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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States sent its top Asian diplomacy and security officials to South Korea and Japan to calm tensions between two U.S. allies whose squabbling has frustrated efforts to deal with a troublesome North Korea and an increasingly assertive China.
The high-powered delegation from the White House, Pentagon and State Department departed on Monday and will be visiting the region shortly after the election of a new nationalist-leaning Japanese government in December and before Seoul inaugurates a new president in February.
Washington hopes South Korea and Japan can put a lid on spats over history and territory stemming from Japan's 1910-45 occupation of Korea. U.S. officials also seek to reassure Tokyo as it confronts almost daily challenges from China over which has sovereignty of disputed islets in a separate, more dangerous, territorial row with Beijing.
The long-simmering disputes erupted anew last year, plunging Tokyo's ties with Seoul and Beijing to troubling lows and casting a cloud over the President Barack Obama's signature policy for East Asia - rebalancing security forces in the region - in part to cope with a surging China.
"We want to see the new Japanese government, the new South Korean government, all of the countries in Northeast Asia working together and solving any outstanding issues, whether they are territorial, whether they're historic, through dialogue," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said last week.
Troubles between Asia's second and fourth biggest economies are frustrating to Washington at a time when a defiant North Korea has tested a long-range rocket and may be poised to conduct its third nuclear test.
In one of the final acts before Obama brings in a new national security team for his second term, Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, Assistant Secretary of Defense Mark Lippert and Daniel Russel, the National Security Council senior director for Asian affairs, will meet with officials in Seoul and Tokyo.
U.S. officials regularly meet counterparts from the two countries, which have been American allies since the 1950s and together host most of the 80,000 U.S. troops in Asia. But the antagonistic nationalism that flared up in Asian capitals last year makes this trip anything but routine.
The Japan-South Korea dispute intensified in August when President Lee Myung-bak became the first South Korean leader to set foot on islands claimed by both countries but controlled by Seoul. They are known as Dokdo in Korea and Takeshima in Japan.
Lee's visit and his call for Emperor Akihito to go beyond earlier expressions of "deepest regrets" for Japan's colonial rule followed South Korea's last-minute cancellation of a bilateral agreement with Japan on sharing intelligence.
The troubles between Seoul and Tokyo coincided with a standoff between Japan and China over another cluster of islets, known as the Diaoyu in China and the Senkaku in Japan.
The dispute sparked violent anti-Japanese protests in China last summer that damaged Japanese businesses in China. Last year's protests have been followed by a consumer boycott and repeated incursions by Chinese boats and planes into seas and airspace around the islands, which are controlled by Japan.
The ships and aircraft that have appeared to challenge Japanese control of those waters and force Tokyo to end its refusal to acknowledge that a territorial dispute exists have been Chinese government vessels. So far China has stopped short of sending military vessels into disputed areas.
But analysts warn of the potential for miscalculation. Any Japan-China conflict could embroil the United States, which says that the islets are covered under the U.S.-Japan security treaty - even though Washington takes no position on the sovereignty dispute.
Another understated aim of the U.S. mission to Tokyo this week is to convince Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to step away from some of the more nationalist policies of the platform on which he campaigned and won office on last month.
Washington is particularly concerned about Abe's previous calls to revise or rescind a landmark 1995 apology for Japan's wartime aggression and 1993 statement acknowledging an official Japanese role in the recruiting of tens of thousands of mostly South Korean "comfort women" to serve troops during World War Two.
Such actions would anger Asian nations that suffered from Japan's militarism, further complicating both U.S. attempts to manage ties between its allies in the region and relations with China, which also is ushering in new leadership in March.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said last week that Abe would stand by the 1995 apology. Although Abe packed his Cabinet with politicians who hold extremely revisionist views of history, analysts are predicting policies will be pragmatic, with a focus on reviving the economy.
"The Abe administration basically will not touch foreign diplomacy and security affairs before the Upper House election" in July, former Vice Minister for Defense Motohiro Oono of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan told a think tank panel in Washington last week.
Bruce Klingner, an analyst at the conservative Heritage Foundation, said recent statements from Abe have been "suitably nuanced." He said during Abe's 2006-7 tenure as prime minister, he "defied many of the same predictions by maintaining and even improving Japan's relations with its neighbors."
Abe's gestures to neighbors include sending an envoy to meet South Korean President-elect Park Geun-hye; announcing that his first overseas trip since winning office will be to Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand; and offering to supply the Philippines with 10 coast guard vessels and communications equipment to help Manila in its territorial dispute with China.
(Additional reporting By Jack Kim in Seoul and Linda Sieg in Tokyo; Editing by Warren Strobel and Bill Trott)

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What I'm wanting to do is call a member function of a child class that is not defined in it's abstract parent. If anybody could help me with this, it would be much appreciated.
I have two files:
player.h contains the definition of an abstract base class "Player", and three external functions to receive pointers to the children. I can not change player.h. It reads as follows:
along with two other external functions for the other child classes and required #endif.Code:class Player { // A virtual base class, providing the player interface public: virtual int bet(unsigned int bankroll, unsigned int minimum) = 0; // REQUIRES: bankroll >= minimum // EFFECTS: returns the player's bet, between minimum and bankroll // inclusive virtual bool draw(Card dealer, // Dealer's "up card" const Hand &player) = 0; // Player's current hand // EFFECTS: returns true if the player wishes to be dealt another // card, false otherwise. virtual void expose(Card c) = 0; // EFFECTS: allows the player to "see" the newly-exposed card c. // For example, each card that is dealt "face up" is expose()d. // Likewise, if the dealer must show his "hole card", it is also // expose()d. Note: not all cards dealt are expose()d---if the // player goes over 21 or is dealt a natural 21, the dealer need // not expose his hole card. virtual void shuffled() = 0; // EFFECTS: tells the player that the deck has been re-shuffled. virtual ~Player() { } // Note: this is here only to suppress a compiler warning. // Destructors are not needed for this project. }; extern Player *get_Simple(); // EFFECTS: returns a pointer to a "simple player", as defined by the // project specification
I then have three derived classes inside of player.cpp, SimplePlayer, CountingPlayer, and Competitor, where the later two are also derived from SimplePlayer. Inside SimplePlayer (and redefined in Competitor) I've added two functions that were not part of Player:
The problem, then, is invoking these two member functions from my main program inside of a different file. In my main, I include player.h. I then create and use a Player object as follows:Code:virtual void lost() //informs the player of a loss; RME below { //intentionally left blank return; } virtual void won() //informs the player of a win; RME below { //intentionally left blank return; }
This works well, for all of the functions that are native to Player. The Won() and Lost() functions, however, are not part of the Player type and so I am unable to invoke them. Which I'd very much like to be able to do. What possibilities do I have to gain access to the Won() and Lost() functions?Code:typedef void (Player::*FNSHUFFLE) (); typedef int (Player::*FNBET)(unsigned int, unsigned int); typedef bool (Player::*FNDRAW)(Card, const Hand&); typedef void (Player::*FNEXPOSE)(Card); ******Additional functions, irrelevant******** int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { FNSHUFFLE shuff = &Player::shuffled; FNBET bet = &Player::bet; FNDRAW draw = &Player::draw; FNEXPOSE expose = &Player::expose; *******Other declarations, irrelevant******* Player *player; if(type == "simple") { player = get_Simple(); } else if(type == "counting") { player = get_Counting(); } else if(type == "competitor") { player = get_Competitor(); } *****SAMPLE MEMBER FUNCTION CALLS BELOW******* (player->*shuff)(); (player->*expose)(p1); etc *******Other parts, irrelevant******* return 0; }


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A fun cartoon detailing the life of Pope Francis.
The video "The Day of the Dead," available on YouTube (3:49), offers a good overview of the Mexican celebration for the "Day of the Dead" activity on day 4.
The video "C4: Ignite Your Catholic Faith—What Are the Marks of the Church?" is available on YouTube (3:32), and is used for the "On Your Marks" activity on day 1.
The video "Introduction to the Liturgy of the Eucharist," by dioceseofstpete, available on YouTube (1:50), offers an overview of material presented in the Handbook. It is especially helpful for day 1, but would be effective on any day.
The video "Precepts of the Church," by Saint Mary's Press, available on YouTube (0:51), is an option for day 4.
This is a description for an art project where students express the relationship between Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition.
This handout provides a chart for students to list key relationships that are from their church, community, family, and friends.
This handout breaks down the Nicene Creed line-by-line and gives each a brief explanation and commentary.
This handout lists 26 objectives of the ideal church as presented in Romans, Chapter 12
A personal story about discovering how Catholicism is truly universal.
A personal story about seeing the Church as a wise elder sitting on a porch.
A research assignment worksheet done in pairs to find important information about different religious orders.
A worksheet completed in groups about the symbolic words and actions that take place during the Rite of Ordination, as well as their meaning and effect.
A brief video on Pope Francis.
A short explanation of John 3:16, discussing justification by faith versus salvation as a gift.
A video on the order of the universe.
A short video about the theological and scientific views on creation.
A brief explanation of God's presence, or lack thereof, in Purgatory and Hell.
A video explaining the assassination attempt on Pope Saint John Paul II's life.
A short video on the virtue of faith.
A brief discussion on Purgatory, and if it is a physical place.
A short video on the universal mission of the Church.
A short video on why you shouldn't just say the Creed, you should pray the Creed.
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Holiness in the Midst of Holocaust
The saintly witness of Maximilian Kolbe and Teresa Benedicta of the Cross was a light in the darkness at Auschwitz. John Paul II visited this horrific death camp, located about an hour's drive from his birthplace in Wadowice, Poland, as Pope.
Pope John Paul II offered an answer to the horror of the Holocaust.
"Can it still be a surprise to anyone that the Pope born and brought up in this land, the Pope who came to the See of St. Peter from the diocese in whose territory is situated the camp of Oswiecim (Auschwitz), should have begun his first encyclical with the words 'Redemptor Hominis' and should have dedicated it as a whole to the cause of man, to the dignity of man, to the threats to him, and finally to his inalienable rights that can so easily be trampled on and annihilated by his fellowmen?"
Pope John Paul II offered this anguished reflection during his 1979 visit to Auschwitz, located about an hour's drive from his birthplace in Wadowice. His words exposed the devastating impact of the Nazis' brutal legacy on the spiritual life of a Pole who knew many victims — Jewish and Christian — who perished in the camps. During the German occupation, a number of his peers in the underground seminary were arrested and died in prison, while a series of seemingly lucky breaks protected him from harm.
During the Second World War, a reported 900,000 Jews were immediately killed, following their arrival at Auschwitz, and another 200,000 perished there, according to incomplete records compiled at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum archives.
Among an estimated 200,000 non-Jews imprisoned at the camp, 165,000 were Catholics, including priests, seminarians and religious. Edith Stein, the Jewish convert and Carmelite nun — Sister Benedicta of the Cross — was executed at Auschwitz in 1942 for the crime of being a Jew.
It was a gray day when our pilgrim group arrived at the buildings that still contain the devastating evidence of the hundreds of thousands of lives extinguished at Auschwitz.
Our tour guide pointed out piles of shoes and human hair, grotesque reminders of the Nazis' parallel war against an entire race of people.
Before I passed through the grim buildings and corridors of the camp, it was possible to push away the horror of what transpired here and approach the legacy of Nazi war criminals as a compelling but distant history lesson. It was another matter when I actually walked through the halls once inhabited by half-starved human beings treated like garbage — or even worse, human guinea pigs.
Each visitor to Auschwitz, I suspect, responds with a desperate search for some light to oppose the darkness. The all-pervading desolation called out for some witness to hope.
St. Maximilian Kolbe was transferred to the Auschwitz camp in 1941, branded prisoner 16670. Reportedly, he was given the most dehumanizing tasks and beaten routinely, but still heard confessions and provided Communion to the faithful.
When a prisoner escaped and 10 men were randomly selected for execution as punishment, Father Kolbe volunteered to take the place of a Polish father and husband. He was starved for three weeks before receiving a lethal injection.
"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it," John 1:5 reminds us. When Pope John Paul II visited the camp in 1979, he lit a candle in Kolbe's cell.
There are those who confront the horror of Auschwitz and rage at a God who was "silent." As the trains continued to dislodge their human cargo, famished slave laborers struggled to survive the end of the war.
At the end of his life, Jesus asked the Father, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Pope John Paul II has described Auschwitz as "this Golgotha of the modern world." Yet, despite the desolate silence, there were prisoners who still believed in love and acted on that belief to the end.
John Paul declared Kolbe "the patron saint of our difficult century." Today, many of us approach the horrors of the past as a cautionary tale that underscores the urgent need to address nascent evil before it explodes into a new regime of state-sponsored violence against a vulnerable class of persons.
But there is another lesson to be learned at Auschwitz. In every circumstance, no matter how desperate, we have a measure of freedom to love, to hope and to believe. At Auschwitz, amid fear, death and suffering, Christ the Redeemer remained present to all who joined their sufferings to his own passion and death on the cross.
That truth shaped John Paul's message to his fellow Poles, who struggled under the yoke of communism for decades after the camps were liberated. During his visit to Auschwitz, he somberly acknowledged: "Many victories were won [here]. Where the dignity of man was so horribly trampled on, victory was won through faith and love."
Early Christian pilgrims were the first to visit the graves of martyrs and holy men and women. Our pilgrimage to Auschwitz followed this pattern, in a special way. There, we beseeched God for his forgiveness and prayed for the victims — Jews and Christians, the dead and the survivors. We asked for the intercession of the saints who perished here and for the grace we need to follow their holy example.
This is the final part of Register senior editor Joan Frawley Desmond's pilgrimage to Poland.
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Pear Praline Pie
This pie is good served warm or at room temperature. We like it with scoops of vanilla ice cream or thick whipped cream on top. It's great with any meal, or on its own with a cup of coffee or glass of milk as a treat.
Total TimePrep: 30 min. Bake: 35 min. + cooling
Makes8 servings
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 4 medium pears, peeled and sliced
- Pastry for double-crust pie (9 inches)
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, lemon zest and ginger. Add pears; toss gently to coat.
- Line a 9-in. pie plate with bottom pastry; trim even with edge of plate. Add pear mixture. Combine the brown sugar, pecans and butter; sprinkle over pears.
- Roll out remaining pastry to fit top of pie; cut a decorative design in the center if desired. Place over filling; trim, seal and flute edges. (If using whole pastry on top without a decorative design, cut slits in pastry.)
- Bake at 400° for 35-45 minutes or until filling is bubbly and pears are tender (cover edges with foil during the last 15 minutes to prevent overbrowning if necessary). Cool completely on a wire rack. Store in the refrigerator.
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Oh, my, is this ever good! It's as beautiful and it is delicious. As I cut and pull back the top crust as shown, I make as many points as I want to cut slices when serving, so each slice gets one point of the star burst.


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A sobering 2012 election has political conservatives searching for ways to regain lost ground. Evangelical minorities might be a place to start. For Harry Jackson, opposing the reelection of President Barack Obama meant crossing a group that delivered a higher percentage of its votes to the president than any other bloc in the 2012 election: black voters. Exit polls reported 93 percent of black voters supported Obama. Jackson—the African-American pastor of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Md.—was blunt in his pre-election assessment of Obama: He told his congregation the president embraces an "anti-gospel" agenda, and he warned black Christians not to "celebrate your race over grace." Among many, it's not a popular message. When Jackson joined conservative groups in Maryland this fall to oppose a ballot initiative to approve "gay marriage," Pam Spaulding—a black blogger at the popular PamsHouseBlend.com—took aim. "The loudmouth carpetbagging preacher tried to pressure Congress to act and review the DC City Council's vote to recognize marriage equality there," Spaulding wrote. "And whenever the National Organization for Marriage or the Family Research Council wants a rent-a-homophobic-Negro to put before the cameras, Harry is Johnny-On-The-Spot." On the morning after President Barack Obama defeated Republican Mitt Romney—and Maryland voters approved "gay marriage"—Jackson admitted his efforts had been blunted. "It's not an easy road, and I do get ostracized to some degree," he said in a phone interview. "But there is a price to be paid when you're at the tip of the arrow." For some evangelical leaders in minority communities, being at the tip of the arrow means opposing candidates minorities often support. And it means supporting causes—like immigration reform—that other conservatives resist. This presidential election offered a dramatic example: A slate of conservative and evangelical leaders in the Hispanic community failed to persuade often-conservative Latinos to oppose Obama in significant numbers. While former Republican President George W. Bush won 44 percent of Latino voters in 2004, Romney won 27 percent on Election Day. (That's five points less than Sen. John McCain in the 2008 presidential race.) Hispanics now comprise 10 percent of the electorate nationwide, and in swing states with large Hispanic populations, the opposition of Latinos may have been one of many factors that cost Romney the election. It's a conundrum growing worse for conservative politicians. And it's perplexing for some Hispanic evangelical and Catholic leaders who say Republicans are losing a large swath of a pro-life, pro-marriage community they could be winning. A Pew study from October 2012 reported Latino evangelical voters make up 16 percent of the Latino electorate, but a study that same month by the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference says Latino evangelicals make up about 28 percent of likely Latino voters. And though more Hispanics overall have embraced legalized abortion and "gay marriage" in recent years, Hispanic evangelicals remain staunch: A Pew Study in 2011 found 70 percent believed abortion should be illegal. (The same study reported 60 percent of white evangelicals held the same view.) Meanwhile, a recent poll trumpeted 52 percent of Latino voters now support "gay marriage." But the same study found 66 percent of Hispanic evangelicals oppose it. One thing most Latinos agree on: They support immigration reform. Though it wasn't their highest priority in the recent election, it's a dynamic that continues to influence the vote. That means Romney made at least two mistakes with Hispanics, according to some leaders: He didn't promote reasonable immigration reform, and he didn't emphasize the socially conservative issues many Hispanic voters embrace—even when the Obama campaign touted extreme positions on abortion and "gay marriage." In the post-election, soul-searching days ahead, examining both of those dynamics may be crucial for Republicans looking to win over a growing voting bloc. When it comes to black voters, the hill is far steeper for Republicans, even among socially conservative blacks. And while evangelicals like Harry Jackson don't expect soon to convince substantial numbers of black voters to support Republicans, he'd like to see the GOP make a more serious effort to win some of the bloc—an effort Jackson and others say didn't happen this year. Republican leaders aren't the only part of the equation: Some Christian leaders emphasize white evangelicals should engage these issues as well. Finding a way to embrace minorities—and their concerns—could be key not only to strengthening political conservatism, but could strengthen the broader Christian community as well—something that might be especially important during a second Obama term that bodes more challenges for Christian concerns. Immigration reform wasn't the predominant issue on most voters' minds on Nov. 6. Exit polls showed the economy ranked first. Indeed, Obama's reelection came as a surprise to many, considering the country's nearly 8 percent unemployment rate and $16 trillion debt that grew worse under his administration. The president also presided over an unpopular healthcare law that threatens deepening fiscal woes. Pundits debated whether Romney didn't articulate a counter-vision well enough, or whether voters simply didn't embrace the principles he did offer. Whatever the case, Romney centered his campaign on the economic malaise. For evangelicals, social issues also remained important, though Romney didn't emphasize opposition to abortion or "gay marriage." That didn't deter evangelical support: Exit polls showed 78 percent of white evangelicals voted for Romney—two points higher than support for McCain in 2008, and nearly the same level as supported Bush in 2004. For Hispanic evangelicals, the numbers dropped drastically: An October poll by the Pew Research Center found 50 percent of the group said they'd vote for Obama. Thirty-nine percent said they supported Romney. Hispanic evangelical leaders like Samuel Rodriguez of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference say immigration is a leading reason Latino voters don't support Republicans. While President George W. Bush attempted comprehensive immigration reform, the plan languished, partly because of conservative worries over amnesty. By the GOP primaries this election season, some conservatives were still adamant. During a Republican primary debate last September, Texas Gov. Rick Perry spoke of allowing in-state tuition for the children of illegal aliens. The crowd booed. In a January debate, when moderator Juan Williams mentioned Romney's father was born in Mexico, a few audience members booed again. During the same debate, Romney said he favored "self-deportation" for illegal immigrants. Rodriguez says the overall tone was damaging: "Romney may have self-deported himself from the White House by alienating the Latino electorate." The subject of immigration reform remains tense among many conservatives. But Rodriguez and his allies say they don't support a no-strings-attached amnesty. Instead, they favor a plan that would allow illegal immigrants to apply for U.S. citizenship, pay fines, and meet requirements to learn English. (See "The Lamb's agenda".) Richard Land of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention endorsed Romney, but says the GOP must improve on immigration: "How many times do you have to bang your head against the wall before you realize it hurts?" Land says it's possible to reconcile legitimate concerns for the rule of law with compassion for illegal immigrants. Al Mohler—president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary—agreed in a post-election column: "The party's position on immigration is disastrous, and is at odds with the party's own values." The immigration irony: Obama didn't do much better. The president promised during his first campaign to push quickly for comprehensive immigration reform, but never acted. Still, Latinos hailed Obama's executive order in September that halted deportations for some illegal immigrants who were brought to the United States before they were 16 years old. The eleventh hour order may have secured wavering Hispanic voters. Meanwhile, a smaller group of Hispanics was waging an uphill battle: trying to convince Latinos to support conservative politicians. In October, Rodriguez joined a group of Latino clergy in Boca Raton, Fla., on the day of the last presidential debate. The group of evangelical and Catholic leaders denounced Obama's support for abortion, "gay marriage," and the federal mandate requiring religious organizations to cover contraceptives and abortifacients in their healthcare coverage. Romney didn't provide much backup: Despite the millions of dollars the campaign spent on a robust Hispanic outreach (mostly emphasizing economic issues), Rodriguez said he didn't see or hear one advertisement that specifically engaged Hispanic voters on abortion, "gay marriage," or the healthcare mandate. That's striking considering Obama's relentless attacks on Romney for his opposition to federal funding for Planned Parenthood—the nation's largest abortion provider. And though the president endorsed "gay marriage" in May—and pushed it heavily during the Democratic National Convention—the Romney campaign offered little public response. Even the healthcare mandate that led some evangelical and Catholic institutions to sue the federal government got little play from a Romney campaign determined to focus on the economy. (Obama won the Catholic vote 50-48.) That left conservatives like Alfonso Aguilar on their own. The executive director of the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles led a campaign in the swing state of Nevada to reach out to Hispanic evangelicals and Catholics on social issues. The effort—called Nevada Hispanics—produced literature, conducted rallies, met with Hispanic church leaders, and produced a Spanish-language ad for television and radio to emphasize Obama's position on abortion, "gay marriage," and the healthcare mandate. Aguilar—a Catholic—saw nothing like it from the Romney campaign in Nevada or elsewhere. But he said Obama volunteers were busy engaging the same groups "church-by-church, block-by-block. … We really couldn't compete with them." Obama won Nevada 52-45 percent. Black conservatives had an even harder time, but it wasn't because they didn't try. Harry Jackson spent months traveling with Christian groups in several states to promote conservative causes, including traditional marriage. Derek McCoy, a member of Jackson's church, spearheaded the Maryland Marriage Alliance to combat a "gay marriage" initiative. A slate of black pastors and church leaders joined McCoy in the effort. William Owens led the Coalition of African-American Pastors, and said Obama had betrayed the black community by endorsing same-sex "marriage." E.W. Jackson—head of Exodus Faith Ministries and chairman of Ministers Taking a Stand—recorded a video for black Christians, and told them: "It is time to end the slavish devotion to the Democratic Party." He also decried the Democratic Party's "unholy alliance" with Planned Parenthood, "which has killed unborn black babies by the tens of millions." Ministers weren't the only ones trying. Crystal Wright—author of the blog Conservative Black Chick—said the Republican National Committee hired her a year ago to create a black outreach website to attract more blacks to the Republican Party. "After near completion of the site in the late spring of 2012, Romney and the RNC killed the project, explaining they didn't want to launch the site without putting outreach activities behind it," she wrote the morning after the election. "I agreed and recommended a slate of outreach activities such as town hall meetings at historically black colleges and universities in swing states such as Virginia and North Carolina. The RNC refused to fund any black outreach activities." Romney did address the NAACP, and the campaign talked with some black pastors. 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Rabbi Akiva said: "Jesting and frivolity accustom one to immorality. The oral transmission is a protective fence for the Torah; tithes are a protective fence for wealth; vows are a protective fence for abstinence; a protective fence for wisdom is silence." Ethics of the Fathers, 3:17
Laughter may indeed be the best medicine. It has been proven beneficial for the heart, the circulatory system, and the immune system, as well as for patients suffering from anxiety and even diabetes.
Nevertheless, by exceeding normal bounds, laughter can produce distinctly humorless results. Mockery, sarcasm, and ridicule are the ugly side of laughter, perverting humor into cruelty. And even good-natured laughter, when it goes out of control, can strip a human being of his composure and render him irrational and incoherent.
In our previous mishna, Rabbi Yishmael adjured us to "receive every person with joy." In our current mishna, his colleague Rabbi Akiva cautions us against carrying a good thing too far.
Where Rabbi Yishmael admonished us to recognize the inherent value of every person, Rabbi Akiva warns us of the danger of allowing congeniality overflow the banks of decorum. The demarcation lines of social propriety, of refined speech, of civilized conduct, will be disregarded as easily amidst uncontrolled laughter as they will be under the influence of alcohol. Man swiftly becomes intoxicated with levity, leaving him vulnerable to committing errors of judgment as egregious as any drunk. Moderation in laughter, as in almost everything, is the way of the righteous.
Having observed how frivolous behavior leads naturally to moral imprudence, Rabbi Akiva presents a series of strategies -- or fences -- for reinforcing the natural boundaries of common sense and civic virtue. If levity can break down our respect for the limits of propriety, a disciplined approach to life can fortify and bolster them.
The bedrock of personal conduct is Torah, the only absolute guide to right and wrong in the universe. And the most extraordinary dimension of Torah, the aspect that most clearly testifies to the divinity of the Law, is the Oral Tradition.
In order for the Torah to remain anchored in the foundations of immutability, its essence had to be rendered in written form. However, to allow the Torah to retain sufficient flexibility to remain relevant to all generations and in all cultural contexts for over 3300 years, the Almighty added to the Written Law an oral component, whereby the underlying depth of meaning, together with the general rules of interpretation and application, would be safeguarded and passed down by the scholars and sages of every generation.
By fixing the Torah in written form, God assured its eternal integrity. By preserving the Torah's significance and the means to apply it to every time and circumstance through the Oral Law, the sages have assured its eternal relevance. In this way, the oral transmission is a fence to protect the Torah.
The sages of the Talmud offer this astounding insight into the character of a tzaddik, a genuinely righteous person: the tzaddik is more concerned with his money than he is with his own well-being. At first glance, their observation seems incomprehensible. How is it possible that a righteous Jew, presumably absorbed in the purest spiritual pursuits, could set material wealth on a higher plane than his own personal welfare?
The answer, however, is simple. The tzaddik recognizes with a clarity few of us can imagine that this world and everything in it is property of the Creator. If so, any possessions or wealth that a person may have are not truly his. Rather, he is merely the custodian of whatever money or property come to his hand, and he must use them in accordance with the will of their true owner. Should he use them carelessly, frivolously, or selfishly, he is little better than a thief.
For the large majority of us who lack the sensitivity of tzaddikim, the Torah mandates the giving of tithes: from one's income, the Torah requires one percent for the priests (kohanim) and ten percent for the Levites, since these families devote their lives to serving as the spiritual teachers and mentors of the Jewish people. Because their spiritual pursuits leave them no time to secure their own livelihood, the rest of the nation shoulders the responsibility for their support. An additional ten percent must be spent in the capital of Jerusalem or, in every third year, set aside as charity for the poor.
In our times, when the kohanim and Leviim do not serve and when many Jews have no access to Jerusalem, one dedicates between ten and twenty percent of his annual income to the support of the Jewish poor and of Torah institutions. This system of tithes reminds us that the Almighty has entrusted us with all we have, and impresses upon us the responsibilities of wealth. It is noteworthy that the neither the sages nor the Jewish government levy this tax. It is left to every individual to distribute his share to those in need.
In our times, the power of the spoken word has largely been forgotten or misunderstood. Elected officials make pledges they are not expected to keep, the media report half-truths and skewed facts without accountability, and contracts are drawn up with intentional ambiguity in the indecipherable language of Legalese.
Once upon a time, the assurance "I give you my word" carried immeasurable weight. A promise was a promise, a handshake sealed a deal, and a good man was as good as his word. The notion of failing to uphold a commitment, oral or otherwise, was too mortifying to contemplate.
According to Torah law and custom, the violation of any vow is counted among the most reprehensible transgressions, so much so that Jewish tradition contains countless stories of tzaddikim who paid large sums of money they did not owe rather than submit to a vow -- even a truthful vow. Their fear of making a false or even unnecessary promise outweighed all financial consequences even when justice was on their side.
Here Rabbi Akiva comes to impress upon us the sheer power of self-respect. We can all sympathize with an individual who, under the pressure of passion or desperation, yields to temptation. But no person should be so lacking in self-respect that he will not honor his word, keep his promise, or fulfill his pledge.
In this section of our mishna, Rabbi Akiva offers practical advice to strengthen our resolve in the face of temptation. At times, we may find ourselves slipping into transgression and, despite our awareness of the contemptibility of our imminent actions, we cannot summon the internal fortitude to stop before we tumble over the brink. At such a moment, the added power of proclaiming in the language of an oath that I will not commit this act may tilt the scales of decision back in favor of our deep-seated conviction to always do right.
Ultimately, the rightness of our actions depends upon the maturity of our wisdom. Without wisdom, we easily rationalize good as evil and evil as good -- inevitably along the lines of our desires and preconceptions.
Even more dangerous than the influence of our self-interest is the frequency of confusing intelligence with intellectual integrity. Some of the most intelligent individuals in history have lacked any moral compass whatsoever, and others have been hopelessly misguided in their desire to do good.
While the acquisition of wisdom does require study, the preservation of wisdom is a different matter altogether. As Alexander Pope famously wrote, a little learning is a dangerous thing. It is not knowledge that dangerous, but the belief that we possess all the knowledge that we need and that, armed with knowledge, we cannot err.
Consequently, Rabbi Akiva concludes his list of "fences" by reminding us to appreciate the most easily accessible fence of all: silence. How much do we not learn because we do not hear? How much do we not hear because we are talking? And how much of what we say truly needs to be said? By talking less and listening more, we not only acquire more knowledge but protect ourselves from misapplying what knowledge we already have.
As a final insight, it is worth noting that, in his final lesson, Rabbi Akiva reverses the formula he has used throughout. He does not teach us that silence is a fence for wisdom, parallel to his previous teachings, but that a fence for wisdom is silence. Why?
The Maharal of Prague explains that, although psychological "fences" of the sort described by Rabbi Akiva are often useful in our spiritual and moral advancement, in these four cases they are indispensable. By reversing the order of his final lesson, Rabbi Akiva indicates that his list is complete, and that he has offered not merely good advice but absolutely essential rules for righteousness. Without the erection of these protective fences, the integrity of the Torah will erode, our wealth will corrupt us, temptation will overpower us, and our wisdom will lead us astray.
Our most valuable possessions require the greatest security -- psychologically and spiritually, even more than materially.


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Infant & Toddler
Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 June 2019 14:50
Total Academic Hours: 212
(The following reflect the hours at the Main Location. The hours at the additional location in Hanoi may differ slightly.)
Montessori Philosophy (Core) 188.8.131.52
Academic Contact Hours: 28
Course Description:
Montessori Philosophy offers an overview of Dr. Montessori's principles and ideas as they relate to the child from birth to three. We explore how Montessori viewed the child, and how she helped define a new importance to the child's place in society. We present and discuss how to nurture and assist the unfolding of the human personality using scientific analysis to help support the importance and relevance of this approach. The course helps develop positive communication skills with an emphasis on the personal development of the Adult Learner by offering a deep understanding of Dr. Montessori's philosophy of respect for all life and to support the development of independent thinking.
Pedagogy (Core) 126.96.36.199
Academic Contact Hours: 24
Course Description:
Montessori Pedagogy is a course dedicated to the science and profession of being a Montessori Infant and Toddler guide. Adult Learners gain an understanding of the qualities that define the Infant and Toddler Montessori professional. Why is it that we do what we do in a Montessori environment and how do we interact with children and adults? Scientific analysis of how to nurture and assist the unfolding of the human personality is explained in terms of its implementation in the following areas: care of physical and psychological needs; daily routines as curriculum; strategies for assisting children; respectful interactions with children; and positive communication. Emphasis is placed on development assessment, awareness of special needs and delays, and the use of record keeping to enhance the understanding of each individual child.
Environmental Design (Core) 188.8.131.52
Academic Contact Hours: 30
Course Description:
Dr. Montessori stated: "Adults admire their environment; they can remember it and think about it; but the child absorbs it. The things he sees are not just remembered, they form a part of his soul." Based on that theory, we provide a basic understanding of the importance of the prepared environment and its effect on the development of the child. This course offers fundamental skills in aesthetics and designing environments to meet the specific needs of the infant, toddler, staff, and how to help parents understand and incorporate Montessori environmental design at home. The environments are designed to meet the needs of the child's sensitive periods (language, movement, order, development of the senses. and independence, by providing activities, space, and specific furnishings. In addition, aspects of design regulated by legislation are covered, including: age grouping, numbers, ratios, and issues of safety.
Child, Family, and Community (Core) 184.108.40.206
Academic Contact Hours: 15
Child, Family, and Community stresses the importance of the relationship of the infant and toddler program with the child's family. Adult Learners are taught necessary skills of creating and developing mutual cooperation and support with the families. The course assists the Adult Learner in developing dialogue skills and the connection between family and center in terms of stages of parenthood, child rearing practices, community resources, parent conference, parent involvement, parent education, and health and nutrition. (AMS requires a minimum of 15 hours.)
Observation (Foundational) 184.108.40.206
Academic Contact Hours: 27
Observation skills are crucial to the success of the guide in an infant and toddler environment. Adult Learners learn techniques of observation through actual observation in a functioning Montessori child care infant and toddler program. Skills for developmental assessment and techniques for record keeping are taught and practiced under staff supervision. Throughout the course, Adult Learners have numerous opportunities to develop their own observation skills and practice. (AMS requires a minimum of 15 hours.)
Personal Growth and Development (Foundational) 220.127.116.11
Academic Contact Hours: 26
The development of the professional Montessori guide begins with the development of the self. Montessori qualities in terms of the adult are explored and discussed, as are standards of professionalism and ethical behavior. Adult Learners gain insight and understanding of how to nurture their own spiritual and intellectual development and begin a meaningful path toward their own process of education for life. (AMS requires a minimum of 15 hours.)
Program Leadership and Administration (Foundational) 126.96.36.199
Academic Contact Hours: 17
This course provides strategies to manage an effective program based on historical Montessori foundations. An overview is given of administrative issues such as budgets, fees, funding, legislation, personnel, scheduling, and standards. In addition, we cover specific concerns of leadership including human needs and requirements for children, families, and staff, and provide Adult Learners with the skills for defining and developing their own leadership skills, whether working with a team in an environment, being a curriculum coordinator for a number of environments, or becoming a future school leader. (AMS requires a minimum of 15 hours.)
Human Development: Prenatal to 3 Years (Other) 188.8.131.52
Academic Contact Hours: 45
This course covers child development according to Dr. Maria Montessori, in addition to examining the perspectives of major contemporary theorists. Prenatal development and childbirth are examined, followed by the study of the young child's development in such areas as: cognitive, emotional, nutritional, neurological, psychological, fine and gross motor skills, physiological, physical, and social. (AMS requires a minimum of 45 hours.)
Practicum/Internship 126.96.36.199
Practicum Hours (minimum) 540 hours
The Practicum provides the Adult Learner with a supervised teaching/learning experience and a period of observation, internalization and further study to bring together the theory and practice of Montessori education in a Montessori environment. The environment is prepared with materials and activities that respond to the developmental and varied needs and interests of the specific age group from birth to age three. The Adult Learner receives a minimum of three on-site consultations for the CME|NY faculty to assist with support and provide feedback, as well as coaching and mentoring. (AMS requires a minimum of 540 hours.)
Documented Observations: 188.8.131.52
To fulfill the CME|NY Infant and Toddler requirements, Adults Learners must submit the following documented observation of children from birth to age three:
1 - Observations at the Montessori Children's Center
1 - High Risk Hospital Nursery (NICU)
1 - Montessori Toddler Program
1 - Non-Montessori Toddler program
1 - Montessori Early Childhood Program
For the additional location in Hanoi, Vietnam there are four observations:
1 - Montessori Toddler Program
1 - Montessori Toddler Program (a different group than the first)
1 - Non-Montessori Toddler Program
1 - Montessori Early Childhood Program
(AMS requires a minimum of four observations.)
Academic/Course Hours and Descriptions/Infant and Toddler Year-Round
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The rest of this week's top comedy videos, including Noah's Ark, Not Titanic 3D, and Maggie Smith as you've never seen her, can be found over at Splitsider.
Other highlights from the week in comedy:
-We gathered up 10 of Mr. Show's best commercial parodies.
-A rumor emerged that Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis and Andy Samberg are all leaving SNL at the end of the season.
-It was announced that both Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels are on board for Dumb and Dumber 2.
-We gathered up Larry David's almost-lost sketches from ABC's Fridays, its short-lived SNL competitor.
-We looked at the lost roles of Dave Chappelle.
-We ranked Fox's 25 best comedies in honor of the network's 25th anniversary.
-We checked out a young Jason Bateman in It's Your Move.
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-We pitted Ron Swanson against Dwight Schrute in an American Gladiator tournament.
-Community's Dan Harmon and Chevy Chase got in a fight. Dan apologized.
-We asked whether or not Bill Hicks was really, truly a comedian.
-We took a look behind the scenes of Are You Afraid of the Dark?
-We looked at the SNL career of Robin Duke.
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From the Beef Capital of Australia to an idyllic private island on the Southern Great Barrier Reef, Capricorn is a region of contrasts. Meet laid-back locals in small coastal communities, snorkel and dive on fringing reef, and get away from the crowds on the undiscovered islands of the Keppel Group.
Dating back to 1853, Rockhampton – the capital of Capricorn – is known for its classic Queensland architecture, grand sandstone pubs and sprawling Botanic Gardens (one of the best in regional Australia). It's also the nation's beef capital, with about 2.6 million cattle in the region.
Rockhampton is 40km inland from the Capricorn Coast and sits on the Fitzroy River. Rockhampton Airport is 10 minutes from the centre and has direct flights from Brisbane, Townsville, Cairns and the Gold Coast.
Just off the Capricorn Coast are the blissfully uncrowded islands of the Southern Great Barrier Reef. Great Keppel Island is the most developed, with resort and camping accommodation options and 17 idyllic white sand beaches. Or get away from it all on Pumpkin Island, a private retreat with seven cottages offering space for a maximum of 34 guests.
Transfers to the islands depart from Yeppoon, about 40 minutes north-west of Rockhampton. Ferries to Great Keppel depart from the Rosslyn Bay Marina and take about 30 minutes. Boats to Pumpkin Island depart from Keppel Bay Marina and take 45 minutes.


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The ProCheck from Schaeffler is a flexible online monitoring system. Its purpose is to prevent unplanned downtimes and control quality. The system offers a high level of functionality and is available in different versions with 8 to 16 channels.
Parameters monitored
The ProCheck continuously displays data on vibration, temperature and other process parameters and subsequently carries out evaluation of this data. As a result, incipient damage and its causes can be detected at a very early stage and the appropriate countermeasures can be introduced in good time. This considerably reduces operating costs.
The ProCheck also provides the possibility of correlating a large number of analog and digital input and output signals to the vibration data. These channels also allow simple communication with higher-level systems such as process control systems.
Versatile system
Due to its extremely robust and compact design, this system is ideally suited for use in almost all industrial segments. The system can be used in steelworks, paper machinery, cement plants or in the oil and gas industry.
Remote monitoring
Defects and damage can be detected on machinery without the need for a diagnosis expert on site. The data can be transferred to other locations by remote access and analyzed there by the Schaeffler vibration experts, for example.
Explosion-protected variant
An explosion-protected version of the ProCheck is available upon request. In this version, a special pressure-encapsulated housing prevents the system from coming into contact with an explosive atmosphere. This is because wherever flammable gases, vapors, fluids or dust occur, the presence of oxygen and an ignition source can rapidly cause an explosion.
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Ashley not only has a fabulous blog {found here} but she is also the adorable face behind the Little Miss Momma {etsy shop}. {isn't she the cutest …and her little guy too!}
The Little Miss Momma Shop carries a variety of cottage chic home decor items {ruffled pillows and burlap table runners}…
…as well as rose cabochon necklaces, unique cabochon statement/cocktail rings, anthropologie-inspired hair pin sets, and more unique couture accessories.
She seriously turns burlap into some of the most adorable pieces ever – like this Farmhouse Pillow {I just adore the combination of burlap and french ticking along with the corner ruffles!}
or this new Farmers Market Burlap Tote.
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This LED alert app is especially nice for those who like to leave their device on silent/buzz mode. This way you can set the LEDto a color of choice, and when it goes off you will know whether you missed a call, SMS, email, ect, just by looking at the light. For the price, Blink is a good alternative ($3.99) to the more expensive similar apps that are available. Overall good price, good features, and the developer is always on top of updating the app as well. Vikysoft, the creators of Blink, also offer a 7 day free trial. Can't go wrong to pick this one up for your BlackBerry.
- System Alerts: Incoming Call, Call Connected, Missed Call, Battery Low, Memory Low.
- IM Apps Alerts : BBM, Gtalk, MSN, Yahoo, Whatsapp, Trillian, Beejive.
- Social Apps ALerts: FaceBook, Twitter, News Feeds, Social Feeds, UberSocial, SocialScope.
- GTD Apps Alerts: Calendar, Task and AlarmPro.
- Reset LED can stop any LED light if you came across annoying/unexpected blinking.
- If you want to get alerts in Bedside mode, please Enable LED in Bedside option.
- if you want to use the LED Coverage indicator inside Blink, turn off system's in your phone's Option.
- Manually Blink: shine your phone with Manual mode whenever you want. You don't want to miss the awesome Disco color, Circle color and breathing Pulse speed as well as other 20 colors and 10 speed modes.
- Blink Duration: set a duration for an alert to save more battery life.
- Advanced: set a on and off time for advanced frequency setting.
- Memory Line: set a line for low memory alert
- Stop blinking: stop blinking with Touching any key or After reading.
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Jen Brumm, owner of the recently opened Artistic Edge Hair Salon at 1151 Worcester Road in Framingham, just might have the cure for your morning-after hair woes.
Here's the scenario:
You get home from the hairdresser thrilled with your new cut. It's shiny; it's bouncy; it's full of sass and spunk. The next morning you wash it, dry it, and look nothing like the goddess who high stepped it out of the salon the day before.
Jen Brumm, owner of the recently opened Artistic Edge Hair Salon at 1151 Worcester Road in Framingham, just might have the cure for your morning-after hair woes.
Known as a local master of the dry cut, Jen is a stylist who offers a service that can cost up to twice as much in Boston. Born and raised in Acton, Jen moved to Chicago in 2003 to open her own salon as well as train with other stylists who specialize in the dry cut method. She returned in 2008, bringing her skills to the Framingham area. In her new salon she now not only offers the dry cut herself, but is looking forward to training other stylists in the method as well.
I caught up with her a few days after her grand opening celebration on July 14th at the Artistic Edge Salon.
So what's the problem with cutting hair when it's wet?
The question should really be: why cut wet hair? No one walks around with wet hair.
It's impossible to know how the hair falls naturally when it's wet. When hair is saturated with water, it's much harder to see the curl pattern. If the wrong part of the curl is cut, the hair can stick out and be hard to manage. Wet hair masks split ends, hair's weight and texture, cowlicks, and how it lays on the head. Using products and blow drying can camouflage a sub-par cut. With a dry cut, the client actually sees the haircut as it moves along.
Earlier you mentioned the "boing" effect. Can you explain?
This is what happens when hair is cut wet, then shrinks as it dries. The dry cut allows stylists to remove just the right amount of length.
You said dry cutting isn't popular with many stylists. Why do you think they resist using this method?
For one thing, it just takes longer. You work with smaller sections of hair. There's something called a guide line which we use when we cut, and it's much harder to keep track of with dry hair.
It's also murder on the scissors. They dull much faster cutting dry hair. Professional shear sharpening can cost between $35 and $50, a real disincentive for a lot of stylists. Top quality scissors hold their edge longer, and that's what you need for this kind of precise cut.
So you don't wash the hair, blow dry it, or use product, typically. Does that mean a dry cut turns out to be a faster trip to the salon?
The usual appointment with a stylist is broken down into 10 or 15 minutes for a shampoo, 15 minutes for the cut, and the last 15 for a blow dry. About 45 minutes. This is how it's taught in school.
I take about an hour, but spend the first 15 minutes or more consulting with the client. First of all, I ask you to come in wearing your hair as you normally would. I look at the shape of your face, how your hair falls, your style; I ask about your lifestyle: are you crazy busy or do you have time to spend on your hair in the morning? What do you like about your hair; what drives you crazy? I need a crystal clear vision of what you want before I pick up my scissors. I'm not saying other stylists don't do this, but that this is how I spend the first few minutes with my clients.
The rest of the time I spend on actually cutting your hair.
What do you think of the practice of clients bringing in photos of hair styles to help you understand what they have in mind?
I think it's a great start. Gives me a general idea of what you're going for. But you're not going to look like that person. You have to really separate the face from the hair. Everyone's hair is different, so if the style isn't going to work for you, I'm going to tell you that.
Where did your interest in dry cutting begin?
I think I first saw it done in Chicago in 2003, and it just felt natural to me. My true passion and joy in life is to make people feel better, to have them feel great about how they look. In fact, I don't let them walk out my door unless they're 100 percent happy.
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OWNER: Jen Brumm
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Taylor Swift talked to Jared Leto at a Golden Globes after-party. He posted a photo on Instagram. And a partygoer also creeped a shot of Jared's mouth whispering into Taylor's ear and posted it on Twitter. So now…speculation. Just a week after I reported that she was checking Snapchat's Evan Spiegel during the holidays.
A potential billionaire or a potential Oscar winning actor-musician who's also really, really goodlooking?
No brainer. She'd be into door #2. If door #2 would open for her, that is. And he's totally her type too. A little danger, a lot of risk. 30 Seconds To Mars has a very enthusiastic fanbase. How do you think they would deal with a duet?


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Truthfulness alone constitutes the spiritual discipline of the kali yuga. If a man clings tenaciously to Truth, he ultimately realizes God. Without this regard for Truth, one gradually loses everything. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-1886)
Himself will create, Himself will protect, Himself will annihilate, Himself will obscure. Having done these, He will bestow liberation, pervading and ruling all. Tirumular, Saiva rishi, author of the Tirumantiram
No one outside us can harm us. It is only we who have the power to harm ourselves by our choices. Dada Vaswani, leader of Sadhu Vaswani Mission
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark. Swami Vivekananda, (1863-1902) founder Ramakrishna Mission
The mind cannot know what is beyond itself; but the mind is known by what is beyond, that essence of timelessness and spacelessness which makes everything perceivable, yet itself is beyond perception. Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897-1981), Hindu sage
I shall not make my body a tomb for other animals. Leonardo da Vinci (1452--1519), Italian polimath, renaissance luminary, a vegetarian
A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches and thoughts, the consequences of even the least of them is far-reaching. Swami Sivananda, (1887-1963) founder of the Divine Life Society
The outer worship is approaching God properly, presenting ourselves acceptably. It is to offer our love, our adoration and then to speak out our prayer, our petition. The inner worship is to enjoy God's presence and not rush away, to stay, to sit, to meditate awhile and bask in the shakti, endeavoring to realize the Self within. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
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The City Council adopted the new Garland Development Code (GDC) on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. The Engineering Department has created a Technical Standards Manual (TSM) that was adopted in conjunction with the GDC. The purpose of the manual is to ensure that all public infrastructure in the City is designed and constructed to the highest standards.
The TSM replaces the Public Works Design Guideline from 1996 and the Traffic Management Standards from 1996 in their entirety.
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This manual may be revised periodically. The proposed revision will be posted on this website for a period of 30 days prior to implementation unless the revision is required to comply with Federal, State, County and City laws, regulations, ordinances or codes. The Appendix consists of checklists and forms pertaining to the Technical Standards Manual and therefore may be revised to correspond to the TSM or City Ordinances without a review period.
At any time, if you have a comment or request to modify current design criteria or add new design criteria, a formal request can be submitted to the City for consideration in writing to the Director of Engineering. These comments will be reviewed and responded to.
This page will contain the City's most current version of the TSM. The Technical Standards Manual will include a Record of Revisions to identify any revisions to the Technical Standards Manual. Please send questions or comments via email to R. Kafray or email T. Guillor.
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Updated on February 01, 2020: Any comments received during the 30-day review period were considered and addressed accordingly. Clarifications were added but no substantial changes were adopted to the revisions posted on December 9, 2019. The revisions below have been deemed effective as of February 01, 2020, and have been incorporated into the overall Technical Standards Manual posted above.
General use of the TSM for the past 4 years, necessary revisions to Chapter 31 of the City Ordinance and GDC Amendments to Chapters 1, 3 & 4 have necessitated that the TSM be revised. Multiple Sections of the TSM contain proposed revisions. The following documents contain proposed revisions to the Technical Standards Manual & associated revised Appendices. The revisions have been posted as of December 9, 2019, initiating the 30-day review period.
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In a video posted to YouTube by Rebecca Ehalt, the little gray dog is seen wagging its tail and whimpering with joy until falling over.
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Case Number: 5-309-505(A), Year Published: 2009
HBS Number: KEL450
Segmentation, Targeting, Positioning, Wireless, Technology
Ontela, a technology start-up company, has introduced an innovative service called PicDeck that improves the mobile imaging experience for wireless subscribers. Ontela sells PicDeck to wireless carriers, who in turn private-label the service to their subscribers. Ontela must decide which customer segments it should target for the service and how to create a positioning strategy and a marketing communication plan to promote it. It must also consider the value proposition of the PicDeck service for wireless carriers (its direct customers), who need to be convinced that the service will lead to higher monthly average revenue per user (ARPU) and/or increased subscriber loyalty. Part A of the case provides qualitative information on customer personae that represent different customer segments. Students are asked to develop a targeting and positioning strategy based on this qualitative information. Part B provides quantitative data on customer preferences that can be used to identify response-based customer segments, as well as demographic and media habits information that can be used to profile the segments. Students are asked to revise their recommendations based on the additional quantitative data.
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The case gives students a chance to roll up their sleeves and deal with the data produced by segmentation studies. It also illustrates how data-driven segmentation can produce results that may run counter to approaches that rely on "gut feel" or qualitative information alone.
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Radiographic and fluoroscopic system, based on film radiography and image intensifier derived fluoroscopy (fluoroscopic image may be converted into a digital format such as DICOM 3.0). Chest stand may be included.
1. Storage space reduction, enhanced image processing, and off-site diagnostic capabilities are some of the advantages of digital radiography over film-based radiography. Image intensifiers increase the intensity of available light in an optical system to allow use under low light conditions such as at night, to facilitate visual imaging of low-light processes such as fluorescence of materials to x-rays or gamma rays, or for conversion of non-visible light sources such as near-infrared or short wave infrared to visible.
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6. Facilities should evaluate all types of examinations being performed before deciding which type of image intensifier will better suit their needs. The number and types of procedures will influence the features selected for the system.
7. Smaller focal-spot sizes can provide better spatial resolution on film for certain studies, and options such as tomography and table tilt can increase the image intensifier system's overall procedural capabilities.
8. Departments handling trauma and emergency cases may prefer elevating tables because the table height can be adjusted to facilitate patient transfer from a mobile stretcher or a wheelchair.
9. Bucky systems for both tilting and non-tilting tables should be motorized.
10. To ensure acceptable film darkening, a three-field AEC device is recommended. Grid ratios should be 10:1 or higher. Grids with higher ratios provide higher image quality.
11. Buyers should take into consideration the image intensifier system's integration into picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) already in use in the facility.
12. Buyers should consider generator options as well. High-frequency generators need less space and often eliminate the need for high-voltage cables.
13. To facilitate future additions to any network, compatibility with DICOM 3.0 is a requirement for all newly purchased equipment (including storage devices). 14. Suppliers must provide DICOM conformance statements that explain in detail which information objects, service classes, and data encodings are supported by the system. The statements should be inspected by specialists, and should share the same format and vocabulary to facilitate comparisons between suppliers.
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Screenshot of VVork post from April 2006, as archived by Rhizome.
Today, Rhizome unveils a new archive of the contemporary art blog VVork (2006-2012), in which we demonstrate a novel solution to the problem of conserving websites with embedded videos.
VVork makes a useful test case for our digital conservation efforts because it presents one relatively narrow but difficult set of problems to solve. That is, when videos are embedded in a website, they are generally hosted on a third-party platform (on YouTube, for example); this means they may be deleted or taken down, sometimes for "inappropriate" content. But saving these videos into an archive creates problems for most scraping tools, especially when a video is used in many different contexts, as when the same video appears on multiple tag pages. The way these platforms select and serve the video files makes it difficult to have all embeds of the same video point to a single archival copy.
To address these issues, Rhizome's Digital Conservator Dragan Espenschied used Colloq, a tool for creating contextual archives that was developed by Rhizome in partnership with Ilya Kreymer in 2014. (The service builds on Kremer's pywb tools; you can read up on the technical details of of capturing the web video here.) Colloq offers a robust solution for this long-standing issue; with VVork as a test case, we have created a stable archive of the site including nearly all embedded video.