks like she is resolutely not saying anything and hoping that the conversation moves on before Sheriden presses for an answer... which it does. Does Delenn know what the shadows are after (considering the war from a 1000 years ago, I would have thought that the star faring Minbari would have had pretty good records)?"
They do, and she does, and she's making a few mistakes that may come back to haunt her in the not too distant future.
"6. Will you tell us? (answer = cryptic "YES" no doubt!)"
In the fullness of time.
Because it was important to set up what Garibaldi wanted, where it was, and how he was going to gain access. It had to show his concern for Franklin, the moral ambiguity in asking for this, the betrayal we see on Franklin's face, the difficulty in Dr. Hobbs dealing with his request. The ranger scene was a brief piece that was really unconnected to the rest of the story, had no setup elsewhere or payoff, was only a brief piece of action. I needed the time to establish the character and plot information in the Garibaldi scene.
And when you cite what "the fans" want to see, bear in mind that there ain't no such critter. There's what *you* like, but *you're* not the entirety of the fans. Some fans thought "Avalon" was one of the best of the series to date; others thought it was just a character piece and wanted more action and arc and called it a "waste." Some people when they read a novel read for the action, then when they come to a few pages that establish the look of the forest, or some character background, jump ahead a few pages to where the action starts up again. Some do just the opposite.
My obligation, first and foremost, is to the story, and to tell that story as best I can. If I start trying to second guess what *The Fans* want, when there is no ready concensus, when there ain't no such thing, when different fans want different things, it'll just get watered down and wander around lost.
Yeah, it's kind of a funny thing...the deeper we got into the season, as the actors saw only one name on script after script, and they began to understand what was coming, and it's all *very* consistent...the sense of this being a novel really came through for everyone in a very profound way. You could really feel a change in everyone's attitude, though it'd be hard to put into words. A sense of, "This is it, this is the story, we're moving now, we're doing something nobody's ever done." They know how hard it is for anyone to write this many scripts, which is why it's never been done before, and I think they not only respected that, but felt they had to rise to the challenge and give just as much at that end of it. Usually you tend to hit a slump energy-wise in your third year; not here. Everyone's just hitting all cylinders.
Remember Gethsemane....
No, the dream *does* get explained...and it gets explained *this season*, in the course of the final five. In detail. But at the right time, and in the right place. To have explained it sooner wouldn't work, it has to come at the right moment, with the last bits of information our characters need to *use* that interpretation.
Because for starters, it's bad form. If you kill somebody else's ambassador, that's not the sort of thing you proclaim proudly, it tends to bounce badly back onto you. Also, this was primarily a personal situation. There's more, but it's a bit further down the road story-wise that might help clarify this further.
Even if we'd had ten million bucks to do that sequence...I would've made the same choice.
If Kosh had run, which wasn't in his character in the first place, someone else would've paid that price.
Londo still has chances, if he doesn't blow them. You'll see a bit more about this in the two-parter.
Yes, some Vorlons do appear to us as female versions.
And yes, there's the deliberate irony...that just as we finally start to really hear from Kosh...he's gone. Snatched away just as we got close. Which would add to the feelings.
"Interludes" for me marks a slight transition in the story, from one "shape" to the next up...the demarkation between the hero-cycle and the myth-cycle in the arc.
They were not initially prepared to kill him. That was a territorial or jurisdictional squabble. This was retribution.
2. If Kosh did take out some Shadows, will more be sent to Morden as replacements?
He didn't. Hurt 'em good, but didn't take them out.
3. Did Kosh project to Delenn, G'Kar, or anyone else besides Sheridan during the fight?
4. Did Garibaldi ever get a chance to speak with Kosh about the Talia/Abbut data crystal as hinted at in "Divided Loyalties"?
5. Besides being extremely old, was Kosh an average Vorlon or particularly special in terms of strength, skill, or status? No other ambassador on the station has demonstrated the clout back home to sortie an entire fleet at a moments notice. Delenn and Londo have only called on forces from a particular faction in their polities.
He was certainly well regarded...one of the older of the vorlons.
Consider: the quarter million people aboard B5 get their information about what happens outside second-hand, filtered through B5 itself. If the staff manning C&C decide to not show that information, or give access to it, it doesn't exist. As for the ships outside, they move to and from the jump gate, and are only interested in what's happening in this small area of space to avoid running into anything. They don't generally keep track of where all the other traffic is going; that's C&C's job.
And it isn't as simple as looking out your window. The distance from Epsilon 3 to its local star is more or less equal to the distance from Earth to our sun. That's a LOT of space and a very small ship. You are not going to be able to track it visually, and who'd want to keep an eye on it all the way to the local star?


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text: Ah, Miracle Mile. Once the scenic entrance into Tucson, it's been known for the past few decades as the seedy underbelly of Tucson. So when we started hearing about this hip new shopping district that featured local artisans and a café, we thought, well, it's finally happened: Fat ladies are flying; pigs are singing; and now someone wants us to willingly go to Miracle Mile to eat and buy jewelry. But the road to hell doesn't actually seem quite so hellish now that Monterey Court is there. They've painted the old motel a revitalizing blue, and converted all the rooms into cute shops where you can buy everything from homemade dog biscuits (Blue Dog Confectionary and Gallery) to recycled art (AZaquaculture and Diabolis Designs). They have live music every Friday and Saturday evenings, and we hear the sangria at the café is amazing.


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Chromium 6 – Are you drinking Chromium 6 in your water?
The name "Erin Brockovich" has begun popping up in the media again. Why you ask? The once popular movie is now back in the spotlight after recent tests have shown that the water contaminant Chromium-6 may be effecting over 200 million Americans. While the longterm effects of Chromium-6 are still being studied, when it comes to your drinking water, Culligan recommends erring on the side of caution. Fortunately, Culligan offers the Aqua-Cleer Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water System. Our reverse osmosis drinking water system utilizes a series of advanced filters designed to remove a plethora of impurities* from your water including Chromium-6, lead, chlorine, nitrates and more! If you are interested in learning if Chromium-6 has tested positive in your water supply, check out this interactive map.
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FINANCING APPLICATION AVAILABLE for FARM or BUSINESS BUYERS. All of our Items are advertised for Local Sale Here on the Dealerships Lot! The only thing I had to do to make it road ready was to put new tires on it.
Thanks again for all your help getting the trailer down here to me. Was searching for a used John Deere tractor for sale. Lucky was the only person who had actually taken a video of his tractor listed for sale, demonstrating that everything worked well.
I texted on a Sunday night and he responded quickly, answered my questions, and on Monday morning we finalized the deal. Our new tractor was delivered a few days later and everything worked great. Thanks for your friendly help and the great tractor.Thought I would give you an update on the Bobcat. Luckily the weather had improved and the temps were in the 20's instead of below zero. The trucker was a great guy we had a lot of time together to get acquainted! His initial drop in this area was in Sidney, MT - about 4 hours NW of here.
He was there yesterday morning and could not get the other skid steer he was delivering started after a couple hours trying - they finally had to get a crane to off-load it. Anyway, he arrived at my place (I met him outside of town) at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon so we could unload at my ranch instead of in town. He immediately got stuck in the snow, but we were able to off-load the Bobcat (it started right up with no problems). Then it was time to "un-stuck" his rig. Only with the assist of the Bobcat pulling were we able to get him out of the snow filled ditch!
I thought we were finished when he became stuck in the snow again during the process of turning around. This time the Bobcat was of no use since he became completely buried up to the axles. We had some time to contemplate our next options which looked grim - so I called my neighbor about two miles away who has a John Deere150hp 4 wheel drive tractor (my tractor is too small would not have been strong enough). It took him about 45 minutes to arrive and the buried rig was immediately yanked out of the snow. So, the trucker (Blaine - from Texas) was finally back on the road after a 3 1/2 hour stop at my place.
We sent him on his way with a gift of a pair of gloves and a fur hat neither of which he had with him in case he needed to be out in the cold again!! We had a lot of laughs and we invited him to come back for a visit in the summer - he said if he never saw Montana or North Dakota again - it would be just fine with him! We started moving snow immediately after his departure for a few hours until it was time to call it a day.The Bobcat runs great, just as you said and we are completely satisfied with all aspects of it's operation. Even if it was in the dead of winter! We made it back to Kentucky with only a blow out on a tire. Thanks for all your help and great kindness.
You guys are the most helpful and friendliest people I have ever had the pleasure of doing business with. The Terramite arrived here late yesterday afternoon, all went well. Years ago people would make deals with a hand shake and a promise and you knew the job would get done, that was called integrity. Unfortunately broken promises have made that type of arrangement skepticalthat things really will go as planned. Thank you for your integrity and building bridges of trust and good will. Will recommend your business to others. Lucky Phillips knows how to extend that hand shake across borders. I wanted to take the time to contact you and let you know what a pleasure it was to do business with you. It is a pleasure to do business with an honest businessman and I will definitely recommend you to anyone I know in the market for items you sell.John Deere builds too many different variations on these kinds of things. I wondered if you would meet the minor details of our agreement.
Your shipper was professional, congenial and delivered on time with quality equipment, not a second class service. If ever in the market again I would have no qualms purchasing from your dealership. Thanks for everything - Dick (Dick Bought a John Deere 990 Tractor).
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All you need to do is visit the kids' audio/video section of your local CD shop and you will be bombarded with a multitude of educational enhancement products to buy. You may find 'Baby Einstein' or 'Brainy Baby' and an abundance of similar merchandise to make your child smarter. These types of goods can be a wonderful way to introduce music to your children before the age of three. However, nothing can replace private music lessons for a 3 to 9 year old.
The brain develops at a rapid rate between birth and three and is an essential window for the development of neurons. Therefore, encouraging musical exploration is an easy way to promote intellectual development.
Before the age of three, toy instruments can be an excellent introduction to the real thing and group musical play classes can prepare a child for later study. Singing at any age is highly beneficial and linguistic & musical awareness can begin as early as the fifth month of pregnancy when the fetal brain and ears are wide open to receive stimulus.
From the age of 3 years old, a child's brain circuits are mature enough to begin instrumental and/or vocal lessons. Voice is probably the most important instrument because singing is a tremendous gateway to confident communication and full self-expression.
The piano is usually the best musical instrument to start with because it does not require any specific fingering to play. However, children should choose instruments to play by the sounds they like. Kids will practice more if they like the sound of an instrument.
If your child chooses the piano, inexpensive electronic keyboards are a good way to begin because they are very affordable and portable. Many brands on the market today will display the notes on a digital screen while music is being played. These types of keyboards can greatly assist a child to begin to read musical notes and symbols. They also often have built in rhythm and song functions that make singing and dancing along with the music easy.
Since Howard Gardner's "Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences" in 1983 and Gordon Shaw and Francis Rauscher's "Mozart Effect" in 1993, there has be much debate and research into whether or not music study can be linked to better academic performance.
You will find thousands of books, products, articles and websites discussing the advantages of studying music. For your convenience, the top 20 benefits reported for vocal and instrumental music study are listed below.
1. Music training has been linked to spatial-temporal reasoning skills. (I.e. ability to read a map, put puzzles together, form mental images, transform/visualize things in space that unfold over time, and recognize relationships between objects. These skills are often helpful in science, math, and chess.)
2. Musical symbols, structure, and rhythmic training utilize fractions, ratios, and proportions, which are all important in mathematical study.
3. Increases problem finding/solving, logic and thinking skills like analysis, evaluation and the linkage/organization of ideas
4. Optimizes brain neuron development & circuitry
5. Assists motor development especially coordination of hands, eyes and body
6. Expands multiple intelligences and helps students' transfer study, cognitive and communication skills from subject to subject in any syllabus
7. Group orchestra or ensemble activities help promote cooperation, social harmony and teach kids discipline while working together toward a common goal.
8. Music augments memory. For example, most people learn their ABC's by singing them. Repeating a tune in a predictable rhythmic song structure makes memorization easier.
9. Singing is a great way to aid/improve reading ability and instruction. Karaoke is a perfect example. Children may learn a song by ear (auditory) but words on a TV or computer screen provide a simultaneous visual anchor.
10. In vocal music learning rhythm, phrasing, and pitch greatly enhances language, pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary skills. This is especially noticeable when using songs in first and second language study.
11. Improves critical reading and writing
12. Raises test scores, decreases performance anxiety, and teaches kids how to handle/manage stress during standardized exams
13. Helps children channel unexpressed and/or negative emotions in a positive way
14. Boosts creative thinking
15. Reading music and performing memorized pieces help children to think ahead
16. Improvisation helps people to "think on their feet"
17. Solo performance is connected to self-esteem & self-efficacy. (concept of self capacity) Children learn to reach for their very best.
18. When kids prepare and consistently practice for recital or performance, they work to sing/play without errors. They generally apply similar determination and perseverance to many future endeavors academic or otherwise.
19. Improves understanding of homework and enables a higher levels of concentration
20. Children who study music usually have a better attitude, are more motivated and are less intimidated by learning new things
Strong music reading, writing notation, sight singing (solfege), music theory, literacy, and moving the body to music are solid, transferable skills. Learning is a two-way street. For example, one can assume that mathematics can also develop music. Academic achievement links positively with musical achievement and vice versa.
As early as the 19th century, the visionary Dr. Maria Montessori included music and arts into her worldwide school curriculums to greatly enhance and accelerate learning.
'Lorna Heyge, Ph.D., says: "While educational leaders turn to early childhood music because it promotes brain development, they will stay with music because of the joy and stimulation experienced in actual music making. Music learning requires total involvement-that is why it appeals so much to young children."
Copyright 2006 Deborah Torres Patel
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Mass Effect 4 uses Frostbite 2, is 'respectful' of previous games - BioWare
Mass Effect 4 will officially run on DICE's Frostbite 2 engine, according to a new blog post by BioWare Montreal studio director Yanick Roy. He also promises that it will be respectful of previous Mass Effect titles. So it won't be a first-person shooter anything like that, we hope. Get more details below.
In his blog post on the official BioWare site, Roy confirms that BioWare Montreal is in charge of Mass Effect 4 development, although it will still be supported by the core Edmonton branch, headed up by Casey Hudson.
Roy also confirmed that Mass Effect 4 will incorporate many features developed by the Edmonton branch for Dragon Age 3, (please excuse the Google Translate French-English translation) "There is really not much I can tell you about the game right now, except that it will be built with the amazing technology of Frostbite acts as foundation, enhanced by many of the systems the Dragon Age III team has Already Spent a lot of time building.
"The other thing I can tell you Is that, while it will be very respectful of the heritage built over the course of the first three games, with the original trilogy now concluded and the switch over to a new engine, we are exploring new directions, both gameplay and story on the fronts.
"You can still expect the pillars for the deductible is known to be fully intact though, including diverse alien races, a huge galaxy to explore, and of course rich, cinematic storytelling."
The studio is now hiring for the project, and we'll be keeping our eye on the job listings for new information.
The news follows BioWare Montreal confirming to VG247 that the next hero of Mass Effect will not be 'Shepard 2', but a very different person. Check out the details here:
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Arthur Crudup - Forest
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, one of the most prominent blues recording artists of the 1940s, was born on his grandparents' landin Forest on August 24, 1905. After Elvis Presley recorded three Crudup songs in the 1950s, Crudup became known as "The Father of Rock 'n' Roll." Despite the commercial success of his songs, Crudup was never fairly paid for the music he composed and recorded, and had to work as a laborer or bus driver to support his family. He died on March 28, 1974.
Crudup was one of America's top-selling blues artists long before Elvis Presley, Elton John, Rod Stewart, and other pop stars began recording his songs. But like many other performers who had little education and little familiarity with the music business or copyright law, Crudup fell victim to exploitation. Only after his death did his heirs finally succeed in securing his copyrights and long-overdue royalties.
Crudup, who grew up singing spirituals, did not start playing guitar until he was in his thirties. In 1941, while playing on the streets in Chicago, he was offered a chance to record for RCA Victor's Bluebird label. His unique sound and memorable lyrics caught on with record buyers, and he continued to record for RCA until 1954. His best known records included "Rock Me Mama," "Mean Old 'Frisco Blues," and three that were covered by Presley: "That's All Right," "My Baby Left Me," and "So Glad You're Mine." Crudup rarely played concerts or theaters until the blues revival of the 1960s, but he was a juke joint favorite in Mississippi, where he performed with Elmore James, Sonny Boy Williamson, and locals such as George Lee, Odell Lay, and Clyde Lay. In Forest he played dance halls and cafes where both blacks and whites attended despite segregation policies of the time. He stacked lumber, picked cotton, and sold bootleg liquor, and finally started his own business transporting migrant workers between Florida and Virginia after he left Forest in the mid-1950s. He recorded in later years for the Fire and Delmark labels, but remained a working man who never depended on music to survive. His sons James, Jonas, and George formed their own band in Florida and later recorded a CD as the Crudup Brothers. A nephew, Robert Earl "Little Jr." Crudup, also launched a performing career in Oakland, California, in the 1980s.
James "T-Model" Ford, another self-taught Forest musician, also took up guitar late in life (in his fifties). Ford, born June 20, 1924, was a laborer, logger, and truck driver before he became a bluesman in the Delta. In the 1990s his CDs on the Oxford-based Fat Possum label enabled him to start touring the country while maintaining a performing base at nightspots near his home in Greenville.
Another former Forest resident, Ruben Hughes, was honored with a resolution from the Mississippi Legislature in 2002 for his work in radio. Hughes, born Sept. 9, 1938, got his first job as a blues deejay on WMAG in Forest at the age of sixteen. He broadcast on several stations before he founded WGNL in Greenwood in 1987. Hughes recalled working with Arthur Crudup on a Forest poultry farm in the early 1950s.
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This will probably be the last Super Bowl I watch. I missed thirteen in a row (XXXI-XLIII) when I didn't have cable, but really didn't miss a thing. I've also been watching A LOT of football during these last three years. Too many wasted Sundays watching people bludgeon the f*** out of each other in the hopes of witnessing a half second of derring-do. Rules being instituted to try to curb life-crippling injuries cause issues with the gameplay itself and lead to other injuries because the sport is violent. It's not bowling. And it would also be nice if retired players (whom have helped make the NFL billions of dollars) received a little bit of long term healthcare assistance to deal with their broken bodies. Both the league and the union have failed in this regard, and I feel ethical nausea watching it play out live in front of me. But please know I'll be commenting on the gameplay as much as possible, I will check my ethics at the door.
And I love hating on advertising. And I love hating on Sports
And there will be beverages, and profanity, and plenty of parasitic flatulence (for free).
I'm rooting for Denver. But if I were a betting man, I would be taking Seattle (+2.5) and the over.
2. I would to thank everyone for checking out my Whisky Consumer Advocacy post. I appreciate the discussion that continues to follow. There wasn't a single challenge from anyone in the hashtag-Whisky-Fabric community itself. So I'm just going to assume that they were all incredibly humbled by words and will endeavor towards a higher level of ethics in the blogosphere and the whisky industry as a whole. But if I were a betting man...
3. Chemistry of the Cocktail posted a positive review of The Eagle Morning last Friday! Please know that it only cost Jordan two ounces of his secret bottle of Malt Mill.
I'm thankful for all the feedback on The Eagle Morning. There's a second full bottle of it in the cabinet. I'd be happy to share it during swaps -- but I have to put swaps on hold for a few months because I don't have much stuff open!
And, yes, the cask is currently filled with another experiment. It's one much less sexy than the previous two, but I really hope it winds up tasting good.
4. You've probably heard this elsewhere, but The Angel's Share is now available for streaming on Netflix. While one could carp about the fact that it seems like two films forced into one, both "films" are very good in their own way. As the lead, Paul Brannigan's performance helps the script realize its intense emotional stakes. It's a bit startling to witness comedy in a Ken Loach film, but it's also very welcome because the man continues to depict working class grit like no else. Did I mention there's lots of whisky involved? Keep an ear open for my favorite tasting note of all time.
5. Finally, the full page view of the The Big Whisk(e)y List now has filters. If Google Drive wasn't such a pain in the arse, there would be more sortable stuff.
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2018 IFC Africa: Private Finance of Public Infrastructure towards Resilient Cities and Industrial Policy
February 05, 2018
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Immersive Field Course: Africa: Building Cities
January, 2018
Prompt to each team for final paper: What are your top three to five ideas for the decade ahead regarding the potential for private finance and delivery of public infrastructure in your sector in these cities? Why? (If your ideas are different for Ethiopia than for Tanzania, please explain).
What are the key things that private investors and operators in these cities need to do now to make these ideas into reality?
(Students:Full instructions are in Canvas).