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Everyone calls me the "soft-hearted Pearl", and knowing this to be truth, I knew that I would have to train my children so well that I would not have to rely on spanking.
You need to be creative in breaking this "well-trained" habit. You must create a new mindset. Get your husband or one of your other children to help. Have your helper play with your toddler to get him distracted, then call for him to come. Have your helper immediately take the child's hand and lead him to you while telling the child, "Mama said, come." Do this simple training exercise several times over the next few days until your baby begins to respond on cue. Most toddlers will respond correctly, but if he balks when your helper takes the little one's hand, then have the helper spat the child's legs to reinforce the command.
Why was I made to be an authority figure to my siblings instead of a sister? My heart breaks because I inflicted pain on them. It hurts worse that I never questioned these things, never asked why, never said no. But what did I, at ten, twelve, or fourteen, know? What did I understand? I had never seen anything different from what my parents taught and modeled at home. My parents handed me the rod and told me to spank. And I regret it with all my heart. And now, all I can say is I am so so sorry.


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About a week ago you left our little slack channel never to return. I joined our little group about 15 years ago while we were on IRC. Although we have had members who have passed away or have fallen by the wayside for other reasons, I feel your leaving the channel was a shortsighted at worst and dumb at best. In the spirit of John Adams in his letter to Thomas Jefferson when they renewed their friendship "You and I, ought not to
Not to put too fine a point on it, you decided to leave because you couldn't handle having people
For some reason you didn't want to be civil in any of these conversations. It is almost as if you felt that people who had different opinions then you should be punished and treated like little children who needed to be taught a lesson by a wiser, older adult. These rules put out by Rabbi Sacks would have been helpful. It's a shame they didn't come out before you left.
In a personal level, I feel that there was animosity toward me because of my being a religious Jew. On a number of occasions you made comments that at the line of anti-semitism if not over the line. I called you on these statement and you always shrugged them off saying "it's how my friends and I always talk to each other". For all of your talk about inclusiveness and diversity my differences didn't seem to matter and I could be made fun of as the "outsider.
In spite of this, there were times when you did wonderful and kind things for me. The most recent time was when I was mentioned I didn't have Netflix because it wasn't in my budget. What did you do? You went and gifted me a year's subscription to the service. I will be forever grateful for that kindness you showed me.
I hope that in time you decide to come back and join us when you get tired of the echo chambers you've decided to silo yourself in. If and when you do come back I hope that you have come to understand that when there are differences in opinions you should treat everyone with respect and a knowing that people are allowed to have different opinions. It's what makes the world go around.


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HS BOYS BASKETBALL: MHS holds off Lee behind Rogers, Johnson
It wasn't the prettiest Lee and Midland High boys basketball game.
The District 3-6A contest had plenty of turnovers -- a combined 38 to be exact -- and fouls -- 46 combined in that category -- and some sloppy play. But what didn't change was the intensity between the two teams.
In the third and fourth quarters when the favored Bulldogs needed an extra boost to avoid the upset, it was Midland High's biggest player and smallest player that made the difference.
Midland High's 6-foot-10 center Nate Rogers and 5-6 point guard A.D. Johnson combined for 15 of the Bulldogs' 29 second-half points in a 60-48 victory at Chaparral Center on Tuesday.
Rogers keyed a 10-2 scoring surge in the third quarter to give the Bulldogs (11-8, overall 2-0 in District 3-6A) the lead and then Johnson hit three key buckets in the fourth quarter to complete the victory.
"I knew they would come out and play really well," said Johnson, who led all scorers with 17 points. "It was pretty much a team game, and I did come up big and let the game come to me. We knew they were going to play extremely hard, and give us a good game. We had to execute and just finish the game."
Not only did Johnson come up big in the fourth quarter, he also helped Midland High rally from as much as an 10-point deficit in the first half.
The Rebels (1-19, 0-2) had some fire early in the game and took advantage of MHS turnovers and missed shots to open up a 17-7 lead in the second quarter.
But Midland High outscored the Rebels 24-14 over the final 6:21 of the second quarter, and Johnson scored nine points in the run, including a key 3-pointer with 1:43 remaining in the second quarter. MHS went from being down by 10 to the game being tied at 31 when the first half buzzer sounded.
"A.D. has been one of those kids that has a lot of heart and in games like this you really need kids those to step up," Midland High coach Charles Tatum said.
In the third quarter, Midland High's bench depth and size began to hurt the Rebels as one of their key inside players, Kaleb Nunez, was in foul trouble in the third quarter.
While nearly everything was falling for Lee in the first quarter, the Rebels struggled to knock down a key bucket to keep them in the game.
At one time, Midland High was using three of its tallest players -- Rogers, Trevor Abney and Aaron Norwood -- on the court at the same time. Rogers scored 11 points, and nine came in the second half.
"That's one of the things that's really good about this team," Tatum said. "We are very diverse at times. We can play all three bigs or play the small, quick sophomores. I think that gives us an edge in the district."
Lee could only close it to within three in the fourth quarter, while MHS outscored the Rebels 15-6 over the final 7:15 of the game.
Lee had a much better effort on Tuesday than it did in a 50-point blowout loss to Odessa Permian to start District 3-6A play last Friday, but it just wasn't enough against its rival.
"They made tough baskets at key times, but back to us, we have to finish those little things," Lee coach Chris Packer said. "We maybe missed a block out or missed that layup, or we get the rebound and we throw a careless pass. It's a couple of little possessions here and there, and it's the difference between us being on the winning side and the losing side. It was good effort, we played hard for 32 minutes. But we've got to put those little things together."
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Lee (1-19, 0-2 in District 3-6A) -- Mike Willis 2, Sema'J Davis 11, Jase Love 9, Taye Britt 1, Juwon Packer 2, James Lydia 12, Kaleb Nunez 2, Daniel Nelson 9
MHS (11-8, 2-0) -- Jamel Jones 8, A.D. Johnson 17, Gary Ringo 8, Brandon Sanchez 4, Justin LeClear 5, Andrew Norwood 2, James Childress 1, Nate Rogers 11, Trevor Abney 4
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Free throws -- Lee 16-27, MHS 17-26. 3-point goals -- Lee 1 (Love), MHS 2 (Johnson, Sanchez). Total fouls -- Lee 22, MHS 24. Fouled out -- none.
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No Country For Young Bright Man
The depressing moment of my life started to take effect the moment I heard about Zone9ners arrest.I have never felt threatened,scared and confused like the way I did when young brilliant and caring minds were tossed to one of the notorious prison Maekelawi.Maekelawi is a place that is designed and built by tyranny architects who want to suck,drain and darken our passion for a better Ethiopia.
I was always thinking that Reeyot,Eskinder and Andualem among many other will be the last prisoners of consciousness that's why I was so shocked hearing the arrest of Zone9ners.
A lot has been said about Zone9ners and I am not going to repeat that but I have learnt one thing clearly and that is No Ethiopia For Young Bright Man and Woman.You may have a photo with Secretary Kerry but you have a country that pays you back with torture,you may express your opinion genuinely without no other agenda but you will be tossed to jail or insisted to exile.you may have impressive professional and academic record but your loyalty with the tyranny values most to build your Ethiopia dream.
To Be Continued
What Zone9ners Are
If you are part of a group of people who care for the nation then you gone have to make sure your business card includes prison as your office address.That what exactly happened to Zone9ners,
-They are not the type of guys who build their body and malnourished their mind
-They are not like those university intellectuals who can't even agree with their students let alone have a national agenda to build the nation
-They are not the young man and woman who are environmental friendly with khat
-Zone9ners are not like those anonymous social media characters who advocate hate and racism
Zone9ners are engineers,lawyers,journalists,statisticians,bloggers,caring,loving,humorous,beautiful,brothers,sisters,daughters,sons.
They are bulldozing injustice with their keyboard and pen.Zone9ners collaborators can be those who liked,shared,favorite,tweeted their posts.Their collaborators can be just friends who have had tea with them.
Unlike those in public office who are busy with silencing our voices Zone9ners are serving their nation from the tiny cell of Kaliti to the torture hall of Maekelawi without breaking their commitment for justice and freedom.
Care Like Zone9ers
We have witnessed countless times when history degrades freedom fighters as terrorist and again when history erases its statement with a time rubber and honors those who once have been labeled terrorist as heroes.
Zone9 are the reflection of our day to day life, they all are young man and woman who are educated and what they are picturing for our country excel the mind frame of the tyranny.Zone9 are not just bloggers who care but they are part of our lives, they are sisters, brothers, friends, daughters and sons of a families in which their absence can impact as much as their presence.
Zone9 took the sacrifice to burn their skin with the tyranny torture but light our hope with their smile even in the face of gun mouth.Zone9 is the past the present and the future, many like them have travelled the same road before and they all say it's worth it. It's worth it to slave your body and liberate your mind.
There are many who fill their stomach until they brain start to digest nothing but their food and there are people like zone9 who fill their mind with thoughts of caring.
When we say free zone9ners we are not also forgetting Edom,Tesfalem,Reeyot,Eskinder and many others but zone9ners proved the power of unity.
Ariel Sharon "The Bulldozer" Dies at 85
Ethiopian Intellectual vs Ethiopian Livestock
I was raised in a family who were also raised & grew up in Addis Ababa a town that reflects the beauty of harmony.Race has never been much of an issue in a place like Addis where all the people from all corners of the nation come to build the Ethiopian Dream.Eventhough we were prideful of our race I can assure you that the vast Addis Ababians are disgusted by a system that tag your race in your identity card.
I was awakened by the race issue after joining campus after witnessing the recruitment of student cadres based on their race rather than their ideology.Their political participation was compartmentalized by ethnicity as a result there was no space for a broader dialogue on national agenda.
I never reflected a view that rejects the recognition of ethinicity but I am very against a system that divided us based on our ethnicity & denied us the opportunity in providing a platform that lets us to build #theethiopiandream.
The system is restructuring the race issue in a way that destroy our harmony.companies like EFFORT are recruiting based on political affilation & ethnicity while their business is operational in all parts of the nation;currently language is being used as a tool of barrier from working in all parts of the nation.Ethnicity first move is trashing the recognition of the others by denying opportunities & distorting history.Language should be a tool to channel knowledge instead of a criteria to reject your competency.The word Fikir in Amharic can't have a Hate translation in Oromigna or Tigrigna but if you tag words like #neftegna #woyane …the term will be affected by the speaker identity.
The world is changing & pulling toward a globalized village,unification & multilateral cooperation but it doesn't mean our identity is erased.For Greece to be rescued by Germans they didn't format their identity & installed a German culture,the secret ingredient for Americans to become great was their ability to build a system that allows anyone to function & to be judged by their performance.Their state of mind didn't stop them from electing a black president eventhough they knew 50 years ago blacks were not legit to vote.
On the contrary the unrepresentative pig officals & intellectuals from gov & opposition camps are still busy in distorting history in their favor to manipulate the mass poor farmer who remain uneducated but polished with wisdom of life.All races in Ethiopia were victim of all the governance by a degree that varies but they were all Ethiopian.As Ethiopian we have to share eacother pain instead of tagging #rawandasyndrome.
During my little month exposure in the rural parts of #oromia,#tigray & #amhara I was able to witness a broader & uniform image among the society in which all of them suffers from extreme poverty,food security,electricity & clean water shortage.But these farmers are not busy in tracing & checking my background rather they were restless in making me comfortable so that I can address & solve their issue.
For a farmer in Amhara #teddyafro appraisal for #menelik & for a farmer in oromia #jewar campaign #boycottbedelle won't make sense more than the moan of their cattles,a farmer in Tigray don't have time to assure the continuity of the late PM mourning.Amid all these facts those of us who were able to count a bit ABCD & who knows how to log in are doing less contribution than the farmer livestock.
For a farmer it makes more sense to mourn more for a cattle he lost than the passing of an intellectual who is survived by the fruit of its vengenance.
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Rebirth of Opposition in Ethiopia
The year 2005 in E.C marks a reviving political movement after napping for almost 8 years.The activism and awakening believed to get momentum for the following stated reasons.
1-Late PM-After the death of the late PM,TPLF was more focused on re-positioning it's control in EPRDF so as not to lose control due to the appointment of a leader that was not part of their camp.The struggle for power control let for the creation of different groups(the old guerrillas,the young reformers,……) because of this the party wasn't able to focus on evolving oppositions.
2-Anti-Terrorism-Law,after the passing of the Anti Terrorism Law around 12 journalist including 2 Swedish were jailed.Unlike the old days the prisoners of mind remain defiant by rejecting a pardon bargains that scores negatives to their activism.These in return pushed one of Ethiopia strong ally US to draft Ethiopian Human Rights Act Bill.After congressman Smith openly warned Ethiopian gov to face consequences for continuation of crackdown it was considered as a triumph for oppositions based in US.Dr Birhanu Nega invitation to the senate hearing Ethiopian gov was seen as a loser in the game of labeling oppositions as terrorists.
3-Religious Intervention-For many still the Ethiopian Muslims affair remain unclear since most of the information was hijacked and poisoned by gov medias.The call for the release of the Muslim leaders was altered with a reckless allegation that label them as terrorist and extremist despite that a year has passed since a peaceful and sustained rally started.Their quest was also acknowledged by western states and international medias.The different BASED ON LIE STORY documentaries that were fabricated by ETV wasn't able to alter the course of the movement rather intensifying and making itself a best tool to recruit new activists to the group.
4-Semayawi Party and Andinet Party-The existence of Semayawi party didn't score more than a year but they were successful is staging the first largest opposition rally after 8 years of fasting public demonstration. Eventhough the party lacks the manpower and clear agendas it was enough for the people to show their oppostion to EPRDF more than support for a young party.After Semayawi effect other oppositions like Andinet Party were active in a coordinated,peaceful campaigns that called as a Million Voice March that calls for the anti-terrorism law to be revoked.
5-Corruption or Faction-In a recent wave of crackdown on political figures of the ruling party and business tycoons many were jailed on the basis of corruption.The story didn't really water-dawn with the public since the move hasn't touched the TPLF heavyweights and it's business that are believed to be cruising on the ocean of corruption with their yachts.Also the largest business corporate Military Engineering was given a cover story of National Security to avoid possible auditing.
These all factors along with social media activism are cracking a slight door of opportunity in the upcoming 2015 election.This Sunday in a surprising way two parties will be rallying at the same time and place in two very contradicting agendas.
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A method is proposed to determine the variance of an arbitrary material property based on the statistics of the texture of polycrystalline materials for a specified volume. This method is applied to determine the variance of the Taylor factor (i.e., measure of plastic deformation in crystal plasticity) and is compared to a random sampling method. The results from the random sampling method correlated well with the statistical variance relationship when the magnitude of the variance was greater than that of the numerical errors observed in the statistical calculation. An empirical relation was also shown to model the results, and the constants for this relationship were determined for pseudo-three-dimensional Fe-3%Si. Implementation of the statistical variance relationship in true three-dimensional microstructures is not limited by material opacity, since it depends only on the two-point pair correlation functions. The connection between the variance of the R-value and variance of the Taylor factor is considered. Although only a weak connection was found, it was observed that relatively small variations in the Taylor factor yield large variances in the R-value.
The tensile samples cut from Fe-3%Si with the circle grid etched onto the surface. The base and height of the rectangles defined by Ω1 and Ω1 were determined by taking the average of the measurements taken at each indicated corner.
The effective Taylor factors are compared for 0<λ<1 as calculated according to Eq. 33. For this calculation the fundamental zone of orientations (SO(3)∕G) was tessellated using 512, 1728, and 4096 tesserae. The complete continuous (nondiscretized) dataset obtained from the OIM scan was also included for comparison.
Standard deviation of the effective Taylor factor over Ω=2.2×2.2mm
Standard deviation of the effective Taylor factor over Ω=4.7752×9.5504mm. The terms λl=0.00 and λl=0.93 define the range of possible contractile strain ratios within the variation of M¯(λ).
Standard deviation of the effective Taylor factor over Ω=9.5504×9.5504mm. The terms λl=0.02 and λl=0.87 define the range of possible contractile strain ratios within the variation of M¯(λ).
Definition of material space. The ith sample is shown cut out of the parent material. The various mathematical constructs used in the derivation of the statistical variance relationship are indicated.
The local state space as defined by the complete set all physically distinctive orientations for cubic sample symmetry known as the fundamental zone or SO(3)∕G. This space is three-dimensional and parametrized by the Euler angles φ1, Φ, and φ2. An orientation g in the tessellated space, SO(3)∕G, is shown within the tessera hj.
The volume of overlap of two equal rectangular regions (each defined by Ω) whose centers are separated by r⃗
Coordinate system used to define the R-value in terms of a tensile sample where F is the applied force and w and t are the width and thickness of the tensile sample, respectively
Six principal directions defined by the hexagonal scanning grid that was used for the OIM measurements. (The negative directions are shown but not labeled.)
OIM scan of the surface of Fe-3%Si with grain orientation indicated by different false shades of gray. The window, Ω, placed in the scan defines the area in which the two-point statistics are sampled. Each material point in Ω (that was sampled in OIM to determine lattice orientation) is sampled by r⃗. The tail of the sampled vectors, r⃗, is allowed to fall outside Ω but the head is not as shown by the arbitrarily placed vector r⃗ in the figure. (The dimensions of the OIM scan must at least twice that of Ω so the statistics sampled by r⃗ are equally weighted for all lengths of r⃗.)
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Pitney Bowes Announces the 'Invention of the Year' Award Winner
Monday, June 06, 2005
Press release from the issuing companySTAMFORD, Conn., June 3 -- Pitney Bowes Inc announced its 13th annual Invention of the Year Award at a dinner ceremony held last night at the company's headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. Rick Ryan, a Senior Fellow in the Advanced Concepts & Technology, won the prize as Inventor of the Year for US Patent #6,816,838, entitled "Production Mail System Having Subsidies for Printing of Third Party Messages on Mail Pieces". Mr. Ryan is a prolific inventor and has received over 50 U.S. patents during his career at Pitney Bowes Inc. Ryan's system facilitates the placement of 3rd party targeted advertisements (messages, coupons, web sites addresses, etc.) on the white space of envelopes. Specifically, the invention provides an automated solution for Pitney Bowes to broker the transaction between the mailer and the advertiser. By using information within the recipient's address (geography, zip code, demographic data, etc.), an advertiser can target its messages by choosing the messages it wants to place on any given envelope while excluding those envelopes that do not fit their target parameters. With Ryan's system the advertiser gets a more targeted direct mail piece while the mailer can subsidize the cost of its mailings with advertising revenue. "This invention provides another example of Pitney Bowes 'Engineering the Flow of Communication(TM)' by applying information technology and process improvements to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of our customers' communications and helping them grow their revenue, find new customers and lower their costs," said Michael J. Critelli, Chairman and CEO, Pitney Bowes Inc. Rick Ryan lives in Oxford, Connecticut with his wife, Kim and two daughters. He graduated from MIT and has been with Pitney Bowes for 18 years. Previously he was on the team that developed the online postage solution and is currently working on developing security models for a personal postage meter. He's an elder with the Bethany Christian Church in Stratford and is a member of the Connecticut Chorale Society. In addition to the Invention of the Year, two other Pitney Bowes inventors won awards for being granted 8 U.S. patents each in 2004 covering such diverse areas of technology as diagnostics, detecting contaminants in mailing equipment, enclosure feeding and sheet cutting. "It's notable that the winners of this award, John Sussmeier and Gregory Skinger, collaborated on four patents with one another in 2004," said Critelli. "Teamwork is a core value of our company and this award reinforces our operational principle that we are partners in everything we do."
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- £24,000 - £27,000 per annum
- Posted
- 17 May 2018
- Closing date
- 21 May 2018
- Ref
- Grp00087
- Contact
- AgeUK
- Industry
- Charities, Advice, Community development, Policy & research, Social welfare, Social care, Elderly care
- Job function
- Customer service
- Job level
- Management
- Hours
- Full time
- Contract
- Permanent
- Listing type
- Job vacancy
Job Purpose
Age UK is seeking a Complaints Quality Manager to ensure that standards are set and published for all complainant handling teams and ensure that continuous feedback and training is delivered to ensure ongoing improvements
Main Responsibilities
- To take ownership of the customer complaint standards and ensure that they are at all times up to date as Age UK changes.
- To have agreed quality standards that are used consistently, using these standards to undertake quality checks for service improvement and reporting purposes.
- Working with managers drive an improvement of quality being delivered to our supporters and customers.
- To provide training and support, as required, to aid any improvement for complaint handling
- To established a standard approach to complaint recording based on the IT systems available which will help with regular reporting
- To deputise for the Head of Supporter/Customer Engagement in their absence
- Previous experience of quality improvement in a complaints environment
- Experience of working to tight deadlines
- Ability to record and maintain file management
- Be familiar with Complaints Procedure
Skills & Knowledge
- Excellent communications skills
- In-depth understanding of customer service values
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft tools especially excel as well as general IT skills
- Customer/Supporter enthusiast
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and decisions, sometimes without immediate support
- Passionate and enthusiastic about working within a charity
Additional Information
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.
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Oh it's December! And yes, it only tickled me today oh well actually last night when the coolest wind hit me to the bones. I suddenly heard the bell ringing in my head and realized that yes, Christmas is in the air.
Oh, I was longing for a "native" Christmas where the whole family is together for the celebration. I would usually cook my noche buena all-time favorite spaghetti while dad prepares for his barbeque station. Prior to that, me and mom would share the moment preparing for the most-loved buko salad.
Oh! the lively carols I love to sing are being played on air again. By December 16, kids would roam around the street stopping by every house and carol for some coins. It's Xam's turn this year and he's so excited that he's got to practice every now and then the famous "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". Last year he's contented giving out coins to our neighbor kids who come almost every night.
Oh! I need to expand my budget (arrgh!) for gifts back home especially for the kids. Xam's are ready to be sent and he's so excited for it 'coz he's waiting for the PSP courtesy of he's tito ninong.
Oh! missing, longing, crying for Christmas in the Philippines. It's not going to be the same as usual as I won't be able to celebrate it with my Xam, mom and dad and ate. But oh! it's still a big celebration!


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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Wisconsin-native Jordan Zimmermann pitched his first game against Milwaukee, and his teammates hit three home runs in the Washington Nationals' 4-1 victory over the Brewers on Saturday night.
Zimmermann (8-6) struck out six and gave up five hits in six innings. The right-hander, who was born in Auburndale and played at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, has not allowed more than one earned run in each of his last seven starts.
Drew Storen and Sean Burnett each threw an inning of relief and Tyler Clippard pitched the ninth for his 19th save.
Washington center fielder Bryce Harper was a late scratch because of a stomach virus and was replaced by Corey Brown.
Brown led off the fourth by homering to left field, his first career hit giving the Nationals a 1-0 lead. It was the start of a six-hit inning off Milwaukee starter Randy Wolf (3-7).
With one out, Michael Morse singled and took second on a balk, but was easily thrown out at home by right fielder Norichika Aoki on Adam LaRoche's single. The next batter, Tyler Moore, hit his sixth homer to left for a 3-0 lead.
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I try to use pro-site non-English region, and make a full translate. I have several problems with
internationalization, but the first is small request. If possible please import my patch to pro-site.
Only small changes:
date() function replaced to date_i18n, some texdomain fixes.
May i ask please do not insert multiple textdomain to your plugins? This is not working. Especially your wpmudev update message, check wpmudev class available? if not, write i18n msg from wpmudev textdomain, but this textdomain not available in this point of code.
Default texdomain use is accidental or intentional? Maybe this not an accident, but i'm not sure about this.
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February 2007: System Decay progressed in the Finals of the First Greek Battle of the Bands.
September 2007: John Thomas left the band and Kostas Papakostas replaced Him
June 2008: After a long time full of gigs, "The End Of Nothing" Mini CD was released.
December 2008: System Decay entered The studio In order to record the first Full Length Album.
June 2010: Facing many obstacles, System Decay finally released a 2 track CD single.
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Gem Diamonds found this high-quality 80-carat rock in Lesotho
Shares in Gem Diamonds (LON:GEMD) spiked Thursday after the miner announced it had unearthed one of the highest-quality stones to come out of its Letšeng mine in Lesotho.
The discovery of this 80-carat, D-colour Type-II diamond comes less than a month after the firm announced the recovery of a 114-carat stone from the same mine. And two years after Gem Diamonds found an "exceptional" 357-carat rock, which sold for $19.3 million.
The stock soared on the news and was trading 6.25% higher in London to $89.25 pence at 3:18PM GMT.
Since acquiring Letšeng in 2006, the company has found four of the 20 largest white gem quality diamonds ever recovered, which makes of the Lesotho mine the world's highest dollar per carat kimberlite diamond operation.


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The internship is an unpaid position, located in downtown Minneapolis at Greater Twin Cities United Way. Will fulfill academic credit requirements if applicable.
Department: Marketing Reports to: Public Relations Coordinator and Online Content Specialist
Time Commitment: 10-15 hours weekly, beginning in January 2011 through the end of the term. Hours and dates of internship are flexible (within an 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. workday) and may be set according to intern's schedule. Hours may include some nights and weekends for events occurring during the internship.
- Draft and write press releases and learn how to distribute to the media.
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- Experience writing press releases and in public relations or communications preferred.
- Strengthen communication, marketing and public relations skills.
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When I was a Muslim, I found that the practice of praying five times each day was one of the most amazing things that I had ever (and still have ever) done. It was such a balancing force in my life, causing me to go to God multiple times throughout the day for peace, attitude checks, and for a strengthening of my faith and commitment to God.
After leaving Islam, I really lamented the loss of those set hours of prayer. To add to that, I'd had many experiences in the church that made me feel guilty about the fact that I even desired set prayer times in my Christian life. I was told, directly and indirectly, that having set times for prayer was legalistic, an empty ritual, or flat out un-Christan. My prayer life really suffered because I couldn't pray without feeling guilty or foolish about praying in the way that had always worked best for me.
When I began looking into the history of the Christian faith, I found that the idea of having set prayer times – or "hours of prayer" – is very much supported in the Bible and in Christian tradition! There is no requirement to pray at certain times of the day, but the heroes of the old testament, the apostles of the new testament, and the leaders of the early church all adhered to a practice of having set prayer times. I was so happy to discover this!
After this discovery, I started experimenting with different prayer books such as the Book of Common Prayer, the Agpeya, and other Orthodox/Catholic books on prayer. It was such a relief to find that my personal style of worship has had so much validation throughout the Bible and throughout history.
This doesn't mean that I don't sometimes pray extemporaneously. I think extemporaneous prayer is great and has just as much scriptural validation as recited prayer. Still, for me, nothing beats having those set times in which I can renew my devotion to God throughout the day.
As I've learned more about the tradition of having set times for recited prayers each day, I have come to feel less embarassed about making it a part of my life. I have realized that a spiritual practice can only become legalistic when you try to force it on others or make it the standard by which you judge whether or not a person is truly spiritual. Having recited prayers only becomes an empty ritual when I lose sight the meaning of the prayers I am reciting. And given the history of the hours of prayer – nothing about them is un-Christian.
In the end, God "search(es) and examine(s) the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve" (Jeremiah 17:10 – read the entire scripture in context here). Whether you pray by silence and meditation, at an altar with candles and icons, with recited prayers, or extemporaneously – God is looking to see the position of your heart. Make sure it's upright.
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Nathanael Greene Herreshoff
Nathanael Greene Herreshoff
Herreshoff circa 1898
|March 18, 1848
|June 2, 1938 (aged 90)
|Other names
|Nickname: Captain Nat
|Naval architect
Mechanical engineer
|Known for
|Designing motor and sailing yachts, especially America's Cup defenders between 1893-1920
|Clara Anna DeWolf
Ann Roebuck
|Agnes Muller Herreshoff
Lewis Francis Herreshoff[1]
|J. B. F. Herreshoff, brother
Charles F. Herreshoff, nephew
L. Francis Herreshoff, son
Halsey Chase Herreshoff, grandson
Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (March 18, 1848 – June 2, 1938) was an American naval architect, mechanical engineer, and yacht design innovator. He produced a succession of undefeated America's Cup defenders between 1893-1920.
Herreshoff was born on March 18, 1848 in Bristol, Rhode Island and was named after General Nathanael Greene.[1] He was one of seven brothers,[2] behind Lewis and John B., and the elder of John B. F. and Julian L.[3]
He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1870 with a three-year degree in mechanical engineering.[4] After graduation, he took a position with the Corliss Steam Engine Company in Providence, Rhode Island. At the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he oversaw operation of the Corliss Stationary Engine, a 40-foot-tall (12 m), 1,400-horsepower (1,000 kW) dynamo that powered the exhibition's machinery.[5]
In 1878 Herreshoff returned to Bristol where he and his older brother John B. formed the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Herreshoff provided the engineering expertise and his brother provided the business expertise, managing the firm's personnel and interacting with clients. Together, they grew the business from about 20 employees to over 400.[6] In 1888, a serious accident occurred while Herreshoff was supervising speed trials of a 138-foot (42 m), 875-horsepower (652 kW) steamboat named Say When. After a safety valve opened to release over-pressure, Herreshoff closed it so the boat could achieve its anticipated maximum speed. But a boiler exploded, fatally injuring a member of the crew. Consequently, Herreshoff lost his steam engineer's license.[5]
Herreshoff was an accomplished sailor.[citation needed]
Two of Herreshoff's sons would also become yacht designers: Sidney Dewolf Herreshoff and Lewis Francis Herreshoff.
He died on June 2, 1938 in Bristol, Rhode Island.[7]
Yacht building[edit]
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While the firm's early work centered on steam-powered vessels, by the 1890s the Herreshoffs turned to the design and construction of yachts for wealthy American clients, including Jay Gould, William Randolph Hearst, John Pierpont Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt III, Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, William Kissam Vanderbilt II, Harry Payne Whitney and Alexander Smith Cochran. Herreshoff boat production incorporated power tools that increased productivity at a high level of quality, using craftsmen that received the highest boat-builder wages in the state of Rhode Island.[8]
Herreshoff was noted as an innovative sailboat designer of his time. His designs ranged from the 12½, a 16-foot (12½ foot waterline) sailboat for training the children of yachtsmen, to the 144-foot America's Cup Reliance, with a sail area of 16,000 square feet.[9] He received the first US patent for a sailing catamaran. The firm built the America's Cup winning Cup yachts Enterprise - 1930, and Rainbow - 1934 (designed by Starling Burgess). Every winning America's Cup Yacht from 1893 to 1934 was built by the Herreshoff yard.
The 123-foot Defender featured steel-framing, bronze plating up to the waterline and aluminum topsides to achieve a lighter and faster boat. This combination of materials had been pioneered in the French fresh-water racing yacht Vendenesse, which had been described in a New York Times article and caught the attention of the Vanderbilt Americacup syndicate. In salt water, Defender was subject to galvanic corrosion, which limited its durability in water. Defender won the America's Cup in 1895 over Lord Dunraven's Valkyrie III, and she was used as an effective trial-horse for Herreshoff's new Cup defender Columbia in 1899. She was broken up in 1901.
Those of the 2,000-plus designs by Herreshoff that survive are sought by connoisseurs of classic yachts. Herreshoff S-Class sailboats, designed in 1919 and built until 1941, are still actively raced in Narragansett Bay, Buzzards Bay and Western Long Island Sound (Larchmont, New York). His 12½ design of 1914 is still being built and raced in New England as well. The New York 30 is well regarded as a one-design racer/cruiser.
The Herreshoff Marine Museum preserves Herreshoff's legacy at the former site of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.
Notable vessels[edit]
Steam vessels[edit]
- Lightning—the US Navy's first purpose-built torpedo boat—a speed record breaking steam launch with a spar torpedo, 1876.[4][10][11]
Sailing vessels[edit]
In the last quarter of the 19th century, Herreshoff constructed a double-hulled sailing boat of his own design (US Pat. No. 189,459). The craft, Amaryllis, raced at her maiden regatta on June 22, 1876 and performed exceedingly well. Her debut demonstrated the distinct performance advantages afforded by catamarans over the standard monohulls. It was as a result of this event, the Centennial Regatta of the New York Yacht Club, that catamarans were barred from regular sailing classes, and this remained the case until the 1970s.[12]
- Amaryllis—Herreshoff sailing catamaran, 1876
- Duplex catamaran, 1877
- Helianthus III, 1924
America's Cup yachts[edit]
Herreshoff designed and built the following America's Cup contenders. All won the series against their challengers. Herreshoff was the helmsman of Vigilant.[citation needed]
Summary of technical achievements[edit]
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According to his son's biography of Herreshoff's career of 72 years, Herreshoff achieved the following:[4]
- Designed and built five winning America's Cup yachts.
- Designed well over 2000 craft and produced more than 18,000 drawings. Between 1890 and 1938, the number of yachts he designed that won the Astor Cup, Puritan Cup and Kings Cup outnumbered the winning yachts of all rival yacht designers combined.
- Built the first torpedo boats for the U.S. Navy.
- Developed the first handicapping formula (the Herreshoff Rule) to allow yachts of different sizes and types to race together.
- Developed yacht scantlings (specifications) based on scientific load calculations; prior to Herreshoff, most yacht designers simply relied on traditional rules of thumb to determine the proper dimensions for planks, frames and rigs.
- Invented streamlined bulb and fin keels.
- Invented the sail track and slide in its present form along with many other patterns of marine hardware.
- Developed long overhangs on racing yachts that produced longer immersed waterlines, hence greater speed, when underway.
- Developed the first light steam engine and fast torpedo boats.
- Developed nearly all of the methods of constructing light wooden hulls.
- Introduced screw fastenings for planking to this country.
- Invented the crosscut sail, with panels running at right angles to the leech, in order to combat cotton canvas' tendency to distort under load.
- Designed more types of steam engines than anyone else.[citation needed]
- Designed the web frame and longitudinal construction for metal hulls afterward patented and known as the Isherwood System.
- Developed light hollow metal spars combined with scientifically engineered rigging.
- Developed the flat stern form of steam yachts capable of being driven at high speed/length ratios.
- Designed the first folding propeller.
- Designed below-deck winches - Reliance 1903.
- Developed the method of splicing rope to wire.
- Herreshoff yachts were the first to attach shrouds and stays to mast tangs.
- Invented the modern turnbuckle.
- Invented sail tracks on masts and slides attached to the luff of sails to ride in the tracks (up until then, sails had been attached with mast hoops or laced to masts).
- Invented the modern winch.
- Received the first U.S. patent on catamaran sailboats (the Amaryllis, 1876).
See also[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nathanael Greene Herreshoff.
- ^ a b Richard V. Simpson (2007). Herreshoff Yachts: Seven Generations of Industrialists, Inventors and ... The History Press. p. 16. ISBN 1-59629-306-3.
Nathanael Greene Herreshoff III offers the following: Captain Nat, a seventh child, was named after Revolutionary ...
- ^ Herreshoff, L. Francis (1996). Capt. Nat Herreshoff, the Wizard of Bristol: The Life and Achievements of Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, Together with an Account of Some of the Yachts He Designed. Sheridan House, Inc. ISBN 9781574090048.
- ^ "Nathanael Greene Herreshoff memorial". Find A Grave. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
- ^ a b c L. Francis Herreshoff, Capt. Nat Herreshoff: The Wizard of Bristol; Sheridan House, Dobbs Ferry, New York 1953
- ^ a b Simpson, Richard V. (2007). Herreshoff Yachts. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press.
- ^ Orison Swett Marden (1901). "Chapter 17 - Herreshoff, the Yacht Builder". How they succeed. Lothrop Publishing Co. pp. 276–303.
- ^ "America's Cup Yacht Designer Dies at 91". Associated Press. June 3, 1938. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
Captain Nathanael Greene Herreshoff know in the yachting world ... a descendant of Charles Frederick Herreshoff who emigrated from Germany in ... He died in 1891. Meanwhile Herreshoff had ...
- ^ Jones, Gregory O. (December 25, 2004). Herreshoff Sailboats. McGregor, Minnesota: Voyageur Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-0760311608.
- ^ Pastore, Christopher (September 1, 2005). Temple to the Wind: The Story of America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Masterpiece, Reliance. Guilford, Connecticut: Lyons Press. p. 312. ISBN 1592285570.
- ^ Richard V. Simpson (2007), "Torpedo Boats", Herreshoff Yachts: Seven Generations of Industrialists, Inventors, and Ingenuity in Bristol, The History Press, pp. 94–95, ISBN 9781596293069
- ^ Richard V. Simpson (2001), "Three Fast Launches and Spar Torpedo Boats", Building the Mosquito Fleet: The U.S. Navy's First Torpedo Boats, Arcadia Publishing, p. 28, ISBN 9780738505084
- ^ L. Francis Herreshoff. "The Spirit of the Times, November 24, 1877 (reprint)". Marine Publishing Co., Camden, Maine. Archived from the original on January 24, 2008. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
- Bray, Maynard; Pinheiro, Carlton (1989). Herreshoff of Bristol: A Photographic History of America's Greatest Yacht and Boat Builders (Hardback). Brooklin: Woodenboat Publications. ISBN 978-0-937822-19-7.
- Herreshoff, L. Francis (1996) [1953]. Capt. Nat Herreshoff: The Wizard of Bristol. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y: Sheridan House. ISBN 1-57409-004-6. OCLC 45990752.
- Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Recollections and Other Writings (Bristol, RI: Herreshoff Marine Museum)
- Herreshoff, Nathanael G. and William Picard Stephens, annotated by John W. Streeter, Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, William Picard Stephens: Their Last Letters 1930-1938 (Bristol, RI: Herreshoff Marine Museum) 1998.
- Page, Franco (2008). Herreshoff and his Yachts (Hardback). Brooklin: Woodenboat Publications. ISBN 978-0-937822-98-2.
- Simpson, Richard V. (2007). Bristol, Rhode Island's Herreshoff yachts. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press. ISBN 978-1-59629-306-9. OCLC 226055968.


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