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|*April 14 - 20
|Bible Prophecy Fulfilled
Read for This Week's Study:
|Isa. 52:13-53:12, Daniel 2, Matt. 24:24, John 13:19.
Memory Text:
|" 'Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please' " (Isaiah 46:9, 10, NIV).
Key Thought:
|Biblical prophecy remains a powerful factor in helping establish our
Every year people seek expert advice on how various stocks will do. Yet, in the end the experts can tell them everything about the stock except the one thing everyone wants to know: what it will do in the future.
God, though, knows the future. He has proved that to us, again and again, by some of the incredible prophecies in the Bible. Many of these prophecies were written well in advance of the predicted events. And, sure enough, time and again the events happened just as the Lord said in the prophecy. We know this because today, looking back over history, we see the prediction in the Bible, and then we can see that the prediction came true. "Surely the Lord God does nothing, unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets" (Amos 3:7, NKJV).
Having seen that these past predictions were so accurate, we can trust the Lord on the prophecies yet future, such as the greatest future prophecy of all: the second coming of Jesus.
This week we'll take a look at some of the great prophecies in Scripture. What can we learn from them? What is the principle behind prophecy? How does prophecy help us learn to trust in the Bible as the Word of God?
*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, April 21.
|April 15
Prophetic License
In Hebrew the verb naba means "to prophesy." It carries the idea of someone pouring forth words with fervor or inspiration. The noun nabi means a spokesperson, a prophet, a person authorized to speak for another (see Exod. 6:28-30, 7:1). Another word used in the Bible for someone with the prophetic gift is seer, translated from two different Hebrew words, each with the meaning "to see." Prophets, it seems, have been given the ability to prophesy regarding things that ordinary people might not see. Thus, not only do prophets see what others might notthey are called by God to speak those things, often with fervor and might, as well.
Read Matthew 24:24. What warning about prophets is Jesus giving to us? What's implied in those words?
Jesus' warning about false prophets can be understood to contain the idea that true ones will exist, as well. After all, if we were to reject all prophetsthat is, reject the gift altogetherthere would be no need of the warning about false ones.
Read Matthew 24:32, 33 and John 13:19. What principle about how prophecy should work is revealed here?
With these verses Jesus showed us that prophecy is not just about being able to tell the future. Instead, prophecy is given to strengthen our faith in God and His Word after the events have occurred. The more we see the fulfillment of the prophecy, the more we believe that the Bible really comes from the Lord.
There are various kinds of prophecies. One kind has to do with the predictions of a coming Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ. Others have to do with the future of the Israelites and of various nations; others deal with the end of the world, and even beyond.
|Think over the role that prophecy has played in your own walk with the Lord. What lessons about prophecy have you learned over time? What words of advice or caution, would you give to a new Christian or to someone studying prophecy for the first time, regarding this wonderful gift?
|April 16
Early Prophecies
"Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper" (2 Chron. 20:20).
Beginning even in the first book of the Bible, Genesis, we can see that prophecy plays an important role in the history of God's work with fallen humanity.
Look up the following texts. What was prophesied, and how and when were those prophecies fulfilled?
15:13, 14
It's easy for us now, looking back, to see just how accurately those prophecies were fulfilled. But place yourself in the position, say, of Noah, who was told that water from the sky was going to wipe out the earth, even though, according to Ellen White, prior to that time it had never even rained! (See Patriarchs and Prophets, pp. 96, 97.) Or of Abraham and Sarah, that she would one day be the mother of their child when she was long past child-bearing age. It was surely a great test of faith on their part (Heb. 11:8-11) to trust God concerning the events that He said would come to pass.
|What promises of God are you waiting to see fulfilled? What lessons can you learn from past examples of Bible characters who trusted in God's promises that can help you learn to trust Him, as well?
|April 17
The Prophecy of Daniel 2
Review the prophecy of Daniel 2. What does it teach us about the power of God to foretell the future?
World history supports the accuracy of this amazing prophecy. Babylon's golden kingdom ruled the world from 605 to 539 B.C. Babylon's influence was greatly extended, and it became the dominant power in the ancient Near East. Today the ruins of the city of Babylon are located in Iraq, 70 miles south of Baghdad. Not only did the Bible predict the fall of Babylon (Jer. 51:49, 53), it clearly stated who was to direct the campaign against Babylon (Isa. 45:1-4). Cyrus and his army were at the gates of Babylon about one hundred seventy-five years after the prophecy was given.
The Medes and Persians ruled the world from 539 B.C. to 331 B.C. But then God said in Daniel 2:39, " 'Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth' " (NIV). Daniel 8:21 clearly explained that Greece was the third kingdom. Within a short time the Greek armies, led by Alexander the Great, conquered the world. Wearing bronze breastplates and helmets, they carried bronze shields and swords. What a fitting symbol for Greece.
The Greek Empire was then conquered by the iron monarchy of Rome in 168 B.C., another dramatic fulfillment of the prophecy. Rome had the longest reign of any other world power. For more than five hundred years Rome was dominant; from the British Isles to the Arabian Gulf, from the North Sea to the Sahara, and from the Atlantic to the Euphrates, Rome held sway.
But as Daniel said, " 'The kingdom shall be divided' " (Dan. 2:41, NKJV). Rome was divided into independent kingdoms that later became the nations of modern Europe, nations that would "not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay" (vs. 43). We, today, are living in the time of those feet and toes off the statue.
The next kingdom to come is the final one, God's eternal kingdom. Daniel was so right on all the others. How foolish it would be to not trust him on this, the last one.
|Think about this amazing prophecy: Daniel, living more than five hundred years before Christ, described Europe even as it exists today! How could he have done this other than by the power of God? Is your faith wavering? Are you sometimes having trouble trusting in the Lord? Go back over this prophecy or others that have been fulfilled, asking the Lord to use them to help build your faith.
|April 18
The Messiah in Prophecy
Of all the prophecies in the Old Testament, the ones concerning the first coming of Jesus are among the most powerful. There are about sixty Old Testament prophecies regarding the coming Messiah. One of the most powerful is found in Isaiah.
Read Isaiah 52:13-53:12. What characteristics of the Messiah do you see here? How did Jesus fulfill them?
Below are a few Old Testament prophecies about Jesus and their New Testament fulfillment. What can we learn from these about the trustworthiness of God's Word?
|Old Testament
Isaiah 7:14
Micah 5:2
Daniel 9:25
Hosea 11:1
|New Testament
Matthew 1:23
Luke 2:4-7
Luke 3:1-23
Matthew 2:14
It is exciting to study how Jesus also refers to the predictive prophecies about Himself and their fulfillment after His resurrection. He told two disciples on the road to Emmaus, " 'Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?' And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself" (Luke 24:26, 27, NIV). The things concerning Himself may have included His birth (Isa. 7:14), ministry (Isa. 9:1, 2), His being rejected (Isa. 53:3), His hands and feet pierced (Ps. 22:16), His being mocked and insulted (vss. 6-8), His crucifixion with sinners (Isa. 53:12), and His resurrection (Ps. 16:10).
|Because of what Jesus did in fulfilling these prophecies, you can stand forgiven before God right now, regardless of your past, simply by claiming His work in your behalf. How should this great truth, that of salvation by faith, change your life? How has it changed it already? What other changes need to come, as well?
|April 19
The Second Coming
As we have been seeing all week, so many of the prophecies about past events have been fulfilled, just as predicted, and often in an amazing way. But these were all prophecies fulfilled in the past. The Bible, however, talks about prophecies yet to take place. Among the most important of these are, of course, the prophecies about Christ's second coming.
all the prophecies about His first coming were so accurately
fulfilled, what should that tell us regarding the certainty of the ones about
the Second Coming?
Before leaving His disciples, Jesus had promised them concerning the certainty of His coming: " 'And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am' " (John 14:3, NIV). Peter, one of the closest disciples of Jesus, wrote, "But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness" (2 Pet. 3:13, NIV).
The Bible not only reveals the manner and the characteristics of the second coming of Christ but also describes the signs of His second coming. Read the following prophecies concerning the signs of His coming, and mark an X by the areas that are seeing fulfillment:
Increase of knowledge
False messiahs (Matt. 24:4, 5)
Wars and rumors of wars (Matt. 24:6, 7a)
Famine (Matt. 24:7b)
Earthquakes (Matt. 24:7b)
Preaching of the gospel (Matt. 24:14)
Pestilence (Luke 21:11)
Signs and wonders (Luke 21:11)
People living in fear (Luke 21:26)
Social problems (2 Tim. 3:1-5)
Increase of skepticism (2 Pet. 3:3, 4)
A pretty accurate description of our world, is it not? Amazing, too, if you consider that the passages were written many long centuries ago. Hence, even more proof that we can trust the Bible.
If you believed that Jesus were coming back tomorrow, would that thought make you happy or, fearful? What does your answer tell you about yourself and your relationship to God?
|April 20
Further Study:
|Ellen G. White,
Dream," pp. 491-502 in Prophets and Kings;
"The Bible Prophets Wrote for Our
Time," pp. 338, 339; "Can All Have
the Gift of Prophecy?" pp. 340, 341 in Selected Messages, book
"It is the voice of Christ that speaks through patriarchs and prophets, from the days of Adam even to the closing scenes of time. The Saviour is revealed in the Old Testament as clearly as in the New. It is the light from the prophetic past that brings out the life of Christ and the teachings of the New Testament with clearness and beauty. The miracles of Christ are a proof of His divinity; but a stronger proof that He is the world's Redeemer is found in comparing the prophecies of the Old Testament with the history of the New."Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 799.
"Every nation that has come upon the stage of action has been permitted to occupy its place on the earth, that the fact might be determined whether it would fulfill the purposes of the Watcher and the Holy One. Prophecy has traced the rise and progress of the world's great empiresBabylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. With each of these, as with the nations of less power, history has repeated itself. Each has had its period of test; each has failed, its glory faded, its power departed."Ellen G. White, Prophets and Kings, p. 535.
Discussion Questions:
| As a class, talk about the lesson in general this week.
What things stood out that perhaps have helped you better understand the
role of prophecy and how it works?
With so much evidence for the validity of the Scriptures revealed in prophecy, why do you think many peoplewhen presented with this evidencestill refuse to believe? What other factors might be involved? What things could you do that could help break down some of these barriers?
With so many strange teachings on prophecy out there, what can you, as a class, do to help church members, especially new ones, be more solidly grounded in Bible prophecy and the principles behind it?
|I N S I D E Story
|Breaking Satan's Chains: Part 2
by OLEG FARKHUTDINOV
My mother sat across from me in the prison visiting room and cried as she told me how someone had broken into her home and stolen her pension. As I listened to her tearful account, the spirit of revenge welled up inside me. I wanted to get out of prison and find the people who had hurt my mother. I wanted revenge.
Then I remembered the time my sister had lost an entire summer's wages when thieves stole her bag. I had told her she needed to be more
careful with her money. But suddenly I realized the grief I had caused people when I had stolen from them. God was showing me my own faults through my mother's loss. "Dear Mother," I said. "Forgive me; it's my fault."
I began to understand the words of the apostle Paul to the Galatians: "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows" (Gal. 6:7, NIV). I asked God's forgiveness and embraced His commandments in my life, especially the commandment that says, "You shall not steal" (Exod. 20:15, NIV).
From that day forward, God prepared me for release from prison. The Lord and I fought against the habits and vices that had chained me in a prison far darker than the ones with bars. He healed my body and my spirit and turned my heart and mind around. I once had thought that honesty and morality did not exist, that there was no such thing as an honest person; therefore it was not immoral to steal, especially from the government. But God made me realize that stealing anythinggoods, ideas, or timeis a sin in His eyes.
By the time I was released from prison, I was a changed man. Fear was gone, and in its place was a desire to make right all the wrongs I had committed over the years, to apologize to those whom I had wounded and to reimburse their losses.
God took me back to my family, and the changes He had wrought in my heart touched my wife's heart as well. Our roles had changed. It was I who wept and prayed for her, just as she had begged me to change years before. God answered my prayers, and my wife gave her life to Jesus. Now together we pray and work for others.
The Lord took a crooked, empty heart and filled it with His love while I was in prison. Now I find no greater joy than to help other prisoners find peace and forgiveness and freedom in Christ. Thank you for supporting ministry to prisoners through your mission offerings.
OLEG FARKHUTDINOV works in prison ministries in the Southern Union Conference of the Euro-Asia Division.
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FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter will lead a delegation of officials on a brief but action-packed tour of Asia today. Between Tuesday and Friday, the head of world football's governing body will visit Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and India.
After a short stop in New Delhi, India, the FIFA President will head for Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, accompanied by AFC President Zhang Jilong and FIFA Executive Committee member V. Manilal Fernando. For Mr Blatter, the voyage will represent a return to the country he first journeyed to in April 2006.
With its national side currently placed 157th on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, Bangladesh is keen to develop football within its borders and hopes to reap the benefits of a new football academy. Indeed, the President of the Bangladeshi Football Association (BFF), Kazi Mohammed Salahuddin, told FIFA.com as much during a visit to the Home of FIFA last December: "My goal is to get Bangladesh back into the top 15 of the Asian section of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, and then to slowly but surely work our way towards the summit."
The FIFA delegation will begin this first leg of their tour by attending a meeting of the BFF's Executive Committee, after which they will inaugurate a *Goal *II project in the form of an artificial pitch and launch a *Goal *III project – the much-anticipated football academy. Following a press conference, the FIFA President will then bring his visit to Bangladesh to a close by meeting with the country's Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina.
*First visit to Bhutan *
Heading north, the FIFA delegation will subsequently touch down in Bhutan for President Blatter's maiden trip to the country. On Tuesday, he will be received by the King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel, before speaking with the country's Sports Representative, Prince Jigyel, and later sitting down with Prime Minister Jigme Thinley. Those meetings will be followed by a press conference.
An inauguration ceremony will occupy attentions the following day, with *Goal *III and IV project football pitches belonging to the Bhutan Football Federation to be unveiled next to the National Stadium in the presence of Prince Jigyel. They will bring fresh hope to a tiny nation of just 700,000 inhabitants, and an altitude ranging from 200 to 7,000 metres, which has become accustomed to the lower echelons of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking.
The President of the Bhutanese Football Association, Dasho Ugyen Dorji, will be particularly keen to see progress made. "We're putting a strong emphasis on working with youngsters and promoting grassroots football," he explained back in 2009. "Thanks to the Goal *projects, we've been able to modernise and expand our training facilities – and we're looking to improve them further still. The *Goal Programme has really been an enormous help."
Towards the end of the morning, President Blatter and Co will travel west to continue their tour in Nepal. Scheduled to arrive in Kathmandu, the FIFA delegation will have little time to spare before they are received by the country's Prime Minister, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, and then by the head of state, President Dr Ram Baran Yadav.
AFC Challenge Cup in Nepal
After that, it will be time to attend the opening ceremony of the AFC Challenge Cup and take in the tournament's opening match between Nepal and Palestine. Hosting the Challenge Cup represents a huge breakthrough for Nepal and will be the biggest sporting event ever organised by the country, which boasts eight of the world's ten highest mountain peaks. The Nepalese national side will be highly motivated to excel on home soil, and not least because the competition winners will earn themselves a place at the prestigious AFC Asian Cup, which will next be held in 2015. Nepal can take encouragement from recent results too, having reached the semi-finals of last December's South Asian Football Federation Championship.
On Friday, the FIFA President will meet with Nepalese football representatives, including the Executive Committee of the All-Nepal Football Association. After that, he will visit Nepal's *Goal *II project – pitches and dormitories – and officially launch the *Goal *III project, a football academy. That ceremony will be followed by a press conference.
The FIFA delegation will then return to their starting point by heading back to New Delhi. Last year brought several lows for Indian football as the national side failed to progress beyond the group stage at the 2011 Asian Cup and were eliminated by the United Arab Emirates in the second round of Asian Zone qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™. Despite those blows, they were nonetheless able to pick themselves up in time for the South Asian Football Federation Championship in December, which they won as hosts. India will now be determined to repeat that success at the Challenge Cup and seal their spot at the next edition of the Asian Cup.
Mr Blatter last visited India in his capacity as FIFA President in 2007, and this time he will attend a session of the Executive Committee of the All-India Football Federation (AIFF) before meeting Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and then enjoying an audience with President Pratibha Devisingh Patil and the Sports Minister, Shri Ajay Maken. The day's activities will conclude with a press conference.
On the ground, the FIFA President's arrival has stirred up a major sense of anticipation in the four countries he is scheduled to visit. As the vice-President of the AIFF, Subrata Dutta, put it: "President Blatter's visit shows how much importance FIFA is giving to India. The world governing body's support in building the right kind of infrastructure in the country has been beyond our expectations."


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His initials being E.G., English MC/vocalist Elliot Gleave performed under the name Example. Gleave got his feet wet as an MC while attending Royal Holloway, where he met Joseph Gardner (aka Rusher) and recorded a concept album in the audio booth of the university's film department. "A Pointless Song," one of the tracks recorded there, became Example's first release, a 2004 single on his All the Chats label. A handful of successive 12" singles, as well as an answer song to Lily Allen's "Smile" -- "Vile," issued on The Beats, the label run by the Streets' Mike Skinner -- gained the attention of several BBC DJs. What We Made, Example's debut album, followed on The Beats in 2007 but failed to make much of a commercial impact. A deal with Ministry of Sound's Data label and an overt focus on reaching the clubs, however, fostered chart success. Released in 2009, "Watch the Sun Come Up," produced by the Fearless, peaked in the Top 20 of the U.K. pop chart, while both "Won't Go Quietly" (also produced by the Fearless) and "Kickstarts" (Sub Focus) reached the Top Ten and topped the dance chart.
Won't Go Quietly The full-length Won't Go Quietly was released in June 2010 and featured the pre-album hits, as well as productions from MJ Cole, Calvin Harris, Chase & Status, and Björn Yttling (of Peter Bjorn and John). Featuring the hits "Stay Awake" and "Changed the Way You Kissed Me," his 2011 effort, Playing in the Shadows, debuted at number one on the U.K. album charts. Calvin Harris, Benga, and Dada Life were some of the producers whose work was found on his 2012 effort, The Evolution of Man. In 2013 the career-spanning #hits ended the artist's relationship with Ministry of Sound, as he had signed with the Epic Records label. He then started work on his fifth album with producers Critikal, Stuart Price, and Fraser T. Smith in L.A. Titled Live Life Living, the record was released in 2014.
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(CNN) -- "Fifty Shades of Grey" fans are hot -- and not for the reason you might think.
No sooner were the stars of the forthcoming film adaptation of the wildly successful erotic novel announced than the Internet roared its disapproval. No, no, no some fans cried to the casting of Charlie Hunnam and Dakota Johnson as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele respectively.
The front-runners for the gig appear to be "White Collar" star Matt Bomer and Alexis Bledel, who is best known from the hit TV show "Gilmore Girls." There is even a Change.org petition demanding that the roles be recast and given to that pair.
As we learned with the drama that became "Batfleck" (yes, that's henceforth the term for the madness that went down when it was announced that Ben Affleck would be playing Batman) people take very seriously these casting decisions -- especially when it's a pair of characters they have been fantasizing about.
Therefore it seems like just about everyone has "Fifty Shades" opinion. And Twitter lit up with them, from the serious to the semi-joshing.
Not sure about the #50ShadesOfGrey casting, not seeing it. I always thought it was @RyanGosling part hands down. Oh well!— Patti Stanger (@pattistanger) September 3, 2013
When I heard about the cast of 50 Shades of Grey..... :( pic.twitter.com/CNverp5RSP— Miss Somerhalder :) (@XimeCM_ISF) September 2, 2013
No but seriously. I demand a re-cast of 50 shades of Grey. Those roles were mean for Alexis Bledel and Matt Bomer dammit! 😠😡— Malaina Heka❤ (@MalainaHeka) September 3, 2013
I lost the role in 50 Shades of Grey so you won't be hearing from me for awhile— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) September 2, 2013
Congrats to Charlie Hunnam on the 50 Shades of Grey role. It was a tough fight but the actor with the longer hair won. #bummed— RainnWilson (@rainnwilson) September 2, 2013
But not everyone was bummed about it.
Johnson's mom, actress Melanie Griffith, appears to be thrilled. She tweeted "My beautiful child Dakota has been chosen to play Anna [sic] Steele in 50 Shades!!! Look out world! Here she comes!!! #proud mama."


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A long time ago someone recommended this book to me. She said, "when you read it, I want to talk about it with you." I must confess, it has taken me some time to get to it, but Laura, I'm ready to talk now. This book is so unusual and creative. It is an extremely good story and incredibly unique. It is funny and sad and moving and innovative. It is an adventure story but also tackles the tough stuff like the problem of pain in our lives and the ways in which we deal with that. The book has lots of pictures, and I love picture books.
Oskar is nine years old and autistic. After his father is killed in the World Trade Center, Oskar finds a key in his father's closet and embarks on a quest to discover the lock which fits this mysterious key. Oskar is extremely smart and incredibly brave. He is an inventor and his imagination is unstoppable. It is so much fun to dwell alongside the quirky thoughts in his head as he travels around NYC. The author must have enjoyed inventing the unusual effects in his book. I'm not even sure I've figured them all out, so I'm glad I can ask him myself when I attend a writers' conference in April. What has me stumped are the six doorknob pictures and their exact significance. It feels like a riddle of my own to solve. Please comment if you've read the book and have it figured out.
One important thing to know is that there are two story lines in addition to Oskar's. The chapters entitled "Why I'm Not Where You Are" are letters written by Thomas' father explaining his reasons for returning to Germany before Thomas was born. The chapters entitled "My Feelings" are a letter from Oskar's grandmother, explaining some things in her life.
Here is the trailer for the movie starring Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock. Although I haven't seen the movie yet, I have a sense that some of the literary techniques will be lost in the movie as well as the opportunity to enter Oskar's head. But it's still a cracking good story either way.


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More from the USCCB meeting.
The U.S. bishops approved adding optional memorials for Blessed Pope John Paul II and Blessed Marianne Cope to the U.S. Proper of Saints calendar.
The memorials were discussed and approved on Nov. 15 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops during their fall General Assembly, which was held in Baltimore.
By a vote of 154-2, the bishops approved placing a memorial for Blessed John Paul II on the calendar for Oct. 22, the anniversary of his election as Pope in 1978.
At the time of his death on April 2, 2005, devotion to Pope John Paul II was already widespread and cries of "Santo Subito!" (Saint Now!) were heard in St. Peter's Square following his passing.
He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI before a crowd of more than 1 million people on May 1, 2011, in front of St. Peter's Basilica.
Beatified individuals are not typically inscribed on the Church's universal calendar. However, local authorities can suggest the addition of the observance of a beatified individual on a diocesan, religious or national calendar.
Blessed Mother Marianne Cope spent her life caring for leprosy patients in Hawaii. She was beatified in May 2005.
Blessed Marianne's feast day was previously observed as an optional memorial on Jan. 23 in the Diocese of Syracuse, N.Y., where she entered the Sisters of Saint Francis, and in the Diocese of Honolulu, where she served the sick for many years.
The bishops of Syracuse and Honolulu, along with the minister general of the Sisters of Saint Francis of the Neumann Communities, requested that the optional memorial of Blessed Marianne be added to the proper calendar for all U.S. dioceses.
The bishops voted 216-2 in favor of adding an optional memorial for her to the calendar. They also approved a Spanish translation of the memorial texts.
The date of Blessed Marianne's memorial has not been finalized because the date of her death (Aug. 9) is already the feast day of St. Edith Stein. The bishops noted that it has been celebrated locally on Jan. 23, the date of her birth.
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PRINCESS ANNE, MD - (Jan. 15, 2014) - Five student-athletes and an administrator are members of the newest class elected to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore's athletic Hall of Fame.
Dawnette Douglas, Clayton Nichols, Albert Santio, Donnell Boney, Thomas Stewart and former athletics director Hallie E. Gregory will be enshrined as part of the university's 2014 homecoming festivities.
Gregory served as athletics director from 1989 to 2000 and was the driving force behind construction of the William P. Hytche Athletic Center as a sports venue and classroom building.
Stewart and Boney were basketball standouts while Douglas, Nichols and Santio were stars of track and field / cross country as undergraduates.
Their induction, which will take place Friday, Feb. 14 at a banquet in the Student Services Center, brings to 205 the number of members in the UMES shrine.
Santio and Stewart were students at the institution when it was known as Maryland State College, while their three HOF classmates competed under the banner of UMES.
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A New York court says Prince should pay almost $4 million to a perfume company that claimed he hobbled its efforts to market a perfume named for one of his albums.
A court referee recommended a roughly $3.95 million award last week. The award would have to be confirmed by another judge.
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Prince's lawyer hasn't responded to phone and email messages left Friday. He told the New York Law Journal the "Purple Rain" singer and songwriter would fight to keep the suggested award from being confirmed.
Revelations Perfume and Cosmetics Inc. says it licensed the Minneapolis musician's name and likeness and the album title "3121" to market its fragrance in 2006. The Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania-based company says Prince broke promises to help promote the scent after its July 2007 launch.
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I am trying to find a book on electromagnetism for mathematician (so it has to be rigorous). Preferably a book that extensively uses Stoke's theorem for Maxwell's equations (unlike other books that on point source charge, they take Stoke's theorem on $B-\{0\}$ with $B$ being closed ball of radius 1, but this does not work, as Stoke's theorem only works for things in compact support) Preferably if it mentiones dirac delta function, hopefully it explains it as a distribution (or a measure...)
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Armstrong Flooring, Inc. [Lancaster, PA] (NYSE: AFI) announced that Ronald D. Ford will become Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Armstrong Flooring, Mr. Ford served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Silgan Containers. Prior to Silgan Containers, Mr. Ford held various leadership positions at St. Clair Vision and Wells Real Estate Funds, as well as at other companies.
SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. [ORLANDO, Fla.] (NYSE: SEAS) announced the appointment of Marc G. Swanson as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Swanson had been serving in these positions on an interim basis since August 1, 2017. Mr. Swanson most recently served as SeaWorld's Chief Accounting Officer, a position he was appointed to in 2012, and previously served as interim Chief Financial Officer from June 2015 until September 2015. Previously, he was Vice President, Performance Management, and Corporate Controller of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment from 2011 to 2012, the Corporate Controller of Busch Entertainment Corporation from 2008 to 2011, and the Vice President of Finance of Sesame Place from 2004 to 2008.
Pier 1 Imports, Inc. [FORT WORTH, Texas] (NYSE: PIR) announced that Jeffrey N. Boyer, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is leaving the Company to become Chief Financial Officer of Fossil Group, Inc., where he has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2007.
Fossil Group, Inc. [RICHARDSON, Texas] (NASDAQ: FOSL) announced that Dennis R. Secor, the Company's current Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, is resigning. Mr. Secor joined the Company in December 2012. The Company announced that Jeffrey N. Boyer, currently a member of the Company's Board of Directors, has been appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Boyer was appointed to the Company's Board of Directors in December 2007. Mr. Boyer currently serves as Chairman of the Company's Finance Committee, and he is a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Boyer has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Pier 1 Imports, Inc. since June 2015. Prior to joining Pier I Imports, Mr. Boyer served as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Tuesday Morning Corporation from September 2013 until June 2015. Mr. Boyer served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide Holdings, Inc., from June 2012 until September 2013 and as their Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from April 2008 until June 2012. Mr. Boyer began his career as an accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1980.
Energizer Holdings, Inc. [ST. LOUIS] (NYSE: ENR) announced that the company has appointed Timothy Gorman as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Since June, Mr. Gorman has served as Energizer's interim Chief Financial Officer. Prior to serving in that role, Mr. Gorman was Energizer's Vice President and Controller, Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Gorman had served as Vice President and Controller, Chief Accounting Officer of Energizer since September 2014. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President & Controller of PepsiAmericas, Inc. After his tenure at PepsiAmericas, Inc., Mr. Gorman served as an independent financial consultant. During his tenure at PepsiAmericas, Inc. (previously known as Whitman Corporation), Mr. Gorman served in a number of finance roles of increasing responsibility, including Vice President, Planning and Reporting and Assistant Controller.
Sanmina Corporation [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: SANM) announced that David Anderson has been appointed to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Anderson will succeed Bob Eulau, who has been appointed to Chief Executive Officer as previously announced. Anderson has more than 30 years of experience. Since 2013 he has held the position of Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer at Sanmina. He joined Sanmina in 2002 as VP Finance and Controller, EMS Operations and in 2004 was promoted to SVP Finance and Controller, Global Operations and Corporate Planning. Prior to joining Sanmina, Anderson held various positions in corporate business development, commercial marketing, finance and internal audit with Nortel Networks. Anderson has also held positions at North American Life, now a part of Manulife Financial. He started his career as an external auditor at Dunwoody & Company, now part of BDO Canada LLP.
DWFritz Automation Inc. [WILSONVILLE, Ore.] announced that the company has appointed David Mendez as chief financial officer. Prior to joining DWFritz, Mendez was CFO, as well as chief operations officer (COO), for several companies in various industries. Most recently Mendez was the COO at CompView Inc. He started his career as a certified public accountant (CPA) with PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Cylance® Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Brian Robins as chief financial officer. Robins comes to Cylance after serving as chief financial officer at AlienVault. Before that, he served as vice president and chief financial officer of Global Business Services at CSC. Earlier in his career, Robins was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Verisign. Before that, at NeuStar, Brian served as vice president of finance, treasurer and corporate officer. Robins has also held executive level and financial leadership positions at MCI and Bankers Trust.
Verus Foods [NEW YORK, NY] (OTCQB: RBIZ) announced that Mark W. Lindsey has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining the Company, he spent 11 years with American Capital, Ltd. in a variety of accounting and reporting roles, most recently as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining American Capital, Ltd., Mr. Lindsey also served in various senior roles with XM Satellite Radio, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Ipswitch [LEXINGTON, Mass.] announced the appointment of Kevin Bisson as the new Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Bisson was Chief Financial Officer of Dyn. Prior to Dyn, Bisson held CFO roles at three publicly traded technology companies – Mercury Systems, SeaChange International and AMSC. Earlier in his career, he spearheaded the initial public offering of Axcelis Technologies. Bisson began his career at United Technologies where he held several senior financial positions.
Avnet [PHOENIX] (NYSE: AVT) announced that Kevin Moriarty, the Company's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the past 4.5 years, has notified the Company of his decision to step down from the position due to personal reasons. Ken Jacobson, the Company's controller, has been named interim CFO. Ken has been with Avnet for more than 4 years and brings a wealth of experience to this role. In addition, Ken has over 12 years of Big 4 accounting and industry experience working with a variety of public, private, and international companies.
ForeSee [ANN ARBOR, Mich.] announced that Jay Sinder has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Sinder joins ForeSee from ByteGrid, where he served as CFO. Previously, Sinder was at CoreLink Data Center, where he served as CEO after first serving as CFO. Sinder also held CFO roles at Hostway Corporation and Focal Communications Corporation. He is also on the board of directors and serves on the audit committee for telecommunications company PCTEL, Inc.
Redwood Trust, Inc. [MILL VALLEY, Calif.] (NYSE: RWT) announced that Collin Cochrane has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Abate has been serving as Redwood's interim Chief Financial Officer since his promotion to President in July 2016. Mr. Cochrane has served as Redwood's Controller and Managing Director since March of 2013. Prior to joining Redwood, Mr. Cochrane served as chief accounting officer and controller for iStar Financial Inc., where he was employed from 2001 to March 2013. Prior to joining iStar Financial, Mr. Cochrane was employed as an auditor by Ernst & Young LLP from 1999 to 2001.
Financial Engines [SUNNYVALE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: FNGN) announced that Craig Foster will join the Financial Engines team as chief financial officer, succeeding Ray Sims, who previously announced his intent to retire. Mr. Foster previously served as chief financial officer at both Amobee from April 2015 to May 2017 and Ubiquiti Networks from February 2013 to April 2015. Previously, Mr. Foster served as a director in the investment banking group at Credit Suisse from June 2012 to February 2013. From August 2007 to June 2012, he worked at UBS Securities as an executive director in the technology group. Prior to banking, Mr. Foster held various management positions at RBC Capital Markets, LoudCloud, Deloitte Consulting, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
AstroNova [WEST WARWICK, R.I.] (NASDAQ: ALOT) announced that John P. Jordan, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, has notified the Company of his intention to resign his position to pursue another professional opportunity. Following Jordan's departure, Joseph P. O'Connell, AstroNova's Vice President, Business Development and former Chief Financial Officer, will assume the role of interim Chief Financial Officer and principal accounting officer until Jordan's permanent replacement is appointed.
Inspirus Credit Union [SEATTLE] welcomes Alex Mendes as Chief Financial Officer. Mendes started his career in Manhattan with some of the largest financial institutions in the United States. Mendes most recently worked as Chief Financial Officer for Navy Army Credit Union in Texas.
Workhorse Group Inc. [CINCINNATI] (NASDAQ: WKHS) announced that it has appointed Paul Gaitan to chief financial officer. Gaitan succeeds Julio Rodriguez, who has served as CFO since August 2013. Mr. Gaitan was most recently the CFO of Crown Health Care Laundry Services in Pensacola, Florida. He previously served as CFO, corporate controller and controller for ClarkDietrich Building Systems, and in various controller roles at Axion Automotive Technologies, Endar Corporation, Dentsply International, Avery Dennisonand Cummins Engine Company.
Twin Brook Capital Partners [NEW YORK & CHICAGO] announced that Vishal Sheth, former Director on Angelo, Gordon's finance and accounting team, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Angelo, Gordon in 2014, Mr. Sheth worked at Fortress Investments and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. [SAN CARLOS, Calif.] (NASDAQ: IOVA) announced the appointment of Timothy E. Morris as Chief Financial Officer of the company. Prior to joining Iovance, Mr. Morris was most recently chief financial officer and head of business development for AcelRx Pharmaceuticals. Before that, Mr. Morris held the positions of chief financial officer and global head of corporate development at VIVUS, Inc. and chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance, administration and manufacturing at Questcor Pharmaceuticals.
Velodyne LiDAR Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced Robert (Bob) Brown has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Brown joins Velodyne LiDAR from VeriSilicon Holdings Co., where he served as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Brown has held senior financial and business development roles at LSI Corporation and Cadence Design Systems, and various finance roles at Hewlett-Packard.
Brown Jordan International Inc. [ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.] has named Jeff Leonard as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before joining BJI, Jeff was the chief financial officer at The Hillman Group. Prior to joining Hillman, Jeff was CFO of Baker & Taylor.
Willbros Group, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: WG) announced the promotion of Jeffrey B. Kappel as Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Van A. Welch, who has tendered his resignation. Mr. Kappel's most recent position with the company has been Corporate Controller, Operations. Since joining Willbros in 2013, Mr. Kappel has held a variety of management level positions within the corporate finance and accounting organization and the Oil & Gas segment. Prior to joining Willbros, Jeff worked for Technip, the Shaw Group and PwC.
LCR Embedded Systems [NORRISTOWN, Pa.] announced the appointment of Sheila Golden, former Controller, as Chief Financial Officer.
Bioventus [DURHAM, N.C.] announced that Greg Anglum has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Anglum joined Bioventus in 2016 as its Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Bioventus, Anglum held CFO positions at Overture, and StrikeIron. He also spent several years in public accounting roles with Arthur Andersen and Grant Thornton.
Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [BOSTON, MA] (NASDAQ: PIRS) announced that it has appointed Allan Reine as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Pieris, from 2012 through August 2017, Dr. Reine was a portfolio manager at Lombard Odier Asset Management. Before joining Lombard Odier, Dr. Reine served as a healthcare portfolio manager at various funds, from 2003 through 2012 including Citi Principal Strategies, SAC Capital, Trivium Capital and Alexandra Investment Management. Dr. Reine began his career in 2001 at CIBC World Markets.


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Sister of fu wrote:Kun on the bench this weekend maybe??
Chinners wrote:Cheers as always DH. The applause might have been for Pelligrini thou
Douglas Higginbottom wrote:I left before they finished today ( the pictures beckoned)
Douglas Higginbottom wrote:Perfect training conditions today if slightly cold for the lazy watcher. They worked over on the far Sale Sharks pitch today so decent viewing for me but I did notice a lot of stuff set out on the 1st pitch which suggested there would be plenty of 1 on 1 work going on for those coming back from injury. 23 players on view to start with (yes 23 and that didn't include the keepers) for the initial MP briefing.It ended with just 20 as Kun ,Rodders and Jovetic went off to work separately.Kun after an extra chat with MP.Everyone looking very bright and lively as you might expect and the group included Boyata and Guidetti (therefore I assume not playing for the under 21's tonight) plus the surprise of Alex Nimely ( I am sure it was him).The briefing started with a strong round of applause which I am sure would have been for Yaya and his latest APotY award. Training started with a jog or tow and then some simple sharp exercises.Two fun bits in these included running whilst pushing another player or perhaps it was all about resisting the pressure from another player.Then they ran back from one routine and linked arms to press back to back.Watching Yaya linked with Silva was funny and I think David recognised the mismatch.Another pairing was Navas with Micah which seemed to always end with Jesus sprinting away. Fun to watch and everyone enjoying it too. Into some stretches before breaking into 3 keep ball circles and then they broke into to main groups.One was the team from Wednesday who went inside shortly afterwards.Again no point in too strong a session for players who played 2 days ago and just don't need match practice type work. The others got into an attack v defence session which was really good. Great to see a quality early finish from Guidetti from a good Navas ball. Jesus was looking superb so obviously has no problems remaining from whatever his midweek niggle was.Nimely scored next to finish a great Milner/Guidetti move.All under the eagle eye of MP and his team watching intently. I left before they finished today ( the pictures beckoned) but saw 2 players working hard which I believe were Jovetic and Rodders.Kun I assume was inside but we saw him yesterday going through all sorts ok work and I was told he was also doing a lot of shooting practice. Good signs that all 3 are not far away.
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Fried Eggplant and Green Pepper with Tomato Sauce
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2 cups water with 1 tbsp salt
1 large eggplant
1 large cubanelle pepper
1/2 cup sunflower oil
Tomato Sauce:
3 garlic cloves, chopped
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
6 heaping tbsp of diced tomato
2 heaping tbsp of crushed tomato
Peel the eggplant in lengthwise strips. Cut into large chunks. Soak in 2 cups of water with salt for about 20 minutes.
Place sunflower oil in a medium sized skillet. Squeeze the eggplants with your hand and dry them with paper towel. When the oil heats up, fry the eggplants on both sides until golden brown. Afterwards, place on a paper towel to soak up any extra oil.
Meanwhile, remove the seeds from the pepper. Cut into large chunks and fry on both sides until golden brown. While you're frying the pepper, cover it with a paper towel since the oil will spit. This won't happen with the eggplant. After the pepper pieces are fried, place on a paper towel and wait until they cool down. Then peel off the thin layer of skin with your hands.
Combine all the tomato sauce ingredients in a small pot. Cook at medium heat for 10 minutes. Make sure it doesn't dry out.
Put the eggplants and peppers on a serving dish. Pour the tomato sauce over it and refrigerate. This recipe is served cold as an appetizer. Try serving this dish with bread.
* This is a vegetarian dish.
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While most of the talk about expanding broadband access for the American public has focused on rural customers, much of the activity is in metropolitan areas. Metro networks are expanding rapidly because they encompass many types of networks, not just broadband Internet.
Cities and suburbs are installing communications systems to connect administrative, public safety and other city offices. They are installing surveillance cameras for security and traffic monitoring. They are monitoring and controlling traffic signals to improve traffic flow and save energy. Schools provide high-speed Internet to students and school administrators. Municipalities are installing wireless systems for both private and public use. Utilities are expanding their communications systems to increase efficiency and read meters remotely. Many cities also are realizing that they can lease "dark fibers" to phone or cable TV (CATV) companies as well as other organizations that desire high-speed connectivity.
All of these applications are based on optical fiber, virtually all single-mode. Most fiber optic cables are installed underground, although some areas still use aerial cables. Understanding how to install the cables with minimal disruption of the day-to-day city operation is the secret to a successful installation and sometimes a successful bid on a project.
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A decade ago, when companies were installing fiber practically everywhere to expand or offer competitive phone, CATV and Internet services, it was not uncommon to find city streets being dug up time after time as each new company negotiated rights-of-way individually with the local governments. Each time a company dug up the streets, snarling traffic, the pavement quality declined because repairs generally were not of sufficient quality or durability.
Smart municipal administrations quickly learned to require whoever was digging up the street to install extra conduit. Ownership of the conduit transferred to the city and was partial payment for the access to install cables. The practice allowed the city to sell access to other companies (or to install their own municipal fiber optic networks) without digging up the streets again. Now cities are working with companies and contractors to develop new techniques for installation that are less disruptive.
When cities realize they can lease fiber networks to companies that wish to offer phone, CATV and Internet services, the installation of municipal fiber networks just makes sense. Local governments have also discovered several funding sources that offset the cost of installing their own networks. Federal funds are available for education (connect the schools), homeland security (connect the public service departments and install surveillance cameras) and transportation (install a smart traffic light system). And, of course, more than $7 billion in stimulus funds have been made available for installing broadband for underserved areas, many of which are the inner cities.
Some municipalities, such as Santa Monica, Calif., have made use of all these funding sources and have installed many additional fibers for other purposes. Santa Monica City Net leases fiber for CATV and fiber to the home (FTTH) and offers connections to many companies based in the city that want private high-speed communications access. Many cities have discovered systems—such as Santa Monica City Net—can pay for themselves with sales opportunities.
A local electrical utility is building another well-known successful metropolitan network in Chattanooga, Tenn. Chattanooga gained fame as the first city to build a 1-gigabit-per-second (Gbps) FTTH network, beating Google, which will build a network in Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo. The utility that is building the network will also use it for reading meters.
Google, of course, deserves a lot of credit for the interest in metro networks. The company's promise to build the first 1 Gbps metro FTTH network received more than 1,100 applications from American cities interested in providing higher speed broadband connections to their citizens and maybe bypassing other communications providers who were less than enthusiastic about upgrading systems. Google has even worked hard to encourage new technology and installation techniques that can enhance network performance, reduce energy consumption and simplify installation.
Verizon is another major corporate contributor to the development of new metro network processes. In the company's massive installation program to bring fiber to the home with its FiOS system, Verizon examined many of the installation processes and components used to reduce the time and cost of installation. In addition, the company needed technicians who could install the fiber outdoors and in multiple dwelling units and then hook up and troubleshoot the phone, video and Internet services.
Fiber optic components and systems
While the premises cabling market still uses a lot of multimode fiber for CCTV and computer networks, outside plant and metro networks are almost entirely based on single-mode fiber. Once you get outside a building, the distances are usually too long for multimode fiber, so equipment designed for metro systems will be compatible with single-mode fiber.
Unlike telco systems, which have multiple single-mode fiber types to choose from, depending on the length and bit rate of the links, metro systems generally use regular single-mode fiber (G.652 is the international designation). However, low water peak fiber may be chosen for its ability to upgrade to wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) for future expansion, saving the need for installing additional fibers. And while telcos install cables with many extra fibers, metro systems may choose to limit the number of fibers for smaller diameter cables, which simplifies installation in crowded ducts.
Cabling for metro networks today is generally installed underground, although some cities continue using aerial installation; it's a cheaper solution than paying the cost to bury all their aerial cables. When used, aerial cables will often be lashed to current messenger cables or other copper communications cables. Self-supporting fiber optic cables are an option where poles are already overloaded with cables.
Some specialized underground cables and ducts have been developed for metro applications, often to reduce cable size and allow easier installation in crowded ducts. Sometimes, even air-blown fiber is used. Air-blown fiber uses small plastic tubes that are installed like cable. Then special fibers are blown into the tubes. Advocates of air-blown fiber like to point out that it allows upgrades by forcing out old fibers and blowing in new ones, justifying the higher initial costs.
Like other outside plant installations, splicing is generally performed with fusion splicers, and the splice closures are carefully stored in manholes or pedestals. And since it's single-mode fiber, termination is performed by fusion-splicing pigtails onto the fibers. Prepolished splice connectors, including new designs that use fusion splicing instead of mechanical splicing, can be used if breakout kits are installed on the cables.
Installation processes
One of the secrets to success for a contractor interested in metropolitan networks is learning how to install fiber with minimal disruption to the city. New techniques for fiber installation, many developed for FTTH, are proving to be highly useful in metro installs.
Obviously, the best situation is having conduit space available already. Many cities have conduit with fiber ducts installed, so pulling fiber is simple. Sometimes conduit space can be expanded using some new styles of ducting, including collapsible types that take up practically no space but protect the fiber optic cable and reduce pulling tension. Installation is simply a matter of pulling cable from manhole to manhole, splicing as necessary, and storing service loops.
Where conduit is not available—either for the full cable run or drops into buildings, pedestals, or to poles for wireless access points, CCTV cameras, and traffic signal controls—microtrenching techniques can be used. The latest version of microtrenching equipment cuts a narrow (less than 1 inch) groove in the pavement, typically less than 12 inches deep, vacuuming up the debris as it goes along. Cable or small ducts for pulling cable or even air-blown fiber is installed in the groove. After the duct or cable is installed, the groove is backfilled with grout that meets the same standards as the pavement.
The shallow depth of the microtrenching groove means minimal interference with other underground utilities. Installers and equipment providers claim that more than five miles of cable can be installed per day at up to 75 percent cost savings and with reduced traffic disruption. The expensive microtrenching equipment is already available for rental, making the investment in such equipment unnecessary.
Equipment rental is one of the techniques that Google identified as a way to save costs in metro installations. The company was so interested in the technique that it held a microtrenching race in the parking lot at the Google campus between equipment vendors to encourage competition in developing better equipment.
Additional cost savings may be possible using another technique developed for FTTH: prefabricated cable systems. Since single-mode termination is usually performed by splicing pigtails onto a cable and sealing splices in a closure for protection, termination can be time-consuming and expensive. FTTH systems often use prefabricated cables with weather-resistant terminations on one or both ends. Pulling terminated cable into ducts is usually not possible, but if one end is finished, the unfinished end can be pulled through the duct so that only one end requires splicing.
Companies such as Google and Verizon have done a good job of promoting these new technologies and their advantages. Some municipalities have well-informed personnel who keep track of new technologies such as microtrenching and prefab cabling systems and want to include them in their metropolitan network projects. Contractors familiar with these techniques have a competitive advantage and should, of course, inform municipal engineers planning projects of the advantages and particularly the potential cost savings of these techniques.
HAYES is a VDV writer and educator and the president of The Fiber Optic Association. Find him at www.JimHayes.com.


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After writing my last blog on my decision to stop taking Femara, I wrestled all weekend with whether that was the right thing to do. Cancer is so ominous and survivors have little recourse once treatment is over for preventing a new cancer or breast cancer metastasis. These hormonal drugs (tamoxifen, Arimidex, and Femara), are truly intended to prevent the return or spread of cancer. It is not my intention when writing about my experience to deter anyone from the protective effects these drugs have to offer — which leaves me with the dilemma of what I plan to do in place of taking them.
One real option is lifestyle changes. The benefits of a low-fat diet combined with an extensive exercise regimen are well known to me. I have become soft and discouraged, though, since putting on what I call tons (really 25 pounds) of weight since starting tamoxifen five years ago, and most of that was accumulated during my many months on Arimidex. However, and especially after talking to Dr. Funk this past October, I am acutely aware of the necessity to make a healthy regimen a way of life. I do have good eating habits generally, but the exercise portion is sporadic. I feel that as I age and come up against obstacles like time and the effects of medication, I succumb more often than not to the urge to pass on the physical exertion part of the requirement. But I am now painfully aware of the necessity to become truly committed to all that is required to incorporate a real workout into my day.
I have learned a number of things that can help me. One, I do not like to go to a gym or club to work out. I find it bothersome to travel only to change, sweat, and shower in a crowd of people. Two, I like fun things like skiing or hiking with friends. And three, music really motivates me to work harder and longer. I also realize that I miss long bike rides and if I get my two bikes (yes, I have two — I was really into biking) tuned up, I will use them. I only came up with this list over the weekend, but I feel this gives me a foundation for planning activities that will translate into real, beneficial physical activity. I've even thought that I might enjoy a kickboxing class or even just a boxing bag in my basement.
It sounds like a plan, doesn't it? I hate the idea of hard physical activity actually, but I hate the idea of taking Femara even more. The thing I hate most is the thought of cancer winning in the end. A real warrior fights to the finish and I guess that means I have to fight my resistance too.
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I'd be far more likely to use TOO.
Are these sentences correct:
1-I also, did not say anything.
2-I too, did not say anything.
I know that normally one has to use "either" with the negative (I did not say anything either.), but I wonder if one could ever use "too" and "also" to make the sentence sound more "active". Do people ever use "also" and "too" in this way?
I'd be far more likely to use TOO.
Both are acceptable, but I would prefer "also". In either case, if you are going to use a comma after the adverb, you should also use one before the adverb. For some strange reason, I would leave the commas out with "also", but would put them in with "too". It is probably just me.Originally Posted by navi tasan
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Two years ago, Ruth Maxey was raising six children, including twin granddaughters, a niece and the girl's three siblings.
She was also in her 60s.
It got to be too much, and in January 2011 Maxey had a stroke, not long after she retired from a demanding job as a hospital administrator. She has high blood pressure, which is a risk factor, but "I'm sure the job and raising the kids and the rippin' and runnin' had something to do with it," she said.
After her stroke, the three oldest children moved in with their grandmother in Rockford, and Maxey focused on raising the other three, including her two grandchildren, whose mother had died of complications from childbirth.
"I guess all would be good if I was 35 and I had the energy to keep up with them," said Maxey, 64, who decided to retire to focus on the kids. "I don't have the energy, but I love them."
Raising children can be taxing at any age, but it can put even more physical and emotional strain on an older person. Poor health, in turn can make it more difficult for some grandparents to perform caregiving duties.
Some research has found that grandparent-caregivers experience depression, high blood pressure and other health problems at higher rates than their peers who are not raising children.
"Considering the changes related to aging — hearing loss, vision impairment, gait abnormalities, cognitive decline, among many others — grandparents face significant emotional and physical challenges as they try to 'keep up' with toddlers, tweens, teenagers and pre-adults," said Dr. June McKoy, a Northwestern University geriatrician.
Most people assume that their full-time child-rearing responsibilities will end once their children are grown and out of the house, but millions of grandparents across the country find themselves nurturing another generation.
Their numbers have risen steadily over the years. Among the reasons: an illness, death, addiction, mental illness, incarceration or military deployment on the part of one or both of the child's parents. The prolonged economic downturn also has taken a toll on some families.
Of course, not all grandparents wind up caring for children under such difficult circumstances.
"With some families, what you see is shared parenting across the generations and a family adapting in a very positive way, such as helping a young parent going to school care for the child until the parent can assume more of the responsibilities," said James Gleeson, an associate professor at the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
And some grandparents say their grandkids help them stay active.
Grandparent caregiving crosses income, racial and other demographic categories, Gleeson said, though African-Americans are two to three times as likely to be raised by a relative other than a parent, compared with other racial and ethnic groups. About a third of grandparents caring for grandchildren are single.
Nationwide in 2011, about 7 million grandparents lived with a grandchild younger than 18, and about 39 percent of them were primarily responsible for meeting their grandkids' basic needs.
In Illinois, grandparents were living with their minor grandchildren in more than 270,000 households. In 99,000 of them, an older adult had taken on primary responsibility for meeting the basic needs of at least one grandchild.
Daxa Sanghvi, caregiver specialist at the Kenneth Young Center in Elk Grove Village, said participants in a support group she facilitates for grandparents raising grandchildren often share concerns about the impact of caregiving on their health.
Sanghvi said many of the grandparents say they are stressed out and that conflicts about the grandchildren sometimes arise between them and their spouses.
"They have no time, no energy, and emotionally they are really deflated," she said. "They are not even thinking about themselves because they are going, going, going."
Many of the grandparents she works with are sleep-deprived and "trying to do so much it affects their emotional state as well as their physical state," Sanghvi said. "Sometimes they don't even realize how much it is affecting them."
One of those grandparents, Suzanne Kowalski, was so absorbed with taking care of two of her grandchildren that she ignored a dimple on her left breast that turned out to be a sign of cancer. By the time she sought medical care and got diagnosed a year later, in September 2011, it had spread to her lymph nodes.
"Had I not been raising the grandkids, I would have gone to the doctor at least a year earlier because I wouldn't have been so financially strapped," she said. "My energy level would not have been so low. … I was giving all my attention to them."
Kowalski — like other grandparents interviewed by the Tribune — said she doesn't regret taking the children in.
"Every choice I made was my choice and I would do it again," said Kowalski, who lives in Mount Prospect. "I believed they didn't deserve any less than my full attention. In hindsight, I could have taken better care of myself so I could be better for them. But you live and you learn and sometimes you learn when it's too late."
In March, after eight years, she decided to turn over custody of the children to their father, her son-in-law.
Without the kids, Kowalski says, she is paying more attention to her health.
"I'm living and eating differently now," she said. "If they were living here, I wouldn't be doing that because I always put the kids first. Now I'm first."
Many grandparents living on a fixed income can't afford health care for themselves because they spend what they have on their grandchildren, McKoy said. This is especially true for African-Americans and Latinos, who tend to have lower incomes to start with.
McKoy said some of her grandparent-patients ask for less expensive medications because they can't afford the ones she would usually prescribe.
Resources are available to help, said Sarah Stein, manager of community programs at AgeOptions, a nonprofit Area Agency on Aging. AgeOptions and other agencies offer services to support older adults raising children, including counseling, support groups, resource referrals, limited financial assistance, and help with legal matters such as guardianship and adoption.
Despite the challenges, most grandparents feel a sense of reward raising their grandchildren and report high levels of satisfaction for keeping the family together, said Gleeson, who has conducted research on grandparents who are raising their grandchildren.
And most studies report that the children do well socially, academically and in other ways, he said.
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Maxey, who lives in south suburban Dolton, said families must do whatever they can to stick together and support each other.
"Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be raising my grandchildren," she said. "(But) what else would I do? They are here and I love them. They are truly a blessing."
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Introduction / HistoryThe Tamboli or Tambuli (also Barai) derive their name from the Sanskrit term for 'betal leaves' (tambula). Tambul or betal leaf packing has commonly been the primary source of income for thousands of Tamboli as they bundle and sell the betalnut and betal leaf product. The Tamboli live in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh.
What are their lives like?Today the Tamboli can still be found in India in the tradition business of cultivating the piper betal plant or the areca nut or packaging the leaves in 200 leaf packs for sale and distribution, though not all remain in this profession. Scores of Tamboli , because of a higher or 'clean' caste status, can be found in small business trading and as hardware shop owners. About 90% of Tamboli are Hindus but the other 10% are Muslims and trace this heritage back to conversion from Hinduism. It is believed that about a quarter of the Tamboli in Nepal are Muslims and they primarily speak the Maithili language.
What are their needs?Little to no ministry work has ever been done among the Tamboli and despite this large population there are no known Christians among them. Pray that the betal leaf and areca nut industry could be penetrated with the Gospel so that many Tamboli whether Muslims or Hindus could know the God who created them.


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Tom Jakubowski - 1989 Cadillac El Dorado
"Dr. J," as his campaign posters call him, has driven only Cadillacs since buying a new Calais in 1966. Now on his 13th Caddy, Tom Jakubowski says with assurance, "They're so much better made than other cars."
His navy blue 1989 El Dorado (sharing the driveway with a 2004 CTS), was donated to a local nonprofit last year by a UVA psych professor. Jakubowski bought the car without a second thought because, in his experience, a Caddy is more than a gas-guzzler.
"The thing about Cadillacs is that if you're having a bad day, you just get in the seat and the old-style leather hugs you. It lifts your spirits," he says.
In this case, his current ride also lifts his campaign. The vanity plate reads: "RIO DIST" where Jakubowski is currently running for county supervisor. But whatever happens on November 8, Jakubowski isn't looking to sell anytime soon.
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This past Saturday, I was an assistant intructor for an Advanced Women's Handgun class. The ladies in attendance had all been through Basic Pistol, so this was the next step for them.
The course include a refresher on sight-picture and trigger press. Then we moved to the range for live-fire with movement, verbal commands, shooting behind cover and kneeling.
Next was a section on open-hand techniques - fighting the bad guy without a gun. Palm strikes, elbows, knees, etc.
Last was a scenario course using Glock sims guns and ammunition (the head instructor is LEO, so he has access to these tools). I was one of the bad guys in the scenarios and I was shot quite a bit.
The ladies all did very well. I've been through these courses with mixed genders and there wasn't much of a difference. The ladies did hesitate just a bit longer then the guys when they had a real person in their front sights, but most of the shots would have at least severely injured or killed me if I had been a real bad guy. During one deliberately confusing scenario, I was actually a good guy and was shot anyway.
It was an excellent course. I would highly recommend something similar for both men and women if you have access to that type of training in your area.
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